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BRILLIANT INAUGURAL BALL. Magnificent Gowns Worn by Mrs. Ta't, Miss Helen Taft and Mrs. Sherman. Gowns and Jewels Mag nificent. Those of Empire Period are Most in Evidence. The gorgeous gowns of the women made the memory, indeed, u "dream of fair women," for truly fine feath ers make fine birds. They were, with few exceptions, modeled on those of the empire and dlrectotre period, with long slender lines and jewels worth more than the ransoms of sev eral kings. Never In the history of Washington have ther* been such gowns and such jewels seen at the evening receptions as have been this season, and the ball which marked the coming of President Taft was the climax. The gowns were a revelation of the dressmaker's art, and the keynote of the season's fashions was sounded in the costumes of the first and second ladies of the land, and those of the lesser lights of the Cabinet circle. Mrs. Taft's gown was in the modifi ed empire fashiou of the present, day, of rich, heavy white satin, a Urecian drapery of white chiffon cloth em broidered patriotically with the na tional flower as recommended by President Benjamin Harrison's wife, the late Caroline Scott Harrison. The embroidery was done in sil ver thread and appears also in the court train of satin. The sleeves were of rare old rose point lace whicl was also used effectively on the bodice. Her hair was dressed quite' high on her head and a "oray of dia monds was the only ..ner jewelry she wore and she presented a figure of grace and dignity. Miss Helen Taft, the next debu tant of the White House, wore a gown of girlish simplicity, which might well teach a telling lesson to less prominent mothers. It was of white embroidered mousseline over a plain princeBse slip of white silk, made with a modest round neck, edg ed about with narrow point lace, and tiny bowknots of pale blue ribbon placed so as to hold the fullness and drapery, and giving a touch of color. Her light, soft brown hair, which frames a face of more than girlish thoughtfuluess, was worn in a grace ful loose coil and she had no Jewelry. Mrs. Sherman, wife of the Vice President, a woman known more for her Modesty and womanliness than her social success, wore a gown of white satin and silver, made with panels back and front of the satin edged with a wide band of silver em broidery, the back panel failing from the shoulders, forming a sort of court train effect. The long narrow train was also finished with the Bilver em broidery. Panels of silver tissue wer< let in at the sides, over which the material was caught with silver cords and tassels. The bodice was trim i med with silver embroidery and sll- ' ver fringe, which also appeared 011 1 the tight-fitting sleeves. She wore some handsome diamonds.?Washing ton Herald, 6th. ' General News. On the special train carrying the 400 Kentucky Republicans who at tended the Inauguration, J. W. Cat vert, of Pewee Valley, Ky., died Sat urdsjy morning, near Hinton, W. Va.. of Pneumonia which developed as a result of marching in the snow and ^lush of Inauguration Day. He was 81 years old. ? ----- -* * ?.....all Aiiomer nravy mhm% biuiui i?m?u ed over Northern Virginia Saturday. The fall amounted to several inches. With the fruit trees covered with snow a fall in the temperature will cause great damage to the fruit crop. A State-wide prohibition bill has been introduced in the Missouri Leg islature. Seven negroes were hanged in Louisiana last Friday for mur der and one for criminal assault. Five hundred shipbuilders and boil ermakers are on strike in Chicago because of a 10 per cent wage cut. The American colony at Chlhuahu:^ Mexico, has sent to ex-President Roosevelt an immense big slick, handsomely carved and colored, with a wish that he may be recalled to office to use it. Indianapolis telephone companies in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana. New York and Michigan, will organize a 12.500,000 long-distance company la connect their systems. Near Death In Big Pond. It was a thrilling experience to Mrs. Ida Soper to face death. "For years a severe lung trouble gave me Intense Buffering." she writes, "and several times nearly caused my deal! All remedies failed and doctors said I was Incurable. Then Dr. King's New Discovery brought quick reliel and a cure so permanent that I have not been troubled in twelve years." Mrs. Soper lives In lllg Pond, Pa. II works wonders In Coughs and Colds Sore Lungs, Hemorrhages, IjtGrlppe Asthma. Croup, Whooping Cough an< all Bronchial affections. 00c and II.0( Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Hooi Bros. Nobody but a fool thinks he cat teach good sense?New York Press Oak Forest School Closes. On Saturday, March 6, 1U09, thi* school closed one of its best .sessions 1 It was taught by Mr. C. F. llall, of j Benson. Mr. Hall is a fine young man and one of our best public school teachers. Not withstanding the inclemency of the weather a good crowd had gathered by 10 o'clock and then the exercises commenced. First on program was the public debate between New Hope society and Oak Forest. The query was He solved That education is advancing faster in North Carolina than any other pursuit. As it rained so some of the debaters from Now Hope could not get there, the discussion was left entirely with Mr. J. A. Massenglll on the affirmative for Oak Forest aud Mr. P. K. Johnson oi^ the nega tive for New Hope society. Mr. Massengill aud Mr. Johnson are well known in Johnston county. They were school mates and class mates. They debated with and against each other in school and since then. They are both good school teachers and taught for several years. Now they are both leading farmers of their com munlty, strong friends to education, as well as other pursuits. As they walked up on the rostrum together and took seats side by side we all knew what was coming. Will simp ly say that this query was ably dis cussed. ltotli speakers almost held the audience spell bound from be ginning to end. Then adjourned for dinner. Here I will Just say that after all had eaten there was enough carried off to have fed another such a crowd?for this is one of the best "hog and hominy" sections in North Carolina. After dinner Prof. Koyal, of Benson, delivered an address. This was one of the best speeches that we ever listened to. Then came the puirnUr nrmrrnm nt till' school This consisted <of souks, drills, dec lamations, recitations, dialogues, etc. This program ail through showed | the good taste of the worthy teach I er and good work for the pupils sev i eral of which we would like to make special mention if we had time and space. Then came the awarding of the prizes by Prof. Royal. The first pri/.e was won by Miss Alda Massen glll, the best speller in school, 2nd to Miss Viola Hayes, second best speller, 3rd to Mr. Jasper Massen gill for the best allaround scholar in school. Then the treat for all by the teacher. This was a large one and much enjoyed by the school. Then Mr. llall thanked the people for their kindness and support during the school in a very appropriate manner. Then Mr. H. R. Hayes, one of the committee, responded with thanks to the teacher In behalf of the dis trict and to the audience for their good behavior and the Lee string Hand for music for the occasion which made it much more enjoyable, for the Band plays well. A VISITOR. A Guaranteed Article. Many things are advertised and many promises are made, but it is not always that these promises are made in good faith nor can they al ways be kept. With a laxative rem edy like Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, it is different. This remedy will cure constipation, indigestion, liver 1 trouble, flatulency, heartburn, sour stomach and all other diseases of the stomach, liver and bowels, in old , or young. A rich company is be hind every statement made. It is absolutely guaranteed to do what is claimed, and ff Tou want'to try It before buying, send your address for , a free sample bottle to Pepsin Syr up Co., 119 Caldwell Bldg.. Montlcello i 111. It is sold by Hood Bros, at 50 | cents and $1 a bottle. I "That play had somevery natural J touches." "Drama of domestic life, ( eh?" "Yes; they had a m w servant > In every scene, and the hvolne was a brunette in Act I and a blonde In ? Act II."?Louisville Courier-Journal. i ) Colds contracted at this season ol 1 the year are quickly relieved wltt Bees laxative Cough Syrup. Its lax atlve quality rids the system of th? v cold. Pleasant to take. Best foi children for coughs, colds, croup an< ? whooping cough. Sold by Hood Bros State News. It may not be generally known that there is a glove factory In the State. It is at Ashboro, makes fabric gloves and is conducted by W. C. Rush & Co. New machinery is to be put in and the capacity of the plant enlarg ed. A number of towns in the State have offered inducements for the lo cation of the Pythian orphanage, soon to be established. North Wilksboro has offered 100 acres of land on the lirushy mountains aftiil $1,000 in cash. Xlie committee of the Pythian grand lodge, which has the matter in charge will meet in Charlotte on the 23rd to consider propositions. The Governor has pardoned A. D. Norton, of Robeson county, who has served almost 12 years of a 30-year sentence for murder in the second degree. Two men were charged with this crime and both submitted. The other man died in the penitentiary a few days ago and just before death confessed that he alone committed the crime and that Norton was an innocent man. Hence the pardon. The Wilksboro Chronicle says that a little child arrived at a Mr. Hen drlx's home in Elk township last week, which boasts of 12 toes and 13 fingers, 25 in all. The Goldsboro Headlight says that Constable Julius Jernigan and a posse of four, of Grantham township, captured Monday noon a moonshine still near the Wayne, Sampson and Johnston county lines, containing about 450 glalons of beer and six gal lons of whiskey, but the operators made good their escape. SHELBY COUNTY GOES "DRY." Indiana Well in Hands of the Tem perance Element. Indianapolis, March 6.?Shelby county, adjoining this city, known for many years as one of Indiana's lib oral spot", voted dry today by a ma jority of about 1,500. A haril fight was made at Shelby Wile, the county seat, by the liberal element, but the temperance wave was ton strong. Wayne is still the only county that has voted wet. Fifty-two of the nine ty-two counties have been made dry and a total of 2,266 saloons outside. Jingles for Bride-to-be. For the girl who is being urged to name the day, the following jingles may help in the selection: Married in Januaxv's hoar and rime, good things will come, if you wait your time. Married in February's sleety weath er. life you'll tread in tune together. Married in March winds whine and roar, your home will be on foreign shore. Married 'neath April's changeful ski?s, a checkered path before you lies. Married when bees o'er May's blos soms flit, strangers around your door will sit. Married In the month of roses? June?life will be a long honeymoon. Married in July, with flowers ablaze, bitter-sweet memories in af ter days. Married in August's heat anfl drowse, lover and friend is your cho stw spouse. Married in golden September glow, smooth and serene your life will go. Married when leaves in October thin, toll and hardship for you begin. Married in veils of November mist, fortune your wedding ring has kissed Married in days of December's ^heqr. love's star shines brighter from year to year.?Boston Herald. DO YOU WANT TO GO TO COT, LEGE? If so we can help you. We have already put hundreds through college by means of our plan.. Write today for full Information regardinc our offer of a free scholarship in any t school or college. Address. Robert ! ?I. Sherlock, 2!>-31 East 22nd Str<. t . New York City. r ITCH cured in 30 minutes by Wool I ford's Sanitary Lotion. Never falls . Sold by Hood Rros., Druggists. STILL CARRIES MAIL AT 92. Hat Driven Same Horse for Twenty Years, and Would Only Swap for an Auto and $100 to Boot?Has Had the Same Route for Fifty-Six Years, and Still Feels Young. West Barnstable, Mass., Feb. 20? On the Cotuit and Osterville road about a quarter of a mile from the depot stands the oldest bouse in West Barnstable. It is the old Eng lish type with brick ends and gables. The grounds are surrounded with a | hedge of the evergreen English pri vet. ^hich is well pruned Into differ ? n? sTapts and forms to suit the lo cation. It is the home of William F.\ Jones, | ' the oldest known mail carrier in the United States. Mr. Jones, or "Un cle Bill," as he is known by all the Cape people, has just passed bis ninety-second birthday and has plac < d a contract for four more years as mail carrier between this place md South Sandwich. In speaking about his yonnger days "Uni'le Bill" said: "Well, 1 was born right here in West Barnstable, but wan different from most of the boys that I grew up with, as they all went to sea and I stayed with my father on the farm and helped keep the fam ily, which was a large one. "After I left the farm I went to Brockton and learned the black smith'^ trade, which I followed for a number of years. About the time that the railroad was put through from Buzards Bay to this place I fame home to look after the old place ar>d took up farming again. "At that time the mail for Cotuit, Osterville and Centerville was taken off at Sandwich and driven over the road through Mashpee. Aftar the train got to coming here I went to some of the business men of the town and told them that if the mail was taken off here I would deliver it <o the villages on the South Shore an hour earlier than they were now getting it, and (for the same money ti;at was then being paid for Its transportation. "That was in the fall of 1852, and the following spring I secured the contract and have had it, or a part of it, ever since, and, by the way that I am feeling this winter, I am good for a few terms more, as I don't feel a day older than I did whin I was fifty." 'I will tell you how much I think of automobiles. If any one should of f.r me the choice of an auto or an ox to carry the mail, I would take the ox, as I have driven oxen long enough to know that they are sure, and 1 have also lived long enough to see that an auto is not. I will tell you what 1 told an agent that came here to sell me one. After he was through with his speech, that no doubt had taken him all the win ter to learn as to the merits of his car, 1 said: 'Well, mister, I have got an old mare out there in the barn I raised, and if she lives to see nex; spring she will be twenty-seven years old; of course, she ain't as sound as she might be, but if you want to give me f 100 and the auto- ? mobile you are cracking up I will trade, but I won't do it for a cent less, as I can carry the mail with her and make a dollar, but the only thing that I could use the auto for would be to go to ride with when I did not have any place to go, and did not care when I got back.' "Uncle Bill" said in his fifty-six years as common carrier he had nev er missed a train or had an accident ot any kind or forgotten the mail. Five Great Presidents. Mr. Roosevelt will rank in history as one of the five great Presidents of the United States. We would name as the preceding four Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Cleveland.? Charlotte Observer. Plea for the House Cat. The presence of a cat, to those who care for him, is tranquillizing and a mental restorative. A cat asleep in the most comfortable chair in the room or drowsing on the win dow seat suggests reposefulness as almost nothing else can do. A cat's purr spells profound contentment, and is the synonym of perfect peace. No other domestic animal has such soft fur to stroke. If it Is a weakness , in a human to care for a cat, the cat lover errs in the excellent com pany of the good and great of all the ages.?Philadelphia Public Ledg ;er The Lurid Glow of Doom was seeu in the red face, hands and body of the little son of H. M. Ad ams. of Henrietta, Pa. His awful [ plight from eczema had, for five years, defied all remedies and baftl , ed the best doctors, who said the : poisoned blood had affected his lungs and nothing could save him. "But." writes his mother, "seven bottles of 1 Electric Bitters completely cur-d him." For Eruptions. Eczema. Salt Hheum, Sores and all Blood Disor ders and Rheumatism Electric Blt ? ters is supreme. Only 50c. Guaran teed by Hood Bros. f GRAPES, from their most health- f.'f ful properties, give ROYAL it* H active and principal ingredient in#Powder l : I, It is economy to use Royal Baking Powder. ? It saves labor, health and money. Where the best food is required no other B biking powder or leavening agent can take the place or do the work of Royal Baking Powder. & Improving the Quality, Increasing the Quantity of Tobacco Crops The ambition of every tobacco planter is to secure the largest possible crop of the best possible quality?and this is most surely, easily, and quickly accomplished by the use of V irginia-Carolina Fertilizers As a rule the more liberal the amount of these fertilizers used per acre, the better the results. Mr. John F. Cunningham of Cunningham, N. C., probably one of the largest tobacco growers in the world, says: " I have been using your fertilizer for twenty years. 1 have sold tobacco made by this fertilizer as high as 90c a lb. Virginia-Carolina Fertilizer is used by the best tobacco farmers m the Tobacco States. It stands upon its merits. There is no better fertilizer made or used in the United States. I take great pleasure in recommending it not only to the farmers of Virginia and North and South Carolina, but to all the tobacco growers in the Union." The best results are invariably obtained with the use of Virginia-Carolina Fertilizer. Over one million tons were sold last year. Be sure and get the 1909 Virginia-Carolina Farmers' Year Book from your fertilizer dealer, or write our nearest sales office and a copy will be sent free. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. Sales Offices Richmond, Va. NockMc. Va. ColfTObia, S. C. Atlanta, Ga. Savannah, Ga. Memphis, Tenn. Sales Offices Durham, N. C. Charleston, S C. Baltimore. Md. Columbus, Ga. Montgomery, Ala. Shreveport, La. No Hot Air About This Proposition A straight out and out business opportunity which is found by the pub lic only occasionally. The NEWEST of the NEW in spring Clothing? The Choicest of the best in fabrics?The SNAPPIEST of the SNAPPY in style?The most MODERATE of the POPULAR in price? Our "Better Clothes" For Men and Young Men, Comprises all the Qualities of the higher priced models and have not the extravagance in price. The new spring colorc?Bronzes, Greens, Slates, Daubes, Browns, in fancy striped materials?pretty enough for the King. Most of the Coats are made in the new dip-front, single-breast styles. They have fancy cuffs and fancy pocetks. Collars are made wide to give them a snappy attractive appearance. Trousers are made peg top, with side-buckles and belt loops. And the Price is Only $10.00 We've got them cheaper and we've got them better, but we respectfully call your attention to our TEN-DOLLAR "BETTER CLOTHES." Gulley & Gulley, clayNt?g: 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 him. Don't forget that we have a full stock of Hardware a' same stand. The prices are right. Hall Hardware company, Benson, N. C. 9C | Loth's Stoves f * Loth's Cook Stoves Wherever sold are M conceded to be the ujg jfj best as they are made of the best of material and jf. gives the customer absolute satisfaction ; fjf ?4 We now have a complete ?0f/, 's StOVeS ? stock of . jjf jfj which are selling fast and giving the best of sat- [? M isfaction. If you are in need of a Cook Stove call 'M to see us where you will always find anything [? ?j you want in ^ | Furniture | S necessary to furnish your home 5 *1 /rom the kitchen to the parlor X I Wire Fence ? ? VVe have just unloaded another car of American % 9Pi and Ellwood fence which we have in any style or [Jf tfj height you desire. Yours truly tflp | Rose & Co., Vc! |
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