VOL. 10--NO. 16.
ROCKINGHAM, N. C, SATORDAyrTYlAY 30, 1908.
TERMS: $1,00 PER YEJAR
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EDUCATIONAL
AND RELIGIOUS
Edited by JRev. WR. Coppedge,
A. M., County Superinten-
jdent of Schools :
The teachers of North Carolina
will. have a rare opportunity to
combine (pleasure with business
by attending the meeting in
Charlotte, June 16th to I9th,rand
,it is earnestly desired that a
goodly number of the Richmond
cpn nty teachers will take advan
tage of the opportunity that of-
f ers them so much. ,
We sometimes ask ourselves if
we can afford the cost of things
that we"" desire, but sometim es
we ask ourselves if we can af
ford to do without them, r We
cannot 1 afford ''(. to do without
clothes and houses and many
other things too numerous to
mention. The teacher who ex
pects to keep up with the a
. vancing procession -of progress
. cannot afford to '-stay away from
this meeting. Provision lias been
made for a special rate on the
railroads and for an extremely
low rate for board in Charlotte,
: so "that ; the entire cost of the
- trip need not exceed ten dollars.
No one who has a good educa
tion who does not come in con
tact with other neighborhoods
than those in -which most of his
life has to be spent and other
people than those whom he usu
' ally meets. Those who go to
Charlotte will be able to meet
and to confer with people of the
i i mmm i am vmn w ar m "-. .. f am w mm
lllgliem rUiwLaa
and of the greatest intellectual
endowments. Contact witK such
people tends to widen our mental
horrison and to elevate our ideals
We become greater by commun
ion with the great. -If half of
the teachers of Richmond would
avail themselves of the advan
tages herein ref erred to, it would
be worth thousands of dollars to
the county,- It would be a good
investment of part of the school
funds to pay the necessary ex
penses of every teacher who will
go, butfeheraJs no legal way in
which It could be done. . But the
teacher who goes Will prepare for
better work and will be able to
command in future a better sal
. ary,(and thus be reimbursed sev
eral fold the amount of the ex
pertse of the trip. Beside the
enjoyment of the trip'will fully
compensate for the outlay.
It helps one in any line of
w6rk to see what others in that
sme ' line are ., doing andhow
they are doing it. The teacher
is ho .exception. Mr. R. D. W.
Corinor, who has done so much
to advance the educational inter
ests of our sate, says, "A teach-,
eir at work out in the country iso
lated from other teachers, often
eels that she is alone. She be
comes discouraged and low-
spirited. What she needs is to
i come in contact, with others en-
t gaged in the same work. It gives
j a feeling of strength to.be thrown
with seven or eight hundred
teachers, all of them engaged in
solving the same problems, '
Thishits the nail on the headr
Not only will those who go get
a great deal of enjoy men t out of
the trip while m Charlotte, but it
will make their l work more en-
j oyable when they,' get into the
school room; and whatever makes
the work more "en joyable is like
ly to make it more productive gt
good results.: It will just as sure
ly make the ' work of the pupils
pils more - enjoyable and will be
as helpful -to them as to the
teacher. ; s - i
but of national repution, have
been secured for the occasion
and everything wfU be done to
make this the greatest meeting
of the Teachers,' . -Assembly ever
held? - ,v. -
We want to keep this subject
prominently : before the people
till after the meeting is held and
'we shall refer to it again. . -
RELIGIOUS
The meeting of the General As
sembly of the Southern Presby
terian Church' now in session in
Greensboro, N. C, was preceded
by a meeting of the Prebyterian
Brotherhood. An excellent prp
grajn was arranged by Rev Dr.
AV L. Phillips, of Richmond , Va. ,
and was carried out in a way very
creditable to all -the speakers.
The : speeches were . nearly all
made by laymen and showed both
earnesness and ability. Missions
bible study, Sunday school work,
beneficece, sprayer and I other
practical sub j ects were discussed
in a way that were helpful to-all
whose privilege it was to be pres
ent. The meeting proved-that
the laymen can do a great deal
more to advance Christ's King
dom than they have been doing
injthe past, 'and that they are
going TO po IT. . The church in
all denominations is awaking to
greater, activity. " Iet " every
christian try to have a share- .n
the movement. "
Freed From Jail by Advertising
The efficacy of want "ads'' has
again been demonstrated by John
L. Silber, a young man of Utica,
N. Y., .who : hai recently been
making a tour of the west. Ac
cording to reports received by
ggns oi jauqer, ne was arrest
ed in iJelviyfek . and sent to
j ail": 'Friendlesaimalffipen.
niless. the young; man conceived
the idea of appealing ta the
lie through a want "ad.' tte
spent, his last quarter for the in
sertion in an Oklahoma City pa
per of the following advertise
ment: '
WANTED Young man in jail
wants to gefout. Suggestions
solicited that might lead to his
release. ' ' . . . '; :
The response was immediate.
Several . prominent attorneys in
terested themselves in . Silber's
case, ana governor nasiieii, uj.
Oklahoma, was induced to issue
a paidon.
Guard Against "Thumps"
If your y pigs are getting nice
and sleek and stick to the nest
pretty close, only getting out to
suck, and then lying down again
to sleep, look out for thumps, for
you have the right kind of a suD-
j ect. All the preventative ne
cessary is exercise. Get into the
pen when .the dam is out,' two or
three times daily, and with a
whiD make them scamper about
until fquite tired out. Mr. Pig
m'o win not thumD. (iiven a
chance, they generally take exer
cise enough of their own accord,
11 hpar closer watchiner. ': A
thumby pig never does any good
uuu i - . - i 3
even though he should continue
to live. Rural World.
Chronic Constipation Cured.
One vhoulfers from chronic
constipation is in danger of many
serious ailmentsr - Foley's Ormo
Laxative cures chronic constipa
tion as jt aids digestion and stim
ulates the liver, and. bowels, .re
storing 'the natural action" of
these organs. Commence taking
it today and you will feel better
atonpe. v Foley's Orino Laxative
does not nauseate or gripe and is
pleasant to "take. Refuse substitute's-
L. G.' Fox. r ; ;
: The cynic says there; are two
kinds of people in- the; world
bad ones and those who have not
J.beenjf 6nnd.putr v
CARRIED OFF INTO
DESERT TO STARVE
Allejged Punishment of Women
Real -Estate Agent- by
. Sheep Range Men ; -v
From the Ne w York American.
One of the "most hideous and
revolting;acts of cruelty ever
committed in the United States
is charged against the wealthy
sheep range men of Wyoming. '
They carried a young and pret
ty woman far out into the sage
brush desert and ieft her where
she-would be sure to die, ii not
rescued, of thirst and madness
and horrible torture resulting
from the peculiar character of
the. vegetation. . '
The worst has happened, ac
cording to a report brought in
from the desert- The victim of
the sheepmen, . Miss Alice Daw
son, has been seen but not res
cued a raving maniac, subsist
ing entirely upon sagebrush, de
prived of water, tortured almost
beyond human semblance, look
ing more like a rabid and starv
ing wolf than a once pretty young
woman. -: -c.-i: . i-..
This amazing outrage, "which
should make the blood of . every
man with a shred oi chivalry
boil in his veins, was perpetrat
ed simply because Miss Dawson
persisted'm pursuing a perfectly
legitimate and useful occupation
which interfered -with the busi
ness interests of the sheepmen;
Miss Dawson was one of the
cleverest real estate agents in the
middleOvest . Slie'.jenjtO:;mie.
a- reasonable success .j" in selling
lots. tQ;,farmei s pnJte tsheep
ranges of Wyoming, and for this
ason aione xne sneepmen con
demned herTtu herterrible fatev
Millions of ; acres of nne, ncn
soil are opeh'rfco public occupa.
tion in Wyoming at prices rang
ing from . 50; cents to-$1.25 an
acre. The land is splendidly fit
ted for farming purposes, but
the men who now use without
cost to - themselves as sheep
ranges seem determined to keep
the farmers away by crime and
violence. .
They employ cowboys to meet
incoming trains ana dissuade
farmers from settling in J the
country by various arguments,
including Q elaborate eloquenqe,
plain profanity.: making the vis
itors ... drunk ; and -occasionally
shooting them. They bribe Inany
colonization agents to pass by
the free range districts. Vnen
larmers insist on coming into the
country to settle the sheepmen
employ -forcible means to drive
them away. The pull down their
fences, maim their cattle, burn
their houses and ;farms, and if
all this does not send theni to a
milder .. climate, - they murder
them. - . ' ;
" Many scenes of cruelty and vi
olence -have occurred in this
enormous,; wild and scarcely in
habited region.' Many forgotten
victims have died out in the de
sert,- and . probably no one will
fiver know how they met their
fate. - - - . " - -
Miss Dawson was a real estatel
agent, engaged in .what is called
'the v colonization ' .business, ' '
with offices in Chicago and Kan
sas City ;She .-was persuasive in
her methods and r ways treated
her customers honestly and fair-.
ly; v. Consequently she .was able
to lead lar'ue - numbers of farm
ers into Texas : and New Mexico.
Miss. Dawson was; not only a
clever business woman, but she
wad handsome as well, and -more
than one farmer who was per
suaded by'rher ;tb go west-found
himself , -offering "her more than
the money for the land she sold.
Of ten he supplemented it by of -fering
her his and his heart and
the rest of iiis property.
But Miss Dawson always re
fused theses offers ; pohtely but
firmly. The. life of a farmer's
wife in, a new country is a hard
one. and she had dreams of a
brilliant social career. .
Her first trip to Wyoming was
made in March the " first home
seekers' excursion being March
5 She had fifteen farmers with
her, most of them being fr6m
Central Illinois. -At , Ri,verton
she was met by a number of
sheep herders -representing the
cattle and sheep interests and
told to turn back. ; She laughed
at them, and as she was in a
town where she was well known;
they were afraid to . interfere
withuher, and she went bravely
on into "the desert. That was the
last seen of her by her friends at
Riverton.
She proceeded with! her party
colonists to an irrigation system
some fifty miles into the desert
Two days later the wretched
farmers who went with her into
the desert came back ..almost
scared to death. They told how
Miss Dawson had been: taken
away from the hotel of the irri
gation site. A band of sheep
rangers, armed and wearing
black masks, came in and seized
her, orderedwthe farmers to put
up their hands and promised im
mediate death to any man who
moved a hand to help her. .
'Anybody, man or woman,
who tries. ' to cut up our sheep
ranges will come to an unpleas-
ant-eiid,,? remarked the leader of
the sheepmen. "Just make f a
note of that." ' ,
Then they tied Miss Dawson
upon the leader's horse, and rode
away wich " her into the desort.
From subsequent reports it ap
pears that they carried her 200
miles into i heidesertfand left her;
in the remotest srt from human
habitation they culd find.-;;Iltini4
ners, who pass through this .de
sert carrying the mail report that
they have seen a 'wild demented
woman, clad only 'in tatters, liv-
ing in the sage Dush. There is
no doubt that this is Miss Daw
son, driven mad T?y her suffeY-
ings.
It is supposed that she has
been eating the; sage bush which
is about the only form of vegeta-
ion in v the region where she is
marooned. .This sage bush con
tains Ihe principal ingredient of
absinthe. It is capable of sus
taining life for a considerable
timev but if taken without other
food" it surely drives the eater
mad.
Th us this unhappy young wo-
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man has neen conaemnea to a
fate worse than death by a body
of American; citizens, purely for
the sake of keeping their grasp
on property which does inot be
long to them. .
Tired nerves, with that no
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ambition, ' feeling that is com-
monlyfelt in spring or early sum
mer, can be easily and quickly
altered by taking what is known
to druggists" everywhere as Dr.
absolutely- note a changed feeling
within 48 hours after beginning
to take the Restorative. . The bow
els cret sluereish in the winter
time, the circulation often slows
T- . j 1 1
up, the K;aneys.are maewve, ana
even the heart in many cases
crows decidedly weaker. Dr.
Shoop's Restorative is recognized
everywhere s a genuine tonic to
these vital organs. It builds up
and strengthens the wot n-out
weakened nerves; it sharpens the
failing appetite, and universally
iaids digestion. It alwjays qaick,
ly brings renewed strength life
vigor and" ambition. Try it and
be convinced; : Sold by L G. Fox:
Yes, Lulya dear, this is a dry
state, : . :
BILLION DOLLAR . ,
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COUNTRY THIS
Congress Passed Measures
- rying $880,000,000 Ap
propriations Car-
"This is truly a billion-dollar
country." -.
Representative James Tawney
of Minnesota, xhairman of the
house com m it tee on appropna
tions, thus paraphrased the state-J
ment of former Secretary of the
Treasury Charles Foster. Many
years ago Secretary Fos ter .while
discussing the , appropriations
made by congress, for ; the sup
port of the government, remark
ed, when his attention was called
to the fact th3 1 the appropria
tions of the congress-would ag
gregate about M,000,000,000,that
the United States" was '-a billion
dollar country. ' ' J -r
The comment of Secretary Fos
ter was significant of-the growth
of America and v the extension of
its governmental work. No ex
cuses -were made by Secretary
Foster : for the increase of the
appropriations, except that they
were needed to carry on the
great system of government es
tablished by the American na
tion, yl:'-- ""
'That was many years ago.
Since1 that the appropriations
have been increasing constantly,
until now they exceed anything
dreamed of a quarter of a cen
tury ago. The business of the
government has grown to such
proportions that mere figures
convey a very inadequate idea of
it. At the time Secretary Fos
ter made his epigrammatic re
mark the total appropria&ohs" f of
an entire congress (two sessions)
aggregated approximately
000,000,000. Today they are
twice as great. While no absp
lutely, definite figures have been
made on-th- approbations .
th& pre$entj session of congress,
they will amount approximately
to $lj030,000,Opo. The next ses
sion of congress probably will ex
tend that amount to two billions
of dollars for the two sessions.
This year the congress has
passed measures carry appropri
ations aggregating. $880,000,000.
Certain cpntinuin appropria
tions, in addition, amount to
more than $150,000,000 annually,
so that the total expenditures
which will have to be met by the
treasury department for the year
beginning July 1 next will amount
o considerably over a billion
dollars.. : : T;'-':::) &,yf K:-:&
Some members of congress, in
both house and the senate, fore
saw what was likely to be the
situation early in the present
congress. - They sounded warn
ings and urged economy, but the
business of the ' country had
grown beyond them. . They could
not, if tjiey would, prevent the
appropriations $ necessary to do
the business of the government,
yet it is a fact that there is strong
likelihood that the treasury may
be confronted at the end of the
present fiscal: year 'on June 30
next with a deficit. "It is reason
ably certain that the evenues-of
the coming fiscal year will not
equal the expenditures that have
been authorized and the govern
ment's available cash balance is
certain to be seriously, depleted;
Senator Aldrich, chairman of
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the finance committee of the sen
ate and Chairman Tawney, chair
man of thehouse appropriations
committee,- both have; warned
congress that unless appfopria
tions are Jield down serious con'
sequences -niayTesult:-; Senator
Aldrich ' declared a day xr two
ago that if r: lavish expenditures
were i. continued it .would be ne
cessary'to devise new, methods of
taxation. And he was not talk
tion is resrarded as serious and i:
will be a notable . Problem, to he .
solved I by the - jnext congress.-
Wash. Cor. Richmond : News
Leader. - ' - : ' '
Rural Carriers Must Inrush Up.
Rural mail carriers will be re
quired to give some attention in
ths future to their personal ap
pearance, and keep -r themselves
and equipment in harmony with
"Uncle'Sam. Post Master Gen
eral Meyer recently issued the
following, order:, .
Postmasters ofcriofal deliverir
offices will inform all carriers un
der their supervision that they,
are required to present a neat
personal appearance, that the ye
hides used must be suited to the
service, kept in good order and
presentable, and that ther animals
used by the carriers in -serving
their route must be fit to work
and tsuch as do not cast discredit ;
Jon the service. Laxity in these '
matters by the rural car riers will
be immediately reported to this.,
office by postmasters. - ' -
Letter from a Little Girl . .
:. Mr. Editor: As I am' alittie
school girl only 9 years old, will ;
you please allow me a little space 1
in your valuable paper! to Write a
lew line's. I have been going tou
the graded school, and I am glad
to say we had a good school. As ?
for myself I can say T- learned
my lessons- and learned; to
love "my " teacher, r Miss Sue
Thomas. Miss Sue is so good
and Jrind to herstudents that no -one
can help-- but love her as a
lady and teacher. , - 1
i ln conclusion, I will say when
the school-opens again'! hope to
be there and meet Miss Sue as
my; teacher again, for it certainly
would fill rhy heart withjoy and
J gladness to know- that she would -
teacher - for thext term.:
AftereetmlKtl6in T hnn
to meet all my little, playmates
agai n. With best .wishes, I am
your little; friend, : ; "1 3
. - . " Jennie Linker.
'Mr.; Wm. H. Anderson, M. D., .
of Soda Springs, Ida., -says that
Bees Laxative Cough Syrup has
relieved coughs and colds where I
all other remedies failed... Its -t
gentle laxative effects especially
ecommend it for children. It is
pleasant to take. For coughs.
colds, : hoarseness, whoo ping-
cough. Money ref unded hi not
atisfied. Sold by -L. G. Ffx. .
Yes," said Tom, "I wote a
etter proposing marriage to that
Boston girl. - . -
And did she reject y ou?" ask-
ed Dick.
"Yes, I made the mistake- of
spelling 'honor without the u. ? ' '
Colds That Hang On
Golds that hang on in the
spring deplete the system; ex
haust the nerves, . and open the i
way-' for serious illness. Take
Foley's Honey and Tar. It quick-1
ly steps the cough and expels the
cold, it is safe and certain in
results. L. G. Fox.. - :
Miss YernerI'm quite posi-1
tive that he loves deeply. ' ,
Miss Wise-How jean you knov;?
Miss Yerner Oi l can tell ; y
theway he sighs : when . j.
Miss iise-My dear girl, you
can't guage the depth of a man's
heart byita-sighs .
fv . , 'i ..A-L -. ':';:' x
Don't cough your head off whei
you can get a guaranteed remedy
in Bees Laxative Cough Syrup.
It is especially recommended fc:
children-asits-: pleasant to takeT
is a gentle tlaxative thus exp:11
ing the ph'ej froni.the systc :
For coughs; cojds, croup, whe
ing cough, vhoarsenci3i- and
bronchial tioubleMGuarant
Sold by Ludolph G. Fof r-
r Educators not " only .of .state
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