VOL. 111. - NO. 30.
[UNCLE AARON.
• Continued from last week.
"T em," my alowly aad my haaMy.
-but IMI afraid. M Imlliw I ■■ M
tared. io very tired' In» ■ !■« tM-MM
aax '' bursting nt gi sat |
Tke li(Ht of apn Cadt Aina'i (act
deepened. "Theve. there. CkiM! V%
leave ye agate; urtHln «» hit.
kWTIW*
KcMnM Utpm
" wherein Mm bad Ikmn ha leaf ■ Mr
atuMMt, ad baMi« Ha. i *fH r '
abe iilad.
bar. "far 1 baow thai J» aad ay .boy wtu
bataitramaifiL"
-Bui paihapo " begaa Baee. with lira
■
-Caw a," aaid Uwcto Aaraa. pscbiag ap
bla bat and bfediag owl km haaad "It ■■ f
Tlief mibed ik»f aaad m bead tor 1 ai
dlstaaoe. and tbrowgh Beee'a aal IM
word*, -Our Father which art a baam.
Our Father wbx o art la Hanaa." ktflra
pealing thrniaiitti mr rsstmaelly Far
_ afe » dazed aamU aba fctt aa if it na
He wbo had her by the head. Tbaa gtaan
tag up aadaeeang Cacbianali poL aal
afwhatalabalafna7lacaßaa>ai bar.
1 "I'm afraid,** aba whispered.
Uncle Aaroa |iiH bar head atlS
tighter awl aaawervd -fa aaad ant be,
cand. Jacob baa Und la all thto uae "
Very humbiy tbe bewutarat bead drowed
again bad* paaltcaca that aaa nafMa
iUtdfearioiL
Tbey bmally came lata tba teaa. aad Knee
aad. gently: -win yea ofaM aa lb*
■ Ha." aaid Uade Aaraa. -I have to 4a
aomethmg for Hatbew. ya kaaar. Til
lead to that brat, aad aaad Ma ward Hat
I aa gatair to Raw Tort la aaa Jarab.
He'd ba a 1111111 In.' ya mm, H 1 dtdal
cease baek"
tag to bar Ufa aad she Ilea hi I arsa "I
toi «d ever v thiag bat ay aaa aaaial la
aatf," the aaid. baabiy -| arttlaaaay aaaa
agar aad raaip ar aaabaa. pt ar lhaaga
logsthsr. aadabaaaaa yaa aaa raady aaaa
ta tba hotel aad yaa wig bad aa*
"Vary wall." aaad Uade Aaraa. -I wiU
•aaa by aoaa for ya child. "•
Ha aaaat baa way aad aha aaaat bare.
A boat twelve attack ba aeltod for bar. aad
tbey leak tbaaaall beat ana it tba near
ta Bhaebecb. aaaa tba a*aaaar aaaiud
tbaa. Hero Uacta Aaraa aaat a totograa
taJaaab: -Raaa aad I aaa 1 riabig la yaa;
aaaet ae la tbe dty .**
CBAFTO VOL
Tba aforb la tba aaaaO aJßee tested ta
waadar at tba «td aaa wheaohad bab
**l aaa aat arm*. aatlt ya aaad It ba bat"
They bad ahoat twwheara ta wait batoaa
tba beat weald start. aad thfo aaaa dak
la a boat aa bear's tlaaa eeaaa aat af Ma
odlce briaatly baaUag araaad aal aw
aKlerabta overt awi est far Uacia Aann.
"Abl bara yaa ara llwe's aa aaaaaar." ba
aaid. baadiag it la btoL . I
"Head H. Knee." aaad Uacta Aaraa -I
aaa aaba oat gnat, bat aat lew wnueg"
Mnaetnob It. baktag iwr a»iW, bat aaw
(laaot attar aha bad wwlsldad It. araa
taouitk Bhe gave a law cry aaad barat
tola I ara. Tbt. abalahad iw >tw> rW-a
vary 01 unb. whn. kaowlag what aaa la tba
IHagraa. dkda l aaa a*T tbtaa ta It tan
about. Ba aland wnadartog at bar. aaul
Uade Aaraa. taking tba iiaagti I paper
froa bar gagura, aaid ta Ma: 'Haad It ta
-It saye," aaid tba dart M a baati »ai
Ilka way: 1 baa a Uad. win aM vow
without falL* Mhail I gat tba lady a gfoaa af
aralar, sir***
"Ma. tbaah ya.- aaa aaad Uncle Aaraa.
(anting bla araa law that ad llaaa. aad
"aa* (vtwawr _
laadlof fear dona Um >lof( tmiia the
M,
♦ U»iirm likrl" mnaad IK bbk dark,
looking alter IMa "1 in»p»aa km
w(Uir. One d |« Rood a«fe« M aha
dviat erf »" Than. Ware a rmtal
)««f man. ha dlimiaaed thess at —aa
iraahlißM4u4*nikwkl«Maa«t
Tka Mil tm the UwUm '«ar av ■»
com pinned la hhi llir. n-d Si-suy
tka Km Vatk «ml waa iwrtrt Una
aM VMM Aarop aaW pnrte# Ittcmrl
Uat leaned over (ka r*iiMg nearest tka
oacfc- hwrty IInM Aarra alalm 4Ma
tka races laka him sad kaallrraiurkt «(M
al Jacob **lhr>e beta. Koae aartaaCka
ndalaa*. paulMf aacnadir. Ka. Km
couida t aaa sun A aaat a* Kara kd tka
dock aad all Ina her *%kc kat tkta
piai*. aad eagerly IKda lvn> patslad
kaa out sgsia "TM'i hia ana tka Mack
heard. ttose-aeer'
"Yea." anaweted Hose, faintly; "I aheald
have known hk "
It aaaaaad a long llaa befam tka kaa* was
daw a. aad tkea kaaa tka «aa surged
aakaral -Cnrefnl tknarmMaataaari
tka nlrlili. -aa»aa aisny a4a Umae - |
Undo Aaron lai Baaa go Brat, aad Jaa*
•fnataiakatpriaaalaaf ika a«aak M
wAkar. -Mr W*»r-kaai li ail aaka
took kar la Mayaa.kladia»ia) ikaac
aave tkaeaa stnpcndsua tart tka* aka kai
caaaa kacfe to huwUncta Aaraa. a (aaa fart
b«a greet heart beating with k>V
"I'me. oocna get along tct»- art roar- |
krrff tears or becaase tka earaaaaa oaad
Jnatlad too roughly- bat Uacto Aaron's fast
slipped Iroaa tka gaag Blank. ke all ag Had .
last aw balance. aad Nk lata tka awl ir la-'
stonily a shout weat ag -aaaa n . heard."
wuhartngof teat la g tkaa (gad aaaa|
Jacob. kadaaaa Makl '«fl!a*a kalOkl
for UMioraof Uad. i la a i ki'aka*.
I bam. aaving: •That la tally. Uwy aaa
throwing bla a rope aaat- - Let-aaa-
Ifa—" straggling and baling ta bla agoay.
Ha araa a gimat He barat fraa hia eaptoae
aad leaped oral board Hoae. Ilka a piece of
aarbla, M atrmlaed torture. beatorer wak
lag at thaw Jacob caughl bla father aad
I tried ta hold hia up. Whether it araa bla
great aiae aad weight, or whether It waa
j Cade Aaron 'a uaaeiftah Impuiae to My
j biaartf ana aot known but be supped aad
' agaa sank. Jaoob taaaitatel) dived By
tbaa time a small boat bad baea let dowa
Jamb raw a op again, hta father a baa bold.
Ha atrwggted. fougka oat toararda the boat,
reached H. held oa to it wttboaa hand aad
took a ana ea fa breath, faro men a the
boat eagerly hauled hia ta Aaad thea Mark
a abeat aa aaaat up fra baaaaa throata:
Bra isermf, huxaaed. a book baada artlb each
ether, at rangera kieaed each other each ta
that blind, instinctive brotherhood of aaa
arer tba saving of a life. But waa be eared I
I The cheering eeaaed, theeroard grewatall;
I Mat arub doubt aad thea with awe-atrnca
certainty maadc dumh. The boat waa hauled
ap to the dock aad the form of Uncle Aaron
( waa a lowly lifted out.
-Oh-h! not dead I" cried oat a woman*
1 voice with a lonely wait in It like the cold,
1 ahireriag sigh of the wind on the wmler'a
■ alcbt——not deadl"
The crowd trembled a moment In aympa
r thy aad thea a tared a* a beautiful woman
1 kaeit dowa by toe dripping form and wept
" aad cried In agony: "Ob h! Kobleat and
' beat 1 Koblest and beat I If at were not for
1 a." you might yet bare been all re I Oh! it
' iaaotngml It la not right !'•
On the grand old face, low to white aad
' atill. ilagered yet an ex pre** ton of joy aa If
• he weald aay. If tbey ooukl but uadetataad,
that all araa ngbt with bla. Jacob atood
at aa faat. (ami walk a tuaalt af foeuag
annua baiL
-hser thing!" aaid a aaa la the crowd,
wiping away a tear; "it waa her father, 1
IlliytHfl "* a 1
• No." aaraurad Jacob, fatally; -be waa
gnalt
CHAPTER Vtlt
Jaat hew eae paaaca through the crUia of
life, arbat eae baa aaid or done on aucb ooca
aaoaa. can not alaray a ba aoruralaty record
ed Call back to mind la your owe mem
ery the aoat amportaat and vital antereata
ta your life and you arall marrel at the few
aeeeot the word* aaid and tba eeaaKa
glareaeaa of the action*
Jaat terar Jacob and Koee got Uacia Aarea
beaw—ja*t bow Jaoob explained the home
enaong of the new maatreaaad kaaag abaent
anxner to hi* bouaehold and to Aim«. he
era id aot bare told If be had baea aaked a
aoatb later
Aad aa for Koae. for day* theoely real
thiag a the arorld to ber araa a pictured
aiaui i of a few atraage facea la a beau
tiful room, aad a alo later la wbita robea
aartag: -I aa the reeurractaoa aad the
a lite." aad tying In calm aad peaceful gracd
' ear the fora af Uade Aaroa Alaray*, ai
t ara ye aha aaw oaly hia, aad oa baa face that
glad aad trauaphant emileof eaultaat lore!
la tie coafaaed that foikraredahe
eg 11 bo aa* eat and alept, but did to aaoaa
: to a dream or aa aaaa wl.b a vaalurer tba
face ehreuded.
There came at last day when the dream
waa aadad. and abe awoke, wbeai tba rail
araa tore aaide. and her eye* beheld. Blie
wae anting ta the float bed room of her
hiaaa. around hei the many beautiful tbanga
| that aaoaey and culture bring*, wbea *ud
daaily aha aaw. aa for the Oi*t time, ber
daughter Auoe A fair hadaed girl, aartth
bar owa featuiea, hut more lovely becauaa
efeearloua ukeuaae to fade Aaioo la tba
flak and while face Hbe dropfr-d tbe book
aaa bead aa ber haud* aud gaaed at ber
child. Her child! Waa tbla lovely girl
barat Aad the yeara that had paaaed 10
W leg her to tba atate of lovelineaa— what
did ahe know of iheml What pax I bad abe
la bar cblld'e ilfe. In ber gtrlaah bopee aud
fnial And BOW. bete atae waa, aweet and
gaaila, juat tieaubling on the edge of
w aoaa bond and what waa abe like I
* What do I kaow of hert la abe ay childf"
, auaed Kuae A atxong. jeaJoua teeaang of
traaa mother hood ewept over ber. "Mbeia
I aisel Aad who we tbeae people that have
had the care of her till BOW!"
Mba half aiaae la bar aaal. and Altoe. turn
hag arauad. aaid. gently: "la- la there aay
tbtag yea aaaat. aotbei f"
How tba word thrilled her I Going to
Alice, aha put her aiiaa about ber and aaid.
quickly: -Tell me of youraelf, dear- leil
aa of loaraelf ail you can reawaher!"
Marpilaed aad a tattled to aea the atrange
aad baadaowia lady whom ahe bad baea told
araa her aaotMr. but for whom aaul now
ahe bad felt only a deep cuiloaaty. Alice
auawered abiuptly: "Tell you of myaellf
What a atrange tbaog to aak. aunther "
-Yaa, yea." aaawered Koae, withaaob,
! "H la atrange I I know tbat! Unnatural
| aad wroag that 1 aaad to aak at ml -that I
da aot know ail about you from your grat
paaraf ahoea up 10 BOW. Hut 1 don't; and
abtl aever, never can knoa I"—breaking
dowa and aohoing ooaiauialaely— 1 "I aever
can know! Oh, my baby! Üb. my little
girbef Ob, ay A lice I Bine I mine! aloe:"
kiaeag the elaa tied girl oa ebeeha and Upa
aad hair. buagrUy a Ironing aaea bar itreee,
—yeu me nana 1 M
—There, there, mother," aaid Alloa, trem
blingly. the tear* la ber eyea, "do nut cry.
{ 1 will lab yaa all 1 oaa. 1 anil, mother
Afa| **
Bat alaal the beet tbat leader ktiadakaa
oaa da aaa aot bring back the paatl Aa
Alice aaaat aa. geauy relating bat by bit
parta of her Innocent Ufa the mother
greaaed aloud Hbe aaght kaow the facta,
yaa-doaaa to the amaueat detail, bat tbat dad .
aot heap her huager, did not relieve tbe !
gaaanug reaaorae that ahe felt, aor kill the
laakaaa eeaaa at ber heart, that there would
aiwaya na a part o ber child'; life in which
aba had ao abaca. Bull, thin freaking down
af the baa tier* brought tbem nearer ta
fgker Auae talt a warm glow of feeling
towanda bar mother that waa the Ural be
gtoaaag af aa earaeet love
That night Boee aaw bar kaabaad Jacob
artih aaw eyea. Huoag aad grave and
leader, tbe aaa that aaw ahe felt ahe had
teamed in btladly through all ber folly aad
a lebedaeaa. ae was that a, at auacb aad true,
ber baaband aull I A eenae of aaaa, of
laaaaata 1 ama over her, aa of eae a pared :
beyaad Mr deaena. -I never oaa altaae to 1
iomnr, MA>." 4
bar kwt; "MMM
©oe (Surprise.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1902.
Huahlv gad geatly. earaeaUy aad as-
Bruagly. aba strove froa day to day to ful
ftla her dattea ae a wife, to atalaterto hia
eeafort aad happaaeaa b everv war la
ae doing ahe grew mora aad more to love
the gaaerou* aatare that aaever spoke a '
word at recrtaiaatioa. aad that always
sheared afprerwtma> of lee aaalleat egort.
■he grew to love her basbaad arlth a baa- '
gry aad despairing love-for aha aw aa >
hepe ahead. Altbeagh alar«ya geatle aad
kind, there waa ever a geatle aeasi as aad j
rsucence that autaid ta aay: Tbaa far
abut thea rnaa, aad ae farther " I
Aad abe aoaa aat blaae him! Hbe dared .
aat. He araa now gtviag bar far bayeawt
whet ahe bed aay ngbt to expect.
Owe area ag. ansae aoatha after Uade
Aaroa'a death, Koae aad Jacob were ta- 1
■ether M the hbaary Jacob'a favorite
rsoa. Heee, alarava beautiful, dressed ta a
drsaaof aaaa eeft aad daßoaw silk, aat.
dreamily looaiag oB da to space, t hta king of
Bnu, of Jbcoo and at Uacia Aaraa.
It aaaa one of ber quiet times wbea ahe
did not fret inward y - only felt glad aad
thankful that ahecuuld be near biai, bumble
and devoted.
And Jacob! 80 true It la that love to
bUud! Why, he had always loved his wife,
1 1 and oaly her. but now that ahe had come
I kMktaMt|MlMlßttlrt ao gentle, he
' I could aak nothing of ber, be could exact
1 nothing from Mr. That abe loved him be
' never dreamed, and in bla maaly geermeity
| j he would aot deauuad aay thing. All ber
I cease leas care aad vigilant watching for hia
' I fas tea and wis bra he took to he but peat-
I tent gratitude, aad aot for eae Instant could
he have lakeaadvantageof that- Therefore
he waa reserved; therefore he waa retacent.
j He feared to be otherwise, for still in hia
heart, aachaaged by tame or trial, araa tba
' oae slroag lore of hia life. He fell that tf
he let go the laeah he could aot trust tum
' aelf.
1 He looked at her beaulirul profile aa aba
I sat there, grarefal and womanly, unroa-
I serous of his par, and he thought: "How
I 1 love Mr How every tiny move df her
I sweet mouth 1 love. How I long to touch
r the silvery gold of Mr hair.** And then,
. I aan like, be aaid and dul the exact uppot lie
| { "MB OAS NKVLK MUX ACM** TUB UTIU."^
1 of what he felt. "Did you go to Oouptl'a to
! day l '' be uxl.
"What! Q-JupU'ar* sail Roan. "Oh, yea,
I I did; bat that [dinting by Krataer waa
gone." |
Tuen aritk tka fatal bliadneea of we poor
, morUU ahn «re ahould a«e. Abe saw noth-
I log, but relspeed Into a rague and dreamy
reverie of life and lore. And lifo aad lore
were right there within her graap, aad aba
knew it not.
Jacob eat. and looked and looked. Grow
ing restless at last, be aruae and walked up
and down. Roae waa sccuatomed to thia,
and did not move. Then Jacob stopped hi*
tramp, and ixstiag bia elbow oa the mantel
piere, atood—a man of whom any woman
might be proud. , ...
■•Roae," be aad. '
"Yea. Jacob," aka aaawered. with the
wiatful look that waa now her habitual ea- j
I prmioa. "Tea. wkat ta It?"
| "1 have been thinking that it would be a'
good thiag If you and Alice went to Europe I
thia apnng, aad appal a year abroad. Hbe
kaa aerer baaa acroaa tka water, aad it
would perfect bar la ker yraaih aad help
ker la many war* "
Rose's heart aunk with bearineaa. Hbe
felt a lonely aeaae of deoertion, that made
her think daily: "I woader if Jacob felt
like tkia wkea I left him long ago I If ao, I
do aot wonder that be can't forgire me "
It waa wne aeconda before abe oould re-;
ply, then abe aaid, gently: "If you Wiah It,'
Jacob—if you think it beat."
'-Yea," anawered Jacob, aisled by ber
quletneaa Into tkinklng that abe did out
mind tearing him. "Yea. I think it would
be a good thing for both of you. It would
wldea Alare'a boriaon In many waya by let-'
ting her are more of the world, and it would
be a change and a relief to yon to get away
from here and all paat associations."
"It might be of good to tlwe yea," aaid
Roae, a lowly. ,*r~
"And aot to youl"
"My oaly good la to ka aaar yon," an
awe red Rnae, aoftly.
"What la that,'' aaawared Jacob, quick
ly. "Don't mane polite apaacbaa to me—
juat to pieaae me, Roae "
"lam oaly a peaking the truth, Jacob—
you know that"—geatly still.
"Roae! Do you aaeaa to any that yoo
don't waat to leare awl That you prefer to
remain here where I ami"
J -Tea, Jacob." "*"• '
If be had not looked at ber jnat then aad
aaaa the bopeleae droop of ber bead, per
nape what happened would hare never come
to pane. Bat he did aea It, and, kneelmc
down ia fruat of ker chair, ke put hi* two
haada aa aera, aad aaid, paaatoaatrly:
"Roae, look at aael Bare lam at jour feet
again, jsking you If J*—"
-Ok, my buabaad!" cr*ed Roae, while ! -
• a weeping ware of color made her face
agiow with tigkt; "you oould aerer lore me
affaia."
**l hare aerer atopped lorlng you, my
darling," rtalag to km feet and cUaptag her
i cloneto hia heart "Why, Knee; why, my
i wife, did you think aof" kiaaing hair and
brow aad lipa. "My wife, did you think sol"
"Of course. Jacob, aad 1 could aot blame
you! Only 1 bara been ao huagry for your
lore, dear, aad longed ao to beta your irgi
like thia,'' mailing ap at |Um through happy
tears. "Aad aow—"
"Aad aow," laagkad Jamb, "you will to
here forever, won't you, my dearr'
"Pd like to be, but wkaa you sand m*
away la Europe," said Roae, miachieroualy, I
"I'll hare to ooaeout of them. I suppose." l
"Toa humbug! Tou knew better; as If
I'll Ist you va outof my sight now • " put
Ung bar away aalastaat aad lookinfgt >ey 1
fondly. "Ahl my wife! Tou are a Uu|a
ptoer! A bttla ailrer mixed In among the
(told —but you ara awrs uesauful than you
OV- r wfere."
"May your eyealght ba always aa bad as
it is sow!" iaaghed Roae. Then suddenly
' raialag his haad to her Hps, she said, hum- i
r biy: Forgire me all the peat-caa you,
"So; lore aerer lorgiraa," patting tor'
anaa about hia aeck with a saule; "tt oaly
Inn. Win that aaa aw f I
"Ok, my husband I I aa aot worthy of
/aa lamaot arurthy otyoat"
I
could only see M BOW now happy he would
be"
"I koM ■grhnhud.ltit he cm*," whis
pered Roee, softly,
i There lire* now (t Ha fifth sisaus I
ruber elderly WfK. whwe daitv lexrtac
tlliplMM to t NTMUN to ell who meet
them. Their mMiUMI iid joy to lafeo-
Uous, and M one geae to Mr. u4 Mrs.
Jacob Um'i «Hto(t *Mtoff the better
for It.
t Hto whet we ere tbeteSeeUtheeeeboet
OA. iM there to m better mm ever
1 preached thea that of bepptoiee.
I W- Tm " K * U
I "Wnxyee trust mt, Ftosrr beerled
"With all my heart, with all my soul, with
all ayaaif, Augustus," she wMspsrsa, neet-
Ung ea bto Baoly bosoes. "Weald to
beeren that yea war* toy taller." ha Mr
■eared to bltoMlf sod took fear teaderly U
hi* arms.
[ AN AMATEUR VOLCANO.
> Kreptles of Mewat Otpspsi (Wash.)
Traced to Raralac Ufslls
1 The Mount Olympus sensation which
J lately soared the pml prople of Waab
l inffton state with the Men that a vol
l i-ano was In active operation in that
t great mountain, haa been brought to
' a MHlden end by the return of an r\-
' ploriiuf party to flrnl out what waa the
1 matter.
[ It seems that earth 111 that vicialty
, is interlaid with veina of lignite eon I.
, Forest trees have fallen into the crev
i ieee and gorges, enormous-quantities
> of leaves hare drifted down upon theee,
r and by some means Ires have been
started which have communicated with
, the conl veins. Croat jets of steam and
. burst of smoke frequently come from
r the sides of the mountain and these
r confirmed the theory that there was
1 a genuine volcano in operation. It
■ se nut that the heat haa melted the
1 snow which haa formed a perpetual
white cap at the aummit. This, trick
ling down the aides of the mountain in
streams, has fallen upon the Hi*, which
accounts for the great volume of steam
The puffs of *moke and explosions are
thought to lie caused by the ignition
of collections of natural gas.
| Tlila condition of affairs naturally
leads to the inquiry whether a good
many volcanic eruptions might not be
traceable to burning lignite and the
explosions of large quantitiea of con
fined (T-isea. lie that aa It may. Mount
I Olympus is a seething maaui of burning
| coal, and the volcano acare amount*
I to nothing.—N. V. I/oilger.
Par* Polities.
I "We bare called to beacech your aid
in a movement for the purification of
politlce," haid tho spokeswoman of the
'' delegation of high browed, leen waistrd
■ ladies and gentlemen.
"| "Well, my friends," said the practical
- statesman, "I don't know bat politics is
in need of a good deal of purification
J riglit now."
I "Ah! We thought you would see—"
■ "Yes. It is getting so mixed up with
. reform ond economy and one thing and
' anotlier here lately that there is liordly
1 nnyof the good, old-fashioned, pure pol,
1 it ica at all any morr,"-*~Ciacinnati Ku
q"iw - /r
I - Her infant hiibe had from its moth
| er caught the trick of grief, and sighed
among ita playthings.—Wordsworth.
THE FRIAK PUMPKIH,
i ' kr *»* Yaafcee Farm* re Map*
j Taese* It late »s Kor-lstnao
Iwff leqree «t laeaese. v > »
I The modern farmer la learnlag to
i fake advantage of the weaknesaea of
.J nature, says the New York Mail and
'1 Kxpress. One of theae weakuessrw la
I found in the lordly pumpkin. Bruise
a growing pumpkin and the acar will
never be cleared away, but will show
in the ripe pumpkin in the shape of
delicate little yellow wart a Starting
with this principle, some shrewd Yan
kees have marie their pumpkin farina i
valuable.
After the melons get good-sized and '
prove that they will lie fine ones the
farmers go into the patch and with a
' oharp stick scar them so that when
they are ready for market their happy
faces bear, in worda of warts, tegeudh
| like theae: "Eat me at Bmith's;" SmMi
will make pies of me soon;" "Hrown'e
1 pies are the beet;" "Jones' pies are de
licious!" "You can eat me inside."
| The wily farmer hauls three warty
fellowe to market, and, calling Smith,
Jones and Browa from their respective
restaurant a, shows IU at range freak of
i nature. Of course a aale Is made on
eight, end the pumpkin lieaat the front
of the reetaurant for a few day« to ae-
I tontoh pa«eers-by until it must be made
into pies to save it. Then the fanner
{Hscovera another freak pumpkin, Itllt
pbly marked, to replace it. Fancy
prices are to be paid for these pump
kins, and stony patcbee that woukl
never pay taxes in any other crop pro
duce wealth in pumpkins.
Press Afar.
Professional Jokist (toeditor) —Here
is a fine joke. I've brought it *ll the
way from 'Frisco.
Kditor (reading It) —Ahem! That'*
the trouble with it. It'a too far fetched.
—To Date. (
NEGLECT MEANS DANGER'
Don't neglect biliousness and consti
pation.' Yout health will suffer penna-
I nently if you do. DeWitt's Little Early
| Risers cure such case*. M. B. Smith,
' Butternut. Mich., says "DeWitt's Little
Early Risers are the most satisfactory
pills I ever took. Never grip* or cause
nansea.
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money to TOO. See their edit Misihttlt
clacwncrc in Utk pajer.
DUEL IN THE ROAD.
Two Men Mortally Wounded in Con
sequence ol an Elope rreit!.
As the result of a shooting affair
which occurred near Ta; i>oro cotton
mills about five o'clock Saturday
afternoon two white men—Rube
Robeison and William llurrough—
are lying mortally wounded in the
hospital here. Burroughs, who is
a married man, attempted to elope
with RobcrronV f^'er -in-law.
Whin o\e..akt.s by the latter lie
opened fire and several shots wee
exchanged. Rol erson was shot in
the stomach, with a revolver.
Burroughs' face was terribly muti
lated by a dicliargc from a shot
gun.
WAR TAXES WIPED OUT
The President Signs the Bill Re
pealing the Taxes.
President Roosevelt - Saturday
morning signed the h "1 repealing
the war revenue tuxes The bill
iff. at the beginning of
the ntv fiscal vea:; July i.
Acco"■-'.ir.g 1 :•> 'V t •'' ;rtate of mem
bers of CoTtg-wsb ■ ' w . ! wir»
out about f»» -t-.'y n. '.'"it dollars
of revenue en:ii vt flu-. Ing the
surplus that mr.qh. The su-plus
this ft - *al yrar fmrN's to l>e
about ftjo.ovv.orio. This would
leave an annual str n'.c ; of rn«iOi',y
Jjo.ooo.oco, U!ij'" i -oo'ty
measures or otlu-r ci'tv- s should
materially reduce tho c -t« ins re
ceipts and run the er.'T-e account
close to that of the ;::c v. The
pen with which he - «:•' ' the t ill
was given to Reprr-ert' • R '•
holdt of -Missouri, w lin - • the
measure a popu'ar r : r l V . J y
one.—Raleigh Post.
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TO TELL GOOD f'^ARS.
Judges of Ttae'r I r? rr!nts Few
and Far Bt.w«n.
__3o>e-ju«lgcs"of y'F'i 11 ■ :t tll s_
country are few and fo i • -'m,
says' an expert. !' • . ' F. iH
ty w"• ii the people w'.io • • •:,. t*i •
know cigars is that tli ' o
much stress on the r . »if ";e
w «d. The color mnk.' * r t the
s" gh'ttsl difference. a:vl ; r \ : e
\>+>t ris likely t > find r ■ .
l- 1 r.i nt '..i
-v~ : • \ ; •»
"'• ' 1 '
: « 1
he in
i
•fend • i . • >
r• >" F . ' ' *
and c* •' r r
to thee?r *"-• - r-s ' 'v. 'i ; ■"!
were pie-- v ' z'
ware. The i)es». c'gsrs a » rr.rda r '
the same leaf as the c-dj
are closely rolled. The cri3in; r n
cigars are what is known as filled !
and contain *ll kli'.'.ls of ref;>s from !
the tables where the j.o«.d cig'.ra
are madf. There are s - tr.e filitd
cigars that are gocd mv V-i
you seldom fit.d *a Ha ..si- : a
Manila or go-■T C it. n' K• •V'
somke that is iK'r ! • • •>!' rv"
jieople who go in' a ;.a •
get an imp'jrted sin _- do r.ot fol
low up the sal- ninn \vi ■ n he tal - -
the cigars from the t 1 a e
consequt ntly « r un f. Ud. Th* v
are given dome -' ic b and« and a:o
charged impor'.td pr : c - for il-em.
These "goo.l t ;a.' j.' c.»n
not tell the d.ffi ence i:i . .e w .r. 1.
If you*-J#Hist have an im; .>."..-d
smoke, make the tlerk hand you
the box and look closety at the
re\enue stamp. The Hcmj I on
domestic goods are green and white,
while those on the im,-* '.ed boxes
are all yellow and white. Look in
to the next cigar cans yoti see l»e
--fore purchasing'an import'd c.garl
If they have no boxes in tie c;ue
to which i :at* i bed a \ el' .w and
white stairpl u ' t ii.jj :.. n r.ke
a pu.eha-e. 'i l.e iW.k w >li mll
you ycigar he >• ls in rit d, but
it will not be" the teai aiUele. —
Washington Post,
. _ • i —. — -
IF YOU WILL PUT iSXSS'.IZiS SBttS»
vttfc tkla (argto jow throat often it will quickly cur* • 8or» Throat.
Keep this
fact always fresh in your memory:—
For Cots, Mashes and all Open Sores, you ;
need only to apply
j sf|exican ff|ustan£ \ j
! a few times and the soreness ami inflammation will j
be conquered and the wounded flesh healed. t
' To get the best results you should saturate a pieao
of soft cloth with the liniment and bind it upon the
wound as you would a jKiultice.
2ftc., 50c. ud SI.OO m bottle.
KEEP AN EYE ON 82!55?
DLMMM wnoag your (o«U UM Htilou Hmtaa| Uilawt.
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NOTICE! NOTICE!
I
I shall sell for Cash Before the Court House Door, in Williamston, on
: Monday, the sth day of May, 1902, the following tracts of land for the
1 Taxes due and unpaid for the yetr 1901, to wit:
JAMKSVILLK TOWNSHIP TAXKS. COST. TOTAL
Mrs. J. J. lleuibridge, 75 acres adjoining G. Harilison $ 50 F 110 F1 60
11. 11. Davis, 50 " " l'oplar Chapel 133 \ 110 1 43
T. 11. Davis, 50 " " J. P. Holliday, 67 1 10 1 77
f John Brick Boston, iij " " Resilience, 546 110 656
Amanda Cordon, 15 " J " Residence, 100 Ila JlO
Susan Pagan, 15 " " Astoria 1 ,
! " " g' " " J.W. Warrington j 67 — 110 177
J. C. Jordan, Sr., C 01 .16 " " W. I). Cordon, Jo 1 10 130
lvlward Moore 10 " " Heedy Smith, 53 I 10 163
Anna Moore 8 " " Residence 45 1 10 155
Green Pettiford 7 " " Prank Brooks 217 1 10 3 27,
; Peter Pettiford 2 " " " 33 110 . 143
W. M. Robersoti 1-4 " " Jamesville 251 1,0 261
David Sherrod 30 " "Residence 36 1 10 1 46
. OR IP PINS TOWNSHIP.
Baltimore &N. C. hand a Lnmber Co, Timber, 200 I 10 3 L>»
R. T. D. Lilley 150 acres, Residence, 200 1 10 3 10
H. T. Woolard 50 " adj Smith Corey 67 1 10 1 77
J. B. Woolard 50 " " Wilkin* Land 33 110 143
CROSS ROADS TOWNSHIP.
J. R. Pender 1 town lot P.veretts, N. C. 1 00 1 10 2 10
John H. Whitaker 62 acres adj J. A. Crisp 345 1 10 455
Mazella Keeton 5 " " J. D. Simpson 33 I 10 143
Charley l/ong 17 " " S. P. Moore 269 I 10 379
ROBKRSONVII.LK TOWNSHIP
W. M. Ruhanki 1 town lot 5 01 1 10 6 ir
Dawson flyman 1 town lot 20 I 10 1 30
j Tahitha Mathews 140 acres adj. J. C. Andrews \
•• 40 " "J. M. McMatthews / 333 110 443
|T. S. Stalls 1-2 acre adj. Still site 580 ""» *> 9"
! Susan Wiggans 1 town lot 67 1 10 I 77
Justus Kverett, col., 1 town lot 2 49 1 10 3 59
• Moses Jones 1 town lot 2 83 1 10 3 93
Quince Moore 1 town lit 3 33 1 IO 4 43
B. E. Strcwd 1 town lot : 2 50 1 10 3
POPLAR POINT TOWNSHIP
P. O. Riddkk 73 acres Allsbrook I .anil 2 33 I 10 3 43
J, B. Stevenson 54 " adj. G. W. Moore 1 73 • 10 3 83
Jordan Williams 10 1-2 acres adj. J. R. Ballard 3 10 I :o 4 x>
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP.
W. B. Council 18 arces adj. Griffin Land 107 1 10 2 17
Elward Cherry 100 " " John Best 233 1 10 343
Thos. Freeman, Guard, 150 acres adj. Johnson I/d )
'• " " 100 " " Crisp Land J8 00 110 910
B. G. Howell 2 town lots and mill lot , 633 Ijo 743
S. G- Taylor 63 acres adj. Nicholson Land 333 110 443
Mrs. H. D. Taylor acres adj. H I). Taylor
Win. Berge 1 town lot "J 66 \i 10 176
Collin Dickens 31 acres adj. S. W. O. , 34° V IO 45°
Reuben Dixon 10 acres adj. R. S. Wheatliersby 270 110 380
Webster S- Williams 1 town lot j 268 110 378 ,
GOOSK NEST TOWNSHIP ,
Charles Benthaul 1 townllott t 84 110 194
J. J. Bowers 61 acres adj. J-.rL- Bowers 160 110 270
James Curry 33 acres adj. Henry Kite 113 110 223
Billey Dawson 28 " " Carson Land 475 110 5 8 5
W. A. llaislip's Heirs 898 acres adj A. Haislip 21 33 110 22 43
G. W. Haward, Guard, 39 " " Dick Jones )
■ " 1 ** "' 1 **' 115 '• J 9f' Ceo. " f 76 Ito >B6
B. G. Howell 'sl " "F. Taylor Land i 36 110 i 56
Ed. Shields 30 " Baker 100 110 210
Satterwhite Heirs 25 " Land 50 '«o 160
H. L. Staton 175 " Eli Michel Land 467 110 577
W. W. Parker & Co. 2«6 " Ben Harrell 533 1 lo » 6 43
WILLIAMSTON TOWNSHIP.
Abner Bennett 80 acres adj. J. G. Staton 4 37 ' 'o 5 47
Majoj Latham 11 " " S. R. Moblejr *37 ! 110 **7
This April sr*. 1902. , -
J. C. CRAWFORD, SHERIFF MARTIN COUNTY,
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: f i.oo A YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES PIVE CENTS EACH