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VOLUMN XIII
MOCKSVILLE. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY. 28 1912.
NUMBER 34
The Divorce Evil.
Ia theory divorce is a process re
luctantly sanctioned by the com
muoity for the emancipation of
persoDS from intolerable and licen
tious husbands, there are unprin
cipled wives, tnere are persons 01
both sexes of excessive cruelty in
one form and auother to their ma
tnmonial partners, and most cor
munitiee sanction divorce in the
the feeling that humanity demands
it.
But in practice divorce is prov
iD to be something very different.
It is establishing a practice what
has been described as trial mar
riage. It is removing the sense
ofsaneticy and perpetuity from
marriage. The great number of
persons, mostly wives, who are go
ing to Keno prove how many di
vorces are sought for reasons tnat
would not secure a divorce in New
York, or in many other States
where divorce is more easily ob
tained. In a recent story Mr:.' Comer
tells of a New England wife who
weaned of her husband there was
nothing like a quarrel and also
had met another man. Divorce is
no generally sought not as de
liverance from intolerable condi
tions, but as a means to a change
of partners when custom has dulled
the interest of one. But this wife
gave up her search lor freedom
aDd the other man and returned
to her husband on account- of the
women she found in Reno on the
lame errand that took her there.
"I hated Reno" she said. "The
streets were full of plump, self
satisfied blonde women, over dress
id and underbred."
Judge Kinne, of Michigan, who
baa been on the bench for twenty
lire years, recently made some r
marks that contrast strongly the
the theory and reality of divorce.
Speaking of the views he used to
entertain, he said: ! seemed to
ice that divorce was the only es
cape from brutality, wretchedness,
and hopeless unhaDPiuess but cf
late the privilege of divorce has
been so misused and I have wit
nessed such flagrant disregard for
truth, morality and decency, that
my former convictions have ex
penenced considerable modification
" not revolution, In my opinion
there is just one way to solve this
problem. Let the next legislature
euact a law that never again for
any cause whatsoever shall there
be granted a divorce from the
bonds of matrimony in the State of
Michigan. In certain cases let
there be a degree of separation,
but no dissolution of the marriage
contract."
Separation would emancipate
the victim of mistreatment, but it
would not provide for that other
Nan or that other woman. Judge
Kinne's change of opinion reflects
the effect of long and intimata con
tact with divorce in practice-
Philadelphia Record.
Ttr - . . . .
i.wra outer sermon against mv
sports the inhabitants of these houses in
an acute attack of Puritanism, sawed tke
noble shaft in pieces.
The pole annually erected near Saint
Paul's catherdral was kept in the hostelry
called Gerard's hall and "reached to the
roof thereof, a poie forty feet long and
fifteen inches about, fabled to be the
jousting staff of Gerard the Giant." Until
1852, when the historic buddiaa was de
molished for civic (!) improvements, there
stoood over its gate a crrved wo Jen figure
of the gkat, pole in hand.
Probably Shakeee.e oftei- r m the
village ol Welford. the tallred, hite.and
blue May-pole planted in the centre of a
mound on which the dance; performed.
The Parliment of 1644 ordered that "all
and singular May-poles that are or shall
be erected shall b. taken down", but in
1661, on the very first May-day after the
Restoration the most famous "Idoll" of
English history, a cedar 134 f?- high, was
erected in the Strand by seamen ?.nt by
Duke of York. Iu 1717. old and beginning
to decay, it had to be taken down. Sir
Issae Newton (blessings on his saintly
head and poetic soul!) arranged for its
purchase and conveyance tj Wanstead,
Essex, where it beca -. ths support of the
great telescope printed to the Royal
Society of Hugon. the French astronomer.
This pole is often m'v ...ticr.ei in litera
ture. A nireteenth ocitunr humorist
asks:
What's not destroyed by Time's relentless
hand?
Where's Troy? and whtre's the May-pole
in the Strand?"
Should Give Advice.
Marshville Home.
Editor Johnson, of Charity and
Cnildren, does not remember when
the newspapers were so liberal in
their advice to the farmers as they
are now. "It ia a pity," he sas,
"these editors are not in the cotton
growing business they are so well
posted
Now, Johnsou has gone and fix
ed it. The idea of as intelligent
an editor as the Charity and Chil
dren pencil pusher wanting the
editors of the State to throw down
their cob pipes and "Mikado No.
2 ' pencil! and don a straw hat and
pair of overalls in competition to
the honest hard-workidg farmers
who are already realizing entirely
too little for their labor is almost
inconceivable. Oi course our good
friend meant to "throw off on
the editors for offering advice, but
his proneness to such a feeling as
that is almost au unpardonable
sin. It is the duty of an editor to
keep posted on subjects relating to
the welfare of his readers and to
inform them as to the best methods
to pursue, and when he fails to do
his duty and that which he is ex
pected to do. And, furthermore,
a ljrea r':r cent of the r-d. tors of
O
North Carolina Trere 'f4' d up"
uuder broad-brim hats, on the in
side of overalls and at the north
ern end of a mule goijg southward
and therefore know from experi
ence something of what they are
talking- about. It's allribjt for
newspapers to offer advice co. their
readers. However, if a man baa
no advice to offer, the best thing
he can do is to keep quiet.
Almost Lost His Life.
S A. Stid, of Mason, Mich., will never
With the Greensboro Norc ai Stu
dents in May-Day FeteFour
Famous May-Poles.
"The tall young oak is cut down for a
May-pole and the frolic fry of the town
Prevent the rising sun. and with joy in
their face and boughs in their hands",
"ley march before it to the place of erec
tion." This custom is as old as the Druids
t0 whora the ok was sacred. Later, how
eer, the pole was made of whatever tree
the people might obtain. An alumna of
the State Normal College recently saw in
Sweden a May-pole made of a magnificent
such as is used for the mast of a large
JhP- It is erected on a hill and stands
the whole year ronnd.
Lo&dQn church was called "Saint
Andrew Undersbaft" because of the pole
7bch, planted in the around everv Mav-
ay towered ahiiv. u..-u
tefrstO thiannl.
jaht well aloft and high ye beare
head,
A. -
" y would beare the
ComhilL"
iST Ma-dy to May-day it hung upon
i HOOKS ahov tt, Am t .U- Miti.
nouses. In the reign of Edward
your
great shaft of
! forget hio t able exposure to merciless
! storm. "It gave iue a dreadful cold," he
writes, "that caused 3ev rc pains in my
chest, so it was hard for me o breatne.
A neighbor gave me. several dosss of ur.
King's New Discovery which brought great
relief. The doctor said I was on tne verge
of pneumonia, but to continue wita me
Discovery. I did so and two dooms com-
TrfAtftlv cured me." Use only tnis quics,
safe, reliable medicine for coughs, colds.
Qnv throat or lung trouble. Price 50c.
j - , .
i Trial bottle free. Guaranteed oy
ftJ v
all druggists. , .
"Horse Sense" Defined.
It was not an Asheville school
hov who. when directed to use iu
.onionnn th words "horse sense"
tm 1
wrote: "A man forgot to locjk his
arable door one night and he hasn't
seen his horse ense." Asheville
Gazette - News. .. .
w.,. u a massage of hope and good
libiv - .
i r t Martin. Boone Mill.
cneer tuiu
Wasn't That Goin' Some?
Law's Lash.
A ghost shook hands with a nigger one
night
In a cold, dark, lonesome road:
Ihn coon gave a whoop and his eyes stuck
. out
As he leaped from under his load.
He ran like a buck, and he then sat down.
He felt so strange and numb;
Then the ghost sat down by his side and
said,
"Well, wasn't we goin' some!
Dat wasn't no race!" the nigger exclaimed
As the cold sweat covered his brow,
I'3 jes a-creepin along dar den.
But I's gwin ter run some now."
He overtook a passenger train.
And scared the conductor dumb.
As be climbed in the car with the ghost at
his side,
And wasn't that goin' some?
They say Glen Curtis in his aeroplane
Sailed up in the sky one day,
VTaen ytfung cyclone from the torrid
zone.
Came twisting along that way.
Witu alight careen of his flyin machine
He made the hurricane hum;
For he seized its tail and led it awav.
And wasn't that goin some?
When the time comes on for a candidate
To seek for the White House door.
We always know the Nebraska man
Will enter the race once more.
Three times already he's met defeat.
But fast as the failures come.
He backs himself and tries it again.
And isn't that runnin some?
Shocking Sounds
in the earth are sometimes heard before
a terrible earthquake, that warn of the
coming peril. Nature's warnings are kind.
That dull pain or ache in the back warns
you the Kidneys need attention if you
would escape those dangerous maladies.
Dropsy, Diabetes or Blight's disease. Take
Electric Bitters at once and see backache
fly and all your best feelings return. "My
son received great benefit from their use
for kidney and bladder trouble,' writes
Peter Bondy, South Rockwood, Mich. "It
is certainly a great kidney medicine."
Try it. 50 cents at all druggists.
Pay Your Poll Tax.
This ia a Presidential year and
those who would help elect a He
publicu n President must pay their
poll tax and otherwise qualify
themselves to vote.
It does not matter so inueh whe
ther you are for Taft, Koosevelt or
La Follette, but, if you want to
help elect either of them, you must
pay your poll , tax Don't wait
thinking that some one else will
pavthese for you, because this is
against the law now and won't be
done th is year. You must pay
them vouraelf to be Qualified to
-
vote. State Dispatch.
Blamed A Good Worker.
"I blamed my heart for severe distress
in my left side for two years," writes W.
Evans. Danville. Va., "but I know now it
was irdigestion, as Dr. King's New Life
Pills completely cured me." Best for
stomach, liver and kidney troubles, con
stipation, headacne or aeDiuiy. :oc. ai
all druggists.
Democratic legislation Bearing Fruit
There were twenty-five farmers
in. town Saturday offering to mort
gage their farms for money to pay
debts contracted while prices were
bigh, debts they cannot pay with
nine ci;ts cotton. If the tariff
legi!a.ion threatened by the De
mocrats is enacted cot on will go
. - a t
even lower, and thousands o larms
will be sold under mortgage.
The Lincoln Times.
for
r. hA i the: mother of eighteen child
u.rtin was cured of stomach
ren. who. ,
. hi. -H roBstination by Chamberlains
T.Ki-t aftr five years of suffering, and
hM tablets to the
now rewiuuu "--- .....
public Sold by all dealers. ;
Then And Now.
"We hear people speak of hard
times, but it appears to me that
times must be good if one is to
judge by the way people dress.
This is a fast day, and it is bard
for the ' laboring class to make
buckle and tongue meet, and it is
not infrequent they do fail to do
so. The tongue will get too short
fall through ou tne other side,
provisions are high and labor is
cheap, but where there is a will'
jbere is a way. Now, lee us turn
back forty or fiftj pages, to the
sixties, when, all the stout young
men kissed their mothers, wives
and sisters good bye and left their
farms in charge of their old fath
ers What did the good and noble
women of the South ot They went
to work. They raises the cotton.
spun it and. wove it into eloth and
made 'their own dresses. They
looked nice and neat. They had
it to ao, because tney coma do no
better. They would go out to the
barn, bridle and saddle their hors
es and ride to church. Donned ia
their new home made dress it was
such a pleasing sight to the eye. If
they desired a church hat what
did they do? They marched them
selves out to the wheat or rye field
and cut the straws, bleached the
material and manufactured their
own hats. They looked all right,
because it was the style at that
time. ;
How about sugar and coffee?
There were none. They roasted
wheat and rye for coffee and home
made molasses was the substitute
for sugar unless they were fortu
nate enough to possess honey. If
they baked a cake they used mo
lasses for the sweetening. They
tasted powerfnl good. How wonld
that do to-day! " Well, at least no
hotel nor boarding house would
dare place it on the menu. "
But when people can't do any
better they simply do the best they
can. '
What a change has been wrought
in times and people iu the last 45
or 50 years! We must confess we
are living too fast. If we had con
tinned to live as we did at the
close of the war, I think times
wonld be much better than at pres
ent. Then we had to deny our
selves of many things that we strain
to eet today. Is it not true! A
Subscriber in Eeidsville He view.
Do you know " that more real danger
lurks in a common cold than in any oth
er of the minor ailments? The safe way
is to take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
a thoroughly reliable preparation, and rid
yourself of the cold as quickly as poss
ible. This remsdy is for sale by all dealers.
The Lincoln County News fcays
"two more cotton mills bcited this
week more republican , prosper
ity." MyUod, man, wane up.
Did you not know that those "cot
ton mills" happened to be woolen
mills and they busted on the next
day after the democrats passed
their free trade woolen tarifl bill.
Whoa haw, 'Sarah Jane -Lincoln
Times.
DON'T FORGET !
We have men's $1 shirts for 75 cents, 50c. shirts 38c., 50c."
4 neckties 38c.t 25c. neckties 18c., 50c. suspenders 38c.t 25c. sus
t. penders 18c, 50c. belts 38c. 25c. belts for 18c, $1 gloves 75c, 50
DON'T FORGET
week, and fresh oysters. Oysterettes and cracker meal, Don t t,
forget our fancy table syrup. 1 gallon 37Jc, half gallon 20c. Z
Don t forget our Saint John Porto Rico molasses, price reduced,
from 50 to 40c
Our ladies ready to wear coat suits are all gone, but we have
4 ladies loner cloaks, samples. 4 children's fur coats, 2 ladies
sweaters, 4 ladies underskirts, samples, a few auto scarfs, about
-V 1 1 1 1 1 A . T I L A . A. 1. '
f-t au pair sample snoes ana sample nacs. i ou oeu.r hqi imute
t. any offer if you don't want to buy.
DON'T FORGET
our cakes, nice and fresh. Corn Flakes and Post Toasties, but
ter thin or Baronet Biscuits. Vanilla Wafers, Nabiscocs, pickles,
sweet and sour, olives. Don't forcret our fresh bread twice a
DON'T FORGET
4
We have too many trace chains, breast chains, cow chains and '
4 pitchforks. We are not pickaunis about the price. Don't for
get our good line of good groceries at jrood prices. Always
fresh. Don t forget we have the best oil m town. Alien s;
best sole leather. Don't forget our Free Delivery in town, and !
when you come to town, don't forget we want to see you..
So give Call a call. Yours to please.
W. L. CALL & CO.
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MONUMENTS AN
TOMBSTONES
ANY SIZE-ANY SHAPE-ANY COLOR.
Call on us, Phone us,-or Write us for Designs .and Prices.
MILLER-REINS COMPANY,
NORTH WILKESBORO. N. C.
Crawford Mill Supply Co
Winston-Salem, N. C.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
! Boilers, Engines, Machinery,
Wire Rope, Pulleys, Belting.
MILL SUPPLIES OF ALL
KINDS.
Thftiv is no better medicine made
;ol(ls than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
It acts on naturt's plan, relieves the lungs
opens the secretions, aids expectoration;
and restores the system to a neaitny con
dition. For sale by all dealers.
Poor Old Democracy.
In the main the things which
constitute the orthodox Democracy
today are the same we were all
cussing out as Populism, Socialism
and anarchy 16 years ago.-Jreefc'
boro Record. ' -' .
This is the season of the year when
mothers feel very much concerned over
the frequent colds contracted by their
children, and have abundant reason for
it as every cold weakens the lungs, low
ers the vitality and paves the way for the
more serious diseases that so often foUow,
Chamberlain's Cough Femedy is famous
for its cures, and is pleasantanjl safe to
take. For sale by all dealers. '
For a sprain you will find Chamberlain's
Liniment excellent. It allays the pain.
removes the soreness, and soon restores
the parts to a healthy condition. 25 and
50 cent bottle for sale by all dealers.
Afraid to Tackle the Proposition.
And the Democratb are so badly
frightened that they aually in
troduced a resolution in 'Congress
to prevent Teddie from being elect
ed, but they saw how ridiculous it
was and slipped it ia a pigeon hole
Clinton News Dispatch.
He Won't Limp Now.
M mn iimn!nd for Tom Moore of
Cochran, Ga. "I bad a bad sore on my
instep that nothing seemed to help till I
used Bucklen,s Arnica Salve, he writes,
"but this wonderful healer soon cured
me." Heals old. -running sores, culcera.
boils, burns, cuts, bruises, eczema or piles.
Try it. Only 25 cent at all druggists.
( Chewrag Gam Slot Macnines.
The chewing gum slot machine
has-been knocked out of commission
by official decree of the attorney
general. Gum chewers are hereby
blocked in their desire to secure
penny chewing material. Chail
otte News.-:.
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HEADQUARTERS
For all Kinds of Hardware.
When in need of anything in the
Hardware line. Call on or phone
E. E. Hunt. ' He is also head
quarters for everything in the
undertaking line a full line of
Caskets, Coffins,
Robes and Slippers
always on hand. He has had 35
years experience in this line and
will fill your orders day or night.
Price as low as is consistent with
good material and workmanship.
With many thanks for past
favors he begs to remain.
Yours to please,
E. E. HUNT.
FOR SALE.
The medicines, surgical instru
ments, library, and other effects of
the late Dr. M. D. Kimbrough, are
for sale. Any one wishing to pur
chase any part or all of these goods,
can secure a bargain by writing.
A. M. KIMBROUGH,
Advance. N. C.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Having qualified as executor of W. L.
Merrell, deceased, notice is hereby given
to all persons holding claims against the
..t. nf MiH deceased to present the
same for payment to the undersigned on
or betore tne wi aay u iewuj,
or this notice will be plead in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebtedgtohe es
tate of said deceased will please call on
the undersigned and make immediate set
tlement. ThisFeb.14,1912. ;
K. WOOD, Executor of W. L. ,
Merrell. Deceased.
Planters' Warehouse
STATESVILLE, N. C.
We are beginning on our fourth
year and are in our usual position
to make your tobacco bring the high
est market price. " Have the same
buyers and feel that those 01 our
friends who have been with us in the
East have done fully as well if not
etter than elsewhere, we work har
der and look after the farmers in
terest better than any warehouse in
the business. We want all our friends
to come back and those who haven't
been here to come. When you are
ready head this way.
Albert Matlock will be on hand.
Very Truly,
W. II. McElwee,
Statesville. N. C.
The Implement CC
RICHMOND. VIRGINIA.
have just issued a new and
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Corn and Cotion Pl&nters,
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Buggies, Harness, Saddles,
Barb Wire, Fencing, etc.
Our, prices are very reason
able for first-class supplies.
Correspondence solicited.
Catalog mailed free on request
Write for it.
Ihe Implement Co
1302 EL MshvSt, Richmond, Va.