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THURSDAY, JAN. 28 19C9.
Deafb oi Mr Simp Heart el Saluda.
Despite every effort that fond
parents, faithful friends, med
ical aid or moat attentive nurse
could put forth, the Grim -Reaper
claimed for his own G. Simp
Hart, yon of Postmaster J. L.
Hart of this place. Only four
months from the day he was
buried, his wife, one of iha most
lovely little women and one in
fant were buried in the Friend
ship Cemetery. Soon after
typhoid fever seized Simp as its
victim and after a long struggle
ot fourteen weeks Death came
and claimed him. Words cannot
relate the sad scene as we beheld
the grief-stricken parents, broth
ters 'sisters vogather with a
ho6i of i'nends around the cts
ket. His eldest brother Ed.
Hart who lives in St, Petersburg
Fla., was not able to retch here
in time for the funeral. He was
buried beside his wife in the
cemetery at Friendship at which
church the most impressive
funeral service washeld by Rev.
Amos Justice. The writer has
attended many funerals at this
place, yet none so large whieh
attended the funeral of Simp
Hart; in fact the oldest citizens,
say that they never before wit
nessed so larnre a crowd. The
fioral tr'butes were profuse and
most beautiful. The 0- R. T.
wreatl can never be surpassed
In beauty. The pall bearers were
all mnbers of the 0. R. T. of
which impwoi a member, and
by whome he was most highly
esteemed H ustler .
mra m sis.
Mr. J. C. Davis, of Aboline, is
erecting a new dwelling house.
Wilford Rodgers, was a busi
ness visitor here last Saturday.
Messrs. Roland Gilbert and
Ernest Miiler, were in Sparian
. burg last Tuesday, oa business.
Mr.-Roland Gilbert, a Union
Farmer Man, passed through our
town last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Tate, spent
Sunday with the latters parents.
Mr. Williams, who is tching
a very successful school at Mel
vin Hill, waj a pleasant caller at
the hospitable home of Mr. W. Y,
Miller iast Sunday afternoon.
Mr. J. C. Davis, made a busi
ness trip to Finger ville, laot
wek.
It is an every day occurrence
to get notice at this office tc
addresses of our paper cha.;gt
from jne postoffice to another,
which is easily done when the
patrons give their old addresses,
which we hope they will dohtu-e-after
when as king to change.
Church Directory.
COLUMBUo, N. C
Baptist Rev. T. H. Porey ratot".
Preaching 2nd.and 4tb- Sundays at nam
and on Saturday before 2nd. at 3 p. m
Sabbath School every Sunday 10 a. ui
N. T. Mills, Supt.
PreslviernnT. C. Croker, pastor.
1 '-sehii Srd Sundays at 3 p.m.
hunday School Kvery Sunday 10 a. m.
C--C Hampton, Supt..
SECRET ORDER.
Knights of Pythias J E. Suipman, C. C.
J. P. Arledge, K. of R. aud S.
L Meets every JTues. night in hall over P. O.
BUSINESS.
Liwry Stable J. W Newman, Prop.
Columbus, N. C
Lawyers J. E- Shipuran and E- B.
Cloud.
Polk County Telephone Co. J . G
Hughes Manager and Miss Kaiic Camp
bell BlG Operator Col umbui, N. C
Hotel-JP. Arledge Prop. Columbus,
RaJflfcd Station Tryou, N. C.
Private Boarding Mrs. C. C Hampton
T. E. Walker.
Lumber Manufacturers Cloud & West
Columbus N. C
SALUDA Mi
Saluda, Jan. 25 Mr, and Mrs.
T. b Thorne and Miss Grace and
Master Frank Thorne returned
last week from St. Petersburg,
Fla., where they have been spend
some time visiting relatives.
Dr. and Mrs. T. J- Cooksey,
aiter an absence of several
months, have returned and are
now at home to their many
frieuds,
Mrs. W. E. Ward, one of our
most estimable old ladies, is very
ill and thre is very little hope
of her recovery.
Mr. E. T. Burgess and family
have gone to Johnson City, Tenn,
to make that their home.
J. S. B. Crawford, of Hender
sonville, spent Sunday here.
The Rev. Lathrop, of Try on,
came to the- Seminary last tight
and preached a sermon wkice we
all enjoyed.
The senior clas of the Sal J da
Seminary enjoyed very much an
nterain nent given by the facul
ty last Wednesday nijrht. After
two so!o3 given by the music
teacher, several games were en
joyed, then refreshments were
severed. Everyone seemed to
enjoy the evening very much.
We are sure the senior class cf
1C09 will have much success un
cUr iss trustworthy' president,
Miss Pauline Shanklc.
POLK COUNTY BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOCt
ASSOCIATION.
The 22nd. session of the Polk
County Baptist Sunday School
Associatifuv will be held with the
church at Mill Spring January,
33th, and 31st. 1909.
The following is the Program.
Saturday, January 30th.
11.03 a. m. Introductory sermon
T. W. Aried-e. '
12 m. Intermission.
I p. m. Organization.
LSO p. m. The Mission of the
fioHy Spirit by U. P. Jackson
and II . K. Corn.
2.30 p. m. The great possibility
of the Sunday School by .El
bert Jackson and N. T. Mills.
Sunday, January 81ft.
10 a. m. SunCzy School Lesson
taughl. by J. E. Suipman.
11 a. m. Sermon by W. M. White
sides 12 m. Intermission.
U p. m. Discourse by T. H. Posey
fallowed ty J. B- Arledge, on
subjects of their own telecJon.
The music will be cc nducted by
W. M. jbarae.t. Let us have &
tendance
J. L.
ip:-.:n
T H A 1
J. H. Gibbs" )
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Wanted-A lead of wo
VI. suUi.ription.
EflFlf L! SCt
When the Yeiiew
First Found In
Australia!
AFRAID OF TiE CC."iVldTi
The English Government Tried tOn
Did For a Time Suppress the isew.
Beccuse It Feared a General Upris
ing In the Colony cf Criminals. I
(iold in Australia was discoverpd
onc u.tlvt?ht almost beVtU'do:ud for isaj
lug first div.-oveivd mauy times. -Put
be news of tb i-ir!itst t'jscovt'iles yetv
..oalouslj Ucjt from sjutvt'iiitf Tbi m
ict Of this re'.ireiu-e la.v Jn the fi"e
u;'e of ibf army of rouvb-ts yb!'
then wtim1 tiiv Uubuu-e of tb io
uia Uon. Elad a ?M punic bro!.tu oi
it was faired rb:U n jrnnMal nprfeln.
)f the iV'b'oiu'ps w ould take i)lai.' . ,
Nevertheless the lirst itohl f(iun.t i'
.tutr:lia vvms bv convicts. Tn -1 Si
himr T.atburst. New Sonth W'aUV Tiv
iti u i'Vrr ptt!ttiHl fo&cf hor . :i i-ai
ity unite sait-ii'Ut to leaU them to: lie
'.'eve that thy bad fotind a jfftld ntine
.-.t wLcii tliy reporteil what tiiny coi:
;de;ed thviv (pw 1 fortune lo tbe keep
.'C hi'. Instead of Miidei'takiiiK to ret-
uiiiiiiii ! t' vtu for pardou or eiisiair
'uir bard labors in any way. lUrwat
. h1 to ive thi'in ail a sound flovriug
C they veiKiirei aaiu to say u word
Libout tbe ruatrer or to spend any more
lime picking up Koid. Tbe yext find
was made on tbe I-Msb river In 1823,
not far from tbe spot where tbe con
victs had come across It nine years be
fore. This news, being reported totbe
authorities, was also ordered sup
pressed. Within the course of the next
two years finds were so frequent that
the London government began to iake
;jreat interest in tbe affair. But the
'act that another region of the yellow
inetal might be at tbe disposal of sueh
as might seek was kept rigidly secret
until In 1S25 a dramatic incident pre
cluded all possibility of further se-f-recy.
A convict was discovered with a nug
get of gold in his possession. When
asked how he bad come by the metal,
he said that he had picked It up In tbe
hush. He was cautioned and told that
the authorities bad no doubt that he
had stolen the g"id. but the prisoner
stoat 1 j held to his original tale. At
length be was taken out and severely
riogged in public as a thief. There l
now no doubt that the man told tbe
truth After this, although the pablie
vas every now and then keyed up to
great expectations by some reported
find, no further veins were discovered
Until I83D. when a Russian nobleman
found a rich deposit In the Blue moun
tains. The British government again
'eer.me fearful of the consequence of
Mtch news upon a colony of convicts
and ordpred the matter suppressed.
Vet suif.cient people had beard of tit to
keep the story alive and give credence
fo such rumors as arose from time to
line. So matters drifted on. Time
and time again bushmen. shepherds,
convicts and surveyors picked up small
iriggets and brought them to the cen
ters of population, but at that day peo
p ? were nothing like so keen on gold
:; :ng as they subsequently became,
sad tbe subject of gold In Australia
vas not pursued as one would expect
ir to I.e.
The discovery of gold In California
'ni ged all that Those rich fields,
p tnt.lug out their golden store and fill-
. ig the coffers of lucky Individuals
ad governments at a rate never
t' earned of, awakened a thirst for
Mo-pe;ting all the" world over. In
very part of the earth men went oat
tth pick and pan, hoping to come
cross the precious metal.
When the news of California's for
n;ne reached Australia, many took
ship to America's shores, and among
these was Hammond HargreaTes, an
Englishman, native of Gosport, who
had emigrated to New South Wales in
1832 In Australia he engaged In
.'arming without much profit and wa
imong the first to rush for California.
On reaching tbe auriferous rer km the
l!-st thing that struck hTm Was the i
similarity of the geciorlQjJI formation
in California and Bathhrst, Australia,
tad th;re and then he made up jhls
ulna to inquire i::to the s .bje t should
he ever return to Australia He w'ork
ed for something tike a oupie of years
in California and then f et sail for New
South Wales. i;erur::ing. he of ours
carried in hfc inh.d the thought Hui
rwrtiaps thcrvj mip.ht be .old in Bath
jr:;t, and when he buuled he set, to
worU to make a, t liorough sear h.
l-efre this, however, ke hid mide
the ai qualntaiiceof vVlliiatn aud J.imej
Toms and J n. O Li..ter. who wen1
iv.Sious to prosper-t for gall. Ilisir
.rcaves taught thesn bow to use pfck
.;t:d pan. tbe dish end the rr;dleiii
f :"t. rfave them a practical if roug'a
udu.aTlon Into tbe mrsteries f gfld
and gold bearing rocks and grafei
These men struck out. and In Apjril.
IS51, the three p.tpils re'urued to thie r
old master, and. la. In their pockKs,
they carried Cold to the amount of
four ounces: llarcrreaves knowing the
ropes, towk ihU gold and full direc
tions to rhe ropor qnnrter The news
went fonht the rush txigan. ri. h fiiids
were made, and IIargre;ne; was h Hi
ed as the discoverer of poid in Art
tralia. In reality he h;u1 wo:i the title,
for It was his knowledge that tirst e 1
ncated tbe Tomses and Lister, and! it
w; his knowledge again that sehit
thee n rhe right direction.
t)rty s h'. cre a)o- nrinst tie
gralr 1 .- "n- on" -it we do
only w ia: v- m .lijj.vi ho
and are seldom rnu.a ps. a., .ti-Hruvero-
Maria da' Medici.
The tastes of Marie de' Med. "wtf
of Henry IV. oi France, were spfe;""10
and she indulged them to the fuH One
Of her collars of Venetian polnnwas
alone "worth rhe eyes out of a lftan's
head." and she had a fine stord of
them. Describing her as she arrayed
herself on a typtenr occasion In a cos
tume of carnatioh satin, M. Batiffol. In
"The French Court In the Seventeenth
Century." continues as follows:
"This arranged to her satisfaction,
her Jewels, of which she has quantities
icattered in different cabinets, must
not be forgotten nor yet her ring. Her
gold bracelets, studded with seventy
two small diamonds, were purchased
from Francois le Prestre. jeweler o;
Paris, for 1.050 llvres. Her earrings,
two great diamonds surrounded by
lesser brilliants, were made by the
Jeweler, Jean Subtil. Hoi'-gold watch,
valued at 2,100 livres. Is oval in shape
and ornamented with several dia
monds. and she must not forget to
place In her pocket for-use at mass the
'rosary of enameled gold, embellished
with diamonds." a tfitfe w.orth ;'0 OOO
Wivres. And, thus adorned, the qtteen
must yet perfume herself."
Clearing It Up.
To which Is a man more closely re
lated." said the genealogist, "his first
divorced wife's second husband or his
present wife's first divorced husband?"
"So far as I can see, one tie U about
as close as the other," aaid a thought
ful friend.
"So I should say." said the genealo
gist, "but Billy Boweu mdst have fig
ured out a difference. Anyhow, when
his first wife's second husband died
Billy went to a ball game, but when
his present wife's first husband died
he went Into mourning. Pcan't under
stand that"
"I can," said the thoughtful friend
"Billy's preseut wife was on the point
of divorcing him so she could remarrA
her first hufband. Now that be it
dead she has -decided to stick to Billy."
"Ah!" said the genealogistNew
York Press.
Always Waning.
A Frenchman who apparently has a
good deal of time on his hands has
been amusing himself by reckoning up
the uumler of kisses he bus given hi.-
rffe during the first twenty years of
his married life.
He finds that In tbe first year he dis
pensed atout 100 kisses a day. or. say
allowing for birthdays and legal and
church holidays, about 3G.700 In the
year.
In the second year this number was
reduced by half and In the third year
to ten a day. while in the fifth yeai
his better half had to be content with
two a day. one in tbe morning and
m la the evening.
Wh.vt happened lu the fifth year fee
wrapped hi mystery.! but at the same
rate of "progression" he probably ar
rived t ventually at one kiso ou the first
f January every leap year.
Freedom cf th Press,
The battle for a free press in thp
;'a!l modern sense waa foug. out le
twuen 1754 aud beginning with
the prosecution ol Wilkes for attack
ing Bute in tbe North Briton and end
!ng witn the successful resistance to
he proclamation by which "the com
mons had forbidden the publication of
their debates. Six printers who had
Vnfringed the proclamation were sum
moned to the bar of the house. Five
obeyed, and the messenger of rhe
house v?a scut to arrest the sixth.
The lord mayor sent the messenger to
prison. The house of commons sen
the lord mayor to the Tower. I t he
was released at tbe next prorogation
and tbe day ou which lie left thV ToWeV
marked tbe end of the last attempt to
rilence the press. New York Ameii
J can. -- ;
The Real Vercion.
Napoleon sat lnadverteutly npon a
smoking cannon and scorched the seat
of his white trousers.,
"I cannot turn buck now," he mut
tered to an aid as he hastily dismount
ed. "1 have burned my britches be
hind me!"
This historic expressiou ha- been
grossly corrupted by later writer.
Pathfinder. .
Tho Supreme Test.
"You are all right." aaid the doctot
after he had gone through with the
regulation thurnpiug and listening
with hia patient. "Not a trace oi
heart disease Fifteen dollars, please!
The patient drew a long breath and
reoiarked: "I um sure now I have no
hear- disease. If I had. I should have
dropped dead when you mentioned
.Y?our fee."
Fun Missed In Air Traveling.
It may be agreat achievement for a
balloon to travel at the rate of seventy-five
miles per honr. but what la the
fuu In skipping aloug at that rate
when you cannot see tiie telegraph
poles of constables .w-hfr past? The
pleasure lu speed Is in passing things
thar stand still or go slower. Boston
Advertiser. ,
, - ir, fe '
Cured the Dryness.
Mother How did pus new book
get in this -oudItiwij v Bobby Why.
mamma. I luard papa say last night
that the book was too dry for him.
So I p-tt it tn the bathtub and let the
water run. .. .
Slo, but Not Sure.
"Your daughter W mt engaged ro
young Johnson yet. then 7 I suppose
'It is a case of slv and sure?
"Well, yes he Is slow, and she Is not
at all sure!"
I hare often wondered how every
rn" lores himself more rhn mil the
i t-.si of men. Antonius.
Bank
of
fcapltal $10 000
Surplus and Undivided Rrofita Sa.o
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JOSEPH NORWOOD, Pres T. BALLENGER, Viffm
EJ. E. MISSILDINE, Vice-Pres.
J. B. HESTER, Cashier.
Joseph Norwood
1. . CONNER,
I. G. HUGHES
F. P BACON
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6. D. S1ATON, W. C ROBERTSON
H. B. LANE.
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Accounts of farmers, merchants, and individuals
solicited upon favorable terms.
We have ample funds to loan to our customers
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DEPOSITS.
Making More Money Out of
m Cotton Crops r
is merely a question of using enough of the right
kind of fertilizers. K
Virginia- Carolina
vS.-.
are the right kind.
The cotton plant cannot feed on barren land. Study
your soiL Find out what it lacks. Then apply the
necessary fertilization and the results will surprise you.
See tyhat Mr W. C. Hays of Smith Station, Ala., did. He says:
"I planted about 30 acres of some 'gray sandy land' that had been in
cultivation for over 20 years, and used 300 pounds of Virginia-Carolina
Fertilizers per acre, and I expect to gather SO bates from
the SO acres." This is why we say it is tbe right kind. We have
hundreds ofletters Hke this, and even stronger, in praise of Virginia
Carolina Fertilizer for cotton.
Get a copy of the new 1909 Virginia-Carolina Farmers Year Book
from your fertilizer dealer, or write our nearest sales office and a copy
will be sent you free. It contains pictures of the capitals of all the
Southern States.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co
Richmond, Va.
Norfolk, Va.
Columbia, S.C
Atlanta, Oa.
Savannah, Oa.
Memphis, Tenn.
Sill!! Hijn& li
spiiiill l?niA
I ryon
Biiec::.ts :
J. B. HESTER,
E. E. MISSILDINE,
J. O. V1LSON,
B. L. BALLENgER.
T. T. IAU.ENGW
F. C. WILCOX,
W. C. ROBERTSON
North Carolina,
faw-ri
Durham, If. G. ;
Charleston, 81C.
Baltimore, Md.
Columbu8,Qa.
Montgomery, Ala.
Shreveport, La.