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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-09-17

Mrs. w. w. Swan has gone with her
sister, Mrs. Nellie Hall, to her home in
Lebanon, N. H.
A show and dance will be given by
Monroe and Pecore in Wight's hall
Saturday evening, Sept. 10, with new
program given.
William Durkec and family, who came
here to attend the 50th anniversary OF his
parents, DIR. and Mrs. Durkee, started for
his home in Arcadia, Kan, last Sunday
afternoon.
1t is hoped that everybody will remem-
Der the date Of the Worlds fair, held on
the grounds OF the Union Agricultural
society, Tunbridge, Sept. 20, 80 and Oct.
1. Books, etc, can be procured of the
secretary and 1t the general stores.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-09-17
Notice.

shall be prepared to show the latest
importations OF French pattern hats and
domestic models at my millinery opening
at Wight's store, Monday, Sept 81.
John Pecore.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-09-17

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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-09-17

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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-09-17

Feel languid, ~eak, rundown Head
ache Stomach "on"f-Just plain case
OF lazy liver. Burdock Blood Bitters
tones liver and stomach, promotes diges
ton, purifies the blood.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-09-17

Mondays Nsneeieh Msrks4
The following prices were realized By
'llers 1t Randolph stores and markets
Ist Monday mot rstail):-
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-09-17

E. H. Stearns, v. NJ. D., veterinary
surgeon, Randolph. 4w
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-06-11

swiftly down the sagging hawser,
through the drenching foam that
sprang from the rocks and nearly
took their breath away, holding each
other more and more tightly, and
rocking swiftly from side to side.
At first they went very fast; hut as
the rope sagged their motion was
slower and slower; and though the
rope between them passed over the
joins in the hawsers the obstacles
checked their speed Then their feet
dragged in the foam and they moved
very, very slowly, till at last the cur
rent began dragging at their feet and
the oldest sailor ashore yelled out
sharply:
Lower EN-! Lower EN-. The cur
rentll fetch emf"
| And suddenly they splashed in the
water and the foam Few all over them;
and a sailor /waist-deep in the water
and holding to others in chain.
seized them and dragged them on to
the beach. And, without waiting to be
united, they joined the rest in hauling
at the rope for the passage of the next
| pair, who were already at the ships
side; SUIT as they pulled they kept
smiling at each other.
"Oh!" she whispered once. "And we
thought life ordinary"
Az their friends were ashore at last.
The chief officer arrived couple of
minutes before the remains of the
old ship broke up and disappeared.
Then sailor cut the couples adrift.
When he severed the only lady from
Ter companion he grinned
"The next time you're tied up" he
prophesied, it'll be a knot that can't
be cut-a parsons knot"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-06-11

never reason with the touch Of your
hand on mine I-oh. yes! l should
have taken the risk, think. II you
had asked me-"
He drew her gently to him. She
laid her face on his shoulder for a
moment, then lifted it to his.
"Oh, my dear!" she cried, the risk
was not that we should not love;
only that we should lose sight of it,
in the commonplace of life. Now, ii
we are spared, we shall know"
I'VE shall know, darling. There is
no hope, l think. May we both be
saved, or neither!"
Yes-yes-hold me very tightly
when-then! Oh! love you SOL"
He took up piece of cord that lay
upon the deck and made fastening
between the life-belts.
If my arms can no longer hold
you," he said, I'VE will still be togeth-
or. 1t shall be both, or neither.
love you very much, Marian.
He kissed her many times, and she
smiled the beautiful smile.
They chung to each other tightly.
They did not stir even when the ship
gave long SILVER and another. Then
the chief officer hurried forward. He
told them to hurry aft, and in few
moments the great vessel was rent in
two by terrific powder blast, and the
stern tloated off, held up by the water
tight compartments
The fragment of ship swept unsteadi-
ly toward the shore, rocking and roll.
ing so violently that those on it could
scarcely cling to the rails. They
were so yards from the rocks where
the sea broke, and perhaps a hun
dred and fifty from the shore, when
they managed to get line to the
beach
Those aboard secured their end
firmly to ship and then their com
rades ash, pulled it as taut as they
could-tugging so hard that the poop
of the ship moved yards nearer the
breakers. The sailors substituted a
stouter rope for the cord between the
man and the woman, tied loop in the
end of the rope and creased it to
make 1t run more easily They put it
over the hawser first, so that one
would hang at each side, and told
them to hold each other firmly. Then
two or three men held them over the
side ready to start.
Now" asked the chief officer, ARE
you ready?"
The woman smiled at him, bravely,
God bless you all" she said There
are more good people in the world
than thought Good-by"
She lifted her face to the man, and
they kissed each other.
God bless you!" he said.
60" cried the chief officer giving
them q mighty push, and they slid
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-06-11
Beer Label as Deed Stamp.

An amusing instance of the use of
trade labels is reported from an Eng
fish colony in West Africa A commits
sioner asked a dusky chief to produce
his copy of trading agreement, and
was amused to find that the honest"
trader who had secured the trading
concession from the chief had de-
tached a label from beer bottle of
wellknown firm and affixed it to the
agreement as government stamp.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-26
the arrangement

orally in the arrangement OF its
offices.
I am told that some hypercritics in
the regions round about have ques-s
toned the statement in my last COM
munication from here to the effect that
there are outcroppings Of coal in the
county and evidences Of gold in some
OF the hills. I did not pretend to make
these statements as of my own knowi-3
edge, but simply gave the opinion eS-
pressedlto me by citizens Of the county.
gave my authority, and merely said
that these people believe both coal and
gold may be found. The truth Is. the
doubling Thomases and hynercritics TO
the contrary Notwithstanding, that both
have been found in the hills of Lunen-9
burg county, and the common sense
conclusion is that they may be found
again Can they be mined in paying
quantities? Well, that Is "a gray
horse OF another color Certain 1t is
that there are men in the county who
think they can be, and 1t Is also quite
certain that nobody will ever know
what can be found until somebody
makes the search.
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i
scented them in the Legislature. He
Is now member OF the Virginia Sem
ate, and Is as we'll known about the
Capitol as any citizen OF the Common
wealth.
Cotton and Shirt Manufacturing.
The cotton manufacturing interest
of South Boston cuts a considerable
t1gure.
The stebbins, Lawson & Spragins
Company, after their business was de-
stroyed by fire on March 2Sth, 1917,
discontinued the general dry goods
jobbing business. combining themselves
to the converting of cotton goods of
which they make some specialities sold
under their own copyrighted tickets,
and the manufacture of negligee shirts.
In order to do this business most ex-
peditiously, they have erected a large
warehouse on Main Street near the pas
'senger station of the Southern Railway
This building is OF modern slow burn
Ing construction and Is equipped with
electric elevators, steam heat, etc. In
their cotton goods department, which
for convenience they operate under
Company, they are demonstrating what
can be done in finishing the finer
grades of cotton cloths manufactured
by Southern mills.
This is a new branch OF business in
the South, of which they are the pio-
neers. One fabric on which they have
made a great success is linonette for
ladies' and chtldrens' wear. which they
get out in white. plain colors and fig
ures. 1t is extensively advertised and
has large sale over the entire coun-
try. They make many other brands OF
fancy cotton goods which are deser-
vedly popular and can be found on the
counters of the largest department. and
retail dry goods stores.
They are also manufacturers OF negii-
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gee shirts under the name of THE Bos-
tom shirt, which retails for so cents
and undoubtedly is the best shirt for
the money on the market. The ma ter
iaI used Is very superior, they are full
cut and for style and workmanship
have no superior. The best haberdash-
ers handle them.
It Is a good day for the South when
1t turns its attention to varied manu-
featuring, thus giving employment to-
all classes of labor and Keeping at
home money which has heretofore been
sent elsewhere to build up and enrich
other sections of the country.
The Century Cotton Mills. establish
ed here about twelve years ago by
is. T. Wilson and c. A. Lukins, are"
now leased for5a term of years to the
Paramount Knitting Mills, OF Chs
cago. This company runs a number Of.
tirst-class knitting mills in the West,
and they have leased the cotton mills
here in which to make knitting yarns
for consumption in their own Knitting
factories.
Great Buggy and Wagon Makers.
The manufacturing concern which
has brought vast deal OF outside.
money to the town and has probably
carried the business reputation OF the
away from home than any other
one establishment Is the Barbour
Buggy Company. This company will,
| Its wagon manufacturing branch ana
ing three large establishments, and
Its acres of lumber yards, is one
of the largest concerns, If not
the largest Of its kind, in the South.
The Barbour Buggy Company has been
manufacturing buggies for many
years, and a few years ago absorbed
the Virginia Wagon Company, OF this
1Yl VJl,j oh a re-
manufacture OF farm wagons. The
combined establishment now known
| by the one name OF the Barbour Bug
Icy Company has three very large es-
Establishments which, With the lumber
yards drying ki1ns and railway side
trackage, covelN eight acres OF land.
| The plant is supplied with the latest
machinery from cellar to garnet, and
With $50 to 500 hands regularly en-
ployed thcy can turn out 10000 vehi-
Giles per year. l, fs
! These buggies, Surveys, wagons and
drays are SOLD throughout the South
Atlantic States from Virginia to Flori-
da, and rs far to the Southwest as
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas
and in others, altogether, fourteen
states.
The buggy making department has
recently added a new lineto its output.
| 1t is now making something ola spec
! ialty[of the manufacture OF sewing
| machine wagons Of IA superior and
mcst durable quality They are sell
ling these wagons all the way from N aw
/ England to Florida and Texas, and not
4 withstanding the dull times they find
L difficult to keepsup with orders. The
timber consumed in these factories
comes from the forests OF Virginia and
North Carolina, a 81 b 81
The officers OF the Barbour BUGGY
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OF the size OF this one in the country
The First National Bank is next in
age. It's Spaid up capital stock Is $o6.-
0oo and 1t has assets amounting to
100000, including United States bonds
to the amount OF $4,000 to insure cir
culation. The deposits amount to about
$4,000 and loans and discounts to
$4,000. Although young In years
this bank has accumulated surplus OF
nearly $4,000. The officers are r. n.
Ednondson. president: w. d. Hill, vice
president and ]. .. Tucker, cashier.
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LATE CAPTAIN e. B. JEFFREss,
Father of South Boston.

iand very many seasons OF dull business.
conservative in times Of prosperity and
liberal In times of depression, this bank
has at all times and under all condi-
,tions enjoyed the merited confidence
Of the public, and Is now doing a most
satisfactory business, and. indeed, the
largest 1t has ever done. 1t carries
surplus OF $4,000, and its total as
sets amount to 100000. The deposits
to-day are about 100000. and its loans
and discounts and bonds amount to
'ss15.oo0. The bank lives In its own
handsome building. valued at $4,000.
The officers are Henry Easley, presi-
dent; w. I. Jordan, vice-president. and
/ r. E.. Jordan. cashier. The board Of
directors is made up OF the pick among
the solid and careful business men Of
this section.
The Bank of South Boston.
The next Oldest bank in the town is
the Bank Of South Boston, of which
Joseph Stebbins Sr., is the president,
j. j. Lawson is cashier. and H. J. Wat
kins is assistant cashier. This bank
was organized in 1887, with paid-up
capital of $4,000 Its surplus and un-
divided profits amount to s5O,50O. and
it holds flrst-class stocks and bonds
amounting to $4,000. while its bank
ing mouse, real estate ana nStures are
valued at $4,000. The total assets to-
day foot up ss50,Ooo, the deposits
iabout $25o,oO0. and loans and discounts
to about $4,000. A more conserva-
tive and strictly business set OF men
than Its officers and directors do not
| live in Virginia or anywhere else. The
/ Bank Of South Boston was a victim OF
last years big fire, and lost its splen-
.idid building, but 1t has rebuilt more
beautifully and more substantially. The
finishing touches have Just been put on
the building. and the new fixtures and
flreproof vaults and safes Installed
5Therei is not a handsomer or better
equipped banking house in any town
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Good Luck. ana carelcssncss.

That these old records are still In
existence is due to good luck and not
to the foresight or carefulness OF the
people of Lunenbug county, They are
on hand simply because the county
has never had a fire or a tornado to
destroy It's court-house, and has al
ways had honest officials The hooks
containing this ancient information.
are kept on ordinary shelves, In the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-26

clerks office. with no protection what
ever from IRE or thieves, who might
get good money for them; or from
rats and moths, or from dust and
weather conditions. The Board OF SUI
pervisors of the county owe 1t to
the State, and to the country and to.
coming generations, to provide fire
and burglar-proof vault for the pres
ervation Of these ancient and valuable
documents.
If they are too stingy,. the county
is not too poor. to do that, then the
old books and records ought to be sent
to Richmond or somewhere else where
they may find safety in a vault.
Where Randolph Last Spoke.
Some of the ablest Of the old-time
statesmen Of Virginia have addressed
the sovereigns from the steps of the
old courthouse and within its walls.
j ohm Randolph often spoke there, and
one among the last speeches he made
on the hastings was In this court
house, and that was when 1t was a
brand-new house, and was an un-
usually magnificent place from which
to address the soveregns. There We're
but. few If any courthouse buildings
in the State, In 1880 say. that equaled
in splendor and magniticence the new
Lunenburg courthouse. There are a
good many now that surpass 1t in
size and beauty of architecture, but,
there Is not one In this State or any
other State that is more substantially
built or better suited for its purpose.
1t needs a freproof5 vault. however,
and It little more up-to-dateness gem
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Youngest of the Banks.
The Leaf Tobacco Market.


There are six leaf tobacco ware
houses II South Boston. which sold in
the tobacco year ending September.
1907, 13.S66,917 pounds OF leaf tobacco
for s1.1S5,753.19, which was an average
of $3.50 per 100 pounds. The same
houses have sold this tobacco year up
to March 31st, 12,196,s13 pounds for
s1.34s,ss2.s2 which is an average of
s11.o5 per 100 pounds. 1t will be OBJ
served that this shows an increase In
the price paid of $3.50 per 100 over that
brought by last years crop. and 1t also
shows that South Boston is charging
its tobacco trade. The indications now
are that the total sales for the tobacco
year closing next September will ag-
gregate probably more than 100000
pounds.
This market draws leaf tobacco from
the counties of Halifax. PittsNlvania,
Charlotte. Mecklenburg. Lunenburg,
Prince Edward and Campbell, In Vir-
vile counties, in North Carolina. This
territory comprises the very heart OF
the bright tobacco belt.
These leaf tobaccos are bought here
on the warehouse floors by the Amer!-
can Tobacco Company, the Imperial To-
bacco Company. and the r. J. Reynolds
Company and c. ". Walters & Co..
Il. B. Johnson & Co., Edmondson, sons
g. Co.. and number Of other indepen-
dent dealers. The leafis shipped to all
parts of the country for domestic use
and across the waters to every part Of
the world where the seductive weed is
chewed or smoked.
The Pioneer Tobncconlat.
Ten years ago South Boston sold only
about 100000 pounds of tobacco, but
lit has hustling warehousemen and wide
awake buyers, who talk for South Bos-
ton all the time and never tire of
sounding its praises. From 1901 TO
1902, just one year, the sales grew from
g. 100000 pounds to twice Indignantly.
Major Henry A. Edmondson, who, as
the senior member of the firm Of Ed
mondsoa, Sons & Co., is still an active
tobacco buyer. and as part owner Of
tho Edmondson Warehouse is also an
active seller Of the weed, Is the pioneer
tobacconist of South Boston. He built
1.-THE first warehouse here. established
the first prizery. and at one time was
extensively engaged in manufacturing
the weed into plug.
Major .Edn,ondson enjoys the conf
ldence OF the people Of Halifax county
to aSdegree, and has frequently repre-
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The brick walls. twice as thick as
brick walls are made in these days
give the entire building an air OF soll-
dity and defy the rays OF the summers
sun, On the hottest day In August
the upper and lower rooms of this old
building are as cool as one coulu wish
There are only three rooms on the
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Writing that Defogs.

These old documents are just as
.legible and readable to-day as they
were when the fine old English pen
men placed them upon the books with
the old-time quill pen. Well, yes; they
are Just as plain and as clear as when
first written. but hardly as readable
to the present generation. The hand
writing is bold and plain enough, but
the language is little befogging, and
many of the letters are as different
from the present way OF forming them
as the old goose quill pen which made
them Is different from the typewriter.
The in every instance would be
called If read by schoolboy OF
to-day, The u is entirely missing,
a being used where the II should
be, and for a " a curious little char
acter is made which looks like moth
Ing that has appeared for the last
hundred years in any OF the books
that were printed. OF course there
are no dollar marks and no remote al
ilusions to dollars and cents.
1t was all pounds, shillings and
pence. These old records also show
that a good deal OF land was sold to
be paid for In tobacco The court
records too. show that fines imposed
BY the Judges and magistrates We're
often made payable in the seductive
weed.
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WHERE RANDOLPH
MADE mint JULEPS
Continued From First Page.)

NOoHttIUeu IT UNt T II st 7 d6 e'1 IN
do a general mercantile business
handling everything that the average
Lunenburger can possibly call for
everything from wheat thresher down
to liver pills and other patent medi-
cines. There is no drug store at
Lunenburg Courthouse. and If one may
be allowed to judge from the health
full glow on the cheeks Of the so peo-
pie residing there. a druggist is not
anaedad Jfz.1tf Fl. is
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Finest Brick on Earth.

The village stands upon a high hill.
which is composed of the reddest mud,
and the most of it, to be found within
the same compass anywhere on the
earth. do believe. And it IS mud
that sticketh closer than a brother. i
brought some OF it away with me. and
a bootblack charged me double price
to work on my shoes. 7 will own
real estate on the skirt CT
my overcoat as long as that garment
remains in existence. If the new Vir-
glnian Railway had run by the court
house. instead of four miles away, and
thus afforded this hill quick transpor-
tation facilities to the cities Of Vir-
ginia. there would have been millions
in the brick-making business there.
This is no joke, and the court house
building, now eighty-one years old,
STANDS as evidence of the 1act that the
clay from the hill makes the prettiest
and the most endurable red brick to
be found. Those In the courthouse
building look as fresh and as red to-
day as they did the day the builders
placed them in the grand old pile.
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Old-Tlnlc Masonry,

The courthouse was erected In 1926,
and but one slight change has been
made In 1t since 1t was completed. The
stairway to the upper rooms was origi-
nalIy on the inside of the building. In
order to enlarge the COURTROOM tho
stairway was few years ago placed
on the outer SIDE within the broad
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The Savings Bank.

The South Boston Savings Bank was
established in 1901. and has won an en-
Siable place in the confidence OF the
people. BY the conservative manage
ment of its officers and directors the
Savings Bank has been success from
the day when Its doors were first
opened. It's business has steadily In
creased even through hard times and
panicky seasons. and each year since
Its organization 1t has paid the stock
holders per cent. dividends and in the
meantime laid by a surplus and un-
divided profits OF $1,000. The deposits,
according to the last published report,
amount to $4,000, and loans and dis
counts to $4,000.
The banks building is valued at
$4,000. The officers are Henry Easley.
president; William I. Jordan. Vice
president. and T. F. Fry. cashier. Mr..
Fry. who is one of the youngest CASH
.ers in the town. is the Mayor of South
Boston. and 1t is probably due in a
great measure to his ability as finan-
cier that the town treasury keeps, In
such good shape, and its bonds COM
mand a premium when put on sale.
Youngest of the Banks.
The youngest OF the South Boston
financial institutions is the South Bos-
ton National BANK, tWhlch, with
paid-up capital of $4,000, opened KS
doors for business on the 18th Of No
vember, 1906. Counting its undivided
profits. this bank already has sur
plus OF $500 and its total assets
amount to s23eOoo. The deposits foot
up s145.oo0 and the loans and dis
counts amount to $4,000. The Bos-
ton National is depositary for the
United States government, the only
one in this immediate section. The Of
fcers of the bank are j. j. Lawson.
president; ge William r. Barksdale,
vice-president; c. c. Barksdale, cashier.
and T. c. Watkins, Jr., assistant
cashier.