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. DIRECTORY
Tm Oflkm
Mayor—B. F. Godwin.
Cemnii**ioa«r» A. Acdenoa. N. S.
Peel, W A. KUiaou. J. D. beggett, C- H.
Godwia.
.. Street Commiaslnacr J. Du UffitL
Clark—C. H. Godwia.
Tressurar—N. 8. Peel.
Attorney—Wheeler Martin.
Chief of Police—J. H. Fane.
UdCCS
SkewarkM Lodge. No. 90. A. P aad A.
M. Regular nmrtlng iwq aad aad 4th
Tuesday nights.
Roanoke Camp. ](a 107. Voodaea of
Che World. Regular meeting every aad
last Friday sights.
Ckird •( the A4veat
Services oa tka secoad sad fifth Sun
days of the ax>ath,morniag aad maiag.
aad oa the Saturdays (Sfa.) below,
aadoa Mondays (9a. m.) sftrrsaidSaa
| days of the month. All are cordially in
vited. B. S. Lassma. Rectos.
Methodist CRRTCR
Rev. E. R. ROM. the Methodist Pas
tor, has the following sppouataaeat*.
Beery Sunday moraiug at 11 o'clock aad
night at 7 c'clock respectively. tnu|>
the secoad Sunday. Suaday School
every Suuilav morning at o'clock.
Prayer-meeting every Wednesday even
lag at 1 o'clock. Holly dsprings yd
Sunday evening at 3 o'clock: Vsnasa Ist
Sunday evening at) o'clock; Hanillis
n»d Sunday, morning aad eight; llamrlli
aad Sunday at J o'clock. A cordial in
vitation to all to attend tkese scrrkas
Baptist Charck
QPreacking on the iU. aad aad 4th Sun
days at tl a. m.. and 7:30 p. m. Pinyst
meeting every Thursday night M 7:Jo
Sunday School every Soaday moraing at
9:30. J. D. Biggs. Snperiatcadeat
The psstor preaches at Hsarißna oa the
3rd Sunday ta each moath. at II a. m.
and T-yo p. m.. aad at Riddick's Grove
on Saturdsv before every istSaaday at 11
a. m.. and' oa the Ist Saadsy at *p. m.
Slade School Hoase oa the Md gaaday
at 3 p. m . and the Biggs' School Hoase
oa the 4th Suaday st 3 p. m. Everybody
cordially invited.
R. D. Caaamj,. Pastor.
SKEWARKEE JL
LODGE
N«.M,A.P.|A.L MJA
Dinacroav Fon 1905.
S. 8. Brown, W. M.; W.C.Mann tag, S
W.; Mc. G. Taylor. I. W.; T. W. Wa
aa, S. D.; A. P. Taylor. J.D; S. R. Biggs.
Secretary; C. D. Carstarphen, Treasurer:
A. R.Whit more sad T.C-Cook, Stewards.
R. W. Oary, Tiler.
STANDING COMMITTHKS:
CHARITY— B. S. Brown. W. C. Man
ning, Mc. G.Taylor.
PIBABCX—Jaa. D. Biggs. W. H. Har
ell, R. J. PisL
RKFKHKNCR —W. H. 8d wards, W. M.
Green. P. K. Ho>W«
"" Aivuw—H. W. Stubbs, W. H. Rob
ertson, H. D. Cook.
Maaawau*—l. H. Hattoa.
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Professional Cards.
DR J- A. WHITE.
DENTIST
Owrica— MAlM STBSST
Paom 9
I will be in Plymouth the first week in
each month.
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PHYSICIANS
I AND SURGEONS
OPPICR|IN
' BIGGS' O«UG STORK
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AND SURGEON
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BURROUS A CRITCHER,
ATTCLMRY AT LAW
Office: Whuder Martin's office.
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WILI.IAMSTON. N. C.
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WINSTON fit EVERETT
ATTORKRVS AT LAW
Bank Building, Williamson, N.C.
s. ATWOOD NEWELL
LAWYER
OSee an Mh ta KnlukMU.
- tas. left htsdaMs. tap sftaepa
SIIXIAMBTDR N a
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: PLAYER. J
"Ok. Daa Basillo. do play aa a tune
apii the wwii. so that wa can kara
a daaaa."
"Tea. jraa. Doa BaalUo! Do play tha
TIM OM WE L^TD.
"1 really cannot." he Mid gravely.
TVs. anltctag the disappointed faces
aboat klna. he addad: "1 will Ml yon
why I aaaaot play aay longer, if yon
„ There was aa appreciative murmur
of ■—at. aad tha old man. pausing
oaly to Ugkt a freah cigarette, began
hla story:
"It la MM years now sinoe tha
aim war broke oat la Spain. I had
a (Mead, formerly a lieutenant la tha
Mi* battalioa aa myself. Wa had
Anghl many a fierce battle aide by
•Me. bat at the time I speak of Ram
aa. the laaooent victim of aa act ot
Motor Injustice, had determlaed to
■sparati from the party with which 1
Sought aad >oin tha enemy. He was
a high-spirited lad aad rowed ka
won Id kill the ootoael, who had la
aalted him. V
It waa about mldaight when Ram
as catered the tent and aroused ma
- •Basillo.' ke wklkpered. 'Ustsa.'
be ooatlaned. as I half rose from tka
kad waare I waa lying, "should wa
meet oa tka field tomorrow, for I am
em tain there will ka a fight—'
"Tan. yea." I cried, 'I understand.
We will salute one another aad pass
"If we both survive, let aa meet
at the St Nicholas Asylnm at 1
attack tomorrow night. If either
does not come tke other will know ke
has follaa.'
''"Agreed.* I answered. 'Farewell.'
"Ramoa vanished In the darkness of
toe night.
"Aa we expected, the Insurgents
nttacked as on tke following day. The
fightiag was fisroa. t saw Ramoa
oar*: ke was wearing ths Car list cap
aad waa already a combatant
Toward the sad of the fight I waa
takea prflkmer. At 1 o'clock, tke
hour of my appointment with Ramoa.
I waa confined la a ceil ot tha prima
of a small town occupied by tke
Cart lata.
T asked after my friends, and. to
my horror, waa told that he had tm
dnabtadty been killed. aS he had not
haea seaa since tha battle. 1 leave
yea to gaees how I suffered that night
Only oae gleam of hope remained—
that Ramoa was watting for me in the
aay lam of St. Nicholas and this wss
tha raaaoa that ha had not returned
to the Insurgent camp.
"to the early morning aa army
ehaplala entered my cell.
""Ah. death!' I exclaimed.
"Tea." ke answered, gently.
-•At oaceT
"No bat within three hours."
"Aad yon were a musician. Daa
Bastlio. were you not?" asked one of
his auditors. "Is that how you were
saved?"
"No." answered the old veteran. T
was aot a musician. I scarcely un
derstood a note of music.
"At tha end of three hours I was
marched with my companions to the
place of execution. The square was
formed aad we ware placed in the
aUddta. My nsmber was 10; that is, I 1
waa tke tsath to die.
"Those volleys! I shall never forget
fham. Now they seemed a thousand
miles away, now so close they seemed
to have been fired at me.
"Tt must be my turn now,* t
thought. I
"1 felt something clutch me by the
sfeaaldera. There was a roar in my :
ears aad I foil forward, imagining I
waa (hot dead.
"The aaxt thing I knew I seemed to
ka lying oa my bed In the prison, aad
Ramoa. the friend whom I believed
dead, was beading over me.
" ""Ltatsa." said Ramon. 'I waited
for yoa at St. Nicholas. One O'clock.
X o'clock. I o'clock —still yon did not
aaaa. Surely, I thought you must be
dnd.
"* At last I left the asylum and rs
taia*d to the camp. They told me I
was ta time to sou a batch of prison
ers shot
"Suddenly the thought came to me,
suppoee Basillo was among them? I j
harried to the plasa, where the firing
had already begun.
"'At first I could see nothing. I '
was so distressed. Then I recognized
yoa. Two more sad then tt would be
pear tarn. I ran to the general: !
"' Not that awn!" I cried, pointing
ta Pna. v . J
"""Why?" asked the general kindly,
tar be kaew how I had fought during
ton battle. "la he a musician V
"""Tea." 1 replied, a fine ray of
taiga sgitaglng np. "He is a Oae mu
stctaa aad he plays a comet wooder
fnlly -
" "So yoa are ssfo. Basillo; hot can
yoa play the ooraetT*}'-
""Nat ta the. least' I replied; 1
dsa"t know oae note from another."
-■Gracious! aad the band ta which
pan are «u play moat he ready ta two
■ssts.' grossed Ramon
"IW two weeks my sola thought
was to tesru music. I spoke sad
thoaght of nothing else. And I learn
ed to play. ladead, I did, but It affect
ed ssy brain and I became almost
T ssalfi aot be separated a moment
tag say cornet Bat two years later,
whoa my frisad Roman dted. the grief
I talt for kim rsstored ay raaaoa. I
was aaaa sgsla. AB my knowledge
was aaaa sad tt aovar came back |
not ptay^tar^r^— »raß tha Span- (
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t mittmnt
WILLIAMSTON, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1905.
WAS WORTH WHILE
Tl« (trt k the sable tar warn la the
graekmsly attract IT* mood a femi
atae being alvtfi adopt* when la the
presence ot a mua relative of a
man ike chances to have her eye oa.
"Do you. know,** the said aa she
laaaed across the little table "I think
your brother la oae of the finest meat
Be to so—so thoughtful aad consider
ate. so differeat from the guaeral
"Do you think sot" politely Inquired
the yonag somas who wore the chin
chilla. aa tkougk it war* a aew view
of the aaaa. "How carious! I suppose
TOO MSB Jsob the girl* always do
wkaa they speak of my brother,
tkougk why tbey skoald Ignore old
Harry I never could see. Harry la
lots nova comfortable to kave
around."
"la hat" aaked tka girl ta sable with
(nkewarm interest. "But Jack "
"Just let ma aailgkten you about
Jack." said kis sister with emphasis.
*1 havent 'forgiven him for his last
trick and I dout think I shall Jack
la eternally bringing men home to
dinner who arw business acquaint
ances from oat ot town and they've
been tka worst lot of imposalblea
you ever could Imagine. Jack did
kave tke grace to apologise after the
filth oae for whom 1 had put oa my
freshest drees aad achieved a wonder
ful new style of halrdresalng and
wasted a whole afternoon preparing
for. He turned oat to have a scrub
by beard and wore a celluloid collar
aad talked—what do you suppose?
The market price ot hogs! And with
M sitting there tor him to look at.
J , ESmwh v
in w
too, and ke never blinked an eyelash
ta my direction all even in*! Jack said
ke knew It was pretty tough, but that
the man was one of their best cus
tomers. and he took me to the theatre
to soothe me.
"But yon cam M why I lost Inter
eat In Jack's mao. 80 when he Mid
Inat week that he'd have a man home
to dinner I didn't hear him He came
over and pulled down my book. 'l'm
going to brtng F*ul work home with me
tonight' he repeated.
"I replied that 1 certainly could hear
a voire like a metcaphoafW Wttf
back to my story I had learned bet
ter by experience than to wsste a min
ute over my beloved brother's busl
neea frlenda from oat of towq. We al
ways have a pretty good dinner, so
I didn't bother. Mather la away and
I'm running the houae. 1 told Delia
to net an extra place and promptly for
got the Impending catastrophe It
waa a snowy afternoon and I read
and forgot to drees till late, so I Just
slipped Into a hatefully homely old
ahlrt waist I'm trying to weir out
aid didn't bother to do my hair over.
I looked—well, I looked seedy. I re
membered about Fulwork when I wac
tying my neck ribbon, but I only
paused a second. What waa the use
of climbing Into pretty clothes for
another celluloid collar and scrubby
beardT It was a nuisance anyhow.
Jack might have taken him to the
dub. 1 didn't bother to Inspect the
dining room, for Delia always presents
• pretty good looking table and what
waa good enough for us waa good
enough for the man with the collar.
"Wen, Jack and Fulwork appeared
on time My dear, at the flrst glance
I felt Jnst as though sonje kind person
had batted me with a 500-pound dumb
bell and some other phllanthrophlc In
dividual had emptied a tfnk of lee
water down my neck. It was just aa
though 1 was being drowned—every
itrlap of jay discorded hair, each mla
st place in my waist flasned before
my agonised eyea, together with the
awful poaaibilltes out la the dining
room, for from the way Delia slam
; mod around I could tell it waa qne of
her off days. Fulwork waa—well at
first glance be looked like a combina
tion of one of the delightfully lmpos
. slble, polished, cultured cowboy bo
roes of the new plays nowadays and
a prince of some equally Impossible
kingdom. He waa the sort of a man
you meet about once in Ave years and
well. | had met him.
"Fulwork regaled us with tales of
Paris while Jack sawed away carving
tough beef; be mentioned his winter
down the Nile when the salad came
en with the lettuce forgotten and waa {
Just explaining how Turks prepare*
their delicious coffee when Delia slam-1
med down besMe him a cup of luke-1
warm tasteless stuff, spilling part of ■
It I Just twisted my feet around my
chair and grinned hysterically. It waa!
beyond words. A bed of needles and i
pins would have been comfort to what {
i I was undergoing And after dinner
I pleaded a raging headache and ee-j
. enped. And maybe I didn't take tt
out on Jaak afterwards!"
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THE \
NOMINATION
A LOST. J
"It puts mo la mind o' the time they
wanted to run 81aue Perktaa for Shar
if," said the stock teader. 'That
was aloag in the early daya, too. Wo
wasnt so rich them tlmoo accord ta'
to stertisttas o" production o* wealth
In tke gov'meat reports, bat more af
us had money In oar jeans. I notion.
We want *o cultured, maybe, tot a*
wa* mom sociable, 4$
"Well, tha old skertc, OoL Cabe.
resigned oa accou. l o' beta' shot up
In * DM* bv GoM r..«*h Wllaon. who
wa* killed at borax In rail o f 'M.
We kad to have a skerlff an' tke court
ho'-se crowd-decided they'd aom'nate
Jim Jim wa* n pretty good
maa, but he waa sort o' slow an' eaay
goto' an' wa* auspected 0° lean ID' to
shrep. Besides which. A 1 Cortwrlght.
wbo was backln' him. waa glttln' un
popular an* we didn't want to bare the
Republicans put Up a sheriff who'd
beat na. Bo when we met In conven
tion assembled Lou Barker gits up an'
aom'nate* Slade
"Well, the convention got on Its
hind legs an' howled for five mlnutem
Blsde was one o' the best men ever
come into thla section. He was a lit
tle man. but oh, my! Tough ss raw
hide. quick as a cat an', stout aa a
bull. Tbere never wa* a more cheer
ful loser or a harder drinker—when
be did drink. Aa' ke was llghtnln on
the shoot. Tended to hla own buai
neu, but took no bluff*.
"Well, Slade got up aa' thaaked us
for the honor, but respec'fnlly declin
ed. Al Cortwrlght, whod been look-
In' pretty flabbergasted, chirked up.
He wss too previous, though. The
convention wouldn't hear to any de
clining.
"i move we nominate Jim Cal
houn.' says Cortwrlght When bs'd fin
ished.
" "You set down. Al." says Grant Liv
ingston, who was chairman, poundln'
00 the table with ths butt of his gun.
" 'There's no mo '
"'Set down!' says Grant. 'Blade,' he
continues, addressln' Perkins, 'we all
would hate to see your prlvlt Intrusts
suffer, but public dooty Is public doo
ty. If your feller citterns call on yoa
It slnt your part as a publlc-sperrlt
ed citizen to flunk. An' 1 know yer
ain't going' ter do tt'
"The bowled agin. Slade
wa* the pop'lar choice, nil right. No
glttln' around that. They i-tamped an'
yelled an' yelled until flnly Slade glta
np.
"'Poller citizens.' be says. 'I thank
yon fer this flat rin' token o' your ap
preciation. If von Insist on nomernat
in' me. o" course I csn't prevent It
an' as Grant says, it will become my
public dootv to accept an' to serve If
I'm elected.'
"They cheered him agin.
" 'Before tlie nominations Is cloned,
however.' he says, "an" before you git
to ballotln' I want you study a little
on one thin* If I'm elected your
sheriff I'm gotn' to do my duty with
out fear or favor.'
* "That's what we want.' ahouta the
convention »
'Then that's what youH get" aaya
Blade. 'You understand my dooty will
require me to enforce the laws upon
the ststoot books o" the t-rritory of
Wyoming. That's all right, then. I
sorter expected this an' I posted my
self. I sot up all last night with them
atatoota an' I find, to begin with, that
there's a law agin' the use o' profane
swearln' an' eus«in'. with penalties
In such cases pervlded.. That's one o*
the lawa I'm a-goln v to do ifty level
best to enforce. There'a another law
agin gamblln'. whether craps, faro,
roulette, poker, chuck-a-luck euchre or
any other whatsoever, to wit. I'm
a-goln' to host up g*ml>lin' in this here
sovereign country er have a heap o"
fun tryln' It
"There's several other laws that
will make me hurt the feelln'a of my
friends when I start fo enforce 'em.
But—you—Jest—bet—lll enforce 'em.
Ever know me to craw fish on a prop
osition? No, nor you won't now. An'
I've heard some criticism o' my friend
Jim Calhoun In regards to sheep men.
I want to tell you that a aheep man
will get Just as squsre a deal fro-.i
me as if be was a decent human be
ing. I won't show no favors. FWly
If It becomes my painful taak to
shoot you up In the discharge of my
dooty I'll shoot as straight aa I know
how. An' If I have to hang you I'll
hang every mother's son of you.
That's all.'
"He Mt down an' there waa a thick
silence for a while. Presently Grant
Livingston looked around an' lays:
■Do I hear a second to Mr. Perkins'
nomination ?'
"The alienee waa thicker yet
"Then I declare the nomination
' loat,' aaya Grant."
The Created Flycatcher.
There la nothing very remarkable
about this bird as far as appearance
goes. He wears a crest coquettlahjy
i upon his pretty head and from under
i H his eyes look particularly large and
1 bright His name is crested flycatch
. er, and what haa made him especially
( noted is hia little peculiarity in ar
| ranging his nest When he has com
! pleted the building of thla neat he
, hunts about until he Bnds the cast-off
akin at a snake. Thla he cahries to
! hia neat and fastens there aa a sort
of decoration, it haa been surmised
that hia chief object in doing this la
to frighten away any Intruders.
Fully nine-tenths of the Wall street
pointers prove to J>a disappointed.
A MATTER OF OPINION
Turn around," requested the young
man, settling hits eyo-glasses a little
more firmly 00 b m nose. "No, I mean
to oae aide. I want to get the profile.
H'm-n. Now, face me again. Cloaa
your eyes. How can I exerelae my
Judgment calmly when you are look
ing at mot"
"Open them, quick!" said the young
man, hastily.
"1 think, perhaps. It will do if yon
Juit fix your eyes on the bookcase. I
don't want to be templed beyond my
strength. Tour chin up trlOe,
pleaso.
"You aren't looking at the hat at
ail," said the girl. "You're looking at
' J *
"Strange!" said the young maa,
musingly. "I believe I wa*. But on
tke other hand, you were lookiag at,
me Inutead of at the bookcase."
"Wttll. hurry then; I don't want to
stand hero on exhibition all day. Do
you like It or don't you?"
"You really want my opinion T"
"Do you Ruppofo I've been standing
here posing for ten minutes for any
thing else?"
"Make your mind easy. I really
want your opinion. I'm not above
getting hints from everybody. Mr.
Canlow thing* It'* perfectly stunning
—the most becoming thing be ever
•aw me wear."
"Well, you certainly are not.t
"Not what?"
"Above getting hints from anybody.
So he's been here,has he?"
"He happened to call—ye*."
"And you got out your millinery to
•how hfm?" .
"Don't be absurd and don't look at
me so savagely. I had It on when he
came, showing It to mother."
"He called to soc your mother, I
suppose?"
"No, I think he called to see me."
"Oh!"
"But mother took It for granted
thst he came to see her, for ahe stay
ed and visited with him. Perhaps It
was because I wlnkod at her."
"Bless her denr heart," aald the
young man, fervently, "Slie'a a Jewel."
"Well, what do you think of It?"
"See here, I don't want to deride on
a thing like that too hastily. What do
you think of It yourself?"
"I'm not going to help you a bit.
Too seem to nave a mind of your own
about some things."
"A* much as you'll allow me to
have."
"Nonsense! I don't think I have a
particle of Influence over you th any
way." «
"I like that. Who made me nlve up
smoking, like to know, and who
Induced me to sit out a symphony con
cert?"
"You said you enjoyed It beyond
anything."
"So 1 did. My plpos were the one
solace I had on earth before 1 met
you. Enjoyment Is too mild a name
for It"
"I mean the concert."
"Well, enjoyment Isn't too mild a
name for that."
"I'm disappointed In you," said the
girl, In a changed voice, "i really did
believe you IlkeiT It."
"I dare say. But what about the
hat?"
"It's quite a hat, all right."
"That'a what it was represented to
be." _
"Ye-es v Couldn't be any mistake
about it, could there? Of course, it
hasn't a crown, but then it has a de
cided brim to it, and they don't put
feathers on a muff, do they? Well, aa
to yiat hat . Turn around full
face once more."
"I've turned around unlll I'm tired."
"You say Canlow liked it" .
"Immensely!"
"Well. I don't." '
The girl removed the hatpins with
an offended air and then took off the
hat and laid It on the table.
"Well, you don't think It becomes
me?"
"Not a particle." said the young
man, coolly. "Just look at It there.
Old you ever aee a more lopsided.
Idiotic, futile nightmare? Become
you! No, but you become It, all right!
There on the table It's all that I said
It was, but . Here, let me put It
on again. Now lt'a a •ream of ele
gance and beauty. It is and it Isn't.
Considered as a part of your j toilet
and attached to you It's seven-times
winner. The cnarm that radiates from
you tranaforms and transfigures It. It
would make my derby look sweet and
eoquetlsh If you put It on. But aa a
hatt Well, I scorn to flatter a hat."
"Oh. bother!" said the girl.
"Keep It on, 'said the young man.
"I've got the tickets right In my
pocket and a cab outside."—Chicago
Neva.
CHINA RICH IN IRON ORK.
Control of the Fii>d a Feature In th«
Ru*ao-Japaneee War. ,
know much leaa of the Iron re
sources of the other continents than of
Europe and Amprica. The only other
known field lu any of them which
promises a yield of general Importance
la that In China, where over a wide
area there I* evidence of Iron ores
along with good coal for smelting, and
under condition* of climate and of la
bor which promise a cheaper product
than has been obtained In any other
district. • I
This combination of resources 1* one
of the several features which give the
present struggle between Japan and
Kusala a world-wide meaning, for in
their control depend* in large tneaa
ure the economic mastery of the Pa
eifc ocean They very »oon to make
ChluA the manufa turing center oUtliat
realm. If Russia thapln
eral stores of that kingdom she might'
find her way to master the world even]
more effectively than Rome did in hqr,
time.—lnternational Quarterly.
Origin of the Guinea
The guinea was first coined In
Charles ll.'s reign, together with the
Ave guineas, two- guineas, and half
guinea pieces, and came to be so called
because many of the new coljis were
minted from gold broughtfroln Xluinea
by the Company of Royal Adventur
ers of England Trading Into Africa.
The royal order to the mini added that
these pleres were to be marked "with
a little elephant In such convenient
place as you shall Judge flttiug, which
We*. Intend as a mnrke of distinction,
and an Encouragement unto the said
Company la the Importing of gold and
silver to be coined."
Buslnesa Tattooed.
Some of the Japanese tradesmen In
the smaller towns of Nippon have a
curious way of advertising their busi
ness. On tholr right forearms ihey tat
too figures—the shoemaker a shoe, the
woodcutter an axe, the butcher a cleav
er. Underneath these emblems are such
Inscriptions as, "I do uiy work modest
ly and cheaply." or "1 am as good at
my trade as most of my fellows." When
they are looking for work they bare
their arms and walk about the Streeta
Shipbuilding In Germany.
In 1904 the Qerman shipyards turned
out 278 steamships of 210.989 gross reg
istered tons and 2!ii sailing vessels of
49,712 gross registered tons. At t t he be
' ginning of 1905 they had under con
struction ir»Z steam vessels of 285.639
(ficms tons, ttf which nine were men-of
war of a total of 69,,40 tons. Tlje pro
duction for 1»il4 Includes 22 steamers
and soitie sating vessels, af about 20,000
tuns In all, built for foreign account.
Meningitis in the Horse.
Veterinary suigeuriH know, but the
general public does not, that some ani
mals are as liable to meningitis as are
human beings, (iouts and horses are
the principal sufferers iu the dumb cre
ation, and Hum tbeiu the Infection may
be transuiltte. to man. In horses the
disease is known as "hydrocephalus
acutus." Of horses affected with the
disease, 78 per cent die, and the re
mainder have a chronic tendeucy to re
lapse.—London Globe.
Production of Steel Ralls.
The production of ail kinds of rails
In the United States in 19U4 amounted
to 2.284.711 gros stons, against 2,992,477
tons In 1903, a decrease of 707,706 tons,
or 23.6 per cent. The production of
Bessemer steel rails in 1904 amounted
to 2,137,957 gross tons, against 2.946,-
756 tons in 1903, a decrease of 808,799
tons, or over 27.4 per cent.—Scientific
American.
Snobbery In the Army.
Recruiting in the lir.tlsh motor vol
unteer corps is at a at inilstlll, because
the privates In the coi jjs,'although so
cially Just as good ns the officers, are
treated as inferiors . ui uniform.
For example, they frequently And
themselves debarred from Joining the
officers at mess during the "staff rides,"
simply for that reason.
London's Increasing Debt.
In 15 years I.ondon has more than
trebled Its debt and doubled Its taxa* 1
tion. During the five years ending in
1891 the lowest rated parish only paid
2s lOd in the pound, and the most high
ly rated paid 6s sd. Today the lowest
rated parish pays Us 6s, while in Pop
lar the rates have reached 12s in the
pound.—London Engineer.
To Raise Sunken Vessels.
An Italian engineer has Invented a
successful elevator for raising sunkeu
vessels. It consists of compressed air
chambers of canvass and wire, each
equal to a luting
and it is possible to attach as many of
these as may be necessary.
The Sword in Japan.
Although wearing swords, has almost
entirely ceased for 20 >«ars In Japan,
the old eßteem and reverence for the
weapon and its use stiH exist among
the gentlemen of the country, and
many of the nobility have at their
houses regular establishments for fuue
lng.
Punishing Old Offenders.
Sir John Madden, chief Justice of
Victoria, has discovered a new plan of
punishing old offenders. He adds up
all their previous terms and makes the
total their sentence. Recently he sen
tenced an offender to nine years and
one month —his aggregate record.
Before Formosa passed Into Japan
ese hands, 20,000 Chinese coolies were
Imported every year during the tea
picking season. The number now la
leas than 6,000, the Japanese em- |
ploying their own ooollts.
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