SALARY INSTEAD OF FEES. Sentiment for a Change Growing in Rowan County. The salary Instead of fee compen sating basis for county officials Is | being discussed no little In Salisbury ! and the county outside this year and It is not unlikely that the Rowan delegation at Raleigh will be pressed to make the change. The agitation for a salary basis Is not new. It began some five years I ago and while Rowan's Senators and Representatives have never been an tagonistic to it the hitch that has invariably arisen has been the ques tion of salary. The office of sher iff. to Illustrate, has seen Its emolu ments sadly diminished since the of fice of tax collector was created and pnys nothing like common report c"?dits. Vet. with the exception of tjfc collection of taxes right at his o'.vn door, the responsibilities of the ?heriff are just as great If not great u owing to the increased population of the county. The office of register of deeds, of 'he utmost importance, is another il lustration in point. While the rou tine work of the office is as labor ious as ever the fees are far below tli- public estimate. Those who are agitating tho change ! insist that good salaries shall be a'tached?that it shall not be made to appear that the county offices are b?ing let to the lowest bidder.?Sal lobury Post. WILL OF CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER.] Property In Trust for Children? Valued at Nearly a Million. The will of Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller of the United States su preme court directs that the proper ty be held in trust until the death of the last of his children, the net revenues being paid them or their heirs as the trustees shall see fit. These provisions were made known Friday when two petitions were filed in the probate court. He died pos sessed of property valued at $930,000, while his wife, Mary E. Fuller, who died in 1904, left an estate valued at $115,000. Hearing on the will was set for September 15. The value of the personal estate of the late chief Justice was placed at $150,000 and the real estate at" $800,000. General War Against Fees. The fee system is not confined to Virginia. It is an evil of which serious complaint has been made and still is made in all the States, we believe. Just now the question is under discussion down at Salisbury, N. C., and we are told that it is not unlikely that the Rowan delegation in the Legislature will be pressed to change the method of paying the officers of that county from the fee plan to a straight salary basis. It is claimed that the Sheriff of the county and the register of deeds do not re ceive anything like the compensation they are supposed to receive from the fees which they are permitted to collect; but the fee plan is a bad plan. If the officers who work un der it are underpaid, that is to be regretted for their sake; if they are overpaid, that is to be regretted for the saks of the public. It is always safer and better plan for the peo ple to insist that while their public servants shall be amply rewarded for their labors, the public should know what they are receiving. If it is not enough for them to live on in com fort, they should get more; if it is more than they are entitled to, the unearned increment should go to the public.?Richmond Times-Dis patch. Use of Money In Elictions. The man who uses money in pri maries or in elections is poisoning the spring at its source. Whenever men sell their votes, their influence or their time to those who are seeking public office they become a menace t"? good government. And when men gf-t public office by purchase nobody need be surprised that they sell their votes to those who wish to make money through legislation or by se curing immunity from punishment for violating the law. There is a determined sentiment in North Carolina to prevent the use of money in primaries and elections. The Marlon Progress says pledges are being sent all over McDowell county to citizens who are opposed to buy ing votes in elections. The. pledge reads: "We, the undersigned, hereby Pledge ourselves upon our honor as reen, never again to vote for any man, or any party for any office, EITHER FOR HIS NOMINATION OR ELECTION, whom we do not believe to be opposed both in sentiment and action, to the further buying of votes, either directly or indirectly, and who does not come out and boldly and publicly (until this practice i? wiped out) declare himself oppos ed to It, and further declare that he will not. In the coming election, nor ever again, in any way, encourage, nor consent to the use of money in elections for this purpose." The press can and should lead in the necessity for preventing bribery. In some counties it has become dis graceful. Let men who buy and men who sell, feel the weight of public condemnation. Both should be dis franchised.?News and Observer. I 5 or 6 dose* "666" will cure any ' case of Chills and Fever. Price 25c. j Teachers' Institute?Three Weeks. To the teachers: A County Institute for white teach ers will be held at the following times and places: August loth to 20th, 1910, ?t Four Oaks. August 22nd to 27th, 1910, at Micro.1 August 29th to Sept. 3rd, 1910, at I Smithfield. This Institute continues three i weeks of six days each. Each teach er must attend one week continuous ly A County Institute for teachers will i be held and continue one week. Sec- J tion 4167 of the School Law says: ' "All public school teachers of any 1 county in which such institute and | school is conducted are hereby re- j quired to attend the same continuous- j ly during its session, unless providen- i tially hindered, and failure to attend ] the biennial institute and school shall debar any teacher so failing to at tend continuously from teaching in any of the public schools of the State for a period of one year, or until tuch teacher shall have attended ac cording to law some county institute and school as herein provid- | ed for in some other county." You are required to bring all of the text-books used in the public schools through the primary and in termediate grades, as the institute will partake largely of the character of a school. For the primary work bring, in addition to the readers, tablets and a pair of scissors. Lectures. Doctors J. H. Stanley, J. B. Per son and A. H. Rose, respectively, will address the teachers on the Pre vention of Tuberculosis. There will also be an address at each place by some representative of the Anti-Hookworm Commission. Professor I. T. Turlington will con duct this institute and will be ably assisted in the Primary Department by Miss Anne T. Wetmore. An ex amination of all teachers will be held at the close on the work gone over. By special arrangement for the convenience of the teachers, the Institute is held one week at each of the three places as nearly con venient to the different parts of the county as possible. By this arrange ment most of the teachers can board at home. Those wishing to engage board at Four Oaks, write Mr. A. D. Ford; at Micro, Miss Pearl Aycock; at Smithfield, the County Superinten dent of Schools. There must be prompt attendance upon the Institute. Unless teachers have attended a term of Summer Nor mal school there is no power left by the laws to the County Superinten dent to excuse from attendance ex cept in Providential hindrance. Let all the. teachers and those who ex pect to teac-h, attend promptly. Colored Institute. Professor John \V. Byrd will con duct one week of Institute for the colored teachers at Smithfield, Au gust 29th to Sept. 3rd, 1910. Upon this a'l colored teachers must at tend promptly as required by law. Respectfully, J. P. CANADAY, County Supt. of- Schools. Smithfield, N. C., July 22, 1910. The Caldwell County Teachers' In stitute is in session at Lenoir, North Carolina 'ts main purpose is to "teach teachers how to each." The attendance is good, and the interest in the work is encouraging, the num ber of teachers from the county pres ent being larger than in any former year. Teaching is a hard business, and the reason that it is so poorly done oftentimes is that the teachers do not know how to teach. There has been marked improvement in re cent years in the management and conduct of the public schools of the South, speaking generally, but there is still great room for improvement. The holding of such institutes as that at Lenoir should be encouraged throughout the country.?Richmond Times-Dispatch. The Deadly Typhoid. Every year in the United States 35,000 lives are lost from typhoid fe ver. In addition, 350,000 are sick for an average of six weeks from this wholly preventable disease. Of 107,000 American troops as sembled to fight the Spaniard in Cuba 20,178 had typhoid; 1,580 died from the disease. One out of 68 soldiers were killed by the germ of this disease. The disease can almost be entire ly prevented by keeping the prem ises cleanly, the water supply pure, and the filthy flies out of the house. Fly screens are far cheaper than doctors' bills, and when our people once realize that a single fly will carry a million germs of fever on its feet, every home will be screen ed.?Danbury Reporter. Sure of His. "Do you think, doctor, that science will ever be able to revive the dead?" "Not any of my patients."?London i Opinion. Hix?"For a long time he worked hard t<5 get a Government job." Dix?"He's taking a long rest . now." Hix?"Gave up in despair, eh?" Dix?"No; he got the Government Job."?Boston Record. I Men's thoughts ait* ruiifh accord ing to their Inclination.?Bacon. SALE OF ACCOUNTS. North Carolina, Johnston County, By virtue of authority vested in me as Receiver of tha Smithfield Supply Company, I will, on Saturday, the 13th day of August, 1910, sell at public auction at the court bouse ?'<.or in the town of Smithfield, com mencing at two o'clock, p. in., the fol lowing accounts: W. T. Adams. $63.37 Haywood Smith, 1.25 I4errltt Lee, .66 Thurston Frazier, 1.30 -Mrs. S. S. Coley, 20.71 E. L. King, 4.1*8 Dave Johnson, 9.90 Arthur Ennis, 9.81 Hyuian Foat, .SO J. E. Powell. 1.60 X. M. Lawrence, Oscar Merritt, 1.00 Sam Holland, 2.71 Billy Coats, 2.67 Skinner Hicks, 4.40 Bait Williams, 2.47 India Hicks, 49.S6 Chas. Mitchener, 2.08 F. B. Lee, .S3 Jno. Thompson, 1.80 X. W. Smith, 2.00 J. W. Layton, 5.28 Willis Cole, Col. 9.66 Annie Stevens, 2.50 W. M. Hill, 10.42 Alonzo Smith, 16.0S Handy Allen, 6.5J W. L. Fuller, 97.68 Moses Barfield, 2.33 J. C. Beasley, 1.20 R. W. Gary, 64.42 George Benson, 13.00 Chailey Lee, . 15.85 J. G. JoLes, 2.81 Jno. A. Smith, 9.36 William Holt, Col. 3.24 Henry Bridgers, 6.24 DoiKo Lee, 2.15] W. J. Barham, 5.S2 E. B. Bryant, .90 F. S. Cullom, 3.38 John Wiufry, 3.75 Lewis Earbour, .25 Bras Thomas, 3.91 Romeo Avera, 1.30 Wm. Barfield, .60 Boston Sanders, 3.65 Judge Freeman, 1.25 Annie McCullers, 18.42' Dan Hinnant, 2.25 Chas. Williams, 1.00 J. T. Gurley, 2.35 John Hinnant, 1.23 J J. A. Stevens, 1.00 Reuben Sanders, Col. 1.25 Battie Alford, 28.54 Ju-'son Armit, .80 Will Futrell, 1.00 Sam Dublin, 2.85 G. W\ Creech, 3.25 Clifford Parrish, 3.85 Troy Eason, 3.00 J. W. Barbour, 1.35 Levi R. Moore, 3.15 W. D. Pearce, 2.05 Gaston Byrd, 3.65 Jno. Stevens, 3.3" Mary Ennis, .80 Louis Brown, 3.00 Hewell P. Parrish, 2.85 J. W. Barnes, .30 Shake Holland, .45 Mrs. F. R. Sasser, 6.96 Mary J. Wood, 1.60 Julius Williams, .33 Rhoda Stevens, .65 W. R. Strickland, 10.00 J. H. Hodges, 1.10 E. E. Wallace, Judgment and In terest from June 3, 1907, 7.19 A. P. Wallace, Judgment and In terest from Aug. 3, 1906, 40.53 Will H. Johnson, Judgment, and Interest from Jan. 1, 1908, 540.32 J. W. Langdon, 13.20 These accounts will be sold with out recourse. This, the 21st day of July. 1910. W. L. WOODALL, Receiver Smithfield Supply Co. ! When the stomach fails to perform its functions, the bowels become de ranged, the liver and the kidneys con gested causing numerous diseases. The stomach and liver must be re stored to a healthy condition and Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets can be depended upon to do It. Easy to take and most effective. Sold by Hood Bros. GRANTHAM'S COLIC AND scratch remedies, for horses and mules. It does what you want, Cures. IF YOU WANT TO BUY A J trood pair of mules, see Cotter Underwood Co. SEE OUR NEW LINE OF PICTURE moulding and oval picture frames COTTER HARDWARE CO. I FOR THE NICEST LINE OP buggies sold in Smithfield, see Cotter-Underwood Co. GRASS MOWS BEST AFTER removing a smoothing harrow . Sold by Stevens Furniture & Implement Co. [F YOU WANT TO BUY FUR iiiture at cost, see Cotter Un-I derwood Co. 8TEVENS FURNITURE & IM plement Company sell th.3 best smoothing harrows. I JOI1N5T0N MOT /hi THE TRUST COTTER UNDERWOOD CO. have a nice pair mules for sale i ' cheap. I IT PAYS TO USE GRAN tham's worm and stock pow- | ders. Good for vour chickens, ho firs, horses, cows and mules. None better. ????????? GRASS MOWS BEST AFTER removing a smoothing harrow I Sold by Stevens Furniture & Implement Co. COTTER UNDERWOOD CO are selling some of their fur niture at cost. Come and see them. STEVENS FURNITURE & IM 1 plement Company sell the ; I best smoothing harrows. SEE OUR LINE OF IRON BED steads before buying. STE YENS FURNITURE & IM PLEMENT CO. LOUISBURG COLLEGE NORTH CAROLINA 63d Session Begins September 7, 1910. Application for rooms Should Be Made At Once For full information address President M. D. ALLEN, Louisburg, N. C. TRINITY PARK SCHOOL A First-Class Preparatory School. = Certificates of Graduation Accepted For Entrance to Leading Southern Colleges. Faculty of ten officers and teachers. ( Campus of seventy-five acres. Library ? containing more than forty thousand bound volumes. Well equipped gym nasium. High standards and modern methods of instruction. Frequent lectures by prominent lecturers. Ex penses exceedingly moderate. Twelve years of phenomenal success. 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