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V Has Every Man His Price? ,
Clarity and Children.
'Not at, all; and the man who be
lieves it is to be pitied. , Of coarse
we have plenty of men in. high
places who prostitute their oppor-,
tunities to the basest ends. Offices
" pt honor '. and trust are honey
, combed with corruption, graft is
rampant .J. everywhere, and - the
golden gates of the great and powj
erful swing open to all, who have
;. amassed wealth, no matter how
f - hef got it. I, All these things do
Igive the pessimist; ground for his
Mail of woe, but, - notwithstanding
.'. all this, it is yet gloriously true
jw that there are men who live above
5 'he fog and -whom money cannot
x Iray? ; They, my ke found right
here in Thomasville; and in almost
' every community. Their names
.. are not often paraded in the' news
papers j however. ;
' fvi" Along the cool, eequested vale of
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'r'They keep the noiseless tenor of their
X ;, way."
,! I'Bat they are right here yet plen
vtyof them, we believe" there is
; -? as much oldfashioued integrity in
'.'the world at this moment as ever,
if not more. These incorruptible
men not always nor , usually, men!
,of great financial influence we are
persuaded they are oftener found
I in the ranks of the poorbut;
p wherever they are found, you may !
i be sure they are in the world, and i
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? wnas is morer iney . are noiuing u
together. The cynical sneer at the
r existence, of such men as these only
. proves that the sneerer is not one
I of them. Their souls are dean and
J white, and tliey would shed every
drop of blood in their veins rather
:; than forsake a principle or a friend.
. We go further still, and say that
we have men in public life today
' who are not for sale. Public at
; tention is called to the rascals who
,"' betray a trust, but nothing is said
about the men who remain through
out their lives steadfast; honorable
and true. We have men in Wash
ington who are incorruptible, and
we shall have them in Kaleigh next
' winter. We plead with our young
friends, especially, not to yield to
the satanic sentiment that money is
stronger than virtue, for it is false.
There are many thousands who
have not bowed the knee to baal
c" nd who never will.
Bid you know that there is al
ways. a head waiter in a crowded
barbershop
If Carnegie wants popularity he
should give the drinksiand a sand
wich with every library he en
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. i"; ' i'Oht if I had only put' my money in Real Estate five years ago, I would be a rich man now. This town has grown marvously.- Five years ago it was only a small village. An
, acre then could have leen taught for a little more than what a square foot will cost now. I made a mistake."
- YES, YOU HADE A HI STAKE A SERIOUS MISTAKE,
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But correct it now instead of making another. Real Estate, you say, Is HIGH. "Yes, but five years, one year, one month from now it will be HIGHER. THIS TOWN IS
BECOMING A CITY. Whereas a few years ago, you could have invested a few hundred dollars in a large amount of land and make a large profit, now you can invest the same
amount 6f money ih a smaller amount of land and make the same profit. ;v w.
This is The Time.
Don't wait. Buy now and save yourself many a future regret when, you see others reapiug the rewards of wisdom. Our list, prices and terms always open for inspection
One price is our invariable rule and that is the LOWEST PRICE.
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J. G. HALL, M'g'r. Insurance Dept
Own a Little Dirt. ,
Monroe Enquirer. I
We notice in the Atlanta Consti
tution and editorial urging young
men to invest their earnings in
real estate, and that is good ser
vice.; .Every young man should
make it a point to own a little
dirt.'-' The Constitution cites in its.
argument that there is money in
real estate, that saying of old Gen
eral Benjamin Butler: ; "My son,
the Almighty Is making more folks
every day, but He is not making
any more land." General Butler
further said that he had traversed
for forty years the route, in Boston
from the Lowell depot to his law
office, and that at the time of his
speaking he could not see along
route the signs of .half a dozen
commercial firms that were in bu
siness on that route when he first
began .to travel it. But, on tbe
other hand, he did not know of
half a dozen men who had invested
in real estate in Boston at the be
ginning of the period and hejd on
to it who were not wealthy and
solid, either for themselves of their
families, at the end of the period.
That is about the state of things
everywhere. The man who buys
a piece of real estate at a reason -
able price, as a rule, makes a good
investment. There is such a thing
as being land poor, but there are
not many men who ai-e land poor.
We repeat that every young man
should make an effort to own ' a
piece of the soil. There is no tet
ter savings bank than a judicious
investment in real estate. Dirt
does not shrink up nor move
away.
The 'Reformatory.
Charity and Children.
Day by day the sentiment in fa
for of a reformatory for the redemp
tion of children overwhelmed by
temptation, is slowly gaining
ground. That it will come sooner
or later there can be no doubt, but
every day's delay is a reflection up
on the mercy and charity of our
good State.
The story of Carl Smith, which
,we reprinted from the Charlotte
News, is well told, but not a state
ment is overdrawn. It is a terrible
indictment of the State for its un
pardonable neglect, but nobody
doubts that parallel cases are oc
curring again and again, with this
difference: few accusers are as mer
ciful as Carl Smith's, aud most of
the young criminals are thrown
wittf hardenedlawbreakers into a
seething sea of sin and shame.
We hear much about the neces
sity for good roads, better schools,
larger quarters for the care of the
insane all worthybjecte of our
love and cjrebjWVfrmufflns
Of the streets find U friends and
defenders. Now , and,; then there
comes a sneer from the lips of men
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who ought to . know better, at the
"uentlmal , sympathy" expressed
for the incorrigible children thieve.
Can we look for some provision
for these unfortifnate children' by
our next Legislature , We doubt
it, but still we have some hope. If
our people could be led to see the
crying need of such a thing, they
would speak in tones that would
make the politicians glad to obey.
We suggest that those in doubt
about the need of a reformatory,
ask the judge living nearest their
doorsj , The judges ought to know1,
for they are brought fafce to face
with this question, and we have
yet to hear a single one ot them ex
press an opinion agains the estab
lisment of a reformatory. Why
should the matter be longer delay
ed? Why shall not the State of
North Carolina reach out a helping
hand to its weakest children! '
Life a Century Ago
Exchange.
One hundred years ago a man
coujd not take a ride on a steam
boat. He had never seen an electric
light or dreamed of an electric
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He could not send a telegram.
He couldn't talk through a tele
phone. He could not ride a bicycle.
He couldn't call in a stenogra
pher and dictate a letter.
He had never heard of the germ
theory or worried over bacilli or
bacteria.
He never heard a phonograph
talk or saw a kiuetoscope turn out
a prize fight.
He never saw through a Wel-
ster's unabridged dictionary with
the aid of a Roentgen ray.
He never took a ride in an ele
vator. He never saw his wife use a sew
ing machiue.
He never struck a match.
He couldn't take an anesthetic
and have his leg cut off without
feeling it.
He never saw a reaper or a self
biuding harvester.
He never crossed an iron bridge.
Vhat,B the good of keeping from him
Any good things you may see,
That will lift his load of labor
Like Rooky Mountain Tea.
Dr. Kent's drug store.
Ambitions of A Girl Graduate.
A Kansas girl graduate who had
been given the the theme "Be
yond the Alps lies Italy." Pro
mulgated the following:
'( I do not care a cent whether
Italy lies beyond the Alps or in
Missouri- I do not expect to set
the river on fire with my future
career. I am glad that I have a
very good education, but I am not
going to misuse it by writing poet
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ry or essays on the future woman.
It will enable me to correct the
grammar 'of any lover I may have
should he speak ot 'dorgs' in my
presence or n a man.
"It will also come handy when I
want to figure out how many
pounds of soda a woman can get
for three dozen eggs at the grocery,
so I do not begrudge the time I
spent in acquiring it. But my
ambitions do not fly so high. I
just want to marry a man who
can lick anybody of his weight in
the township, who can run an
eighty acre farm and who has no
female relatives to come around
and try to boss the ranch.
"1 will agree to cook dinners for
him that won't send him to an
early grave and lavish upon him
a wholesome affection and to see
that his razor has not teen used to
cut broom ,wire when he wants to
shave. In view of all this, I do
uot care if I get rusty on the rule
of three and kindred things as the
years go by."
Thoughts For Girls.
Your mother Is your best friend.
Have nothing to do with girls
who snub their parents,
, Tell the pleasantest things you
know when at meals.
Do not expect your brother to
be as dainty as a girl.
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LENOIR NEWS.
Exercise, and never try to look
as if you were in delicate health.
Introduce every new acquain
tance to your mother as soon as pos
sible. Enjoy the pleasures provided
for you by your parents to the ful
lest extent.
Most fathers are inclined to over
indulge their daughters. Make it
impossible for your father to spoil
you by fairly returning his affec
tion and devotion.
Do not quarrel with your broth- j
er; do not preach at him and do
not coddle him. Make him your
friend, and do not expect him to
be your servant, nor let him expect
you to be his.
Morning Tonic
Ex-President Loubet. ,
It is a happy time when a young
man has decided, once and for all,
what he wants to do. I have been
through the experienca myself, and
have not forgotten what my feel
ings were. It was like a calm af
ter a storm when I made my choice.
I had something definite, then to
work for, and could go ahead un
hesitatingly. What we all need is
something to work for. When we
have that, we are very happy. I
think the most glorious years of my
life were the ones during which I
was struggling for a beginning in
my career.
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Pat's Ready Wit
They met on a bridge. Each
held out his hand, and they shook
and instantly realized that they
were utter strangers. Had not
one of them been a genuine Hiber
nian the situation might have, been
embarrassing.
"Begora, that's quare," says
Pat. "When we wor so far off
that we couldn't see aich other 1
thought it was you an' you
thought it was me, and now we're
here together and its nayther one
of us."
A New Depot at Salisbury.
Salisbury, N. C, June 12.
Ground was broken today for a
new passenger station to be Erected
in Salisbury by the Southern Bail
way Company at a cost of $65,000.
The structure, which will be model
in all respects and one of the hand
somest on the Southern system, is
to be completed by the end of the
present year.
A box of shoeblacking properly
applied will command more atten
tion than diamonds to a man.
A veteran of the late war was
asked, what he thought, when he
grst found himself under fire.
Thought, said he, what a d fool
I was, to be there.
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