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SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1909.
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FASHION IN HEADGEAR.
It Runs to Extremes and Father Musi
Pay The Bills.
The "peach-basket" hat is dead.
The fashion bells of Paris are tolling
and it is being1 borne to its last rest
ing place in the discard where are
buried the "Merry Widow" and the
sheath skirt. They tell us, further
more, that many of the myriads of
"rats," "puffs," "rolls," and all
kinds of false-hair fixings will belaid
up to rest in the near future, and
woman will once more appear some
what in the form in which she waF
created.
Full many a pretty face has been
blooming- unseen beneath the peach
basket. Many a smiling countenance
has been buried in its depths. It was
a monstrous mass of straw, fruits,
vegetables and other funny things.
j Pari? must have invented it as a jokf
and laughed in its sleeve when thf
women of the world took it serious
ly. Mere man could see in it no ele
ment of beauty, no line of grace,
and nothing on earth to commend it.
But lovely woman bore her burder
without a murmur.
"Better be dead than out of fash
ion," seems to be the motto of many
of the ladies. For whatever the
fashion-makers decree, the women
adopt. Theirs not to question why ;
theirs but to go and buy. They
bought the "Merry Widow" by the
acre, and in time learned to sail
them around like experts ; to tack,
jibe and navigate them in any wind.
When the peach-basket was brought
forth the ladies dived in and even
convinced themselves that there wa
something beautiful in the queer
monstrosities they were required to
carry around on their heads.
Now, having had their little joke
on the women of the world, the cre
ators of fashion have prepared a new
exhibition. According to advices
from the centre of interest, they
have decreed that all the hats now
in use or heretofore bought and paid
for must be discarded. They have
changed the fashion so completely
that papa will have the privilege of
buying headgear for all the family
the coming season. The edict has
gone forth : "Next season the tur
ban and the toque" not the dainty,
gentle litsle hat the men would like
to see, but a huge creation that will
stand a foot and a half high, and
will make the wearer look as martial
a.- a Russian drum-major. The fur
hat itself runs up a story or two,
and the tower-and-minaret effect is
added by an "aigrette" whatever
that may be teat stick up like a
young tree. It is not stated wheth
the prices will be as high as the "ai
grettes," but after the experiences
with the "Merry Widow" and the
"peach basket," father fears the
worst. Baltimore Sun.
A Clever Puzzle.
1. What state is more than one
half A? Alabama.
2. What state is round at both
ends and high in the middle? Ohio.
3. What two states are unmarried
ladies? Miss-issippi and Miss-ouri.
4. What two states one begins
with the name of a girl and the oth
er ends with the same name? Ida-ho
and Fior-ida.
5. What state has 10 in the mid
die of it? Te-X-as.
G. What state pleases the dairy
men best? New J ersey .
7. What state reminds you of the
beginning of the Spanish American
war? Maine.
8. What state is named for a
great Quaker? Penn-sylvania.
9. What state is named for a
King of France? Louis-iana.
10. What two states have only
two consonants between them? Iowa
and Ohio (w and h).
11. What state reminds you of a
big boat built hou&ands of years ago?
Ark-ansas.
12. What State starts off in a bad
humor? Ill-inois.
13. What state whose citizens
are all geese? Michi-gan (ders).
14. W7hat state has in it a kind
of sewing very popular with the la
dies? Ken-tuck-y.
15. What state reminds you of
mining? Ore-gon.
1G. In what three states did the
great trio of American orators re
side just before the war? South
Carolina, Kentucky and Massachu
setts (Calhoun, Clay and Webster).
17. Name five states with girls'
names in them. Flor-ida, Ida-ho,
Louisi-ana Indi-ana Virginia.
18 What two states whose name
indicate mountains? Ver-mont and
1 19 " What state indicates fresh
meat New Ham-pshire.
20 What state ought to see the
best? Mississippi (4 i's).-Fayette-ville
Index.
The Hello Box in The Country.
Under this caption the Atlanta
Constitution on September 12, 1909,
published the following editorial :
"Commenting upon the marvelous
manner in which the telephone is
coming into vogue in the rural dis
tricts, and outlining its practical
value to the farmer and the rural
resident generally, The Manufactur
ers' Record says :
" 'It is not alone that the farmer
can, in this way, keep posted as to
the price of his products, and many
of the farmers of the West depend
entirely upon the telephone in mak
ing sales of grain and other produce
value as the telephone is from this
financial point of view, it is even
more valuable in bringing the fam
ily of farmers in touch with their
neighbors. The loneliness which
has made farm life a burden to so
many people especially to the women
and children ; the fear that takes
possession of them when the men
are away, the fear of the inability to
reach a doctor in times of sickness,
are all banished by the telephone in
the home. Among the great bless
ings which have come to civilization
in recent years there is scarcely any
thing comparable to the value of the
telephone, and as valuable as it is to
the people of the city, it is infinitely
more valuable to those in the
country.'
"In the South, and, of latter years,
especially in Georgia, the 'voice in
the box' has made wonderful strides
in the country districts.
"The farmer has outgrown the old
impression that the telephone was a
luxury accessible only to the man in
the city.
"He has discovered that the use
of the 'party line system' and co-operative
methods, now so prevalent
throughout this section, he can have
an instrument in his house the yrear
round at a cost well within the reve
nue from one bale of cotton.
"The claim of The Record that a
telephone is even more essential to
the country than to the city is en
tirely logical.
"In the city there is none of the
isolation that characterizes the rural
districts, and the means of commu
nication, aside even from the tele
phone are numerous and rapid.
"In the country, there is only the
highway connecting farm-house to
farm-house, a highway often nearly
impassable in inclement weather and
under the best of conditions forcing
consideration of elements of delay
and outlay.
"Into this difficult situation the
rural telephones come as a great
transformer. It mitigates isolation
almost to the vanishing point. It
puts the farthest-removed farm in
immediate touch with neighboring
farms as well as civi!ization-at-large.
It gives the farmer, with a crop
ready for sale, instant access to
market quotations, it provides for
the summoning of physicians, for
aid in fighting fire, or for any other
of the dozen emergencies insepara
ble from country life.
"It is not strange that, offering
these and other revolutionizing ad
vantages, the telephone should be
rapidly conquering the rural dis
tricts. "So vividly was Mr. Roosevelt's
country life commission impressed
with the salutary results that had
followed the general prevalence of
telephones in the country that it
named their patronage as one of the
factors destined t solve the rural
problem . ,
outh facing unprece
dented prosperity, it is likely the
coming year will witness even great
er progress on the part of this mod
ern adjunct to life and business."
The method which has been adopt
ed by the Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph Company has placed this
service within the reach of every
one. The service they offer is not
cheap service because the price is
low. It is good service. Their tele
phones are all Western Electric Com
pany's Standard "Bell" instruments
such as are used throughout their
entire system by the Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Company.
From any one of these stations it
is possible to talk not only to points
connected with the Carolina Tele
phone and Telegraph Company sys
tem, but to any points reached by
the long distance lines of the South
ern Bell Company. That their plan
is proving very popular is evidenced
by the number of lines which are
being built into each of their ex
changes, and we hope that the time
is not far distant when there will be
a telephone line on every road and a
telephone on every farm. There is
no surer indication of the prosperity
and progressiveness of a community
than up-to-date telephone service.
ROBESON CORN FARMER.
Will Raise One Thousand Bushels on
Ten Acres Bis Methods.
Mr. J. D. Johnson's crack ten-acre
field of corn, at his place on Rural
Route No. 4, from Red Springs, some
twelve miles from Lumberton, was
referred to in Monday's Robesonian.
This is to tell more about it.
It is a special field of land that
has been brought to a high state of
cultivation, and many men who have
been over the field say that the ten
acres will yield this year one thou
sand bushels of corn. The same
land, mark you, was sold some years
ago by two men who said it was too
poor to make a living! And Mr.
Johnson lias before this made a bale
and a half of cotton to the acre on
this same land.
The corn is planted in five foot
rows, will average about twelve
inches apart in the drill, two good
ears to every stalk, at a conservative
estimate some have three and four.
All the fertilizer used is home-made
manure scattered broadcast. The
land has been sub-soiled but not this
year. The method of cultivation
was as follows:
First, land was broken good and
deep, then manure broadcast, about
six loads to the acre; cross-harrowed
with disc and pulverizing harrows,
both ways with each; five foot rows
laid off deep with middle "buster;"
corn planted in furrows and harrow
dragged crosswise to cover; harrow
ed each way with pulverizing har
row until knee high; then plowed
deep with twenty-two inch sweep
and finished with same.
At last plowing Mr. Johnson sow
ed soja beans and harrowed them
in. This he considers far ahead of
the common pea. It is to be a good
land-Improver, it makes three times
the forage and all stock are fond of
them.
Mr. Johnson does not kr.ow the
variety of corn. He purchased a
bushel from a man who advertised
in the Progressive Farmer, stating
that he had made 103 bushels to the
acre, and he finds the corn as good
as represented. Lumberton Robe
sonian. Turning The Other Cheek.
While Rutherford B. Hayes was a
college student he went out walking
one day with two of his chums and
met an old farmer coming along the
road. The future president ad
dressed him in this manner :
"Good morning, Father Isaac !"
Then his two friends spoke to the
old tiller of the soil, one calling him
Father Abraham and the other
Father Jacob.
"Gentlemen, you are mistaken,
said the old man solemnly. "I am
neither Abraham, Isaac, nor Jacob,
but Saul, the son of Kish, who was
sent out to find his father's asses,
and lo, he has found them." Judge.
The Retort Courteous.
An old darkey wanted to join a
fashionable city church, and the min
ister, knowing it was hardly the
thing to do and not wanting to hurt
his feelings, told him to go home
and pray over it. In a few days the
darkey came back. "Well what do
you think of it by this time?" asked
the preacher. "Well, sah," replied
the colored man. "Ah prayed an'
prayed an' de good Lawd, he says to
me, 'Rastus, Ah wouldn't bodder
mah head about dat no mo. Ah've
been trying to git into dat chu'eh
mahse'f for the las' twenty yeahs
and Ah ain't done had no luck.' "
Christian Register.
Poor John.
A Philadelphian who was formerly
a resident of a town in the north of
Pennsylvania recently revisited his
old home.
"What became of the Hoover fam
ily?" he asked an old friend.
"Oh," answered the latter, "Tom
Hoover did very well. Got to be an
actor out West. Bill, the other
brother, is something of an artist in
New York ; and Mary, the sister, is
doing- literary work. But John nev
er amounted to much. It took all !
he could lay his hands on to support
the others. ' 'Exchange.
Frighlfal Fate Averted.
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Minn., "without Bucklen's" Arnica
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Boils, Skin Eruptions. World's best
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TO THE OLD CAROLINA YETERANS.
Here's to Old Carolina Veterans,
From the land of pine and tar,
There never has been danger
Too great for them to dare.
Four years theyr wore the gray of
Southland,
And kept their banner high,
A thin gray line around it,
Resolved to do or die.
Four years thev wore the gray of
Southland,
And raised the rebel veil
On many a well fought field,
'Mid storms of shot and shell.
Four years they wore the gray of
Southland,
While comrades around them fell,
How well they did their duty
The records and songs will tell.
But the old thin gray line
y That once was young and gay,
Are answering to the last roll call,
And passing fast away.
Their heads have frosted over,
Black locks have changed to grey,
The thin grey line is breaking,
And going nature's way.
But when they cross life's ocean,
And reach the other shore,
God rest the souls in Heaven
That meet on earth no more.
T. Jackson.
Ten Things
For which no one has ever yet
been sorry. These are:
1. For doing good to all.
2. For being patient toward eve
rybody. 3. For hearing before judging.
4. For thinking before speaking.
5. For holding an angry tongue.
6. For being kind to the distress
ed. 7. For asking pardons for all
wrongs.
8. For speaking evil of none.
9. For stopping the ears to a tale
bearer.
10. For disbelieving most of the
ill reports.
Raymond's Importance.
Raymond, aged five, returned
from Sunday School in a state of evi
dent excitement. He strutted
around the room as if about to
burst with importance. The sym
pathetic eye of his mother was not
slow to observe this.
"What's the matter, Raymond?"
she asked.
"Oh, mother," exclaimed the small
boy, his eyes sparkling, "the super
intendent said something awful nice
about me in his prayer this morning."
"What did he say?"
"He said, 'Oh, Lord, we thank
Thee for food and Raymond.' "
Woman's Home Companion.
The Minister Was Present.
A clergyman, who was not averse
to an occasional glass, hired an Irish
man to clean out his cellar. The
Irishman began his work. He
brought forth a lot of empty whiskey
bo ctles, and as he lifted each one
looked through it at the sun. The
preacher, who was walking on the
lawn, saw him, and said :
"They are all dead one's, Pat."
"They are!" said Pat. "Well,
there is one good thing about it,
they all had the minister with them
when they were dying." Argonaut.
To Make Fig Csndy.
One cupful of sugar, one-half cup
ful of wrter, one-fourth teaspoonf ul
cream of tartar.
Do not stir while boiling. Boil to
amber color, or until it strings. Stir
in the cream of tartar just before
taking from fire. Open figs and lay
in buttered tins, and pour candy
over them. The Designer for Octo
ber.
Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy has
become famous for its cures of coughs,
colds, croup and influenza. Try it
when in need. It contains no harm
ful substances and always gives prompt
relief. Sold by E. T. Whitehead Co.
"How old are you, Madam?" ask
ed the cross-examining lawyer. The
woman blushed deeply, and stam
meringly blurted out:
"I -I " and stopped short.
The attorney looked guilty.
"Please, madam, quickly." he urged
in a gentle, kindly voice; "it's get
ting worse every minute, you know."
Su ccess .
The Bed-Rock of Success
lies in a keen, clear brain, hacked by
indomitable will and resistless energy.
Such power comes from the splendid
health that Dr. King's New Life Pills
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build up brain and body. J. A. Har
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are the best pills I ever used." 2: at
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COTTON MILL EXPANSION.
Wnrld's Demand for Goods' Has;' Out-
stripped Capacity to Supply.
It has been a notable fact that no
large industry has come through the
recent business depression so success
fully as has that of cotton manufac
turing. The purpose to enlarge such
a business by an unprecedented in
crease, here in New England, as has
been announced since that depression
began to wane has been most grati
fying to those interested in the in
dustrial development of the section
of the country. In that time new
mills, or extensions, have been decid
ed upon to cost more than $50,000,
000, and in many instances, as here
in Manchester, the work of construc
tion is already well advanced.
Such a movement here in New Eng
land is all the more impressive, as it
is recalled that about a decade ago
there was a real apprehension lest
the extensive development of cotton
manufacturing throughout the South
then so rapidly spreading, would mo
nopolize the field and force the New
England establishments out of the
business. It was held out by the
promoters of the Southern enterpris
es that the raw product was at the
doors of the projected factories, that
the section was favored with utilized
water-power in abundance, that coal
was at hand and at low cost, and that
labor was cheap. The picture they
painted as competitors of New Eng
land capital and managerial skill was
transferred to the Southern field.
The industrial growth of that sort
in the South has been so rapid that
it consumes nearly as much of the
cotton crop as is now used up in this
section, where its manufacture has
been so long established, but that is
not worrying the manufacturers
here. The experience through the
business depression has shown that
the world's requirements for cotton
goods have outstripped the almost
phenomenal increase in the capacity
to supply, and there is every reason
to believe that such expansion in de
mand wiii continue. - Manchester
(N. H.) Union.
The pleasant purgative ( fleet expe
rienced by all who use Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets, and t he
healthy condition of the body and
mind which they create, makes one
feel joyful. Sold by E. T. Whitehead
Company.
Church I see, according to a pro
fessor of the Frence Academy of
Science, all the elements of food
needed by man are contained in Gru
yere cheese.
Gotham Well, the elements have
to be killed, I s'pose, before you eat
'em?- Yonkers Statesman.
Sickening headaches, indigestion,
constipation, indicate unhealthy con
dition of the bowels. Holli.-ter's Kocky
Mountain Tea makes the bowels work
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Ilamfatt Aha! I've a letter from
me friend Boothbv, but I like not
his diction.
Barnstorm What says the old
Thesolopian?
Hamfatt Thus: "We are separa
ted by hundreds of miles, but there
are many ties between us." Cleve
land Leader.
Hoarseness in a child subject to
croup is a sure indication of tlie ap
proach of tl io disease. If ChamW-r-lain's
Cough Jlemody is given at once,
or even after the cronpy cough has ap
peared, it will prevent the attack.
Contains no poison. Sold by E. T.
Whitehead Company.
Mr. Newlywed was helping his
wife into one of her new Paris gowns.
"Darling, do ycu think we shall
know each other in heaven?" asked
Mrs. Newlywed.
"Not if the angels' dresses button
up the back," replied Mr. Newlywed.
stifling his profanity. Philadelphia
Record
Money Comes in Bunches
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from indigestion, torpid liver, consti
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had no appetite, nor ambition, grew
weaker every da' in spite of all medi
cal treatment. Then used Electric
Bitters. Twelve bottles restored all
my old-time health and vigor. Now I
can attend to business everyday. It's
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Every farmer s wife knows what tre
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work well, too.
Here's a good suggestion about feed
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those in different climates. Quaker
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Executor's Notice.
Having qualified as executor of
the estate of Louisa Richardson, de
ceased, late of Halifax County, N. C,
this is to notify all persons holding
claims against the said estate to pre
sent them to me within twelvemonths
from the date or this notice will be
plead in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make immediate pay
ment. This August 21, 1000.
T. P. Lynth, Executor.
Essex, N. C.
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