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THE HOME CIRCLE COLUMN 1Pleasant Evening Reveries A Column Dedicated to Tired Mothersas They Join tire Home Circle at Evening TideCrude Thoughtsfrom the Editorial Pen P

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Beware of the Glass

Theres Uninter in tltuglossbowttre lust

f it fugitives They who have tl mined Itlimit too often early graves Itsparkles to tilluro with Us rich rubylight there Is no antidote or cureonly its course to light It ohnnxoHmen to brutes makes women bowtheir hemlsl rills homes with nilgulch wants disputes and tnkosfrom ohlldron bread Thendash the iilass away for atthe last It blteth like a ser-pent and stliitfoth like anandMflee and escape eon ¬

tentlons and woundswithout a must

drinkpurecoldwater

day by dayand walk QmlM footstool free

Where is my boy tonight Yo

are his father and mother and i f

you desire to lay your hands oryour boy within five minutes annight you wouldnt know where-

to find him He is on the streetsomewhere or at the railrpad depotjumping on freight trains but justwhere with whom in what engaged

what plotting or executing for theshrewder ones who plot for him

you could not tell for the life of youHe has a good home and he oughtto be there at night He desires tobe somewhere else with the boysand you lack the moral courage toinsist that he shall be where heshould be You hope that he will

escape the pitfall but you know thechances are against him Why

dont you do the boy the kindness

to keep him at home ofnights I

The time will come when he

thank you for it or reproach youfor not doing ittit

In nine cases out of ten manslife will not be a success if he does

not bear burdens in his childhood

If the fondness of vanity of father ormother has kept him from Parwork if another always helped him

out at the end of his row if insteadof taking his turn at pitching off hestowdd away all the timein shortifwhat was light always fell tohim and what was heavy thou-the same work to some one else if

he has been permitted to shirk un ¬

til shirking has become a habit un ¬

less a miracle has been wrought hislife will be a failure and the blamewill be half so much his as that ofhis weak and foolish parents 0the other hand ifa boy has bee

brought up to do his part never toshirk his responsibility or to dodgehis work whether or not it madehis headache or soiled his handsuntil bearing burdens has become amatter of pride the heavy end of

the log his choice parents as theybid him goodbye may dismiss theirfear The elements of success arehis and some time and in some way

the world will recognize his capacity

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GOODIIYI MOTHERi

It is recorded that when the plagueBroke out in a little village of Italythe children of one house were takenfirst The parents watched overthem but only caught the disease

they could not cure The wholefamily died Then across the streetin the home of a poor laborer a howas absent all the weekreturningnlon Saturday to bring his scanty

i earnings the disease next begani The wife felt herself attacked in the

night by the fever When morningdawned she was worse and beforenight the plagued spot showed itselfShe remembered the terrible fate ofiher neighbors She knew she mustdie but as she looked at her dearboys she resolved not to communi-

cate death to them She thereforelocked the children in the room and

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snatched the bedclothes fearing

theywerealready impregnatedwiththe dreadful germs and with themlift the house She even denied her

f self the pleasure of a last embraceOh l think of the heroism whichen

Ijf tabled her to conquer her feelings

and leave home with all she lovedfyjto die Her oldest child saw her-

d from the window Goodbye moth

f r said he with a tender voice

strangelyHvwvv ri H MC

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hands out of the window Tinmother paused as her heart wasdrawn towards those little onesand she was on the point of rushingback She struggled hard while

the tears rolled down her checks tnAt

the sight of her helpless babes t

lengthshe turned from them Tinchildren continued to cry Good

bye mother until their voices died

away and the mother with an anguished heart entertained the houseof those who were to bury her Iti

a short time she died and with herdying breath commended her hus

bandand children to the care olikuthat Only once when for the

plague smitten race it hung in bleed

ring mercy on the cross Exhibitionsof a mothers love though not sstriking as this are by no meansrare Live where she may and howshe willUa mother is a motherstill the holiest thing alive

INTEGRITY OF WOMAN

Of all the evils prevailing amongyoung men we know of none moreblighting in its moral effects thanthe tendency to speakslightinglyof the virtue of women Nor isthere anything in which young menare so thoroughly mistaken asthe low estimate they form of theintegrity of women not of theirown mothers and sisters thank-God but of others who they for-

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are somebody elses mothersandsisters

As a rule no person who surrenders to this debasing habit issafe to be trusted with any enter ¬

prise requiring integrity andchar ¬

acter Plain words should be spok¬isd ageneralone and deep rooted If

young men are sometimes throwninto the society of the thoughtlessthey have no more right to measureother women bywhat they see oest ¬

tmate the character of honest andrespectable citizens by the develop

ments of crime in our police courtsLet men remember that

their chef happiness in life dependsupon their utter faith in women

nomisanthropin ccan n

cover or weaken this fundamentaltruth It stands like the record ofGod Himself for it is nothing less

than thisandshould put a sealupon the lips that arc wont tospeak slightingly of women

WHAT MONKY WONT Do

Money is a powerful factor riotsadays

It will buy a position in the worldbut it cant buy the breeding

necessary to the upbuilding of that

positionItbuy the good things of life

but it cant buy the appetite toenjoy them

It will buy superb clothesbut itcant negotiate for the proper knackin wearing them

It will buy a wife but it cantI

buy a womans love

Now is the the time when the

countynewspapers are receiving let ¬

ters from men they do not knowand possibly never heard ofstatingthe writer is a candidate for someoffice and any aid that the editorcan bestow will be greatly appreci ¬

ated Yes no doulit it would On

the other hand any afd these poli ¬

ticians can bestow on the editor torecompense him for space used inhis paper would be appreciated Ifpoliticians want to advertise theirbusiness why in the dickens dontthey include a check as evidence ofIgood faith for the amount of adver-ting

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they desire and send along copyproperly signed for advertisingTalk about business If there is anybusiness ina newspaper man givingaway his any more than a merchantglvirtg ttway his gqods we are un-

able

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to see where it comes in

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CORRESPONDENCE0 0 i

By our Hpcoinl None ServiceDOl 000000

SCALP

Mrs Cardie Mills is on the sic

listClarkBargo was badly hurt om

day last week by his team runningoff and throwing him out

Mayhew Mill and Miss Cordie

Jackson were quietly bound up in

wedlock last Sunday by T G Ham

monTlosG Hammons and wife at ¬

tended the wedding at Dan Jack ¬

sons Sunday and report a goodtime

Lightning struck the house of B

J Mills shocking the family andkilled fi mule that was hitched to-

t the yard fence

The carrying of mail on route 30

403 will make a change on the firstof July starting from Walker Ky

insteadof Lipps This is a greatmailafrom the train at nine oclock Dan

Bingham Jr has contracted tocarry for the next four years

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DBWITT

D Simpson came home from courtvery ill-

James Walker visited our town on

businessWill

Walker is recovering from aspell of fever

Times are looking prosperous af-

ter tilE rains

A good crowd went from here toMiddlcsboro on the 4th

Mrs John Lester and family arevisiting her parents here

Uncle Abe Leath died last Tues-

day of old age He was burricd atFlat Lick

J T Gambrel passed through De

Witt this week on his way to his

place of business at Hammons

John D Hensley was killed by fal ¬

a fenceagofNapoleon Brown and GallowayHobbs fired a shot or two at each

other Saturday night Both wound ¬

ed

Be NaturalHeaven help the man who im

ugines ho can dodge enemies bytrying to please everybody Ifsuchan individual ever succeedspass him over this wuy that wemay have one look at his mortalremains ere he vanishes awayfor surely this earth cannot behis abiding place Now we donot infer that one should be go-

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through this world trying tofind beams to knock and thumphis heal against disputing ev-

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mans opinion fighting andelbowing and crowding all who

differ from him That again is

another extreme Other peoplehave their opinions so have youDont fall into the error of sup ¬

posing they will respect youmore for turning your coat every-day to match the color oftheiir Wear your own clothesin spite of wind and weatherstorms and sunshine It costs theirresolute ten times the troubleto wind and shuflile and twistthan it does honest manly inde-

pendence to stand

Most merchants realize the value

atractive original window dis ¬

plays in connection with their sea ¬

sonable trade The store windowis at all times one of the most valu ¬

able adjuncts anti tradegetters thatthe merchant can make use of All

attractive window displays alwaysdraws the attention of the shipperand if besides being attrctive itcontains any sugges ions it is homftlto sell the goods If the merchantor any of his clerks who may havemore talent along this line will de ¬

vote a little arnest thought andtime to getting up a series attracti-ve seggestivc and orginal displayshe will find that It will lend nmterially well his jreceipits

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More HolidaysWe live too fast in America We

have not enough holidays 1101

enough resting placesnot enoughintermission in our workday worldlaidkstopped now and then to considerits aim and end

There must be an oasis in everydesert There arc smiling nookseven among the Cordilleras Halting places there are great rocks andtheir shadows even in the dreariestland He who builds up a shelterfor the stormbeaten and footwearypilgrim over the road traced by thegreat caravan is a benefactor to

ills race and his memory should becherished while holidays arc observed

Holidays time Who would cure

to know why an whence came the

custom Enough to know that care

per force must smooth Ins wrinkled

front and fun and frolic for thttime rule the hour It were folly notto enjoy the glimpses of sunshine

that come through the cloud rftsshort lived and evanescent thoughthey be They prove that there isbrightness beyondthat no cloudsare so dense but stray beams maypenetrate them

Rosy faces wreathed and joyouswelcome the festive season Withits monitions its reminders its re ¬

grets and its hopes come the hap-

py

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holiday It is well that the an ¬

cient builders set up mile posts onthe highways of time else it were adull and tiresome road They re ¬

mind us of the vangaurd the millions that have gone before thegreat army that has gone out andonwho shall say whither Listen ¬

ing we hear the tramp of the mightymultitude echoing down the cor¬

ridors of time we think of a thous-and

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holidays gone and millions of

light hearts and lovelit eyes gonetoo with them Dead holidaysdead hearts dead bones

One of our ladies invited a fewfriends in to dinner the first of thisweek The hostess insisted that oneof the guests take another plate of

pork and beans Why he said

Ive had two already but its real-

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such nicely cooked and beans Ibelieve I will take another plate

Mas won I exclaimed the littleboy at his side Mas won Sheshed bet a dollar poud make a hogof yourself if you came

Knox County Colored fairAssociation

The Knox County Fair Associa ¬

tion has been duly incorporatedandwill hold their first session at theKnox County Fair Associationsgrounds for the year 1908 withfulland complete program goodpremiums and all kinds of amuse ¬

ments in fact this company hasmade arrangements to give to oneand all TWO DAYSof fun andamusement anda general goodtime Catalog and general programwill follow later watch for itOfficers Jeff Etter Pres

J W Mullins VicePre-sJ J Croley TreasMary L Jones Secy

Directors =Jeff Etter J V Mullins

lack Croley Mary L

Jones Sterling Antler ¬

son J D Gregory JasMay

STJm LING ANDKHSON

General Manageri

A BOOK O-

FMYSTERYIS

The VeilIY-

Mary Harriott Norris

I2mo Cloth 309 pages sl5oOrder of Your Bookseller

or the Publisher

RICHARD G BADGERPublisher Boston

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OU MAY HEAR OR SEE STATEMENTS MADE BY MY j1

Competitors that they are selling goods at low prices but I < i

rnjsny to the trade that you have heard the wind blow lots of times Ihjj I

I want to say to you fr all time to eome time you can < ccalwaysfind goods at the Mammoth Store at as low prlresti

1 ias any of my competitors can afford to sell them and if I sell them< t

i1 to you lower I hope you wont grumble at it My motto is 1

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iQuick Sales and Short Profits 4

have been connected with the goods business for 38 yc rsl i1

I have heard it thunder often during the time Have just

IjlI a fresh carload of flour also a carload of hay which I ex ¬ j ito offer to the trade at prices I am confident will meet all

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tlon I am not in the business to be sidetrackedIF J1am noted for being ready to talk and name low prices When fjtthey come to see me on all kinds of goods I handleJ a

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AiT TrTvvvvaKs = = ===LET THERErf r 1

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F you want the light of day to shine in your home tluoughout thethe night you must have an Electric Light installed see M PMILLER and have him make you a price on installing an electric ¼ tti

light wire in your residence or business house

The most satisfactory light ever used is electric lightno heat orodor usually experienced as by users of the lamp always readynochimneys to clean no danger of fire cheaper than kerosene Try it andbe convinced

M P MILLERMANa GER

Barbourville Electric Light Plant 1

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CHILDERS2y

Is now in his new Wareroom andFready to supply his custolnersYand the public with anything on

wheelsin thislinetROLD HICKORY WAGONS

LlTxra3rs In StockCall and see me if you need a WAGON Callanyway and see this new stock 1 can saveyou money on every purchase-

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Agent for Gas and Gasoline Engines

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NEW LOCATIONNEW GOODS

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I havo removed my untiro

STOCK OF aEBOaSKIESto tho storo room recently vacated by Dr H F Hermlon opposite tine

Hotel Knox whore I havemore room and more convenient quarters forymy constantly increasing business-

BARBOURVIILE AND KNOX COUNTY PEOPLEI unto YOU all old customers and new ones too to cull on me at once

if you need groceries or meats and learn my prices beforo purchasingelsewhere

Nice Dry Salt Meatsconstantly on hand and you will find that we can make It to your advantage to give us A trial on prices and qaulity of goods you get for tile f

motley investedNICE LINE CIGARS AND TOBACCO ALWAYS AT YOUR HAND

WR PARKERWh-en

JWanting Anything PHONE NO 67 And Get Prompt Service r

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