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VOLUME 3.
WADESB0R0. N. C. NOVEMBER 3. 1908.
NUMBER 23
Every G00BD
J Imitated.
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This is always considered the highest
compliment to the thing imitated, but
the imitations themselves very often
prove very expensive to the purchaser
and user thereof.
The MAJESTIC Range stands at the head of the list, consequent
ly there are lots of factories and dealers trying to imitate this in ap
pearance, but in appearance only; the quality of the material used is
sadly lacking.
It is our ambition to secure the agency for the best lines of every
thing, and we've certainly succeedad on StOVCS, Ranges and Heaters.
There is some demand for cheap ranges, however, and of course
we are prepared to supply these demands at as lOW prices as
can be secured from any dealer or from any catalogue house.
If. you have a catalogue price we would be pleased to have you
bring your catalog to us, and we feel sure that we can show you
that we can order you a range and can give you fully as good, if
not better, value than you can order from some retail catalog house.
When you want first-class drugs, you go to a first-class drugstore.
Therefore, it is logical when you want to select something in the hard
ware line for you to go to a first-class hardware store.
We buy our stoves in carload quantities, thereby getting a cheaper
price on them and the carload rate of freight, and the saving in the
freight is quite an item on stoves. We believe that we can give you
better value in a stove by giving you a heavier stove and a stove with
a larger oven and more ware for the same money than any other
dealer in this section.
WE ARE JUST NOW RUNNING OUR
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Editorial Comment
Speaking" of the solid South,
some newspapers down this way
rejoice that it at least saves us to
the trouble of listening to much
presidential oratory. Yes, all we
have to do Is to sit back
and do as we are told to
do by the great western manip
ulators. We are already counted
before the game begins and set
aside as "dead easies" to be deliv
ered over when the tftne
ccmes. While we are not ready
yet" to break up according to Mr.
Taft's idea and vote the Republi
can ticket, isn't it getting time
that we speak up in the meeting
and get away from this political
servitude even though our masters
are supposed Democrats?
As we have often suggested,
talking politics is a slow way to
improve local conditions and The
Ansonian shall continue to plead
for the betterment of these con
ditions even at the risk of starving
our readers so far as political news
is concerned. What' this county
needs just now is some real, ac
tive work for the improvement of
the streets in the town and the
roads in the country districts.
There is no better way of judging
the result of good roads than to
study the results obtained by
counties where they have been
tried. Here is what Madison
county, Tennessee, according to
the Chattanooga Times, has done
along this line:
Some years ago Madison county
in the face of much opposition and
at considerable sacrifice, voted
$300,000 for roads. This amount
was judiciously expended, and so
impressive was the beneficial les
son that another $200,000 was ad
ded and now there extend from
Jackson as the center, splendid
gravel roads, radiating in all direc
tions for from five to seven miles.
The money appropriated was hon
estly expended and every dollar
went into roads, not a cent getting
into blind ditches. The Sun 1s
therefore justified in the pride it
takes in the achievements of its
people. It is worth while to note,
too. that farming lands in Madi
son county which, under the old
system of mud lanes were scarcely
worth ten dollars the acre, are now
held and can't be had for $25 or
even $30 the acre. This, if not
the convenience, comfort and sav
in live stock and vehicles, ought to
be painted in large letters and
placarded in every backward com
munity in the state. The way to
prosperity for our rural commu
nities is over well-paved, well
kept highways.
And Our Home of Marshville
submits the following remarks rel
ative to Mayor Brock's recent trip
to New York and New Jersey to
help in " the campaign of those
States:
It is gratifying news to Brock's
friends and acquaintances in Union
county to know that he is making
good. We have known all along
that there's something in that
young attorney. We tried to get
him to consent to let us pump one
of our discarded Populist speeches
ihjto him bfore he left, but he was
afraid, it wouldn't suit those peo
ple up there, and he is supposed
to be using one of his own make.
But just to come down to the sub
ject more seriously, . it has been
puzzling us to know why this
young mayor of the city of Wades
boro was given the distinction of
being the only young man select
ed from the South to go up into
the great State of New York to
help 'em round up that State for
Democracy. This thing worked
so hard on our curosity that we
made a special trip to see Mr.
Brock and find out just how it
happened, but he refused to un
fold the secret, either from a sense
of modesty or a desire to keep it
to himself. The only thing left
for us to do now is to carefully
watch for results and see how the
election goes in New York.
When Wadesboro's. mayor was
selected to make this tour of north
ern states and assist in the cam
paigning there, the committee was
looking for men who had some
thing to say and men who were
bold and fearless enough to say it
right in the shadow of Wall Street
and all the protected interests of
the Republican party. If the pa
pers are to be belieyed, even the
Republican ones, Brock made good
wherever he went. We are glad
that Our Home is expecting to
hear something of this young law
yer. Get ready, Brother, you'll
probably hear from him again; he's
a live wire, -
TUey Take The Kinks Out.
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History of the Flalla? of Roftlasoi
Crusoe.
According to the New York
Sun, Dr. Henry Dover who first
compounded the well-known Dov
ers Powders, was the man who
found Robinson Crusoe on the
lonely island of Juan Fernanbez.
While yet a most successful prac
tioner, Dr. Dover turned sea cap
tain and headed an expedition
probably for pillaging the South
Seas and the Sun gives the follow
ing entertaining account of the
affair:
But the finding of Robinson Cru
soe was the most interesting of his
experiences, and in that evens ne
participated directly and personal
ly, going ashore himself in a boat
to ascertain what was the source
of a light on the island of Juan
Fernandez which had been obser
ved from his ship. The result
was the discovery of Alexander
Selkirk. He was a Scottish sailor
who had been left there on account
of a difference between him and
the master of his vessel and had
remained there in solitude four
years and tour montns. mere
were upward of y500 goats on the
island, and his chief subsistence
.1 ral m . 1 1
was tne nesn or tnese ammais,
which he caught by running them
down, after his ammunition gave
out and he was unable to shoot
them. For vegetable food he had
turnips, which had been introduc
ed by mariners visiting Juan Fer
nandez for supplies of fresh water
and also the fruit of the cabbage
palm. He had clothed himself in
goatskins, and procured fire by
rubbing sticks of pimento wood
together. For mental food he had
constant recourse to the Bible and
a few other books the titles of
which are not given and 'he em
ployed himself in reading, praying
and singing psalms, so that he said
he was a better Christian during
his solitude than he ever had been
before, and than, as he was afraid
he would ever be again." These
words seem to have been prophetic
for he joined the buccaneers as a
mate of one of their ships and
his share of the prize money
amounted to 800.
Approves the Waiesboro Plan of
Handling Cotton.
(Charlotte Chronicle)
The merchants of Wadesboro
and the farmers of Anson county
have made an arrangement-whece-by
the farmers may be able to
store their cotton against the com
ing of better prices. The plan, as
given by The Ansonian, is copied
elsewhere, and it would appear
that its workings will be of prac
tical benefit to the farmers who
are disposed to take advantage of
it. No risk of loss attaches and
there is a chance for a profit. Of
course, cotton cannot be held in
storage for nothing, but the fee
agreed upon in the VVadesboro
plan seems to be nominal. The
storage problem for the Anson
county farmer seems to be solved.
There is no reason why he should
put his cotton on the market at
the present time if he desires to
hold it for the prospect of better
prices a few months later.
Work of Rev. J. B. Traywick at Den
mark, S. C.
The current number of the
Southern Christian Advocate gives
the following account of Rev. J.
B. Traywick's excellent work at
Denmark, S. C. He is an uncle
to Mr. M. C. Traywick of Peach
land, Mrs. N. G. Thomas of Burns
ville tovenship and Mrs. J. T.
Mills of Ansonville township:
With pleasure we present to
our readers tnis weeu ine picture
of the beautiful new church at
Denmark, the latest photograph
of its happy pastor, and the pic
tures of seventeen of his promi
nent members. Brother Traywick
has done a great work at Den
mark. He found his people di
vided, one part for the old church
in the old town, and the other
part insisting that the church
should be moved to the new town.
It meant either to move the church
or to have two churches in the
same community. Bro. Traywick
in his kind and loying way showed
that the proper place for the
church was where the people were."
Wadesboro Townsbip School Teachers
The school committee of Wades
boro township has elected teachers
for the schools of the township as
follows:
WHITE SCHOOLS
Flat Rock Miss Nannie Gate-
wood.
Birmingham Miss Ruth Win-
field.
Brown Creek Miss Pheobe
Watkins.
Salem Miss Sue Pope.
COLORED SCHOOLS
Flat Rock Mollie Bennett
Garris Grove Mammie Reid.
Brown Creek Annie L. Ham
mond.
Bennett's Ola J. Sellers.
Sneedsboro Mary Ingram.
A Sure-enoofh Knocker..
J. C. Goodwin, of Reidsville, N. C.
says: "Bucklen's Arnica Salve is a sure
enough knocker for ulcers. A bad one
came on my leg last summer, but that
wonderful salve knocked, it out in a
ew rounds. Not even a scar remain
ed. Guaranteed for piles, sores, burns
etc 25c. at Parsons Drug Co.
"Cleaning Up Day"
The Chattanooga Times has
this to say concering a special day
set apart for a general cleaning
np:
Atlanta observed yesterday as
cleaning up" day and we are told
that a vast deal of good, effective
work was done in addition to the
clinching of public sentiment in
behalf of Dnblic cleanliness and
city adorment. It has been found
an effective means of promoting
the citv beautiful idea to act anart
certain davs on which the mrsnn.
r X
ai en on of tne individual citizen is
requested to be exerted in behalf
of clean streets, alleys and side-
waiKS. Chattanoofira isn't all that
could oe asked in respect to this
matter; but it has not yet been
introduced to reiralarlv annointed
periods for special work in adorn
ment and beantincation. The ex
planation of- some of the manv
loiters in this highly important
work is that we are srrowin? too
fast to pay much attention to mere
adornments, but thev cannot tell
whv cood taste and the sense of
cleanliness may not very easily
and properly go along with the
most rapid growth.
President Luther treats the sub
ject of beautifying premises from
a spiritual standpoint as follows:
"We are coming to understand
that not only should our bridges
be beautiful, but our public build
ings must be beautiful, that our
river banks must be beautiful,
that the houses of the poor as well
as of the rich must be beautiful,
will be such as the poor as well as
the rich may live in safety, profit
ably, wisely. As we clean and
beautify and make splendid the
cities and the towns in which we
live, as we tie them together into
more and more efficient cor
porate units, struggling for the
common welfare of us all, we shall
nnd that the unlovely things in
human nature, in our own nature,
the dishonesties, the foulness, the
dishonors, that have held back so
long and so terribly the progress
of mankind, will be more and
more impossible and that a city
materially beautiful will be spirit
ually beatiful.
Excited Bridegroom Steps From
Moving Train
Mr. William L. Richmond, of
Caswell county, is in St. Leo's
Hospital in Greensboro, with a
broken arm and a badly injured
head. The injured man and a
young lady, Miss Mary Phillips,
were eloping from the Union
Ridge section of Caswell county
last Tuesday night and were on
the train on their way to Greens
boro to be married. As the tram
approached the city and the por
ter had called "Greensboro" the
couple stepped off the car while it
was going at a high rate of speed.
Mr. Richmond receiving the in- j
juries above stated and Miss Phil
lips slight injuries. In his deliri
um the unfortunate man labors
under the hallucination that the
father of the bride-to-be has beat
en him with a stick.
Thief Quickly Overtaken.
(Monroe Journal)
Last Wednesday a traveling man
lost his pocketbook at the depot,
or rather he got rid of it, not
knowing whether it had been lost
or stolen. He came up town, re
ported the loss to Chief of Police
Laney, and in less than thirty
minutes he had recovered his pock
etbook and the thirty-five dollars
that it contained, and Charlie Car
penter, a colored hand at the sta
tion, was jn jail accused of the
theft. When Mr. Laney was
told of the loss he walked at once
to the station, and the first man he
saw was Charlie, whom nobody
thought of accusing. But the end
of the pocketbook was sticking
out of Charlie's pocket and he was
arrested. He had already hid the
money,-but went and found it.
Don't Feel Soapy Dish Water to Pigs
(Practical Farmer. )
It is not uncommon to hear of
outbreaks of a peculiar nature
among swill fed hogs on the out
skirts of our large cities. These
hogs are fed extensively upon
kitchen refuse, which often in
cludes dishwater collected from
hotels, boarding houses and pri
vate dwellings. The soapy dish
water in large quantities, is sure
to produce death, and the cause is
usually attributed to an outbreak
of hog cholera on account of the
similarity of several of the symp
toms manifested, including diarr
hea, partial paralysis and also from
the fact that the most of those at
tacked usually die.
Bow to Core a Cold.
Be as careful as von can von will oc
casionally take cold, and when yon do
get a medicine of known reliaDility,
one that has an established reputation
and that is certain to effect a quick
core. Such a medicine is Chamber
Iain's Cough Bemedy. It has gained a
world wide reputation by its remark
able cures ot this most common ailment
and can always be depended noon. It
acts on nature s plan, relieves tne lungs
aids expectoration, opens the secretions
and aids nature in restoring' the system
to a healthy condition. During the
many tears in which it has been in
general use we have yet to learn of a
single case of cold or attack of the grip
ha vine: resulted in pneumonia when
this remedy was used, "which - shows
! conclusively that it is a certain preven
tare or that dangerous disease. Uhsm
berlain'ft , Cough Bemedy contains no
opium or other narcotic and may be given
as confidently to a baby as to an adult.
Far sale by T. B. Tomiinsoa, . "
Sunday School Department
Csadacted lr SsecUl Editor.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8.
Scripture Lesson, 2 Samuel
18:24-33 "David Grieves for
Absalom."
Golden Text. A Foolish Son
is a Grief to his Father." Prov.
17:25.
Setting. Time. Three months
after the last lesson. Place.
Jerusalem and Mahanaim, a forti
fied town east of the Jordan.
Half way between the Dead Sea
and the Sea of Galilee.
LESSON STORY.
wane j-javia waits in tne open
space between the gates of the
city for the news of the battle, the
watchman on the wall scans the
road in front of the city. The
watchman sees two men coming
from different directions to the
city; be announces their coming to
David, and recognizes one as the
son of Zadok. David expects
good tidings.
Once Ahimaaz announces vie
tory in the forest of Ephraim, and
tells how the enemies of the king
have been killed or taken prison-
ers. Uavid asks about Absalom:
the messenger evades the question
by telling a falsehood about the
confusion after the battle. The
Ethiopian messenger then came
up, and also announced the gen
eral issue of victory, and to the
king's specific question about
Absalom told of the young man s
death.
in. LAMENT OVER ABSALOM, V. 33.
The king goes at once to the
room over the gate and gives him
self up to sorrow for Absalom.
C0MMENTATIVE.
V. 5. Absalom would have Da
vid only smitten, David would
have Absalom only spared. (17:2.)
What foils are these to each other ?
Never was unatural hatred to a
father more strong than in Absa
lom; nor was ever natural affection
to a child more strong than in Da
vid; each showed how bad it is
possible for a child to be to the
best of fathers, and how good it is
possible for a father to be to the
worst of children; as if it were de
signed to be a resemblance of
man s wickedness toward God, and
God's mercy toward man, of which
it is hard to say which is more
amazing Henry.
V. 14. There was probably' a
true regard for the king and
kingdom in this act of Joab. He
knew that Absalom could not with
safety be suffered to live; that now
a just right to slay himhad been
earned in open battle. Nothing
can be alleged against him in this
matter but his disobediance to the
king; but he in his position, felt
that he dared to disobey him 'for
his own good; and he was quite
prepared to vindicate and main
tain this deed. Kitto.
We can hardly withhold a tear
at the sight of the unhappy
youth, an hour ago, with thouf
sands eager to obey him, and a
throne before him, apparently se
cure from danger; now hanging
helpless between earth and heaven,
with no company but an evil con
science, and no prospect but the
judgment of an offended God,
Blakie.
V. 17. Mussulman legends rep
resent hell as yawning at the mo
ment of his death beneath the feet
of the unhappy Prince. The mod
ern Jews, as they pass the monu
ment in the valley of Kidron, to
which they have given his name,
have buried its sides deep in the
stones which they throw against it
in exertation. Augustine dooms
him to perdition, as a type of the
Donatists. But the sacred writer
is moved only to deep compassion.
The thought of that sad death of
the childless Prince, of the deso
late cairn in the forest instead of
the honored grave that he had de
signed for himself in the King's
dale; blots out the remembrance
of the treason and rebellion,
and every detail is given to
embrace the pathos of the scene
which follows. Stanley.
Verses 17 and 18 give a striking
contrast between the actual and
the designed burial place of Absa
lom. The crreat pit amor? the
sombre trees, where his bloody
corpse was hastily flung, with three
darts through his heart, were a
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very different grave from the os
tentations tomb "in the king's
dale," which he had built to keep
his memory green. This was
what all his restless intrigues and
unbridled passions and dazzling
hopes had come to.
'Only the actions of tha just
Smell sweet and blossom in the dust."
- -Maclaren.
V. 33. This grief witnesses to
the depth and self-sacrifiVi nor onpr.
gyofa father's love. The dead
son's faults are all forgotten and
obliterated by death's "effacing
fingers." The prodigal is still a
son. The father's love is immortal,
and cannot be turned away by any
faults. The father is willinfr tn
die for the disobedient child. May
we not see in this disclosure of
David's paternal love, stri nnincr it.
of its faults and excesses, some
lm shadow of the greater love of
God for his Drodicrals' a lore
which cannot be dammed hck or
turned away by any sinand which
nas round a way to fullfill David's
impossible wish, in that it has civ-
en Jesus Christ to die for his re
bellious children, and sn mnrlA
them sharers of his own kingdom ?
Mclaren.
PRACTICAL
The wonder of ta rental love
-Who shall declare it? No onp.
knows it but by experience, and
no tongues can express it. It over
powers the parent's comfort. Deace.
self-interest even the law of self.
nresrvation. Manv a mront. hnc
deliberately laid down his life for a
1 WW
child, vv orthy or unworthy, the
child has the parent's all. It is
intended to offer the strongest
possible a d Deal to the heart nf th
child to honor father and mother.
miu mnvue luuiuereni to
other considerations often yields
at last to self-sacrihcing love. He
who cannot be won by this is lost
indeed.
The helplessness of pabrvtat
love is seen in the utter despair of
this powerful monarch. We see
it repeated, alas! in
ces of our friends. The will of a
wilful child is stronp-er than the
might of kings. Against the fatal
folly of a stuborn child the wisest
and best of parents are as helpless
as tney would be to stay a comet
in its flight.
Nov.
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