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VOLUME XII.
JLENOIR, N.C., OCTOBER 29, 1909.
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Five Little Girls Die In the Flames
At Lynchburf , Va.
Charlotte Chronicle.
Lynchburg, Ott. 2(5. The Shel
ton cottage, the girls' home of the
Presbyterian Orhanage of the Vir
ginia Syod, was destroyed by fire
this morning about 4 o'clock and
with it five little girls, members of
the nursery department jpf the in
stitution, lost their lives.
There were 29 children and two
adult women in the building and it
is regarded as a miracle that more
than half of them were not inciner
ated, for the entire basement and
first floor were enveloped in flames
when the blaze was discovered by
Mrs. Priest, the cook, who was
sleeping in the structure. When
she discovered the blaze she aroused
the entire number of occupants.
Going to the third floor she
brought 12 or 15 girls to the sec
ond floor and they were rescued
from the top of the veranda for all
means of escape through the stair
way was cut off aod the building
was about ready to fall.
Mrs. Priest, after seeing the
children in the maiu part of the
building out safely, was compelled
to jump aud she suffered a dislocat
ed shoulder, sprain of her lek
and a paiuful wouud on her scalp.
She will recover. Only one of the
rescued girls was injured and she
sutained a sprained ankle by jump
ing.
One little girl who had been
taken out on the roof of the veran
da feu ud her younger sister was
inside the building and she return
ed to get her. Both of them per
ished.
Hij h Point's Commission Form of
Government
Islington Digpntch.
High Point is delighted with its
commission form of government.
Kitht different men are hired by
the city to look after eight different
departments of the government
and ouch is entirely responsible
for his department. The commiss
ion from is the tiling. It is being
gradually put in operation in pro
gressive communities all over tin
county. It will lie seen at a glance
that it is much more business-like
to have eight men who know all
aliout eight departments of the
government than to have eight
who know very little, or nothing
at all, about any of them, w hich is
the case with the usual board of
aldermen. Coder the commission
form, a community says to a man,
"Here I want you to take this part
of our government and run it. I
will pay you so much and you are
to be respoonsible for it." The
system appeals to all who have rea
lized the deplorable failure of
municipal government in the l'n
ited States. In this connection, te
borrow an idea from a Lexington
citizen, would it not lie a good idea
for the State to appoint non-part
isan examiners, after the batik ex
arainer plan, and have them to go
over the entire State and inspect
both county and municipal bookst
It would make for clearness, ac
curacy, letter liookkeeping,' hon
esty and good government.
Night On Hald Mountain.
On a lonely niht, Alex Benton, of
Fort Kdwaid, N. Y., climbed Maid
Mountain to the home of a neighbor
tortured by Anthnm: bent on eurinir
him with Dr. Ki"K'N'ew Discovery.
that had cured hinmelf of ntdmua.
Thin wonderful medicine eoon re
lieved and quickly cured his neigh
bor. Later it, cured his (ton's wife of
h everc lung trouble. Million be
lieve it the greatest Throat and
Lunar cure mi earth. Coughs, Colds
Croup, Hemorrhages and Sore Luiign
urc mirelv cured bv it. Heft for Hay
Fever i rip ami Whooping Coinrb:
fine and 1.00 Trial bottle free. Huar
antced by .1. K. Shell.
L0SS OF 5.000,000 PbSOS
Terrible Floods Resultant From
Record-Breaking Storms.
Mexico City, Oct. 26. An esti
mated loss of five millions of pesos,
including crops and fine hardwood,
two lives known to be lost and
many others, ft is feared, sacrificed
in the floods, hundreds of homes in
country and town warned away
aud thousands of head of cattle
drowned are the known results of
the disastrous cloudbu rst and storm
that broke over the State of Tobas
co yesterday, following twenty-one
days of incessant rain all over this
region. Rivers are out of their
banks, towns are inundated, thous
ands are homeless and no relief is
yet in sight. '
Five hundred families are home
ess in the City of Atasta alone.
A total of thirty-two and a half
inches of water has fallen in the
state in three weeks.
New Church Buildings in South.
More than $1 3,000,000 is repre
sented in church edifices reported
in The Manufacturers' Record as
having l)een built, in course of
erection, or definitely planned dur
ing the first nine mouths ef 1909 in
the fourteen Southern States, the
District of Columbia, Oklahoma
aud Missouri.
Of the total amount f4,:MMi,000
represent Methodist undertakings,
2,bOcS,500 Baptist, $1,840,500
Protestant Episcopal, $1,161,000
Presbyterian, $1)30,000 Catholic,
$59,000 Christian, $270,500 Luth
eran, 210,400 Jewish and $1,032.
700 various Inxlies with com para
tively small following in the South,
Iu addition there were reportrd up
to October 1 about 100 other edifi
ees not included in the table.
A Mule With Pellagra.
Mr. Ceorge Host, who lives near
'"old Spring, in No. S township,
brought to the city Tuesdayla mule
which had lieen sick since last
June. The animal, w hich is 12
years old, could hardly walk and
was led to Concord with much
difficulty. It was taken to lr.
(iritlin, who, alter examining it,
could not diagnose the case as one
which was common among stock.
Heat once examined his veterinary
books on pellagra and found that
the mule had every symptom of
this disease. There are scales all
over its face and Iwdy. The mule
w ill not eat any thing except corn
and has but little appetite for
that. Concord Times. .
Foretold His Own Death.
Winston Sentinel. L'id.
Mr. Clingman Henge, aged 50
years, was found dead in bed this
morning at the home of his sister,
Mrs. Jane Jenkins."
Mr. Henge's death was foretold
by him almost to the exact hour.
On yesterday he repeated the state
ment to the family that he was
soon to die and on last eveniug he
remarked t his sister, with whom
he lived, that he would die during
the night. He also gave instruc
tions regarding the clothes he wish
ed to le buried in.
CAUSES SICKNESS
Good Health Impossible With a
Disordered Stooiach.
There is nothing that will create
sickness or cause more trouble
than a disordered stomach, and
many people daily contract serious
maladies simply through disregard
or abuse of the stomach.
We urge every one suffering
from any stomach derangement,
indigestion or dyspepsia, whether
acute or chronic, to try Rexall Dys
pepsia Tablets, with the distinct
understanding that we will refund
their money without question or
formality, if after reasonable use
of this medicine they are not satis
fied with the results, We recom
mend them to our customers every
day, and have yet to hear of any
one who has not been benefited by
them. Three sizes, 25c, 50c and
$1.00 a box. Sold iu Lenoir only at
our store, The Rexall Store. The
Lenoir Drug Co.
The Managed Town.
Charlotte Chronicle.
The city of Staunton, Va., has
been trying the German system of
municipal government. It has no
mayor, but employs a general
mauager to look after the city's
business. This experiment in the
way of introducing system and
business principles in the conduct
of the city's business, is said to
have proved remarkably satisfac
tory, so much so, indeed, that
Charlottesville is goiug to try the
experiment, and other towns may
follow suit. The Lynchburg News
says that Stauton tells visitors to
the well kept little city that suc
cess in this field depends largely
on the man; but this is equally
true in a shoe factory or a railroad.
It ought to be just as easy, if you
pay the price, to secure a good ex
ecutive manager for a city's busi
ness as for any other business in
volving many details and compli
cations. It requires the same firm
ness; the same knowledge of human
nature, the same capacity for quick
ami wise action, and the same
fidelity of duty. "It is to be hoped,'"
says The News, "that Charlottes
ville will secure a man with these
dualities, and that there mav be
one more successful example of ad
ministering the affairs of a small
city under one business head. Pos
sibly some ol the larger cities may
find the plan practicable. In any
event the Charlottvsvi le experi
mentis likely to prove valuable in
attesting the w isdom ol grouping
and centering administrative func
tions within as small a compass as
is possible and practicable."
A Sprained Ankle.
As usually treated a sprained ankle
will disaltle the injured person for a
month or more, but by applying
Chamberlain's Liniment and observ
ing the direction with each bottle
faithfully, a cure may in' most cases
be effected in less than one week's
time. This liniment In a most te
tunrkahle preparation; try It for a
rprain or a bruise, or when laid up
with chronic or muscular rheuma
tism, and you are certain to be de
lighted with the prompt relief it af
fords. For tale by J. K. Shell, Drug
gist, Dr. Kenf, Druggist.
Million Dollar Bond Issue
Good Roads.
For
Jacksonville. Fla., 2(1. In a
special election held today in this
( DnVal) county, the $1,000,000
bond issue was carried. This
money is to lie used in building
good roads to the county lines conj
"hecting with roads from other
counties.
Lives of Great Men.
Lives of great men oft remind us
What a lot we owe our wives.
Little women get liehind us
And makesomethingof our lives.
Do not he deceived by unscrupu
lous imitators who would have you
believe that the imitation pills are as
good us DeWitt's Kidney and Hladder
Piils. There isn't anything jut n
good as these wonderful pills for the
relief of Backache, Weak Back, in
flammation of the bladder, urinary
disorders, nod all kidney complaints.
Any one can tHke HeWitt
Kidney and Bladder Billls as direct
ed in perfect confidence of good re
sults. Sold by J. K. Shell, Inoir
Drug Co. and Uranite Falls Drug Co.
The Comet.
Charlotte Chronicle.
The Chronicle tells in its news
columns of a man at Polkton who
distinctly remembers having seen
Halley's comet seventy-five years
ago and who is living in expectan
cy of renewing his visual acquain
tance. In this expectation, the
Chronicle hopes his wish will be
granted to the full. While the
comet is visible now through
the telescope, it will become
brighter as the nights go by
until May, when it will be a glori
ous spectacle in the sky. The his
of this comet is interesting and we
find it condensed in readable shape
in the Yorkville Enquirer. That
paper says it is named in honor of
the astronomer who first indentifi
ed it and fixed the date for its re
apperance by calculating the time
of its orbit. He did not live to see
his prediction verified, but other
men saw it, and have since seen the
comet reappear at regular Inter
vals of about seventy four years.
With the improved instruments of
the present time, lietter observa
tions will be possible, and the com
et will lie more closely studied than
ever before. Its nearest approach
to the earth will lie in Mav
when its distance from us will be
12,000000 miles. Perhaps during its
present visit enough will be learned
about its course toenable the ast.-ono
mers to figure out the exact date of
its next re appearance, for this has
never yet been possible. After re
maining visible for a short time it
will again disappear, to travel in
limitless space for seventy-four
years before returning again. The
human mind tails to grasp the
meaning of space in which a celes
tial body can travel for such a
length of time at comet speed and
yet not reach the end. What is
beyond! The human mind stopped
at that question. It cannot con
ceive of a universe to which there
is no limit as to space, or time to
which there is no lieginning or end
What a small thing is man, with
all his hosted knowledge, face to
face with such a thought! Theap
pe ranee of a comet does not now
strike terror to the human heart as
it did in the days of men's greater
ignorance. We are prepared for
the comig of Halley's comet,
thanks to the studies of those ho
have lived Itefore us. We shall
watch it curiously, knowing it to
lie the star which the wise men of
the Kast followed at the lierth of
Christ. And with the thoughts
that its presence w ill bring, we can
only turn from our little selves
and our little world to the great
Cod w ho made aud rules the un
iverse, whose creatures we are and
who guides all our destinies.
Was Fined $65,000.
Austin, Tex.. Oct. 2(i. The
Standard Oil company of Indiana
was today fined $(5.000 in the Dis
trict court here for the violation of
the Texas anti-trust law.
The Security Oil company and
the Navarro Refining company con
fessed to having entered into a com
bineiu violation of the Texas Anti
trust law and judgment amount
ing to abont $175,000 was entered
against the companies. Forfeitures
of charters, permits and ousters
from the state will at once be pre
pared by the court and executed.
The suits against the Standard Oil
company of New Jersey and the
National Transit company were
dismissed witluuit prosecution.
The Cnion Tank Line company
was fined for the value of sixty
live tank cars ot oil, which are now
in possession ol the state.
Fool-Proof
is a much abused word.
Things have been called 'fool proof that it
would take a Philadelphia lawyer t i straighten out
or a Sherlock Holmes to understand.
A man may buy a "Westinghouse Gasoline
Engine" and before he has used it two hours the
engine may get hot or his connecting rods grind.
But the ONLY reason why this should happen is
because he hadn't water enough in his tank or be
cause he was trying to run his machine without oil.
With ordinary care and ordinary intelligence
the "Westinghouse is as 'fool -proof as it is pos
sible to make an engine. That's one of its strong
points.
The "Westinghouse"' is a simplified engine.
Kvery single point alwut its machinery and
mechanical construction is reduced to the A B C
of simplicity. A bright boy can learn all about
the WotiughouN and understand it thoroughly
in half a day.
The "Westinghouse" has no complications
of any kind.
It is especially built to avoid complications. It
has none of the "cranky habits of other engines.
We can show you. Let us run one for
See us QUICK!
you
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Thoughts
Along
Harness
Lines
The violation of a law is often
called sin. when the law itself is
cue.
Here is ;i real pointer.
Your harness saddle is a
sort of (vntral or pivotal
point in the horse costume.
If the harness is worn
and looks a bit shabby, let
us sell you a neu saddle.
You'll lie surprised at the result. The whole out
fit will take on an appearance of new ness and fresh
ness, and several years of life will lie added to your
harness.
We can put in a new saddle for I.!H, and make
the public think you liought a bran new harness.
"WHEN IN DOUBT, BUY OF PRICE!"'
FERTILIZERS
We are selling the same "OLD KKLIABLK BRANDS"
that we have sold for years.
Farmer's Friend Complete
Planters Bonk m potash Mixti kk
Ri.ik Ridok Wheat (Jkowek
Alkaline Bonk Potash
Kovstkk's H. (J. Arm Phosi'h vtk
PRICKS LOWKR than they have lieen for Several
seasons. fjMr. J. A. Bush will wait on you at our old stand
where K. D. Pulliam is now located.
Yours truly,
Geo. E. MOORE
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