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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-03-25
From the Baltimore Sun.


Patient delving among the files of old
copies of The Sun Almanac showed that
Easter falls upon later date this year than
it has for l 9 years. Easter of this year is
April %, and the Christian feast has not
come SO late in the season since 1886, when
it fell on April 25. This late date is the
very latest on which Easter can come, and
it will not fall again on that date until the
year 1943.
Easter has range of 35 days on which
it can fall The earliest date is March %
and the latest is April 25. In 1918 it fell
on March %, and it will not do so again
until the year 22S5, which is too far dis
tant to cause much worry among the pres
ent generation. When Faster fell ON April
25-the latest date-in 1856 it was the
first time it had been SO late since 1876.
Easter will fall on April % in 1916 and
again in the year 2000
The following shows the chronology of
Easter Day since 1896
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-03-25

Many are the stories yet told at Oxford
of Master Jowett's abrupt and formidable
wit They tell Of a dinner at Master Jow-
ett's table, when the talk ran upon the
comparative gifts of two BalGol men who
had been respectively made judge and
bishop. Prof Henry Smith, famous in
his day for his brilliancy, pronounced the
bishop to be the greater man of the two for
this reason "a judge at the most can only
say, You be hanged, whereas a bishop
can say, You be damned " ''Yes,
said Master Jowe,t, but il the judge says
You be hanged, you are hanged.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-03-25

Ambassador Choate used to tell story
at every banquet whenever his friend and
post -prandial enemy Senator Depew, was
present. 1t was of little girl who asked
her mama
What is this Chauneey Depew that
everybody is talking about p
"Ah, said her mother, with depre-
eating look, ''you are not old enough to
understand these things yet
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-03-25

The large court room was crowded with
people to hear the verdict, ninety nine years
Of penal servitude The judge asked the
prisoner whether he had anything to say,
and in trembling voice he replied =
"Your honor, l would like to say few
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-03-25

When the young mistress Of the house
entered the kitchen she carried herself with
great dignity. She had come to call the
cook TO seeount.
Mary, she said, II must insist that
you keep better hours and that you have
less company in the kitchen at night.
Last night | was kept awake by roarious
laughter Of your young woman friend. =
'Yis, mum, I know" Mary replied
cheerfully, ''but she couldn't help it. |
was ,ellin' her how ye tried to make cake
yesterday morning
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-03-25
Some Good Stories.

A broker engaged an Office boy to serve
during the illness of his regular boy.
Tommy, the new boy, proved jewel, and
when Joe, the former incumbent, returned,
the broker was loath to let Tommy go.
"Well, " said the broker finally, "you
may have the place again if you can ar
range matters with Tommy"
81 guess 1 can do that replied Joe as
he went in search of the troublesome
Tommy
When the broker returned to his office
an hour or so later he found Joe in charge.
The Office looked as if it had been struck
by cyclone. The glass in the private
Office door was smashed, chairs were over
turned and ink had been spilled on the
carpet.
"What does this mean, Joe p inquired
the astonished broker
"Tommys gone, sir, replied Joe,
smiling ~ arranged it with him all right,
all right
Hon. John Sharp Williams tells about
an unnecessary question he once asked an
old darkey down his way.
THE old fellow did me service, he
said Il wanted to reward him, so
asked
q Uncle Tom, which shall give you
"A ton of coal or bottle Of whisky?'
q Fob de Lawd, Massa John, he
replied, you all shorely knows All buhn
wood
Bishop Potter is responsible for this.
Some years years ago Bishop Brooks was
recovering from an illness and was deny
ing himself to all visitors, when Robert
Ingersoll called. The bishop received him
at once.
II appreciate this very much, said
Mr.. Ingersoll, ''but why do you see me
when you deny yourself to your friends p
1T is this way, said the bishop; 81
feel confident of seeing my friends in the
next world, but this may be my last chance
of seeing you.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-03-25
a BIT OF SENTIMENT.

O. OF caglsS tack Ia aftsr Yeas
When ue have wandered iafswny.
Pair sosuss to uscmory foHdlY DEAR.
Where we Ia yoath we're woHs 80 STRAY.
l5 Ia yosir heart saglzs bright fresuus come
~ vanished haRrs. % other days
u sptae a3d slsx sou lIsiless ham
A ssdu.ss ea YsHr spsfti hE=
ThiHk hnH j; fEscs a iia ne. nor dfrm
That iross ss.Froa -tn laninaus.
Think sui Dy life is u,ae bright drrsm-
An nus iis chor,i. arp oat uf gunr
The pFyzsnt asal its aissss srg al
Tbats isl ulr uos -siszf - tbs l-ss2.
8 unIy WRn tbs a,@isnsa's cail
TO Etry ae % r,ss si asL o.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-03-25
EASTER UNUSUALLY LATE.

Not For 19 Years Has Festival Been So
Far In Spring. How Date Is Deter
mined. 1t Has Range of 35 Days And
Will Not Come On April % Again Un-
til 1916.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-03-25

We PUT ON OUR OWN RUBBER TIRES.
n1SpeciAl attention given to Repairing.
sw-0rders filed promptly. p9-Ail work
warranted.
t0rFactory opposite Montour House, No.
IS W. Main street, Westminster. Md. feb7
Maryland Telephone.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-03-25
Original gaetrg,
A MARCH THAw.

Written for the Democratic Advocate,
BY o. C. sHIPLEY.
The news & observer., 1905-12-26
sale OF valuable City Property.

BY authority CT judgment of the
Superior Court for Wake, en-
tered at October term, 1905, in an
action entitled w. A. MCGOWAN and
wife VS.. p. w. MCGOWAN and others,
the undersigned commissioners will,
on Monday, January 1st, 1905, at IL
o'clock M. at the Court House door
Of Wake County, Raleigh, \. c., sell
to the highest bidder at public auc-
ton for cash that valuable city prop
erty, known as the MCGOWAN proper
ty, near the Academy of Music, front
ing Sc feet and 5 inches on South
Salisbury street and running back
west in rectangular shape 1876 feet.
bounded on the north by the lot of
j. A. Bragassa and wife, on the east
by said Salisbury street, on the south
by the livery stable lot Of j. R.
Holder and on the west by the lot of
c. B. Edwards and others. Sale made
Tor division and between tenants in
common. Said lot will be sub-divided
and sold by the commissioners and
then sold as a whole, the commits
sioners reporting to the court thu
highest price thus obtained.
c. M. BUSBEE,
w. N. JONES,
11-19-t. q. 8. Commissioners
The news & observer., 1905-12-26
LAND FOR SALE.

Pursuant to judgment or the Su-
perior Court of Wake County, in the
matter of Leo d. Heart, admr, d. b.
n. of Henry Pool. decd. vs. David
Pool, Richard Pool, and others. l will
sell at public auction to the highest
bidder, for cash, at the Court Houst
ioor, in Raleigh, n. c.. on
Monday, the 18th day of Dec. 1905,
1T AZ O'Clock m. the following de-
scribed land:
Situate in st. Marys township
Wake County. adjoining the lands OF
w. T.. Howle, the Hutchins lands. and
Dthers. Beginning at a rock, w. T.
Howle's line, thence south SO 3-5
poles to a saSsafras tree, in lands pur-
chased from Thomas Jenkins; thence
east &C 7-10 poles to a hickory, Hutch
ms corner; thence south 90 3-5 poles
to hickory to another corner of said
Hutchins; thence west sc 7-10 poles
to the beginning; containing about a
acres. being the Henry Pool lands
This land is sofa 10 make assets.
=. { BECKWITH,
Commissioner.
The news & observer., 1905-12-26
Business and Pleasure.

Mr. William S. West and Mr.. j. X.
Marshall returned from New York III
time TO reach their homes for Christ
mas festivities and upon their arrival
confirmed the announcement in sun
day's News and Observer of the
change in the Oak City Steam Laun-
drv. which has heretofore been owned
Dv Mr.. Marshall, but which is in the
future to be partnership of Messrs'
Marshall and West.
While in New York arrangements
were made for immediate shipment OF
the most modern machinery obtain
able for a steam laundry, and by jan
uary 1st the Oak City will be the
most thoroughly fitted laundry In the
State,
The news & observer., 1905-12-26
No HELP IN SELF
MIR. Townsend Tried it,
But in Vain.
Later He Found Powerful Agent
Which Set Him On His Feet, to The
Qualification of Family and
Eripndc

Diseased with the craving induced
by an unnatural, appetite, D. w.
Townsend sought relief and found it.
He tells his experience in the fol-
lowing letter:
cover a year ago l took the Kelley
Treatment AT Greensboro, N. G. Not
one moment have I regretted my
course. l was diseased, diseased with
liquor. Peruna, or any other old stuff
that produced that crazy feeling. / am
well of it now. ard have been for over
q year. | have no desire for it, nor
have ] had since | took the treat
ment.
II am very proud indeed that | took
the keeley Treatment at Greensboro
for it saved my life and has kept
me from a drunkaTd's grave. Ny
cate to my family and friends.
tried to cure myself at home; and my
friends tried TO cure me With various
liquor cures, but all to no effect
There IS only one cure and that is
DR.. Keeley's Cure.
With such 2 desirable and attrac-
tive place as the Keeley Institute al
Greensboro, n. c., and the kind at
tention of its officers and attendants
] shall e.-er have in my heart a tender
place Cor az connected with il.
ID. w. TOWNSEND.
'Maxton, n. c.. Oct. /, 1904"
Send names and addresses. of those
who may be benefited to the Kelley
Institute, Greensboro N c.
The news & observer., 1905-12-26

tant positions. one in the State and
the other in the general association,
are filled one by a tobacco grower
and the other by truck farmer. Now
these two positions may be very at
tractive to the present occupants for
further promotions, but this is not
what the Association was organized
for If we don't mind, these outsiders
will eventually wreck the whole bus
mess as was done by the politicians
in the Alliance organization. There
ought to be al smelling committee
appointed to enquire into every cam
didates availability. and if he is not a
bona fide producer or manufacturer
of cotton he should be turned down at
once Look at what Butler accom-
plshed for himself by running the AL
lance into politics. May there not
be other Buffers waiting for a fit op-
portunity to play the same game in
this organization? The way to do. is
not to let them in, and the way to
keep them out, is to expose their pre-
tentions.
d. p. McEACHERN.
Red Springs, N. c., Dec. %, 1905.
The news & observer., 1905-12-26

Terrible Case Cured Painlessiy WIN
Only One Treatment OF fSfa-
mid Pile Cure,
Free Package in Plain Wrapper Maiieo
to Everyone Who Writes.

| have been g terrible sufferer OF
niles for fourteen G4) years and dur
ing all this time you can have an ldea
Of how many kinds of medicine L
tried. But found no relief whatever
7 felt there must be something thal
could cure me without having 10 uil-
dergo an operation which might XIII
me.
Now. after trying but one treatment
Of your Pyramids" / am free, free 10
tell all sufferers of this dreadful dls-
ease to try this medicine-the Pyranllo
Pile Cure. 1t will cure when a.. oth-
ers fail Sincerely yours, George
Braneigh, Schellburg, Pa.
Anyone suffering from the terrible
torture, burning and itching piles VIII
get instant relief from the treatment
we send out free, at our own expense
in plain sealed package, to everyone
sending name and address.
Surgical operation for piles is sui
eide. cruel unnecessary, and rafely &
permanent success. Here you can get
q treatment that is quick, easy to apply
and inexpensive, and free from tne
publicity and humiliation you suffer bS
doctors examination.
Pyramid Pile Cure is made in the
form of "easy to use suppositories.
The coming of cure is felt the mo-
ment you begin to use it, and your SUI
fering ends.
Send your name and address at once
to Pyramid Drug Co, 1919 Pyramlo
Building, Marshall, Mich, and get. by
return mail. the treatment we VIII
send you free, in plain sealed wrapper.
After seeing for yourselg what 1T can
do, you can get a regular, full-slze
package of Pyramid Pile Cure from
any druggist at so cents each, or, on
receipt of price, we will mail you same
ourselves if he should not have it.
The news & observer., 1905-12-26
GOVERNOR WINSTON AT ROPER,
He Delights the People In An Address
On North Carolina Day.

Especial to News and Observer
Roper, NJ c., Dec. 25.-On yester-
day North Carolina day was fittingly
celebrated in our graded school mere.
The program as mapped out by the
State Superintendent was carried out
For several days an hour a day has
been devoted to a study of the subject
matter which he gave cut to the pub
lie some time ago.
Lieutenant Governor Winston was
the speaker of the occasion. It was
very appropriate to have him with
us. He introduced and championed
the bill setting apart North Carolina
day, and one of his most ardent sup
portcrs in that measure was Hon. T.
w. Biount, Of this place, then a mem
Der of the House of Representatives.
Governor Winston delivered an ex-
cellent address. After some general
observations along educational lines
taking as the basis of them that
every boy and girl in North Carolina
should be given an opportunity to
make the best of those powers given
them by the Almighty" he came to
the special features of the day.
He told to the children several sto-
ries from the lives of the Tuscorora In
dians who ware put in a reservation
in Burke county. The address was
punctured with pleasantly ana humor,
and was greatly enjoyed by the large
audience. The children were specially
delighted, because as one said, che
made his speech to US boys and girls
Mr.. Blount in presenting the speak
er was very felicitous in his remarks.
He is one of the most devoted students
of colonial history in our State. Back
of his beautiful home is a grist mill
that was grinding corn in 17Q3-the
Oldest organized water power in the
State.
Lieutenant Governor Winston was
the guest Of Mfr. and Mrs. Blount.
The new railroad Of the Standard
Oil people is in process of construc-
tion A large force is at work; blast
ing trees out of the right of way goos
on hourly. material arrives by every
train A branch of this new road viii
1,IIY bpra
The news & observer., 1905-12-26
A CHRISTMAS SENTIMENT.

To the Editor:-AS we approach the
season of our annual Christmas joys
festivities and religious observances,
there came to us all visions Of happy
homes in every city and town, hamlet
and country place in all the land. We
see the family circle gradually re-
forming around the old hearthstone
from day to day, until this evening
the light of the big Christmas fire
reveals the circle complete once more
with, perhaps. here and there a chair
left vacant by some loved one who has
gone to join happier circle in a
fuller joy around the throne of Him
who is the centre and inspiration this
glad season. And as these visions
come to me, / am persuaded that no.
where in the world are these good
Christmas feelings, impulses and OBJ
servances truer, more genuine, and
reverent than in this good old North
State of ours. 1t is here that the old
time Christmas is observed in all it's
old-fashioned simplicity and faith, fell
lowship and love. The gray-haired
old grandfather and grandmother be-
come children again. The father for
gets for season, the cares and re-
sponsibilities of his busy life. Tired
mothers rest themselves in the loving
labors of the old-fashioned Christmas
dinner The schools are deserted, and
the young people gather from here
and yonder and everywhere, until
town and city hillside and valley seem
suddenly to awake into one glad burst
of light and life and joyous laughter
The little children are wild with ex
citement and merriment and delight:
homes. streets. fields the earth are
theirs-the best gifts of the Christmas
time In short everybody has the best
feels the best, and gives the best of
everything. And yet, in the midst of
it all. we pause long enough to go
with reverend minds and thankful
hearts, with our best songs and most
earnest prayers into the presence of
Him whose birth and life are the
source and inspiration of this glad
Christmas time, and all that it SYM
bolizes and means to us.
In fact. we are old-fashioned enough
to keep up the old-time Christmas GUS
toms, feelings and beliefs. We all
young and old, believe heartily in old
Santa Claus with reindeer and sleigh,
riding over the house-tops and climb
ing down the chimneys-an all the
rest of it. May we never outgrow o.
"unlearn" any of these sacred customs
or feeIings-they mean too much to
us. in their gifts and messages of
love and good will to all mankind.
e. L. MOFFITT,
President Elon College.
Elon College, n. c., Dec. 25.
The news & observer., 1905-12-26
Wants a Farmer.

To the Editor: AS the time ap-
proaches for the election of new Off
GERS for the State Cotton Growers AS
sociation, great care should be taken
in their selection. We all remember
how f1ourishing the beginning of the
Farmers Alliance was, and how much
good it accomplished until the politi-
clans got hold of it. / remember one
County Alliance that nominated and
elected a lawyer to the Legislature
who had posed as a farmer. and who
voted for Ransom for United States
Senator instead of Alexander, who was
the Alliances candidate. No man.
unless he is a producer or manufac-
turer of cotton, should have anything
to do with its management. All cot
ton spectators. tobacco and truck
farmers. should be given outside seats
notice that two of the most impor-
The news & observer., 1905-12-26

labors of two men and an expense of
81, 1,606 to collect five dollars of rev.
enue. Our government cannot be ac-
cused of niggardliness when it pays
1921 for the collection of one dollar.
At Annapolis, Maryland, two men col
lccted five dollars. but bieng modest
they only took $1S5 to reimburse them
for collecting each dollar of the five;
at Cherrystone, Va. another five dol
lars was collected at a cost of little
more than 5000 for each one dollar.
The two men at Tappahannock, Va,
did a little better, both as TO the
amount collected and the cost of col
lection. They collected S5.62 at all
epense of $702.75 or $125.04 for each
dollar.
At Beaufort. N. c.. the government
kept Two men at an expense of $1,400;
at Little Egg IIarbor. New Jersey one
man at $303.25; at Nantucket Miss,
one man at S370.55; at Paducah. Ky,
two men at $3.50: at Patchogue n. y.
two men at S47490; at Vicksburg.
Miss. one man at $513.65 and at Ya-
quina. Oregon, two men at $1,040.75,
and there was not dollar collected at
any of the agencies The smallest
amount collected at any one port was
$3.50 at York, Maine. the government
expending $253.67 in the effort to cor
raj the S2.50
The smallest per capita receipts of
the government from all sources lin
any one year, was SO cents in 1871.
and the highest $15.73 In 1866. The
smallest Der capita expenditure was
S1.15 i'm 1S45 anG the largest $31.3i
in 1865 The largest amount received
in any one year from internal revenue
was $309,226,813 in 1866. The small
est amount received from customs
duties was in 1861, $39,582, ,125. and
the largest, $284,479,5S1 in 1908.
Young Fred Lands. of Indiana mas
apparently determined to make rep
utation for himself in the House as
a coiner of phrases. Several days ago
ne made his maiden speech. although
this is his second term In it he usei
such phrases as these: thine as q
fine contempt for everything except
crisis and in her potter's field rest the
forms of many impulses more lmpoS-
ing in their prime than this, and y
mutual affair is where men band To-
gether TO give and take, and these
companies have been mutual only in
this-the policy holders give and the
officers take"
Some of his envious colleagues are
repeating with considerable gusto
little story told on Fred, who though
is equally gifted with Representative
Charles Lands and she late Kennesaw
Mountain Landis. to say nothing OF
the brother who is postmaster at san
Juan. year or so ago Lands spoke
at the unveiling of monument TO
Abraham Lincoln. in which speech he
employed a number of beautifully
rounded periods and somewhat op-
scure phrases. among them: Abra-
affRCy Z y
of star and clod.' This sentence which
sounds like one from the Persian poet.
was loudly applauded. After the
speech. friend of Lands approached
him and repeating the phrase, said;
Fred what in the name of Heaven
does that mean?" Putting his arm
around his friends shoulder, Lands
replied: az don't know. really, but
if gets 'em every time
The news & observer., 1905-12-26
Saturday. DecemDer so. 1ac-

Saturday, December 80, ~
1t IL o'clock M, at the door ..
Court House of Wake County, in Raj
,igh, N. c., expose to sale to the high
st bidder. at public auction for cash,
tract of land lying and being in st
Iary's Township. Wake County. N. c.,
,djoining the lands of Silas Holloman
sidney Bagwell, Ezekiel Creech, Eli
Oupree, and others. being the lands
conveyed to w. a. Myatt by David
Lewis. administrator of Bathshuba
Pool, T. H. Pool, and Ethelbut Pool,
(see Book IA. Register of Deeds office
tor Wake County,, and also conveyed
70 said Myatt by II. N. Parker, admin
strGtor of H. C. Parker lBook "A,
iage $50, and by said Myatt conveyed
0 w. S. Black by deed recorded in
Book "A. at page 81, said Register OF
Deeds office for Wake County and by
way Of devise from said w. S. Black
% said w. f. Black. containing one
hundred and twenty-four (12Q acres,
more or less
Terms, Cash. "
TRUSTEES OF REX HOSPITAL,
bv r. II. BATTLE, Pres
r. r. GRAY. Sec.
November %. 1905. tbs
The news & observer., 1905-12-26
The Raleigh Banking and Trust
Company

oner
Rounds ie ps Bank
Busnes be to
that
Of
Deeds
of Trusta III dact n any
Nj who valuable
cushce
JONES' Thomas b A F.
Norng Is.C III Z.
The news & observer., 1905-12-26
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER
MORTGAGE.

Under and by virtue of the powers
contained in a deed of mortgage made
by w. #. Black and wife, recorded In
Book 173, page 532. Register of Deeds
Dffice for Wake County, and by request
If the administrator of said w. f
Black, we will on
The news & observer., 1905-12-26
MODERN LIFE INSURANCE
AT CHEAPER RATES.
THE DEMAND OF THE TIMES.

Reliable
Values payable in full at death
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-05-09

Better and better, is the motto,
evidently, of the American Boy.
Nothing ever attempted in the line
of literature for boys quite equals
this sterling, high class monthly.
Baseball is the keynote to the May
American Boy, as is limited on its
front cover. The noted baseball
player of olden times, A. G. Spalding,
contributes the first part of story
of the origin of baseball. The fiction
includes "a Boys Adventure with a
Piru Condor" a Decoration Day
story entitled ''The Ministration of a
Child" fish story, "Tow-Head and
the Old 'He-One;' the first chapter
of a story, "a Page withouta Pull, 7"
whose hero is a page in the United
States Congress; an exciting adven-
ture in the frozen North, entitled,
"How Adam Nugent Brought the
Mall" story of humor, "The con-
quest of MicEy McClosky;" and a
number of short stories.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-05-09
A Travel Luxury to N. Y.

A trip on the New York Limited
over Pennsylvania Short Lines
means the enjoyment of luxurious
travel conveniences; Dining in state
through miles of landscape beauty;
reclining at ease with the companion
ship of a good book or periodical
from train library; the society of
congenial fellow passengers; courte-
Gus attendants summoned by the
touch of a button; maid and barber;
magnificent scenery from the obser-
walton car. Sleeping car leaves Gin
cinnati daily $3.50 p. M, running
through to New York on the New
York Limited. The l p. m. train
with sleeping car daily from Louis
vile connects with the Pennsylvania
Special for delightful daylight ride
to New York and Washington. For
particulars address C. H. Hagerty
D. P. Agt., Louisville, KY. r. H
Lacey, S. P. Agt., Nashville, Tenn.