Progress of Rural Libraries in
the State.
Capt. John Duckett, chief clerk
in t he office of the superintendent
of public instruction, said this
morning that the total number
of rural libraries to date is 754,
and there are 53 supplementary
libraries. There are in all these
libraries about <>0,000 volumes,
an average of 80 volumes to
every library.
Applications for warrants for
the establishment of rural libra
ries are constantly coming into
the State superintendent's office,
and many counties have long
reached the limit in number of
libraries, and there are only two
counties?("lay and McDowell?
which have no rural libraries.
Twelve libraries make the limit
allowed any county. Those hav
ing this number are: Alamance,
Alleghany, Anson, Deaufort,
Bertie, Buncombe, Chatham,
Edgecombe, Forsyth, Iredell,
Jackson, Johnston,Mecklenburg,
Northampton. Orange, Pitt,
Randolph, Robeson, Rocking
ham, Rowan, Sampson, Fuiou,
Vance, Wake, Wayne, Wilkes
and Wilson.
A large number of counties
have more than six rural libra
ries.
Only libraries established under
the law of 1901 are entitled to
supplementary libraries, and a
great many counties have tried
to get them whose libraries were
established under the laws of
1903.?Raleigh Times.
Auld Lang Sync
All the mellow sweetness of
ripe old age is written intoKarah
Orne Jewett's storv "A Spring
? Sunday," in the May McClure's. \
An old couple looking back over
three score and ten well spent
years are prompted to visit the
old home, the scenes of their
childhood, courtship, their mar
riage, their start in life. Tender
memories of the days of auld
lang syne come flooding over
them and once again they stand
together looking out on life as
when the glory of the morning ;
streamed o'er all the earth, i
There is a beautiful appreciation j
and understanding of both
nature and human nature reflect
ed in the story that makes a
deep appeal.
Good Things to Learn.
Learn to laugh. A good laughj
is better than medicine.
Learn to attend strictly to J
your own business?a very im- j
portaut point.
Learn the art of saying kind
ana encouraging things, espe :
cially to the young.
Learn to avoid all ill-natured
remarks .and everything calcula
ted to create friction.
Learn to ket p your troubles to
yourself. The world it too busy :
to care for your ills and sorrows.'
Learn to stop grumbling. If
you cannot see any good in this
world, keep the bad to yourself.
Learn to hide your aches and
pains under a pleasant smile. No j
one cares whether you have thei
earache, headache, or rheuma- j
tism.
Learn to greet your friends
with a smile. They carry too
many frowns in their own hearts i
to be bothered with any of yours, i
?Christian Life.
To some "backwoodsy" peo
ple it seems very much out of
place to read in the news items
from some of our educational
institutions the account of the
germane. It is bad enough that
the society around ati institution
of learning makes the dance pos
sible; but when one reads the
names of the participants uud;
sees among them "l'rof. and
Mrs." , it comes to be very!
objectionable to a large number
of Christian men and women es-1
pecially when the said germans
are at those institutions sup-j
ported by public taxes. One does
not wonder that our young men
often come back from such in
stitutions with their love tor the
church gone. When our educa-1
tors give countenance to the ball
room and card-playing, let
parents be careful for t* eir child
ren. Whenever Christian men
and women withhold their pa
tronage from such institutions,
unless such conditions are stop
ped, then there will be a change.
Such practices, therefore, can
exist only by the consent of
Christian men and women.?-The
Little River Record.
A Chinaman's "Howdy."
In Chin*, the customary greeting is
"How Is your Liver?" If Rydale's Liver
Tablets were us well known there as In
some parts of America, the answer would
be: My liver Is all right. I use Kydale's
Liver Tablets. These tablets cure con
stipation, biliousness and all liver trou
bles J. R, Ledbetter, Hood Bros.
i
Death of Rhoda Richardson.
On Tuesday morning, May 3rd,
11K)4, Hod in bis iutiuite wisdom
and by that all seeing eye saw
tit to call from this world of sor
row into that home of bliss where
all is peace and love, one of the
very sweetest girls in our com
munity, Miss Khoda Richard sou,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bryant
Richardson, of Wendell, aged
seventeen. Miss Rhoda was a
consistent member of and a
very devout worker in, the
M. K. church at Karpsboro. She
never knew nor did the family
think until they saw that ail
that human hands could do
would not keep her with us that
sweet Rhoda had such an im
mense host of devoted and sy in
put hetic friends.
We never saw her when she
didn't have a kind word and a
sweet smile for every one. We
can't, always understand at first
just why God sees tic to shower
His blessings upon us in that
particular way, but, we are told
that all things work together
for good to those who love the
Lord. When we think of her death
we are reminded that one of the
very sweetest flowers of this
garden has been plucked, not
that it should even wither but
only to be planted in thatgarden
above where only the purest of j
flowers bloom.
rnL 1 _ J e ? i i I
j ue oereaveu lainny ana
schoolmates soould realize al
though it in hard to have to give
her up, that our earthly loss is
her eternal gain, and bow in
humble submission to God's
will.
Wepray that Heaven's sweetest
benedictions and Hod's richest
blessings may accompany the
family.
A Devoted Schoolmate.
Summer Colds.
Summer eolils, usually bang on stub
bornly anil are bard to cure, livdale's
Elixir speedily cures summer colds and
lingering coughs. T^is modern scien
tific remedy is n prescription, especially
adapted to the successful treatment of all
chronic, throat or lung diseases. If i ou
are atllicted with a summer cold or ling
ering cough, get a trial bottleof Hydale's
Elixir. You'll be surprised at the re
sult. Trial size. 25c. i" amily size 50c.
Hood Bros.. J. It. Ledbetter.
The Pioneer Bride's Outlit.
Pathetically simple was the
outfit of the American pioneer's
bride, described as follows in the
story of "Rebecca Boone," the
second of the series cf "Great
Women of Pioneer Times" in
The Delineator for .1 une:
"The bride's inventory during
her first year of housekeeping re
vealed two ancient pewter plates,
one able and two decrepit spoons,
besides a large wooden one; a
couple of old forks, a substantial
wooden bowl, a tolerably good
trencher of the same material
and a choice assortmentofdrink
ing mugs fashioned out of hard
shelled squashes. At a some
what later day the pro, ressive
young wife added two or three
wooden-handled case-knives and
a few of the crockery plates that
were now tardily following {the
course of empire but the experi
ment was regarded with di favor
by her neighbors, who looked
with suspicion upon any innova
tion upon the old order of
things."
i
buck- i
draught!
stock ^i
poultryi
medicine!
Stock and prultry have few fl
troubles which arc not bowel and fl
liver irregularities. Black- EJ
Draught Stock and Poultry Medi- I
cine is a bowel and liver remedy I
for stock. It puts the organs of I
digestion in a perfect condition.
Prominent American breedeis and '
farmers keep their herds and flocks I
healthy by giving them an occa
sional dose of Black- Draught Stock
and Poultry Medicine in their
food. Any stock raiser may buy a i
25-cent half-pound air-tipht can
of this medicine from his dealer
and keep his stock in vigorous j
health for weeks. Dealers gener
ally keep Black-Draught Stock and jj
Poultry Medicine. If yours does
not. send 26 cents for a sanipln
can to the manufacturers. The -i
Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chat- '
tanooga, Tenn.
Rochsli.b. os., Jan. SO. lwn. ,
mj Black-Draught Htook and Poultry
Medioine is t he bsat I ever tried. Onr .
stock was looking bad when yon sent
me ths medicine and now they ere
getting so tins* They are looking BS
per oent. better.
S. P. BROOK1NQTOH.
i !
Types Gave Him a Wife.
Albert Bonnichsen, author of!
"Deep Sea Vagabonds," was!
recently put in a vert uncom
fortable situation by a typo
graphical error in an article
about him printed widely in the
western papers. Among other j
things the interviewer said that
he found Mr. Sonnichsen "smok
ing fat cigars which his Filipino
wife had taught him to love." [
Mr. Sonnichsen's friends believed
him u bachelor, and this was -
astoushing news. Mr. Sonnich
sen's father wrote regrettiug
that his son had not confided in
him, and the author of "Deep
Sea Vagabonds" spends hours
ea h day now explaining that he
is not married and that the
author of the article wrote |
"Filipino life" instead of "Filipino
wife."
When the Sap Rises
Weak lungs should be careful. Coughs
and couls are dangerous then. One
Minute Cough Cure cuies coughs and
colds and gives strength to the lungs. J
Mrs. G E Fenner, of Marion, ind., !
says, "I suffered with a cough until 1 j
run down in weight from 148 to 93 lbs. j
I tried a number of remedies to no avail I
until I tried One Minute Cough Cure j
Four bottles of this wonderful remedy
cured uie entirely of the,rough, strength
ened mv lungs and restoied me to my j
normal weight, health and strength
Sold by Hood Bros., J. W. Benson and
J. R. Ledbetter.
Raffle on Exchange.
Business was dull on the Stock
Exchange yesterday, and one
broker, "just to pass the time
away," put up a $5,000 auto
mobile to be raffled off at from
one cent to $10. For an hour
the members did nothing but
draw tickets for themselves and
customers, (rambling in any
thing but stocks on the floor is ]
forbidden, so tbe drawing will be
held in Philadelphia to-day.
The above we clip from the!
New York American of April 28th.
Still there are some who contend 1
that dealing with the exchanges
and in future is not gambling.
(!00D fcPlIUTri.
Good spirits don't all come from Ken
tucky. Their main source is the liver?
and all the fine spirits ever made in the
Blue Grass State could not remedy a
bad liver or the hundred-and-one ill ?
effects it produces. You can't have good
spirits and a bad liver at the same time. 1
Your liver must be in fine condition if
you would feel buoyant, happy and j
hopeful, bright of eye, light of step, vig-:
orous and successful in your pursuits. I
You can put your liver in fine condition !
by using Green's August Flower?the i
greatest of all medicines for the liver and
stomach and a certain cure for dyspep-1
sia or indigestion. It has been a favorite |
household remedy for over thirty-five <
years. August Flower will make your j
liver healthy and active and thus insure .
you a liberal supply of "good spirits." j
Trial size, 35c; regular bottles. 7oc At j
Hood Bros., druggists.
Daughter?' What! Marry Mr.
Monibags! I hate him, I despise
him, I abhor him!" Father?"
Hush, child! You needn't tell ,
him that until after you marry ,
him.?"?Buffalo Times. j i
I
Cured His Mother of Rheumatism j
"My mother has been a sufferer for j
many years with rheumatism,'.' ssys W.
II. Howart, of Husband, Pa. 'At times I
she was unable to move at all, while .
all times walking was painful. I pre. 1 ; !
ed her with a bottle of Chamberlk"
I'ain Halm and after a few applicat
she deelded It was the most wonder
pain reliever she had ever tried, In fs
the Is never without It now and Is tit
limes able to walk An occasional a i
plication of Pain Balm keeps awsy tl
pain that she was formerly trouble '
with." For sale by Hood Bros , Selmi
Drug Co., and Benson Drug Co.
JosepliUH Jones was out ot fix,
Tli** world was out of tune.
"My biz," said he, "is in a mix,
My head is full of rheuiu."
His face was sallow, drawn and sad,
Mis eye had lost its light,
"If things don't mend I 'll soon be mad,"
Declared the broken wright.
?'Alas,-alas, dear wife," quoth he,
"I wish that I were dead,
111 health, starvation, poverty,
Are all I see ahead."
"Oh. not so bad as that, my dear,
1 know just what you need;
Your Liver's wrong. 1 greatly fear;
Let's try some JULY WEKI)."
Jones took his good wife's words as true.
And they were true indeed.
He's all made over, all made new,
He's taking JULY WEED.
July Weed is truely a wonderful rem
edy. frice 50c and ft.00 at all Rrug
Stores.
Excessive Roosevelt.
The following figures are im
pressive; they are also official:
Cost of Hoosevelt Administra
tion. $2,640.000,000.
Cost of McKinley Administra
tion. $2,329,000,000.
Cost of Cleveland Administra
tion. $1,757,000,000
Excess of Roosevelt over Mc
Kinley, $211,000,000.
Excess of Roosevelt over Cleve
land, $888,000,000.
For compressed argument in
favor of the restoration of "sane
and safe," instead of "swell and
strenuous,"administration noth
ing could be more forceful.?Phila
delphia Record.
An Open Letter.
From the Chapin. S. C.. News Early
iu the sprlnsr niv wife and I were taken
with diariboea and so severe were the'
pains that we called a physician who
prescribed for us. but his medicines
failed to jjlve am relief A friend who
had a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera ami Diarrhoea Reined, on band
V. i?v,.. v; l ViO (t <nrOG UUU v? C 111 WUUC
felt the efFects. I procured a bottle and t
b. f<>re usinu the entire contents we were j
entirely cured It is a wonderful remedy
and should be fourd in every household.
H. C. Bailey, Editor. This remedy is
for sale by Hood Bros., Selnia Drug Co.,
and Benson Drug Co.
The decorator had just made
his estimate. ''I'll tell you what
I'll do." said the householder.
"You go ahead and decorate the
house, aud then I'll give it to you
in payment of your bill." "No,"
replied thedecorator. "Icouldn't
afford to take ttie house for more
than half payment."?Chicago
Post.
OASTOTII A.
near, the ^Ihe Kind You Have Always Bought
Passion, in ity first violence,
controls interest, as the eddy for
a while runs against the stream.
?Johnson.
RYDALE'S TONIC
A REAL CURE FOR
M AIJAhia.
It has recently been discovered that
the germs that produce Malaria, breed
ind multiply in the intestines and Irom
;here spread throughout the system
t>y means of the blood. This fact ex- I
plains why Malaria is hard to cure by
the old method of treatment. Quinine,
Iron, etc., stimulate the nerves and
build up the blood, but do not destroy
the germs that cause the disease.
Tydale's Tonic has a specific effect
pon the intestines and bowels, freeing
tern from all disease breeding mi
obes. It also kills the germs that
'est the veins and arteries. It drives
in the blood all poisonous matte;
1 makes it rich ana healthy.
. YDALE'S TONIC is a blood
bin dcr, a nerve restorer, and a Maiarii
ties royer. Try it, it will not disap>
i-ob ? you.
I ood Bros., J. R. Led better.
" Domestic."
Better Then Ever!
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THE STAR THAT LEADS THEM ALL
The Sewing Machine for the home; to b.
used by mother wife, daughter, seamstress.
That's our specialty.
Either Chain or Lock Stitch. Write for
circulats and prices.
DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE CO.,
NEWARK, N. J
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706 East Main Street. - - RICHMOND, Va.
dUY THE
Do not be deceived by those who ad
vertise a $60.00 Hewing Machine for
$20.00. Tliis kind of a machine can
be bought from us or any of our
dealers from $13.00 to $18.00.
WE MAKE A VARIETY.
THE NEW HOME IS THE BEST.
The Feed determines the strength or
weakness of Hewing Machines. The
Double Feed combined with other
strong points makes the \e? Ifoiuc
the best Hewing Machine to buy.
Writefor CIRCULARS sbSk&S
we manufacture and prices before purchasing
THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE 60.
OHANGC. MASS.
28 Union Bq. N. Y., Chicago, 111., Atlanta, Go.,
HL Louis, Mo., Dal las,Tex., Ban Fruuclsoo, GUI
FOR SALE BY
J. M. BEATY.
J. m. BEATY
Sole Agent in
Johnston CJdtjnty fob the
Domestic and
New Home
anc* Other Sew?
in% Machines.
Smlthneld, N. C.
, i ' NOTICE.
.The undersigned having qualified as executor
on the estate of Mrs. Martha Eveline Barnes,
deceased,all persons hu\ ing claims against said
estate are hereby notified to present the same
to me duly verified on or before the 7tli day
of April, 1905, or this notice will be pleud
ed in bar of their recovery and all persons in
debted to said estate will make immediate
payment.
This 4th day of April, 1904.
F. T. BOOK EH. /
Executor.
NOTICE!
By virtue of a judgement of the Superior
Court or Johnston County, rendered at March
Term 1904, in a certain civil action where
Wiley Narron was plaintiff and J. W. Morris,
Wade G. Morris. James F. Morris, George I).
Morris, John It. Mqrris, Annie L. Morris,
Gillie B. Morris, the last six monors, by their
Guardian ad litum, were defendants.
On Monday, June 6th. 1904, at 1: o'clock m.,
the undersigned commissioner will offer tor
sale, at the Court House door, in the town of i
Sinitbfield. N ( for cash, at public auction,
the lollowing lands: A certain tract of land
in Oncals township, Johnston county, N. ('.,
situate on Horse Branch,and adjoining the
lands of Joseph Bell. Samuel Strickland.
James Maden and others, and bring part of
the K. E. Bell, deceased, lands, containing 40
acres more or less.
This April 6th 1904.
JOHN A. NARRON, Commissioner.
NOTICE.
By virtue of the authority contained in a
mortgage deed executed to me on 22d day of
June, 1903, by V. A. Tart and wife, M. A. fart,
and duly registered in the registry of John
ston county, in Book O, No. 8. page 340, I shall
sell at auction, for cash, at the Court House
door in the town of Smitbfield. N. O.. on Sat
urday, 28th day of May, 1904, the follow ng
real property, to-wit: First tract: Beginning
at a pine on the south side of Mill Creek,
Henry Smith's corner, and runs N. 2 E. 140
poles to a black gum in the mouth of Little
Swamp; thence 8.86 K. 45)4 poles to a dog
wood: thence S. 2W. 140 poles to a stake fu
Henry Smith's line; thence N. 86 W. 45 S poles
to the beginning, containing i4tP acres, more
or less. Second tract: Beginning at a stake.
M. Lee's corner, near the old for-1 on the run
of the swamp, and runs K. 213 poles to a stake,
T. T, Lee's corner; thence S. 39 poles to a stake.
J, L. George's corner, in the Smith line;
thence west 106 poles to a small pine; thence
8.20 poles to a white oak stump; thence W.
58 poles to a blackgum on the run of said
swamp, Henry smith's corner: thence up the
run ot said swamp, as it meanders, to the bo
ginning. containing (116) acres, more or less.
This April 26, 1904.
T. G. ALLEN, Mortgagee.
wELLONS & Morgan. Attvs.
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified as execu
tor on the estate ot i, w. Dt.dd, deceased, all
persons having claims against said estate are
?ie re by notified to present the same to me
duly verified on or before the 29th day of
Anril. iwr?, or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery, and all persons indebt
ed to said estate will make immediate pay
ment.
This 27th day of April, 1901.
I J. T. ELLINGTON, Ex.
Thornton Music House.
Opposite Bo> ett's Drujj Store.
' -m "
Pianos, Organs
? AND ?
Small Musical instruments.
It you wish to buy a PIANO
or OKGAN come to see us or
drop us a card.
Old instruments taken as part
payment for new ones.
Old Instruments Repaired.
* c. ^ C
Geo. E. Thornton,
MANAGER.
HOUSE MOVER. ??=
mo^ed at renonnable rate*. People want
in?f that kind of work done plea*' let m?
know. Matiefaction guaranteed.
Mr. J. M. Mi-Lamb, Benson, N. I?
with me,
J. N.CRF.EL. I)unu. N. C.
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I YOUR KIDNEYS W1
Unless they are, good health is impossible. |
[M Every drop of blood in the body passes through and is filtered by healthy kidneys every three minutes. Sound ||
kidneys strain out the impurities from the blood, diseased kidneys do not, hence you are sick. FOLEY'S KIDNEY * J
1 CURE makes the kidneys well so they will eliminate the poisons from the blood. It removes the cause of the
p|| many diseases resulting from disordered kidneys which have allowed your whole system to berome poisoned.
Rheumatism, Bad Blood, Gout, Gravel, Dropsy, Inflammation of the Bladder, Diabetes and Bright's Disease,
?54 and many others, are all due to disordered Kidneys. A simple test for Kidney disease is to set aside your urine
in a bottle or glass for twenty-four hours. If there is a sediment or a cloudy appearance, it indicates that youf ,
14 kidneys are diseased, and unless something is done they become more and more affected until Bright's Disease
er Diabetes develops.
M FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE is the only preparation which will positively cure all forms of Kidney and
3 Bladder troubles, and cure you permanently. It is a safe remedy and certain in results.
' ; If You are a sufferer, take FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE at once. It will make you well.
iSomi Pronounced Incurable
Mr. G. A. Stillson. a merchant of Tampico, 111., writes: "FOLEY'S
KIDNEV CURE is meeting with wonderful success. It has cured
some rases here that physicians pronounced incurable. I myself am
able to testify to its merits. Mv face today is a living picture of health
and FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE has made it such."
T as?
Nad Lumbago and Kidney Trouble
Edward Huss, a well known business man of Salisbury,Mo., writes:
I "I wish to say for the benefit of others, that I was a sufferer from
lumbago and kidney trouble, and all the remedies I took gave me no
relief. I began to take FOLEY'S KIL>NEY CUKE, and after the use of
three bottles I am cured."
A ? ?
_ ? nu ijizes, ou cents ana 3>i.uu.
"?'tesssili sold and recommended by
A. H. Boyett, Dr. J. A. Griffin, Benson Drug Co., G. G. Edgerton & Son, J. R. Ledbetter.