Ganderbone's Forecast
> For November. ,
{Copy write 1908, by C. H. Rieth.)
A table and a pitcher
A tumbler and a stand,
A man in double-breasted clothes,
And music by the band;
A last appeal to reason
A crowd with cheering daft—
Some folks think it's Byraa,
And others think it's Taft.
A speaker on a«Pullman,-
A little pantomime,
A hasty diagnosis of
The perils of our time; •*
A farewell and a promis,
A benediction aft—
Some folks thinks it's Byran
And others thinks it's Taft.
A man with twenty do'lars,
Another man with ten,
A swift exchange of challenges,
And two excited men;
A showdown and a wager,
A banknote and a draft—
Some folks thinks it's Bvran
And others think it's Taft.
A homestretch and a tumult,
A spyglass and a shout,
A feverish excitement while
They try to make them out?
A flying dust cloud leading,
A second cloud abaft—
Some folks think it's Bryan,
And others think it's Taft.
In the old Roman calender No
vember was the ninth month.
Blessing fell early, and the empire
gave thanks jjjst before the first
frost; but about 700 B. C. the trusts
left the people so little to be thank
ful for after nine months that it
was decided to wait a while and see
if anything would come of the
Roman election. Nuuia accord
ingly made November the eleventh
month and had Thanksgiving fall
with the first snows, notwithstand
ing the month gets its name from
the Latin novem (nine).
, The frisky colt will sniff the air
and hear the whistling quail, and
the festive calf will indicate the
zenith with his tail. The frost
with a deep and redder dye, the
hired man will shuck the corn, the
pumpkin vine will pie, the politi
cians will hit up their office-holding
feud, and the modest maple tree
will blush and come out in the
nude.
And then the presidential race
Will hold its royal sway,
And everyone will exercise
His liver, anyway.. *
He'll bounce it up and down be
tween
His pancres and gizzard, ,
And waltz it through his inner
works .
From A around to Izzard.
And even though his present
race
Mav prove to be in vain,
He'll have the health and strength
to run
perhaps, again.
At any rate the candidates will
dash into the stretch, and both
Bills-o'-the-Wisp will make them
selves quite hard to ketch. They'll
spurt in spirited response to many
wild arouses, and fan the dust up
W'ith the slack iownhanging from
their trousers. They'll come in
sight exhibiting a score of fan :y
paces, and only hit the trembling
earth in four or five high places.
The air will darken with the flight
of gravel, dirts and sods, and the
crowd will sound its battle cries and
offer odds. And Teddy meanwhile
will wedgg in quite close beside the
track, with something that he has
concealed within a paper sick, and
when his entry-charges down, hot
footing like the wind, T. R. will
hang a hornet nest upon him down
behind.-
And then there will be doings on
This agitated sphere—
The earth will pitch ard bock to
beat
A frenzied Texas steer. ,
The sun will spin around and
around
- And blow up once or twice
The moon will turn aArery dark
And bloody ball of ice,
And no one will remain to see
Who won the race for vice.
The election will be held on the
3d, and the trust will hold an all- 1
night prayei meeting; on the 2d.
Mr. Bryan will cast his vpte for
Mr. Taft *at Lincoln. Mr. Taft
4vill return the, courtesy at Cin
cinnati. and Mr. Rockefeller will
receive the ntws at Cleveland. The
quadrennial ass who wheels another
quadrennial ass through town on a
wheelbarrow will start from the
Postoffice at 10 o'clock on the
morning of the 4th, followed by 90
boys and the Foolkiller. The com
plete returns will be in by the 15th.
The annual show-down between
city and country life will be com
plete by the 20th, when the farmer
will have his cellar stocked with
potatoes, turnips, kraut, honey,
nuts, hams, sidemeat, souse, pop
corn, pickles, pigs' feet, apple
butter, lard, sweet' potatoes ahd
sorghum, and the citvman will en
t*r the winter with his cellar stock
ed with ten tons of hard coal and
two gas meters.
The man who made election bets,
Relying on his knowledge,
Will write a sad note to his sou,
Withdrawing him from college.
The football season will wind up,
The class room claim its braves,
And the faculty will order flow
ers
And decorate the graves.
A double fleece-lined coat of hair
will come in style for dogs, and the
farmer will put 011 the pot and kill
his fattened hogs. The air will
teem with shots and squeals aud
sundry flavors sweet, the good
housewife will reuder lard and
scrape and pickle feet, the spared
old hens will get a note of terror in
their cacklings aud the children
will refresh their turns with good
old-fashioned cracklings.
Mr. Roosevelt's annual proclama
tion advancing the price of turkey
10 certs a pound will be issued
about the middle of the month. He
will urge us to give thanks that
55,000,000 cubic feet of earth were
excavated at Panama in October.
The sad-faced gobbler will ad-,
dress
His young and tearful flock,
And clip for memory's sweet
sake
A small and tear-stained lock,
And then, with many sighs, will
lay ~ _
His head upon the block.
Until the 25th November will be
under the zodiacal sign of Scorpio.
People born in Scorpio are cross at
supper, and it is better, if possible,
to be born after the 25th, when the
month is under the sign of Sagi
tarius the Archer. Sagitarius peo
ple are only cross at breakfast,
when everybody is.
The flower for November is the
chrysanthemum, which signifies
that Japan received our fleet with
out starting anything. The moon
will be full 011 the Bth.
Along about the 29th
The Duke of the Abruzzi
Will get it all fixed up that he
Shall wed his tootsey-wootsev;
And Elkius pere will dance a jig
And dream of wedding cake,
While everybody else makes bets
On whether it will take.
And then December will blow in
with cold and Christmas glee, and
old King Coal, the merry soul, will
thunder out, "Pay me!"
Whv Holds in Dangerous
Because you have contrated ordi
nary colds and recovered from them
without treatment of any kind, do
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. Consumption
is not caused by a cold but the cold
prepares the system tor the recep
tion ana development of the germs
that wouldl(not otherwise have
found lodgment. It is the same
with all infectious diseases. Diph
theria, scarlet fever, measles and
whooping cough are much more
likely to be contracted when the
child has a cold. You will see
from this that more real danger
lurks in a cold than in anv 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 ihjf
have make it a staple article of
trade over a large part of the world.
For sale by All Druggists and Deal
ers in Patent Medicine.
6,2*1,780 BALES OF COTTON
Government Shows Amount Ginned
to October IS.
The ceusus report on cotton issued
yesterday shows a total of 6,283,780
bales (connting round as half
bales) ginned from the growth of
1908 to October 18, total of
25,440 active ginneries. Compar
ison shows 4,420,258 bales ginned
for 1907, 4,931,621 for 1906, 4.990,-
566 for 1905, and for
1904. The number of active gin
neries in 1907 was 24,926; for 1906
26,125, and for 1905, 26,577.
Round bales this >ear number
115,439, as compared with 97.957
for 1907, 132,144 for 1906 and
146,574 for 1905. Sea Island bales
aggregate 32,462 (or 190S, 18,775
for 1907, 12,091 for Iyo6, and
31.487 for 1905.
The report by States, giving
bales (counting round bales as
half bales), and active ginneries,
respectively, is a", follows: Alabama,
690,788 bales and 3,295 ginneries;
Arkansas, 374.108 bales and 1,934
ginneries; Florida, 34 577 bales and
231 ginneries; Georgia, 1,119,617
bales and 4,250 ginneries; Ken
tucky and New Mexico, 560 bales
and 2 ginneries; Louisiana 266,027
bales and 1,499 ginneries; Mississ
ippi, 621,413 bales and 3,190 gin
neries; Missouri, 20,234 bales and
66 ginneries; North Caroliua, 276,-
173 bales and 2,443 ginneries; Ok
lahoma, 131,578 bales aud 862 gin
neries; South Carolina, 659,076
bales and 3,046 ginneries, Teun
esse, 132.227 bales and giuue
ries; Texas, 2,041,570 bales aud
3.978 ginneries; Virginia, 2,816
bales and 63 ginneries.
Tile report also announces that
the corrected statistics of the quan
tity of cotton ginned this season
to September 25 was 2,590,639
bale?.—Exchange.
A Curious Ashanti Custom
When children are born in Ashantl
they are at once rubbed al! over with a
mixture of oil ami red oeher, this being
repeated every two days. Their mouths
are washed with a fiery coucoctlon In
which red |>epi>cr Is the tua'n lngrodl
ent, and a crier goes through the town
proclaiming the new arrival and claim
lug for It a name and a place among
the living. Some one else lu a distant
part of the village acknowledges the
fftct and promises, on the part of tin
people. that the newborn babe shall
l»e received into theycommunlty. The
townspeople then assemble in t h«-
streets, and the baby is brought out
and exposed to view. A 4>asln of w:>
ter is provided, and the head man. or
chief of the town, sprinkles water
upon it, leaving It a name and Invok
lug a blessing upon It, such as. for In
•tanCe, that it may have health, grow
op to manhood or womanhood, have n
numerous progeny and possess riches.
Most of thoye present follow the ex
ample of the head man, and the poor
child Is thoroughly drenched before the
ceremony is ended. Every one who
participates in the ceremony pledges
blmself to be a friend to the child.
A Different Cook.
Two prosperous business men met
on ft Broadway local.
"Ilowdy do, old man? Haven't seen
you In au age! How's Dayton?"
"Fine and dandy, Brown! And how
are you and the madam?"
"Mrs. Brown and your humble serv
ant are both well; but, by Jove, our
health would Improve if we saw the
Joseph P. Day tons ringing our front
door bell."
"Yes, yes. I admit we've l»een re
miss. Mrs. D. and I both speak of you
so often and reproach ourselves for
our neglect. It's lieen fully a year
since we dined with you."
"You're shy a few months, but we'll
let that pass. Suppose you comfe over
to dinner one night next week."
"Really, I can't Just say. I think I
heard Mrs. Dayton say something
about next week being all taken up,
and"—
"Well, old man, here Is my station,
better-come. We've got a new cook.
She's a dandy. Good night."
"Why. yes. Brown, we'll make the
date over the phone?" shouted Dayton
after the hurrying figure.—New r»rk
Time*.
Mrs. Snooper—Men make me awfully
tired.
Mrs. Swayback—What's the matter
now V
Mrs. Snooper—My husband saw Mrs.
Keedick yesterday, and I asked him
what she had on, and he replied, "Oh,
clothes."—Exchange.
Employer—Shortleigh writes me that
you insulted him when you called at
his office yesterday. Collector—Well,
I'll tell you ho Wit happened. 1— Em
ployer (Interrupting)— Did he pay up?
Collector No, sir. Employer—Well,
never mind the rest of the explanation.
—Chicago News.
"Can 1 have this dance?" asked the
callosr^puth.
"Why,' certainly," replied the haughty
beauty. "I don't want It."
Administrator's Notice
Having this day qualified as adminis
trator of the estate of Cbas. Whichard,
deceased, late of Martin County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all persons
having any claims against said estate of
said deceased to erftend the sain? to the
undersigned within one year from the
date hereof, or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate will please make
immediate payment.
This Octo|*r 71b. 19UN.
A. R. DUNNING,
l«-!>.«t. Administrator.
Land SaeT
By virtue of authority vested in me by
an order made in the Superior Court and
approved by the Judge in the special pro
ceedings entitled, Cherry, Rogers and
others, against Rogers. Cherry and
Others, I shall sell to the highest bidder,
on the first Monday in November, !>eing
the 2nd day, at 12 o'clock neon, at the
Court-house door in Williamston, for
cash, the following described tract of
land: Being in Williamston Township,
lying on the road leading from William
ston to Roliersonville, and known as the
Amelick Askew place, containing 75 acres
more or less. A more definite descrip
tion of which can be had by refering to
the deed to Amelick F. _A»kew in the
Register's office, said land containing
farm buildings and 60 acres of open land.
This the sth day of October, 190 S.
S. J. EVERETT
io-9-4t Commissioner.
Certificate of Dissolution.
To all to whom tU'se presents may
conic -GREETINGS:
Whereas, it appears to my satisfaction,
by duly authenticated record of the pro
ceedings for the voluntary dissolution
thereof, by the unanituou* consent of all
the stockholders, deposited in tny office,
that Cowing Bros, and Company, a cor
poration of this State, whose principal
Office is situated in the town of Wil
liamston, County of Martin, State of
Notth Carolina (A. Cowing lieing the
agent therein and in charge thereof,
upon whom process may be served), has
complied with the requirements of chap
ter 21, Revisal of lik>s, entitled "CorjK).
rations," preliminary to the issuing of
this Certificate of Dissolution.
Now, therefore, I, J. Bryan Grime#,
Secretary of State of the State of North
Carolina do hereby certify the said cor
poration did, on the i 6' h day of Septem
ber, 1!H)H, file in tnv office a duly executed
ainl attested consent in writing to the
dissolution of said corjioration, executed
by all the stockholders thereof, which
said consent and the record of the pro
ceedings aforesaid are now on file in itiy
said office, ua provided by law.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my official seal at
Raleigh, this 16th day of September, A.
I). 1»0H.
CHIMES,
10-ft 4t Secretary of State.
- Administrator's Notice.
Having this day qualified as adminis
trator to the estate of A. G. Cawey, de
ceased, this is to give notice to all parties
UoUttwtf'«e«omits against this estate that
they must be presented within one year
from date of this notice, or this notice
will be plead in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate will
settle imthediately.
This Octol>er 34, 1908.
R. 11. Sai.sbury,
10-30-6 1 Administrator,
Notice.
Having this day qualified as adminis
trator to the estate of Walter R. I larrell,
deceased, this is to give notice to all
parties holding accounts agaihst this
estate that they must be presented with
in one year from date of this notice, or
this notice will be plead in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to said
estate will settle immediately.
This October 15,
S. J. EvKßisrr,
10 16 6t. Administrator.
Administrator's Notice.
Having qualified as administrator of
I- V. Gray, deceased, late of Martin
County, N. C., this is to notify all per
sons having claims against the estate of
said deceased, to exhibit them to the
undersigned on or before the 6tli day of
October, 1909, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate will please
make immediate payment.
This the 6th day of October, 1908.
B. A. CKITCHER,
Administrator.
Had 1 Close Call
Mrs. Ada 1,. Croom, the widely
known proprietor of thp Croom
Hotel. Vaughn, Miss., says: "For
several months I suffered with a
severe cough, _and consumption
seemed to have its grip 011 me,
when a friend recommended Dr.
King's New Discovery. I began
taking it, and three bottles affected
a complete cure." The fame of
this life saving cough and cold
remedy, and lung and throat healer
is world wide. Sold at All Drug
gists 50c. and SI.OO. Trial bot
tle free.
October Suggestions in ||
FOOTWEAR
It's useless for us to say that you need a
pair of shoes, —the season demands It.
These cool days remind you that your
low quarters are too cool natured for •
your good health.
It's without saying that you want the
best.
The suggestion is this—it will never have
to be repeated—there is more real value -
in the Crossett, Peters or Miles shoe
than you need, but it's thrown in with- - „
but exira charge. You come our way
this time and it will be your way next
time.
They are, Crossetts, from $4.00 to $5.00;
Miles from $2.50 to $5.00; Peters from
$2.00 to $4.00, and are made up so as
to lead the procession. Come in.
V 'f||
Respectfully yours,
Brown & Roberson
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