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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-20

effort that some citizens made to avoid
the conscriptions. HENCE many swindles
ensued, for the man with a plan to defeat
the conscriptions could get money much
more etsiy than can The man to-day
who has a sure tip on the races;
t'There was one CONSERVATION faker who
thorities restrained him. This chap would
send letters broadcast wherein he said
that he would communicate, for two dol
scrlptIon. Letters, # Enclosing So notes,
noured in on him.. and I'M reply to each
u, ar he would send a printed slip reed
ing: o,,,.,.oa -,
N3s I" Join the nearest volunteer rcgl-
snnent.' "-Boston Post.
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THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful II Is in
Preserving Health and Beauty

'. r . b
Nearly everybody knows that charcoal
4. the 81 fest and most efficient d!sinfec'
tant and purifier In nature, but few real.
L. ,,s value when taken into the human
s,,stsn, for the e-....e cleansing purpose,
Z Ghorcoal Is a remedy that the more
,,o,'tnke OF It, the better; 1t Is not q
dr,Ir at all, but simply absorbs tho gases
ana Impurities always present In the
stomach and ntestEes. and carries them
out Of the system.
.n,oklnr, drinking or after eating onions
and other odorous vegetables.
:. Charcoal enectually clears and improves
~ a. oomnlexion, 1t Whitens the teeth and
f,,rther acts as q natural and emlnently
sn fe cathartic,
1t nbsorbs the Injurious gases which
collect In the stomach and bowels; II
disinfccts the mouth ana throat from
tho nolson OF catarrh,
ar another: but probably the best char
90, and the most for the money Is IN
Stuart,s Absorbent Lozepges they are
en,nnosed of the finest powdered Willow
.,hnrconl and other harmless antseptlcs
~ tablet form, or ratker In s.le form OF
i - pleasant-tasting lozenges. the char
coal being mixed with honey,
,rhc daily use OF these lozenges viii
.oan tell In a much improved condition
~ ero tne general health. better complexion.
81 en,eoter breath and purer blood. and tho
hno,tv OF it Is that no possible harm can
u u.nI' from their continued use but on
~ contrary, great benefit
nuffalo physician, In speaking OF the
nenefts of charcoal says; u advise
etm.rt's Absorbent I4ozenges to all pa
tIants suffering from gas In the stomach
a as bowels, and It clears the complexion
a nd nurIfes the breath. mouth and
ah'u / also believe the liver is great
=, ~ benefited by tn y daily use OF them;
tibav cost but twenty-five cents a box
at drug stores and a 1 although IN, sa, N some
ses set more and better charcoal In Stu
rs Absorbent Lozenges than In any OF
she ordinary charcoal tablets,
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JAIL EMPTY # !
MANY MONTHS.
Northumberland Free Of.
Criminal Cases for, Years. s5
PASSINGOFCO UNTY COURT
Business Men Are Trying to Devils
Some Method TO Take the Place
# Of the Monthly Gathering
at Court. ..$t
4 Ell Z 543 5.5 @ 4 y IA "a Z
E(specIa,l 10 The n tch. \

Especial to The Times Dispatch.) rs
SsHTATHSVILLE, VA, Sept. 19:-The
County and Circuit Courts Of Northum- #
berland county have been exceptionally
free Of criminal cases, there having been
only one criminal case OF Importance a
during the past six or seven years The X
Jail having within Its walls but one crinl-
lnal In the last eighteen months.
Monday last was Northumberland
County Court day. and will probably be n
the last September County Court that
will ever be held in this county and as
the time draws near when these month 8S
ly courts are to be no more the business Il
men Of the county are beginning to \
think OF some expedient to be resorted 4
to for the purpose OF bringing the poo
pie together for the transaction OF bust VA
ness, outside Of the courts. "a AL 94S Il.
DEEPLY SEATED CUSTOM. g , "
g For two centuries or more it has BEEN
tho custom for the farmers and country
people Of all classes and businesses Eto 4
assemble at the court house and attend
to business; In fact; teourts day has been
merely another name fori, business day.
Farmers bring their .stockfMto be dis
posed OF and agents OF all kinds do their
best business on court day. The ques-S
ton that is now agitating the minds VI
the business men Is what can be dons
to perpetuate the monthly gatherings
1t Is thought that on every other month
the Justice OF the peace will hold his j
court thus making six circuit courts and !
six Justice courts during a year. ssiisss
Should these monthly meetings be-!
brought to an end, it would hurt bust
ness Of all kinds very seriously and
would be a source OF great inconveni-s$ ,
ence to the people. It has so long been
their custom to say. IT Will pay you On v
court day, or I will attend to that on I
court day that It will almost be an im-
possibility to get along without these
monthly gatherings.
THE SOCIAL SIDE.
Then, besides business, the social side Il
Of the question is to be thought Of The. Z
farmer leads avery lonely life. and when
a az ons his he 81 spends pe
ant day and feels more like work when ne
returns home. Often times he Is helped I
In his work by the interchange OF ideas
"A new newspaper is soon to be publish
ed ut Reedville, this county, and shall be I.
known as ''The Era. I" It will be published
and A1cAIlen, Of Eastern Shore. It is q d
six column paper, and will make Its ap-- d
penrance weekly z. /, ssi III
M. w. Rowe editor Of the ''Echo has III
recently returned from Baltimore with q h
new printing outfit, and will enlarge the X
Echo . a \, Esiia555
Misses Elise and Genevieve Smith have
returned to Washington. where they will n
resume their studies at the Georgetown II
Academy 5f3 asii II :. ~ Z, 5
tersburg, where she will attend school
o. v, Belts Is spending this week in 4
Washington {t VI Z. !, 45
timore. j 4 H ss II gS5l "
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SOUTHERN
DOES WELL
Past Year One Of the Best in.
the History Of the Road.
INCREASE IN EARNINGS E. 4 ; NJ s
Report Shows S4ee, SOB More than
Year Before Income is S886,26o
Better-Gross Earnings Last
Year Was SAP, 354O5e.

The report OF the Southern Railway for,
the fiscal year ended June 30, shows
satisfactory Increase In gross earnings
which amounted to 1926. 059, or si,G4lsll
more than those Of the previous year.
Operating expenses. on account of higher
cost Of fuel, higher wages and lnadequacy
OF rolling stock and motive power 70 Z.
handle the Increased business, Increased
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st. Peters Chair.

1t Is said that st. Peters chair. In which
the Pope sits when he Is, crowned with
the triple crown as sovereign ponttf. has
on its frame. carved In Arabic Allah II
Allah Mohammed ressul in Allah
"God Is God and Mohammed Is the pro-
nhct OF God. 80 This chair, It Is believed,
was looted by the Crusaders, who pre-
scented 1t to the then pope.
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sHUTTLEBLocK FACTORY

TO Force The Water con'panYto Take
Appraised Price fer i's Plert,
sfspecial to The Times ispatoh.) @
4 FAYETTEyILLE,N N. Gu Sept ls,-Dr.
j.. W. Mcneil, a leading physician Of
Cumberland county. will erect. near his
country homo on Rockflsh creek, 9 large
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in somewhat greater proportion. The net
.nrninrx vera sll.3e4.919. an Increase Of

in somewhat greater proportion The net
earnings were ,ll.3e4.9ls. an Increase Of
s4eo.5os. Income from other sources In.
creased also, making the total income
s12576,ls1, an increase OF $o-6.26o
After interest," rentals and other dc.
auctions from income, including q nappro:
printion Of s135, 900 for. bettermeasr not
made the year before, the balance avail
abb. for dividends was S3,7o7,477. an In
crease Of $lO6,579, Out OF this balance
one dividend Of two and ono half per-
cent, on the preferred stock was PAID N
April. and a reservation was made for.I
similar dividend to be paid IN Oct9Eef'
1908, the two amounting to 8, 900, 600 The
balance to profit and loss surplus was
s7o7 AT. on account OF dividend payments
i be ran during the year this balance shows
decrease OF 81, 1898 42o.
INCREASED EXPENSES. IN
rho increased expenses include Malnts-
nance OF equipment sl,247.I0l or - per
cent, in conducting transportation s26.l' /
C13,S or 1920 per cent and IN general
cynenses and taxes. s57, 0G5. or ZIG per
cent.
,,1,ho increase OF So Gel ,Ol3s7 In conduct-
Ing Transportation consumed ABOUT w per
cont, OF the total increase In gross earn
ings for tho year, OF this increase $1lO,-
IA, or about 90 per cent. was IN cost
Of fucl, and s1377,3l1, or about 81 per
cont was in cost OF train, station and
terminal expenses, due partially to In
creased wages and to higher cost OF ma
terals.
''The price OF coal was abnormally
high throughout tho year, and transpor-
tation in general especially OH the lines
Of heavy tonnage and larga passenger
movement, was performed at disadyan'
tage on account OF nsufllciency OF motive
mower and tho inadequncy OF track, yard
and terminal facilities at many lmpor'
tant points Notwithstanding these con-
ditlons with nm average Of 4's per cent
mnre motive power and 4 per cent, more
freight cars. tho tons hauled increased
Is. as per cent, and the ton-miles Increased
over, 10 per cent, as. compared with thu
year preceding" (,
The average receipts per ton per milt
we're 0.5o mills, an increase Of 100 per
cent a Tho average number OF toms Per
train shows n slight decrease, while the
average number Of tons In each loaded
car in creased, indicating plainly tho Incl
Of equipment OF which President Sam
'uel spencer's report complains s5
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shuttle block factory. the blocks to DO
shipped to philadelphia, and made into
shuttlcs. The surrounding forests abound
in dogwood and persimmon growth used
in the shuttle manufacture. l-sl
4 THE plant will occupy fine water pow
er, where, for quarter OF century be-
fore the Civil War, the late David Muir.
pby operated a paper mill and accumu-
lated a fortune;
Y,rhc Fayetteville municipal government
has INSTRUCTED It's Water Committee TO-
take such steps as may 1ilorce on the
acceptance OF the 900. the value placed
This board was chosen by the cityrand
com v1ioirtly. with the agreement that
the latter SELF Its waterworks plant to the
former, according to the valuation The
S79. 900 has been formally rendered and de-
clined.
aroused over public schools. and It IS
proba BILE that many school districts, WI!
vote special taxation. The first rally Of
the fall educational campaign takes place
to-day at Salem Church, in Flea I'll
township. where will be speeches, picnic
dinner, etc a pleasing evidence Of this
interest Is to be noted in the fact that
4 he people of the little country town OF
5Raeford, the Institute buildings OF which
we're burned Mountaineering, as given IN
Wed nesdays Tim s-Dtspatch. met yes
5terday, and pledged the means to put up
the buildings again at once.
bcap7w- Observation-Disclosures mfWypmfW
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Get Rich-Quick Scheme.
General Nelson "A. Miles was talking
about some Of rthe Sphases OF the Civil.
zone phase, he said, was the frantic
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-12-30

WE have a guaranteed cure for sore
head on Chickens.
F. B. Crayton, Druggist.
nOR SALE-My House and Lot, well
improved, inclosed, good water. fine or.
chsrd. haif.aere lot. Cheap for cash or
terms to auit. Also half.acre Lot. N. g,
/ Lindsey, llsa Whfnsf ss., Anderson g. O.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-12-30
Local News.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 80, 1903.
THE COTTON HrARKEr.

Good Middling-1s.
Strict Middling-13a.
Middling--13f.
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yO0io oSUS
w. G. Smith, who lives in the Leba-
non section, had narrow escape from
serious fire last Sunday night inst
after dark. He had a lot OF seed cot
ton stored In an onthouse~ in his yard
and in some way it caught fire. Itwas
soon discovered and by hard work the
flames were extinguished before much
damage was done.
Last Thursday was an ideal day in
Anderson. One OF the largest crowds
that was ever here for business pur-
poses alone was in the city, and the
merchants and their force of clerks
were busy from early morning until a
late hour at night, Everybody was in
q good humOr and seemed to have
plenty of money, which they spent
freely.
AT a SPECIAL meeting OF Camp Steph-
lteng %. Lee Saturday morning, an inyi-
tRtton WaA accepted to- ATTEND d recep-
kti0n To }ba given on Friday afternoon
Iby Mira. R.IC. Webb at her residence In
the the city: g Mrs. Webb IL president Of
the Confederacy, and the veterans
are highly appreciative Of the honor of
being entertained at her elegant home.
Rev. D. Hiott has been called
Eto tho Pickens Church. The pastor,
"a j. 3. Thomss, resigped In order to
IGhnrch. Bro. Hiott is we'll known in
fpickens aud highly esteemed. It ia
tpIobable that he will accept and make
his home In the town of Pickens and
continue to preach to the Church at
tAherty, Pisgah and the Second Church,
lEasleys Baptist Conrfer. 5
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-12-24
The Judement Of unn caine.

Before the hand of fame dropped her
laurels lightly on his brow, to speak
POLITICALLY, Hall Caine was a publishers
reader and in that capacity held in his
hands the fate of many book. That
his good judgment was not altogether
infallible is shown by the fact that he
read and, so it is said, rejected 1.-THE
Romance of Two Worlds" which soon
afterward was published and became
the success of the year.
On one occasion budding author
managed to gain access to his Office for
the purpose of submitting a book to
him.
Hall Caine took the manuscript from
the mans hands and glanced over it
for perhaps twenty minutes. Then he
gave it back, with few words of sug-
gestion and criticism.
II do not think, Mr.. Caine," said the
ambitious writer ',that you should dis
pose of my ideas in this summary fash
ion. That book cost me a years labor"
''Indeed!' said Mr.. Caine. My dear
fellow, an impartial judge would give
you at least tenn
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-12-24
Ant Bohhed hx I.izarf

While walking along the road on the
outskirts of Bordighera | noticed a
strange looking insect moving across it
IN peculiar way. On getting nearer I
saw that what had attracted my notice
was a black ant about an inch long
with brown wings dragging cricket
bigger than itself. 1t held the cricket
by the head, and as the ant moved
backward it drew the cricket toward it.
While doing so it entered the shadow
cast by my umbrella and instantly re-
leased its hold and got out of the shad-
ow; but, finding there was no danger, it
returned and seized its prey again by
the head and recommended it's back
ward movement A low wall ran along
side the road, and when the ant got
within six feet of it common brown
lizard appeared on the top Of the wall
and evidently soon caught sight of the
ant, for it ran quickly down the wall
and to within two feet of it, where it
crouched for second or two like a cat
ready to spring and then charged the
ant, apparently butting the cricket free
with its head. Before the ant could re-
gain its hold the lizard seized the crick-
ct in its mouth and darted up the wall
in the direction from which it original
ly appeared on the scene, leaving the
ant running round and round, moving
its wings in an agitated manner, vainly
searching for its lost prey.-Nature.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-12-24
Summoning Sleen.

At all times a perfect mob of ideas
and words stands at the gate leading in
to the mind trying to get in. While we
wake and are sane, says a writer in
Everybody's Magazine, there is some
thing that stands at this gate and lets
in only the sensible ideas and the
words that have relation to the subject
in hand. All the others it keeps shoot
ing away with: "Get back there! Go on
away" 1t is this inhibitive faculty
that keeps us sane. But in order to
reach the general paralysis of sleep we
have to pass through a preliminary
stage wherein we are as foolish as any
lunatic. When the sentinel at the gate
of the mind goes off duty for the night
the mob of irrational ideas and words
comes trooping in, and so when would
court sleep l deliberately open the door
of my mind to the rabble, turning
loose upon it troupe of unrelated
words and phrases. For some reason or
other I find that the vocabe "abracada-
bra" is good one to start off with.
Often word or sentence will repeat it
self with increasing rapidity-and shall
l say loudness?-until it is all tumble
which breaks up simultaneously with
the disintegration of the colored pat
tern before my closed eyes.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-12-24
PrO6les.

1t is said that the American womans
profile is the finest in the world; that it
is the most clear cut and finely modelled
of any other type. Generalities like this
are hard to prove. 1t cannot be denied
that some of the finest profiles in the
history of feminine beauty are to be
found in America, but whether the av-
erage is markedly higher in this coun-
try than anywhere else Is an open
question. But the ordeal is trying one
to any woman when it comes to faith
full delineation of her profile in shadow.
1t is finely nodded face indeed which
looks we'll in a shadow picture seen
sideways. If the nose turns up the
least bit in real life it is sure to point
skyward in a silhouette. If that organ
is even trife above the usual size it
will appear huge in shadow profile
A projecting upper lip or a projecting
under lip becomes positive deformity
in silhouette, no matter how slight
it may be in the original.-Atlanta Jour-
nal.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-12-24
OYSTERS.

AS a matter of interest there is but
one species of oyster, Ostrea virginia.,
along the eastern coast of North Amer
lea. The western coast has at least five
species, but only two of these are of
Importance, and these do not compare
with the eastern shellfish. Thus it is
apparent that Blue Point Provi-
dence river and Chesapeake bay oys-
ter are one and the same thing so far as
species is concerned. The difference is
merely in food supply and conditions in
growth.
The oyster is rich in phosphates, but
is almost entirely lacking in fat max
ing, muscle building material and those
elements which go to make up physical
force and vitality. While it is whole
some and easily assimilated, the actual
food value Of the oyster is not sufficient
to rank it with our great food fishes
the cod, paddock, mackerel, etc.-Good
Housekeeping.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-12-24
Slips of NoveIists.

Andrew Lang in Longman's recalled
cs'rtain slips of the novelists. They,
too, have their loose ends:
"A skilled person might make pleas
ant essay on what we may call the
dropped threads of novelists. Thus
Pip's vision of Miss Havisham hanging
to a beam in the deserted brewery has
always puzzled me. 1t seems to have
been meant to lead to something other
than what occurs. In Mr.. Marion
Crawford's 'Taquisara' much turns on
an entranced medium who could give
two strokes in the hole and a beating
to Mrs. Piper. We expect her successes
to be normally explained, because
stress is laid on her one eyed servant,
whose one eye (blue) marks her as the
sister of her mistress. Boslo observes
this; the poisoner, Matilda, does not
Apparently something was to hang on
that fact. If so, the thread was drop
ped. Again, why had Charles Wogan
clay on his clothes at the end of Glenn
entina?' Like the priest in the Lays
of Ancient Rome
II know, but may not tell"
Edith's horror at meeting Florence in
The darkling house of Mr.. Dombey is a
dropped thread which Dickens tried to
take up, but failed. Research would
probably discover many such in
Stances
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-12-24
Head Hunters.

Head hunters is the name given to
the professional assassins of the Solo
mon islands. The vocation of these
men is to procure the heads of those
whom they are hired to murder or to
sell the victims for sacrificial purposes.
Sometimes the enemies of man offer
large sum to be paid in the native shell
money for the head, which will be a
proof of death, and the head hunter,
with cold blooded and INSCRIPTIONS
methods, lays his plans.
Frequently great caution is neces-
sary. The intending murderer will
Worm his way into the friendship of
his victim. and long period may
elapse before the opportunity will ar
rive for the fatal stroke. 1t may thus
happen that the murdered mans death
will have been comprised by one whom
he has regarded as the closest and
most loving of intimates. Surely this is
the most hateful Of all professions fol-
lowed for the sake of gain.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-12-24
The Sensation of Hunger.

The sensation of hunger has not been
easy to explain. The new theory Of a
German physician is that it is due to
emptiness of the blood vessels of the
stomach, and it is pointed out that hun
ger is appeased with the rush of blood
to the stomach following the taking of
food and beginning of digestion. In
many anRmic persons who have no APP
petite when the stomach is empty the
blood vessels are really congested in
stead of being empty Lack of blood
in the stomach in health acts on a spe-
cial nerve, which is branch of the
same nerve trunk as the nerves of the
mouth and tongue. A stimulus applied
to the tongue, as by a spice, thus in
creases appetite. while disease affecting
the nerves of the tongue may produce
loss of appetite even when the stom-
ach is empty.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-12-24
WINNERS.

In the Press of New Zealand may be
read this startling advertisement: ga
father desires the services of trust
worthy lady to administer corporal
punishment to his three girls. State
salary, references and experience"
A year or two ago this Spartan par
ent's needs were anticipated by the
following advertisement in the London
Standard: "a clergyman's widow,
strict disciplinarian, gives lessons to
unruly boys and girls. Advice letter,
S.; home consultation, IS. 3d.; cor
poral punishment, from SIS. Cd. Visits
all parts. Terms according to distance.
Rods supplied, Is. Cd. EACH"