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Atlanta Gonstltatlon.
March has no faiendi'II ; ia Ta'diaa-'
- greeable, uncertain blustering month.
-It was named for Mars, the God of
"War, who was the son of Jupiter and
was always hunting around for a fight.
He was believed to be the father of
'. Romulus, the founder of the .-Roman
' Empire, and hence was held ia great
' reverence by the Romams. - March was
named for him. Those old Greeks and
Romans had no weeks nor days of the
week no Sundays or Mondays or any
-other day,"-, tut they divided time by
Calends and Ides. The Calends were
: the ;; fifteenth; A11 the" intermediate
days were designated by these, as for
instance, the third day after the Cal
ends of May or the fifth day before the
Ides of March. The Roman senate
-; always began its sessions on the Ides of
." the month, except that. after Julius
Caesa was murdered the anniversary
; of that daf the Ides of -March were
observed as a .sacred day. r l ; want the
young people to know and remember
that we got our months from Roman
mythology and the days of our weeks
from "the Scandinavian mythology.
Now listen to' a part of this wonderful
story, for it is classic and more fascinat
ing than . the Arabian Nights. Two
thousand years ago it was the faith and
religion of millions of people. Jupiter
was the god of the Greeks and the
Romans and Woden was the god of the
Norsemen and each had a son who was
the eod of war. There was the son of
Woden. . Wednesday was named for
Woden and it was originally ; Woden's
, day. : Thursday was named ;for Thor
and Friday for his mother. Each of
- these mythologies had a hades or infer
nal region for bad people ; and evil
spirits. - Pluto presided over the one
and a woman named Hela over the
other. That is where the word Hell
came from. -. It seems an awful thing to
put hell in charge of a woman, but
they said that no man was as bad as a
bad woman. Her father was named
Lokiand she had two brothers. One
was a serpent so big and so long that it
wrapped around the world and .then
swallowed its own tail. The other
wolf so strong that" he broke the
was a
strongest chains just like they were cob-
webs. . Then Woden got tne mountain
spirits to make another chain and they
made it of six things. The noise made
by a cat walking, Ihe beard of a woman,
the roots of stones, the breath of fishes,
the smiles of bears and the spittle birds.
-When the chain was finished it was as
small and smooth and soft as a silken
stripg, - but no power on earth could
. break it. And so they chained him
and killed him. BuTusten what kind
of home Miss Hela had. Hunger
was her dining table. Starvation
was - her knike. Delay washer man
' servant Sloth " her maid servant. A
. precipice was her door step, Care her
; bed, and ' Anguish the curtains to her
: bed chamber. No wonder: she was
" cruel and always wore a stern, unhapy
And forbidding countenance. V
" This is ftfst a sample of their mythol
ogy ' It fills . up several books. Now,
where in" the world did that people get
all these wonderful stories ? Away back
in the ages they must have had poets
more imaginative than Homer. Some
of our most learned men say they got
the foundiltion of many of them from
r the Bible. For - the story goes that
away back in the ages the people got so
bad that Jupiter got dreadful mad with
them and ; resolved to destroy them,
So" he summoned all the gods to come
to him,- and they came from all parts of
the heavens, traveling on the milky way,
-which is the street of the gods, and af
ter taking counsel together they de
termined to destroy all mankind and
start with a new pair. - So Jupiter was
about to launch a red hot thunderbolt
at the earth and burn it up; but one of
the gods told him that he had better
oot, for he might burn up heaven, too.
6o ie concluded to use water instead of
fire, and then came the flood which
drowned every human, being except
Deucalion and his wife, rho were good
neonle. I Theo escaped to the top of a
mountain called
Parnassus and were
, Mved. That is very much like the Bible
' crtorr of the flood and of Noah and
"Mount Ararat And just so' they: got
Hercules from Samson . and ' Vulcan
and Aoollo from Jubal and Jubal Cain.
and the Dragon frdm tlifi, serpent that
'.il tempted Eve, and the giants who tried
? I to scale the walls of heaven from Nim-
xod and his tower. ' Every great heath
en god had a favorite son just as our
Chnstain God has a.Bom There :is
something sublime and comforting in
- -- T-'-r--- r. -even believing or imagining that a
j- . great and good being is somewhere in
. ' -Slfffj;-the":lieavens overruling the earth and
1?.iir':''r i", Dunishing the eviL T)he fact that this
powerful being is invisible makes
-p. His existence . the more impressive
'f':Sc' Jupiter sat ehthrdned'bn Mount Olytn
; rXpus, Woden had a beautiful- place of
'?-: iigold and silver at Valhalla and it could
.-'":.". S -only be reached by walking on . a rain
jZ: 3i5 bow. And we pray to ourGod, saying,:
" ,: . - Oh.Thou who dwellest in the heav
I : ' 4 - i . " nii." and not in the temples made
1 ? . -:;58ftrith JiandsV! Hjsto?y'givesriio account
t " -Vc,of -any people who, did not put their
. -'y.?J:i trurt in some God. and this proves- our
. confession of weakness and our need of
-iiiatrerfrom.-fKwne sapernalunldinn-
WSXity. The mote cultured and enlightened
, i?.ief?:wre become "the more conscious we are
" v-; :-S"cf our weakness Children depend ab
; tcltitely on their parents until afariup
f-i t in-tieir teens. They -do not need any
: c " :r God, but by and by the parentl
- - I away or fail to supply their tncreai
" ' . - rants tid th'ea-comea that fselfsj
..--la-"if-i rnd the. war ex a f
' : Ion t-m-i v : fs?
tell oy what power he raises bis hand
or-closes his eyes when he wills to do
so. "He says he would have planned
many things very different. "He would
have given man wings and the! power
to fly. IHe would have , made health
catching instead of disease. He would
have made infants colic proof and "they
should be as lively when born ' as Tittle
chicks when they come out of "the shell,
and the old men should-: always
be calm and serene, j In fact, he would
have made - everybody hapy .durujg
hfe- and every death a painless one,
He ought to have gone a little farther
and abolished death and then created
more worlds for the never dying people
to live in.' But we are here and have
to submit to things as we find - them,
and, as Governor pates said, "Mr.
Ingersoll, what are you going to do
about itr' : . ' ::
s-And now I want this month of March
to hurry m and pass away. It ia aggra
vating my grippe and I feel more- like
ilt I
writine "an ode to melancholy'
contract and withers my charity fox
my fellow men. I don't care k ooit
for Roosevelt and Tillman, nor Spooner
nor the Atlanta "depot. But as the old
Persian phophet said, "Even this shall
away."- ; Fifty-three years ago today
my wife and I were married, but on
our account the weather was as lovely
as a Lapland night. ; I was one of ten
children my wife was one of ten, and
we have ten, and they have twenty,
and no great calamity or affliction hath
befallen us, thanks to the good Lord
for His mercies. Bill Aep.
Plata Talk; Terr Plain.
Charlotte Observer. -
This talk about the 'consent of the
governed is, when you get to the bottom
of it, mostly rubbish- . We people of
the South, for instance who have for
years been cheating niggers at elections
and kept it up until we concluded ., that
it was cheaper to disfranchise them' by
legal, enactment, now shed crocodile
tears on account of the woes of the
Filipinos and cry aloud that all just
government derives its . authority from
the consent of the governed. Rot!
The South didn't consent to. the gov-
ernment that it got for several years
after the Civil War; The Southern
niggers are not consenting to the gov
ernment they are getting now.-
We talk about the consent of the
governed and taxation without repre
sentation, when these arguments run
our way; but we forget how often these
principles have been violated in our own
country to-day with our approbation
and as the result of bur own acts. Con
sent of the governed! Taxation without
representation! Rot! ''
American Cotton Beaten.'
The negroes of the Tuskegee Normal
and Industrial Institute who were en
gaged the latter part of 1900 .by . the
German government to teach the natives
of Togoland, German, West Africa,
how to grow cotton; have, according'to
the report of .the colonial committee,
succeeded in producing cotton which is
graded on the Bremen exchange above
The Tuskegee negroes have demon-
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strated that the land in Togoland is
suitable for cotton, of. which there is
great abundance.. The only obstacle to
the commercial utilization of this pro
duct is transportation and especially
gettm the bales to .the coast. The
J colonial committee has sent anexpedu
i bon of engineers to survey for a railroad
from the coast town of Lome to Palime,
in the interior. ; " . -.' : - - '
imaaona nannclnc; Gorman Boom.
f Phiuidedfhia, March iS.-r-Infor-mation
receivecl here to-night is to the
effect that Senator Simmons, of , North
CaroUna, has taken charge of the Gor-
manlKomfor,lBideX
long- talk with the . Marylander last
mght and to-day canvassed the con
ereesional leaders in his favor. Gorman
and Bryan are in Washington to-night
conferring with the leaders: regarding
the organization of the national cam
rtaifim committee to-morrow nieht.
I Gorman's Mends are in large' majority,"
and it is possible the committeee may
finally renounce Bryan. , A Gorman
man will almost -certainly be elected
chairman. . .-: .. ' .- -s.. : :
niMlsslnpi fcammUes Ball dine a Ball
road. v . .
As Mississeppi led in setting the best
method for . the .utilizing of convict
labor in the. south, so as to make -it
profilable, ' she is now going to set the
pace; in regard to.the' working of the
inhabitants of her "insane asylum. A
railroad is being coneti-ucted . with the
patients of the insane' asylum of the
state, and the road that is being built by
this unusual class of labor ia three miles
in length. : It is the first road in. the
state that was ever built by this class of
labor.!??; j f'--tT
Mad Mo XHSTerence.
i?-'l?m afraid Edward you're marrying
me only because I've, inherited $50,000
from my uncle." 'ri;?. l"''"v .' .
-'Why, Blanchei how can you think
that of me? . Your uncle is nothing to
me! I would marry you no matter from
whom you inherited the money.' .
" An 'editor in ' Cinghamton, N.
took, to : joCTilariy, addressing an
citizen of. his town as "colpnel" "and
often referred to him in7 his newspaper
as - "Colonel . Tyler" .' until " everybody
took it up and sainted ''Colonel Tyler."
This -li2s raillt ry eolriquent pleas-
el Cie
roc:pi3.t i-:nens!y and when
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he pi;::! 1:.I3 it tras
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p. K. C. B. in CHatioeOferveiCi r;
n EuziBEiH Crrr, March 13.4-James
Wilcox was put up on trial for his life
here at o'clock to-day. 5 The (court
house wai nacked full of men Not si
single woman was in attendance. Th j
audience' was .eager : to hear; what was
coins on but was at . no tame ugly or
boisterous. "'The regular r-jurorsTvere ;
called and 153 of he venire. ; The, State
set aside three without cause and the
lefense 20. At 8:45 . o'clock . to-night
the last juror was chosen. Two ttegroes 1
were amone the- twelve.
; The trial of Wilcox, charged-with the
murder of Miss Nellie Cropeey, of this
place, on the night of November 20,
1901, began in earnest to-day.; 11 is a
most interesting case on account of the
social Dosition-Of Jthe two -families, con-1
cernea ahrnTybterv that SBurrdtond I
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Mr. James Wilcox, son of ex-Sheriff
Thos. P. Wilcox, of this county, went
to tne .nome 01 jut., wiiiiam xx. rop-1
Bey, a well-to-do trues, xarmer 01 tnis
place, on the night of November the
20th, to call on ' Miss Ella Maud, or
"Nellie" Cropsey, to whom he had been
paying considerable attention. . When
he arrived at the Cropsey home, say
about 8 o'clock, the whole family was
in the sitting room. : Young Ray Craw
ford was there, calling on Miss Olive, a
sis ter of Miss Nellie. . Soon - after 9
o'clock all the members of the house
hold except Misses -Nellie, Olive., and
Carrie ''Cropsey retired. Later, Miss
Carrie, "a ousin of the other fwoi girlsj
who was'-dowEton visit, ;wentt to her
room. This left tne young men and
their respective lady 'friends together.
At 11 o'clock Wilcox, rising from his
chair announced: "I must go home;
my mother will be uneasy if I:etay out
after 11 o'clock." This was said in a
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jocular-way? ntinuingxsaiddgey did not die" from a blow and.?100161 the third time in twelve
"MissjNellie, would like tpeS iouf drowning, too. -' She died from one or months, and I dare say, will yet be pre
S Yki'kAU S Ua wvllnH a ytiAawktfia dnA t
went oui, acronapanieu py .ine gin. one
was never een after iaat jby anybody,
except Wilcoxi until iher dead body was
found floating jus beneath the surface
UI liiio wsuirnu jcagquutwu. aver, uu
the morning of the 27th of
December.
f Miss Olive Cropsey bade Mr. Urawr
ford good night and -went up-stairs to .
her room, thinking that her sister had
already gone. That was about 30 min
utes after Nellie and Wilcox had gone
into the hall together. But not find
ing ber up - there she concluded that
she and Wilcox had crossed over to the
parlbr and were -still there. However,
when she had . gone to bed, taken a
short nap and waked she missed Miss
Nellie and gave the alarm. The entire
family was soon up and searching
everywheres Theefforts were in-vain.
Somewhere about 1 o'clock Mr. Cropsey
went to the home of Wixcox s father
arousea toe young man uu. toiq, wm
that Nelhe could not be found and ask
ed if he knew anything of her. Wilcox
answered that he did not inow any
; more than that he left her leaning
; against the post of rTthe porch crying
lr a X TTca-a
ItViA tnnrn Wilnox nsuA that hft i.did in-
the town Wilcox said that he did m-
: vite the girl out and she - went on the
porch with him.- - There he handed her
: a parasol, or an umbrella, that she had
! given him, and a picture of herself.
She broke into a cry and declared that!
she knew what that meant.. He begged
her to go into the house out of the cold,
but she would not do so. - He then told
Bhe replied:" "Go on." Heleft her
'crvine. . ;
In order to "Understand the evidence
that will be given in . this trial, one
should fix the location of the Cropsey
house in his mind.- The house is about I
: a half mile, southeast of . the court,
?rtY SnUluiii nlf ihal
Tiber and Herrington creeks, two small
streams that empty into the Pasquo
tank river; then go out what is known
as ittverview avenue, -the ' road' that
leads to points in the southern part of
the county. ' This road, " or ' avenue,
passes between the Cropsey home on
the right and -the river on the left. A
boy could staniTon the front steps of
the Cropsey residence and throw a rock
across the road into the -river. ' If ' a
straight line 100 yards long were drawn
from the steps out over , the river, and
then earned a sharp turn to the right.
mwn
down the river for about 100 -yards, the
exact spot where - tne body ' waa t oundj
would be covered, i JXha place is near a
clump of small trees and about 80 yards
from the bank. , The .body of. the girl
could have been taken there by a
strong man o been . borne overf urr a,
boat and dumped oub 4 possibly avcfl
washed over there from , some - other ;
point Ia thriver. ; In either case tlie
city might nave slept on uu morning
without the knowing that any thihg'had j
happened had it not been that the girl
was missed. The Cropsey home is on
the very southeastern edge of the town.
It is next tothetet touserathe.cpf
ate Uniits. listandB between twdJffo
either of which is over 100 paces away.
The street or road there would be free j
from "travelers as a general thing at that
time of night. The place is dark and
secluded after nightfall; ' 1 ' -",rlr
The body of Miss Cropsey was found
by two fishermen. . They
had started
, I down, the river h a 'small boat. Among
Old I otner uuogs iun uiu wiiu o.w ui uuuy
floating with the tide. The long tresses
. uSf ,n,
swinging . face downward - with- the
ghoul iors up and the legs dangling to-
f TLa alarm, was' given andT the body
t c .-! er-'-ei by Xr-i phy
f'lI, 3,' a 1:701 cl ia t-3 follows:
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and a' full exiamihation. 'made .of Uie
internal organsi iThewomfcr was of Ma
normal virgin aize and consistencj, and,
pon vertical, section, showed, itself to
e enCrely empty;'; ''N-V'V.'X'3
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The stomach-- upon J being ' opened
emitted gasand:was found, to joontan
about two -ounces of dark; fluid and
solid substance. THe appeurahce of the
stomach and other 1 abdominal organs
was normal.fis.f.?'i;jt-f yV- vT'j-Vir-"The
lungs were ooliapsed iand - free
from water. ".-- - - -:u;-'."v
v;Xrpon the-section of - the scalp all
around th head, one inch abqve the
brow, there was found on the .left side;
at the juncture of the ' squamons por
tion1 of . the temporal "parietal and
frontal, bones a. dark discoloration, of
the muscular substance, about two . by
two inches ili 'extehtrand this part was
visibly thickened The muscular -aub
stance at this ooint UDon section -ex-
nded about a hiJf ounce of black fluid.'
The 'bone beneath this ' contusion was
discolored sligntly bwe. xnere was no
other abnormality in .any part of the
scalp, which was oompreteV'dissected.
There was no fracture discoved. at. any
point of the cranium."
j The report of the'coroher's jury read:
"We, the coroner's jury, having been
duly summoned and . sworn by. Dr. I.
Fearing to inquire into what caused the
death of Ella M. Cropsey, do hereby
report that, from the investigation
made by three physicians of Elizabeth
City and from-their finding,, and also
from our present observation, that said
Ella M. Cropsey came to her death: by
being strieken a blow on the left temple
and by being drowned, in Pasquotank
; No one was charged with killing her;
but it was urged; that the charges
against Wilcox, then in custody, be -investigated.
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' This case rests here.' It is the duty
of the court to. try the case and . find
the facts.
It is certain that Miss Croo-
i -t a. a, . .n. xi y I
jury found, tier body had no water
m- it.
; James Wilcox is a man of about 28
years. , He has not lived a model life,
yet there, are no grave charges against
his past. His looks ' are not prepoa-
He has- the countenance of . a
hearted, stolid .man. But he can
not be convicted on his looks. The evi
dence made public up to this time is
circumstantial. It is said that the solic
itor has convincing evidence that will
be brought out at the proper time. This
remains to be seen.
The people here are divided. The
great majority believe that the young
Uan is guilty of murder. - Many do not
think that he can be convicted on ' the
Did Wilcox kill the girl with a black
jack or some other blunt weapon or did
she commit Bulcidef This Is theiqfuea-
tion. The jury mast hear the evidence
and render a verdict. .: The prisoner has
said: f 'I will be tried by my God and
my country;
Elizabeth. Crrr, : March 14. The
Wilcox. trial is well, under way. .The
N"yi0 ""r0 o,-""
1 - TV. J ofanaa
nesses are being ' heard ' - The - defense
has done well in choosing the jurymen.
Nine of the twelve are intelligent-look
ing young men. Several of them seem
to be of the same social position as the
prisoner.. The negroes two of them,
are of the ante-bellum type, each being
between 50 and 60 yeamold. They are
honest, good-looking, full-blooded Afri
cans. Pendleton . Bright, the ; twelfth
jurror, does -not appear to be a man of
much intelligence. The' jury ..is in
charge of Deputy Sheriff L. J. Brichard.
The coroner testified that Miss Crop
sey came to her death by a blow. He
Ta mlVea
said .tbat-deattt'-Vaa nov- caused by
lowed by a "most rigid and trying cross
examination by Mr.: Aydlett.''A.t times
he had the. witness all to pieces, but on
the whole the statements made . earlier
in theday 'was adhered ' to.: 1 The last
hour of thet examixiationwas "tedious
and uninteresting?-. '. The moat, minute
details were gone into. . If this is kept
nnU Will to.V( aavipirgl wfkn tr trV ' the
I case.-Dr.Fearine's testimony is that
of a medical exDertf -The.case hanesl1011 DUfly themselves with hisflame-
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uu vuu main puiuie ux .iub cviuciiuc.
Was Miss Cropsey killed and thrown in
the river or did she drown? i That is the
important question.
Two of Wilcox's Bisters and a cousin
and four of Miss Cropsey's sisters were
in the court tolay,.,?v :x ;;
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ItBliM&kahlii. S
'Are ! you sure these' "corsets L are
unbreakable?; asked-the doubting cus-
4 :4I have been- wearing "a pair myself
shdpv gfrl'lm'd
they, are noti broken yet. tt Andt sue
onntinnnd. HnHhinc -'I'nf enfiraod.'
Ex-RepreBentative Wm. M. Moody,
of Mass has- acospted-ie Secretary -
otim nl ihd Vtm Klill
has .been
annouhced; wdUKT soon b6TB&Qed by
Secretary.Long; Secretary Long;On the
10th handed in nis resignation to - tne
President to take: effect'MayJlst x r?
1T,
Marconi, the inventor of . wireless i
telegraphy, ' received : a message- last i
week' in - mid-ocean.- -He ahiiounces
that in the three months he .will 'be:
to commercial messes
I without v. is as a regular businessHe
is only twenty-aeven years of age.
The compc'1'3 regiment to -go, to
Chariestoiin April vill have companies
fron. ii.""-r ..""l, Uciccrl, i melons
CtuI:"
'sa,
t.a, I.
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t7 a
Giro mA H.niW;;. W,an
--w-, j ""-6 1 back: novels destroy all taste for useful
I've been a young man; , now ,1 mABaM--A-Jii-K,t
old man, so to speak. " Admitting your
lnteUigenee ? I - claim that - experience
anq, observation. iiave helped, me tosee:
some .things that simple intelligence
does' not observed .' There are two words
failure iQod haa t,dowkl . vnn with I
' volition, and that
nnA that mMna a ,w1
choice ' means, simnly.
you inaxhave that; Choice .iW
ZZt,a?X 1 ' it4"
If one is a good thine And the othet
: bad, then choose . the gdbd. i -Ift both.
are good, then take the gooder. ; If both
are bad then take neither. Not like
one of the candidates-' for governor of
ueorgia jsaid the. other day: "Of two
evils, I never .take the greater," That's
: ; ' j 1 '. - W . a v - j
politics,' pure and simple and the devil
is running tnat whole business. ;
Real, success has its foundations just
like the hpuse we live in, and the very
basis of success is good character. As
sure as that - the constitution follows
theyflag, so. good, character must lead
the way in all successful unbertakings.
The young man who thinks he must
drink whisky and ''cuss" to help you
make a man of himself is a fool to be
gin with. If I were running a saloon
I- would want a decent, sober barkeeper.
I was not long finding a place of trust
CftUU UVUV1 1UI C JVU11JE 1UMI Ul 1U V
town, some time ago, when I said .to a
leading railroad official with whom I
wanted to place him, "that he was not
', only bright and efficient and trustworthy
but that he was as clean in his hfe as
his sweet Christian' mother.' He 'has
never touched whiskey, wine or beeri
8wore.an.oath or - handled, a deck: of
cards." ' 'Send. him, to me," said the
official, and that young man has been
lHnnt thoF nrroa t imilvAaH ovotom
It
pays' to be' decent it never pays to be
other wise. - The boy who knows how
to, be a gentleman, and knows. how to
keep from being a dog, is in possession
of the' knowledge which makes him
master of the situation. - "
No use. talking,, young man,, about.
your having self-control and will power.
The way to keep clean is not to rub up
against the things that will "smut you.''
I don'feare how. much you may boast
of power, whiskey will make
drunk.
you I
'Again, God nor. man can ever help
you to be someboiy, until you make
up your mind that you will be or die,
do or die. ' '
This message' to you, young man,
was inspired by a "notice of , that great-
eat livincr nianist.
Paderewski, which 1
saw In the Kansas City Journal of 'yes -
terdayi 'lhe article was -headed? 'Pad j
erewski s Success. Achieved - Through I
Much Hard Work.. . : His . recital is to
occur -here in Convention hall, March
17th.- I duote from' the notice' as" fol
lows:
'Paderewski - has . simply come tiTre
the dominant figure in the world of
music, a dommancy acquired.by years
of patient4 struggle and stoical endu-
DUtAAWI OiUlCTCU JJ -M. A.O UVV I
the result of chance, but the outcome
of sweat and suffering, heart-burnings
auu uuuuuavivuo
r The press has given jo the world the
story of his life: how, at mnteen years
of age, he softened the sting of poverty
by marsymg a girl equally as poor." ; It
is now almost impossible . to' estimate
Paperewski's wealth. 1 His first tour of
America netted - him ; $108,000; his
second $181,000. . This, is the fifth, and
each succeeding one has marked a finan
cial gain over the'precedlng ohe.: : 'Wheiii
it is considered that in all the European
countries Paderewski is. equally a -.fa
vorite, it will be seen that his ten years
of success haver netted him - milli6ns.
Even -with all his immense charities
and-ppen-handed generosity, . he has
not been able to oespatcn au- ms weaim.
He has a magnificent home in Poland
and ; Switzerland and ' .princely : apart-
Uments in Pans. The newspapers no
t nnUiwt VidiT nf mpliinfihnlT fivM or how
colored hair, or melancholy eyes or how
he appears on the stage, or how he holds
his knife at the table. : , xsut now tney ten
us of his thorough deep knowledge of
the innermost -secrets and feelings of
the "piano soul," , and his own ac.
quaintance with the hopes and fears,
sorrows and sufferings that fill ' eve.ry
human life.'" Now the press make" it
easier for him to do what no other -man
1 Paderewski
he-would Wear
Rabenstein and Mth hir mind made an
he worked and. jBufferedf and j)erse,yere
until he has as surely won .as tnat he
wears their crowns.
Todng man, this
. t if nf all mt men. from
1 . A Z orVr7? wri
I thhw-Wo
windsnatt easy jobs. l? Athlngi that
easy - -done kis not worth . dping. JTha
thing you. do that call ror brain sweat,
soul 'sweat' and body Bweat are the
things that make success not only-pos-Biblebut-anre.'.
fr- " i - y.
"An idle head is the devil b, work
shop;". 'Yes,, and ah "Idle boj 'is the
devil's saddle horse, and the devil Is
most generally in the saddle, toqv -v , t :
Shun tdleness hke you would a saloon
or' they are two things that 'get mighty
hick on short acquaintance,-. -
Again, take csre cf your .jintery;
When it becomes necessary in your Lfa
for ytu to tell-a' lie,5 then- y&u kc?! to
f3 lack c iltLut Ills OTit : la. Yea
c i'tl-"lraal,.'"--3 '!-tf-?
1 1
3 T
-i- r ,,r. j,,,. , t' ,.. ',T;rHon. hehelri the voiinit man seekinc an I another soldier bV to' fake :hid-place
.made.dPf his L mmd. tha,t 1 1 ntmAnoUnn and asking, if he miffht I aa it ian'tn, sweet to . die for .those WQ ,?
friends,' just as- you need air and water.
Again- avoidalI games of chance, from
craps to cotton futures. They-destroy
uouvbc wu,luM yeuow
knowledge dollar earned hy. Bweat
and toil is worth a. million won. on. puts
and. calls.:!' rrjsf s .SS-'"i-
v Again; cherish . only the friendship
and . companionship of good men and
women, ue as careful 01: your- com-
7 ypu.axe of your destiny. .
"V " JWiX man,-many.
r.WftKCVTK'SS
boori fcgoo4 mother. God's best gift
Ito ayoungnlan is a good wife. T&e
ue. nere 1
.loQy.yQungtoMiw
marriage una! they have a competency
r an ihw oott I
until he1 gets good -before he loins the
church. I was busted when I: marr
and if my daddy or. daddv-in-law.
etherv ever gave me or my wife a cent
we lost it before we got home. Don't
ever jjait to perform a good deed. .Too
many old maids these days, and when
ever I see an old maid I know some man
has failed to do his duty. .
v Again, young man, stick to the bible
of your -mother and the God of your
father, for it ia religion that must give
solid comfort while we live and it: is
religion must supply : solid comfort
when we die. , .1
Don't be. skeptical, .agnostics!
ioiy.V5oi ;n
or
Read your Bible .every day. Kneel
down morning and night and pray to
God. Observe these things and you
wiH succeed in your calling as "Pad&
rewski has in his. If you don't, you
writ, wind up in the end a Rewskipady.
Your friend. Sam P..JowbS.'
A Fraudulent iaarimonlaJ
Bweao.
Lumbertoii Kobesocjan. ... j - .
N. C. Clark, of Chicago, the head of
a matrimonial and Introduction bureau,
has been arrested for fraudulent, use of
the -mails. Mr. , D. H. Britt, of. this
county, on receipt of some of. the cir
culars of the company, sent them five
dollars as required -and in return for
which he was to be placed in correspon
dence with a young lady reputed to be
wealthy; good-looking and to enter the
matrimonial state. In reply,. he re
ceived, a photograph with the name and
address of a young Asheville - widow.
Losing no time he wrote her at once.
The . young Jady, surprised at receiving I
stating that she. knew nothing of , the
matrimonial bureau and the statement
as to her -wealth was "untrue, which of
coursecl6sed the correspondence. '
Mr Britt had of-course entertained
the matter, purely for amusement .and
had no aeripus intentions whatever -ex
cep' enjoyment ;Of.the correspon-.
dence begun, under such rather .unusual
circumsianceB. . xxe nas, . .-, nowever,
served the public a good turn in being
the means of exposing fraudulent in
stitution : ' " ' - - - '' '' ' "
A Seed In A Cnild Tnroat Per Five
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Salisbury Sun. -
A nersimmon seed tnat had - been in
the windpipe of a 5-year-old child for
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1 ,"B -"e . i? BWlte ..
weakness' and emaciation.
The little sufferer is the daughter of
Mr. 3,, F.;. Freeman, i. who lives-, near
Woodleaf, and about five montha ago
the trouble with .her ''ttirbat' began.
Eight physiciaiis ' treated the child and
an X-ray. was- brought into service but
the seed could, not .be located. .Yester
day coueh svrun'and a whiskey toddv
wer6 given ; the sufferingchiW.i,It be
gan .coughing and ini a short, while spit
out. the seed. The little one had .be-
come fearfully-weak" tnroueh theTIone t
period of Buffering and 'ad soon as it was
reheved it felV into a: .deepn Bleep ahd
was still sleeping this morning, , - f
- Mr; Freeman on one occasion walked
almost continuously day and mght for
ten days with' the child k-j- .-. ! -
' Repaid. ' y
At a certain ball in the country the
other evening a gentleman undertook
to introduce a companion to a young
but somewhat stout lady, who seemed
to be pining for a dance. .
"No thanks, old fellow; I don't care
to waltz with a cart." . . . , . .
A "cart" is understood in' the district
referred to as a partner -who 'does not
da her share of the dancing,, but has. to
be drawn round, ;
A few'evehihgB later tKe same young
ladt:!whoiad Overheard the converia-the
hiorytc.
"No. thank vou.ff she renlied: ."I
; -sfi Detaita of tne 4Pr1nea Tlalf f ; "
Arrived at New York on the Krom
win WUhelm! Sunday Feburaiyr
Sails for Germany on the Dutschland;
He"fatered -4,630"mileBana- Went
through the- SUtes of New Yofk, ' New
Jersey 'Pennsybromav Dolawarej-Mary-
landr Kentucky, J-eanessee; Uhio, in
diana, Illinois, - Missouri; .-Wisconsin
and Massachusetts.; '
His inn ... extend 2d as iar. souttC as
Chattanooga, as far west aa'Milwaukee 1
and as far east as Eoston ' -'' ' . 1 r.
, ' Estimated ;c6St cf ventertainiBg the
Prince
- fHM
u- iitflcbia, 6
reratnre. - !gv-p j
a Boston: lawyer I tut f- '
1-
Proper 1
A story is told cf
Whose quick wit r.
dtberinlhdcoc '
, r Ccserted - him,
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Orv d'y a,.cl.
li -i
Shot Hw Sulai.'i M
- Capt. Charles M.ehderfito bid ah '
experience Thursday,; Tiight that will
f ore vermore serve as a warning to men
who carry latchkeys. Capt. enderlite
is one of the best managers of .men in :.
a wreck that the southern; has on its ;
system and it has been, remarked, that v :
could accomplish more work in, less
ie then anyone iii his liositlbn'that
could be lound,- -. This week when the
Southern was- straining every: nerve to .
clear the Western track so as to resume u
the operation otrains betweerAsheville.
and Chattanooga Capt. Henderjite was ,
drdeTei'to'iJiesclelie'tlie Wasn'ottt: -r.
tta laKTwi iu;fi. v
hrfMaS
, ... . . "
nieht key.'- 'Grbnme' -
m me. aarKnesa , in ; nis hallway, ne en
countered a screen and stumbled. ' The
echo Qf the. noise produced by the col
lision, had hardly .died away when the ;
report of a pistol was -heard' in Mrs. '
Henderlite'B room and two-bullets went !
crashing through the door in the direc
tion where uapt. uenderlite' had' stum- .
bled. He annQunced his presence and
hostilities ceased. Mrs. .Henderlite '
believed that burglers had entered the "
house, when she fired through the door. ..
Jury Held Prayer.
Raleigh Tews and ODserverT 8th,: ,, , . ..
It is analmo8t unheard of thing for
a jury to hold 5 prayer before returning 5
a verdict, but (his isv.what happened ia &
the jdry room and. what was done by
the-twelve meh"just bef oiiilhey'rettirn-t
ed .the verdict tha,t ga,ye Mus Mattier
Baker $2,500 fof'having her hand man"'
gled in one of "the Tnachinea of the JLeu
I eigh Cotton Mills. - It will be recalled .
that the jury was locked up in this '
case: on Thursday from- half-past &,inif
the afternoon until half -past 10 at night . .
and" considerable difficulty was exper';
ienced in reaching a verdict. When '
all had finally agreed, Foremen Thomp-
son ' requested Juryman -' Herndon to
lead in prayer, which he did with much , .
earnestness and reverent " attention
from all present. ; The jury then filled
into the court room and rendered, tneir .
verdict. ' ' " ' v
A SelfUb World1.
George No matter, how things go
the poor always suffer. ,-. . y , ;
J ack Yes, the ; nabobs who own
railroads don't thing anything . of run'
"Yes, and the man ' who can afford
to own a horse -runs, down the-poor
fellpw on a bicycle."
"Just so. " And the -fellow on the
bicycle runs down the poor chap - who,
has to walk.'2 - '
"That's it.- And the man who ;walks
stumbles against the poor 4 cripple who .
goes on crutches.'"
"That's the.way; ? And the cripple
on crutches spends most of his time
jamming his stick down orf1 other 'peo
ple's corns. It's, a .sadly selfish; world.'
Greensboro tne Place for tne State Con
"- . 'ventton. ,
Littleton News Reporter.
The time is not far distant when the
executive committee will meet to desig
Tnext Democratic convention,
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nate time and place for holding the
Greens
boro seems ro be the most favored place
for that assembiy-as it has AJiall arply
sufficient to accommodate the conven
tion with the nest hotel facilities in the.-'.
Stated and a hospitality that would
make the stranger feel that he was for-M
tunatejn being with such people. .
Dead men EnUtled to ISO Pound of
- Bnf e.
The eeneral. nasseneer agents of
nearly every" railrbad in this country
have .approved a resolution adopted at
the latest hational.convention aUbwihg
150. pounds off -baggage -free? to each ft
corpse transported on the required fare. ;
Under1 aigeneralruung of the passenger
departments of afr raihnada a dead man .. -must
have a passenger ticket and his:
ticket is now entitled to the same bag'T
gage pnvueee8 -as . though the ocxei
was held by alive man, .
Know When He Hm Got Enonth.
Liberty Cor. Aabeboro Courier "-.. f 'i
. : A young man named Butler, fifing
near here,- joined the UnifeoTtates ; ;
army' abotaV two years ago,' is now at'''- '
home with his health ruined.- - He has ii
been in Porto Ricq and got in such bad -
health he 'had to come home. Hls" :
I time will be out in three-months, and.
Bays- Uncle Sam may look fox
Governor Taft's plan for the govern
ment of the Phffippmes,"aB outlined be
thA Rr.iliTiihiittftl orfMondav.
j is to give thie people a qualihed suxr
tfrage with gradual growth In popular
.lgoverftment2i ;Jtiesays the natives i nava
no idea of government, or of the diffeB-.
t. J .'. il l ., I don't love. - -.y. : -. s,;-.:
enca"beto!reen independence 'as' relates., - 3' -1 . ? -"
to another, natioii and dependence. If ; - ; i . '
the government were now turned oer.i:.. " "
to the people, v he, BayBAit would be s ggf ,
nofhihg less than absolute Oligarchy .. fii
U!holeaders s haveibBett ngnung ' ua-:Sss- '
United Etates for power to rule sx.J y : , ;.
oppress, nc 5.1 jt tne gwu uw : . ...
AtoiiicardirDatch bf the 7th
j the tca..
7easland,'of the Am.er.
Liverpool :to Ptil"
line fc
the isnasn e
Irmonicle5' wtich-
' uid took all on boc
a . little -- rill - who
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