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WILLIAM C. MANNING. EDITOR
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Friday. Decani bfr i, iqii
The great body of North Caro
liua teach r- m-*t in Ualeu 1 Wed
nesday. Prominent speakers,
among whom was Champ Clark,
addressed the Assembly according
to a splendidly .irrutiide I programme
Thii is the n*Sf*met.ti;'g since the
change of date unil 1 » '(pel th it
it is a pleasant one, and that much
is being done for the forward move
ment of education in the State.
The "Thanksgiving Number" of
The Orphan' s Friend, is-nrd U-t
Frfduv, was indeel a Rem an.l
worthy ol the great ins i ut«."ii
which il r. pre* en is N« nobler
work in all ihe wo»l 1 is tin re than
that being done by the Oxford O'
phauage, ihe pion-erof orph mart -
in the State " I'nre atid un it-fib d
religion b?fo'e G >1 r»ti-1 :h • Fa het
is this: To vi*tt the- t.'t ".r ! e-..s and
wido-.vs tti their ;>IVu torn and to
kei-p h ins It nn-p-4-ti d 'ruin tie
world ''
Womai/s Greater Victory
Grtidually in the battle of life,
'woman is coming into her own.
Politically she is making her vote
felt in many Western States. In
the enforced struggle for a living
.-.he has had to push elbows with
men and has txen asking for equal
rights in the business and political
world It is the irony of fate that
* millions of women have to work
(and tor the husband or father fre
quently,.) doing a man's job with
the same speed and efficiency as the
man, yet receiving not half the
wages given to him This has
Jevfi been unjust and never more so
than now when the woman is
thoroughly equiiipirg het.-elf lor
"business
It took New York Slate, wher
the struggle for life ii on a sUtpeu
dons bisis, to recognize the true
worth o: woman. A r.venr law
ptovide-i "equal pay fortqual work
wi bo H distinction of i ex " This
ematicip itioc of women from the
burden which has beeti placed on
her siuce the w rid began, will be
hailed with jry :.ot 'only in New
York but throughout '.he country.
Because it is only a question of
time when the .>.nue law will prevail
all over the land. So the leaven is
spreading and the woman will be
come freed from tlie old thraldom
which has forced her t* labor side
by side with man and vet on half
pay compared with her brother in
the struggle. Those fifteen thou
sand teachers in New Yotkdestrve
to be honored for the victory they
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"For the .sunkhtne and the rain.
For the citiw ar.J for the shower,
For the yellow, ripened grain.
And the golden harvest hour.
We bless Thee, oh, our Godl
"For the Mat and the shade.
For the gladness and the grief.
For the tender, sprouting blade.
And for the nodding sheaf.
We bless Thee, oh, our God!
"For the hope and for the fear.
For the storm and for the peace,
For the trembling and the cheer,
And for the git id Increase.
We bless Thee, oh, our Godl
"Our hands have tilled the sod,
And the torpid seed have sown;
I'.ut the quickening was of God,
And the praise he ills alone.
We bless Thee. oh. our God!"
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Ranald Elicit
J';P v ~vr] K i way a t;irl„ I wouldn't
»•:: walking, 100 fur," said oH
| t'ncl Iti.bert, as a girl of
,V | him on hoi
MM v. ay do", nto the gate 0°
* the fr.n-i house.
"And why jiotshe asked, as she
nI TO.-M came to a pause.
"Well, according .o my Idea, it's go
ing to rain and snow and blow are.'
hall, and when the .t:,rni does break
die's going to bo'a buster."
"I wanted to go to the poatoflico to
mail a letter."
"It's three miles there and . back,
and If I Wl:b you I'd put it off. Mcbbe
Benrrbody/ll bo lauding that you can
a 011.) by. Toiroivi.r'B Thanksgiving
you know, ami We are going to have
tho awi'ukat, biggest, nicest dinner
anybody e\cr sal down to. It s In
your honor, you There'll bo a
turkey, a duek and chicken; there'll
lie cranberry sens, pumpkin pies, our
rant Jell, sweet e!di r and apple dump
lma.; there'll- he—!'.
"I think I'll jiiHi walk a Httl« ways,
nhyhow," tald the sol, us she opened
the gate and passed down the Mgli
wny towr.rd the village and t*ho rail
road depot.
"And If >Oll come home as wet as 0
lien don't sny i didn't warn ye. It's
j:olng to come, and ft's going; to he
11 buster."
Half an hour Inter a middle-aged
woman with a motherly face and
voice came out on tho steps anu
asked:
"i'a. do you reckon it's goin' to
storm ?"
"Sure as ducks."
"Where"* Minnie?"
"O, she's gone for a Banter. I giv*
her warning. What's she wantln' tc
mall a letter for? I hain't mailed a
letter nor got ono in tweifty years
and I guess I'm about aB well off as
must folks. I was going to ask her
but forgot It."
"Don't you ask her a word about
It," cautioned the wife HS she cnnifl
down to him. "I guess Minnie's got
something 011 her mind, but It hain't
none o' your business."
"Something on her mind, eh? That's
funny. Didn't know that glHa ever
had anything on their minds except
new clothes. Is thai why sho come
visiting us all of'a sudden?"
"None o' your business! I guoss
my own sister's daughter can com i
ar.il see me any time she takes a no
tion, and that without writing ahead.
What's on her mind, as nigh as I can
make out, Is about a young man.
They are engaged, and they've had a
falling out, and she's sorter run awny
from him to find out if he really cares
for her."
"And flic's got scared about It and
h;'s written him a litter to tell where
the is?" queried the husband.
"Oo on! It's i.Tibabiy a letter to
her ma, though 1 didn't neo it inr ask.
t hope she didn't start for town. It's
s.oing 10 storm- for sure, and there
•hain't but ono house on the roa!
where she could iind shelter. Look
down tho road and see if you can see
her."
"Can't see hide nor hair of any girl,"
reported I'IH ie Robert after going out
to the highwrgrjind taking a long look
An hour la'or. xlith both uncle and
aunt lidr.etiug übout their girl Visitor,
the gray afternoon had become twi
light. In 15 minutes there was cold
rain and lively hail, and Uncle Rob
ert was blown into the kitchen.
Miss Minnie had reached town and
mailed Vcr letter and (.tarled book
again when the storm broke. Before
|t came she thought she could make
out a human figuro on the road ahead
of-her, but wasn't sure.
The very first gust picked her up
inil turned h> r around aud deposited
her under a roadside tree. She re
mained thero until the gale began to
w hip the branches off, and then let go
her hold and ran for Jt.
She hadn't gone a quarter of a mile
when, as she crouched and covered
her face, she was struck by a falling
limb and knew no more.
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It was the dim eight of the girl and
| the scream she utteied when hit, that
the man who was clinging to tlie
roadside fence back into the highway.
He beht over the unconscious form and
picked it up and staggered back to the
fence and followed jt until he saw a
ifght and found the gate of a farm
house.
His lusty calls for help soon brought
out a man, and the senseless burden
was tarried into tbe house and re
ceived by a woman.
"I don't know who she is, but I
fouud her in the road," explained her
rescuer. "There is blood on her hair,
and 1 think she was struck down."
"We'll do all we can," replied the
mon and woman together, "but- you
mustn't >ook for much. We are mighty
poor folks. We hain't got no cam
phor nor whisky, and as for getting a
doctor out from ,town —it can't he
done tonight."
The girl was carried into the only
bedroom and laid oil the only bed, and
when her wet clothing iiad been re
moved and she was between tho
sheets, the woman got a eioth and u
basin of water and washed away tho
blood and whispered to the stranger:
"I don't think she's Dad hurt. She s
.lust fainted away with the scare of it.
When She opens her eyes I'll tell her
to go to sleep, and sne'll be all right
in the morning."
' '"Do you think it's some young lady
from the village?" asked the stranger
j of the farmer as they talked in whisr
pera In the outer room.
"No, I don't reckon so. I reckon it's
thai new girl that arrived at Turners
a i'i \s r » ago. I taw her going to
. wards the village two hours ago."
"Arrived at Turner's! Say. man, tire
you sure? Is it a strange girl to tho
neighborhood?"
"I've heard, nay it was Uncle Bob s
i nioce, and that i-lie come from the
j eitv. What tills you. «!ranger? Docs
j this storm upset you?"
It wasn't the storm, i'ercy Klncaid
, had |uarrc!rd with tho girl he lov d
and had risked to be his wife. It was
about nothing, alrnos;, as most lovers'
. rjtiarrels arc, but pride on either side
le 1,1 oft' a reconciliation until the lov
er (milly harried that Miss Minnie
had none on a journey and left no
word for him.
She warf Koing to spend Thanksgiv
ing week in tho country. Within two
cays she had relented; within thrto
t he was making every effort to locato
Jicr, that he might patch up n peace
He had su e ed d. He waa going to
[ throw himself on her mercy and ark
Uncle Hobert for a place at hii
Thanksgiving table.
The storm grew fiercer as the night
advanced. When another day canx l
even ilie cattle could not face tho
storm uor man move from his door. It
was Thanksgiving day. At Uncle Rob
ert's there was a feast to be spread;
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"I don't believe they'd eat a tlngls
mouthful."
at Bradley's there was hardly better
than poorhouse fare.
Hut the victim of the accident was
no longer In bed, and the rescuer no
longer eared about the weather, and I
the farmer folks looked at each other
and smiled and whispered:
"Kven if we had turkey and cran
berry sauce I don't believe they'd eat
a single mouthful. They've just sorter
found each other and are tickled to
death." '
And when at last they could make
• heir way to Turner's, and Uncle Hob
stuttered and Aunt Harriet cried for
joy. Miss Minnie asked in a way that
vas almost heartless:
"Why do you take on so? 1 never
had such a lovely Thanksgiving In all
my life!"
Honor Belongs to Pilgrim Fathers.
Long before the advent of the Pil
grims in Massachusetts all rituals con
tained expressions of grathude toj
/iod for his niercfos. In that of the
Church of England special prayers
were provided for the Sunday service. I
This service, however, must be care
fully distinguished from the Thanks
giving day of the Pilgrim fathers. Fail
ure to make this distinction has led
to the groundless claim that the Pop
hem colonists were "the first to keep
Thanksgiving day" in America. The
service at Monliegan, on which this
claim is based, was the regular Sun
day service of the Church of England;
and while it had an element of thanks
giving. the day can in nowise be re
garded as a Thanksgiving day as that
term is understood. Cotemporary
evidence refutes all claim to the con
trary.
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J (fa €JAgain we invite you to inspect our stock of Buggies,
i,Surries, Carts, Harness and Buggy Robes.
i (fa ! CJHave just been to the Northern Markets where we
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Kndwledge That Comes to
You
through other people's experience should
be your guide. Think how you would
like to be iu the position of that friend
or acquaintance who was burned out and
ruined because he wasn't insured
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FACTS ABOrr FIRE INSURANCE
are so strange they outdo fiction. Fires
have started from an amSdiug variety of
curious causes. Have us issu.-e you a po
l licy today and you will be protected in
case you should be burned out through
any of them.
h- B. GRAWPORD
INSURANCE AGENT,
; | Godard Building
Condensed statement of the condition of
; bank of Robersonville
at the close of business
September 27th, 1911
Loans and discounts $ 86.318.60
Due from banks 16,171.31
Overdrafts 495.24
Bkg. house, fur. & fix. 3,604.44
Cash and cash items 11,072.86
Total 17*662.45
Capital stock f 15.000.00
j Surplus and profits 10,270.53
Bills Payable 38,000.00
. Deposits 53.925.94
I Cashiers check 462.98
j Total f117.662.45
4 PER GENT PAID
ON TIME DEPOSITS
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I J. C. Robertson, Pres.
( J. H. Roberson, tst V-Pres.
A. S. Robcrson, 2d V-Pres.
/ J. A. Mizell. Cashier
J. D. Woolard. Asst Ch'r
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IN O T I C E !
Sealed Hids will be received by the Hoard
of Town Commissioners of the Town of
Wiliamston, N. C. on Tuesday night, Dec.
12, 1911 for rent of Stalls in City Market
tor year of 1912, Stalls will he offered two
to each bidder, the successful bidder will
be required to furnish bond for amount of
rent for one year. The Board reserves the
right to reject any and all bids -
By order of the Board Nov. 14,1911
C. H. GODWIN, Clerk
Atlantic Goast. Line Railrod
GOOD ROADS TRAIN
equipped with models of all types of highway
construction, operated by electricity will ar
rives in Williamston at 1:30 p. m.
Saturday Dec. 2, 1911
Their practical working will be demonstrated
and will be illustrated moving
pictures. These lectures will not only be
profitable, but very interesting
Your Prefpr.ce i: carmCy Eesired
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