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V Y Vj fl OA mmm VOL. X11, NO. 65. S1.00 PER VEAP. REIDSVILLE., C. OCTOBER 12, 1 900 ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS, A t7 t? Mm WWW M, 'AyJyXy 4 "What's in a When you refer to pianos, there's a great deal iu the name. The St lefl Piano Iwh liottmic a synonym for 'merit,' ami the name "in a sufficient guarantee on which t pur chase. ; ' If you will get acquainted with the manufacturer of the Artistic Stieff, note its quality, tone, workmanship and dura bility, when you buy, yurs will be a Chan. M. Stieff 1'ia'io. Chas. M. Stieff Manufacturer of the Artistic Stieff, Shaw and Sueff Self-Playing Planus. Southern Wareroom: Weat Trade St., Charlotte.N.C C. H. WILMOTH, MANAGER. (Mention this Paper.) The Dependable Druggists Won't You Be Judge? You may not know why go many people prefer to have us fill their prescrip tions and attend to their drug wants. You just give us a trial and see if we can't always be depended on to give you the best of everything in the drug line at reasonable prices. Just come in and see how well we are prepared to serve you We invite a comparison and solicit your wants. - Fetzer & Tucker The Dependable Druggists PLUn BTNG H EATING We all males mistakes, but a mistake In selecting y ur plumber often proves fatal. Don't makw 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. n, PETT I T 114 East Market St., Phone 509 Greensboro, N. C Name?", S'HIEH YOUR LAUNDRY work will be done to your entire satisfaction 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 "answersrShlrtsTCOllarsTCuffsTetcTdone" up like new and delivered when promised. STAR LAUNDRY DANVILLE, VA. - J. S. IIUTCHERSON, Agt., Reidsvijle. COUNTERFEITING FORMER REIDSVILUAN AN IMPORTANT WITNESS. Henry E. Thomas Assists in Working Up a Big Case For the Government. Charlotte, X. C, Oct. 9.-Mr. II. K. Thomas, of the United States secret ser tice, whose home' is in Charlotte, will 1 jave on Tuesday, October 12, for Louis ville, where he will appear as one of the principal witnesses in the trial of John C. Roberts, of New York, who is charged with the manufacture ol $1,000, 000 iu counterfeit $100 Mexican paper currency. The case was worked up by Thomas and another secret service man assigned to the job, and the first iutimatiou of this gigantic alt. nipt to unload oue mil' lion dollars worth of valueless paper On the Mexican people was secured through the attempt of Marion Roberts, a broth er of the above mentioned j. C Rob erts, and said to be somewhat dafl'y, to dispose Of about $15,COO of the paper to a Lou'sville broker, who reported the matter to the authorities, resulting in the arrest of the two brothers and oth ers implicated. The plot of Roberts, it is said, includ ed a trip to Mexico, where he was once employed as an engineer, and where he had gained information that bethought opened the way for this piece of "high finance" w hich he had so carefully map ped out. Roberts proposed to dispose Of the million dollars of counterfeit bills in Mexico and then leave the country. It is represented that Roberts told the printer who aided in the prepara tion of the bills, that they were shares of stock in a Mexican venture in which ho was interested. This is said to be the biggest haul that secret service men have made in many years, they having seized the entire mil lion dollars of ihe fake money issue, fol lowing the slip made by Roberts' broth er in offering a part of the notes for sale in Louisville. Will Miles Starts a Tobacco Market al Mebane. A recent dispatch from Mebana says: The Mebane tobacco market was launched Tuesday by its opening sale a id, to express it mildly, it was a great success in e ery respect. The Mebane Tobacco Warehouse Company, com posed of the business men of the town Mebane, built a large, well-arranged, modern warehouse and was fortunate in getting Mr. W. M. Miles as proprie tor. Mr. Miles has had 22 years expe rience in the warehouse business; 11 years with the Watt's warehouse, Reidsv ville, rfnd the past 11 years with th Acree's warehouse, Danville, Va-i and was considered one of the most popular warehousemen in Danville. When Mr. Don Gwynn, of Danville, the prince of auctioneers, sold the first pile of the . weed, here had been 75 wagon loads of tobacco put on the floor. Several visitin? warehousemen from Durham, Burlington and other towns were on the sale and congratulated Mr. Miles on his opening sale. Money Coinci In Bunches to A. A. Chlsholm. of Treadwell. N. Y., now. His reason is well worth reading: "For a long time I suffered frcm indigestion, torpid liver,- consti pation, nervousness , snd gen ral debil ity." he writes. "I couldn't sWn had no appetite, nor ambition, grew weaker every day in rpite of all medi cal treatment. Then usrd Electric Bitters. Twelve bottles restored all my oic-time neaith and vigor. Now can attend to business every day. It's a wonderful medicine." Infallible for Stomach, Liver, Kidneys. Blood and nerves, sue at w. s. Allen's and Fet ter & Tuckers. "Mother's Joy is the greatest "prepara tion for croup and pneumoni that has ever been put before .the people. 1 John Robinson's Circus. Mr. William M. TJale, advertising manager of the John Robinson Shows, ' in charge of advertising car No. 1, was here last Thursday arranging for the coming of the famous and popular tent ed amusement aggregation, which will exhibit at Reidsville Thursday, Oct. 1. As a result of Mr. Dale's advent to gether with a small army of bill-posters and lithograph hangers the town and country for miles around are illumined with gorgeous colored paper conveying the pleasing intelligence that the John Robinson Shows will give two per or mances, afternoon and night, on the date above mentioned. And of course there will be the big spectacular free street parade in the morning begorethe afternoon performance. The Shamokin (Pa) Daily News' of June It, l'.KK), where the show exhibited says this: ' v ... . : "The parade was the biggest, bright est ai.il best that ever passed through the su eets of Shamokin. The horses were lat and sleek some great big ones andfcotne little tiny ones, and all to be admired. Three bands furnished ex ceptionally fiue music and the gold decorated wagons and dazilimj cos tumes of the performers, the big herds or elephants and camels all went to make the pageant a delight to every oue of the hundreds of liaupy specta tors. "A large audience attended this af ternoon performance and came away delighted with the " entertainment There is an abundance ot merry-making clowns, while each and every act is worthy of individual commendation, some being of such novel and extraor dinary character as to deserve special mention, among which are the riding seals. These wonderful aquatic crea tures perform a series of marvelous acts Ttiey actually ride on bareback horses, play bail, juggle and balance various ob jecis while riding on the back of fleet horses. This may seem incredulous, yet nevertheless may bo witnessed at each performance. "v. "Among the many feature acts that deserve more than passing comment is that of ihe Three Castellos in their Horsebach Riding Horizontal Bar per formance, and the American Hercules, the strong man, Warren Lincoln Travis whose phenomenal feats, showing the wonderful muscular power of the human frame, both astonish and amaze the beholders. The elephants which dance, waltz and perform various feats subject to the master mind of their trainer were pronounced to be the best pcrfrming herd eVt r pco in this section. An ad mirable feature was the six horse act. Tho riding, driving and managing of six horses by Gordon Orton is a most won derful display of equestrian daring. In fact, every act presented was of the highest order of excellence and skill after its kind. Ihe menagerie was one of the lar jgest and most comprehensive in its makeup ever broueht into this section "Taken as a whole, the John Robin son Show is recognized as one of the greatest shows thaMtaever visited the State and such is the unanimous verdict neard from many of the thousands who Hocked into the city to see it." Fighting Night Riders. Frankfort, Ky.; Oct. 11 Fight the devil with his own fire is the method Gov. Wilson is advising the independent growers of tobacco in Kentucky to. adopt in their struggles against the night riders. Files of letters are stacked in his desk, the Gov.' says, from growers who ask whether they must pool their tobacco or will be afforded protection by the militia if they do not. Organize liberty leagues and kill the nocturnal invaders is the advice of the Governor given in a statement. He Siys no man should pool his tobacco unless he wants to, and that he will pardon any man who resorts to arms to protect his home. That bloodshed will follow is the gen eral belief, for the situation is tense, The crisis wi'l be reached within the next few days. It is asserted that Gov Willson could not have rendered i more valuable service to the Tobacco Trust. He says in part in the state ment: ' ,.: " "You will remember that I have made public addresses to our people asking them to defend their homes and as sured them that if they did defend their homes and were careful not to make a. mistake and kill an innou; person, but simply necessary defense of their lives, liberty and property, they would not need any lawyer. I have never withdrawn that proclamation. "It is my most serious conviction of my duty, It was made with full knowl edge of its serious character and it is my set purpose to keep the faith under that proclamation. "Why should not self respecting free Kentuckians form a liberty or freedom pool, a thousand times more serious and earnest than any pool for money profit, and why should they not fight for their liberties when the law is be hind them and their State government iswitn tnemf" Its a Top Notch Doer. Great deeds compel reeard. The world crowns its doers. Thau whv the American people have crowned Dr King's New Discovery the Kinc nf Throat and Lung remedies. Every atom is a health force. It kills perms an 1 colds and lagrippe vanish It heals cougn-racaea membranes and coughing stops. ore, inflamed bronchial tubes and lungs are cured and hemorrhages cease. Dr. Geo. More, Black Jack, N C, writes "it cured me of lumrtrouhl pronounced hopeleatbyUkel. oue it uu. i rial bottle free. Guaran teed by w. S. ..Allen, and Fetzer & lacker. . . .. The pleasant purgative -effect ex nerienced bv all who Stomach and Liver TableU, and the healthy condition of the body and mind which they create, makes one feel jov- luu-oviu uyu, vi, Duuain. O400490400)3.0040 i The Gohquest By Dr. FREDERICK A. COOK Copyright, 1909, by th. New York Herald Company, Registered In Canada In Accordance With Copy right Act " Copyright In Mex ico Under Laws of the Republio of Mexico. All Bights Reserved ooootoootoooooo The Cook expedition wae equipped at Ulouceeter, Maaa., and was ready to atari on July J, 1'JuI. Or. Cook and Rudolph Francke were put ashore at Annootok. Greenland, with ample stores and during tne winter made preparations for the polar dash, On Feb. 13, lim, the main expedition started for the pole with elev en men, 103 doss and eleven heavily load ed sleds. Uolng a little north of west. the party on March IS readied the north ern end of Heiberg Island. Here the. ex pedition divided, six men returning. The real race to the pole now began. On March IS twenty-six miles were made and the next day twenty-one. Then two more of the men returned, leaving only two young Eskimos to accompany Lr. Cook, with two loaded sledges and twenty-six dogs. On March 'it sixteen miles were covered, twenty-nine miles on the 21st, twenty-two the following day and afterward for several dayn an average of seventeen or eighteen. Near the northern edge of Grunt Land a great open lead was encountered, which was - crossed with some peril on the young Ice. ' Some days later after a severe storm the ice split open under the Igloo, and Or. Cook In his sleeping bag sank Into tht crevice, being dragged to safety by the young Eskimos. The advance was halted by storms. In one of which the dogs were burled and In another the men themselves. To the west a new land, named Bradley Land by Cook, was' sighted, extending from S3 de grees 20 minutes to S3 degrees 61 minutes and close to the one hundred and second meridian. .Dr. Cook's own account of his dash from Bradley Land to the pole is given below. o1 VEB the newly discovered coast lines was written Bradley Land, In honor of Johu It. Bradley, the benefactor ot tho expedl- tion. there As we passed north of this land was nothing substantial upon which to fli the eye. ' There was at uo time a perfectly clear borlzoft, but the weather was good enough to permit frequent nauti cal observations. Thus day after day the marches were forced, the Incidents and the po sitions were recorded, bat the adven tures were promptly forgotten In the mental bleach of the next day's effort The ulght of April 7 was made notable by the swing of the sea fit-midnight For a number of nights it made grim faces at us In Its setting. A teasing mist, drawn as a curtain over the northern sea at midnight, bad given sa. mosBtcK a, cook. curious advantages for celestial stag ing; setting into this base, we were unable to determine sharply the ad vent of the midnight sun, Now the great bulk was drawn out egg shaped, with horizontal lines drawn through it Again It was press ed Into a basin with flaming fires, burning behind a curtain of frosts; blue at other times, it appeared like a huge vase, and it required very little imagination to see purple and violet flowers. The chnnge was often like magic, but the hist display was Invariably a facedistorted faces of men or ani mals were made to suit our fancy. We had therefore followed the sun's northward advance from Its first peep at midday above the south Ice of the polar gateway to Its sweep vof the northern Ice at midnight. From the ?nd of the polar night late In Febru ary to the first of the double days and. midnight suns we had forced a trail through darkness, blood hardening temperature and over leg breaking ir regularities of an unknown world of ice to an area 200 miles from the pole. Now we had the sun unmistakably at midnight, and Its new glory was quite nn incentive to our life of shiv ers. Observations on April 8 placed camp at latitude 80 degrees 86 min utes, longitude 04 degrees 2 minutes. In spite of what seemed like long marches we had advanced only 10(1 miles in tilne days. Much of our hard Work was lost in circuitous twists fcround troublesome pressure lines and high, Irregular fields of very pld Ice. The drift Ice was throwing us to the east with stiffleli'iit force to give us tome anxiety, but with eyes closed to - "jdHfKef - bt fatigue find glitter quickly followed one another. ; ' , The temperature, ranging between 30 and 40 degrees below zero F, kept persistently near the freezing point of mercury, and. though the perpetual sun gave light and color to the cheer less wastos.' WP-were not-lmpresst-3 yrltb ibi appreciable sense of warmth. Ceoooeooooooooo o o of the Bradley Land Passed Steam From Frozen Seas Half the Food Allowance Used Mad dening Effect of Polar Olit ter Despair of AhwelaV "Beyond Is Impossible" -c- ooooooooVooooo o Indeed, the sunbeams seemed to make the frost of the air pierce With a more painful sting. There wns a weird play of orgies, Beemlngly most impressive at this' time clouds of steam rose from the j froien seas 10 marcblti over tire golden glitter snow scalds the face, ' while the nose is blenched with frost. I In camp a grip of the knife left pain-' ful burns from cold metal. To the j frozen finger the water was hot. With . wine spirits the fire was lighted, while , oil delighted the stomach. In dreams heaven was hot, 'the other place was cold. -.' :'- All nature was false. We seemed to be hearing the chilled flame of a new hndes. In our bard life there was nothing genuinely warm. The congen lal appearances were all deception, but deat'i offered only cold comfort There was uo advantage In suicide. We should have enjoyed this curious experience, but with endless bodily dis comforts, combined In aching muscles and an overbearing languor, there could be no real Joys from the glories of na ture. The pleasure was reserved for a Inter retrospect. We now changed our working hours from day to night, beginning usually at 10 and ending at 7. The big march es and prolonged, hours of travel with which fortune favored us earlier wero no longer possible. Weather condi tions we're more Important In deter mining, the day's run thau the bands of the chronometers. When the storms threatened the start was delayed, and In strong blows the march was shortened, but In one way or another we usually found a few hours In each turn of the dial dur ing which a march could be forced be tween winds. It mattered little wheth er we traveled night or day all hours and all days were allktsME&-for we hod no accustomed time of rest, no Sundays, no holiday, no landmarks or mlleposts to pass. To advance and ex pend the energy accumulated during one sleep aMbe eost of our pound of J pemuueau wits ius uuo buiu uuu hi life. The observations of April 11 gave latitude 87 degrees 20 minutes, longi tude 05 minutes 19 seconds. The pack disturbance of Bradley Land was less and less noted in the northward move ment The fields became heavier, lar ger and less crevassed We bad now passed the highest reaches of all our predecessors and hud gained the Inspiration of the far thest north for ourselves. The time wns at hand, however, to consider seri ously the necessity. of an early- return. Nearly half of the food allowance hud been used. In the long marches supplies had been more liberally used thau anticipated, and now our dog teams were much reduced In numbers. A bard necessity bad forced the cruel law of the survival of the fittest for the less useful dogs were fed to the steady working survivors. -Owing to the food limits and the advancing sea son we could not prudently continue the outward march a fortnight longer. We bad dragged ourselves 300 miles over the polur sea In twenty-four days. Including delays and detours, this gave an average ot nearly thirteen miles dally on an air line In our course. There remained an unknown line of 1G0 miles before our ambitions could be satisfied. The same average ad vance which we bad made on the pack would take us to the pole In thirteen days. There were food and fuel enough to risk this adventure. in the diary of the succeeding days dolugs thero appear numerous tabu lations of work and observations. In the new cracks the thickness of the Ice was measured. Tho water was ex amined for life. Atmospheric, surface water and Ice temperatures were tak en, the barometer was noted, the cloud formations, weather couditious and lee drifts were tabulated. 1 watched daily for possible signs of dangerous failure In strength, for serious disability now meant a fatal termination. A disabled man could neither con tinue nor return, but every examina tion' gave uuother reason to push hu man endurance to the limit of the strain of every fiber and cell. The hard work which followed, under an occasional burst of buruiug sunbeams, brought intense thirst. Forcing the -habit-of tho camel, we managed to take enough water before starting to keep sufficient liquid in the veins for the day's march, but it was ditlicult to await the melting of the ice at camping time. In two sittings-evening and mortpj lng each took an average of tbret, quarts of water dally. This included the tea nnd also the luxury of an oc casional soup. There was water about everywhere iu heaps, but It was In crystals, and before the thirst could la quenched . several en noes f.pr clous fuel, which had been carried tnousands of miles, must be used. And stilt this water, so expensive and so necessary to us, ultimately became the greatest bane to comfort It escaped through the pores of the skin, satu rated the boots, forced a bohd of ice under the knee and n; belt "of frost about the .waist, while the face was Pole near! v'alwavs Incased In a mask of Icicles from the breath a necessary m part of our hard lot in life; and we learned to take the torture philosoph ically. - From the eighty-seventh to the eighty-eighth parallel we passed for two days over Old Ice without pressure lines or hummocks. There was no dis cernible line of demarcation for the fields, and It was quite impossible to determine If we were on land or sea Jce. The barometer Indicated no ele ' vation, but the Ice had the bard, wav ing surface of glacial Ice, with only superficial crevasses. The water ob tained from" thiswasnot salty, but all Cf the upper surface of the ice of the j polar sea makes similar water. The nautical observations did not seem to -Indira t a drift, but nevertheless the combined tabulations do not warrant the positive assertion of either land or i - sea fur this area. . The Ice gave a cheering prospect. A plain of purple and blue ran In easy ' uudulntinns to the limits of vision r s mm DR. COOK lit XECTIO COSTUME. without the usual barriers of uplifted blocks. Over It a direct air line course was possible. Progress, however, was qnlte as difficult as over the Irregular pack. The snow was crusted with large crystals.' An increased friction reduced the speed, while the surface, too hard for snowshoes, was also too weak to give a secure footing. The loneliness, the monotony, the hardship of steady, unrelieved travel were now keenly felt. It Is not often that man's horsepow er Is put to the test as ours was. We were compelled to develop a working energy to the limit of animal capacity. Day after day we had pushed along at the same steady pace over plains of frost and through a mental desert As the eye opened at the end of an Icy slumber the fire was lighted little by little, the stomach was filled with liquids and solids, mostly cold enough to last for the day, for there could be no halt or waste of fuel for midday feeding. We next got Into harness and paced off the day's pull under the lash of duty. We worked until stand ing became Impossible longer in light winds, shorter In Strong winds, but al ways until the feet became numb and heavy. Then come the arduous task of build ing a snow bouse. In this the eyes, no longer able to wink, closed, but soon the empty stomach complained, and It was filled up again not with things that pleased the palate, only bard fuel to feed the Inner fires, while the ear sought the soft side of Ice to dispel fatigue: no pleasure in mental recrea tion, nothing to arouse the soul from Its Icy Inclosure. To eat, t sleep, to press one foot abend of tb j other, wns our steady vo cation, like the horse to the cart, but we had not his advantage of an agree able climate and a comfortable stable at night- r '; Words nnd pictures cannot adequate ly describe tbe maddening Influence of this sameness of polar glitter, com bined with bitter winds, extreme cold and "an overworked body. To me there wos always the Inspiration of antici pation of the outcome of ultlmote suc cess, but for my young savage com panions it was a torment almost be yond endurance. Their weariness was made evident by a lax use of the whip nnd an Indifferent urging of the dogs. They were, however, brave and faith ful to the bitter end, seldom allowing selfish ambitions or uncontrollable passions seriously to Interfere with the main effort of the expedition. On the, morning of April 13 a strain .of agitating torment reached a break ing point. For days there hnd been a steady cutting wind from the west which drove despair to Its lowest reaches. " No torment could be worse than that never censing rush of ley nlr. Arwe- lnh bent over bis. sled nnd refused to move. Hls"dogs turned and looked in auirlnclv. 1 walked over and stood bv bis side ftuiklsbnk came near and stood motionless, staring blankly at the whMm'TH fltlf'Wi lwcc PMrw fi ll -TfAli" hwelnll's eyes and tilled fl II nle frost of sadness In the blue of bis own shod ow for. several minutes. .Not n word was uttered, but 1 knew that, each felt that the time had come to free the fet ters of human passions. Slowly Ahwe- Jah said. "Unne alnlg pa-ooab-tonle 1-o-doTla pit Is welt to die-beyond Is ' Impossible"), i in 1petfctSctMtfcttfctSctSotSetfctfctf MOST ANY OLD COMPANY Looks good in Prosperous times; but when the great Conflagra tions come, destroying mil lions in a night, None but the Best Can stand the Test. i Tr rt's my kind, after studying the business for 21 years. . FRANCIS WOMACK, The Insurance Man W. ROBT. KELLY, CIVIL ENGINEER-SURVEYOR, f Plana and Estimates Furnished. Farm Surveying. Peoples Bank Building, Leaksville, N. C. CHAS. O. McMICHEAL, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Wentworth, N. C. -..-.-. . Practices in State and Federal Courts. In Madison on Saturdays. Same office as formerly, over the' Postofnce, " '" . A. L. BROOKS H. P. LANK BROOKS & LANE, Reidsville, N. C. " " ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Practice in State and Federal Courts. Careful attention to all business en trusted to us. Saintsing & Saintslng, Reidsville, N Q ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Practice in State and Federal Courts Office in Bank of Reidsville building. EDGAR H. WRENN. JR., LAWYER. Office In Fels Building. All business intrusted to him will be looked after promptly and carefully.. IUSTICE & GLIDEWELL ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Practice In State and Federal Courts. Offices in Reidsville and Greensboro. - L. L. SAPP, M. D PRACTICING PHYSICIAN. Office at residence on Main street Telephone No. 146. Calls promptly re sponded to day or night DR. J. W. McGEHEE Office same as formerly occupied ly (Villiams & McGehee, in Bank of Reids ville building. 'Phone 60, Residence Phone 60-1 Ex-Ray and Massage Treatment dr. s, a, JEny PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office, second floor, Lambeth build 'g. tesideiice at Mis Huffmrs', Lmdsey . Street. Phone 4. DR. J. R. ME A DOR. DENTIST. Office formerly occupied by Dr. Rotn inger over Citizens Bank. : 1 V Cures indfncctlcn It reUeTes stomach misery, eour storm ach, belching, and cures all stomach dis ease or money back. .Large b of tab. lets 6d cent DruggisW h all MUX v
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