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KKI'OKT CONDITION OF
The Bank of Robersonville
At Robersonville, N. C
In the Slate of North Carolina, at the
clw*: of business April 6, 1906.
RRSOURCKS.
Loans and discounts 124,887.49
Overdrafts 1,809.30
Furniture anil fixtures 3,406.50
Due from h.uks and hankers 9,635.63
Cash iUtns 2,868.15
f42.606.97
LIABILITIES
Capital stock stj, 000.00
Surplus fund 3.750.00
Undivided profits 106.41
Time deposits 1,550.00
Deposits subject to check 21,410.61
Cashier's checks outstanding 7*V 95
>42,606.97
State of North Carolina I
County of Maitin. f **•
I, J. C. Koliertson. cashier the aliove
named hank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
" J. C. Rohkktson. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before tne
this 12th ("ay of April, 1906.
8. L. Ross, Notary Public.
Correct—Attest; J. 11. Robersou, Jr.,
A. S. Robersou Directors.
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Men Who Reduced Murder to
an Arf-Victims Sacrificed.
HOW GRAFT FLOURISHED.
! ——
Religious Devotees That Divided
•pells of Their CrHne With Tem
pie— Hew Members of the Oand
Were Initiated—Their Palmy
Day* In Paris.
1 The Thugs were under vows to Kati
Devi, the black browed consort of
Btva the Destroyer. She is that terri
ble personage who appears in the
Hindu Pantheon as a Oeice but beau
tiful woman, riding on a tiger, or as a
i hideous, blood stained Idol, garlanu
ed with, skulls. Bamwd together ~s
caste brothers, the Thugs huuied men
to offer them to the deity ol d*nrut -
lion, and because she required a b>oou
leus sacrifice they killeo their victims
by suffocation.
Hie 'ihugs. not beiug ctnn.ouis.
; could not ilve by mere murder, no
they robbed their victims and dividtd
ibe spoils between themselves and the
teoipiea of Kail. As a religious bouy
they were protected by the Urahmlns
and by pious but impecunious Uajas,
who liceuiKd and taxed theui. It wus
an eao way for a ruler to tmreaM
hla revenue and the victims were trav
ail ug merchants who would not be
missed.
During tho many centuries of war
and auarchy In India Thuggee nour
ished mightily. Under Aurungxebe. to
whom as a Moslem Kail was an au
horred Idol, It Buffered a check.
The Emperor ordered the Thugs to be
strung up'by the left hands In the
jungle and left mere to die. The lian
lana, prototypes of the sentimental
ists who piesent notorious modern
criminals with bouquets, banqueted
the atranglers before the execution.
.These terrors of 'the Indian high
way are now extinct, like the sabre
toothed tiger. About sixty years ago
mauy hundreds were executed and tne
remainder transported or put to work
at tent making and other peaceful
trailes, in atrtct confinement.
It was the writer's privilege a few
years ago to visit one of the last of
the world famous strangiers. He had
been captured young, and sentenced
to imprisonment tor life lp a central
Indian Jail.
Nadhoo, so be was called, "had been
to long a prisoner that he was rather
cared for as a curloalty, a museum
•peelmen, than treated as a criminal.
He had become an expert in weaving
and when the looms were Idle was by
no nfeans unwilling to tslk of his ex
periences aa a Thug. He had been
torn In the caste, and devoted early
to lbs service of Kail. Hla lather led
bim to a secret place in the Jungle
end initiated bim, by tbe wierd run
ol the corpe*4nd the dagger. Into the
freemasonry of the brotherhood. He
learned their signs, bow to Interpret
the omen of tbe owl, the patter t,t
the "ramawsl"—the secret language
ol the craft. Being a precocious ytJUtn.
aa he said, be waa selected to plsy
the part of "talker," or confident
man. Tbe old man illustrated wltn
wrist and knuckle the act of lighten
ing the rumal, or handkerchief, round
the neck of the victim. He told bow
the travelers were burled while warm
IB lbs graves th*t bad been prepared
fcr then*. Kor himself It was his des
tiny to he a Thug. "It Is our cus
tom," be said. "Tbe potter's son takes
to ths potter's wheel; tbe copper
smith's to tbe tinkling of the ham
mer."
The garrotters who Infested ixtndon
in tbe '6os choked, but did not kill the
late returning citizens When chloro
form came into use In surgery, the
underworld of crime, or at any rate
its master minds at one appreciated ita
value. It was painless, it was safe—
for them; tbe victim would awake |i
a state of mental confusion—he could
give the police no clew. Tbe drug ue
caine popular with tbe scientific crim
inals who operated on Kngllsh rail
road Unas, where the closed coiupart
meuts secure privacy. Sometimes a
subject died under chloroform by mis
adventure, but that might have hap
pened at tbe handa of a young med
ical practitioner.
In Paris, however, tbe tricka of In
dian Thuggee have been closely fol
lowed. Look over the files of the
Parisian papers of recent years, you
Will find accounts of men found dead
in lonely places with leather cords
around their necks and empty pock
ets.
A robber dressed like a workmafc
or petit bourgeois would approach a
belated clubman and offer bim for
sale a ring, ostensibly picked up from
the pavement. If Monaieur did-not
take alarm the robber's partner, wno
bad crept behind bis victim, snared
his mouth and throat in a noose. Then
with a quick Jiu-Jitan turn the thug
heaved bim off the ground on to his
own back, like a sack of ooal, and his
partner stepped up and rifled Mon
aieur'r pockets. The latter was then
dropped on the pavement with force
enough to atun bint and the thugs
made their escape
#To tl>e Grave m a tali.
The eccentric life of the lale Horatio
Bright, wealthy retired manufacturer
of Sheffield, England, waa no more ec
centric than hia funeral.
.• Before daybreak an ordinary cab
drove np to tbe door of his houae, and
hia body, contained in a plain coffin,
wtfk placed la it A second *b earned
a party of undertaken' men, and they
orere driven over the bleak moorland
to the village of Moecar, six miles
away, where Mr. Bright many years
■go erected a magnificent mausoleum
to shatter the coffins of his first wire
aad hia son. He uaad to alt la K for
bours b—ldt thf coffins.
ffijt (ffiitcrwrise.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1906
OW PLAYING CARDS ARE MADE.
\ Great Industry—Care UMd to Pre
vent Cheating.
During the year 1900 more than 6(.-
JOb.OOO packs of playing cards were
printed and sold at a profit by manu
facture™ in Great Britain, France.
Germany and the United State*, in
dustrially regarded, the playing card
business Is one of the best mauufacttir
ing adjuncts to the world of worker*.
As a contributor to the revenue* H
those countries where cards arc pro
duced In quantity, says the Chicago
Tribune, it Is a gold mine.
At the same time, however, the ex
pert player who Is making a recoru
•t cards, or who has a desire to win
money at the gaming table, fln.ls little
use for a card costing more than lib
or *6 cents a pack. Hia objection to
the finer card Is that it doesn't "feel'"
right and shuttles too easily. Kor tne
card "sharp," too, a card which has
tli« standard back serves hla illicit
purimee of "marking" beter than the
most elaborate of "art" back that cnn
be designed in gold and colors, in
cidentally. too, the necessities wh.rh
the players left for a frequent renewal
of the pack makes the item of expense
for hand made cards seem useless In
whist games, where some one of tl»e
four players is likely to ask lor a
new deck after two or three games
at the most Cards at retail may no
bought for 10 cents, 15 cents. 26 cents,
3f> cents and 50 cents a pack.
Considering the hand made cards
that cost from 76 cents to fl a pack.
It is interesting to remark that what
ever elaborate depurture may lie made
in the artistic effects ol the !>ack, the
consuming public will have no change
made in the conventional card face,
which has been in use for more than
fifty years. This card face, as an ex
pression of artistic design. Is consid
ered far below the standards of the
designer of the present time. Kor
the person who will afford a 111 hie in
in edition do luxe up to sls. or even
S2O. the standard card face is quite
enough to satisfy his urtlsltc tempera
ment. Time and again some enterpris
ing card manufacturer who has made
a hit with a novelty in a card back
has tried to make the face of tho card
meet In artistic measure—and has
failed. Not even the variation of tne
card spots will be tolerated; not even
the "squeeser" mark In the corners
may be altered. Tho player's first
wish is that be shall recognise a card
the Instant he turns Its face, and to do
this he insists upon tho card face as
has stood for half a century at least.
That the back of 11 card shall not
soil easily is one of the first desbler
atums of the player, lu many of the
ornate backs that have been put on
the market there ia too mucn light
surface to carry the print of a finger.
Then In tbe cardboard base there are
two sheeta of paper paatod together,
making the hand made card too thick,
while the double coat of enamel with
Ita composition "slip" makes it too
smooth for handllng' by tho player,
who does not stick alwaya to this atyle
of card.
The cheaper cards are printed from
a continuous roll of cardboard, the
backs printed first and the faces last,
afterward covered with a coat of en
amel which has the "slip" Introduced
by secret process. The hand made ar
ticle Is made virtually a deck at a time
from a flat sheet of cardboard. On
this the hacks are printed first npon
The flrat coat of enamel, earli cntor
on back and face necessitating Its
separate Imprint, and when these coats
have dried another coat finishing tne
isrd with enamel and "slip" Is ap
plied front and back. Another drying
process propsres the cardboard with
its fifty-two Imprints ready for tbe
punches. 1
It Is In punching the card from the
stripe Into which sheets are cut that
the highest degree of precision must
be reached. 'I be card punch fits into
tbe die as closely as polished, tem
pered, sharpened steel can be made
to fit, and after tbe punch has been
perfected the greatest rare must be
taken of It in preserving the edges,
so that not the slightest abrasion or
Irregularity shall exist In a pack of
card* after they are assembled.
Only one punch can be used In cut
ting a pack. There may be 100
punches at work In the factory, but
not one of these can eut a card effec
tively for tbe completion of a deck
cut by another punch. Somewhere In
the edge of such a card an uneven
ne«s would serve to Identify It In the
handa of a man who might try to use
tbe pack' into which it waß placed.
Punching the fifty-two cards of tne
deck with tbe same sharp punch, how.
ever, tbe result Is a smooth, even sur
face aa unintelligible to the touch aa
tbe faces or backs of the Individual
cards themselves.
When the baby talks it is time
to give Hollister's Rocky Mount
ain Tea. It's the greatest baby
medicine known to loving mothers.
It makes them eat sleep and grow.
35 cents. Tea or Tablets. S. R.
B'KK s . Wtlliamston, and Nelson &
Hargrove, Robersouville.
The Burglar—''Let's rob flat
house." His I'al -"Aw, lieat it !
Dat guy hasn't got no projierty !
Why, he's de mio dat goes l>onds
for us."—Puck.
Don't be fooled and made to be
lieve t))ft rheumatism can l»e cured
with loc&l appliances. Hollister's
Rocky Mountain Tea is the only
positive cure for rheumatism. 35
cents. Tea or Tablets. S. R. Biggs
Williamaton, and Nelsou & Har
grove, Robersonville.
IIMIM
Fortunes Earned in America
Not Always Kept.
Mme. SEMBRICH'S WEALTH
Operatic Pavoritea of a Generation
Living at Their Ease—Others
Obliged to Teach— Etelka Qcst
• er'a Case Unique and Pathetic —
Divas With Brief Glory.
The great popularity of Wsnaer's
uiuslc hna made It possible f» i.er
■pan singers, such aa ilerr Knote and
Mme. Ternlna, to earn large Bums 111
New York, says the New York aim,
lint the German opttra houses do iW
lay high prices to their own hlusu.b.
when the Inleudaiiis of these Hindu-.*
pay SI,OOO a performance, it Is to 1110
Yioletta*; and Luciaa, not to ilie
llrunuhildeM Mid Hlntta.
German audiences are satisfied with
thtlr own singers In these Wuguer
tolea.
The singers, of the last generation
made their fortunes here, Just aa tin t ■
of the present day have done. Ihe
noted sopranos, with the single e\-
r«ptlou of Mtue. Setubrlch, wlio la re
puted to be one of the wealthiest of
nil singers, made their fortunes lu the
Ihilted States. So did the tenors, like
t'umpalnl, who died poor, through bis
own recklessness, and Jean do Itcsxkc,
who Is still a rich man. Abbey &
Grau paid Mme. Semhrlch fl2n,ooil and
her expenses during her first visit to
this country, which was her Heeond
year on tho stage, but her fortune
waa earned In IW"KIa. • ,
The American prima donnas earned
their money lu thoir own country.
Clara I onian Kellogg, who sang from
18iil for about twenty-two years, has
in ample fortune, on which she lives
now lu great comfort. Her home at
New Hartford, Conn., la not preten
tious, but haa every comfort and Mrs.
Carl Strakosh, as she Is now, spends
much of hor time In travel.
Mme. ICames has a large following
here, but she practically Blngs no
where else. She haa apenred at Monte
Carlo, St, Petersburg, I'nrl* and 1.011-
don, but she la now heard chleily lu
New York.
Clara Louise Kellogg, on the con
trary, enjoyed great success In Itua
sla, and for years sung regularly in
Italian opera In London. Although
her carrier waa not long, she had plenty
of opportunity to earn her fortune,
as she sang during the season ol'
1H74-74 Mktlaiea. it Uf aa many ap
pearances satisfies the most Indus
trious prima donna nowadays.
One of her moat popular contempor
aries was also her compatriot. This
was Annie Uoulse Cary, about Uto
most popular contralto that this coun
try has ever produced. She waa born,
as Mrs. Strakoech was. In 1842 Mlks
Kellogg, aa she was called, made tier
debut In 1861, and Miss Cary sang for
the first time a few yoars later, at
'Copenhagen.
She was Immensely popular In Itns
sla and In llrussels, where she fre
quently sung. For seven seasons sue
was engaged at the opera house In
Hamburg. She aang a great deal 111
concert end oratorio. One of her
most popular operatic Impersonations
was Amnerls In "Alda."
Ktelha Qemtor b» 'now teaching In
New York, where, In 1878, olie began
a career that made her one of tho most
popular slngerH ever heard there, it
her voice had not failed before she bud
sung less than ten yuars she would
not probably now l>e teaching.
She knew no failures while she kept
her voice, and she could have sung
there for years, such a reputation did
she make when she sang at the Acad
emy. As a beginner, Ktelka Oerster
sntig In Vonlce In 187#, but before 1887
she had lost her voice and was com
pelltd to leave the stage.
Mme. Qerater began to teach In
18!>« I luring the intervening years she
had given concerts In small towns but
with little success. Hor activity as a
tearher may continue for yeara, how
ever, and that Is one advantage she
gains In having hor career as a singer
cut short.
Mine. Gerster sang only at the Acaii
emy. it waa at the Metropolitan that
shl attempted to appear In concert
after her voice failed. IA was a long
time before she could be persuaded
that It was really gone. She main
tained for years, that It was In as good
condition as ever, and that she was
merely the victim of a cabal. Her
case was unique In the history of op
era Hinge rs. Never befotre waa a
'woman BO famous with u career ol
only seven years.
ChMßtlne Nilsson, who has not sung
in public for almost twenty years, not
only earned moat of her large fortune
In the United States, but Invested It
here. It waa only a few years ago
that she sold her Investments In Bos
ton real estate and reaped a great
profit on her money she nal origin
ally paid out. Alfred Rothschild oid
much lo invest her earnings Judlclotir.-
up tor her, just as he did in the case
of Adellna Huttl.
When Nilsson made her first ap
pearance here, in 18T2, It waa In con
cert at Stelnway Hall. The following
two years she sang In opera, and alie
returned twice afterward to sing In
concert. She waa able to sing four
timee a week without trouble, wnlch
waa the reason for the large profits
she made.
If the natlona Insist on fighting, aa
a laat resort the czar should ex.
plain to them In detail juat how It
feela to be whipped.
Tbe dogs of war are doing so much.
growling tbey will be hoarse long be- 1
for* the fighting begins.
TRAPPING WILD BKASTS.
An Exoltlng and Luoratlva employ
ment—Giraffe Difficult to Trap.
The capturing of wild boasts for ex
hibition purpoaea furnishes an eos
plojment at once lucrative and excit
ing. A giraffe ia worth from >6.000 to
110,000, and a full grown gorilla would
be worth a fabulous sum. HlppotamJ
are always quoted at high prlcee, but
the difficulty In capturing these ani
mals accounts for the high prices ol>-
talnable.
The giraffe is one of the moat diffi
cult* animals to bring into captivity,
and when one foils Into the trappera'
hands there la great rejoicing, for«
there la always a ready market for
thene animals In the xoologlcal gar
dens of the world. It la a highly ner
vous creature, and besides being fleet
of foot U has a keen sense of hearing,
so that It generally succeeds In elud
ing Its pursuers. The method used In
the giraffe's capture ia to. employ a
contrivance of three ropes weighted
at the ends. The hunter rides aa near
as possible to his prey, creeps closer
and then throws the ropes In such a
way that they wind about the legs of
the giraffe. He 'then rides up and se
en iw him. He often spends days and
even weeks In chasing one of theee
flying animals and Is sometimes forced
to abandon the hunt.
Kvery one Is familiar with the meth
ods of capturing the elephant, for
there Is something picturesque In both
the keddah and the decoy methods,
but the animal Is bad tempered and
even the skilled hunter must use the
utmost caution after the capture la
effected, it Is said that no gorilla haa
ever been cofHtni'red alive after he waa
full grown. Certainly no aane man
would attempt such a feot They fear
nothing, which makee them terrible
foes, and even when mortally wounded
they show agility, strength and feroo-
Ity which are astonishing^
On Hhc other hand all other apes are
patlnHlcally easy to capture. The most
popular method Is for a trapper to
seat himself where he Is sure to be
olww>rved by theee creatures Hid pre
tend Jo drink from a crude
splrlta. When he Is sure that he has
been observed he leaves the bottle and
go»« nway. The moment his back Is
turned tlve monkeys swarm to appease
their curiosity concerning the con tents
of the hoi tie. They like the taste of
the aptrlts and quarrel among them
selves for It till the boOt.le haa been
emptied. They arc aoon overcome by
the intoxicant and the trapper returns
and gathers them up.
Llona and tigers are often caught as
cubs, as this Is loss dangerous and leas
difficult than the capture of the full
grown antmala. The trapping la al
ways done at night., a hole being dug
In the ground some twemty feet lu di
ameter and two or tiirne feet deep. Ov
er this la stretched a strong net. hid
den by bushes and leaves, and having
round Its edge a strong elastic band.
Aa soon as tho animal walks Into the
not and sinks Into the hole the elastic
band Is lllior,ated and the net eloeee
round thu animal.
Though boa constrictors would seem
difficult to capture because of their
ferocity. It la, never! hultxw, compara
tively easy, They are made victims of
their greed for food. A tempting bait
In the form of a young deer or antel
ope (the natives of India have been
k(iown to use their Infants for tho
pnt'iHise) Is laid In a locality known to
be Infested with serpents. The trap
per returns from time-to time till the
bait la found to have been eaten. Then
ho known his quarry Is as good aa tak
en, for somewhere near by the aer
pent la lying sleeping off the effect*
of the Intelope.—N. Y. Mall.
Just What Everyone Should do
Mf. J T. Burlier, of Irwitiville,
CJa , always kee|>s a bottle of Chatu-
Iterlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy at hand for instant
use. Attacks &f colic, cholera mor
bus and diarrhoea come on so sud
denly that there is no time to hunt
a doctor or go to the store for med
icine. Mr. Uarber says: "I have
tried Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy which is
one of the best medicines I ever
saw. I keep a bottle of it in my
room a r, I have had several at
tacks of colic and it has proved to
b»- the best medicine I ever used."
Sold by R. Niggs.
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The Aquidahan is now assubtna
rine—the only one the Brazilians
possess.
Found A Cure For Dfipettii
Mrs. S. Lindsay, of Fort Wil
liam, Ontario, Canada, who has
stificreil quite a iiumlter of vears
from dyspepsia, and great pains in
the stomach, was advised by her
druggist to take Chamberlain's
Stouiitch and Liver Tablets. She
did so and says. "I find they have
done me a great deal of good. I
have never had any suitering since
I began taking them." If troub
led with dyspepsia or indigestion,
why not take these Tablets, get
well and stay well? For sale by
S. R Biggs.
Chinese students in Japan now
number more than 3,000.
The since rest tribute that can lie
paid to superiority is imitation.
The many imitations of DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve that are now
before the public prove it the best.
Ask for DeWitt's. Good for burns
scalds, chaffed skin, eczema, tetter,
cuts, bruise-s, boils nud piles. Sold
by S. R. Biggs. I
fiiipitiiy
What Niagara Power Can Do
For Western New York.
AFPLIED IN GERMANY -
German Experiments In Ptsnt Cul
ture Suggest Great Possibilities—
All Sorts of Mschinsry Now
Available—Utilised In the Prep
srstlon of Fertilizers and Puri
fication of Water.
The sclent (do farmer of the future
will direct his farming operations from
a central station, where he will con
trol electricity for the gernianlzatton
of his crops, the tillage and fertiliz
ing of the soil and Its Irrigation or
drainage.
Germany furnishes examples of Uitf
uses to which electricity may lie put
in farming. Some of the large Oer
man sugar beet farms now have their
own electric plants, supplying light
and power for a great variety of op
erations. The farmers of Western
New York will have an Immense ad
vytage over German farmers iu that
current will be delivered on their
farms at no cost to them but for cur
reut used.
In contrast to this convenience the
German farmers using electricity have
had to establish a costly steam gener
ating system or harness some stream.
The (Juednau farm of 447 acres near
Koulgsberg Is a large producer of
milk and butter. The dally product
of milk Is 2.35U0 gallons.
A 60-horse power eiiglue generating
bOO volts furnishes outran for three
motors used about the farm for scores
of purposes that manual labor for
merly accomplished. One 2V4 horse
power motor runs a carrot cutter. Two
small motors are portable and are
drawn to various parts of the farm
and connected with power cables.
Crushing flaxseed, driving pumps,
saws, grain machinery, lathes, drills,
seed cleaners, cream separators, but
ter workers and churns are ti few of
the uses to which the portable motors
are put.
The Blmmern farm on the Blmmern
Hlver, Germany, secures electric pow
er from a falls In that stream and
turbine driven dynamos. Tills method
Is, of course, much cheaper than that
employed on the Quednau farm.
l*rof. Guerlul, a Belgian scientist,
has given a number of lectures unu*r
Government auspices at the Agricul
tural Institute at Gembloux and his
views are startling to Americans: ,
"IClectrlelty passing through a plant
from air to earth or vice versa de
composes carbonic acid gas In the
chlorophyl,, which la essential to plant
growth. Soli chemicals are Ukftwlqe
decomposed by passing currents and
nourishing elements are readily- as
similated. Circulation of the nap is
iucreused by electro capillary effect
by which water and other nourishing
materials are drawn up Into the plant,
tree or vine."
If these things are to lie realized
In this country, western New York
with Its cheap electric )>owcr has a
wonderful future as a farming coun
try.
In some of the experiments con
ducted abroad galvanized Iron roils
were set about a.growing Held of grain,
vegetables or berries as distributors
ol current.
The galvanized iron conductors were
connected by wires with the source
of current and the supply regulated
by conditions of the .atmosphere, the
soil aud amount of water In tae
ground. Field experiments In elec
trifying grain have shown as high ns
85 |wr cent. Increase In growth over
grain not so treated.
Other experiments frequently show
ed 45 to 56 per cent. Increase for grain
and 95 per cent, for raspberries. I'eas
freely watered Increased 75 per cent,
with electric aid, while pens not water
ed did better without electric current.
This Is explained by saying that the
accelerated digestive powers of the
plants "require more food and drink."
The "aging" of wine Is now accom
plished by the use of electricity. IClec
trolysls, decomposition by electrical
force. Is the method applleil. In the
same way water Is now purified In
Amiens, Boulogne, l.ebourne and
Philadelphia by electricity.
One way that the tremendous pow
er of Niagara can be utilized for the
enrichment of the land Is In the pro
duction of nitric acid for fertilizing
fnirposes. Nitric acid salts produce
almost marvelous results In the plant
world.
The secret of the wonderful growing
quality of nitric acid fertilizers lies In
the availability of their elements lor
Immediate plant use. It is usually de
livered to the farm In the form of ni
trate of potassa and soda or nitrate
of lime. Prof. Guarlnl states that ni
tric acid can be produced with Niagara
power at 96 cents for 22U.Hi pounds.
Libel. In Old Times.
Libel was esteemed a grievous or
fense In the old lingllsh law. In an
old cose, where the llbelers had
charged the lord keeper of bribery
this punishment was inflicted on two
of the criminals:
One thousand pounds line each, and
they were required "to ride to West
minster from the Fleet, with their
offense, to acknowledge their offense,
faces to the horse's toll, and at tne
chancery bar, and In this court, with
papers on th£lr heads declaring their
and ask forgiveness for It, and' then
be set on the pillery with one ear
nailed to It, while the courta sit; and
another day to ride Into Choapslde In
•uch manner as before and there be
aet on the pillory with their other
ear nailed, and be carried to prlaou,
thtr* to (fmoln during 1U«,"
iwwwwwwtwmwiiKwiiii
A DVERJTIS/NO £.
Your money back.—Judicious adverti*"'
tng is the kind thst pays back to yon J
the money you invest. Space in thia
paper assures you prompt returns . .
WHOLE NO. 333
Over-Work Weakens
v our Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Bioti.
the blood In your body passes through
once every three minutes.
fThe kidneys are you*
blood purifiers, they (li
ter out the waste or
Impurities In the blood.
If they are sick or out
of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains, ache* and rheu
matism come from ex
cess of uric acid In the
blood, due to neglected
Kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makea one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart Is
over-working tn pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
It used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ning In kidney trouble.
If you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy la
soon realized. It stands the highest for Its
wonderful cures of the most distressing "fift*
and is sold on Its merits KMf"
cent and one-dollar
sample bottle by mall HOIM of r ßiifi
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper wnen writing Dr. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
Don't make any mistake, but remember
the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer'a
Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton,
N. Y., on eVery bottle.
SKEWARKEE IT
LODGE
No. 90, A. F. & A, M.
DIRKCTORY FOR 1905.
11. W. Stnlilw, M. W.; W. C, Maiming,
S. W.; S. S. llrown, J. W.; A. H. Taylor,
S. 1).; \V. S. Peel, ] 1),; S. R. Higgs,
Secretary; C. I». Carstarphen, Treasurer;
11. C. Taylor mid J. I>. Howell, Stewards;
T. W. Thomas, Tyler.
STANDING COMMITTBK3:
CHARITY—H. W. Stulilis, W. C. Man
ning UIKI S. S. llrown.
FINANCK— R. J. I'eel, McO. Taylor
ami Kli Gurganus.
RKfKKKNi'K -W. 11. Kilwar.ls, 11. D.
Taylor and \V. M. (ireen.
ASYI.I'M—O. W. Blount, O. K. Cow
iHi' anil I'. K. Hodges.
MARSHALL— I. H Hatton.
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IBft DENTIST
OFI'ICK— MAIN STRKKT
PIIONH J
UI will lie in Plymouth thejlirst week in
each month.
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PHYSICIAN
AND SURGKON.
OPPICK IN
BIGGS' HKUO'STOKE
' Phone No. ji»
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WOODARI) & HASSELL,
ATTO KN K VS- A T-1, A W
Office -Second floor. Hank of Martin
County. 4-JO-I yr
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ATTORNKV AT LAW
Office: Wheeler Martin's office.
'Phone, 23.
WILUAMSTON, N. C.
S. ATWObI) NEWELt
, LAWYER
Office upataira iu New Bank Build*
hig, left hand aide, lop of step*.
*'V ILMAMSTON. N c.
wherever aervice* are desired
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.iK till*- for pnrchaHeiN of timber and timber
■ and*.
Spr-cial attention will given to rral estate
m ining* *. If you wish tn Iwv or ""I' 'and I
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