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UHQIR, HOOT CAROLINA, FRIDAY, 0CT0B2R 13. 1905.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS. Sunday Column;
J.C HALL& CON.
LENOIR, ' :
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Many years ago slave in Brazil
found a supposed diamond of nearly
a pound weight. , It was presented to
N,C.
Greensboro, Oct. 2. The October
tenn of the United State Court
opened ibis morning and promises
to be unusually interesting If not
sensational. Th charge of Judge
Boyd wa comprehensive and clear.
There tea large crowd. The canes
the Emperor, was constantly guard'
ded by soldiers, and wm tuppoied to I against the Federal officeholder eon
represent . milllona of money." An I atltute the chief topic or interest ana
. if 1 ' i t t a - I m .u nnUa aa nninrm awlm
WllSOn S Darber.bhOO. duoed a cutting diamond, and withal are here In the capacity of witnesses
South Main St.. opposite Com
raercial Bank, Lenoir, N. (XV
Sharp Razors and Clean Towels.
'umbrellas i
Al arri-prqparecl to cover 1
1 "ind repair all kinds of Un 2
Mas. Nice, lot ot Mew X
Covers Just received.
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Hamilton Building, .
LENOIR. N. C.
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OFFICE" OVER " SHELL'S
'"- - DRUGSTORE.
Call left at Shell's Drug Store
or m v residence will receive
prompt attention.
p;k.derson
UEADINQ BARBER.
Commercial Hotel Building, Le-
. noirVN. C.
You 1 can get your. suit9
cleaned, pressed and repaired.
Phone 67.
W. LEE EZZELL,
DENTIST.
Prepared to do all kinds of
Dental work. Prompt attention
to patrons. Efficiency of work
e-uaranteed. Office over Jfost-
office.
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LAWYERS
icratch exposed the pleasing fallacy,
One stroke waa enough. A. real gem
would have suffered no scratch but
It was no diamond at all, and the
millions vanished in a moment into
air. Soa!slngle stroke pierces and
exposes character. It was thus With
Christ and the rloh young man, -. He
kept all the Commandments, bad
kept them all from his youth up.
Said be, complacently: "What lack
1 yet?" Jesus said to bun, "If thou
wilt he perfect, go and sell that thou
hast, and give to the poor, and thou
shalt have treasure In heaven; and
come and follow me." Fatal scratch!
The youth was only white crysttl
after all. "But when the young
man heard .that saying, he went
away sorrowful; for he had great
possessions."
So was it with the woman of Sa'
marla. How smart she was, how
ready with history, what an excel
lent controversialist! . "Jesus said
unto her. Go, call thy husband, and
and attorneys. It Is understood that
these eases will , be called for trial
later In the week. I
District Attorney Holton stated tt.
day that the noted ease against N.
Glenn Williams would' be called for
trial Wednesday morning. This
rivals In Interest and Importance the
against the -"ex-doodlers."
Only two eases of Interest were be
fore the court to-day, that of D. L.
Arey, of Salisbury, who was con-
Vioted at the June Charlotte term
and appeared here to-day, and vol
untarily surrendered himself. He
left to-night in custody of a deputy
marshal -for Salisbury,- where he
enters upon his three months' im
prisonment in the . county jail of
Rowan. Arey also brought with him
and is ready to pay 122,000, the
the amount of the judgment against
bim. He will also pay to-morrow a
fine of $200 and costs, amounting to
something over $1600, aggregating
124,000, which sum the United States
PEOPLE OF THE DAY
, To MaaalUla.
Charles M. Schwab, bead of the Ship
building corporation, who recently sail
ed for Europe, said on the eve of hU
departure: "I will visit the shipbuild
ing yards of Germany and Friiucc un J
study their methods of constructing
ships. My trip Is In no fray connected
with the Russian armor plate coo
tract" , Mr. Schwab's trip abroad at this
time. It U believed, marks the begin
ning of the upbulkliug of the old Unit
ed Shipbuilding corporation Into oue of
the greatest concerns of the kind in the
world. All the plants and properties ot
the shipbuilding trust are now owned
and coulrolled by Mr. Schwab, Incor
porated as the Bethlehem Steel corpo
ration, and it Is Mr. Schwab's intention
to begin the most extensive campaign
of shipbuilding ever inaugurated in this
country.
Mr. Schwab will be able to ruruuu
practically every metal part that goes
Into the construction of a racing yacht
come hither." -One keen cut, and the geta from this one defendant
jewel which had charmed many
knew herself to be paste.
So God will, one day or another,
one way or another, find us out. We
notice sometimes that our friends
suddenly stand revealed in a light
It is impossible to have a clear
heud, an active brain, a vigorous con
stitution or a strong body when the
digestion is weak or when the stom
sou la out of order. Kodol Dyspep-
most unexpected; they flash upon nsl iia Cu wjM put the ,tomach and di
geetlve organs in good condition and
improve the general condition. Sold
by J. E. Shell. Dr. Kent's Drug Store
and Granite Fall's Drug Co.
in a character thitherto wholly un
suspected. Indeed, the most start!
ing revelations we witness are reve-
latlona of people whom we have
known for years. And so our true
selves may long be concealed from
ourselves: but at last ttod makes us
to know ot what spirit we are, and
we become filled with astonishment
nd distress.
By Christ "the' thoughts of many
hearts are revealed"; by Him
Weaserhd Wsrk.
The work of Miss Mattie Perry at
Marion, N. C, is something wonder
f ul in its way. She has an institu
tion there in which a hundred or
"the more orphan children are cared for
FOH W CHILDREN
Am Aerafcatla Bat.
Sir Godfrey Lagden, having found
bis stables In Johannesburg overrun
with rats, had great difficulty lu put
ting down the pest. They lay quiet by
day, did great mischief at night and
wouldn't look near a trap. However,
be killed a good many by one plan.
He placed a square box, two feet deep,
lined with tin, in a room, and inside
the box put some burnt cheese. No
self respecting rat cau resist toasted
cheese, but, having got inside the box
(which was easy), it was quite another
thing to climb up the slippery sides.
and so several rats perished. One
morning Sir Godfrey's children found
n rat in the box and placed their cat
an excellent ratter beside it for com
pany. But tne two animais cnummea
up in the friendliest way, and the cat
at lost Jumped out. Then a dachshund
was introduced. The dog showed fight
at once, but the rat dodged it cleverly
round and round, and, finally climbing
on the dog's bock, leaped out of the
box and escaped.
world is convinced of sin, of right-
ousness and of judgment. ine
Pharisee at last takes the place of the
publican, and, smiting upon his
breast, cries: "God be merciful to me
a sinner."
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MATHICSON BUILDING.
Dental Notice.
I wish to sav -to the people of
Lenoir knd tfurroundimr country
that I have located in Lenoir for
the tru'rpose of practicing Denis
try mail its branches, All wish
ing Dedtal Work done will do
well to call on ine in the Mattae
nn , buildinc oDDOsite the new
rourt hause. fcirst class work
and terms reasonable.
E.W. MOOSE; D.D.S.
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iSMiir Squires
Y" - . LAWYER
. LENOIR, N. C,
OFFICE OVER KENT'S
't , DRUG STORE.'
Wilt Sell Surety Bonds at
'?x. Reasonable Rates.
"Who built the Subway?
"I," says capital. "I built
Subway with my dollars."
"Who built the Subway?"
"I."sald the engineer. "I built
the Subway with my trained mind
and professional skill."
"Who built the Subway?"
"I " said the contractor. "I built
the Subway by organising and di
rectiogUje work."
"Who built the Bubway?"
''I," says the laborer. "I built the
Subway with my pick and shovel."
Capital, laborer, engineer and eon
tractor all had a share in its aohiev-
ment,
The capitalist who claims that it
was his money and ability for bus!
organisation that have worked
the marvels In industrial and com
merclar achievement. and insists
upon taking all the profits and glory,
it just as wrong as the laborer who
echoing what he has heard in some
socialistic meeting, shouts, "There Is
no wealth that was not produced by
labor, and therefore, all wealth
should he the reward ot labor."
Capital, labor, brains enter into
the accomplishment of every great
enterprise. One it of little value
without the other two. Capital
would be unless without the strong
arm ot labor, and labor wo'ald have
nothing to dig If capital did not sup
ply the necessary financial equip
ment. And without education and
training of the engineer 'and other
professional men, capital and labor
would be powerless. -
Andrew Carnegie It tne of the
greatest capitalists in the world; but
he does not claim that hie money has
done it all. Sir ' James Kitaoa asked
Mr. Carnegie If heunderetood an- tntri
eate machinery In one of .bis steel
mills, and he tells Mr, Carnegie's an
swer: ' ! 1 : .
and kept and the institution is sup
ported entirely by voluntary charity.
This la not so remarkable in itself,
but the fact that the donations
come in as answers to her prayers
and often without any solicitation
on the part of Mies Perry is the won
derful part of it. It is said she
bought the fine property, she now
uses, costing several thousand dol
lars, simply upon faith, not having
a dollar to pay down on it. And in
answer to her prayers donations from
many sources come to her and she
met the payments as they fell due.
The, children are taught various
things, but the most Important is
faithful prayer and It is said by those
who have heard them that the pe
titions offered by some of these little
tots are beautiful to bear.
Mrs. W. R. Stine, who recently vis
I ted the Institution says the little
Clark children who were sent there
from this place, are doing well and
have bright prospects of becoming
useful educated eitiiens.
CIIABLXS M. SCHWAS.
or a 15,000 ton battleship, and, working
from the Bethlehem steel plant, be will
be able to furnish the greatest warship
be can ever be called upon to build
with the heaviest and nurdest armor
and the greutest guns that can be made
anywhere In the world.
Mr. Schwab is recognized as one of
the steel aud Iron experts of this coun
try and of the world, and his determi
nation to take up pbtpbulldlng is but an
extension of his activities. The bring
ing together in one eoriorutlou of the
Btecl maker and the shipbuilder will, it
believed, solve one of the greatest
problems in the way of re-establishing
the status of the United States as a
iblpbulldlng country.
Bklelda aad Emblem.
Now that every boy, and girl, too. Is
wearing an emblem of some sort on
collar or sleeve It to Interesting to
know the meaning of some of them.
Tbey are mostly those used in the
United States army, and it will be a
good memory test to try to locate Just
what the eagle or other emblem on
your new reefer Indicates.
A general wears two silver stars,!
with the arms of the United States be-1
tween.
A lieutenant general shows three sil
ver stars.
A major general, two silver stars.
A brigadier general, oue silver star.
A colonel, a silver spread eagle.
A lieutenant colonel, two silver
leaves.
A major, two gold leaves.
A cantaln. two silver bars at each
end.
A lieutenant, one silver bar at each
end.
A second lieutenant, plain straps
without any marks.
The Secret of Good Coffee
Even the best housekeepers cannot make a good cup of
Coffee without good material. Dirty, adulterated and queerlj
blended coffee such aa unscrupulous dealers shovel over their
counters won't do. But take the pure, clean, natural flavored
LION COFFEE, the leader of aO package coffee
the coffee that for over a quarter of a century has been daily
welcomed in millions of homes and you will make a drink fit
for a king in this way :
HOW TO MAKE GOOD COFFEE.
Urn LION COrriB, becanm to t bnt remit, joa mtut aw the bat coSm.
Qriftd your LION COPPBB rather tne. Cm " ubhepoonfiil to each cap, and om
xtrs for the pot" Vint diix It with little cold water, enough to auke a taka mate. aa4
add wtite otueggltleitgiatobe med ae a aeuler), Uvea follow one ot the following rake :
14. WITH BOILING WATEB. A44 hotlfaa water, aad let It ban
TaTREE MINUTES ONLY. Add a llttla aald water aad act aalde Uv
amlanriea to aettle. Serve promptly.
. . Id. WITH COLD WATEK. Add yoar ea44 water to the parte ud
hrtaa It la a fcoU. Thea act Ida, add a Utile aald water, aad la Uve
sataalea tfa ready to aerve.
9 (Don't boll tt too long.
. i Don't let It atand more than ten minutes before serving.
DONTS (.Dont use water that has been boiled before.
TWO WAYS TO SETTLE COFFEE,
let Wtfa Iff. TJee part of the white of an egr. aUxing ttwith the round LION
OOFFKg beloreooUiot.
' Id. WHa CeM Water Inatead of egn. After boiling add a daeh of cold water, and art
aside for eight or tea aUnntea, then aerre through a itrainer.
Insist on getting n package of genuine LION COFFEE,
prepare It according to this recipe and yon will only ase
LION COFFEE In tutor. (Sold only in 1 lb. sealed packages.)
(Lion-head on every package.)
(Save these lion-heads for valuable premiums.)
SOLD B GROCERS EVERYWHERE
WOOLSON BP ICE CO., Toledo, Ohio.
- AaWedevlRMe.
often ends in a sad accident To heal
accidental Injuries,- use Bucklens
Arnica Salve. "A deepjwound In my
foot from an accident,? writes Theo
dore Sohuele, of Columbus, o.,
'caused m great pain. Physicians
wetwnelDlesa. but Bncklins Arnica
Salve Quickly healed it." Soothes and
heals burns lite matrte. icaj.r
Shell, druggist.
A Jadete'a Paaallaa Slsnatare.
A distinguished looking lutiu walked
Into the Hotel Lincoln one morning re
cently, asked for a room, picked a new
pen out of the potato and proceeded to
write. Ho made niueteeu loops and
two blots on the line aud wrote
Thlla." after it. The clerk did not
pronounce the name of the new guest
Just then, but banded over the key to
the bell bov. thought real bard for a
moment and then said. "Show Mr.
Klrkbaum to his room," says the Thlla
delphla Ledger.
The guest who had written the serlej
of loops on the register looked amaxeu.
He was Judge John E. Klrkbaum of
Philadelphia and for a quarter of a
century bag been famous among hotel
clerks as the man who anus himself
with the most pusxliug signature. He
makes all the letters alike. In long.
wiry loops stretched out In vertical
fashion. It would not be so difficult to
decipher were it not for two Impatient
blots which a bad pen invariably
makes after tbe sixth and eleventh
loops. When the register Is tilted
slightly upward, however, tue name
can be read by any person experienced
Inuntangllng handwriting.
Aavaatafta seOeH Teeratr.
There is always good policy in keep
ing one's tamper. As often as temper
is lost a degree of influence is lost
with it; ind while the former may be
recovered, it will be found much
more difficult to recover the Utter
The politician who allows himself to
rat anrrv whatever mar be the
a ' - wr w -
provocation does his cause an in
jury which his soundest argument
III hardly repair. Just so with
tnen'of all professions, -and with men
of no profession; If they would be able
to exert a sway in their sphere
they must leant to keep cook Who
ever listened to a discussion In
whtoh. one party went raving mad
while - the other maintained his com
J. Henry Bush,
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! Paintinr PPr Hojin
rvaiBotnininif, uiasmg auu
Graining1,- Floors Filled
' V.i:.t.i,l a Pnsif'Paintirtrr.
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We use and recornmenu
Harrison , Town ; u d
Country Paint. l--::-f
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work Guaranteed.
"No"' replied the great ironmaster;
Mhnl f Vntw hAar 4V MLiKa hhrillm
ma nn that do know machinery . ",tnou b,n to 'P
and all about the steel business..; 1
don't know much .about steel ma-
ehlnery or the steel business, .but I
do know the human machine. "rK-
thlea-enllsted with tha latter, even
though. In the beginning, his pre
judice might have been, in favor of
the -former,
Tbe Original Laxltive Cough Byrup I
is Kennedy's Laxltive Honey nd
testa.
Kfdaey trouble often ends faUlly
Tar. It excels all cold from the sye-1 but by choosing tha right medicine,
tern bv actio1 as a ' cathartic on the B. H. Wolfe, of Bear Grove, - Iowa,
bowels. It relieves the feverish con- cheated death. He says: "Two years
dttions of the throat, draws out the ago I had Kidney Trouble, which
inflamatloo. curee""the' couih and! caused ine great pain, suffering and
strenethena the mucous 'membraneal anxiety, but I took Electric Bitters,
of the longs and . bronchial tubes. I which ' effected m complete tore.
Kennedy's Laxltive Honey and Tar I have also found them of great ben
Is 4 oertrln, safe, prompt and harm- eflt in in general debility and nerve
less core for colds, eroup and whoop- trouble, and keep them constant
tug eongh. Sold by. J, K. Shell, Dr. ly on hand, since, as I And they
Kent's Drug Store and Granite Falls have no equal." J- E: Shell, drug-
Drug Co. . . , - ' gist, gnarantees thera at c.
The Cam of HlUewka.
Hillocks Is a fine anie for the sea
shore. Make nine small hillocks or
cones on the snud. These hillocks must
be at least two yards apart, and the
tops xbould be flattened sufficiently to
bold a golf ball. Each hillock bus
numbered paper stuck In the Ride.
The game is played with small hoops.
and the object is to throw them hi such
a way as to knock a ball from Its ikU-
estal. This l not an easy thing to do
unless the hoop Is thrown with a pecul
iar twist of the wrist.
Each player has three chances lu turn
unless bis hoop falls over the hillock
at Us base without moving the ball
from iKwitiou, In which case his turn Is
at an end. The player who knocks off
the greatest number of balls wins.
Mratcrlaaa tiaeata.
The game of mysterious guests la
played as follows: The people assemble
In oue room. A stranger appears at the
door. He Is dressed to represent some
character In history, poetry or song.
The purpose of the game is to recog
nize who the truest Is. He may be
Siudbad tbe Bailor. Martha Washing
ton. Sauta Claus or Little Bopeep or
host of other frleuds of us all. As
the guessera say "It Is So-and-so," if
their guess be wrong tbe mysterious
guest shakes his head sadly. If tbe
guests be right he claps tiLi bands.
bows pleasantly aud disappears. A
lot of fun can be had at a children's
gathering where tbe characters chosen
are all uooular with the children's
tastes.
Raaaell Sac Ho are ta ah Par.
Russell 8age, the financier, who re
cently passed the eighty -ninth year
mark of hU life, said to a friend on
that occasion that men die too young.
T am golug to live to lc a hundred
years old; 1 am going to par,' he re
marked, with a grim smile. "There la
really no reason why I should not live
tomrer-than a hundred years: but, on
the whole, I think that la a good, con
servatlve age to attain.
"Tbe trouble with most men Is that
they die too young. It takes them thir
ty or forty years to learn how to live
Boaaxu aao.
aad bow to make money, and men Just
as they have acquired knowledge death
gathers thera ta. Many a promising
career has been cut abort at the prema
ture age-of forty or fifty years."
Certainly those who have been In
dose touch with the aged anancler
bare seen no Indications that years are
breaking the magnllcent physique aad
Intellect of the master mind of Wall
Drlaklaar Lamb'a Wool.
One would think that "lamb's wool"
could mean nothing else but the fleece
of the lamb. In point of fact, the
words are also a corruption of old
Euglisb and are the name of au an
cient beverage which, If grateful awl
comforting, was hardly a teetotal
drink. The gathering of the apples
every autumn was made the occasion
of a great feast, for which there was
specially coucocted a drink made from
ale aud the pulp of roasted apples.
with the addition of spices aud sugar.
Thin beTeraa-e was called "la macs
abbal" ("the day of apples"), which In
popular speech was converted Into
"lamasool," and this again to "lambs
wool."
R.at at tha SeaeUak.
The amount of traveling done by
some of our birds Is astonishing. Or.
Cooke says that the common ulght
hawk spends the summer In Alaska
and tbe winter In Tatagoula.
Tbe Imbollnk, which Is tbe reedblrd
of the middle states and the rlceblrd
of the south, winters on the waving
pani t of southern Braail. It covers
TOO miles from Culw to the Soutn
Amcricnu coast In a single flight, fol
low Ing a track not popular with other
birds, which might be called tbe bobo
link route.
Raamaalaa Sahmtaataa.
A strange custom Is still retained In
Oouiuanla which reminds one itronyly
ot Robinson Crusoe. When a servant
baa displeased his or her master the
offender takes his boots In his hands
and places them before the bedroom
door of his master. It Is a sign of
great submission, and the boots are
either kicked away as aa Intimation
thst the fault will not be forgiven or
etoe the servant Is told to place them
on his feet, which shows that be Is for
given. Taasraa Tvrtatara.
Captain Crackakull cracked a catchpoll' 1
eockaeonh.
DM Captala CraekakaU crack a catch.
poll's ceckarcmbt
If Captain CrackakuD cracked a catca-
pair cackaeoaab,
Where's tha catchpoll's cockacamb lw
lam CraekakaU cracked?
Trace the General
APPEARANC
of a great Uuek's Range. There never was one
to comjKirc
A Buck's is
with it. - -built
so solid I v
and so splendidly that
it prcsctils a handsomer appearance in vour kttch
en than any other make of a range. - - - -
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Now Open
and ready for Ihe trade, a full line of new goods for
Fall wear. Dress (ioods Notions Clothing Shoes
(lents Furnishings Ktc. Ktc. all of the latest
Styles and Patterns. We
have just received a new line
of Ladies' Skirts of the lat
est Styles, which will be sold
close. We are marking all
our goods at very low prices
and cordially invite you to
us a call. Respectfully
give
7. A. VMlTSOn.
Extremely Low Rates to the Northwest
Oommenceing September IStK there will be on sale from io
oir and vicinity tickets to all pari in WASHINGTON, ORE
GON, MONTANA, IDAHO, CALIFORNIA & COLORADO,,
at extremely low rates. This i an excellent opportunity for
intended settlers to save money. For full information as to
rates routes and folders w rite Ernest G. Woodwakd, . ,
T. A N. C. St. L Ry., Atlanta, 6a.
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