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TrvsDAY. OcroBKK 1.
Washington, Sept. .Gen
erally cool and fair weather will
prevail east of the Kooky moun
tins the coming week. The
next general disturbance to cross
the, country will appear in the
far west Monday or Tuesday,
cross the great central valleys
about Wednesday or Thursday
and the eastern states Friday or
Saturday. This disturbance will
be preceded by a general rise m
tounvrature and be attended by
well distributed rains. "There
are no indications at the present
time of a disturbance in the
West Indies.
Waiics Sept I''.'. News
of a disiivv-mg accidi-nt on Mr.
K. N. Uarlr fruit tarn;, near
here, u as l'ecei etl 1 1 1 is morn i Hi:
Wlnle digging s.tiid under an
overhanging bank yeslenl i
afternoon. Mr .lolm Sorreli.
an employe of M r. 1 tamer, a a
aught under a c ie ;n anil com
pletely overwhelmed by the
mass of fallen earth. Heroic ef
forts were put fourth by those
near him to dig away the earth
and lie was gotten out in about
rive minutes. He was so badly
crushed, however, and suffocat
ed that he died in a very short
time.
Getting Some Air.
(National Monthly-
At a convention of ministers
in a Michigan town, the hotel
accommodations being somewhat
limited, the visitors were obliged
to "double up," and two young
clergymen. Fletcher and Fland
ers, were assigned to a room
Which had J)ut one window. The
night was so cold and stormy
that on retiring they decided to
close the window entirely, leav
ing the transom open over the
door.
But the transom did not afford
much ventilation, and in the
night Flanders awoke witli an
oppressed and stifling sensation.
Thereupon he aroused his bed
fellow.
"Fletcher," he said; "I can't
stand this air. Nupose 1 get
up and open the window a lit
tle':"' To this Fletcher agreed. So
Flanders arose, and groping for
the window (lor it was 'pitch
dark), tried to raise it. hut in
vain.
"I can't start the blamed
thing!" he grunted. .
"Well." said Fletcher, from
the bed, "if you can't raise it,
break a pane. I guess we can
stand the cost between us."
So Flanders broke a pane and
went back to bed.
Ah!" said he in a minute or
two. drawing a hill breath,
"that's something like it'
There's nothing like fresh air.
"Yes." answered. Fletcher,
drowsily, "it's a good deal bet
ter, I guess it's worth ,"i(l cents."
In the morning Fletcher got
tip first and began to dress. Hut
as he glanced toward the win
do he stopped short, and a
puzzled expression stole over
his face. Then he looked at
Fiaiders, who was still dozing.
"vVell." he mutlered, "I've
heard of the atmosphere of
knowledge, but I never knew it
to get in its work so pnckly be
fore!"
. Flanders had smashed the
glass of the bookcase.
One way to get rid of your
fr'fnd i to acquire the "I told
jou po" habit.
MAK1K3 BETTER.
JcntTy Mak Goo4 li Nat Dftf All
THat On Should.
Toff L one thing better than to
aakf good, tni that is to make
better. The world is a constantly
improving rorli; it has cot simply
remained pwd. We caa see this if
we recall how naturafij we sav.
"This i the finest sunset or cloud
eject or most glorious full moon I
ever saw." Of course this is not al
together true, but there is a greater
truth underneath namely, that in
nature there is something so deter
mined to make good that she seems
to us to be doing better than be
fore To maSe good is not enough
The same thing is seen in other
places. No president ever went to
Washington but that he honestly
behoved he could in some respects
do better than the president before
him, not merely keep what had been
done. And each president is right
in thinking this, for ua this business
of making better each of us has
something to contribute that no one
else possesses. For ordinary people
it is a gTeat encouragement to re
member that, no matter how many
great ones precede us. there is stall
a way for us first to make good and
then to make better. The way is just
to give ourselves to the thing we
are doing Our self is a brand new
thing. N'o one else ever had it be
fore. A boy who learns his lessons
because of a sense of duty only
may indeed make good, so far as
marks are concerned, but the secret
of education comes onlv to the one
who sMnhes because he has learned
to thoroughly enjov it. The first
makes uood; the second makes bet
ter. A r.d the second alone gets the
fun out of the game of securing
knowledge. George Lawrence Par
ker in St. Nicholas.
Sagacity.
One would have it that a co'.'.ie is
the most sagacious of dogs, while
the other tdood up for the setter.
"1 once owned a setter," declared
the latter, "which was very intelli
gent. I had him on the street one
day, and he acted so queerlv about
a certain man we met that 1 asked
the man his name, and"
"Oh. that's an old storv!" the
collie's advocate broke in sneering
ly. "The man's name was Par
tridge. of course, and because of
that the dog came to a set. II o,
ho! Come again!" ,
"You're mistaken," rejoined the
other suavely. "The dog didn't
come quite to a set, though almost
As a matter of fact, the man's name
was Quayle, and the dog hesitated
on account of the spelling" Lip
pincott's. Ancestral Worship In Korea.
"A sight on this day's journey
which impressed us was the groups
of people here and there by the
graves of relatives going through
forms of ancestral worship," re
ports a traveler in Korea. "This is
looked upon as being more an evi
dence of filial piety than of spirit
worship. In front of the grave a
mat is laid, and upon the little Ko
rean table is spread a variety of
food of which the ancestral spirit
may partake. Then the friends,
with hands clasped, bow again and
anin their faces to the ground.
J low long the ceremonv is contin
ued we could not tell, as we were
:i 1 1 1 ir . but, looking back until we
hail turned and they were losi to
view, there appeared no 6ign of its
ceasing "
Following a Precedent.
Writes a friend from Cannes: "1
heard a story the other night at a
dinner given here which is. I be
lieve, a true one. and as it might
amuse your readers I pass it on. A
little boy wished to give a Bible to
lus mother on her birthday, and be
fore wwting her name on the flyleaf
he took down a book from her shelf
to see the proper way of setting
about the matter. Literally copying
the first inscription that he found,
lie wrote, 'With the kind regards of
the author.'" London Gentlewoman.
Albino Animal In Japan.
It is noteworthy that albino ani
rials are regarded by the Japanese
in a superstitious light. The ap
pearance of one is considered a
good omen for the reigning mikado
and occasionally signalizes a reign
For example, one reign is called
"haknehi nenkan." or period of the
white pheasHnt; another the "haku
hoo nenkan," or period of the whito
phoenix. London Globe.
Not Serious, but Curious.
"And I pan't lip on either side."
wailed a legal patient, continuing
symptoms of illness.
"Great heavens!" exclaimed the
doctor.
"Is it very serious, doctor V asked
the legal patient axiously.
"Oh, no, not very, but It It tha
first time I erer met a lwyer who
conld not lie on either lide."
Brooklyn Eagle. i
DEEP MYSTERY IN LOS DON
Unldantifltd Paraon Ltavaa a Ysarty
Donation at Russia Eirbaaay
"For a Russian Child."
A mjsterj for hich no solution
a been found during the last fix
or seven rears is contained in this
announcement in the Times:
"The imperial Russian embassy
desire to acknowledge with thanks
the receipt of an anonymous dona
tion 'for a Russian child.' "
Making what has become a yearly
visit, a messenger called at the Rus
sian embassy, Cheshaoi place, on
Monday and without disclosing his
identity handed the footman a small
packet addressed the ambassador.
The packet was taken in the nsual
way to the chancellery of the em
bassy, sad on being opened was
found to contain a small leather
purse in which were a number of
postal orders, to the alue of twenty
Ire shillings. The pacjeet was ad
dressed to his imperial majesty, the
czar of Russia, and on the top. left
hand comer were written the words
"For a Russian Child." The parcel
was repacked, iealed with the em-j
lass sea! and sent to the court
chamberlain at St. Petersburg. The
uarct ! on other occasions has been
delivered in curious wavs. It was j
soniei mies found in the letter txix. i
on the window sill nr on the dor-
tep. lu pite of eer effort on the
part of ''ie Russian emhassx to un
ravel !!; - i::, 't:es u:al. rl this lit-
tie ait
benethi ru e the mvsterv
rema;i:- ;n-o!ed. 1 i-m Kvctnm
Stan. lard..
HELPING WITH THE SUITCASE
Voman Traveler. Tells How the Rail
way Attendant Can Best Aid
Her Sex.
"A woman's grea'e.-t trouble with
i suitcase." said the woman traveler,
"comes when she tries to carry it
down the steps of a car to the ta
tion platform, the case will wedge
in the steps or catch and drag, and
she needs help.
"As a rule she gets it, after a fash
ion, from the polite brakeman, who,
standing on the platform, is likelv
most commonly to place his hand
under her elbow to Bteady her as
she steps down. But this is purely
perfunctory and does little good;
what the woman wants in such cir
cumstances is help with the suit
case, and that I got from a brake
man recently.
"As I came down the steps this
brakeman reached up and he didn't
take the ease from me, that would
have unbalanced me; he reached up
and placed his hand under the suit
case and as I came along he steadied
it and kept it straight and at the
6ame time partly supported its
weight.
"Really that was a great relief;
he really helped me ; he enabled me
to step down from the ear to the
platform quite comfortably."
A man can be almost any
tiling ho has a mind to ho in
his mind.
The average woman is almost
as much afraid of a mouse as
the mouse is of her.
Car load of New Double Disc Empire
Jr. Grain Drills just arrived. Come
in and inspect the best grain drill on
the market. Prices and terms right.
Lenoir Hdw. and Fur. Co
PfiCFlUSU DAILY TITHlN'l
"DJy HNMlr Man."
TV Ctxi book b aartag tia Urjr
dxrattea aaj ci fcs kfc-a u4 a
eooeid tj Cbrisdsxa t?arriU( to
fea th soon tehpruL
It CnrteUana allow tho rasa aad
croak as s.fl$J aoMtJa- t itHr
tta tt tMr iaJSj pecdoa at tuaYaa
tj tuod. they aoat ttot bo aorpraMd tt
tber grow spiritually toaaar day r
Cay, ao4 If .tk . paaea .f God gtaa.
piaeo tn tketr hearts Jto ikodjayootoj
wtthotaadlax tfco marapfeattoa of er
comforts sad prirlVerfa.
Dsilt aTaawaJf JTowm eoatataa a aoi
actio of 8ctlttw taxta wltk appro
prtato ototatteM tr .orry 47 tB ttx
yar Burelr tho.Httl titko of ttm
daily apoac la partaktxuj of its mora Is
ef beoTonty eooaooi eaaaot fail to
profit aO wao partak. It pabttaaoi
to f tf4m
. Yom- Prions' irah DaW
Aa aatograpk aai Wrtbdar i
twxara 1 book as kat 6aTal
9?- ..ff..4JU''.UatXH
ara blank tofe mp$n wbic.k yoa c.n
ioenra tbo akOfrapba or ywnr fftand
and be reminded of their birthday a
U5J piTUT. pu nakea U) hook Store
filuabla yrtj. ' la a years yo
wvtild not aell tt for'tea dollars.
Bosldfa tt baa a place for Btrtb Re
orda. Marriaxa vRocorda and Death Ee
orda. also' it has a tablo ahowtng th
flay of the woek of a ay data for or
huodrd and Ifty yeara.
Printed oq bond wrltlnf papr. blu.
doth. handoro. Prlc. 35 cents pov
paid; Imitation alligator skin, goh
dst il Ol) rwMtniilil ( Vrtlur mm R
w. 3h t,i ,w-i-. it m..i,. ct,
Iruoklyn. N. I.
NOTICE.
The Aumi.il Meelmi; cl the t.vk-holiler-.
ol the O.iUlwell I. ami .mil
Luinliei OonijMiiy ill he hehl .it the
mi.inv' I'ttiee. in Lenei r,"". . C.
in WeilueMl.iy. October 1". l''i:. at
ten o'clock A M . for the tr.in..ietion
ol .ill husiiio-. th.it .'may pioperly
come belore it, inclmlim; the election
of Director- to -erie lor the ;n-i.ini,r
year. (iKO. V. I, KX.
S5-4t Secretary.
NOTICE.
I wish to .iy to my friend.-, th.it one
H. V. Ailiokes, with whom I formerly
solteitetl insurance, will, after this
ilate, have no connection whatever
with this Agency.
A. X. Toon, Mtfr.
Sept. 3th 1912. 94-tf
HACKLINE SEASON OVER.
On October 1st the regular schedule
of the mowing Kock 'ftackline will be
discontinued. We have, however, a
k'ood supply of vehicles and horses and
are prepared to takt care of all our
customers with promptness and com
fort. We have for sale on favorable
terms 3 automobiles, ( or 8 horses aod
a numlx'rof Surries and Buggies. We
will sell any or all these at low prices
and on very favorable terms.
Very respectfully,
4-4t LKXOIK LIVEKY CO.
Old General Sickles shows
that he is still a tighter Wonder
what he would do if he had two
leps.
A. wise friend remarkes that
it is well to remember only half
of what you hear and then only
half of that.
We are inclined to think' that
what Sherman said about war
also applies to politics.
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That Satisfy.
Since 1834 the old reliable GEO. E. NISSEN
WAGON has been giving entire satisfaction,
and has been building a reputation for being
the lightest draft and longest wearing AVagon
made.
Today you will find more satisfied users of
GEOi E. NISSEN WAGONS than any wagon
you can mention. No expense has been
spared to make it the best wagon made two
generations of wagon builders have put their
lives into it one improvement has followed
another until there is nothing left to improve
on. A wagon materially better can not be
built. It stands as a monument to their ei
tons and to their success.
The reputation that it has taken so long to
build up is right behind every wagon we sen.
w They are guaranteed
ufacturers and ourselves They must make
good.
Now what earthly chance do you take when
you buy one?
I BERNHARDT-SEAGLE COMPANY
Wholesale and Retail
Hardware and Furniture.
A Slilch in Time
The wisest thing to do when harness begins to go
wrong is to take it straight to someone who knows his
business and have him remedy the defect. It will prove
ECONOMY
in the long run. Ijet us go over your harness now and
then and put them in shape. You will get more service,
longer service, and better service out of it than if you
tried to "save" by fixing it up yourself.
IF YOU ARE OOINQ NORTH
TRAVEL VIA.
THE CHESAPEAKE LINE
DAILY SERVICE INCLUDING SUNDAY
The new Steamers just placed in service the "City of
Xorfolk" and "City of Italtimore" are the most elegant
and up-to-date Steamers between Xorfolk and Baltimore.
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KACH KOOM. DKLRIOUS MEALS SKRVKD (IN
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Steamers leave Norfolk 6:15 P. M. daily arriving
Haltimore 7:(KI A. M. following morning.
Connecting at Haltimore for all xints NORTH,
NORTH-KAST and WKST.
Very low round trip rates to Haltimore, Washington,
Philadelphia, New York, Atlantic City, etc.
Reservations made and any information cheerfully
furnished by
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