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Mb* liiount ESTABLISHED 18 8 0 MOUNT A1ST. NOftTH CAEOLWA. T, July 21x1, 1»M. 91.M PB TEAS Ol A9T SELL NO KXAP TOBACCO »».—At the ■ I of dm North Carolina Tot •M In 1 •ttdM be urktt •114 twin* ur shall ■tf and not striip.' •drfrtiMd that no *serap tokactt' fa* offered fur »ale on any loose leaf tobacco market and mo tiee (hall be published in the 1 >caJ pa per* of the various markets (ifpied bv the president of the board of trade of the market in which the advertisement It was agreed by the as wxHati jn that the market of eastern Carolina open en Wednesday, Septemb 1. The following concerns were admit ted to membership: The Planter*' Warehouse company, of Wilson- *h» Tobacco Growers' association of Golds boro; the Planters' Warehouse com pany, of Ahoakie. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Shelby H. And erson, of Wilaon, president; J. N. Gar man, of Greenville, vice-president; Ben H. Coxart, of Wilaon, secretary •: treasurer. Directors: S. W. Smith and i, C. ■ Eagles, of Wilaon; O. B. Harris, of Rocky Mount; J. T. Timberlake, of Washington; J. T. Monk, of Farm ville; J. N. Gorman, of GtveavUle; W., T. Clements, of Enfield; A. V. Bobbltt., of Goldaboro. Things Monty CaiMMit Buy A group of men wtn discussing, over the luncheon table, the pure hom ing power of money. One of them, es pecially, waxed eloquent upon the sub ject. "There Is nothing money will not hoy," he said positively. One man took exception to this statement. "Money will not buy health." he as serted. "Wrong!" s iid the first. "There la many a poor man or woman who. If they had money to pay for proper treatment, would quickly regain their health In many instances, money will buy health." "Happiness, then—" "Wrong again. In rare instances money will not buy happiness, but in the majority of caaes, yea. The pos session of money means time for rest, recreation, study, travsl—many things all of which give happiness. Ill tel' you," Iranjag across the table earnest ly, "write down, if you can find them, four things that money will not really buy, and for each one I will give you a thousand dollars." The next day at luncheon, the one who was challenged handed the other a slip of paper. After reading it, the man without a quibble handed his friend four one-thousand dollar bills. This was whst was written on the paper: 1. A Baby's Smile: A haby's smile can never be purehaaed by offering it money. To the soul that has so lately come from the place of the unborn, the means of exchange of this world offers no appeal. A mother's kiss a father's caress, a flower, a bright col ored toy, may win a haby's smile, but you cannot bargain for that smile with gold. 2. Youty. When It Ha* Gone: "The mill will never grind with the water that has paused." The fluah of youth, tlx luster of the eyea of a boy in hi* teena. the carefree happiness of the maiden, when the years have brought maturity, can never come again. Ponce de Leon in his quest for the spring of eternal youth, realised that fact. He knew that youth, once gone, could nev er be bought again. Money will not purchase its return, even if heaped in piles of millions, and the soring for which the knights so diligently search ed to insure against the ravages of time, was never discovered. 8. The Love of a Good Woman: Love like a baby's smile, cannot be boughti with gold. Many a woman haa simu lated love for a dowry with a husband thrown in, and practiced the deception successfully for years, hut true love, of tke kind which lasta eternally, can not be purchased. The love of a pur*, woman is held by her as the moat aacred gift which she can bestow. It is not to be bought with gold, or ailewr, or precious stonea. It is given freely to the man she lovsa. 4. Entrance into Heaven: There is an old saying that "shrouds have m y pockets." Money, which will purchase nearty everything in this world, can not ha taken to the Mil, and need a* • Mans 9+ entrance Into heaven. The keeper of the portals of the heave*]? city, to not suaieptfble to • Write. Than, at leaat, ■wiy haa n% valve. It will >e good new* to Hk (toyb to know that fin* profrtM hi now ba lag made on the road wark lit tMa county Mr. J. B. Sparger, who ia • member of tlw highway raa»mia*taa.1 thia week gave ua mm facto about the*, way the work to pi mi— ing To bagia wWi, a torn of am have1 jut completed a three *pan double track ateel bridge over Ararat river between thia city and the Quarry? TMa bridge raplaraa the aid ona that wan too lifht for the haavy load* that were being carried over it. Thia bridge U i IM feet long and coat the county abort $15,000. Work on the roada of the county hi profreninf well at a number of pointa, and in addition to the fareaa that are making new roada Will Kirk man. with a hunch of men and four biff truck*, ia lining repair work about | where it ia moat needed. The force of convicta ia buay mak ing the new road through the Little Mountaina that will connect up the Siloam road and the road from thi* city to Dobaon. TMa new mad will give the people of Rockford and Si loam township* a direct road to thia town. The convicta hare made about' four or fivemilea of thia road and wfl. complete the work in about another' month. Then they will be mo vet* to1 the we*tern part of the county and make a new mad from State Road In the direction of Kappa Milla, thu< opening up a section of the county' where there haa been no road work1 up to thia time. j. n. banonoi, 01 aikui, nas con tracted to make • section of (is Miles of (rood road from the Zephyr section to connect with the good road in Elkin township near the home of Sheriff Eldridge. This road will connect Elkin and Dobeon without having to go by way of Rusk and is practically the direct line from Elkin to Dobnoa. The work on this line is progressing nicely. John McGraw is employed aa fore man and is making a road in Franklin township that will connect Lew gap with this city. The road start* near the home of Jesse Richards and con nects with the good toad in Stevtmrts Creek township It ia about nine miles long and 19 mules and a good foreo of men are poshing the work. John Mitchell, with 11 county mules, is putting top soil on the graded road from Pilot Mbmtain to Westfield. And when you come to think of it this is a large amount of work that is be ing done tat the county. , All this work is under the direct supervision of Road Superintendent W. J. Herring, who is now giving his entire time to the work. Wanted—Lookout Mountain Potatoes A farmer down in Georgia has writ ten to the postmaster in this city and wants to buy some Lookout Mountain potatoes. He wsnts two bushels and wants them for seed. A potato of this nsme is a new one on the people about here, and evidently the farmer down in Georgia has his potato names con fused. Rut if you have any for sale see our postmaster. Re^. Frank Will Preach Farewell Sermon July 25. Rev. W. B. We»t and family leave Tuesday to spend two weeks with re latives in Waynesville, his pulpit at Central Methodist church will be filled next Sunday by Rev. J. W. Prank, who will preach his farewell sermon to the people of the tows aa Rev. Frank and his good wife are leaving about the first of August for Japan to resume their mission work. Rev. Frank foes aa the representative of Central church and he has endeared himself to the membership by his stay in Mt Airy. Presiding Elder W. F. Womble will preach at Central chureh both morning and evening of the following Sunday,*1 August 1st. 4 o Cow* On A Spree After Eating Moonshiners' Maah Durham, July 16.—Two drunken cows that romped about their pasture until exhausted and then felt to the ground in a stupor, led to the dlscove-1 Ty of a large still on the farm of John King, about 18 miles northeast of this city, Wednesday night Dr. Petty, a local veterinarian who was called, found they were Intoxicated, and after a long search the still was located by the fanner. It proved to be one of the largest In the history of the county. The cows had eaten tome ef the maah prepared by the saoonshhters WANTED—at Ml Airy Iroa Works, A , Ing and other Mat boa. Prices aoeord tag to quality. J. B. Mbrick. tfc.) Citiuni it Ararat, N. C ruatained Iumm far oat of the ordinary laat ■Saturday lifkt whea two atom and residence war* entered and goods re BMvad to the amount of aeveral has-! trad dollars. | Tha Nklxra war* than about four o'clock Sunday aaorniag fnxa evidence: that caa ba taarae< fro. - itiaena who hcord tha aoiaa of tha aotomobiloa. Tha store of W. J. Kay A Sob waa an-1 tared aad auatainod tha greateat loaa, ratimatad at not Icaa than $1,000. In thia atora moat of the gooda taken were of tha flneat quality, auch aa whole bo Ha of ailk, boxaa of ailk hoee. alippar* that Bold for $12, *nd the money drawer* opened. The robber* removed the ahoea from the boxaa and threw the boxaa on the floor. They worked rapidly and left the atora in aa bad eoadition aa if a craay man had tried to throw ^11 the gooda off the: nhelvea. It waa evident that tha effort; waa to locate and get the beat quality Df good* to be had in the atock. The • to re of tlfce Nelaon Hardware Company waa entered and automobile j caainga and tubea taken and aome pocketknivea. They took only the beat' grade of the caainga and left the > cheaper kind. The loaa to thia store! waa about $150. After entering the »tores the rob ber* went to the home of Mrs. Robt. Porkner, located near by, and entered 'he residence. No one was sleeping In che home that night. The robbers opened the draw or* and prowled about through the house evidently an the hunt for valuable*, but if they found anything that they wanted it was not missed. It appears that the automobile was stopped about 200 yards up on the road from the Key store and the goods carried there in sacks and then loaded Into the machine. Sheriff Belton went to the scene of the robbery on Sunday morning but was able to get no clue to the guilty parties. Two machines were seen to pass a residence further down towards Pilot Mountain about day light Sun day morning, and it is the opinion that the robbers were in these machines, hut there is n* evident.-* to this effect ■t this time. Girl Learns About Har Mother Last week The News carried a story sbout Nellie Banks, of Norfolk, Va. wanting to know about her mother. Some «ne has told the girl that her mother is yet living about this town. Citizens here seem to know all about the family of Doctor Banks, Captain Banks, some called him. He must have been a character out of the ordinary from the way the people remember him. He was about this town often but lived up in the country near the moon tain. His wifs died snd he soon after left the country. N > one seems to have kept track of him and he had passed out of the minds of the people until now. Cltiiens who live near his former home tell us that his wife died and was buried about a mile from the place where they lived. One man tells of sttending the funeral of Mrs. Banks. And so this clears up the story that the mother of the children of the old Captain is yet living. To Inspect Mail Route* Banning Tuesday of this week. Postmaster Snow, of this city, will go over each of the six mail routes lead in* out of this city and make inspec tion* as required by the government. He muat go along with the carrier and •ee the condition of the road, the loem-1 tion of the boxes and many other little points thst may be of interest to the man who must daily travel that way. If a place In the road is bad it will be reported, If a box is located *o that it i* not easily approached it will be ordered moved to a mpre convenient location. It Is the policy, of the gov-t emment not to try to maintain a mail| Hue over a road that is unreasonably bad. If the road is too bad the seryice Is supposed to be discontinued. It may1 be of interest to our readers to know that there are six mail routes leading J out from this city and four of them are In good enough condition that the! carriers can use an automobile in their rounds. On routes five and six the chantry is too rough to try to make the round with a car. Dr. J. E. Banner DENTIST Special attention givea to prephy laxis and yjunlisa, immbli hrMgs work and the anatomical articulation of teeth fat plate-work. Offles la MKhf kiliw Poetatfflae. A crowd of jroaac folk" with Mr* O. ft. Moor* aa chaperone, Had a Mr row escape from daath laat Wednea day ai(kl about 11 :M o'clock on the Whit* Sulphur Spring* road whan their car waa struck, by a large ear driven by a negro, praaumably from Wlnaton. a aide awipo Mow that tam ed the ear around and alld It down a 15 or SO font embankment, the ear turned over ard landed bottom aide ■ip at the foot of the embankment, only the presence of a branch saved the entire party from daath or hor rible injury, but the body of the car ■track the banks of a little stream which flowed at the foot of the hill and the occupanta wore huddled to ifether in the top of the car, in the branch. The ladiea eacaped with har rowing memories of the accident, many bruises ,-nd a severe shaking up. Prank Rainwater gets about pain fully on crutches, both knooa being Sadly cut from the windahield, seven stitehea were necessary in one knee Jack Daniela ia a patient at Martin hoe pita] Buffering with a broken arm the bone of which protruded through the flesh when he waa pulled out from under the car. Deway Poor* waa ren dered unconscious but not aerioualy i jured. . ine negro who at ruek imri never stopped to aea If ha could ha of any luiitinn, Imt a party of young men from Greenabono who vera returning froir. tha dance, brought the injured boy* to the hospital and rendered all possible aaaiatance. Thoae compoaing tha party vara Dewey Poor* at the wheal. Mrs. Moore and daughter. Miaa Virginia. Mount Airy; Miaa Ethel Hairelaon. Washing ton; Miaa Willie Johna, Lynchburg; Jack Daaiels. Philadelphia; Mr. Goode. of Greensboro and Frank Rainwater, Mount Airy. The party, all of whon were gueata at the Springs, waa coming into town for proviaiona. an unusual crowd for supper having caused a ahortage, and when the girls found that the clerk, Dewey Poere, would make tha trip after the dance they persuaded Mrs. Moore to accompany them. Statement By W. F. Carter, Eaq. Mr. Editor:— Hearing unofficially that the Gov ernor had commuted the sentence of S. A. Hennis and no public notice hav ing been given that an application would be made for commutation and knowing that it waa an established cua torn and alao a rule of the Governor not to act upon any application with out thia notice being given, I doubted the rumor, and aa I aaaiatad in the pmseeution, I wired the Governor for information. He replied ttuft he had pardoned Hennis of the prison sen tence and that his action was baaed upon a petition signed by prominent citiaena «f the town and community and alao becauae Hannis had not been convicted of this offense before. Ha waa kind enough to fumiah me a Hat of namea of the signers as follows: J. M. Hill. E. S. Reece, T. G. Sem uels. Arnold Ques In berry, E. C. Kapp, W. W. Thomas, P. D. Webster, G. L. Simmons, T. G. Fawcett, A. E. Steele, F. D. Holcomb, J. D. Smith, W. A. Norman. N. W. Dobbins, J. E. Ayera, Job. H. Gwyn, R W. Reece. T. B. Me. Cargo, Jr. These are the facta and I make no comment. Mount Airy. July 16. W. F. Carter Georgia Melon* Here W. T. Apple, ■ lanrc powtr and dealer in water melons in the atate of Georgia, waa here with a car load thia week. He experta to ahip several other ears here daring the next few days. The etlona era fine and Bold at a reasonable price. Morrison's Majority Orer Gardner ®,817 Raleigh, July 10.—Cameron Mor-1 rison's majority over O. Max Card ner in Saturday's gubernatorial race was 9117 according to returna from the hundred countiea in the State com piled by The News and Obeerver. According to tha complete tabula tion Morrison received 67,427 votea and Gardner 67,010. Official returns from seventy coun ties have been received by Um State Board of Elections and unless all *i(rns fall the Board will he ready to dsrlare the results of the primary when they meet here early next week. Prom the returns in hand Jadge W. P. Stacy haa run away with Judge B. F. Long for the nomtaiatioa for As sociate of the Supreme Court, and Major Baxter Dotaa has defsated J. P. Cook, of Consort, by twelve thousand or mm veSea. C.UMM U> aboat thia city are having lUt old Iimi killad by mohiloa They have rvflitoM ■ plaint to this office and wast to i what can be <tona to tkt way of relief They toll a* that It hi ho emu—ua maui lama to hare aa old !wa with I rang of chlrkena to ho oat hi tho road taking a duat bath. Whilo thaa engaged a machine comae along and har llttlo onao scatter, iiai oa oaa •Ida of tho road and aoflM on tha other, and aha fails to !*• oat of tho way and geta run over. Mr. Joe Phillipe, who Hvaa ap to tha country says that ha haa loat fWa hona thla yaar by automobiles rwln* over thorn Thia side of tlx question •hould appeal to thoaa who awa auto mobiles : thai* ia < tog to part of a largo number of | Hoe tile fading ia not so bad I rata into court batauaa at a suit. Thar* ia nood bora af aa n«it.» mobila association that stepa to bring about a and a better disposition oa tha part ol thoaa who must oaa autoaiohflaa aad thoaa who moat endars thaai. Thtoh for a moment of tha man who W»aa on tha road and haa tha doat all I lad up to front of b>s baaaa every hour in tho day. aad haa his chtohana killed and his sleep disturbed at tota ha oil of tha night. To thia ws tha automo bile ia a perfect nmaaare. Let a Baa of thia typa get oa • jury aad tot hto pass on a damage suit aad it would ha no light matter that the automobile iwner had on his hands. Suppoaa You Ware To Fad <800,000? Just what do you think you would do if you were to find an even half million dollars. Now come to think did you ever lee a check—a bona ftdc good check,«for a whole W00,0#0? A man in thia city, F. G. Tilley, waa this week ihowmf to fnends a check that is worth, when property presented at the right bank, an even one-half ail lion. Mr. Tilley waa mri« to thia city to visit friends aad when in the depot at Selma. N. C. he saw a acrap of paper on the floor, and when kt picked it up it was a check drawn by a large stock broker on a bank in Wil mington, Delaware, to* an even S600. 000. Mr. Tilley was naturally interest ed and showed the check to * banker who knows the parties, and be gava his opinion that the check is a good one and In some way was lost by the man who had it in his possession. Mr. Tilley will forward the check to the bank in Wilmington, Del., or try to see that it geta into the hands of the rightful owner. Death Of Mr*. P. C Pigg On Saturday, July 10th, Mrs. P. C. Pigg. wVll known in this section died at the age of 72 years, after an illneaa of about 4 months. Her death occurred at Powhatan, C. ft., Va. where they moved the first of this year. The in terment was at Amelia, Court House, Va. Before she married she was Lucen dia Lambeth, born and raised in Pat rick county. 52 years ago she married P. C. Pigg, who still survives her. Of this union twelve children were born six boys and six girls, all of whom are still living. They lived in Patrick coun ty all their lives until they moved to Amelia county 6 years ago, last fall. She waa a member of the Methodist church for 40 years, she was a devoted wife and mother and loved by all who knew her. Contributed. Found A Hon* And Bufiy Officer J. D. Hatcher tu down in Henry county, Vs. Uit »wk helping to round up the blockaders and had the experience of having • food bona and buggy left on Mi hands, p«*tly to his surprise. He was passing thru the county and saw a bugry on the road in front of him. As he neared it the owner took fright and footed ft into the woods as fast as he could Make his legs carry kirn. The officer went op and took charge of the desert ed team aad found a quantity of Uquor in the buggy, which explained the reason for the man's sudden ilsyi tan. The hone and buggy will be sold and the funds go to the goeermaant Chamberlain's CoHt end Diarrhera R.'msdy. This lsun<|uesflonablyone o'themoet successful medic toes in usr for bowel complaints A few doaaa of ft will ears an ordinary attack of diarrhoea. It has been used in nine epidemics of dysen wtth perfect sutuss. It can al ba depended epoa to giro prompt in caaas <4 toBe aad eholesa f ori Woakty. A »hort time t(n QlftlW D. Staphma. of Caltfanrta. • letter ta fUinbndge Colby. tary of Siata, i« winch he that the tnftak at Ji»i«I1 UK" Cali fornia has J Tha manting _ _ dec lam tha people ut California aaak constitute-isl aaaMhMat ta c iia tha attention and that "if Federal Govin—int and the' pal of other atataa refuse tjieaa tha to chack tha invaataa by lawful tha temptation will grow far tha nat denta of tha atate to taha tha law in Tha apacifie canae for tha of tha old California cry _ Japaaaaa mai ta ha that tha Japaaaaa popalatiaa of CalHbrnta tan yaar» ago waa 41JUH. r has autre than doubled in 10 yaara and is naw *7.297 and that aa taa Japaaaaa haee inertaaad in number* they have alaa increased their land holdings Senator Jaate* D Phalan. of Cali fornia, » peaking batata tha IWM State* Senate laat February figure* to show that tha Ja Urate a majority at tha voted to track gardening a "California refuse* to permit its ire population to be diiaatl of the aoil" California propose* to pew an aati land leasing bill whjcr wi'l make it impouiklr for JifUtw citizena to own or Imm lands agrf is of the optn ■ ion that this will awaken ti» nation to a realisat; »n -i -hi tr* ft*!1*** of the WMt in this matt - >. Eastern newspapers pvifns they cannot sea that thai* is ato- h danger of MJtOO Japanese overwhelming 0*0.060 Csacssisas and the New York World »ei>tai»a the opinion that the reclaimed +mn* sad and developed fertile land* far beyond the usual point of production ar» .low to be nude the victims of California rapidity and that the present program is aothinir more nor less than a "colos sal and indefensible land crab." The Los Angeles rimes has forssaaa something of this kind and I sassrt i that there is a "vast amount of ada cational work to be doaa before the populations of the East and the Mid dle West arid come to a clear under standing of what the Japaaeaa menace means to the Pacific Coast." The Times is right. The East and the Middle West do hare difficulty in understanding this matter. They can not understand how it happens that S.000,000 Caucasians hare permitted 80.000 Japanese to absort. toe state's fishing industry, take over its high seas commerce and even to take away | its industries The East and the Middle West woo Id " also like to know who sells the land to the Japanese. The Renfro Rfccord The first luur of the Rrnfra Record a newspaper published here, was ia . sued last Wednesday by Joe H. Carter, owner, editor and publisher. It is aa 1 right pay*. six column paper and will be isi ied weekly for the present Mr. ! Carter has associated with him in the editorial work Mrs. Sallie Lovill Rows and Pro#. J. H. Allred. teacher in the school here, who will assist in the office during vacation. Mr. Carter is well educated aad a writer of ability. No doubt the psspli of this town and section will fire him liberal patronage and help him to es tablish a business that can and shoeld be a power for good in developing this great section of country. Thy Privilege Thy privilege is to plant the berry tree In hopefulness and trust. Thy wisdom is to let the qoesttoa be, « What maa shall eat thereof. To every wind in melody give ear. Quick! lock It ia * song. Learn the birds that brings the sh ■ter hers. Ah, not to tarry long. And yields* thou to fear or lis wrath? Thou art both fool aad stave; Have valor, alar the He* la tfcgr path. B«A trample Vet Ma gm He who has flowers for a Mai a song to sing, Heaven maris Ma Iwelliaj place. Darse leak hi* la ths feea.
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