fill
Dispensed From a Storehouse
of Humorous Lore. e
flushing Insurance Business to the
Umlt Dvlnn Man Raeaived Conao-
' latlon In Allopathlo DosesYoung
Advocate Muddled Hla First Caae,
A Clienfa Queer Compliment to His
; , Lawyer -Judge's Theory of Domes-
v tio Relatione A Close 8have.
. - J ICopyrlsht. 1902, by Cheap Clerk.
' 1 Kins Solomon declared that there la
'feothlng new under the sun, put X have
' ran across; a few things In my life
wkyy: tv ft Mft .WUUICI (V UWI
frit of wisdom. Anything novel is, ex
.necessitate. Interesting, First and last,
Insurance agent have tried about ev
ry experiment that human Ingenuity
viuu miicui ii ocvuio uubiucbs, uui
, am inclined to the opinion that here Is
An entirely new wrinkle In the insor-
juwe business.
Offer to Ineure a Dying Man.?.'
- ' Hon. William O. Gray, probate judge
tof Pike county, has a mind set. on.
iialr trigger; likewise his tongue. ' It
' goes off with every little pressure, and
wmetlmea hU words astonish his hear
ers beyond measure. He Is a scholar
ly man, an upright Judge, an enthusl-
autlc partisan and an unconscious hu
morist, He Is an Intense Methodist,
and his personal resemblance to Bish
off Marvin Is remarkable. Whatever
te lacks In tact he fully makes up In
Mnilnp ; Amnnv nthar nlnna tnr malr.
tag money be has operated somewhat
as a life Insurance agent, which may
account for the following anecdote:
While living In Louisiana be had for
neighbor and fellow pewbolder an old
(gentleman named Samuel Kern, uncle
to ex-Congressman Kern of Nebraska.
Via . urotner item naa lea a very re
.tlgibns and godly life. A few years ago
h died Judge Gray called to see him
to cheer him up, and, a the sequel will
how, he. administered consolation to
film in allopathic doses.
"Brother Gray," said Brother Kern
an a teeiue voice, i nave oeeu review
tag my life, and while I have done the
best I ould I am fearful that I hate
been a great sinner. Do you suppose
I have any chance to go to heaven 7'
Gray replied In his offhand style.
Mil insure you for a quarter Insure
70a for a quarter, sir!" And Brother
Kem turned, his face to the wall and
crossed 'the dark river with - Judge
Cray's words of cheerful assurance
tinging iri his ears.
.Judge Kern's First Case. -
fit Louis bar Judge Chester H. Erum
la one of the most scholarly and most
tn-Ullant :.He gPre the following racy
account of his first lawsuit: :
"Admitted to the bar In 1S64. 1 began
practice In "18G3 after having been
graduated from the Harvard Law
school. My , first case arose upon a
shipment of eggs in August from Chi
cago to St' Louis. . The amount in
. Tolved was $87.. The consignor claim
d that the eggs bad been shipped In
good -order after having been duly
candled. . The consignee claimed that
All tka AmKnAt(i fnivl iontslnA1 tr tVia
ail Ul CU1UIJVUV iVITI VVUIHIUVU III t.U-3
shells needed In order to make them
row like chanticleer were spurs and
feathers. My client was the consign
or. 'The consignee suggested -arbitra
tion. Knowing less of the intricacies
of ben fruit than of contingent re
mainders, I advised my client to ac
quiesce. Alas for the rarity of Chris
tian charity for the Chlcagoese on the
par( of St. Louisiana, the arbitrators
found that the eggs were addled, al
though the shipper was doubtless an
egg-sellant man. nine like lacrimse,
I sent In a bill for f 15. It was paid.
but the castles in air . which I had
builded In imaginative following In the
footsteps of Mansfield, Marshall, Web
ster and Erskine were rudely shaken
to their depths when my elient testified
to his high appreciation of my distin
guished services by writing me; ;. i
'Young man. I send you your' $15
and anxiously await the opportunity to
take them out of your bide. , r
Difficulties In Getting Divorces. ;
" .There is no other class of cnesin
which the n!si prlus Judge has such
.wide discretion as divorce cases. There
la no other In which his ideas of life
lias such' controlling Influence. ' There
Is none in which an appeal is of such
little Value. The dragnet clanse of
our statute which authorizes a divorce
by reason of "acta calculated to render
one's condition Intolerable" has as
many" constructions as there are trial
judges. - The decision depends entirely
on the particular Judge's theory of the
(domestic relations. ; i 5 ?. '
' Getting a divorce In the Pike Judicial
circuit used to be as easy as falling off
a log, and a slippery log at that, but
with Judge Reuben F. Boy's advent
upon the woolsack the prospect was
changed for those weary of the matri
monial yoke. '
Judge Hoy is a model husband, fa
ther and Christian gentleman; has a
Hrell defined "opinion that when two
feople stand up and solemnly promise
Lefore high heaven "to take each other
for better or for worse till death do us
rwo part" tbey should be compelled to
stick to their bargain. Moreover, he
took his first lessons In the law out of
Julge Theodore Draee's book, and that
eminent Jurist and splendid gentleman
'? nearly ss n;nch crrsed to divorces
'!uo orthodox Catholic
ra!?r tow JuJe ly came ry
' ---!'-. it 13 a r.!.--.r..!,-::s venture
' f - a c':verce ii 1 'i cc-.Tt.
Then the lawyer must walk as skill
fully aa though treading on eggs or hot
plowshares. : The slightest bobble, and
they, with their clients, are flung Into
midair. rr-. .. '
A Lawyer's Mistake
Not long since Jodye Dempsey and
myself instituted, a divorce suit for a
female client Captain Morrow and
Governor Ball represented the defend
ant. Really the only thing in contro
versy was the amount of the alimony,
for I never saw a pair who bated each
other more intensely. , They were fair
ly aching for a separation. . Finally,
after many conferences and a 'great
deal of worry, Morrow and I agreed on
the alimony. As there was a long case
on trial ahead of us and as between us
we had a whole township subpoenaed
as witnesses, as a consequence of
which our case waa costing somebody
about $100 a day while waiting our
turn, I suggested to Morrow to ask the
Judge to suspend the case on trial
moment to secure his consent to try
our case after supper and to announce
that our witnesses as to the question
of alimony might claim their attend
ance and go home. Captain Morrow,
who was a decidedly brilliant lawyer,
was a little woolgathering that day
and bad forgottela Judge Boy's aver
sion to divorces. ' So in making the re
quest he came near knocking the fat
into the fire and getting both himself
and me out of court at once. He made
the request as agreed on and then add
ed, "Your honor, I make this request.
as Mr. Clark and I can show you that
both plaintiff and defendant have am
pie cause for divorce."- AH the lawyers
in the courtroom began to grin, while
Judge Roy's face flushed td the roots
of his hair as he rather tartly said,
"Captain Morrow, if that's true you
can all go borne, for neither wWget a
divorce here," and then the lawyers
roared. I mollified the court by say
ing: "Oh, Morrow , doesn't know what
he's talking about. Tils client has no
case, but mine has a good one.
That night the Judge granted the di
vorce after bearing, a good deal of con
clusive evidence ami with great reluc
tance. : &'
Law a Jealous Mistress.
Some ancient phrasemaker said, "The
law Is a Jealous mistress," a truth
which many aspiring disciples of
Blackstone have learned to their ad
vantage and which a great many more
have neglected to their undoing.
Lord Eldon gave this recipe for the
making of a great lawyer, "Live like a
hermit and work like a horse."
If Jefferson Davis Hostetter, one of
the brightest of Pike's third generation
of lawyers, holds for naught the first
half of the lord chancellor's advice and
refuses to live like a hermit, he faith
fully-acts-upon the latter half and
works like a horse. .
Eschewing politics, he wooes his Jeal
ous mistress with the ardor of a Ro
meo, and be succeeds admirably;
Thomas, Jefferson once declared that
'eternal vigilance is the price of liber
ty." Hostetter evidently believes It is
also the price of success at the bar.
WheMttbubby boy at Sunday school.
he must have thoroughly assimilated
the philosophy of the quatrain:
Little drop of (cater,
Little gralna of land,
Ilakt tit bounteout ocean
And the beauteous land, '
for he looks after the little things In
his profession as well as the big ones.
That "a miss is as good as a mile" Is
fully illustrated in the following case
Fine Points of Law. V
Hostetter brought suit for Reynolds
and Rodgers on account for medical
services for about $60 against one Hen
ry Robinson before Squire William EL
Campbell, who was Justice of the peace
at Bowling Green for forty odd years.
The account was a continuous one, but
had been permitted to run a long time,
and all the Items except one of $2.40
were more than five years old, hence
barred by the statute of limitations. If
pleaded. Eight days after suit was
filed defendant tendered to and deposit
ed In the hands of the constable the
$2.40 and costs up to that time as be
ing all that he owed, the object being
to cause all costs subsequently made to
be taxed against the plafntiffs In the
event tbey failed to recover more than
the conceded Item of $2.40. The Justice
failed to recognize the legality of de
fendant's plea of the statute of limita
tions and rendered Judgment foe plain
tiffs for the full amount sued for and
costs.
Won by a Close Shave. -' . 4 ; v '
Defendant appealed, and on a trial
anew In the circuit court before Judge
E. M. Hughes it was decided that all
the items were barred except the $2.40
Item, und Judgment was rendered for
plaintiff for only $2.40. with C per cent
interest from date of Institution of suit.
Thereupon defendant filed, his motion
to ha recall' costs which had accrued
subsequent to bis tender taxed against
plaintiffs, wf5ffos then $18 or $20. :
This motion was resisted by Hostet
ter on the ground that defendant did
not tender and pa v all be owed: tbat he
owed fi 40" on the day the suit was
brought and plaintiffs were entitled to
Interest OTP the $2.40 from that date.
and that defendant, to make his ten
der effective, should have Included in
the tender of the $2.40 the Interest for
the eight days which elapsed between
the date of tbe Institution cf tlie suit
nd tbe date the tender was made.
This Interest amounted td a little over
mills. The Judge, while admitting
that the point was purely technical, de- j
cided it well taken and overruled the I
motion and taxed ail costs against the
defendant. . . I
I have always believed tbat HoTtet-
ter won tbat victory bv tbe cios; !
ave In the annals of Jnr!?prude3oe
nJ Lis experience shouM Ingress
n tract: tioners the value cf loc-kin
fter even ti,e s:ha"eft thirds cocnect
1 wi'h a cn-
Kczim a, Trmca, FsoXJUAia, &iT Rmrot, Acme and great many other
diseaaes of like character aro classed aa skin diseases, when thy could Just as
properly be called blood diseases, .for tSuey tutdoubtedl v originate ia the blood, like
Cancer, Catarrh, Scrofula, Rhenmatiam, Contagions Blood Poison, etc, ; the only
real difference being la the intensity mad nature of the potaoo. The mora serious
diseases. Cancer, Catarrh, etc., arc caused by eoai specific poison or vims, whkh
is cither inherited or ia other ways gets into tbe blood aad attacks certain vital
organs or appeare in the form oi terrible sores aad mlcers, while the milder and
leae dangerous skin diseases are caused by blood humors or an over acid condition
of that fluid. These add poisoaa, aa they oe out through the pores of the akin,
cause great irritation, with intense Itching aad burning. The eruption may be of
a pustular kind, with excessive discharge of thick, gummy fluid, or the skin may
U hot, o aad feverish, swedka aad fissured. Skin diseases, whether they appear
--: - ...!-.-- aa sores, Diotcnea or ptmplea.
X earn eheesfaUy aad
Tear
irritatlaar aad aauaeyinar etteeeee.
is near sew .
it sbaaerelr eaaerae
for Heeesaa, tbe saoet
am, X talaOt, taat
waa trehUd with- it for
twaatr-fiva raars. ava4 tried aaaaiv Msaedlaa
With no ao4 effaofc. after malnsT rear saedielaie
a short tisse X thimk X aaa eattrely reOleva.
Tea eea dve tale stateasaat amy pablleltr T
aay deatre, as 1 la volamtajHy saade, asore Car
theee aflHetod thai motoriaty for aasTsaU; .
Terr
It West OemtreJ.
Itauataaa,
Wloalta,
become more deenly tooted
aad intractable, the longer
neglected, the skin la time
having a thick, bard, rough
and unsightly appearance.
You can hide the blemishes
for a time with cosmetics;
and washes, lotions, soaps
aad powders may- relieve
temporarily the itching and
burning, but eventually the
, , -,i i . ; ; i ' pores oi ine eaui oecome so
caoggeo. up py uus nesxmcnc inas uie poisonous matter thrown on by the blood
cannot pass out of the system, aad settles on th lungs, heart or some other vital
ergan and endangers life.
To purify aad build op the twQuted blood 1a the right treatment for skin
diseases, aad for this purpose aw other medicine ia so deservedly popular as S.S.S.
It is a perfect antidote for all blood humors, aad When taken into the circulation,
gently but thoroughly eliminates all impurities and puts the blood in a healthy,
normal state. The akin can't remain ia aa irritated, diseased condition when
nourished with rich, new blood. S. S. S. is the only amaranteed wirelv wtaMa
remedy, aad the safest and best skin beautifier. Write our physicians it you have
any blood or skia disease, and they will cheerfully advise you without charge.
IlltJ SWIFT WEWHC COMPANY, ATLANTA OA.
POUR OIL
On the machinery of your bueiaesa by insert
ing an adyertlsfment in THE FREE PRSS. You
will be surprised to see how much smoother and
faster the, wheels -will iurtT y"
THE FREE PRESS has a large circulation
among people you want to get trade from.
NOTICE
Delinquent Tax payers most
come forward and settle at once oi
they will be called on for same by
myself or deputy, as! can't indulge
any one longer. All property will
be seized and cost added. '
D. F. WOOTEN.
Sheriff Lenoir County.
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iFor the Next 30' Pays: Oar
entire stock of SHOES.
Overalls that were 65c now 48c Ken's
8uits Underwear, were f 1.25. for this
sale VOc. Ladles' and Men's Overshoes,
were 65c, now 48c, Shirts 20e to 76c,
Suspenders from 5c to 50c Umbrellas at
any old price.. Our entire stock of To
bacco will also be sacrificed.
W. T.
North St.
FIELDS & GO.
General Store
Sa :
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The Cable Company
sold two fine pianos Tuesday, They have the new style cabinet grand made in
1902. 8ee the latest styles In any color you want, Don't fail to call and see what
a fine piano yon can set for the price. The terms will suit you. This is the larsest
stock of pianos ever shipped to Klnston; The Cble Co. are the largest manu
facturers of pianos and organs to the world, and they seH direct to the consumer
and save you the dealer's profit You can buy a Diana from the Cable Co. at the
cost that a dealer baa to pay for them and make terms as low as (5 and $6 per
montb. Kemrobtr ivry instrument tbat you buy from the Cable Co. is fnlly
warranted aud becVod by a-a pi tit I nf two millfon dcller Tbey are at tbe Rouse
store, near ttw A. & N. C, d?(vr, and will be here a few days only. ;
At ihe Head of alfTobacco Fertilizers.
MEADOW'
Gold Leaf Tobacco Guano.
Spe ially prepared for the lands of EASTER
CAROLINA. Insures a good ; cure, makes Wrap
pers and Fills your Purse. ' , f T '
On its merits alone, one farmer in Jones will
use it exclusively on lis 60 acres of Tobacco. ,
As our goods are manufactured near you aDd
not reshipped, we claim PBE5HNESS and GOOD
MECHANICAL CONDITIONf
Fig:b Grade Cabbage, Potato. AJlcrop and Cot-
onQuaco. ' - . - "
Our Motto: ".Not How Cheap But How Good."
Use our goods and have no regrets. - 1
E. H. Ci J. A. MEADOWS CO., AVnTrs.
actory on Keuse River. NEW BERN, N. C.
Plr.ca your crdcr3 with
i (Hby Pay Flore fo? LIFE IJ1S0IU1IIGE
; ; Blaewhere when you can get better polides In the Old Reliable '
" I. II IV T IV T . Wrt--i1 Itttm TMentinnaa
i JTEilN IN
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Ilataal Life Insaranee Co.
' of Phllssdelphlaf
. At rates from ten to twenty per cent cheaper, independently of
X the more liberal dividends of the PENN. -
Ask for comparison of rates and dividends and other liter-
attire. ,. t " i
MISS SYBIL HYATT, Agent,
; .-v1 rt trvinrVJsf.'r'; )n.
Still Selling At Cost-
1 can save you 25 to 50 percent, it yon bny from .me ilere. are i
a few prices: Shoes from 50c np, Overalls at 80c per salt, Shirts (hat
were f i, now 75c, Shirts that were 50c, now 38c, Pants from 50c npi' J
ranis uotn worm 40c, now asc, corsets from 18c to 41c eadi, Hats 7.
that were f 1.50, now $1.00. Men's Undershirts 20c and 25c. Every-
article at cost. . " .
DAN QUIf JERLY.
Next to Slaughter Bros.
T'B.E
"'.il'r
Prices $5 to $ i 50. .
.,y
A WARDED THE GRAND
AT THE PARIS EXPOGITiOU.
Entertains
t,1
(i T Evervwhere ;
Typm MB, aasaaajl C r ' ;t t '
LATEST NEW
PROCESS
RECORDS
I5 per docen.
Grand Records, i each. Sinall Records, '50c eacH.
: Send for Catakwn.
Send 5 with your order and goods will be shipped CO.D. for.the balance.
COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH COMPANY
M0 F, Baltimore Street. BALTIMOpr KD.
flrtistie .'..
printer
never have to resort to "guessing" in
turning out . work, It takes brains
and ekill to eatisfy this advanced age.
il
inartistic
0
' will quote you price?, never mentioning
quaiiLy 01 wors. ,
Every . business ' man appreciates
neat and tasty stationery and when
you take into consideration tho fact
that by sendiDg your orders to
"0 THE pfEE PtESS
you can get fine printing at as low a
price' as . mediocre work eh s whero,
you will realize why .we assert vrith eo
much confidence that we are tho ones f
Lii w
wuu wui utjai jpieasw you.
..'Examine work with our im
You will see ho wt tasty and r.rl '
isf and remember yqu get o z 1
from us at a3 low prices a3 : :
paid others for inferior work.
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