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lip The Lenoir News, f 1 The News Printery f e IS NOW'TTeFaUEI.) "Yd" DO ft 1 A T VV J 0 E-A-WEE K FAMILY a A , KEWSPJ BEST AI 4 UM. RE1 f ONLY i NEWSPAPER. THE VERY YOUR JOB PRISTINE. ALL ADVEKTIHINU MED1 THE LATEST TYPEFACES IES READ BY EVERYBODY USED. GIVE US A CALL. 81.00 THKYKAH A TRIAL IS ALL WE ASK. H O. MARTIN, EDITOR AND PROP. PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. PRICE 81 .00 THE YEAR. VOLUME X. . LENOIR, 1ST. P., JANUARY 17, 1908. NO. 25. Raises Skunks. Ten miles southeast of Albla, la., there is the most unique animal in dustry iu Iowa a skunk farm conducted by C. H. Hunt, a prosp erous farmer, who now makes his home in Moravia and employs a man to care for the little animals which have the reputation of be ing the greatest smell producers in the country. The farm was established two years ago when Mr. Hunt began the purchase of such polecats as were caught in his neighborhood. At the eud of that season, says the Chicago Farmers' and Drovers Journal, he had fifty in the pen and it was too small to properly care for them. Last year he built a pen that incloses six acres and now has on hand 300 animals. To feed them he purchases all the dead and diseased animals in that reeion, aud hauling them to the pen the skunks wax fat. One peculiar feature of the farm is that the men who care for the skunks .daily can pick them up and handle them at any time without danger of being perfumed. When strangers go into the pen the ani mals seem to know the fact and be gin a rapid stamping of the feet. Then the strangers are told by the man who looks after the ani mals that it is time to leave unless they care to bury their clothes. The 300 polecats represent neat sum of money and they have leen raised from almost nothin The fur is now worth from GO cents to 2 per pelt, and besides this every fat skunk will yield a pint of oil and there is always market for this at T0 cents per pint. The en tire expense of the farm has been met so far with the sale of hides and oil that has come from the male skunks that have been killed It is the intention to allow the animals to propagate until there shall be 1,500 of them, and then the slaughter will be commeuced Cor the market. There are many people who visit the farm and take pleasure in watching the polecats either while eating or at play. As for Mr. Hunt, he is satisfied that the much despised suiimal will yield him a handsome profit. The finest Coffee Substitute ever made, has recently been produced bv Dr. Slioou of Kncme, Wis. iou don't have to boil it twenty or thir ty minute. ' Made in a minute" Kays the doctor. "Health Coffee" is really the closest Coffee Imitation ever vet produced. Not ft rain of real Coffee in it either Health Cof fee Imitation is made from pure toasted cereals or grains, with malt, nuts, etc. Really it would fool an expert-were he to unknowingly drink it for Coffee. Harrison k Co. Confederate Veteran's Reunion. New Orleans, La., Jan. (. Gen eral William E. Mickie, adjutant general, United Confederate Vet erans, today made the following of ficial announcement: "The eighteenth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veter ans will be held in Birmingham, Ala., on June 9th, 10th and 11th, next. The people of, that city promise that the gathering will 1 in every respect all that the weal el's of the gray could wish. Com mittecs are already actively at work to insure a most enjoyable gathering." Sugar for Vicious Horses. A. Pennsylvanian contributes the the following to an exchange: "About thirty years ago one of my neighbors had a cross stallion. He began to give sugar to the stal- ion right out of his hand; very soon the man could do most any thing with him. "Twenty-five years ago. I bought a highspirited mare; she was so restless that I could hardly hitch her up in the buggy, I coaxed and petted her, fed her on apples; but had to jump on the buggy while she started off. I went to using granulated sugar. I put some sug ar in my coat pocket and whenever I hitched her up or untied her from a hitching post I would take a handful of sugar and let her eat it out of my hand. If you hold the sugar in your hand till it gets warm so much the better. While she was licking off the sugar I would talk to her, and also pat her on the neck, or scratch her lightly right behind the ear, and in a short time I could hang the line over the dashboard, help mv wife aud daughter into the buggy, tucK in the blankets, get in my self at leisure aud when 1 took up the lines and gave the word to go she would walk off, and not start on a run as she formerly did. "It was the same with her when I hitched her to a plow. She want ed to start by jumps, but by giving her sugar and kind talking, I soon had her gentle. A pound of sug ar is better than a dozen whips. Many horses have been spoiled by the cruel and generally inconside rate treatment to which they havel been subjected by ignorant and brutal owners and drivers. " ery otten a bad tempered or spiled horse can le bought very cheap and by feeding nun sugar as above descril)ed he can made very docile in a short time and can be sold at a huge profit. With kindness you can do wonderful tilings. "When I was a loy mv lather gave me a colt. 1 trained him so he would follow me up a pair of steps, would come and put his head through a collar, or would come and take the bridle bit into his mouth and slip his head into the bridle, and besides this would do many other tricks. At the age of 21 years I was offered if 250 for him. Kindness does a great deal with all stock on the farm.'' Newspapers and the Panic. Portland Oregonian. In discussing the financial Hurry, a Chicago magazine of politics re marks that "the newspapers did some noble lying, all with the best of motives, of course that of res toring confidence," Results do not indicate that the newspapers did so much lying after all. It is true that the newspapers took the brigh test view of a dismal situation and perhaps they were more hopeful in public utterance than their editors were in private consultation. Their declasation, oft repeated in varying form, was that industrial and fin ancial conditions presented no oc casion for alarm and that the banks iu general were sound. The news papers did everything in their pow er to quiet the people, dispel the fears of depositors and restore con fidence, Subsequent events show that this course was entirely in ac cordance with facts and warranted by conditions as they really existed. Beyond doubt, if the newspapers had thrown open their columns to the publicatien of every discourag ing bit of news or had even left matters to drift as unreliable street rumors mizht direct, there would have been serious consequences By suppressing the cries of fear and counseling calm and considerate action, the newspapers of the count try prevented a disastrous finanaial panic just as public speakers some times prevent calamities when fear seizes an audience in a crowded hall. So far as they told anything, the newspapers told the truth. If they did uot tell the whole truth it was lecause no good was to be .ac- comnlished bv telling it. If the newspapers should tell all thetruth they learn every day about the af fairs and acts of the people there would 1)0 a great many panics, not only in business, but in home cir cles. There are few people in this world who want all the truth told alout them and their affairs. The newspapers have not been lying and there is no occasion for the public to lose confidence in them. On the contrary, events have demonstrated that the newspapers are worthy of confidence, for their counsel has been found to Ik? wise. Trial Catarrh treatments are being mailed out free, on request, by Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. 'these tests are proving to the people without a penny's cost the great value of this scientific prescription known to ilruggists everywhere as l)r. Slioop's Catarrh Remedy. ISol Shell's Drug Store. .1 . Delinquent Subscribers. Industrial News. Newspaper readers will probably recall that, by reason of a new or der promulgated by the postoffice department, daily papers will not be permitted to send papers to sub scribers who owe more than for three months, while weekly papers cannot send a paper to subscribers who are behind with their subscrip tion more than a year. The order was to have become effective on the first of the year, but after re presentation had been made to him by President Varner, of the Nat ional Editorial Association, the postmaster-general made the state ment that postmasters could deal leniently with the newspapers un til after the first of April. After that date, we take it, the order will be strictly inforced. At all events, we know nothing to the contrary. Whilo we do not like the idea of having our business, or any part of it, looked after from Washing ing, nevertheless, we are inclined to think that, ultimately, the new postal regulation will prove a very good thing for publishers, parti cularly in this section. The news papers of this state have always done too much ofa credit business, and they have made it a practice to carry subscribers indefinitely, when such sutecriliers are fully able to pay up promptly, and would no doubt do so were it not for the fact that publishers have permitted them to feel that it is al right to nav all their other ac counts, and then, if they have dollar or so left, for which they have no particular need, they can use that to nav for their daily or eekly paper, as the case may be V e venture to say that there are scores of newspaper publishers in North Carolina today who would 1k better off by a good many thous ands of dollars if all their regular subscrilers were paid up to date As for us, we aro ready to take our nances under a rigid enforcemen of the new postal regulation . Kodol for Dyspepsia and Indiges tion is the result of a scientific com bination of natural diirestants with vegetable acids aud contains the same juices found in a healthy stom ach. It is the best remedy known to day for dyspepsia indigestion and all troubles arising from a disordered stomach. Take Kodol to day. It is pleasant, prompt and thorough. Sold by J. K. Shell, Kent and 4ranite Falls Drug Co. the unseen force in a magnetized piece of steel that attracts and holds metal substar:c?s to itseif: Has it occurred to von that a dollar in the bank has the same e.T.'ct on the small change mid the dollars that on once wasted.' We do our part by welcoming small deposits. If ou once get your first dollar in the bank, vou are entitled to say, "I lave a uank account and your pride aione win make a magnet ot that first dollar that will draw additional dollars to it. This has been the experience of others. Take our word for it and try it. It mav be within the rules, but is not generous or even fair for young woman during leap year to propose by 'phone, postal card or letter. Charleston .News anil Courier. "Do you think," asked the fair damsel on the other end of the sofa, "that it is unmaidenly for a girl to propose to a man during leap yeart" "Certainly not," he replied, "if she has money enough for two." Chicago News. Scores Burned to Death. Boyertown, Pa., Jan i:. Be tween 0 and 75 persons were burn ed to death to night in a fire which completely destroyed Khoad's Opera House in this place. The opera house was crowded with members of St. John's Luth eran Sunday school, who were at tending a benefit given for that church. While the show was in progress, a tank exploded. The actors endeavored to quiet the audi ence but in their anxiety to make themselves heard and to avoid the awful stampede of the women and and children, the coal oil lamps which were used as the footlights were overturned, setting the place on lire. The fjamcs, fed by Uie oil, shot almost to the ceiling and there was a wild rush of the seven hund red persons to escape from the burning building. Scores of wo men and children were trampled upon and several who escaped le- ing burned to death, died after be ing dragged fromhe opera house. It fills the arteries with rich, red blood, makes new llesh, and healthy men. women and children. Nothing can take its place; no remedy has done so much pood as Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 35c, Tea or Tablets. " Dr. Kent and Granite Falls Drag Co. Kings Creek Items. We are having lots of rain and cold weather. The roads are ter- ible. Not much lumber hauling going on at the present and we don't know whether it is the roads or the panic and we hope the pan ic is not as bad as it is reported. Mr. a. forester, ol v . va., is visiting at Mr. I. T. Parlier's. Miss Sadie Allen and her broth er and Miss Heffner, of Lenoir, are visiting at Mr. Walter Ernest's this week. The witnesses in the Walker case from this place have returned home from Wilkesboro and report the Walker boys Imund over to Superior court. I here are lots ol sickness in our settlement at the present time A Fkiknd. Mr. Bryan announces that Can non will le the Republican nominee for the presidency. If our memory is not at fault, the same gentleman confidently prophecied in 9(5 and 1900 that he himself would be the next President. Mr. Bryan should confine himself to this subject: 'The Things That Ought to Bo." In the role of prophet the elequent gentleman doesn't shine. Observer. W.F. HARPER, Pre. J.H. BEALL, Cashier. W.A. SHELL, A-Csfcler eX2 ap co1 Mfcifcftg "for-. j- as? eia oa ss ci-j csij G-.5 is c& ct ASSETS AND RESPONSIBILITY OVER $300,000. Elkville and Blackstone. Plenty of rainy weather and muddy roads are all the go now. Miss Kate Smith returned home last week from a visit to her grand parents near Lenoir. Messrs. J. C. I'.lankenship and E. C. Shuford have completed their corn mill, near Mr. Shuford's home, and arc ready for work. Master Norman Smith and sister Miss Edna, spent last Sunday night with their brother, Mr. F. C. Smith. Sandy. January l.'ith, 190S. It depends upou the pill you take. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the best pills known for constipation and sick headache. Sold by J. E. Shell, Kent and Uranite tails Drug Co. The Seaboard and the Atlantic Coast Line railways follow the Southern in agreeing to put into ef feet a lower passenger rate in Sou th Carolina, to wit: a 21 cent rate, with mileage books at a lower rate This they say is in appreciation of the state's conservative attitude toward the railroads. Let's talk less about the hea thens in foreign lands and do more to civilize the rowdies at home. Waxahachie Light. &S5B3 i If You Have Prepare to Them Now Debts Shed Our great Jan. reuiieti.ni sale is at full swing. It must swing our tremen dous stock into ready :.:oney and for little money we are ready to transfer to you your selection from among our splendid offerings. The difference lctween what you will pay us now and what you would have to pay under ordinary circumstances will help you to to liquidate many debt. Hardware & Furniture Co. f H tQ QTERMMRf! fi, fill Ui U I LllliUI-IIU m UUij t Aslieville, N. Carolina. X Largest Fur House in the South. No Express charges Commissions. Your av erage is what counts, not the high price you get for one skin. Write for Prices HIGHEST HARKET PRICE PAID FOR GINSENG AND BEESWAX. , no :! i
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