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W. r. MA13BAIX, MUt —4 _DEVOTED TO THE P1QTBCTIOH OF HOME AND THE C». TUESDAY, OCTOBER* 13. 1008._ THOMSON COMPANY Is ready as never be fore. Everything is in fine fettle. We are ready-^-yes, splendidly ready—with one of the grandest expositions of bright new autumn merchandise it has ev er been our pleasure to announce, and we extend an« invitation to all to visit our big stores. You will find us prepared to fit you out from top to toe with the most beauti ful creations of the master 'minds of the world of fashion. <$> You will find a hustle in our business,.broad gauge, wide awake, up-to-date. We are right in the front rank of progressive mer chandising. That means much to you, more to us. Visit us often. Something new every day. 4^ 4^ 4^ • f • * « ,« Our great buying powers and the close profit principle on which we sell bring new customers every day. :: :: 1 — 1_. 1 — l THE BEATEN PATH TO the BIG STORES. THOMSON CO., IS EVER WIDENING. Phone 46 :::: The People's Store POINTS AND PARAGRAPHS ON TOPICS OP THE TIMES. gg**;Brrffy*T*- '« ^ wwfaj tw». lots* wUctUq* will rrmH with oux rkwt •od Ike ximt ofotf r»*d ^T.!T??TPi ”.."** 'U2 «*i>re»«rf. Mtk«lt1kmu <Iimu ol unrlr UIMM to ukt H • esuMaoiu «mm t Til Salnsn la Narth Carolina la Doomed. ReAntor. That the temperance sentiment is rapidly gaining ground in North Carolina it evidenced by tbe fact that since ihe legislature adjourned ten towns in tbe state have voted out saloons, while on ly four other towns in which elections weie held voted in favor of snlooua and these by very small majorities. Several more towns will soon .vote ou the question. Tbe whiskey business in this State is doomed just as sorely os day follows night and may the time speedily come when there is not a saloon in our borders. Tbe ad vocates of temperance havecanae to feel encouraged in their efforts. The Edncatieaal Campaign la the Stale net Overt soa. rroaniM>»r Farmer The only men we know who claim that the educational cam paign is being overdone are city men whose children have long had tbe benefits of good schools, and who do not know—ns the writer knows both by observation and experience—the pitiful in efficiency of the schools in our rural districts. As Carlyle has well said; "That there should one man die ignorant who bad capacity for knowledge, this I call a tragedy, were it to happen more than twenty times a‘ minute, aa by some computations it does.* This tragedy ia a daily occurrence in North Carolina; this tragedy has held the State back in wealth, in influence, in population; and now in this day of agricultural and industrial prosperity, this tragedy aloae man the prospect of future greatness. lu tbe rural districts the campaign for good schools baa only begun. Tfc# 0I«7 •! Work. PwptMin Fanner. Even our schools besr witness to the new spirit. -Education fifty years ago was supposed to tesch men liow not to work; now it teaches them how to work. And with Mr. Gilder we know that labor is not a curse, but a positive good, a means of grace. "Thank God every morning when you get cp," says Charles Kingsley, "that you have something to do that day which most be done whether you like it or not. Being forced to do work, and forced to do your beat, will breed in you temperance and self-controt.dili gence, and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hun dred virtues which the idle never know." The young man who fails to learn the glory of hard work and good work misses half the joys of living. Pity him if yon can, but never envey him. Tka Justice of Nature's Low. IndiuiatwH* Smthwl. There is in nature an inexorable law which has gone by many names. It is sometimes called "cause and effect,” sometimes "action and reaction;” the ancient Greek called it "Nemesis" and the ancient Hindu called it "Karma." And the Prophet of Galilee put the whole tTUtb into one abort sentence—"Whatsoever a man < soweth that shall he also reap.” Every deed must react; that is the justice of nature. There are few who would deny this law be ing confronted with it. But there are fewer who have any realiza tion of iu significance. We know that it must be true that it al ways works; we know that without its working society would be a lawless mob, roan would be an irresponsible brute, nature ber self would be a hopeless jumble and the very atoms that make up the nniverse would not hold together. Banda and the farmer. Hoo W. J. Byraa The improvement of the country road* can be justified also on the ground that the farmer, the first and moat important producer of wealth, ought to be fu position to hold his crop and market it at the most favorable opportunity, whareaa at present he is virtual ly under compulsion to sell it as soon as h ia matured, because the roads may become impassable at any time daring the falj, winter, or spring. Instead of being his own warehouseman the farmer is compelled to employ middlemen, and share with them the profits upon his labor. I believe, as a matter of justice to the farmer, he ought to have roads that will enable him to keep his crop and take it to the market at the beat time, and not place him in a position where they can run down the price of what he has to sell daring the months he anst sell, and then, whan he has disposed of it, run the price np and give the speculator what the farmer ought to have. The farmer hat a right to insist upon roads that will enable him to go to town, to church, to the school-house, and to the homes of his neighbors, as occasion may require; and, with the extension of rural mail delivery, he haa additional need for good roads in order that he may be kept in communication with the outside world. • s The Nerfh Carolinian's Buly ta lie Stale. Biblical Bccor4cr. " In thia day of material progress, then, let ns see to it tbat tbe hearts of oar people are set on nobler achievements. We have prog ress to make not only in agriculture and manufacture* and popu lation ; we ahonld crave to bring forth a race of men worthy of the blood of our fathers. And while we take e lofty pride la their breve exploits in the wars of tha peat, let na remember tbat the truest honor we can give them is achievements by our own hands. Nothing so honors a father as an illustrious son. Onr historians, our monument* and our protestations are-vain unless we can in our day and generation set forth before the world man of mlghl. To sing North Carolina's praises or to boast of tbe deeds of the fathers and do nothing to relieve the conditions in the present la mockery of the purest type, Tbe glory of the present generation shall shine forth uot from onr boasts of tbe Past, bnt from onr work in bringing onr Commonwealth out of tha bondage of Igno rance into that Promised Laid wh^b is given to all Intelligent people. The duty of the present hour !« not to blind ourselves to unhappy facts by vain protestation* and boasting, bnt to front ad vert* conditions in the spirit of onr father*. All the history end heroism of the ages could weigh saqpeasfally against tha fact that there era more illiterate whits boy* and girls in North Carolina | than in any other State la tha Union. me» Linwgr tores a feast. *• T«k«tfc» Mollltei* nTd -» M—fnin. niiTmUj. Mlrtn mm AMrtw. Bm • Phi Ini aatf Tk*% rrna mm MbUm. Utmi mm* CUm. “— n—.~Tfi tin m Hon. R. Z. ZJnney invited bis numerous friends to bis moan Uin borne, "Taler" Hill, on Sat urday, to hesr an address of welcome from tbe proprietor, a poem read by tbe mountain poet,1 A. M. Dougherty, and to eajoy ao old tine barbecue. Bach feature of tbe programme was executed in a manner salted to the place and tbe occaaioo. - Mr. Unoey is a neat lover of tbe mountains ana has purchased n v**t territory on the east side of the Rich mountain, including tbe "flat woods" and a noted Peak, tbe "Taler- Hill. Upon tbe summit of the peak Mr. Un nay baa erected daring tbs sea son a summer home.. Two rooms are constructed of lumber, two of mountain rock quarried from the peak. Tbe proprietor brought with him a berdof sheep, some cattle and horses to graze on tbe natural pairic on top of the mountains. Many improve menu are under headway, in cluding a large dam, tbe con struction of driveways and clear ing of the forast. At doob Stturdiy the rock on the •• Tatar" Hill w is literally covered by a mass of people gathered from Watauga and the adjacent counties. Religions ex ercises were cc ad acted, songs tang and the listening throng beard a beantifnl addresa of wel come from Mr. Ltnney, In which he extolled the great blessings derived from a close touch to nature’s heart and especially ,b* intellectual elevation gained from a home junong God's grandest works, the great, beau tiful mountains. Adam Most Dougherty has something more than a local reputation aa a poet. He, too. delights to speak ia rhyme of the grandenr of faia native moun tains. He willingly responded to the Invitation of Mr.,liaaey to prepare a poem for this oc casion. With only s few weeks for preparation, and the greater part of his time devoted to busi uess caret, Mr. Dougherty pro duced s long descriptive poem, dealing with the scenery from the "Tster* Hill and dedicated MT H1?0**-, The «*** ** the people followed the suggestions of the poet aa he read and point ed to the different peaks in view. At the close the air was fall of cheers for the intellectual feast enjoved by each ona sad praise for tbe beautiful sentiments irf the poem and its perfect rendi tion by its author. The people were then feasted by tbe proprietor on mutton, bread, cider sad tbe parent sweetest drink on earth—moan tain water. Taach Children ta ha af Ubaeae. TWCnlnr. That there ii much discon tent with work among the so csited middle classes in Amer ica is dne in large part to the pampering of children, to the snpplring of their aataral aad artificial waatf, and to the sentimental idea that "the day of toll wit] come soon enough." la general, work it not a curse, bat ■ blessing—s positive means of grace. One can hardly begin too early to impress npon cbil darn lessons of seU-help by tasks appropriate to their age aad fotMs, and begat in them scorn of idleness and of dependence on others. To do this is to make them happy through the •elf-respect that comes with the realisation of power, and that to approximate Tennyson’s goal of "**os, "Self-revermcs, self knowledge, self-control." THE OLD RBUBII JA8. F. YEAGER. Horses and Mules Tbe season has now_ •** prepared to furnish yon what yoa Have already received bra or tease use. 4>n and nan WAGONS. ' Wa have ftst received acar-lond'of Old Biekaty " They ate too wall known to need dc*cribi«r. riMMo any sise yon need. RAKES AND MOWERtt. We still have some McCormick Mowers and Rakes to be sold o® (emu . ^ BUGGIES AND HARNESS. - fiflstt&a •nsxsfStt ss^ar4 ■—•■ ^sttartagip Craig and Wilson. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $7MMjR State Bank Incorporated May 13, IMS — - • ' STATE AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY * * . *. 1 OFFICERS jnq. MWi,rtwHirt R.C.O.LOVB.VlMfW. JA>. A, >AW, C—Kw - jpgs YOUR TAXESf I '
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