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The sample copy you receive will make you a regular Sunny South Reader. The paper Is not devoted to news, but literature, romance, fact and fiction, and "gives the best of a'l within this wide field. The most noted southern writers are among Its contributors. Two good serials are always In progress from pens of national fame. w ZTJia Sunny South teems with the life of the great south. The genial sun shine warms everything Into activity, and the season is never cold enoagh to check the hand of industry. The paper comes fragrant with 'he breath of the magnolia and pine, and gives out the very air of the orange, palm and bay. The beauty and pathos, the rm.mce and mystery of the land where the cirri slores up the golden sunshine and the cot'.on whitens in the moonlight, will be fdvin ia the we!l-fii!ed columns of this fasd- nati:ig wec-V:!y. 5orsd on a Postal Card the nanus aid a-JJresses or six or your neigii- fco.-s who would appreciate the opportunity to iJ a copy of The Sunny South, and ne smioie will be mai.ed free to each Address cl'l Communications to - Atlanta Ga. T' i pDITOr'S JEISURE JioUIS OBSERVATIONS OF All sorts of questions come np as regards labor. The Tarboro Southern er makes the following observation about white labor in the cotton fields : WMts Labor and Cotton. census figures, however tell a different story. Of 21,000,000 acres in cotton in 1000, 14,000,000 were cultivated.by white labor and 5,000,000 by white, assisted by coiored. In this county it is true that much over half the cotton is made by negro labor, but that made by white is by no means inconsid erable. It is also cleaner, better picked and sells lor more. With thesa fig ures to prove that cotton is also a white man's crop, those farmers who are short of labor should address themselves to supplying the deficiency with wh'te labor. With proper efforts much of the white immigration could be turned Southward into our cotton fields," tut North Carolina is fast becoming a manufacturing State, especially in the coiton mill interest. A quarter of a century ago there were few cotton ITcrth Carolina Cotton Mills. State Labor Bureau, and sent to the Charlotte Observer by its Raleigh correspondent : "The State Labor Bureau today completed its annual re port on textile mills showing 289 m operation, with 1,835.411 spindles, 41, 596 looms and 39,193 machines. The total numbsr employed is 50,324, of which 25,916 are males oter 12 years : 23,494 females. The total number of children under 12, reported by 2,027 mills, is 914. It is found that 128, 978 persons are dependent upon textile mills for a livelihood ; 84 per cent, adults and 73 per cent, of children read and write. The hours of labor yary from 10 to 12. Alamance county bas 20 mills ; Cabarrus, 10 ; Catawba 12 ; Cleveland, 10 ; Durham, 7 ; "Sr&yth, 13 ; Gaston, 29 ; Guilford, 9 ; Haliiax, 10; Lincoln, 11 ; Meeklenburg,l6 ; Randolph, 11 ; Rockingham 10 ; Rich mond, 7 ; Wake, 8. The highest daily wage paid to men is $2.05 ; women, 97 cents. The lowest average paid to men is 60 cents ; to women 47, and the average wage of children is 38 cents." t t t t There are many advantages in country I-fe ever life in the town or the citv. One of these is the fine opportunity the eooutrv bov has for reading. The Country Bsy and Books. have the temptations to waste time of evenings like the boy in the town or city. In the country on the farm the day's duty may all be done "by dark," as ve say, supper is soon over and the young man of studious habits has the advantage of several hours every evening for reading good books and some papers. The boy or young man in town is generally employed in a store or an office and has to make some hours of work after supper. And when there is no work or duty after the supper hour, oftener than not the young man has an engagement of some kind to keep him out of his room until it is time for him to go to sleep and many times such engage ments hold untiljar beyond the proper hour for seeking sleep. It is not so with the boy or young man in the country. He has few such allure ments and can get an average of two or three hours with books every night, if he wishes. And as to the matter of books, they are so cheap in these latter times that almost any one can have whatever book he desires. Book agents can do no better seryice to the world than to induce parents in the country to buy good books for their children ; and parents can mase no bet ter investment of a few dollars every year than in purchasing some good books, and they do well to keep one or two good family papers comina every week. It is good to haye a good monthly magazine. It would be a great help to many a country boy if he would plan to utilize two hours ev ery night with good books and papers. And this can be done easily enough, and the boy or young man in the country can haye as mnch time as he needs for pleasure and amusement. It is glorious to be a country boy in this favoaed year 1904, and we hope the country boys may see it so- t t t t Never in the history of this country have there been such possibilities for the rural districts as now. This is especially true in the South. The The Possibilities of Enral Life. mail delivery routes. Then there were no rural libraries. Then there were no telephones. Then there was not much attention paid to roads. All these things have changed now. For many years it has been a subject of much comment by speakers and writers that people in the rural districts have largely abandoned their nomes and have moved to the town or city. This is true, and In some cases there has seemed a fairly good reason for it. School facilities have been poor, mail facilities have been irregular and un satisfactory, communication of every kind has been slow and disadvantag eous. And added to all this the farmer has sometimes felt that he just as weil leave the countryjplace and take chances in the town or city, for his produce scarcely ever brought him money enough to pay expenses. In every disadvantage here named there is a change for the better now.' For two or three years farmers have been getting good prices for whatever they have bad to sell. The products of the field bring good prices, the products from the dairy are in demand and poultry products are higher than known in years. And there is almost a sure prospect that prices will rule high for a loag time to come. Then there is the free rural mail delivery to carry mail every day to the farmer's gate ; here and there a country library for in tellectual improvement ; the telephone threads almost every community, whereby constant communication may be bad with a physician in the town or city, if he is needed. The question of improving our system of public roads is claiming more attention. There is a strong probability that the public read question will be acted upon by the United States Con gress in such manner as to make it passible to have good roads all through the country. Indeed, we feel free to predict that a quarter of a century from today farmers will be able to haul to market two bales o'l cotton as easily as they now carry. one. All these things considered, we regard the -outlook for life to tbj rural districts too finest ever known in thfc country. PASSING EVBNTS. "There exists a general belief that negro, and not wbite labor, is the best on the cotton farms. The mills within our borders, but now there are two hundred and eighty-nine. The following inter esting statistics were recently taken from tha This advantage is especially fine in the winter when the evenings are long and sometimes the days rainy. The boy in tha couutry does not rural districts in the South, in North Carolina, are many times in advance of what they were forty years ago. Then there were no free rural LABOR ISWORSMIP. r By FRANCES S. OSGOOD. Frances Sargent Osgood was born in Boston, Mass. June 18, 181 1, and "died in llingham.Mass., May 20, 1850. Her father, Joseph Locke, was a Eostcn merchant, but she heiselt Ji ed at Hi ;gham. From her childhood she shoued marked literary taste. In 1835 she married Samuel Stillman Os good, portrait painter, and thereafter removed to London, where she wrote for the English magazines. - ' - . pA.USE not to dream of tbe future before ua ; Pansa not to weep the wild cares that come o'er us ; Hark, how OiCation's deep, musical chorus, Uninterraitting, gees up inlo heaven ! Never the ccsan wave falters In flowing, Never 'he.liitH seed stops in its growing ; More and mere richly the rose heart keeps glowing, Till irom its nourishing stem it is riven. "Labor is worship !" the robin is singing : "Labor is worship !" the wild bes is ringing ; Listen ! that eloquent whisper upspringing Speaks to thy eoul from out Nature's great heart. From t; o dmU cloud flows the life-giving shower ; From the roufa eo2 fclows the sou-breathiag flower ; From the eaa'l insect, the lich coral bower ; Onl" mau. plan, ever Labor is life 1 'lis il-C -Mil water faiielu , Idleness ever dspairethy-bewaileih ; Keep the watch wound, for the dark rust assaileth ; Fiower3 droop and die in the stilincsa of noon. Labor is glory ! Lhe flying cloud lightens ; Oniy the waving wing changes and brightens ; Idlo hearts only the dark future frightens ; Play the swc-fH keys, wouldst thou keep them in time. Labcr is rest frum the sorrows that greet ns. Rest Irom ail patty ves&tiona that meet us, Rest from ein piorrptings that ever entreat us, Rest from wot Id siren3 that Inre us to ill. Vv'ork and pure slumbers shall wait on thy pillow ; Work thou elialt ride oyer Care'e coming hi How ; Lie net down wearied 'neath Woe's weepiug willow ; Worn with a etout heart and resolute will ! Labor is heaUh ! Lo ! the husbandman reaping, How through his veins goes the life car: en t leaping ! How his strong arm, in its sUiwart pride sweeping, True as a sunbeam the swift sickle guides. Labor is wealth ! In the sea the pearl groweth ; Rich the queen's rob?, from the frail cocoon floweth ; From the fine acorn the strong forest groweth ; Temple and statue the marble blocS hides. Droop not, though thatce, em and anguish are round thee Bravely fling oil the cold ch;tin that has bound thee ; Look to yon pure heaven erailing beyond thee : Rest not content ia thy darkness a clod. Work for some good, bo it ever so slowly ; Cherish some flower, be it ever so lowly ; Labor ! all labor is noble and holy ; Let thy great deeds be thy prajer to thy God. Pecans tor Revenue. recan trees furnish a better revenue than running many a newspaper, ac cording to the Times-Union, of Jackson ville, which says : "Fortunately, Florida has been long enough engaged in pecan-growing, spo radically, it is true, to haye brought a few orchards up to the point wheie they have ripened shuckfuls of fact?. When a grafted tree on pine laud, and not even pronounced first-class pine, but with a strong leaning toward sec ond-class, at the age of eleven years yields eightv pounds ol nuts that sell for $16, on a strict table-nut bais no fancy seed-nut prices about it that is fact harder,to crack than the nuts were. Truest stanas near the house and is somewhat ol a iamily favorite ; but it is safe to ch allonge the record of orange culture to produce a tree of that age on that character of soil show ing a better money return. This was in the groye of a well-known Aluchia county physician. A group of hi3 trees fifteen of them from four to eight years after budding, returned 500 pounds, making $109 to be accredited to a quarter-acre. Again, twenty-six trees, lining an avenue, yeilded 800 pounds $160 worth ot solid cash and just as much picturesque and refresh ing shade as water oaks would have given. But the best is jet to be told : All calculations above haye been based on his minimum price. He never sells any for less than twenty cents per pound Texans, 'polished Jumboes,' seven to seven and a-ha'f in JNew York and has repeatedly received orders from men who have te3ted his pecans,, at fifty cents per pound, purely for table use." . 3,000. Miles te fay Poll Tax. Austin, Tex. Congressman W. B. Burleson from this, the Tenth congres sional district, arrived here yesterday from Washington, having traveled lo,- 000 miles to pay his poll-tax of one dol lar and seventy-flve cents in order that he might retain his privilege as a voter and office-holder in Texas. Tbe trip was necessary because he forgot to pay his poll-tax before leaving for Wash ington, and when he tried to have it paid by proxy he was informed that un der the present State law he would have to pay it in person or forfeit his rights as a voter and officeholder. IT KEEPS THE FEET WARM AND DRY. Ask today for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It cures Chilblains, . Swollen, Sweating, Sore, Aching, Damp feet. At all druggists and shoes stores, 25c. shrinks frurr i Household Eecipss. Pulled Brertd Pull or tear out the centre o! a loaf of bread ; place these irregular pieces in a baking pan and put in a moderate oyen until a delicate brown ; these will keep a long time,and must be heated in tbe oven before seiy lng. Sugared Beets Cut boiled beets in thin slices, season with butter, pepper, salt and sugar, put into a baking dish and s3t in a very hot oven for a law minutes. To make delicious pickled beets slice hot beets and pack in a dish with sugar plentifully sprinkled be tween the layers. When thoroughly cold pour on a little vinegar. Graham Muffins ilix two cupfuls of Graham flour and one cupful of white flour and one tablespoonful of su gar ;beat one erg ; add to it twocupfuls of milk ; add this to the flour with three level spoonfuls of baking powder and three tabSespoonfuls of melted butter ; beat until light and smooth; fill greased muffin pans two-thirds full and bake in a quick oven twenty min utes. Raised Ryo Bread Make a sponge of one pint of white flour, one-half of a yeast cake dissolved in one pint of lukewarm water and one rounding tea spoonful of sugar and two leyel spoon fuls of salt. When this sponge has risen like honeycomb, as it should be in one hour,add one quart of sifted rye flour and warm water to make a soft dough. Mix and beat thoroughly for ten min utes. Divide into three loaves, let rise until double the first size and bate one hour in a very moderate oyen. NEARLY FORFEITS HIS LIFE. A runaway almost ending fatally, sfarted a horrible ulcer on the leg of J. B. Orner, Franklin Grove, 111. For four years it defied all doctors and all remedies. But Bucklen's Arnica Salve had no trouble to cure him. Equally good for Burns, Bruises, Skin Erupt- ions ana Jriies, ys as j. a. wmie head & Co.'s Drug Store. Having proved that polygamy still exists in Utah, a fact which was never disputed, , the attorneys for the com plainants will have to take up the more difficult tast of proving that Sen ator Smoot is responsible for it. Omaha Bee. MYSTEKIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE. One was pale and sallow and the the other fresh and rosy. Whence the difference? She who is blushing with health uses Dr. King's New Lite Pills to maintain it. By gently arousing the lazy organs they compel good di gestion and bead off constipation. Try them. Only 25c at E. T. Whitehead Co. - A PASTOR WHO SAVED Her. IT. Stubcnvoll, of Elkhorn, Wi.i., Is pastor of tho Tlvanprolieal Lutheran St. John's Church, of that plfice. Ilev. Stubenvoll is tho possessor of two bibles presented to him by Emperor William cf Germany. Upon tho ily leaf of one of the bibles the Emperor has -written in hid own handwriting a text. This honored pastor, in a recent letter to The Peruna Medicine Co of Coluni bus, Ohio, says concerning their famous catarrh remedy, Pcruna: The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. Gentlemen : "I had hemorrhages of the luns for a long i!mc, and all despaired of me. i took Peruna and was cured, it gave me strength and courage, and made healthy, pure blood. It increased my weight, gave me a healthy color, and I feel well. It is the best medicine in the world. If everyone kept Peruna in the house it would save many from death every year. "-H. STUBENVOLL, Thousands of people have catarrh who would bo surprised to know it, because it has been cnlled some other name thau T.io fact is catarrli is catarrh wherever located; and another fact which is of equally great importance, is that rerun cures catarrh, wherever located. Ask your Druggist for a free A Few Blwpp'ng D ant's. Selected. Don't try to do too much in a day. Don't swing your purse recklessly. Others may care for it if you dou't. Djn't walk miles to save a few pen nies. ShoeleatLer and good nerves cost money. When you go lorth to buy, don't get sidetracked and go a sightseeing. Don't forget to take along a bag in which to put the small parcels, then you will not be minus several at the close ot the day. Don't delay until 2 p. m. to start shopping. Don't make a list and then leave it home in your desk. Don't forget to unbutton your coat and release vour neck fur when you en ter the big stores intending to stay some time. Don't let your skirt trail when shop. ping ; you deserve to have it stepped on if you do. Don't wear a trailing skirt to sho din anyway. Don't carry a large sum of money In your pocketbook. Don't let your generous inclinations do violence to your financial limita tions. Don't keep on shopping long alter strength haj3 left you and your head aches and bone3 cry for mercy. Don't drag the little children around with you 011 the wearisome purchasing round. Don't take the baby into the crowd ed ill-ventilated places. Don't take the baby anyway. MOTHER GRAY'S SWEET TOW- DEES FOR CHILDREN, Successfully used by Mother Gray, nuf?e in the Children's Home, New York, Cure Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowe!3 acd Destroy Worms. Over 30,000 testimonials. They never fail. At all druggists, 25c. Sample FREti. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy.N.Y. Before we try to figure out the sprinting record of Lieut. Gov. Wil lard, wo should like to know the phys ical condition of tbe rabbit he chased. Chicago Post. HAVE YOU INDIGESTION ? If you have Indigestion Kodol Dyt-, pepsia Cure will core you. It has '. cured thousands. It is curing people , every day every hour. You owe It to yourself to give it a trial. You willj continue to suffer until you do try it. j There is no other combination of di-1 gestants that digest and rebuild at tbe , same time. -Kodol does both Kodol cure?, strengthens and rebuilds. Sold bv E. T. Whitehead & Co WAS BEFRIENDED BY AN EMPEnOR BY PE-RU-NA. If you do not derive' prompt and cutis factory results from the u of lvruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, g'ving a full statement of your cuso and ho will bo pleased to givo you hid valuable ad vice gratis. Address Dr. ITartnian, President of The Ilartman Sanitarium, Columbus. O, Perurm Almanac for 1 () . City Editor (to reporter) Did you see those sleeping cars that were re ported on fire? Reporter No, sir. When I got there they were all smok ing cars. Judge. WHEN YOU HAVE A COLD. The first action when you have a cold should be to relieve tho lungs. Thirt is best accomplished by the free u--e of Chamberlain's Cough RemeJy. This Remedy liquefies the tough mucous and causes Its expulsion from the air cells of the lungs, producer a free ex pectoration, and opens tho cecretior.s. A complete cure soon follows. This remedy will cure a sevcie cold in les time than any other treatment and it leayes the system in a natural and healthy condition. It counteracts liuy tendency towaitk pneumonia. For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co , Scot land Neck, aud Leggett's Drug Stoic, Uobgood. His Girl Didn't you and pMp i c- n e. to terms? He Oh, yes cr If came to term?, but they wcra sj w.:hi I didn't wait to listen to them. Phil adelphia Ledger. PERFECT CONFIDENCE. Where there used to be a feeling of uneasiness and worry in the household when a child showed symptoms of croup, there is perfect confidence. This isjowing to the success of Chamber Iain's Cough Remedy in the treat ment of that disease. Mrs. M. I. B;u- ford, of Pooolesville, Md., in speaking of her experience in the use of that remedy says : "I have a world of con fidence In Chamberlain's Cough Reme dy for I haye used it with perfect suc cess. My child, Garland, is subject to severe attacks of cronp and it always gives him prompt relief." For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co., Scotland Neck, and Leggett'a Drug Store, Hotgood. Parson Whangdoodle Dey doi;e tell me dat Brudder Snowball am pow'ful lucky at raisin' poultry. Deacon Flat foot Djt's what he am, p.-bf. n. E! hit wu.-n't foh his luck he'd er leen in de psneitenshry long ergo. Chicago News. A CURE FOR ECZEMA. My bal y had Eczema fo bad that Us head was a solid mass ot scabt,, and its hair all came out. I tried many reme dies but none seemed to do any perma nent good until I used DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salye. Tho PJczema is cured, the scabs are gone and the little one's scalp is perfectly cleau and healthy.aud its hair is growing beautifully aain. I cannot giye too much praise lo De Wilt's Witch Ilfzel Salve. Frank Farmer, Bluff City, Ky. In buying Witch Hazel Salve look out for coun terfeit. DeWitt's is the original ar,d tbe only one containing pure V.'j'tch Hazd. The name E. C.DeW'itt & Co. is on every box. Sold by E. T. While bead & Co.
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