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If you suffer from Fie?, Falling Slofcnes*. Spasm* or Dave children, or fritad? that do so, my New VU cov.iry win relieve them, and ail you aie biked to do lt to send for a I?'KtK Borue of Dr. May's KyHepiic Cnro. Ie bas co.-ni toousantls wnere overythin? ebe , fallod. ' Stilt free with direction*. Kzpre** Prepaid. Guarantee! by Kay Medical Laboratory, uuder tuo national t'ood and Drugs Aot, Juno 30th, laoc. Uo?r> anty No. 18971. Please give AGU and full address J>R. \V, H. MAY, 34t* Pearl Su-cri, Jievr J ork City. AS TO NEWSPAPERS, ?t is foolish to'argue that county .papers are not necessary and proper hi the intelligent dissemination of in formation, or that they are not neces sary to. properly inform their con stituency Tully as to the various mat tem of importance which arise in ev ery county.- They perform a very great work in the newspaper life of tho world, and every man should sup port his county, paper in good faith for the common good. It is absolutely impossible for the great dailies, cover tog large territories, to handle all these cour ty matters in detail, anti if they could there is a certain percent age of the people who ('would be de prived of the daily on account of .it's price. On the other hand there! are many people residing in the various counties, men of means, with families whose intellects could be greatly im proved by reading a high-class daily newspaper. It is a duty every man who can afford it, owes to his family. . The Observer Company, of Charlotte, N. C-, publishes every morning The Daily Observer, carrying full tele graphic news from every part of che world, full news of the State in gen eral, and a variety of editorial com ment,'presenting views of all sides on every question, all of which tends tc Improve the thinker,' makes broader minded people and develops inde pendent thought. The Observer Com pany, also publishes every afternoon Th3 Evening Chronicle, and every .Tuesday and Friday The Semi-week ly Observer. In a general way. all : these papers strive to attain the same end-the making of a paper which will''.he a welcome visitor to every man's home, and to be a means of enlightenment The Observer ls 58.00 per year; $2.00 per three months. The Chronicle is $5.00 per year; $1.23 per three months. The Semi-Weekly Ob server is $1.00 per yoar; 25 cents per three months. Sample copies will gladly be sent upon r?quesL "The price may seem high, but the recollection of quality remains long after price is forgotten." so. ii- m Moco;*. G?ow". * ????'mg?d\oo\ oV Experts * i trirnierfimatv. Euqtnr ?n?tnm. Smcto*!,. -^?ss? frtMdint "DIST Sun euro and posit] Infected or "exposed." Olinda, expels the po iso and Sheep and Cholera I La Grippe among hamal bottle; is and $u? a doze, who will gat it for y Special agent? wanted. Proverbs and Phrases ?i ' ^': Preedy eye never gets good bar ?gajhs.-Dutch. ,-A thistle "is a fat salad for an ass' ?oith.-Italian. ' '^saist yourself and Heaven will as sisi/ you.-German. j 'A "pull" will carry a man some ?instance, but there must be some ac , 'Companying signs of life if he expects ?to last. If you cannot get it all, take part. "You not only lose a customer but you 3ose your dollars if you don't push collections. "A Little Cold is a Dangerous Thing" sad often leads to hasty disease and death wheo neglected. There are many ways to treat a cold, but there is only one light way-ww the right remedy. s DR D. JAYNE'S EXPECTORANT Is the surest and safest remedy known, for Coughs, Croup, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Asthma, Pleurisy. It cores when other remedies fail. Do something for yoar cold in time? you know what delay means, yon know theTexnedy, too-Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant. Bottles tn three abes. $!, 50c, 25c Cures PNEUMONIA Rice's Goo?e Grease Lini ment Ja made of pure coose crease (and other remedial agent*} recog nized for generations a< invaluable for Pneumo nia, Colds, Grip. etc. Try dice's Goose Grease Liniment For these ailments-It reHevea speedily and corea permanently. 25c-At all Druggists and Dealers-25c GOOSE GBEASECOMP?N?,oloBffgpRO . TfsS feS If we would only wear ct home the gfood qualities that we show in public, our wives and our children might bc more happy. YEARS OP rr. Y., says: A Dark Pfrtnre to Look Back Upon. John Corey. Constable, Attica, N. 'From September 1896, to March, 1897, I was confined to the house, an Invalid, from kidney trouble. For months 1 had tottered about on crutches, a dlscoi a~od and despairi na?n. I was pra r tically crippled wit: lumbago. I decided to try Doan '? Kidney Pills and a short while aftc I began using them I was able to walk. After taking soven boxes I threw away my crutches and th* lumbago has not returned from that day to this. Through using Doan's Kidney Pills I am to-day a healthy , man." i Sold by alt dealers. 50 cents a box. Poater-MUbur.i Co., Ba?alo, N. T. -j-"I-pr? -. ' Here; and ?h?ie. The man-, wh^^wrisfied with him self has a Ip^?^it?ra?tt?s ' .of other people. Knowing that money is the root of all evil, most of us are trying to dig for it If you catch your bookkeeper nod ding over his ledger, give him a day off to catch up with his sleep-and in sist on his doing it. Thc wise merchant reads much, ve flects on what he reads, rejects the impractical, adopts the useful, and adds it to his business. Taking Lydia E. Piokham's Vegetable Compound Columbus, Ohio.-"I have taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound during change of life. My Imm doctor told me. it was good, and since taking it I feel so ? much better that I can do all my work again. I think Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Com pound a flne remedy ' for all woman's troubles, and I never forget to tell my friends what it "has done for me." -Mrs. E. HANSON, 304 East Long St., Columbus. Ohio. Another Woman Helped. Graniteville, Yt -"I was passing through tho Change of Life and suffered from nervousness and other amaoying symptoms. Lydia E. Pinkham's vege table Compound restored my healthand strength, and proved worth mountains of gold to me. For the sake of other suffering women I am willing you should publish my letter." - MRS. CHARLES BARCLAY, R.F.D., Granite ville, Vt. Women who are passing through this critical period or who are suffering from any of those distressing ills pe culiar to their sex should not lose sight of the fact that for thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which is made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy foi female ills. In almost every commu nity you will find women who have bsen restored to health by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. ve preventive, DO matter now bowe* at any age ore Liquid, given on the tongue; ?eta on the Blood and nous germs from tho body, core? Dh(temper In Doge n Poultry. Largest iel Ung Uve rt oct remedy.. Cum i being* and ls a line Kidney rem cly. S?c. and $1 a ti. Cut rm? out. Keon IL Snow to your araggtet, ox Pre? Booklet. -Distemper, Cauta* and Cure*.'1 I ' Chemists and Bacteriolos-let3. I .Chemises and fiOSBE?, IND., ?.U Unless' you are ready to discharge a man, don't call him down in the hear ihgof other employees. (G1LASSOED ADVERTISEMENTS} SAI.SSMEX WAX TED WANTED-Active, enargedo men to represent us Profit*t>.e portions. Hustlers make Dig money Cash w.ekly udvnncos. Complete outfit free. Write immediacy for our liberal offer. W.T. HOOD ft CO. OLD DOMINION NC USER I ES. Mention thia Paper._RICHMOND. VA. Discovers Substance to Supplant Radium, The announcement of Dr. E. Still man Bailey of Chicago, at the meet ing of thc Southern Homeopathic Medical association in convention at Mobile, Ala., of the discovery of " radiothor, ' ' a substance made from pitch-blend, which, he says, is destin ed to supplant radium, is the engag ing topic of scientists and medical experts. Dr. Bailey said that he had tried his new discovery with success in treatment of locomotor-ataxia and similar diseases. In discussing the discovery Dr. Bailey said his experi ments were yet in their infancy, but he believes radio-thor will find a great use by thp medical profession. His chief purpose now is to find the most advantageous way of applying the substance. Dr. Bailey declares that with the use of tl J substance he, can. photograph objects through sis inches of wood. He exhibited a glass tube containing some of the material and showed that when placed in con tact with th? negative pole of a mag }-net, the matori?l becomes luminous. Dr. Bailey admitted that experi menting with the new substance was affecting'fife nervous system. Thc elimination of any such deleterious results in the use of radio-thor by physicians, it is '^believed, can be worked out. "** Only Ono "bromo Quinina"/ That is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Look for the signature of E. W. Grove. Ueed tho World over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 35a A thread too fine spun will easily break.-German. For COLDS and GRIP. Hick's CAPTTDIKB ls the best remedy relieves the aching and feverishness-curt*? the Cold and restores normal conditions, lt'* Uquld-effects Immediately, lie., 25c. and Mc, at drug stores. a H&i ?VOT?? i turca. A good horse may be forgiven kick.-Spanish. Every Woman WAI Be Interested. Il youhavepaino in the back, Urinary, Bladder or Kidney trouble, and want a pleasant herb cure for woman's ills, try Mother Gray's Australian Leaf. It is a re liable regulator. All Druggists fK) cte. Sam ple TRES. The Mother Gray Co., Le Roy,N. Y. If a man hasn't a certain pride in the business he is eneaeed in, he had better get into another line. If you are right, you need not go ahead; you can stay where you are. Beware of Ointments For Catarrh That Contain Mercury,.. as mercury, will surely destroy tho sense ol ?mell and completely derange the whole sys tem when entering it through the mu cv us surf aces. Such articles should never be UH ed except on prescrirtions from reputable phy sicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the eood you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cura, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, C., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. J n buying Ha! l's Catarrh Curs be sure you get the genuine, lt is taken in? ternally und road? ut Toledo. Ohio, by Jf. J, Cheney ? Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Druggist?; price, 75c. per bottle. Sake Hall's fasti lr Filia for constipa tics. nm Largest in Country's Hi ant Legisis Washington, Special.-Now ' tha billion-dollar sessions of Congres are the mle, little other than af propriation legislation can be enacl ed during the short sessions, and th one ending this week is no exceptio! The appropriations for the sessio: probably will be the largest on re cord, exceeding the $1,003,000.000 o *he first session. As only one of th fifteen general appropriation bills o this session has been sent to th President for his signature, an a<: curate statement of the amount to b appropriated is impossible. ' . Scarcely any of the general poli cies of the country were touched up on this session. The Roosevelt Row. The discussion in both houses o the secret service and of the Panami canal and in the Senate of tb Brownsville affair, and of thc Ten nessee Coal and Iron Company pur ' chase has brought the administratioi of Theodore Roosevelt prominently in view. Thc veto of the census bill because the employes for thc takin? of the next, census were not to bi placed under civil 'service regulations was another interesting chapter o: thc session. The veto of several dan bills, because they did not recogniz< the principles advanced for the con serration of water powers, aitractec much attention. An appropriation of $300,000 foi the relief of Italian earthquake suf ferers was made at 'the beginning ol the session. The passage of a law for the sup pression of the opium habit in this country, it is hoped, will exert a wide moral influence. A law was pass?e for the preservation of the Calaverai big trees in California. Another act authorized enlarged homestead en tries in the arid region of the West, Penal Code Revision. It practically is assured that th? monumental work of revising and codifying the penal code laws of the United States will be completed al this session. An agreement has been reached by the conferees of the twe bodies. As a resnlt of this legis lation, the United States government will, through a "rider," enter the field of regulating the interstate ship ment of intoxicating liquors. Ar amendment to. the codp nrolvhi+< interstate "C. O. D." shipments o| intoxicating liquor, and provides foi the marking of the packages of suet liquors in interstate commerce witt the bona fide name of the consignee and the nature of the contents. Sev eral of the so-called "Ku Klux" law? are stricken from the statutet hy this revision. The statehood bill, admitting Ari zona and New Mexico, it is conceded cannot pass this session. The fate of the Galliger ocean mai subsidy bill rests with the House. 11 provides for subsidizing mail lines tc South America, Japan, Asia, th( Philippines and Australasia. Many Bills Will Fail. Among important measures regard ^UNCLE RE!Y?U5r"~F7 Atlanta, Ga., Special. - "Snaj Bean Farm 8nd the Sign of th< Wren's Nest," as" the late Joel Chan dler Harris styled his home, is to bi purchased by tliei friends of "Undi Remus" and presented to the puhlii as a memorial to the distinguishei writer. The ladies' auxiliary of thi Uncle Remus Mera?iial associatibi has undertaken to raise funds fo: BLOODY RIOTING Af " /Lisbon, By Cable.-The carnival Mebratiohs held in Lisbon last wee] resulted in serious rioting and a num ber of enccrx1:,": with thc police dui ing which nun:;: ens people were mor or less injured and about 200 arrest were made. The assassinations o February 1st, 1908, were repeated!; enacted at various points througljou Lisbon by persons made up to rep resent the late King Carlos and th Crown Prince, Queen Amelie, Princ Manuel and thc regicides, Scota am Buissa, as they were attired on th .day of the trngedy, while othe REPORT Of NAYAL COMA Washington. Special. - Presiden Roosevelt's commission on naval re organization, whose final report wen to Congress Saturday, outlined a ne* departmental system, which the Pres ident declares is sound and conserva five and in full accord with Ameri ,can policy. The President says i i recognizes the complete supremac of the civil power as regards the mil itary, no less than the civil or mann CABINET NOMINATIO Washington, Special.-No speiific opposition was made to the confirma tion of any member of the Cabinet when the President sent that body his list of nominations Friday. / The following nominations were confirmed: Philander C. Nnox, of Pennsylvania, to be Secretary of State; Franklin MacVeagh, of Illi nois, to be Secretar}' of the Treas ury; Jacob M. Dickinson, of Tennes see, to be Secretary of War;; George W. Wickersham, of New York, to be :ory-Out?'1,0 of Import ion Enacted.. ed as certain of failure to pass are the Burlie wireless telegraph bill; the Weeks forest reserve bill; the Currier copyright bill; the $500,000, 000 bond issue for improvement o? waterways; changes in the govern ment of the isthmain eanal zone; Federal inspection of naval stores and grains, and suppression . of gamb ling in cotton futures. The Senate approved an agreement with Great Britain, relating to the uses of the boundary waters between the United States arid Canada. In the House there has been organ ized open insurrection against -th? rules, but in the Senate the opposi tion did not go beyond some sharp criticisms by new Senators. The movement was designed as a warning to future sessions. In the House- it will have the immediate effect of the establishment of a "calendar day" for the call of bills on the union cal endar every Wednesday. * About 33,000 bills were introduced in the two houses, and C,500 resolu tions presented. Facts and Figures. About 275 of the public bills will become laws. There will be about 175 private bills enacted. The latter, however, are estimated to represent about 5,000 private bills introduced, as many of the private bills finally passed were amnibus bills. About fifty resolutions were ^finally agreed io. Early in the Sixtieth Congress, thp President declared himself in favoi of: A national child labor law; an employers liability .law; anti-injunc tion legislation; amendments to the Sherman anti-trust law for good cor porations and for labor unions ; finan cial legislation; postal savings bank; revision of the tariff; .waterway? commission; regulation of watei rights on navigable-streams. When the Congress ends there will be no national child labor law, nc postal savings bank, and no addi tional regulation of water rights. However, a child .labor law was. en acted fpr the District pf Columbia. An employers liability law- has Te placed' the one declared unconstitu tional. A commercial currency law was enacted arid a monetary commis sion -is investigating the subject of further financial legislation. Active steps looking to a-, revision of the tariff have been taken. All through the present session the House com cittee on ways and means has been considering a tarjj^biH: f? before the special session:'^convene March 15th. The waterways commission has made an investigation looking to the better regulation of water righti on navitrable streams. Some Swdal Features. In each session two giant battle ships were authorized. Aerial navi gation, however, was not recognized in the appropriation bills. The in crease in the pay of those iii the gov ernment' service was another feature of the ?Congress. At the same time the purse strings of the Treasury were losened so that widows of the men who fought for the nation will be assured of a pension. Among the prominent investiga tions authorized were those of the Brownsville affair, the secret service, submarine legislation and the papei industry. The . waterways, immigra j tion, monetary, Brownsville cimmisv ' sion were created. RM TO BEHWEMORIAL this purpose and already they an meeting with much encouragement. One room in the home will he fitted up as a library and will contain e collection of the" writings of Mr Harris; .in another room will be pre served many of the personal effects of *the author; another will bo used for a collectib'?? of the colonial, Revo lutionary and Civil war relics. HE LISBON CARNIVAL groups carrying coffins containing : skeletons to represent King Carloi . and the Crown Prince gave represen ? tations of the funeral. procession tc i an accompaniment cf blasphemous ; songs. The police were co?opletplv taker ? by surprise and when they attempt ; ed to stop the scandalous proceed ? ings the rabble fought vhem ? The police finally had to mak< ! lover of nature and the adjacent I swords. They charged right and left s and a panic followed. . Trcnps had - be siinucor.?d. IISSION GOES TO CONGRESS t facturing side of naval administra - tion. It contemplates for the Sec t retary a general council, a militan 7 council and fhe redistribution of the - duties of the present bureaus in fivt - divisions, the chiefs of which are tc - compose the grand council who an t to be the assistant Secretary, thret 7 flag officers and another flag officer - naval constructor or civilian witl - technical training. NS "}ARE CONFIRMED Attoney General; Frank H. Hitch cock of Massachusetts, to be Post master General ; ; George V. L. Meyer of Massachusetts, to be Secretary of the Navy; Richard A. Ballinger, of Washington, to be Secretary of the Interior; James Wilson, of Iowa, to be Secretary bf Agriculture; Charles Nagal, of Missouri, to be Secretary of Commerco and Labor; Huntington Wilson, of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary of State; Beekman Win throp, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy. . DOINGS OFCONGRESS iumnary of Important Proceedings Enacted From Day tb Day. The sundry civil appropriation bill lassed by the Senate just be ore adjournment Monday with mendments carrying $40,000 for re Qodeliug the White House office uilding to give additonal room for he President, and $25,000 for trav ling expenses for the President. On motion of Mr. Foraker an mendment appropriating $120,000 to ?ay the Roman Catholic Church in tico was adopted. The authorization for the issuance f $30,000,000 of Panama canal ends in addition tb former authori ations was stricken from the bill m protest of Senator Clay, who crit cised the excessive cost of the canal. The bill which was approved by he committee on appropriations ionday morning oarries appropria ions of about $139,000,000 and oov rs a wide variety of subjects. The forestry bill that passed the louse Monday afternoon, will die, t is said, in the Senate. Congress s playing with this proposition on rarpose. The Senate passes a bill nd the House kills it, and vice versa. ?here ?B very little if any hope of the ?resent measure becoming a law. lackett' and Kitchin voted against he bill, which does not in any way aention the Appalachian Park, dessrs. Webb and Thomas, spoke for t. The bill provides that the Sec etary of Agriculture may co-operat? nth the States in the organization md maintenance of a system of fire ?rotection on any private or State brest land situated upon the water bed of a navigable stream and fur ber that he may administer and pro ect for a term of years any such ands. One million dollars is appro mated for the- fiscal year ending Tune 30th, and each year thereafter mtil 1919, a sum not to exceed two oillion dollars, for acquiring lands ocated on the head waters-of navi gable streams, or those which are, or nay be developed for navigable pur )oses. . The deficiency bill, carrying appro bations amounting to more than ?19,500,000, about $2,250,000 of phich was added by the Senate, was >assed by the Senate Monday. Sen itor Hale met no delay in the dis )osition of the measure, which was )assed after two hours debate. During the reading of the con ference report on the penal code bill >y the Senate Tuesday Senator Tel er took the lloor and spoke on the Panama canal. He contended that he sentiment in Congress had been :or a sea level waterway at Panama mtil the Spooner act of 1902 was tdopted by a small majority. Since hen every ?ix months the plans for ;hc canal have been changed and ;ach time the new plan was herald id as the very best one that could ie adopted. Mr. Teller said the general con struction of the series of locks such is proposed at Panama was subject tb dangers under any condition. "I loubt," said he, "whether if the ;anal was finished the Secretary of the Navy would take the risk of send ing the ships of the navy through ^hera.". The ships subsidy bill was reject ed by the House* of Representatives Monday by a vote of 172 to 175. The principal feature of the bill is the provision that American mail steamships of 16 knots or over and of not less than 5,000 gross tons shall bc paid $4.G0 per nautical mile out ward-bound on routes of 4,000 miles or upward to South America, ' the Philippines, Asia and Australasia. Congress practically cleared its desks, both houses working under high pressure, Wednesday and Wed nesday night. Legislation should be enacted by Congress giving a permanent charact er to the secret service force of the government, according to the report of the select committee of the House to investigate this ??>rce, submitted lo the House Wednesday. The com mittee was appointed to investigate the amount of appropriations devoted to secret service work and the num ber of employes engaged therein. Behind closed doors the Senate paid to Vice President Fairbanks one cf the most remarkable tributes ever given to a presiding officer. He was presented with a magnificent silver service, costing $1,185, as the gift of the entire body of Senators and with a loving-cup as the present of the Democratic members. Thc presentation of the silver serv ice was made by Senator McCumber. Senator Daniel spoke for the mi nority, dilating upon Mr. Fairbanks' uniform fairness. He suggested that if al any time Mr. Fairbanks should tire of the mor.oi::-j".: service in th: Republican party L-mccrats would be glad to welcome him. He face t'cvrh* S"?gcstcd that it would not be -..Lil"for Mr. Fairbanks to take cere than one draught from the "^gon before breakfast if it should happen to get filled with other than buttermilk. A bill was passed by the House Wednesday night authorizing the Sec retary of Commerce and Labor tc co-operate through the coast and goodie survey and bureau of fisheries with the fish commissioner of North Carolina in making surveys of the waters of North Carolina, where fish ing is prohibited by law. The bil! is designed to preserve and increase the shad supply of North Carolina. The Sixtieth Congress came to an end at noon Thursday and it glided into the Sixty-First so preoeptiblj that the change was scarcely notice able. The final aet, though unofficial insofar as the House was concerned took place in the Senate chambei where both houses witnessed the in coming of the new administration. The Senate will mest at noon Fri day to consider President Taft'? nominations but the House will nol convene again until thc beginning oi the extra session of Congress to be called for the 15th inst. The Senate met at 9:30 a. m.. but the proceedings were confined I J the most formal work, mainly adoption of the complete report of the con ferees on the pension appropriation bill, the last of the grear supply measures, which the House also pass ed within one hour of adjournment,* and the appointment of two or three commissions in acordance with re cent Congressional enactments. Vice President Fairbanks delivered a- -"*? dress in response to r?solu Lions thanking him for his conduct of the office. Mr. Cannon, as retiring Speaker, said: "After all is said and done in the affairs of parties and men, what is needed in the public service is virile men; men who favor policies that they believe and have the courage of their convictions. "Whether it be tho majority or the minority and a min ority, virile and patriotic, is as neces sary as is a majority in a government of the people-strong men in public life as well as in private ?fe, strike, above the belt and tell the truth. As' one member of this house, and under the tongue of good report and evil report. I have performed my duty as a Representative and Speaker, to the best of my judgment without re gard to personal consequences to me." STORM CUTS WIDE SWATH Several North Carolina Towns Swept by Furious Gale," Accompanied by Rain, Hail and Snow-I-eight Train Blown Prom the Tr?x? at Dudley, on the Atlantic Coast Line. Goldsboro, N. C., Special.-With the suddenness of a cyclone and the speed of a hurricane a storm came up out of the west about 1 o'clock Wed nesday and swept the city with wind, dust, rain and hail for a half hour, with alm*t unprecedented fury, put ting the electric wires out of commis sion and leveling some garden fences with the ground in several sections of the town. Many smoke stacks and roofings were blown down. Two men narrowly escaped as two houses in building were demolished and a worthy negro man and his mule were crushed beneath a blown down barn? Mr. Don Scott and his horse and buggy were blown from the road and the buggy wai wrecked while he/and. the horse escaped. Storm Damage Serious. Washington, N. C., Special.-This city was visited Wednesday after noon between 2 and 3 o'clock by a very severe wind and hail storm, that swept over the lower part from the water front in an easterly direction,' the wind attaining a velocity of about 65 miles and doing consider able damage. Five large smoke stacks of the Kugler Lumber Company plant were blown down causing 'n estimated damage of $3,000. The Moss Planing Mill 6heds and kiln were demolished; damage $1,000. The Banner Lumber Company's sheds and stacks, $500. Farren ? Co., canning factory stack, $100. The sloop Cassie was blown ashore high and dry on the banks of Pamlico river. At the Kugler Lumber Com pany, a large section of the mill roof was lifted up ?and carried a, distance of seventy-five yards across the street. Train Blown From Track. Wilmington, Special.-J. B. Foun tain, of the1 Atlantic Coast Line, is advised that Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, while a Wilmington bound freight train of 65 cars was standing at a water tank at Dudley, a short distance this side of Golds boro, a gale of wind of cyclone pro portion struck the centre of the string of cars blowing six of them, all emp ties, clear of the main line and one on the track, blocking traffic for four hours. No one was injured and there was no freight loss. A wrecking crew was sent from Wilmington and ex pected to have the line clear by night. So far as could be learned there was no property damaged in the country round about. Darkness Overshadowed Rocky Mount and Bain, Snow and Hail Fell. Rocky Mount, Special.-The most peculiar storm in the history of this section occurred Wednesday after noon. Rain, hail and snow fell and dark clouds overshadowed the city at 2 o'clock. Lamps had to be lighted in many instances while places of business were forced to cease on ac count cf darkness. Passenger trains Nos. 48 and 89 were operated into the city with headlights and all cars lighted as at night."* For the Vour of day with the exception of eclipses it was the darkest time ever recalled by the oldest citizens. All forms o? lower animal life prepared for nigh! and chickens went to roost, One Fataility in Sampson County Wind Unroofs Eouxes. Clinton, Special.-A severe wine storm s-vept over this section short ly after the noon hour Wednesday. A number of houses were unroofed and some blown down. A tree was hlowr upon Jackson's saw mill, four miles west of Clin'.on, and Ben Sutton, s negro man was crushed to death bj it. The country store of Robert' Cram pier is reported blown down. Asheville Has Weather to Suit Every body. Asheville, Special.-Asheville ex perienced all seasons bf weathei Wednesday. There was a heavy rain fall Tuesday night. During th< morning' however, conditions clearec and the sun came out bright ant warm. Later there was a suddei shower came up with thunder ant shower came up with htunder ant lightning. When this passed quickly it was again warm and the sun shorn only to '"hange shortly to snow ant rain and sleet. In the afternoon i was cold with alternate snow am rain. Affects Even Morals. It Is well known that the condition of the public roads affects the pock ets, the health, the tastes, and even the morals of the people. The cost of transportation affects . every human being. If a producer, it affects the value of his products; if a consumer, it affects the price of his purchases. It costs 'the Western farmer as much to haul a ton of wheat five miles to market over the average road as! lt does to ship the same by freight from New York to Boston, or by water from New York to Liverpool. Twen ty years ago lt cost' $10 to ship a ton of produce from Boston to Liverpool; tb-day lt costs $1.75. It is not neces I sary to add that it costs the Western I farmer as much to-day to haul ' his ' wheat to market as it did twenty years ago, and that these prices will continue stationary so long as the roads remain in their present'condi tion. One of the alarming tendencies of 'the time is that our boys and our girls, our men and our women, are leaving the farms to live in the cities. They prefer the glare of the gas light to the isolation ol' country life, and who can blame them. At this"- partic ular time farmers aro unable to se cure help, while the cities are filled with idle men. These conditions can -be partly remedied by the ' improve ment of the public roads, for i as we improve our roads:, we will also Im prove and beautify our country homes. Good roads give its more time and more pleasure. Speed in transportation is economy of time, and the old saying that "time is mon ey" was never so true as it is now. People who have good roads accom plish more, see moro of life, and live more in a year than their mud-bound neighbors do in ten:-Maurice 0. El* drige, in Good Roads Magazine. An Innovation in Hoads. During the last few years much in terest has been taken in the crusade for good roads, and in many parts of the country model stretches of highway have keen constructed by "good roads" commissions to serve as . examples .to the%natives of each local ity. Much valuable instruction has been imparted in this manner, but apparently no p?an discovered for overcoming the difficulties of road building in a sandy soil. It remained for a Minnesota man to adopt a new method of construction suitable to "such a condition. !- Mr. George W. Cooley, State High way Engineer of Minnesota, has de signed a road thik is serviceable in -spi'.e of a sandy foundation. A sec tion of his new construction is located at Cambridge, in isanxi County. In this district there is nothing but sand for a top soil, and it is impossible to preserve a road without adding some other material. Mr.- Cooley finally. \ .decided that sawdust was the com ' ponent necessary, and a four-inch, layer of this was raked into a stretch of road which had been carefully graded. Passing teams thoroughly ground together this mixture, and whenever ruts were worn into the surface they were filled with fresh sawdust The fine particles of wood gradually rot, forming a heavy loam with the sand, . and the result is a firm roadbed suitable to all ordinary traffic.-Harper's Weekly. Economy of Split-log Drag. It is now estimated that the earth road can be properly maintained with the split-log drag at about $5 per mile per annum. To maintain the .50,000 miles of earth road, in Ken tucky annually with thc split-log drag ^would therefore cost approximately $250,000. If you spend .?750,000 on bridges and for grading of earth roads, salaries and incidental ex penses, you would still have about a million dollars left, with which to build stone and "grade" roads. Thisi at $3000 per mlle, would build about 33i> miles of stone road annually. It would be difficult, however, to ac complish this under the present sys tem of road administration, as a large part of the property tax, as well as the statute labor tax, is "worked out" on the public roads.-Good Road* Magazine. ( ^f-f - . - ; j Kentucky's Improved Roads, ? It may be of interest to all Ken tuckians to know that their State .leads all of the Southern States in . the percentage of improved roads, -: Tennessee and Maryland only having ' nine per cent, improved, Florida five per cent., South Carolina four per cent., Virginia three per cent., Mis souri and North Carolina two and one-half per cent., Texas two per cent., while all the other Southern States have less than one per cont, improved. ? We need only to compare results, jhow?ver, with expenditures vto be 'convinced of the w?akness' of ' the present road system. - Good Roads Magazine. Not L-Liillo-al. . The little girl. was very fond of pleasant day3, and at the close of a heavy rain storm petitioned in her prayer for fine weather; when, the next morning, the sun .sbon?- bright and clear she became jubilant, and told her prayer, to her grandmother, who said: "Well, dear, why can't you pray to-night that Mt may be warmer to morrow, so that grandma's rheuma tism will be better?" "All right, I will," was the quick response; and that night as she knelt she said, "Oh, Lord, please make it hot for grandma."-Pick Me Up. Artificial Sapphires. M. Lacroix, a member of the French Academy of Sciences, has just , read a paper before ?hat learned society on the manufacture of sap phires. He has discovered practi cally the composition of the precious? stone, and has succeeded in obtain ing some specimens which almost re- - semble the real stone. It cannot be said that M. Lacroix has yet discov ered the exact process, for those which he has obtained would not im-> v pose upon a skilled lapidary who sub jected them to a severe test.---Lon don Globe.