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ADVERTISING Yo mr aaoocr l*ck.—Judickrai «dTertU -I*l h Ike kind that pays back ID ton the money you invest. Space in thU paper auurea yon prompt return* . . VOL. VIII. - NO 48 i' Nine / Commandments 1. From C. D. Carstarphen Buy 1 P'k'g Colgan's Taffy Tolu 2. " H. M : Burras " 2 3. •« Cowing Bros. & Co. " 3 " 4. " Chasea Drug Store " 4 " 5. " Harrison Bros. & Co. " 5 " 6. " .J. L Hassell & Cr>. " 6 " 7. " Brown & Hodges " 7 " " 8. " J. A. MizeH & Co. " 8 " *« " " 9. " S. R. Biggs •• 9 •« And if this nine you obey, be you German. Gentile or Jew, You can never refuse to chew Colgan's Taffy ToJu Gum. K LE. COREY, WHOLESALE GROCER ——■————— t ************ STOBACCO FLUES| Now in the time to place your order for Tobacco Flues jj l All Kinds and Sizes Made Try Us || m " jT Woolards # U j Zf Harrow and # Si ui Cultivator w M \joy A Saving of One Horse and two hands £ row at same *5 TJ (a>l» > M k * . Breaks the clod* Tt a and Cultivates With as Xfucli Ease as; any Ordinary Plow J What every Fanner and Truck Gardner needs 3? S J. L. WOOLARD, « U Williamston, N. C. Farmers Let J. T. FISHEL,- the Silver-Tongued Auctioneer Sell your TOBACCO and he will make MONEY if ¥ • For You at the Farmers Warehouse We have led in Prices since the opening sale, and by hard work on our floors will continue to do so. Come and see us day or night, always open and ready to work for your interest and see that .you get a good price for every pound of your tobacco. Yours truly, Qurganus & Pishel BROWN & HODGES « Dealers In Fancy and Staple Groceries Our stock Is complete Let Us Supply Your Table Wants Free delivery within corporate limits 'Phone us your orders >■ „. ''*• r x CI) t (Mcrptise. WILLIAMSTON, N. C„ FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, IQO7 INCLUDING A TIN PEDDLER. By ARNOLD NORTON. Copyrighted, HOT, by E. C Pareelta. Yea, Arthur Blakely was to blame tor the quarrel. The rising young law yer frankly admitted this to his law books and his office desk, and he would have frankly admitted It to Mol ly Gray but for pride's sake. His transgressions consisted of seeing an other young lady off on the train. The "seeing off" meant buying her ticket and getting her trunk cheeked, and that might have been forgiven bad not something else followed. She had to change cars at a Junction live miles out, and she wss in such fear that she would take a wrong train and bring up in Texas Instead of Connecticut that the young lawyer was prevailed upon to accompany ber thus far. Of course Molly happened by the merest accident to find It out, and the fact that Blakely had said nothing made a mountain out of a molehill. It waa that little trifle that brought about a quarrel and disturbed the center of equilibrium of the whole United States. Miss Molly was fortunate enough to have two aunts. She was Aunt Be beoca's ward and resided with her in the city, and her Aunt Sarah lived about thirty miles out and had advice to offer on all occasions, but more es pecially In case of lovers' quarrels. TOfeen this quarrel had lasted a week, and when the young man, after seven sleepless nights, bad determined to sink his pride and send flowers and follow them in person. Miss Molly was toaslng her head before the glass and saying things to herself, particularly that abe would show Mr. Arthur Blakely what was what and teach him a lesson to last blui all the rest of bis born days. She'd teach him to buy tickets and check trunks and ride out to Junctions with a girl who had once referred to ber hair as plain red Instead of Titian. Ten minutes later she bad decided to visit her Aunt Sarah. A message waa sent ahead, and Aunt Sarah was at the depot to meet ber. Tb&tiJtlece received a warm welcome, and, follow ing a plan perfected on the train, she forced herself to be unusually gay and appeared In the best of spirits. They bad scarcely reached the house, how ever, when Aunt Sarah patted her on the shoulder in a motherly way and said: "Now, then, you poor child, let's hear all about It. I want to assure you at the start that you have my entire sym pathy." -/ £.—__ "Why, aunty, what do you mean?" "Pon't try to fool me, young lady! I'm not your Aunt Relteeca, but your Aunt Barah. Has that scoundrel toyed with your heartstrings and then walk ed off? When Sister Itebecca wrote me that he had a Roman nose and a sandy mustache, I set him down for a scoundrel." The young lady tried to brazen It out, but was cornered and had to tell". She made it as light for Arthur as she could, but when she had finished her story Aunt Sarah said: i "You have doue Just the rlgUt thing. That young man needs a lesson. You are going to stay right here for the rest of the summer, and h« may write, telephone and telegraph until he is gray headed, and It won't do hlm«ny good. The drays have never allowed any one to walk over them, and they are not going to begin now." it you don't make blin get his knees and ask your pardon a thousand times over, you are no true Gray." Molly went to her room greatly dis satisfied. She had had a quarrel with Arthur Blakely, but there were lots of things to be said In bis favor, and it was real mean of Aunt Sarah to pitch into him as she had. The young lady presently found herself arguing that abe bad a perfect right to feel hurt and Injured and be a week getting over It. She bad brought along his notes and letters, of courae. They made quite a large bundle. She selected three or four and read them over, and then ahe had a good cry. Aunt Barab had said that the conver sation would be resumed next day. Molly woke up with a determination that nothing further should be said. After breakfast she took her book and hied herself to the hickory grove down in the meadow, and there she re mained till the born blew for dinner. Bhe read a little, she cried a little and she thought * great deal. If she had had the befty bundle of Arthur's let ters with her she might have cried more, but she bad carelessly left It behind ber and did not wish to go back for fear of Aunt Sarah. As she reach ed the house she ran upstairs to look ever just one latter, and a minute later a scream resounded through balls aad rooms. "What on earth is ltf demanded the aunt from the foot of the stairs. "My—my letters are gone!" "What letters V "Arthur's letters to me. I left them on the floor beside my trunk." "Then you'll never see them again. A tin peddler came along about 10 o'clock, and I wanted to scare np enough paper rags to buy a dipper. I picked up what I could And, and aa I thought the bundle was something yon had thrown away I chucked It in." Them were other screams, fo'lowed by exclamations, tears and a close ap proach to hysteria, and the result was that a quarter of an hour later aunt and niece drove np the dusty highway as fast aa the old horse could gallop. They wave looking far ahead In hopes at catching eight * tke tin peddler* ■ - " " v ■ • - - —.. . * Those letters mu»t be recovered at all I hazards. Failure apparently meant' one ease of suicide and one of life long remorse. Meanwhile, things had been happen ing elsewhere. Arthur Blakely had finally decided to send that bouquet and to follow It In |>er»on several hours later, only to find that Molly had de parted for the country. It wasn't a caae where he could go Into court and argue It out. but a aw of bustle. About the time that A Out Sarah wan picking up paper ruga to make her deal with the peddler the young law yer was leaving the city ou the ex press and preparing bin argument for the Jury of one. There war, of course, no one at the depot to meet him, and he stepped oiit In a lively way for the half mile walk. As he did so a tin peddler came driving aloug, and one of the wheels of hla wagon struck a stone and dewed the vehicle around and upset It lu the ditch. The bags of paper rags on top were thrown to the ground, and one of them burst ing o|ien shot a bundle of letters to tlis feet of the lover. lie recognized Ills stationery and liU handwriting at a glance. Sherlock Uolmes could not have Invented a more dramatic situa tion. "Villain, where did you get tbeset" Arthur Anally demanded of the ped dler. "Villain yourself! What in thunder alls you?" "You have robbed Tou have stolon these letter* rami a girl l" "Come off. You aro crazy." "I arrest you! You are my prisoner! Here Is evidence to convict you!" There la a difference between the legu I business uud the constabulary business, aud young lilakely soon dis covered this. He had only taken the man of tinware by the collar when ho was seized himself in return, and as Aunt Sarah aud Molly drove up the meu were rolling over and over on the ground. There were ejaculations, exelaina tlous, explanations and Introductions. Mr. Ulakoty hunted for his hat and missing buttuns aud begged pardon. Molly regardM liliu with what she In tended to be a cold stare, but which had a "I'll-forglve-you" look mingled with it. The i>eddler swore frankly aud plctureequdy and said somebody bad to pay for his skinned nose. .Aunt Sarah, bless her heart, was equal to the emergency. She felt the stlug of conscience fur havlug laid her sacri legious handa ou those love letters. She suggested that a live dollar btll was the right sort of plaster for a Skinned nose; Mnd Mr: Blakely handed it over. Under other circumstances, being lu the law, he would not have given it up until Judgment had been rendered by a court and a writ of ex ecution Issued. When peace reigned Aunt Saritlt climbed down from the buggy and said: "1 must go and see Mis. Williams In that cottage over there. Mr. Blakely, will you have the kindness to drive Miss lrny buck to the house?" It was only a mile back to the farm house, but owing to the la flic horse and various other matters it was three hours before the buggy drove up to the gate. Many it lovers' quarrel ban I won settled In far less time. • • ♦ • • • • Some weeks later when Aunt Sarah was asked n,l>out the rumored engage ment she assumed a knowing and Im portant look and replied: "Yes, I expect It's so, but where would they have been but for me and the tin peddler and Providence? I shall never let one of these men pass my gate again without at least calling to him anil asking the price of wash dlshe#, and nutmeg grfterfe" * Judges of ths Olympic Qamss. The hellanodcae,. or Judges of the Olympic, were ten in number, selected by lot from the ten tribes of Ells. They entered upon their office ten months before the festival. They were first schooled in the traditions and regula tions of the games, then studied the capacities of the athletes while they were atlll In training. They had to decide upon the qualifications of the contestants, make up the programme of the games, supervise the prepara tion of the scene of contest, act as Judges In the games and distribute the\prises. It was a position of honor and distinction. They came to the con test clad In purple robes, and sat In a tribune opposite the finish of the races In the stadium or hippodrome. They seem to have subdivided the function of Judging, but at least three were present -to Judge In every contest Their decisions were usually final, but an appeal might be carried to the Olympic senate. They were assisted In the execution of their commands by a large aud well organized body of police. Ooean Heart. The throbbing and vibration of the engines of a' modern ateamer have a moat extraordinary effect upon the human heart Let it be said at once that ocean traveling does not in any way Injure the heart; on the contrary, It benefits It, with the general health. But the vibration of the machinery la transmitted to this vital organ with the most extraordinary results so far as medical examination la concerned. A ship's doctor will tall you that when be listens through his stethoscope to the beating of a man's heart at. sea It seems as if every moment the heart would atop. With sturdy and Invalid passengers It Is Just the same. The heart appears to the doctor as If every beat would be Its laat. This bcjpg the case. It Is exceedingly difficult for the physician to aacertaln the true condi tion of the traveler's health, and be generally resorts to the expedient of illnging his patient In a hammock, where the vibration Is considerably leaaaaed, though no device can over -1 Aaaww. j ■—BACKACHE—| "1 wrote you for advice," writes Lelia Hagood, of Sylvia, Tenn., "about my terrible backache and monthly pains in my abdomen and shoulders. I had suffered this way nine years and five doctors I had failed to relieve me. On your advice I aook Wine of Cardui, which at once relieved, my pains I and now I am entirely cured. I am sure that Cardui sav?d my life." It is a safe and reliable remedy for all female diseases, such as peri- odical pains, irregulari- rREI ADVICK . i . i Writ* u« a If tier describing all ty. urQ22in2 down sen- y.°v r »yn»ptom», «nj we *m »end you . m • •» In plain sealed envelope. sations, headache, diz ziness, backache, etc. At Every Drug Store in SI.OO bottles. Try it. CARDIIM Clippings From the American Farmer Few realize the industry necessa ry for the production of a pound of houey and the enormous labor necessary on the part of the insects to supply us with *.he most precious of all sweets. It is estimated that the nectar must be extracted from 62,000 clover blossoms to make a pound of honey, which means that the bees must make 2,750,000 trips from hive to flowers. Bee labor is evidently too cheap, and if they had labor organizations we should certainly hear of strikes. But this is one of the few cases in the world where the laborer cheerfully works for nothing and feeds himself. The employer gets all the benefit but there is never a kick from the "wage slave.'' Cotton, as all know, is one of the leading crops of the United and by far the largest ex port of all our agricultural prod ucts. The reasons are many and one of them is the fact that more land is congenial to the cultivation of cotton in the Southern States than in all the world. Besides it is produced in Egypt, Africa and India, but the yield of all these countries fall so far short of the de mand that our Southland has a practical monopoly of this indije petisable staple. Genius i,s invent ing machinery for the production of cotton, the latest be ing capable of planting, thinning and cultivlting the crop by an implement similar to the riding cultivator, which does the work of eight men, and will certainly prove a boon to the South, whose chief difficulty is to get enough efficient laborers at the right seasons to handle the enormous production that is constantly e growing in amount. When a town fellow visits a coun try home and they set him down to a table laden with. hickory- wood smoked ham as sweet as nectar, fried eggs fresh from the chicken factory, home-made bread, butter churned before breakfast, milk and cream that never saw chalk or wa ter, with a score of sweetmeats and pastries and fruits, and then apol ogize to him for not having some thing to eat, he can not help but wonder what thev do have when they are expecting company. Tki Unit K Lift The most eminent medical scientists are unanimous in the conclusion that the generally ac cepted limitation of human life is many yeara below the attainment possible with the advanced know ledge of which the race is now possessed. The critical period, that determines its duration, seems to be between 50 and 60; the pro per care of the body during this de cade cannot be too strongly urged, carelessness then being fatal to longevity. Nature's best helper after 50 is Electric Bitters, the scientific tonic medicine that revit alizes every .organ of the bo iy. Guaranteed by S. R. Bijjgs, Drug gist. „ SCHOLARSHIP^ At the State Normal and In dustrial College- The Daughters of the Confeder acy Establish Two The Daughters of .the Confeder acy of Western North Carolina have decided to offer at the State Normal and industrial College to deserving descendents of Confeder ate Veterans, resident in the coun ties west of Greensboro, two schol arships at the State Normal and Industrial College. Any desceud eut of a Confederate Veteran who wishes to secure one of these schol arships should apply at once to President J. I. Foust, Greensboro, N. C. On September roth, two will be selected from ain6ngthe ap plicants. (Signed) MRS. J. G. BKODNAX. Chairman Educational Committee. Western Section y. D. C. "Everybodf Should Knot" Says 'J. G. Hays, a prominent business man of Bluff, Mo , that Bucklen's Arnica is the quick est and surest healing salve ever applied to a sore, burn or wound, or to a case of piles I've used it and know what I'm talking about. " guaranteed by S. K. Biggs, Drug- Gist 25c. The Boy that Dewey Praised. The following story of Admiral Dewey is told by one of the sailors who returned 011 the Raleigh: Jnsi before the battle of Manila, when the order was given to strip foi action, the smallest powder boy on the flagship accidentally dropped his coat overboaid. He asked permission to jump after it, but was refused. He went to the side of the ship, dropped overboard, re> covered his coat, and was promptly arrested for disobedience. Admiral Dewey spoke kindly to the young ster, who broke down and said that .>he coat contained his mother's picture, which he had just kissed, and he could not l>ear to see it lost. Dewey's eyes filled with fears, and he fairly embraced the- boy and ordered him released, saying, "A boy who loves his mother enough to risk his life for her picture can not be left ill irons on this fleet." —Exchange The office boy had pied the first page by dropping the form down two flights of stairs. "I wish," murmured the gentle editor, "that vou had broken the news more gently."—Office Topics. Endorsed b» the Count* 'The most popular remedy in Otsego County, and the best friend of my family," writes Win, M. Di. tz, ediWf and publisher of the Otsego Journal, Gi'bersville, N. Y., * is Dr. King's New Discovery. It has proved to be an infallible -cure lor Roughs and colds making short work of the Worst of them. We a ways keep a bottle fn the house, i believe it to be the most valuable prescription known- for Lung and Throat diseases.' Guaranteed to disappoint the, taker, by S. IR. Biggs, Drug store. Price joe land SI.OO. Trial bottle free. A DVERTISINQ Your money back.—Judicious adYertU. £E klnd .*** the money yon in Teat. Space in tiki, paper aaauret yon prompt retnrna . . WHOLE NO. 391 Professional Cards. HUGH B. YORK, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office: Chaae'a Drug Store. OFFICK HOURS: 8 toio A. M.;7TD9P. I*. ' Wiiliameton, N. C. Office Phone No. 53 Night Phone No. 63 DR. J. A. WHITE. DENTIST Omen—MAlN STKXXT PHONR Q I will I* in Plymouth the first week ia every other month. W. It. Warren. J, s. Rhodaa DRS. WARREN & RHODES, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OHFICK IN ( Bioos' DRUG STORB 'Plione No. 2Q BURROUS A. CRITCHER, ATTORNRY AT LAW Office: Wheeler Martin's office. 'Phone, 23. WILUAMSTON, N. C. S. ATWOOD NEWELL, LAWYER Olßce formerly occupied by J. D. Blgfa. Phone No. 77. "VILUAMSTON, N 0. wherever services are desired Special attention Riven to examining and ntak 'and* • ni,ch a»er» of timber and Umber Special attention will be given to real estate exehaugea. If you wlnh to buy or sell land I PHONI4# F. I). WINSTON S. J. KVKRBTT WINSTON & EVERETT ATTORNKYS-AT-LAW WIU-IAMSTON, N. C. 'Plione 31 Money to loan. A. R. DUNNING ATTORNRY-AT LAW ROBKRSONVII,I,K, N. C. Jm n —— . HOTEL BEULAH . IJ. C. MOORING, Proprietor ROBKKSONVIU.B, N. C. Rates $ 1,00 per flay Special Rates By the Week A First-Clous Hotel in Every Partic ular. The traveling public will find It a most convenient place to stop. RUNNING I'OR AN ENGINE is a pretty poor way of protecting your self from loss-by fire. The only sane method of avoiding loss is to PROCURE FIRE INSURANCE We represent the best, soundest and Jt fairest companies in the country. Let us write yon a policy to-day. The coat is but little, the protection great. An ounce of foresight is worth a ton of re- K"*. K. B. GRAWFORD INSURANCE AGENT, Godard Building W i 1 liamston T clepbonc Co. Office over Bank of Martin Connty. A WILUAMSTON, N. C. Phone Charges: Messages limited to 5 minutes; extra charge will positively be made for longer time. To Washington »3 eta. 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