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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-30

here on the above date. 1t is designated
as opening day, and it viii be celebrated
by a Good Roads Congress, including a
contest between two mammoth road ma
chimes which will undertake competitive
bodybuilding. For this occasion the U. S.
government has designated Hon. w. L..
Spoon, of the Agricultural Department,
to be present. The contest will, take
place at a point where all visitors can
obtain a good view of the exhibition and
public demonstration of road-maIing. One
OF the machines has been shipped from
Pennsylvania, the other one from the
State of New York, and the battle for
supremacy promises to be lively from
start to finish. Six strong horses are re-
CURED for each machine.
There will also be an old-fashioned
Moore county picnic dinner. A long la
bic has been spread and everybody is
invited to be present. A number of good
speakers have been invited to attend
among these are U. S. Senator F. NJ.
Simmons and State Treasurer B. r. Lacy,
of Raleigh; Hon. r. N. Page, of Biscoe,
Congressman from the Eighth district;
Hon. w. i. Spoon of the u. s. Agricul-
tUral Department; Hon. J. w. White,
General Industrial Agent of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway, Portsmouth, Va; Hon.
D. e. McIyer, of Sanford; Hon. w. j.
Adams, of Carthage; DR.. NJ. Z. Street,
OF Glendon, president of the Moore Coun-
ty Good Roads Association and Or. Geo.
T. Winston, president of the A. and NJ
College, Raleigh.
Few people in North Carolina realize
the remarkable Industrial development
that is taking place in Moore county.
There Is no doubt of its being the best
known and the most widely advertised
county in the State. Reports of the rail
roads show that $4,000 visitors spent their
winter season at the various resorts of
Moore county. A large majority of these
were from New England, and it is in that
section where one will find Moore county
IS known /and favorably so too. to al
most every inhabitant. This section
most North Carolinians are aware was,
until few years ago, thought to be
waste land, especially after the heavy
growth of long leaf pine was cut A
number OF enterprising Yankees were in
duced to locate in the vicinity of where
LakeVlew now stands, and their success +
n the culture of peaches, grapes, water
melons, cantaloupes, truck and winter veg
9tables has been wonderful One poor
German who arrived here four years ago
almost penniless and with a large family
of slcldy. children, has, through the plant
ng OF lettuce, succeeded in paying for
a hundred acres Of land, built himself
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church wherever they located-and built
it with their own hands-but they also
were sure to build school house. too.
They did not neglect the education OF
their children. Ten years ago a citizen
of Raleigh had business which called him
into remote section of Moore county.
Il found people, he said, Living just
like their grand parents lived in Scotland
an hundred years ago. The women had
their little looms and wove all the cloth
and made all the garments worn by the
family. After the days work, the head
of the family read aloud to his family
from Burns, and Scott. and the children
were duly instructed in the Shorter Cate
chism and in Patriotism.
Rev. Hugh McLaurin established here
the first academy taught in Moore coun-
ty and was also pastor of the church The
other pastors since 1850 have been Revs.
A. D. Campbell, Samuel Paisley, j. H.
Coltraine, K M. Mcintyre (who is still
living and had long pastorate here,
Samuel Alexander John d. Currie, Angus
r. Shaw, A. Nj. Hassell (who died during
his pastorate and is buried at Jackson
Springs, and Rev. w. r. Coppedge, who
is also county superintendent of schools
o. Rockingham county. He is the success
sor in the gospel of Hugh McLaurin, who
and first academy With them
religion and education have gone hand
in hand
The names of the present officers of
this church are:
Elders-N. d. j. Clark, A. Men Currie,
Malcolm Ray, Malcom Brown, d. w. Nc
Donald, A. c. Ray.
Deacons-John M. Graham, John B.
Clark A L. Currie, Daniel E. Patterson,
Wlniam Mckenzie, w L. Holiday, Ken
nett Mcleod
At this church Sunday is observed exact
ly as it was in the Kirk" in the High
lands. Regular services are held one Sun
day i'm the month, but Sunday school is
held every Sunday morning and from far
and near the .'bairns" are brought to be
instructed in the Word An organ fur
Continued on Tenth Page.)
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tariums located at other Moore county
towns, where they are prepared to give
consumptves proper attention. The pro-
gressve spirit is shared by every citi-
zen of Lakeview, and other energetic
people will be heartily welcome to locate
here and be given an equal opportunity
along with the original locators of Lake
view The Lakeview Hotel has been
leased to Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. White, who
are well known among patrons of hotels.
Special rates are accorded North Caro-
lmians, and those who desire to remain a
week or longer.
The general office of the Townsite
Company is located on the second floor
of the Hub building Mr. Holleman has
spent considerable time here during the
past few weeks, arranging the numerous
details of the celebration planned for the
7th Good judges estimate that there will
be six to eight thousand people pres
ent, and all are assured of a pleasant
time.
This will be the event of the season
and every North Carolinian, who posi-
bly, can, should avail himself of the op-
polItunlty to visit Lakeview and see
what pluck and energy of two young
North CaroEnlans (Messrs. Holleman and
Gardner) can accomplish when backed
by ample capital. A better opportunity
Will not again present itself The rail
roads will give special rates and round
trip excursion fare for this occasion will
be only half the regular rate. 1t is ex-
pected special train will be run from
Raleigh on the morning Of the It'll to
accommodate those who cannot &C on reg
ular trains from Raleigh and intermediate
stations. Passengers from south of Lake
view can reach there in plenty CT time
for the exercises by coming on the regular
passenger trains
]. n. SWANSON.
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Notes of Composers.

Among the many composers now pleas
ing the musical world our attention has
again been called to Howard Whitney
His latest novelty Palmetto" is a gentle
reminder of his famous Mosquitoes Par.
ade,' full of life and ragtime harmony,
which will no doubt please his followers.
Mr.. Towards greatest need is 'worder''
to assist him in bringing his music to
the top.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-30

Don't think because man is taking
lessons on the harp that he doesn't ex-
pect to live much longer
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-30

Mustard plasters come under the head
of drawing instruments.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12
Filipino Youth Is Marvel
In American University

WASHINGTON, D. c., July IL
jose Lacson de Paula, young Fill
Pine student at Georgetown university,
is an intellectual marvel. Less than
twenty years old and with residence
in the United States of not quite four
years, he has taken two degrees,
neither of which was ever before
granted to one SO young, and won one
gold medal under remark able circum-
stances, and four silver medals. In
many ways he is considered the most
brilliant student who has ever at
tended Georgetown.
Lacson's Remarkable Career.
Lacson was born in Negroes Island,
in November, 1883. His father, Ros-
endo Lacson. is wealthy sugar plant
er and was governor of the island un-
der Spanish rule. Gov. Lacson be-
came a friend of the United States
soon after the battle of Manila Bay,
and was one of the first native rulers
to recognize American sovereignty. 1t
was through his influence that the
American army encountered little OPP
position in Occidental Negroes
Roman Lacson was placed in a pri-
vate school when he was four years
old. Two years later his mother died,
and he Was sent to Manila to be edu-
Gated by the Jesuits. He entered the
Ateneo Municipal de Manila-the Jes-
nit college-from which he graduated
with honors in 1898. He went to Ne
gros for vacation, and it was decided
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certain: In the professions generally
there are three groups which may be
taken up as suggestive of the manner
In which heads grow white. First of
these are the representatives who are
on the outskirts of even moderate sue
cess in life. They have the burden of
living more than the burden of ambi-
tons. They have to work harder to-
ward making the ends Of things meet
than they work toward attainment of
their skill as professional men.
"These are of the class which get
gray early, even if there be no dispo-
sition on the part of their ancestors to
become gray early in life. Just to the
extent that they are susceptible to the
worries and pinchings of life to that
extent they become gray and prema-
turely old. %
Another class are the happy men.
They are capable Of bounded ambi-
lions, and are content with the sue
cesses that come to men who bore
with small augers and learn well the
philosophy Of living for ease and COM
fort. They have horizons that are wide
enough, they have learned to avoid
cares, and between working well and
not worrying they never grow gray;
you. will see them long after the al
lotted span of life scarcely with any
gray hairs and with small trace Of
badness. 4
"The third type Of professional men
belongs to the top of the professional
ladder the world over. Their brains
are filled with surging ideas; there is
no rest for the gray matter within
their skulls; before blood nutrition can
get to the hair it is cut off and sub
yerted to the use of the brain until the
logical result Of years of this is either
gray hair or no hair at ALL There is
disposition to badness instead of to
grayness, but in many ways the two
conditions are brought about by the
same causes.
I'm general, the man who thinks will
be gray before the man who works
without thinking. To the extent that
the thinker fails to take exercise is
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12

to complete his education at the Jesuit
college at Bilbao, Spain. While he was
at home the war began, and his de-
parture was delayed. His father asked
for troops with which to support the
American flag, and the First California
volunteers We're sent to Negroes. The
chaplain of the regiment was the Rev.
Father McKinnon, who was a graduate
of Santa Clara college, Jesuit insti-
tuition at Santa Clara, Cal Through
his influence Gov. Lacson decided to
send his son to Santa Clara, instead Of
to Spain
The young man entered Santa Clara
in September, 1899. He could then
speak only a few yords of English. In
his first year he won gold medal Of
fered by Archbishop Riordan for the
best essay on the Christian religion.
The assay had to be written in English
and competition was open to the coll
lege. LacSon wrote his essay in less
than three hours after the subject was
announced. sssssSs:ss
AT the close s6f Ills second year he
graduated with the degree of Master of
Arts. He was Thea only seventeen and
was the Youngest student who has
ever receiyedat degree at Santa
Clara or any lother college. He also
won silver medals in astronomy, politi-
cal economy and chemistry.
1t is his ambition, when his educa-
ton is finished, to return to the Philip
pines and engage in newspaper work.
In that way he believes he can do the
| most in educating his countrymen and
preparing them for the independence
ne nones VIII, be granted them when
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sedentary in hts work and habits, and
allows his system to lapse in tone, just
to that extent he will become perma-
turely gray
"As a factor in grayness, however,
heredity has more to do with it than
anything else. In my own family
everybody has been in the habit of
getting either gray or bald at forty.
and, as result, am a good deal of
BOTH"
Logically and naturally gray hairs
may be expected to appear on the tenn
pies at thirty-five or forty years old.
Brown-Sequard is an authority for the
statement that the first of these gray
hairs turn white in a night His OBJ
servation is based upon the white
threads that appeared in his own beard.
Looking in the mirror one morning he
discovered a single white hair that was
not there the night before. He not only
pulled it out but before going to bed
again he made a careful search for
other white hairs. Satisfied that none
was left he went to sleep again, only
to find that while he slept two other
hairs had turned white in the same
area where he had marked the first
Chicago Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12
His Family Didn't Know Him
After He Had a Clean Shave

I'm sorry, SIR" he said at last, but
you will have to get somebody to iden-
tify you"
Graham was merely amused at first,
thinking it joke, but when he sought
in vain to find some one among his
acquaintance who could recognize
him and would identify him he became
puzzled and a little worried.
After making another fruitless de-
mand for the money from the men he
knew so we'll but who did now know
him he went to his bank, the Hartford
National. Here he had the same ex-
perience, although the cashier is an
acquaintance of a score of years.
Having finally secured his money by
Identifying himself through an elabor-
ate recounting of facts he felt better,
and seeing that he was in for lot Of
fun, decided to face the situation as
it was and make the most of it.
Graham's other adventures during
that first day were many and surpris-
ing. He kept speaking to friends in
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recognizable has gone fur enough. Pm
not goin' to be sent out by my own
bank to be identified again."
For that is actually one of the odd
and sometimes unpleasant things that
happened to Constable Graham in dis
guise.
Leaving the barber shop Constable
Jim went down to cash postal money
order that he had received that morn
ing.
The clerk looked at the clean shaver
man at the wicket and he saw the
name on the order.
Are you Mr.. Graham" asked the
clerk, to see what this evidently crook
ed stranger would say.
Certainly l am"
The clerk was puzzled. Certainly he
was not Mr.. Graham, and yet the
voice was familiar.
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sible. To add to the confusion pack horses
laden with all sorts Of merchandise, which
are being hurried along regardless Of foot
traffic, are here. there and everywhere
One hears a babel Of sounds. The hotel
is shanty. One seldom stays long in
Cutari, therefore the accommodations
matter little. Albania as yet attracts few
tourists, owing to the fact that less than
75 per cen Of the people who die there
meet with natural deaths. A well known
traveller in speaking Of Albania said, in
this connection:
The proper method. 1t Is said Of using
a tent in Albania is to pitch it and then
sleep under tree a hundred yards away
The. tent, and not its owner. is bullet
riddled in the morning. This is really
about what the enterprising traveller must
expect. for he, is regarded by the Alban-,
ians as IA fool who has needlessly thrust
his head into danger. American tourists
therefore, who may be tempted to visit
this picturesque country during the sum-
mer may take timely warning from the
experience of those who have investi-
gated. Valerie Delamour
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moments of forgetfulness, only to have
them stare blankly or give perfume
tory nod without recognition.
Several women acquaintances whom
he spoke to were highly incensed at
being Familiarity addressed by total
stranger, and one, a close friend of the
Graham family, said in a voice quite
loud enough to be heard by the con-
stable:
IF Constable Graham was around
that loafer wouldn't dare affront a
woman. I wish / could see him..
But Grahams icruellest blow was
when he arrived at his own home, bub-
bling over with the story of his odd
adventures, only to be barred at the
door and told that he had made a mis-
take. 1t took him five full minutes to
establish his claim as head of that
household, and at the end of that time
he was beginning to wish that the
whiskers were back on again.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12

The most completely disguised man
in Connecticut is James r.. Graham,
constable of Hartford The cleverest
Central office detective would be puz-
zled if he had the man before him and
a photograph of him taken month
ago. Even Grahams closest friends
and members of his family have failed
to recognize him since he inadvertently
put on Cor took Off his disguise.
For twenty five years Graham wore
a luxurious growth of whiskers. The
other day he began to wonder what he
would look like clean-shaven, and be-
fore he reached home that night he
had slipped into barber shop and had
the full and locally illustrious beard
removed er nliuf
Just two weeks later the constable
entered a photograph gallery for Sit
ting. He brought with him a picture
taken a few months ago.
II want you to fix up one of these
before and after pictures of me- he
said. This joke about me bein' I'M
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12
A Romeo Of the Frozen North.

The Duke of Abruzzi has brought back
with him from his Polar expedition a
number of Eskimo Stories One of these
concerns a young Eskimo who loved the
daughter of an enemy
The two huts of these persons were
close together, and one night the terrific
cold ripped great crevasse in the ice,
and the young mans house was left iso-
lated. A gorge one hundred feet deep
and twenty feet wide separated it from
the igioo, or hut. containing the girl. but
there was narrow bridge of ice left
across the crevasse, and this, the young
man found, would bear his weight.
Eskimos sleep in bags. The lover de-
cided that he would cross the ice bridge
that night and steal the maiden he loved,
bear her to the hut and then break down
the bridge, SO that he and she together
might enjoy their honeymoon unmolested,
He planned successfully. He crept in
the dead Of night into his enemys hut, he
snatched up the maiden in her sack VITA
out awakening any one, he bore her over
the ice bridge safely, and then he opened
the sack to embrace his bride But. be-
holding as contents, he gave a loud cry,
He had bagged the old man.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12
GRAY HAIR AND BRAIN WORK.
Silver Threads a Badge of the Hard
Thinker.

: Everything physical being equal, it
is established that the man who is
engaged in professional work will grow
gray sooner than will the man who
earns his bread by the literal sweat Of
his brow. Thus, by implication, the
man who has more and harder brain
work than another = worries, more
troubles, more difficult thoughts, less
vitality in proportion-this is the indi-
yiduaI and the profession that soonest
are marked by gray hairs.
'But who shall decide which is
which ?nDa asks DIR. I. N. Danforth, who
has made study of both bald and
gray heads. "The doctor and the law
yer and the minister and the business
man and the whole category of men
are willing to go on record as being
the victims Of the hardest possible oc-
equations
"Thus far, however, one may be
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12
Some acts
about Colorado

cares factsab about Colorado which few people
know:
It is the greatest gold producing state
The greatest slverpoducng
The greatest notwithstanding
The state of mountains half of which not
o nothing of lakes and than
sixty
Rocky Mountains in Colorado alone
five ines occupied by all the Alps
Among Alps there peaks than
n Colorado, fortytwoaH higher than the
famous Jungfau
There full of incorporated doing
Colorado higher
level than the great St Bernard Pass, with its monks and
and
Reduced Colorado nowin
h ne round St Paul.
Tickets andu a
YM52H66Y r. r. RUTHERFORD,
NXEauR City
and Sis.
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Stone Sinners of the Nile.

When the wheat is growing in the fields
near the banks of the Nile, Egypt, great
quantities of birds of every kind pounce
soon destroy the whole crop were it not
for the watchful stone singers" These
are men who stand all day perched on lit
the fields with sings and pebbles, shoot
ing any bird that comes within reach.
The work of stone singer is a regular
profession in Egypt. though poorly paid
one, it being thought that simply stand
ing all day is not very hard labor. 1t is
only for few weeks twice year that
the stone Singer can find employment
New York Tribune
Ella-Don't you hate to see man make
fool Of himself?
Stella-Yes. IL It's about another woman.
New York Herald
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12

Piano sa good investment he
an advance
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Three Carloads Of our Special Pianos that Offering for z
in hurry EN- n the Moars -
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4@W0 bargains
" offering
selling
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nnioyhe
GOES perfectly only costs $3.50 sold
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they have proven their ability to gov
ern themselves.
In talking of educational advantages
in the Philippines, young Lacson says:
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BY OUR OWN REPORTER.
Ivel.s & Pond Pianos .

NoeZO2, in Mahogany, at S4OO and Style No. 300
Ialiut at $3.50, being especially popular
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12

Great MANY Guitars a s9s s9g s Ssmf c @
man nanmck ashady
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-10

Square to Forty-second-st.." said he. was worked
persistently some time ago. by beggars who
went TO the basement doors an9 asked for food
For a time they fed, but presently they be-
came nuisance. and l took hand in the game
What do you think L discovered? A wagon, two
beggars and a regular system. One beggar went
to the door and got hand out The other stood
outside in the dark-the game was played at night
and held big meal sack, into which the food was
dropped. When the sack filed it was put on
the wagon When they had filed their dozen or
two dozen sacks they drove off in the wagon
traiIed them TO restaurant in Second-aye They
sold their food Italian there, and the Itahan
had contract 10 feed gang of laborers on an
aqueduct There's science for you. Both those
people did two small bits for that
The actual business methods of begging are also
somewhat surprising. Here is the account OF the
entries in the cash book of one Taylor known 10
the profession as "scratcher'-that is. writer Oh
begging letters: