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what "the public" and 1.-The average read
cr'' feel and think and want. What 90
they really know about it? We have asked
that question over and over again, but We
are driven to ask IL once more by the diva
cations of Mr.. Cosmo Hamilton, who, In
1.-THE Academy" demonstrates with vast
complacency that 1.-The novel OF conversa-
tion is of all novels the most difficult 70
write and the most difficult to read and
cheerfully assumes that 1.-The average
reader, who likes lots Of conversation. does
not like the novel of conversation unless
the conversation is utterly commonplace.
Do we ask for an example? Mr.. Hamilton
has IL pat to the moment. pointing out tnat
the elder Dumas has wide popularity and
that his books reek of conversation that Is
neither brilliant nor lifelike." We suppose
Mr.. Hamilton only succeeds in persuading
us that his contention Is absurd. Good
conversation in fiction is as sure OF an
audience as bad conversation in the same
place, and in both audiences you Will hnd
1.-The public and 1.-The average reader"
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Boston TRANSCRIPT.

IIdIISCIIHI
The letters of Mrs. Stevenson-the mother
of r. L. Shave just been published, and
they are delightful reading. 1t is plain that
Stevenson inherited much from his mother.
Somebody has suggested after reading
these letters that Mrs. Stevenson copied
her sons way of looking at things as well
as his manner of expressing himself, but
this is sheer nonsense She was not the
sort OF woman sedulously 10 ape her son.
but she was naturally a brilliant woman
and IL she had only known it, a born
writer The letters describe the writer's ex-
periences in the Adirondacks and the Pa
cific islands and they will form a most
valuable and interesting addition to the
Vaiiima Letters.
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The Wall of the Reviewer.

New York Sun.
The unfortunate reviewer of books peered
wearily over the pile of Christmas season
fiction.
i've been thinking about a story that
was told me last autumn by a doctor who
has a job in a New England insane asy-
lum,'' he said. There's a woman patient
up there who walks up and down, up and
down the corridor incessantly My friend
noticed her the first day he went to the in
stitution and asked her what she was do
ing.
I'm catching up, she gasped, but she
didn't stop walking for a second
well, L see my finish" and he waved his
hand despondently at the unreviewed
novels
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street Church. corner of South and Noble
streets. 1853; the North Church. first To-
Gated at Broadway and Tenth streets. 1871.
but now known as college-avenue at the
corner OF College avenue and Fifteenth
street.: Garden Church. on Blake street
near New York street. 1872. and the same
year a mission was established among the
Germans which later became the First
German Baptist Church. now located on
the South Side. and Is doing a good work
under the leadership OF the Rev. r. NJ.
won Miller.
south~street and CoIlege-avenue churches.
the first and second colonies 10 60 out
from the mother church. became somewhat
representative Of the parts Of the city In
p1lch they are respectively located. the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-13
A Periodical of Protest Needed.
New York Tribune.

New YORK tribune.
The establishment of a literary periodical
written and edited exclusively by laymen
must be only question of time. There is
a place waiting for ii, and the shrewd in
dividual who takes the initiative in the
enterprise will make his fortune. Nothing
can be more amusing than journal de-
voted to the exposure of the fallacies of
literati The latter are always prating Of
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HOBSON-BR RYAN
Postmaster.

Waynesville, N. c., September 5.
The gosips at this resort never had
SO much to talk about as at present.
They have it that Captain Richmond
Pearson Ho6son, the famous sshero
of the Merrimac," is engaged to
marry Miss Ruth Bryan, the eldest
daughter Of William J Jennings Bryan.
Captain Hobson himself declines to
either confirm or to deny the rumor.
This much is certainly hsutA. Cap
tain Hobson writes a letter to Miss
Bryan every day in the week and
just as often does he receive daintily
addressed envelope postalasAed Lin.
coin, Nebr.
Captain Hobson is the guest of his
relative, Major w. w. Struggled,
near White sulpher Springs.
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GRADED SCHOOL NOTICE.

The White Graded school will
open Monday Sept. 18th. Those pu-
pills who we're in school last year
| will report to the same rooms which
they occupied last year. Those who
were not in school last year will
please report to theSuperintendent's
office on Tuesday morning at 9
O'Clock.
The following resolution was
adopted by the Board some years
ago and will be enforced this year:
"No pupil shall be received into
the first grade after the expiration Of
the first month of each school year,
unless such pupil can be readily
classified with those already belong
ing to that grade"
Those who will become six years
old by Nov. 10Th VIII be allowed to
enter school at the beginning. The
advantage of this arrangement can
readily be seen, as the school will be
worth more to the community by
the adoption Of the above plan.
Parents will please carefully note
the above.
THos. r. FoUsT, Supt.
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A BAD Wreck.
SEVENTEEN CARS PILED TIP
IN A MASS NEAR
HOPE MILLS.
The Accident Occurred on a Down
Grade Within Hundred Yards
of the Depot. One Negro
Brakeman Was Ser
iously Hurt.

Fayetteville, N. c., Sept. 2.-The
first section of the southbound
through freight on the Atlantic
Coast Line was wrecked at Hope
Mills at o'clock this morning. de
rallied it is supposed by an obstruc-
ton on the track. The engine and
first three cars passed the point safe
ly, but seventeen cars in the rear.
heavily loaded with merchandise
were piled up in mass of broken
wood and iron.
The accident occurred on a down
grade within hundred yards of the
depot. One negro brakeman was
seriously hurt.
At o'clock this afternoon wreck
ing crews from Fayetteville and Flor
ence had completed a new track
around the wreckage. The morning
and evening passenger trains went
via the Wilmington branch. Large
crowds went out to see the wreck.
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SEVEN WERE KILLED.
A TRAIN PLUNGED THROUGH
A RAILWAY TRESTLE.
Fatal Accident Yesterday at Fish
ing Creek on Three Cs
Branch OF tho gowsh-
ern Railroad.

Charlotte, Sept. 3.-West bound
train No. Is on the Three C's branch
of the eSouthern Railway fell through
the trestle over Gishing Creek, three
miles east of Yorkville at noon to-
day. Seven persons were killed, five
or six fatally, and about twenty
more or less severely injured.
The train was appreeeAfng the
trestle at slow rate of speed and
when near the middle the structure
gave way precipitatiug the engine
and three cars into the erenk forty
five feet below.
There were thirry-tive passengers
on the train, half Of them negroes.
The engineer, fireman, r,stal clerk
and two negro passengers were kill
ed outright and their bodies are still
under the debris of the wreck.
The dead are: Engineer Brick
man, Fireman Fred Ryan, negro
postal clerk, two negro passengers,
names unobtainable.
Fatally lnju1ed: JuIiaa Johnson,
Rock Hill; w. 7. siaugh-
ter, Hickory Grove; Bell Beard, the
last named a colored passenger.
A relief train was sent ont from
Rock Hill and portion sS hhe in
jured were sent there. Others are
being cared for at YorkvIlte. The
trestle is $50 feet long and forty-fve
feet high. 1t is supposed the acci-
dent was due to defective tmbers.
Four of the negro passengers, names
unknown, are reported fash1lv hurt.
It is believed fuller details will
swell the list Of fatalities as besides
the train crew there were thirty
five passengers aboard and IL is
known that not a single soul escaped
unhurt. The coaches were piled,
one above the other and the train is
a total wreck. The accident occurred
at 1880.
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WHITE PEOPLE TO PAY FOR
EDUCATION OF WHITES:
NEGROES TO PAY
FOR NEGROES.

The recent election in Mississippi
is very significant.
In that State there is a legalized
primary, and the candidates go be-
fore the people and announce their
platform.
Mayor Vardeman stood boldly on
the platform that the white people
should pay only for the education OF
the white children, and that the ne
groes should pay for the education
the negro children.
On this platform Vardeman was
elected by over ten thousand major
ity.
This election is very significant.
Last Fall the Wayne county Demo
cratic Convention unanimously pass
ed resolutions instructing her law
makers to use every effort for di-
vision Of the school tax, the taxes OF
the white folks to go to the white
children, and the taxes of the ne
grOes to go to the negroes.
Now Mississippi is falling in line.
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SAM HONANG, BRITISH SUB
JECT, BARRED FROM THE
UNITED STATES.
He is Held Aboard the Steamship
Grenada, of the Trinidad Line,
and Denied Landing. He
is the Wealthiest Resi-
dent of the Island of
Demerara.

New York, Sept. 6.-Sam Ho
nang, British subject, who is SAID
to be one of the wealthiest residents
of the Island Of Demerara, is held
aboard the steamer Grenada, of the
Trinidad line. and denied landing
in this country by the immigration
inspectors on the ground that it
would be violation of the Chinese
exclusion act.
Honang, who owns one of the
largest cocoa plantations on the
island, decided a few weeks ago that
he would take trip through the
United States and Europe. Letters
of introduction to prominent and
wealthy persons all over the world
were forwarded by his correspon-
dents, and he set out on the voyage.
Honang never had been in China.
He was born in Denerara Of Chinese
parents. They were both British
subjects, so that the Chinese exclus-
ion act did not figure in his plans.
When the ship reached her dock
at Long Island City the immigra-
tion inspectors held up the traveller,
who finally called upon friends in
New York for aid. The inspectors
would not release him, however,
and the papers, together with Ho-
nang's passport, were forwarded to
the autorities al Washington.
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BACKED BY SETTLE.
DR.. S. Westray Battles Candidacy
For Egyptian Consulate.

AOA AISS PL1dA OOhOOAdCCs
Asheville, Sept. 5.-The candid
acy of DR.. s. Westray Battle for the
consulate at Cairo, Egypt, may yet
attract attention Of politicians gen.
orally, should the friends of the we'll
known physician show evidence of
serious activity and the president
turn an attentive ear to their ap-
peal.
This Egyptian post is regarded as
choice berth by many and the very
attractiveness of the place may con-
duce to the Doctors undoing for in
seeking a place of this kind one
cannot reckon without political
Considerations and if Dr. Battle,
Democrat should be given
such plum it would be credited to
North Carolina and the President
would recall this appointment every
time the head of the organization in
this State came around for pa stry.
It is known that polite ians high
Ina the counsels of the party have an
eye single to the situation. It is said
that DIR. Battle is being actively
backed by ex-Congressman Settle,
but that he is not receiving support
of any regular organization Republi-
cans.
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BOARD OF EDUCATION.
They Met In This City Yesterday
In Special Session.

l AAAOJ AAOS AAA AhAo ivy AA0J
In Special Session.
The Board of Education met in
special session yesterday. ALI the
members present.
| Petitions for and against the con-
solidation Of Piney Grove district
with the Seven Springs district were
| placed before the Board, and after
hearing the question discussed, it
| was decided not to unite said dis
tricts.
The superintendent was Instructed
to postpone, for the present, the
building of school house at Coker's
Cross Roads, and the superintendent
was further instructed to secure Mr..
J. j. Ivey's building for the White
Hall district for this session.
District No. 2, white, Saulston,
was consolidated with Nos. and 8.
The branch between Messrs. J. b.
ana Walter Gardner's was made the
dividing line, leaving Messrs J. B.
Gardner, M. S. Paris, P. Fl. Sasser,
Joe Smith, F. M. Musgrave, A.
Peele, and Mrs. Nicey Peterson in
No. 1; Messrs. Allen Smith, Sam
Peele, w. H. Howell, Geo. Peele,
James Walker, M. S. Smith, Henry
Herring, John Boyette, and Mes
dames Peggie Wilson, Sarah Lewis,
Laura Broadhurst in No. 3.
Report of fines from town of Pike
vile to date of July 1, 1903, was re-
eeived and approved. Mr.. L. B.
Smith submitted check for &11.OO
with his report.
MrJ. r. Hatch, Mayor of Mt.
Olive, reported on fines from his
town to the amount of $19S.OO for
the period from September 8, 1899,
to July 1, 1908. Mr.. Hatch also
presented an order on his town treas
urer for the entire amount. The re-
port was approved and the chairman
and secretary were instructed to re-
ceipt in full for fines from Pikeville
and Mt. Olive to July 1, 1908.
Committeeman were appointed as
follows:
Grantham-W. F. Casey in place
of w. B. Hood.
New Hope-Benj. Casey in place
of John Herry.
The following orders have been
paid since the meeting of August
17th:
Nathan Smith, wood, No. 1, col
ored, Saulston, So so.
Census So districts, General Fund,
$S1 90.
The Argus, printing, g SO.
J. w. Pipkin, Z book cases, Genl
Fund, $s5 90.
E. T. Atkinson, postage, Gen'l
Fund, 81 90.
J. E. Robinson, per diem, 81 90.
Barnes Aysock, Per diem and
mileage, So 60.
w. F. English, per diem and mile
age, So 90.
The Board will meet again on the
1st Monday in October.
J. E. ROBINSON,
Chairman.
E. T. ATKINSON,
Secretary.
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J. w. WHEELER DEAD.
He Claimed He CapkAred jeff Davis.
He Died While Returning
From Grand Army


Falls, City, Neb., Sept. THE
man who captured President Jeffer-
son Davis of the Southern Confeder-
acy, J. M. Wheeler, long resident
of this county, died to-day on train
while returning from the Grand
Army meeting at San Francisco.
Wheeler was with the company
which captured Mr.. Davis and re-
ceived portion of the reward paid
by the government for the capture.
he claimed TO have been the first
northern soldier to lay hands on the
Confederate prisoner. His accounts
of that event were always interest
lug as coming from participants and
he alway claimed that tho famous
ex-president Of the confederacy wore
a long waterproof eeat instead ei
skirts as reported by history.
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Persons calling for above letters
will please say advertised. Rules
and regulations require that one cent
he paid or advertised letters.
J. F. DOBSON,
Postmaster.
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LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in PostBfn ee. Colds.
bOrO, Wayne Coun1y, n. c..
Sept. s, 1900.
MEMS LEST.

hEN . LEE1.
B-H Bell & Bros, DANES Barbee,
Geo Barrett.
C-Prince Carney.
Crank Ginon.
H-Arnold Hadley, Frank Howard
Junius Hodges.
Ms l. Mann.
P-Sutton Price.
r Carey Rouatraa
S-J F Skinner.
T-G F Taylor.
W-James G West.
Y-H NJ Yancey.
LADIES' LIST.
Binary Blum, Nancy J Bell.
CIV Grinnel.
H-Lanie Ham.
J-Sarah E Jones.
M-Julia Miller, Rosa Multry.
R-Sarah Richardson.
s e Summerlin.
TN I Thacker.
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"Uncle Jimmie'' Soott's Grape
Vine Park is the most boun4iful this
year in its whole history, and the
grapes are now ripe and luscious,
and sufficient, "Uncle Jimmie" says,
to feed three thousand visitors any
day. His admission charge Is still
Is cents: two for 25 cents; but he
wishes it distinctly understood by
the small boys, as we'll as by all
others, that no grapes msst be gath
cred and carried away in hats,
baskets or pockets. Some have been
doing this without his knowledge,
but it will not be permitted further.
Japan has borrowed the taxse of
the Missouri mule.
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NEW SUBSCRIBERS.

Bell Telephone subscribers will
please add to their Directory.
5-5 w. r. Hollowell, Genoa.
So w. F. Moore, Genoa.
5-3 J. M. Edgerton, Genoa.
5-4 4B. III. Griffin, Kennon Farm.
Al w. H. Griffin, Coal and Wood
Yard.
Ola A. 3. Freeman, Residence.
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Newport. r. l., Sept. 7|Nhe H.
Rev. Thos. M. Clarke, l4anaen of
Rhode Island, died s4&49ee lete
this afternoon at n. ~ ssa-
dence in Middletown.
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cTENOGRAPHY :--I can give
- lessons in Shorthasd TO linn
tied number of ruP&& Apply at
law Office of ?. A. Q5kssA Ms.
Hattie s. Gay.
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Liver Piltx

That's what you need; senfe-
thing to cure your bilious
ness and give you q coed
digestion. Ayers Pills are
liver pills. They cure con-
stipation and biliousness.
Gently laxative. an a.sxAt.. "a
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Letter To =. w. C&hq.
Goldsboro, N. G,

OOIQSOOrO, IN. u.
Dear Sir: This story ceais two
ways, and teaches tive sets ~ PCS
pie.
Father Calvin, Westerly, n I.
had his cureh and residence painted.
Good job; and this is how he wexb at
it.
Measured all carefully -aae@nle sste
have known Devoe.
Then got bids from the puk1naNs
paint to be supplied by them and by
him.
Saved $40 by using Devoe.
One of those painters su9hk to
have gotten that money. ba
Yours truly, o5
F. w. DEvOH & Gn
P. S.-Smith & Yelvertea an our
paint. g.il 3ss
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Governor Jelks declines to assist
ir creating deficiency in the treas
Wy.
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Senator Tillman was also guilty of
spectacularism when he loss his
passes.
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NOTICE.

Z. T. Keel having purchs4ed the interest of
], d. Blount in the business OF Blount & Keel
At Mount Olive. will assume all obiiga tions of
tfys frn and viii colleat all debts due the firm,
Which has been dissolved BY mutual consent.
K. T. KHEL,
J. d. BLOUNT.
will CON ntinue the business at the same old
sand in Mount Olive and will thank the pub
lie for continued patronage.
etsau61 x. Z. KEEL.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-24
For BAD Back.

8abra, Montana. Oct. 19th.--A great
many men in this neighborhood used
to complain of pains in the back. but
now scarcely one can be found who
has any such trouble.
Mr.. Gottlieb Mml is largely respon-
sible for the improvement for 1t was
he, who first Of all found the remedy
for this Backache. He has recom-
mended 1t to all his friends and neigh
bors, and in every case 1t has had
wonderful success.
Mr.. Mill says:-
''For many years had been trou-
bled with my Kidneys and pains in
the small Of my back. tried many
medicines but did not derive any bene-
1T until last fail, when bought q
dozen boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills.
After using them few days began
to improve. my back quit aching and
felt better and stronger all around.
II will keep them, in the house right
along for In my opinion they are the
best medicine in the market to-day.
and IL my back should bother me
again, I will use nothing else.''
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-24
Eeonomlze ,n1Rsadina.

A French doctor afiirms that the hu
man brain is overtaxed by the pro
fessional writer's. We have no con
sideration for the poor reader. says
the Illustrated London News. but force
him to labor through involved sen
tences, intricate spelling, much repeti
tion and very long words. The doc
tor suggests that II we must use 9
long word like ''tuberculosis' we
should not infiict its appalling length
upon the reader more than once, bu,
indicate 1t by the initial letter st." By
this process an article might contain
large number of initial letters. and
the reader would be constantly bark
ing back to find what words begin with
''p" and "q." Economy of time. says
the French reformer, is most essen
tial in reading. When you can make
your meaning palmer by diagram dc
not bother the public with the delica
cies of your prose. l read boob
lately by professor of literature who
turned much Of Shakespeare into tri
angles and showed that one of his
plots was a parallelogram. This was
done. no doubt, in the interests ol
simplification. although the "a
of the "p" could scarcely
have been apparent to = read
er who CHANGED to be In hurry. II
YOU do not know what the .'s" of the
"p" means you had better economic
your time by reading this paragraph
all over again.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-24
AIaei
"will you let me kiss your"

"Will you let me kiss you?"
They sat side by side in the gloam
ing. quite close to each other, YET
not so close but that 1t might have
been possible to be closer. The sur
had gone down behind the western
hills. and the faint shadow of twilight
was beginning to suggest itself in the
recesses of the hills.
He was patient. He said to himself
he would wait.
/ She did not answer. but looked out
into the clear sky and the fieecy
clouds rs they sailed along the hori
zon. OF what was she thinking, he
wondered. as he sat there. But never
mind what it was. he would not hurry
her. He would wait.
The distant call of the owl was
heard, and along the lane in the dis
tance came procession Of cows home
from the pasture.
For a long time they sat thus, in
deep silence, until she turned her eyes
% his, wondering, questioning.
"Well?" he asked at last. "Will
your"
And she gathered herself up and pre-
pared to leave.
1T is too late-now." she said
Smart Set.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-24
he KISSED THEM BOTH.
Genera, Grant Did Not Slight Eithss
Sister.

Sister.
Will Carleton. author of Songs Of
Two Centuries" was speaking the oth-
er day Of his last interview with Cen
eral Grant Il had seen him and met
him on various occasions," he said.
but this was the first time had ever
had him to myself for half an hour. 1t
was at country railroad station where
we were both waiting for train. A
more simple. quiet. underaonstrative
man in private conversation l never
saw. We talked OF his famous trip
around the world, and compared data
concerning places where we had both
been. Especially was he struck with
Ayr, the birthplace of Burns, and with
two of burns nieces. the Misses Bexz,
two elderly maiden ladies who lived in
a cosy cottage few miles from 'anld
Kirk Alloway.' and who were daugh-
ters Of Burns sister. I had happened
to visit them Immediately after Grant
was there. and they were naturally en-
thusiastic about the great American
here When he went AVA said one OF
them to me confidentially. he kissed
my sister good-by.' But when laugh'
ingly repeated this to the general. a
twinkle appeared in his eye. and he
said, quietly, I kissed both Of them.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-24
pou Had a Pvroo.e,

7 Darkey language is not always ele-
giant or grammatical but 1t sometimes
has force which is unique. Some
young men were standing In Fair
mount park the other evening admir-
ing a bull dog belonging to one OF
their party when small white dog
appeared. The bull dog pounced upon
him, and in an instant the air resound-
ed with the howls of the dog and the
voices of the men trying to rescue the
smaller animal. Finally the men sue
ceeded in extricating the victim, which
Immediately dew down the road. the
other dog In hot pursuit.
The crowd stood watching the race
with breathless attention, when 4 col
ored man shouted. He won't ketch
him. He won't ketch him! Dat
udder dogs got q purpose, he shuah
has"
True enough, the dog with pur.
pose" escaped.-Phtladelphia Ledger.