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Forest Reservation.
Washington, May . The press
ent situation regarding legislation
for the Appalachian National For
est cau be determined distinctly
hopeful. The judiciary committee
in holding that --where the forests
can be clearly shown to aid navi
gation, of a stream navigable in
whole or in part," the government
would exercise a constitutional
right in purchasing such forests re
moves the "constitutional'' ob
jection and should now mean im
mediate action.
A joint bill by Congressmen Lev
er and Currier conforming to the
conditions imposed by the judiciary
committee, has beert introduced
(H. B. 21357 ), which, in the opin
ion of the friends of this legisla
tion, is a carefully drawn measure
meriting the cordial endorsement
and support of the entire country.
This bill has been referred to the
House coinittee on Agriculture and
the fate of the maesure is therefore
in its hands.
It is believed that this committee
realizes the importance of the mat
ter and can be induced to report
the bill favorably and it is also be
lieved that if so reported promptly,
both the House and Senate will
enact it into law at this session. It
would be helpful to the forest cause
if the committee on Agriculture
could be clearly shown that the
real and aggressive sentiment of
the South demands their prompt
action on this vital matt.
Bibles Scarce In Iredell.
Gaston ia News.
Rev. M. M. Hatch ford has just
returned from a month's canvass
in Iredell county selling Bibles.
He sold about 400 in that time,
most of them on time to be collect
ed for in the fall. Two years ago
Mr. Ratchford gave out some sta
tistics of homes without Bibles in
Gaston and the Statesvillc Land
mark made interesting comments
on his report and suggested that
such a condition could not le found
in Iredell. ' Now Mr. Ratchford is
fresh from a canvass and has the
facts and names in his posession.
He did most of the work in Tin
nersburg township and dealt with
the best class and the statistics do
not refer to the most ignorant class
of people, many of whom own neith
er home nor bible and are not like
ly to own either. He found ten
white men Mho owned laud and
had no Bible, and ten colored men
who also owned the laud on which
they lived but had no Bible, and
tnany who owned neither Bible
. nor land. One man lived in a two
story house, had grandchildren,
had not sold this year's crop of cot
ton and had never owned a full
..copy of the Bible till Mr. Hatch
ford came and he sold him a copy
to be used when the preacher came
to see him. The Bible was sold on
time. The man is a member of the
, church and leads in public pray
er, Another interesting case was
v. -when Mr. Ratchford went to a
house and the lady of the house
told him that her husband did not
- allow her to own a Bible. He went
. to see the husband and when he re
turned to eat dinner he found her
making up dough in. a wash pan.
A half dollar wa charged' for din
ner and the difference in a dollar
Bible was paid Mr, Ratchford, and
thq lady remarked to her grown
daughter that the book must bb de
posited in the bottom of the trunk
for a row would be raisad by the
old man if he found out such a use
les expenditure of money had been
made. The family was pretty well
to do. Mr. Ratchford has been in
the book business for ten years and
says he has never found such a
dearth of Holy books in Gaston
county. The people had plenty of
flotfr and good meat and treated
him well but they had no Bibles.
Many of them still have no Bibles.
These remarks are submitted for
the benefit of the Landmark in re
futation of its statement that Gas
ton was a Bibles land and that Cos-
pel and Bibles were abundant in
Iredell. Yes, if the agent's statis
tics are a good indication there, is
plenty of work to do for the col
porteur in good old Iredell.
American Girls Have Beautiful
Voices.
It. is a know n fact that there are
more beautiful voices in America j
than any other country in the world,
say6 Ellen Beach Yaw, in the May j
Delineator. There is scarcely an !
American girl now who does not
sing a little. Their voices are ex
ceptionally clear and strong.
There is no girl in the world who
can learn to sing with so little
trouble as the American girl. She
is born with a voice. There are
certain qualities in her voice which
resemble the clearness of the
American atmosphere. Our girls
have not yet come to the realization
of what they possess. They do not
fully apreciate the great gift which
God has given them. They have
within themselves a power of ex
pression that would surprise even
themselves if they but paused to
listen to their divine gift and gave
it an opportunity of development.
Henry Grady On The Liquor Traf
fic. Tonight it enters an humble
home to strike the roses from a
woman's cheek and tomorrow it
challenges this republic in the halls
of Congress.
Today it strikes a crust from the
lips of a starving child and tomor
row levies tribute from the gov
ernment itself. There is no cottage
humble enough to escape it, no pal
ace strong enough to shut it out.
It defies the law when it cannot
coerce suffrage.'
It is the mortal enemy of peace
and order, the despoiler of men and
the terror of women, the cloud that
shadows the face of children, the
demon that has dug more graves
and sent more souls unsaved to
judgement than all the pestilences
that have wasted life since God
sent the plagues to Egypt, and all
the wails since Joshua stood be
yond Jerico.
It comes to bring gray haired
mothers down in shame and sorrow
to their graves.
It comes to change the wife's
love into despair and her pride in
to shame.
It comes to still the laughter on
the lips of little children.
It comes to stifle all the music of
the home and fill it with silence
and desolation.
It comes to ruin your body and
mind, to wreck your home and it
knows it must measure it's pros
perity by the witness and certain
ty with which it wrecks the world.
Kiiujs Creek News. ; , , .
There Is quite a lot sickness in
our community at present. ? 1
Mr. Thomas Coffey, of Blowing
Rock, visited Mr. T. W. Dula latt
week. '
Something like a dozen young
people took diuner with Mr. T. J.
last, Sunday. The report was,
They shore do cook good at Tom's.
Mrs. Win. R. Kendall, of Ken
dell, N. C, is spending awhile
with her daughter, Mrs John
Laxton, of Kings Creek. Mrs.
Kendall is almost 90 years old and
says she cooked the first dinner
ever cooked in Lenoir. It was at
lher brother's, Elbert Haigler's.
Messrs. John Barlow, Boone Ox
ford, Wade Laxton and others went
seining last week and claim to
have caught 150 fish, but I have
been told you could make some
allowance for a fisherman's tale.
If this shows up to my notion in
print I will try it again.
Honksty.
May 5th, 1!HS.
Kelsy News.
We are having lots of rain up
here on the hill. The farmers are
catching chances to plant their
corn between showers.
Last Friday morning G. John
son(col.) of Charlotte, attempted
to commit suicide by lying down on
the railroad track about one mile
east of here just before the 'arrival
of a west bound freight train. He
was taken to Hickory and died that
night. He had written quite a his
tory of his life and was tired of
living. Catawba News.
Mr. John Riha of Vlning, la., say,
"I have been selling De Witt's Kid
ney ana madder 1'tiis for about a
year and they give better satisfaction
loan any pin i ever sold. There are
a dozen people here who have used
them and they give perfect satisfac
tion in every case. I have used them
taysalf with Jlne results," Sold, by
J. E. Shell, Dr. Rents and ' Gran Its
Falls Drug Co.
the cold weather
much some mav
Ion't think
hurt the fruit
drop off.
A subscription school will begin
next Monday at Boon s lork
shool house, Mr. Loyd Curtis
teacher.
We had a line prohibition speech
on last Sunday bs Mr. Lord Cur
tis, also he was followed by Mr.
D.X.Coffey, who said some line
things ami will be long remember
ed bv those who heard them.
W. W. Collins is going into the
goods business, he purchased a
nice lot of goods this week.
The public singing at Shulls
Mills the first day of May was just
fine. The county was weTl repre
sented, singing classes from differ
ent parts of the county were pies
ent and all classes done well. We
had line singing from all indeed.
There was a present for the best
class and Boon's Fork class got
the present; Prof. W. W. Collins
leader of the class. The next pub
lic singing will be held at Boone
on the 4th of July, 1908.
MissDocia Coffey is teaching a
subscription school at Foscoe.
Misses Anna, Nannie and Yera
Coffey are at home from Boone.
They report a good school.
Good luck. 8.
May 7th, 1 70M.
BUSINESS LOCALS,
Buy your white goods from Watson
Dehorning
Closing Out prloes on 'everything
at Watson's.
EGCiSWhiU . Wyandotte. ,1.00
per 15. Wyandotte and H. I. Keds
orossed. 23a. ' A. W . Todd.
FOtt SALS Fine Jersey eow and
oalf. W. A. Shell.
(iood Percals at 10c, Calicoes at 6
to7c. The Racket.
See those nloe new stylish hats at
Ballew Millinery Store.
FOR SALE A good second hand
wind mill, with tower and tank.' Ap
ply to H. C, Martin.
Roof-flx A cure for roof troubles,
stops leaks, stops rust,, preserves
wood, stops decay. For sale by
W. Jb Wakefield, Lenoir, N. C
CLOSINO OUT SHOE SALE, - I
am closing out mv entire Hue of shoes
at cost $3.50 at 2.r0, $3.50 at (1.79,
$1.50 at 1.00 &c &c. The Racket.
I have arranged to handle one of
the best Guaranteed lines of shoes ou
the market and will sell my entire
lot of shoes now on hand at cost.
The IWcket.
Your piano tuned for$:l.(X) by John
(i. Russell, of Spiirtanbnrg, S. O. All
work guaranteed. I consider Mr.
Ruksi'1 a iirst-cluss tuner. Leave
your orders with or write me at Le
noir, X. C. W. H. Parker.
LOST 1 chihls fur cloak between
Lower Creek church and Henry Wil-1
soVs. A liberal reward will be paid I
it returned to J. W . J. NcUall at H
T. Xewland's Store.
WANTED-Oood second band
Bran.Bags at 2J cents each.
Lenoir Mills.
BRING Your Bran Hags to Lenoir
Mills, cents each.
WAXTED-15 tons Rye Straw.
Heads cut or threashed off. Bundles
kept straight, (iood price. Make
engagement now for July delivery.
Priee-Cline Harness & TannigCo.
Painless Method of
Cattle.
Ralph Gilettpein Progressive Farmer.
Messrs. Kditors: Please pub
lish in your excellent paper the
following help to all who will try
it:
When the calf is three weeks old,
take a stick of lunar caustic, dip
in a little water, rub on the little
nub of a lioTii just coming out, and
repeat three times. This will de
stroy the horns and without pain.
I have used the above method,
with satisfaction.
This is a very pertinent ques
tion the Woman's Journal asks:
The republican state convention
of Tennessee engages in a free fight,
pistols are drawn, and one dele
gate wields a hatchet; the Boston
common council indulges in wild
upror, fierce vituperation, hisses
and cat-calls; and in Italy two
members of Parliament pnll each
.other's hair; yet no one draws the
inference that men are unfit to
vote. But just suppose that any
of these things had happened in
the national congress of mothers
Whooping Cough.
"In February our daughter had,
the whooping cough. Mr. Lane, of
Hartland, recommended Chamber
Iain's Cough Remedy and said it gave
his customers the best of satisfao
tion. We found it as he said, and
can rocommend it to anyone having
children troubled with whoonlnr
oagn," says Mrs. a. woss, or vtr-
and, Mich. For sale br J. E. Shell
and Dr, Kent, druggist. ,
De witt's Little Early Risers are
small, safe, sure and gentle little pills.
Sold by J. E. Shell, Dr. Rents and
(iraiiite Falls Drug Co.
If the Rope Hadn't Broke.
Atlanta Constitution.
"You were born in (Jeorgiri"
"Yes, sur, dat what dey tells me."
"And raised theref "Well, suh,
dey tried ter raise me once, but
de rope broke."
Best Healer In the World.
Re.'. F. Starbird, of East Ray
mond, Maine, says: "I have used
Bueklen's Arnica Salve for several
years, on my old army wound, and
other obstinate sores, and lind it the
best healer in the world. 1 use it
9
too with great success in my veteri
nary business." Price 2"ie. at J. K.
Shell's drug store.
Home's Vote.
Wilmington Star.
Your Uncle Ashley's vote so far
may not le as big as the others,
but it is big enough to make him
master of the situation and he' is
the man who knows how to nse
that situation to the best adran
COURTNEY'S
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values
found by our buyer while in the Northern Markets
are now attracting many customers to ourstore who go
away pleased with their purchases of such new, sty
lish goods at our bargain prices.'.
If its Woolen Dress Goods thats wanted in all the
newest fabrics and colorings ours is the stock to se
lect from at correct prices. If its silk thats wanted
for waists or full suits see our stock of newest weaves
and patterns. If its light weight, shcer summer fab
rics in all the popular colors and designs thats want
ed then see our great variety of Voiles at 15c worth
25c, Organdies at 15c worth 25c, Mirette Silks at Hoc
worth f0c, Thistle Silks and Arnold Taffettas at 15c
worth 25c, Linen Lawns 20c the yard and up, White
30 inch Linen Suitings 20c the yard and up, Blue
and Brown Linen Suitings 15c, 20c and 25c, 40 inch
Sheer White Lawns 8c, 10c, lLMc and 15c, 4S inch
fine French Lawns 15c, 20c, 25c and 30c, White and
Black Dross Nets 30c and up to 2.00 the yard. If
its the most stylish Ladies, Mens, Misses and Chil
drens Oxfords, Sandals and Pumps thats wanted see
our elegant li tie.
About the largest, prettiest and cheapest line of
Ladies Hats and all Millinery goods ever shown in
Lenoir is now offered here.
We can sell the new est, most stylish goods cheap
er than old, out of date, goods offered by some at
"Close out'' prices.
1 1 COURTNEY.
Poultry Netting.
The Lucky Quarter.
Is the one you pay out for a box of
Dr. King's New Life Pills. They
bring you the health that's more pre
cious than jewels. Try them for
headache, biliousness, constipation
and malaria. If they disappoint you
the price will be cheerfully refunded
at J. E. Shell s Drug Store.
i
Big line. See us Itefore buying. South
Bend Chilled Plows and Corn Planters.
Our line is complete.
R.H. Spainhour & Co.
forestry Legislation. j
Ashville Oiti.en. !
Doesn't it seem queer that soi
much effort should Ik; required to
make plain the blessings of the pro- i
posed forestry legislation? Every
tree now saved from destruction is
a priceless gift to the children of I
the present. Then why should any j
one hesitate? I
Anderson's Pressing Club. 1
$1,00 Per Month Limited to 3 Suits.
Small Charge for all Extra Suits.
CALL OR 'PHONE ANDERSON'S BARBER SHOP, NO. 54. J
.
GOING OUT
&. IBt!nsflimB ss2
Goods going at a sacrifice, lots and lots of goods selling at and below cost,
(tome and buy that suit from us. We will save you money on all your needs.
Come and lets talk it over.
W. A. WATS
(fTM 1 South ; Main St
HiTSlo Lenoir, v N.C.