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Published Every Friday Morning. BEATY & LA88ITER, Editor* and Proprietors. Entered at the Postofflce at Smith Held. Johnston County, N. C., ars Mcond-class Matter. !{ Rates of Subscription: One Year, Cash In Advance.. $1.00; Btx Months .50 , i IN OUR GRADED SCHOOL. The bell taps: two hundred little folks fall in line. In, or out of time with the rythm of a lively tune, they ascend the steps, that lead to the assembly hall. They seat themselves In quiet rows, they wait. Another tap of the bell: they rise fx> a man, and twice a hundred voices *well In one chord of praise: praise of the Father of all Children. A simple hearty song from generous hearts. . . The Superintendent prays: his words well up from the very depths of bis soul. He knows every child, every parent, he embraces all in his devout petition. His prayer is rev erent, sincere; It finds an echo in the listener's soul. A wave of supplication and of thanksgiving Is wafted to the Shores Eternal, to the f jot of the great White Throne. Who counts the invisible blessings, that are poured out from on high, on these who are gathered in His Name? Silence again. This Is the mo ment of "advice," advice ever lov icg, ever constructive. There is no heart more responsive than that of the child. The little oneB soon love those who love them, they are unerring in their likes and their dis likes. They understand the admoni tion, the counsel, the advice that he gives who sincerely loves. These may not always be followed, rules are not always obeyed. If men for get the ten great rules, the Ten Com mandments, how much more the little folkr, the simple rules of school? Truly, Love and Patience are well met on the Campus, in the lecture roomy. Again the youthful assembly rises, and sings the songs of the dear Old South, the lyrics of this great Repub lic: the gay notes of "Dixie," the plulntive echoes of "Old Black Joe," the solemn rythin of "America." and twenty other melodies dear to the Southern heart. Taps the bell again. The strains of a lively march resound through the hall; the little feet mark time on the floor, the exit has begun. Is there a prettier, am ore cheer ful sight In our whole community? o WELLMAN'S EXPERIMENT. Success often comes out of failure. Experiments that result disasrtously sometimes pave the way that leads to victory. Walter Wellman failed In his attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in his Airship, "America." But in this failure he has learned les sons that may prove invaluable in the development of aeronautics. Some day the Atlantic will be crossed In some heavler-than-air machine and much of the glory of its accomplish ment will be due to such pioneera as Wellman. He has shown that he Is a brave and daring man. His intre pidity has called forth the admiration of two continents. His failure to cross the Atlantic brings disappoint ment to thousands, and yet,?no one hardly expected him to succeed. Saturday when the news was flash ed from Atlantic City that "Wellman Is off in his airship," men in every civilized nation on earth stood with bated breath, awaiting further In telligence of the daring aeronaut Sunday at noon news came from him that all was well; still there was something in the "wireless" that was not very assuring. He was then off the coast of Nantucket, Mass. Then came suspense. The hours wore on, and still no news. Monday* passed and yet nothing was heard from him. Tuesday morning a "wireless" was received stating that the daring Wellman and his brave crew,?and the cat?had been res cued, several hundred miles south of Nantucket and perhaps 400 miles east of the North Carolina coast, by the Royal Mall Steamship Trent. All the world was glad, glad that they j had been saved, but sorry that the j expedition had failed. ' 1 But the things learned In this dar- x Ing experiment make ultimate suc cess more certain. Out of the dark ness of Wellman's failure may be ^ seen the first gleams of the dawn t that shall usher In a day of victory. 1 In everything that makes for the j betterment of mankind failures of- . ten precede success. The path over 1, the trackless wastes of Ice to the ] North Pole was stained with the 1 blood of hundreds before the world j' received the news on that September ( day in 1909, that Peary had reached < the goal. For the victories of scl- < ence lives have been given. In me- j i chanlcs, in discovery, even In reli gion there have been martyrs. In the (. battle to conquer the air many he- j j roes have already given their lives? ] many mishaps and disasters have > come, but the world-conqueror* have j' not been discouraged for out of , their failures must come victory. j, ? Keeping Boy? on the Farm. There are organized in the corn belt In the Mississippi valley, from the lakes to the gulf and from Tex as to Iowa, boys' corn clubs, to en courage the better farming in the corn field and to counteract the al lurements of the city that draw bo disastrously and so mercilessly from the bucolic population. The Houston Post says that there are hundreds of boj 9 in Texas who, in competitive struggle for rich prizes offered will grow 100 bush els of corn to the acre this season. This sort of thing will wed the lad to the farm, and ultimately it will wed the American farm population to the soil as the French peasant is to his patch. If that condition prevail ed now, our agricultural products would be Increased in quantity more than llreefold. These boy clubs give the lad In tel est in the farm. In the hope of gaining the prize he seeks the most virile ai.d the , most productive seed, and ftrlves to give his patch the most Intelligent and diligent tillage. He Thus becomes the Inveterate ene my of weeds. He sedulously reads the agricultural press, and with keen Insight he discovers and absorbs the , most valuable suggestions. In short, , the scheme is calculated to make a , farmer of the boy, a prosperous man, ft good citizen, full of energy, indus try, and thrift?the hope and the ( pillar of the State. In Indiana a single ear of corn was sold at a fabulous price, more than $100, perhapB, and it was cheap at that, for it was the best ear of the best crop of the State and was award ed a munificent prize besides. After a while there will be boy clubs for the growing of wheat, of cotton, to bacco, potatoes, and other farm crops, and the resulting benefits to the American public will be incalcul able.?Washington Post. A Farmer Arrests a Pickpocket. There was considerable excitement Wednesday morning at the Union Station in Raleigh when Mr. W. M. I'lttman, of near Selina, arrested a pickpocket who had robbed him of his pocket book and something over ten dollars. Just as Mr. Pittman was walking down the car steps the man slipped his hand Into his pock et for the money which the thief handed to his colleague who was with him. One of Mr. Pittman's ' sons, who was Just behind, saw his father robbed and caught the man by his coat and called to his father ' for help. Mr. Pittman. turning around, seized the robber and held him fast. The man to whom the money was handed left the platform of the car on the ether side of the train and disappeared in the crowd. The pickpocket who took the mon ey from the pocket made a great effort to get away from Mr. Pittman but in vain. He was carried some distance to a policeman who took him to the mayor for trial. He was placed lii the lock-up until - 10 o'clock Thursday when the case was , to be heard. It was an Interesting ? sight to the great crowd In the sta tion to see >lr. Pittman hold him . and carry him forward to find a po liceman. Singing School to be Organized. The public around Oliver's Grove ( church are earnestly requested to ( meet me at the church .the first Sun- ' lay afternoon In November at half I ifter two o'clock for the purpose of organizing a singing school. I have - never taught any singing but will five five days free. Everybody in rited to com?. T. B. TYNER. 0 Benson, R. F. D. No. 1, Oct. 19. JESSE T. ELLINGTON. It is not possible for me to ex >res? in words the feeling of grief vhlch overcame me when 1 read the innouncement of the death of JesKe P. Ellington, on the morning of the 'ery day appointed for his burial. I would not be true to myself If, did not give expression to the [rief I feel in my heart over the leath of this good man. When I tay he was a good man, all who (new him, know also that 1 apeak he simple truth; and when I said le was a good man, 1 laid the great, ' )ioad, everlasting foundation atone >f all that Is great In this world. I tie had a hold on the hearts of his ; people stronger than a chain of | iteel, because they knew he was a jenerous, big hearted, good man. Vic-' or Hugo says that when M. Myriel, Dure of Hrlgnolles, met Napol eon, th? Emperor siiid. "Who is this food man?" M. Myriel replying said, 'Sire, you behold a good man and I i great man. Each of us may profit >y it." Napoleon was striving to ( eave name and fame like Caesar, or Hannibal or Alexander, while M. My -lei was striving to live the simple ife of a good man. Where is the nan who would exchange the fame | >f the latter for that of the for- j uer? Jesse T. Ellington was about as j Tree from Insincerity as any man I save ever known. He did not be lieve it wag ever necessary to irrain the truth in order to be po lite. He was blunt, direct, sincere \a all that he did and said, but he liud as tender a heart as ever beat n a human breast. Of course, such i man made a good soldier. It was impossible for him to hear the story jf the trials and suffering of the Confederate soldier particularly wlth sut shedding tears. He was not more devoted to the Cause of the Confederacy on the day he volun leered to enter the army than he ivas on the day of his death. He was i man of iron nerve. I do n#t be leve he knew the sensaiton of fear. Some years ago. a poor unfortunate olored man in this town became vio lently and dangerously insane. This colored man was a giant in size and strength. He shut himself in his but, armed himself with an axe. and iefied any one to enter. Sheriff Ell ington opened the door, ordered the acor negro to put down his axe, walked to him, brought him out, and * few days thereafter took him to the Cclored Asylum. 1 thought this irery rash and risky conduct on the Hart of the Sheriff, and warned him [>f the danger to whichT as I thought, lie h.id needlessly exposed himself. "Well," he replied, "somebody had tc arrest that darkey. They came af ter. me and I thought it was just as well for me to take the risk as any Dne else." Sheriff Ellington was so modest that he really did not know how to push himself. Intellectually, he was equal to any position or requirement, lie would have made a fine Govern or of this State. He would have fill ed any position with honor and cred it. If he had faults, they were so trivial that they faded almost completely in the great blazing light of his splendid character. Twice the Democrats in the House of Representatives complimented him him by voting for him for Sergeant at-Arms of that body. Had he lived 1 think he would have been chosen for that important position when his party shall succeed in electing a majority of the members of that body. It has not been my purpose to write the story of his life. I simply lav a last tribute 011 the grave of my dead friend. He was a true man,? one Whom the lust of office did not kill,-* Whom the spoils of office could not buy, Who possessed opinions and a will. Who had honour and who would not He. Who could stand before the dema gogue And scorn his treacherous flattery without winking. \ tall man, sun crowned, who lived above the fog, In public duty and In private thinking. EDW. W. POU. Smlthfield. Oct. 17, 1910. Public Speaking. W. 8. Stevens, candidate for Clerk of Superior Court, L. H. All 'ed. candidate for the Legislature, ind O. A. Barbour, cnadidate for :lie Senate, will address the citl tens of Elevation township at Ele ction, Saturday night, October 22, 1910, at 7:80 o'clock. A division of time will be accord ed to any Republican In Johnston county. The issues of the present ampaign will be forcibly and truth ully presented. A good attendance ? respectfully solicited. Z. L. IjEMAY. Chm. Dem. Ex. Com. ED. F. WARD, Secretary. At all season* of the year five 1'clock In the morning is the coldest iour of the twenty-four. OCTOBER 31 ?T. =JI II l[=====3C^ NOVEMBER 5TH. ^ ACCIDENTS y will happen?even with such a neat housekeeper as the Malleable Girl. The Malleable girl is not careless, but then acci- ~ i dents will happen. She is not worried, however, | for she knows that twice the amount of water will not crack the top of her range because it is thor oughly annealed stove plate. A cake of ice can be I placed on it while the top is red-hot without in anywise affecting the casting. Should any ^ of this water run down into the oven, it will not firecrack as cast iron would under similar b conditions. Should an accident of a similar character happen to another range, it would break and firecrack into a score of pieces. You will be glad to learn of other distinctive features of this wonderful range. ?i m DROP INTO THE STORE OF Cotter Hardware Co. [ "1 ANY TIME FROM f" October 31st to November 5th, 1910. The Malleable Girl will Serve you with Three Minute Biscuits and Delicious Hot Coffee and Present you with a Beautiful Cook Book and a Useful Souvenir. ll/j||| FA/>|) |)/|nnP purchased during this exhibit, you will receive, free a PA ?Villi LUvll KUIiyV complete *et of high grade cooking ware; well worth J OCTOBER 31ST. NOVEMBER 5TH. L "= ir=ii =li \$ w Given Away Absolutely Free by the Farmers (j) jjj Mercantile Company, Selma, N. C. jjj (|) The Holder of Ticket Number 978 will present same on or jftt lit before the first day of November. 1910, and get the Buggy or (fa we will proceed to give the Buggy to some other customer. ^ jjj Farmers Mercantile Co., Jii W SELMA, N. C. A) 111 fit ill ^Oflcourse it is generally understood that we have the j|V w largest and^most varied line of Merchandise ever brought to iJJ (1/ Johnston County and that we are selling same at the most III til reasonable prices. We carry anything and everything in Dry jf|| III G"??ds an(* Clothing and Stoves and Ranges and Furniture /|t JH and Buggies and Wagons and Groceries. We are unloading J!! W to-day a car each of American and Pittsburg Fence, and we {Pi l|l also are receiving two cars of Flour which we will sell at lit l|| prices sufficiently low to justify a trip to see us.?F, M. Co. ||| 2; BBBBBBBBBBBBBi BBBBBBBBBBSill JN Advertising?and good business stationery is advertis * ing-'it's not so much the taste of the man producing the matter, as the consideration of what will appeal to the class of people he desires to reach. Our Printing will appeal to all in Workmanship, Quality and Taste. I? We carry a Full Line of Dry Goods, including a nice m selection of Dress Goods. Notions In Great Variety. THE DOROTHY DODD SHOES For Ladies are || among our large and well selected stock of shoes H; Men's, Boys' and Gents' Furnishing Goods Our Full Line of Millinery is in Charge of Miss | | Esther Watson, An Experienced Milliner ?& We carry Mattings, Rugs, Art Squares and J1. House Furnishings. Call to see us gsj W. E. SMITH CO. SELMA. N. C. j?
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