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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-17

religious papers bestoW hearty praise.
The Cincinnati Herald and Presbyter
regards it as "a great and worthy
story" The Cumberland Presbyterian
says it is very far from the ordinary
run of novels" The Pittsburg Ga
zette holds that it is $50 vivid and
powerful that conventional adjectives
cannot do it justice" The Providence,
Rhode Island, Telegram has this
opinion: There is freshness and ori-
ginality about this tale of q hitherto
unexpected people that charms and
fascinates from beginning to end But
many other opinions are at hand. AS
mentioned before, the gifted author
is praised for his fine style and ORR
ginality. He is half Virginian and
half North Carolinian in blood, bu.
is a citizen and native of Virginia and
d prominent lawyer.
Bishop Galloway preached the fun
eral sermon on Bishop Robert Ken
non Hargrove at Nashville, Tenn.
when that pious, able, most lISefn
minister of Jehovah died on August ,.
1905. He was born in Albany on Sep
TENDER 18th, 1929. The tribute by
the able Galloway to his departed
friend was excellent in its temper,
propriety, forcefuness and apprecia-
ton. 1t reads well and is alike in
structive and sympathetic. Bishop
HargroVe was q WISE discreet, resolute
conscientious. able administrator and
preacher of strength, purity, earnest
ness and sincerity AS ne - not 50
we'll known to North Carolinians rs
several others of the Methodist Epis-
copal church. | make an extract or
so from the excellent tribute OF affcc-
ton
4 Fat M nd
local preacher, was a cousin of Bishop
McKendree, the greatest ecclesiastical
statesman known to the constitutional
history of our apostolic church. Ills
father was for fifty years Il class lead
er, as deVout as CarVosso, and the
spiritual guide of a number OF young
men who afterwards became diStin-
guished ministers Of the New Tesla
ment, and whose names are writ large
in the history of American Chiiatiani-
ty. In a home of culture and pietM
and with all the advantage of wealth,
this noble man lnG prirceiY gentle
man was trained for his distinguished
life work Bishop HargrOve
was an able preacher, clear in exposi-
ton, lucid in statement convincing in
argument, and fervent in appeal. fhe
great doctrines of the W ora OF COZ
he preached with eloquence ard pow
er.
"a thoroughly furnished scholar he
was through life a student Oh DOCKS.
He had an exquisite literary taste, and
was a master of pure and strong Eng
fish. In an eminent degree he was
man of accurate information and exact
statement. AS nearly as any one l
ever knew did he answer the German
conception of a real scholarship
hunger for facts n man or
cleaner lips and purer speech never
adorned the history of the American
pulpit. Coarseness fed from his re-
fined presence. and anything less pure
than his Lords gospel was impossible
to lips that had been cleansed by a |
live coal from off the high altar of
the heavenly temple"
Wilmington, N. C.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-17

When DR.. Edwin A. Alderman. a
native of Wilmington, n. c., was in
stalled President of the University of
Virginia on 18th April. 1905, l read
a portion of his address in a newSpa-
peri and it made me anxious to read
a complete copy of it. Some weeks
ago I received copy of the pamphlet
of 10 pages giving it in full, and all
of the elaborate installation ceremo-
MES. There were nine addresses made
during the exercises in the Public Hall,
in addition to the inaugural address
of President Alderman. At the install
lation Dinner that followed there were
six speeches made, and among them
were those of DR.. Alderman and Prof.
c.. Alfonso Smith, the very gifted Pro-
fessor in the University of North
Carolina. His speech was particular
ly happy. interesting and literary. Like
all of his productions it was redolent
of culture. taste. discriminating cri-
ticism and appropriateness. l have
space here but for one appetiZinG
sample from the choice viands he pre-.
pared for the lay. He said with in
sight:
Much has been said and written
about the need of better histories of
the South. 1t must not be overlooked,
however, that formal textbooks of
history can never carry as far as his
tory translated into literature. MARI
borough said that all the English his
tory he knew, he learned from Shakes
peare. Lowell declared Hawthorne's
House of the Seven Gables the most
valuable contribution to New England
history that has yet been made 1t
is not the painstaking investigator
alone who can contribute to history.
The finer work of giving color. coher-
ence, symmetry, vitality and dura-
bility must come from the literary
artist Enshrine history in literature
you give it both currency and per-
manency.
But as l study the conserving pow
er of literature, 1 find that there are
some things which literature does not
and Will not perpetuate. She has no
word for the selfish or sordid for the
cowardly or unmanly. Show me, if
you can, one national masterpiece of
song or story that owes it's inspiration
to an unheroic deed or to an unheroic
character. Show me, if you can, one
national masterpiece of song or story
that immortaliZes the ignoble in man
save as foil to the noble. Literature
winnows the chaff from the wheat;
she separates the dross from the gold;
she conserves only what is worth con-
serving"
Before DR.. Alderman had become
distinguished this, writer recognized
his uncommon gifts. and on the occa-
sion of a lecture In Wilmington en-
phasized the fact of his success as
lecturer, which Is really an endow-
ment that but few men possess. 1
never heard more than a half dozen
in this field who really merited high
praise or who scored a decided sue
cess. Dr. Alderman and Rev. Tom.
Dixon, both North Carolinians, are of
this number. OF the address he de-
livered at his Inauguration it will be
difficult to exceed in praise the actual
merits of the performance. DR.. AL
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-17
SELECT BOARDING HOUSE.

Mrs. Wiley NJ. Rogers calls attention
10 the fact that this large house,
WITHIN half square of the capitol, has
Deen newly painted, papered and furn-
lshed, am is open for boarders by the
oaH. week or month. Large and airy
rooms. Reasonable prices. Within
one-half square of the capitol
118 N. Wilmington ST.,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-11-10
LITTLE KANAWHA.

Senator Stephen B. Elkins, accord
ing to the Parkersburg News, says
that railroad will soon be built up
the Little Kanawha river valley. He
is quoted as follows:
1.-The Little Kanawha valley is too
rich in resources to be neglected long.
A road will be built which will open it,
giving it's production a market to the
buyers of the world. Senator Davis
and myself have told you of our rail
road project, of which this is part.
The road will be built. That is sure.
There need be no further doubt about
it,"
This proposed road will, it is said, be
a branch of the Coal & Coke Railway,
which is now being completed by ex-
Senator Henry 6. Davis, connection
being made at or near Copen, w. Va.
This will give the Davis line an outlet
to the Ohio river via the Little Kama
wha Railroad, now running from Par
kersourg to Palestine, w. Va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-11-10
Impoverished Soil

Impoverished soil, like impov-
erished blood, needs a proper
fertilizer. A chemist by analyz-
ing the soil can tell you what
fertilizer to use for different
products.
If your blood is impoverished
your doctor will tell you what
YOU need to fertilize it and give
it the rich, red corpuscles that
are lacking in it, il NAV he you
need tonic, but more likely you
need concentrated fat food,
and fat is the element lacking
IN your system.
There is no fat food that is
so easily digested and assimi-
lated as
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-11-10
Son Lost Mother.

Consumption runs in our family,
and through it [ lost my mother, !"
writes E. b. Reid, of Harmony, Me.
For the past five years, however, on
the slightest sign Olga cough or cold, l
have taken DR.. Kings New Discovery
for consumption, which has saved me
from serious lung trouble" His
mothers death was sad loss for Mr..
Reid, but be learned that lung trouble
must not be neglected, and how to
cure it. Quickest relief and cure for
coughs and colds. Price SOC and 81;
guaranteed at B. F. Hughes drug
store. Trial bottle free.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-11-10
Fable of the Fat Hen.

Once upon time there lived Hard
working Hen who prided herself upon
holding the long distance record for
Eggs, and was generally satisfied with
her station in Life. In the same Barn.
yard there dWelt another Chicken, who
was very much impressed with her own
Importance and fine appearance. Said
she to the Hard working Hen, one day:
Emily, you are growing to be a
perfect Shadow: simply Meat and
Bone You work like Archibald, the
Draft-horse, and all for what pa few
scraps twice Day. Now look at me
| enjoy Life, allow nothing to worry
me, am on the go all the Time, get just
as much as you do, and, besides, every
Rooster on the place is simply crazy
about me, Why, only yesterday Chez
Foo, the new Shanghai, had an awful
fight with Y Dung Corbett, the Bantam,
over the question of who had the right
to dig Worms for me. Now did any.
body ever fight a Duel for you? Not
much"
"You certainly do get along, and
have lovely figure" replied Emily,
who for the first time felt the pangs of
Envy and Discomfort. "Still you are
| naturally clever, and | don't think
should be much of d success in your
line"
"Oh, very well.' replied her Society
Friend, airily, you never would take
Advice. so lay on, Lady McDuff it's
nothing to me"
The Hard working Hen was about tC
apologize, when the Farmer appeared
on the scene, and broke up the Conver.
Isation He had Cleaver with him.
and, looking all the Chickens ovel
critlcaIly, let his glance rest on Emily's
lStout Friend. Il guess you II be about
Ripe enough to pick, he remarked al
he ora bbed her. Then without NOR
ado laid her on the block and separated
her thinking Apparatus from her Com
missary Department. The Hard work
ing Hen, who had witnessed the Trag
edy, took herself hurredly to her Mes
and did some very tall Thinking.
MORAL: A Setting Hen never grow
, Fat, but It's the Fat Hen that usual
gets the AK.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-11-10
fervently that God would deliver their

fervently that God would deliver their
friends from the sin of drunkenness
Since penniDg the above, it ls prob
able from the text that Richard and
the Squire (name not given) were two
| personages, as be goes on to say: 1.-The
| Squire and Richard both had families.
Some had emigrated to Adams coun
| ty. Ohio, before my grandfather; some
to Illinois. There are yet some of the
descendants family in Patrick, and one
in Lynchburg is perhaps of that fami
ly. Mary [he does not say of what
family married VIM. Wallace of Albe-
marie, near Greenwood, and left fam
lily of five sons and two daughters.
William never married. Richard mar
ried late in life Sallie Christian. and
died without issue. Samuel married
a Miss Anderson and removed to Ken
lucky. He had no children Michael
married Lavina Lobban, and left six
sons and two daughters. Of these,
Michael M. educated in the first class
of the Blind department of the Insti
tuition at Staunton, is prominent
man and an Elder In Tabor church.
Michael, his father, was an elder in
Lebanon church. William Wallace,
Sr., wife and son William, sleep near
Meechum River depot. Several other
members of the family at the old |
homestead near Greenwood. John |
Wallace married Smith, and lived at |
Avon in Nelson. He was an elder at |
Lebanon. One daughter married a |
Henderson, of Augusta church, of |
which be was an elder. One of his |
daughters married Joseph Bell, Jr.,
father of James. William, Joseph and |
David, and grandfather of D. s. Hen. |
derson, and where the latter gets the |
name. Another daughter married |
Alex. Campbell, in the vicinity of New |
Hope. They had sons, Samuel and An
drew, who removed to Greenbrier and |
Monroe. Samuel raised family. An
drew never married. Their sisters We're
Polly and Ellen. The first married
James White, ON the Long Meadows,
on the Adam Shuey farm. They emf
grated to Missouri to the county of
Galloway, in company of Daniel Hen
derson, an uncle of Samuel III. Steele.
Ellen Campbell never married. She
lived with her brother in-law White,
on the Meadows. as did her mother
before he emigrated to Missouri The
latter reached an advanced age"
The above Mr.. Editor, embraces the
history of the Pilson family from the
best information in my reach.
OLD MORTELITY.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-11-10
Danger in Delay.
KIDNEY DISEASES ARE TOO DANGER
GUS FOR STAUNTON PEOPLE
TO NEGLECT.

The great danger of kidney troubles
is that they get a firm hold before the
sufferer recognizes them. Health is
gradually undermined. Backache,
headache, nervousness, lameness, sore
ness, lumbago, urinary troubles. drop
sy. diabetes and Bright's disease fol-
low in merciless succession Don It
neglect your kidneys Cure the kid
peys with the certain and safe remedy,
Doan's Kidney Pills.
j. WithrOw, the we'll knowd clothing
merchant on the corner of Main and
Washington. SITS Lexingtan, Va,
says: For two years off and on was
troubled with backache ard a dull,
tired ache across the loins with sharp
pains in the kidneys if l stopped OF
lifted anything. l noticed Doan e
Kidney Pills advertised to cure such
complaints and l concluded if they per
| formed half what they promised they
| were just the remedy needed, so
got box. After using them few
days | noticed that the pain and aching
had lessened and by the time had fin
ished the box | was entirely free from
1t. Doan's Kidney Pills did for m'
more than l expected. can certainl!
recommend them. -
For sale by all dealers. Price SOC
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no other.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-11-10
Mans Unreas0nabIeness

is often as great as woman s. But Thos.
s. Austin, Mgr. of the Republican,
of LeavenwOrth, Ind, was not unrea-
sonable, whe he refused to allow the
doctors to operate on his wife, for fe-
male trouble. Instead" be says "we
concluded to try Electric Bitters. My
wife was then so sick she could hardly
leave her bed, and five (5) physicians
had failed to relieve her. After taking
Electric Bltters she was perfec
cured, and can now perform all her
household duties.' & lsliI1e by
B. F. Hughes druggist; price soc.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-11-10
The Cattle Situation in Virginia.

The importance of the live stock in
dustry in Virginia will be appreciated
when it is recognized that the average
value of an animal in this State is
$17O4; in Kentucky $16 ga; in Tennes
see $11 43; in Alabama $40 With the
large and increasing herds of pure bred
animals maintained on Virginia farms
there is no reason why this State
should not take and maintain the lead
i q the production of pure-bred animals
to supply the farms and ranches lying
to the south of us, where the condi-
tion of the live stock business is very
unsatisfactory. The export cattle busl-
ness is also worthy of exploitation. An
export type of calf in Virginia is worth
$500; the yearling $4,000; the two
year old 5000 and the export steer
$40 90 to $50 90. In North Corolna the
corresponding types are worth So IS,
So 80, S12 Al, and SIS GA See what an
advantage Virginia has. do We reco-
gnize this as clearly as we should. Are
We making the most of our natural
advantages for the development of our
live stock industries?
Live stock industry conserves fertili
ty. The rich lands of Tazewel, Rus
sci and other counties are we'll known.
In 1899 TaZewell spent $10.400.0 90 for
fertilizers. Pittsylvania. $1S0.S90.00,
and Norfolk, 1898 $50 co. Live stock
farming certainly does conserve ferti-
lty. and at the same time enables
wonderful economy in the matter of
labor, two very important and essen
tial points for the consideration of our
farmers. This is not hard to under |
stand for thousand pounds of pork |
removes from the land ,66 pounds of |
nitrogen. 6,54 pounds of phosphoric
acid and 1,3S pounds of potash. A |
thousand pounds of cotton seed meal
removes 81 8 pounds of nitrogen, 2S.S |
pounds of phOsphoric acid and 81 |
pounds of potash. Furthermore, there |
is profit in the production of beef
animals that is enticing to say the |
least. According to careful statistics |
obtained from many of the leading |
stockmen in the State, the profit per i
head on calves is from SIS rs to So so; on
yearlings $S 90; and on export steers
$40 90 to $3.50. These figures were
made up in the most painstaking man.
ner. They do not take into considera-
ton the manure which is one of the
most valuable adjuncts of live stock
farming.
There are many stockmen who claim
that they make fully 10 per cent. on
their investment, and even if they only
make per cent, the fact that they
;an improve their lands by laying them
down to grass and manage their farms
with minimum expenditure for labor
makes their life almost an ideal one.
While the live stock interestes of the
State have made wonderful progress in
5he last few years and while Virginia
is recognized as one of the leading pro-
luclng States in the South, there are
large areas of land which can be more
utilized in grass in the future
than in any other way.
ANDREW M. SoULE,
Dean and Director.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-11-10
Il Thank The Lord T.

cried Hannah Plant, of Little Rock
Ark, for the relief got from Buck
lens Arnica Salve. 1t cured my fear
full running sores, which nothing else
would heal, and from which l had
suffered for years. 1t is a marvel
GUS healer for cuts, burns and wounds.
G uaranteed at B. F. Hughes drug
store; 25c.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-11-10
Why Certainly.

Bishop Goodman (impressively)-
Only think, children In Africa there
are 10, 900 900 square miles of territory
without single Sunday School, whele e
little boys and girls can spend their
Sundays. Now, what should we all try
and save up our money and do !
Glass Tin ecstatic unison)-Go to
Africa, Tit bits.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-11-10
PpTNAM'S
@One-Price Music Store.

M
nents ana are more than with the results
eVoen noa .na .h
right r w " 'oi' ~" price anu tne
treated exactly alike pay as you do
nour cnllo can buy just as yourself.
lnere is no hagglng for NON
determine. = ' A'' A"e 'oi you u
We DO NOT get purchaser and take what we ~
= r ~ 'A' """' VIC 0"n ket
a occasional purchaser beat YOU
down. no matter what tie price 49,
LUIS ouer SELL
from those
ONE-PRICE plan. ' " e
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-11-10

The Boone County Railroad Co.,
lately chartered to build line from
Madison, w. Va, to Beckley. w, Va,
about 40 miles, is to meet for organi.
zation at Charleston. w. Va. on No
vember 25.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-11-10

The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot says
that the Gould Wabash system has
secured a Tidewater outlet at Norfolk
by way of the West Virginia Central,
the Eastern Maryland and the Green
brier and Iron Mountain Railroad,
built by the Davis-EIkins interests from
Durbin, w. Va, to White Sulphur, W.
Va, in connection with a road to be
built. the options for the right of way
for which have been secured, from
White Sulphur to Covington, and
thence along the line of Potts Noun.
tain to the roadway of the Tldewater
road in Montgomery county, Va, to
Norfolk, Va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-11-10

The Manufacturers; Record IS au-
thority for the statment that the Deep
water Tidewater Railroad is to be con-
structed to the Great Lakes as speedi
Iy as possible. 1t says this announce
ment is made by Major W. N. Page,
president of the Tidewater, chief en-
gineer of the DeepWater and the West
Virginia representative and visible
head of that remarkable enterprise.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-11-10
INDUSTRIAL NEWS
Items That Will interest Our
Readers.

Reported that grading on the Tide
water Railway between Norfolk and
Smoky Ordinary, 100 miles. is well ad-
vanced and tracklaying has begun.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-11-10
WABASH SHAKE-UP

According to a Pittsburg report,
there is to be general shake-up on
the Wabash, and men who ars not in
sympathy with the new management
and it's policy Will be dropped.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-11-10
A Disastrous Calamity.

1t is disastrous calamity, when you
lose your health, because indigestion
and constipation have sapped it away.
Prompt relief can be had in DR.. King S
New Life Pills. They build up your
dis estive organs, and cure headache,
dizziness, collie, constipation. etc.
uaranteed at B. F. Hughes drug
store; 25c.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-11-02
LADDONIA,

The dagoes are with us again.
Will remain until the Alton stops
operations for winter.
Mrs. E. J. Hamilton has recov-
ed from serious sickness.
Mrs. g. A. Torreyasu and Mrs.
Geo. Il. Ferris returned Friday
from Warrensburg where they
attended the State Baptist Associa-
ton.
T. j. Harrington will move to
Centralia where he expects to en-
gage 10 the tombstone business. He
and family have been visiting rel
atives here for week or ten days.
II. l.. Barker will open a ne "
meet market at once.
Miss Cecilia Kennedy who is at
tending Lexington College joined
her parents at the home of her
grandparents, DR.. S. Welch, Fri
day until Tuesday.
The mumps are with us; some
cases are bad.
T.. A. Mollett, west of town, is
completing large grauary and
stock scales building. Caspe s
one Of the best improveder has
abO ut LaddOnia. farms
j. w. Freeman is building a
large barn on NJ. l.. Travis farm,
southwest of town.
james FAIRIES will build fine
stable on his home property at
once.
F. S. Akridge has just complet-
ed a new stable at his new resi-
dence.
w. Il. Slavens is building a
large barn for Joe Atkinson IN the
neighborhood of Worcester.
E. j. Hamilton aud w. II.
True excha nged homes Monday.
John Doyle of near VandaliO
was in town Saturday. Same
promise to pay for new wagon,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-11-02
SANTA EE

The meeting at the Christian
church closed Sunday night with
two additions.
Miss Cora Stevens OF Skinner is
visiting friends near town.
Misses Sallie Story and Altye
Beemon of near Strother visited
friends aud relatives here latter
part of last week.
Miss Mary Powers of Perry is
visiting Miss Fay Bates.
Miss Salie Harris of Victor was
the guest of Miss Alma Camplin
one day last week.
Mr.. Ben Nevins of Strother and
Miss Lizzie Delaney of near town
were married by Rev. q. B. Reav-
is at the home Of the BRIDES par
ents at six thirty Wednesday even
ing. Their many friends extend
congratul ations to this worthy
young couple.
Clarence Force of Cen tralia Wis
tied frien DIS and relatives here the
first of the week.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-11-02

disappear very uusteriously. j. II.
Bolts in tue Bethel nciphbOrhOOd
lost something over 2JJ at one
haul. A lady here in town sold
off all of her Young chickens early
except six beau a large black
pullets. one night last week 4 Of
them were taken. The other two
were hiding under a rose bush the
next morning. Perhaps a load of
shot woul d be d good remedy for
this grwoing evil. Henry Smith
lost 10 bushels of fine red apples,
all picked aud piled up in his or
chard. Preparing for winter-seeY
Mrs. T. j Roberts is sojourning
in Oklahoma, visiting relatives for
a few weeks. She will stop in
Texas and visit friends there for
short time.