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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-07
Getting II Precisely Right.

Il beg your pardon said a tall,
heavily built man. stopping in the
throng at F~orty-second street and
Broadway, and addressing a smaller,
irascible little man with side whiskers,
whose shine he had just spoiled. q
your pardon, did l step on your toes?"
If" snapped the little man, you
ask merely out of curiosity l can as.
sure you that you did step on my toes
II you only intended to express an
abstract form of apology I have but
to say mot at all"
"Humph!" said the offending per.
son to q companion, must a. been q
college professor"
He was not. He was, however. a
wellknown painter, who was far from
realizing that his retort had been
heard by two good friends.-New
York Post.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-07
N OF 200 G
Cri gin of Many Sacred Songs Told BY
an English Authority.

There are no less than 100000
Christian hymns, according to DR..
| Julian, the celebrated English au-
| thority on sacred music, and they
have been written in 200 or more lam
guages and dialects, says the Philadel-
phia Press.
Most popular among these, he says.
are: Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me-"
"Hark, the Herald Angels Sing"
Awake, My Soul, and with the Sum-"
and When l Survey the Wondrous
Cross"
Some interesting stories are con
nected with the origin Of a number OF
the famous hymns. For instance, it is
told that the English p~relate, Bishop
Bickersteth, wrote Peace, Perfect
Peace" at the deathbed of a relative,
A%rchdeacon Hill of Liverpool, and that
the latter read the verses and compli-
mented them before he passed away.
Just AS 1 AM" said DR.. Julian, was
written by an invalid, Charlotte Ell
lott, while she was lying almost help
less upon a sofa. All her relatives
had gone to an entertainment and as
she suffered alone in her home she
sighed hat she might be taken away
just as she was and the verses of the
hymn which thousands now sing
sprang into her mind.
John Byron, the author Of Chris
tians, Awake" write that beautiful
hymn as a Christmas offering for his
daughter. He inscribed upon the
manuscript, Christmas Day for
Dolly"
Rock Of Ages" it is said, was writ
ten by Augustus Toplady while he lay
sheltered from a storm under two gi-
gantic limestone rocks, but there is no
proof upen which this can be based.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-07
Lecture by Supt. Kern.

On Monday and Tuesday, Feb
ruary 10 and IL, Supt. 0. j.
Kern of Winnebago County. ILL.,.
will give two illustrated lectures
at the Industrial Institute. Mr..
Kern is an expert in his line and
is a man of national reputation.
He has done much for the rural
schools of his county and his
work there is spreading through.
out the whole country. Every
body should go to hear him. Mr..
Kern has been employed by the
Parish School Board and by the
Industrial Institute to come her
for two days. Admission free
Bulk Garden Seeds at the
AE--- Dln~ooo
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-07
Civil Court.

Judge Pugh is holding a ses-
sion of civil court this week
No suits of particular Importance
to the general public are on the
docket, but there are a number
of cases to be tried and the Ses-
sion will not end before Thurs
day or Friday of next week.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-07

The Falk Mercantile Co. are
prepared to take charge of
funerals and attend to all grave
yard work. A fine rubber tired
hearse in stock.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-07

Buy your fish, oysters and
vasss' blA;s from G.. Bunt. De
livery ~ al parts of town.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-07
Fresh from Vaudeville.

The Foolish One-What's the diff.
ference between a man who admits
that Re wants to get rich quick and
the man who says he has no such de.
sire?
The Wise Onel have never consid.
cred the matter. What is the DIFF.
ference?
oolish One-The other fellow
is . lar.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-07
For Sale.

For Sale.
Two lots in McConb addition on
Ninth e~eot. rear baseball park, With
lmpru Apply to Cornelius
Reynolds on the premises.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-07
I E AND CAKES.
To Be Sold for Benefit of Baptist
Church Building Fund.


The Ladies' Missionary and
Aid Society of the Baptist
church will have pies and cakes
and home made candies on sale
at the Lafayette Drug Store all
day next Saturday for the bene-
fit of the church building fund.
Cakes and pies will be cut or
sold whole as desired. A
LIBERAL patronage will be greatly
appreciated by the ladies.
Just received fresh spare ribs
and picked pigs feet.--John
Blunt.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-07
Useie ness.
aever chanse your mind Al

Useiea ness.
1 lever change your mind al
o you?
he use reinned Ii.
,sos 4 found = rs ago that 1 was
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-07

Bulk Garden Seeds at the
Moss Pharmacy.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-07

lime as / was the nrst-"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-03
Big Storm In Buncombe.

Asheville, Special-Reports re-
ceived here are to the effect that one
Of the %severest storms in the history
Of Buncombe county passed over the
Reem's Greek, Flat Greek and Ivy
sections Of the county Wednesday,
doing thousands of dollars worth of
damage to lands by washing and to
crops. The storm was little short of
a cloudburst. Reem's creek went IS
inches higher than it had ever been
known to go before. The abutments
Of a new steel bridge across the creek
we're washed away, while a mill near
Weaverville was damaged $40, 900.
The creek rose rapidly after the
storm had passed and as a result of
this an old couple, Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Canless, Of Bakers Mill, came near
losing their lives. Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Canless went out to view their gar
den to see what damage had been
done when the waters rose and cut
shem off from their house. They
we're marooned on a strip of land
scarcely six feet square, where they
we're forced to remain in water until
near midnight. Efforts to rescue
them were futile. Had the creek
risen much further they would prob
ably have been drowned.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-03
Young Man is Drowned.

Greensboro, Special.-Will Lyon,
the ~17-year-old son and only child Of
Mr.. and Mrs. William S. Lyon, of
this city, was drowned while swim
ming in Lake Wilfong, at Guilford
Battle Ground, Saturday afternoon.
The body was recovered after a
search of about two hours. Young
Lyon was accompanied by two boy
companions, the three riding out to
the battle ground on their bicycles
early in the afternoon. Soon after
going into the water Lyon was attack
ed by cramp, sinking before his
companions could reach him. The
dead boy was a manly young fellow,
Of spotless character and pure life,
and had the confidence and esteem Of
all who knew him. He held a posi-
ton in the Commercial National
Bank.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-03
Asheville Man Dies Suddenly.

Asheville, Special.-Asheville was
shocked 70 learn Of the death Satur-
day morning a few minutes after 8
o'clock of Mr.. w. A. Boyce, proprie-
tor of the w. A. Boyce hardware es-
Enlistment of this city and one of
the best known and most highly re-
spected citizens Of the city. Mr..
Boyce's death occurred at his home
on Haywood street after a few hours
of acute illness. While he had been
in bad health for the past several
months and recently suffering fear
fully with neuralgia, none of his
friends or acquaintance thought for
an instant that his illness was serious
and the announcement of his death
came as a distinct shock.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-03
Big Sum For a Patent.

Lexington, Special.-Mr. H.. Cam
Hoffman, who recently invented and
secured a patent on an automatic
hanging arc light and took the matter
up with the Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing Company, of
Pittsburg, has been offered by the
above company the sum of $125,0O0,
he states for the right in the United
States and Germany. The Wetslng-
house Company writes Mr.. Hoffman
that after testing the arc light for
twenty-four hours they are satisfied
it is the most perfect thing of the
kind yet invented. The light with this
arrangement only needs trimming ev-
erv three months. 1t holds sixteen
carbons and has other attachments.
Mr.. Hoffman wants not less than
5000, 900 for the patent.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-03
Davidson Gets $4,000

The general education board en-
lowed by John D. Rockefeller, gave
out for publication a resume of gifts
made to colleges and institutions, and
also announced the election to the
BOARD Of President Charles W. Elliot,
Of Harvard, and Andrew Carnegie.
The list Of gifts was announced as
follows: Davidson College, Davidson,
N. c., 100000; Hamilton College,
Clinton, N. Y, $4,000 Knox Col
.ege, Galesburg, Ill, $5o,000;; Wa
bash College, Charlottesville Ind,
$4,000; Williamsburg Institute,
Williamsburg, KY, $4,000; Univer-
sity of Rochester, Rochester, N. Y,
100000; Smith College, Northampton,
Mass, $12,500; Manchester College,
st. Paul, Mimi, $4,000; William
Jewett College, Liberty, Mo-, $685.
300; Western College for Women,
Oxford, O., $4,000; Harvard Univer-
sity, Cambridge, Mass. (for graduate
school of business) $4,000; for far
mers' cooperative demonstration
work in the Southern States, $4,000;
for special high school agents in con-
nection with State universities in the
Southern States, $4,000; Hampton
institute, Hampton, Va, $4,000 ;Tus-
zegee Institute, Alabama, $4,000;
Spellman Seminary, Atlanta, $l2,-
500; total $7S2,522.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-03
Three Interesting Opinions.

Raleigh, Specialize Supreme
Court filed three interesting opinions
Friday. That of Commissioners of
Pitt county against Mcdonald in
wolves the bonds issued for the
Eastern Training School at Green
vile, which have heretofore been
held valid. The buyer now wants
adjudication so that the county can
exceed the limit Of taxation to pay
The principal and interest. This the
court declines to do as there was no
such promise in the statute under
which the people voted the bonds.
In Holtwell against Borden, from
Wayne, it is held that bonds issued
to build a schoolhouse are not valid
unless submitted to the vote Of the
people.
In Victor against Louise Cotton
Mills, from Mecklenburg, it is held
to be ultra wires and without authori-
ty for a corporation to insure the
lives of its officers out Of the corpor-
atoms funds.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-03
4
DOLLAR CONGRESS

Washington, D. C.-The one that
ended was the most expensive session
of Congress in the history OF the
country. 1t means more than a two
bi~lIion-dollar Congress.
The first session OF the Fifty-ninth
Congress appropriated $S79,589,1S5.
The present session exceeds that enor-
NOUS sum by approximately S144,-
0OO,0
Nearly 10000 bills were introduced
at this session, beating all previous
records. In the Senate 1910 bills
were presented, and in the House
22,266.
About 200 public and 100 private
acts have become laws at this session.
The 100 private acts include about
1000 private claims. 1t is estimated
that 100000 has been saved in
printing and other expenses by col
lecting these measures into omnibus
bills.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-03
JAS. \. JONES DEAD
Was Long a Prominent Figure
in National Politics
WAS BRYANS FIRST MANAGER
g.
Former United States Senator James
K. Jones Dies at His Home in
Washington After a Brief Illness
Was Member of the Senate from
1885 to 1908 and Was Prominent
in the Councils of the Democratic
Party.

Washington, Special. - Former
United States Senator James K.
Jones, Of Arkansas, died at his resi-
dence here at $50 Monday afternoon
after an illness of a few hours, aged
SO. He was n Of the leading Dem
oerats in the Senate from 1885 to
1908 and was n Of the strongest
supporters of William J. Bryan, hav-
ing, as chairman Of the Democratic
national committee. conducted the
campaign of 1896 and 1900. Since
leaving the Senate in 1903 he has
conducted a law practice in this city
and has not actively engaged in poll
ties.
On Friday Senator Jones returned
from a visit to his daughter, Mrs.
Leonora Carrigan, in Arkansas, and
Sunday night was apparently enjoy
ing good health. Complaining slight
ly Monday morning. he remained in
bed and died that afternoon. the i'm
mediate cause of death being heart
failure.
A native of Mississippi. where he
was born in 1889, James Kimbrough
Jones received a classical education
and fought as a private soldier in the
Confederate ranks throughout the
Civil war. Becoming a resident of
Dallas county, Arkansas, he lived on
his plantation there until 1873, when
he took up the practice of law. He
was elected to the State Senate the
same year. and became president of
that body in 1877. Afterward he
was elected to the Forty-seventh and
the two succeeding Congresses, and
in 1885 succeeded to the seat Of James
D. Walker in the United States Sen
ate. where he served three terms, re-
firing in 1903.
Senator Jones was a delegate to
the national Democratic convention
in 1896 which gave Mr.. Bryan his
first nomination and as chairman of
the committee on resolutions he re-
ported the 16 to l platform. He was
made chairman Of the Democratic
IdlloIldl ColllDllll0S altNl hS WIN IA
ton and as such conducted both of
the Bryan campaigns for the presl-
dencv. In the Senate Jones came
forward rapidly as one of the lead
ers of his party and was for several
years chairman of the Democratic
national committee. He was a mem
Der Of the subcommittee on finance
which reported the Wilson-Gorman
tariff bill and was an earnest advo-
cate of tariff revision. Although
not an orator, Senator Jones was a
forceful and logical speaker and was
often in debate.
Senator Jones is survived by his
wife and three children. Mrs. Carrl-
gan of Arkansas; Miss Sue Jones and
James K. Jones, Jr., of this city. Sen
ator Jones will be buried in this city
and many of his former colleagues IN
Congress who have not yet left the
city will remain to attend the funeral.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-03
To Reduce The Cotton Crop.

Charlotte, Special.-Hundreds Of
acres of cotton in Mecklenburg, Ca
barrus, Union, Lincoln and cher ad-
Joining counties are being and have
been, cut out by the members Of the
Farmers Union in accordance with
a general plan to reduce the acreage
by this heroic system of wedding out
the plant entirely from whole fields
and planting corn, peas and other
farm products and grain in the place
of cotton.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-03

Washington. D. C.-The first ses-
sion of the Sixtieth Congress adj
journed sine die at 11.5O O'Clock p.
m. amid roaring song in the House
and with its customary solemnity in
the Senate. AS usual the House gal
leries were crowded, many with "Mer-
~ Widow" hats apparently.
President Roosevelt arrived at the
Capitol at 9.05 O'Clock to sign bills.
He came in an open carriage and was
in evening dress, with a white ros in
his lapel. He was conducted to his
room by Secretary Loeb, Sergeant-at-
Arms Ransdell and two Secret Serv-
ice men. Secretaries Root, Cortef-
YOU and Garfield and First Assistant
Postmaster-General Grandfield await
ed him to advise on bills passed.
One of the first measures signed
was the Currency bill. This was done
after the President had had a ten
minute earnest talk with Senator AL
drich.
The committees of House and Sen
ate called at 10 O'Clock to inform the
President that by joint resolution the
Congress would adjourn at 11.50 p.
m. and to ask if he had any further
business to lay before the body. Mr..
Roosevelt said no.
The Government Liability bill was
signed by the President and Vice
President before it was finally ap-
proved by the Senate in order to eX-
pedite business. The last bill signed
was the Omnibus Territorial measure
at II p. m. The President started for
the White House at 11.03. He pock-
eted a bill to compensate inventors
for inventions used by the Govern
ment. That meant that it was We
toed.
The President, in conversing with
| several members, told them that he
was very will satisfied with the &C
comDlishments of the Congressional
session.
The great flibuster against the
adoption of the Northumberland cur
rency makeshift came to an end just
before 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
The conference report was adopted,
Bourne, Brown, Hepburn and La Fol-
lette, voted with seventeen Democrats
to make the %. No Democrat went
on record for the bill.
There was a dramatic finish to the
theatrical fllibuster. Senator Stone
! left the chamber while the blind Sem
ator Gore vas speaking. He had not
returned when Gore finished, although
he had expected to be back to take up
the time-killing. Senator La Toilette,
who had been told that he might take
| eight hours rest and that the floor
would be kept, had not returned.
AS Gore finished he turned his
sightless eyes toward Stones seat, *
pecting to hear him claim recognition.
Instead, Vice-President Fairbanks or
| dered a vote. Before any Senator
could do anything the roll was being
called.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-03
Bad Storm at Newbern.

Newbern, Specialize worst
storm in several years has ragged here
all day. -Four inches of rain fell, the
wind has been blowing a gale all day
and the tide is higher than in the
past year or two. Many trees have
been blown down in the streets and
the city electric plant has been out of
service all day. Just how much dam
age has been done to the trucking in
terests cannot be learned for a day
or two. The storm was so bad that
the graduating exercises for the city
school were postponed until Monday.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-03
Boy Killed by Train.

New Bern, Special.-Willie Boy
cite, a white boy, fourteen years old,
was killed here while jumping on a
string of moving cars in the Norfolk
and Southern yards. In some way
he lost his grip and his clothes
caught, dragging him along the cross
ties until he was dead. The body fin
ally fell away from the track, and
was not mangled. His father, w. J.
Boyetre, an employ of the Norfolk
and Southern, was at work in the
railroad shops only a short distance
away from the place where the acct
dent happened.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-03
North Carolina Flags.

Raleigh, special.-Adjutant Gen.
eral 7. R. Robertson has received in
telligence from New Jersey that two
or three North Carolina battle flags
used during the civil war and in the
possession of that State will soon be
returned to North Carolina. General
Robertson would like to get in COM
m~unication with the rightful owner
of a Bible found at Fort Fisher, bear.
ing in it the name of "W. H. Hinton,
Company I, 36th North Carolina
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-03
THE UNIVERSITY CLOSING
Closing at Chapel Fill This Year
Marks the End of Successful
Years Work.

Years Work.
Chapel Hill, Specialize COM
mencement exercises of the State
University were marked by unusual
interest this year. Judge Pritchard
addressed the senior class on "The
Judiciary" There were ffty-seven
graduates, representing many Of the
most prominent families in North
Carolina and other States. President
Oscar R. Rand, of Smithfeld, who
was recently awarded the Cecil
Rhodes scholarship to Oxford Uni
versity from North Carolina and who
has been a leading spirit in his class
for years, was in charge Of the exer-
cises. Education and democracy, was
the basic theme treated in his ad-
dress. The class history was read by
J.. A. Andrews of Chapel Hill. H.
B. Gunter was class prophet, j.. W.
Hester announced the class gift, and
M. L. Wright, Of Greensboro, read
the class will. The exercises were Of
a very high order, rejecting the ex-
cellent work done by the University
the past year.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-03
The Mohmands Beaten.

The Mohmands Beaten.
London.-The outbreak among the
Mohmand tribesmen in India is col
lapsing. General Willcocks has in
ficted several sharp defeats upon
them and they are submitting uncon-
ditionally.
Five Republics Court.
Carriage, Costa Rica.-The Central
American Court of Justice held it's
opening session in this city. The day
was observed as a national holiday
throughout Costa Rica, Nicaragua.
Salvador and Honduras. This court
is an outcome of the Central Ameri-
can Peace Conference, held in Wash
ingtcn last year.
France and Germany Agree.
Berlin.-A full understanding be-
tween France and Germany relative
to Morocco was reached at a recent
conference between the French AM
bassador to Germany and the German
Foreign Minister.
Scotch Home Rule.
London.-Another of the pledges
given by Winston Spencer Churchill
in his recent electoral campaign in
Dundee has borne quick fruit, and a
MISUNDERSTANDING bill was intro
duced in the House of Commons by
Duncan Vernon Pirie, member for
North Aberdeen.
Cholera in Philippines.
Manila. - Cholera has apparently
taken a serious foothold in the prov
ince OF Pangasinan. -Four cities, in
Guiding Dagupan, are infected, and
the Bureau of Health is sending addi-
tional inspectors, planning to stamp
out the disease. The family of the
lightkeeper at Dagupan was infected,
and five of it's members died. Their
condition was discovered through
their inability to extinguish the light
in the day time.
Irrigation For Cuba.
Havana. Governor Magoon has
addressed a letter to the Advisory
Commission instructing that body to
frame an irrigation law, irrigation be-
ing one of the greatest needs of Gu.
ban agriculture. "
Want Opium Excluded From Hawaii.
Honolulu.-The Chinese United So.
ciety and the Chinese Anti-Opium
League have cabled Senator Joseph
B. Foraker, of Ohio, urging the pas
sage by Congress of the bill prohibit.
ing the importation of opium 70 the
Hawaiian Islands.
-Four Killed, Sixty Hurt.
Buenos Ayres. - A collision oc.
Cured between a train of the rural
railway of the Lacroze Company AND
a tramcar of the anne company in
the outskirts of this city. The tram
car, in which were more than 1O(
passengers, was completely destroyed
Four persons were killed and sixty
injured, several, it is feared, mortally
Battleship's Bow Pierced.
st. Petersburg.-The Russian bat
tleship Peter the Great, which ran OF
the rocks in the Gulf OF Finland, wa
relocated without assistance, althoug.
her bow was pierced
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-03
Pardons Refused.

Pardons are refused Sam Watson,
Chatham; Ed Causey, Guilford; Nick
Harper, Halifax; W. J. Archbell,
Beaufort; D. A. West, Buncombe;
Champ B. Elliot, Mcdowell; Warren
Perkins, Meclenburg; Francis Burris,
Stanlv; and C. A. Strickland, whose
county is not named. Perkins was
convicted of murder in the second
degree two years ago and sentenced
to twelve years in the penitentiary.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-06-03
On a Grave Charge.

Salisbury, spscial.-M.. F. Hatch
er, a well known Salisbury lawyer,
was served with summons in arrest
and bail proceedings in a civil action
for damages in which W. A. Marks,
of Albemarle, charges Mr.. Hatcher
with the seduction act under promise
of marriage of his daughter, Sallie
Marks. The latter is about II years
old. Mr.. Hatcher promptly gave a
Eve thousand bond and employed able
'%ounsel, who state that they will
prove their client innocent.