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Progressive Merchants tnrr The Trading Public Use 111 Oraphlc Advertising Columns For Result : I t Liberally Patronise MeixhanU Who Bid For The Trade I I t It lleachcs The Pcoplo Watch For The Bidders The Nashville Publishing Co Publisher. , r - V , " ; ESTABLISHED 1883 ' ' - . - . . - ' M, W. LINCKE, Editor and Manage VOL. XVII. ; : ChASIIVILLE, North. Carolina. APRIL, 6th, 1911. " ' NO. U r"1 I Sifsst For Savings Inspected Jby the United States Government and managed by competent of -- ficers and directors. , : cit-ay KjMC Insures security and courtesy to all patrons. 4 per cent interest paid on savings deposits, com pounded quarterly. You can bank with us by mail. Write or call on -' . . ". ' J. B. Ramsey, Presidents -R. B. Davis, Jr. Cashier. S. G. Sills. Asst. Cashier. , NEW BARBER SHOP Equipped with Liest Improved Fixtures and every modern appliance - for furnishing my patrons J with the Very Best Service. - Shart Razors, Clean and Sterilized '. ' Towels, Choicest Face Lotions, -- Powders and Hair Tonics r . With over eleven years experience in the business I feel confident t -. of giving entire satisfaction. V I Will Appreciate Your Patronare Very truly yours, ' ; G.F.COOLEY, Nashville NC : - N Opposite The Graphic office, ' .. . Next door to B. H. B.' Vester's. Professional Cards. FRANK A. HAMPTON. - Attorney-At-Low, Opposite Postofflce, Rocky Mount, North Carolina. a. m. t. rocsTAiit. a. i. focntais. Fountain & Fountain, ? ' Attornays-At-Law, , - Rocky Mount, N- C Offloe Sod floor 6 Points Drug Store Practice In all the courts. ; Dr. C. F. Smithson, DENTIST. , " Office Over Kyser's Drug Store Rocky Mount, N. C. , ' :dr. F. 6. chamblee- dentist. -. tprins Hope, N. C. - Office In Spring Hope-Banking Co.. Building J. P. BUNN: : F. S. SPRUILL, Rocky Mount. Lontsburg, ' , EINN & SPRUILL, Attorneys and Counseliorsat-Law. ' Will be In Nashville ererv firs Monday S. F. AUSTIN, K. B. GRANTHAM. Nashville, K. a Rocky Mount, w. c AUSTIN & GXANTMM, . LAWYERS. , J Promptattentioo given loall matters f. A. WOOUARU, W. U THORPE. Wilson. Rocky Mount B. A. BROOKS, Nashville, N. . wcc:a"d, Ti::rTE & crooxs. LATf EI3. . ORices: Nubbvillo and Sprint; Hope. ' OOloe In Grand Jury Building-. . Attsrrry r - J Cc-n;;Jor At LawJ i...... ..I, . V.. : ... , ": rr?-c."; a I Al Courts C. . 1 1 I r f ew C " e Building In r ( ! ( . t louse Js BP1 .: 1 laralUfeSckMt" The bill providing for the estab lishment of "Rural Life" schools is, as we aald last week, one of the few constructive measures the late Legis lature had to its credit. A brief synopsis of the provisions of the bill may be of interest, pot only to North Carolina farmers, but also to those in other States. '- V Twenty-five thounand dollars an- for the support of ten of. these schools, $2,500 to each school. . Be fore the State funds, can be had, however, the county or township in which the school is located must fur nish buildings and equipment, in cluding dormitory room for at least 25 boys and 25 girls, and an arable farm of at least 25 acres. . The coun ty and townships also required to contribute at least 12,500 per year for the support of the school. Pro vision is made for bond issues by counties and townships wishing these schools, and their control is vested in a board of trustees, one member from each township in the county. with the County Superintendent as Secretary of the Board. The State Superintendent must inspect and approve all buildings and equip ment . . The course of study differs from that of the ordinary high school chiefly in the greater attention giv en to agriculture and related sub jects and to domestic science ' In deed, it may fairly be said that ' the courses of study for such schools are yet to be worked out. - . To insure a truly rural atmosphere provision is made that the schools hall not be located in towns of more than 1,000 inhabitants, nor nearer than three miles to a town of more than 6.000 people, except that buildings already constructed n such towns may be used If suitably located. .. : ' ' .; -' We hope to see the ten schools provided for in this bill established at an early date, and feel sure that they will contribute greatly to the State's agricultural progress. . Mr. Cobb,' who introduced the bill in the Senate, goes back to his county en thusiastic over the foundation of a school there; and at . progressive Robeson will now have a County Commissioner of Agriculture, giving all his time to the development of the county's farming interests, we may expect to see it become even more prosperous and advanced than at present. Progressive Farmer. The Cane of Africa. I wonder that the Arsicans do not shoot with . poisoned . arrows every white man that lands upon their coast, for they have brought them rum, and they are still bringing it; and in a few decades more, if the rum traffic continues, there will be nothing left in Africa for God to save The vile rum in that tropical climate is depopulating the country more rapidly than famine, pestilence and war; and I am waiting for a man to fill my place at Muhlenberg' Mis sion to come home and take the plat form against the rum traffic; for I can' do Africa more good warring against the liquor traffic here than I can preaching and teaching the gos pel there. Africa, with the simple gospel of .Jesus, is saved, but Africa with rum is eternally lost; for the few missionaries that can survive there cannot overcome the effect of the river of strong drink that is be ing poured into the country The Rev. David A. Day, .Missionary to Africa. Midnight In The Ozarks , And vpt signless Hiram Scrantoo. of Claj City, 111. couched aod coujfb eti Ha was la the mountains on the advice of five doctors, who said he bad consumption, but louna no neip in tbe climate, and started borne. Hearing of Dr. , Kidks New Dis covery he oegan to use it. "I believe it saved my lire, be writos "lor it made a new man of me, so that I can now do (food work ajraio." For all tog diseases, cougbs, coias, ia grippe, asthma, croup, wboopinjf cougb, bay fever, hemorrhages. hoarseness or quinsy, its the best Dowa remedy. I rice oo ana fi.uu. "rial otUe free. Guaranteed by the lashville Drug Co. "Our bnby crios for C!!!"nberlains , ( ). ; is i 1 THE NEW.ROAD LAW As It Applies To The Various Towi ' ships of The County ' ; A Irlef Digest ef Tke Act' Passed ly V Tke LetfUlatare Per Tke Im , ; prevemeal ef Tke Pak -' He leal efkatk To publish the full text of the n cent act passed by the Legislature providing for the working of the public roads of Nash county, or least those townships not embraced in the Rocky Mount. Nashville and Mannings Township Districts would require all the news matter space of The Graphic, however, in order that the voters in the townships coming under the provisions of the act may get an idea as to the merits of the law, The Graphic herewith gives brief review of the various sections of the Act and their pertinence to the road question; , " . Section 1 of the Act provides for the elimination from the Rocky Mount Road District that portion of Coopers township heretofore em braced in the District. . See. 2 provides for the addition to the Rocky Mount District that por tion of Stony Creek township here tofore not embraced in said district Sec. S creates special road districts similiar to Nashville of the following townships: North Whitakers, South Whitakers, Griffins, Coopers, Cas- talia, Jacksons, Baileys, Fen-ells, Dry Wells and Red Oak. - Sec. 4 provides for the creation of 4 board of road commissioners lor each of the above named townships. Sec. 5 relates to the name of the road commissioners for. the town- hips. f..,...!. -.. .- ' .. Sec. 6 makes it incumbent upon the various township road commls sioners who are appointed by the Board of County Commissioners, to meet at their voting place in their respective townships on the second Monday in June or as soon thereafter as practicable and organize by elect ing one of their, number chairman and one as secretary, and to arrange for their subsequent meetings. Sec. 7 defines the duties and pow ers of the road commissioners and delegates the authority for the pur chase of machinery, team, equip ment, etc., and the working of hired or convict labor It also provides for one or more townships jointly purchasing machinery, etc.; and co operating with each other in working their roads. ' - - ' i Sec. 8 designates the minimum and maximum width of roads; not less than 20 or more than 40 feet; defines the powers and privileges of the road commissioners in locating, re locating and constructing the same, and affords relief to property owners who may be damaged by reason of the operations of the road force. . Sec. 9 gives power to the road commissioners to employ a ? road superintendent or any townsb'ps ly ing contiguous to each othef co-operating in the employment of such superintendent or in the purchase of machinery, etc - J Sec. 10 authorizes and makes it in cumbent upon the Board of County Commissioners to levy a -special tax at their regular meeting in June, 1911, of not - less than 10 cents; or more 30 cents on property and not more than 90 cents on the poll,1 to provide funds for the payment of in terest and a sinking fund for any bonds which may be issued. The taxes to be collected by the sheriff as is other taxes and shall be for the use of the various townships- ' Sec. 11 relates practically to the same essentials of Sec. 8, only it en larges on the powers and duties of the road commissioners and also pro vides for the arbitration of any "claim for damages which might be sustain ed by any property owner in the con struction of a road. Sec. lZgives the right of appeal to land owners or the road commis sioners irom the decision oi any board of arbitration. . Sees. 13 and 14 makes it a misde meanor for any person or land-owner to obstruct any road or otherwise damr a sr.me by turning water upon tLar.JlcJ .. ' nrJ13rrol , (f c 3 t-- it the une of '",'"'' or ( r " 1 - v or : any other township, or in any Incor porated town or city. , '. Sec. 17 provides for the exemption of each township from any liability to the county for any road tax other than that to be used exclusively on the roads of said township, and also makes it incumbent upon the Board of County Commissioners to erect all public bridges cc.ifir.g SMf or more. Sec. 18 authorize the County Com- iUks-iunara- to lsue bond for the various township on the following basis in the event such townships vote for bonds issue North Whita kers. 120 000: South Whitakers. 110 J; Griffins, $15,000; Coopers, 115,- l 000; Castalia, $15,000; Jacksons, $10, 000; Baileys, $15,000; Ferrells, $10, 000; Dry Wells, $20,000; Red Oak, $10,000. Any bonds voted by any township not to bear 'greater inter est than six per cent and to be issued payable thirty yeart after date, in denominations of $100 each or mul tiples thereof. Interest due and payable semi-annually; in January and July. . t . "Sec19 gives authority to the Board of County Commissioners to call elections in each township and submit to the voters of said town ship the question of voting for road improvement by the issuance of bonds. ., , j , Sec. 20 relates to the appointment of poll-holders and registrars by the county, board of elections. Regis tration books to remain open for fif teen days. .. . Sec. 21 requires that the elections this year shall be t called -by the County Commissioners and the same are to be held not later than the loth day of May, 1911. Jt also provides for a re-submission of the question to the voters of any township by the County Commissioners and sqch elec tions must be held not later than the second Tuesday in ErfHTiary . of any year, - ' "., ; -; Sec. 22 designates hours for hold ing elections; from 8:00 a, m., to sundown! - r Sec. 23 relates only to the wording of the ballots to be voted. , Sec. 24 says that the elections shall be held according to law regulating the election of members of the Gen eral Assembly, Sec. 25 prohibits the County Com missioners from issuing bonds for any township unless such township votes for same- ; Sec. 20 and 27 gives township su pervision of all funds to its credit; requires the county treasurer to give additional security, and concurrent authority on the part of the Board of County Commissioners in the pay ment of any amount exceeding $100. Sec. 28 fixes the compensation of township road commissioners at $2 per day for time actually in service. Sec. 29 authorized . road commis sioners to adopt such rules and regu lations as they may deem expedient in carrying out the provisions of the act, to employ counsel, etc. , - , See. 30 is practically the same as Sec. 15. ,. , -;..-..,-t... Sec. 31 relates to the optional time the Board of County Commissioners may issue and Bell bonds for road work in any township, - Sec. 32 requires each township to bear the ' expense of .holding elec tions. " -;'" rv"v- Sec. 33 makes each township re sponsible for bonds issued for such township and attaches no responsi bility to the county. Sec. 34 gives power and authority to the Board of County Commission ers to loan out township sinking fund for terms not exceeding one year and the earnings-by reason of inter est be credited to the funds' of such township. Sec. 35 Hates to the renewal of bonds at the expiration of thirty years in the event any bonds be out standing and unpaid. -' . , - Sees. 36 and 37 is fully covered by reference to Sec. 19. Sec 38 defines rules regarding ve hicles, wagons, etc., turning to the right in passing each other. ; ; 7 Sec 39 again relates to powers and duties of road commissioners as out lined in See! 29. ; v ' Sec 40 puts a tax of from $5 to $25 on lumber wagons and traction en gines operated over the roads. Sec. 41 makes this Act become ef fective Dec, 1st, 1911, end also puts in operation the free Lbor road law as defied in Chap. 5, Acts of 12C5. -s. 42 p-J -13 re; "a the road 1 v f r I 'if 3 waif 1 ly U e ! miV 7, f r rf s f ! 1 if' i . t I "' t 1 PLUNGE TO DEATH Fearful Death Toll li Factory Fire In New York City Here Tkaa Oae Ba4re4 aal Fifty Iaaalorea, Heitly Cirls, Leap - ' ; Death Ratter Tkaa .. : ...;. Iara4 .-.' New York, March 23. One hun dred and fifty souls nine-tenths of them girls from the East Side were crushed to death on the pavements, smothered by smoke, or shriveled crisp this afternoon in the worst fire New York has known since the steamship General Slocura was burn ed to the water's edge off North Brother's Island in 1904. Nearly all, if not all, of the vic tims were employed by the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, on the eighth, ninth and tenth floors of a ten-story loft building at 23 Washington place, on the western fringe of the down town wholesale clothing, fur and mil linery district. The partners of the firm, Isaac Harris and Max Blanck, escaped unscathed from the office on the tenth floor, carrying with them over an adjoining roof Blanck's two young daughters and governess. There was not an outside fire escape on the building. , How the fire started will perhaps never be known. A corner on the eighth floor was its point of origin and the three upper floors only were swept Qn the ninth floor 50 bodies were found; 63 or more persons were crushed to death, by jumping and more than 80 clogged the elevator shafts. - The loss to property will not exceed $1,000,000.- Pedestrians going home through Washington place to Washington' Square at 10 minutes to 5, were scat tered by the whis of something rush ing through the air before them; there was a horrible plot on the pave ment and a body flattened on the flagstones. . Wayfarers on the op posite side of the street shaded their eyes against the setting sun and saw the windows of the three upper floors of the building black with girls crowding to the sills. There were no fire escapes. M Cast efLWinJ. It is the consensus of opinion that. while the cost of many articles of food has increased, the principal fac tor in our present problem of living is the improved environment of man kind People will not be content to day with the conditions under which their forefathers happily existed. They want telephones and bathrooms and fashionable clothes and periodi cals and good food.: The demands for expenditure are greater today than they have ever been. - Univer sal education has raised the standard of intelligence, and the average per son to-day is not content with un- com fortable and unattractive i sur roundings. It is this plane to which 'humanity has been raised which is responsible for the difficulty in mak ing the salary of to-day go as far as it did when the men and women of to-day were boys and girls. Oxford Banner. How To Live Welt Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your con fidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must, undergo and withstand the shocks of adversi ty before it is entitled to the appel lation. Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distresses of every one, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse; remember also the estimation of the i widow's mite, that it is not every-one that asketh that deserveth charity; all, however, are worthy of the inquiry, or the de serving may suffer. ' Do not conceive that fine cloths make men, any more than fine feathers make fine birds. A plain, genteel dress is more ad mired, and obtains more credit, than lace and embroidery, in the eyes of the judicious and sensible. George Yashington, in a letter to his nephew, Bushrod Washington, 1783. , ' : The most common cause of, in somnia is disorders of the stomnch. Ct'.amberbin's Stomach and Liver '.'' correct these disorders aui i vi' i to si'p. 1'or su'e ty SacKers Still laaalag. In all the large cities there are so- called brokerage concerns and indi viduals that are engaged in defraud ing the public by selling worthless investment securities. In New York city the other day the post office authorities arrested three members of a firm charged with obtaining during the past few years, more than $2,(100,000 by the selling of worthless stocks of oil and mining companies, This concern advertised largely, and followed up its advertisements with alluring prospectuses sent through the mails. It was such uae of the mails that enabled the Post Office de partment to act ' All this goes to show that suckers are still running. In every comma nity there are men and women pos sessed of a few hundred dollars, per haps, who want suddenly to become rich and are constantly seeking the get-rich-quick route - They read al luring advertisements, bite the bait and are soon parted from their money for which they have taken in ex change beautiful engraved pieces of parchment and large promises. They do not know that no more than one oil company in 50 ever makes a dol lar, or more than one mine in 300 ever pans out. But such are the facts. It was P. T. Barnum who said that a fool was born every minute. He may have been right. But for the fools some men in this world would never get a living. It was Barnum who also said that the people liked to be humbugged, and they do when they know they are being humbug ged, but they always resent being played for suckers, though . they swallow bait, hook, sinker and all. Exchange. ' The Tlaaes Basa't Aaiweret. . Prohibition is a positive and direct hurt to society, weakens the respect for authority and destroys the very essential of government for legisla tures to make laws or miantain the same on the statue books that cannot or will not be enforced or observed. The Chattanooga Times. You might say the same thing about the law against murder in your state. Not long ago your most distinguished citizen was shot down on the street like a dog. It was a heartless murder, and yet your state has not punished any one for the murder of Senator Carmack, therefore why not ask for the re peal of the law against murder in your state, as the law is not opera tive? The Issue. . Live Wltkla Tear laceae. - Notwithstanding the large number of people who reach old age without enough money to keep them com fortable, a great many persons do not seem to learn the important les son which this fact teaches, namely, that they must save to assure for themselves future necessities and that the time when they will be un able to earn a satisfactory income is approaching nearer. . ; Open a savings account with a bank. It offers the surest way for making provision for old age. It is the only safe way to handle small ac cumulations safely and yet give them earning power, in what other way could you invest $1.00, $3.00 or $10 safely and yet have your money earn nterest '. " " .. ' Money deposited in a savings de partment earns 4 per cent interest which is compounded on accounts of $1.00 or more the first of January, April, July and October. 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Four Per Cent Interest paid on Savings deposits Compounded Qurterly : The Planters Bank, Rocky Mount, N. C. What Women Need To Know There is no need of so much misery and the worry as sociated with female weakness Nyal's Vegetable ' ; Prescription Will invigorate and tone ' up ' the entire system. Investi gate this remedy thorouriilv see from results that it will do just as we say. Our per sonal recommendation croes with every sale. The test prescription we know of $1.00 a bottle. ' The Ward Drug Co. Exclusive Agents In Nashville. Professional Card 9. W. A. KlKCH. LaoirT. Vauohin Naabvllle. Wilaoa. FINCH & VAIGHAN. Attorneys And Counseilors-at-Uw Prompt utteution given to all matters eutrusted to our care. Office in - Grand jury Building. E. J. Oabkes, V O. P. Dickinson BARNES DICKINSON. Attorneys and Counsellors-AMaw Wilson, N. C. Practice in Nash, Wilson, State and Federal courts. , Oak over Ravinga Bank. Ju. P. Battle Tboa. J. Dean : Battled Dean Physicians and Surgeons Nashville, N. C, Offer their professional services to tLo : people of Nashville and surrounding' - counties Prompt attention given all calls, da; or . .- or night Offices located In rear of Ward Drug Co., - Phones Nos. 70 ft 84 Paul D. Grady, Attorney and Counselor At Law Middlesex, North Carolina. Practice in all courts in Naoh, Wilson and Johnston Counties. Prompt at tention given to all matters entrusted ; !V'.' to my care r PRO