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\ ANNUAL STATEMENT For The Year Ending December 31, 1907, ol The Condition and Affairs of The Citizens Building & Loan Company^ Incorporated 1907, Commenced Business May Ist, 1907. Home Office Planters Building, Rocky Mount, N. C. Made to Insurance Commissioner, Raleigh, N. C., as Requir ed by Law. MANAGEMENT: * President —J. C. Braswell, Rocky Mount, N. C. Secretary—W. S. Wilkinson, Rocky Mount, N. C. Treasurer —W. S. Wilkinson, Rocky Mount, N. C. Attorneys—J. B. Ramsey, J. P. Bunn, Rocky Mount, N. C. Directors—J. C. Braswell, Rocky Mount, N. C. T. L. Worsley, Rocky Mount, N. C. E. Epstein, Rocky Mount, N. C. B. B. Williford, Rocky Mount, N. C. G. G. Levy, Rocky Mount, N. C. 44 T. C. Gorham, Rocky Mount, N. C. Dr. M. R. Braswell, Rocky Mount, N. C. " R. S. Gorham, Rocky Mount, N. C. 4 4 E. J. Gordon, Rocky Mount, N. C. 44 C. L. Gay, Rocky Mount, N. C. 44 G. S. Edwards, Rocky Mount, N. C. 44 Dr. L. C. Covington, Rocky Mount, N. G. .. . ASSETS Loans and Mortgages (face value), $10,100.00 Cash in bank, 516.95 Furniture and Fixtures, 138.85 Total $10,755.80 LIABILITIES Due Shareholders, installments paid, $5,755.00 Borrowed money, 3,000.00 Balance to be paid on loans made, 2,000.00 Surplus, 80 Total $10,755.80 STOCK Amount of authorized shares, 10,000 Par value of each share, 100.00 Number shares subscribed during year, 975 Number shares cancelled and withdrawn during year, 57 Number shares in force at of year, 918 Number shareholders, white, , , AQO Installment on shares due and unpaid,. $1,589.00 RECEIPTS Instalments paid, ' $5,971.00 Interest received, 245.00 Transfer fees, 2.50 Release fees, 16.25 Money borrowed, 3,000.Q0- Total $9,234.75 DISBURSEMENTS Loans on Mortgages, white, $8,100.00 Paid on Withdrawals, dues, 216.00 Salaries, 120.00 Advertising and Printing, . 14.50 Interest, 120.00 Supplies, furniture and fixtures, 138.85 Postages, 4.45 License, . 4.00 Total 4 $8,717.80 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA—County of Nash. J. C. Braswell, President, W. S. Wilkinson, Secretary, of the Citizens Building & Loan Co., a Building and Loan J Association of Rocky Mount, State of North Carolina, being duly sworn, each for himself deposes and says that they are the above-described officers of the said Association, and that on the 31st day of December last all the above-described assets were the absolute property of the said Association, free and clear from any liens or claims thereon except as above stated; and that the foregoing statement, with the schedule and explanations therein contained, assumed or re ferred to, are a full and correct exhibit of all the assets, liabilities, income and disbursements, and of the condition and affairs of the said Association on the said 31st day of December last, and for the year ending on that date, according to the best of their infor mation, knowledge and belief, respectively. J. C. BRASWELL, President. W. S. WILKINSON, Sec'y & Treas. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14th day of March, A; P. 1908. C. W. COGHILL, Notary Public. My commission expires May 18th, 1909. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, RALEIGH MAR. 16, 1908. I, James R. Young,[lnsurance Commissioner, do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct abstract of the statement of the Citizens Building & Loan Company, of Rocky Mount, N. C., filed with this Department, showing the condition of said Company on the 31st, day of December* 1907. Witness my hand and official seal the day and date above written. " . Jas. R. Young Insurance Commissioner. The Rocky Mount Record, Thursday, April 30, 1908 A Freshman, i A freshman who had entered one of the large universities and was not much accustomed to the ways either of institutions of learning or of cities j was returning late one evening from a lecture. When near his lodgings he was | halted by two masked men, who "held him up" in true metropolitan style. One of thg men leveled the convention i a! revolver at the young man, while the other relieved him of his watch, pocketbook and other valuables. He | made no mention of the matter to any ' body at the time, but a few days later he reported it to the president of the ; university. "It wasn't a great deal," he said, j "but it was more than I like to lose, , and I think it's an outrage to treat a boy that way." "Why didn't you tell me of this soon er?" asked the president. "I supposed they would BPlng the things back to me next morning," he answered. "It was a couple of sopho mores hazing me, wasn't it?"— Youth's Companion. "\Venry Watohe*. "1 suppose," said the watchmaker, "you do not know that watches, like human beings, sometimes don't 'go' for the very good reason that they are tired. Sometimes a watch Is brought to me which is all right. Nothing about It is out of order, and It Is fatfty clean. When it becomes sulky and refuses to go except by fits and starts the best thing to do is to lay it aside and give it ft rest. The mechanism in a 'tired* watch seem* to be in perfect condition, but It wont work. The fact is that long and faithful service It slightly out ot adjustment ten different places. Scraping and cleaning and readjusting a fine watch Is the worst thing that could be done to It. A month's rest will Instead cause the works slowly to readjust them selves, and at the end of that time after careful oiling the watch will go as cheerfully as ever."—Washington Star. BUr Oam« Birds. The capercailzie, or "black game bird of Norway,* Is one of the largest spe cies of game birds in the world, being Tery hardy and frequently attaining m weight exceeding fifteen pounds, but when the birds are young they are easy prey of« hawks. The birds are what are known as "rangers'* for the reason that while in quest of food they cover a wide expanse of territory. During periods of heavy snowfall they burrow into the snow and remain until the storm subsides before venturing out again. Their food in winter con sists chiefly of birch buds, and In sum mer they catch mice and other small animals. They are rated as members of the grouse family and In habits are much like the partridge.—Forest and Stream. Pattl's First Audience. Adelina Patti onfce follow ing acccwut-of her flr« WWfPcfeT At six years of age I was a prima donna of the nursery. When I had been put to bed on my return home with my father and mother from the opera I used to make sure that they and the rest of the family were asleep, and then I would hop out from beneath the counterpane and fancy myself a great cantatrice, bowing before the plaudits of a huge audience. I admit my audi ence was a little apathetic, but, after all, that is not to be wondered at, for they were only a row of dolls which I had ranged on chairs before me. — la Doubt. On a famous rifle range there was 1 an important .team match one day, j and the men were firing in pairs, one ' for each team, side by side. The best shot on the home team was given to aiming so long that bets were made on whether or not he had gone to sleep at the firing point. Presently he with drew his head from the stock of his rifle, lowered the barrel and asked his opponent in a low voice: "Did I fire or did you ?"—Forest and Stream. Work and Fatigue. .What fatigues the motive power is getting to work. Once the mind is fas cinated and the field of consciousness restricted to a single object the brain works without exhausting itself. Let us apply ourselves for a good time to whatever we do and have several hours of sustained labor. By quitting the task to dream, to smoke a cigarette or to watch a fly one becomes exhausted, j —Paris Revue. I Might Have 3lade a Killing. A physician took it into his head to go rabbit shooting. About 4 o'clock In the afternoon he returned, tired out and empty handed, telling his wife that he hadn't killed a thing. Thereupon she remarked: "I told you so. If you had stayed at home and attended to your legitimate business you might have been more successful."—Chicago News. Home Treat ment J-M WAYS OF THE TOAD. Some of the Oddities of This Peculiar Creature. It is remarkable that the toad, lov ing water as it does, should wander away from watery regions to dry ground,, where it can never see a drop of water except at rain time and leave its water rights to the undisputed pos session of its ranal neighbor the frog. , How the toad loves water must be known to every garden lover. When ; ever there is a shower the creature leaves its cool retreat under the piazza or shed and stands as far as its fore legs will let it, erect in the r-Jfc, ap parently enjoying to the utmost the shower bath. Whenever they are near the water at breeding time they deposit long, slimy strings of eggs, and the young toad has to go through the tadpole stage in common with his brother frog. But when they are wholly excluded by distance from the water they seem to . have the power of being viviparous, or bringing forth their young alive. In the water fertilization is effected In the same manner as in fishes, but the method In the land life career is not known. About all that is known Is, that confined toads are found with little toads, no larger than house flies, about them after a and In walled gardens and places far removed from water little toads, no larger than peas, wandering around on their own re sources and which could never have been tadpoles, are within common ex perience. MARY CAMPBELL. The Lassie Who Was the Original of "Highland M»ry." The original of "Highland Mary" was Mary Campbell, a highland lassie who was a servant at Castle Mont gomery, with whom Burns became ac quainted during his residence at Moss giel. To her be addressed the lines, "WIH ye go to the Indies, my Ma*y?" and many others. In a note to one of his poems on Mary, Burns says: "After a pretty long time of the most ardent reciprocal feeling we met by appoint ment on the second Sunday ef May In a sequestered spot by the banks of the Ayr, where we spent a day In tak ing a farewell before she should em bark for the west highlands to arrange matters among her friends for our pro jected change of life. At the close of the autumn following she crossed the sea to meet me at Greenock, where she had scarce landed when she was seized with a malignant fever, which hurried my dear girl tc her grave be fore I could even hear of her illness." The love which Burns felt for Mary Campbell appears toi have been deeper than any he ever felt before or after. Years later,"when he was married and had a family, her memory Inspired the pathetic lines '"To Mary In Heaven," which breathe the soul of tender mel ancholy.—London Tit-Bits. * The Earth's In sides. Is the earth made upvjf three con centric spheres ? A physician says that such is the case. The solid nucleus he supposes to be between 3,000 and 7,000 miles in diameter, and this is surround ed by a liquid substratum, outside of which is the crust, variouslyS. estimat ed at 70 to 200 miles in thickness. More than two centuries ago a similar theory, including the slow rotation of the inner solid sphere on a different axis from that of the entire globe, was held by Dr. Edmund Halley to account for the changes in the earth's magnet ism. The axis of the nucleus was thought to have been originally that of the entire globe, and to the change of its course was attributed the deluge. The earth's internal heat, it is now pointed out, may be accounted for by the friction of the different rotating bodies. Historic Xew York. New York city has more points of historical interest than any other city on the continent, there being scores of them, extending from Fort Amster dam, where the new custom house stands, at the Battery, on the south, to Fort George, Fort Washington and the Van Cortlandt manor house on the north. Equalised. The larynx of man is twice the size on an average of the same organ in woman, although tills disproportion I? equalized by the fact that woman uses her larynx a little more than twice as much as man. Not Needed. "I have here a neat and pretty little letter opener." began the agent. "So have I at home," said the busi ness man sadly. "I'm married." A big cut or a little cut, smail scratches or bruises or big ones are healed quickly by DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve. It is especially good for piles. Get. DeWitt's. Sold by May & Gorham. 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Scipio Nasica derived his name troi i his prominent olfactory organ, an i Alexander the Great and Cardinal* Wolsey and Richelieu all had large noses. On the medals of Cyrus an.l Artaxerxes their noses came clear o;:t to the rim of the coin. Washington s was the true aquiline type, indicative of firmness and patience, as was thj nose of Julius Caesar. Mohammed ha J a singular nose. It was so curved that a writer has told us that the point of it seemed continually striving to insert itself between his lips. The noses of Franklin, Shakespeare and Dr. John son all had wide nostrils, betokening strength and love of thought. The nose of Napoleon was exquisitely though firmly chiseled. He often said, "Give me a man with plenty of nose!" Fred erick the Great had so large a nose that Lavater offered to wager that k blindfolded he could tell It among 10,- 000 by merely taking It between his thumb and forefinger. The Ply That Unwed For Mendelssohn The following story la told of the mnslc of the overture to M A Midsum mer Night's Dream:" While Mendels sohn was deep in the making of thin same fine overture he went riding one day with a friend. In order, after awhile, to rest their horses the two boon companions dismounted and stretched themselves out under the shade of a great tree. Suddenly the;-* came an excited "Hush!** from the "great composer, who half arose very cautiously. A large fly was buzzing over them, and Mendelssohn was an?c ions to catch the true sound of the ir sect's hum as It gradually drifted far ther away. Many days later when the overture had been completed the artJs; called his friend's attention to th.:l passage.in progression where the v! > loncello modulates In the chord of t!i seventh of the descending scale froiii B minor to F sharp minor. "There, thafs the fly that buzzed past us at Schonhausen," said Mendelssohn. Crnshlnir n Critic, School superintendents in New York among their many duties are expected to report on the personality of the teachers in their district. It is not al ways easy to get "a line" on that qual ity of a teacher, so many are lenient in the work. One of the superintendents, however, is never satisfied until he has made the test for orderliness by asking the teacher to open his or her desk. One day he found oue of his fair sub ordinates with things in great confu sion. She was evidently violating ' heaven's first law. "*My dear," said lie to the blushing delinquent, "I don't believe you would make a good housekeeper." The desk closed with a bang. There was fire in her eye as she calmly re plied: "Oh! Are you looking for a house keeper?"— New York Press. Falling? Into Hole In Air. One of the strange experiences of a balloonist is that of falling into "a hole in the air," which Mr. Itolker reports as follows: "So you continue sailing, enjoying the present with little thought of the startling surprises that may be before you. Ahead of you, unseen, may be what the balloonist calls a 'hole i"! the air,' resembling the vortex of ;t maelstrom, and down this you may lit erally fall at a rate wliifch is terrifylll*3 until by sacrificing two or three !:a^ r fuls of sand at once your pilot chec': your downward flight. But these 'holes* are scarce, and as a rule the atmos phere Is of uniform carrying power."— American Magazine. w'lien DogH Were Cooks. "There was a time," said the anti quarian, "when dogs did our roasting for us—at least they kept the meat turning so it would not burn. 'Spi-t dogs' they were called, and we call their descendants 'spitz' to this day. Spit dogs were trained to turn the spits on which roasted chickens, beef, ducks and turkeys. The little fellows did their work well. They were never known to let a fowl burn or to snatch a mouthful or two from it. As late as 1816 spit dogs were employed in the old Philadelphia inns on Second and Third streets." To have perfect health we must have perfect digestion, and it is very im- 1 portant not to permit of any deiay the j 1 moment the stomach feels out of order. ' Take something at once that you know j will prornnfl unfailingly assist diges- ! ( tion. YM nothing better than) 1 Kodol f J ; psia, indigestion, sour : stomach, . gof gas and nervous headache .» lis a natural diges tant, an digest what you eat. Soldjby M orham. Suffering and Dcllers Saved. E. S. Loper, of Marilla. M. Y., says: "I am a carpenter and have hsd manv severe cuts healed by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It; las saved me suffering and dollars. It is by far the best healing salve'l have ever found." Heals burns sores, ulcers, fever sores, eczema unci piles.2sc at Griffin's drug store. Dr. Louis R. Gorham Dentist RocKy Mount, N. C. Office in Brewer Building Corner Main Street and Western Ave. JNO. JEWELLS Civil Engineer and Surveyor Office in Planters Bank Building ROCKY MOUNT. N. C. F. J. THORPE, MD. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. Office in Thorpe Building, West Main Street. JACOB BATTLE R. A. P. COOLEY Rocky Mt. N. C. - Nashville. N. C BATTLE & COOLEY, Counselors aud A ttorneys-At- Law J)R. C. F. SMITHSON DENTIST ROOKY MOUNT, N. C. Dental Parlors in Hyman- Philips *B)dg. F. A. Woodard W. L. TH«r» COUNSELORS AND ATTORNEYS AT-LAW. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. Dr. IR. S. Cutchin, Dentist WhitaKersJ N. C. Party Fares. Effective April 3rd, 1908 For parties of ten (10) or more traveling together on one ticket two (2) cents per mile per capita; minimum per capita fare fifteen (15) cents. These rates are open to the public and apply between any point on the Atlantic Coast Line. * W, J. Craig, P. T. M. T? C. White, G. P. A. • Wilmington, N. C. Parly Rates. Between Points in North Carolina. The Norfolk & Southern Rwy. have authorized party rate of two (2) cents per mile, per capita for parties of ten or more people traveling on one ticket between points on the line of the Norfolk & Southern Rwy. within the state of North Carolina. 400 Bushels ot King's Improved Cotton Seed For Sale 50c Bushel Apply to W. E. FENNER. Rocky Mount, N. C. Notice of Dissolution. Notice is hereby given" that the firm trading as Redmond & Philips in the city of Rocky Mount, N. C., has been dissolved, and that I have sold my in terest to Mr. T. K. Redmond, who as sumes all obligations and who is author ized to collect all money due said firm. J. W. Philips. April 4, 1908. Dental Parlor over Kyser's Drug Store