GREATEST STATE FAIP.
This is the Aim of President
E. L. Daughtridge.
TO BE PURGED OF INDECENCY
(Gambling and Shows ot Low Moral
ity Will Not be tolerated?Fair
to be a Great Object Lesson
to the Citizenry of the
State.
The new Executive Committee
of the North Carolina Agricul1
tural Society held its first meet
ing yesterday, President E. 1
Daughtridge, of Rocky Mount,
presiding. It was decided to
make permanent improvements
on the State Fair grounds, and
$7,000 will be expended in this
work. Hon William Jennings
liryau uud President Harvie
Jordan were invited to speak at
the Fair on Wednesday and
Thursday, and a special commit
tee, consisting of Messrs. C. .1
Hunter, (Jeorge T. Winston, and
T. 11. Parker, was appointed to
secure and disseminate statistics
and literature relative to the ag
ricultural, manufacturing and
miuiug industries of the State,
with a permanent department to
collect these data.
Secretary Joseph E. Pogue
submitted his report, in which he
recommended that permanent
improvements be made on the
fair grounds, and that arrange
ments be made for adequate
water supply. The space for
stock and agricultural nroduct
exhibits should be increased, he
?aid, to accommodate the in
creasing demand. He will seek
the co operation of the counties
and, if practicable, urge them to
snake appropriations to provide
for a better representation of
their products and industries at
the Fair. He said the attend
ance, gate receipts and exhibits
had increased from 2."? to HO per
cent, during the past five years.
He reported the largest surplus
in the history of the Society.
KliEK SCHOLAItSHIl'H.
Ten scholarships in the agri
cultural course of instruction at
the A and M. College were pre
aented to the Executive Commit
tee of the State Fair by I'resi
dent Winston on behalf of the
college. These scholarships are
intended to encourage agricul
tural instruction in the public!
schools. One scholarship will go
to each Congressional district, j
and will tie awarded to that pub
lie school district which makes
the best exhibit at the next State |
Fair along the lines of agricul
tural education. Methods of in
struction and samples of work
in seed select-ion, plant breeding,
soil study, insect pests, plant
diseases, fertilizers, etc., will be
considered at the Fair, and one
scholarship will go to a pupil in
the school doing the best work
in each Congressional district.
Col. Robert Huff, of Maryland,
was employed as starter and
manager of the races.
No personson the Fairgrounds
this year will be permitted to
carry whips, and those found
with them will be arrested and
expelled from the grounds
The fair this year will be clean
taud free from any element of im
morality. President Paught
ridge expressed the sentiment of
the people of the State when be
said that gambling games and
indecent shows would not be tol
crated. lu his speech before the
committee President Daught
ridge said.
"I am very much gratified to
have you gentlemen meet with
us to-day, and I want to say to
you, that in asking yon to serve
on this committee, it was my
purpose to get good business
men who had been successful in
their own affairs, and upon whose
?sound judgment and businessex
perience I could rely to aid us in
making the Fair this year a sue
cess from every standpoint.
"You can aid us materially in
your wise suggestions, as to how
to conduct the Fair successfully.
You cau aid in shaping its poli
cies, that will lay a foundation
upon which to build a great uud
permanent institution, and in
making it meet the demands of
the people. You can aid the
Fair in your several localities by
urging your people tomakecom
petitive exhibits in the different
departments, and by speaking a
good woid for it. You can aid in
advertising it and asking the
people to attend. You can aid
it by using your influence with
the railroads, to furnish proper
and adequate transportation to
handle the great crowds that
will attend, and in a thousand
other ways that will present
themselves to you.
"We want to make this the
greatest Fair from every stand
point that has ever been held in
the State, and whi'e we want it
to be a yreat reuuiou of the peo
pie aud an occasiuu of much mer
riment and treat joy, we want it
aiso to be an object lesson and a
w Loo I for the farmer, the stock
raiser, the merchant, the manu
facturer, the artist and for the
great laboring classes of the
State, aud we waut to so purge
it of gambling and indecency so j
that we cau take our wives, our !
daug liters, aud our boj-s to the j
Fair without fear of lowering J
their standard of morals aud re
finement. Let us make itsoclean
that it will help to uplift the
moral standard of our people,
and create within them higher
ideals and a determination to
accomplish greater things, and
to put our good old State on a
higher level from every point oi
view."
Those present at the meeting
were: K L. Raughtridge, Kocky
Mount; Joseph E. Pogue and
Claude P. Reason, Raleigh; J. I?
Odom and R R.Davis, Rocky
Mount; T. B, Porter, J. C. L.
Harris, R. 0. Strong, I>r. (ieorge
P. Winston, R. if. Rattle, (ieorge
Allen, A. if. (ireen, Julius Lewis,
F. T Ward, C. J. Hunter, W. C.
McMackin, S I,. Patterson, C. M
Husbet., W. N. Jones, aud X. 1$
Rroughton, of Raleigh; C. W.
Johnson, L'hapel Hill; J. W. My
att, Clayton; J. A. Bryan, New
Hern; J.Van Lindley, Greensboro;
aud Col. J. S. Cunningham, Cun
ningham.
The forty-sixth annual Slate
Fair will open on Monday, Oc
tober the 15th, and continue
throughout the week.
i rupurtiuouB ure UUIUK uiuue
for an agricultural display in
1906 that will far eclipse any
heretofore shown. About 8,000
square feet of floor space will be
added to the great Agricultural
building for field and garden
crops. The Hoard of Agriculture,
moved by a patriotic desire to
help the farmers of all sections
by showing them just how the far
mere of the different sectious are
getting the largest return from
the money invested and the la
bor expended, have generously
offered i hrough the Society, $750
for premimms on field and gar
den crops. Fourteen staple crops
have been selected, corn, cotton,
wheat, etc. (hi each day a first
premium of 825, a second of $15,
and a third of $10 will be given
for the largest yield from one
acre, a named quantity to be
shown at the Fair.
livery farmer is invited and
urged to bring forward his prod
ucts. No entry fee is charged,
and exhibits are returned free of
freight charge on certificate from
the Secretary.?News and Ob
server, 0 th
Almost an axiom?it is with
those who have knowledge of it
-That Vick's Turtle Oil is best
liniment ever made for man or
beast and the largest for 25c.
Gall on Hood Bros.
Separated Ttdrty Years. They Wed.
Salisbury, March 8th.?That
love may live for years was ex
emplified Tuesday of this week
when William Whitted and Mrs
Anna Weldon renewed an affair
of thirty years ago, and were
married. They came to Salisbury
last uight from East Tennessee
and went to Greensboro this
morning to live.
rrtL ..a ? 2 ? x a:
i ueir story is au interesting
oue. Thirty years ago they were
sweethearts and as some folks
will, they fell out, and were sepa
rated for lo, these many years
Both married other lovers and
both lost them by death. Last
fall Mr >'h;t ted learned that his
youthfi s? et heart was a widow
and li> <1 >u Tennessee. They
began t i * m - and soon renew
ed the ?ti tgeinent broken in
their you lives and Tuesday
settled tii ? ui itter for good.
The tw . are now beyond mid
I tile age b 11 they were as devoted
last nig as they were when
their lov.- iffair was called off.
Three li ile rules we all should
keep.
To make life happy and bright.
Smile i., the morning, smile at
anon,
Take Rocky Mountain Tea at
night.
The law of sacrifice is the su
preme law in the kingdom of
God. To live in that kingdom is
to love, to love is to serve, to
serve is to sacrifice.?Hev. .lohn
C. Horning.
Don't frown?look pleasant. If you
are suffering fro n Indigestion or soul
stomach, take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
Hon. Jake Moore, of Atlanta, Oa.
says: ' I suffered more than SO yeari
with indigestion. A friend recommend
ed Kodol. It relieved me in one daj
and I now enjoy better health than foi
many yearn." Kodol digests what yo\
eat, relieves sour stomach, gas 01
stomai h, belching, etc. Sold by Hoot
Bros., Benson Drug Co., J. R. Ledbetter
FATHER OF TWENTY-THREE CHIL
DREN.
kansas City Hebrew Can't Remem
ber Names of all of Them.
A Kansas City, Mo., dispatch
says: Louis Kemp, 50 years old,
has been twice married and is
the father of twenty-three chil
dren, sixteen of whom are still
living.
Kemp is an Orthodox Jew He
was born in l'oland, and for six
years has been the president of
the Jewish congregation which
worships over Arnold's drug
store at Fifth and Main Streets.
The father of twenty threechil- j
dren is called the "Father ol the
Jews" in the North Kud and is
known to every Jewish child in
that part of the city.
He was a father when seven-!
teen years old. At that time he;
lived in l'oland. Then hemigrat-f
ed to Londou and, after a few ;
years came to America. For a
time he lived in New York City.
When he came West he settled in \
Kansas City. He was a tailor!
and a merchant in the North End
when that district was the busi
DM centre of Kansas City
Kemp's first wife died in l'o
land. She was the mother of ten ,
of his children Soon after laud
ing in New York be married bis
second wife, who has given birth
to thirteen children. She was
seventeen years old when she
married Kemp. The oldest child
is thirty-six years of age and is
now visiting in New York. The
youngest is a girl, three years
old.
"How did you find names for
all your children?" Kemp was
asked.
"The Jews name their children
for those who are dead, never for
those who are alive," he replied.
"When 1 ran out of names in my
own family I resorted to the
Bible."
Mr. Kemp then began telling
the names of his children who are
alive, beginning at the eldest
and going down to the youngest.
When he reached Crindell, the
name of the little three-year-old
who w as pulling at his coat, he
stopped and couuted them. He
had only twelve names, where
there should have been sixteen.
"I've missed four of them some
where," he said.
Then he called his wife t o his
assistance, and together they
named them according to ages
But upon adding their combined
efforts one child was still miss
ing. They tried again, however,
this time naming all the boys
and then all the girls. The result
was as follows: Isaac, Lazarus,
Joseph, Charley, Samuel, Israel,
Lva. Ksther, Mildred, Rachel, Re
becca, Lena, Horothy, Flora.
Hattie and Crindell.
Keen the little ones healthy
and happy. Their tender, sensi
tive bodies require gentle, heal
ing remedies. Hollister's Rocky
Mountain Tea will keep them
strong and well. IS." cents. Tea
or tablets.?Selma Drug Co., A.
11. lioyett, druggist.
A Merry Heart for Hattie.
A merry heart sees the bright
side of things. It believes that
the blackest cloud has a silver
lining?does not allow itself to
be overwhelmed with anxiety
and is patient in the midst of un
certainty; is sustained by un
faltering trust and does not
murmur whim purposes are ripen
ing. With untiring energy it
tights always a victorious battle.
It is said that a Roman army
once fought so earnestly that
they did not observe an earth
quake which shook the rocks be
neath their feet. "He that ob
served th wind shall not sow,
| and he that regardeth the clouds
shall not reap." Those who
; dwell on the dark side of things
i bring nothing to pass except
disaster and create nothing save
(the wildings of < emoraliziag
pessimism. The bi ght side of
I things is radiant .vith faith in
(tod, our brother aud ourself,
and in the sublime law oftbesur
| vivel of the fittest?the diviuest.
; Worry rusts, care corrodes.?Dr.
| Cbas. Edward Locke.
HAS STOOD THE TEST FOR 25 YEARS
The old, original GROVE'S
Tasteless Chill Tonic. You ktiov
what you are taking. It is iron
aud quinine iu a tasteless form.
No cure, No pay. 50c.
Keep your eyes open to youi
mercies. The man who forgett
' to be thankful has fallen asleej
in life.?Robert L. Stevenson.
? Indigestion is much of n habit. Don'
get the habit. Take a little Kodol Dys
r pep&ia Cure after eating and you wil
r quit belching, nutting, palpitating ate
i frowning. Kodol Digests what you ea
i and make* the atomaeh sweet. Sold b
1 liood Itrm.. Itenaon Drug Co. J. 11. I.e<
better.
STATE NEWS.
Beaufort Count? will hoou
build a $50,000 court house.
Br R. H Lewis, of Raleigh,
has been re elected President of
the State Audubon Society.
The barn and stables of John
S. .Jones in Raleigh were burned
last week, including three horses.
I?r. John Mitchell, the Baptist
preacher who died last week in
Bertie County, graduated at
Wake For *st College iu 1852
The appointment of Claudius,
Bockery to be foited States
Marshal for the Eastern District
of North Carolina has been con
firmed.
The prohibition town of Graham j
will bold au election in April on
the question of dispensary or pro
hibition. The election has been
called on petition of the dispen- [
sary advocates.
Governor Glenn will deliver the
commencement, address at the
State I'niversity this year. The
baccalaureate sermon will be
preached by Rev. P. H. Dewey,
B. D., a Congregational minister
of Brooklyn, X. V.
The days of superstition are not
over iu North Carolina, and nirr
especially among the negroes.
One day last week at William
eton Allen Peele. a negro, uttered
the following words, "You de
man what cunjud me," and im
mediately raised his gun and
shot C. C. Coltrain, .Jr., in the
shoulder. The negro made his
e icape.
The trial of Dr. Matthews clos
ed at (ireensboio last Friday.
The verdict was murder in the
second degree and twenty years
at hard labor was the sentence
imposed. Notice of appeal was
given. It will be remembered
that I)r. Matthews is the man
who murdered his wife last De
cember by administering poison
hypodermieally.
Little Bits ot Interest.
Women are iu sole charge of
many railway stations in Aus
tralia.
Three times as many herrings
are consumed as any other kind
of tish.
Local trains in Berlin have
compartments reserved for "pas
sengers with dogs."
In twelve marriages out of ev
ery hundred one of the parties
has been married before.
The soldiers of Norway are on
au average taller than those of
any other country.
The English walnut is the most
| profitable of all nut-bearing trees,
j When in full bearing there is a
j yield of about three hundred
J pounds of nuts to the tree.
Cats can smell even during
sleep. If a piece of meat be placed
! immediately in front of a sleep
ing cat's nose the nostrils will
begin to work as the scent is re
ceived and an instant later the
cat will wake up.
Australia has no orphan asy
lums. Every child who is not
supported by its parents becomes
I a ward of the State, receives a
pension, and is placed in a pri
\ vate family, where board and
| clothes are provided.
Waves travel faster than the
wind which causes them, and in
the Hay of Biscay, in calm
weather, during the autumn and
winter, a heavy sea frequently
rolls in on the coast twenty-four
hours before the gale which
causes it arrives.?British Week
ly
The joy of t lie home and its
protector against the sudden
and hence dangerous diseases?
Vick's Croup and Pneumonia
Cure 25c. Every true home will
secure a bottle of Hood Bros.
The old days never come again,
because they would be getting in
the way of the new, better days
whose turn it is.?fleorge.McDon
ald.
The best safeguard against headache,
constipation and liver troubles is De
i Witt's Little Early Risers, keep a vial
, of these famous little pills In the house
' and take a dose at bed time when you
' feel that the stomach and bowels need
t cleansing. They don't grijie. Sold by
Hood Bros., Benson Drug Co., J. K
Ledbetter.
The commonplace work of ev
i" ery life is the wagon to which wt
* are all hitched, and that by manj
> different kinds of yokes.?Rev
R. C. Dobson.
' A stitch iu time saves nine
1 and much more in preventing
d consumption and curing bat
* coughs and bronchitis, whicl
jV. Vick's Yellow Pino Tar wil
certainly do. 25c at Hood Bros
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA.
Striking Figures Pertaining to the
Proposed New State.
Oklahoma aud the Indian Ter
ritory have four times the popu
lation of Montana, and more
than any New Holland State ex
cept Massachusetts.
< Iklahoma alone in the election
of deleg ite to Congress in 1904
cast 109,145 votes Tnis was
more than the total vote cast in
any of the following eighteen
States: Alabama, Delaware,
Florida, Idaho, Louisiana,
Maine, Mississippi, Montana. Ne
vada, New Hampshire, North
Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island,
.South C irolina, South Dakota,
Utah, V rmont, and Wyoming.
Oklahoma's vote was 30.000
in excess of the total combined
vote of Nevada. Vermont, ami
Wyoming, and was 7,000 more
than the vote of Ftah in the
same election.
Live stock \alues for Okla-:
homa and Indian Territory, i
f91,022.723, or greater than
than that of tl ecombined States
of Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and|
Vermont, and exactly that of
North and South Carolina com
bined.
Farm products of proposed
Stale for 1905, $58,056,112, or
$7,000,000 more than those of
Montana, Vermont, South Caro- j
lina, and Wyoming combined,
and within $5,000,000 of those
North and South Carolina com
bined.
Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory have 807 manufacturing
establishments, with a capital cf
$13,661,971. This is nine times
that of South Dakota; six times
that of North Dakota; over twice
the combined States of North
Dakota, South Dakota, and Ne
vada; very near the total for
Montana; $1,000,000 more than
I'tab; one-half of Kansas, and
one-fourth of Colorado.
From the report of the Comp
troller of the Currency for the
year ended October, 1905, it ap
pears that Oklahoma has 11-1
national banks and Indian Ter
ritory 142, or a total of 256.
The capital stock of Oklahoma
bauks?national?is $3,955,000,
and of Indian Territory $5,730,
680, or a total for the proposed
StateolOklahomaof $9,685,680.
The capital stock of national
banks for the proposed State ot
Oklahoma is nearly as great as
that of Kansas; nearly three
times that of North Dakota; four
times that of South Dakota;
twenty lour times that cf Ne
vada: over seven times that of
Idaho; over aiue times that of
Wyoming; within a million and
a half dollars of the combined
capital stock of the States of
Vermont and New Hampshire;
50 per cent greater than that of
the two Carolina; ; nearly $2,
000.000 greater than that of the
combined capital stock of Ne
vada, Idaho, Wyoming, and
Utah; just about the same as
North Carolina, South Carolina,
and North Dakota combined;
and three times that of South
Dakota, with a-million dollars
to spare.
The number of national banks
in the proposed State of Okla
homa is within five of the total
number of the States of Nevada.
Idaho, Wyoming, Vermont, New
Hampshire, and South Carolina
It is more than the uumber in
North Dakota and South Dako
ta, aud within forty-three of the
number in Kansas.
f rom tne annual report ot tne
Postmaster Genera! for the year
ended June 80th, 1905, it au
pears that Oklahoma has fifty
seven Presidential post-offices;
Indian Territory has fifty-two,
or a total of 109 for the propos
ed State of Oklahoma.
Receipts from Oklahoma of
fices?Presidential?were $425,
520; from Incian Territory,
$283,127: or a total of $708,447.
Receipts from the offices in the
proposed State of Oklahoma
were within about $100,000 of
those from the combined offices
of North Dakota and South Da
kota; exceeded the State of L'tab,
Idaho, and Nevada combined;
were nearly double those of Mon
tana: double those of l'tab; over
$100,000 greater than those of
Mississippi: practically the same
as Oregon, and more than $200,
000 in excess of South Carolina
?From Senator Lodge's Speech
, One would think the Laxative idea ti
a cough syrup should have beer ad
' | vauced long before it was. It seems thi
. only remedy lor Coughs and Coldi
would bo to move the bowels and oleni
the mucous membranes of the throa
and lungs at the same time. Kennedy'
' Laxative Honey and Tar does this. I
f is the Original Laxative Cough Syrup
I the best known remedy for Cough
( Colds, Croup, Whooping Cough, etc
. Tastes good and harmless Sold b;
' j Hood Bros., Benson Drug Co., J. It
. Ledbetter.
By Way Of Comparison
At the bottom is a picture of a farm
on which our fertilizers were not used.
Notice the very poor growth ? At the
top, there is a photograph of the held
of a planter who believes In the liberal
use of only
Virginia=Carolina
Fertilizers. f
8eo tho good, even stand, and tall,
luxuriant plants '/ You can sue many
other interesting pictures of farms
like those on which the crops of poor
and good yield I u ? i nupared. in our
large,pretty aimanac. ask yourdealer
for It, or s ? ? ?d us tic in stumps to pay
the cost of wrapping and postage.
"Increase yon r yields -er acre** by us
ing Virgtnia-Carolir Fertilizers. Buy
no other.
Virginia - Carolina Chemical
Co.
I Richmoud. Va.
? Norfolk. Va.
p Durham. N 0.
f\ Charleston, S. C.
rr1"
Atlanta, Oa.
Savannah, Oa.
Montgomery, Ala.
Memphis, Tenn. I
Shreveport, La.
?
It Will Pay You!
I have on hand a select line
of Buggies and Wagons also
Harness at
Low Prices For Cash
When in need ef a first class
Vehicle be sure to see me
before buying. I keep well
broke
?... miHKHMUJiiiww ?'"IgllMliMMiJ' M
Mules And Horses
and ask all to
come to see me and save
money by buying now. 1
will carry a number of stock
all the season, so you can
come any time and get suit
ed. Don't buy until you see
me. Yours to serve,
Alonzo Parrish
BENSON. N. C.
| De WITT'S
WITCH HAZEL
SALVE
THE ORIGINAL.
A Well Known Cure for Piles.
Cures obstinate sores, chapped hands, ec
zema, skin diseases. Makes burns and scaids
painless. We could not Improve the quality
If paid double the price. The best salve
that experience can produce or that money
can buy.
Cures Piles Permanently
DeWltt's Is the original sad only pure and
genuine Witch Hazel Salve made. Look for
the name DeWITT on every box. All others
are counterfeit, frkparbd ?*
X. C. DeWITT * CO.. CHICAOO.
Ask for the IgoO Kodol Almanac
and 200 Year Calendar.
HOOD BROS.
m. T a m m
[Notice!
To the citizens of Johnston
County:?I have opened a
General Repair Shop at Pine
Level and am now prepared
to do repairing on vehicles,
and general job work. With
i several years experience in
serving the people in my
line, I believe I can give you
i good reliable work, and 1 ask
J for a liberal share of your
t patronage. Come and see
me when you need anything
in my line.
J. F. TYSON.