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VOL. II. NO. 47.
RUTHERFORDTON, N. C, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 27, 1902.
1.00 A YEAR.
COMMERCIAL BANK.
Report of the condition of the Com
mercial Rank of Rutherfordton, at Rutk
evfordton, 1ST. C, at the close of business
on September 15th, 1902.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts, $34,889.39
Overdrafts 767.78
Fnrnitnre and Fixtures 1,000.00
Due from banks and bankers. 5,089.55
Cash on hand 3,019.61
Total $34,766.33
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock 10,000.00
Surplus 1,000.00
Undivided profits 755.65
Deposits subject to checks 21.857.50
Duo other banks . 737.62
Cashier s checks 415.56
Total
.. $34,766.33
I, J. F. Flack, cashier of The Coninier
cialBankof Rutherfordton, do solemnly
swear the above statement is true to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
J. F. FLACK, Cashier.
State of ST. C, Rutherford County.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 20th day of September, 1S02.
M. O. DICKERSON, C. S. C.
Correct Attest:
T. E. Twitty, Joirx C. Mills, M. H.
Justice, Directors.
NORTH C A EOLI X A , )
Rutherford County.
By virtue of an order of the Superior
court of Rutherford county mane on
Sept. 23, 19J3, and by virture of a second
crdtr made on Nov. 12, 1902, in the pro
reeding entitled R. L. Watkins, Jonns
13. Watkius, Ieal A. Wat-kins and oth
ers, heirs at law of K. C. Wat-kins, de
ceased, ex parte. 1, as commissioner, will
sell to the highest bidder, at public auc
tion, at the home pLice or residence of
K. C. Watkius, deceased, on
iSnturdiiy, the 13th day Decem
ber, 1002,
the following described real ontate:
Lot No. 1, containing 73 7-lX acres.
E -ginning at a stake- in the road, and
runs them math C(U$ cast 14C-S' poles
to a 8ttae ; theae' ssouth 23 1-10 west
o2 2-5 poles to a stone ; theuoe south
reist 22 poles to a italic in Suck creek;
thence south 80 east 6 2-C poles to a stake
in (-eorge Spake's line ; thence north 23
east o6. poles to a stone heap; thence
north 8 1-5 east 32 poles to a stone, cor
ner of lot No. 2; thence, north 6CJ j west
1 10 poles to corner of p-rave yard ;' thence
north 77 2' west 71i pales to a stake in
the road; thouce south 9 1-5 we.st 32J3
poles: thence W 1-10 west 18l- rx,les to
a stake, the beginning corner. "
Lit Nil. 2, containing 60 8-10 acres.
Beginning at- a stake in the road at cor
ner n lot No. 1, and running thence
south 77 east 71 poles to corner of
grivcyard" (thence north 14 eart 3 3-5
poles ; thence south 7 east J -; poles ;
thence south 14 west 3 2-5 poles"; thence
north 76 west y, poles, this boundary
jeserv'sthe family graveyard): thence
S'TOfli ca.it 1 10 poles across the creek
to a stone in George Spake's line; thence
theo; with Slid line north 8 1-5 east
74 9-10 pol s to a Et ne heap; thence
v;.-?t 1 i 7 .7-10 poie, to a stake in tho
yosta; thence, along th i road south c?
west U polos; thence. 39? west 31-2-3
poles to a stake, the beginning corner.
Lot No. 3, containing 65 4-10 acres.
Begirning at a stake.iu the rtad, corner
of lot No. I, and runs with th& mad
north 6 1-10 east 1S poles; thence north
9 1-5 east 32 poles; thence 6 1-5 e.ist
31 2-5 poles: thence north o east ld
poles toas take in the road ;' thence north
76 ve-t 3S) 3 5 poles to a stone ; thence
north west io 3-3 poles to. a stone;
thence. 37 east 40 poles to a stake;
t hence, north 80 west 784 Pol?s to a
stake ; thence south 2 east 70 2-5 poles to
a stake ; thence south 52 west 23 poles to
a stake; thence south 37i east -8s; poles
to a stake; thence south 44. asfc 7l
poles to a chestnut stump; thence south
t)6v3 east 4S poles to a stake in the road,
the beginning corner.
Lot No. 4, containing 75 1-5 acres. Be
ginning at a stake in' the Thomas Phil
ips line and runs thence south 80 east
7Si; poles to a stake ; thence north "37,
east W poles to a stone ; theece north
6' 14 west 63 poles to a stone heap ;
thence north 37 east V poles to a
fltone heap ; thence along the line of Sirs.
Philips dower, north 69J wes 143 poles
to a pine knot ; thence south 2 west
6.1 2-5 poles to a stone; thence south 2
east 55 2-5 poles to a stake, the begin
ning corner.
The above" real estate will be "sold in
Jots as numbered, 1, 2, 3 and 4; then lots
No. 1 aud 2 will be sold together as will
lots No. 3 aud 4, and then as a whole.
Terms of sale, one-half cash, balance on
twelve months time. Title reserved un
til all of purchase money is paid. This
November 12th, 1902. '
R- L- W ATKINS, Commissioner, .
M. L. Edwards, Attorney.
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J. S. SAUMDERS
Up-to-date Barber Shop
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PAROLES NOT REVOKED.
General Grant Laid Down the Law
to President Johnson.
Daniel R. Goodloe, for many years a
distinguished resident of Washington
and chairman of- the commission to free
the slaves of the District, once told this
story:
"One morning soon after the surren
der at Appomattox I wtt3 one of a
group of gentlemen standing on Penn
sylvania avenue, discussing the mo
mentous questions of the day. As we
talked General Grant rode toward ns,
smoking his usual cigar. Recognizing
several cf us, he dismounted and joined
us.
" 'What's the news? he asked.
"I answered. 'We are discussing a
piece f news whicli comes to us di
rectly frorn the White- House and
which gives roe no little concern.'
'What is it? asked the general.
'"I understand that President An
drew Johnson intends to revoke the
parole cf Genentl Iee and other gener
als of the Lite Southern Confederacy.'
'"Who was your informant?' asked
General Grant.
"I gave him the name of the gentle
man who had given the information.
"General Grant quietly said, 'Thank
you. gentlemen." remounted his horse
and rode rapidly away toward the
White House.
"We leisurely turned our (steps in
the gsme direction, and as we entered
the portico we saw Grant coming down
the steps looking more excited than I
had ever seen him before. I went up
stairs and met a friend who had been
in conference that morning with Mr.
Johnson on the1 subject above men-,
tioned. He said to me: 'If you have
any request to make of the president
this morning, keep it until some other
time. He Is angrier than I have ever
seen him. A moment ago General
Grant .strode iuto his presence and per
emptorily demanded. "Do you Intend
to revoke the parole of General Robert
B. L-re and other ofiicers ef frhe late
Confederacy?"
" ' "I am considering the subject,"
Johnson replied. "You need not consid
er it. Those paroles were signed by me
as general commanding the army of
the United States. My promise to them
stall be kept in good faith if it takes
the army of the United States, plus the.
army of the late Confederacy, to en
force it."
" 'Saying this. Grant retired and left
Johnson white with rage.'
"We never heard any more of the
revocation of the paroles." Indianapo
lis SeatlneL -;
OLD FASHIONED.
What has become of the old fashion
ed man who" called a boll a "gather-
inrt
Whnt has become of the old fashion
ed man "who referred to coal as "stone
coal?"
What has become of the old fashion
ed woman who bought wall paper, and
hung it herself?
What.- has become of the old fashion
ed boy who believed that eating gun
powder would make him tierce?
What has become ef the old fashion
ed mustang pony "thuthad to be bro
ken every time ft wr.s hitched up? -v
What has become of the old fashion
ed person who eiid to a oliild that had
fallen." "Come here, and 111 help you
up?"
.What has become of the old fashion
ed .woman who used to say to her boy
when he-came in late; "I'll attend to
your ase after supper?" Atchison
Globe. ' . ' '
". Carefulness of Snrpreons.
It Is an-object lesson in godliness to
see a surgeon Vvaslifag his hands after
performing an operation, says the Chi
cago Chrohicle.s ile works of course
with sleves rolled up to the elbow, so
that the washing extends f rem the crn
7.y bone Jo the tip of the finger nail.
First there is a bard scrubbing with
plain soap .and sterilized water. This is
followed by a swabbing with tincture
of green soap and sterilized water.
Then comes a genuine scouring with
equal parts of quicklime nhd-eoda In
sterilised water and finally a rinsing in
a solution (1 to 2,000) of bichloride of
mercury. Without these four separate
'washings; no surgeon would think, of
venturing out to scatter germs of dis
ease. Ronpnee of aV Marriage License "
There is a record of a marriage li
cense issaed to two parties, and written '
across the face of the entry in red ink
is the note by the judge: "Returned' un
used. See page so and so." On turning
to the page referred to tiiere'is another
record and the same red ink note. In
short, the record shows that a license
was procured and returned unused four
different times. The fifth time, howev
er, was the charm, and they were mar
ried, he at the age of sixty-fcur and
she at forty-eight yeats. Ottawa ; Re
publican.. . -,; V ; - '
Photography.
She I took this picture with my ;"ko
tiak' while abroad.
He What Is it? .
She Well, that building that stands
lip perfectly straight is the leaning
tower of Pisa; those leaning buildings
are the perpendicular edifices in tho
vicinity.
Q.nite Natural.
"Isn't it strange that humorists are'
nearly always melancholy?"
"Oh, I don't know. You see, they sell
all their good humor, and then they'
have to get along the best they can on
What's left." New York Herald.
Tiie Otlier Man.
"Dar am two sides to a victory," said
Uncle Shad. "Dar's de p'int ob view ob j
de victor and de p'int ob view ob dej
man dat gets licked. Mas' ebery victo-!
ry means defeat for de udder chap."--i
San Francisco Bulletin.
Subscribe for The Tribune and get
the news when it is news.
THE SEWING MACHINE.
Unsuccessful Inventions That Pre
ceded Howe's Patent in 1S40.
The technieal beginning of the sew
ing machine Industry In this country
was Sept. 10, 1S40. when Ellas Howe,
Jr., obtained a pateiif for what grew
into the first really practical sewing
machine. Only three of the lirst Howe
machines were made, however, aud
one of these was deposited ia the pat
ent office in Washington as a model.
It was not until after 1850 that a fac
tory for the making of sewing ma
chines was built, so the enormous busi
ness cf today has'grown up In a short
half century.
While Howe's invention marked the
beginning of a successful Industry, he
was by no -means the pioneer in .ef
forts to substitute mechanical for hand
sewiRg. As far back as 17J0 Thomas
Alsop patented In England a machine
for embroidering. Another machine
for embroidering in a loom was invent
ed by John Duncan in 1804, and twenty-five
years later another Englishman'
named Ileilman patented still another
embroidering machine.
The first recorded attempt at me
chanical sewing was the invention of
Thomas Saint, who took out a patent
in England In 1790 for a machine which
executed the old crcchet stitch. It
was not a success, but some of the
features of the Saint machine appear
in the perfected machine of today.
Bartholeniy Thimonnier patented In
France in 1830 the first sewing ma
chine put to practical use. Eighty cf
his machines were in usa for sewing
army clothing in 1841, when a mob de
stroyed them because convinced they
would drive seamstresses out rtf em
ployment. Thimonnier built new p.nd
batter machines, but all his Work was
again destroyed by angry artisans in
1848.
John J. Greenough took out the first
patent for a sewing machine issued in
the United States in 1S42. It was In
tended to sew leather, but was of no
practical use. '
Walter Hunt of Now York built a
sewing machine in 1S34. but failed to
protect it by a patent. After Howe's
machine appealed Hunt declared it
embodied the Ideas of his machine of
1834. but he was unable to establish
his daim.
A small army of Inventors appeared
after Howe's patent had proved suc
cessful, and their genius was devoted
to perfecting every part cf the "ma
chine. How well they-have succeeded
is shown In the 8.500 patents for sew
ing machines and attachments issurd
by the United States since 1850 and in
the fact that the American sewing ma
chine leads all others In every country
In tho world. New York Herald.
Cave In Cbokbb Glasses.
A dealer In optical Instruments de
clared that ft gave hiin real pain to
note the careless manner in which half
the persons In New Ywk wear glasses.
"It is a wonder to mo," he said, "that
they don't bring on blindness. In the
first place, the frames should always
be fitted tojndividual faces Instead of
being picked up indiscriminately with
out regard for facial peculiarities. The
sfee of the lenses is another important
consideration. Xlost of the glasses I
see on the street are too small. They
should b- ns large as the faco of the
wearer will permit, for a leua of good
size not only nSords better protection
to the eye. but Is more becoming than
a smaller one. Another tribulation f
the weak eyed is due to the reflection
from the edges of unframed glasses.
Th? eyelashes should be attended to in
order to get the best results from a
pair of spectacles. Many lashes are
worn so long that they brush against
the glass. This is decidedly injurious.
New York Times.
- A -Lessnn In Kaspiialitj-.
A curious instance of provincial hos
pitality in n small Tuscan town is re
corded by Luigi Vfllari In "Italian Life
In Town and Country." ,
A" lady of very noble birth and of
j. considerable wealth was giving a mu
sical party it was the first time she
had invited friends to her house that
season , The entertainment began at
2 p. m. and lasted till T. No refresh-
, ments were provided for - the guests,
'., but at half past 4 a, servant appeared
.ana solemnly presented a" cup of "choco
late to the hostess and One to htr moth
er. This, of course, would only be pos
sible in a very provincial town. In the
more civilised spots excellent refresh-
; ments are always offered to the guests.
A Scriptnrsl Weapon.
Children tumble into strange morass
es when they grapple with theolocvl
.They trip over words. For example,
j the other day a teacljer at Stepney took
J for the Bible lesson the story of Sam
; son. At the end of the lesson miesttana
were put to test the understanding of !.
the scholars. "With what weapon did j
Samson slay a thousand Philistines?'
i was the question. For a space there
was suence. Tnen a little girl, spoke
up. "With the ax of the apostles," she
said. London Chronicle.
Conceited. '
Phyllis Harry is the most conceited I
man I ever met - ;
Maud What makes you think so?
Phyllis Why, he first asserts that 1
am the most adorable woman in the i
world, the most beautiful. Intellectual !
and In. every respect a paragon, and .
then he wants me to marry him!
Seesnw.
Nodd Every time 1 go on a vacation
I swear I'll never take another.
Topp Why don't you stick to It?
Nodd Because every time I stay at
home I vow I'll never do it again.
Brooklyn Life.
j Nobody likes an overture very well, I
' but band and orchestra leaders ccntin- I
ue to play them beaause it is custom
ary. Atchison Globe.
The Tribune is all-home print, and
the only paper published ia the conary.
STEERAGE PASSENGERS.
Immigrants For America Are Looked
Upon as Cargo.
One of the biggest liners sailing out
of France, with S00 steerage passen
gers aboard, was selected for observing
the manner of handling steerage pas
sengers bound for America.
A firm conclusion reached after the
Experience of that trip is that an immi
grant of this class has to put up with
much unnecessarily unpleasant treat
mentfirst, simply because he is an
immigrant and therefore in Judgment
meriting it, and, secondly, because, be
ing what he Is, he has not yet learned
to protect himself. The picture con
jured up by the term "immigrant" in
the ndnds of those who have their care
en route Is not at all the color of the
vision that arises before us with the
word. Here In America we have a
notion of a band of earnest and, it may
be, if we are uncharitable, worn and
unwashetl men and women with fam
ilies, though the family and the wash
ing arc really outside for the moment,
hurrying from hard conditions of life
scant, underpaid labor, ignorance, op
pression, misrule pressing on to what
they must conceive to be a bright land
of promise or they would not be rush
ing here; to a glorious young country,
where nil men are free and equal and
all that sort of thing. Rut the man
who has to see that these immigrants
are given food aud bunk and that they
do not fall sick below has no such
fancies. His sympathy, he will tell
you. is not for the immigrants, but for
the country that is to get them.
Those in charge of the Immigrant
from southern Europe will teil you that
he is not a desirable creature. They
have handled many, many thousands
of his kind, and they should know
something of him now. The company
transports him. It is true, but as to
that, he is freight, freight of good
profit. The company would take freight
to the highest degree distasteful if so
be the rates were paid. Indeed, yes. it
Is a business. There is a large profit in
the immigrant oh, yes but as a fol
low passenger be is oh. well, repul
sive, repugnant or whatever you say in
your language. James B. Connolly In
Scribner's.
CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP.
A Gei-iaun Hotel Keeper's Opinions
ii Hotheaded Peoples.
"I think that the Americans are alto
getlH.T too quick to pick a quarrel."
said a German hotel keeper In Harlem
who hud just had a petty tussle In put
ting out an unwelcome customer.
"They are not to be compared with
the French," said au American lawyer
who happened to drop in. "Why, you
know about those French apprentices,
how they are always ready to fight
and often lose their lives over a few
wordn."
"Tve heard about these apprentices,"
said tlis- G-erman. "We have them in
our cr.untry. They, roam around the
country. But what of that?"
"Yes," was the answer. "A party of
thorn, with n leader and representing
6ome " craft, will, for instance, meet an
other party of apprentices. They are
organized into different societies, each
intensely jealous of the other, and if
two such bands are different societies
there is a fight in an Instant First the
leaders come to blows, and then the
melee, becomes general. They fight
with fists and sticks until the roud is
littered with the wounded and some
tiniesdhe dead."
The German, not to be outdone i.y
the French, said before he had thiiiight
twice: "That's nothing. Why, our, stu
dents In the universities have fights.
They belong to different societies' and
fight with salwrs. Because of some lit
tlff insult often one will have Lis head
fairly cut open."
"And yet you complain about the
Americans!" said the lawyer as he
laughed to see how the German had
steppee! Into his own trap. New York
Tribune.
A True Friend.
. It takes a great soul to be a true
friend a large, catholic, stradfast and
loving spirit. One must forgive much,
forget mjch, forhetir much. It costs to
be a friend or to have a friend. There
is nothing else in lif? except mother-,
hood that costs so much. It not only
costs time, affection, strength, patience,
love sometimes a man must even lay
down hi lire for his friends. There is
no true friendship without self abnega
tion, self sacrifice.
Born With Them.
"Mamma." said the little girl, her
eyes wide with excitement. "1 do be
lieve the minister told a story!"
"Why. the idea!" saiel her mother.
"You don't know what you are say
ing." .. ;
"But I do, mamma. I heard papa
ask him how long he had worn whisk
ers, and he said Tie had worn them all
his life."
A Synonyne.
"What? Fifty cents a box for those
pills!" cried the customer. "Why, it's
s-obbery." . ,
"I wouldn't say that," returned the
druggist coolly. '
"No?" -.
" "No. Since pills are under discus
sion, I'd try to be humorous and call it
pillage.' " Philadelphia Press.
Visits, hot Doesn't Pnt Up There. "
"My boy Josh writes me that he Is
stoppln at the best hotels," remarked
Mrs. Corntossel.
"Is he a commercial traveler?"
"No. He's drivin' a transfer wagon.""
Washington Star.
When Dams Fortune goes calling,
ehe utterly disregards "at home" days.
Chicago News.
There i neither thunder nor light
ning within the arctic circle.
25 cents gets The Tribcnb from now
until-January, 1S03.
NERVOUS ENERGY.
Don't Oyerdraw Your Account In the
Bank of Nature.
' You have a deposit of nervous energy
placed to your account in the bank of
your body. It may be large, in which
happy case you are a millionaire in
strength and accomplishing power, or
It may be so microscopic as to need
careful husbanding and little expendi
ture to keep It from dwindling out al
together. But many millionaires become pau
pers, and some "dime savings" swell
Into millions. It depends upon the way
the capital is managed. You may
think you have so much that there is
no need to be economical. You get up
in the morning and feel the blood
bounding through your veins like moun
tain cataracts, and you think you can
turn the mill wheels of the world.
You work day and night or you play
day and night which Is sometimes
more exhausting, and go at the limit of
your speed all the time. You are over-
ui awing your bank account of energy,
and that needlessly, for you probably
have enough to last a long and useful
lifetime. It pays to sit down and sharp
en your tools, and it adds cent per cent
to your body bank deposit
Another with not half your brains
or bustle will get ahead of you In the
end, for he makes every act. every
thought go straight to the mark. He
waste3 no effort Everything he does
means something. It helps toward some
given end. You spend a great deal of
ammunition on your quarry because
you are overanxious. He keeps cool,
takes steady aim and wings hi3 bird.
You get wrinkles and frost tipped
temples and become a bankrupt In vi
tality when you should be In your
prime. You have overdrawn the best
and most valuable bank account the
Lord ever placed on the books of life
the ability "to love and to work and to
play and to look up at tho stars."
A MONTE CARLO LEGEND.
Tli Story tho Croupiers Tell of the
Wnuderi ng "Jew.
All gamblers ae superstitious, .and
Eome of their pet superstitions are now
so old as to have acquired the respec
tability of venerable traditions. The
croupiers of Xlonte Carl j have an In
teresting set of traditional supersti
tions of their own, most of which are
entirely unkuown to the many thou
sands of visitors who toy with the
"tiger" in that gilded court f chance.
The most striking of these Is the
story of the Wandering Jew. which the
croupiers believe as fervently as they
do that the bank will down any "sys
tem" that ever was Invented. There
Is one clay, and one day only, In tle
year on which the rooms of the casino
at Mont Carlo a?? closed that Is on
Good Friday. When " the rooms are
opened on the following day. they say,
tho first penson to eutar the "Grand
Nou.velle Salle de Jeur" Is mi old man
of venerable appearance. He wastes
no time; but. walking straight to one
of the tables, he pktces with the trem
bling fingers of extreme old age a
piece of money upou a eei ta'n number.
The wheel is turned, the croupier's na
sal cry falls upon the ear. announcing
that the number selected by the o!d
man bas wou. With a bitterly savage
exclamation the aged man seizes his
v.-in wings, throws them about him and
hurries from the room to disappear, no
one knows where.
lie is the Wandering Jew, and until
he can lose a bet at Monte Carlo he
must continue his wanderings. Get on
the "blind side" of any of the old crou
piers cf Monte Carlo, and they will tell
you this legend. Have they seen him?
Of eours? they have aud aro fully per
suaded that the ajred arid mysterious
stranger is none other than the man
condemned to perpetual earthly wan
derings nearly 2.000 years ago.
An GbHt&cIe to Piety.
A story tokl by a western congress
man is about two brothers. Ed and
Jim. who dealt in wool at their homo
In Iowa. Jim went to a revival meet-
i lug (unthinkingly, tho congressman
says) and "got religion." In his first
burst of enthusiasm he told his brother
of how much better he felt since his
conversion and urged Ed to come Into
the fold. The latter pondered gravely
for a time and then said: "Ain't any
doubt but what religion's a good thing,
and I'm glad you've got It Jim. but I
guess you better let me alone just
now." ho continued reflectively. "You
see, Jim, one cf us has got to Weigh the
Chase That Frown.
Learn to laugh. A good laugh is bet
ter than medicine. I;:rn how to tell a
story. A well told story Is as -welcome
as a sunbeam in a sickroom. Learn to
keep your own troubk-s to yourself.
The world is too busy to care for your
ills and sorrows.
Learn to stop croaking, if you can
not see any good in the world, keep the
bad to yourself. Learn to hide your
pains and aches under pleasant smiles.
No one cares to bear whether you have
the earache, headache or rheumatism..
ThonRutfcl Nature.
"How wondrous Is nature!" sighed
the dreamy eyed person. ' '
"You bet!" answered the practical
man. "Why. you know how little love
j Is I6st between the Hibernians and ths
: Africans, aud just look how nature has
arranged thiugs so as to prevent the
Irlr.h potato from coining in contact
: with the blackberry." Baltimore
! American..-'
j Merely a SngrKextion.
I "Man proposes and woman disposes,
remarked the young mau who gets quo
tations twisted.
"Well," replied the beautiful blond on
the other end of the sofa. "I'm disposed
to do my part If some man will do his."
Three minutes later she bad him
: landed. Chicago News. v
Sabr.rr'tb i f r Taa Titra tuk.
publised e very Thursday evening.
It is
A FEAST THAT FAILED.
The Story- cf a Raccoon That Was
Not Served For Breakfast.
It Is within the memory of many
people that the custom of schoolteach
ers "boarding around" was the usual
thing In country districts. Although
a custom which teachers seldom liked.
It Is doubtful if many of them had as
hard a time as a young schoolmaster
who described his tvTMHiiM-u in
tocuii v i t ttx A , iu loll. ue
article was written by Leonard Ap
thorp. then an undergraduate of Bow
doin college. The young schoolmaster
was to receive $15 a mouth and his
board.
From the first day I perceived that
I was at board on speculation and at
the mercy of a close calculation, he
writes. One day the whole diuuer con
sisted of a single dumpling, which
they called a pudding, and five sau
sages, which In cooking shrunk to the
size of pipestems. There were five of
us at table.
A few days afterward, on ray return
from school, my eyes were delighted
by the sight of an animal I had never
seen before. It. was 'a raccoon, which
the young man. Jonathan, had killed
and brought home In triumph. When
skinned, he seemed to be one entire
mass of fat and of a most delicate
whiteness. I was overjoyed and went
t bed early to dream of delicious
steaks which the morrow would bring.
Long before daylight I heard the
family stirring, r.nd the alacrity of
quick footsteps and the rep,ated open
ing and shutting of eloors all gave as
surance of the coming holiday.
I was 6oon ready for breakfast and
when seated at table I observed that
the place of Jonathan was vacant
"Where Is Jonathan?" I asked.
"Gone to market," said they.
"Market! What market pray? I
did not know there was any market
In these parts."
"Oh. yes." they said, "he !sgone to
. about thirty miles to tlfe south
ward of ca."
"And what has called him up eo
early to go to market?"
"He Is gone." said they, "to sell his
raccoon."
PICKINGS FROM FICTION, j
The fool's ear was made for the
knave's tongue. Ramaswami's "Indian
Fables."
Bad habita are leeches that would
suck a Hercules to effcaiinacy. "A
Speckled Bird."
Money buys things, and love wins
things; power takes things. "Fame
For a Woman.
Duty Is what we, think about when
; ill or are reminded of by creditors.
j Davidson's "Dumas."
When a man ceases to make- love to
; his wife, some ether man begins.
"Fables For the Elite."
People whose lives are anything but
a Joke are usually content with the
smallest jests. "The Visit ures."
Mothers personify cVrcumsiances to
children. We are symbols to them of
baffling, cramping fate. "The Rescue."
. A woman is like unto a volcano,
which, even when Inactive, is palpitat
ing to spit forth Its fire and which,
when It tloes vent its fury, bursts the
bounds f Its late enforced suppres-Biou.-"The
Wooing of Wistaria."
j Girls Help Waiters to Chest.
I Among hotil employees sex does not
appear to make any difference bo far
as honesty is concerned, says the
Brooklyn Eagle. Certain young women
who act ns checkers In hotels work
with certain waiters. Whenever one of
the girls obtains a position the men
soon follow her, and tho hotel proprie
tor Is victimized accordingly. The wait
er who is in league with the checker
- makes a small private mark on the
' check with which he desires to cheat
She sec It ad Instead of stamping
the. price's against the articles orelered
6he puts her fingers over the figures on
the die so that a slight blotch Is ail
that is recorded in the piace for figures.
The waiter does the rest She keeps
her account against her confederates,
and they settle up later on the outside.
- ' Tosch That Hold Memory.
Once upon a tlmo there was a man
who was a chronic borrower of money,
and he wrb never known to slight an
acquaintance through neglect He was
extremely well known by a large circle
of acquaintances, which he was contin
ually endeavoring to enlarge.
The members of this growing circle
never forgot him. and even after his
death he remained green In their mem
ories. Moral. A man to Insure being re
membered must keep in touch with his
friends. New York Herald.
After the Sunshine.
"What became of that Sunshlno club
which Daisy started T
"Oh. it's under a ciond. After the
first annual election of omcers it was
Impossible to get a quorum owing to
the fact that no two members of the
club were 'on speaking terms. "Chi
cago Record-Herald.
t'neon vent tonal.
"You spoke of Cloober as being
'Queer.' Is he mentally unbalanced?"
"Not exactly that He's merely ec
centric aud peculiar. He gives In his
property to the assessor at the same
figure he has it insured for. Chicago
; Tribune.
What H Realised.
' Judge You do not seem to realize the
enormity of the charge against you.
Prisoner No: I ain't got my lawyer's
bill yet but I'm expectln the charge 11
be enormous, all right Philadelphia
; Record.
j Don't worry If your associates push
j you to the walL You will find the wall
bendy as a brace when you get ready
to push back. ltlsburg Herald.
The Tki3cxe from now until January
1503, for caljr 25 cuils.
Back of Rutlierfordton.
i
' Report to the North Carolina Corpora
J tion Commission of the condition of
the Bank of Rutherfordton at Ruther
fordton, N. C, at close of business ou
15th day of September, 1902.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $24,352.30
j Overdraft 861.00
j Rutherford county bonds. . . . 200.00
I Banking house, F. and P 5,000.00
j Cash and due from banks .... 4,057.04
j All other resources 549.67
Other real estate 66.00
Total $35,184.03
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock $10,000.00
Surplus fund and undivided
profits 2,069.10
Notes and bills rediscounted 8,457.70
. Time certificates deposit 5,224.43
Deposits subject to check .... 9,432.77
Total
$35,184.03
Sworn to before J. F. Flack, Notary
Public, September 20th, 1902
J. W. DORSEY, Acting Cashier. "
Correct attest: -D.
F. Mouuow, R. B. Clarke, J. F. Ar
eowood, Directors.
We solicit all your business.
Notice!
"By virtue of the power of sale confer
red upon me by the provisions of a deed
of trnst executed to me by James V. Mc
Farland and wife, Lucy A. JIcFarland,
on the 27th day of October, 1900, and re
cordtdiu Book "I" pages 569 to 575 of
the office of the Ree-irtr ef Deeds of
Ratherford comity, default having been
made in the payment of the indebted
ness secured by the said deeel of trust,
and unon demand of the hnldi-r of tli
notes, 1 will sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash at the. court
house door in the town of Rutherford
ton, at 12 o'clock, noon, on the
I
20th day of December, 1902.
the following described tract or parcel of
land, to-wit : Lying and being in the
county of Rutherford, on the waters tf
Cathey's creek, known as the Toliver
Davis home-stead, beginning at 4 dog
woods, and running thence north 2 west
yi poies to a stone pile at the north end
of the bridge; thence north 50 west 12
poles to a stake ; thence north 10 west 38
poles to a stake ; thence north 28 east 180
poles to a post oak on north side of Big
road; thence south 66 cast 21 J-, poles to
a Spanish oak on east side of road ; thence
with said road south 48 eist 22 poles to
a stone on the west side of the road ;
thenca south 23 pole's to a l.ig white oak ;
tl ence south 51 east i6 poles to a post
o?k; thence north 50 east 12 poles to a
post oak. Fide of road; thence sopth 8
cast 129 poles to a birch, nerth side of
creek ; thence down mill creek north 85
cast- 22 poles to a stake ; thence south 48
east 50 poles to the month of branch
near ford; thence south 34 east 20 polc-g
to a stake at the moth of Holland's creek ;
thence up said creek as it meanders south
61 wert 3G poles to a stake in creek;
thence west 29 poles to a pile of stones,
Webb's corner; thence south 41 poles to
an ash in Hudlow's line; th-ncc vist
with his line 157 poles to the beginning,
containing 300 acres, more or less, being
the same land conveyed by Matt Mc
Brayer and wife to the said James V.
McFarlau.lby deed dated December 8th,
1W-6, recorded iu Book 70, No, ISO, of
said Register's office, and being the same
laud described in said deed of trust.
This November 19th, 1902.
SOLOMON GALLERT, Trustee.
Notice!
By virtue of the power contained iu a
mortgage deed, executed by Samuel
a a - f t . -
I wkki ana wire, ictory liood. on tho
1 27th day of November, 1897, to T. C.
J JlcErayer and by him duly assigneel and
i transferred to me. which mhrtra
is registered is book H of mortgage
deeds, page 314, in the office of the Reg
ister of deed. for Rutherford conntr. I
will sell at public auction at Forest City
on
Saturday, December Cth. .1902,
two tracts of land lyinp and being ia
Rutherford county, N. C., and in Cool
Springs township, and more particularly
described as follows : Known ps the W.
B. Sattleor Spencer JHoseley land ad
joining lands of Betty Doggc tt, Saun
ders Harrill, J. L. Butler and others: ly
ing on or between the vaterg of both
prongs of Floyd's creek and bounded as
follows : Beginning on a chestnut stamp
near tho fence, Spencer Koseley's line,
P. V. Wood's corner; thence north
west 38 poles to the east bank of Floyd's
creek to sC stk in Wood's line; thence
down tho creek as it meanders east JO
poles bouUi 22 poles to a rock ou tit
east bank of said creek; thence east -'8
poles to an oak in the Spencer Mosy
line ; thence north 32 poles to the It.
ginning, containing acres, more fr
less. Also a second tract adjeining He
above tract and the lands of Wm. Dog
gett and bounded as follows: Ee"i
uiugatapine on the east side of "tie
east prong of Foyd's creek thence north.
4 east lb poles to Tanner's line ; thence
south 61 east SI poles to a W. O. corner
in Doggett's line ; thence south east 0
poles to a stake thence south west U8
poles to a P. O. thence wewt to the be
ginning, containing thirty four acres
moroor less. This salo is made to satisfy
the bonds secured by said mortgage deed.
Terms cash. November 3rd ls-C.
W. M. WITHROW, Assignee.
J. G. & L. G. REID
DENTISTS.
Marion and Kutherfordton. AH
work guaranteed. Our price
reasonable.
Foley's Kidney Cure
makes kidneys end bladder right.
atm Earl? Rtefti-T
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