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1 vs- UP "HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN; UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN." VOLUMN XIII. MOCKSVILLE. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1911. . NUMBER 24 - r : i " A Modern Instance. A young widow had been left with one small son and about $10, 000. In time she remarried. Her husband cherished the son as teuderly as the two who were born later. The boy received a good education and business training, but as he approached manhood he refused to be restrained, and on hi3 twenty first birthday demanded the fortune his father had left him. The stepfather advised the young man not to withdraw it. He of fered to make him a junior partner in his own busin :ss if he would rt ? main at home; but the young man insisted, and the older man made an accounting ou a most generous scale. - Said he: "When I married your mother, I told her that the money left her by your father should be invested for you, and that I would take care of her. I have done so. The business in which I invested the money has prospered, and your $10,000 is now $50,000. Unless you have some definite plan for the uss of it, I (should not advise you to with ...... araw ix an. It was nearly five times what the young man expected, but he de manded it all, and it was paid. He iit home, and wasted his substance in riotous living. After a time a friend wrote to the stepfather, saying that the young man was doing badly, and nearly out of money. The step father replied that the time had "not come for him to interfere. And go the young man went his way, and a number of years went by. But the inevitable end came. The money was gone, and the young man's hopes were gone. And then he wrote home for money to return. The stepfather sent the money, and met the young man at the train The young . fellow waa in shabby clothingahd looked rorlorn enough. The stepfather said: "Your motLer is very anxious to see you, and we will send word of your safe arrival and that yon will be at the house in an hour or two." Then he took the young man to the barbershop, where he had a bath and a shave, and then to a clothing store, where he was suitably attired. When he entered the home he was well dress ed aad no longer a prodigal in ap pearance. - Each attempt on his part to bring the conversation to a point where he could tell the story of his wrong doings was skilfully turned aside. He was shown a room in the new and larger house where the family then lived. It was ready for him, and he was told that it was nis own room, ana in it ;were- some of his old furnishings. But by no word was he reminded of his sins. After a day or two the stepfather said to him: "Your two brothers are now my partners, but there is room in the business for all four of us. Would you like to go in with us?" The young mau had come home with a bitter heart, ready, to steel himself against the reproaches he knew he deserved, ready to resent any adverting, .g-Tjay n ness or unprepared, anu ne could no long er be restrained. He broke down and wept. The words of gratitude and sorrow poured fourth, and he promised to be faithful. The years have gone by, and the partnership continues. The three eons are still with the father, and it seems as if it had always been bo. Those who know the story say that if any difference can be dis covered among the three vSons, it is only in thi3, that the returned pro digal is still, after years at home the most faithful of the faithfu three. For he loved much because he had been forgiven freely aod without reproach. "And so," said the man who told the story, "that good old story of the prodigal son keeps repeat ing itself in varying forms, and it is good to know that every now and then it turns out quite as well as it did in the Bible." Ex. A Deficit in our Good Roads Ef- forts pointed out. The Durham Herald, in a recent issue says: "A farmer can haul no heavier load to market than he can get over the worst place of the road on his route, and this is one of the reasons why we think the township plan of voting bonds for road building will not bring about the desired re sult. For instance, Clayton town ship, in Johnston county, has as gjod roads as you will find any where and the roads in and around Smithfield are in fairly good con dition, but midway between . the two towns is a township that has done nothing iu the w ay of road building and as a cousequence there are a few miles of poor dirt roads between the two towns." Our people are every day seeing the evil effects resulting from one township trying to build good road, while its neighboring town ship will not co-operate. The same thing is true as between the coun ties of the State. Some counties have a fine highway from one side to the other, while the adjoining county has none, while just beyond another county has good roads. Much money has been wasted in attempting to-bnild good roads without having any system. Every one knows that if all ot a road is put iu good condition except one or two miles, no matter whether there are forty miles of good road aud only one or two of bad road, that no one can haul over that road any greater load than csn be car ried over the small piece of bad road. What we need is a State system of building good roads Iu New Eijgland and all the oth er States where there are fine roads aod where one can travel from Bos ton to New York or from Boston to Portland, Me., crossing not only hundreds of townships and dozens of counties, but also crossing seve ral States, in a drive of one" or two days, this condition could not have resulted had not these States estab ished highway commissions or State road supervisors under a sys tem worked out so that the State would co-operate with every coun ty and township so as to insure no breaks between the various pieces of good roads. Indeed in every New England State there are what are called "State roads," that are built entirely by the State; that is, some great central highway between important points, which is a main arterv to which the county roads connect. We are delighted to see that the good roads congress held in Rich mond last week considered this question and advised some general plan and also advised each State to use its State convicts for the build ing of State highways. This is an admirable suggestion, and we trust to see our next Legislature take up the matter aud inaugurate such a system of State supervision with out further delay. Caucasian. Again is a trite expression exono- rated: The latest is that of "it will get you in the end," as exemplified by the incident of the man who while dodging an auto and a street car was killed by a hearse. Wil mington Dispatch. The News and Observer says the democratic party in this state is doing absolutely nothing" towards enforcing the anti-trust law. We'll remind Josephus of this next fall when the pokeberry juice begins to flow. Ex. A Terrible Blunder to neglect liver trouble. Never do it. Take Dr. King's New Life Pills eii the first sign of constipation,- biliousness or inactive bowels ad prevent, virulent indigestion, jaundice or gall stones. They regulate liver, stomach and bowels, and build up your health. Only 25c. at C. C. Sanfos What Bryan Owes to Protection. In the Democratic National Con- uention of 189G, Wm. J. Bryan said: "Thou shalt not press down upon the brow of labor a crown of thorns nor crucify mankind upon acrossof gold." - Ever since, he has been a laborer in the fields ol politics aod literature, and iu the onion beds of Texas. During the intervening years he has not worn a crowa ol tnorus, out ne nas ac cumulated gold enough to start a "cross" factory. He fs a million- a - il 1 I t aire now, out n nis policies nau been endorsed by the country in 1896 he, might be able to wear a biue jeans tsuic on Sunday and own a hickory shirt and overalls for work days. On account of what the gold standard and a protective tariff have done for him he ought to worship at the shrine of Mc- Kinley and be the most loyal Re publican in the country. Marion, Iowa Register. An Unnsual Sentence. In sentencing two negroes to work at the county home, Judge Cooke ordered that they be allow ed a week's freedom Christmas to visit their homes. Such a sentence is rather out of the ordinary, and in giving it he stated tnat there were two times in the year when imprisonment went hardest with the colored population watermel on season and Christmas and so he ordered that these two return to their homes for a week Christ mas. Dou't you know they will serve their sentence joyfully now! We always have believed that the hope of reward was greater than the fear of punishment anyway. Siler City Grit. Wedding Bells. Did you ever hear such a ring ing all over the land? We do not recall a season when so many in vitation cards came to our desk, aud we observe that the same thing is true with the other brethren ot the press. We are very glad to observe this hastening to throw on double harness and especially since a lot ot them have been pulling in single gear so long, for a large num ber of the weddings that we have been invited to changed old bache lors into benedicts, and thus re duced the number of undesirable citizens, and made life better worth living lor ail nanus, lms coming Christmas ought to be a very mer ry one indeed, and Thanksgiving day should have meant more than usual, as no doubt it did. Getting married, when people are ready for it, is a natural and wholesome thing to do, and it speaks well for a community that has many mar riages. Of course in some sections it is the custom lor children to marry, which is always deplorable but when young men are fully grown and 6how a capacity for sup porting a family they ought to pick out a partner and set up a household. This way of following the old Scotch custom of getting gray headed before selecting a life partner is a piece of foolishness, and ought to be frowned down up on by ail well balanced persons. Don't wait to get rich, friend, for you might have to wait for ever more, as some clever men we know. have done. Charity & Children. The Farm Journal wisely sug gests: "While waiting impatient ly for the state to repair that mud hole; washout or other bad place in the highway, wouldn't it be a good idea to take a few hours off and fix it yourself? It every farm ruer spent a few hours, occasional ly, working on the road, our high ways would soon show a decided improvement. Let us not only-talk good roads-let us work bad roads!" A Des Moines man had an attack of muscular rheumatism in his shoulder. A friend advised him to go to Hot Springs. That meant an expense of $150 or more. He sought for a quicker and cheaper way to cure it and found it in Chamberlain's Liniment. ThreajiUSfJie plica To Give Away Money- Andrew Carnegie announces that he has given $25,000,000 to the Carnegie Corporation of New York organized under a charter granted by theJNew ork Legislature last lune, "to promote the advance ment and diffusion of knowledge and understanding among the peo ple of the United States. In bestowing this glt upon the corporation, organized especially to receive it and apply its income to the purpose indicated, Mr. Car negie said he intends to leave with the corporate bodv the work ol founding and aiding libraries and educational institutions which he as an individual has carried on for many years. . The corporation is chartered lor the purpose ot receiving and main taming a fund or funds and apply ing the income thereof to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding a mong the people of the United States, by aiding technical schools institutions of higher learning, li braries, scientific reseureh, hero funds, useful publications and by such other agencies and means as shall from time to time be found appropriate therefor. Diversified Farming. President Finley, of the South ern Eailway Companv, in a recent address at the Black Soil Belt Fair at Demopolis, Alabama, laid great stress upon the importance of di versified farming as enabling the cotton plauter to market his crop to better advantage.,. Speaking of this subject, Mr. Finley said: "The cotton grower who diver sifies his farming, at least to the extent of rendering himself inde pendent of oulside sources of sup ply for all of the grains, fruits. vegetables, meats aud dairy pro ducts consumed on his farm, is en abled to market his cotton when there is an economic demand tor it. He i not compelled to sell re gardless of market conditions, as has so often been the case, under the necessitj of meeting obligations incurred for food-stuffs and other necessaries of life by reason of failure to produce them on the farm. The cotton farmer is, of ...... j course, in a stin more auvaniage ous position if he carries diversifi cation to the extent of having something besides cotton for sale. It is particularly desirable that the farmer should have a steady source of income throughout the year. The local demand throughout the South for dairy products, poultry and eggs is such as to enable the farmer who produces a surplus of these commodities to have a week ly income throughout the year sufficient to meet his'bills with lo i cal merchauts and a regular in come, such as this, even though the amount received per week may be small, will go far in assisting him to market his cotton when there is an economic demand for it." Negroes Elected Foss Governor. Lincoln Times. Up in Boston, Mass., there is ane jzto newsnaper called "The Guar dian." In its issue celebrating the election of a democratic governor the paper is literally dotted with the portraits of colored gentlemen who helped turn the trick. Here are the headlines telling of the 'great negro victory : - "Foss re-elected by. 8,000 , votes. Great bolt of colored voters saved day for democratic governor 20, 000 negro voters did it. ureat was the victory of the colored men of Mass. Success to Gov. Eugene Foss Down with Taf t, the Negro Hater In another screaming headline "The Guardian" says: "Democrats Defeat Negro Dis franchisement in Maryland White Democratic counties went democrat ic and against disfranchisement Colored voters helped the Democrats who killed Disfranchisement Result dueJto independent Colored voters We have filed away for future re ference this copy of "The Guardian.' We know some North Carolina De mocrats who would take the 'jim mies" if -this spotted and speckled democratic organ which claims the credit for carrying Massachusetts democratic, were shaken at them The democrats down this way pre tend to be hard "agin" Mr. Nigger. prayingfor-the negro feVick'. again agaiiiex TO THE It is with pleasure that we An nounce Our Formal Opening in our new and modern building, on last Tuesday Dec. 12th, The Crowd of visitors were the largest ever before in our Store and everybody seemed thoroughly appreciative in the success of our untiring efforts. We trust you were with us, if you were our place need no explination, if you were not, you must visit us and be shown through before you can at all under stand how well we are equipped to take care of your every need. Furniture of every description, Car pats. Rugs, Stoves, Ranges, Pictures, Lamps, and in fact everything that goes in the home for every member "of the family. Come to see us. Write us, phone us, or wire. We will suit you most careful need and our goods are all new. .1 COMPANY. WINSTON-SALEM, oney M But the size bundle you can carry away from our store for a few dollars makes you forget all about low priced cotton makes you smile and think about 15 cent cotton again. Watch us and see us prove it. Just to keep things moving we are selling some Ladies Coat buits at about one-half what they will cost you elsewhere. Our line of Sample Shoes is a wonder. About 100 pair left, which can be bought at one-third less than regular price. Call and see t-hem. - A big line of Sweaters, Shirts, Underwear, Hats and Caps to go atabargin. A pretty line of 25 and 50c. Neckwear the latest styles to go at 18 and 38c.- . Our line of Groceries is always fresh and up-to-date. A trial order will convince you Oifr free delivery service is at your command. W L. CALL & COMPANY. MOTHERS! g Get the Children' School Shoes at the NEW O CASH SHOE STORE, Trade St, and Save Money. O Fall Line now Complete. No old stock here Q JOHNSON 428 Trade Street, OO DR. A. Z. TAYLOR DENTIST Office over llaity's store. Good work low prices. PUBLIC. i C !! Cn If North Carolina. Short. & BARR, WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. Q QR. ROBT. ANDERSON, DENTIST, Office over Drug Slor. Is
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