SLIGHT.
JOHN H. WALSH,
Editor.
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FRIDAY. AUG. It ISO*
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FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
. Before commencing to give
our view* on the following
matter, we wish to say that
we are in no way influomed
l»y personal interest, nor do
we mean to cast the slightest
refllection npon any persons
in the State who now hold
office, or have held office.
There are several changes
which the legislature should
make in the present school
Jaw, some of *hich we pur
pose to notice now, and
•others later.
The first is in references to
the manner of filling the
offices of County Boards of
Education, and County Su
perintendents of Education.
These should, in our opin
ion, be selected by the peo
ple they are to serve. This
is Democratic, and any other
way of filling these offices is
anything else but Democratic
These appointments are made
by erne, or at most, by two
men, the senator and repre
sentative, who, in many in
stances, are wholly unquali
fied to make wise recommen
dations for apppointment.
Ifx true these wppttnifhiints
, are ratified in open session
of the legislature, but the
suggestions or nominations
of the*senator and represen
tative are always ratified.
, This being true, it may well
: be said that, without the ap
proval of their constituents
at large, they may have a
Board of Education appoint
ment and forced upon their
constituents, even though the
members of this board may
be Wholly incompetent, and
even personally obnoxious to
his people.
The same may be said of
the Board of Education in
appointing a County Super
intendent. If they, the sen
ator and representative claim
to have consulted with their
eoanty people,, it generally
developes that they have non
suited only two or three, and
these, probably, advise to
gratify their selfishness, if
nothing else.
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it J»:lur. Wv.r'.USo l> miI»*
initting an interrogatory:
If the State Su|>erinton«hmt
most he elected by alt the’
people of the State, should j
not the County Superinten-!
dents be elected by all the
people of the county? Even'
body must luswerthis ques
tion in the affirmative— uone
can doothenvise. Then, as
othor States elect their Co.
Superintendents, as all coun
ty officers are elected, thus
allowing the people a voice
in the election of nil who Are
to serve them, should not
North Cnrolina be equally
democratic?
This matter will be presontr
edtothe noxt legislature for
ite cousieeration.
There are other things we
wished to introduce, but this
article is already too leugthly.
This manner of appoint
ing instead of electing school
officers v:ns n necessity be
fore the disfranchisment of
of the negro, but now that
necessity does not exist, and
its repeal has become a nec
essity. Every school officer
ought to be elected by the
people to be served, from
State Superintendent to
school committee-men. This
is democracy in its nativo
purity and simplicity.
CHILDREN’S DAY WITH THE
HT. PLEASANT SUNDAY
SHCOOL.
Last Sunday was the day
set apart for tho children’s
day exercises of the Mount
Pleasant Sunday school.
The day dawntfrl fair and
lovely and everything indi
cated a propitious time for
the occasion. But about 10
o’clock, a. m , a cloud ap
peared in the west and the
tones of low muttering thun
der was heard, and the scene
changed. However this pass
ed away and barring a slight
sprinkle of rain, no interrup
tion of the promised pleasure
occurred. At the arrival of
11 o’clock, the snperinten
dent, Prof. C. H. Key, an
nounced 4he commencement
of the exercises by singing
the old long metra doxology,
"Praise God <fce. The choir
was well selected, and was
composed of as good material
as csd be found in the State.
Prof. Key, who led the mu
sic, himself a magnificent
Vocalist, was assisted by the
State renowned "singing
Billie Gibson," and Messrs.
D. M. Mclnnis, D. S. Pool,
editor of the Anglo-Saxon,
and Mr. M. A. Davis, among
the gentlemen; and Mee
dam'es C. H. Key, J. W.
Lents, and M. A. Davis, and
• handsome bevy of young
ladies. The beautiful and
accomplished Miss Esther
Lents, presided at the organ
with the skill of a veteran,
and yet made no ostentatious
display of her rare mueioal
accomplishment*. We have
hpsrd town choirs, and city
choirs, but we never heard
better music anywhere. The
speeches and recitations of
the children, notwithstand
ing a want of preparation
was claimed for them, were
excellently rendered. Wbpre
there were so many nioe boys
and swsst girls, it would bs
unwise to designate such as
w -;v ei.titled to special com1
inendathm. especially when
all did well, so we will not
commit this error.
At the conclusion of the
children’s exercises, a collec
tion was taken, and then a
recess for dinner.
Yes, the next thing was
dinner, and those who know
the fame of this community,
and the surrounding country
for serving good dinners,
might well envy the good
fortune of those who enjoyed
the pleasure of partaking of
the refreshments served.
Tins writer was conveniently
seated between his brother
editor, and our prospective
State Senator, and here was
a trio that discharged the:r
respective obligations in a
faithful manner.
After recess, the crowd re
assembled in the church to
hear the address of the
speaker of the day, Hon. W.
I. Everett. To say the Capt.
made a good talk would not
do him justico, for he always
fills in a masterly manner
any place assigned to him.
He mav not be a Demos
thenes or a Cicerd, or a Pat
rick Henry, but when he
makes a speech, tie always
gives the facts and figures,
and a true history of any
thing he talks about. Such
are our best and most forci
ble speakers. Rev. Mr. Kil
gore, the pastor of the church
was called out, and he made
a most interesting talk, which
was greatly enjoyed, we hear,
by the audience. This clos
ed the scene, and the only
regret felt by the very large
audience was that ‘'Chil
dren’s Day” at Mount Pleas
ant only occurs once a year.
• One prominent feature of
the occasion was that, while
we had old folks and young
folks, single folks and mar
ried folks, and possibly some
widows, we had a fair repre
sentation of widowers, and
if some we have in mind did
not avail themselves of op
portunities presented, it was
not their fault, and if they
failed to do so, you may look
out for them at Ledbetter’s
church, next Sunday.
NOV IS THE TDK
To Use a Good Tania
Vtth Great Benefit
At tbla mswii of the
year every tyitem needs some
thing to tone It up, end there
Is nothing better fbr this pur
pose then ECHOLS' PIED
MONT CONCENTRATED
IKON AND ALUM WATER.
This remedy Is not e patent
medicine, but ie simply na
ture's way of caring the ilia
of atanklnd. An Bos bottle of
it, sold at 80c, is eqnal to 10
gallons or the Natural water,
sod itenets lees than It Mr
day to aae. By Una method
a so flic lent quantity of Miner
als are introduced Into the
system to make a sure, and
yon can stay at home and be
cored more easily aad at much
leas cost, than those who visit
WsyumlM It In ears la
digestion. Rheumatism, Ca
tarrh, Parnate Complain is, ,
Kidney aad Bladder Trouble,
Stomach and Bowel Disorders ■
Nervousness, Malaria, flsrof- ,
alar aad other Blood sad
8kIn Diseases.
Phyatoisna aee It la their ,
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praCMCT.
.For Bale by Heater* Drag I
Store, aad alfothor good drag
diets. Boa bottUa BO seats,
Mot bottles $100. <
J. M. ECHOLS CO. ,
' Lyitehbarg, Va. •
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Ths HftadgjffiQne Year for
Hie Watermelon: Here’s
The Proposition:
For the heaviest ripe watermelon
given to this office between this
date and October the first, we will
give one year’* subscription to the
Headlight. For the next heaviest,
one year’s subscription. For the
third heaviest, six mouth's sub
scription.
Every watermelon sent in will
reported in next issue, giving name
of the party sending it and the
weight. A record of names nnd
weights will be kept >11 the office.
Now who conies first.
Mortgagees Sale of
Land.
By virtue of Llie power vested in me
by a mortgage deed' executed on the
10th day or May 1001 by O. O Sanders
and wife. L. P. Sanders, which mort
gage deed I# duly recorded in the of
fice of the ltegisterof Detda for ltich
mond County in Book ‘ It. It. It." page
172et. teg., and default having burn
made in the pnynicut of the bond ac
companying iaid mortgage, I will sell
at public auction, to Jibe highest bid
der, for cash, at the Court House door
ill the town of Buckingham, Kichmond
County, at 12 o'clock, M. on Saturday,
August 20th, 1004, the following de
scribed tracts of land, lyiug and being
in Marks Creek township, ltiehniond
County, bounded and described as
follow*:
ine lir*i tract, uving nn both tide*
of Mark’s Crwk, beginning nt a comer
of ihi! original tract, known aa the
Luvincr tract in tliu Meadow branch
and ruiid with the original line N. 37
E. 10 chains and SO links to a stako on
the sou hsidu of s small branch ; thence
N. 18 chains and 75 links to a stake
and two pine pointers in a flat; thence
West 86 chains to Marks creek ; thence
down the creek 6 chains; thence N.
B3, West crossing the creek 13 chains
toa Make. block gum and pine point
ers and the beginning of the Curtis
Jsoobs one hundred acres; thence
West to lino reversed N. 23 East 48
chains to a stake and two largo pine
pointers; thence West 10 chains to a
• take two largo pine pointers in Ran
dolph McDonald's line thence with
his line South 41 West 40 chains to a
stake; thence Soutlv76 West 6 chains
to a stake on the cast sido of the horse
pen branch ; thence down said branch
3. 84.West 18 chains and 10 links to a
in .the horse pen, brancH
SS^mfoormfr or the Felix Vacobs ouo
hundred acre treot and also' the last
comer of the Norman Jacobs one hun
dred acre tract; thence with the homo
line of the said Norman Jacobs tract
about East 60 chains to its beginning
earner to a pine, two pine pointers
North of the Speeds town road called
the Hadley comer, thence S. 59 West
3 chains and 76 links to a pine, now
dead, on the cast edge of 8mlth’s new
road; thence 8 40 East 8 chains to the
third line of tho McKinnon one hun
dred acre tract; thence with it No. 30
E. 6 chains to its fourth comer—*a
stake; thence with fourth line 8. 00
E. 40 chains to Ha beginning a targe
• 3outh side of the road near a
Jacob's tract; thence with a line of'the
McKinnon tract aud it line of the Felix
Jacobs tract to the Groen Pond raid ;
thence with the Oreeu Pond road to
Marks oraek ; thence up aaid oreek to
the run of the Meadow branch; thence
up said branch to the beginning, con
taining (82 acre* excepting SO acre*
claimed by John G. McKeithan.
Second tract—buginning at a pine
three pine pointer* on the West aide
of’the Ohoraw road and south of the
head of a small branch ou which John
Diekaon once lived and runs 8. 46
W. 60 chains ; thence H. 46 E. 10 chains;
the no* Mo. 10 E. 00 chain*; thenoe
direct to the beginning, containing 80
acm more or leas, being part of 88400
sera* granted to David Allison 28rd
day of Feb. 1798.
Third, tract, beginning on the north
line of Hhadrach Jacob* land :*t n
ataka, three pine p-.hi* • -
ehalna from Mark* Or.
20 E8 chains to a sink*—..
pointer*; thence K. 05 h. . i.. '
the nee 8 81 ehalna; thence direct to
tbe beginning, containing 100 acres
more or lees.
B. H. Morpa,
__ Mortgagee
H—Ijt'* Kotica.
The undersigned having qualified a*
EsMutrixof the Laet Will and Testa
ment of the late Dr. John M. Sunalll.
oa the (0th day of April. 1804. before
the Superior doort* of Richmond coun
ty. hereby notify all persona holding
etalras against. Ui* estate of the said
TWlu tor to pres ant lham to th* under
lined for paymanV duly autbantieat
ed, ouor before the trs*. day of Jane,
1908, er this naim* will ba plaadad In
Mf of their rauewiry, end ell peramr*
Hidahted to aaid estate trill mah* im
mediate neyment to the undersigned.
WILLIE B..8TAMHILL,
EvMatrix ef Dr. John M fMenslll deed'
18th Mev. sfM
Campaign
H EADLIQHT
Send 25c and get die
Headlight to Nov \ 5,
This will be a lively campaign and tl»e Headlight will
bristle with the political news'of the day, as well as fur
nish all the county and State news we can'get hold of.
If advertisers desire their advertisements to reach
everybody in the county, the Headlight is the place to put
them. This applies directly to new subscribers, but pres
ent subscribers who will pay up all arranges can have the
privileges of the campaign offer
Send Your QUARTER Along AT ONUE.
WHY HESITATE
When needing medicines? I have anticipated your
necessity and have them prepared in strict accordance with
the latest written U. S. Pharmacopoeia. You should re
member the familiar saving,
The Best is None Too Good in Time of Need.
A great many people do appreciate the standard of excel
lence, whv not more? There are numbers of articles of'*
loss importance than medicines, I have not overlooked
tho’ haven’t space to enumerate here.
Gratefully yours.
Thos B. Hunter,
Pharmacist and Chemist
Undertaking Department
We have a full lilU0_of £offins_ Ca&koU^_aud.J£u«a]—
Robes Our services-are at your command at any hoar
of the day or night. Lowest prices guaranteed.
Respectfully,
H. C. WATSON.
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$175.00. We have lecently purchased a Twelve
Hundred Dollar Funeral Car which will fill the
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on every job Place your contract with us and* we
will handle it with the greatest care and to your
entite satisfaction.
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