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VOLUME 26.
WINDSOR, N.C'TSufetoAy; MAY , 22, 1913,
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THE VAR ON FREIGHT RATES
THE 50T1I ANNUAL 8ESSI0O
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Opening Song........
Fan Drill .............
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Sleeping Beauty
Last Rose of Summer
Guess WhofDrill..-...
Train to Maiiro.
Fairy -Drill,., .... .r vv
Robby Shaf toe
10. Address..
11. Open Air May Dance.
FRIDAY, 8:00pP.
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Chorus ..u. .......
Recitation On the Rappahannock Cenieth Morris
My Faith Looks up
t6 Thee
Venus and Cupid.
Dance of the ;Dunces
Scarf Drill.............
Gossip Pantomine
After the Game.
Darkey Wood Dealer
30,000 Subscribed
On Fertilizer PI
We are pleased to state
since our last issue, progres
the establishment of a fertilizer
plant in Windsor, has been very
encouraging. That up to pur
going to press $50,000 have I een
subscribed. The company has
been organized with the f ollovy--
ing stock-holders and directors.
STOCK-HOLDERS:
J. H. -White 'p
J. E. White
R. E. Tarkenton
W. E. Copeland
R. L. Freeman
Wm. Faupel
Mrs. M. Faupel
Mrs. Minnie Rice Singdr
R. N. DeJarnett
( DIRECTORS. : .
R. E. Tarkenton, Pres.
J. H. White, Sec & Trfeas.
J. E. White. V-Pres. land
Gen. M'g'r,
W. E. Copeland i
R. L. Freeman:
At 7 o'clock on the morning
of
May 1st, God saw fit to remove ;:rom
our midst to the land of ; peace and
joy one of His own and our lived
friend, Mr, George Mizell, in his 79th
year. For months he had beep .a
great sufferer, but he bore his . suffer
ings without a murmur. He was r 2ady
to go. In his death , one of the old
landmarks has been removed and a
prominent figure in this commui lity,
he will be greatly missed by ' all who
knew him. He was a member of the
Capehart Baptist Chuich, and the pear
old gray head will be greatly missed
from the place he filled. He t leaves
an aged wife and nine : children; 1 lev.
J. C. Mizell, of Winniebo. 1 N; C.;:R.
T, Mizell, Edenton, N. C, four' Sons
in Bertie, three girls, Mrs. Wf L'.
Baker, of Merry Hill, Mrs.jR. MUler,
of Cslerain, and Miss. Sallie Mizell; of
Mt. Gould. Being a loving, ; affection
ate husband and father his . children
reflect great credit to his traihingJ
was a kind neighborjand good i t
He
all
and was loved by his friends,
ione
naming him but to praise him. Sleep
on beloved and take thy rest lay down
thy htad upon thy Saviour's j break t."
"Gone but not forgotten. ' " f
A FRIENP.
Dont wait to swat the fly,5 but get
ousy and 'starve the pest. Clean 1 up
all the premises, get rid of the garbage
u screens to cover he food. These
are health hints worth heeding.
Fruit stains are usually removed by.
Pouring boiling water over ; thema, vf
m
that
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Obituary
P. M. MAY 22nd 1913.
School
Small Girls
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SmalLGirls
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Hon. Francis D.1 Winston
Girls
M., MAY 23rd, 1913.
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Fantomine
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Small Boys
. Girls
Small Girls
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Farce
Need of Thoroughness.
From Th Ladies' Home Journnl.
We are satuated with the desire for
rush and speed, and we place laurels
upon the. brows of : men who respond
to this immature desire on our part.
A constructors's advertisement boasts
that he has up a mammoth build-
ing in three hundred ;days; a locomo
tive concern" glories ' in the achievement
of building ten locomotives a day;
automobile advertisements fairly groan
with the capacity, of I tKeir I factories
and the speed of ther,cars"-how 2 fast
it can l go ddterminesthe merit of tlie
automobilerforqsyjWe'insist
hour trains from New. Yorfe to Chicago,
and five-day: steamers? across the :vAt-
, i lantic. If we plan to go abroad the
first question 'is: How long will it
take to see France?" If wedecide to
build a house th -leading question is:
"How long will it take" to finish it?"
If we plant trees they must be big
trees ' 'for quick effect. v ' If we de
cide to send a boy to college, even,
the first question is: "Howv many
years will it take him ;ta get through?'
It is always how fast, ' how quick,
but-never how thorough! 4 The results
of course, are inevitable and visible on
every hand: early repairs and greater
cost in : the long run. We read with
horror of disasters to the trains, which
we insist shall be speed v; we gasp
when the Titanic goes down with hun
ereds of souls, aid then calmly blame
the captain" because hev was striving
for the record which we would have
applauded had he brought his vessel
safely through j It is all the result of
immaturity: - of a young country. But
how long are we going to remain
young? This lack of thoroughness is
no less the basic fault in t our public
school system. We jam our children
through, and turn out young men . and
women who cannot spell correctly,
speak gramatically or write a good
letter. v Wha should be the cardinal
virtue of a people is our cardinal fault
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Campaign Against the Fly
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It is well known that flies, increase
in wonderful rapidity; but most people
are r ignorant of the exact rate of
multiplycation. ; Not only does a swat
in i time savenine' but may saye nine
million. It is estimated by Dr. 0.VL.
Howard, of the United . States Bureau
of ; Entomology, that one pair of
healthy flies will produce during a sin
summer 5,598,720,000,000 living
decendants. ;
Suppose for a minute you , left your
house with two ; flies - in it, with
sufficient ' provender f orthese two and
their children,,: grandchildren: great
grandchildren and the rest of their, des
cendants. ; When you returned at the
end of the summer you would find five
trillions five hundred and ninety-eight
billions and seven-hundred-twenty mil
lions 5, 598,720,000,000! festive
littile pests swarming through . your
home. '. One could swat all day, day
after day and week after 'week,, and
still make but a small impression :.; on
this rapidly - increasing horde. ; You
The People of Mo'rth! Car,-'- Headed
by Governor Craig; peterminea w
: to End Freight DiscHmlha. '
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Tlie Fights is on - in Earnest
r Represeatatives from fifty pr more
cities ;in North Carolina'; 361 : deter
mined Norih;Caro1ininjVmet'id-j.Rai .
eigtf fast jieelc 'andE;perfected an or
ganization to wage V determined ."and
effective war, on . the. unjust freight
rates in'tfcis state. The meeting was
lead by Gov. Locke 7raig and other
state officials. In his speech before
the body Gov Craig said: ?
WILL TAKE BACK BYJLAW.
If the railroads will not
treat
us
right" continued the governor, then
bv some ether action approved by the
law w6 will take their earnings which
have ,' wrongfully ." been taken from
North Carolina arid use them fcrv the
benefit of the - whole people,: (Ap
plause.) , ff . - -
They invite, us to go before .the -Interstate
Com me fee Commission which
has thousand pi cases bef oresus i made
rezee sary i by, the acts before railroads
They may take our money f they wi'l
they may reach their hands down into
our pockets, destroy .the industries of
the. state, if they will but we'll i take
it back by the l highest law and ; the
highest morals. And we Will take it
back ; and take it back until they find
it easier to do - right than wrbngi"
(Great applause.) -
Governor Craig declared ;that we are
proud of oury forefathers, , but ; .they
had no right to be- proud of us in the
light submission to railroad - injustices!
He appealed to the people in the name
of Mecklenburg.. Guilford and KiricrV
Carolina 5afit place to live in, to see
that these commercial crimes against
the. state Tend. There was 'long -ap
plause. , :, . ' 4 , ; -
The Governor was called on to con
vene an extra session of the Legisia-v
ture ih the following resolutions adopt
ed by the-organization: . .? '
Whereas,' the representatives of
the railroads in North Carolina, in
meeting assembled, on April 29,' re
pudiated and failed to carry out their
promises made to the governor and the
special freight rate commission at the
meeting, held on February 26, to , cor
rect the present excessive and discrim-'
inatory freight rates, arid- ' .
' " ' Whereas, the special freight rate
commission appointed by the legisla
ture was to treat; with the railroad
companies and report back to the leg-;
islature, and s
Whereas, i the negotiations did con
tinue until after the Legislature ad
journed, Therefore be it resolved, that this
meeting does hereby request the Hon
orable Governor of North . Carolina to
call a special session. of the Legislature
to meet in Raleigh as soon as in his
judgment it is wise to do so for the
purpose of receiving a report from the
said commission, and
Be it also ros.plved that this body
pledges; its support and enoouragement
to the Goverpor and, the Legislature in
such efforts "as they may make - along
these lines to ' obtain just .treatment
f rom the transportatioav companies for
the citizens of this state.
4"Resoived, That we pledge to the
Corporation Commission pur earnest
support of any and all efforts ' it " may
make in he securing - of , just: and
equitable , in tra-stat rates ' of ; freight
to and from all points in North -Caro
lina .
must keep in mind then that one swat
at the beginning of the opening season
for fly hunting saves .trillions ;of -por
tential : swats ; 1- v -
The important point of the campaign
against" flies is to catch; them early-yearly
t the spring .before they get a
startr; i:' !... ;r' '.: ;' JY
. The campaign of swat the fly is now
on in earnest. And it has been a wise
thing! to do to wat Jthe man who; U al
lows breeding places for- flies to : exist
on" his permises. lJ . ' ""
A small amount of lttJ.
starch adds luster" ?'
boiled in
BaptrstTHosts': Met: in ; St-" Louis
- - Last Week in their 58th, Anl , .
V.' nuat- Conventions -Total V' '
; Receipts. ; $369,554.
N; C,; VaS;Vell Represented
' Members of.: Baptist V. Churches in
Northl Carolina iand throughout jtheen
tire South met in St Louis last weelc.'
The;fif ty-eightb annual session - of the
Southern 'Baptist conyeptiorr opened in
that city and the annual sermon ' was
delivered pys Rev. T. W. O'Kelley,
pastor of th First Baptist ; Church of
Raleigh. . .
: North Carolina was well ' represent
ed in the convention, , more than 50
delegates went from this State. i -
The largest interest centered ' in the
reports of the several boards ( fort the
year ending ; April .30.1 The i Foreign
Mission Board - with "headquarters in"
"Richmond, reported &6 the the:' conven-i
tion that during the . year the several
states collected for the-,.Wjbrk-of For
eign: Missions' $543,446,29 as against
$580,408,75.- The board , repotted a
debt of; $76,400.27. Last, year the
board-reported a debt of , $68,206.25.
The s; Home Mission . Board, with
headauarters in Atlanta ; reported 1 all
debts paid and $955 in the ' treasury
and the total receipts v for : the year
were $369,554. t : ; . - ;
: North Carolina went to the conven
tion reporting an ad vance in contribu
tions for Foreign Missions having rais
ed $49968 T during tiheS year as
against 4351,41 Ust , year. ' The
contributions for Home Missions showed
a decrease, the total offerings of ,the
Churches "ofhe State for the - current
year amounting to $26,820 as against
tpnTohrison of Raleigh, the j Correal-,
pon3i h Secre 1 ary of s Missions v s ays
that the f decrease in ' Home Mission
off erings was to the abnormal increase
in the year 19111912 the percentage
of increase that year being about 50
per cent.- - - c - ' ,
. In addition to - .the offerings North
Carolina : .reported that $50,000 ; has
been-raised for; the Judson Centennial
Memorial Fund, this being about ' bne4
halft of the. entire amount of that fund
apportioned, to this ttate and with six
months in which to secure the balance.
Episcopal Diocese in Tarboro
n
" May 14,'' the ninety seventh annual
Episcopal convention of the diocese of
of North Carolina with practically all
the appointed delegates present when
the roll was called.' -. J.
Following the opening of the S con
vention the morning prayer was ? said
and the blessing of God asked for the
convention and his ' guidance " asked
during all the, meeting. : ' v ..
It is estimated that .all the delegates
of the Diocesan convention and the
Woman's Auxiliary attended.
Rey. Milton A.r Barber; of ' Christ
church, Raleigh delivered a magnifi
cently inspired sermon. For this oc
casion the church was packed : to the
doors 'with the .visitors and local peo
ple and all of them' accorded1 the min
ister the closest attention during his
diicourse. - ; " -c
Evening prayer was held after, which
there was an address on foreign ; mis
sion by the! Rev. Arthur Ml J3herman
late of Hanlcow China. 1 , '
' There was a business meeting T of
the Diocese and offiicer? of the womans
auxllary to the board of missions at
which time the business affairs of the
body was discussed and arranged; - ; -
In Cal vary" Chappel near ,the church
there was jield the first public meeting
of the ladies T branch of ;. the Diocese
convention and this-meeting was in4 the
nature of a memorial to those! officers
Who have passed mto God's ' keeping.'
For; this occasioni the chapel had been
decorated in white and white I flowers
were eyerywheire inside. The service
was in nlemory;of the .following r Mrs.
'JohnlWilkes ; of rGharlotte; Miss r.Ara
belle Clerk Parker, of ; Tarboro; . Mrs.
Kempattle Of Xhaper Hill; Mrs. ; W;
S."Mar tin of Leaksville ; ; Miss . : Rose
Farley of Union county and Mrs. Rob-J
ert Winston of Raieigh. : .--
Amonia will remove blueberry stdins
in
1909
7.000
Automobiles PzjyingiJcen
.,: , - se.Tax. :
six, niLKicn ; zzimz invested;
The estimate .istiaXTthere- is '' noTT
invested Jn itutomobilcs in North Caro
linavery neajlysix millions of dollars.
The first law regelating: the use and;
registration of automobiles: iav North
Carolina became effective" on July 1st,
1909, and there are over 7,000 auto
mobiles, 'with an average estimated
value of $800 each. , - ? '
. For the first year the. registrations
were 1,681 machines, which included
all in operation in the $tate at tbaf
j time and all purchased for : the firs
year. In 1912. from - January 1 to
December 3l8t approximately. 2,401
machines were - registered. In 1913
the office of s the', secretary of state,
where they are regist ered,'; expects afc
least 4.000 egistrations. f ,
rlrThe old law required a registration
fee of $5 to be paid to the secretary
of State, and $1 for renewal each yes?
thereafter. Under the new law, th$ ,
registration fee is graded according to
horsepower, being $5 for machines o
5horsepower or less, $7 50 for m&i
chines of from 26 horsepower -to 40
horsepower and $10' for all over 40
horsepower. ; These f fees are vto
paid annually, - Under the old -"lawpU
of the $5 way Teturijed to the counties -for
the road fund. fr w yyv
-The. principal feature of the? new
law, is the feature r -of identification
that.js, heretofore the itate did pot;
furnish display . numbers, each" reig,
tered owner furnishing them for hira
self ; : TTher TOS-io-.Uiniformi ty
lhese7rsflo:Jbelng. painted on
the "machines others -. being made of
metal, etc 1 Under the new law, tba '
secretary of state will burnish to ea.cl)
registered owner a display riumbef
uniform size, tQ 1? changed iq stylL
and color eaeh; yearsothat the ofilcen
of. the State can tell' at , a : gUncq
whether or not a machine is registeredt
The 3ate of the expiration of 'the !
cense will be stated on the plate arjd
is expected that by this means of an
other '.'dodged" registrl tion' will es;jt
lybV apprehended V " -
The, new law requires the registr&a
tion of motorcycles, which. was not rpi
quired under the old law. It. also "pro't
yides that no person mder, the L agq o
16 years , shall operate a "machine,
Non-resident owners .are exempted
from the registration provisions of th
law for a period of fifteen days in ea;
year.K ;
j rThe present registration amounts fa
about 7,000 l machines, which , shou!4
average about $800 each,, a total of
qo,bUU,uuu. - Kequests for. application
cards, and. the unusaal number of nev
registrations, together, with informs
tion obtained jfrom , the various dealers,
of theyatate,tvwould indicate,' as, sta.tcd '
vabove, at least 4,000 new machines
the state forf this . year. , Roads arQ
getting- better, 'and the ; automobile
being used to take the t, place of tfcg
horse by doctors and by a '.more, prp
gressive farmers, there being a great
number - of -regis tratfons . coming x
from the "R. F. D.'s" - As the rj
istration law only went into effect r
1909, there are no figures as to thi
amount invested before that time,
Butter is a solvent of many -stalp?, ,
Idine stains are removed with' . i;rf
onia."r --t .' .j.vtr ' ;
Cream of tartar; clear cold r wat-ri
or alcohol will remove gas stains.
Salt added to gasoline used in clci -ing
will prevent a ring forming aicuM
edge of spot.". - , r
is To remove peach stains, wet in, c;Jj '
water, coyer' with cream of tartar "
lay. in. sun.- . - : t , " ;
t;. Wash and sidse .chamois skins '
lUKewarm water.nsing a httie amonjri
instead of soap, ; ' i . ' r
'Put sweaters one-piece dresses )
union suits on, wooden hangers to dry
tying hanger to line.
. Black mateiials that have - turned
gray or justycan be restored by ep;ri
ing with alchohoL ' " f "
When ironing and cooking ia
uAiicvi mc tupoians stove. 13 cot:
set irons in oven in thb hcttczt
With 1 1681 Registered
There are Now Some