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DIRECTORY
H Towi Officers
Mayor—Joshua L. Kwell.
Commissioner*—A. Anderson, N. S.
Peel, W. A. Riliaon. j. D. Leggett, C. H.
Godwin.
Street Commissioner—J. I). UgKtt.
Clerk—C. H. Godwin
Treasurer —N. S. Peel.
Attorney—Wheeler Martin.
Chief of Police—]. H. Page.
Lodges
Skewarkee Lodge, No' 90, A. F and A.
M. Regular meeting every md and 4th
Tuesday nights.
Roanoke Camp, No. 107, Woodmen of
the World. Regular meeting every and
last Friday nights.
Church of the Advent
Services on the second Sun
days of the month,morning and evening,
and on the Saturdays (5p.m.) before,
and on Mondays (9a. in.) after said Sun
days of thejpouth. All are cordially in
vited, B. S. LASSITKR, Rector.
Methodist Cflurch
Rev. B. R. Roae, the Methodist Pas
tor, has the following appointments.
Every Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and
night at 7 o'clock respectively, except
the second Sunday. Sunday School
every Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock.
Prayer-meeting every Wednesday even
ing at 1 o'clock. Holly Springs 3rd
Sunday evening at 3 o'clock; Vernon ist
Sunday evening at 3 o'clock; Hamilton
»nd Sun.lay, morning and night; Hasaells
and Sunday at $ o'clock. A cordial in
vitation to all to attend these services'
Baptist Church
_ Preaching on the Ist, and and 4th Sun
days at 11 a. m„ and 7:30 p. m. Prayer
meeting every Thursday night at 7:30
Sunday School every Sunday morning at
9:30. J. D. Biggs, Superintendent.
The pastor preaches at Hamilton on the
3rd Sunday in each month, at 11 a. m.
and 7:30 p.m., and at Riddick'* Grove
on Saturday before every Ist Sunday at 11
a. tn . and on the ist Sunday at t p. m.
Slade School House on the and Sunday
at 3 p. m , and the Biggs' School House
on the 4th Sunday at 3 p. m. Everybody
cordially invited.
R D. CxaaoLt.. Pastor.
SKEWARKEE tL
LODGE
No. 90, A. P. kA. M. AnJJA
DiaKCToav Foa 1905.
S. S. Brown, W. M.; W.CManuing.S.
W.; MC. G. Taylor, I. W.; T. W. Thorn
as, S. D.; A. F. Taylor, J.D; S. R. Biggs,
Secretary; C. D. Carstarphen, Treasurer;
A. E.Whitmore and T.C.Cook, Stewards;
R. W. Clary, Tiler.
STANDING COMMITTERS:
CHAaiTV —S. S. Brown, W. C. Man
ning, Mc. G.Taylor.
FINANCE— Jos. D. Biggs. W. 11. Har
ell, R. J. I'.-el.
RKKKHKNCK W. 11. Edwards, W. M.
Green, F. K. Hodges. i;?
ASYLUM— H. W. Slubbs, W. H. RoV
ertsoa, H. D. C >ok.
MAE.SHAUI.~ I. H. Hatton.
Professional Cards.
Dk.JOHN D. BIGGS
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ATTORWBV AT LAW
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Office: Wheeler Martin's office.
'Phone, 23.
WILLI AMSTON, N. C.
Francis I>. winrtan a. JM>i Rrrrrtl
WINSTON & GVERBTT
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
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Bank Building, Williamston, N. C.
S. ATWOOD NEWELL
LAWYER
Office up stairs ia New Bank BAILD-
N. WL HAND side, top of steps.
TILLIAMSTON. K C.
tm I'laillu. wherever seivkas are desire*
Speeial atteniioa fires to eaamialag aad swk
•I title fur parefcasen ot Ussbcr aad timber
lands
Spteisl sltentioa win be fivea to teal estate
emcbaaccs. II yoa wtah la bay or sell land 1
aa beipyua. na„ WIOWUT4-
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The Army Canteen.
You, who raise so much disturb
ance because a soldier takes
a drink,
Kindly listen for a moment while I
tell you what I think.
I will not attempt to dictate what
yonr daily lives shall be,
But in favor of your canteen, I
will make a vigorous plea.
I have heard some women argue
that a canteen they dislike,
It is the one a soldier carries when
he goes upon a "hike?"
They imagined that he used it for
a "grower"—what a joke!
They must think the average sol
dier is a good-for-nothing
"soak."
I don't say all you people were as
ignoraut as that
But I am satisfied that none of you
had it figured out quite
"pat."
Hod you studied up the question,
I believe vou would have
learned
That the good old canteen system
was best for all concerned.
But alas! You all have blundered,
which you people often do.
Wheu you try to preach to others,
who are just as good as vou,
For the canteen yov've abolished
was a small department
store.
Where we bought what we need
ed and nothing more.
There they kept a line of notions,
which was well worth look
ing at,
Also candies, fruits, tobacco, tem
perance drinks, and such as
that,
But the only liquors, handled in
this place were beer and
wine.
And whatever that canteeu sold us
We were sure was superfine
With the profits we could purchase
things to help improve our
mess,
And maintain a well kept club
room, where we spent our
hours of rest,
Then for davs and weeks some sol
r:' diers would not go to town
at all.
For we had our pleasure handy
where we never missed a
call. 1
If one 1; ippened to get thirsty, he
could take a glass of beer,
And go on about his duty with no
one to interfere,
If, perchance, he drank too freely
and became a little drunk,
Comrades took him to his quarters
and placed him on his bunk
Yes, the cauteen was a blessing to
the soldie' and his friends.
But vou have taken it from us and
have made no amends.
We must now go to the city, if we
want to spend our "dough,"
Where they sell us rot-gut whiskey
and make a oublic show.
Not because a soldier "boozes"
more than most civilians do
But because he is more noticed in
his uniform of blue.
For some gossiping civilians watch
a soldier like a hawk,
And it seems that they are always
looking for a chance to make
■* a talk.
But a soldier is a human (you will
agree with me, I think).
And 'tis human nature for the
average man to drink,
When you try to keep him from it,
your time is thrown away.
If he wants it, he will have it, if it
takes his whole months' pay.
So, my real kind Christian people,
though vou may have meant
all right,
You displayed a lack of judgement
when you made the canteen
fight.
If you'll stop to reason, you'll
have to all give in,
That the canteen was a blessing,
and you will vote it back
■gain.—A Soldier in Wil
mington Messenger.
AMSeari
Some day you will get a bad
scare, when you feel a pain in vour
bowels, and fear appendicitis.
Safety lies in Dr. King's New Life
Pills, a sure core, for all bowel
and stomach diseases, such as bead
ache, biliousness, costivness, etc.
Guaranteed at S. R. Biggs drug
sto:e only 25c. Try them.
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HERMAN BAUMGARTEM.
The Engraver of Confederate
Seals.
Hermon Bantngarten, the official
seal maker for the Southern Con
federacy, died in this city last week.
He used to sav that he had made
every seal used by the Confederate
government, and that he was reg
ually employed for that purpose.
It was in the spring of 1861 that,
at the solicitation of Senator Ben
jamin, he joined fortunes with the
Confederacy.
"I first went to Montgomery,
Ala., which was then the Feat of
government," said Mr. Baumgar
ten "I was armed with letters of
introduction t? Alexander H.
Stephens, who immediately offered
me a good salary, which I declined
agreeing to do all the work—en
graving— at a price to be set by
myself. My offer was accepted,
and I at once set to work engrav
ing the great seal. 1
While at Montgomery I practi
cally completed engraving all the
seals for the different departments
of the government. I secured the
services of two experienced engra
vers from New Orleans, but after
working two weeks, and earning
(Soo each, they threw up their jobs
and left. I had only worked six
weeks when I sent for my wife and
child, and I was able to put $2,-
200 in ray wife's hands when she
reached me.
When the seat of government
was moved from Montgomery to
Richmond I accompanied the offi
cials, traveling on the special train.
Immediately after reaching Rich
mond, I set about establishing a
plant and soon had quite a shop.
After finishing the seals I set about
preparing to make designs for
stamps and money on wood plates.
EventnaMy ateel plates were obtain
ed and beautiful specimens of the
engraver's art were turned out,
equaling the best work of today."
Mr. Baumgarten ran the block
ade in the closing days of the
Juggle. In the latter two years
of the war the subject of erecting
mints for the coinage of silver and
gold was discussed, aud Baumgar
ten was sent to Eugland to make
the necessary arrangements for
doing this. He was furnished with
credentials to persons iu Eugland
and drafts on the London fiscal
agent of the Confederate States
amounting to more than 2,000,000
pounds, with which to purchase
machinery.
He went from Richmond to Wil
mington. where the start to run
the blockade was to be made.
Presenting his credentials to the
officer in charge of the port, h
was put aboard a blockade runner
due to get out at the first favorable
opportunity.
After waiting an entire day, Mr.
Baumgarten approached the cap
tain and asked the reason for the
delay. The captain handed him 0
pair ot marine glasses and told him
to take a look. The glasses reveal
ed fourteen Yankee gunboats lyinj
off the harbor in semi-circle.
"Do you think vou'd try to get
through that?" asked the captain
"We can only go under the most
favorable condition, and I am
ready, rather than be captured, to
blow up the ship and all dn board
The vessel had a cargo of cotton,
and most of the bales were ranged
upon the decks along the rails,
fastened together with chains and
forming a bulwark about the height
of a man's head, being a splendid
protection against a cannon shot
Mr. Baumgarten was led to a spot
immediately over the forecastle.
There the captain, lifting a tarpau
lin which covered the deck, dis
played to the astonished gaze of
Mr. Baumgarten about six bushels
of coarse gunpowder, which the
captain said was to be used in
"Mowing everybody to hell if cap
tnre seemed inevitable."
At midnight the blockade run
ner started. Bermuda was reach
ed safely, Tiut Mr. Baumgarten had
to wait there for two weeks to get
a vessel to Liverpool, and thisdelav
proved disastrous to him in a finan
cial way.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 16. 1905.
An eventful voyage brought him
to London. There he presented
his ctedeutials and drafts and
sought to get down to business at
once. The fiscal agent, however,
was out of funds, and handing him
200 pounds iu gold as pocket
money directed him to put up at
the Queen hotel, where all his ex
penses, would be paid until news
could be received from Richmond,
What the fiscal agent next heard
from Richmond was the news of
the downfall of the Confederacy.
This left the fiscal ageut and Mr.
Baumgarten iu the lurch, but Mr.
Baumgarten was provided with a
ticket to Paris and a letter of in
troduction to Mr. Slidell, then rep
resenting the Confederate govern
ment at the French capital. Mr.
Slidell took care of him until the
Presideut issued the amnesty proc
lamation, wheu he pulled out for
home.
"I got here in time," said Mr.
Baumgarten, "to be arrested on an
average of six times a day, aud if
I had arrived two weeks sooner I
suppose I would have lieen torn to
pieces.''—Washington Correspon
dence New York Sun.
Jewels Seven Thousand
Years Old.
In writing of his remarkable dis
coveries in the ruins of the temples
at Susa, the ancient capital of Per
sia, Jacques De Morgan tells of the
marvels of jewelry examples ever
known of that country:
' The jewels of gold and silver
which we now possess," he savs,
"are the first of those countries
and those ages which have come
down in our day. In this they
present a great interest. Unfortu
nately, it is not possible to assign
a precise date to each of them. As
the cylinders aud the seals which
form a part of the fuuds belong to
I altf-atiods fronrtlie fortieth or fif
tieth century B. C. down lo the
date of the foundation, so it i with
the jewels. There are some of
every age. The rings of filagree
work and the sceptre with the
liou'v head seem to lie more recent
than the statuettes of gold and sil
ver, which have a frankly archaic
appearance, but one cannot lie sure
of this appreciation. Have we not
lieen surprised by finding rings
wliich. if their origin had not lieen
certain, would be attributed by
the most acute connoisseurs to the
Greek or Rstrucan epochs ?
"Befoie my discoveries at Dash
ur, we knew nothing of Egyptian
jewelry. The o|>cning of the tombs
of the princes of the twelfth dy
nasty was a revelation. It is the
same now as regards Elam; but
while in the case of Dashur we
were dealing with objects of ascer
tained age, here we can only fix a
minimum limit to the antiquity,
ind this limit is the twelfth cen
tury B. C." —Harper's Maga/.iue.
A Smart Puppy.
In a town where I once lived
vas a little puppy owned by a Mr.
Meal. This little dog went to mar
ket for his mistress. She would
ive him a basket and put a note
in it for the owner of the beef mar
ket, telling him what she wanted
The dog would trot down the
street straight to the market, hold
ing the basket handle in his mouth.
When the man gave him the beef
ind he started home, no other dog
was allowed to touch it. He
would fight so bravely for it that a
dog twice as large as he was would
uot venture to rol> him of his bas
ket.
He was so used to going for
lieef that if he was just walking
around anywhere and a person
would let him have a basket he
would run off to the market —
Alma Holland.
It is no secret, that for Cuts,
Burns, Ulcers, Fever Sores, Sore
eves, Boils, etc.,, nothing is so eff
ective as Bucklens Arnica Salve
"It didn't take long to cure a
bad sore I had, and it is all O. K.
for sor eeyes," writes D. L. Greg
ory of Hope, Tex. 25c. at S. R.
Biggs drug store.
No Sicrit Akoit It
A Man, a Horse and a Woman.
For generations man has been
accustomed to concede the prize of
beauty to woman—possibly because
he conceded her little else. But it
was not always so; ancient art
which is still held superior to ours
insisted that the beauty of the male
in the human exceeded that of the
fem lie as in all other auimals.
Next came the Christian view
thai the beauty of the woman was
the devil's snare uy which man fell
once and must con inue to fall till
the end—not only a delusion, but
an ever-present danger from which
saints must llee and of which all
men must liew.ire. After this we
have the feudal estimate —that
woman was to be worshipped, but
taught her place—a place coi rectly
estimated in a late judgement de
livered by the San Franciscb Call.
"The horse shares with woman
the gift of greatest animal physical
beauty, and the classification does
the lady no discredit. As for man
his partner in pulchritude is away
down the line, probably a mule
and 111 ay lie a burro. The horse
ranks high in our admiration and
appreciation, not alone because he
is handsome, but because he is pa
tient, agile and useful.
So Tennyson: "A brute better
than his dog—a brute lietter dearer
than his horse. How can patience
agility and usefulness increase our
admiration for beauty? Have we
here a hint that beauty is ouly
commendab'e when coupled with
docility and a threat that we will
not value good looks if unaccom
panied by other qualities.
The European critics have said
that America is owned by her wom
en and children —is there rising a
cyclone of protest against the soft
impeachment that will sweep wo
man back to her old moorings?
Haven't we seen all bonds break
like flax under fire, and is not the
first of these causes the conclusion
that woman is "equal?" When
the first rebellion is successful have
others followed iu its train, and so
the man has superiors in the kitch
en as well as in the parloi?—Tillies
Union.
How to Test Amusements.
The Rev. T. K. Beecher has
said that amusements may lie ac
curately tested by a few simple
questions:
"Are they costly? Young peo
ple should be thrifty—saving up
something for a good start. Amuse
ments that use up what should lie
savings are evil.
"Are they refreshing? The
amusement that makes yott feel
less able to go 011 with your work
is badly chosen.
"Are they healthful? If, after
any of them, you have a headache,
backache, cold, or a restless appe
tite—the amusement was evil. Avoid
it. ■ , '
"Are they pure? Purity is u
matter of thought quite as much
as act. To the pure all things art
pure. But, alas? "Few men are
pure. And plays that are innocent
as the frolic of lambs become to
some persons stimulants of evil and
unspeakable thoughts. Beware
of those plays.
•'Are they well earned? ExcePt
a man work, neither shall he-play.
All plays are wicked for a lazy,
idle man. Only the industrious
can safely amuse themselves in any
way."
To these questions another may
be added: Is their influence good?
Any form of amusement which
tends toward evil, or is surrounded
by evil associations, should bi
avoided like a contagious disease.
—Michigan Advocate.
All old time cough syrups were
designed to treat throat, lung and
bronchial affections without due re
gard for the stomach aud bowels,
hence most of them produce con
stipation. Bee's, the original
Laxative Honey and Tar, gently
moves the bowels and cures all
coughs, colds, croup, etc. Bee's
Laxative Honey and Tar is the
original Laxative Cough Syrup.
Look for the letter B in red on
every package. "Sold by All
Dealers.''
A Soft Answer.
Recently an old pastor, whose
years of experience were many,
was talking with a younger man
just in bis first past.>: ate. The
younger pastor was having some
little trouble in managing folks.
Without entering iu'o any detail*
the older pastor gave it as his
judgment that no one was obliged
to fight alt who opposed him. It
was far Utter not to see that peo
ple opposed, bumming up his own
experience, the older pastor testi
fied that a soft answer did turn
away wrath, for lie had tried it
many times, and had nut found it
to fail.
It is a lesson we all neetl to
learn Children seem instinctive
ly to fight back, or at leust to talk
back. We must have the last
word to save our honor, aud give
as good as we get. The least show
of opposition or anger is a signal
or an outburst on our part. But
it is a vtry bad instinct, for it gi«£s
no satisfaction to us.
The best policy, if no other
higher motive controls, is rtot to
meet anger with anger, or sharp
words with sharp words, for we are
likely to lie put at a disadvantage,
and in addition we stir up further
strife instead of stopping it. In
most cases our friends, or even our
eueinies, are hasty in their anger
or their opposition, and if they
don't say so much as to make them
too proud to stop, they will usually
yield and be glad to have their in
discretion overlooked. When we
go in to resisting by words as angry
and ill-advised we make the recon
ciliation muchhardei. Not seldom
ilso, we beat the other party at
their own game, and get to be the
chief offender,
The remedy is in learning to
give the soft answer. To do this
we must learn the lesson of self
control. However hot our wrath
tnay burn, we must not let. our lij>s
express. Instead, our first words
at least must be the well consider
ed words of the one who wishes to
avoid strife. A few experiments
will convince you that the Wise
Man knew what he was about
when he recommenoed the soft
answer to turu away wrath. —E*r
"Thank You."
Little Jack was only four years
old, and a great pet of his Aunt
Ruth, on account of liis sweet, af
fectionate ways. One day his
cousin a boy of sixteen, set Jack
to work for him. He told him to
pull up some weeds in the gar
den while he finished his story.
Little lack worked away until his
fingers were sore, and his face was
very hot. When at length he re
turned to the house his aunt said
to him "Jackie, what have yon
l»een doing?"
The tears came into his eyes, and
his lips quivered, and for a mo
ment he did not speak. Then he
said: " I've l>een kind to Cousin
Frank, I worked dreflly liard foi
him, and he never said 'thank you'
to me."
Poor little Jackie! I feltsosorrj
for him. It was hard lines not to
have a word of thanks after all his
hard work. But that night when
I put him in his little cot he
said to me: "Auntie, this morn
ing I was sorry I pulled the weeds
but now I'm not sorry.
"Howisthat?" I asked. "Has
Cousin Prank thanked you?"
"No, he hasn't; but insideof me I
have a good feeling. It always
comes when I've been kind to any
one, and do you know, I've found
out what it is?"
"What is it, darling" I asked.
Throwing his arms around my
neck, he whispered: "It's God's
thank you."—Zion's Watchman.
The original is always the best
—imitations are cheap. Bee's
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original Laxative Cough Syrup.
It is different frohi all others —it is
better than all others, because it
cures all coughs an 1 colds and
leaves the system stronger than be
fore. The letter B in red is 011
every package. "Sold by All
1 Dealers."
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