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While working in her flower gar- Open the Door. r v. every wish m ovcr- coming rheumatism, , j-' ; ', pain in the back., kid ' 7,T"i I ncvs Hver, bladder ' - - i aim oi'iv iiari ui me i -a tt t l t i eigh, was bitten by a highland Moc cosin. For taking care of two small dogs, a young lady of Orange, Mass., has been bequeathed the income from $10,000. Henry F. Avery, Democrat, has been elected the first mayor of Colo rado Springs under the new charter form of government. Ex. Governor John A. Johnson, of Minnesota, has sold his residence in the town of St. Peter and will here after make his home in St. Paul. Charlotte News. A woman traveling from Wash ington to Chicago, over the Pennsyl vania railroad, put $5,000 under her pillow on the pullman when she re tired and next morning it had disap peared. Rev. Baylus Cade, who recently invented a typesetting machine is having it built in Philadelphia, says the machine will be ready about August 15th and that he will take it to Shelby for trial. Statesville Land mark. Ohio is to have its first trial of the direct primary next month. The provisions of the law in general are similar to those in force in other states where the nrimary system of nominating candidates for public office has been adopted. Charlotte News. Salisbury has developed a young chicken thief who applied new and original ideas to the business. His thieving was all done in daylight and with the aid of a bulldog who would . urinary passage " ' corrects inability to il l scaling pain in passing it, . '-.-is followinguseof liquor, wine :'.-ii overcomes that unpleasant l of being compelled to go often '. the day, cud to get up many ..iviiig the night. :;i:p!cot is not recommended for . ..::!g but if you have kidrey, liver ! Icr trouble, it will be found just :;cdy yu need. 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LSVCRMON, DENTIST. up t;nrs in Whitc- :i.d Building. urri from 9 to 1 r : o'clock' o'clock Open the doop of your heart, my lad, To the angel of love and truth, When the world is full of unnumber ed joys In the beautiful dawn of youth. Casting aside all things that mar, Saying to wrong "Depart!" To the voices of hope that are calling you, Open the door of your heart. Open the door of your heart, my lass, To the things that shall abide; To the holy thoughts that lift your soul Like the stars at eventide. All the fadeless flowers that bloom In the realms of song and art Are yours, if you'll only give them room; Open the door of your heart. Open the door of friend, Heedless of class and creed; When you hear the cry of a brother's voice. The sob of of soul in need. To the singing heavens that o'er you bend You need no map or chart; But only the love of the Master; Open the door of your heart. Edward Everett Hale. THE TWO ROADS. A Story for Those Who Are on the Threshold of Life. your heart, my Value of a Spit Log. ml-bryde wzm, otinkv and Counselor at Law, 221 Atlantic Trust Building Norfolk, Va. v Public. Bell Phone 700 If Government statistics are de pendable, there are in the United States about two million miles of earth road, or enough to encompass the earth 80 times. The problem of keeping them in repair is an ever-recurring one and not in many places has it been satisfactorily solved. In searching for a remedy for trouble we sometimes follow the trail of em pricism so eagerly as to overlook the simple relief that all the while con fronts us. It may be so in this case, and if one of misplaced confidence the Government must bear a large share of the responsibility, because it has issued a bulletin commending what is called the split-log-drag and nab the unsuspecting fowl and make describing its proper construction, for his master, who would be in hid- j Ar.y individtr ' " community desir- .eue?T. h r.-pv 3uV et one .free by ap- Chance for the Farm Boy. rv WwAkD L. TRAVIS, a. v; :,UVRV AND COUNSELOR AT Law, Halifax, N. C. . ; v Loaned on Farm Lands mu. H. JOSEY, i pn'kuaIj Insurance Agent, Scotland Neck., N. C. " " -if l PARKER'S ma to (SALS AM .'.-.':'-;V:1rMlw -A Vf-aulil'lc the h"iT. --- .fi.jl'rom,-t3 a lai-iriant (frowth. lit Hevcr i'oilB to KC3tore Gr3 ,55i Ta to a Youthful Color, f t!tiie wulp lfmK haif.lu.ui.-S. .-.h'v.I I "it nnifff B. JoseyGo Undertakers' Supplies. F ?!! and Complete Line. EX . rins and Caskets Burial Robes, Etc. arse Service any Time B. Josey Company, i:t Neck. North Carolina n tilths 2U3 n 1 nr it . t : ' ' TrZMiT Awn imr. TROUBLES B II. J. Reynolds, the millionaire tobacconist, of Winston-Salem has; purchased the Chiswell plantation in Wythe county, Virginia, from J. W. McGaverck, the price being $35,000. The farm contains over 3,000 acres of the finest land in the southwest. It is understood that with the sale goes all the machinery, crops, fix tures, etc. Burlington Dispatch. Chas. R. Thomas, a prominent druggist of Thomasville and a form er president of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association, was ar rested in Thomasville last week, charged with the illegal sale of co caine. He waived examination be fore a magistrate and gave bond for .his appearance at court. It is charg ed that Thomas shipped cocaine by express to negroes in various parts of the State. Statesville Landmark. A citizen of Clinton reports Mr. A. J. Cooper as having a field of excep tionally fine corn. He passed his farm the other day and says that the ears are havy and from two to four to the stalk. Then we asked Mr. Cooper himself about the variety of corn; he says the same corn has been in the family since 1838, when his grandfather, the late Mr. Sam John son, sent Mr. Owen Johnson to iian fax county for some corn, and that it grew on Roanoke river. Sampson Democrat. The Progress of Invention. The first decade of the twentieth century has not been rounded out, yet inventive genius has perfected the submarine boat, which can trav el under water like a fish; discover ed wireless telegraphy, by which messages maybe sent to vessels in mid-ocean; and now the dream of the centuries, to be able to fly like a bird has come to pass. The achieve- - t tv,o Frenchman who flew from France to England, across 2: milns of water, almost makes one's hair stand up. People have become so accusstomed to wonderful things that they are scarcely surprised at anything, but this achievement marks the beginning of anew era. It is said that the machine can be made for $9 000, which is less than a great many 'pay for automobiles.-Web-ster's Weekly. Take Kodol at the times when you fed what you have eaten is not digeet- Kodol digests AViiat jou . :tiv of anv irood. can eat s-unn;".;" plying to the local Congressman. This simple device is not new. Its virtue has been proclaimed before, but it is comparatively unknown in this part of the country. Some years ago a Missouri farmer, named Bat ter ton, with an enthusiasm for good roads, was accustomed to hitch a drag of this construction to his wagon when he drove to town. It took him but a little more time to make the trip with this handicap, and in a few months he had a road that was better than most of the rock-bedded kind. It naturally at tracted attention, resulting in a brotherhood of good road draggers, which recently held a celebration, with a parade half a mile long to give emphasis to its achievements. Boston Transcript. Costing More to Live. t ', A -i y r.-tm o ATI FACTOR If According to Bradstreet's.betveen Julv 1, 1896, and July 1, 1909, bread- stuffs and live stock have more than doubled in price, provisions, fruits, hides and leather have increased over 50 per cent, and textiles GO per cent. Taking separate items that figure in the cost of the average poor man's table, on July 1, 1909, flour cost 100 ner cent, more than on July 1, 1906; beef over 80 per cent., pork about 150 per cent., mutton 125 per cent., ham 33 1-3 per cent., bacon over 170 per cent., lard over 180 per cent., butter 70 per cent, and potatoes over 130 per cent. Even within the last year the in crease in price has gone on almost n,itVimit intprrnntion. Flour has VY 1 a V-J v w risen nearly 60 per cent., pork over 20 ner cent., mutton nearly the same, 10 ner cent., butter 18 1 1 C-i no aiiJ"-"" x nr cent, and coffee over 25 per cent. Ueef is one of the few articles which did not materially increase in price These are hard facts, which there is no e-ettinir around. Retail prices may vary more or less from month to month, accoraing lo locality x the character of dealers' establish ments, but Bradstreet's figures are based on market reports, which are beyond controversy New York World. It was near New Year's night. An aged man was standing by the win dow. He mournfully raised his eyes toward the deep blue sky, where the stars were floating white lillies on the surface of a clear, calm lake. Then he cast them on the earth, where few more helpless beings than himself were moving toward the in evitable goal the tomb. Already he has passed 60 of the stages which lead to it, and he had brought from his journey nothing but errors and remorse. His health was destroyed, his mind unfurnished, his heart sor rowful and his old age devoid of comfort. The days of his youth rose up in a vision before him, and he recalled the solemn moment when his father had placed him at the entrance of two roads, one leading into a peace iul, sunny land, covered with fer tile harvest and surrounding with soft, sweet songs, white the other conducted the wanderer into a deep, dark cave, whence thei s was no is sue, where poison flowed instead of water and where serpents hissed and crawled. He looked toward the sky and cried out in his anguish: "O, youth, return! O, my father, place me once more at the cross way of life, that I may choose the batter road!" But the days of his youth had passed away, and his parents were with the departed. He saw wardering lights float over dark marshes and then disappear. "Such," he said, "were the days of my wasted life!" He saw a star shoot from heaven and vanish in darkness athwart the churchyard. "Behold, an emblem of myself!" he exclaimed. And the sharp arrows of unavailing remorse struck him to the heart. Then he remembered his early companions, who had entered his life with hirn, but who, having trod the paths of virtue and industry were now happy and honored on this New Year's night. The clock in the high church tow er struck, and the sound, falling on his ear, recalled the ninny tokens of the love of his parents for him, the prayers they had offered up in his behalf. Overwhelmed with shame and grief, he dared no longer look toward that heaven where they dwelt. His darkened eyes dropped tears, and with one despairing ef fort, he cried aloud "Come, back.my early days! Come back!" And his youth did return, for all this had been but a dream, visiting his slumbers on New Year's night. He was still young; his errors only wfH'e no dream. He thanked God that he had not yet entered the deep dark cavern, but he was free to tread fervently that time was still his own, the road leading to the peaceful land where sunny harvests wave. Ye who still linger on the thresh old of life, doubting which path to choose, remember that when years shall be passed and your feet shall stumble on the dark mountain you will cry bitterly, but cry in vain: "O youth' return! Oh, give me back my early days. Jean Paul Richter. ANTS PROTECT PLANT. Next fall when the agricultural colleges open there are pretty sure to be a dozen or so boys and young men in each State in the South who wish to attend but who will be finan cially unable. The same thing will be true in a larger scale in those States where the agricultural short courses are held during the winter. Now, many of these boys many who think they cannot possibly do so could attend these schools if they would only begin preparing for it in time. To wait until the last minute to get ready for anything is a poor policy; and it will pay to make some effort to get a college training along agricultural lines. There is an increasing demand for men of energy, industry and devo tion to their work to lead in the great forward movement of South ern farming. Chemists, entomolo gists, horticulturists, botanists, vet erinarians, dairymen, agronomists trained specialists of all kinds can find a wide field for useful and profi table work. For plain, practical farmers who know something of scientific as well as of the practical side of farm work there is an equal ly insistent call. There are literally thousands of young farmers who should and who could take the short courses in agriculture offered by our colleges, and who, if they dia so, would assuredly quicken the South ern farmer's progress toward better farming and better times. These boys are the fairest hope of the Southland, and it is a distinct loss, not only to the boy himself, but also to the State when one of them neg lects the chances he has for prepar ing himself for a larger and more fruitful field of labor. Right now the boys on the farm should begin preparing to take ad vantage of these opportunities. The crops, the stock, everything that will help swell the school fund.should be looked after; and it is worth while to give up many things, which seem worth while for the moment, for such a purpose as this. It doesn't require a great deal of money to get a start toward an education; but some is absolutely necessary. Begin now to get it to gether. After the start is made the young man who has the pluck and the love of learning, will find a way to go on.- Progressive Farmer. Poor Richard's Almanac. How They Defend It Against Leaf De stroying Insects. A standing army of ants for de fensive purposes is kept and provided with food by a sensitive plant of Nic aragua. In this acacia there are two large thorns at the base of each leaf inhabited by colonies of ants which bore into the thorns and make a home for themselves by eating out the soft inner tissue. On the leaf stalks there are honey glands, and at the tip of each leaflet there is a sausage shaped body about as large as a pin's head, REAPING BENEFIT. From the Experience of Scotland Neck People. Wo are fortunate indeed to lx aldo to profit ly the experience of our neighbors. The public utterances of Scotland Nock residents on the follow ing subject will interest and benefit thousands of our readers. Read this statement. Xo better proof can be had. Turner Allsbrook, (ireniwood street, Scotland Neck, X. C, snys: "lVan Kidney Pills have proven of great value consisting of albuminous food. The to mo- 1 ""Vrrl severely from lame ants sip the nectar and eat the food bodies, and being contented with their lot, remain on the plant with out doing it any injury. When the plant is threatened by an invasion of leaf cutting ants which would damage it the ants composing the plant's army or police force rush out and repel the intruders. Many similar arrangements exist in tropi cal plants. In one of the most remarkable of these ant plants the female ant bites a hole in the stem and brings up her brood inside it. The stalk of each leaf is swollen at its base and bears food bodies which are eaten by the ants when they emerge to find for thesel ves. As the old food bodies are eaten new ones are formed, thus keeping the ants, which are of a fierce dispo sition, in the plant's employment. Plants of the same species which do not happen to be inhabited by ants fall an easy prey to leaf cutting kinds of ants, which are only too plentiful in the tropics. In other cases the de fensive ants are provided only with shelter in cavities of the stem, and various naturalists have observed that these ants pour out in troops whenever leaf cutting enemies at tack the foliage. The ants which thus defend these plants are small, but sting with ex treme virulence.their small size mak ing them the more formidable. The leaf cutting ants cut off the leaves and pile them up in heaps.forming a sort of kitchen garden of leaf mould, upon which they cultivate a fungus belonging to the mushroom family. They sow the spores of the mush room and make a pure culture of the fungus, nibbling at it to p event the development of mushroom heads and thus promote the growth of spawn. Chicago Tribune. Where Corn Crop Goes. People often wonder, particularly those who have traveled for 'hun dreds of miles through the corn belt what becomes of the corn which is n-rown everv vear. In the year of 1908, when the total crop was 2,666, 000,000 bushels, 211,000,000 bushels were consumed in flour and grist mill products, 8,000,000 bushels for malt liquors, 17,000,000 bushels in the production of distilled liquors, 40,000,000 bushels for glucose, 190, 000,000 bushels for exports and 13, 000,000 bushels for seed, making a total of 518,000,000 bushels, or 19 3 per cent of the entire crop. The re maining 80.7 per cent, or 2,118,000, 000 bushels, seems to been used ' al most entirely for feeding. Kansas City Journal. ing will just let vou 1 .1. Q fri'wl. if vou "-r - 7 ' co., u F..T. White- drew, Here is Relief for Women. If you have pains in the back, urin ary, bladder or kidney trouble, and want a certain herb cure for women's ills, try Mother Gray's Australian Ieaf. It is a safe and never-failing regulator. At Druggists or by mail 50 cents. Sample package free. 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Good sense is a thing all need, few have, and none think they want. Pride breakfasted with Plenty.din ed with Poverty, supped with In famy. When out of favor none know thee; when in, thou dost not know thyself. If your riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to the other world? Lend money to an enemy, and thou'lt gain him; to a friend, and thou'lt lose him. Be civil to all serviceable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. Work as if you were to live a hun dred years; pray as if you were to die to-morrow. The wise man draw more advan age from his enemies than the fool from his friend. A wise man . will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and contendedly. Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one makes you even with him; forgiving it sets you above him. The Barnhart Flyer. The South is Making Silk. "There are few people who know that North Carolina, among its di versified industries, has a number of silk mills," remarked Mr. Thos. J. Pence, a Raleigh man, who is stay ing at the Stafford Hotel. "In the growing town of Wades boro there are two silk mills.one cm ploying white labor exclusively, the other using negro operatives. They are both prosperous, and their only handicap is a scarcity of help. The raw material in the form of cocoons comes from China, and costs from $2 to $3.60 a pound delivered at Wades boro, but when spun into silk yarn it brings the mill owners $5 a pound and up, according, to the state of the market. The owners maintain headquarters in Dover, N. J., but the product of the mills goes to New York. The work, which is light and clean, gives employment to many girls and boys, who are able to earn from $5 to $7 a week. In the plant where the colored hands worked a cheaper quality of silk is produced, the colored employes not having as yet acquired the skill necessary to turn out the finest grades. There are also other silk factories in the state, located at Fayetteville, Kins. ton and High Point, and I believe they are all making good money on the "caDital invested." - Baltimore American. Ixiby won't sillier live minutes witl: croup if you use Dr. Thomas' Eclecti Oil at once. It acts like magic. "What kind of part have I in the new piece? Is there any change cf my pleasing the audience." "Every chance. You die in the first act." Judge. back, and sharp pains through my loins made it impossible for me to turn over in bed. When the attacks were at their height I was lame and sore and could handy get around when morning came. If 1 attempted to lift anything or straighten after stooping sharp pains darted through me. 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Matthews, Commissioner Labor Statistics, Augusta, Me. NOTICE OP LAND SALE. Whereas the bid of the former sale having been raised on the below described land; by virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Halifax county, rendered on the fifth day of March, 1907, in the cause entitled, A. L. Pope, Mrs. Clare Pope and others, Ex Parte, the same being a proceeding to sell land for partition, we will, on the 23rd day of August, 1909, at public auction, for cash, to the highest bidder, at the Court House door in Halifax, SELL the following described tract of land, to-wit: That tract of land in Cono conara Township Halifax County, N. C, known as the "Fannie Pope" land, containing 365 acres, more or less, bounded by the lands of V. W. Land, Kelly Weeks, J. E. Fitspat rick, J. J. Barns, The North Caroli na Lumber Co., and others. Survey and plot of same can be seen at A . Paul Kitchin's office, John H. Kkrr, ( 7-8-4t. ) A. Pall Kitchin, Commisbionertr 4 1 - I i 1 t ! 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