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VOLUMB VI1I.A : -IiSHOIR, HOHTH CAROLINA, FHIDAY, DECEMBERS. 1905. H0 22
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
J.C HALL & SOJ
rmB arstniAiTcaa
LENOIR,
N. C,
Wilson's Barber Shop,
South Main St.. opposite Com
mercial Bank, Lenoir, N. C.
Sharp Razors and Clean Towels.
P.K.ANDERSON
LEADING BARBER.
Commercial Hotel Buildiog, Le
noir, N. C.
You can get your suits
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
guaranteed. Office over Post
office. Dental Notice.
I wish to say to the people of
Lenoir and surrounding country
that I have located in Lenoir for
the purpose of practicing Denis
try in all its branches, All wish
ing Dental Work done will do
well to call on me in the Mathe
son building opposite the new
court hsuse. tirst class work
and terms reasonable.
E.W. MOOSE, D.D.S.
C. Banks McNairy,
M. IX
Lenoir, North Carolina.
Office at Residence on W.
Main Street. 'Phone 110.
I Self, Whitener
& WHISNANT
LAWYERS
l'HACTICK IX AO, THE
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TO COLXJCCTIONS. 2
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Z MATHKBON BUILDING. J
! UMBRELLAS
I am prepared to cover X
and repair all kinds at Um
brellas. Nice lot of New
Covers Just received.
P. M. Keever, f
Hamilton Building,
LENOIR. - - - N.C.
Mark Squires I
:-:-: LAWYER i-:-:
LENOIR, N C,
i OFFICE OVER KENT'S t
v DRUG STORE.
Z Will Sell Surety Bonds at
Reasonable Rates. .
No Secret About It.
It It no eeeret, that for Cute, Burnt,
X'loers, Ferer Sore, Bore Eye, Bolls,
ate; nothing U aO effective aa Buck
3en,iArnloa Salve. "It didn't take
Ion to euro a bad tore I had, and It
Hi all O. K. for tor eyes," write D.
L. Gregory of Hop Tei Me at J.
X Bhell'i drug (tore. , ; .
Lumpkin's Finish.
Lainpkin I a young man whose
good opinion of himself hai not yet
reoetred enough aet-baoki to reduoe
him to that modeat tubdued state
highly desirable In the young. To
be sure, ha has real, reason for being
moderately proud of himself, but his
tact In concealing his personal adml
ration has been limited.
He arose from the family dinner
table the other evening and strolled
over .to the telephone. "Think I'll
call np Millie Treat and tell her I'll
be over to-nignt," tie remarked. "It's
two weeks since I've called, and I
don't know what on earth she thinks
has become of me."
"Undoubtedly she has been sitting
up nights worrying about it," said
his sister sweetly. "You will proba
bly find her drawing her last breath,
with (the sorrowing family around
her. Besides, she might have anoth
er engagement for to-night."
"She'd break it for me," said Lum
kin confidently. "I don't think she ll
have another, anyhow, for I haven't
noticed any one particularly busy in
that direction. She's a nice girl, but
the boys don't seem to have diseov
oovered it."
He took down the telephone re
ceiver and nothing happened. He
frowned and tapped the box. There
was a pause and he, laughed. "Wire
must be crossed," he explained to
the family. "Some man and girl are
talking and you ought to get on to
the tone of voice. They're just en
gaged, or just going to be."
You're eavesdropping!" breathed
his sister, but she came nearer the
phone.
"Ijm not," said Lumpkin, virtuous
ly. "I am simply waiting till central
answers my call and I've a right to do
that. Oh, myl Does she fael real
well after her long ride yesterday?
Mh-min, she does, but her throat is a
trifle sore. He is smitten with the
deepest death of woe and insists that
she see a doctor at once. It might be
diptheria and he couldn't bear"
'Well, it might," broke in Lumkin's
mother. "You shouldn't joke."
Lumkin's shoulders shook. "He is
a loollsn, aeane noy, ne expicinea
to his interested if scandalized fami
ly. "She doesn't know what she will
do to him jif he doesn't stop worry
ing about her. Some kind friend
should advise her to try hitting him
with a brick. Aha! He'll be out In
just twenty minutes and she's to put
on her very warmest clothes. Auto
mobile, of course. She wants to
know what she will put on; she is
very anxious. He suggests a flannel
waist ye gods! He must hail from
Podunk, where clothes are home
made. Oh, I feel better she I says
she hasn't got a flannel blouse. You've
no idea how appealing and clinging
and dependent she is. Why, she'd
no more dare breathe unless he told
her when and how than anything!"
"Let me listen," begged Lumpkin's
sister, tumbling from her pedestal of
disapproval.
"I should say not!" said Lampkin
crisply. "She wants to know If his
headache is all gone. Hasn't he a
teeney-weeney scrap of it left? She
has thought about him all day. Fool
ish girl; she might have been help
ing mother wash dishes. He'll be
careful and not get run over by a
horrid street car, won't he? And
he'll be out In 'free, four, five min
utes? Goo-goo talk, as I'm alive!
He will with an intense fervor be
fitting a llfe-and-death affair. 'Al 1-1
right,' she says, with the dlsplng.
large-eyed confidence of a baby. He
actually purred, so tender was his
'Goodby' They've quit thank
goodness! Now, think of a fool girl
like that!
The man thought differently,"
suggested his giggling sister.
Lumpkin tried again and this time
central answered. He called for Mil
lie and announced his Impending call
In a tone as of a monarch conferring
a favor. Then there was a silence on
his part and presently he satd, "All
right," shortly and hung np the re
ceiver. The family faced him as he turned
toward them, blankly, 'Millie said
she had another engagement," he
explained. "She said very casually
she wasfgoing automobiling this
evening. And I never thought of it
before her voice was just the 'same
as the girl's voioe I've been listening
to! And, the more I think of It, the
more the man's voioe sounded like
Wheeler's, wheeler has an automo
bile. And Millie didn't seem to; care
whether I eame or not she didn't
even set another evening."
Lumpkin fell Intoa chair, overcome
with the succession of shocks, strug
gling to gain his placidity.
"Evidently," said hit lister, "you
are not the only discerning man
where Millie Treat Is concerned.
Cheer up! Think, as you said, of
any girl being so foolish!"
"Think you're funny, dont you?"
growled. Lumpkin.
Since then he
has begun being cyn
ical. Chicago News.
No matter how good the deacon Is
he will look pleased, if one suggests
that he must have been a pretty live
ly, young man at one time!
Home Influences.
The relation of the home to gener
al society is of transcendent lmpor
tanoe. It seems scarcely necessary
to say that many thousands of hus
bands and wives are morally unfit to
be parents. Many parents who occu
py respectable stations In society, ex
ert veryunwholesome Influence upon
their children. Not a few of those
who have leading positions in chuich
es' set before their children such ex
amples as forcefully tend to educate
them Into habits of insiuoeriety, of
deception, and even downsight false
hood. Forms of deoeitfulness are in
dulged in, and very early in life the
children detect the deceit. This prac
tice, continued year after year, has a
powerful offect upon the young chil
dren. It could not be otherwise.
When a child hears its mother say
to a lady caller that she is very glad
to receive her, and then hears the
mother say, just after the caller has
departed, that she wished that the
lady had not called, the child is there
by taught a lesson of insincerity and
deception; indeed, it amounts to an
example of lying. The mother may
say that she was merely acting polite
ly when she recelvd her caller; but
falseness in polite forms is falsehood
in substance and fact.
It is useless to deny the fact that
little deceptions in the home life have
a mightily moulding effect upon the
children; and it is not strange that
many a child, under such influences
until grown up, is untruthful, and
hence unreliable. Nor is it wonder
ful that in general society there is a
vast number of deceptive, untruth
ful, and law-breaking people. Home
influences, in youth-time, are respon
sible, to a very large extent, for such
a state of things. The seeds of crim
inality are too often in operation
among the children in their home
life.
I beg the liberty to say that in my
parental home I never saw in either
of my parents an example of insin
cerity, untruthfulness, nor dishon
eety. They never fawned upon any
one when he or she called on them,
and then frowned upon the person
after he or she had departed. I am
thankful that in youth I had such
home influences. Their effects have
abided with me through all the suc
ceeding years.
With all my might I urge parents
to allow nothing to hinder them from
producing suoh influences upon their
children as will tend to lay in them
the foundation of a character which
shall be sincere, frank, truthful, and
eminently honorable. It is a price
less education. C. H. Wetherbe.
Shot in the Back,
W. M. Sherman, of Cushing, Me;
was shot in the back, hourly, day
and night, for full three months; by
the shooting, tearing and racking
pains of Kidney infla m a t i o n. He
writes: "I used three bottles of Elec
tric Bitteres, and know that they
have permanently cured me, for I
feel like a new man. I recommend
this great tonic medicine to all sufT
erers from kidney trouble." It,s just
as sure to relieve and cure malaria
and all stomach and liver complaints,
general debility and female weakness
es. Guaranteed by J. E. Shell drug
gist; brioe 50c.
There are Others.
There has been very little doue on
the streets and roads this summer.
It wont be Idtig till the mud Will set
Id for the winter; then the howl will
begin. There is not half the roads
In the county that will be passable
after the bad season sets In. And
the folks will howl at what? Sim
ply their own negligence, and the
Inefficiency ot the road system. But
the road system cannot be saddled
with all the blame. It falls back on
the people personally. They have
failed to work the roads as the law
requires and at a time when working
the roads would do good. A little
good work at the proper time would
have done a big lot of good. As it is,
the roads are left with yawning holes
and deep gutters ready to gulp down
all the rain and snow that falls. And
then what will It benefit to pile dirt
on the water? Just assists in mak
ing more mud -"mora fuel to the
flame" that is all. When the roads
get past fording and the usual storm
of eussln' begins, let every fellow go
to eussln' himself and perhaps he
can wake himself up on this road
business. No use to howl about new
laws until we comply wit$ the old
ones. Wllkesboro Chronicle.
King of All Cough Medicines.
Mr. E. G. Case, a mail carrier of
Canton Center, Conn., who has - been
in the U. 8. Service for about sixteen
years, says: "We have tried many
cough medicines for croup, but
Chamberlain's' Cough Remedy is king
of all and one to be relied upon every
time. , We also find it the best rem
edy for eoughs and colds, giving cer
tain results and leaving no bad af
ter effect." For sale by J. E. Shell,
Dr. Kent Drug Store and Granite
Falla Drug Co.
For White Men Only.
In Syracuse, Ohio, on the Ohio
river, a town of about 8,000 Inhabl
tants, no negro is permitted to live,
not even to stay over night under any
consideration. This is -an absolute
rule in this year 1905, and It has exis
ted for several generations. The en
forcement of thin unwritten law is in
the hands of the boys from 13 to 20
years of age, while the attempts of a
negro to become a resident of the
town Is resisted by the residents en
masse.
When a negro is seen in town dur
ing the day he is generally told of
these traditions, if lie is so ignorant
as not to know of them already, and
is warned to leave before sundown.
If he fails to take heed he is surroun
ded at about the time that darkness
begins, and is addressed by the lead
ers of the gang in about this lan
guage: "No nigger is allowed to stay in
this town over -night. Get out of
here now, and get out quick."
He sees from 25 to 50 boys around
hhn talklug in subdued voices and
waiting to see whether he obeys. If
he hesitates little stones begin to
reach hiiu from unseen quarters, and
soon persuade him to begin his hegi
ra. He is not allowed to walk, but is
told to "get on his little dog trot."
The command is always effective, for
it is backed by stones in the ready
hands of boys none too friendly.
So long as he keeps up a good gait
the crowd, which follows just at hie
heels and which keeps growing until
it sometimes numbers 75 to 100 boys,
is good-natured and contents itself
with yelling, laughiug and hurling
gibes at its victim. But let him stop
his "trot" for one moment, from any
cause whatever, and the stones im
mediately take effect as their chief
persuader. Thus they follow him to
the farthest limits of the town, where
they send him on, while they return
to the city in triumph and tell their
fathers all about the function how
fast the victim ran, how scared he
was, ho iv he pleaded and promised
that he would go and never return if
they would only leave him alone.
Then the fathers toll how they used
to do the same tiling, and thus the he
roes of 2 wars spend the rest of the
evening by the old cainpflre, recount
ing their several campaigns.
The cause of this extraordinary pace
prejudice is hard to discern. The ma
jority of the inhabitants are not from
the South, but, strange to say, are of
New England stock.
Since the town was founded, about
1815, not a single negro family has
lived in it. About the yearil855 two ne
groes were employed as domestics by
a family in the extreme lower end of
the town, practically in the couutry,
but they did not stay long. Since the
Civil War 2 attempts have been made
by negro families to settle in the
town, but both families were summa
rily driven out. The Independent.
A. Had 8care.
Some day you will get a bad scare,
when you feel a pain in your bowels,
and fear appendicitis. Safety lies in
Dr. King's New Life Pills, a sure
cure, for all bowel and stomach dis
eases, such as headache, bilousness;
costivenesss, etc. Guaranteed at J.
K. Shell.s drug store, only 25c. Try
them.
$JO,000 Invention.
Mr. Lattie Fore writes bin sister,
Miss Victoria Fore, and kiusiuan, Mr.
Charlie Hill, that he has succeeded
in an invention of a compressed air
machine, and has secured . patent.
He does not ive full details, but says
that he has been offered $30,000 cash
for the patent, and won't take it, be
cause he thinks he can realire much
more by putting it on the market and
receiving a commission on the sales.
Further development will be awaitj
with interest by Ruthefordton peo
ple who know Mr. Fore. Kuther-
fordton Sun.
Beautifying methods that injure
the skin and health are dangerous.
Be beautiful without discomfort by
taking Hollister.s Rocky Mountain
Tea. Suushiny faces follow its nse.
85 cents at Dr. Kents.
That seems to be a curious law they
have iu Virginia by which the estate
of a man executed by sen t e n c e of
court must pay the cost of his prose
cution and execution. In the case of
McCue, of Charlotsville, the amount
is 93,007.43, and the effort of his chil
dren to be relieved of ayment has
failed, the Governor holding that he
cannot interfere in the matter.
Cure for Sore Nipples.
As soon as the child Is done nurs
ing appry Chamberlain's Salve. Wipe
It off with a soft cloth before allow
ing the child to nurse. Many train
ed nurses use this with the best re
sults. Price M cents per box. For
tale by J. E. Shell, Dr. Kents and
and Granite Fall's Drug Co Granite
FaU.
Letter From Catawba.
The writer left Granite Falls Nov.
6th and began teaching at Terrell
this Co. on Nov. 8. Last April, this
Dist voted a special tax of 25 cts, and
expects to ran a 6 months school
with two teachers. 90 pupils have
already been enrolled. Among these
are 8 boys from 16 to 21.
This section has made rapid im-
provment since our i esidence here 10
years ago. The farmers are in good
shape. The cotton crop has been
fairly good, and very little has been
sold for less than 10 cts. It is now
bringing over 11 cts. Nearly every
man is practically out of debt, and
can hold his cotton for better prices.
Though cotton is the money crop,
the farmers generally raise thejr own
grain and meat. They have good
stock, good dwellings and barns,
with few exceptions.
Though we are 10 miles from R. R.
our people are not in the backwoods.
The majority of the parents send
their children to school after cotton
Is picked. This Dist. has a library
which is patronized by pupils and
older people.
A new iron bridge is being erected
over Mountain Creek at Motts old
mill. Mr. Herman, of Hickory has
just completed the piers. The irons
are being laid this week by the Vir
ginia Bridge Co.
Mr. R. E. Gabriel, whose cotton
gin was burned a year ago, has a new
giuing plant of the Continental Sys
tem. It has a Capacity of 20 bales
per day. He has already ginned 4S0
bales this season, and expects to
reach 500.
Rev. J. A. Gilmer preached in the
Presbyterian Church last Sunday.
Rev. J. W. Clegg, who has re
turned to Rock Spring ( t. for the
second yoar preaches at Rebobeth
twice a mouth.
The Co. Teachers Association meets
in Newton next Saturday, It is our
purpose to attend, and possibly visit
Granite over Sunday.
m. ....
ineiarmers Here are still sowing
wheat. The ground has been so dry
that it has been iinpoiwible to get
the soil prepared till recently. Some
think the II y has injured the curly
sown.
Our merchants all have u tfo.xl trade
now. Mr. T. F. Connor is the iner
chant at Terrell. He is a grandson
of the late Henry W, Connor, a con
gres8inan in anti liellum days, also a
nephew of M. (). Slierrill of Raleigh.
A. C. Sherill
Catarrh Cannot be Cured
with local Ari-i.ic'ATiuNS, as they
cannot reach the seat of disease.
Catarrh is a blood or constitutional
disease, and iu order to cure it you
must take internal remedies. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is taken internally,;
and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is not a quack medicine. It was
prescribed by one of the best physi
cians in this country for years and is
a regular prescription, it is compos
ed of she best tonico known, combin
ed with thelet blood purifiers, act
ing directly on the mucous surfaces.
The perfect combination of the two
ingredients is what produces such
wonderful results in curing Catarih.
Send for testimonials free'
F. J. CIIKNKY & Co; Props;
Toledo, O.
8old by all Druggists, price 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti
pation. Truckers Compromise.
Wilmington, Scial. J. (). Carr,
counsel for the truckers association
at Grists, N. (.'., in the Chadbourne
section, has announced a comprom
ise of the suit recently brought
against the Atlantic Coast Line for
the recovery of $13,703,39, the same
being the amount of losses by mem
bers of the association by reason of
the refrigerator car shortage during
the last strawberry shipping season,
the same covering days from May 1
tod, inclusive, a part of which was
not includod iu the compromise with
the Armour line. The compromise
was for payment by the coast line of
f 10,150 which is an average of $1.85
per crate of 82 quarts. It is under
stood the Coast Line, by the terms of
its contract with the Armour lines,
will have recourse upon that corpor
ation for the amount recovered of
them.
A Census Bureau bulletin says there
Is more Illiteracy among white chil
dren in North Carolina than in any
other State, and only two territories
make a worse showing Indian Ter
ritory and New Mexico. This Is in
deed discouraging in view of the re
cent educational awakening in North
Carolina. The figures, however, show
that there is an improvement over
conditions in 1890, there being then
SI? while illiterates from 10 to 14 years
of age In every 1,000, while now the
number is placed at 199. 1 therefore,
appears that interest in education
has been on the increase In the coun
try at large.
i The lit'
1 p p Reason pi
In the ordinary heater the draft enters the front, passes
up through the fire and out the flue at the top. In
this way only about 6o per cent of the burnable proper
ties c.f your fuel are consumed, the rest passes up the
flue i nburned in the form of gases and smoke. In the
WILSON HEATER
the Hot Blast Down-Draft enters from the top,
circulates throughout and over the fire and produces
perfect combustion, which consumes all of the
burnable elements in your fuel ; thus the Wilson will
give you 40 per cent more heat with a given amount
of soft coal than any other heater, or in other words,
your fuel bill will be reduced 40 per cent.
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Is this worth considering ?
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T7 JONES
Staple ITa:cLC3r G-xocexies
and DTxesIb. 2vestts
NICE BEEF CATTLE WANTED AT 2 1-2 to 3 Cents
I wish to thank the people for their liberal patronage
and I respectfully sk a continuance of the same. - -
TIIONK me your orders and they will have prompt and
careful attention. Respectfully,
W. H. Jones.
MAPLE PINS WANTED,
Halt Million, $5.00 per Thousand
Delivered.
Timber must be split or sawed out out
2'. x2'j inches square, 12 inches long-, must
he made from good sound timber, free from
knots, shakes, dotes and all defects.
We buy Hickory from 6 inches up at small
end, good, sound, clear stock cut 42 inches
long, $5.00 per cord delivered.
Call and Get Contracts.
G. W.CONLEY&BRO.
Now Open
and ready for the trade, a full line of new goods for
Fall wear. Dress Goods Notions Clothing Shoe
Gents' Furnishings Etc. Etc. all ot 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
give us a call. Respectfully
17. A. WATSON.
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