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ADVERTISING j. - - r Your money back. —Judiciou* advertis ing is the kind that pays back to yon the money you invest Space in this paper aaaures you prompt return* . . VOL. IX. - NO. 4 LAYING CORNER STONE OF MASONIC TEMPLE The Impressive Ceremonies Con ducted by Grand Master Francis D. Winston and the Address by General W. R. Cox, Past Grand Master. Thousands of Masons, represent ing every section of North Carolina were in Raleigh Wednesday to take part in the laying of the corner-stone of the handsome Masonic Temple now io coarse of construction there, and which when 90tripleted will COM* over ft to,ooo. The exercises of the corner-stone laying took noon after a procession of Masons had moved frctn Metropolitan Hall up Fayette ville street, around the Capitol and back to the building at the corner of Fayetteville and Hargett streets, where a stand had been erected for the speakers. The exercises were in charge ot Grand Master Francis D. Winston, and the address of the day deliver ed by General W. R. Cox, of Edge combe county, a Past Grand Mas ter of the Masons. Grand Master Winston gave in his address a review of the work of the Masons. The chief marshal was General Carle A. Woodruff ,U. S. A., re tired, who named efficient aides. The parade was an imposing one and the music was bv the Third Regiment band. The Exercise «l The Building. At the building the order of ex ert ises was as follows: Music. "The North Carolina Guaid March,"(Hall). Invocation —Reverend Frederick Nash Skinner, Grand Chaplain. Hymn. "Laying of a Corner Stone," by choir. Prayer—Reverend Frederick Nash Skinner, Grand Chaplain. Music. "Selections from Prince of Pilsen," (Leuders) Address—Honorable W. R. Cox P.G. M. ' « Music—"Patrol the Crack Regi- (Tobania). Placing of coins and medals — The grand treasurer, bv the grand Master's command, placed under the stone various sorts of coin and medals, Masonic and historical doc uments. , Music—"The Glory of God," (Beethoven). The principal Architect then presented the working tools to the Grand Master, Who handed the Square to the Deputy Grand WASTING STRENGTH Women who suffer from unnecessary, disagreeable, painful, weakening, female complaints, will find that Wine of Cardui is a safe and pleasant remedy for all » their ills. It acts directly upon all the delicate, inflamed tissues, purifying the blood, throwing off the clogging matter and relieving female disorders such as irregular, scanty, profuse, painful catamenia, etc. Also relieves headache, backache, dizziness, cramps, dragging pains, nervousness, irritability, etc. If you need advice, write us a letter, telling us all your symptoms. We will send free advice (in plain sealed envelope). Address: Ladies' Advisory Dept., The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. ALL DRUGGISTS SXLL IT IN SI.OO BOTTLES I wine f*ADMII for advice, and ky follmrtaf It m 4 | ■■ |K 111 of unIIUUI BROWN & HODGES Dealer* In * 4 9\ r fancy and Staple Groceries ' Our stock is complete Let Us Supply Your Table Wants Free .elivory within corporate limits -x 'Pbone us your orders ——7- Master, the Level to tbe senior Grand Warden, and the Plumb to the Junior Grand Warden: when the Grand Master addiesred the Grand officer*. Responses by De puty Grand Master, and Senior Grand Waiden. Junior Grand Warden. The Grand Master then delivered to the Architect the implements of architecture, sayiug: "Worthy Sir: Having thus, as Grand Master of Masons, laid the foundation-stone of this structure, I now deliver the' e implements of your profession intqyour bauds.en trusting you with the superintend ence and direction of the work,hav ing full confidence in your skill and capacity to conduct the same. Anthem — L. M- (Bebron). Corn. ' Where once of old, in Israel ' Oar early brethrtu with toil, I Jehovah's blessings on them fell. In showers of corn, and wine and oil. - Wine. When there a shrine to him above They built, with worship sin to foil, On threshold aud on corner-stone They poured out.corn, an A wine anil oil. Oil. And we have come, fraternal liands, With joy *nd pride and prosperous Ipsil To honor hint by votive hands With srteams of coru, and. wine and oil. Address —Francis D. Winston. Grand Master. Music —"Stars and Stripes For ever" v >ousa). Benediction—Rev. Frederick Nash Skinuer, Grand Chaplain. Music furnished bv Third Regi ment hand of Raleigh. Why Colls art Oiigirois because you have contracted ordinary colds and recovered from them without treatment of any kind, do not for a moment imagine that colds are not dangerous. Every-one knows that pneumonia and chronic catarrh have their origin in a common cold. Con sumption is not caused by a cold but the cold prepares the system for the reception and development ot the germs that would rot other wise have found lodgment, it is the same with all infectious diseases Diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles and whooping cough/are much more likely to be contracted when the child has a cold Ydju will see from this that more real danger lurks in a cold than in any other of the common ailments. The easiest and quickest way to cure a cold is to take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The many remarkable cures effected by this preparation have made it a staple article of trade over a large part of the world. F r * ile by All Druggists STivd t_.cu.ctd in Patent Medicine. Clic (Jittcryrtst. WILLIAMSTON, N. C.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1907 'Entomologist Appointed for Agricultural College Ex periment Station. A new Department for the st nd of injurious Insects. Farmers, fruit growets, truck gardners, and in fact all who are interested in agriculture in North Carolina should be interested to learn that the A. &. M. College and Experiment Station has estab lished a new department lor the teaching and study of insect?. This is not a new Hue of work for the State, as the Stale Entomolo gist of the department of agricul ture at Raleigh has, for a nunilier of years, conducted the work of tjie inspection of orchards and nur series, aud undertaken investiga tion and control of certain injurious insect pests. There must be, how ever, many problems that ihe State Entomologist has not, and may not, be able to undertake. The new Entomologist, R I. Smith, at the A. & M. College and Experiment Station at West Ral eigh comes from Georgia where he held the position of State Entomolo gist for a number of years. In that positiou he was enabled to gain a wide experience in the con trol of injurious insects of the Southern States. In taking up the work in North Carolina the Entomologist desires to obtain the cc-operation of tlie farmers and fruit growers of the State. Letters and correspondence are the best means to this important end, and it is his earnest desire that everyone will feel free to write for information. Specimens of in sects, their eggs or cocoons, togeth er with samples of the work of in jurious forms should lie sent with the letters. Insects should always be sent separately in a tight wooden or tin box plainly labelled with the name and address of the sender. Experimental work looking to- j ward the control of .some important insect pests will be taken up by tbe entomologist, and farmers and others over the State aliout the prin cipal insects will greatly aid him in lines of work that will I*.' of greatest benefit.' The State Experiment SU'tiou work in all its branches, is for the benefit of the citizens of North Carolina.. This is perhaps partic ularly true with investigation of injurious insects. Statistics show that insects destroy about 10 per cent, of all agricultural products each year. Hence very little thought is needed tot,make one realize the importance of insect con trol. v/ Insects injuring household good-, stored products such as corn and small grains, garden, field crop, aud fruit tree pests, all c help to cause the annual loss. Most crops for this year are practically beyond damage from in sects for this year, - except perhap? 1 cotton and some late garden crops I During the past summer, however, tnucli injury has no doubt been caused by various insects of the farm and orchard. Letters con cerning such dairage will be wel comed by the entomologist Futheimore in many cases he may be able to suggest methods for pre venting the re-appearance and damage from such insects next year. All Citizens of North Carolina should grasp this opportunity ot getting information and assistance entirely free of cost. All packages should l>e addressed to: R I. SMITH, F.ntomologist, Agr'l Expr. Station West Raleigh, N. C. Hit D«ir Oil Hitter i "My dear old mother, who is now eighty three years old, thrives on Electric Bitters,'' writes W. B. Brunson. of Dublin, Ga "She has taken them for about two years and enjoys an excellent ap- Kite, feels strong and sleeps well. at's the way Electric Bitters affect the aged, and the sam happy resu'ts fodow in all cases of female weakness and general de bi ity. Weak, puny children too are greatly strengthened by them Guaranteed also for stomach, liver and kidney troubles, by S. R. Druggist. 50c, Tbe Waning Hardwood Supply. Although the demand tor hard wood lumbenis greater than ever before, the annual cut to-day is a billion feet less than it was seven years ago. In this time the whole sale price of the different classes of hardwood lumber ailvanced from as to 65 per ceutt The cut of oak which in 1899 was more than half the total cut ef hardwoods, has fall en off 36 per cent. Yellow poplar, which was formerly teeoiul in point of out put, has fallen off 38 per cent,and elm has fallen off one-half. The cut of Softwoods in over four times that of hardwoods, yet it is doubtful if a shortage iu the former would cause dismay in so many in dustries. The eooj>etage, furniture and vehicle industriesidepend upon hardwood timber, and the railroads telephone and telegraph companies agricultural implements manufact urers, and builders use it extensive ly- This leads to the question, Where is the future supply of hardwoods to be found? The cut in Ohio and Indiana,'which, seven years ago, led all other States, has fallen off one-half. Illinois, lowa, Ken tucky, Mic'iigan, Minnesota, Mis souri, New Jersey, Tennessee, Tex as, West Virginia, and Wisconsin have also declined in hardwood production. The chief centers of production now lie in the Lake States, the lower Mississippi Valley and the Appalachian Mountains. Vet in the Lake States the presence ot hardwoods is an almost certain indication of rich agricultural land, aud when the hardwoods are cut the land is turned permanently to agricultural use. In Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi the pro duction of hardwoods is clearly at its extreme height, and in Missouri and Texas it has already begun to decline. The answer to the question, therefore, would seem to lie in the Appalachian Mountains. They contain the largest body of hard- Wood timber left in the Unitedj States. On them grow the. great est variety of tree species anywhere -to l>e found. Protected from fire and reckless cutting, they produce the best kinds of timber, since their soil and climate combine to make heavy stands and rrfpid growth. Vet much of the Appalachian for est lias been so damaged in the past that it will be years before it will again reach a high state of tMoductiveness. Twenty billion feet of haidwoodfc would be a con servative estimate of the annual productive capacity of the 75,000, 000 acres of forest lauds in the Ap palachians if they were rightly man aged Until they are we can ex pect a shortage in lurdwood timber. Circula'r 116, of the Forest Ser vice, entitled "The Waning Hard wood Supply," discusses thiti situ ation. It may lie had upon appli cation to the Forester, Forest Ser vice, Washington, I). C. More Tbm Enough is too Much To maintain health, a mature man or woman needs just enough food to repair the waste and supply energy and body h>at. The liab dual consumption of more food than is necessary for these purposes is the prime caus>: of stomach troubles, rheumatism and disorders of the kidneys If troubled with indigestion, revise your diet, lei reason and not appetite cont'ol and take a few dc se of Chamber lain's Stomach ant Liver Tablets and you will soon be all right again. For sale by All Druggists and Dealers in Patent Medicine. "He In oue of Hie cleverest men I ever knew." "Clever! In what way?" "When lie geta a letter from a lad} be cau alwu.va easily find where slit begins again after lie lias reached th« end of tbe Hint |.age."-€bleago Rec ord-Herald. To check a cold quickly, get from your druggist some little Candy Cold Tablets called Preven tics. Druggists everywhere are now dispensing Prevcntics, for they are not only safe, but decided ly certajn and prompt. Preventics contain no Quinine, no laxative, nothing harsh nor sickening. Tak en at the "sneeze Preven tics will prevent Pneumonia, Bron chitis, La Grippe, etc Hence the name, Preventics. Good for fev erish children. 48 Preventics 15 cents Trial Boxes scts. Sold by S. R. B'ggS. ; A $15,000,000 PEA NUT CROP. Rise of T e Goober Since The Civil War H ts Been Rcmatkable. Befo r the v'ivil War the Vir ginian who had a cow rtr a horse, or even poultry, and worked a veg etable garden, however small, gave a corner of his lot to the raising of the goober pea, known to the out side world as the peanut and to science as Aracbis hypogea. Some body brought it originally from Braxil as a cheap and nutritions food forstock. The gardener pulled up the vines, with the nuts cling ing to tlieiu, and stored them in the huv loft to lie fed to the animals. During the war the Union forces captured a mail bug in which, among other letters, was found one from a Confederate officer to a Virginia girl. It contained some in formation of vaulue about the move ment of troops, and also said . "It is plain we are congenial souls, for I, too, am loud of the despised goober." From this it is inferred that li e liking for the peanut 50 years ngo was not genera) even in the South A few persons ate it, but without roasting. At that time it was by no im am a common field crop in the Old' Dominion, nnd noonethought of it as a source of revenue. Occident revealed its value as a means of en riching the soil. Where it was left to decay the ground yielded re markable crops of other kinds. Howeverrit may be with men, tobacco is bad for the soil, quickly exhausting its nitrogenous element, lu the few years immediately fol lowing thw war the impoverished Virginia planter raised raised all to bacco he could, and soon this crop hardly paid for the work il required. Lands were offeied for the tradi tional song. .Then came the wider planting of the |>eaniit and the in creasing fertility of the soil. Soou the popularity Of the |>ea uut in the North led to its culti vation pretty generally throughout Virginia and the Carolinas. Now it is the favorite nut for man, and is grown in every Southern State and in Califoania, Oklahoma and Missouri and in several Northern and Western States. It has l)econie so important that there is published lu this state the American Nut Journal, which is devoted chiefly to the peanut in terest. It would be hard to esti mate the number of Italian push cart merchants ill all the cities of this country who depend largely on the sale of roasted peanuts. The circus or menagerie would be a pooi thing without peanuts The value of the peanut crop in the United State exceeds $157000,- tx>o It reaches dbout 400,000,000 pounds aud nearly 500,000 persons are employed in its cultivation. Some 400,1x10 acres of land is de voted to its culture for market pitr (H)ses. Said a market gardner here: "The |>eauut will grow 011 soil that can-, uot be used for anything else, aud if properly gathered and carefully marketed it will yield SIOO to the acre. The weeds must be kept out and a little lime is needed to keep off bugs, and that is aliout all the attention it calls for." The scientists of the Depart ment of Agriculture at Washington have commended the peanut as a nutritious and wholesome food for man and beast To the former it* supplies protein aud ash materials and to the animals of the farm it is particulary valuable in combination with corn and other carbonaceous ; foods, notably for young and grow | ing stock. As an improver of the soil it is equal to any leguminous crop, its chief virtue is that it does not con sume the nitrogen of the soil, the rapid exhaustion of which, togellur with slow ["reduction hy'~naUiral processes, has led to melancholy forebodings by chemists The tu bercles of the roots collect nitrogen 1 ' from the air and feed it to the plant without impoverishing the laud. An enthusiast on the subject of ( the peanuts, one of the prominent planters of this region, says: "It is - KIDNEY^TROUBLE Sufftrti Two Ytart—RtlUvtd In Tkrt* Months. MR. C. B.yiZKK, Mt. Sterling, Ky, writes: "I have Muttered with kidney and bladder trouble tor ten yean pail. 1 "Last March 1 comlilt-need lining Peruna and oontlnuol for ttireemontha. 1 have not used it since, nor have 1 fait » pain. "I believe that I am well and I there fore give my highest commendation to the curative qualities of Peruna." Pe-ru-M for KMney Trouble. Mra. Geo. H. Hlmser, Grant, Ontario, Can., writes: "I had not l>een well for aliout four year*. / had kidney trouble, and, la tact, felt badly nearly all the time. "Thl« Hummer I got ao very bad I thought I would try Peruna, ao 1 wrote to you and began at once to take Peruna and Nlaualln. "1 took only two bottlea of Peruna and one of Manalln, and now 1 feel better than I have for some time, "1 feel that Peruna and Manalln cured me and made a different woman of me altogether. 1 bless the day I picked up the lit tie book and read of your Peruna." It la the bualneaa of the kldneya to remove from the blood all poltonoua material m. They must be active all the time, else the system suffer*. Theri are tlmea when they need a little aaalatanoe. Peruna la exactly this aort of a rem edy. Jt has saved many people from disaster t'f rendering the kidneys ser vice at a time when they were not able to bear their own burden*. one of the saftest and surest of Vir ginia products. It is rare that it falls below 900 pounds to the acre, and there is always a ready niaikel for it at paying prices, cither to supply the demand of the cities or as fodder "You may l)e surprised to learn its many uses merely for home con sumption. Its history is much like that of the cfttton plant. You know the cotton grower once found the seeds a nuisance and an ex pense, while now the profits from the seeds.and other parts of the plant exceed those from the cotton itself. Kvery man who has a gar den down here grows* peanuts, some of which he may sell and some of which his family will eat. For every other part of the plant he has a use. It will feed his cow or his horse, fatten his hogs, chick ens, ducks, turkeys, gepse, and en rich his garden. "You see the planter who does not give his time and labor to harvesting his crop for the market, and yfiu know la bor is mighty uncertain in the South, may get about as mil. li pro fit out of it by couveitiug it into meat by simply feeding it to'any kind of stock that sells readily, livery living thing likes peantlis, and the stock prefers tints and vines to hay or fodder. "Milk cows especially may be kept in tine condition by it, and just now milk sells for ten cents a lll art jn this region. Hetis lay steadily under a peanut diet and eggs bring 40 cents a dozen her£. Trial Catarrh treatments are be ing mail,ed out tree, on request, by Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis These tests are proving to the people— without a penny's cost —the great value of tnis scientific prescription known to druggist everywhere as Dr. Shoop's Catarrh Remedy. Sold by S. R. Biggs. One of the (source* of Income to cer tain Hurmu provincial governments Is the letting of rights to collect edible birds' nests In the uortlieru uud south eru groups of the Moscow Islands, In the Tavoy district. These nests com rnund fancy prices and are used In ■eaaonlng Roups uud other dishes. ' ' - Don't get out of patience with the baby when it is peevish and rest less, and don't wear yourself out 'worrying night and day about it |ust give it a little Cascasweet. Cascasweet is a corrective lor the stomachs of babies and children. Contains no' drugs. Sold I by S. R. Biggs; Willianiston, N. C., ; Slade. Jones & Go., Hamilton, N. C. j A DVERTtSINQ Your money buck.— Judiciout ad reft la in K' i» the kind that paya back to you the money you inveet. Space in thia paper aaaurea you prompt returns . . WHOLE NO. 398 « Professional Cards. ' HUGH B. YORK, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, " Office: Chase's Drug Store. OFFICK HOURS: Btolo A. M.; 7 to 9p. it, WilliarriHtoii, N. 0. Office Phone No. 53 Night Phone No. 6] DR- J. A. WHITK. FFSHH DKNTIBT OFFICK- MA IN STRKRT PHONR 9 1 will be 111 Plymouth the first week la November. W. B; Warren. J. S. Rhode. DKS. WARREN & RHODES, PHYSICIANS ( AND SURGEONS. OFFICE IN BIGGS' DRUG STORK t 'Phone No. 2Q I BURROUS A. CRITCHER, ATTORNRY AT L,AW Office: Wheeler Martin's office. 'Phone, 23. 1 WL I.LI a MSTON , N. C. S. AT WOOD NEWEU, J.AWYER Office formerly occupied by J. U. Biggv. Phonr No. 77. "V 11.1,1 AMHTON, N C. wherever tervlcfa are desired ipecial attention given to examining and mak , ■« ««• for purchaaera of timber and timber 1 Special attention will l»e given to real eatate 1 exchange*, if you with to buy or aell land I c*n helpyou- ■ PHOH«4« ; F - '>• WINSTON S. J. BVRRRTT WINSTON & EVERETT ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW WLU.IA MSTON. N. C. 'Phone 31 Money to loan. A. R. DUNNING ATTORNKY-AT I.AW ROBKRSONVIM.K, N. C. HOTEL BEULAST I>. ,C. MOORING, Proprietor ROBKRSONVIM.K, N. C. Rates SI.OO per day Special Ratea By the Week A I'irst-Closs Hotel in Every Partic ular. The traveling public will find it a most convenient place to atop. A SI'DDKN REMINDER if your negligence in securing a fire in surance policy may come in the shape of 11 lire at any time TUB SOONKR YOU INSI'RK the lictter for you. You kuow it, and this is only to remiuil you that the knowledge will do you no good unless you act U|KIU it. Let us write you a pol icy and have it over with. You'll feel Iwlter and sleep easier. K. B. GRAWrORD INSURANCE AGENT, Godard Building Wiliiamston Telephone Co. S. ATWOOD NBWBLL. MANAURR. » Office over Bank of Martin County. WiLLIAMSTON, N. C. Phone Charges: Message* limited to 5 minutes; extra charge for over time. To Washington aj rta. " Greeuville aj " " Plymouth ij " " Tarboro ..., 35 " " Rocky Mount 35 " " Scotland Neck „ 25 " " Jamesville 15 " " K.ader Lilley's IJ- " " |. G. Staton 15 " ?. 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