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The Nashville Publishing Co., Publishers.
ESTABLISHED 1899.
M. W. LINCKE, Editor and Manater
VOL. XVII.
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NASHVILLE; North Carolina APRIL, 13ttv 191 1.
NO. 15.
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all patrons. 4 per cent interest
paid on savings deposits, com
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R. B Davis, Jr. Cashier. ;
' 8. G. Sills, Asst. Cashier.
Professional Cards;
BERNARD A. BROOKS.
. . ' Attorney-At-Lawr '
Office Located in Grand Jury Building
Nashville, N. C
F. Ai HAMPTON
. AttoraeyAt-Law .
OSce 8unset Avenue Opposite Plan
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Rocky Mount, N. C
Dr. C. F. Smithson,
DENTIST.
rc- Office Over Kyser's Drug Store: v
. - Rocky Mount. N, C i ,
S. T. Autln i .1 It. Daren port
AUSTIN & DAVENPORT
LAWYERS.
Prompt attention jrlveotoall matters
, DR. F. 6. CHAAtBLEE
; ; DENTIST.
, Spring Hope, N. C. -Office
In Spring Hope Banking
N".o. Building
7 J. P. BUNN. , ' F. S. SPRUILL.
' , . . Socky Mounl. : . RockjMonat. .
BUNN & SPRUILL,
'S Attorneys and Counsellorsat-Uw.
Will b la Nahrlll ietr tn( Mondav
Paul D. Grady,
, Attorney and Counselor '
j - ' ; At Law : .
Middlesex, - North Carolina.
Practice in alt courts in Nash, Wilson
and Johnston Counties. Prompt at
, tention given to all matters entrusted
' to my care
;T. T. ROSS, Dentist,
A ! Spring Hope. N.C.
Office In flew Finch Dulldln
; Will be in my office every Wednee
- - day, Thursday, Friday and v
, Saturday.
Nashville Office at Residence
Where I can be found
Monday and Tussdat
' J. A. FARf.ER,
' Attorney end Counselor At Law,
, Wilson, N. C.
Practice In All Courts
' OfflceXind Floor New Office Bnlldtng In
Hear of Court House'
. To The People of Nash County:- ' .
For the convenience of my friends and
; clients In Nash County, I have arranged
; to be in Nashville every Monday, feel
ing grateful and thankful fpr the confi
dence and very liberal patronage always
ttoi-ded bv by the people o my native
. county and hoping to receive a contiuta-
tion of the sauie, 1 am,
Yours to serve, ' '
J. A. rAUMER.
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' Cearas Tea AsMtMrs.
For months there has been much
discussion about tax assessment, un
der valuation of property, pauper
counties and kindred topics. The last
Legislature made a hew law with a
better system, under which the prop
erty of the State can be fairly as
sessed and equalised If all the officers
charged with that duty, "from Cor
poration Commissioners down to
township assessors; obey their oaths
of pfflce. . They all swear to see that
all property is assessed at its true
value in money. Of course, individ
ual judgement will vary, but in nine
cases out of ten it is easy for officials
te ascertain "the true value , in
money" of property; and if assessors
fail to do this, it is the plain duty of
those higher up to require the law
to be obeyed. It is no business of
an assessor in New Light to say that
because be hears the Rhamkatte as
sessor is putting land down at ten dol
lars an acre, therefore he will do the
same. It is no concern of the Rham
katte assessor what the New Light
assessor does. It is his duty to obey
his oath of office, and that requires
him.to assess property at its true val
ue in money. If some other assess
or violates his oath, the remedy is in
the county board; and if the county
board fails, it is the duty of the
State Corporation. Commission to
compel proper assessmen t of prop
erty.': . . ', r
Discussing how property is under-
Valued in one rich agricultural coun
ty. Charity and Children says:
In no county in North Carolina is
there greater need for a courageous
and conscientious tax assessor than
in the wealthy and prosperous county
of Scotland Land worth $100 an
acre turned in for taxation at 18 or
10 an acre calls for heroic work on
the part of the assessors." I
This is true of other ' counties as
well as the rich little county of Scot
land. Land has gone up in value, in
town and county, since the last as
sessment and this increase should be
shown on the tax books, so that the
tax rate may be decreased. It is a
thousand .times better to have a high
assessment and a lowj tax rate than
to keep down assessments, thus- re
quiring1 a high tax rate. News k
Observer. ' ,s i ,
Yes, Ho U fell ef TreakU. .
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'Man born of woman is of a few
days and full of trouble." He comes
in the world without his consent and
leaveth it against his wiil. During
his stay on earth his time is spent in
one continuous round of contraries
and misunderstandings In his in
fancy he is an angel, in his boyhord
he is a devil, in his manhood he is
everything from a liuard up; if he
raises a family he is a chump, if he
raises a check he is a thief, if a poor
man he is a poor manager and has
no sense, if he la rich he is dishonest,
but considered smart; if he "Is in
politics he is a grafter and a crook;
if he is out of politics you can't place
him as he is an undesirable citizen,"
if he goes to church he is; a hypo
crite; if he stays at home away from
church he is a sinner; if he donates
to foreigh missions he does it for
show; if he doesn't he is stingy and
tight wad." When he first comes
into the world every body wants to
kiss him; before he goes out they all
want to kick him. -. If he dies young
there was a great future before him;
if hejives to ripe old age he is in the
way only living to save funeral ex
penses." Exchange.. t
Witless ofa freataa.
A wise woman once said that there
were three follies of men which al
ways amused her. -The first was
climbing trees to shake the fruit
down, when, if they Would wait long
enough the fruit would fall itself.
The second was going to war to kill
each other, when, if they only wait
ed, they would die natarally, 'and
third was that they should run after
womon, when if they did not do so.
the women would be sure to run
r them. AtehisonJCIobe, . ' -"
Jjha V EIckelamith.GreeDsboro,
ra., has three children, and like
nmtt eMdten they frequently lake
euld. ," We buve tried several kimls
of c b n eino," he s tvs, "b't
h ivp l evfi' fiuuid ti:y vet t.-irt c. J
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" , Tae Lscal Newspaper.
Writing editorially a Nebraska
publication recently gave a descrip
tion of the home without a newspa
per, presenting a woeful picture of
depravity, ignorance, and desolation.
There is a brighter side, however, to
the story in the substantia fact that
few homes can be found where the
newspaper is not in evidence. In
nearly every hamlet . there is some
body who can read and that some
body first of all, Wants the newspa
per, even though all else of literary
character excluded. 1
Old and young alike give first at
tention to the local publication, - and
read passing from hand to hand
the enjoyment and satisfaction de
rived is heightened by the pleasura
ble anticipation of looking forward
to the coming of the next issue
Books are good, magazines have
much to commend them; buf the
local newspaper, with its multifa
rious record of facts and fancy, is
the ne plus ultra of attration to the
house hold. Heads of families want
it, recognition is given to the fact
the children must have it and mu
tually they enjoj and hapfier and
more up-to-date by the information
it contains. Strengthened mentally,
socially, morally, they come to know
and believe that the home without
the newspaperif such a home can
beound-does not deserve the name
because the great contributing, to
happiness, - to. sound thinking to
right living to moral' and social up
building, is wanting to complete the
picture. The local paper is ever
mindful of the welfare of the com
munity and in season and ' out of
season is exerting its influence to
this end, regardless of the fact that
perhaps sometimes its pecuniary in
terests would point in an opposite
direction. Oh, yes, the home the
town, the community, without: a
newspaper migbl as well be off the
earth, for without this great booster
and moral leveler the average public
will know little about them and care
lees. - Western Publisher. ' "
-, All BoBerte tae Seres.
When Bill and Mary, the William
Allen White youngsters, began to
grow up it was decided that the fam
ily needed a horse. "No Nancy
Hanks that; can do a mile in 2.04 is
wanted," Mr. White's advertisement
read. "All that is necessary is that
the animal have a leg at each of its
four corners, and that it be so gentle
the children can -play teeter-totter
over it when it is not pulling the
buggy." "Old Tom qualified, and
since the Whites have owned him,
the original fireless-cooker horse,"
as Mr. White calls him, has becume
one of the landmarks of the town.'
" The ; assessor , came around and
among the items of personal proper
ty Mr. - White declared was "one
horse, value one hundred dollars."
The assessor looked astonished." You
don't mean to tell me,'' he said,
".that you are putting in the old nag
you drive around town at one hun
dred dollars! Let's make . it $15;
even then I'll feel the county is skin
ning you'
r "What,". Mr. White returned, em
phatically, - assess v that - versatile
horse at S15? - - I'd be ashamed to
look in the face." Exchange. ? "
Igaeraace. -
Secretary Wilson, in a recont ad
dress, said that it was noticeable
that where good roads movement
prevailed the percentage of. illitera
cy was steadilyjjecreasing. Another
thought comes the greatest foe to
good roads is ignorance. Only that
andjho thing more is keeping the New
South from a university system of
well graded and well built roads.
Ignorance of the possibilities of good
roads at moderate cost. ' Sand clay
roads do not cost much and every
county could use the king drag, but
they do not know. Exchange,
Kicked By a Ma4 Horse '
' Samuel Circh.of Eeetowo, Wis.,
had a rnoRt narrow esccpe from los
ing Y ! 1 1"!,' B3 no doctor could heal
tuefi" I.luI sore that developed,
but st I t Tuckleos Arnica i.ilve
cured it &:; pletelv Its t&e jrrtvtest
he- 'r tf ulcers, burns, bol8,e'ma
,t t ( r t.s'i'e t s
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, teach Oat tat Beslaets.
The business that is not advertised
these days is going to lag1 behind in
fthe race, and sooner or later will vbe
so far behind that it will either have
to drop out altogether, or merely
crawl along. These days the south
is throbbing wjth ; energy and ;the
spirit of progress is cracking in the
air. , No longer is the south merely
a great farming land, with stores,
banks and offices, but it Is a big man
ufacturing garden and is going ti be
the manufacturing center. So com
petition along with such industry), is
getting to be a decidedly live issue.
Such competition is being felti in
every branch of business and one of
the chief assets of accomplishment
is advertising."" The business man
that does not edvartise is not wise, as
he evidently thinks himself. He is
simply foolish.; He is not saving
anything because', surely he must
labor under such Impression, but he
is really loosing money.' He may not
be loosing on his business, but he1 is
not making the moneyUhat could1 be
made, and sooner or later he is go
ing to feel such perhaps, in crushing
manner. The alert advertiser is the
maiK&ho gets the business and there
fore makes the money and the fellow
who stops advertising during a dull
season is lacking many of the finer
essentials of the shrewd business
man. When business gets doll, why
advertise. Reach but for busine8sVfermnent' it shows a lack of pa-
and you will
Dispatch.
get it Wilmington
Oral aa4 Drag. .
State Geologist Joseph Hyde Pratt
has jujt Issued a good roads circu
lar that contains much interesting
and valuable information; interest
ing because it treats of the progress
now being made irrburatate fa 6n
oi ine most important lines oi moa
era development, valuable in that
the report shows what is being done
and what remains to be done. i
The figures embraced in the report
cover the roadsituation up to No
vember 30th, 1910. Up to that date
there were 4,768. 1-2 miles of .im
proved road in North Carolina, in
cluding macadam, sand and clay' and
gravel, especially graded and -sur
faced roads. ' "This leaves" runs
the report, "42,081 1-2 miles of road
that have not been specially surfaced
and it will be impossible for a great
many years to come to surface these
roads with macadam, sand clay ior
gravel. Here is the problem and
here is the methods of treatment
advised:':;;'' t'-i ?;
"Thus, it is essential in the good
roads work that provision be made
for maintaining and keeping up the
dirt roads in first-class condition, by
having these roads properly graded,
free from stumps and rocks, and
kept smooth and hard by a dilligent
use of the split log drag.- This little
machine will enable- any county jto
maintain its dirt roads in first-class
condition at very small expense.
Having therefore the main highways
surfaced with macadam, sand-clay,
gravel, or other satisfactory mate
rial, and the dirt roads, connecting
with there kept well graded and
smooth, will give aUrst-cIass system
of good roads throughout any coun
ty. At the present time, however,
we have altogether too great a mile
age of dirt roads that are not well
graded, andlhe road-bed is too fre
quently filled . with rocks, stumps,
and holes." . . ,
Class Jsaiasat.
Throughout the whole of modern
life we have lost somewhat the prop
er conception of the, importance of
individualitv. A man who' does his
own thinking is branded a crank. If
he fails tQ heed our warning we call
him an anarchist, a disturber of the
peace, and a general nuisance, simply
r--use his mental dev'pment
ses individuality. .
' ave a politic opinion of your
j called rolerable. Those who
v, ..i not mast!. .s what others have
cooler! and cut are callei hrcursenta.
Buti. 2j upon rebels aid insurgents
end heretics, y ho dare to speak their
own mind that proirc: depends.
Wears where we sre in America
tec-"- we have had r. on v!,o d.irei
t " out end exrrc j ti.e.r
lriui-
y. VYeHvec ;e to ju
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laXsrcUJ the Law.
To the Friends of Temperance
and
Good Government: .
The fact that North Carolina has
written upon her statute books laws,
which prohibit the manufacture and
sale of liquor, lays the responsibility
upon eitizens and officers' In every
community to execute these laws.
Let no one believe for one minute
that the lawless liquor traffic, has
a conscience that will lead them vol
untarily to obey. .The experience of
all law-abiding communities teach
flsthatitia necessary , to use the
strong arm of the law . and compel
obedience.,. The .'way . the average
citizen in our country . enforces law
is by selecting officers, - who, stand
for enforcement, and Just at this
time, I want to emphasize the neces
sity of eitizens using their franchise
in the election of the right sort of
officers. It is not enough that we
have good laws, we must have faith
ful and efficient' officers to make
these laws effective, and the officer
lies with citizens..
' During this spring, many towns
and cities will be electing their of
ncers, and now is the time for our
temperance forces to be at work,
See to it that such men are nominat
ed and elected as will guarantee the
execution of law. It is the duty of
every citizen to give some time and
attention to the matter of civil gov
triotism, if not selfishness, for men
to M so wrapped up in personal or
business affairs that they will not
give some thought to the selection
and election of men', who are to
manage their local government
If the enforcement of the prohibi
tion law in your community is not
what it ought te be, see that you use
your influence to secure officers, who
will make it good and then give them
your' full support, - as they makean
honest effort to their official duty.
- R. L. DAVIS, Supt ,
N. C. Anti-Saloon League.
laUde Te Saaaert. '
It is indeed a reflection on the pec
pie of any county and community
when they failed to back with all
their might the local . newspaper,
which gives gives local news which
larger papers cannot possibly give
and informs the outside world of
the progress and prosperity ' of the
locality in which the paper is pub
lished.' When the local paper is not
supported, there is unquealonably ab
sent in the community that spirit
which makes communities thrive and
swells ViHages into towns and towns
into cities, t Public spirit ought to
be behind the local press, for the
local newspaper is the chief and, of
ten, the sole advertising asset of die
community in which it is published.
Any man who has the 'courage and
the energy and the constructive pur
pose to start a local newspaper
ought to have at least the loyalty
and the material assistance of 'the
people in the midst of whom he lives
and works for a mere pittance.
Sothern Publisher. . .
v Our FortyFourth Year
We started this business in a small
way in 1868. ' We have grown enor
mously because we have always treat
ed the public and our salesmen fairly
giving them more and better goods
than they could buy elsewhere. Now
we have" over two million farmer
customers, supplied by . over two
thousand, traveling salesmen earning
on an average of over $100 per month
for themselves. We need a. bright,
energetic young man right now to
travel in Nash county. Address The
J. R. Watkins Company, 113 South
Gay Street, Baltimore, Maryland.
Established 1868. Capital over $2,-
000,000. Plant contains 10 acres of
floor space. - ' ,
Midnight In The Ozarka
And yet sleepless Hiram Scranton,
of Clay City. 111. coughed and oougb
ed, Ue was Id tbe mountains on toe
advice of five doctors, who said he
bad consumption, but found no help
in the climate, and started home.
Hearing of Dr. Kings New Dis
covery he bpfan to use it. "I believe
t saved my life, be writes for it
made a new maa of me, so tbt I can
now do good work 8."iin." For all
lung diseases, coughs, colds, la
trrippe. astnnia, croup, wboopin.u
cough. Lay fever, .iemorrl -hon.r&cDess
or ooin-'y. i'3 f i
k r-nwtt re-
'y.i:
He FseresMS Akeat Tfceaa. '
"
The "society pages'' of the big
dailies of a Sunday or two ago gave
us a lot of fol-de-rol about the com
ing coronation of King George and
Queen Mary of Great Britian. ' And
among other things we were told
that "sixteen American peeresses'
would be present, and then followed
a description of their "robes and
coronets." V ' . i
'. Gee, but there are some things
that weary us and this "American
peeress" rot is one of them. I want
it distinctly understood that the real
genuine, all -wool -and -yard -wide,
hemstitched, reinforced American
peeresses will not be there when
King George and Queen Mary are
crowned. Not by 'steen thousand
miles
. The greatest American peeress of
the whole bunch will be five thous
and miles from the Court of St.
James on coronation day. She won't
wear a dress with a train so long a
couple of flunkeys will have to carry
it, lor her robe will consist of a clean
calico wrapper, and her coronet will
be the love of a bunch of healthy,
bappy, frolicsome kiddies who know
to a certainty that they have the best
little mother in the whole wide world
She won't be kow-towing and bowing
to a lot of frazzled out dudes who
haye descended a long ways, too
from a lot of buccaneers, but she'll
spend the day making it mighty hap
py home happier, and instead of danc
ing before the king she will fix up
an appetizing supper for a tired but
wholly satisfied husband and have it
smoking hot on the table when he
arrives from the office after a hard
day's work." "Sixteen American
peeresses" at , the coronation of
George and Mary! Fudge! Also heck!
There'll be sixteen American girls
there who have traded off their dad
dies1 goht dollars for the privilege of
wearing: a tarnished title conferred
on them by the process of barter and
sale by sixteen scions of a washed-out
nobility. As women and as wives
they aren't worthy to unlace the
shoes of any one of a million Ameri
can wives and' mothers who have
made happy homes for upstanding.
self-respecting, industrious Ameri
can mechanics. '.
Sixteen American peeresses" in
their "robes and coronets!" Wouldn't
that jar your grandma's preserves?
Sixteen silly, ambitious, addlepated
American girhnvho have sold them
selves, and for( what? For worse
than slavery. The Commoner.
QvefWerkinj" tae Weataa.
It one has even a small bit of
ground, there is a strong inclination
to "plant something,", and where
there is room for a garden,: it is
time to get it planted.- But garden
ing is hard work men's work, and
women should not be expected to do
it Too many women strive to do
everything in the way 6f "chdres"
to help the menfolks in the busy
times, and this; besides the house
hold duties, such as cooking, wash
ing, ironing, caring for the chickens,
milking the cows, feeding the pigs
and calves, baking, mending, sewing,
often cutting the wood and bringing
the water from a distance, in addi
tion to the never-ending little things
that crowd her from morning until
away into the night, then cradling
a sick or ailing baby - in her arms
until morning. " The husbands of
these wives supply themselves with
labor-saving machinery, but leave the
wife to get along the best she can
with the old hand-implements. While
this will not apply to all husbands,
it does to a too large majority of
them.' Don't you think something
should be done. -Exchange.
Saved His Mothers Life
"Four doctors bad given me ud."
writers Mrs. Laura Gaines, of Avoca
La., "and my Children and all mv
friends were looking for me to die,
wben my son insisted that I use
Electric Bitters. I did so and they
have done mo a world of good. I will
always praise them. " Electrio Bit
ters is a priceless blessing to women
troubled with, fainting and dizry
spells, bnckache, bcad.iche, we-';-
ness. del:
;ty, eons'
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PPiOTECTIOH!
In cold, unassuming figures,
here is our guarantee to every
depositor, regardless of the a
mount he may have in this bank
Capital - . . . 9100,000
Sarplas fraflu - ffS.OOO
SteclfceMers Uab - 9100,000
Total
9255,000
$255,000.00, that amount stands
between your' deposit and any
possible loss. . This bank wants
your business. Four Per Cent
Interest paid on Savings deposits
Compounded Qurterly ' ,
The Planters Bank,
Rocky Mount, N. C.
This Is A Real Blood
Remedy
You cannot ehioy perfect
health unless 'the blood is
pure. To be pure it must be
lull of nourisnmentj rich red
in color and circulatingfreely
The most satisfactory treat
ment that we know of is . T
NyaFs Hot Spring
"Blood Remedy :v
A prescription medicine that
is prompt and efficient in its
action, cleanses the blood of
all impurities, stirs up the
circulation to renewed activi
ty and supplies nourishment
to body tissues.
$1.00 a bottle.
The Ward Drug Co.
Exclusive Agents In Nashville. .
Professional Cards.
FRANK A. HAMPTON,
Attorney-At-Law,
Opposite Postoffice, Rocky Mount,
. North Carolina.
Dr. R.L. SAVAGE,
. Eyes ,
EAR," NOSE AND THROAT.
Office over Five Points Drug
btore
Rocky Mount, N.C.
O. M. T. FOUNTAIN.
E. T. FOUNTAIN.
: rutin tain ot rouncain, '
!; Attornevs-At-Law, .
Rocky Mount, N-C.
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Office 2nd floor 5 Points Drug Store.
Practice in all tbe courts.
ffi. J. BAams, - O. P. Dickinson
: BARNES & UICKINS0N,
Attorneys and Coanse!!ars-At-Law
Wilson, N. C. '
Practice in Nash, Wilson, State and
v ; , Federal courts. ,
Office over Ravings Bank.
W. A. Finch.
Wilson.
Lion T. VaUohan
. Nashville.
nrxa & vaic::am,
Attorneys An 3 Ct: :; ' :;:
tVompt attention Kiv:u t "!
entru od to our r t
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