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The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-07-01

DR.. L. G. Broughton, prom
inent minister Of Atlanta, called
the chief of police of Albany,
Ga. drunkard and a dive-hun-
ter, and was given a licking the
next day. The pulpit, as we'll
as the press, loses its influence
when it gets out Of it's proper
channel; and DR.. Broughton
has not won anything by this
kind Of preaching.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-07-01
No Pity Shown

For years fate was after me con-
tinuously,' writes F. A. Gulledge,
Verbena, Ala. Il had terrible case
of piles, causing "a tumors. When
all failed Bucklen S Arnica Salve cur
ed me. Equally good for burns and
all aches and pains. Only csc. at I'm
derwood's Pharmacy.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-07-01
Strawberry PLAINS.
THE LARGEST STOCK IN THE
WORLD-NEARLY 100 VARIETIES.

All the choice, luscious kinds for the
garden and Fancy Market, Also Shipping
Varieties Also FRUIT TREES OF all
Kinds to growers at Wholesale Rates We
will save you half in planting an orchard.
Dewberries, Asparagus Rhubarb, Grape
Vine, etc.
Our 22O page Manual free to buyers.
enables everybody to grow them
with success and prnfit.
All plants packed to carry across the
continent fresh as when dug. Illustrated
free. Specify if you want cata
logua of shipping Varieties or fancy gar
den kinds.
CONTINENTAL PLANT co.
Kittrell, N G.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-07-01

ONE LADY'S RECOMMENDATIONS
SOLD FIFTY BOXES OF CHAMBER
LAIN STOMACH AND LIVER TAB
LETS.
I have, l believe, sold fifty boxes of
Chamberlain stomach and liver tab
lets on the recommendation of one la
dy here, who first bought a box of
them about a year ago She never
tires of telling her neighbors and
friends about the good qualities of
these tablets.-P. NJ. Shore, druggist,
Rochester, Ind. The pleasant purga
tive effect of these tablets makes them
favorite with ladies everywhere.
For sale by Underwood's Pharmacy,
and Sadelson & Flint.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-07-01

act of a hero, we must ask what
does? Mr.. Young is frequent
visitor to Southern Pines and
the next time he comes down,
he will be pointed to as the man
who risks his own Ii e that 9TH
ers may live.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-07-01

The fashion the girls have of
wearing their sleeves rolled up
looks as if they had washed the
dished before starting out, and
had forgotten to pull down their
sleeves.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-07-01
S 1.O()
SUNDAY EXCURSION
RATES TO RALEIGH.

= y MIA I EAOO hNCION
RATES TO RALEIGH.
The Seaboard will sell, COM
mencing at once, rounn trip
tickets from stations, Hamlet,
N. G, to New Hill, inclusive,
to Raleigh, N. G at 81 90, good
going and returning on date of
sale. Tickets to b. sold on Sun
day only.
For further information apply
TO ticket agents named below, or
write.
A. O. HAZARD, Southern
Pines.
Z. P SMITH, T P A., Ra-
leigh, N. g
G. H. GATTIS, G. P. q 7. A.,
Raleigh, N. G.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
AMONG GEORGIA "cRAcKERs."
When the ssunday Lady" Came
There Was a Scramble for the
Family Wash Basin.

Miss Martha Berry, describing in
Worlds Work her labors among the
poor whites in the south, recounts thus
a visit to one of their houses:
would ride my pony for miles
through zig-zag path in the resinous
woods leading up to some isolated lit
tie. cabin. The whole family would
come out and welcome me. And these
words grew quite familiar:
"Yonder comes the Sunday Lady!
Hitch yo' nag and 'light-'light, and
come in. We-uns be pow'ful proud to
see you!"
It was not always easy to "'light
and come in" because the doorway
was usually blocked with dogs, cats.
chickens and tow-headed baby, ly-
ing serenelys happy in the sunshine,
in q rude wooden box which did duty
for a cradle. My appearance among
the children was always the signal for
a rush, pell-mell,, to the dilapidated
well. This pleased me very much, as
it showed that my admonttions to
wash and be clean were literally car
ried out. There was al ways a scram-
BILE among them to get possession Of
the family tin basin. Then, after a
hasty dip, they would come forward,
one after another to give a loving
greeting to the Sunday Lady," their
little bright faces and caressing
hands shining and dripping with water.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
Going East This summsrp

Get the vacation habit: Drop your york'
and take . trip to some Of the Famous East
ern Summer Resorts 20 easily and quickly
reached BY the Nickel Plate Road: Stop
overs allowed at Niagara Falls and Lake
Chautauqua on all tickets. Three elegant
~ equipped trains made up Of modern Lay
Coaches, Dining and Sleeping Cars, running
thru from Chicago to Fl. Wayne, Cleveland,
Erie, Buffalo, New York, Boston and In
termediate points. The Dining Car eerv-
ice Of the Nickel Plate Road is up-to date,
inexpensive and as good as the best. lndi-
vidual Club Meals are served at prices rang
ing from IS cents to $l.00. Meals are also
served 20 la carte" Passengers using the
Day Coaches of the Nickel Plate Road, re-
gardless Of the class of ticket held, may be
assured of the most courteous treatment by
our Colored Porters in Uniform, who are
instructed to give every attention to the
welfare of our patrons. Tickets via the
Nickel Plate Road are from so cents to
800 lower than tickets of the same class
between the same points via other lines.
New La Sale Street, Station, Chicago. For
full information regarding tickets, rates,
routes, sleeping car reservations, etc, call
on or address j. Y. Callahan, General Agent,
No. Ill Adams ST., Chicago, III.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
GIVE THE BOYS POULTRY.
One Way Of Inducing Children to
Work Contentedly and Hap
PLY on the Old Farm.

As usual, there is loud complaint from
farmers that the children brought up on
the farm are getting uneasy and want to
try their wings elsewhere. This is not to
be wondered at when these young people
hear and read Of what is going on in the
world. The monotony of country life
seems unbearable to them, especially
when from the farm they obtain only
plenty Of hard work, the food they eat
and the clothes the wear. True, one
may say that is about all anyone gets
3ut Of life, but If we can plan some way
by which the young people can make a
start for themselves they will be much
more contented.
The Indianapolis News thinks that
poultry offers way of trying out the
feeling of the young folks at small ex-
pense. Give them a chance to raise
poultry and have the proceeds for their
own use, and in q year or two they will
have become. reconciled to country life
and be willing to make it their future or
they will have shown their utter lack of
adaptability for it. in. which case the
best thing for them and for the parent
Is to let them leave the farm and take
up the work for which they are better
fitted, but don't lose your grasp on the
young people without first giving them
q chance to do for themselves on the
farm and show what is in them.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
AGRICULTURAL BRIEFS.

Teach the young pigs to eat as soon as
possible.
New ground reasonably rich is best
for turnips.
In horses bad dispositions are gen.
orally the result of bad management and
handling.
Keep plenty Of help, 80 that the har-
vesting and storing away of the crops
may be done properly.
Clear salt and water on old sores, har-
ness and saddle gals often cure them
where nothing else will.
In nearly all cases it will be found
best to continue the cultivation of the
corn. until 1t can be considered made.
Feed the sows after narrowing upon
foods calculated to produce large flow
of rich milk. Increase as their neces-
stiles require.
All profit that comes from a dairy COW
or one being fattened is derived from the
food over and above that which is neces-
sary to sustain life.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
Has No Use for catalpas.

A recent article in Scientific Amer
lean deals with the financial side Of
growing. the catalpa, and notes 20
acre plantation II years old sold for
about enough to pay taxes on the land.
We have no faith inthe catalpa as tim
per tree, as we have seen but few Of them
that made trunks more than 10 or IL
feet long, and these were almost in
variably hollow in trees of any age or
size. Any of the oaks or ashes, walnut,
hickory, maple, Usage. orange or locust
Is more desirable in timber plantation
than the catalpa-C. d. Lyon, in Farm
ers' Voice.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08

Discovery being Inevitable. It were
better 70 be prepared for defense. he
thought, before the alarm from tho
exhaust pipe came. AS quietly as pos
sible he pushed the shelf upward on
its welI-oiled hinges. Fortunately, il
made no noise. He rose slowly on his
benumbed limbs and stood upright in
the tub. The water was getting lower
and lower and he had but a moment to
decide upon plan Of action.
He could now see the burglar, who
was engaged in devouring lemon pie,
q sort which Mrs. LOOMS made espe-
cially we'll, and Of which Mr.. LOOMS
was particularly fond, and which had
been intended for their Sunday din
ner. It was as yellow as gold, and
topped with beautiful, thick, frothy
meringue. II the blood of Mr.. Loomts
had not been so chilled, it would have
boiled at the sight Of the rough-look-
ing robber wrecking this masterpiece
Of pastry, and feeding with knife at
that.
The time for action had come. Mr..
Loomis felt around for a weapon, but
could find none. He was in despair.
The last wave of the retiring water
,f1oated the big sponge against his
ankles. He reached down and grasped
it.
AS he Strengthened up with It poised
in his hand, he was dismayed to hear
light step on the back stairs-Mrs.
Loomis was descending to see why he
had not come to bed. It was a fear
full crisis. At that very moment the
bath-tub exhaust emitted a CHASTITY,
gurgling groan, followed by sucking,
swirling shrek.
The very worst had come. and Mr..
LOOMS, steadied by realization of
the critical situation, raised the satu-
rated sponge with careful aim, and let
it fly. With q soggy swash It struck
the burglar squarely in the back Of the
neck, forcing the villanous face vio-
lently into the center of the lemon pie,
to the very bottom of the dish.
When the burglars countenance was
withdrawn it wore mask of yellow
fringed with frothy white, from which
two beardy eyes protruded with hor-
rible stare. They fell upon the open
doorway Of the back stairs, where
plump matron in snowy white just
then sat forcibly down upon the bottom
step, still clinging to q smoking lamp,
whose shattered chimney fell upon tho
floor.
Then, as they turned in the direction
from which the cold, paralyzfns missile
had come, and beheld the stark form
Of Mr.. LOOMS, their owner gave utter
ance to cry very like that just emit
ted by the bath-tub, and disappeared
through the open window. The clock
struck two.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
WEATHER SUITED PATRICK.
Plilosophic Celt for Whom .
Thorough DrenchinE Had
No Terrors.

The weather often calls on the cour-
age of the philosopher, and he is but
weak-hearted one who cannot find
some charms even in it's least winning
moods. Perhaps prolonged drought is
the most trying test of the mark
Tapley" spirit. When ones favorite
roses, strawberries and laborious lawns
are burned day after day by relentless
sun, it is hard to be patient with the
cloudless sky. Still worse is it when
the fields Of grass and wheat and corn
are threatened with total destruction.
The means Of life are as dear as life it.
self. But fortunately in our climate
the severest drought is tolerably sure
to end before hopeless damage is done.
Then follow the long days of rain, in
which both man and field may revel
in the refreshing moisture.
Hot and cold, wet and dry, fair and
foul have their own charms for one
who loves nature. One does not need
a highly imaginative spirit to do that.
A truly religious man is sure to be a
grateful one, and gratitude has the
secret of finding every day good day.
An American lady was walking along
a muddy Irish road in a drenching
rain, with some discomfort, in spite of
overshoes, rain coat and umbrella. She
MET an old man without the least pro-
lection from the downpour, the water
dripping from his hat and beard, and
evidently soaking him to the skin.
''Good morning, Patrick" she said.
"This is bad weather, isn't it?''
"Good luck to We, miss! A fine. saft
day, tank God!"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
WASTE MUST BE STOPPED.
Many Farmers Fail Because Thew Do
Not Practice Any Rational sys-
tenn Of Fertilizine.

On the average the American farmer
wastes each year more than enough to
keep his family. Enormous wastes are
going on in many ways, but the greatest
one is the waste of farm-fertility.
Preserve what fertility is already in
the soil, and put more in it. It may be
that some farmers do not know the value
Of manure, as some are giving it away
in order to get it out of the way. Others
are burning the straw-stacks instead of
using the straw for bedding, which would
increase the value of the manure. know
this from observation. Farmers waste
much of the value of manure by putting
1t in piles in the barnyard, and letting it
take the weather for months. If the
yard happens to be near creek or pond,
a great part Of the fertility finds its way
into it, and probably one-half Of it's value
Is lost.
I think that If some of our farmers
could visit among the rural population
Of Germany, and note their methods for
saving manure, most of them would take
a lesson home with them. Most of the
German farmers are successful, and
their success seems to be due to the care
full saving and applying Of fertility.
Why cannot we stop this waste by
saving and applying all the manure, by
keeping more live stock, by cultivating
our soil properly and retaining the ele-
ments of fertility, and by studying the
subject and applying the thoughts
gained? We must stop this waste If
we want our land to be kept in a high
state of fertility.-E. J. Waterstripe, in
Farm and Fireside.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08

latch, large enough to slide easily on a
large nail driven through the cross
piece into the slots of the latch as indi-
Gated by the two dots. The upright
slots should be about one and q half
inches long, and the horizontal ones
about four inches long, space above
latch about two inches, mortise In the
post about two inches longer THAI
width of latch.-J. D. Bible, in e
mist.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08

Of foundation. Exactly under edge Of
building at bottom of wide trench drive
stakes and put down rough board .(w),
rs shown in cut. Fill in behind board
with loose stones (s), putting on other
boards and adding more, stones until
they stand level with the surface of the
ground. The trench outside the barn is
now filled in with earth, packing down
solidly. Leave old boards where they
are. Flat stones (f) can now be put in
above the ground anc cemented. Some
times it is found more convenient 70
place these stones before filing in out
side trench.-A. D. Brewer, in Farm and
Home.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
rHe OLD RED scHooLHousE.

All, little old red schoolhouse ON the nil:
In freckled days, in cowiick days OF
yore,
Nv heart it used to bump and Jump and
thrill
When 1 was called to mount the plat
form floor,
A little maiden used to pose sedate,
Her seat 1t was the first one front, you
Her eyes they dazed me while ranted
About Demosthenes or Cicero.
She used to wear a pretty tucker gown,
Twas trimmed with pink about hes
dainty neck;
Her golden hair in pigtails hanging
All, me, that vision sent my heart
awreck.
But, heavens! how I used to tremble
then,
The while her eyes they bored me
through and through;
used to march hundred thousand men
In quavering before those eyes of blue.
And when my mighty effort had been
And went marching, back unto my
seat, a.,
To my dismay saw her eyes they
strayed
Down to the region Of my cluttring
feet.
There from the vantage Of my royal
throne, s'e.
I'd note how very nicely and precise
The pretty golden pigtails they had
For 1 was brave-behind my paradise.
All, me! There came day of parting
there;
The schooldays they are ended, and
the tune
OF life it bore a sombre sounding air
Long years ago one afternoon in June.
And was standing in the same old spot,
With eyes fixed on q pretty maiden
trim,
Each pulse within my being throbbing
hot
While I detained with more than
Wonted vim.
All, me! The sweetness Of the school
house bell!
My ears they hear your calling notes
again.
Anon I'm trooping at your beck and
spell
With kindred spirits down the shady
The clover flowers splitting on the air
The essence Of its sweetness and per-
fume;
And by my side q maiden wanders there
Along the fields of sunshine and of
bloom.
Fond memory recalls the winding ways.
The daisy chain, the sunny brook that
flows,
Zach throb and thrill of childish rounde-
lays,
The grapevine swing, the brier path.
the rose.
All! sweeter to my heart than all the
rest
OF lifes delightful pleasures Of the old
Was one who laid her head upon my
breast
And whispered-what? I never yet
have told.
Horace Seymour Keller. in N. Y. Sun.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
TIE YELLOW MASK. |
1 Observation-Disclosures
) BY Charles Newton Hood.
THE cleverness of Lemuel c. LOOMS
i was ingenuity raised to a very

# HE cleverness Of Lemuel G. Eoomis
i was ingenuity raised to a very
high power, and if he had any local
rival it was certainly his ingenious
helpmeet, Lucinda L. LOOMS, born
Laurence. When they were married
the groom had reached his ifty-second
year and the bride had hidden farewell
to the frivolous thirties.
AS nothing will develop a latent tai.
ent for labor-saving devices more
thoroughly or impart more intimate
knowledge of ones own peculiar traits
than living alone, the couple entered
upon their own experience unusually
well equipped in both these respects,
and their house-hunting was rendered
both easier and more difficult They
examined number of houses iii their
little village, and made the real estate
agents great deal of trouble, but
they knew so we'll what would and
what would not answer their purposes,
that they were able to give prompt
and decided decisions after one inspec-
ton.
Finally the choice narrowed down to
two houses, at about the same price.
Each was three squares from the
church which they attended and four
from the postofhce, and the interior
arrangements of both were, in the
main, satisfactory. Each, however.
had one great defect. The house on
Locust street had no, hall, the front
door opened directly into the sitting
room. while the Elm street dwelling.
with an ample hallway, had neither a
bathroom nor any space. that could be
converted into one. r., -
Which shall it be, Lucinda?"
what do you think, Lemuel?" .
81 would rather that you would say,
my DEAR ,.s
$&S.@And / should prefer that you should
decide, darling"
IS s@Well, then, without either of us de-
Gliding it, said Mr.. Loomis. diploma
ticahy, let us each write our opinion
on a piece Of paper, and exchange
them .5s -
ssAll. right" agreed Mrs. LOOMS. :.
. Mr. Loom1s unfolded his wife's opin-
bp with much curiosity and read:
IN have always said 1.would never
live IN q house which did not have. Z
front hall" IT,. . q ~. ~. j.
Mrs Loomis read 7on-her husbands
slip: ~.
4 ut has always seemed to me that II
4 were building house, Id build q
Sfrst-classs bathroom, and with what
money I had left build the best house
Igtcoulds around it, IT, .,.,.,
Both laughed heartily and rose witt
one accord to give the houses another
inspection.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
GOV. sAcHELpER's VIEWS.
He Demands National and State Aid
for Roads a. . Matter Of Jus
tice to Farmers.

New Hampshire is one Of the states
which is making rapid strides in the inn
provement of her roads. Gov. Bachel-
der, of that state-aud he is also an Off
Ger of the National Grange-isa very en-
thusiastic advocate of road improve
ment. In recent address he said:
"The development and prosperity Of
any state or nation depend in some de-
gree upon the transportation facilities
provided; and such facilities include
not only our rivers and harbors and our
great railway and steamboat COM
panies, but also the highways over which
all our products and all our people are
transported.
..The important matter now before the
friends of good roads is to arouse the
people to realization Of their respon-
sibility in securing favorable state and
national legislation on the subject. The
small pittance appropriated for the use
Of the good roads bureau Of the Depart
ment of agriculture is entirely out OF
proportion to the money appropriated
for other objects Of public nature
when their relative importance IL con-
sidered.
Another important matter is the con-
struction Of roads adapted to the needs
of travel over them. Much harm has
come , the good roads movement in
some sections of the country through the
advocacy Of more expensive roads than
the resources Of the people would war
rant and demand. Costly stone roads
are economical upon portions Of our
highways. but we must not overlook the
fact that there is a vast mileage Of roads
that could be permanently improved by
the judicious expenditure Of compare
lively small sum Of money per mile
We should give due prominence to this
fact in considering the matter from a
state or national standpoint.
"As an official of the National Grange,
I desire to say word for the farmers
of the country in regard to national aid
for road building. The farmers have
been loyal to the interests of the nation
in every emergency in the past. They
have contributed their full share in pro-
portion to their wealth to the revenues
for the support Of the government. The
ablest statesmen and most successful
business men, contributing to the devel-
opment and prosperity of the country,
point to the farms as their birthplace.
When our country has been in danger,
the farmer boys have responded nobly
to her defense. We have uncomplain-
ingly contributed our share to the enor-
nous expenditures of the national gov
eminent for river and harbor improve
ments, the construction of canals and
the erection of costly buildings in our
great cities, and we do not regret 1t.
We now ask, in the name Of justice, that
national aid be granted for the improve
ment of highways. This involves the
establishment of no new policy, but the
extension of the former one. We ask
the loyal support Of those who have been
benefited by our contribution to other
public matters to which I have referred.
I believe the farmers of the nation. rep
resenting more than third of our pop
ulation, are practically unanimous in
favor of such movement and will give
It their unqualified support"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
Europe Suspects salted Butter.

81, Europe suspects Sailed Butter.
Sailing Of butter is practice that is
very old and until recently has been
very popular. In fact our people have
come to believe that butter without sal:
Is Of little value. Yet in Europe I'M
sailed butter is being used to such an ex-
tent that salted butter is looked upon
with suspicion. It is said that salt is put
in to disguise the bad qualities. That OF
course is not SO where the sailing of but
ter is extensively practiced.-Farmers'
Review
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
No Gas.

Not long. ago an old colored woman, OF
Virginia, visited doctor and informed him
that her husband was seriously ILL., The
doctor fastened home with her, and upon
making diagnosis of the mans case in
formed the wife that he had hopeless case
Of gastritis
"Gastritis!" calculated the old woman.
Ode lawd knows don't know how he
ever got gastritis, cause don't burn .
thing but coal and lie in dis house, an but
powerful little of that. = Philadelphia
Ledger