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LIGHTED FOR THE ILLUMINATION OF f All HEELS, BOTH NATIVE AND ADOPTED.
VOL. I.
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C, SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1887.
NO. 4 1 .
THE
PINE KNOT.
Lighted for the illumination of all. Of special
interest to -.'.....-' .
NORTHERN PEOPLE
who seek a home in the South It has some
thing to say, and isn't afraid to say it.
Eight Pages,
Published Weekly.
Subscribe Now! Only $i.oo.
Advertise Now! Low Rates,
J. R. FERRALL & Co.,
Staple and
1 Fancy Grocers,
RAI.KIGH, N. C.
R. E. B. RANKIN,
Homoeopathic Physician.
Branson House, Raleigh, N. C.
Special attention paid to all forms
of chronic disease, diseases of women
and children. Patients treated by
mail, and visits made to neighboring
towns when desired.
In the recent civil service examina
tion at Washington the women clerks
passed with higher honors than the
men.
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JgTENNETH M. FERGUSON, M. J).
Physician and Surgeon,
CAMERON, N. C.
Orders by telegrapli or mail prompt
ly answered.
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The people of Wilmington subscribed
17,000 toward the! stock of the Mess
sen ger Company; i not long ago the
people of Statesville gave the Land
mark a fine new press and here only a
week or two since the people of Ker
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nersville presentedj the News with a
brand new Campbell. That's the wav
to do it. Oui stocking is up, too.
G
RIFFIN & TEMPLE,
Orders by mail receive careful
and prompt attention.
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MOSELEY'S
AMERICAN & EUROPEAN HOUSE,
120 Fayetteville St.,
RALEIGH, N. C.
ROOMS PLEASANT !
TABLE (J00D !
WAITERS ATTENTIVE !
PRICES MODERATE !
A QUIET PLACE !
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Ladies' and Gentlemen's Dining Hall
attached.
North Carolina Car Co.,
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RALEIGH, N. C ; .
! MANUFACTURERS OF
Sash; Doors, Blinds
and all kinds of
Builders (Material.
By carrying a large stock of lumfcer and
having an equipment of the test im
proved machinery, we are pre-
pared to fill orders promptly.
We are also prepared to ship houses,
MACHINE FRAMED,,
ready for erection.
Correspondence solicited Address
North Carolina Car Cornpany,
RALEIGH, N. C ,
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Attorneys and Counsellors at Law
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C.
Practice in the Superior and Federal Courts of
the First Judicial District and in the Supreme '
court ox JNortn Carolina, bpeciai attention
given to conveyancing and collections.
w. J. Griffin, W. O. Temple.
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G. N. Walters,
FASHIONABLE HJEFtCUNT TILOR,
RALEIGH. N. C.
Has the largest stock of Foreign
Cloths, Cassimeres, Cheviots, plain
and fancy Silk mixed Suitings,
Shark skin Suitings in all
shades. The latest
New York styles
, for full dress
Suits.
Dress suits from $40 to $85
Business suits $30 to $60.
'r v Samples furnished on application.
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We see by the Anuiston Hop Blast
that Mr. E. A. Oldh am, formerly of
the Winston Sentinel has entered upon
his duties as business manager Of that
paper. It will be a jsurprise to us if he
does not score a most flattering sue-,
cess. The tact, brains and energy
that served Mr. Oldham so well in
North Carolina journalism will not be
at a discount in Anniston.
LUCIUS A. YOUNG,
Insurance Agent,
Southern Pines, N. C.
-REPRESENTING-
Washington Fire & Marine Ins. Co.,
of Mobile, Alabama.
Capital & surplus - - - $150,000
Western Assurance Co. , Toronto, Can.
Surplus in U. S. - - 425,671.94
Commercial Union Assurance Co,,
of London. England.
Assets - - - $2,596,313.87
Hartford Fire Ins. Co., Hartford, Ct.
Assets - - - $5,055,946.45
Georgia Home Ins. Co., Columbus, Ga.
Assets - $750,000
German American Ins. Co., New York.
London Assurance Corporation, of
London, Eng. and several other reli
able stock and mutual companies. !
OFFICE, NO. i, CITY HALL.
THE PRICE Of SELF RESPECT.
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A writer in the Epoch, speaking of
the propriety of Harvard students
serving as hotel waiters during thej
summer vacation, says:
"It is degrading and has always
been considered so, for a man to wait
upon, his equal in the capacity ot a
servant. T? ' I
We remember some one who said
"But I am among you as he that
serveth." New York Independent.
Our objection to his sort of service
does not rest upon the above mention
ed ground, but upon the abominable
system of feeing or "tipping" waiters
and other servants at the summer
hotels. It is a custom everywhere
prevalent, recognized by both waiter
and hotel proprietor. The expected
perquisites or "perg," to which that
word has been corrupted, are just as
much a factor in .determining what
money wages the waiter shall receive
as is the board and lodging which he
gets. At the hotels in , the White
Mountains during the years from 1875
to 1878 1 the wages of male waiters de-.
, i f
clined from 120.00 per month to $12.00
for; no reason except that hotel pro
prietors found there were plenty of
young men willing- to accept this small
pay on account of the chance for per4
quisites. Setting aside the injustice
of allowing patrons of hotels to pay
more than double alfair price for the
service rendered them, there is nothing
more degrading, more destructive of
self-respect than the receiving of these
"tips. : . :, -' i
feasts rather revolting, yet there is
nothing disgraceful in passing the salt
to your equal or inferior, even if you
have to stand behindhis chair to do it.
But if you do it obsequiously, with an
eye to possible half-dollars, if you
study this or that guest's appearance,
determining the zeal of your service
by the probability of a reward to
which you have no right, then are you
disgraced, then do you lose each hour
some portion of that priceless treasure,
a manly and self-respecting spirit.
It is often true that the waiter, a
bright student from one of our leading
colleges, is immeasurably the superior
in brains, in education and in man
ners of the person whom it is his duty
to serve. The -well-bred waiter find
it sometimes difficult to repress laugh
ter at the gaucherks of the rich but
ill-bred people; to be found in every
hotel dining room. It may not be
intellectually improving to hare to at
tend to the creature: comforts of such
people three times per day, but it is
honest work enough and should not be
refused when no' other employment
offers. When, however, you neglect:,
some other party at your table who
has a Reputation tor paying but not
giving and - throw yourself heart and
soul into the service of the above
mentioned ill-bred millionaire, because
you expect a large fee, you deserve
the contempt of every honest man.
As the matter stands now, don't go
into a summer hotel as waiter. When
the practice of feeing is stopped and
hotel proprietors pay honest wages for
honest work there'll be no objection ,
provided you are .not strong enough to
work in the hay-field or go to the
Grand Banks- fishing.
NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSO- .
CIATION.
By a late decision of the Southern
Passenger Association, teachers south
of he Ohio river and Washington,
and east of the Mississippi -'.river, can
purchase round trip tickets to Chi
cago at a fare one: way, going July
. 512, returning July 1518, or un
til September 8, if arrangements are
made by each traveler in Chicago.
Holders of these return tickets must
pay the annual fee of $2 to N. E. A.
in. Chicago and have their return
tickets stamped by N. E. A. at the
Exposition building. .
W. D. Parker,
Supt. Transportation.
A special feature and one that will
no doubt be quite instructive to our
Stock raisers who visit the Institute
and Fair at Mt. Holly ten miles west
lllcn 43 UUUiC August 10th to 13th will be the lecture
though to many the constant smell of j on "Diseases of Domesticated Ani-
a v j- ' " x. i. Dials and the necessity for humane
food may be disagreeable, the sight of . treatraentt delivered by Dr. J. N.
multitudinous scraps and fag-ends of Cook, Veterinary Surgeon, of Atlanta.