AGED KENTUCKY COUPLE.
Former Tjr Heel In Role of Bride
groom at Age Ninety-three.
London, Ky., Jan. 30.?Jno. Regie,
aged 93, was married to Lucy Met
calf, aged fifty six, at Thanksley,
Clay county. Regie's first wife's fun
eral sermon was preached just two
days before his marriage. The cus
tom in that part of the country is to
have a special funeral sermon preach
ed about one ifter tlie il?*it!i of
a person, though t he customary ser
vices are contMci-u a; tl.e .fme of
the buriaV
Regie and his first wife, Patsie,
were well known on Beech Creek,
where they had lived a great many
years, being the oldest couple in that
entire section of the country. Aunt
Patsie declared a short time before
her death that she was 104 years
old.
Both old people were of the prim
itive type which predominated in
Eastern Kentucky fifty years ago.
Their methods of living were ex
ceedingly frugal and simple, nearly
everything they used being raised or
manufactured at home upon their
farm on Beech Creek, and they were
remarkably hardy of body.
Years ago John Regie would go to
Manchester on court days, and, ac
cording to the prevailing customs,
spend the day upon the streets .gos
siping with his neighbors from other
parts of the country. One of his
favorits forms of entertainment or a
crowd of court-day loungers was to
place one hand over his eyes and
invite any man in the crowd to strike
him upon the forehead with his fist
as hard as he chose to strike. He
seemed to feel no discomfort what
ever from a heavy blow upon the
He served in the Mexican war and
was a union soldier in the civil war.
He is now drawing a pension of $30
per month. Many years ago he de-1
clared that his lungs were practical
ly gone, was examined and received
an increase in his pension. He shows
wonderful vitality for a man of his
years.
He was born in Buncombe county,
N. C., about the time of the inaugu
ration of James Monroe as president
of the United States. He enjoys re
lating the incidents of the Mexican
war and of the early days of the coun
try. A large crowd of people gather
ed for the wedding. There were so
many that the house where the cere
mony was to be performed would not
hold the people. So Regie took his
bride, went into the yard and stood
in the air while the ceremony
was performed.
The aged groom proved a verita
ble "cut-up" at the ceremony and hug
ged and kissed his bride in true
youthful fashion, much to the delight
of the large assemblage.
London Fogs.
A certain undesired supremacy has
always been granted to London in
the matter of fogs, and the London
pea-souper has always been consid
ered unequaled in its way. But
things have changed a good deal of
late. In the first place, those of late
years, notably that at the beginning
of this month, have been overhead
fogs, which made the noonday like
night, although in the streets it was
perfectly clear, and there was little
or on dislocation of traffic. This
is said to be owing to the fact that
a few hundred feet up the air is cold
enough to condense the moisture,
whereas in the streets the air is
warm enough to keep the moisture
uncondensed. This variety of fog
is certainly the least objectionable,
for it enables people to go about theii
business without groping along the
walls in utter darkness, as used to
be the case. Another change that
must be noted is the prevalence of
fogs in Paris, notably in the present
month, when in the first week the
fog was much worse on the banks of
the Seine than on the banks of the
Thames. Some years ago when Paris
burned wood, the city had no real
fogs, but now that it has taken to
burning coal it has imported the
"London particular." And as the
Seine at Paris is not tidal, there is
less chance of a breeze to carry
away the fog than there is even
in London.?London Globe.
The Primary System.
The Charleston News and Courier
says, and repeats, that under the pri
m-try system a John C. Calhoun
wvuld be unable to defeat one of the
assiduous "Department" statesmen
now in Congress from South Carolina
It does not think that the intellectu
al tastes of Mr. Calhoun would even
admit of his embarking in a primary
contest. Undoubtedly the News and
Courier is quite right. The primary
system for Congressmen and State
officers does not lack good points,
but it likewise has points which are
evil in the extreme?surh points, for
example, as Jeffries Davis, the suc
cessor of a gentleman and a soldier.
?Charlotte Observer.
?
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
New York,city postoffice handles
over 100,000,000 pounds of mail mat
ter in six months.
Larne county, Ky., where Abraham
Lincoln was born has voted dry by
a majority of 1.085.
It is costing $100,000 a day to care
tor the thousands made destitute by
the earthquake in Italy.
C. W. Rucker has sued 198 Ken
tucky night riders for cruel treat
ment, laying his damages at $50,000.
Eight thousand soldiers are work
ing in the ruins in Messina, clearing
away debris and erecting temporary
shelters.
The government has sued for the
recovery of 353,288 acres of land in
Oregon within th^ old Oregon and
California land grant.
Ruth Bryan Leavitt, daughter of
William Jennings Bryan, has filed a
suit for divorce from her husband.
William H. Leavitt, the artist.
Senator Milton, of Florida, has in
troduced a bill in Congress to pre
vent marriage between white persons
and negroes in the District of Colum
bia.
The bodies of the American Consul
at Messina, and his wife, were re
covered Saturday and sent to Naples,
whence they will be shipped to this
country.
Of the appropriation made by Con
gress for the earthquake sufferers
$500,000 will be used in building hous
es, vessels carrying material for 3,
000 from this country.;
The executive committee of the
Southern Commercial Congress has
taken the first step toward erecting
the million dollar building in Wash
ington.
Ten white men and 150 natives
were drowned in the Witwaterand
gold mine in the Transvaal, which
was flooded by the bursting of a
dam last week.
A pair of surgeon's forceps, sew
ed in her abdomen after an operation
11 years ago, caused the death of
Miss Mary G. Donovan, of Philadel
phia last week.
The Senate has confirmed the
nomination of Stuart K. Lupton, of
Tennessee, to be consul at Messina,
Italy, vice Arthur S. Cheney, who
was killed in the recent earthquake.
Secretary of the Interior Garfield
has obtained information of a start
ling character of allegations that $100
000,000 in public lands, principally in
Western States have been fraudulent
ly acquired.
Jobn Osborne, supposed to be the
oldest mail carrier and probably the
oldest employe of the Postal Depart
ment, celebrated his Dinety-fourth
birthday at his home4in Osborne, O.,
last Friday.
Losses In Wall Street.
During the week ending September
26, 1908, there was sold $568,752,000
worth of stock, and during the same
week $19,471,500 in bonds. In other
words, the value of the stock pre
sumed to be sold was over twenty
seven times the value of the bonds
actually sold. The total number of
bonds reported may all have been
honestly sold, but the total shares
of stock were just as certainly not
honestly sold. Most members of the
New York Stock Exchange will tell
you that only about 1 per cent of the
sales of stocks is for actual invest
ment, the balance being sales upon
margin, invariably simply gambling
contracts. But let us be conserva
tive and acknowledge that one-tenth
of the sales are for investment. If
we deduct ten per cent from the sales
of the week we have been consider
incr uvi fir?H that R A1S AAA charoo
were dealt in on margin, an average
of 836,400 shares a day. At 10 points
margin this would mean that every
day the sum of $8,364,000 was risked
in/gambling contracts on the New
York Stock Exchange. Take the
most generous estimate of winning
orders, one out of four, and figure
that the unsuccessful gamblers lost
but half their margins, and we find
a gross loss in one day of $3,186,500.
During 1907 the winnings of the bank
at Monte Carlo were $7,500,000. Wall
street takes more than that from its
gamblers in two and a half days.?
Frederick S. Dickson, in Everybody's.
Cut Off Sampson.
Until a few years ago Johnston
County elec ed two Representatives
and one Senator and we had no
trouble about it. We elected our
men each time. Since then Sampson
and Harnett *vere placed with John
ston to' make a senatorial district.
Last election we lost our Senator by
this arrangement. Sampson is Re
publican territory and will no doubt
continue to be for some time. We
think the thing to do is to cut it
off and let them run things as t&y
please. While Sampson and John
ston are adjoining counties they are
far apart in their way of seeing
GOOD OIL AND NEEDLES.
I sell none but the best sewing
machine oil and needles. Remember
I keep New Home sewing machines
to go with the oil and needles if
wanted. J. M. BEATY, Smithfield,
N. C.
VETERAN OF THE SENATE.
Approaching Retirement of the Hon.
Henry M. Teller.
With the exception of his nearly
three years of service as Secretary of
the Interior in Mr. Arthur's Cabinet,
the Hon. Henry Moore Teller has
been a Senator since 18T6. Apart
from his silver heresy, which he shar
ed with the people of his State and
which he defended with a knowledge
and skill remote from the vague and
sentimental yammering of so many
silver advocates, he has been and
remains substantially a Republican;
and his long experience, his familiar
ity with precedents, his clearness of
intellect, and practical grasp of the
principles and details of legislation,
especially as It affects the West, har<
made him one of the wisest and most
valuable of Senators. He is an el
der in that illustrious body. He sat
a generation ago with men like
Blaine. Morton, Edmunds, Morrill,
Conkling, John Sherman, Allison, In
galls, Simon Cameron, liayard. His
term runs from toward the end of
Grant's administration to the begin
ning of Taft's. He has seen many
mutations of policy and fame, sudden
heroes, and obscurities almost as
sudden. He is of the class in which
the Senate has never been wanting;
the men of long heads, of courage,
of thoughtfulness, of training in af
fairs.?New York Sun.
SOUTHERN JOHNSTON ITEMS.
Mr. Wilbert Stafford who has been
absent for some time wirking at the
carpenter's trade is spending a few
days at home with his mother, Mrs.
Lou Stafford.
Af ?? In lino A n/lMan'Q frnm n ; r
??i i . uuiiuo nuui^no, nuui i ? ?
Chapel Hill, after having spent e.
time with relatives and friends in
this community, returned home s
urday.
Mr. R. B. Ezzell of Wayne, vl i'.ed
in this community a few days ago.
Miss Ida Smith, of Orange c< unty,
who has been visiting relative: and
friends in this community, returned
home Saturday.
Miss Nettie Andrews left Satur
day to visit friends and relatives neai
Chapel Hill.
Miss Mary Fields, from near Prin
ceton, was a visitor in this commu
nity a few days ago.
We presume that from the number
of new residences now being erected
in this locality that there will be at
least one extra news item for publi
cation in the near future.
SOUTHSIDE REPORTER.
Jan. 25.
Revolts At Cold Steel.
"Your only hope," said three doc
tors to Mrs. M. E. Fisher, Detroit,
Mich., suffering from severe rectal
trouble, lies in an operation," "then
I used Dr. King's New Life Pills,"
she writes, "till wholly cured." They
prevent Appendicitis, cure Constipa
tion, Headache. 25c at Hood Bros.
The estimated total wealth of the
United States is nearly twice of Eng
land. According to the latest esti
mates obtainable the rating is as fol
lows: United States, $116,000,000,000;
Great Britain and Ireland, $62,200,000
000; France, $42,800,000,000; Germa
ny $42,000,000,000; Russia $35,000,000
000; Austria-Hungary, $20,000,000,000.
?Springfield Republican.
COTTER-UNDERWOOD CO. have
just received a car Guano for tobac
co beds.
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H aad fhnctlaaa, which acts by ra
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I the yala aad bnlldlag the argaas
; I aad tvactlaaa ay la a prayer state
H al health. Try.
7 CARDUI
WOMAN'S RELIEF
I "I suffered far IS years," writes I
Mrs. Malinda A. Alters, ol Basliam, M
Va.. "with varlaus female troubles. I
I had sach a backache that It I
drew me aver, aa I cauld aat staad I
stri!|ht. The doctors could aat ?
help me, so f tack Cardal, aad I
now I leel like a aew woaua."
At All Druggists Sj
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WENDELL NEWS.
Messrs C. S. Hobgood, R. B. Whit
ley and A. 8. Johnson went to Ral
eigh today.
Mr. A. R. Richardson, who has
been confined to his bed for about
a week, was able to attend to some
business today, we are glad to say.
Mr. Foster May happened to the
? misfortune to get his hand badly cut
by the cut off saw at his father's
mill Friday afternoon. He is getting
aloug fine now although it was feared
that he would lose part of his hand
at first.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith Paul, of Wash
ington, N. C., spent several days
here last week visiting br. Under
bill's family.
Rev. J. O. Guthrie, of Raleigh,
E preached here Sunday morning and
? night at M. E. church in the ab
sence of the pastor.
There Is quite a demand for hous
es here at present. If some ona
would build 10 or 15 houses hvj
they could rent them at a good price
at once.
HOI.
Wendell, Jan. 27.
COTTER-UNDERWOOD CO. are
offering a few nice Buggies at cost.
See them.
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PIANO FOR SALE CHEAP?I have
a new $350.00 piano which I will sell |
far $185.00 spot cash. It is a fine
piano and a great bargain. It was
shipped from the factory and the
party who ordered it could not get
up the money "to pay for it. It can
be seen at Lucama depot where I
stay. Do you want It? C. D. AL
FORD, Lucama, N. C.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that appli
cation has been made to the Secre
tary and Treasurer of the Atlantic
and North Carolina Company for the
issuance of a new certificate of stock
in lieu of certificate No. 276 lost or
mislaid.
M. C. S. NOBLE.
Dr. R. J. NOBLE.
Selma, N. C., Feb. 1, 1909.
NOTICE.
If any one wants a house built, I
will do your work at reasonable price
My terms are one-third cash and bal
ance in one and two years time. Ad
dress me at Selma, N. C.
| E. D. BARNES.
CORN WANTED.
I want to buy 5000 bushels coun
try corn at once. Will pay the mar
ket price In cash. The Cash Rack
et Co., Four Oaks, N. C.
THOROUGHBRED BULL?I have
a registered thoroughbred Guernsey
Bull whose services ian be had by
applying to me. Price $2.00. Splen
did dairy stock. A. H. BOYETT, Wll
son's Mills, P.. F. D. No. 1.
Building
Material
We manufacture and sell
Rough and Dressed Lumber,
Shingl?>, Brackets, Porch
Trimmings and turned work.
Heavy Turning a Specialty.
Come and see our Material.
Four Oaks
Lumber Co.
FOR THE PIANO OR ORGAN
With the Sweet Tone
See C. B. PAYLOR
And get the
KIMBALL
Smithheld. N. C.
ONCE UPON A TIME'
THERE WAS AN INDIAN,
Who was taken to Massa
chusetts when four years
I old. He grew up, not only
* with the New England ac- ;
cent and prejudices, but \
saved his pennies to give >',to
missionaries that they
might convert the Red Man.
"On the plastic mind of a
child, you can make impres
sions that are indellible."'
If you will teach your child
the value of saving his pen
nies, and show him the im
portance of a growing Sav
!ing3 Account, you need not
give yourself further con
cern about his future finan
cial salvation. It will help
him to build character, too.
His account will be wel
comed at
15he
BANKofWAYNE
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a
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Founders and Machinists, Mill
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We make the most satisfactory
STALK CUTTERS in America.
Our Cutter won highest prizes at
both the North Carolina and
South Carolina 1908 State Fairs.
The world is challenged to show
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Sold almost everywhere.
Two : Big I Stores
We have opened a full line of Furniture of all
kinds, next door to our large Hardware stoie,
and have new Furniture at lowest prices.
Buck Stoves and House Furnishing Goods
sold from this store. This store is in charge
of Mr. Crosby Smith who will be pleased to
have h's friends and the public generally to
call and see bim. Don't forget that we have
a full stock of Hardware at same stand. The
prices are right.
Hall Hardware company,
Benson. N. C.
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tt
Mri We have also just received one car furnl
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