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IA y t ) ( Ulyh i H-C.MARTIN, Editor and Proprietor. An Independent Family Newspaper. Subscription Price One Dollar n Year VOLUME VIII." : . HH0inr HORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SBPTBMBKR 8, 1905, " ""kOTT" ANNOUNCEMENTS. J.C HALL& SON. EfcTST7Xl.A.XTan. FIBB LENOIR, - N. C. How Joel Came to Time . By C. B. LEWIS Wilson's Barber Shop, Copyright, UOt, by Chutes B. Lewi. South Main St.. opposite Com . mercial Batik, Lenoir, N. U. J fOEL HASTINGS, sou of Farmer Hastings and twenty-five year old, had been courtlug Betty Sharp Razors and . Clean Towels. Jonngm omy t yeaf yoWw fof almost three ream that U, he had taken her to the circus and spelling achoola and husking bees, and he had called at the farmhouse Sunday and Wednesday evenings and sat on the edge of a chair and shuffled his feet around and spoken of the weather 'lam prepared tO COVCr,X that Joel was In kve.Jut he was a UMBRELLAS Hamilton Building', LENOIR. - - - N.C 0ooo and repair all kinds of Um- 2 bashful lover. He had been given eev- brellas. Nice lot of New Covers just received. P. M. Keever, oral broad hints by Farmer Johnson and several broader ones by Betty's mother, and his own parents had asked him If he was waiting for the earth to revolve the other way, but the shy Joel continued to be shy. While he felt reasonably certain that Betty C Banks McNairy. M. D OFFICE OVER SHELL'S DRUG STORE. Calls left at Shell's Drug Store or my residence will receive prompt attention. P. K.ANDERSON LEADING BARBER. Commercial Hotel Building, Le noir, N. C. You can eret your suits cleaned, pressed 'Phone 67. and repaired. W. LEE EZZELL, DENTIST. Prepared to do all kinds of Dental work. Prompt attention to natrons. Efficiency of work guaranteed. Office over Post- office. B11QI "JOUi IS AWFULLI BASBrCL." Johnson returned his affection and would probably blush and simper and lay her baud in his when he propound ed the awful question, a chill crept over him at the bare thought of a re fusal On a hundred different even Ings be had his mind firmly made up and the little speech at bis tongue's w MfnA Aw fKa Ana hark. Dr. Fred W. PhlfCr. ed or the clock stopped and left him nanging in we air. Ofllca houin. ) I Phones. Bucn was tne state or anairs warn 8:!10 to 9:80a.m. ! Office and Uncle William arrived on the scene. 0.00 to 7,00 p. iu I ( Hospital, 284. rjnCle William was Farmer Johnson's , . , . , . brother and a widower. Indeed, be was X-Ray and Complete klecln- vld4v(n rolted tot0 ing cal outot. Special attention married tDd burled three.wlves. TJn gvcji Chronic Cases. Address mLWBSLY CITY HOSPITAL, S ATESVILLE, N. C. cle William was a hustler ln'iatrlmo- nlal affairs. He bad never spent over three months In courting a girl, and he couldn't see why any one else should waste time. "Look here, Sarah," be said to Mrs. Johnson when be had been told of Bet era te-ugagement,-"ir f'pwrf thing I made up rf'PI to visit you. I wish to say-to-th. people of I . k , . lln - t rt . Lenoir and surrounding counlrVTnamotw.. i he wants to marry Dontal notice" be bad decided to take a band In this affair at any rate, and as ho threw bis last apple at the last ben '.a sight he closed the Interview by suylng: "I'm going to give Joel n surprise party, aud you Just tend right to your business, same as usual. I shan't break bis heart or cripple blin for life, but he's got to toe the mark or Jump rail fences.' Farmer Johnson was a slow going man who never mixed up, hi politics. love or school district disputes, aud lie was left out of the conspiracy. Ills wife, Sarah, entered Into the uiatlcr with a good deal of seal, however, nnd three or four days later there whm un arrival at the farmhouse. Undo Wll liam bad sent for three of his nephew, who were generally referred to In their own community as "those rcc-klir.m boys." The youngest was eighteen I and the eldest twenty-four, uud (lie ob ject was to make Joel Hastings jeal ous. Betty bod her suspicions and de sired to be loyal, but the four men and a mother leagued against her were too strong. She rode out with Will, ph-U-ed daisies with Tom aud went fishing with Jim, and of course Joel beard of It That they were her couslus made no difference. It might have done bo but for Uncle William, who took care to throw himself In the young mini's way and observe: Mighty nice gal, my niece, and on.- of them boys Is sure to snap lier up afore the summer U over. I've got a thousand dollars to give to the one v. h gets her. I beard you'd been spoonlu;; around, but of course she wouldu t Iojk at you. She sets her cap a good dt-ai higher. Her ma and pa and u e arc si- on her marrying. one of the Peckliaiu .' vm.- .l , . ! . . . T . . ,1 Hastings as planned for. It took a .va. his appetite. It caused bis plow t ; wabble among the cornstnlk. it ua'. him out under the pear trees o' ul:li! with bis head In his hands aud lib back humped up. It did more. It kept Ian away from Betty. That was soinctliln; Uncle William had not planned foi'. and he didn't know what to make of It. though be consoled himself by offering to bet his bottom dollar that "som thing would bust" within a fortnlglit. Don't you worrVj gal; don t ,voa worry," ne saia to Betty wueu a miu day and a Wednesday evening had passed without bringing Joel. "Tha: feller of yours Is either getting ready to break for the woods or he's putt n grease on his hair and lampblack on his boots and making up his mind to pop the question." Ten days and nights had gone by. and no Joel, when there was u fandt.v gathering on the lawu after supper. Uncle William and Farmer Jobuson sal on the grass, Mrs. Johnson rocked to and fro in ber chair, while Betty rcclln d In a hammock and "those Peckh '.ui boys" leaned against the cherry trees and smoked cigarettes and talked golf. The robins were singing the sun to rest wbeu a great clatter down the road drew the attention of all. First there came an old white horse on a lumber Ing gallop, and following him, because attached to It, was a rattle wheeled oU buggy. Standing up In the buggy and putting ou the whip at every Jump was a batless young man wltb his fuec.a fiery red. Even bad Farmer Johnson's family party failed to recognize the borse or tbe buggy they must bare Identified the young man as the long absent Joel. There was no time for guessing and wondering. Tbe cloud of duRt nnd the old borse and Joel came ou like a cy clone and stopped with a snort aud a whoop at tbe gate. Tbe next moment Joel was Inside on the lnwn. He had brought the green eyed monster with kirn evea If he. had left hh. straw hat body else while I liver he hoarsely shouted as be picked linr off her feet "But I don't want to! ' "You are mine If I die for It! Come aloug!" No oue Interfered. From Uucle Wil liam down to tbe youngest 1'eckham, they were a dizzy lot, with bump and bmlaes to fondle and soothe, aud Bet ty was bundled into the buggy nnd the old horse, put to the gallop agnlu before a head showed above the grw. "Now you see what you ,e done!" walled Mrs. Johnson as nlie got up ami faced her visiting brother-lu-law. "What have I doue?" ho asked as he loosened his necktie and gave bin Ad am's apple fair play. "Joel has turned pirate anil carried Betty off to sea." "Don't you believe It. He'n currying her down to the Corners to marry ber. that I have located in Lenoir for tbe purpose of practicing Denis try in all its branches, All wish' imr Dental Work done will do well to call on me in the Mathe sou building opposite tbe new work tirst class court 1 Ase. and te reasonable. E.W. MOOSE, D.D.S. i Mark Squires LAWYER LENOIR, N. C, OFFICE OVER KENT'S -, DRUG STORE. -Will Sell Surety Bonds at Reasonable Rates. J. HenryBush, '-CONTRACTOR FOR - Painting, Paper Hanging, rkaiaomining, uiuiiug " Graininir. Floor9 -Filled Polished and Roof Painting. We use and recommend Harrison m Town and Country Paloti ? 4 , LENOIR, N. C. All work Guaranteed. ' : Betty let him go ahead and many, but If be doesn't bo can't coma scraping the mud off bis boots around here. I've got to talk to that gal- He did. He asked ber to take a walk wltb him down past the haystacks and Into the orchard, and as he fired bar vest apples at tbe guinea bens wander ing about be opened the Interview by saying to Betty: "Now, then, bow much longer Is tbat feller of yours going to hang about wltb hla tongue In bis vest pocket? Why doesn't be toe the mark like other folks? It's almply ridiculous tbe way he dllly dallies along. He's wasted mora time than I did In marrying three women, and be hasn't got to the point yet Is he waiting for yod to proposer "Joel la awfully baahfal. you know," replied Betty in ber lover's defense. "Then he ought to have been a ben." "I'm la no harry to get married." "Wellryou ought to be. A gal .of your ago won't have many chance. Too Just ought to let that Joel under stand this very night that If be comes here simply to twiddle his thumbs and guess If a going to be a good year for catnip be can take himself borne agatu. Does ha aver talk lover "I guess so. . "Has he asked yon to set the dayf : "N-not yet" ''Well, there rod are! Courting you for three yean and yet new talking love or asking you to set the day I Bet sy, something has got to be done." "But I'm not worried or anxious. Un eta William," protested the girl. "When Joel bas made up hla bind be will per haps aak" "Something has got to be done," re peated her relative, aa he upset a guinea ben with an apple, "and your Uncle William la tbe man to do It. Tea, slr-e-a. That calf of a Joel bas reached the end of his rope, and In less b a week you'll hare blm tied tip la knots, or he'll be biding la the huckleberry swampr . Betty protested, coaxed and sulked. but Uncle Wl!lam was firm. Re badnt made up bis mind yet whether be would take a fourth wife er not, but HE SEIZES "THOSE PECKH A U BOV8." and they'll be back by 0 o'clock. That's what wc were planning for, wasu't It to make him jealous? It came a leetle utrouger 'n I looki-d for but I'll !ot my boots ag'ln a rooster that there won't be any uiore twid dling of thumbs and Hitting ou the edge of chain) In Oils house. Your Uncle William bas married and laid three different wives to rest, and don't you make no mistake on liiui." I'nclc William was a true prophet. Soon after 0 o'clock the old gray borse enuie trotting up to the gale with a bridal couplo in the buggy, and as Joel eutercd the house with the blushing Betty on his arm he clinched his frec kled bands and glared around and in quired: "Has anybody here got any objec tions to this hero performance?" No oue bad. But It was Cnclc Wil liam who stepped forward aud felt of the bump on the back of bis hel and replied: "No, there's no objections, Joel, but when you get after your second wife don't spark so long and don't stand so many of her relatious on their heads. There's a heap of time wasted in sparking, Joel, and there's folks that object to being flung sky high Into a crab apple tree." Training; Babr M.uorln. As children, part of the Japanese education Is learning to notice. A tray with a dosen things ou It Is giveu to the child fur a few minutes, wben It Is taken away from felui and he Is re quired to i repeat from memory the name of everything that was on the trajT-Gcadualltbe nam tiers of things are Increased and tho time beJs al towed to look at toem decreased, until notk'lng becomes a habit, and a ftfe, cursory glance patebaa up malnNs and details lu an almost mngtael way. One mother, who heard of the method, was so struck by Its simplicity and by the value of quick observing that she tried the experiment with her own children not with trays and objects, but lu their walks. She found that tbe children develop splendid memories as well. "OKB or THtJf BOTS IS SCSI TO SNAP HE1I VT." half a mile back on the road. There was a do or dlo expression on his face that could not be mistaken for the se renity of tbe cornfield or tbe peace or tbe barnyard. Betty and ber mother rose up to receive him, but' be was too busy to be received, or bad, rather, re ceived himself. Ue seised "those reck ham boys," according to ago and pros ant condition, and flung them among the hollyhocks; be grabbed Farmer Johnson and rolled blm over among the pinks; be lifted up Uncle William ami heaved him Into tbe top of a Siberian crab apple tree, and be picked up Mrs. Johnson and her rocking chair and dumped tbent Into a bed of tlgnr nilea. TbeH was no rest for blm. . lie bad come for Betty, and be meant to bare ber or die.- "V -: . "Oh, Joel, what la It? What does it ineanr she cried aa bo Jumped for bar. - "By gum, you shall aever marry any glno-le Tnln nnd Self C..M..M A single tulcut man. supported by great self confidence, will achieve more than a ten talent man who does not believe lu himself. Tbe mind can not act with vigor In the presence of doubt. A wavering mind makes a wavering execution. There must be certainty, confidence and assurauce or there can be no efficiency. An uncdu rated man who believes In himself aud who has faith tbat he can do the thing he undertakes often puts to shame the average college bred man, whose over- culture aud wider outlook have some times bred Increased sensitiveness and a lessening of self confidence, whose de cision has been weakened by constant weighing of conflicting theories and nrelndlces are always open to coavlctlon.-0. 8. Mardeu In Success Magnalne. Re Was akar. Thomas B, Reed, wbeu speaker of the house of representatives, once went Into an unfamiliar barber shop In Washington to be shaved. Wbea tbe negro barber had about finished he began to try to sell a hair tonic. "Hair purty thin, auh," be said, fin cerinc the two or three stray locks that fringed Mr. Reed's bald pate. "Been that way long, suhr "I wit bora that way," replied. Reed. "Afterward I enjoyed a brief period of hirsute efflorescence, but It did not endure." - Tbe barber gaaped and said no mora, Later some one told blm be had shav ed tbe speaker. "Speokahr be ex claimed. "Don I know dat? I should say ha was a apeakab, aura nufr Uphill Christianity. 8KLKCTKD. As we go through life, we see Unit about ulnety-iilne out of -every one hundred professed Christians are groaning and complaining of the ter rible times they are having In the Christian life, and their faces are awry, and there is no joy in them. According to their own stories, they are simply enduring, and mak ing an uphill struggle, yielding to one temptation after another, and still believing themselves to be Chris tians. These people are in the dark. they are not Christians, The enemy has overthrown them, and is making them believe they are followers of Christ. To begin with, when these people were converted, they believed the hole victory was won, and that they wouid be able to live above temptation, but to their surprise, temptations came, and they yielded and fell. Why? Because they had not gone on their Christian course until they had reached their "strong tow er ' of defence. They were not in dwelt by the Holy Spirit. It is pos Bible for (Jod's children to live so filled with the Holy Spirit that temp tations will not overcome them, for Ood has promised His children that "'no temptation shall come to tlietn, but such as are common to man, and He will not suffer them to be tempt ed beyond that they are able to bear, but will with the temptation provide a way of escape." 1 Cor. 10-13. So if professed Christians yield to temptations, they are responsible for the consequences, and are yet in their sins, so not Christians. They are reaping as they have sowed. "Be not deceived, (iod is not mocked, for whatsoever a man so eth, that he shall also reap. For lie that sowetb unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, but be that sowetb unto the spirit, shall of the Spirit reap eternal life." (ial.fi T and 8v. The world judges Christianity by its professed followers, and thus re proach is brought upon the cause of Christ, though this vast multitude who are in the churches, but with out Christ iu their lives. Uphill ChrUtia ns. This is the work of Sa tan, for it is lie, tbat is deceiving the people. Deceiving is bis business. Christ tians are able to resist temptations. "Put on the whole armor of (todt that ye may le able to stand against theevils of the devil." Bph. 6 11. File real true Christian may be known from the uphill Christian by the fruits of the Spirit, which are 'love, joy, eac,e, loiigsulTering, kind ness goodness, faithfulness, meekness and temperanee." (ial. 5-22. The uphill Christian is the oue who professes, but does not possess. and the fruits of his life are "enniites jealousies, strife, wr.ths, factions, divisions, heresies, envyings, drunk eness, and the like." (ial. 5 20 and 21. The world sees that there is some thing wrong with these uphill Chris tians, but cannot discern the cause, because these things are spiritually discerned. Word and Works. Prcsiocal Roesoelt, The success of President Roosevelt iu bringing about, a peace conference betweeu Jaitan and Kussia deserves universal and profound appreciation It was a personal achievement There was no obligation on him to undertake such a task certainly no gtafjer obligation tbaa rested on the head Tally OiRfl tto. ah im world regarded the chance orsneeess as remote. There was even rtoloule at his effort. He was told by a part of the American press- the part that for some strange reason lives in mor tal fear of a President's doing any thing lest he entangle us in quarrels with other governments he was told that a war on the other side of the world was no affair of ours and that our duty was to keep clear of entangling" relations Hut with characteristic energy and tract and pat ience he legan and con tinued the delicate negotiations that resulted at last iu his introduction of the peace plenipotentiaries to one another on board the Mayflower on August fith. H was an impressive scene when tho representatives of the Euiperorof Japan and the repre sentatives of tbcKmperor of Russia shook hands, brought together by the President's good offices. When a little later, at liineheii, the President said: "Oentlemeu: I propose a toast to which there will he no answer ami to which I ask you to drink in Bilence standing. Ir drink to the welfare and proserity of the sovereigns and peo ples of the two great nations wfioee representatives have met oue another oil this ship. It Is my earnest hope and prayer, in the interest of not only those two great powers, but of all mankind, that a just and lasting iM-ace may t?edily be concluded bo- ! .v....." .11 th wnrlil ai Something You Ought to Know I ABOUT Buck's Oven It's rooinv, thoroughly ventilated and has a fine white enamel lining to oven doors and racks, as easy to wash as a china plate. - - Oven bottom is built in two pieces to prevent warping, and is made without rivets. - - - 4 I - as RFDf iHARDT- HOot6fI!RN.Co.. SEAfilF ---e-:- e--e""-M V I 4 i t v ! S 5 8 ps W I Y (J IMC ICT rrV! A CIT irNii t ill M When you get your Fall im Suit be sure that you (X have a Fit. 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Wo Sell You New Goods We Save You Money We Treat All Alike Wc Want Your Trade We Appreciate Your Coming to See Us. Very truly yours, J. W. SELF 8 ti 8 8 8' i 8 8 8 8 8 n
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