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REIDSVILLE, N C. OCTOBER 5, (909
ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
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Bui . HONOR
On
s-M MERIT
On '
There are no IN ami anils
alxmt our guarantee, and no
rebute whi'iiH'8 aliout our sales.
Vt- prefer to iHiliove that our
fttst niurs arc .sensible are sen
sible jnbple in search of a
8(uare ileal, and we make it
our business to treat theiu as
such. When you buy u
STIEEF PIANO
you get what you pay for, and
pay for what you get. Experi
enecd buyers know that this
constitutes the only bargain
you van count on all other
bargain forms are gambles,
and the purchaser In usually
the loser. Honesty may not;e
the 11 EST POLICY, but years
o practice convince us that IT
IS ( !K)1) ENOUfiH. 1 f you
contemilute the purchase of a
piano, ln1t fail to examine
the Stieff. A siiowilown is our
delight.
Chas. M. Stieff
Manufacturer of the Artistic
Stieff, Shaw and Stieff
Self-Playing Hanoi.
Southern Wareroom:
6 West Trade St., Charlotte, N.C
C. H. WILMOTH,
MANAGER. W.
(Mention this Paper.)
Flower Bulbs
For Fall Planting
We have just rcct vol a
lew lot of Komiiui Hya
cinths at fii do..; Dutch
Hyacinths at 5(k- dozen,
. (single assorted colors);
Hutch Hyacinths, (double -assorted
colors) at iiOc do.. ;
Paper White Narcissus at
i!fc do.. ; Chinese Sacred
Lilies at do.. ; Mam
moth l-'recsias at -iK doz.
Don't wait until you see them blooming
and then wish you had planted early.
Get them now and have the first to
rT)loom. Phone, send or write to
Fetzer & Tucker
The Dependable
Druggists
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HEATING
We all make mistake?, but a mistake
in selecting yur plumber often proves
fatal. Don't make that mistake, but
let me do your work. I'll absolutely
guarantee your job to be put in in a
perfectly sanitary manner,
I'll do your heating or make you an
awning.
P. H. PETTI T
114 East Market St., Phone 509
Greensboro, N. C.
m TIME
YOUR LAUNDRY; work will be done to
your entire satisfafction if the STAR
Laundry does it. There was a time
when we could count the customers we
had on the fingers of one hand. Now the
bookkeeper has all he can do to keep
track of them. Why this success: Echo
answers: Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, etc., done
up like new and delivered when promised.
STAR-LAUNDRY
DANVILLE, VA. ,
J. S, HtTTCHERSON, Agt., Reidsville.
PEARY INSPIRED
a BOOK F. RED HIS EARLY
IMAGINATION.
Explorer Curled Up Before
the Fireplace Devouring an
Old Volume. '
Judo Edward C. lteynolds of South
Tort In nd, Me., who is one of Com
mander Peary's oldest and most inti
mate friends, having been his compan
ion In boyhood, recently told about the
arctic explorer's early life and what
led hluiHo seek the north pole. lie
snld: ;' ' :' '
"I lime nt my house a copy of Dr.
Kane's book on nrctlc exploration, pub
lished, I think, nbont 18o5 or ISjO,
which, 1 believe, wns the first Inspira
tion Commander I.obert E, Penry re
ceived for .exploration In the arctic
regions. ,
"It is even now. In tuo Il'lit of- nil
we know and In these days of flue Il
lustrations and pond prlntliijr. nn ex
cellent volumo. The olj wooden t pic
tures of EKkiino huts nnd-tlielr sledges,
of the dog tennis and the vesseTs stuck
In the ice floes, are even now Interest?
Ing to look upon, and I can just pic
ture to myself Bert Peary, ns t have
nlwnys known him, curled up before
the fireplace with tills book in his lap
and reading of these remarkable ex
periences of almost the first nnwng the
arctic explorers. I don't ImnRlne that
he then had any Idea that he would
bo an explorer himself In those re
gions or that he would one day come
home with the honor of having discov
ered the north pole, but because this
volume once claimed the attention of
Commander Peary and fixed his
tJJSi'Kh' upon -such things I prize it
highly. ,
Natural Leader as a Boy,
"I think I first remember Bert Peary
when wo were about six years old. He
was then living With his mother at the
home of Freeman T, Evans, in .Pleas
autdafe. Mrs. Peary and Mrs. Evans,
whom every one called 'Aunt Eliza,'
were great friends, and when Mrs.
Peary enme to live at Cape Elizabeth
after her husband's death she very
soon made her home with Mrs. Evans.
"Bert Penry was at my homo almost
ns much as he was at bis own. In
fact, as boys and young men our rela
tions were almost as close as those of
brothers, and I believe t know him as
well ns I would a brother.
"We went to school together for
many years, played together, and led
by him, for he was a natural lender,
we roamed about all of this country
near our "homes, always seeking the
life in the open and the adventures
which boys seek. 1 recall especially
that he was very fond of skating.
That was a sport which we both en
Joyed, nud we passed many hours to
gether upon. the lee in the winter time.
He was always daring, courageous and
energetic. From the earliest time it
seemed- that Peary had an inclination
to seek those things pertaining to the
sciences or natural history. Ho made
collections of snakes, which lie knew
all about, and often I hnve seen him
catch them and snap oCf their heads
with a quick Jerk of- his arm, a trick
none of the other boys cared to do.
Had Mania For Birds' Eggs.
"He had a mania for the collection of
birds' eggs when we were about ten
or twelvo years old, and he made as
flue a collection as any 1 ever saw. 1
think he had about every kind of
egg that could be obtained In these
regions. That was before it wag re
garded ns a crime for a Ihi.v to rob
birds' ucsts. I made a Collect ion, ton,
hut mine was not .as-good as Peary's,
for he had a natural aptitude for such
things. Ho was very observing of
birds and animals in the . woods and
made a study of them, which, ns a boy
I have always thought was quite re
markable. It shows, if nothing more,
that from the earliest time lie had a
decided Inclination fur the pursuit of
the natural sciences, and since then he
has showu the world how well devel
oped this faculty was.
"I was at Washington in 1SSI ns
clerk in the lighthouse department,
and I remember verj well the first
time I called upon Peary there. lie
was then a civil engineer In the navy
and had been for three years or more.
I don't Just recall where bis room
was at the time, but when I went to
see hfm found bira on the floor at
work upon something. I asked him
what It was. nud he said: 'I am mak
ing a sledge. I have studied those of
arctic explorers, and I think I can
make a much better sled than any of
those they have used.'
"Ho then told me that be intended
to go to the arctic regions and that
he was saving up his leaves of ab
sence for that purpose and intended
to take - three or four months and
make an expedition to Greenland. I
attempted to discourage him, but be
said that he Intended to makethe
trip and thought that there were great
opportunities there for a man of de
termination. '
Peary Feared No Danger.
"Commander Peary some years later,
when he had become more or less
famous, always used to come to my
homo and call upon my father, of
whom he was very fond. .My father
always argued w;lth him about the dan
gers and uncertainties, the lack of
financial return and the profitless work,
ns he regarded it, that Peary had un
dertaken. "'Why, Mr. Reynolds,' reary would
ny, 'there Is no dangerhbsolutely no
danger, I have never been afraid for
a single moment In the arctic. If a
man takes good care of himself and
Is not afraid, there Is nothing to fear
whatever. And the atmosphere there
is inspiring. There Is so much to
learn that it drives you on to do al
most anything.
Read Dr. Kane's Explorations.
"As 1 hnve said, I firmly believe that
the book on Dr Kane's explorations,
which belonged to Mr. Evans, with
whom he lived as a boy, fired bis
youthful imagination and has bad as
much as anything else to do with his
persistency in this direction.- , This
book is well thumbed aA bears the
evidence of having been read many
times. How many winter evenings
Bert Peary curled up before the fire
place with this book before him and
followed the daring explorer In his
dream through the regions of eternal
ice and snow no one knows. Today he
has learned much more than Dr. Kane
ever knew about that region, but I am
sure Hint he would read this book to
day i: l as. much -Interest us he did as.
a boy."
Commander Peary's purchase of
Eagle Isle, in Casco bay, where his
summer home Is now located, Is char
acterlstic of him. .-Judge Reynold
when asked about tt said that Colu
mn nder Peary said lie wanted Keyn
olds to do lWn to HarpMvcll and try
to Imy the Island. "I -want. It be
cause no one can land upon It. It I?
a tltlllcult place to reach, anil there i
a inystel'totiw elinrni iiImiiU it that up
peals lo me strongly. Buy ll if you
can, and some lime I'm going then to
live." '
'-Judge I'ry nolds pur-hased the Is
land for him. and tin in.m who sold It
had a deed of it which liiul boon in.
his family from I he time the land was
granted .by the ie)rge to the earliest
settlers. ..
What Mr. Morehead Wfll Do.
Mr. II. E. C. Bryant, of the Charlotte
Observer, who has been spending a few
days in the Fifth district, wrote his pa
per Friday as follows:
"The politicians of the Fifth Con
gressional district are very much exer
cised over the appointment of Professor
Glasson. of Trinity College as census
supervisor in the face of the fact that
Representative Morehead overcame a
Democratic major'ty of 4,500 last No
vember. The situation is interesting
for it really means that the row between
National Committeemen E, C, Duncan
and Mr. Morehead has: become acute.
The Congressman's friends charge that
Duncan, in order to give him a setback,
endorsed Glasson, who ii a man of abil
ity, character and good standing, against
Blair, who is a citizen of the same
stripe. Nothing can be said against the
fitness of either candidate. Glasson is
a native of New England, Blair of North
Carolina. The odds at this time are on
Blair, Morehead has on bis war paint
and will fight to the last ditch; lie will
tell the powers, that, be at Washington
that be will resign his scat in Congress
in the event of Glasson's acceptance and
go before the people of the State and
say that a Southern Congressman has
no standing at the White House. If he
does not succeed in gettng his man it
is believed that he will step down and
out and wash his hands of the whole
business. Therefore, it is a question of
Blair and Morehead or Glasson and
Duncan. Glasson is a college mate of
Director of the Census Durand. He
had that much of an outside pull. If
Morehead makes out his case and the
President decides to name Blair, Glas
son can get out by declining to accept
and retire gracefully. Mr. Morehead
is in Washington now."
IU a Top Notch Doer.
Great deeds compel regard. The
world crowns its doers. Thata why
the American people have crowned Dr.
King's New Discovery the King- ot
Throat and Lung remedies, Every
atom is' a health force. It kills eerms
ani colds and bgrippe vanish. It heals
cough-racked membranes and coughing
stops. sore, inflamed bronchial tubes
and lungs are cured and hemorrhage a
cease. Dr. GeoMoreJJlack, Jaclu-N-i
C , writes "it cured me o! lung trouble
pronounced hopeless by all doctors.
' All Hnntnxa "
60c $1.00. Trial bottle free. ' Guaran
toori hv W .? A Hon and A
I Tucker
POLITICAL TALK
IN
THIS CONGRESSIONAL
MSIRIiT. (
Half a Dozen or More Will Be
in the Jlace and the Fight
Will be Lively.
A battle royal will take place in the
Fifth, where Governor Kitchin held
sway for a decade or more; the Demo
crats believe that Representative More
head won on a fluke, and is represent
ing a Democratic district. They feel
sure that the Ilepublicans will be snow
ed under next time. The cold mit ever
ready at the White House for Mr.
Morehead, is increasing this feeling. In
the past the Fifth has been constant to
its favorites, and once a fellow gets in
he is apt to stay until something un-v
usual happens; Mr. Kitchin was sent to
Washington time after time until be
cried "enough." He redeemed the
district from the fusionists, The man
who does as well will have smooth sail
ing for years to come; tliosffwho would
go to Congress know this. Therefore,
many would enter early to, avoid the
rush. ..". .;. '
If Guilford has a candidate, which
does not seem likely, his name will be
Barringer John A. llarringer and In
the event that he avows his candidacy
some other citizen of the county may
come forward and offer his services
Guilford like Mecklenburg, Wake, For
syth and other counties with-large cities
has factions.
Durham will not, it Is said, offer a
man, Victor S. Bryant's name has been
mentioned frequently in connection
with the nomination but Durham Dem
ocrats have had their shara of big party
plums. Mr. Bryant would be a dan
gerous man for the Republicans. He
and Governor Kitchin have been and
are now good political friends. He be
gan the practice of law in Person. As
a student at,the university he made val
uable acquaintances in Orange. In
three or four campaigns he canvassed
in Rockingham, lie is not running. -
Granville will be represented in the
convention by B. h'. Royster, a popular
aspirant. Tile friends of J, A, Long, of
Person, are urging him to run ; he is a
businessman.
Dr. George A. Mebane, of Spray,
seems to be in the lead at this stage of
the contest. It is oiaimed that Ala
mance and Rockingham counties will
stand as one county for him. He was
born and married in Alamance and con
ducts a manufacturing enterprise in
Rockingham, lie was a delegate to
the Denver Democratic convention, and
is one of the few mill men in the State
MUUUVfAUVVyAlVmA2
Right at
Your Door
You can inspect an as
sortment of
Suits
Dresses
Evening
Costumes
and Wraps
Far greater than many
shops in larger cities
show. We show over
150 most attractive'
styles
Our Styles Bear Features
Of Distinction
Write us your wants. Mail orders filled for any
thing agood department store should have.
We Pay Bxpresi&ga -
a
( B
that remained loyal under the Bryan
domination of the party: t
There is some talk of the Republicans ,
nominating B. frank Mebane, to suc
ceed Mr. Morehead, who has declared
that he will not stand for renomination.
If this should he done, and the Dem
ocrats were to put up the doctor, the
Fifth would present an untuual spec
ticle brother against brother. -
The gamblers of the district say that
Dr. Mebane is a sure thing for4hs nom
ination, as they see it now, but the sit
uation may change at any time. Pros
pective - delegates are always being
pledged. " The man with the ability to
round up the greatest number of dele
gates earliest in the game will be hard
to defeat in the final stretch.
Forsyth will have two or more candi
dates. Judge . B. Jones is considered
as good as in the tight. Mr. J. C. Bux
ton and Mayor O. B, Eaton are con
templating entering. V
Ex-Governor Kitchin has repeatedly
declared that he would not be a candi
date. He said as much to me this
week. V
Mr. Cyrus B. Watson will not enter
the race, but, if his health continues to
improve, he will not decline the nomi
nation. If the delegates were left free
to act at the convention 'Mr. Watson
would be an easy winner. At present
he looks well and is active and strong.
If he gains as he is now doing he will
soon be himself again. '
Mr. A, II. Boyden, of Salisbury, in
talking to me of Mr. Watson and the
liklihood of his being honored by the
Democrats of his district expressed a
sentiment that I find genoralhere.
"Cy Watson is the man for the nomi
nation," declared Mr. Boyden. "He is
an old soldier. Once he was put up and
defeated. His loyalty haj never been
questioned. No one doubts his ability
to carry the district. I should like to
see him have it. He would do more to
bring Democratic harmony than any
other man in the district. Many-auti-prohibitionists
who were aleniated,
would be attracted back to the1 ranks."
I have heard a great deal, of this sort
of talk.-II. E. C. Bryant in Charlotte
Observer.
The Government Takes a Hand.
A rule recently adopted by the Post
office Department should have good ef
fect in the matter of improving the
public roads. By this rule postmasters
are empowered to suspend for thirty
days the deiR&rjon any portions of
rural free delivery rotrtca ov&f roads
which are permitted to get in bad con
dition. If the people in the country
want their mall delivered at their
doors they must see to it that the roads
over which the mails have to be carried
are in such condition that the carriers
can make reasonable time and with
reasonable comfort to themselves. We
can see no hardship in this regulation.
Charlotte Observer.
1 '
I.Li JLl, ... , ill I .
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IN A BRIEF FORM
THE NEWS SINCE OUR LAST
ISSUE CONDENSED. .
Sparks Caught Hot From The
Wires, Dealing With News
Of Various Sections'.
This will be a week of festivity at St.
Louis, which city "will celebrate on a
grand scale the' centennial anniversary
of its incorporation.
Prof. Abbott Lawrence Lowell will be
inaugurated as President of Harvard
University with ceremonies occupying
tomorrow and Thursday." j
Orville Wright, the American aviator,
Saturday at Potsdam broke his own
and all other records for. high (lying.
He reached the unprecedented height
of more than 1,600 feet. ' I
Sensational news from Morocco show )
that the Spaniards have been driven
from the sironghpjd they recently took
from the " Moors, after fierce fighting
which resulted in terrific loss.
President Taft will spend this week in
California. The latter ha'-f of the week
will be given over to a visit 'to the Yose
mite valley. San Francisco, Oakland
and' other points will bevjsited.
Rev. Neal D. Anderson, of Winston,
has invented a carriage retui n attach
ment for typewriters. The. device auto
matically -shifts the carriage of a type
writer, saving time and energy.
The Governor of Rhode Island',: his
staff and party are in Xewbern, N, C,
for the unveiling there of a monument
to the Rhode Island soldiers, who fell
in the Civil War and ai e buried at New
bern. V
At Warrenton, Ya., Prof. J. D. Har
ris was sentenced to four years in the
penitentiary for voluntary manslaughter
in connection with the killing of Editor
W. A. Thompson last April. An ap
peal was taken.
The Women's Home Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist Church will hold
its twenty-eighth annual convention at
Los Angeles, Cat., for several days, be
ginning tomorrow. The society has a
membership of 120,000.
Governors Swanson, of Virginia; An
sel, of South CarolinaKitchin, of Xorth
Carolina; Brown, ofueorgia, and Gil
christ, of Florida, will be among the
distinguished visitors at Norfolk during
the convention there in November oT
the Atlantic Deeper Waterway Associa
tion, which President Taft is to address.
A critical situation andone of rare
occurrence confronts Southern cotton
mills .because of the high pr'ce of raw
cotton and unless there is a decided
drop in the price of the staple in less
than two weeks, according to ex-President
Tanner, of the American Cotton
Manufacturers Association, Southern
mills will be forced to shut down,
- . There promises to be no let up this
wpek in the Polar controversy. Corn
minder Peary has prepared an argu
ment ny wtitcn he proposes to prove
that he reached the Pole and Dr. Cook
did not, and this document may reach
the public late inthewe'ik. Dr. Cook
has said that he will have something to
say when Peary's formal charges are
before him, but the Cook defense will
hardly be ready before another week or
so. In. the meantime Dr. Cook will
fill several lecture engagements. Com
mander Peary plans to remain at his
home at Eagle Island, Me., pending the
clearing of the Polar atmosphere.
Telephone Line to Mayfield.
An important farmer's telephone line
will soon be connected with the tele
phone exchange of the Southern Bell
Telephone Company in Reidsville. The
line is under construction and will be
sixteen miles from Reidsville to May-
field, and when completed will furnish
service to the following parties - and
places: Mr. W. D. Wall, residence; W,
R. French, Oregon, N. C, merchant;
R. B. Christian, residence; W, W.
Stephens, residence; Ham Hopper,
Hopper, N.C, meichant; J. W. White,
residence; R. H. Pruitt, Mayfield, N.
C, merchant; G.T. Cook, Mayfield, N.
C, merchant.
Manager Williams states that there is
considerable activity among the farm
ers in the matter of securing telephone
service in their homes. He has had a
number of inquiries and states that sev
eral new contracts for connection with
the Reidsville exchange will soon Le
signed. - . ;
The extension of telephone iervice to
the farm is valuable to the merchants
and business men in the city, placing
them in constant communication with
an important element of their trade.
Theic are a number of farmer's tele
phone hues in Rockingham county and
tne progressive warmers are realizing
the value and. advantage of being in
such close touch with their friends and
nei'hborj and the business centers.
, You r cuugnjHiuoy s y y uvjge;
backing and tearing ihe UjI cauj mtm
brants of your throat if you want to
be annoyed. But if you want relief.
want to be cured, take Chamberlun's
Cough Remedy.-Sold by G. W. Brit
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night,
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Best
Can stand the .
Test.
That's my kind,
after studying
the business for
21 years.
FRANCIS
WOMACK,
The
Insurance
Man
W. ROBT. KELLY,
CIVIL ENG INEEIt-SUIlVEYOB.
Plans and Estimates Furnished. -Farm
Surveying.
Peoples Bank Building,
Leaksviile, N. C.
CHAS O. McMICHEAL,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
Went worth, N. C.
Practices in State and Federal Court?,
In Madison on Saturdays. Same office
as formerly, over the Postoffice.
A. U BROOKS H. P. I N
BROOKS & LANE,
Reidsville, N. C.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
practice in State and Federal C-jl: U.
Careful attention to all business c
trusted to us. "
5aintsing & SainUing
. Reidsville, N C,
ATTORNEYS-AT LAW,
Practice in State and Federal On.
Office in Bank of Reidsviiie Lm!iin..-
EDGAR H. WRENN, JK.,
LAWYER.
Office in Fels Building.
All business intrusted to him will In
looked after promptly and carefully.
JUSTICE & OLIDEWELL
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Practice In State and Federal CourU
Offices in-Reidsville and Greennboro.
L. L. SAPP, M. D.,
' PRACTIC1NO rriYMCIANr "
Office at remdenc i!
Telephone No. 146. Cmis promptly re
sponded to day or night.
DR. J. W. McQEHEi:
Office same as formerly occupied ly
William's & McGehee, in Bank of l'.oiuc
ville building.
'Phone 60, Residence Phone 60-1.
Ex-Ray and Massage Treatment,
DR. $, Q, JETT,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office, second floor, Lambeth, build 'g.
Residence at M
Street.
rs. Huffinrs, Lindsey
Phone 4.
DR. J. R. JVIEADOR,
y DENTIST
Office formcrlv occupied by Dr. Rom
. inger over Ciii.rin Bank.
Cureslndmesin
It relieves stomach misery, sour stom
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