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The Bank of Robcrsonvillc
At Robcrsooville, N. C
In the State of North Carolina, at the
i'li« ut buuiWM April 6, 1906.
RESOURCES.
Uin* anl discounts >14,887.49
Overil rafts 1.809.10
Furniture and fixtures 3,406.50
Due from banks ami hankers 9.635.63
Cash iU-tin 2,868.15
f41.606.97
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock $13,000.00
Surplus fund 3,750.00
Undivided profits 106.41
Time deposits 1,550.00
Deposits subject to check 31,410.61
Cashier's checks outstanding 789 95
14j.606.97
State of North Carolina I
County of Martin. / s
1, J. C. Robertson, cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the liest of uiy
knowledge and belief.
J. C. Kobkbtson. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 1 ith day of April, 1906.
S. L. Rosa, Notary Public.
Correct—Attest: J. 11. Rohersoo, Jr.,
A. S. Roherson Directors.
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DEGREES OF SALUTES.
National Ensign Always Displayed
During Exercises—Custom Datri
From Early Days of ths O.itish
Navy—No Salutao Plrsd Between
Sunsot and Swnri a.
The ceremonies attondlnß the an
sumption at • command afloat, wheth-
er It to be s fleet, squadron, division
or alncle ahlp, are dignified In ch.irao
tor and Impressive In significance.
It Is provided to our naval regula
tions that when a flag officer goes on
board a ship to take over the com
mand tha officers of the vessel will lie
smm in bled In drew uniform ou ths
aMe at tbo quarter deck toward which
ke enters; that the Captain will re
erlve him at the gangway; that the
marine* will be paraded and the crews
metered at quarters, both ready lor
Immediate Inspection. At the moment
the flag officer reaches ths dck the
officers and men salute, the marine
guard present* arms, the drums are
beaten and the bugles flouilsiied, and
the band plays a lively niari.li. Soon
after bis flag Is brokon out at tM
masthead and saluted with the number
of giins appropriate to hla rank. As a
limitation on thla latter provision for
salotlnf a now rule appears In the reg
ulations for 1906, though the reason
for the change Is unknown, save, per
haps., that It causes a saving In noise
and In gunpowdor.
It may be Interesting to note how, In
ths several degrees of naval rank, the
number of gunu and the other honors
are allotted. An admiral, for example,
Is entitled to a salute of seventeen
guns, to four rallies of the drum and
four flourishes of the bugle. A vice
admiral to fifteen guns and three ruf
fles and flourishes; a rear admiral to
thirteen guns, two ruffles and flourish
es. and a commodore to eleven guns
and one ruffle and flourish. The com
mandant of the Marine Oorpa, It may
bo said In passing, la entitled to the
same salute and honors as a naval
officer of corresponding rank, and a
captain or commander appointed to
command a squadron receives for ths
Ume being tbo salute and other hon
ors due to the acting rank conferred
upon him. In all cases where a mur
ine guard Is paraded for an officer
whose rank entiles him to a salute of
eleven guns or more the band. If there
bo one, Is paraded with the marine
guard.
In addition to these salutes for nnr.il
and military officers there are other
honor* and distillations, varying with
rank and precedence, accorded the
Vice President. former President*. the
pri'Hidcnt or the ttoverelpn of a foreign
Slue and member* of royal famine*.
A little lower In the scale hom>n and
dlHtlnctloM are also provided for Cab
inet officers. Chief Justice;), Governors,
n.»inbcr* of Congress, diplomatic rep
n entatlven and Consul*, lender or
dinary rlrcumitanoeH aalute* ar> hot
flri.l except by authorized sh Ijh> In
(he absence of special Intfrucllontt
from the Navy Department tin- armed
ships that may tender these honors
are vessels of all clasnes thnt carry
ten or more broadside guns, or nth
as are commanded by a captain or
commander, providing they mount four
or more light, quick firing pieces prac
tically of the same size and volume of
report and mounted in suitable place*
on the hull. Buch are specifically
known as saluting ship*.
In cases where, from any special
cause, a ship from which a salute In
compliment to a foreign Power or of
ficer may reasonably be expected Is
unsble to aalute the circumstances
mum be explained on the spot to the
representative of such foreign Power.
Finally, when from any special cir
cumstances the omission to salute can
not be explained without giving of
fence to a foreign Power or officer,
salutes are to be fired by any ship
which can do so with oafety.
In the old days of sail It was custo
mary when saluting see officers to hoist
the Jib aa a compliment, but this is
BOW forbidden except as a return to
a almllar old faabloued courtesy. Prob
ably the greatest line of demarkatlon
between salutes la .shown to officials
wbone rank entitle* them to nineteen
or more guns. These receive full hon
ors, Including the salute with guns on
the occasion of every visit, while oth
er officials, whether naval, military
or civil, are not sainted by the *anin
ship at the same port or l>y a naval
station oftener than one* In twelve
months unless such official has tnvn
advanced in rank.
Saluting with (una Is as ancient an
the guns themselves The naval writ
era of the Stuart and Commonwealth
period describe the huge waste of
powder and shot which took place in
consequence of the great prevalence
of the practice. •
A Negro's Repartee.
No long ago aa old Oeorgia'negro
was having great trouble In getting hi*
mule to more. A college student hap
pening to pass along the road offered
to make the beast go, and. the offer
being accepted, he took from his pocket
a small bottle and poured some of
Its eonteat* on the animal's flank. The
mule shivered a moment and then
started off at full speed up the road,
teevlng the two staring after him. Aa
ha wae rapidly disappearing from view
the old maa turned to the other and
said: -
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oadat aaernal?"
That, said the student, "was nitric
acid."
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better pat twice as muek on me, to' I
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WILI.IAMSTON. N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1906
TWENTIETH CENTURY MARTYRS.
Men Who Saerihc.d Yhelr Lives In
Scientific Pi suits.
A remui kable numuer of Inventors
whose uuuttui wuulu have btcu liuud
e«l dowu to posterity as public bene
factors have been klllej by their se
tiets beiore they would consent to
uivtiifce tlivoi to their tallow beings.
lu D.*J5 all Uurt |« wan startled by
tb- discovery il a new explosive call
ed. ftiluilulte, \kblch It was belie\e'
would re\ oluliunue luodurn wariare.
It was the invention of au Knglikb
scientist uaiucd Bawbrld«e, and sum
4lea of the explosive which were tent
ed by the Urithdi government revest
ed the fuel that Its power was thiee
times greater than tbat of eoriute,
aud In cousequonce ft would troble
the rauge of a rifle bullet.
German government offered Haw
brliUe sloi.ot>ii for bis Invention. which
he patriotically refused until the home
authorities had hao- the first option
of purchase, llut just as the latter
were about to seal a contract wltn
blm the uews , auie that his laboratory
had been blowu up and himself with
IL
Unfortunately he left no records
whatever, and although gome of the
leading oxperts of the day minutely
exniuined the debris, they, failed to
discover the secret, which is probably
lost forever. §'orty-tvvo years ago an
Italian Luigi Tui'antl
discovered a method jut making stain
ed glass, the coloring of which was de
clared equal to that made by the an
cients, whose H* let has been lost.
Taranti abandoned holy orders and
set to work to execute the hundreds
cf commissions he received In the se
crecy of his workshop at Ostla, near
Home.
The first stained glass windows tn
Italy were made by him and he guard
ed his secret well, for whon a year
later he was found dend of blood pois
oning Bet up by pigments he em
ployed It waß realised that he had car
ried hla secret with him. The clever
est workmen wore called to examine
the Ingredients, but they one and all
tailed to penetrate the dead man's so
cr»t. The person who could make
composition billiard balls equal to
those of Ivory would qualify as a mil
lionaire, and It Is not an Impossible
taak, for It has already been done.
than a decade ago a Scotch
manufacturer put composition billiard
balls on the market which were as
good at only a third of the price of
theme alredy In use. He refrained
from patenlng his Invention, and maua
all the balls himself, even his family
being prohibited from Bharlng his se
cret Hut Just as he w«(,. beginning
to taate the fruits of his experiments
he wan one day mortally wounded by
ail accident In his woikshop and dteo
before he could make iiny statement.
Kxperti were given Niiedmens of the
tails to analyse, but, In spite of the
fact that they succeeded In tracing
the materials used, they have long
since given up all hopes of being able
U) discover how they were put to
gether.
One of the few men who has lxv>n
suc(wr«ful In taking photographs In
color was a martyr to his discovery,
the secret of which Is lost. Some
years ago Dr. Herbert Franklin, of
Chicago, submitted a number of col
ored photographs—of a somewhat
crude nature, It Is true—to the lead
ing American scientific Institutions,
and the encouragement he received
was such that he built himself n lab
oratory, proof agnlnat the wiles of
spies, at a cost of $12,000, wherein to
lerfect his Invention.
In the preparation of his plates he
used a charcoal Are, and one dny
when at work he, omitted to open tho
\entllators and was found asphyxiated.
Ifk had refrained from divulging his
(.ecret to any one, and, In consequence,
although some partially finished plates
that hid the secret remained, the way
they were prepared la a problem that
has baffled scientists to this day.
Another victim to his secret was
Adams, the Inventor of talllum, the
greatest discovery In the metals of
the age. Adams was confident that
a metal could be produced which, al
though as hard as steel, was only half
its weight and price, apd after live
years' experimenting with an electrical
process, talllum was the result. The
invention waa takeif up throughout
America, and orders for thousands of
tons of the metal began to 'pour In
from the leading railway companies.
But It was toq late. The enormous
mental strain he had undergone, cou
pled with the sensation of finding mil
lions within his grasp, caused his
death.
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Reform Needed to Prevent Pub
lic Losing Faith in Profession.
QUESTIONOFLARGE FEE S.
. Unfair Advantages Taken When Re
i ferring Patient to Burgeon or Bit
clallet —Percentage System Among
, Physicians— Pulblclty Only Meth
od Which |a Effective.
Taking up the question of a dlviaion
of fees among physicians and surgeons
5 anil Intimating thai there in giaitoiv;
• la the prufesrion. Ur. T. H. Hauuta,
9 tn a recent address before a uediuti
n»c*lng. aald:
"At the present time, when a great
1 war Involving the fundamental prlacl
a pies of morality la only Just prepat
' Ing, It la Incumbent upon and it IN the
r duty of every Individual and every or
-1 sanitation Co nuke a deep Invest IH*-
t tlon of his and Ita principles anil au
-1 tlons, and be ready to take a stand on
one side or other. Ours Is one of the
> great ppofesstons, numbering at least
' 150,(H)0 members, and oocupylng a i*i»
' all ion of trust and confidence toward
1 tho whole 80,000,000 people of this
' country. The people who give UH HO
1 frankly their confidence have a right to
1 know directly from us exactly where
we stand on this question occupying
thr thought of every serious minded
■ citir.cn of this Heipublic.
"Unless energetic and radical msas-
I ures be taken to prevent It, there will
» Boon exist a widespread suspicion i*
■ the Integrity of the whole medical pro
' fesslon, If dishonest methods are be
ing practiced In the business dealings
l of doctors with "ilhelr jxitlentn, or be
tween doctors at the expense of the
patient, then, if wo know this and do
nothing to expose It, we shall surely
Buffer In tlhe public estimation when
the CX.|H«UI« comes, as come It must
sooner or later. The groat major
» Ity of the profession merit the eon-
I fldonce repoaed In them by their pa
• tlenla and by the public; but If this
i majority does no'hlng to piwent tho
> growth of the system pui'sued by a
few physicians for defrauding and be
i trnying their patients, then all must
Buffer —and all should suffer,
i "It would be a remarkable thing,
I considering the almost universal pre
valence of 'graft' In the country, If
! some doctor had not devised a »ys
tetn or a scheme by which he could
i take some undue and dishonest ad
vantage of his patient and of hlB
colleague. There does exist In our pro
fession such a system. It does not pra
i vail to so great an extent here In the
East as in the West, but It Is probable
that It Is practised in all ports of the
oountry,
"The scheme Is that of dividing,
without the patient's knowledge, tho
fee received by a surgeon, consultant
or specialist with the family physician
who lias advised or procured the ser
vices of the former for his patient,
the patient Ivelng allowed to believe
thju the foe paid the surgeon Is for
his services alone, Inasmuch ns his
own physician collects his regular feo
In the usunl way The percentage re
ceived from the surgeon Is In addition
to this, the ultimate object being to
receive future patronage.
"The family physician should stand
between the surgeon and his patient,
looking after the latter'B Interests and
using his Judgment as to the advisa
bility and the necessity, for Instance,
of an operation. He cannot permit his
Judgment to lie Influenced by any fin
ancial consideration, and If he does
he betrays the patient who has plnced
his confidence In him.
"Now, what of the surgeon, consult
ant or specialist who divides the fee
or pay* the commission? To begin
with, he Is taking an unfair advantage
of Ms colleagues because he is com
peting with thern, not on a basis of
professional skill, character. and at
talnuioirtß, as they suppose, but he Is
secretly and actually paying money
to other physicians to have their cas
es referred to him and dlvertwl from
hlB more ethical colleagues who ex
pel recognition u|sm their profession
al merits alone.
"1 hen such B man thinks too much
of what his fee Is to be; bis Judg
ment gets warped, and liefore he knows
It he finds himself In the mental habit
of wondering how much money can he
gather from the patient, ratlior than
what Is the l#M«t thing to do for him.
He operates both when he shou|d and
when he should not, and the physician
who hns called him In consultation
mtixl frequently be In doubt as to how
much reliance can be placed with
Safety to ttio pallentA-on his advice.
In any community of profr-sslonal
men wcret fee dividing la a malignant
"Irrow th, small In Its beginning, slow at
ffr"! In Its development, but steadily
Infiltrating and soon permeating the
whole profession. To save the honor
and the Integrity of our profession it
most be got rid of early and com
pletely and without regard to the sen
sibility of any one, and It appears
to me thai the only method of accom
plishing this Is by publicity- the in' s|
potent weapon for the forcible and
radical cure for dishonesty."
Chinese Poultry Raisers.
The Chinese are, perhaps, the most ]
successful poultry raisers In the ,
world They do not feed the fowl. |
but make them pick up their own
food, each flock being kept on the
move, as sheep are on a range The '
quality of this poultry is, however.
poor.
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The first Japanese ape ever born In 1
the London Zoo la the great attraction ]
there at present But he can be seen |
only tn fine weather, when his proud ,
parents bring them out for a sur. bath
and greatly enjoy the admiration h«|
excite* among the visitors. k
PRocaaa OR COKE MAKING.
An Interesting Proosss RequTrtnj
Hard Lsbor and Skill.
Coke, a eombtnatlon of the words
"cook" and "oaks," is a production
resulting from coal when subjected to
a strong red heat out of contact with
the air until the volatile matter Is
driven off. By the volatile matter we
find that water, hydrogen, oxygen aud
nitrogen together with some carbon
form the principal parts, while ths
port 100 remaining is composed mostly
of pure carbon, ash and a small
amount of sulphur.
The making of coke has been a
process of some time, Its uww being
similar to that of charcoal, to beat
iron and make as strong and powerful
a heat as possible without much smoke
or ash. Its making was confined to
Europe until the latter part of last
century wbeo coke from the now fa
mous (Vmnellsville district captured
the print) in Parts, and today we find
the home product used to produce the
steel that has won Its waiy In every
nation of the globe.
Coke Is produced In ovens, usually
12 feet in diameter aljri from six to
eight feet high, coming to an opening
some eighteen Inches at the top. These
ovens are built of the finest and moot
durable fire brick, as they are subject
ed to an Intense heat, and unless
a high grade brick Is used, the ovens
would laterally melt of their own heat
Ovens are constructed In rows from
half a doaen to several hundred In
length, the whole block being filled In
with loom making them appear as
small caves with a bright fire Inside
coming from the top. Rvery other ov
en appears to emit smoke while alter
nate ovens have only slight vapor
coming from their chimney. In these
the coke Is burned and the men pro
pare to removal It. It take* from 48
to 72 hours to properly burn the coal.
The coke Is seen about 18 Inches high,
cracker! from the top to the bottom,
and hi some places red and hot.
The oolce puller pulls all the coke he
ran reach with his hook, after which
he takes his "scraper," an Iron liar
with a spoon-shaped end turned down
ward, and places It on a little wheel
that hangs to one side of the door.
With this he digs Into the coke and
drawn It out. The time required for
pulling an oven Is about an hour and
a quarter or half, depending on the
speed of the worker and the condition
of the coke.
They are now ready to "waitwr" the
oven, and so attach a medlum-sisnd
hose to a noxtle by the side of the
oven and turn on the water that Is sup
plied from the rwrarvolr some two
miles distant on higher land. To the
hone Is a long Iron pipe which is In
serted in tihe mouth of the oven. The
moment the water streams out and
fsjls upon tho molten iiuimi steam
is formed. »
The watering of an oven usually
taken from 20 to 80 minutes, and must
be .lone carefully.
Foundry or sslect ooke la coke burn
ed 72 hours, and contain* more llfo of
the noke, or oarbon, and la only fcaken
from the. vary heart of the oven, mak
ing It valuable, as It requires longer
to produce It and more ovens to All a
car. This select ooke la always de
manded In box cars, and thus It la pro
tected from the weather which will
prove Injurious.
Foundry ooke la valued more on ac
count of It containing more cprbon
and great oane Is exercised to get as
high a quality as possible. As the re
sult. the oara of foundry coke are In-
HjxTtod about once an hour and each
Inflection Is recorded on a card giving
the kind and number of the car, who
forked the oven* and loaded the car.
This card Is signed by the boea and
turned In aft the office, ho If In rase
the quality of a certain car Is question
ed, the shipper can tell In a moment
Just the condition of the coke when
U wuh loaded and shipped.
Furnace or 48-hour coke la used
mostly for blast furnaces and cruci
bles, while foundry la used In making
high grade castings, by breweries for
heat In drying maM, and hops, also by
prold and silver smiths. —Pittsburg Ua
xette.
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Mr. J.T. Barln-r, of Irwiuville,
Ga , always keeps a liollle of Chain
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saw. I keep a l>cttle of it in tuy
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Mrs. S. Lindsay, of Fort Wil
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Change in Method of Instruc
tion Shown in Various Cities.
ALPHABET HAS NO PLACE
Diffsrenos Meat Discernible in th«
Lower Grades—lmportance ol
Manual Training—Newe of the
Day DiscuSssd—Attention to Ven
tllatlon and Architecture.
In the little old-faßhtoned district
school, where so many of the financial
leaders of the present day gat their
start, there Is cumpdratlvely alight
change, and Individual training at the
mind la still the rule. In that caae it
la possible because at the HUHLII at
tendance. The average claae in a city
grade la fifty to sixty) and the teacher
la unable to devote HO much attention
to one pupil. This perhaps ha« been
one of the principal causes of the
gradual change In the plan of Instruct
ing the young.
The oh an gee are most, dlsournlble In
the lower grades, which, themselves,
as grades, were unknown thirty years
ago. Nowadays there la a gradual
tendency to retain the grade principle
and at the same time secure Individ
ual training, the lack of which has
been one of the chief grounds of com
plaint against the grade system.
In the case of the youngest pupils
they are now taught to read from the
start Not the letter of the alphabet
and the une-syliable words, but sen
tences In which several words appear.
The words are used in many connec
tions and the children are quick to
recognise them whan placed on the
blackboard. They are left to acquire
a knowledge of the alphabet by a sort
of Intuition, for no direct instruction
concerning it Is given. Most, of the
young pupils who gain an early knowl
edge of their letters are Instructed at
home by parents who think toe way
tliey Were taught the best
Muslo as taught in the schools at
present differs radically from that Im
parted to the old-timer. Now It Is
really taught, whereas before the pu
pil was left to learn the tunes as best
he could. The pupils actually acquire
a knowledge of music aad an ability
to read it They cac tetl all about
measures and beats and explain why
sonte notes are long and others short
In a way that surprised the Investiga
tor who used to sing school songs
without the slightest knowledge that
he was expeoted to read the notes.
In 'the old days 11 the pupil really
hod a desire to learn this ho had
to go to singing school, ono of which
was usually started every winter In
the country towns and vllla«Mt to sup
plement the course In the schools.
Now all that 1* changed. Most of the
teachers are able to Instruct In music,
but when one to discovered utterly
without muflloal accomplishments a
special teacher or oas from another
grade can be obtained to do «h© work.
One of tho things that surprise* the
visitor to the school was a discussion
of the news of the day by the pupils
In the eighth grado. While moat of
thorn showed a surprising knowledge
of public evonits, an oocasloual In
quiry showed the necessity of morn
Instruction on civic subjects than
some of the young people are getting.
\ Around tho walls may be seen draw
ings, the work of tho pupils of the
various grades. Bomo of them show
artistic treatment. There Is no doubt,
the teachers say, that hotter Idea of
art In tha entire etudont body Is one
ot the results of this work. In many
eases ono of the pupils Is used a mod
el. The older general lon drew ma|M,
usually copying them. Drawing from
life was not thought of. Now the walls
are decorated with the drawings of the
most ambitious of the pupils.
Manual work la another departure
from the old-time ways. In tho coun
try nearly everybody can use tools
and It Is aot thought necessary to be
Instructed In the art. In the city It Is
different. Here no ono thinks of doing,
the little odd Jobs about the house,
but If there Is occasion to fix anything
a skillful workman Is called In. In
order the better to enable the youth
to acquire a knowledge of carpentry
and handicraft In general all the new
public schools have set apart a room
In which manual training Is taught.
Itere onoe or twice a week an expert
in the art directs the boys how to use
tools. The girls are shown how lo
sew.
> »In earlier days almost any kind of
a building was considered good enough
In which to "Iteep school" and there
was no complaint. Nowaday* the ar
chitect of a school structure must pro
vide for many things For Instance,
the ventilation of the Felsenthal Is
BO arranged that there Is a oonrtant
supply of fresh air In the rooms of a
temperature suitable to the stale of
the weather. In the basement there
Is a heating device for drying the
bottom of the girls' dresses If it
should rain or snow. In the arrange
ment of the window curtains and light
ing some advanoed ideas are worked
out to the manifest advantage of the
pupils and the preservation of their
•yeaight
Vehicle's.
Ida —"So Dslla accepted that hand
•orne young college man. He was a
coach, wasn't he?"
May —"Yes, but after the marriage
she soon fmiad that he was a runabout
and vary fast at that" ~
At tha Minstrels.
Tambo—"M». Ba©bo. oao yo' tall me
why a polltlaal boas am lak a tur
key T"
Sambo—"No Mr. Tatnbo, why am a
poUMoal boo# lak a
I Tambo— db both ««t Ula
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