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TheNaihvlIIPut!li.hln4Co.,PubllhVi,- . , U-'h 1 . , ' ESTABLISH' 1805. . ' ... : ..- . - , ' V; , M. LINCKE. Editor and Manafier,
vol. xvii. :-:y.rJ;y.:. , :. Nashville, North Carol i January. 19th, mi. ' no. 3.
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Professional Cards.
. Ja. P. Battle , . Thoa. J. Dsm
; - Cattle A Deani- j
- Physicians and Surgeons
Offer their profmlpnat aerviuM to the
. people of Niulivllle aad aurrouodlD(
- . . 1 conutlee .
Prompt attention given all calls, day or
or Digm .
Offloua located In rear oi Ward Drue Co.
Pnoawe Noe. 70 84
FRANK A. HAMPTON.
; Attorney-At-Lnw.,
OppoHlto PoetoBlce, Rocky Mount,
, Nortb Carolina. ,
O. M T. FOUNTAIN. . E. T. roDMTAIR
Fountain & Fountain.
Attornayi-At-Law,
Rocky Mount. N. C.
Offloe 2nd floor 6 Points Drug Stora.
Practice In all tba courts. '
Dr. C. F. Smithson,
DENTIST.
- Office Over Kyser's Drag Stora. ,
.' . Rocky Mount, N.C. " ' .
.DR. F.6. CHAMBLEE
.DEMTIST.. ,
- '' Spring Hope, N. C.
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Office In Spring Hop Hanking"
-. Co. Building
J. P.BUNN.
' - Rocky Mount.
F.S.SPRUILL,
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w BUNN k SPRUIU, t
Attoneys and Counselloriat-Liw.
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8. F. AUSTIN. K. B.GRANTHAM,
' Naabvllle, X. a . KockyMoaota. 0.
' AUSTIN & GRANTHAM,
LAWYERS.
fromptattentlon given toall matters
f, A. WOOUAK0, ' W. I THORPE.
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B. A. BBUOKS, KahTUIe,M.lt
WO00ARD, TKGSPE
k BROOKS.
" LAWYERS.
Offices: Nashville and Spring Hope.
Offloe In Grand Jnrr BalldlaR.
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MaabvUla.
FINCH & VAUGHAN, :
Attorneys And.Counsellors at-Uw
Prompt atteotion x'ven to all mattara
.- entrusted to our care, uracem
" Grand Jt.ry Ruildinir.
Bl J. Uarnks, . , O. P. Dickinson
BARNES k DICKINSON,
Attorneys and Coonsellors-At-Law ,
Wilson, N.C.
Practice In Nash, Wilson, State and
l'- Federal courts.
Office over Rsvlngi Bank.
- T. T. ROSS, Dentist,
Spring Hope, N. C, .
Office In New Finch Culldln
Will be in my office every Wednes
day, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, :
Nashvi:Se Cf'ice et residence
Where I can be found -Monday
and Tcksday T
- . Veterlaary Surjceon .k
Rocky Mount, - North Carolina.)
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Graduate of U. C. Cc" of Veteri'
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Knowing of past : experience! in
North Carolina,' and of a fee to
prosecute a claim agn!nst the State
having been taken by Marion Butler
while United States senator. Repre
sentative Z. V. Turlington, of Iredell,
introduced the following bill during
the present seeiion of the , legisla
ture. :- ; ' ...
; A bill entitled "An Act to prohibit
State officers or other employes of
the State of North Carolina and
United State Senators and Repre
sentative! from, accepting a fee to
prosecute claims against the State
of North Carolina.'!
"The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:..
Section 1. That if the" Governor,
Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of
State. State Treasurer, State Audit
or, Attorney-General, Insurance
Commissioners, Commissioner of La
bor and Printing, or any Corporation
Commissioner of other . officer or
clerk in the employment of the State
of North Carolina or any -' United
States Senator representing the
State of North Carolina or represent
ative in Congress from North Caro
lina who shall receive or agree to re
ceive any compensation whatever,
directly or indirectly, for any service
rendered or to be rendered in prose
cuting any claim against the State of
North Carolina, after being -elected
or appointed to such office or posi
tion, either before or after he has
qualified, shall be guilty of a felony
and upon conviction shall be fined or
imprisoned, or both, in the discre
tion of the court.
"See. 2. That this act shall be in
force from and after its ratification
. lareis Tax AaMadawat. .
The Republicans thought they had
buried the income tax proposition
when they demanded that an amend
ment to the Constitution be submit
ted to the States for ratification,
When Virginia fumbled and Georgia
delayed, they took; fresh .courage.
When, however, Georgia repudiated
the Brown retroactive administra
tion, it became clear that no Demo
cratic State would repudiate the
solemn Democratic pledge.' ' All the
same, if the Republicans had won in
the November election! the income
tax amendment would have been ai
dead as a door-nail. The victory
against that party gave big North
ern States to the amendment, and it
is now probable that the amendment
will be carried so that when . the
Democrats come into full power in
1912 they can relieve the poor of
some of the burdens of taxation now
levied upon the necessaries of life
and let the Carnegie and Rockefel
lers and the rich pay their fair share
to the expenses of government. 3 7
North Carolina will ratify the
amendment without trouble. The
Senate Committee has unanimously
approved the bill of Senator Barnes
to ratify the amendment ' His bill
has been carefully drawn , with all
the legal requirements necessary,
Alabama ratified the amendment
by a unanimous vote. Let; North
Carolina do likewise. -News & Ob
server. ; . ' -
Year CraadnttaaVt SeejetreaMat
North Carolina put over one hun
dred and twenty-eeven thousand of
her sons in the Confederate army,
A few years ago our. State pub
lished a History of the Regiments in
which these men served.. Five big
books, containing many pictures of
officers and men. The five volumes
must have cost the State ten dollars.
The State Librarian, M. 0. Sherrill,
sells them for the State for five dol
lars. :V-;;"-'----v:-vi.v;-i-::
I hope the young men of the State
will get these books, and let their
grandchildren see the history of the
Regiments in which their grand-
'iU.era Served. ;
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Greensboro, N. C." ' J
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NAVY GIANT TAKES DIP
The Lanacbiflf of Battleship Arkaa.
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Philadelphia. Pa.. Jan. 14. -With
the traditional bottle of champaigne
broken on her bows; the battleship
Arkansas, the largest warship ever
constructed in this country, was
launched this afternoon from the
yards of the New York Shipbuilding
Company at Camden, N. J. Miss Mary
Macon, daughter of Rep. Robert B.
Macon, of Helena, Ark., was the
sponsor for the ship,
. There was one' unusual feature of
the launching, the absence of an
official delegation representing the
State government of Arkansas. The
failure of. Governor Donaghey or
other representatives to attend was
due to a controversy between the
Governor and the Navy Department
at Washington over the fate of the
launching.
There was, however, quite a large
delegation of Arkansas! present. It
included Congressman and Mrs.
Macoa and other members of the
Arkansas congressional delegation.
all of whom had been invited by the
shipbuilding company. The Navy
Department was represented by Sec
retary Meyer and . Assistant Secre
tary ef the Navy Winthrop.
The principal dimensions of the
latest and largest addition to the
navy are, -T . r'y'.
Length over all 662 feet; beam
over armor, . to . feet; Z&-8 inches;
draft 28 feet 6 inches; displacement
The contract for the ship calls for
a speed of 20 1-2 knots an hour.
When completed the Arkansas will
have the greatest gun power in
broadside of any ship afloat. The
main armament will consist of twelve
12-inch breech-loading guns mounted
in six heavy armo-protected turrets.
For defense against torpedo boat
attacks there will be a battery of
twenty-one 6-inch rapid fire guns,
The total weight of broad-side will
be about 11,000 pounds. , The armor
belts will have an avenge, thickness
of ten inches, ; " J
The Arkansas will be turbine driv
en and will have 28,000 horse-power.
The vessel will be fitted for a flag
ship and her complement will consist
of 85 officers and 1,030 men.
The keel of the Arkansas was laid
last January and at present the ship
is about sixty per cent completed,
6ee4 ft Him.
1 All hail to the man who wants to
abolish the sale of cigarette and
cigarett paper, , -
We have abolished whiskey and
already our criminal statistics attest
from a social standpoint the im
provement made. The cigarette is
very little lees harmful to the human
race than Is whiskey itself. It has
sapped moral and mental stamina.
It has weakened physical constitu
tions and rendered its victim less
able to do the world's Work - and,
when confronted by diseases, to
withstand its. ravages than is the
man who has not been lulled to sleep
by indulgence in Jthis form of self
destruction. '
To be sure all cigarette smoking
is not to be classed as an evil. But
it is very difficult to draw the lines;
And it is very easy for an abuse to
develop when once the indulgence is
entertained. So the best way to
save the boys, and not a few men
from themselves- is to put a bah on
the cigarette along with liquor, its
fellow in iniquity. Kinston Free
Press,- ' r ' ' '
Saves Two Lives.
"Neither, tor sister nor myself
might be livinjr to-day, if it bad not
n f r Dr Jiln s JNew utscovery
writrA. u. McyoDaldor tayette-
.C. n. F. D. No. 8, -for we
; ; ;bl'ul couphs that no
y could help. We were
t er LaJ consumptton.
. 1 y wciiK pna Baa nijjnt
.- our wouUerful medi
p 111 1 U ij!y cured us both. It's
3 I I ever ustd or heard of.'
, r t a iunjfs, courbs, colds,
! a' -t, !' -Hrre, astbo' buy
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Gossipplng. ::-x J ; '.
Anticipating evils in Jie future.
Fault-finding, nagg! jr, and worry
ing. - - v-
Dwelling on fancied, slights and
wrongs. . ;
Scolding ana flying Shto a passion
over trifles. ; 1
," Thinking that life is a grind, and
not worth living.
Thinking continually about your
self and your affairs. M
Depreciating yourself and making
light of your abilities. V .
baying unkind things about ac
quaintances and friendsu
Lamenting the past, folding on to
disagreeable experienced.
Pitying yourself and bemoaning
your lack of opportunities.
" Writing letters whetfyour blood is
hot, which you may regret later.
Thinking that all the good chances
and opportunities are gone by.
Carping and criticiBing'. See the
best rather than the worst in others,
Dreaming that you would be hap
pier la some other place orcircum
stances. ' : V " jf ,
Beiitting those whom you envy
because you feel that they aresu
perior to yourself. :
- Dilating on your pains and aches
and misfortunes to every one who
will listen to you. , , :Jf
Speculating as to what you would
do in some one else's place, and do
your best in your own. j , .
Gazing idly into t'.e future and
dreaming about it ii; ' ead of making
the most of the pre t. ,
Longing for the g J, things that
others have instead ," going to work
and earning them f r yourself,
Looking Tor o; : ortunities hun
dreds and thousar. Is of miles away
instead of right where tyotL. are.
London Opinion -. V iss
What ! ef The Has.
People very often wonder where
all the pins go; in fact, this is one of
the most common of household ques
tions.- "' . " ." -.. .
A gentleman in London had the
same curiosity to find out the answer
to the question a few, years asro: he
experimented in his own hack yard
with the following results: ' .
.Hairpins disappear in one hundred
and fifty-four days, being . resolved
into a brownish dust which is blown
away by the wind. I
' .Bright pins disappear in less than
eighteen months. . i
, Brass pins have very ; little endur
ance and disappear in three or four
months. '
Steel needles have a great deal of
weathering endurance and it took
some of them two and one-half years
to go the waj of all flesh to dust,
A very interesting comparison was
made when this same gentleman
placed a steel pen in its wooden pen-
holder in the dirt. It took the pen
itself about fifteen months to disap
pear while the penholder had Buf
fered but little. J The same was true
of some pencila-which he placed with
the other articles. Exchange..
Sad the Child te Scaeal,
If you have a neighbor who does
not read, urge him to keep his child
ren in school every day he possiby
can. OI course, men -ana women
who can and take newspapers are
too much alive to the needs of their
children to keep them out of school
for even a day -short as our public
school term is- if they; can possibly
have them in school. But here and
there is a man who has not' educa
tion himself, who can hardly read,
who says that his children do not
need more schooling than- he got.
Do your best for such neighbor for
his children sake. Until the law gets
in behind such a man and makes bim
send the children to school as it will
do before many more years' come
and go -use your best efforts at
persuading him to send his children
to school at least four months dur
ing the year. Monroe Journal.-
Lett (58.75
Hettie Wiitiflos, colored, - lost
(53 7& betweeo Castaliii and Nash
ville 00 December 2itb, 1313. The
money was in a large Dana purse,
and there was also a squS box and
a bo! . 't of eye v-'ator in the v-ure.
MATTAMUSKEETi IS SOLD
Board of Edocatloi Sell Holdings for
About $100,000.
Deal Clatad rtaally. Caaeaar Or-
gaaltadta PartkaM Lake Sat-
taaiCaaaaaH ef Aik villa
' aad lattoa Capitalists.
The Mattamuskeet Lake imbrog
lio, which at one time threatened to
involve the state in litigation, has
been finally settle by the sale of the
state board of education's holdings
in the drainage district to the South
ern Land Reclamation Company,
which was chartered Saturday to
purchase the lake botton.
The deal was closed at a meeting
of the board of education held in the
governor's office, and the deed for
the board of education's holdings
was ' immediately prepared and
signed.
The board of education was paid
the sum of $99,660 for its holdings.
which embrace an area of 48,830
acres of the lake bottom. The state
is also to be reimbursed - for the
money already spent in the prelimi
naries for the drainage of the tract.
amounting to between $5,000 and
$6,000. '
The sale which had been practi
cally completed in December to this
same syndicate composed of D, W
Graves, of Boston; W. T. Mason, J,
P. Kerr and Charles A. Webb, of
Aahville, was held up by the John L.
Roper Lumber Company at that
time, the company alleging that the
plana prepared for the drainage of
the district by Engineer J. 0. Wright
were not practical, and that the esti
mate of the cost of the work, which
was put at $400,000 approximately,
would be inadequate. The company
owns about 10,009 acres - of land in
the district, and threatened to bring
an injunction suit to stop the sale.
At this juncture an 1 agreement was
reached between the lumber com
pany and the board to submit the
plans to some other competent engi
neer, both sides agreeing to abide by
his dicision. ' J. T. Coleman, of New
Orleans, was chosen to go over the
plans and pass upon them.' He made
his report on the plans and approved
them as practicable, with some slight
changes which he suggested as well
designed for the proper drainage of
the district. He also says that the
estimate of the work is well within
the probable limits.
The Southern Land Reclamation
Company was chartered to purchase
the state's holdings in this district,
It is half a Boston concern, D. N.
Graves, of that city, holding half
the stock, and partly North Caro
lina, in that former State Senator
Charles A. Webb, of Asheville, W.
Mason, a prominent lumberman
of the same city, and ' 3. P. Keer,
also of Asheville, hold half the stock
among them. - This company has
elaborate plans for the development
of their : lands,: and its character
powers enable it .to carry on most
any kind of business it may desire to
engage in. . ' 1 '
This is one of the biggest drainage
propositions ever undertaken in the
world, so far as is known. The com
pany intends to push the drainage
as rapidly as possible and reclaim
the land and put it in cultivation as
fast as it dries out
" Mr. Joseph Murphy. -
The number of people who suffer
from Btomacb troubles is beyond tell
lot;. luten, too. it is tne strongest
and most robust who suffer hi this
way. Josepb Murpby, 1726 W. Mar
ket St., Iodianapolis, Ind,, was so
afflicted and for years tried every
thing, but be was not cured until be
took Dr. Cald well's Syrup Pepsin,
the great herb' laxative compound,
which also cures constipation, indi
gestion .and all liver and bowel
troubles.; It is absolutely guaran
teed to do what is claimed, and If
you would like to try it before buy-
ok, ssnd your address lor jt free
sample bottle to Pepsin Syrup Co.,
119 Caldwell Bldsr.. Montioello. 111.
It is sold by Nashville Drug Co. at
50c and $1 a bottle. '
HI&h-Grade Piano For sale. :
Anyone desiring to nurehasea
pleudid, ' hitch-grade Piano at a
bareain can secure one by applying
to Mr. S. F. Austin, at The Bank of
Nashville, or to M. W. Lincke at
be Uraphioonioe.
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Raise Beaae Sas Ilea.
There is food though in facts con
tained in a bulletin just issued
the state department of agriculture
on the amount of foodstuff shipped
into North Carolina. The state im
ported for instance. $4,227,636 worth
of wheat and flour; $6,677,148 worth
of cured meat; $1,123,166 worth of
corn and oats; 1221,878 worth of hay
-re,ooo worm or Dutter. me con
clusion reached in this special Inves
tigation, as expressed by Agrono
mist Burgess is that every farmer
should make it a point to at feast
raise his own home supplies, no mat
ter to what special crop his lands
and section may be especially adapt
ed. He says he would not expect
all counties raise all their home sop
plies, but he sees no reason why the
crop development should not be
brought to that point where the
home supply products the state over
should be such as to practically elim
inate the heavy drain to which the
state in now being subjected in pur
chasing these supplies out of the
state. ' . ,. .. -
It strikes us that Mr. Burgess Is
not far wrong in the conclusion he
has arrived at ,
tAcn year large sums 01 money
go out of the state which could be
kept at home. There is a tendency
among farmers to raise their own
supplies, but, according to these
figures, the lesson has not been fully
appreciated. Charlotte News.
Bags aad Cattle.
The price of both hogs and cattle
has decreased rapidly during recent
weeks, but live stock are still selling
at profitable prices for the man who
breeds and feeds regularly each
year. Hogs, at even 0 cents a pound
live weighty, are profitable, . .for any
man who grows them in a common-
sense, business way, and they are
still selling for 7 cents. In the past
we have gone into the raising of live
stock and bought our foundation
herds on a high market and sold out
at a loss when prices swung to the
other extreme. Those who have re
cently bought breeding hogs or cat
tle should not become alarmed. Fluc
tuations in prices always have oc
curred, and may be expected to con
tinue, but the man who goes on rais
ing good stock year after year, so
that he can profit by the high prices
when they come,-has always found
them a profitable farm crop. Hogs
may go still lower, and probably
will, but they will not go so low that
the Southern farmer who raises
them no. legumes, which the hogs
gather, and a small amount of corn
can not still make pork at a profit.
regressive Farmer. - .
' Scatiaad's Crees. : v
The county that gets ahead of lit
tle Scotland will have to move fast.
With 15,000 people, ; it produced
26,000 bales of cotton this year, or
about a bale and two-thirds to every
man, woman and child in the coun-
; The Laurinburg Exchange esti
mates that this cotton, including the
1, was worth not less than 180 a
pale, giving the total crop a value
of $2,080,000. Add to this the quar
ter of a million received from the
melon and canteloupe crop, Scot
land's other money-maker, and those
15,000 people got nearly two and
one-half million from their soil. -
While credit is being given to pro
gressive Scotland for this most en
viable showing it might be well to
reflect for a moment on how. this
result was brought about. The nat
ural .fertility of the land -does not
suffice to explain it The people who
are farming that land are keenly
alive to the advances which are be
ing made in agricultural lines and
are busy in putting them into prac
tical application, and it is this fea
ture of the record which ia the most
important. Charlotte Observer.
-Solves a Deep Mystery..,
I want to thank you from the
bottom of my heart" wrote C. IS.
Rader, of Lewisburg, W., Va., "for
the wonderful double benelit I got
from Electrlo Bitters, ia curing mn
of both a severe case of stomach
trouble and of rheumatism, from
wbich Ifrad boon an almost I - '.!,
sullerer for tea years. It sucd n
case as though mn.de just for 1 . '
or dyspepsia, indcsuon , j" !n. !
and to ril t'ue system of IT;
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Sewing Machines
Repaired ' A'
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And Supplies, Needle6, Bobbins
Shuttles, Etc. ....
I Also Repair Guns, Pistols and
All Kinds of Jewelry.
Ai.;-' C PRiDGEN,
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Facts,
-jOT. lose
l::::ey
when you allow any of your
poultry to remain sick
day. ,
They give youlessresults in beef,
pork, work, or eggs, when they are
not in perfect health. Take a little
interest la your own pocket book
and doctor them up with
BfccMtesht
Stock till Pc
l!:licb
It wffl pay you to do this.
It has paid thousands of other
successful farmers and stock and
poultry raisers.
This famous remedy is not a
food, but a genuine, scientific med
icine prepared from medicinal herbs
aad roots, acting on the liver, kid
Beys, bowels and digestive organs.
Sold by all druggists, price 25
cents, 50 cents and $L per can.
jfw lor ratable booti "Soertt
ith Stock and Ptmitrt ''-1 fcJTiI
ftoo wulPoaUr,. rboA free for a
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We are headquarters for
the best in all Farm seeds. ,, -
Crass and Clover Seeds
Seed Corn. Cotton Seed.
Cow Peas, Sola Beans. '
Sortnmns, Kaffir Corn f
( Kilkt Seed, Peanuts, etc. g
Wood's Crop issued)
Sped&l'V i. monthly
gives timely information as to
seeds to plant each month in
the year, also prices ef Season-,
bio Seeds. Write for copy
mailed tree on request
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I Write to tell you the
good news that Cardui
has Tielped tne so much
and. I think it is just
worth its weight in gold,"
writes Mrs. Maryan Mar
shall, of Woodstock, Ga.
' do hope and trust
that ladies who are suffer
ing as I did, will take
Cardui, for it has bctn a
OodVblesslni to me. tr.J
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