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03-March,,, 'Z S S t t k G i 4 ‘HERE SHALL THE PRESS. THE PEOPLEtS MGHTS MAINTAIN; UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED EY GAIN.” VOLUMN xvra. MOCKSVILLE. NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 7. 1917.NUMBER 34 m e . yo u rich- mters ipped I paper be a p’s m y Coining Tiieir Blood Into Money, Despite the'!excitement over a possible war, North Garoiina has CO right to forget the startling charges that bare been brought a- gaiost the state's penal system. We have no means of knowing just how much of .truth is comprised in them, but we onght to. find out with the least possible delay. Nothing more horrible to con­ template can wie imagine than the pursuance by - the great state of com Am i . J a n , ing the blood of h e r prisoDers in k in tended, first of ail to protect society against dangerous individuals; it should be designed, second, to save such delinquents 4b are capable of salvation, from a career of crime, and to discharge them better fitted to take up the burden Of life than they were when they entered those" gloomy doors. It is not intended at all to make money for the state, God knows it is not intended to make money by grinding up body and soul—by transforming itself into a high road into the grave for one and into hell for the other. Ithas been formally charged that this is exactly what is going on in the state’s penal institutions. The charges may posBibly be un­ founded; but they have been made. The state owes it to the prisoners, if the charges are in any measure true, and above all, to its own good name in any case, to go to very bottom of the matter. Either some of the state's servanta have been viciously slandered, or North Carolina is maintaining a hell on Alithe wars that ever were fought will not excuse us from ,find ingout the facts in the case.— Greensboro News. Despondency D ue to C onstipation. Women often become nervous and de­ spondent. When this is due to constipa­ tion it is easily corrected by taking an occasional dose of Chamberlain’s Tablets. These tablets are easy to take and pleas­ ant in effect. ybemarie, th. n c e , S . C ., *n R ailw ay o J a ck so n v ille anager IR , n . c Will Cost A L ot T o F ind O n t Approval for a, $40.0,000 approp­ riation will be asked - of President Wilson by the Federal Trade Com mission and the Department of Agriculture for the food price in veatigation they are about to start at his direction. The injury will began as soon as the money. is a- vailable and a plan of organization is worked out. It will go deeply into charges of the price manipula. tion and restraints of trade in viola­ tion of the anti-tiust laws. At least six months will be required, it is said before any sort of report can be made and a year is the esti­ mate of the period necessary foe a complete injury. . ; ^nd the wonder is if it will be worth the price. A Bilious A ttack. When you have a bilious attack^ your liver fails to perform its functions. \You become constipated. iThe food you'-, eat foments in your stomach instead of ; di­ gesting. This inflames the stomach and causes nausea, vomiting and a terrible headache. Take Chamberlain's Tablets. I tIey will tone up your liver, clean out Wur stomach and you w illsoon be as ever. They only cost • a quartern \ German W onld B ecom eC itizen. / Peter Fndres, a business man Palmei vitle, Stanly county, has no­ tified Deputy Clerk Gill of thje United States court of his inteniop to renoucce his native land, Ger- many} aud especially -' Emperor William 11, and become, a. citizen! of the United States. j E n d resw aa b o rn in , O b e rk e rn ,; G erm any, a n d a r riv e d /in P h ila d e l l Phia. Pa., in 1 90 8. / i n v l§ 1 2 A® hied his d e c la ra tio n 'o f in te n tio n jto become a c itiz e n o f; th is ;,conntary. ®od th is w eek h a s re n e w e d V h isi < fots in fu rth e r a te p s to.be< 5om e;nat . oralized- ’ V j i been told of a man that worked his poor old mother and sister all during last summer while raising a crpp and after the crop was gathered and their labors over, there was no room for these two souls and they had to depart. However, they were told that they could find employment in the cotton mills and in this way man­ age to live through the winter and then when spring comes they cookl return and work another crop for their board. It ie hard to conceive of a UiitQ a relative or even an animal tbia way, bat when it comes to a mother, it jg ioconceivable. Tliat very mother who aufflred tortures that he might be given life, the mother that lost sleep night after night during his infancy and spent the best part of her life, no doubt, trying to raise him as a son should be. raised and who would have given her last drop of blood for his life •is now turned from his home and treated as a stranger. There is a difference between a mother and every other person in the world and the man that has not manhood enough about h im to reverence his mother is to be pitied.—Ex. D odging T axes. Our trouble lies in the well nigh uniuersal impulse to under-value properties in order to escape the payment of taxes; and the tax pay­ er is tempted to do so by the fact, as he says, that everybody else is doing the same thing. Getting money into the public treasuries of North Carolina is very much like handing around a hat in church. Everybody puts in about what he pleases—much, little, or nothing, as the case may be. For instance, the poll tax due the state, in 1015 ™h %8?;w)i The amount actu­ ally collected was $32,902. This is only one illustration of inefficient county goverment, which by :the way is commonly said to be the most inefficient thing in America today. Our pireBent system of taxation invites and lewards dishonesty. However, there is a growing de­ mand for tax reform. The present legislature has appinted a special commission to consider and report upon the matter two years hence. —News Letter. Billy Sunday On The South. And now comes Billy Sunday at- te rio g to a Boston audience one o f the truest truths that fell from his lips: “Sixty eight per cent of the men of the south are in the church. Why! You may not like it, but, the truest, purest and the finest men and women in America are south of the Mason and'Dixon line. That’s the reason' it took 30, OOOJ 000 people to lick 8,000,000. There’s .more pure blooded Ameri1I cans 80iitn of the Mason and Dixon line than anywhere else in this country. That’s why so many of those men are Christians. I say that even if nay daddy was one of those boys iu blue fought agaist them. They were hard to lick down there because they were real Americans. So south of the Mason and Dixon line they have got the north licked to frazzel in religion and in morals.” We are real sorry for the folks whose lines are not cast in such pleasant places’ but wish them yell. And—coine south, young man.-r-Ex. Tow n O f W hitney D isappearing. The Southern station at Whitney has been tom down; the Southbound station at the same poinl will prob­ ably ere long'follow suit. This state ofaffairsis of course due to the fact that there is very little business for the railroads at Whitney any more. When the big dam is completed water will cover much of Whitney. The town then will probably remain only a name, and the memory of Iwbat has been in the nature pf a co­ lossal enterprise which came to naught.—Albemarle Enterpsise. ■ Its QuInIne That Does Itot Affert Tho Heid With the bone dry laws in effect you cannnot ship booze in, bring it back with you in your grip, nor drink it in the state if you do smug­ gle some in. Kiss old John goodbye, for it seems that he has about taken his departure from the borders of the Volunteer state. It may be a little consolation to some, however to know that the law does not carry, a provision to prohibit a Tennessean from entering a saloon should he happen to find himself in a state w h e re th ey a re y e t le g a liz e d -R o c k - Chamberlain’s Ceugli KemeJy A Favorite F or Colds. J. L Essley, Macon, 111., in speaking of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy says, “Dur­ ing the past fifteen years it has been mv sister's favorite medicine for^colds on the lungs. I myself havejtaken it' a number of times when suffering with a cold and it always relieved me promptly.” M en v s. M oney. Here is a point for every young man in Hickory and Nortb Caro­ lina to seize on: that whereaB. we are in the habit of thinking of mon ey as doing all the talking, the truth is that character and ability count more today than they ever counted before. Money is the most pletiful thing in existence, even though it re­ mains with one only a few minutes. Men of ability aud character, who are trained to manage affairs, whether large or small, are more to be desired than capital. A Hickory business man in a conversation said to us the othre day that what Hickory business ital>-80.3,rI10tVvr»-,.*T'. men .... miienas competent men to run new enterprises. W ewerespeakingof manufacturing enterprises for Hickory, and this business man said there was plenty of capital here ready for investment the min­ ute the right man could be found to manage the business. This ought to act as a tonic t o young men who imagine that there is little place in the present scheme of things unless one is loaded down with money. Men had rather risk a man with character every time than a man with money and no ex­ perience.—Charlotte News. Drives O ut M alaria, Builds Up !System The Old standard general strengthening tonic, GROVE'S ‘TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out Malaria,enriches theblood.andbuildsup the sys> tern, A true tonic, For adults and children, 50c. ■ An Unpleasant Reminder. We have happily forgotten just how many dollars have been pour­ ed into the Norfh Carolina treasury by the prison; and as long as every one of them is red with human human bipod, and foul with Sat­ anic iniquity, we hope that nobody will remind us.—Greensboro News. T he Pneum onia Season. The cold, damp weather of Marchseems to be the most favorable for the pneumo­ nia germ. Now is the time to be carefuL Pneumonia often results from a cold. The quicker a cold is gotten rid of the less the danger. . As soon as the first indication of a cold appears take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.- As to the value of this preparation, ask ,anyone who has used it A Forlorn. H ope. Let the legislature give us an elect­ ion law which will admit of the same constrnction after the election as be­ fore.—Mt. Airy Leader. DEAFNESS CANNOl BECURED by local applications, as they can not Teach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness,, and that is by con stitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or im perfect hearing, and when it is en tirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be takeiyuit and this tube restored to its normal condition,' hearing will be destroyed forever; nineca ses out of ten are caused by Catarrh which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. • Wd will, give one hundred (tol­ ars for Any case of Deafness (cans ed by catarrh) that cannot be cured ;by.HSll’8.Gatar.rh- Gure. ;: Send for circulars, 'freh. OrieDtafLegislatioD. Woodrow Willson’s half -hiDged FostmaBter General announces that he has saved $2,200,000 in the postoffice department during the past year. This makes four year surplus of $12,5000.000. And the simple minded idiots take Burl eson’sword for it without asking how it all has been accomplished. Burleson forgets to say that every ounce of mail carried by the rail­ roads is carried at a loss. He fails to tell a breathless world that his common holdup of the HUNTLEY-HILL-STOCKTON CO FURNITURE UNDERTAKERS Winston-Salem, N. C. •f AMBULANCE railroads. He neglects to mention that the Postoffice department while whooping up legislation for labor and capital handlers its em-1 ployes on a sweatshop treatment' that wouldn’t be tolerated in any j individual. Bailway terminal j clerks forced to work without hoi idaya; their salaries cut down from $100, to $300..and their transport­ ation to their homes cat off; denied , 1 j promotions and no assurance of- steady work,—these are just a few1 of the Oriettal steps taken by Post | master General Burleson to make great surplus possible. Are you proud of such a record, Mr. Amer ican?—Yellow Jacket. N ever To Come Back. Tfie few deluded negroes of Geo­ rgia. and South Carolina who join­ ed the negro colonist of the middle west two years ago and went to Africa with "King Sam” to find a • new;nation will never come back' to ^ r ^ ^ | ,hill8 and co|ton^ ing and disease are lost among the villages of their ancestors on the west coast of the dark continent, and their shattered old steamer, the Liberia, has been picked up on the coast by a salvage company and towed back to New York. After suffering great hardships the colonists were scattered to the four winds, and King Sam himself, according to the men who towed home his ship, has married the dusky stenographer whom he took with him and is now reigning as chief in a miserable village and peddling cocoanuts for a precarious existence. The hundreds of thousands of dollars collected from credulous negroes have been dissipated with- without benefit to anybody, not even “King Sam,” and all thnt re­ mains of the once widely advert­ ised American corporation whose stock was peddled to the trusting believers is a moulty rubber stampt in the steward’s office of the St­ eamer bearing these words: “Eth eopea Steamship Company. Mail Order A Matter of Great Convenience No matter where you live—regardless of how far, it might be from Winston-Salem—the Huntley-Hill-Stockton Company’s Mail Or­ der Department, assisted by the U.S. Parcel Post, Freight and Ex­ press Companies, brings the store to Jyour very door, No extra charge, whatsoever, for this service, as all purchases of this character are shipped by us “PREPAID.” Write us for whatever you wan,t, and whether your letter includes an order for merchandise or a request for information, it is given the same prompt and courteous attention you would receive if you came to the store in person. In case you send us an order for merchandise, as soon as it is re­ ceived it-is given to one of our expert shoppers, who makes the pur­ chase with the same care and discretion he would use in buying for himself, and any prjee advantage that it is possible to obtain is se­ cured for you.. It is this personal feature that has made our Mail Order Service so satisfactory to hundreds of out-of-town shoppers—and will PLEASE YOU. ' Huntley-HiIl-Stockion Co- y?t o The irony of fate was exemplified clear here last week when a young man after being in debt for many years, had earned sufficient money to liquidate all claims against • him. He returned in ; the evening after paying all he owed, and was rejoic­ ing with his mother that he was clear out of debt and had provisions to last though the winter, when he sud­ denly dropped dead at her • feet.— Greeneville Sun. NATURE TELLS YOU To Cure a CpId In-One,Day , , . cSrf AXf TIV® BROMO Qntatae^itatopstfjes:KriiSw“'!.jftodapSe and work*: c*ff; the. Cnld..W1: It'd. fagl» tof Iffl* 1 g ar -Mg ,,K U - ,- ~ : I..7. -Ir- ■ ..7. 7'/.^ 7 1' 1:„ ..-''...-,V--.':::: 7-■ As Many a MocksvilIe Reader Knows Too Well. When the kidneys are weak, Nature telis you about it. The urine is nature's index. Infrequent or too frequent passage, Other disorders suggest kidney ills. Doan's Kidney Pills are for disordered kidneys. People in this vicinity testify to their worth.. A. B. F. Gaither, 316 Tradd St., States­ ville. N. C., says: “I have taken Doan's Kidney Pills off. and on for the past two years and have found them to be just the thing to regulate the action of my kid­ neys. At times my back feels a little weak and I have pains across my loins. A few doses of Doan’s Kidney Pills make me feel better in every wav.” Price Sic. at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan's Kid- hev PillSpthe same that Mr. Gaithmmses. CERTAIN-TEED stands out conspicuously " for quality, satisfaction, and economy. Any product bearing the name CERTAIN- TEED will measure up on all of these points. These are cold facte. 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They are sold at a price which would not be pos­ sible if we depended upon an exdusive paint organization to market our product. The enormous resources of. Certain-teed Products Corpor­ ation, and its extensive organi­ zation for distribution of CER­ TAIN-TEED products, make it possible to take advantage = of every economy in buying, manufacturing and selling. Even the professional painter can afford to use CERTAIN- TEED paints rather than to mix his own. Uncertainty is eliminated, Waste and left-overs avoided, and quality is assured. Whether you do your painting or employa professional painter, your interests will be best served if you insist oh CER­ TAIN-TEED paints and varnishes. C E R T A I N - T E E D P R O D U C T S C O R P O R A T I O N General Roofing Mf?• Co*, Gregg VanuaIs Co* Mound C ity Paint & Color Co* r ;; CUcaco ; Philadelphia SLLooia1 BostonPittoborch Detroit Buffalo Sao FrandacoGneiaaati New Orleane Loe Angalee MinneapoltoSeattle IadiattraeIU Atlanta . RichmondSaItLaheO tr DeeMoineeSydney Havana NewYeih CteveIand MiIwanheeK anaaaCity ______ Grand Raplde NaihviIlO DaloA Hoaiton For Sale By W a lk er’s B argain H oiise9 I ?!| I I \ IIf1 Foster-MllbuinCo.. Props., Buffalo, N. Y. M ocklVllle, N . C. 4229 WEB DAVIfcRfiCOfcDl MOCKSVILLE, N. C. THE DAVIE RECORD. C. FRANK STROUD Editor. TELEPHONE I. Entered at the Postoffiee in Mocks- ville, N. C., as Second-class Mail matter, March 3.1903. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ONE YEAR. IN ADVANCE - $ I OO SIX MONTHS, IN ADVANCE - $ SO THREE MONTHS, IN ADVANCE $ 25 WEDNESDAY. MARCH 7, 1917 We are all hoping: that the cam­ paign slogan, “He Kept Us Out Of War,” will still hold good. You never heard of a drunkard or a thief becoming the head of any great institution, except at the head of a funeral procession. And now the Legislature has ad­ journed without passing a dog law or anything else worth while. Won­ der how much the 1917 legirfatui e cost the State, and then we will all wonder how much the said legisla ture was worth to us. A number of citizens of the coun­ ty have asked us how Representative Brock voted on the bill to raise the age of consent to 16 years. We do not know, but our columns are open for Mr. Brock to speak for himself The people would like to know. No. Pauline, it wasn’t the handful of Republican Senators and Repre­ sentatives that raised the salary of the Governor of North Garolina. It was the Democratic majority that turned the trick A minority party is as powerless in North Carolina as a hog would be in an air-ship. “ Pack to the Farm,” is a good slogan at this time. With potatoes selling at $1 Der peck; cabbage 15e. a pound, and turnip tops at $1.40 per bushel, if somebody don’t hus­ tle back to the farm us town folks are going to starve. There are a few crazv people in every community. We heard an in­ fidel getting off his spiel a few days ago. The fool says there is no God. When thedevilgets a few of our infidel brethren around here it will then be. too late for them to repent and turn over a new leaf. The fellowswhotalk the loudest and longest about how. quick we could wipe Germany, Japan and Mbxico off the map, should they de- dare.war against us, are the very fellows who would make a bee-line for .Boone’s Cave, should they be called upon to go to the front and help protect their country. : A month ago we felt sure that the European war would terminate this summer, but today it looks like the whole world Will be fighting by the time the roses bloom again. When Japan and China enters the war, ic means the beginning and the end— the last war that will ever occur in this world—the end of time. A gentleman .remarked to us one day last week that the history of the Dav'e people, which is appear­ ing in our columns weekly, was well I worth the price of the subscription. He. with many others, are ' filing away their copies of The Rec 3rd, a-s the articles are well worth preserv­ ing. Mr. Click’s articles are .getting better each week.' j Speaker Murphy, of Salis bury.got up in the legislature at Ra’.eigh and made a great speech about Jerusalem township, saying that it w jus the only township in Davie county! that was Democratic. Poor ignorv.nt man. Jerusalem township goes Republican by nearly a hundred majority every election. Wonder if Representative Brock correct ed Mr. Murphy. Even some of the Democrats,.;™ Da vie-don’t seem to know any be tter. DID JERUSALEM Wa NT .BONDS? A Rowan county Democrat, has, saddled on a Davie;county i Republi­ can township a $40,000 bond issue lor good roads. Frtm the way the Democrats in Jerusalem .township are howling, the measure 'does not appear to meet with the ap proval of the voters. It is.net dur fii fht. The people of the county said tv dee that they did not want another j bond is­ sue, and an outsider has pun one over on Jerusalem. Mr. Muri >hy will* hardly move to Davie in ,t‘che near future.L ,f‘che t th\ WillAccording to the North), Wilkes b^ llustler- Mr- Thos. S J Watson of West Riverside Ashe cot cut V, sold to firm m North Wilkesbori * George . Washington’s Birthday, 7,21 '4pounds of country hams, for which foe rec­ eived $1,352 43, or at Ikatfion .more than 18 cents a poun 4. Two the hams, when first trimmet Usfiieh* ed 154 pouqds. (DAVIE COUNTY SO YEARS AGO. The Changes That Times HaveWrought —The Thingtef Long Ago. In looking back over the past at what man has done, we are amazed at what a miracle man is. In infancy, he is the most helpless of all God’s creatures; and when fully developed he is the most pow­ erful. In youth, he is led by the parents’ hand; in his maturity he becomes the staff of those who led him. In old age, he becomes a helpless child again, and must look to bis children and children’s ohildren for help, and often- for susten­ ance. He is both instructor and pupil, and all the time has a power little less than infinite. The fourth and last slave owner we propose to mention is that of Mrs. Eliza­ beth Brown., a widow lady. We never knew her husband's name. Her farm lay on and along Dutchman’s creek and the North Yadkin River. We were born and reared in a mile and a half of her home, and a kinder and better family never lived. They were good’to the poor, white and black, In times of need, sick­ ness and distress,Tand always faithful church goers and contributors. Mre. Brown had four children that we remember. Miss Jessie never married as we now recall. And no young lady was ever kinder and had a’sweeter disposition than she. In sickness and in sorrow she was indeed a ministering angel, loved by all in her community. William, perhaps the oldest son, was a physician, farmer and'tobacco manufacturer, anil lived near Liberty church. In his medical profess­ ion, he was once associated with Dr. De- Witt Clement. They practiced in our home; and from what we have'been told, we owe our physical life to their medical skill and faithfulness. We cannot tell what became of Dr. Brown’s children. His widow however, married Willis Smith, a one-armed man, who overseen her for­ mer husband’s farming, and who was also a good citizen. Her other sons were John E. and Thos. J —“Jeff,” as he was called. John wasa lawyer, Jeff a farmer. Both were brave soldiers in the Confederate war. John became a^Colonel; add Col. John E. Brown will go down in history as one of the best, bravest and most beloved officers in the Southern army. He not only had the re­ spect of his superior officers, but the ut most confidence of every , soldier under him, officer and private. Jeff organized a company and went into the war as .a Captain. Em he was worthily promoted to Major, and Maj. T. J. Brown will also go down in history among the true and the tried boys in Grey; and for whom ev ery Southern patriot will cultivate a most sacred and loving memory. After the war some time, these two brothers moved to Winston, where they contributed much in making Winston one of the most pro­ gressive towns in the State. Davie can and does take glory to herself for what this Brown family were and did, and the place they.won.in history to live forever. Now, let us come to some history of which Davie should also be proud. We will here mention Williamson Harris and family. He lived on a farm near the Cooleemee Cotton Mill. His father was Col. West Harris, who served all through the Revolutionary war. Williamson Har­ ris married Christena Fisher, sis'er of Col. Chas. Fisher, Sr., of Salisbury, an able lawyer, and who. for years, repre­ sented the Salisbury district in Congress. Williamson Harris had a family of ten children, five sons and five daughters, two daughters dying while -very young. Stephen A. Harris, now of near Hick­ ory, is the only one of the children living. He is 84 years old. He not only taught free schools, but .taught penmanship in Davidson, Trinity, N. C , and Rutherford Colleges, and in many other cities and towns. In his prime, he was one of the best scribes and school teachers in the State. He is now living with one of his sons out on the farm, and in his declining years has the utmost confidence of all the people. Frederick Harris1 went North .iud became a prominent Baptist preach­ er. Charles Harris Went1Jo Louisiana and made a fortune growing cotton. William­ son Harris, J r , as all know was a. noted machinest. Henry Harris was the most original ingenius and scientific one. He made wooden type and press, and with ink made of ink balls, did the first print­ ing ever done in all that part of the coun­ try. He gathered a large lot of fine cab­ bage seeds, made small seed bags of pa­ pers, on which were printed “Fine Cab­ bage Seed.” These he sold to help pay lodging and board while on his way otit west. In the west he studied barloon as- cention and fireworks, and has the honor of being the inventor, or discoverer of the first balloon torpedo explosion, and. fire­ works in this country. He then"' studied medicine, and was in.the service of the Government several years as scientific explorer. He died several years ago, rich, famous and lamented. Now this Harris family was of the best stock in the State. And they have dis­ tinguished their native county. Think of Davie producing the boy that laid the foundation—at least helped to do it—that illumines the heavens and delights the earth. Then think of Davie as being, jthe grandmother county of the only. Voting inhn now of all the, adjoining!cburities, who is doing service for Uncle ShiftTiiSan air-ship, which is an outgrowth of the balloon and electric fire-works that were inspired and set ablaze by a Davie coun­ ty boy. J.F . CLICK. Hickory, N. C. . I The Record’s Hooor RolL The following friends of The Record have renewed their subscription or sub­ scribed since our last issue. Is your name on our honor roll? If not, let us place it there in our next issue: R. S. Anderson, Calahaln. M. M. Cuthrell, Cana. J. T. Howell, Farmington.. W. D. Tutterow, Mocksville, R. 5. G. 0. Graves. Mocksville, R. 4. W. R. Hutchens, Mocksville, R. 2. G. F. Foster, Mocksville, R. I. B. W. Rollins, Cana. R. I. J. A. Blackwelder, Calahaln, R. I. Frank Everhardt. Mocksville, R. 4. 0. L. Harkey, Cana, R. I. M. G Hendrix, Advance, R. 2. A. M. Baker, Cana. W.T. Rights, Advance, R. I- G. L. Murphy, Wobdleaf. R. I. S. B. Crump, Mocksville, R. 4. J. Frank Essie, Indianapolis, Idd. A. D. Wyatt, Mocksville, R. I. N. T. Foster, Mocksville. J. H. Smith, Farmington. J. P. Chaffin, Cana F. L. Stewart. Mocksville. R. 4. Mrs, J. H. Williamson, New York. J. F. Brown. Mocksville. James Powell, Mocksville, R. 5. J. S. Daniel, Mocksville. W. H. Graves, Mocksville. F. A. Foster, Mocksville. W. E. Jones, Elkin. Chas. McCulloh, Mocksville. R. 4. H. H. Lagle, Mocksville, R. 4. J. M. Horn, Advance, R. I. A dvance News. Missess Fannie Foster and Artie Gant, spent the week-end at Mr. H. L. Fosters. The community debating society held its reguiar meeting Monday night. The query, resolved that American Ships keep out of the War Zone, was won by the negative side. Scout-master Prof. J. W- GarrtJr. gave the Boy Scouts a social at the home of Mrs. J. F. Smithdeal. The occasion being a celebration of Washington birthday. The guest spent'several hours answering colon­ ial contests and solving progressive puzzles Scout Tom Meyers and Miss Amy Talbert, scoared highest and won a hand painted picture of a boy scout and his tent. Delicious refreshments were serv­ ed by Mrs. Smithdeal and Miss Ethel Smithdeal. Everyone enjoyed a most plesant evening. The young People’s Literary Soci­ ety held its meeting at the home of Rev. E Meyers. Longfellow’s,“Ex­ celsior,” was studied. Owing to inclement weather the crowd was not as large as usual. The Woman’s Missionary Auxil- arymet with Mrs. H. T. Smithdeal Feb. 23. Eight members being pre­ sent, Mrs. Meyers the Pres, presid­ ing the regnlar routine of business being ended Mrs. C. D. Peebles en­ tertained us with several selections of instrumental music, after this we were invited to the dining-room where a two course luncheon was served The hostess was assisted by her daughter Miss Ethel, a very pleasant evening was spent. Every­ one voted Mrs. Smithdeal a most gracious hostess. The next meet­ ing will be with Mrs W. G. Shermer. ZINr YARG. School Boards Fixed. After a debate lasting more than two hours and which was tinctured with a little bitterness, the Bummit- McLendon educational bill, which had passed the House, went through the Senate. The bill provides that eaeh party at the time for the regu- lar|nomination of county officers shrfl nominate a member of the county board of education and that the names of these nominees shall be certffed to the Secretary of State, who within ten days after the Gen­ eral Assembly convenes shall certi­ fy these nominees, and that body wilLselect from the nominees sub mitted one member for each county. The bill applies only to the counties whose boards were appointed prior to the last election. Therefore the six counties in the State which have been electing their. county boards— Iredell being one—wil continue to elect. The passage of the bill nulli­ fied bills passed at this session to !al­ low certain counties to elect their boards of education. The bill pass ed 33 to 8. The bill offered by Sen­ ator Turner as a substitute, which provided for a commission of seven to be named by the General Asseiiib- Iy to appoint the county boards, was' voted’ down. Thissubstitute pro- vTded;;that two members of the com- missipn shonld be of the minority party.—Staaesville Landmark, j L. G. Horn, commissioner, Itas sold the 147 acres of land of the Mary E, GampbaIl estate, Turners- burg township, to Dr. J. R. Lowery of Raleigh, the - consideration beihg $3,600,. says The Landmark. I L e tte rF ro m In d ia n a , Dear Sir:—You will please find enclosed $1 for which send your pa­ per to the, above address. I have been away from Davie most a year now, but still I am hungry for new a from toere, and know no better way of getting same than through your paper, I have been in the Hoosier State for a year, but I cannot get accustomed to ways here. This is some wicked old world. I thohght the South had drifted far enough away from God but we do not need to send missionaries to China or Ja­ pan. We have work here in the good old U. S. A., if they could do the work, but the people here are so hard-hearted they will not listen. It is an every day occurrence here to hear women, God’s fairest creation, out on the streets swearing like de­ mons. Most all the women swear, and 9 out of every 10 men can’t say a dozen words without an oath. I say, God save the country. Wishing you good luck and much success, I am, Yours truly, ; J. FRANK E3SIC. A B it of Iredell A nd D avie News. Married, on the 25th ult.. at. the resi­ dence of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Emeline Mize, Mr Canada Clary, of Davie county, to Miss Dorcas Mize, ’Squire R. L. Kinder officiating. A nice wedding dinner was served immediately after the ceremony. Mrs. Etta Stimpson, wife of the late D. H. Stimpson, died at the home of her son, Mr. S. 0. Stimpson, Feb. 20th. Her re­ mains were laid to rest at Clarksbury church, Rev. C. P. Goode conducting the funeral services, assisted by Rev. Ovid Pullen. Coyte, the small son of Mr. Amos York, had the misfortune to break his arm last week by falling on the door-step. A certain widower from near Kappa, is making frequent visits to this neighbor­ hood. Also a certaio young man from near Cooleemee is struck with a lass in IredeiL What does this mean? Has Da­ vie run short on matrimonial material? - Our farmers are much disheartened over this year's wheat crop—as most of the wheat seems to be dead. ’ Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Stimpson spent the week-end with Mrs. Stimpson's mother. Mrs. Martha Ratledge, at Calahaln. We are much pleased with the improve­ ment in The Record. Since it has put on a new dress of eight pages it ranks with the best county papers. Success to the editor and all readers of The Record. The roads are in pretty bad shape throughout the couiity. With one day of sunshine to four days of rain it is no wonder that we have more mud than dust. W a t € M M y W im b o w i AND i KEEP A N EYE ON THIS SPACE for the largest line of Low Cut Shoes, Slippers,. Pumps. I have them and the price is reasonable. T h e b ig g e stlin e o f caps and hats in town. I have on hand 25 dozen new caps, all colors, all shapes. Shirts, col­ lars, newest styles, old prices. Nothing advanced; bought early. ' S. M . CA LL, Jr., MOCKSVILLE. N. C. ANDERSON BLOCK. A HORN-JOHNSTONE CO., * M ocksville, N. C. • Gentlemen:—Please send me prices on your flour. - I have not had a good bis­ cuit since I got it from you. Send me prices at once and oblige, Yours very truly, R. J. W OODELL. Jesup, Ga., Feb. 15, 1917. fYT TYY YYY Y TY TYY YY YYY M O C K S V IL L E YYY TYY YYYYYY TYYY ♦!« HORN-JNHNSTONE COM PANY 4 MANUFACTURERS “THAT QQOD KIND OF FLOUR.” N. C YIIa I t DR. A. Z. TAYLOR DENTIST Office over Merchants’ & F. Bank. Good W ork-iIow prices. FOR FIRST-CLASS CASKETS, STEEL BURIAL VAULTS AND LADIES AND GENTLEMAN’S DRESSES AND SUITS, SEE , R O B E R T A . B L A Y L O C K , D r. S . S . F u n e r a l D ir e c to r a n d E m b a lm e r , I • ; t T h e M i n u t e Y o u S t r i k e a M a t c h T h e , p a ssin g c h ills o f fall d a y s a re g o n e b efo re y o u c a n g e t th e slo w , e x p e n siv e fu rn a c e -fire going. T h e P e rfe c tio n H e a te r is q u ic k e n o u g h to c a tc h th e m . S ta rts th a w in g o u t c h ills th e m in u te y o u strik e a m a tc h . G iv es y o u a n a b u n d a n c e o f e x tra h e a t w h e re v e r y o u w a n t it fo r h a lf th e c o s t o f a co a l fire. C lean, d u ra b le , .d ep en d ab le, g ood-looking. Y o u c a n c a rry it a n y w h e re . A sk a n y o f th e 2,000,000 u se rs;: o r y o u r h a rd w a re , fu rn itu re o r d e p a rtm e n t sto re . Use AJaddia Security Oil—for best results STANDARD OIL COMPANY (N ew Jersey) . . . _ BALTIM ORE W ashington, D. C. Richm ond, V a. C harleston. W VaNorfolk. Va. C harlotte, N . C. C b U riS S S ;a c . :t io n IH E A T E R S * '• V £3! Thomas R . M a rs h j Ceremony Tino n ess— C hief M iIita ry J By EDWARD I Washington, MarciJ ence of many thonsa citizens,Woodrow the second time, wasl office, of presidentl States. Just beforf TJioDQas R. MarshallJ vice president, also fcf For several nightj auguration, Washing jjght. Thousands of| came to the capit from all over the Uri ness the CeremonlesJ auguration. The Sitj try In reference to 14 added more than nj ness and a distinct to the entire proceefi is a city of flags aj became ten times Alay before, the <er<| ration.,PresidentW iIsondI House to the capitol J side. In the oarrid two members of the| mil tee which had the ceremonies, and Overman of NorthJ man. Vice President 51 Marsiiail in the carl escorted in like ntal Big Crowds, f From an early tvere crowded w ith| see the president o f the land” pass :1 the place of the of windows command! sylvoniu avenue a| with onlookers, blue was evorywhe only foreign flags ington were those I poles of the ford legations; which. 01 located in the city! recognized as lteinf About the capitol molts crowd of pen to assemble shortll dozen Itands statif approaching the played througli rlid •organizations whitl in the parade w lf ately after the taf the president nssel leading to the cal ready instantly to J in line. Vice President! Vice President! into office before J the president. Tluf Sn the senate ch| five day of Marct ate was concerneii by recesses until f of the calendar d | The president senate presided til ceding the admlnif the vice president! of the United Stl the ciibinet, the | and otlier notable in the senate 0 clock the presil ministered the oil by law to the vicl Immediately ftp the oath of offieif newly elected st| States were swti rhe vfee presidenl m ent: “The self senate will carra senate for the inaj ident of the Unifl The president-1 the chief justice! the joint cominil •the associate ju | Court, the fort ministers plenip«j of the senate, !'resident ttttd stl the holdover mc| representatives, cers of the lioml qutshed office h i tion of their Iti guished guests Inaugural stand.! InauguratioI Tite processi o | dent-elect, woun| ate door, the senate and thro! capitol to ‘ the j, taking. On 'n stand, Woodrot-I directly in frotil the chief justicj sind the chief court, Jam es I>.| at-arm s of the C O N D l Glycerin was! the soap-ntakinj of which gave coneern. Railway trail Placed under tl| headed by the| Public works. A new club Iil York for wontej °ld, which a In of more than l'| v.*8| ■AC E imps. re on p, col- auffht s. n . c. (LOCK. bis VL ❖ ❖ ♦ M m t T T T fs on I Tme I T V T Tf T T lN Y I T YN . C Y ► ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ❖ ❖ * * ♦ * *¥ * * t IONIIERj r m m H ;IV . S : l i g n-iv-* •;.•.*• y .',-.‘ .., Thomas R. M a rs h a ll Also T a k e s O a th a s Vioe R re s id e n i-G r e a t Ceremony Tinge'd W ith P a trio tis m a n d U nusual S erio u si ness— C hief E xe cu tive R evie w s P a ra d e T h a t Is L a rg e ly Military—Washington Briiliantly Illuminated. By EDWARD B. CLARK. V a s l i i ngton, March 5.—In tie pres- „,cc of many thousands of his fellow dtizens, Woodrow Wilson today, for h sdcoh J time, was inducted into the, office of president of the United states. Just before that ceremony Thomas It. Marshall took the oath as vice president, also for the second time. For several nights prior to the in­ duration, Washington was a flood of light. Thousands of American citizens oanie to the capital of their nation from all over the Unlted States to wit­ ness the ceremonies attending the in­ auguration. The situation of the coun­ try In reference to its foreign relations added more than a touch o" serious­ ness and n distinct flavor of patriotism to'the entire proceedings. Washington is a city of flags at all times, but It became ten times a city of flags one Aiay before, the ceremonies of inaugu­ ration. President Wilson drove from the White House to the capitol with his wife at his fide. In the carriage with him were m i tm'nibers of the congressional com­ mittee which had general charge of the ceremonies, and of which Senator OTerman of North Ciirolina is chair­ man. Vice President Marshall, with Mrs. Warsliaii in tlie wirriage with him, was escorted in like manner to the capitol. Big Crowds, Manx Flags, Prom an early Jiour the sidewalks ■were crowded with persons waiting to pee the president and “the first lady of the lund” pass along the avenue to Ihe pi#ca of the oath-taking. All the window? commanding a view of Penn­ sylvania avenue also were crowded vrith onlookers. The red. white and Wue was everywhere in evidence. The only foreign flags to be seen In JVash- ington were those flying from the flag- poles of the foreign embassies and Jegations which, even though they are located in the city of Washington, are reeopnized as being foreign territory. About the capitol there was an enor­ mous crowd of people, who had begun to assemble shortly after daybreak. ' A dozen lands stationed on the streets approaching the legislative building played through the morning hours..The orgnnizutions which were to take part in the parade which started lmmedl-' stely after the taking of the oath by the president assembled on the streets leading to the capitol in order to be Teady instantly to fall into their places In line. Vice President Takes the Oath. Vice President Marshall was resworn into office before the inauguration of the president. The exercises took place in the senate chamber. The legisla­ tive day of March 8, so far as the sen­ ate was concerned, had been continued by recesses until the hour of 12 noon of the calendar day March 5. The president pro tempore of the senate presided at the ceremonies pre- ccdiiiE the administering of the oath to • ilie vice president-elect, The president <if the United States, the members of the cabinet, the foreign, ambassadors and other notable guests occupied seats in the senate chamber. At twelve o'clock the president pro tempore ad­ ministered the oath of office prescribed l*y law to the vice president-elect. Inmiediately following the taking of the oath of office by Mr. Marshall, the newly elected senators of the United States were sworn into office. Then Ihe vice president made this announce­ ment: “The sergeant-at-arms of the senate will carry out the order of the senate for the inauguration of the pres­ ident of the United States.” The president-elect, accompanied by the chief justice of the United States, the joint committee on arrangements, the associate justices of the Supreme Court, the foreign ambassadors and ministers plenipotentiary, the members of the senate, preceded by the vice SWSiflont and secretary of the senate, the heldover members of the house of rej>r(*s(Mitatives, preceded by the, offi­ cers ,.f the house who have just relin­ quished office by virtue of the expira­ tion cf their terms, and other distin­ guished guests made their way to the Inaugural stand. Irauguratipn of th e P r e s id e n t The procession, headed by the presi­ dent-elect, wound, through the east sen­ ate door, the main corridors of the senate and through the rotunda of the capitol to the .place set for the oatli- takitiK. On 'reaching. the inaugural stand. Woodrow Wilson took a place directly in front of Edward D. White, the chief justice of the United States, and the chief clerk of the Supreme court, James D. Maher. The sergeant- at-arms of the senate and the congres- CONDENSATIONS Glycerin was once a by-product of Ibe soap-making industry, the disposal of which gave the manufacturers some concern. , : ; Uailway traflic in'-Spain is to be Dlaccd under the control of committees headad by the directot^general of the Pabilc works. - A new club lias been started , in New York for women more than sixty years 0M, which already has a membership of more than 130. sional committee on arrangements were immediately on the left of the presi­ dent. The vice president, the associ­ ate justices of the Supreme Court and the members of the senate sat upon his right When all were assembled Chief Jus­ tice White, having in his right'hand the open Bible upon which the hands of many former presidents have rested, advanced to Woodrow Wilson and ad­ ministered to him this oath, which is Imposed by the Constitution of the United States: “You do solemnly swear ,tJiat you will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States and will to the best of your ability, pre­ sence, protect and defend the Consti­ tution of the United States.” Woodrow Wilson said in a firm voice, “I do," and he became for the NEGOTIATIONS FOR SUCH STE=S IN PROGRESS AT ENTENTE c a p it a l s; RcAFFIRM PLEDGE TO UPHOLD CONSTITUTION OF THE UNIT­ ED STATES.BREAK WITH GERMANY SURE CEREMONY MIIID MUCH WORK Chief Justice Clark Administered Oath. —After Which President Kissed Bible and Was Warmly Greeted By Cabinet Members. Washington. — President Wilsoa took the oath of office for his second term at noon Sunday in his room at the Capitol, and was formally inaugu­ rated Monday with public ceremonies reflecting a great national expression of Americanism. Before a desk piled with Executive business laid before him in the clos­ ing, hours of Congress, and surrounded 'Z 'lZ , uu“ / 1V T T I ^y members of his official family, the pIle - °f the Un,te'! i President reaffirmed with uplifted . mer ca. -■■ hand and grave features his promise to uphold the Constitution in whatever I crisis may confront the nation in the I momentous four years before it. I After hei had repeated the oath taken first by Washington a century and a quarter ago, he kissed the Bible at the passage reading: PRESIDENT ADVISES SEN'ATfe OF OFFICIAL EVIDENCE OF GER­ MAN PLOT. REPORT FROM SEC. UNSING Then the president delivered his in­ augural address and on its conclusion he made his way with Mrs. Wilson Io his carriage and. was driven slowly to the White House at the' head of the procession formed in honor of the in­ augural ceremonies. Luncheon Deferred for Para.de. In years past the presidential party always has ^entered-the White House for luncheon prior to the review of the parade .from the ,.stand In front of the executive mansion. This Invaria­ bly In the past caused such a delay that it was decided this year to do away with the luncheon feature. President Wilson with Mrs. Wilson, the Vice President and Mrs. Marshall, and two members of his cabinet went Immediately to the little inclosed struc­ ture, much like a sentry box. which had- been built in the middle of' the great grandstand in front of the Wiiite House and from which the chief exe­ cutive viewed the.paraders. It was the gravity of the situation in connection with our foreign affairs which gave to the- inaugural ceremo­ nies their serious tone and patriotic features. The parade of the day wa? largely military in its nature, although there were-, in- the procession many bodies which in a sense might be said to represent the spirit of industrial preparedness of'the United States for any eventuality which might come. Make-up of the Procession. At the forefront of the parade as It left the capitol were, of' bourse, the president and the vice president of the United States with their guards of honor. Major General Hugh L. Scott, U. S. army.- was the grand marshal of the occasion. George R. Linklns was the marshal of the chic organizations which took part In thi- marching cere­ monies. Immediately preceding the carriages of the presidential and vice presiden­ tial parties and of Col Robert N. Har­ per, inaugural chairman, was the fa­ mous United States Marine band. The president had as his guard of honor the squadron of the Second United States cavalry, The Vice President and Mrs. Mar­ shall were escorted by the Black Horse troop of the Culver Military academy, Indiana, the state of which the vice president and his wife are natives and residents. The West Point cadets and the An­ napolis cadets took part in the proces­ sion. In addition to these young sol­ dier and sailor organizations there was as large a representation of the forces of the United States as properly could be spared from post and garrison duty. In addition there were troops from Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, ArIrginla, and som e-other states of the Union representing the National Guard. Remnants of the Grand Army. A patriotic and picturesque feature of the ceremonies attending the inau­ guration was supplied by the rapidly The Lord is our refuge; an ever present help in time of trouble.” Chief Justice W hite administered the oath and was the first to extend his eongratlulatlons. W ringing the President’s hand, the Chief Justice looked fervently into his face a mo­ ment, and said brokenly: “Mr. President, I am very, very happy.” Members of the Cablnent then crowded up with expressions of re­ gard. Mr. Wilson received them with a smile, and then turned back to his desk to complete his interrupted task. Loss of China's Subjects on Ships Sunk by U-Boats is Pretext—Fixing; Rewards is Only Question to Be' Settled. Washington.—Negotiations looking: to China’s entrance into the war; against the Central Powers are in] progress at Peking and in all the En- i tente Capitals, it was learned here,, and their success depends only upon1 the harmonizing of the rewards to be. given China with , the amount of co­ operation demanded of her. It is regardei as certain that China- will sever relations with Germany,; and a declaration of war probably will- follow if the Entente will guarantee; satisfactory relaxation of the restric­ tions imposed upon the Eastern Em-; pire by the world powers after the; session of the Unitad Stites within Boxer troublesv’ | ; the last week, atid the authencity Ot Facts learned from official and dip-j i Foreign Minister Zimmerman’s In- IomaUc circles serve to clear up much: I structions to German Minister von of the obscurity which has overhung'j Eskbardt in Mexico City, are estab- events in the’ Far. East in the p ast;; lished as revealed by the Associated month. Occasionally vague dispatches:! Press. from China and references In the:j The President’s reply to the Senate Reichstag to “China’s abandonment of -. resolution and Secretaiy Lansing’s re- Incompatible With Public Interest to Give Further Information Concern­ ing Document Laying Bare Kaiser's intrigue. Washington.—President Wilson, in response to the Senate’s call, laid be­ fore that body official information that the United States Government is ia possession of evidence which estab­ lishes the authenticity of the sensa­ tional .document which disclosed how Germany intrigued to ally Mexico and Japan with her to war on this coun­ try. In response to the resolution, the President ‘ runsmitted a report from Sccietary Lansing establishing that the evidence has ccme into the pos- PRESIDENT WILSON HAS . NO AUTHORITY TO ARM SHIPS. Armed Neutrality Bill Defeated by Filibuster in Senate. Washington.—President Wilson in­ formed the country, in a statem ent that he may be without power to arm merchant ships and take other steps to m eet. the German submarine me­ nace. in the absence of authority from Congress. . An extra session of Congress, the President says, is required to clothe him with authority, but it is useless to call, one whil^ the Senate works under A e present rules which permit a small minority to keep an over­ whelming majority from acting. The President proposed, therefore, that the special session of " - - -m —iiich he called to meet Monday, re­ vise the rules “to suppl}’ the means if action and save the country from dis­ aster.” “A little group of wilful men.” says the President in his statement, "rep­ resenting no opinion but their own, have rendered the great Government of the United States helpless and con­ temptible.” neutrality” have thrown only dim light upon Germany’s endeavor to keep China out ot the struggle, the Entente’s moves to bring her in and China’s reluctance to change her pres- ent state of peace without guarantees. China desires to obtain the com­ plete remission of the Boxer indem­ nities, which total over $30,000,000 a year and continue until 1940. - If she enters the warj the part which other­ wise would be paid to Austria and Ger­ many could be repudiated. Information here indicates that the Entente already has agreed to post­ pone payments in case China begins hostilities, but does not corroborate Tien Tsin advices that France and Belgium, in behalf of the Powers, have offered complete remission. The sum involved is such an appre­ ciable part of China’s total expenses •that a satisfactory agreement might well remove the financial difficulties of the government NAVY DEPARTMENT IS t . READY TO ARM VESSELS. Ships First Due to Sail Would Get Guns First. Washington.—With guns, mounts and ammunition for arming Ameri­ can merchant ships already assembled at navy yards, putting the weapons aboard can begin immediately on or­ ders from President Wilson. Every important ‘Atlantic Coast port are as follows: “To the Senate: “In response to the resolution adopted by ithe Senate on March I, 1917, requesting the President to fur­ nish the Senate, if not incompatible with the public interest whatever in­ formation he has concerning the note published in the press o f this date pui porting to have been sent January 19,1917, by the German Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the German Min­ ister to Mexico, I transmit herewith a report by the Secretary of State, which has my appnval. “WOODROW WILSON.” Lansing's Communication. :‘The White House, Washington, March I, 1917. “To the President: “The resolution adopted by the United States Senate on March 3. 1917, requesting that that body be furnished, if not incompatible with the public interest, whatever information you have concerning the note pub­ lished. in the press of this date pur­ porting to have been sent January 19, 1917, by the German Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the German Min­ is te r to Mexico, I have the honor to state that the Government is in pos­ session of evidence which establishes the fact that the note referred to is authentic, and that it is in possession of the Government of the United States, and that the evidence was pro- T h a t’s W h a t M o iih t P le a s an t L a d y S ays C ard u i Is and T e lls W h a t It D id fo r H er* i Mt. Pleasant, Tennt- 0As a girl I was always well and hearty," siiys Mrs. M. E. Rail, of this place. . “I have always been accounted healthy. I never felt any trouble like . . . weak­ ness until I came to the change of life. I was about forty-five when that be­ gan. I think I would have died had I not found out what a good friend to women Cardul is. “I suffered , a great deal. I had a number of fainting spells, and . . • would be obliged to lie In bed a week or two at a time. I never liked to ll® In bed because it Interfered so with ray work. The swimming in my'head was nearly continuous. I could not stoop down it would make me so dizzy. I think I used Cardul off and-on f«r two , or three years, using in that lime about S or 10 bottles. I began to fee? the improvement In health before I had taken one bottle, but kept on tak­ ing it until I got In perfect health. “Had it not been for Cardui I.know I would have been dead. . . . Now I am 62 years old, and weigh about 175, and am in the most perfect health.” Give' Cardui a trial for your troubles. It should do for you what it has done for thousands of others.— Adv. ____________ _ Hight Hear a Few. "HenryjwlSiild Mrs. Twobble, “I hope you won’t tell any risque stories at the master plumbers’ banquet to­ night,” “Of course I won’t my dear.” “That’s right. I’m proud of you, Henry." “But I dare say I will be able to tell some corkers after I attend that ban­ quet." ,'Tavy Yard is ready to undertake work j cured this Government during the CHINESE CABINET VOTES BREAK WITH GERMANY. Peking.—The Cabinet decided that China should join the United States in breaking off relations with Ger­ many. This decision was submitted to the President who refused to ap­ prove the Cabinet’s action, saying much power rested entirely with him. Premier Tuan Chi Jui Tsin immedate-. Iy resigned and left for Tien Tsin, ac­ companied by several other members of the Cabinet. The resignation of the entire Cabinetn is expected. Parliament is virtually unanimous in favor of the the opinion of the Cab­ inet. The leaders of all the political parties are adversely criticising- the President’s position. An official- Statement issued from on ships in its district on instructions from the Department. It is expectod that upon President Wilson’s direc­ tion that applications of American ships for guns be complied with, the commandants of navy yards would be instructed specifically to equip each ship for which application is mad^. Aside from a blanket application from the American line covering all Its ships, the Navy Department now has only requests for guns for, a few vessels. The work would be done at Navy Yards. Ships first scheduled to sail would be the first armed, and Navy officials expect little delay in getting them ready for sea. Under the Senate bill, a full comple-. aient of guns may be placed on board each ship. The big liners which; would carry six,six-inch guns each for; war purposes probably would carry- two or more for defense against sub­ marines. The question of providing gun crews would be taken up for each ship sep- j arately, according to the present j present week; but that it Is in my I opinion incompatible with the public i interest to send to the Senate at this time any further information in pos­ session of the Government of the United States relative to the note men­ tioned in the resolution of the Senate. ■ "Respectfully submitted. “ROBERT LANSING, “Department of State. “Washington, March I, 1917.” BILL FOR ARMING MERCHANT SHIPS PASSED BY HOUSE Premier wa stlue to personal differ­ ences rather than to the foreign pol­ icy. MOON RESOLUTION IS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT. ....... - the President’s office says that the thinning ranks of the Grand Army of j IireaJc bet wren the President and the the Republic. In years past the sol­ diers of the war between tlie states have made the entire length of the Im ef of march, but this year the distance which they tramped was. shortened. They added to the picture of the pa­ rade as they moveid by the presidential reviewing stand with their old flags above them. At night Washington was aglow with fireworks and with the combined effects of gas and electric 15Sht nations. In addition searchlights showed the heavens here and there, and one great shaft of light illumi­ nated th e ’apex of the Washington monument while another lighted up and brought into bold relief the dome of the capitol. Great Demonstration Greets Speaker’s Announcement of Vote. Washington.—A bill to empower the President to arm merchant ships, but not.extending the authority he request­ ed to use “other instrumentalities” in defending American rights against the submarine menace was passed by the house by a vote of 403 to 13. Speaker Clark announced the vote amid enthusiastic applause and cheer­ ing. Opposition to the bill had fadded YOU M A Y T R Y C U T IC U R A F R E E That's the Rule—Free Samples to Any­ one Anywhere. We have so much confidence in the wonderful soothing and healing proper­ ties of Cuticura Ointment for all skin troubles supplemented by hot baths with Cuticura Soap that we are ready to send samples on request. They are ideal for the toilet. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Lt Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. Where It Couldn't Be Seen. It was a hot hummer day—with that peculiar kind of heat common to the Atlantic slope. Five big, stout gentle­ men were going to the top of a New York building. The sweat was pour­ ing from their foreheads, and their handkerchiefs looked like Coney Island bathing-snits hung out to dry. "I wish there was a beer saloon in this eleva­ tor,” remarked one; fat gentleman. “Yes, boy, you. ought to have a keg of beer aboard this elevator,” chimed in another. The boy looked at the five fat men and then remarked, solemnly: "Oh, I guess there’s over a keg of beer tn this elevator now.” H 1 LNEB1 BOWELS F o r sick h ead ach e, b ad b re a th , S ou r S to m ach an d c o n stip atio n . Get a 10-cent box now. No odds how bad your liver, stomach or bowels; how much your head ____ „ _ _ aches, how miserable and uncomfort- plans. If former navy 'gunners -with j during the day before patriotic ap^ abie you are from constipation, Indigea- good records as marksman are avail- ■ Vpeals from leaders on both sides of | llon biliousness and sluggish bowels The Venezuelan government by law has prescribed a standard of purity for butter and has forbidden tlie sale or any that is adulterated. Sweet butter is preserved without a particle of salt inside a gdurdllke con­ tainer made of cheese. The whole r e m a i n s fresh and edible for years,. Damascus Is the oldest city , remain­ ing in the modern world. It Is first mentioned In Scripture in connection with ,Abraham (Gfcnesis 14:15), whose steward was a native of -the place (15, 2) ■Washington. — President Wilson 3igned the Moon resolution adopted by Senate and House, which post­ pones until July I the effectiveness of the liquor amendments to the postal appropriation bill. These amendments prohibit the shipping of alcoholic liquors into states which prevent theii manufacture and sale and close the United Spates mails to newspapers or any publications or cards carrying liquor advertisements. EVIDENCE IN LACONIA CASE IS .Al L IN HAND. Washington.—AU the evidence on the ■ destruction of the Laconia now compiled at the State Department shows that 25 Americans were put in jeopardy of their lives by the Ger­ man submarine. Three were killed. ' Reporti’ i i the submarining of the Norwegian steam er; Nyland, which bore one American, show the ship was' warned, and that all had opportunitj to escape. , able they will be employed. If n jt enlisted crews from the navy yards or reserve warships will be assigned to man the guns. ALLIANCE HAS NO ' CHARMS FOR JAPANESE. Tokio.—Japan has received no prop­ osition from either Mexico or Ger­ many to join in a possible war against the United States, Viscount Motonio, Japanese Foreign Minister, informed the Associated Press. Viscount Mo- tono said he considered cuch an idea ridiculous, it being based on the out­ rageous presumption that Japan would abandon her allies. If Mexico received the proposal showed intel­ ligence in not transm itting it. DECLARES THAT MEXICO . IS ENTIRELY PRO-ALLY. I the Kouse, and when the roll was I _ you always get the desired results Jcalled. only nine Republicans, three v,irh c ascarets. • Deniocrats and the Socialist, voted Don’t let your stomach, liver and in the negative. I bowels make you miserable. Take ■ “ - I CascariBts to-night: put an end to the TENNESSEE’S “BONE DRY” , headache, biliousness, dizziness,'nerv- LAW IS IN EFFECT j ousnesg> gick, sour, gassy stomach, backache, and all other distress;Nashville, Tenn., March I.—Arrests for drunkenness fell off to an almost (negligible number, “bootleggers" os- Uensibly ceased operations, and all [small supplies of liquor in Nashville !were stored away forecdnomy when ' the “bone dry” law went into effect in Tennessee. No further shipments of Uiquot* were in" transit with the, express ; companies, as the companies had all !declared embargoes on liquor ship- i ments several days in advance. El Paso, Tex.—“Mexico is pro-Ally in its sympathies, and" any effort to spread German propaganda . there would meet with little encouragement among' the Mexican people,” Andres; Garcia, Inspector General of Mexican; Consulates, said upon his return from: Mexico Oity- where he was in confer-; ance Iwith General Carranza, Minister ; Candido Auguilar, of the Department; of Foreign iEelations, and tfeneraU tlvario Obregon, Minister of War. REVELATION OF PLOT CAUSES SENSATION IN LONDON London.—The time is past when any fresh orientation of the German policy is calculated to astonish the British public view, but the revelation of the plot to induce Mexico and Japan to attack the United States provided this country with a first-class sensation. The Associated Press gave the pa­ pers the first news, which was display­ ed under startling headline:, such as “Great Hun Plot Unmasked," “Most 3ensatioiial Plot of the War.% cleanse your inside organs of all the bile, gases and constipated m atter which is producing the misery. A 10-cent box means health, happi­ ness and a clear head for months. No more days of gloom and distress If you will take a Cascaret now and then. AU stores sell Cascarets. Don’t forget the children—their little in­ sides need a cleansing, too, Adv. Not Far to Go. “Do you suppose this whole coun­ try will be mobilized In case of! war?” “Why not? It is already automo- bilized.” E L IX IR H A B E K A GOOD TO H IC A nd D rives U slarla O ot o t th e System . "Y o u r ‘B a b * k ’ acta lik e m ag ic; Ih a v e given It to num erous, people in .m y pailB h w ho w e n •offering w ith shilla, m a la ria an d fever. Ire e - om m ena It to tlioso w ho a re enfferera a n d In need o f a good tonic.”—B ev. S. S zym anow ski, Bt- S tephen’s C hurch, P erth A m boy, N . J . Bllxlr Babek4 50 cen ts, all d rn e g tsts o r by p arcels P ost, prepaid, from K loesew aU A C o^ W ashington, D- C- Cupid makes a mistake when ha grafts fl bud on an old shrub. Itater ae the gap to Notbing cpald -bfe is W s p Hthing ttfy i t ( I s h hpl pi p v t AgSr tli£ 'd a b |« codd Of all the motley Morgan fol- I Mllltfi Hil jQ I M f If? . ■ .1 1 ’ ■ u a n S I B y F R A N K H . S P E A R M A N the ae choice but easily enlist&d, (Copyright b f Q iaila Scribner’s Sons) I! I L1J DARlNa IN. NWRE -WAYS THAN ONE; DE SPAHJ TELLS WAW - ‘ THAT SdwjE-DAY1 HE ANp ,SHE- V tillIt B | li/I ARRIEbc; — SHE DOESN’T LIKE IT. * * • j’ • -: ____ J , Ij.-.- » < > t f i .JIenry JDe, Spain? general mariagei* of tie stage coach line rtinning ,f^om $he. ThiefiRivernfiines to.siefepy Cati a rallroid division Wwa in . ithe Rocky Ifonntainsp f? trying.to Wdt thfe- region* <at a band 'oi horsfe ’ . thieves, catfle.rustlers W f gjinmptf feriowri as the Morgan gang. They • live, in Mdrgan1Gap, a feftiieSajUey 20 M les from 'Sleepy Gat an d 1 near Ctliafiasas where the ^oach Iibrses1 are chatfged.' Des Spain lias'V iSillId two3 of- the gang and-has bfeen Seriously-wounded. Pretty Nan Mofgari, niece of*‘the gang leader; has saved Bis life find he ‘is trjH6g" to mike love to hefl but !receives no encouragement. CHAPTEB X-Ill-Continued. V. ( ." .“Ti*ke -.me away,, Gaje,” cried. Nan.- llLepye', him, h<jre—=-take . n^e - -home I ' TiJie mc hoipe!? , .. . , ’ She ^caught her ^ovisi^’s ariii. “Stay ri£lit Where1 you are;’’ shouted/Mor-; gan, pointing at De Spain,' and follbw-i 1 Ing -Nan1 a s: she iiuiled ’ him - along. !“Whefn I come'biick, I’ll; give you what •'you’re looking for.” : i T,-: “Bring, your friends,” said De-Spain tauntingly^ f 1TrIl ,.accommodate four mojre pt you. Stop!” ‘With one hand ^tIIl on .his revolver, he, pointed the, . way. “Go down that triiii first, Mor-. gan. ' Stny where you are, girl, till he gets, down thsit liill. . You wfco't ppt , me over her shoulder for a while yet, Move!” ; . Morgan took the path sfiilenly, De : Spfiincpvering: every step.he toot. Be­ hind De Spain Nan stood waiting for her cousin to .get beyond earshot. I “W hatA ■ she . jvhi^ered. jhvirriedly. to. -lDel Spain,' ‘‘jvill'yota doTff-' ’ . ; Coyering -Mo.rgan,. who, could. .whirl 1 on him a£ ainy turn i$ .the descent, De Spain could not' look at her in answer- . Ing., “Looks pretty rocky, doesn’t it?” “lie'w ill start the whole gap as soon .'as ‘he gets to his. horse.” . B;iB looked- at the. darkening sky., “T£ey yvon^t' be very active op the job . before morning.’’ ' . , . * ’ Morgan was at a safe ,distance; De Spain turned to Nan. .'H er eyfes were, bedt Oni him as' if they would, pierce hitri 'through. - ’“If I save SiOtir life—”! still -Breafhingi fast, she'-hesitated’ for words—“you won’t trick me—ever— wiir yotf?” • 'Steadily returning her appealing gaze, De Spain ^nswered with delib-, eration: “Don’t ever give'me a chfcnce to1 trick ybu, Nan.” ' . ‘^What do -yOu mean?” she demand­ ed,'fear and distrust burning in her tone. ’ ' ' ' ’. ilMy - life,11' ,he' said slowly, ‘isn’t . ' wprth it.” ' ‘ ' “to n know-*” He could see herres- ToIute underlip, plnk-'w$th fresh' ^oung .'blood, quiver with' intensity of'feeling as she filtered. ' “You know what ev­ ery man says of every girl—foolish, trusting, easy to deceive—everything like that.” “May God wither my tongue before e ................. O this mountain leads out of the gap, : 6(^4ikfet |aeros^ Jthj^ .^a<|e of BI Capl- ' llT pnW ! I .3 = “i catf nfak^Hi;?? f j J “A good climber can do it—I have , don? jt. I’d ^ven go with you,, if I * -could.’'’ f S ... “^hy?”j -• ; ; ;• .-' She shook, her head angrily at what he dared'show in‘his'eyes. “Oh, keep, still—listen!” . “I know you’d ‘go, Nan,!’ he. declared . unperturbed.. "But, believe 'me, I never ' wbjfld Iiet you:” ' : . ' . “I can’t go,, because to do any godd I must meet you with a horse out-> ,. side,:’ ; ; \ ; ; He only lookef silently at her, and she turned her eyes from ,his gaze. . “See," she said, taking .him, eagerly to the back of the ledgd and pointing, “follow that trail, the one to the east— you can’t, get lost; you can reach El , Capitan before dark—it’s ,.very closfe. , Creep ^arefully actoss E I Cnpitan on , that narrow, trail, and on the. other side there is a wide one clear down to : the road—oh; dp l>e careful on E l Capi- tan !” . ’ . , ‘TlJ .be careful.” ' ; .; ' / . “I ^nust w at^. ipy , Chancer to, get . ^way froib the5 corral with at hors.e. If ,1 fail it will ;be because I km locked up .'at home, andyou must hide, and ' /do .the h€®t you can. How iiiuch they ^iU surniiseiOf this, I^don’t KhoW.”: . “Go. now, .this minute,” he said, re­ straining .his words. “If you -don’t come,. I shall ,know why.” ^ She ■ turned, m thout speaking, and,, fearless as a chamois, ran down the rocks.. De Spain, losing not a moment, $Vj)bjeigUrapiqiy}Ug Ciong1^ e granite- •' fvfr^ed 'pdssfige led. the way to his ; , iciifinc^ foi; Ufe.; . ■ ] : : , . .1 /CHAPTER XIV. • '• I■ i A Venture in'the DacW: A Pushing his way hastily -fdfward when ^e ,could make haste; crawling siowlyr.dn his hands and knees when held By opposing rock; Aatteningjhlm- Eelf like a lee^h against the face of the i precipice • when the -, narrowing ledge -left him only inches under fo o t; clinging withl torn hands io every fa­ voring crevice; Tahdjpausing 'when 'the, peril was extreme, for :fresh: strength, De-. Spain' dragged' his injured foot ,across; the-.sheer face o£ EbCapitan in the last shadows i of the day’s failing light. Spent-by-h^s.effort, De Spain-reached the rendezvous- Nan had- indicated, .as nearly as the stars would tell him, ; by ten o’clock. It was- only after a long and doubtful hour that .he heard the muiHed footfalls of a horse. ..He stood concealed among the smaller' trOes. un- til'lie could ^distinguish the'outlines of the animal, ’and his eye. caught the fig­ ure of the rider. . De ,Spain , steppeid, oiit' oi tlie trees, and,.moving toward Nan, caught her hand a'nd helped.her to the ground.- ' She ,enjoined silence, and led -the horse into the little grove. "Stopping w ell,w ithin it, .she.stooped and ;be­ gan rearranging the mufflers on the hoofs. . ‘Tm afraid I’m too late,” she said.; “How- long have you been here ?” She faced Dfe Spain with, one',hand' on the pony’s Shoulder. ' ■ 1 “Did you have any falls?” 1 “You. stee I’m- here. You! How could you get here at all with a horse?” : •'■“They are Hiding>on both trails out-’ side watching for' you—and the' moon will be up—’5 She seetned very anxious. DesSpaim mUdJe light of her fe&rs. - “I’ll get past'th'eni^-I?ve'got'tb, Naii.; D'on’t. ^ve it a thought.”'' ■' •-• ' '• ' ■ “I- don’t- know w hat you’ll' think of* ine—” He heard the troubled note in her voice. ■ •' ' - ’ - '‘W hat do you mean?” ■ ' ’ She began'to'unbutton her jacket. Throwing back the fevers’, sh6 felt^ inside around- h’er'' waist, unfastened, after a mordent anij drew-forth a leath­ ern’ strap. She laid it in De Spain’s; hands. ‘!This Is yours,”' she' said in a; whisper.; •; ■ ? - : .,He felt it giiestioningly, -hurriedly, then with - amazement ' “Not a car­ tridge belt !’’ he exclaimed.. “It’s your own.” '' “Where—?” . She maide no answer. “Where did you get it, Nan?” he whis­ pered hurriedly,-.' -“Where you left it.” “How?” She was silent. “When?” “Tonight” : •- “Have you been to Calabasas and, Oack tonight ?’f -• ' ■’ f-/'"- : .“Everybody ljut Sassoon is in the: chase,” she replied uneasily—as if not knowing what to say, o r how to' say it. “They said: you-should never leave- the gap alive—they are ready with traps everywhere.. I didn’t know what ! B E ! Hate Him.” to do. I cdfildn'ti biMir—after what-^ you did for me tonight—to think of your being shot down’ like a dog,' when you were only:trying to.get away.” • f‘I :w6uldn’t have had you take a ride like that for forty belts !” •. i “McAlpin showed it to me the last' Sme I was a t the stage barn, hanging where /you- left i t ” * fle strapped the cartridges around’him. ■ “You should never have-taken th at ride for: i t ' -But: since you have—’’ 'He had drawn his revolver.-from hli waistband -He ibroke.it now and 'held It out. “Load it for me, Nan.” ' > “W hat do you mean?” ;• wIlUt- four .laore.'cajtridges ip,- it your- rself.; .Except, -fog jrojir- cartridge, jthe gun is empty. J.\Vhen you db tiat.you '\Villc knrow "hbtfe of theth efrer'will be; used against your own except to pro-i tect my life. And if you have any among them' whose'life'ought to'come; ‘ahead 'Of mine-^-name hiirf,';op 'thenl, now.-? DO- as-l=telt you-J-Ioad the gun;”.; ’ H e' took hoM ofc her' hands and; -in ■spite bf he? ^refusalv made-her do his Will. iHe guided he* hand to drawi the cartridges;; orn. aftfer another, frotrt his belt, and waited for her !to them in uie darkness Snto the' empty, cyl­ inder,.’ to' close- the -bteech,- and hand the;gun!bafck.' ^ • “Now, Nan;” htf said, -“you know! me. Ton may fhav$ doubts^-they wili ail die.-' You will hear many gtories about me-+but • you =Willi say: - i‘I put the car­ tridges ini his -revblver with myiown hands, and I know he won’t, abuse the Oiiea’ns dt- defense f. ghve^ him; my&elf.’ There. - can nevec h e . any re a l: doubts or sf !misunderstandings : between 'jus again, :.!Nan.” ’ • He. -waited for ther. to speak; but she remained sOenfc. t ‘“You have given mfe my lile,!niy die- fehse,” he continued; ’passihg^from^a subject that he perceived was' better left'- Unto^Uchedi -- llWho 3s nearest and dearest’to you at^hoflie?”'' ' ' ' (. ■' ' “ My Uncle DuKe.” : is ' • ^ ‘!Then - 1 -. hevrfr 'u ill * raise a hand against your .Uncte' Duke. sArid 'tliis man,':tohiglit—this cousih-^ale? Nan, What i§ th at man?'’ ’ ' : ' '■ ‘T hate him?’ - ’ ; ' ' “taiank God! S6 do'I!” { ' ■ • “ But he’is'a cousin.” • ■ “Then” I suppose he must be One of mine.” '« •' ' ■ “Bnlefs he tries to kill y6u.” ! “He 'ra*n’t be! very' long' in trying that. iAnd nowi what'.about yoiirselt? W hat have you got to'defend yourself against him,' gad 'agalhst every, cither drunken man?” .' ' . . C . She, laid her own, pistol without a Word ,in De Spain’s hand.' H e'felt it, opened, 'closed,' and gave it; hapk. “That’s a good defender—when it’s in reach. When it’s .at home-it’s; a! p,0or one.” ’ •' ; “It will never be at home again ex­ cept when‘I atn.”: '' ‘‘ ^ YvV.s; ■ '‘Shill- IfMll' ybii avse^et?” “What is it?” asked ^Nan unsuspect- IngIy.- :V' : s = V ' - . lWe are erigfiged- to be married.” She sprang froni him like a deer:' “It’s a dead secret,”'-he said gravely ^ “no­ body knows it yet—not' even youl”' ‘ ''“You :rieed never talk • again tike tM t if you want to be irientds' with mev” she’.said indignantly. “I ' hate it.” - ' ; ■ ' - '; . V ' ' “ Hate -it; if you w ill; it’s^''W- And it began when you hdnded me that little' bit of lead and’ brags on - the mountain tonight to defend your life arid' mine.” ' •' ' ‘T ll hate you if you. persecute me the way Gale- does. The irioon is almost up. You must go.” ' “You haven’t told irie,” he persisted, “how you got avtay at all.” Th^r had. walked 'out of the trees. He looked reluctantly to the east. “Tell me and Iil go,”»-he promised. “After I went up to my room I wait­ ed till the house was all’quiet; Then I started for Calabasas When I came back T got’ up to iny rtfom Without be­ ing seen, arid sat a t the window a long time. Iw aitedtilIairthem eristopped riding past. Then I climbed through, the window arid down the kitchen roof, and let myself down to the ground Some mbre men carne past, and I hid < on the porch arid sllppeC over to the horse barns' and. found - a hackamore, and went down to the corral aSa hunt-, ed around till I found this little' jinto —she’a the best to ride bareback.’” “I could "ride a r-azorback—why take all that trouble for me?” ■ “IF you don’t istart 'While you have a chance; you undo, everything I have: tried tb do to avoid a iSght.” The wind, stirring softly; set the. aspen leaves quiverings The , stars, chilled in the thin, d ear night air, hung diamdhdllke in'the rTieaveris and ■the eastern 'sky aCrols fhe distant des- ert paled for the rising moon. The tw o/ standing a t th'- horse’s, head, lis­ tened a-momen 'togethei Ir the dark-’ ness. I)e Spain, leaning forwaro, said soiriething in a low, laughing, voice.- Nan made no answer.1 Then, bending,! he took her hand and,: before she Could, release it, caught it up to his lips ' * ' ' * ' :- * ' * *i * -. ^or a; long time ’ after he had gone • she stood, 'listening for a shj)t—Won­ dering, breathless at rpOmeny, wheth-- er he could get past the waiting traps.5 De . Spain, true to all she had ever heard, of iis .Indianlikej ^fefflth/ had Iefther side unabashed and'unafraid— ■ living, laughing, paying bold jcourt to her eyeri when she stubbornly refused to be CO1UrteE-and had maide lim self toe twinkling- of an eye a! p a rt' of. silence beyond—the sliende of the- night,, toe-Wind;. the Store, the waste of sand, arid;of all the triystery that brooded Tipon it. ' She Would have wel- 'comed, id heir keeni srispense, 'a sound, of some kind, some reininder1 that he- yet Eved and could yet laugh j none came.* v r • > -' Day was breaking when the night . .. I boss, standing-in the doorway at toe ;aw?.£ horsemarj. rid- rSajffe ftp;the’J?|l4^|u^el; iv’er road. *H»e *barni3i^d 'Scratimzed the approaching stranger closely. There was. something_ stranget and 'sbm^fWiig'^anflliar ^pimft'outih^esioiff tjie; fig®.1^ : $K.?*£bfc^der W d1 disnloruked’ iri' ffdm if th^ barn­ door, turned his horsfe loose, krid/.llAp- ing, stiffly walked forward pn foot, the Jinan^ rubbed Hs ‘ .eyes( hM d' before he 'couid b%Iieye t&ein. Thfen he uttered , JlUCl-CO UlCUttO v* JVUiIS iu JfUlXii rroom upstairs Hglit hef dedared, bulging with shpck. ©e Spainj sitting fmOr^' leisurely ^ueStioiiis ?arid avoided BeSder himself - With- excitfr-‘st'airs: . merit; the night boss turned,’ grlrihing as he1 laid one-hand on th e doorknob 'arid the ottfer on ;De-!Spaifi’s shoulder. -''YOii, Couldn’t hate' come;’’ he-” wfiis- -PeredrI louidiy, “at ^'better-tim e.’-’ •- The entryway Was dark,-arid-'frdm the silence'’witliiri the-room 6nfe might’ have thoughtJ its", occiipantsr if there 'were such, wrapped in Slumbfen But a t ' intervals a- 'fairit- clicking1 sound co'uld. be heard. -'The night m an-tore#' open ; the door. - -By !the 'light of -:two stagfe-lamps,1 one' setr-’6h' -the dresser and the other-ori a window ledge; four -men sat about a rickety 'table in a^ Iife- and-death. struggle at cards. No. voice broke :the ten^e stlehce, not even when the^door was thrown broadly bpen.. • ; No' ori^—neither Lefever,' Scott, Frank Elpasfo nor M cA lpfn-looted up Svhetf De Spain' walked’into -toe foom and, with the pight man tiptoeing be­ hind, advanced- coinp'osedly: toward rthe ^rotipi ; Eiven'-the'n 'his preseiifce:Would have passed unnoticed, but that Bob Scott’s- ear ’ mechanically recorded the limping step -aUd transm itted to his trained' intelligence merely notice of; ’something mnUsual: - ' ' ' ' ! Seotfpickihg up his cards orie-at a tiirie as liefever dealt, raised his eyes. Startling as th e ' sight of -the mam given, rip for- d’ead must-have been, no muscle of Bob Scott’s body - moved, fiis 'TexpressiOii of surprise Slowly -dis­ solved-'info'a grin that -mutely invited the others, as he-, had' found out for himself, to find but for themselves. Lefever finished.hu deal, thfew down the pack, ‘and picked Up his hand. His suspicious eyes :riever rose Jabove -the 'level’"of the faces a t the' table'; -- but when he' had thumbed his Cards- Urid looked 'from5 one to the - other of the remaining players to read the wgather signals,* he; perceived on Scott’s face an unwonted expression, and looked to where the Scout’s' gaze was turned for an explanation oS it. Eefever’s own eyes,'at thfe sight- Of the thinned, fa­ m iliar; face’ behind iEapaso’s chair, starting,-opened like fulrm oons.' The big fellow spread one hand out, his cards hidden within it,- and sWith the other hand prudently drew down his ’pile ' of 'chips; ! -“Gentretnen,” he said lightiy, “this, game is interned” He rose and put a silent harid across the table over Elpaso’s shoulder. “Henry,” ho exclaimed impassively,. “one ques­ tion, if you please—and only one: How In Uiuridfer did you do.it?'’'; . CHAPTER XV. lowing, within - toe mountain! -fastness hejctndd co^ntori-bq£joneri*ancto ^elp[ him ,in aS lrM -^Das^s affair had made a hef<acfiagnrie;bi Jje ^ a i t f 1 in the barrooms. De Spain, according­ ly, lay in wait for the old man and intercepted' him ‘ oh6 day iOn the !road to Sleepy Cat? w&lkiiig the twenty iiH te patiently tor-his‘-whisky/ 1 ’ I 1tYJii inbst be-Ifet Oriljf riian'In -lSrfe gap,1 Bulll th at’ ’can't ’ borrtw ' or steal1^ Uaoco +si ** ramorto/l TkA Snftirk1 Pige of fIiis batk H he‘brok.en brim' "hdt^!a id . loc&ed up. ^ '^Yoti wbrddriT Believie i t ” he, said! imVai^t- Ing *a cheerful 'cbnfidehe4,, “brit ', ten1 nodded ,tow ard Sleepy;'Cat;-withW ltli^ ihe W brds^TlheyVb feot' 1Ari iQ.' Strategy, . Pne . w;eek. went to, repairs..' . Tq a man of .action such a Week',is longer than ten years of. service, But chained to a.bed in the Sleepy Cat hospital, De Spain had no es,cai>e from one week of thinking, and for that week he thought about Nan M organ., And the impulse that moved him the- first moment he qou}d get out of bed and into a Saddle was- to .spur Iiis way hard, aid fast to her; to make, her, against a score of burly cousins, his own; and never to release her from his' sudden arms again. ■ . With i)e Spain to think .,was ,to. dp; a t Jeast.tp A<\ soibethirig.butnof With­ out further caieful thinking, and not Without .anticipating every chance of failure. ,'And his manner w asrto cast up all difficulties.and obstacles In a situation, brush them .aside, "and have his will if .tfie heavens fell; and he now set himself, while doing his rou­ tine work every day. to do one par­ ticular thing—to see, talk to, plead with, strngglew iththe woman;, or girl,' rather—child, even, ;to his thoughts, so fragile she was—this girl who had given hiin^back his U fe'against-her own marauding relatives. His friends saw ,that something ^-as absorbing him in an. unusual; 'eveirari extraordinary wayj ^et none could ar­ rive at a certain conclusion as to YfflAt it %as. The 'lctad iiian ia ;the country who ; could have ^sum isedrthe situa­ tion , he^veen. toe tw or-the barn boss, McAlpin—if he entertained suspicions, .jyas far too pawky to share them with anyone., ! s , ‘ ,. ; '•• • • W h|n twp weeks .had pas& d' without De Spain’s .having, seen Nan or having heard of/h^r beihg' seen,j thfe! conclu­ sion ui^ed; itself .on,hiia th it; she ."Was dtoer 111 or In’ trouble-^perhai»s In trouble for helping him ; 'a'm oiH eni ^lS ssr-W or thfe la st ( W ; T M ifeIiDayet .beepjtrjjnBred w ith e r r W i i M i n S18n^ SIllJM PwlIIfl the hnrlthe “bad fed C ^ V at- t ^ t ®fe.v -I was in . very nervous condi­ tion, with headache.and iPain a good bdeal.of toe time sol ,was. unfit to do 'work. -A-fri'eo! -riie to try Lyiha E. finkhan^ ^ eg etalileC o m . , ■ . ' . j ■ tpoundj which I dR »ntl it:has Jielped me- m every way ^ ^eMly, so/ D?rvous no headache jm v m n p ,t^Bs^Wp Compound is tfae DWt1Temeay any sick woman can taSe. ’> Mrs'. JMABGARirf QuiNNi Eear Sfa -Wortheri S tf Lowell, Mass. r ' ' -pto^W artunt^iinptom s are a aensa o f sufcocati^n,- hotrflpshr * • - ,timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitatioa ,of. th e .heart, 'sparks before the eyes. Jirregulari$es, constipation, variable appetite, 'W^kneSs,- inquietude, anl. jlvMII IM M I ’ ,‘T w ouln't Help Him Aliy. ‘T te pt>tf6fea Ori^ thing while Joar. neyiiig ’ tliipngh. this vale of tears." “Ybii ri^ver heaVd a henpecked mar- ried- man excusing himself on ;gf}>Wd/that he'is too proud to'fight* Tien'YearS.Agb If Hiad Horses to tend* Every Man1 'Tween - Here aftd .ThUifi River. , ' : . *• _ . f ’• - - / *.!••-. lShakiiigl smile,-. “you (turned Some trick !on. that Calabasafe crew—rsome fight,-” ■JBull chuckled.-.'.I ■ •• v :• ; “Bull, is’old Duke Morgan a Itepub- lican?” t: r . r s -Bull looked Sutprisedat the "turn of De Spain’s question; but ;answered in Sboa faith-: • '1P-Uke -jvottes ’most ■ any '•ticket.that’s.aghin the railroad” - '1 • “Ho.w iabdUti pickihg-. a. ',couple of ’good barnmen over' in the, gap, Bull?” i‘W hat kind:of a job y! got?” ■ . “See McAlpiri vthe'next; time-you’re over -.at Calabasas.- How ^about that girl that lives w ith Duke?” - ■Bull’s face, lighted :“N anl Say! she’s a Jittlfe hummer!” -; - ' “I .hear she’s gone -: down to Thief river, teaching schooL” : .“Came by Duke’s less’n three ;nours, -.ago.' Seen:her In the kitchen -makin’ bread.”! , <. ’•. •* . -./ . _ x. “They’re looking for ,a schoolteacher dOwu there, anyway. - Much sickness in the’gap lately, Bull?” , . ; “On’y sickness I knowed lately .is what you’re responsible for y’self,” re­ torted Bull with a grin.; ‘‘Pity y’ left any chips at all from that Calabasas job,'eh??1 ?••;:- v “Sefe'McAlpin, Bull, next tim e yotfre over Calabasas way: Hfere”—fDe Spain drew some currency from hfs pocket and handfed a bill tv Page; • “Go'-get your hair cut- Don’t talk too' much—- -wear1 your whiskers -long !.and; your tongue short’* ' - f ’ : v “ Right-0:!?1 1: ■ -i “You understand.” - v .1 :. “Take it from old Bull Page,-he’s a world’s wonder of a suckeif, but Tie knows Jiistfriends;”' 5-- “But remember this—you don’t know me. 'H anybody knows you-for a friend of mine, you are no good to me. See?” Bull'wks beyond tacpi'essing'-his com- prehension in words' alone. H e winked, nodded,, and screwed his facie into a thousand wrinkles. De Stfain, Wheel­ ing, rode away; ^tKe old man blinking first after him, and then aft the money in his hand- He. didn’t profess to im- derstand everything In the high coun­ try, hut he could still distinguish the principal figures at .the end of a bank­ note. When he tramped to Calabksas ,the next day to infyirvfew McAlpin He received more adviiee, with" a strong burr, about keeping his own counsel, and a little expense money to hm hiin until an. opening, presented itself on the pay roll.' , - ' ' !‘T a p e ’s D iap ep sin ” settles sour, J sto m ach s in five m in u te ^ — T itiie itl You'dOn’t w ant a Slow remedy when 'your'stomach is1 bad—or an uncertain 'orie^or £ hariafiil one—your stomach ‘is too valuable; you- mustn't injure it I, 'Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its ^peed ,In. giving ;rfelief; its ''harmless- '^ness; ’its 'certain urifailirig action in !'dyspepsia, 'gastritis and, other stomadi trouble' has made it .famous the World pveri.' . ' t \ ‘ ' ’ Keep tois'.jierfect Stomach doctor ia 'your lippcie—keep ,it liaiidy-^get a'laig» 'fifty-cent ^ase from any dealer anti then If ariyine ,should eat'something "w hich'dbesn’t-agre'e With them; H I w hat they, eat Ifiys like lead, fermeats I and stftu-i and f6rm§ gas; causes head- ‘ache, dizziness and nausea; eructa­ tions., of. acid and' undigested Wod— fem eniber'as sOoii as Pape’s Diapepsia ^comes, ffi contact yrito the stomach al5 I such, distress'jVarii§he3. Its prompt- • ness, certainty .and; ease in overcoming ' the w orst stomach disorders is a reve­ lation to those Who try it—Adv. Love is /a ' disease that sometimes- f teven iriarriage Will not cure. Comes one of the bi$ moments ' --i»^-the -Iife--Of Henry De- Spain-, and; Nan Morgan. You will vyant to read about it; if) the next in­ stallm ent-great stuff!. " (TO BE CONTINUED, j ' Peaceful Conscience Best: The aahuiiulatinig of: a substantial fortune -can -make 'a prosperous- Inanj but n o t netessarily a happy ori^; ,a peaceful conscience is th e tiiue content, arid wealth^ is but her1 golden orriaihent. Street- traffic in San Francisco.‘ is regulated bjr electric semaphores. AlMother’s BurdeaI'- - . I! - rA mother who suffers kidney trou­ ble; finds, it hard to keep up her daily work. • Lanieness, backache, sharp PainS-Wheri stoopirig and “blue”, ner­ vous or dizzy spell’s, make home life, ‘dreary.- Active kidneys bring baefe Vigor,- health‘and a pleasure in fam­ ily duties. If the kidneys are. we&S try a box; of. Doan’s Kidney Pills, A North Carolina Case Mrs. J. N. Bryan.. 112 E. • Davis St,I Ealelgh, N. C.1 says: ‘I suffered. terribly from bacii- Lache and .p a in s through my loins. Some days-I could -hardly stand u? and It -was all I could do to attend to my housework. I didn’t rest well and mornings my bapi was lame and sore. Doan1S Kidney Pills cured the backache and fiieo up "my kidneys Jp good sharie. N ota- :h uBwnrPtOyrs TeiuaStoiV* ever .did me ..so much good." - G atO ou’a at ABrStarel SOcaBox D O A N * 3 Kp il!L s rgSTO-MftBURNCa.BUFFALO.H. T- August Flower I When the(8tomach and Iirer are.ia good working order, in ninety-nino cases put of .every hundred eeneias good Iualth prevails. ' 'Green’s August Flower has proven .a blfMing and has been used all over tflo cirlltzia Wdrlddurfng tttelastHfty years^-: It;'l«-.a< universal remedy l°r weak ltomichJcOnstipatiop and nerv- ous indlgestion. A dull headache, bad taste In the mouth in the morning, or ■■ that'.'tlfed feeling” are nature’s warn*. ings yiat something Is wrong In tne correct the difficulty and e'stablisn a normal condition; Atalldruggists or. - dealers!, 2Sc and 75c bottles.. August Flowen M ' V! I-' Vbe wiioj as an escua Indigestion I K naetbnes ar tl re proc&sscd “W hat -da a ;k«i tUe tj cjciddiSpos^ A 'anall-1 a^ed.hislj “Well; Tl “jwhat does! “It means cjwiscious pa >voma-n t<| W -dinowa H o |)riv e 0 | ,if -• Dake th e (I 04£kT£LESa V bat . you a ) riited '- 'on ; iiinine and I , niritne drij t illds up .Ts-' - , ,fee feep'orfs' 750,000 younj from, the iSt Chrfetmas t| of Ghristmal abiout a dozJ fsr sent ouij large statJ but if the Clj ttinqes. to ,gra ‘the: present I * years beforj tion of tlie slve Iuniberl .^exhaust lieij •rwefl^tb^beg* t Jritlire^S pij 1' :il£ you, Iiai| which you and’ pay . a -!best nse;ymj less you are s Is the time I tion, ,“Owe' Is In the Bil; debtors to know it ol i'atdollar ’estl ** o r a- coriveil someone toestflj Nor 1 t every unset j Icdih^iriiU'ty; intei;es'|; on5:' jPeojpife hal sugar and j cl ow fethe'groj Ing to the Journal. ] 'TtJ»e ' Iftgh' 1 thereiis- a' scattering h^lp find wol he^p-jsome. ■ So pay up nJ 'i 1 j; 6 '-Cl S I, ;e bfeir ynewd are;con«l ■’fee -Vfas tf e r v e - y i e r M i - c | and kno| ‘i-.CO'f- : •• V ? _ ♦ W d cA en I ;».i j-.- • M s*.'. ■ -.,.' . Iijiiiiiifn AGE iFor1 th4 Jaat tw _ I troubled w itliA * Change of U U £ ? the bad feeliS ? common a t t h |? titne.' ‘I was i„ * very nervous eon* ,nH’T-hheadaSand ,pain a Je a lo f th P time s° f was unfit to do .J1 T V A f r i e* ! asked m u to £® L ydia )E. Pinkham ^ get able. Com?pound; which I dirt ie in every w av Jr ervous, no headache say th a t Lydia p lIlO Compound is the :k woni wi can take. ** IxPW ** Ke« 259 ill, Mass..' ' nptoms are a seie*i Afishesr headqchea of impending evU the ears, p alp itati^ ■ks before the evei istipatioh, variabS is, inquietude, ao$ aal advice, w rite t» ham Medicine Ccl i, M ass. . Ilp Him Any. ~ thing while j6nr- is vale of tears.” me.”' I a ltenpecked Inaf- Ig himself on the too proud to fight” ER settles sour Iachs In five I-Time it! slow remedy when Id—or an uncertain one—your stomach u m ustn't injure it is noted for its I‘lief: its harmless- unfailing action is ur, gassy stomachs, res in indigestion, and other stomach famous the world stomach doctor is handy—get a large any dealer 'and ould eat' something Iee w ith them; 4f like lead, ferments s gas; causes head- d nausea; eructar undigested food— as. Pape's Diapepsin ith the stomach alt ishes. Its prompt- ease in overcoming disorders is a reye- try i t —Adv. [so that sometimes' not cure. >rs kidney trou- 2ep up her daily ackaehe, sharp and “blue”, ner- nake home life. :ys bring back leasure in fam- lneys are weak Kidney Pills. Irolin a Case :rs. J. N. Bryap.B . D a v is S trl Ieigh, N. C. rs: 'I suffered•ibly from back-,e and .p a in s ough my lomft iie days I could dly stand UP I it was all J Id do to attend ■ny housework. J n’t rest well ana rnings my bats 5 lame ana sora. in’s K i d n e y Is cure d the kache and fixfn my kidneys ta d shape. o much good, ore, SOeeBox s K I D B E ^9 PILES BUFFALO. N,*, in’s Flowerl Ih and Hver are in |crfcu‘Sdrnede^ r has proven a ised all over tn®Helastfiftyoddsal remedy J wation and nerv [I headache, bad the morning, or! nature’s warn- is wrong in t»e At such times sr will umcidyand establish a all druggists or in ’s W H E N l N N E E D O F A T Q N 1 C O R A P P E T I Z E R M r MjlLLION DOLLARBON O J ^ I ’ • V ' ;-:VJ.? ' } I q A ^ iiv bolME w m '.Sr-' f - . -iJritf restirigJ Review <rf;the th e e e n e r o h ^ s s e ^ ly ,D urjqg t W e/k .^ M ’anil- Im'c/ortaVif Bi Doings of the Billsrp . **a st Y e=k.j^.M'a‘njl jm'F?<|rtaVi|. E 'Jhe widow’rii& ite is used'tdo Iftltf an excuse for sm all, contributions. ,amend- . - ------ ma­chinery for city government under Vle Constitutional amendments and t'.passed I Uhe 'd ^ i^ 'Q o ij g p ’p^te bill f-The House re fu se d -ro c o n a ld e r Qte new spaperadverQsing bill that was tabled after1 numerous amendj ihenM wfeye’ offered: j Tb^vroM jfM by roll call,' 48 to 51, the Jemarid-for rolj ijrill -being by.. Repfewntative Brumf F & / I > 1 A y V i iI Hbuse ,biljfe- passpd flna^ yeading id me folloifirig o&eiu V iAtrieqd^he drain| fegelaw as. to' establishing districts; bonds-: fpr school in Raeford; .amend light bill for Youngsville; road "im- proVem'erit»in- Jerusalem: townshijf, Davie bounty; - amend' Carrboro.' char- P Brief Note* Covering Happenings In Thle State That Are of interest to" ' 'A ll'tlie P sb p js!^ - : ' .. Many .blocks of concrete, sidewalks aqd .shfeet asphalt streets .are. being put down in M phroe.''. ' " ’ J1 Orders have been "issued" to allow {indigestion produces:' idlsag iqm etim es a ja r pilng ?-’ey m p tom s^guu>vu«»'H r >»V * It 115UIndian V egetable P Ilis B tlm ulate 'tfte- dig] rijre processes .to. Cuiictlon p atu ralfy ; A«Ly v ' True Enoiigh. M What does this "; sentence mean,” a:kai the teacher ; ‘Man prepe^e^ but A 'S T b i 'i i l t t i ^ c k of the or’ ^aied jus hapd frontleally. ‘ ^ r ****&«■ •**& :P^W ojl»d^f.ftond is-; I “Well,. Thomas;” sdid th^ teacher “phat does it mean?” ! »”;> IlJi ‘It raeiins,” .hnswered Thomas ,w^tl cbnscions pride; “that'ji ma^"inig{it Ask ’ woman to marry lvpn, but only the was an: Ky Grier .aLn^ :P ou^Atpp te chaqge the.basis of ‘eledtions- orf the 4>rf>poSitioir tbjchange / 0J?3!8' fi$i government,., b u tt proposed "amendments 'werfe VbUdr 3'olrh; "the roli call being 48 to 52. The bill then S ' uyiiKtLi iu luutij i-i.V1*! uYl VLiiJf u2vMl {fe ftr/inortu ttqI wo ord knows whether'She jnll oiflsBtiiI yJ *1 >• »• *? r. ',,- .r o l• " I " Tlie borid iSstftri a le -Io’b%-In To JJrive O ut M tJarja. sue bill from the committee on appro-1 Chair- th this bond? jssue added North ^ Carolina will tows ’orflyt iwre-iikthf 6ftorfe pe|icent of year- bear- piirited' on every Iab^, showing it Quinine and Iron ink ta|teless form. Tl Qninine- drives: 'out ioalaria, the In builds up-the .'system, j :5b cents. . (fobbing*; thevCradfej-:J js^'-Z Reports’ D-Oin jMaiW ^slioty tliat 1,- ToOlPtkfyoungbalJam j frotj the state list ye^r .'tp be useS ks : Clirfetmas" trees?' The Vf — of Christinas t^ e s frmn 'P ital1^ --Raleigbr ',.JJjorO1Ol)'; 4.,' Hqs^itai, ‘Morgitjitoij.-J200,000 ;■ negro fiospital, :G6i'ddb.m-^ $l-25;0gp» School,■-Jtdrj- Deaf, - StoriewaH Jack- son"--Tra'inirigJ.;g£Hqol',^ 0 ,0 0 0 Univer­ sity of'N brth; Carolirid, I$S60jtfOOj Tu- Ioilegfe;.'?30j,0Q0; -Negrq X. jb M. Col- abont a dozen jears a^O saifd the num- | *e^»" $250,000; State Normal, $500,- ^er sent out.was abqut'5dOJ Maine is.! .®0®! .a large state and" her forests are vast, but if the Christmas, tree industry con-! itlnues to grdw or, indeed, keeps jOn atj ' the present rate; it-w ill ,not be/manS s years before this wholesale .deftruc-l Aon of the young trees and- the extenj slve lumbering that is going on will . exhaust her vforest .uregouroes., v.Jf Is ■ well tb -begin to have an: eye .to, thq < fatkre.—Springfield "Hriiori'.! V- ji -E !: .". / . E - «■,,' ] ‘.Pay Up Yodr Debls'. " ' " ' I < ,• ; If; you.haye ^5, or .moije or, less, for j which yon Jiaye;no , pros?)ng nee^,, g<} and pay-a debt with it. That is the -best nse:you, can: make O^i money,; uni less you are naked or istarying.; ,NoW ■Is the time to obey the Bible Injunci tion, “Ow,e TM* m an^dhythin^1 ^t t -. Is in the Bilile,5 but itdih the -way Sdme ■ f a'idollar'estrai, itcgoes! for a pleasure. •'or a- convenience. 'The dufy tb p ay , someone' they awe I neke£ occtirs'. to thenf i. every State Normal for Negroes, -$10,- to: aid. in .the building of public d hpuses in the ,state as a per­ manent," loan .fuitd,' ,$500,000; state Vtorage warehouse, Rajfeighi' $5j),p00; for installation of fire, pfoteetibri sys- ,’terns'in institjitioiis3 $'4d,0(|0., . ,.'Thei bill,- Rrqvides -for a state build­ ing Oommiasiom-Pf1Ave-.mpn to. serve Without:: Eer. ;diom 'in - ,expending-, the .funds, for-i.,the.,.perm anent. impr'ove- 'ments' at. the yarieus' institutions, the fGovernOiJ to apppia,t;. them .:, It is, pro­ vided-thajttbe Btate, School for . the Blind at Raleigh may sell its , present school property and build on the site nea^- ’Raleijrif. purcba.seij 'for,-the pur­ pose.' ' ' ' t •. v I:-. Amendments Proposed. There, *sra? Ari amendment ^proposed j Ryj H ardiig ,to takfe. $^75,000 'frpm the proppsedi lojri. |und" for school' build-' •ings .-, arid, put 'it. i“ ; bu'ridirigs fqr the • school for , th e ', blind,!:, Also • -Folioek proposed -to ' scale 'other appropria- t tions' to' riiake $75,000 for. the: school £ Nor does it occjif ldithfemith’ati| foj tHe feeble minded. ‘ Col.-Came'ron unsettled ,debt-is a" drag' orn-a 3 | i a merid • j community.. Everybody !interest on?it. . tfo'pfevent the sale of. the Caswell V-Squa#e ‘occupied -by the! MMAnAnf onknnl JiniliJinP-Q 8,Htl 7wepe:sold‘ during.-the* year.. ' • •* 1 I;: The will; of; the late; A. J, Yorke, 'of Concord, was probated las.t week. The -.estate is estimated to be worth 5 $350,000." ; > - " I ; M rs.'I.'P. Jeter, of Morgaritori, just appointed - as director of !the North ■•.Carolina Seho'ol for-the ;Deaf, hris the 'distinction of" being the first woman fever appointed on ‘this board.<' s ■ _ A woman’s section' of the Navy the jLjkgue TB being organized -in'Rowan county hs an adjunct'to fhe*Red Crosc, with M fs.' E. Xi. Gregory;', arid Miss Mary Meridefson having charge;of ex­ tending the organization. 1 •* * tension, lina. service work .in North!, Caro- It has td. Iphy - , , j I present !blind school. buildings i ’People have, -,to pay moEe ‘for , their I issue "addiUoVal^ boride‘for buildings., j sugar'and I coffee .because‘other people-: oatfes5’ a g ^ d 'for tiirie .fdr a corner-. i owe the' groper ^nd tris^t'ipay, agcord— ence. .They ,returned Jo the chamber 1Ing to the editor of tfie ,Ohio' State -^ ith 3An 'adjusi.irie'nt"'wiereby* tlie ref-. Journal. It. is - One bf-- Qie itfemfe' In erpce in" the bill as to the blind school. ' the high"cost:‘ofJ IiVlhg.'' I Arid 'then-; ptriqKeri- OUt' anh ..the bifl."then. there is a' wholesqme public polipy Ip-'' passed its’iinal reading, scattering the money around. It will help find work.for some pqbnjnan andf help. 'soineJother dtebfor; paly^bis debt So pay up now. leas a re b 4 in g sifpplantetjl. <3a% ; b y n e w e t anid’b e tte r tilin g s. IT iis -Is j !p a rtic u la rly .-.true, w h e re h esitK a n il efficien cy En^iccracerhed.;^I',, --,.r y : ‘.: t ' • -. r _ : ■ - 1 " 1 • ,. 'J ii! 1 • In ^huiiJrecls;, "of : tJioJs-' Einds oF h o m e s * w h e re - COR , fee was ionnerly the ;tahle | J n n k ry o u y w U 5 nosjr fin d '' :r 1 vIt promotes health aiia. c. r . . . 1*1 . efficiency, a n d d ie p i J tiin e ' n e rV e -h ^ z l^ J © o|fee d rio k - v e r shon. givibs: |>1 J c e tQ. BiQ . a le r t, c ^ .a r- th in J c e r,w |t,o , d rtrik s* t^ U c io u s .P p S ftiB Eind k n o w s ^ - ^ ! - - • , I v A• • IAfi ch&n$er to pt-icea quality !' '.'I': tOrlildtf bj^packagd; f '-! - Yd.ViASi K -E M lttM ; ive- ickett Constitutional Amendments. '"Bills* "to": amend') ; th e ‘ Constitution: passed the SeAatelimrapid succession: ,subject, to ratification by ,the pepple. 1r “.and referendum; the Govefnbr measurB’/ to . ^ex©tnpt^ from 1 taxation l,'riotfcb!‘arid‘ riioft^aged to khfe. amount of ' :$3;000, !'When'’ 0yeri' ;Edf purchase of. fafm homes ' arid' -the 'Oatesf bill- to ' .Jmferid ’the donstftutlon !to .assure^ six ’ moriths’ .schqols 'for' .ev.ery county. One other, thatj’to,,! Umit 1 Btate bffic^rs to !two. .suctessiye.,!terms,- of, office- and county+officers to 1 threfe term s (an- .other, 'Govfefriot" BicRett proposition) Verit IorIhfe triblfei riecause passage was ,uselfess- sipcfe tbfe: horise.bad'tabled ,a. MuplilCate. r, , .v’.i--, : - " '. .■■">’ HOuse biite passed in the-following 'ofdejf- ' Amendirithe claw ’as*, to . audit- of WIlKes! coUntyfbqoks ;.‘pr6hibit. sale iKnnda fWthhul:-' rif>tiC61 ' PW* am enf.S e WiJkfes ^ riaicial-act^' aipend Chapter 19Sf as.to Chatham coaa- t y 'include Mecklenbiurgt ini Statewider primary act; repeal 1903 Pasquotank road Iaw;-isalaries fbr .Stpkes officers ! and rab§U sh|V Jas|rol;riallbV:|® cent? pit' d a j inciease and IraiJro^ .,fare for : . f £ l M n r e r o a n dvaU daticeJM n Ii^hu|jnengy _ The? Sfenrite Rasseds a. bill to pro- tilbit lflbubi4 i ridvertiseinerits J In this- itafe" ihe P1Ofrens l« fl V.Utle bill? Im I n d te v ^ to state p r in |^ ; amend generll- insurance laws; concurrence 'ballot 'bnl, applyingJ Hi t!f"‘BUdcdmbe, Henderson,.; and - M a«son-rm un^s, VeriuIatfe oyster--+bfeddinscbni !.Pri1 died Sorind ; .Scales bill taW -.+ --,-ik botelfevftheV^cNidfer oyst igWriwVx^feni'fnfeir >wly' i f a i s K i i i i w :arid-many^othersiWickyRobeson; ter;- - provide'1 for agricultural ' dis- .,no visitors to the premises of the.wire*- trictsy Shelby school' bonds; Xackson |Jes8 station n t Beaufort. county ' farni- life- school;-, increase 1 •----- Shelby school bondu; Jackson county |, The-Mebane tobacco, market .has farm life school; increase Shelby -jClosed for the season.Xoob,500 pounds, school, fund; -.bonds for Forsyth coun- ' ty; graded'school bonds for Kinston; audit Gates , school funds; teaching agriculture and': home .ecoriomics. ln rural schools; -define. “stock!1' in Robe­ son !county’; prohibit trespass on au­ tom obiles'(sent to. the Senate by spe­ cial messenger); amend law ' a s" tb finance committee in Folk. . V The debate on'the: Turnfep .bill!1 to •regulate ;tnadrigement . of state’ priS- •briers 'w'as the feature in tKfe Senate. Senator Turner !spoke rit 'length, . ad- •vocfeting his bill and said, among other things, that the present system was' a disgrace' tb the : !civilization ’-of State and that : when the investiga­ ting cbinmittee made :its report .the people. of the state would demand action.. The "bill provides for sanitary 'quarters.'. It, would eliminate altogeth­ e r corporarpunishment. It-divides the "prisoners into thtee classes'arid-is, ac­ cording to Senator 'Turner,7 mOdeled after advanced methods of- convict management. The bill passed-by-'a safe m ajority, but w.ent over one day ion objection from Senatorj Burgwyn, Vho wanted tq await the report .of the investigating commitee. . The Roberts bill for the Aurstaliari ’ballot in the, county of Buncombe aroused the house to forensic, battle. It went through, however, The house tbbk' finder considera­ tion arid finally passed by- a) good ma-: jority the "statewide bill for the cer­ tification of first grade teachers through a state board of examiners, six in number—three men and 'three women—who are 'to be also the con- ‘duc+ors of the-teachers’ institutes and carrying att appropriation of $10,000 for the maintenance of the depart­ ment. ■■* * ' ' Senator Holderness, chairman of the commRtee on appropriations, introduc­ ed! a bill to provide a $3,000,000 bond issue to provide . for perinanerit! im: prbvemerits to state institutions, and $500,000 of the issue to constitute a permanent loan .fund for-aiding in the construction of "buildings for element­ ary arid, hiah school buildings through­ out, the state. . The house passed ,the bill, to provide tax, levies by the counties .to pay debt’s; issue bonds for roads and .maintenance and improvements of roads ' in : the several,counties; ,authorize Kinston tc issue,schooi-bonds; enable cities, and .towns to -levy- school taxes;, .amend the law was to planting oysters'; make permanent marriage and family re­ cords; salaries, for. Pittr.officers;, auth­ orize suspension of work qn A.tlantic & Northern Railway five years; ,regu­ late Washington town prim aries;, amend Bertie; primary law;, terms of court for Bertie; < ! ; The. Senate took up the Murphy boiler inspection bill whieh had pass­ ed the house providing for one inspec­ tor to work undfer the direction of the State Commissioner of Labor and had been amerided in’ the 7Senate commit­ tee to provide for six irispefetors. Sen­ ator Linney, of Rowan, advocated and explained the bill. Senator Gough thought there was a joker somewhere' and-suspected it; w as‘ making a lot-of" new and needless jobs for somebody. There was a roll-call vote- arid the. bill was-killed on second reading 16- to 29.' ’ ■’" • - I - • ' - There were: Sreat numbers of mer- .chants. in the lobbies interested In the action- the house would • take. on the' clause of the revenue bill that.im pos­ ed a tax, on the use of coupons and trading -stam ps. in stores. '. The .mer­ chants.- had, wanted a prohibitive ,tax' on these “evil practices,” but thfey re­ garded the clause-, the .committee had' put7 in’ the' revenue bill as merely a revenue-'raiser for th e '’larger .-.mer­ chants using them to continue the coupons -or trading stamps. The pro­ posed tax was-. $5 for towns of 2,500 inhabitants and-$2 for :each thousand additional population. . The Senate .’received from Chief Justice W aiter-Clriirk a special state­ ment "in response to the Resolution of the Seriate " asking a ruling :ris" I to w hether the - coristitutioriril; amehd: mferits took from the Legislature the rights to pass bills involving: exten­ sion of corporate limits of cities and towns. -The, court urianimoufely holds that ih.e. Legislatmre retains this right; ,thereby enabling the.'conimittee to cut out the troublesome cl'ahse of . the municipal government bills as to this phase of city government and proefeed -With the jronriding out of the bill as it is to be” offered for final passage in' the Legislature. The Senate .passed- a. great number of local -bills including: Extend muni­ cipal buff rage !in Bryson City-,.encour­ age development o f .“ W estern ,-Caro: lina;’’".three !additional trustees'' - for AppalachianrTraining School; empow­ er7 Cleveland : commissioners ' to f pay Shelby- for street improvements; a d ditlorial memberS'Of the Madison board df "education.; ' - ; : ' J ; , - Sfenator Bernizer !had passedla bill ’to : repeal I the: :• Hutchison - bill- - as1 to graVfes in Mecklenburg. • :. ‘i • -e »A'b'ifi^Byf- Senator Tnmefrprovides7 for an e'm-tion in Statesville- tOniH ex'- tension of the town limits. : ICK! I I T Jusf O n cei T ry “ Dodson’s L Iv e rt To new W hen B ilious, C o n s tl* : c p a te d , H ea d a c h y — Ooh’t A ^ b l % P a y V W o rk. [ Liven ,up yprir sluggish liver!; Fesl fine and cheerful; riiake. your work a pleasure;"be vigorous and DiUiof"ami- bition. But take' no nastyr danger­ ous calomel,, because- it-m akes, you slick land you may lose a day’s -worki If Calomel' Is* merfeury or- quicksilver, which causes necrosis of the bones. Caiqmpl crashes ".Iritp'. Sour, bile 'like dynamite) breaking'' it up.' th a t’s, when., you feel that awful nausea and' cramping. , . ; ; L isten'tom e! Ifyouw ahttofenjoy the nicest, gentlest liver and bowel cleansing you ever experienced just take a spoonful of harmless Dodsori’s Liveri Tone/ Yorir drufegist ori dealer sells you a 50" cent bottle of Dodsori’s Liver Tone under triy personal money- backr, guarantee; that each spoonfat will mean your sluggish liver better than a dosei of nasty calomel and O u t It won’t mri&d yofl sick. | Dodson’s JJveri Tone is realr liro r medipjrieV. ^ p u ’ll jknnw it next jnoro- Uig1 because you will "wake up feel- - ing’ fine, yohr liver- will -be working, your headache - and dizziness -gome, your" stomach, rifll be Bweet ,and your bowels regular. " '. ' ■ ' Dodson’s ; Liver rTone is entirely vegetable, therefore harmless, and cannot salivate. Give it to;- your -chil­ dren., Millions of people- are . usjng Dodson’s Liver Tone instead of- dan­ gerous calomel now. Ypur druggist will tell you that the sale of-calomel is almost stopped entirely ;here.—Ad.T. ) ' T he Game Keeper..- It was7tlie-hiorning after the.night liefore arid he was not imbed reaching for a pitcher of ice water. : v He was behind the b,ars of the city prison .’and he gazed? outside with a woeful look in his eye's. . ' The second .annual report, o f. the “Hey, there,” he shouted, .'as he North Carolina Agricultural Extension - grabbed the bars. “ I want to see the Servipe. has, been printed ,and,is now grime keeper.” : ' • ? . - being distributed, -frorii “tife ’ p'fiice of f ' “What do J Xi think yju-are?” asked Dr. B .;W. Kijgorq, direfetor' Pf the ex- the turnkey.' -“This! is not a zoo, it’s the city prison, as yon will find .out be­ fore you-get out.” I- VV U L ‘; !;ji " .Through the efforts of- Stough Hop- -per, of the Eagle Roller Mills,' arid Mayor J. T. Gardner of Shelby, there has been a reduction of nine cents per hundred, on flour in ,carload lots from Michigan points ,and a reduction of severi, cents on .,wheat from' Michigan points to stations along* the Seaboard. Seaboard officials will be invited to Wilmington in the early future -an-l asked to'explain why better schedules have not. been inaugurated between • Wilmingbori and -Charlotte, as was promised' by General Manager Lake at the Charlotte 'conference reeentlv • held. - > According to the annual, report of 'the vital statistics department of- the'scalp. ; State Board of Health for the -year [ A little Danderine immediately dou- 1915, diseases that are due to filth i-bles the beauty of.your hair! No.differ- and.’flies are on the 7PhCfeafee iri North ; fence' how dull, faded", brittle arid Carolina while diseases due-to habit^ * scraggy,- just m oisten-a -cloth : with- of living, "called degenerative diseases, 7Danderirie 'and carefully I*draw it- are mrich ori’the-increase. i thfough your h air,'takirig'one' snirill : ' — -+' -. ' ' 1 Lstrarid Pt a. time.' The. pfffect Is im- .iIt was .aniiouhced at" Charlotte by !-mediate- and. amazing your, half will the. Southern Power Company that- be-light; fluffy and wavy, -and-have an contracts have been let for the inline- 'appearance of-'abundance;: ,an incoin-. dite Construction of a hydro-electric j parable luster, - softness and luxuri-. plant at Wateree; S. C-," at a cost of ; rinee, the beauty and_ shimmer of true) approximately $6,090,000. According j hair health. : ■ . . .* to the. announcement the plant .is to! -Get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton s: "Girls!: Beautify Your Hair!: Make It ’ Soft, Fluffy and Luxuriant—Try ■" r £ the Moist Cloth. -‘ Try as you will, after an application of Danderirie, you cannot-find a’single trace of dandruff or falling hair and your scalp will not-.itch, but what will please! you most, will be after a few 'weeks’ use, when you see new hair, !fine and: downy at first—yes—but real- ‘ly’ new hair—growing all' over' the , : - Explanation. , .'m - “James, wluit is -the ,meaning of,rtiris they call tiie Paii-American Eoljcy?) “Just dike a WQinan7S, stupidity --to ask such a-; question; American? ,are getting- panned all .right, ain’t they?” After 10 Years of Sufferlngf-Show.Mmv . Finds Relief in Tetterine. ... ‘U h av e been tro u b le d , w ith a - s e v e r* case o f T e tte r fo r ten y ears. In C olum ­ b ia la st - w eek a d rn s s is t reco m m en d ed Tetterin'!-.. I b o u g h t a b o x ; it g av e m * relief, so I b o u g h t a n o th e r an d a m e n - P ila sf IR infe I VHofmj arid ' Ievprri If#ScM rf a n d f S k ln !D ise a se I T je tte iln ,_____ T etxerfiie S o Jp 3-ic.' Y dur d ru g g ist, o Y iy - T h e S huje- tenne w »ver Puln I :Evei‘y.s.qunre riuile ofrihq-sea.is esr' tiiriatfeci to, contain ,120,000,(^)0'fish. . . When a little'ma'ri wants to make 112a impression lie wears a silk hat. be completed by November I, 1918. Will .develop 100,000 horsepower., Drv R: M. Gidney, farm demonstra­ tor for Cleveland county, says that over $500 worth of livestock hasTbeen-; killed as a result of the . mad dog. ram­ page since! the first .of the year in Cleveland county. Three patients have had to.go.t.'' Raleigh ,to take the| Pastufer, trfeatinent, fearing infection^ from hydrophobia,, since the first of January. Vegetables for the table rind for market purposes are. going- to be) scarce as well as high in price dur­ ing the coming, season unless there-! is a- great increase in the number of;’ home gardens planted this spring, says-' specialists of the North Carolina Agri-, cultural Extension. Service.- Irish po-‘ tatoes have already reached the .high­ est, price" in the history;of the crop, and there .is a probability of other staple truck reaching a similar ,level. - Ceasar: Cone, !President ;of the Cone+ Export ;& Commission . Co.? and Prox-!' imity Manufapturing Company, Greens­ boro’s wealthiest and best ,known cit­ izen; died at his home at Greensboro of heart trouble, age 58 ,years. Though he had been ill for nearly a week and his family and known for the last- 24 hours ,that his-condition was critical, people generally did. not know of his illness, and: the news of his death"; came as a terrible shock. • • The preferred capital stcok of tha R. j. Reynolds , Tobacco Company has been-; increased from $2,500,000 • to $5,000,000, according to announce­ ments sent-to the stockholders follow­ ing the.meetingmf'the, directors of the company. -; The A. & M. College ;will hereafter be the A. E , CoUejge, the General Assembly: having changed the ,name fro mthe -North Carolina College of Agriculture' and Mechanic Arts to thq North parolina State College of Agri+ culture and Engineering. -The hearings in . the BritbJVeaver case at Asheville have ended.'" Thfe bodyof a young man, who" probably frrizfe to death, was fourid in Watauga ‘.county jast/week; ; ' The Wondmeri of the JVorld In North' Carolina are'plaining to'erect an-or­ phanage a't some city along the North CarfeHria hbastf ’ the-.rBelfeptiofi to be inade at:-the head camP.t.q Ba- held iih Newberri ori ,March 12-15, and: Qierfe :is'!"eyery ireason to - belieye -that. New Bferri7WilVilaridvthis Institutiqrit „ ■ Dapderine from any store and prove-' thrit your hair is as p retty arid soft as .any—that if has been neglected or injured by' careless treatmfent—that’s all. Adv. 1 Much Worse. “No doubt you have often been wearied" by two men bragging about -thl. merife ofv'thfelrj respecfiye lOme-. pieces?? L / } t e 4 J \i j J ; “Oh, yes! That’s a common failing.: I believe.” ;, 4 : “But my sense of ennui at a time like that is as nothing compared to the way I feel when one of my neigh­ bors begins to boast About the amount' of'lieat given out by his marvelous furnafee from -a single shovelful of ‘coal.* ‘ . - Yager’s Liriimerit is excel- ’ ! Ierit for any kind of pain or congestion. It quicidy re­ lieves backache and rheu­ matic pains, and is a splen­ did remedy for Neuralgia, Sciatica, chest pains,,sprains, strain s, swellings and en- ' largements. , Keep a bottle in your home f or emergencies — you never can tell .. when yon .will require, something ; ‘of the sort. ' j ‘ - 7 ■ ‘ Thi 25 cent ,.bottle of Yager'* -■ Liniment .contafes 'four times,as - much as.-the uatfsl bottle.-of lini­ment sold for that price.; ' - AT ALL DEALERS PA IN ? N O T A B IT I L IF T YD U R CORNS OR C A LLU S E S O F F * 'm ? 1 " f No humbug I Apply few drops then Jtist lift them away 7 ' with fingers. This new drug is an ether compound ; discovered by a Gincinnati chemist. It | • Is ,called .fr.eezonfe, and can | now be obtained "in Qoy 1 bottles as here shown a t7 very little cost from any drug store. Just ask for! freezone. Apply a drop or two directly upon a "tender: . corn or callus, and Instant­ ly the soreness disappears. Shortly you ,will find the corn or callus so loose that you can lift it off, root and ail, with the fingers. Not a twinge of Palnjj soreness or irritation; not7 even the slightest smart­ ing, . either when applying, frefezone or afterwards. This drug doesn’t pat up the corn or callus, but. shrivels them so, they Ioos- en and come.rlght out. It' is 'rio’ humbug! It works like a charm! For. a fevy cents you Can get rid Ofev1 ,ery. hard'corn, soft com or corn between, the'tries,' as.well as pain-i fnl calluses ori bottom of' your feet. It-- ri'evfer disappoints and never burns,, bites or inflames. If your druggist; hasn’t "any. freezone. yet, tell him to get ? 'Uttife bottle for you, fr.oih hlss; wbolesale house.—adv.. . .Wise is; Qie c^pp"who Catches on qjt the. proper3 . Qmfef and letri go! at J*® p'Syciioidjgicai" inolnerif. ' ' " i ' GILBERT BROS. & /CQVjBAUTlMO{tE, MEV ! -H a v fe ! y o u - R H E U W 3 A T I S N I Lumbago 6r Gout ? Take R H E traiA C I r K tortm w etfc *and drive the pofcoa from the extern.OS TIIB IKBtOB : *7 FtTB KUBCKITISK OS'TlI& BIJTftIftS>* r A t A U jD ragK ftts .I Jas. BsiIj Sc Sdiit WBoleiale Dufritoas Frost Proof Cabbage Pftaft April 1st deUvery. V arfetle’f, .Harly IelM ntm rA Charlesto Wakefield: Saceession and Jllav lhnaft. 600 fur 11.25,1,000 for KU)0,6,000 a t «t60. F. CK & » 3 - Tomato Plants : : Livingston Bennty, Harllnander and Stone.75c. !.SM for HZ5,5,0» a t IU16, postpaid M S P. 0. B. here. - - - - - - Pepper Plants— Egg Plants ' tOO for tl.00, 1,009 for ,LOO1 6,000 a t fLSS, postpaid BH per 100.Sweet Potato .Plantsto SrixiatM-K porjn»,;ll|,0Q0 rip B-25 p o rM jfc '. B. tlere,- D . f ’. Ja m iso n . S u n m e rv fU e ,'9. ' . PARKER’S „, HAIR BALSAM . A toilet peepfthuion ofzn^Sk • Belps to eradicate dsodndL _ ForR eU oring O ilo r r f . B eaaty toC rayorF adedH eA 60c. and QLOOat Dnxggtfta „ ™ KODAKS & SUPPUES We also do bigliest class of tinirihing. .Prices an d C atalogue -upon yeqoeat. S. Galttki OpticaI Co., RidunoaA V*. a>eas. Coittm Feed. SJecd Peanats. Clovers, Grasses, * B£6rsrKupe» Seed PotatoeSajjoeftiCo/ni QadM .Oiw*. W nte 03 Ior price llfil. Iirfey Betrf Comp»»y,«s&n# AtL !l‘k u c a w M T S ’lK » , “ i i a g a » E ; W ^ i f O l T I S >eeii4bf^fttened or IiaVeQAtiLS1POOTRit jroa bhVebeeii42fteatened or tiaVe.GAIXSTOOTR" •1^J>Z$B8T1QN: QAS or pains I^ lh e .rlg h t.C p C B BidD-Mdte CorW dabIerBqplC of In fo m atio n F jP fc fc ZnABDWKft ... ^r. _^|eB«>ie of InfoTi /Dfirt.’fffeB, 8. DKAEBOBB BTm Wi iN, JU;^OHARLQTTEi QO. ;10 :: J;,!' '.•■! ^ - -. ■■••;.•• •.■ •■;■• ■■;■- ■■■■■: ‘ :;: -,-'v:- - — Ti- ;' y?';a f?:; ' THE DAVTE RSCOSD, HOC^SVILLS, N. C. OQOOnaa^ Bottles PERUNA Made Me W el U p. BH Lefevre1 Jr., 854 Brush Detroit, .MSchi1 writes: "I hadtroubled with catarrh lor a num- of years, and hafl been taking medicine for it, but they did me no good.' In reading one of Dr. Hart­ man’s books entitled ‘Winter Catarrh,’ I discovered that Peruna was good for catarrh. After I had taken only three bottles of Peruna I was cured Of the catarrh. I now advise every­ body troubled with catarrh to take Dr* Hartman's Peruna, as it is .a sure cure for catarrh. . ■ “Friends to whom-1 recommend Pe­ runa tell me that It Is also good for headache, dizziness, and pain in th* stomach."Those who objeot to liquid meo»» cines oar* now procure Peruna Ta^* lots. American War Gifts. ■ O fts of Americans to 60 principal -'SiSMHrellef societies are estimated at ■^828^896,217 by the new year book of the ' iSSratiegle endowment for international ,Space. Of this amount, $10,269,000 ta n a t Into the $80,000,000 raised from .AfSl sources for the commission of re- -SBeX to Belgium. France received $2,- ■ -OB8.COO, England $495,000, Russia $12,- -43B&, aad Serbia $313,000 In addition to iaatSA $3,000,000 was distributed among 'SShe allies by the American Red Cross, vtaaaking a grand total, of more than ^16,000,000 to the allies. The central Servers .reeelved $3,750,000, while de- ’ t&m&eat -nationalities affected by the <ss*r received $9,000,000, of which $4,- <3808,000 was contributed by the Ameri­ cans Jewish relief committee. THER! LOOK AT $ S c ro s s , feverish , co n stip ated , g ive “ C alifo rn ia S yrup o f Figs.” A laxative today saves a sick child CjMnr, MIfta » i « « - M t the time from piny to empty M r ivS&owels, which become dogged up with <w*ste, liver gets sluggish; stomach •HiBOQr* ^ IAwk -at the tongue, m other! If coat* *»S, or your child Is listless, cross, fev- -ssish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat heartily, full of cold or has sore throat <fiw any other children’s ailment, give a ^aspoonful of “California Syrup of 5SWgs,” then don’t worry, because it Is g^Hrfectly harmless, and In a few hours s»n this constipation poison, sour bile VsmS fermenting waste will gently sa»cv« out of the bowels, and you have toII, playful child again. A thor- •fflwjfih “inside cleansing” is ofttlmes all -ISbat is necessary. It should be the iMkrst treatment given In any sickness. Beware of counterfeit Ag syrups, j&sfc at the store for a SO-cent bottle of ‘“©aiifornla Syrup of Figs,” which has Stall directions for babies, children of otEI age3 and for grown-ups plainly p ic te d on the bottle, Adv, His Epitaph. A recent automobile accident in an upstate county resulted in the death of the driver and the injury 'if two passengers. The coromc sun?noned several wit­ nesses, among them a farmer living near the scene of the accident. There was voluminous testimony regarding the high speed at which the car trav­ eled. Witnesses said, too, that the road was in bad repair. The coroner finally reached the farmer who lived : near the scene. “What would you say about this ac­ cident, Mr. Swiggett?" the coroner asked. i “Well, if I was wrltin’ that young man’s epitaph,” the witness drawled, “I’d say he died trying to git 60 miles out of a 10-mile road."—Indianapolis News. A D M IN l§T RAT I ON J EOgA R DIZES VVEJrFARE Oif. JtiR^ CQjUNTRyt Constantly Increasing Deficits, Due to ' Lack of Statesmanship of this Party in Power, Are Such as io Cause Real Menace. The condition of the United States treasury at the close of business on February 9 w as: Net balance in general fund.$87,582,285 Total ordinary paym ents... 3,499,588 Total ordinary receipts... . . 1,835,167 The deficit Iihis fiscal year Is $144,- j 993,539, against a deficit of $52,650,372 1 a year ago. Where payments are chronically larger than receipts, the deficit is, of course, bound to prosper like weeds In th e . neglected cornfield,. It takes a great deal of ingenuity to devise taxes which can reverse m atters so that in­ come is to outcome In the ratio of three to one where it has been one to three, and doubt may be entertained that the thing is possible. This treasury report illustrates the contention of the congressman who re­ cently told his fellows that Republican ; policy had always been to take less from ITncIe .Saul’s strong box than came to it, while Democratic principle’ commanded that more should be taken out than was received. ^ W R T H .x O f o d u lN A - ARKET QUOTATIONS Satisfied. “Does Brown owe you any money?” ■"Not any more than I’m willing to ijpqir for the privilege of not being both- by him.” "IZKie Onlnine That Does Not A tfcct The Head SB ovase o t its toala and IszstlTe effect. L u stlT e SbDmo QnlDIne can be taken by anyone w ithout <S»re:lnR nervousness or ringing in tbe'bead. T bon 5^ ifn Iy one -Bromo QntRiniB. W. QBOVBS —atomIsoneaobbox. Sto. He is a man of strong will power -wbo never talks about the weather. * " 1111 ■' ™ 1 " " ——« W H A T I S IAX-FOS SJOC-FOS IS AN IMPROVED CASCARA M D i g e s t i v e L a x a t i v e CATHARTIC AND LIVER TONIC SSax-Fos is not a secret or Patent Modi* sSene but is composed of the following old- {SbGhioned roots and herbs: CASCARA BARK BLUE FLAG ROOT FtHUBAR^ ROOT BLACK ROOT WIAY APPLE ROOT SENNA LEAVES AND PEPSIN ;5*S' Lax-Fos the Cascasa Is improved by -t&e addition of these digestive ingredients si-akiug it better than ordinary Cascara, -Mkd thus the combination acts not only as a simulating laxative and cathartic but also 'a a * digestive and liver tonic. Syrup Iaxa- 'Hxea are weak, but L a x -F o s combines «6rcngth with palatable, aromatic taste and daes not gripe or disturb the stomach. One , bottle will prove Xax-Fos is invalnable for Constipation, Indigestion or Torpid Liver, fftice 50c. . • , An Attack of 6rlp Always Leaves Kidneys In Weakeiieil Condition Doctors in all parts of the country have been kept busy with the epidemic of grip which has visited so many homes. The symptoms of grip this /ear are often very distressing and leave the system in a run Jon win, putiflWf riieli m i to tiler most, is aluoit CTtty: victim ccmplainE of lame, back and urin- I aiy troubles which should not be neglect­ ed, as these danger signals often lead to dangerous kidnap troubles. Druggists report a large sale on Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root which so many people Bay soon heals and strengthens the kidneys after an attack o! grip. Swamp-Eoot is a great kidney, liver and bladder remedy, and, being an herbal compound, has a gentle healing effect oa the kidneys, which is' almost immediately noticed in most cases by those who try it. Df. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., offer to send a sample size bottle of Swamp- Root, on receipt of ten cents, to every sufferer who requests it. A trial will con­ vince any one who may be in need of it. Regular size bottles 50 c'ts. and $1.00. For sale at all druggists. Be sure to men­ tion thi* paper. Adv. Merely a Truce, “It does me good to see Democrats and Republicans burying their differ­ ences In this national crisis,” said the optimistic CitlM. “Don’t fool yourself,” grumbled the pessimist. “They are not burying their differences so deep they won’t be able to dig them up again in short order." FRECKLES Now Is th e Tim e to G et R ld of T hete T g lj Spots. T here's no longer th e slig h test need of feeling asham ed of your freckles, as the prescription othine — double stren g th — is guaranteed to rem ove these hom ely spots. Sim ply get an ounce of othine— double stren g th — from your druggist, an d apply a little* of Jt n ig h t and m orning and you should soon see th a t even th e w orst freckles have begun to disappear* w hile th e lighter ones have vantshed entirely. .I t Is seldom th a t m ore th an one ounce Is needed to com* i pleteiy clear the skin and gain a beautiful • clear com plexion.B e sure to ask fo r th e double stren g th othine, as th is Is sold under guarantee of m oney back if It fails to rem ove freckles.— t Adv. Undivided Allegiance Necessary. “United, we stand; divided, we fall.” The Republicans of the house should “read, mark, learn and inwardly di­ gest” that famous and well-established fact. From their capers since 1909— a period of eight years—one might suppose them In total Ignorance of it. At any rate, they have been dividing right along,, and falling right along. If they want to stand again, and do business, they must unite. They need not cross any bridges until they reach them. But they- may be sure there are bridges in their path, and that they will reach them. So far as progress is concerned, Hint Is Inpfc fofljMil motion now; and sotoe new and big things confront both parties. No Man or group of men, therefore, can monop­ olize the name of progressives. We are all progressives. If a standpatter, properly so-called, could be found and made captive, he would under canvas net his exhibitor a fortune.—Washing­ ton Star. Time for Country to Awake. The government must have money, and the treasury must be protected. The Democratic party Is In the saddle, and the halcyon times when abundant revenue was supplied by a system of indirect taxation that was so widely distributed and so easily levied th a t it was little felt are over—for a while, or until the world’s affairs return; to uonunl and the American people re­ cover their nerve and their balance and restore to power the party of pro­ tection. In the meantime tlie country Is In for some novel fiscal expedients in the way of “emergency taxes,” laid on by a party whose business Inexperience and Bryahlac turn for financial theoriz­ ing has been up till lately the real au­ thor of the emergency. Sure Cure. A nervous man at the opera sat be­ hind a pair of those persons who ex­ plain the plot until his endurance was exhausted. Then he leaned forward and said: “Excuse me. will you speak a little louder? Sometimes the music pre­ vents my hearing what you say.” May Ldok for Anything. Leslie JI. Shaw, one-time secretary of j the treasury, has been amusing him­ self in the sphere of prophecy. “The Republican party,” he says, “has won many a campaign on the tariff issue, and it can win, more In the future.” j But lie thinks Mr. Wilson is going to ) attem pt to cut the ground from under ! them. “In my opinion,” he says, "the • president is already a candidate for a third term and I predict that Inside the next four years he will be the most pronounced protectionist In the nation.” He adds the reflection that “any soft of an acrobatic stunt Is pos­ sible with the Democratic party.” STOCK UCKIT-STOCK LIKE IT For Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs. Contains Cop­ peras for Worms,Sulphur for the BIoodl Saltpeter for the Kidneys, Nux Vomica, aTonic,and Pure Dairy Sait. Used by Vet­ erinarians 12 years. No Dosing. Drop Brick io feed-box. Ask yourdealer for Blackman’s or write HUiCKMAN STOCK REMEDY COMPANY <CHATTANOOGX. TEN N ESSEE H IC E C A R R Y D IS E A S E Rtn These Pest* Br Uslnc' STEARNS’ ELECTRIC PASTE U. Sw Qovernment Buya It BVSRYVfcOttS—{Se aoltLO) W bat Dr. R. D. Patterson, of Lib­ erty, N. C.. says: ABOUT MOTHER’S JOY SALVE. My boy hud pueuuiouia, his tempera* ture was 104. Had tried other isalves, didn’t have, any eifect. Used jar of Mother’s , Joy Salve on throat and chest, In one hour’s time his tempera­ ture was normal.—Adv. Two Kinds of Craft. • Boy—Pa, what kinds of ships are courtships? ' Pa—So^t ships, my son. Boy-And what kind of ships sail on the sea of matrimony? Pa—Hardships, my son.—London Tit-Blts. * Im portant to M othersBncamine carefully every bottle of CASTOltiA1 that famous old remedy for lufaats anil children, and see that It Bears the ~ Signature ot __ In TTse for Over 30 'Years. Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria His Change. “This is a world of change," “Yes; and, by the way, have you got any with you?" Pimples, boil 3, carbuncles, diy up and disappear with Doctor Pierce’s Golden Mecucal Discovery. In tablets or liquid. —Adv. Put for the Umeliglit many a the­ atrical star would' cease to shine.. Danger to Be Paced. The American advocates of free trade, the principle of which Is em­ bodied In our present tariff law, havo always pointed to England as a shir, ing example of the advantages to be derfved from it, despite the wide dif­ ferences between conditions in the two countries. It looks now as though even this basis of argument i. to be taken from them. And England, under protection, will make the lot of this country harder to bear than It would otherwise be when the possibilities of the Underwood tariff law are permit­ ted full scope under the peace condi­ tions after the war. Orgy of Spending. The nation would have more sym­ pathy with the administration In re­ gard to Its present distress over an impending shortage of revenue if its difficulties were not largely of its own making. There never has been1 an ad­ ministration more wasteful. Never be­ fore was the pork barrel more thor­ oughly in evidence. Country Looks to Republicans. The administration I s . running the nation Into debt at the rate ofj$],000,- 000 a day, but this Is a rich Jcountry and It cannot get us Into debt more than $1,500,000,000, at that rat4 before the Republicans will be In diarge to put Uncle Sam on his 'feet again. Party’s Promise Has Failed. This high cost of living thatithe fed­ eral trade commission ts going to In­ vestigate is the same one th4 Demo­ crats promised to reduce In 1912, W e stern S e w sp a p e r' U nion N ew s S ervlc* Prices Paid by Merchants for Farm Products In the Markets of North Carolina as Reported to the Division of Markets for the Week Ending Saturday, February 24, 1917. Durham. Corn, {1.15 bu; oats, 58c bu; peas, |3 bu; Irish p o ta to e s , $6.50 bbl; sweet potatoes, $1.10 bu; apples, $4-$5 bbl. Cotton, middling, 15.50c- W estern butter, 40c lb; N. C. butter, 40c lb; eggs, 35c doz; spring chickens, 20c lb; hens, 12« lb. ' Fayetteville. Corn, $1.25 bu; oats, 72%c bu; soy beans, $1.50 bu; peas, ?2 bu; Irish po­ tatoes, f7 bbl; sweet potatoes, 75c bu. Cotton, middling, 16c; cotton seed, 85c bu; lbs. of meal for ton of teed, 2500. W estern butter, 40c lb; N. C. butter, 40c Ib; eggs, 30c doz; spring chickens, 20c lb; hens, 15c lb; hogs, JlO cwt. - Greensboro. :: Corn,. fl.20 b u ;-oats, 73c bu; . soy beans, $2.25 bu; peas, $2.25 bu; Irish potatoes, $7.50 bbl; sweet potatoes, $1 bu; apples, $6.50 bbl. - Cotton, middling, 16.75c; cotton seed 85c bu. GreenVilie. Com, $1.20 bu; oats, 70c bu; soy beans, *2 bu; peas, $2.25 bu; Irish potatoes, $6 bbl; sweet potatoes, 75c bu- CottdHi middling, 16c; cotton seed, 35c bu. Maxton. Corn, $1.20 bu; peas, $2.25 bu; Irish potatoes, |6 bbl; sw.eet potatoes, 75c bu. Cotton, middling, 15.75c; cotton seed 70c bu. V M n W er, M i M 6 » , 40c lb; eggs, 30c d o ii spring chickens, 20c lb; hens, 14c lb; hogs, $11 cwt. Monroe. N. C- butter, 40c Ib;. eggs, 30c doz. Corn, fl.30 bu; oats, 72c bit; peas, $2.50 bu; Irish potatoes, $6 bbl; sweet potatoes, $1' bu. Cotton, middling, 17.15c; cotton seed 65c bu. Raleigh. Corn, $1.23 bu; oats, 68c bu; soy beans, $2-$2.25 bu; peas, $1.75 bu; Irish potatoes, $8 bu; sweet potatoes, ‘ 90c bu; apples, $4.50-$7 bbl. j Cotton, middling. 16c; cotton seed, • 786 bu; lbs. of meal for ton of seed, j ,2800. < ' Western butter, 42c tb; N. C. butter,; 40c bl; eggs, 38-40c doz; spring chick- • ens, ISHc lb; hens, 16c lb; hogs, $10 cwt. Rock/ Mount- Corn, $1.22 bu; oats, 70c bu; Irish potatoes, $6 bbl ; sweet potatoes, 80c t a . Cotton, middling, 15.50c; cotton seed 78c bu; lbs. of meal for ton of seed, 2600. W estern butter, 40c lb; N. C. butter, 40c lb; eggs, 38-40c lb; spring chick­ ens, 15c lb; hogs, $11.50 cwt. Scotland Neck. Corn, $1.15 bu; oats, 72c bu; Irish potatoes, $6.75 bbl; sweet potatoes,! 80c bu. Cotton, middling, 15-50c; cotton seed 8’c bu; lbs. of meal for ton of seed, 2500. W estern butter, 40c lb; N. C. butter, 40c lb; eggs, 35c doz; spring chickens, 21c lb; hens, 12% Ib.; hogs, $12.50 cw t j Wilmington. Corn, $1.17 bu; pats, 70c bu; Irish potatoes, $6.50 bbl; sweet potatoes, 80c bu. W estern butter. 40c lb; N. C. butter, 45c lb; eggs, 34c doz; spring chickens-, 15c lb; hens, 13c lb; hogs, $11 cwt. Winston-Salem. Corn, $1.15 bu; oats, 75c bu; Irish potatoes, $5.10 bbl; sweet potatoes, 80c bu; apples, $4.50 bbl- N. C. butter, 42c lb; eggs, 30c doz; spring chickens, 15%-c lb; hens, 13Vfcc lb; hogs, $12.50 cwt. Chicago, III. •No. 2 W hite corn $1.02 (delivered in Raleigh $1.17); -No. 2 yellow corn, $1.02 >4-$1.0014 (delivered in Raleigh, $1.17%-$1.15%-$1.15%). Butter, 32-42c- (cream ery); eggs, 89- 41 %c (firsts): New York. Irish potatoes, $10-$10.50 bbl; sweet potatoes, $l-$2 (jersey basket).' Butter, 42%-46%c (extra); eggs, 42- 48c (extra fine). 40c lb; Eggs, 30c doz; spring chickens, 15a lb; hens. 50c each;' hogs, $12.50 cwt. V A Little Stick of Makes the Whole World Kicil No climate affects it for the package protects it. WRIGLEYfS goes to all parts of the world—in all seasons, to. all classes. Fresh, clean, wholesome and delicious always. It aids appetite and di­ gestion, quenches thirst, keeps Uie teeth clean and breath sweet. TBe Flavorlasts Tim Fine Flavors SOLDIERS EUftO JAPANESE GlRlS IN TOKVO SHSSP HEPDER IN AUSTRALIA e v e r y m e a r m Candor Suppressed. “A person should always tell the ab­ solute truth.” . “Yes,’’ replied Mr. Cumrox. “But what am I going to do? The other eve­ ning we got to talking art and refine­ ment, and somebody asked me what my favorite musical Instrument Is; I had to say ‘violoncello’ o r something like that. Mother and the girls would never have forgiven me if I had come right o u t. with the truth and said ‘steam piano.'” HIGH COST OF LIVING: This is a serious m atter with house* keepers as food prices are* constantly going up. To overCothie tnis, cut out the high priced meat dishes and serve your'fam ily more Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti, the cheapest, most de­ licious and most nutritious of all foods. W rite the Skinner Mfg. Co., Omaha, Nebr., for beautiful cook book, telling how to prepare it In a hundred different ways. It’s free to every woman.—Adv. Inconsistency of Price. W Rentals vary much - in this apart­ ment house.” “And yet they must be a flat rate.” T he occasional us» of R om an E y e B alsam i t n ig h t upon re tirin g w ill p rev en t an d re ­ lieve tire d eye*, w atery eyei, a n d eye strain . iV&v. The Oklahoma-Kansas field leads In the production of oil. Worse. “It was cruel "ate when even his hairdresser cut Smith’s acquaintance." “It was worse, than cruel—it wa* barber-ous.” ‘ You never can know feow superior to otb> er preparations in promptness and efficient cy is Dr. Peery’s “Dead Shot" until yo* have tried it. once., single doee clew* out Worms or Tapeworm. Adv. Kubber to be used in making fish tins airtight is needed in Norway. • Machinery for. the malting or furni­ ture Is needed In Norway. Make the Liver Do . its Duty Nine times in ten when the liver b right the stomach and bowels are right CARTER’S L lH L E LIVER PILLS gently butfirmly c pel a lazy liver taj <Jo its duty. Cures Con* '•tipation, In­ digestion, Sick Headache,^ and Distress After Eating. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRlCt Genuine must bear Signature PILLS Pineapple Cuetard Pie. Won’t someone please try my pine, apple custard pile? It Is delicious. I nsed the pineapple that I canned. Shred thoroughly rlpe plheappies until you have two cupfuls; add one cup­ ful granulated sugar and the yolks of four eggs, well beaten. Stir in a pint of milk which has beet scalded—not boiled—and which has frsen allowed to cool'; then add the whites of eggs beaten stiff and stir ell thoroughly. Put^he pastry on tin plates and bak* .until ; the crests ar* rich and browik-* M rton Globe. Diet, Exercise or Death! An eminent medical authority writes that most of our city folks die of a thick- etung of the arteries or of kidney dis­ease. The kidneys become clogged and do not filter the poisons from the blood, and one trouble follows’ another, high blood pressure damages the heart, arteries and kidneys.’ Usually its danger signals are backache, pain here or there, swollen feet or ankles, rheumatic twinges or spots appearing before the eyes.“The veiy best remedy is this: Ett meat but once a day, or not at all. Plenty of _ outdoor exercise, and drink pure water.-frequently. Before meals taEe a httle Anunc, _ the great uric add neu- teahzer that is easily obtained at the urug store... When you .have dizziness, chtliS OT sweating, worry, or dragging PBUSBm-tack, try this wonderful enemy to unc and; which Dr. Pierce of Buffalo; r* .*f discovered and named Anuric. Anunc, more potent than IitinV dissolves unc add as hot water does sugar." HEALTHY CHILDREN eoJie from hc^i .mothers. Aoi mothers wil cortainly bo healthy It they'll talfe-Dr. Pierce’s Favor* Ite Prescription. Kothlng can equal ft fnbnlla* ing up a worn* an’s strength, In regulating and assisting all ner natural functions, and In putting in Jierfect order every fa rt of the femal* system. I t lessens the pains and bur­dens. supports and strengthens-, weak,, nuraing mothers. , , IIt’s an invigorating* restorative ton!9»j a soothing and bracing nervine. Castor oil is good for children or adulta,] and ,especially good for aged .people. A pleasant form of a vegetable laxative that is to be had at any drag store, was In* vented by Dr. Pierce, who pnt together Mayrappie (podophyllln), aloes, Jala^ Ask at any drug store IornPleasant Pel* lets," and they Can be had for little money. IJieyTcontaln no calomel and are of veget; able constituents, therefore harmless. r* O r M a la r ia , C lO lls a n d F e v e r . A l»® * ^ O e itc n a l S tr e n g th e n i n g T o n ic . 80c «nd $1.00 it tH Dmf Starc» LookoutBiscuit I fRESH-CRlSP-WHOlESOME-DEll CiOUS mtMNirauw MtnieM arrtiw M ihbMAKlNC OF W m BISCUITS MAKfi TOIH THK ^ STANDARDS EXCELLENCE IMUr bM Bua. «r if net Iw *hial4. < « k hia-«r vnU «* Ahfaa his naeu. CHATTANOOGA MKRRY cwnJJ&?** THE DAVl LARGEST CIRCULATHj EVER PUBLISHED I arrival of p; GOING I Ko. 26 Lv. Moclj No. 28 Lv. Moc. GOING I No. 27 Lv. Moc No. 25 Lv. Moc COTTON j Good Middling.. Seed cotton------ LOCAL AND PI . Miss LucilePa day from a short' Davidson College.| Mr. ahd Mrs. Winston-Salem. Si] in this city with As a result of tl ,.the past week, al[ this section hav& I WANTED—Tol on gasoline and 01 : J. K J Duke Ijames aj cock, left Saturda Ohio, where they] FORSALE-OJ in good condition} address Box 56, On account of at the Methodist j ed with water, th Sunday. You who buy Al 0. C. Wall, Nortf fore buying W r G oi session; tine business. Tl ioners were in ses| FOR SALE Cf fort Range in goj on or write F. ville. Route 4. W. B. Granger| see us one day la a jug of fine locu| he has our thank but the beer is gd The many frieil Clement, who hal ill, will be glad tl somewhat improi . WANTED-Tq hides, cow and i Foote & Ston Miss Bess Fov who has been sp^ this city with he Daniel, returned! Milwaukee tap gasoline and oil! J.] Mart Godby, 1 , that he has a tul ' laid 53 eggs sin<j~ eggs selling at 3« en. Ourfriendj table gold minej I will be at Grocery on SatiL will take measui I represent J. L| ors by name anc W li Floyd Jones, ing gome time ■ Kappa, left Frkj Mofitaria. • He' with^his brotheJ in Michigan, anl about April ls t| Four to five i_ flour always on! 0. C. WAI Rev. J. F. Kij pastor of the this city, has bd ing Elder of Mr; Kirk has 1 section who will of his appointc KODAK DET1 Prints up to 3u cards 5c. each.I jty guaranteed! less accompanif Per roll extra f jj “BARB Wl The Washing! waa to have bel school bouse Pq Poned until Mal *»r measles. Tl box supper in celebration. Tl count or filadencounty N f C .:,T his Iati eas*ly cultivate! J?a te j is as gool * : ' I also hafl ° f tim ber fo r si Real Esl *'v '{ ^ H E D A v iil llE co ilD j M O c m itL E j N. & Ii EUhOPE PlS IN TOKTO t IN AUSTWttWl IlN SINSAPORe |*RA PPEO IN lien oven Ul* jequaintance." iiruel—it wb» !superior to oth> ess and efficien- !hot” until jro* igle dose clean* Adv. i making fish n Norway. king of furul- y. liver Ien the liver It Bowels are rig h t C a r t e r sITTLE IVERPILLS. |E, SMALL PRICi Signature Ijie.from heMtluic.iivu. -*-r . ■I mothers. An mothers wll th/ ld3vlUcertainly b* healthy It they’ll take-nr.IUW »• --Pierce’s Favor* ite Prescription. Nothing canequal it inbuild* ing up a woS r !airs strength, listing all ner in putting in t of the femal* pains and but* engUiens-. weftK»j •estorativetonte, nervine. hildren or adult*! ibfefaxatfre that SiISfwiysn). aloes, jalam 'or "Pleasant ret* d for little money., and a;e of vegetj 'ore harmless. HS I C "ever. Al*® 1.00 it «11 ®»Sst,ie® 5ME-DEUCI0US I WPtlEO W W* SCUITS MAItft tc e u E N c e ■Iifcuit h* should. SBY T H F D A V I E R E C O R D ’ Editor J* C* Sel1 and T- L Caudell, U] lie . ¥ ILi W i L V f t i ; . Qf Cooleemee w ere in our m id8t the 11 - — ' ■ -—" first of the week. ‘ -,I URCEST CIRCULATION OF ' AffT PAPERi a .•_____. . . _ J EVES PUBLISHED IN DAVIE COUNTY. ARRIVAL o f PASSENGER TRAINS No. 26 No. 28 No. 27 No. 25 going n o r th Lv. Mockaville 6:48 a. m. Lv. MocksVille 2:18 p. m. GOINGSOUTHi Lv. Mocksville ; ' 7:19 a. m Lv. Mocksville first of the week. PAPEk j An article in next week’s Record will - tell how.G. C. Sanford kept a j man from cutting his throat. Don’t •fail to read it. Here's hoping that the gentlemen who purchased the lots Monday on Salisbury street, will get busy and erect some nice dwelling houses to rent or sell. Our town cannot grow COTTON MARKET. 17cQood Middling 1 ----- . Seed cotton----------------:--------~_5.00: j lo cal a n d p e r s o n a l n e w s . 5:04 p. m until we can get some houses. Court is in session at Yadkinville this week, with Judge Ferguson pre­ siding and Solicitor Hayes prosecut­ ing. There are said to be about 40 cases on the criminal docket and at least that many civil cases. A num­ ber of Davie people are attending. Miss Lucile Pass returned Satur- Mrs. Jane Burgess, of R.. 3, died day from a short visit to .friends at • Sunday morning, aged 68 years, Davidson College. I death resulting from measles. One Mr. and Mrs. Everett Horn, of"°* afid one daughter survive The Winston-Salem, spent the week-end I ^ody was ^ ° Tl 0ak Gr0Ve in this city with Mr. Horn's parents. Monday at 12 0 clock’ Asaresultoftheheavyrains of? Dismute,.cobred, of Smith the past week, all the streams ini this section have been very high. WANTED—To quote you prices on gasoline and oil pumps and tanks. . J.K.SHEEK. Agent. i Grove, died a few days ago at the I advanced age of 92 years. She was a good old woman and respected by both white and black. ’She remem­ bered distinctly of seeing the great shower of stars which fell in 1833. Duke Ijames and^Marshal Glass- Mr. Charles Thompson, of Salis- eock, left Saturday for Youhgstown > bury< and Migs Nafjcy Lee0avisf of Ohio, where they have positions. t near Augusta, were married at the FORSALE-OneBuick roadster,]home of the bride’s parents, Mr. in good condition. For particulars, ? and Mrs. P. R. Davis, Sunday after­ address Box 56, Mocksviile, N. C. jnoon( Esqf j caudell performing Onaccount of the furnace room the ceremony. TheRecord extends at the Methodist church being flood- congratulations to the happy couple, ed with water, there was no services Sunday. You who buy flour and feed, 0. C. Wall, North Cooleemee, fore buying see be- About two hundred of our sub­ scribers whose subscriptions expired March 1st, are cordially invited to call around and see us. or send us a cart wheel through the mail. It is County Commissioners were in.5 necessary for us to raise $200 this session Monday and transacted rou-j month to meet bills that are already tine business. The Road Commiss-!due. Wearedependingon you to ionerswerein session yesterday. I help us, and we feel sure that you FOR SALE CHEAP-Home Com-Iwi11 Slad to do so- fort Range in good condition. Call ] Court adjourned last Wednesday °\\le Route f ^ ^tewart' ^docks' ] afternoon. But few cases of impor- 1 j tance were tried. A divorce was W. B. Granger, of R. I, was in ;togranted Mrs. John Cook. The case see us one day last week, and left us (of. Dingier vs Western Union Tele- a jug of fine locust beer,'for which‘graph Co., was compromised, the he has our thanks. The jug is here, but the beer is gone. The many friends of Dr. Baxter Clement, who has been dangerously ill, will be glad to know that he is somewhat improved. WANTED—To buy your horse hides, cow and calf skins and pork. Foote & Stonestreet, Cana, N. C. i Bess Fowler, of Statesville, who has been spending some time in this city with her sister, Mrs. G, G. Daniel, returned home Monday. g Milwaukeetanksand pumps for gasoline and oil storage. J. K. SHEER, Agent. Mart Godby, of Route I, tells us that he has a turkey hen Uiat bas laid 53 eggs since November. And eggs selling at 30 to 35 centB a doz­ en Our friend Godby has a veri­ table gold mine. I will be at Merchants’ Wholesale Grocery on Saturday,-March 10, and will take measures for Spring suits. I represent J. L. Taylor & Co... tail­ ors by name and trade. WILEY ANDERSON. Floyd Jones, who has been spend ing some time with his parents near Kappa, left Friday for his: home in Montana. • He will spend a few days with his brother William, who IiyeB in Michigan, and will reach his home about April 1st. Four to five car loads of feed and- flour always on hand at 0. C. WALL, North Cooleemee. Rev. J. F. Kirk, for several ,years pastor of the Methodist- church in this city, has been appointed Presid­ ing Elder of the Sbelby District. Mr. Kirk has many friends in this section who will be pleased; to learn of his appointment. KODAK DEVELOPING FREE Prints up to 3£x4£, 3c. each. Post cards 5c. each. Quick work. • .Qua! ity guaranteed. No orders filled un­ less accompanied by hash, and 2c. her roll extra for return postage. -BARBER’S,” Dept. 3. Winston-Salem, N. C. The Washington celebration which was to have been h eld a t Liberty school house Feb. 22hd,' was post- boned until March 10th,.on account of measles. There will also be a box supper in connection with the celebration. The pdblic.'is ’-invited. Bladen countv, the;|6ttile ?f farising opportu^w^ vIipF,Y® fiir sale cheap severtfl gooa faytfls in “laden county near Elizabethtown,’ C. This land is very prddqetive. easily cultivated and the health and ^ater is as good as in North Caro- hna. I ai80 have several good tracts °f timber for sale. .J. C. HENLEY.. Real Estate and Insurance. Elizabethtow n- N- Company paying $150 and costs. R. A. Jones won his case. Attorneys Holton and Clement, of Winston, and Garland, of Spencer, were in attendance. Charlie Brown, proprietor of the Southern Lunch Room, says that His Honor, Judge Justice, took sup- per at his cafe Wednesday evening, and quotes the Judge as saying that Mocksviile had cause to be proud of such a neat, up-to-date cafe as Char­ lie is running. The Judge fell in love with Gharlie’s fried pies,’going so far as to ask for a second helping. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Horn, who have been living in town for the past three years, moved back to the farm near Smith Grove the first of the week. Mr. Horn is succeeded in Gall’s store by Blackburn Sprin­ kle. We are sorry to lose these good people, but wish them much success In their new home. Here’s hoping that Marshall will make two heads of cabbage and two Irish potatoes grow where only one grew before. The auction sale of the Mocksviile Cbair Co:, machinery and about 30 lots, took place Monday. The lots ranged in price from $50-to $900. The machinery did not sell very well. The total price of the lots amounted t) about $4,200, not including the two factory buildings. Fenny Bros’, did the selling. A big crowd was present, considering the bad weather and muddy roads. South R iver News. Wehave plenty of mud. T h eh ealth o f the commufiity is very good a t present. Luther Holloman and Pmk Lagle have both been suffering from a sore hand.Mrs. Eliza Pickier, of New Lon don. is here on a visit to her son. William Thompson, of Elmwood, spent last week in this community with relatives. , . • J . G. Charles and son spent last week at Mt. Airy. . T ie T h e F irst Stone. A negro preacher was disturbed i n the midst of his sermon by the braying of a mule In the church yard. He stopped to ask any of th e bretbern if they knew how a mule could be stopped from bray^ ing. There were various suggesti­ ons made abd at last one brother said be knew of a sure cure and that was td get a Wig BtonCfand tie it to the mule’s jail. The suggest ed remedy was unanimously decid­ ed upOD, after wbiph tbe preacher said. “ Now, let him who is with­ out sin tic the first stone.” Always The Best We have the best and cost no more. Just received a big shipment of stationery, 10c. to 75c. Pound paper 25 and 30c., envelopes and tablets. Also a freshlot of candy, the best in town. Always look us”up. Crawford’s Drug Store. ‘THE BLUE FRONT” A B irthday P arty . On Wednesday evening, Feb. 28. 1917, Miss Norma Fiirtches celebrated her fifteenth birthday at her nome about two miles below Farmington. The weather was very unfavorable and there wasn't very many there. MissesNonna Furtches, Ethel Naylor and Leona Graham, rendered' several pieces on the piano. Then Miss Laura Kimbrough, gave us a guessing contest. Miss Norma and Wade Furtcheswon the prize, a pretty box of stationary, the booby prize, a book of ten little nigers, was-won by Miss Leona Gra­ ham and Mr. Frank Furtches. Then we drew ribbons for partners to go to the dinning room, where hot choc- late and cake was served. Miss Furtches received several nice and useful paesents. Those who enjoyed the good time at Miss Furtches were: Misses Laura Kimb­ rough, Ethel Naylor, of Smith Grove, and Misses Sarah Atkinson and Leona Graham, of Farmington, Messers. Tommie. Wade and Frank Furches. TULIP. Dr. GarlaniT Green, recently of Rich­ mond Va., bnt whose home is at Yadkin College, has located here for practice, in the vacanacy made by Dr. M. C. Houser’s removal to Charlotte. We learn that Rev. Ingram has accept­ ed the call to serve the Baptist church here. - ' Mrs. H. S. Davis visited in Mocksviile recently. E. N. Hhndrix, of Winston-Salem spent the week end here with his Mother. Quite glad to chroncile that Miss Annie Stewart who has been confined to hei room with pneumonia is convalesent. Thomas Hendrix is erecting a nice dwelling and bam, just south of our vill­ age on the sand clay road. SOROSIS. County Comm encement Prizes. Best exhibit from one teacher school. $5. Merchants’ Wholesale Grocery Co. Best exhibit from two teacher school. Teacher’s desk, by citizen's of Advance. , Best exhibit from school with 3 or more teachers. $5 drum, Irwin Cot­ ton Mills Co; Best map of N. C., 9x10, colored crayon with most important cities, rivers and mountains .located. A nice pair of slippers, S. M. Call. Best map of U. S., 9x10 colored crayon, boundaries of States, capi­ tals, important seaports, mountains, lakes and important rivers located. A kodak, Crawford’s Drug Store. Best original free hand drawing with pencil. IngersolI watch, C. P. Deadmon. Best original drawing with cray­ on. A buggy whip, C. C. Young. Best original drawing with water colors. Picture frame, R. A. Blay­ lock, Best pencil drawing of a schoftl building. $1, J. L. Sheek. Best flda|j. $5. by Bank of Coolee­ mee. 2nd best float A teacher’s chair. C. C. Sanford Sons’ Co. Largest per cent, enrollment in parade. A teacher’s chair. J. F. Hanes. School making best appearance in parade. $1. B. F Hooper. School having the best banner. $1. 0. C. Wall. Best marching. $1. Mocksviile Enterprise. . Bestrecitation by girl in High School. $3 50 mfdal. $2.50. Davie Record. Dayis & Swaim,. $1. Best recitation by girl in grades I to 7. $2.50 gold medal by M. & F. Bank.Best declaration by boy in grades I to 7. $2 50 gold medal, by J. N. Ledford Co. ’ . Best declamation by boy in High School. $3 50 medal. Ellis Milling Co . $3, W. L Call 50c. Highest general average on all ex­ aminations. $5 gold medal. Bank of Davie Highest ayerage in history. $2. Cooleemee Meat Market. Highest'average in geography. $1. G. H. Graham. Best original composition on the subject, "Good Roads a Factor in Community Progress.’’ $5 gold medal. Teacher’s Association. Best original composition by a boy in first seven grades on “Why A Boy Should Stick to the Farm.” A massive walnut library table, by J ; J. Starrette. See table at Bank of Davie. Most improvement in writing— pupils in grades one to three may use pencils—others pen and ink. A Waterman Fountain Pen. Coolee­ mee Drug Store. Al} compositions and specimens of writing must ,reach E. P. Bradley not later than April 2nd. F ork News N otes. MrsVjZ C w t^heets who spent three months here with her.parents Mr. an'd Mrs. A. M. Foster, left last Monday to join-her husband at his home at, Valier, Montana. J. L. Carter made a visit at Sahsbnry this week. Mrs. S. E. Garwood returned Wed' after­ noon, from a few days stay in Winston- Salem, „• ■ P a rt T)f D eutschland’s Cargo W ill Be Sold In M ocksviile. Cyanide of Sodium carried on fam­ ous German Blockade Runner is used in article sold in local store. Articles made from a part of the famous German submarine blockade runner, Dentchland, which twice es­ caped the clutches of the British High Seas Fleet and brought to America chemicals and dye stuffs are on sale in Mocksviile, A malle­ able range, parts of which are made from material brought over from besieged Germany by the 'Deutch- Iand is being displayed by Mocksviile Hardware Co. The builders of the Range sold by Mocksviile Hardware Go., line the flues of their range with Eternametal a patened metal which can only be made by the use of Cyanide of Sodi- nm, which comes from Germany. When the Deutceland arrived in American waters, the range compahv bought the cyanide which composed a large part of the Deutchland’s cargo. It was impossible to buy this chemical in the United States. The cyanide was shipped to South Bend and used in the manufacture of Eternamental. Part of the ranges bnilt with Etemamental. Part of rangesjiuilt with Eternametal made from the Deutschland’s cyanide have been purchased by Mocksviile Hard­ ware Co., and are now on display. The public is welcome to examine them. trip Cnna Item s. Several attended court last week at Mocksviile. Mr. W. H. Foote made a business to Winston Salem Friday. Mr. Will White, of Winston-Salem spent Monday night and Tuesday here with his parents Mr. and Mrs G. L. White. Mrs. A. J. Hutchins is real sick sorry to note. There are several cases of chickenpox in and around the city. The Sunday School bas been stopped at Eaton’s on account of bad weather, but hope to start up.again soon. Mrs. J. 8. Cain spent IastTuisday with Mr*. Will Hutchins. Mr. John Hill, of Pino made a business trip to Cana Wednesday, we hope he will come again soon. DAISY. JACOB STEW ART ATTORNEY-AT-LAW OFFICES: ROOMS NOS. I AND 8 OVER MERCHANTS & FARMERS’ BANK, MOCKSVILLE, N. C. OFFICE PHONE NO. 67. PRACTICE IN ALL THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS. BARGAINS! Have you seen my new spring line of Shoes and Dry Goods yet? Lots have seen and bought already- It will save you money to do likewise. Shoes at last year’s prices. More new goods to arrive soon. 0 . G. ALLEN. Byerly & Harper Stand. S A F E T Y F S l I T INTEREST NEVER SLEEPS. IT IS NEVER IDLE. IT WORKS 24 HOURS EVERY DAY. IT WORKS 365 DAYS EVERY YEAR. NO OTHER SERVANT IS SO FAITHFUL. Y O T O M O S S E Y A T SS& Y E H E ST . Start a savings account at once - with this bank, and have money accumulating steadily. We pay 4 percentintereston all time deposits, and our customers’ interests are OURS. BANK ©F B A ¥1B J . F . SSOOSUSv C asM ex ES. L . G A IT H E R , F sesM eM H . C . - STOP! THINK AND LISTEN. W e have a nice line of all kinds of grocer­ ies, and want your trade. Cali in and see our line, or call us and w e w ill deliver it to you. S S % I I 4 A V l l ItlV V \^ V m \L 4 ik.JlAWAUU VV ^ k e e m m e e e e e « e m e e e e e « B FRESH MEATS ALL THE TIME. Country m eats a specialty. Your orders are solicited. . | SW A IM & D A V IS, ON THE SQUARE PHONE 69 JU S T RECEIV ED Car load Cotton Seed meal Sweet Feed $2.20 and $2 40.. seed Potatoes $8 50 and $9 OO wjiile they last. Remember our line of Low cat shoes was bought 4 months ago. . . WALKER’S BARGAIN HOUSE. TELEPHONE 31 MOCKSVILLE, N. C DR. MARTIN, in connection with general practice, gives special attention to diseases of eye, ear, nose and throat and fits glasses. Office Over Drug Store. J)R. ROBT. ANDERSON, !d en tist , Phone* Office No. 71. Residence No. 47 Office aver Drag Store. 3 2 0 , 8 1 7 . Have been built and actually delivered to retail buyers since August 1,1916. t These figures—320.817—represent the actual, number of cars manufactured by us since August 1st, 1916, and delivered by our agents to retail buyers. ; \ This unusual fall and winter demand for Ford cars makes it necessary for us to confine the distribution of • cars only to those agents who have orders for immediate deli very to re­ tail customer^, rather than to permit any agent to stock cars in anticipation of later spring sales. We are issuing this notice to intending buyers that they may protect themselves against delay or disappointment in secur­ ing Ford ears. If, therefore, you are planning to purchase a Ford car; we advise you to place your order and take deliv­ ery now: Immediate orders wifi have prompt attention. , Delay in buyjng at this time may cause you to wait several monihs, i'Enter your orderytoday for immediate delivery with our authorized Ford agenl? listed below and don’it be disap­ pointed later on. y ' . ,Z . PRICES! Runabout $S'45, Touring |*i f M J - r t Car $360, Coupelet $505, Town Car X1O T f I !V IftL fIT l _ f ) .$595, Sedan $645;f. o. b. Detroit • « I H U I U J I v w V SA N FO RD ’S G A R A G E, Mocksy91e, N. C. SKsfcBIftv S;;-:;-; ‘''^»;f^iT:':i'®,'■' "“-:--:^ f:-ff:^X:^ p ^ ^'^-■:V'-'^^'-f■'''>-'':-"'■'^?'.'‘^!-^;,"^'>::”-:1:«'.:-:t:;:>/.r-j^’^rv^i’v'.'-=-^.""'-.^ '■-':;£>S ^;?: --"l^jV-'--'; . ;v: -.V/'v-.'-r: f,V: ?:;•:':?;-'•■ ”'.: ' U T / I - ' • :-;H V . , ';-V?\. :s ’ ■.. :•?; rt Si4I T B E S A V ie e s o o e s , M O C E s m i E , N . 6 .aauHmaHiiHiifl YOUR EYESIGHT AND IE OF THE EYES N e x t T o L ife Its e lf S ig h t Is M a n ’s M o s t V a lu e d P o s s e s s io n . T A K E GOOD C A R E O F E Y E S Modern Working Conditions Increase th.e Burdens of the Eyes and Cause Eyestrain.—Glasses Properly Fitted By Optometrists Prevent'. Strailn I and. Other Eye Troubles. Nest to life itself sight is the most valuable thing you possess. To do the most efficient work, to get the most enjoyment out of life, you need your eyes in the best pos­ sible condition. The first indications of eye trouble should have your immediate attention. Such troubles come on so gradually that they are not realized at first, but as soon as recognized they should be attended to, as eye defects continue to grow worse, if neglected. The most common troubles are the results of eyestrain, which is exceed­ ingly prevalent. Unless the strain Is promptly relieved permanent injury to the eyes is likely to result, and merely because of neglect for a time a person may suffer a life-long handicap of poor sight. The prevalence of eyestrain1 undoubt­ edly is due to the fact that-m odern living and working conditions are put­ ting increasingly heavy burdens on the eyes. Eyestrain frequently comes from working under improper lighting con­ ditions; or it may be caused by going without glasses when they should be worn; or by wearing glasses the lenses of which are not ground correctly for the wearer. There are many symptoms of eye­ strain, the most common being pains in o? about the eyes, headaches or nervousness. These symptoms be­ come aggravated when the eyes are used without rest for. any length of time. Besides these more or less easily recognized symptoms, there are many other more remote troubles which may indicate eyestrain. m ien eye troubles reach .more ad­ vanced stages there may be difficulty in seeing distinctly, or the .outlines |of objects may appear blurredA Some­ times there is an. unevenness* in the' appearance, of straight lines or an un­ equal brightness of different parts of objects. These latter ■ visual defects are due to astigmatism. Frequently a person who sees - dis­ tinctly. has eye defects which, how­ ever, are not so great but that the eyes can produce distinct vision by ex­ tra muscular exertion. But the con­ stant muscular exertion necessary to produce such distinct vision will lead .to eyestrain if continued fo r-- any length of time. i > Such persons often suiter from head­ aches or nervousness without Realiz­ ing that eye trouble is the cause. 31 strained eyes are -Inot. relieved within a short time by “proper glasses permanent injury will fesuifc, and the sight can never afterw ards be re- Btored to what it shov/ld harve been. IVhile the eyes will / stand• a great amount of misuse, if misused too long there is no way to/make them good as new.” } C orrect. The State Senate did well to kill- .the bill proposing the pensioning of judges. Considering the diffi­ culty it haB in obtaining fundB to properly provide for the State in etitutions, and the small pension paid Confederate veterans, the State of North Carolina is in no condition to take on a pension list for civil officals; and if the State is ever in condition to put on a civil pension list we are not so sure that officals who are paid good salaries duiing their term of active service would be entitled to first consider­ ation.—Statesville Landmark. H jrprocrites, AU. Some eloquent speeches in be half of promoting drinking of light wines and beer in South Carolina are made by Legistators who would not swap a quart of red licker' for a keg of beer or a case of such wines.—Greenville Piedmont. Even if you money in your own can’t keep your possession, at E Y E S T R A IN A M O N G ’ S C H O O L C H IL D R E N least keep it in this town. W henever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic propertiesof QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives ont Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. Lucky. It’s luckyfor some of us prond descendants of early Colonial fore­ bearer that Jhey didn’t run against a literacy test on their arrival here. —Boston Traveller. W H A T I S LAX-FOS ‘ IAX-FOS IS AN IMPROVED CASCARA A D ig e s tiv e L a x a tiv e CATHARTIC AND UVER TONIC Laz-Fos is not a Secret orPatentMedi- cine but is composed of the following old-fashioned roots and herbs: CASCARA BARK BLUE FLAG ROOT RHUBARB ROOT BLACK ROOT MAY APPLE ROOT SENNA LEAVES AND PEPSIN In L a z-F os the Cascasa is improved by the addition of these digestive, ingredi­ ents making it better than ordinary Cas- C ara, and thus the combination acts not only as a stimulating laxative and cathar­ tic but also as a digestive and liver tonic. Syrnp laxatives are weak, but Lax-Fos combines strength with palatable, aro­ matic taste and does not gripe or disturb the stomach. One bottle will prove L a z -Fos is invaluable for Constipation, Indigestion or Torpid Liver. Price 50c. L e t ’s U s i « £ m w J m m m m m Rfsag i p m r a r i M © . % * * * * I * Eyestrain causes numerous physical :111s, through what «are known as re­ flex nerve troubles. ■' / Many cases of stomach, Il ver, kid­ neys, bowel and nferve trout! Ies have been entirely cured;- by correi ;ting the ,eyes with proper glasses, wl* ,ich thus relieve the eyestrain. f j When the cause is rel'iev eo th e ef­ fect speedily disappear.^. ■ ■ i The principal symptoms of e;ves train among school C hihW 1 are; \ Headaches. Mosrt headac fit s are caused by defective vision, f I 3Toper glasses will r e l ie f them. I x Head-Tilting. /Indicates iiibalah.ee of the ocular m riScles; a seri bus con­dition. ;I Halting, hesftating readers;.'-always a sure sign of imperfect vision, W ddhis IilfJ book too close,. Does always indicate nearsigh A, but al­ ways. means defective efyes. / - Poor Disfiance vision—unrihle to see writing op . the blackboard. , Dread, of light—squinting.; v Irritability. / T h fs,con­ ation /frequently Jieads to I St. Yiv‘.us Dance or Chorea. This mal ady yields readily to proper glasses. / \ • Strained Expression — - farrowed brow, indicating weak, pafnful vision. Parents- can best serve/ their child­ ren by having thedr eyes !corrected at the proper time , and w lien S ^ L in youtb Imaai* fe n w o , child to outgrow j eye defelcts. \ ,The effijciency <j,f the eMid will be In­ creased and his h ealth conserved. I 1^ id0-bt a sI to yoffT child’s ey ts, take him to a I reliable.1 optomeitriiit and learn the tit ith. I Most disease * * * We are prepared to handle all kinds: of commercial printing, such as ENVELOPES, STATEMENTS. - BILL HEADS, LETTER HEADS, - ■SHIPPING TAGS. CARDS. POSTERS, or anything you may need in the printing line. Wehavethe neatest apd best equipped shop in Davie county. Our prices are not. too high. Phone No. I, and we will call and show you sam p’es and prices. I ’ m m i g h t y g l a d I w a s b o r n a r e a l S o u t h ­ e r n e r . J u s t s u p p o s e I h a d b e e n a n E s k i m o , o r a H o t t e n t o t , o r s o m e t h i n g , w i t h r i n g s i n m y n o s e a n d e a r s I / Y e s , s i r — I a m g o o d a n d p r o u d o f m y S o u t h e r n b i r t h . M y m o t h e r is f r o m V i r ­ g i n i a a n d ' m y f a t h e r i s f r o m t h e C a r o l in a s . I w a s b o m a n d r a i s e d d o w n h e r e a m o n g f y o u a l l . I w i s h y o u c o u l d s e e m y h o m e — - it i s s o c le a n a n d b r i g h t a n d 1 c h e e r y a n d w h o le ­ s o m e — t h e f in e s t ; w h i t e s t , h e a l t h i e s t t o b a c c o f a c t o r y i n a l l t h e w o r l d . I a m c a l l e d S O V E R E I G N — K i n g o f T h e m A U ! B u t m y m i d d l e n a m e i s S m o k e , f r i e n d — a n d a l l o v e r t h e S o u t h m y l o y a l f r i e n d s a r e w i t h m e , b e c a u s e You Folks of the South KNOW good Blhod! You Folks of the South KNOW good tobacco !■ I w a n t y o u a h f o r m y f r i e n d s — e v e r y o n e o f y o u . G i v e m e a c h a n c e — s e e h o w I m a k e g o o d . A n d d o n ’ t f o r g e t — I a m g u a r a n t e e d b y m e . I f y o u d o n ’t l i k e m e r e t u r n m e t o y o u r d e a l e r j a n d g e t y o u r m o n e y b a c k . I h a v e s a i d i t . A S o u t h e r n g e n t l e m a n / i s k n o w n ....... t h e w o r l d o v e r f o r k e e p i n g h i s w o r d , a n d I h a v e g i v e n y o u m i n e . I T H E ' © I P T H E S O U T H t Robbing Eases Piun R ubbm g sends th e linim ent tingling through th e flesh an d quickly lto p s pain.. D em and a linim ent th a ty o u can ru b w ith. T he b e it tubbing linim ent is MUSTANG notified, [enables; the , -are caused by nr irve “ rtton..w Jtt-h is frequently -.result of eystrai n. lpnt the'-Ssaa1 “ s'! *• the eyeip.inj place \ ,«f I Help the child, to help himaelLr~. " i. , K ........................................... G ooitjhf ihe Aihnenh o f Horses, Mulesf Cattle, Etc. ' Qnodfor ytatrewri Aches, Cuts, Burns, Etc. 25c..50c. $1. .... Al all Dealers. V ery Proably. "Illinois,” declares a SouthDakota visitor to that State, “would Ie bet­ ter off without a Legislature.” But maybe he means that the Iliinoin Legislature is of the type which mcs"! States would be better off without. —New Orleans Picayune. We just can’t loose sight of Car­ ranza. No sooner did the shadow of Germany da'rken-our horizon than the old' duck conveyed his profound admiration and good will to the Kaiser. And everybody laughed. Plies Cured In 6 -to 14 Days Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTME% fails to cure any case ofItchin£ BlindrBleedingorProtrudingFiles in 6to 14 days! The first application gives Ease and Rest 50c. SOUTHERN LUNCH ROOM. Mocksviile, N. C “ W h e r e H u n g e r i» S a tis fie d .” The old reliable Southern Lunch Room is again open to the public, and is better prepared* than ever to serve the pub­ lic at all times with hot meals, lunches, fruits, cigars, tobacco, candies, etc. Sanitary cooking, neat dining room and attentive service. If you eat with osjonee, vou will^abwttbifs’alwfiys. Winston-Salem Southbound Railway ShortLineBetween Winston-Salem, Lexington, Albemarle, Norwood and Points South. Through train from Roanoke; Ya;, to Florence, S. C., in connection w ith th e N o r fo lk fc W estern R ailw ay and A tlantic Coast Line. Through Pullm anJjleeping Onf lo w Y ork to Jacksonville, Fla., Vie W insjton-Salem ., S. P. COLLIER, JR,,Traffic Manager. W inston-Salem , N. C. D e p o t S t LUNCH ROOM. : M ocksviile, N. C. FOR MONUMENTS AND TOMBSTONES CEMETARY W O RK O F ALL KINDS Inrestigate our P rices and Work. Careful Attention G iven to R E I N S B R O T H E R S , . (Successors to M iller-Reins Gom pany) HORTH W ltK ESB O R O A N D LENOIR, N. C VOLUMN Xl The Probib There is E tween a pr| was on the I nessee sevel ute became! We have I tion in Men seven yearBi hibition foil ezperiencesl eient to jusL the effect on Prohibitil salers and : hurts the been in Ioc^ ed for the i ProbibitiI have been il sale bueinea Tetail busin| of life when find other ol to other lin| There is : from whole| licenses. Here are I of prohibitid the City of F W e have population,! the Bupply negroes hasl by a rednctj ing. It has alsl reduced idll class of negn fewer arrest/ blacks in M| six months siz months I has been a which have I Prohibitiil ally dimmed lights distril the redlightl up from Iacl Under pif are taking home to thel children ths Under prl drinker doel becoming an A year a | known cha^ went from s| ing the hos| buy. Some Others have gone to wo Prohibitid with the gal tail merchajj better unde| did before ] AU lines I under prohij siz months I never did hibition ha^ ness. The would not open saloonl a corporal j citizens wo order. It the prd pated there! hibition witfl liver becon Restii cause Tqey will I your atoms well as evi The editoj indication Even the wi sembled the| ciam berlaii Fa1 <L L.' Essh Cfiamberlain ing the past sister's favor lungs. I my: of times whe U always reli m m . » - & !.v": vr" .*• m m t m s tia k Js SO iole- sacco [hem pke, loyal islkb [ a i l w a y s m a r l e , S . C ., in Iway icksonvllle, iger. INES VOLUMN XVIII. “HERE SHAtX THE PRESS. THE PEOPLE’S IUGHTS MAINTAIN; UNAWEO BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN.” MOCIfSVILLE. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 14. 191V. c . The Prohibitioo Law And Prohibi­ tion There is a vast difference be tween a prohibition. Prohibition was on the statute books in Ten­ nessee seven years before the Btat ute became effective. We have had a fight for prohibi. tion in Memphis and Iennessee for seven years. W e have had pro­ hibition for six months. But the experiences of six months are snffi cient to justify conclusions as to the effect of bone dry prohibition. Prohibition hurts the whole s alers and retailers of liquor. It hurts the buildings which have been in locations especially adapt­ ed for the retaining of liqor. Prohibition hurts those who have been in the legitim ate whole­ sale business and in the legitimate retail business’ if they are at a time oi life when it is hard for them to find other occpations or to enter in­ to other lines of business. There is a reduction in revenue from wholesale and retail liquor licenses. Here are some of the advantages of prohibition already noticeable in the City of Memphis : We have an enormous negro population, and the reduction of the supply of liqor to irresponsible negroes has already been followed by a reduction in fighting and kill ing. It has also cut down loafing and reduced idleness among a certain class oi negroes. Tbere have been fewer arrests of both whites and blacks in Memphis during the last six months than during any other six months for 10 years. There has been a reduction of tragedies; which have tfieir Prohi bition' has already materi ally dimmed the lights in the red lights district. W ith liquor out of the redlight district it w ill shrivel up from lack of patronage. Under prohibition workingmen are taking more of their money home to their wives and to their children than they previously did. Under prohibition the occasional driDker does not run the risk of becoming an occasional drunkard. A year ago a number of well known characters in Memphis went from saloon to saloon, enjoy­ ing the hospitality of those who buy. Borne of these have died: Othershavegotten sober, and have gone to work. ^ Prohibition has also interfered with the gambling industry. Be tail merchants find their collections better under prohibition than they did before prohibition was in order. AU lines of business in Kemphis under prohibition during the lasti six months have prospered as they never did before. C ertainlypro hibitiou has not hurt general busi­ ness. The people of Memphis would not- vote to return to the open saloon. After two years not a corporal’s guard of thinking citizens would vote ,for the old order. It the preseut wave is not dissi­ pated there will be national pro kibition within six years. A Bilioos Attadb When you have a bilious attack your Hver fails to perform its functions. You become constipated, The food you eat ferments In your stomachyinstead of di­ gesting. This inflames thexstomach and causes nausea, vomiting and1 a terrible headache. Take ChamberiaihV Tablets. Tqey will tone up' your •• Hveri clean out your stomach and you will:.;:soon be as well as ever. They only Cost a ’quarter The editorial countenance is no indication of the spirit within. Even the wisest of men; have re­ sembled the fool. . • Favorite ForCoIds. J. L. Easley, Macon, IlWih ...... _ Chamberlain's Cough Remedy sayh/’p®?* big the past fifteen years it has been my sister’s favorite medicine fos colds on thp lungs. I myself have taken- it; .8 numf NUMBER 35 Those Were Happy Days. Indeed those were happy days, the days when “roast neers” were laid at your door, three dozen for a twenty-five cent piece, when the housewife could pry back the shuck of each ear and look upon the well- filled juicy grains, the days that a hen was a hen and you could take your choice for a twenty five cent piece, yea the days that this coin ruled supreme.' AU buying was done upon the basis of a quarter of a dollar. Your grocer would de­ liver three dozen fresh eggs to your doqr for one of those twentieth cen tury -‘two hit” pieces. The farm­ er would leave a bushel of home cured yellow sweet potatoes at your door for this coin and his honest hands heaped high a water bucket instead of one of these “ kiln dried” shriveled up peck measures of to­ day. For this coin you could se­ cure five quarts of the nation wide “ white” bean or a gallon of your choice brand of molasses. Yes. those were happy days. YeB, for a quarter not “ two bitB’, the dairyman would deliver to yonr door five quarts of milk with the cream upon it, as.it came from the cow. Yes, those were happy days, before the separator became generally used. For ^his coin, your neighbor would supply you with a half of a gallon of pure thick buttermilk for five dayB and even father could strut up town after his noonday meal feeling that his stomach was a were happy days. During the hot sweltering days of August, for one of those coins you could have a freezer of cream for t |e whioluiamyy,^', LittleJohn-' n il and Mary couid eat and eat un- till their eye-balls froze in their stickets. Mother made it, it was pure. Yes. those were happy days. The winters did'not Beem so cold as rich blood was forced into every vein by a heart that was led upon contributions from your neighbors during hog killiDg days. W ith an exchange of courtesies, and these courtesies not merely be­ ing smiles, but dishes of “ Lilly Pea” , Souce, back bones and ‘spare ribs” and sausage with real sage in them. In their attempt to show their hospitality, often brea<j was sent along. YeB, those ,were happy days. Those were days before Hook worms, Fords and the other many germs of the earth pounced upon mankind. Yes, those were happy days.—Statesville Sentinel. to Women often become nervous and de® spondent. When this is due to constipa­ tion it is easily corrected by taking an occasional dose of Chamberlain’s Tablets. These tablets are easy to take and pleas­ ant in effect. W e dont know what tpe war talk w ill amount to, but we believe that the whole world, with an ex­ ception of a fewm illionaire manu­ factures. would be glad to see peace throughout the civilized world. Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System tTbe Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVBtS TASTBLBSS chill TONIC* drives out MBlaristenrlches the blood,and builds up the sys­ tem* A true tonic. Bor adults and children* 50c; Any wan would rather be a widow’s Becond husbadjd than her tost. Think it over. ; The Pneumonia Season, -The cold, damp weather of March seems to] be the most favorable for the pneumo­ nia germ. Now is the time to be careful. Pneumonia often results from a cold. The quicker a cold is gotten rid of the less (he danger. As soon as the first indication of a cold. appears take Chamberlain’s [Cough Remedy. As to the valufe of this preparation, ask anyone who has used it. Vi' •’ ------- “ Push and Go” is bully in a kid, provided it doesn’t require a push to make him go. foa diitoinS That, Boss.Not Aflect the Head B ecause'of'itsf toiiic-sand laxative effect, JLAXA- T ivE B R O M O Q U IN lN B is b etterth sn ordinary J 11 5 - ^ £ d d o es.n o t cause nervousness norn;H^d.^ememberthefulltiOTeand The Cur. Dog’s Paradise. Again the yaller cur dawg may wag his tail in token of gratitude to the legislature. The proposi tion to impose a tax on all dogs in the state was killed, and in its place there went through a bill giving any county which might de sire to place a tax on its dogs, the right to do 90 on petition by one- fifth, of‘the qualified voters, but even then they must not make the tax at all burdensome. They must not tax the dog more than one dollar. That is simply a way the legislature has of promoting the interests of the Pasteur Institute at Baleigh and holding down the sheep industry of the state. Yeri Iy, Horth Carolina may juBtly be termed the eur dog’s paradise.-^ Charlotte Observer. Neighborly But Against The Law. Jim Bailey and his 17-year-old son are in jail at Salisbury await-r ing Federal Court, on the charge of making corn liquor at their home on Bald Mountaiu, near Newsom. N. C. Officers Fred C. Sink, F. C. Tolbert and C. F. Neely, made” the arrest. Baily says bis neighbors were thirsty and there was no desire on his part to make money, but to do a neigh borly deed, and refill the family camphor bottles. Such a fellow feeling was wonderous kind and possibly some of those who were resipients of his product, were the ones that reported him. Don’t Monkey Wii Dot I Qt. A local politican who is noted for his valor and interest in behalf of prohibition .was approached onds day^b'y^Ybifl^'da^^ darkey was of the law abiding kind and no doubt had done a few stunts at preaching as every darkey does some time during his life. The old negro, was evidently per­ turbed when he heard of this ‘bone’ dry law that was being talk' ed of and the very thought of such a dry measure didn’t appeal to him. r. — is you for dat (<bone„ dry liquor law? W ell, now, Mr. — let me done told you—dat wuz a good days wuk when you gentle­ men done passed dat fust probition law, it wuz alright when you done passed dat second law and fer as Fm cerued it wuz alright when you passed dat last quart law, but Mr. — fojGrods sake, dont monkey wid dat quart law.—Statesville Sentinel. To Cure a Cold In One Day . T ake LAXATIVE BROMO Q uinine. I t stops the C oush and H eadache an d w orks off th e Cold. D n izsists refund-: m oney if it fails to cure. E - W . GROVE-’S signature o n each box. 25c. Theinvestigation.of charges of of cruelty to prisoners at the State prison farm : discloses a condition that is a disgrace to the State and that cannot too. soon be remedied. While supervisors and guards are to blame, it is to be said that they are but following the system which has always obtained and the idea that a prisoner deserves little consideration. It is the fault of the State and not of the men in charge of the convicts that proper quarters are not provid­ ed for the prisoners. This should be the first change made and then men should be put in charge who realize that even a convict is a human being aiid should be treated accordingly.— StatesvilleLandmark. DEAFNESS CANNOI BECURED by local applications, as tbey can not reach the diseased portion ol the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by con stitutional remedies. Deafness is catised by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. W hen this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or im perfect hearing, and when it is en tirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be tyken out and this tube restored to itsY orniSf condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine ca ses out of ten are caused by Catarrh which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We w ill give one hundred dol- ars for any case of Deafness (cans ed by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh' Cure. - Send (or eircularscfrqef, - - - -of times when suffering with a cold ’, and eircularSrfrqef,-- - . « alwaysrelieved me ptbmptlyi”^ :t I Plea For The Erring Sis­ ter. : “I see,” said Beuben as he came into the gold plated and concrete reinforced studio where our gems thought are taken from the germs, 1‘that D i, McGeachey, of Charlotte, of Charlotte, is insisting on his till for a Home for Delinquent women. I am with him in this fight—have |a v e been making the Self same preachment for a quarter of a cen­ tury. Iam one of the bald head­ ed Patriarchs who has an idea that U man hasn’t any more right to go Wrong than a woman. I am one Ot the be whiskered U nde Ikes who thinks that if a woman errs she has as mnch chance to come back as the man who errs. I am not one who would preach the doctrine to tall ’ in order, to get on the evangelical baed wagon and pass the hat of easy money. But I am one who wonders whj there are not women evangelist who can face the music and the audience tind tell tfie sad story of their lives and abuse their betters and pass the hat and be called blessed. “I have olten wondered why it was that some old rum soaked bum; some old woman bilker and dead beat could suddenly pull himself out of the gutter and go around telling the people they were going to hell—and tne hardest word he always has, is against the woman who has tripped—and yet we nev­ er see a woman from the gutter tell- had led, Tliat is left lor the map prostitute. H e goes the deepeBt ,depths. Then he pulls himself to gether; goes out with a tent or a lb ^ 4 ^ u U ia n d .jffi^ed|i; titjajhfc- ba9t decency; to pillory before the world ail the people who do come across—and glories in insisting that he once was the most hardened wretch drawing the breath of life. He indulges in plausible fabricati on sustain the sad story of his life. fle exaggerateshiHfaults;" ' his weakness—and the more horri ble, repulsive, terrible he can be the more the sisters utter their cries of'astonishment and the more they flock to hear him lecture ,to women only. He is more !recent­ ly than otherwise out only for ‘ the money—But- the point I make is why do not reformed women—the old girls who have wallowed in the gutter for a few years pull them­ selves together and take to the pul. pit—reform, and abuse their virtu­ ous sisters. “ Why’ bless your bloomin, blus­ terin’ soul were a woman who had led an impure life even for a mom­ ent attempt; to tell Iier sad story the sisters would slam the door and the astonished men would take to tall timber.^ “I am in favor of the Home for Delinqent Women. I am in favor of saying to the erring sister as much as Christ said to her—and that was that 6he should go and sin no more. But- he may have said more. ,Who knows what the Mas­ ter wrote iu the sand—the only chroncile we have of his ever writ ing—yet he paused when the har­ lot was brought before him—stop- ped and saw the awful cruelty of it all—and then said let th e' man without sin throw the liret atone- Big, Easy Money. Never hefore has New York been so rich, or felt so rich, or indulged so; shamelessly in orgies of money spending: The nightly spectacles along the Great W hite W ay is making thoughtful , people take stock of things somewhat. W hile the souls of the Down- and Ont seethe with inbignation and envy, the W all Street Journal is saying: A revival of' old time piety is what we need now. to cleao this county of the filth of graft and greed, petty and big; of worship of fine houses and big lands and high office and grand social funct­ ions. W bat is this thing we are wor­ shipping but a vain repetition of what decayed nations fell down and worshiped just before their lights went out? . Bead the history of Borne in de­ cay and you will find luxury there that could lay a big dollar over our little doughnut that looks so large to us. Great wealth never made a nation substantial nor hon­ orable. There is nothing on earth that looks good that is bo dangerous for a man or a nation to handle as quick, easy big money. If you do resist its deably ip fluence, the chances are thaf it will get your son.—News Letter. AFTER SIX YEARS, “Brudder Johnson” And The Ram' Lamb. Parson Johnson, a colored mini-' ster in the town here wa9 caught hugging one of the finest “ewe” IambB of the flock, and as this lamb was quite a popular young- colored ,lady it created a great Btir among the good sisters ol the church—for they * considered it somewhat of a scandal in Zion. .. So'“ Brudder Johnson” was brou- ■ ght before the church for trial. A s the trial progressed and the deacons and sisters were making it a little hot lor “ Brudder Johnson,” that reverend gentleman rose to defend himself. Turning to one of the deacons, he said: “Brudder deacon, did you ebber Bee any ecclesiastical works ob art?’ “Yes, sir,” said brudder deacon: “ W ell,” continued Brudder Johnson,“if you hab seen dern great pictures you knows dat de great Shepherd ob de sheep am al­ ways pictured wid one ob de lambs ob de flock in His arms?” ; This was too much for mister deacon—he couldn’t answer it —so they decided to have a call meet­ ing in the evening and study the thing from every point. And aft­ er a long consultation the church, drew up the following resolution: Besolved, dat fer de future peace ob dis here church, dat de next time Brudder Johnson takes a lamb ob de flock in his araiB dat he take a Bam lamb.” Winston-Salem Testimony Remains Un* shaken.. ' Time is the best test of truth. Here is a Winston-Salem story that; has stood the,; test of time. It is a story4 with ’ a; point ^ichiWifioomei^igM^hifNffe: to-fdehy of us. Mrs. C. F. Holobough, S. Main St., Win­ ston-Salem, N. C.. says: “I suffered from rheumatic pains through my limbs. For several years, mv system seemed to be filled With uric acid and at times I felt quite miserable. Doan's Kidney Pills made me feel very much better.” (State­ ment given December 24,1907.) OVER SIX YEARS LATER, Mrs. Holo- bough said: “At times, my back gets lame and causes me so much misery that I can hardly get about to do my house­ work. Doan's Kidney Pills always re­ lieve me of the trouble " Price 50c. at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kid­ ney Pills—the same that Mrs. Holobough has twice publicly recommended. Foster- Milburn Co.. Props.. Buffalo. N. Y. Take Grove’s The Old. Standard Grove’s Tasteless chill Tonic is equ'ally valuable as a- Gengral. Tonic because it-contains the .WeUkhown toiric properties of QUININB W and IRON. . It actnon the;6 ive^Drives . Builds tip the Whole System. 50 cents. - A Rome (Ga) husband is reported to be seeking a ' divorce from his 12 year-old bride,” whom he says the father refuses to permit him to take to his home. To be sure; and the court ought to refuse him a divorce. A man who hasn’t any more sense of decency than to wed a 12-year-old girl against her parents’ wishes ought to be held bound by the courts to his vows, at least untill the infant whom he deceived shall come to be of age. It would seem that Georgia ought to wake up and pass some laws to protect its children from other wrongs beside those whiskey may do them.—Chattanooga Times. “ We owe it to Society; we owe it all around to have a state instit­ ution that will float a flag to pro tect and attempt to uplift the wom­ an who has tripped and started to the gates of hell. I am in favor of the bill. I hope the legislature will be big enough and' broad en­ ough and charitable enough—al­ though composed of men to sa j: “Sister, if you Binned and djd not know—here is a home for you get your bearing—earn money to take you somewhere from the haunts which caused your fall—go, and be a Woman as God made,you and .your mother dreamfed and hopld yptt would bp-’’—Greens' boroj Record; * ■ 1 H U N T L E Y - H I L L - S T O C K T O N C O •9 AMBULANCEFURNITURE UNDERTAKERS Winston-Salem, N, C. Mail Order SHOPPING A M a t t e r o f G r e a t C o n v e n ie n c e No matter where you live—regardless of how far it might be from Winston-Salem—the Huntley-Hill-Stockton Company’s Mail Or­ der Department, assisted by the U. S. Parcel. Post, Freight and Ex­ press Companies, brings the store to your very door, No extra charge, whatsoever, for this service, as all purchases of this character. are shipped by us “PREPAID.” Write us for whatever you want, and whether your letter includes an order for merchandise or a request for information, it is given the same prompt and courteous attention you would receive if you came to the store in person. In case you slnd us an order for merchandise, as soon as it is re­ ceived it is given to one of our expert shoppers, who makes the pur- v chase with the same care and discretion he would use in buying for himself, and any price advantage that i t is possihle.r.t.Q 4 >btain is. se : cured for you. 1 , . . . ; ^ •: ;• It is this personal feature that has made our Mail Order Serviie so satisfactory to hundreds > of out-of-town shoppers—and will PLEASE YOU. . , H u n t le y - H il l- S t o c k io ii C o . fcfl J L i I 2022 r ' \' sV THS PAVIS RECORD, MOCKSVILLB, N. C. THE DAVIE RECORD. C. FRANK STROUD - - TELEPHONE I. Entered at the Postoffice in Mocks' ville, N. C., as- Second-clasa Mail matter. March 3.1903. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ONE YEAR, IN ADVANCE - $ I 00 SIX MONTHS, IN ADVANCE - $ 50 THREE MONTHS. IN ADVANCE $ 25 WEDNESDAY. MARCH 14, 1917. If you want to get into trouble just say bonds to a gentleman from ‘ old Jerusalem_________ Would The Salisbury Post or The Garolina Watchman be kind enough to inform Hon. Walter Murphy, of Rowan county, that Jerusalem town­ ship, Davie countv, gives an average Republican majority of" eighty-five. A good lady of Mocksville called at The Record office last week to thank the editor for the article we printed two weeks ago in regard to the prayer meeting attendance in this city. The Record will consider itself amply repaid if even one per­ son is induced, through its feeble efforts, to become a church-goer. A building and loan association is a necessity for Mocksville. Houses are badly needed, and there is no better nor quicker way to get them than through a building and loan. A i.umber of’ families are wanting to locate in our town, but not aii empty house is to be found. We are hoping that a few new houses will be built by the gentlemen who pur­ chased lots on Salisbury street. The town cannot go forward with every­ body holding back. Let’s all push. Business may be pretty good in our town, but ItsSeems that one lit­ tle jack-leg who tries to sell goods, has enough spare time to chase over the streets and try to induce- the people to stop taking The Record. This is a small matter to be airing before the public, but such nai^ow- minded, partizan folks should be ex­ posed to the public, and the boycot- ter given a dose of his own medi­ cine. The Record was here doing business before this little two-by­ nothing scantling blew in, and The Record will be here after the said scantling blows out W etry to be open and above board in our busi pess transactions and we would not stab a man in the back. The boy­ cott will let up or it will go to work­ ing both ways. ■ Schedule For Atheletic Day. The following is the schedule of the track meet which is to be held in Mocksville on the 31 day.of Mar. 1917. between the schools of Davie " county. . The schedule is subject to the ap­ proval of the Htheletic director of each school which is to be represent­ ed: - To become a contestant the follow­ ing rules and regulations must be observed All contestants must be bona-fide students of the schools wnich they represent, to be a bona- • fide student, one must be in attend­ ance at the time of the meeting, and must have passing grades on a ma­ jority of the studies. No teacher, professional atheletie, or former college player, shall be al­ lowed to take part in the meeting > ,under any circumstances. " ' ' To begin about 10 A. M. (I)’ 100 yard dash. (2) 440 yard run. (3) S80 yard run,(4) I (one) mile run, X (5) high jump. (6) broad jump, (7) , pole vault, (S) 12ib shot put. (9) re­ lay race. ; Followed in the afternoon by base- J . ball game between tije two leading teams; two games will be played if there is a team which has not been 2, eliminated. ^ i- -The points will be counted thus, s; 5(five) points for first place, 3 (three) ■ for second place 2 (two) for third f:O place, and I (one) for fourth place. . In the afternoon there will be a I game of ball between the two teams C th a t have now the most game3 dur- V ing the year Please send in the M r names of those who will take part in the exercises and part they will (DAVIE COUNTY 50 YEARS AGO. Calvin Sanford Saves Our Throat--A Sketch of The Clenwnt Family. When Iagrippe gets a bad-bold on one, it Is hatd for him to get the right grip on bis pen and subject. In this condition, we have labored for twp weeks. And on­ ly those who have tried it, know how to sympathize." Mental and physical energy combined is the greatest foe disease can tackle. When Napoleon's large army were nearly all sick and many dying, the General was asked one day why it was he never got sick. His answer was: “I haven't the time to go to bed.” It is truly said, “life is life's best preserver.” Sitting down and pining over our feelings aches, pains and disappointments—in­ vites a premature surrender to that enemy of ajl flesh called “death." So, we have decided to keep hooked-up with the boy; and when die and die we must, let ns die in the traces. There are several living examples, even in Mocksville, of how life, spirit and ac­ tivity have renewed and perpetuated themselves in individuals, despite the years, the toils and the cares. We have often thought of one of them, especially, as being a perfect model of human exis- tances; one whose perpetual sunshine, as neighbor, friend and benefactor, never sees a cloudy day, or a starless night. And that man is C. C. Sanford. We shall never forget him. It is said “A friend in need, is a friend indeed." To us, he was all that. We never called on him for a favor that he didn’t cheerfully grant it. Onceheeven keptus from getting our throat cut. And we shall never get done thanking him for that. And for the bene­ fit of suffering humanity, we will stop right here and tell about it. About 33 years ago, we had something wrong about our throat er windpipe—as we and the doctors thought. It grew worse and worse. While well otherwise, yet it got so we could not breathe in a close, or crowded room. Could not sit in church and hear a sermon, even., Two good doctors—and they were good ones— advised us to go to Baltimore and have an operation performed—have our throat cut—yesl And the sooner the better—of course! Not having wronged any doctors that they, in order to protect their repu tatiun, should feel it their duty to carve us up. and preferring to die as a peace­ able and law-abiding citizen, we decided to die at hutne, with Mary and the child­ ren. ' The Baptist Association met with the Mocksville church. We rode up to town to tell them how many delegates to send us, intending to return home. Stopping at Sanford's store, we told him about our condition anti why we could not attend the sessions. \ He says: “It is your liver; come in and Ket me cure you.” . We did. He opened a Dottle, gave us a dose, and put a dose in ajphial, and told us to go on to church, end in an hour and a half, take the other Bose and we could breathe ail right. We < lid it, and we never en­ joyed an association better. After using 'hat bottle, we Aave never felt any in­ convenience about the throat since. The point is, watch tire liver, keep it active tnd save; pain, despondency, doctor bills and the curving knife. But excise us,for digressing. It is. said “Variety is the spice of life.” Hence, we lomedmesj indulge in it to tone np appe­ tite, for re Ading as well as for earing. TheCleinent familieshavefigured ma­ terially ins the life and history of Davie, and their./Impress ’ upon the county is seeaand]felt even unto the present day. DeWitt Clement was one of the best and most bek ved physicians, in the county. W. B., Wji Uey and Baxter Clement served Sn the wi ir, first ns Captains. W. B. Clem ' :nt becaj me Major. They were not only >ood figp ting soldiers, but good peaceable citizen i, progressive in word, thought and >leed,/unt I .had the confidence of their- 1 i 'elloiwmet J. M. CU ment was a brother of the ‘doctor, Maj or and Capt. Wiiev, and was atake, bv March 23. Spaulding Athe-1, \ . . „letic guide will be used. Ali schools lawSrer bm«>fes8ion and practice. He are invited to enter the contest. 2-.: For practice in vaulting any strong became in I his day, one of the leading sawyers in J allVthat part of the State, andpole may be used and for the shot ■ put a 121b sand bag. Begin practice was emPlc lJred inV>early every case where M/at once.LUCILE PASS. Yonr local newspaper works for itag^ytow ri; does all it can to build UpvIhe place, advance inter est of its citizens, draw trade f0 !c,einent not .HiIy a hfff ,lawyer, but VsV . . , .. ._______ ' . . I____. , ________ T -_______- property, c ftaracter Or life was at stake. We have f ^en the day1 when J. M. Clem­ ent. NatBivydeir and Baton Craig were rightly call jed 'the) “Big (Three." J. M- the town, puts money into the §s pockets of the business man, and X- adds to the well being of-nil. SneU b».P'*r is entiled to the liberal patronage from Ihe town at,d Com- in all-romad big-h sorted geotfecan, one whose syi apathies (were as broad Vas the human rrce and t Imt too, without Alass or distinction; and 1 one who based hi* success es a lawyer;. political disap- fim uiiity it works for.—LkftWn^ lfomttpeaf' Iv jb u rn all 16k; VffVV: He gti ye the1 write r « Watery of it. He said wb cD he got hi^ilisaaae- to practice law, like many sappy law sprouts, he de­ cided that the nearest way to.glory for a young lawyer to take, was by the politi­ cal route. So it was no trouble much for he and friends to get the Democratic con­ vention to log-roll him through as their candidate for the legislature. This. made him feel that he was a. completed pro' duct. When the Whigs met, they went out into the country and picked up a good plain honest farmer as their candi­ date for the legislature. This made Clem­ ent laugh. In the campaign, he felt that his calling and election was sure. He and friends felt that this bright young candidate was a howling success.' But when the vote was counted, the farmer had beaten him so badly that he did not know which one of the boys he was, no­ how. So he decided then and there to quit politics and devote his life to the study and practice of law. He said if he had been elected, very likely the office itch would have become scabby, and he would have been nothing—the lowest de­ gree of which is a chronic office seeker. More anon. J. F. CLICK. Hickory, N. C. The Record’s Honor Roll. The following, friends of The Record have renewed their subscription or sub­ scribed since our last issue. Is your name on our. honor roll? If not, let us place it there in our next issue: L. M Pool, Mocksville, R. I. T. J. Hendricks, Mocksville, R, 4. F. B. Gaither, Harmony, R. I. Mrs. Sam Carter, Mocksville, R.. 3. C. C. Stonestreet, Concord. • J A. Naylor, Winston-Salem. B. R. Bailey, Advance. . C. L. Lagle, Mocksville, R. 3 Fryson Campbell, Cana, R. I. J. F. Owens, Statesville. C. M. Sheets, Wilkesboro. 't . A, Hutchens. Mocksville, R. 2. D. L. Belk, Harmony. Mrs. E: J. Walker. Advance, R. I. R. N. A. Parker, Mocksville. Bryan Booe, Buie's Creek. • R. L. Booe, Cana. R. I. - Rev. A. K. Murchison, Cana. Mrs H. H. Hauser, Melbourne, Iowa. J. C. Powell, Mocksville, R. 5. EIbaviUe News. Cutting cordwood seems to be the order of today in our community; Mr and Mrs. J.W. Ellis; of Win­ ston-Salem, visited their son, Mr. T. J. Ellis last week. Miss Laura Shutt, of Advance, spent Friday and Fridaynight with her cousin Miss Ethel Meyers. Born to Mr. and Mrs. George Mark- Iand on March. 6, a fine girl. Mrs. K. F. Hege. returned home Saturday evening from a two weeks visit in Sharpsburg, N. C. with her daughter, Mrs. Howard Jones. Miss Carrie Harris is visting her sister Mrs. Will Peoples. Mr David Myers spent Friday and Saturday in Winston on business. Mr. W. T. Burton who Bas been seriously ill for some tim e,'is not any better, we are sorry to note. Mr. and Mrs. T. j. Ellis gave a birth day dinner Saturday, for their littte one year old son. Miss Rosa Crouse and Mr. C. G. Hutchens, spent Saturday and Sun day, with Mr. Grady Meyers and sister. Mr. and Mrs. Lovd Markland, of Winston Salem, spent Saturday night and Sunday, in our burg While out horse back riding Tues­ day evening. Miss Ethel Myers was thrown from her horse, but not seriously hurt. Mis-iess Annie Hicks and Delia Crouse, atteiided the teacher’s meet­ ing at Mocksville Saturday. Liberty News. The George Washington birthday celebration and the box supper was a success in every way. There Was a large crowd present and every one enjoyed the occasion greatly. The little child of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Ri.denhour, of Salisbury, was buried at Liberty last Sunday after­ noon. It died of measles and pneu­ monia. We extend sympathy to the bereaved parents in this sad hour. Mrs. Alice McCulloh is spending this week in Mocksville. • Joe Spry is wearing a broad smile —it’s a fine 12-pound girl. Miss Drue Henry, of Gooleemee. spent Saturday night and Sunday with Miso Lois Spry. < Mr. and-Mrs G. W. Jordan, of Cooleemee, visited relatives here Sunday. Mrs. Amy Carter was given a birthday dinner last Tuesday by her children, who were all present and enjoyed the dinner very much.. Mr. and Mrs. John Bailey, of R. 5, spent Saturday and Sunday with re- lativss here. j Thomas Spry happened to quite a painful accident one day last week when his mule became frightened ‘and ran away throwing him off and dragging him on. the ground for Sbmelittle distance, bruising him up right much. j - John Gabard and family, of Cpd- leemee. have moved bad? to bis farm We are glad to have them back, f LAURINDA Rev. J; Adam Grubb, of Salisbury will preach at the Baptist church] in this city next Sunday , morning and evening. The pastor. Rev Walter Dodd, isin Atlanta, attending a Bkp • last Laymen’s meeting/ The; public rice is inviced to be present Sunday. •• ■ I OUR MISSIONARY QUESTION j BOX, What is the greatest book on Missions? The Bible. WhyistheBible thegreatest book on Missions? Because it contains- Gcd’s message to the world: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should . not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3-16. What is God’s plan for giving the gos­ pel to those who have it not? To send messengers'to tell the story of his Word. “Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” Mark t6:15. What is a missionary? A missionary is one sent in the name of Christ to serve others. What is the promise to sincere mission­ aries? ’ ■ “Lo, I am with you alway." Matt. 27:20. “Therefore will I give men for thee and people for thy life.” Isa. 43:4. Did Christ mention work both at ,home and abroad? Yes. “That repentance and remissions of sins should be preached in bis name among all nations, beginning at Jerusa­ lem.” Luke 24:47. What does that mean? ^ The work of saving the world should begin at home and should extend into all the world. ' What great mission has the Church of God? The great, mission of the Christian Church is, with God's; help, to make Chris­ tian men and women and children. Has the Church nearly completed her task? No. Half theworld has never heard of Christ. Why should all Christians join Church? Because th'ere is strength in union, cause the Church is Cf God. Because Church staDds for the salvation of world. Should children belong to the Church? Children should make a decision for Christ early- in life and unite with some branch of the Church. ( Have children any part In the work of the Church? • Yes, every Christian child has its share in the mission of the Church. 0 joI 0 This is the beginning of a series of questions which we believe will be of in­ terest to all Christians who read The Da­ vie Record. the Be- the the Honor Roll Of Farmington School. 1 First Honor—Albert Redman, Elizabeth Graham. Annie Blake, Gilmer Graham, John Frank Furches. Carnelia Taylor. Second Honor—Margie White, Neli John­ son, Paul Grubb, Grey Johnson, Mamie Mitchel. Jane Amanda Bahnson. Flora Al­ len, Nevada Howard, Tommy Furches. W jiTCH M y W iM TO im A m ' . ■ ' K EEP A N EYE ON THIS SPACE for the largestliile of Low Cut Shoes, Slippers, Pumps. I have them and the price is reasonable. The biggest line of caps and hats in town. I' nave on hand 25 dozen new caps, all colors, all shanes. Shirts, col- lars, newest styles, old prices/ Nothing advanced; bought early. ; S n /r p i I I MOCKSVILLE, N. C. • 1V 1. v A L L ) V l e 9 ANDERSON BLOCK. t H O RN -JO H N STO N E CO., * ❖ f❖ <2* M ocksville, N . C. ^ * GentlemeB:--Please send me prices on % I* your flour. I have not had a good bis- <§ % cult since I got it from you. Send me %♦ - vH H I*- T Y Y«♦ ^ — , - y prices at once and oblige, * % Yours very truly, t tYT <*> R . J. W O O D ELL. Jesup, G a., Feb. 1 5 , 1 9 1 7 . *f Y TYYY T Yt Y T T♦♦♦tf TI H O RN -JN H N STO N E COM PANY . MANUFACTURERS V ♦X* “THAT GOOD KIND OF FLOUR.’’ ♦> - ' - N . C. ^ ❖M O C K S V IL L E I t And now what has become of the old fashioned democrat who used to yell abont a billion dollar congress. A billion would look small to the present congress.—Ex. FO R FIRST-CLA SS - CASKETS, STEEL BURlALiVAULTS AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN’S DRESSES ■ ' AND SUITS, SEE \ R O B E R T A . B L A Y L O C K ,\D r . S . S . F u n er a l D ire cto r a n d E m b a lm e r. 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THE NEWS J j n What Is Taking Pll ' Iarfd Will Bef Brief Parq Domestic Directors Cf the rangements for the aas' reunion to be hd the week of June, hj of a series Cf week! Bed between now al ■committee was nar the advisability of of the veterans in or in a big tent Ioca of the group of-slee| campus near the ment. . Washington citizei ed ten thousand dol me Confederate vete| all the old veterans ward to the “biggel lives. I News that the pi will after April I nl of ait postmasters o| and third classes sif tive examinations, hi age" congressmen il stated that Presidenf jly accord with the Between 5,000 an men in the Unitedl be given commissi from each regimenlj and appointed, not I but for their militq announcement has sands of enlisted of the opportunity listed men will ma] ders. The. latest report! National Guardsmen| out of the service The United Statd has decreed restoratj owners of the liner brought into HamJ than a year ago by the German raider cargo, valued at ba four million dollars, [ within thirty days, der is final. In the Supreme cl storing the Appam td ers, it is pointed ol Lansing was right( prizes coming into accompanied by capl the right to remain [ to make themselves I It is pointed cut| States ports were prize ships, it woulc ican harbors would safety into which safely brought and i| The federal 'grar been investigating *.h| and fuel in New Yor ed two indictments ants in the first 108 fifty-five individuals! ten corporations anl uais in the business selling coal. Four men nre del lieveil to be in a dj eight other men a I serious injuries as explosion in the as| an automobile pla Ohio. James W. Paige, ago a millionaire, house at Chicago, Pauper’s burial. W ashington The Austrian notel a paragraph which I sibility for submarl the Adriatic and M further states that those waters need I Paragraph is regard. President Wilson] r- Cary T. Graysrf rector in the navy admiral. Brig. Geq. Hunter, nominated’*,for majcL army, vice Maj. Gel ston, deceased. I ' lFhe impression is| President win call a, congress. T vIrIe President m! the senate, cannot al the house is called f at the same .time thl • The president haJ before the senate I for changing its rull wing by a small I j cannot prevent actiol it is pointed out t| Ivo3 ^ rrSht to Convl Lssels. but this pla Le navT departmeq reasons, L it-J3 suSSested tl r ard take over Urf n’ am the4;ar]es and send the! S hardly probable tl ie adopted. I confirmatil If th 0f *be safe ar| „ J he French Line st hich sailed from Ne Li141 passeng ere Americans. |{A determination i es 1Derchantmen L **an be found! P iLiIlW fl/£§I! ijg ll A C E |mps. on col- Iught P, N . C . -OCK. 6 0 ! Io n X b is - 4 “ ««►m e A T f T ♦!♦L fYo f lN Y I y Y N . C . ¥ A A A A * *I I 99 doesn’t fore- Jeater. idden j ranee ; away Soo ex- ou can |>le» and Ask he tn an . tfts ‘ W . Va. -S .c , THE, I)A VIE RECORD, MOCKSVILLE, N. C. !HE WORLD OVER aappsRings of Tftis and Other. Nation for Seven Days Are Given. IK« F the sooth n/hat Is Taking Place in the South, land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs. Domesticpireftors of the committee on ar- an'.eiuents for the Confederate veter- jns’ reunion to be held in Washington ,be week of June, hare held the first o[ a juries Cf weekly meetings, plan­ ned between now and June. A sub­ committee was named to investigate the advisability of holding assemblies j ltl6 veterans in a convention hall, cr ia a big tent located in the middle of the group of sleeping tents on the canipiis near the Washington monu­ ment ^asliingtoa citizens have contribut- nsand M n to A t ) iii HK ivari1 H U N I b ) old veterans are looking for ,) the “biggest time’* of their Jives. 'Xews ihat the. postmaster general ,vii; after April I malfe appointments of all postmasters of the first, second and Third classes subject to competi- Iive examinations, has set the “patron­ age" congressmen in a frenzy. It is stated that President Wilson is heart- Ar accord with the plan. Between 5,000 and 6,000 enlisted mea in the United States army will be given commissions. Sixty men 1« acli regiment will lie selected ami appointed, not upon examination jit 1« their military linos, T i IiiiiM ieiit lias sent joy to thou- Md* of enlisted men who are glad of the opportunity to prove that en­ listed men will make good comman­ ders. The latest report is that all the National Guardsmen will be mustered out of the service by April I. The United States Supreme court lias decreed restoration to her English owners of the liner Appam and cargo, brought into Hampton Roads more than a year ago by a prize crew from the German raider Moewe. Ship and cargo, valued at between three and four million dollars, must be delivered within thirty days, as the court’s or­ der is final. In the Supreme court’s decision re- storing the Appam to her English own­ ers. it is pointed out that Secretary Laasing was right in holding that prizes coming into American ports un­ accompanied by captor warships have the right to remain only long enough to make themselves seaworthy. It is pointed cut that if United States ports were used to harbor prize ships, it would mean that Amer­ ican harbors would become havens of Eafetv into which prizes might I safely brought and indefinitely kept. The federal "grand jury which has been investigating the high cost of food ani fuel in New York City has return­ ed two indictments naming as defend­ ants in the first 108 corporations and fifty-five individuals; in the second, ten corporations and sixteen individ­ ual.; in the business of producing or seliing coal. Four men are dead, another is be- j lieved to be in a dying condition and eight other men are suffering from Eerlous injuries as the result of an eipitsion in the assembling room of M automobile plant in Cincinnati, Ohio. Janies W. Paige, only a few years ag> a millionaire, died in the poor I house at Chicago, and was given a I Pauper’s burial. a SiCK bed; ordered. Jdie auning of American mer- chant - ships against Germany’s ruth­ less submarine warfare and at the same time issued a proclamation call­ ing an extra session of congress to meet April 16. 1 Details, of the government’s armed neutrality plans for defending the mer­ chant marine are withheld to avoid ndange'ring Americans and their ships by permitting the information to reach Germany. The. only statement at the white house and the navy department is that the president has determined to ully protect American rights. The action of President Wilson In arming merchant ships was taken only after the president became firmly con­ vinced that Germany is actually pro­ ceeding with her campaign of ruthless­ ness and has in deed made efforts to plot with Mexico and Japan against the territorial integrity of the United States. The press of the nation is requested by Secretary Daniels to refrain, from discussing the arming of merchant­ men. Senators still hope that war with Germany will be avoided, but say, that the issue rests entirely with Germany. About five hundred marines and bluejackets have been landed from to enter Olympia, tie mine layer I wl at Santiagol Ouba, to protect Unit­ ed States interests in Cuba, A newspaper correspcndent in Ha­ vana, Cuba, sends the report that the leader of the Cuban rebellion, Jose Miguei Gomez;- and his staff, have been captured, and are prisoners in the toils of .the Cuban government forces. The news set the crowds in Havana to cheering vociferously, and it is added that the rebellion is practically at an end. Austria holds that neutrals are re­ sponsible for losses they suffer by en- terms territory where m r le oper- ations are taking'place, Some ot tie more pessimistic is I ing to force Austria to take a step which that country does not wish to take. It is pointed out by this circle that German naturally wishes all her allies to take the same course with the United States, which she has pur- IN CASE OF WAR SERVICES EVERY LINE OF ACTIVITY PLEDGED COUNTRY. IN OELESItTES VOTE MilUS RESOURCES OF THE SHOULD SUBMARINE ATTACK AMERICAN SHIP ALL FORCES WILL RESIST. ARMED NEUTRALITY PRESIDENT WILSON TAKES ONLY STEP TO KEEP MERCHANT MARINE AFLOAT. Three Million Workers Are Repre­ sented by Delegates Meeting in Washington.—Work of Conference Finished in Three Hours. Washington.—Organized labor in America, through its representatives in conference here offered its services to -the country in every field of activity if, despite all endeavors and hopes, the United' States should be drawn into war. The action was taken by unanimous vote of more Ian 150 delegates from i S i OWNERS LIIE NOTIFIED Vessels May Now Mount Guns and Will Have Full Backing of Govern­ ment Forces, But Shoot-on-Sight Policy "is Not Announced. Washington.—The United States Government has begun actual prepar­ ations for arming Germany’s sub­ marine warfare. Ship owners hav­ ing beep notified of President Wil­ son’s decision that he.has full author­ ity to proceed with this policy, de­ tails were taken up so there might be m sc Calls Special Session of Congress for April 16.—Decision Came Quickly Following Action of Senate Amend­ ing Rules to Stop Filibustering. Washington. — President Wilson from a sick bed ordered the arming of American merchant ships against Germany’s ruthless submarine war­ fare, and at the same time issued a proclamation calling an extra session of Congress to meet April 16, The President’s decision came suddenly, following tlie action ol He Senate in T A g L a rg e B o ftfe Foi? 2 5 * . When you buy Yager’s Lini­ ment you get splendid value! The large25 cent bottle contains four times more than the usual bottle of lint* ment sold at that price. Try itfor rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica, BpramslCuts and bruises, At all dealers—price 25 cents. Y A G E R S G IL B E R T BRO S. B CO* B ftltlm o ret M d. STOCK UCKIT-STOCK LIKE IT !! w l the American Federa­ tion of Labor, and five brotherhoods. In all, about three million American workers were represented in the con­ ference, called to determine and an­ nounce the part to be claimed by labor In national preparedness - plans. A statement formally adopted and issued after the meeting set forth in ' addition to the offer of services in case of war, various demands which were hejd to be fundamentals in safeguard­ ing the rights of workers in war time 'as well as in peace.- Militarism was protested against, It was held that industrial service should he deemed equally meritorious as military ser- lice; that service should conform to trade union standards and that organ­ ized labor should have representation on all agencies determining and admin­ istering policies of national defense and controlling publicity. The statement was drafted by the sued, and is 'urging her great influ-j executive council of the American ence to that end. However,, it *is gen- j Federation of. Labor which submitted erally conceded that President Wilson will deal with the Austrian note on its merit. European War Holland newspapers publish a state hours. i-t to the delegates gathered here in response to a call from Samuel Gomp- pers, president, who presided at the conference. It had been thought that perhaps two or, three days might be required for a discussion but the con-x iv z ia u u UQ w a u a u ^ i o u u u u u u u _ment fr;m Zimmermann, the German 1 ference finished its work In a few. foreign secretary, in which he observes I that the German government has spok-1 en its last word to the United States, and that the whole matter is now up to President, going so far as to say that Germany is determined to can9/ the submarine war'to'the end, the re­ sults of which have been satisfactory to the central powers. H.e says that the condition of all the armies of the When vessels sail under the policy of armed neutrality, they will have the full backing of the Administra­ tion, expressed in the form of naval guns and gunners and war risk insur­ ance. It was. mads, clear that the entire resources of the United States will be ready for action should Ger­ many attack an American armed ship in violation of the warning ot the American Government. The State Departments view of de­ fensive armament, was that the mere appearance of a German submarine periscope near an American armed vessel would entitle the ship to take all measures ol protection on the pre­ sumption that Ihe I l M s purpose was hostile. This was based on Ger­ many’s announcement that her sub­ marines would attack without warn­ ing any belligerent or neutral "mer­ chantmen encountered within the barred zone. Whether this position will be em­ bodied in instructions to command- of American armed ships, (s to permit pri action on important questions and the submission of formal opinions by Sec­ retary Lansing and Attorney General InVtuwiia!.! ,utniCATEn' ! iUoihiUPIIi ’ 1 For Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs. Contains Cop» perasfor Worms, Sulphur for the Blood, Saltpeter for the Kidneys, Nirx Vom ica,a Tonic,and Pure DairySalL Uaad by Vdt> erin^rtim llyeirt. Ng (or Bltckmw's or write I i u t i M n c m Gregory that he has the power to arm ! CHATTANOOGA; TENNESSEE merchantment without action by Con­ gress. Details of the Government’s armed neutrality plans for defending the merchant marine were withheld to avoid endangering . Americans and their ships by permitting the informa­ tion to reach Germany. The decision, coming at the end of a period of ten^e waiting, was gen- S e e d s a n d P l a s t s r A M R G I T i r n MlUetl Soj BeeiHL v A W f t P l L C d U t YeWet Beaw l K iea I Peas, Cotton Seed. Seed Peanuts. Clovers, Grasses, ’ Bssez Rape, Seed Potatoes, Seed Corn, Sudan Grass. W iite Iis for price list, Ririjr Swd €«■*«/, ' S W E E T PO T A T O PL A N T S. Grown from genn* ; Ine true to name seed stock. Reodyfor April. Map and June shipments. V arieties: Nancy H all. Porto Rico Yam. Pattesaw Yam and Triumph. 1.000 toXMBQ a t IL60 per thousand:20,000 to 60.0_________r _.thousand; 60,000 and above a t QIJ2& per thousand. Oat f 1.40 per ~ "io san d . oettingBook your order early and: he assured of gettingprompt uoiivery good plants, Keneuiierferaiiy nailed as tbe natural and nn* S U t B f i i i h i S avoidable next step in the polioy adopted by the President when tbe era an.l BI-PARTISAN ORGANIZATION OF HOUSE IS POSSIBLE Such Is Opinion of Republican Candi­ date for Speaker. j Washington—Despite many confer­ ences among leaders and animated dis­ cussion of many proposals for working central powers is perfectly satisfactory ou(. Demoera,tIc, Republican or bi-par- to Germany. tisan control ot the incoming house The British transport Mendi, carry-, ^ rerjresentatives. there are few signs ing South African native laborers, sank ; that the plans o{ either of the big par- after a collision on February 21, and j ^eg Qr the ,Jttle group of independents the report is that 625 persons lost their wiU take definite form until within a lives. The collision occurred off the -few days of the meoting of the spe- Isle of Wight. I cta, session on April 16. The British government makes no j M,os,t of the members have Mt the , secret of its intention to purchase the ■ ^apltal wlth the imoression t.hat the missing, Canadian wheat crop, and the British 1Ines fpr the organisation fight can- premier says that unrestricted subma- 11£)t be d..awn a month in advance be- rine warfare will in no way hamper f ^ause 0( the shifting of strength due the delivery of. the crop to British tQ #eat}v<5 apd uncertainties surround­ ing plans for special elections to fill Leader whether arms and ammunition will be furnished to vessels carrying con­ traband were up for discussion, but no announcement on either point was authorized. President Wjlson’s attitude has been that no steps of a belligerent character should be taken and that if a state of war comes, it must be through Germany's commission of acts in clear violation of international law. Despite the State Department’s ruling; some officials are known to feel that in line with this policy the United States should not sanction a shoot-on-sight program which might be construed as aggression. TORNADO IN INDIANA KILLS MORE THAN SCORE. ports, as the English navy is better equipped now than ever before to guard and equip its merchant ships. Grea1 Britain bought the Australian wheat crop last year, but it is pointed out that three trips can be made to and from Canada while cne is made to Australia, and that as a matter of expediency the Canadian crop is the most accessible. The last of the Americans tak- Nowcastle Wrecked by Storm, Dab- age Estimated at $1,000,000. Newcastle, Ind.—Twenty-one are Icnown to have been killed, several are more than 100 persons were injured, some fatally and property damaged to the extent ot $1,000,000 was the toll of a tornado which Struck Newcastle; The damage was. roughly estimated at $1,000,000, but may exceed that figure. The storm swpet over the southwesterly direction, de- H\e vacancies. Renublican Mann, who will be his party’s candi date for sneaker, departed after an- city in a , rounoing that he would not favor any j molishing practically everything in a trading for Republican control and pre­ dicting that bi-ir^i'san organization was “not improbable.” The fluctuating standings 'Of the parties presented the prospect that the Democrats will have 215 vot.es and path almost two hoicks wide and more than ten bolcks long. For sever- ; al hours the city was entirely cut off from communication. I Appeals for help were sent out by i Mayor Leb Watkins, and Governor [ Washinffton The Austrian note is said to contain I s paragraph which takes full respon- I sibility for submarine operations in die Adriatic and Mediterranean, and Iurther states that encroachments in those waters need not be feared. This I IiaraSraph is regarded as hopeful. I President Wilson has renominated j hr. Cary T. Grayson as medical di- S rector in the navy with rank of rear I admiral. Brig. Geij. Hunter Liggett has been !nominated for major-general in the I arm>", vice Maj. Gen. Frederick Fun- jst.in, deceased. * Tiie impression is growing that the I !resident win call an extra session of JwQgress. - ' i<:e President Marshall holds that |fi*e senate cannot act on bills unless- Jtno house is called in special session en from vessels sunk by the German Republicans 214 when the special Goodrich was^asked to send tr°°P8 i° raider in the south Atlantic and taken < aession convenes. Tt will reouire 218 . Police the Clty- whlcU 18 . .. _____ to Swinemuende in January on board i to elect a speai-er. the captured British steamer Yarrow- dale have been released and are now on the Stviss frontier, where they will be cared for by American consuls. Bitter fighting is reported in the Champagne sector, and the French re­ port that the Germans have been re­ pulsed at every point, and some pris­ oners taken.Count Zeppelin, the inventor of the airship bearing his name, is dead at Charlottenburg, near Berlin. ITheiUfivee<1sUoi'caUe1d !owing to the demolition of the power balance of •' Plant- _! The exact number of dead my not be known for a .day or two, as prac- h o b ol diplomatic iolalioiis iitli Germany and gave warning that the United - States could nob tolerate at­ tacks on American ships and citizens in violation of international law. Fraught with the grave possibility of war with Germany, the action was taken by President Wilson only after he was vonvinced. that Germany actually was proceeding with her campaign of ruthiessness. Long before the order was given from the White House, all necessary preparations for the arming of mer­ chantmen had been completed at the Navy Department. Secretary Daniels, however, issued an appeal to the press of the Nation to refrain from discus­ sion of these preparations. • The President’s action sent a thrill through the Senate, meeting in spe­ cial session and through the Govern­ ment Departments. Still hoping that war with Germany will tie avoided, officials and Senatrrs declared that the issue rests entirely with Germany. Hatty H i Hii Gun, Xok Dentist (in Frozen Dog)—Will i you take gus? Bronco Bill—Will it hurt much If I don’t? New Dentist—It will. • Bronco Bill—Then, stranger, for your sake I reckon I’d better tnlce it. FIRST CGLLISSION WITH SUB-. MARINE MEANS WAR. Washington.—Armed neutrality will be the status of the United States the moment that the first merchant ship under the American flag puts to sea with cannoh mounted for defense. FEW MOTHERS REALIZE how many delicious dishes can be pre­ pared with Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti. For this reason the Skin­ ner Mfg. Co. have prepared a beauti- tul Cook Book containing recipes toil­ ing how to serve it in a hundred dif­ ferent ways. Write Skinner Mfg. Co., Omaha, Neb., for a free copy. AU good grocers everywhere sell Skinnera Macaroni and Spaghetti.—A,dv. Barber Worked by Pattern. 4 ^ A man wearing Uis hair long under a wide western hat and concealing his face behind a beard of much length ' and breadth strode into the barber I ghop of toe Parker house in Boston ' and settled into a chair. “Just a, niin- ! ute,” he said, searching In a pocket,. “Five years ago I came to Boston and , got a shave and haircut here. I Uked I toe work so well that I had ray pic­ ture taken. Here is the picture. That’s how I want to look. Do it ! again.” And with the photograph on President Wilson made this clear a stand before him as a pattern, the in his address to Congress February ( barber began operations. 26, when he asked specific authority to arm merchant ships for defense against submarines, the steps he or­ dered upon hi3 own responsibility. Writers on international law have held that armed neutrality consists in placing the country in a position to defend itself and its neutrality against threatened attacks or inroads by bel­ ligerents. This state of preparedness may last an indefinite length of time, through good fortune in avoiding con- Knew the Game. One of Rob’s pet rabbits had disap­ peared and having searched in vain for the brainy, Rob appeared- before his little playmate suggesting that with the assistance of Harold’s bird dog they might recover the pet. The play­ mate, delighted that his dog might be of service, rushed to his mother for permission to accompany Rob and the dog. “But where are you going to tact with belligerent forces afloat or ; look?” inquired the mother. “Oh. ashore, or through the design of the I down the railroad,” replied the small belligerent to confine its declaration of purpose to infrange the neutrality of a contry to mere threats unsup­ ported by action. Independents holding the power have been unable so far to j ning of the session. ° RUkPTURE IS GIVEN APPROVAL OF SENATE resulted from inflammation of the lungs, superinduced by pneumonia. The count’s death is mourned by all Germany, us be was considered the “Edison” of the imperial empire, and his place in German industrialism will not be filled for .many years. s The British officers In Mesopotamia .Peking. (Bulletin).—The senate ap­ proved the severance of relations with Death j Germany by a Vote of 15 2to 37. It is expected that the government will take action to this end at once. at the same time the senate is called, report that the Turks are demoral­ ized, and are leaving behind them large quantities of stores. War ma­ terial abandoned by the Turks is said to be strewn over eighty miles of ter-^ The president has placed squarely |wfore the senate the responsibility Ji0r changing its rules so that filibus- I eriQg by a small group of senators IcaaaOt prevent action by congress. I, is pointed out that the president I as a right to convoy United States L - * . hut this plan is opposed by I e navy department for strategical IreMons. lt >s suggested that the . shipping ,-Vlrfj take over United States mer- f antmen, arm them as nayaf auxil- Ltles and send them abroad,, but it I hardly probable that this .plan will ]>e adopted. ?ilJcial confirmation has been re- Ef'in'* 0t safe arrival at Bordeaux ah" i ^rettclr Line steamship Chicago, hick sailed from New York February wnh i4x passengers, 90 of whom Tere Americans. L determination to arm • United L 3 ffiWchantmen if a IegalVway to Iareatcan be found is generally ap-'1 ritory.East of Bouchavesnes, in the Somme sector, the British report the raiding of a : German trench' and the scatter­ ing of the German forces who were massing for a counter attack. ; The torpedo boht destroyer Cassini of the Mediterranean French patrol service, was torpedoed by a subma­ rine The vessel sank in two min­ utes. The captain, six officers and 100 of the crew perished. The Russians claim to have cap­ tured Asadabad summit, a strategic position ten miles southwest of Ham- adan, Persia,' from the TUrks. aVdordikg to Lord Bryce, termer British ambassador to the United States massacres of Armenians are Mnited by the desite' Of the Turkmh ihUng clAsses to ! eliminate all Chris- S fro m : T tfrW 1 ditouniotis. NEW YOF*K IS AGAIN TOi-VOTE ON SUFFRAGE Albany, N. Y:—The resolution to pro­ vide for a referendum on the woman suffrage question at the state election next November was passed In the .Sen­ ate by a vote of 39 to 7. The action was the* last step in the legislative procedure preliminary to referring the subject to the electorate. The meas­ ure is concerned with amending the’ state constitution and consequently does not have to receive the approval of the governor. food price advance OF NINETEEN PER CENT. Washington—Retail food prices in the United States" , advanced 19 per cent In the year ending January 15 as shown in statistics prepared by the Bureau of Labor statistics- The in­ crease was greater than tor tbe three years previous \ combined. The four years’! gain was 30 per Cent- Every food staple except coffee and tea ad­ vanced during the year. Onions and potatoes led with increases bf mOre than 50 per cent. • Although the" skies had been threat­ ening during toe early afternoon, there was little warning of the ap­ proaching tornado. A huge funnel- shaped cloud suddenly appeared • in the west, hanging, low and sweeping toward the city. Groups of persons in toe streets began seeking shelter, men and women running wildly through toe streets. GEN. CARRANZA ELECTED PRES. IDENT WITHOUT. APPOSITION. Mexico City.—Gen. Venustiano Car­ ranza was .elected President of Mexi­ co by what is believed to .have been the largest vote ever cast in the Re­ public. . .Although the voters had the privi­ lege of writing in or declaring any name they desired, General Carranza received all but a few scattering bal­ lots. The !estimated vote cast runs all toe way' from several hundred thousand to a miUion. APPALLING TOTAL OF TEN MILLION IS WAR'S TOLL. AMERICAN SEAMEN HELD BY GERMANY ARE GIVEN RELEASE. son. "But why must you follow tlie railroad, Harold?” “Why, mother, don’t yon know, the dog has to swell the tracks,” he replied In disgust. IWashington.—More than 19,000,000 men are recorded as killed, wounded captured wj missing In the European War in the! first complete tabulation of official and authenticated, semi-of­ ficial reports of toe various belliger­ ents Amohs the military proper, 4,- 441,200 are !reported dead; ' 2,598,500 wounded add 2.564,500 captured and missing, imong civilians, another 40(1,000 are Igured as either dead or wounded tot nigh the war. •Berlin, by wireless to Tuckerton, N.- j.—Fifty-nine Americans' taken from j vessels sunk by the German raider in : the South Atlantic and brought to j Swinemuende on January, I on board ; toe captured British Steamer Yarrow-1 dale, were released- from quarantine j and ■ left for the Swiss frontier. The ; route over which they departed was.". the one chosen for their return by the United States Government. Not Attracted. “Some dny you’ll be rich enough to retire from business.” “Give up ray nice, plensiint office nml. <tay home?” rejoined Mr. Grotvcher.' “I should say not.’’.. GERMAN SEAMEN GUILTY OF SINKING SHIP. Florence, S. C.—Eight officers and men o f" the German Hansa Line freighter Liebenfels, which began sinking in Charleston harbor on the night of January 31, were found guilty of sinking the vessel in a navigable stream by a jury in the United States District CouTt here. They were ac­ quitted, however, of a charge of con­ spiracy to sink the steamer. Capt. Johann R. Klattenhoff is ill and was the only one of the men not tried. A D D ITION A L GUARDSM EN A RE O R D ER ED HOM E. El Paso, Texas—Orders were re­ ceived here froin the Southern De­ partment for all National Guard troops in this district to be en route home by March 21, In order that they may be mustered out by April I. . Orders were also' received for the following units to leave; Troops Bf-C ahd D of the First Tennessee Cavalry, to leave. March IT; Cciriparies. A and B, North CarOtina'Engineers. March 13. FoodaAre liicreasing s In Piice B ut you can still Buy at the sam e price. T h is staple cereal in its air-tight wax-prtt- tecte^ package w ill keep indefinitely, yet is ready to eat at a m om ent’s notice^ Grape-Nubi \is full o f com pact nourishm ent w ith , a d e lig h tfu l w h e a t-a n d b a r le y flavor.- T h e M ori Ecodpbu^ o f j - "»5)i I a n t 3373 m ' j x THE DAVIE RBCORP, MOCKSVILLE, H-. G. It is cruel to force nauseating, harsh physic into a sick child. Look back at your childhood days. Remember the “dose” mother Insisted on—castor oil, calomel, cathartics. How yon hated them, how you fought against taking them. With our children it’s different. Mothers who cling to the old form of physic simply don’t realize what they do. The children’s revolt is well-found­ ed. Their tender little "insides” are injured by them. . If your child’s stomach,, liver and bowels need cleansing, give only deli­ cious "California Syrup of Pigs.” Its action is positive, but gentle. Millions of mothers keep this harmless “fruit laxative" handy; they know children love to take it; that it never fails to clean the liver and bowels and sweet­ en the stomach, and that a teaspoonful given today saves a sick child tomor­ row. Ask at the. store for a 60-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs,” which has full directions for babies, .children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on eacb bottle. Adv. , , 17-YEAR LOCUST AGAIN DUE Coming of Periodical Cicada Is Pre- ' dieted in Pennsylvania by Col­ lege Professor. The “17-year-loeust” is due in Pennsylvania this year, according to C. H. Hadley, Jr., in charge of entomology extension at State col­ lege. The pest is what is known as "brood eight of the periodical ci­ cada,” and it appeared here last in 1900. “Tlii.s_ is one of the largest insect broods to occur in this state,” Hadley says. “While locusts are usually of importance mainly because of the pop­ ular interest aroused, it is quite pos­ sible that cansiderable damage may be caused in those places where the in­ sects appear in unusual abundance.”— ■ Philadelpliia North American. Druggists Know a Good Medicine We have been selling Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root for about twelve years and our patrons seem to be always satisfied with the benefits received' from its use, invariably speaking very highly of the preparation. We know where it has cured stone in tne bladder. Have also used it ,. in our own families with the best of re-. suits. We sincerely believe that Swamp- Root is a preparation of real medicinal value for what it is recommended to do.(Signed) Yours truly, J. H. KENNEDY & CO.,. Druggists. Aug. 12, 1909. Gastonia, N. C.' Personally appeared before me this 12th day of August, 1909, J. H. Kennedy, who subscribed the above statement and made oath that the same is true in substance and in fact. W. H. ADAMS, Notary Public. Prove What Swamp-Root Wffl Do For Yo Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample size bot­ tle. It will convince anyone. You will also receive a booklet of valuable infor­mation, telling about the kidneys and blad­der. When writing, be sure and mention this paper. Reguur fifty-cent and one-, dollar size bottles for sale at all drug stores—Adv. Plucky Danish Captain. A hero in every sense of the word Is the captain of the Danish steamer Dls which, sailing from one neutral port to another and having no contra­ band aboard, was halted by a German submarine and the crew ordered to leave the ship, in order that it might be stink. The Danish captain flatly refused to leave his ship. “You may sink us, but I and my men will remain on board,” he told the submarine com­ mander. And his pluck won. His ship •was allowed to proceed when it was seen that he knew his rights and was not afraid to assert them. U l ASSEMBLY of Ii SINE DIE ADJOURNMENE CAME AFTER SIXTY-FOUR DAYS’ SESSION. Gently cleanse Jour -Iver anil sluggish bowels while you sleep. Get. a lQ-cent box. Sick headache, biliousness, dIfzt- ; ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul , breath—always trace them to torpid : liver; delayed, fermenting food in the : bowels or sour, gassy stomach. Poisonous matter clogged in the In- ; testines, instead' of being cast, out - of the system is re-absorbed into the ; blood. When this ppison reaches the delicate brain tissue; it causes .con­ gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick­ ening headache. Cascarets' immediately cleanse the . stomach, remove, the sour, undigested food and foul gases, take the excess bile from the liver and cany out all the constipated waste matter and ; poisons in the bowels! A Cascaret to-night ,will surely straighten you out by morning, They work while you: sleep-r-a 10-cent box • from yofir druggist means your head clear,:, stomach, sweet and . your liver , ■ and; boweIs regular for months. Adv. The bee is never too busy to' admin­ ister a stinging rebuke. U IW W IIS rush for home Both Houses "Mark Time” 'During Last Day Wating For Enrolled Bills. —Much Important Legfslation Is Passed. /■’ Raleigh. It was on the stroke of 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon that the gavels of President Max Gardner in the Sen­ ate, and Speaker Walter Murphy in the House, sounded the sine die ad­ journment of the North Carolina Gen­ eral Assembly for 1917, and the pre­ siding .officers made their formal dec­ larations of adjournment. The morning trains had carried the great majority of the members of the two houses to their homes and there was little more than the traditional “corporal’s guard” present for the final closing ceremonies. No -legislation of consequence had been allowed to get through during the last- mprning, as the Senate and House patiently waited for the enrolled bills as they were brought in from time to time to be ratified. The General Assembly enacted the following laws in line with the recom­ mendations in the inaugural address of Governor Bickett: . I. The act resubmitting a constitu­ tional amendment calling for a six months instead of a four months pub­ lic school. The act follows the dec­ laration in the Governor’s inaugural address that “The children are en­ titled to have the voter cast a single ballot whether he is or is not in favor of a larger opportunity for the child.” 2. The act 'submitting a constitu­ tional amendment - exempting Dom taxation notes and mortgages given in good faith for the purchase price of a homf. The purpose of this act is to bring .the money, in reach of every homesteader. 3. The crop lien act designed to give the small farmer a chance to “break out of jail.” 4. The act providing for the teach­ ing of the basic principles of good farming in every rural public school. The machinery of this act is 'tvell adapted to serve its purpose. - 5. The act to incorporate the in­ stallation of running water, electric lights and telephones in country homes and communities by furnishing expert advice and assistance free of cost. 6. The act to make the ' school house the social center, and to pro­ vide for wholesome entertainment in country school houses that will be both instructive and relaxing. * 7. The act providing for the medi­ cal inspection of all children who attend the public schools in order that physical defects may be discovered and corrected if possible in their in- cipiency. 8. The act providing for the incor­ poration of rural communities ’to the end that thickly settled communities in the country , may take such steps for their own betterment as they may deem wise and proper. 9. The act forbidding the sale or advertisement for sale of medicines purporting to cure incurable diseases, and forbidding the sale of any me- chancal device for the treatment of disease when the State Board of Health may declare such device to be without curative value. 10. The act providing for the im­ provement of highways by expendi­ ture of the automobile tax for -this purpose under the direction of the State Highway Commission. 11. The act that permits and regu­ lates absentee voting. 12. The appoiritmentofa state tax commission to investigate and report a comprehensive system of taxation to the next General Assembly. ; 13. The act consolidating the man­ agement of the three hospitals for the insane and establishing a purchasing agency for certain state institutions. 14. The act limiting the time for which ,.a convict my be sent ■ to a chaingang to five years. The Recom­ mendation of the Governor was for two years, but owing to the inade­ quacy of quarters ht the state prison the time was made five years for the present. 15. The act authorizing the con­ struction of modern sanitary quarters lor the convicts on the state farm. 16. The Turner bill is in entire har­ mony with the recommendations of the Governor, who says in his- in­ augural address: “I am convinced that the only justt* fication for the punishment of crime is the protection of the public and the reformation of the criminal. Anything that savors of vindictiveness is inde­ fensible in the administration of the law. When the state sends; a citizen to prison he ought to be made to feel that his punishment is a just measure imposed for the purpose of preventing himdelf and others'Dom committing further crimes, and that pending his imprisonment the state-desires to af­ ford him every opportunity to become a good citizen." The Legislature passed the bill ap­ propriating $25,000 for ’ building pur­ poses and $7,500 annually for two years for 'the erection of an ortho-, pedic hospital-school to be located two) miles . east of' Gastonia. The appro­ priation is contingent upon the people, of the state raising a similar amount for building purposes. The bill was passed by the House by a unanimous vote, but five' Sena­ tors opposed it in the upper body. It is not believed that there will be any great difficulty in raising the money for the building of the school. Gaston county has already pledged $i0,000, leaving but an equal amount for the other 99 counties to raise. The Rotary Club of Charlotte has indicat­ ed that it will attempt to raise $5,000. This is the only institution of the kind in the south, being an hospital where crippled children are taken and given free treatment at the hands of the most skilled surgeons in the state. The report of the legislative com­ mittee to investigate the conditions and management of the State Farm convict camps went into both, branches of the Legislature with the full mem­ bership of five signing a lengthy re­ view of the investigation that finds the system antiquated and the conditions bad, especially as to facilities for car­ ing for the convicts and with the majority, of the ccfmmittee signing a further report reading as follows: This Clause Signed by Three. “The committee further finds that the superintendents and others in au­ thority over the convicts have ..not acted-in any wise inhumanly, but on the contrary have been lenient .and considerate and humane and diligent in the performance and the discharge of their duties and obligations placed upon them by the present. system.” This clause is signed by Senator Bur- gwyn arid Representatives W. H. Joy­ ner and J. H. Darden. These mem­ bers of the committee and the other two, Senator Turner and Representa­ tive Beasley signed the full report, which is a document of 13 typewrit­ ten pages. The document sets out the thor­ oughness of the investigation and finds that the housing and equipment at the farm are entirely inadequate. The sleeping quarters, especially for the negroes, far too small and poorly ventilated and the bedding bad. No separation of youthful and hardened criminals. The dining hall is poorly heated in cold weather and white and colored prisoners eat in the same hall with an alleywpy between them. AU prisoners have to wash from the same spigots,' the whites and blacks crowding each other indiscrimahely at the trough. The report gives the food served and method. of service and inatten­ tion to bathing are reviewed and failure to supply towels for the use of the convicts until recently. There is no recreation provided for the con­ victs beyond their daily work. The quarters for - the women are inade­ quate and lacking in necessary pri­ vacy and no woman in charge of .the department- and evils resulting there­ from are reviewed. No reading mat- De supplied by the state, and -io chaplian engaged, although there is a law authorizing such an official, are among the facts brought out. The practice of whipping in con­ nection with, the discipline is review­ ed and the methods described and abuses in this respect are given. The committee finds that little or no effort has been made for moral and mental improvement o£ the pris­ oners, the largest possible results and profits Dom their labors being the paramount object ana that youthful prisoners are often injured by their associations in the prison life. Of all the whippings administered the past few years, of which there have been hundreds, none have met with' the disapproval of the authorities so far as the records show. The Whitney or Baron camps is found to be a dangerous and hazard­ ous place with poor equipment for the care of the men. Convicts re­ turn from their serivice there “bro­ ken.” The committee says: “In the judgment of the commit­ tee the conditions at the camps are more due to the system than to the officials in charge. The system has been handed down by administrations for 50 years and no effort on the part of the prison officials or of the1 state authorities to make advancement in this respect.” The committee finds that there has been IacKing any regard for the ref­ ormation of the prisoner and his re­ turn to society a better and more Dustworthy man. The larger per cent of the prisoners, the committee finds to be young negro men from 16 to 20-odd years old, who might be treated in such manner! as to im­ prove them and make {them depend­ able arid useful after their discharge! In conclusion, the report makes recommendations that . have been largely adopted in the special- act changing the prison system, that thp Legislature has put through the leg­ islative mill the past few days. The bill Dom the House to make blockading in North Carolina a felony was passed by the Senate by a large majority. Other hills passed in the following order: Auittorize county. commissioners to co-op irate with pub-. lie libraries; validate certain registra­ tions; reprint certain Supreme Court reports; relative, to pu lications of re­ ports of-state departnents- and insti­ tutions; make. Iegitima ;e bastards aft; er'their fathers and mothers marry; amend law as to 'co-optrative work by the A. & E. College a il State Deparb men t of Agriculture; repeal act; cre­ ating the Kinston Teclrders court. Brief Notes Covering Happenings In This State That Are of interest to / AU the People. HUndreds of North Carolinians at­ tended the inauguration of President Wilson. >; It has just been announced that an examination to fill positions of second lieutenant In the Marine Corps will be held July 10 at the following places in North Carolina: Asheville, Charlotte, Raleigh and Wilmington. Over 600 people have made applica­ tion fop the physical examination which the State Board of Health is giving in its unit of life extension work now in progress in Henderson and Yance county with Dr. A. J. Ellington as examiner. Proceedings of court martial that tried Private Bailey Cooper of Wilson company for shooting a man named Cotten while on sentry duty at the smelter on the Texas border thre9 weeks ago were made public. Cooper is entirely exonerated and ordered to be released from custody. According to the annual report of the vital statistics department of the State Board' of Health for the year 1915, diseases that are due to filth and flies are on the decrease in North Four of the ten of the crew, who drowned when the coast guard cutter Yamacraw perished off the Maryland coast, were North Carolinians. The Rowan county commissioners have ordered a survey and estimate made on broadening and grading Salis­ bury avenue Dom Steele street in Salisbury through Spencer. Every resident of Fayetteville who. can get the use of a vacant lot is be­ ing urged by the Chamber of Com­ merce to “plant a little garden spot” as a measure of relief from the high food prices. Carolina while diseases due to habits of living, called degenerative diseases, are much ,on the increase. People of the Ehmeralda Inn and Bat Cave section are' rejoicing .over the action of the Legislature in pass­ ing the bill to place 75 convicts at work on the Hickory Nut Gap Road. The prospect of again having a road to Asheville, after being cut off practi­ cally .since the flood of last July, has caused the people of those sections to take on a new lease of life. Two'bridges spanning-the Catawba river near Mount Holly, N. C., were sewpt away by the high water, caused by long continuous rains, one of them used by the Seaboard Air Line and Piedmont and Northern Interurban road and the other a toll bridge. Both were temporary structures erected in the place of permanent bridges wash­ ed away by the flood of last July.. Traffic on the Murphy branch of the Southern Railway, Dom Balsam to* Murphy, is at a standstall as the re­ sult of numerous washouts, caused by the incessant rains. Rain, has fallen steadily for several days along the Murphy line, and the result, according to an official of the Southern, is a washout for every mile of track be­ tween Balsam and Murphy. Vegetables for the table and for market purposes are going to be scarce as well as' high in price dur­ ing the coming season unless there is a great increase in the number of home gardens planted this spring, says specialists ot the North Carolina Agri­ cultural Extension Service. Irish po­ tatoes have already reached the high­ est price in the history of the crop, and there is a probability of-other staple truck reaching a similar level. Killed By Broken Wheel., Lumberton.^-Luther Townsend, a young white man, was. struck by a flying wheel and. instantly killed while working at a0 saw m ill"! near %Ioss Neck, this county. When the governor belt on the engine came oft the engine ran so fast the large drving wheel/flew off. This struck Mr. Townsend, breaking his neck and one arm. Hec­ tor Duncan,, a laborer at the mill,,;was slightly injured. ‘ The views of President Gardner, of the Senate, on the work of sessions just ended were eloquently and fore^ fully expressed in his -little speech ac-. cepting the silver service by the Sena­ tors. Statesville’s fourth flour mill is a certainty with the organization of the Sterling Mills, Inc. A five-story miR 'building and warehouse will be erect­ ed near the railroad station. Machin­ ery will be installed capable of pro­ ducing 500 barrels of flour per day. Secretary Daniels is a happy man for he is the proud possessor of a gold pen that the President signed the naval'hill with.. Mr. Daniels was as, full of joy as a boy with a new toy. The Mecklenburg county jury in the •case of Harry Talley vs. the South­ ern. Railway returned a. verdict of forty thousand dollars damages. Tal­ ley sued for §100,000. He was injured in the! wreck ot the foot ball special at Salisbury on ,Thanksgiving eve, i915. He lost a leg, ear cut off, jaw broken, and otherwise’ injured. M AKE A FIN E REPUBLICANS WHO WILL LEAD IN NEXT CONGR««S,. Caucus Selections Indicate the .Party •; Will Get Somewhere Under Their. ..Expert Guidance.V ’ These are the men, appointed under the Republican caucus decree, who will “take under consideration questions re­ lating to the organization of the house in the next congress:” Representatives Madden and Can­ non, Hlinois; Gillett, Massachusetts; Cooper, Wisconsin; Mondell, Wyom­ ing I-HilUConnecticut.; Fordney, Mich­ igan ; Kahn, California; Campbell, Kansas; Volstead/Minnesota; Moore, PennsyIvapia; Longworth, ©.; Haw­ ley, Oregon; Slemp, Virginia; Austin, Tennessee; Lenroot, Wisconsin; Woods! Ia.; Browning, New Jersey; Anderson, Minnesota Ii Greene, .Ver­ mont; Helgesen, North Dakota; La Follette, Waslungton; Porter, Penn­ sylvania ; Sloan, Nebraska; D.unn and Chandler, New York, and Moores, Indi­ ana. 'An excellent list AU sections and the different shades of party opinion are represented. Even the ‘South, where the ,party/has but an impotent skeleton existence, is remembered. Mr. Slemp of Virginia arid Mr. Austin of Tennessee are capable politicians and good advisers, who have kept their heads above a flood which has rlseri high. • Moreover, the list shows veteran leg­ islators who will know their way around, no matter what- the situation may be. New developments from time to time will not take them at a disad­ vantage. They are likely to know whaf should be done in any emergency. The start is good, and if future steps are as well taken the Republicans should get somewhere. No move of like character has been taken by the. Democrats. None may bev Still, there is time. It is nnder-. stood that if the Democrats organize, the house, Mr. Clark will' again be speaker and Mr. Kitchin again floor leader without opposition. And the filling of leading chairmanships can be forecast. If the Democrats compose the minor­ ity party, there will be the question to decide as to whether Mr. Clark, stepping down from the chair, shall be floor leader in.place of Mr. Kitchin. or accept a less-important assignment. A controversy iri such circumstances would be unlikely. The two-men are warm friends, of much the ^ame line of political tliought. A difference is that 1Mr. Clark is a presidential quan­ tity in the, calculations for 1920, while Mr. Kitchin has no presidential ambi­ tion. The bee does not fly and buzz that far. South. Another point relates to the presi­ dent, and what his attitude will be to­ ward the new congress. Will he at­ tempt td lead that as he has led the .present body? He has found his way to Capitol Hill, and from the frequency of his visits’it is inferable that he Ukes the locality. His quarters in the big white building there are snug and con­ venient, and his orders summoning senators and representatives to his presence easily 'executed. It Is a new wrinkle, but. follows his ideas of the rights and duties of his supreme post. —Washington Star. • Democrats Not Entitled to Credit President Wilson told a. delegation of women that he^ could not under­ stand why they fail to realize that the Democratic party has done more for suffrage than has the Republican. That should be comparatively easy, to un­ derstand. Maybe he does not stop to consider that the women realize that they were permitted to vote for president In 12 states . last Novemberi arid that that permission in nine states was granted to them by Republicans. The only states in which the Democratic party Tightfully can say that it is entitled to credit for suffrage are Arizona, Ne­ vada and Montana. Without exception all the others are normally Republi­ can and were Republican when suf­ frage was extended to women. The members of the delegation also realize, even if the' president did not have it in mind, that they have made almost no progress in the solid South,, where the Democratic5 party is in a position to do anything it ,wishes with any cause it espouses. ./ Result of Dilatory Tactics. Another example of the dilatory, dallying tactics of the United States in international affairs, is contained In the terms of the new constitution adopted by Mexico at the Queretaro conference. ..While the United States was “Watchfully waiting!” the thor­ ough-going kaiser was spiking Amer­ ican and allied guns and placing In Garrariza’s hands/powerful weapons to turn against the United States and the allies. The “first chief” and his German friends will bear closer watch­ ing'than ever henceforth. _ ” , Never Successful Financiers. Our breathren the'Democrats never were successful financiers in national affairs. They are always Doubled either with a surplus or a deficit, and never can make their books exactly balance.- The surplus Double, comes after a series of years of Republican administration during which the coun­ try has prospered and. collected an am­ ple revenue on imported^ goods. The deficit is a purely. Democratic product and always Doubles the party when­ ever It is put into conDol of the na­ tional government • In the ninuiiiiiiue«nl of Health I t i s im p e r a t iv e that y o u k e e p 11 THE STOMACH THE BOWEU REGUliI AND THE LIVER ACTIVE “ BOU6H«BMS’'5 K a y f e g I Roger Williams. Roger Williams was the fnmulei-ofl the state of Rhode Island, H1! w born in London in either 1G04 or IGftjJ He refused tfi join the congregation at Boston because the people wdnid not make public BeeIaration of their q, pentanee for having been in coimimnioo with the Church of England. Kanisrieq from the Massnclnisetts Bay colony J8, 1035, lie escaped to the shores of Jtsr. I ragansett bay, accompanied In- a fa," of the adherents of the extreme pnq. I tanism which he advocated: he chased land of the Indians ami found. I ed the city of Providence in 1,33.. Phllnftelnhln Z*orlirer. SOOTHES ITCHING SCALPS And Prevents Falling Hair Do CuticaqI Soap and Ointment. On retiring, gently rub spots of daj druff and" itching with Cuticura Oiut. ment.' Next morning shampoo with I Cuticura Soap and hot water ujin{| plenty Of Soap. Cultivate the use if Cuticura Soap and Ointment for every | day toilet purposes. Free sample each by mail with Boot I Address postcard, Cuticura, Depth Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. - Swearing Off. “Why are you so strong for pro-1 hibition?” “Well,” replied Uncle Bill BottletgU “a country is a good deal Iilce r.n it I dividual. After havin’ had liquor with-! out limit for a period of years, It’s I a mighty gooff thing to go UithoiitJ for awhile.”—Washington Star. What Dr. R. D. Patterson, of UhJ erty, N. C., says: ABOUT MOTHER’S JOY SALVE I My boy had pneumonia, his tempera-1 ture was 104. Had tried other salves I didn’t have any effect. Used jar oTl Mother’s Joy Salve on throat ad J ChesL in one hour’s -time his tempera-1 ture was normal.—Adv. A philosopher gains renown by 1 during other‘people’s troubles with r*| ignation. W right** Indian V egetable Pilft contAl n o thing h u t vegetable Ingredients, which *n| g en tly as a tonic and purgative by latlo n a n d n o t by Irritation. Adv. Bergen, Norway, is to have a school| for ,chauffeurs. ____ That Knife-Like Paio Have you a lame back, aching hi and night? Do you feel sharp pains after stooping?- Are the kidnep sore? Is tbeR action irregulart w you have headaches, backacns rheumatic pains,—feel tired, nerr- _ous, all worn-out? Use Doan’s Ba- ney Pills—the medicine reM" mended by so many people In locality. Bead the experience tM" follows: A Soutb CaroGna Case J. M. Oshields,8 S. Enterprise St.,Union, S. C., says: “I had inflam­mation of the blad­der and my kidneys were In. awful shape.The pains In my back were terrific. The doctor said I had ,gravel and dur­ing one attack, four physicians s a t up with me all night; they thought I was going to die. I fin­ally used Doan s f , _ Kidney Pills an d , ^ was soon relieved, I contW® cure has lasted eight year- G et Doan's a t Any Slow. SOe »Bo* (n D O A N ’ S 1V f1SS FOSTER-MILBURN CO, BUFFALO. M STOPiJI ________________IA M B W from a Bone Spavin. Rind .. Splint. Curb, Side Bone, or trouble and gets horse going It acts mildly but quickly aM suits are lasting. Does not “I 'or remove the hair » 3 be worked. Page 17 V — - , each bottle tells how- delivered. Horse Book 9 M fr :- ABSORBING JR.. the anuseptjc' a for mankind, reduces Painful J largtfd GlandsjWens1 Bruises,^ 1 0 ll I heals Sores. Allays Pain; more if you write. $1 and p dtjlei* of ddirered. Libera) triil bottle j W. F. YOUNG, P. 0. F., 310Tems!e St-SjrIJh^ enable the dyspeptic t° eat wishes. They cause the food to as*. I nourish the body, slve appetite, DEVELOP FLESH. D r. T u ttM a n u fo c tu rln e C o - Mew I TdThatEnd-Try H O S T E T T E R S S t o m a c h B itters! CHANCE AND Bi LONG SOUi Henry de Spa division town in 1 Gap, a fertile valid Spain has killed td er, has saved his ll CHAPTER XV- —-K But long before Buj j Calabasas that day D<j jed. When he left BiJ he started for CalabaJ I there, ordered a saddf j o’clock in the morniif room, slept soundly, al he was called, started I I tain. He walked his hi and rode sDaight fori fortress. Leaving th / (heavy mountain pine <1 I De Spain walked carei around the house to thj 5sky was cloudy and most complete. He 1 close as he could to Na raised the soft, croon [desert owl. After a while he ws Iguish the outline of h<j !with much patience I [skill remaining from tl jhe kept up the faint cif [big barn the chained" himself with a fury oj (intruder, but mountairf Irnon In the gap, and tl [gained no credit for] jdeed, when the doa fierceness, De Spain tl] his way to encourage But neither the guar] [trader was able toJ [within .the house. ' Undeterred by his [held his ground as Icl When daybreak thred :drew. The following] [the gap earlier and termination. He toss] Nan’s open window 1 soft call. Soon a ligh] instant within the tocl [In the darkness foil [Spain thought he dis outlined at the casein] Jutes later a door op] He repeated the cry [ could hear a footsteg Iment he whispered j stood before, him. “What is it you wr] [so calmly that it upse rou come here?” Where he stood he [sound of her voice, [own. “To see you,” ! >elf. “Come over I Under its heavy bra. [darkness was most ini /by he had come lot see her anywhereT “There is nothing tl she responded, still f mu because you w] vas glad to see you | ighting—I hate, blood Put yourself! fftle, won’t you? AfJ me, isn’t it naturl * be sure you are we| rouble on my accouif , Tt may be natural] 5Sary. J ajjj jB .JJ0 I iere knows I even kn| “Excuse me for JUldn’t rest, Nan, . l0JJ1^Oilng. I was hej I itnow you were.’] Re started. “You: "Why should I? 1 1 ’on. When you cam! Jtn^ I should have t| r Jeast, to ask you no. "But you. will be ini imetimes, won’t you! . 1 am, it will nolrou.” I words were s] ^PaiU was sllei I' even t0 sPeak ■ J o n must know * she ariswered. L °? you place me [Peak to you. This I fJ he enenW of n I „ l3ecauSe I w; I And you can’t e Hftnt any -acUhain Ptn you,” ' I He paused befon I en cOUnt Gale Mor T ePle?" he asked i suppose I must I ©on’t you think ; IL friends, L se who would del I esi among your pi L nnswer*. “Aren’t M e ,”-he persisted Fh are in trouble?” L z ea1 needn’t remiIfJful to you -” I..Zan;" he exclaim ^ L u m /she co hy”S 8 sllatne to 1 here thinfcin- D99A 666666333360 In t h e m o t i o n Health Im p era tiv e th « l I e e p atI [STOMACH Nfet I bowels rebmuiI [the LIVER ACTiI I h a t E n d - T r y .TETTER’S i a c t i B it t e r s her Williams. J im s w a s th e founder *» I B lh o d e Is la n d . H e w a M I n in e ith e r 1604 o r icm I i o l n th e co n g reg atio n ,i I I e th e p e o p le w ould not Id e e la ra tio ii o f th eir rj.1 li v i n g b e e n in communion I J c h o f E n g la n d . Ranistle lI B m d m s e its B a y colony |a | ed to th e s h o re s O fN ywI , a c c o m p a n ie d bv a*fw | I i t s o f th e e x tre m e pud. I I h e a d v o c a te d : he py.1 I f th e I n d ia n s am ! found. I I f P ro v id e n c e in 1G36.- I e ile e r . ITCHING SCALPS !Falling Hair Do C uticartl and Ointment. g e n tly r u b s p o ts of dan. I !lin g w ith C u tic u ra Oint.| I m o r n in g sh am p o o withl I p a n d h o t w a te r usinfj ]ip . C u ltiv a te th e use o t| a n d O in tm e n t fo r every [ lp o s e s . I E e a c h b y m a il w ith Boctf |c a r d , C u tic u ra , D ept IiJ e v e ry w h e re .— Adv. THE DAVIE RECOEp1 MOCKSVILLE, N. C. Swearing Off. I you so strong for pro-1 [lied Uncle Bill' Botiletop1I a good deal like an In-I |ir havin’ had liquor irith-1 a period of years, IftI |od thing to go withoutJ -Washington Star. I r . D. Patterson, of Uib-B DTKER’S JOY SALVE. I I pneumonia, his tempenrl Had tried other salvesj Iany effect. Used jar ofB Iy Salve on throat aril I hour’s -time his temper*| linal.—Adv. Ilier gains renown by i [people’s troubles with r Jaiar V egetable Pills contsjl Ig e ta b le ingredients, wilicJl \nic an d purgative by «u® by Irritation. Adv. o m n t a m By FRANK H. SPEARMAN (C op yrigh t b y C h arles S crib ner’s S o n s) .ysa*lilllllllllilllillllillillillllllllllllllillllillllillllililiiillllillliinilliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiniiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiM CHANCE AND BAD LUCK FOR DUKE MORGAN GIVES DE SPAIN AN OPPORTUNITY HE HAD LONG SOUGHT AND HE MAKES THE MOST OF IT WITH THE GIRL-HE LOVES Henry de Spiun, general manager of the stage coach line running from Thief River to Sleepy Cat, railroad division town m the Rocky Mountains, is fighting a hand of cattle thieves and gunmen who live In MorgVin Gap, a lert‘'e valley 20 miles from Sleep Cat and hear Calabasas, where the coach horses are changed. De Spaiu has billed two of the gang and has been seriously, wounded. Pretty Nan Morgan, niece of the gang lead­ er. has saved his life and he is trying to make love to her, but rpceives no encouragement. onvay, is to have a scbo* Inife-Like Painl I a lame back, aching AWi Do you feel sharp pfu»| Iiping?- Are the kiMjl Tieir action irregular < t .headaches, backacnai fiains,—feel tired, Mjl brn-out? UseDoansW*! -th e medicine reco I - so many people in u-« lead the experience tw| IutIi C arolina Ca*® I Oshields, fprise St.,T. s. c.,Ad intiam- Ithe blad- fly kidneys Tful shape, in my terrific.|r said I A and dur- ■tack. four I Isat up'Iall night:Tjht I was tie. I fin-I d Doan’s , . „ - w. teved ,ni continued and isted eight years. I n’. at Any Store. SOe »B «f|V N ’ S 1V1S S J BURN CO.. BUFFALO- J aB one Spavin. R*0® It, Curb1Side Bone, orIe and gets horse goingJJJI Is mildly but quick;?Bare lasting. U o e a . ^ ftA Bsmove the hai. _nhlet*i| [jrked. Page l 7 inK OO a Jbottle tells how. H 'e, J H o r s e B o o k 9 M f r f elio;, [NE. JR.. the ^ evPtJiiogSj I reduces Painful ^ra i s , W e n s, B ruises, VaTfO( t || f Allays Pam; ^ 1l3 borfJ Iu write. Siahd- (<)[ fen ri. Liberal mal bottle ^ l l|p. D.F..3iOTemDletl..Sof^_ I dyspeptic bP FLESH.'t ManufacturinB Co. N I CHAPTER XV—Continued. —10— . I But long before Bull Page reached lHlahnsas that day De Spain had aet- When he left Bull at the bridge, Ie started for Calabasas, took suppeiT here, ordered a saddle horse for one !’clock in the morning, went to his foorn. slept soundly, and, shortly after |e was called, started for Music moun- un. He walked his horse into the gap Iml rode straight for Duke Morgan’s fortress. Leaving the horse under a jeavy mountain pine close to the road, . Spain walked carefully but directly !round the house to the east side. The to was cloudy and the darkness al- Jiost complete. He made his way as flose as he could to Nan’s window, and faised the soft, crooning note of the nesert owl. I After a while he was able to distin- flisli the outline of her casement, and, ritli m uch patience and some little [till rem aining from the boyhood days, »kept up the faint call. Down at the Iig barn the chained watchdog tore liinself with a fury of barking at the ptrnder. but mountain lions were eom- ion in the gap, and the noisy sentinel mined no credit for his alarm. In- leed. when the dog slackened his lerceness. De Spain threw a stone over ; way to encourage a fresh outburst. But neither the guardian nor the in- iider was able to arouse anyone ritltin the house. ‘ I Undeterred by his failure, De Spain [eld his ground as long as he dared, lien daybreak threatened, he with- |rew. The following night he was in gap earlier and with renewed de- [ermination. He tossed a pebble into Kan’s open window and renewed his ioft call. Soon a light flickered for. an pstant within the room and died out. the darkness following this, De [pain thought he discerned a figure iutlined at the casement. Some min- Stes later a door opened and closed. Be repeated the cry of the owl, and lould hear a footstep; the next mo­ ment he whispered her name as she Hood before him. I “What is it you want?” she asked, ) calmly that it upset him.’ “Why do Iou come here?" Where he stood he was afraid of the found of her voice, and afraid of his “To see you,” be said, collecting self. “Come over to the pine tree.” [ Under its heavy branches, where the irkness was most intense, he told her Jihy he had come—because he could t see her anywhere outside. [“There is nothing to see me about,” He responded, still calm. ‘T helped Jou because you were wounded. • I | as glad to see you get away without hting—I h a te b lo o d s h e d .” I “But put yourself in my place a Ittle1 won’t you? Afteir what you did pr me, isn’t it natural’I should want ) be sure you are well and not in any Iouble on my account?” I “It may be natural, but it isn’t- nee- fsory. I am jB -J10 trouble. -No one ! knows I even know you.” [“Excuse me for coming, then. I Ndn’t rest, Nan, without ,knowing fmething. I was here, last flight.” | “I know you were.” - | He started. “You made no sign.” 1TVhy should I? I suspected it was’ When you came again tonight I PeW I should have to speak ,to you— Mcast, to ask you not to come again.” I “But you. will be in and out of town [metimes, won’t you, Nan?” 1 1HI am, it will not be to talk with Pu.” jjhe words were spoken deliberately. ° Spain was silent for a.-moment. , ot even to speak to me?” he asked. I Iou must know the position I am ehe answered. “And what a po- iion yon place me in if I am seen to Feak to you. This is my home. You I® Jke enemy of my-people.” In °t because I want to be.” And you can’t expect them not to . out any acquaintance on my part fth you.” - > Paused before continuing. “Do '0 W lt ®a*G Morgan.as one of your Pie.'” he asked evenly. - suppose I must.” I bon’t you think you ouight to count of your friends, your well-wishers,- I sJ "''0 Would defend you with their, I ’ amODg your people?” She made I0ans^or-. “Aren’t they the kind of I.. e’ ’ he persisted, “you need when Iware in trouble?” ; ueedn’t remind me I should be to you-” , ’ , • -- - L anJ he exclaimed. 1 Iut-* ain’” continued, unmoved. I1Ir.. It.” h-.. a shame .to accuse me- in that were thinking when you spoke of what happened with Gale on Music mountain.” _ . “I, wish to God you and I were on Music mountain again! I never lived or did anything worth living for, till you cnme to me that, day on Music mountain. It’s true I was thinking of what happened ’when I spoke—but not to remind you you owed anything to me.. You don’t; get that out of your head.” “I do, though.” ' “I spoke in the way I did because I wanted to remind you of what might happen some time when Fm not near.” “I shan’t be’ caught off my guard again. I know how to. defend myself from a drunken man.” He could not restrain all the bitter­ ness he felt. “That man,” he said de­ liberately, “is more dangerous sober than drunk.” “When I can’t defend. myself, my uncle will defend me.” “Ask him to let me help.” ' “He doesn’t need any help. And he would never ask you, if he did. I can’t live at home and know you; that> is why I ask you not to come again.” He was silent. “Don’t you think, all things considered”—she hesitated, as if not knowing how easiest to put it—“you ought to be willing to shake hands and say good-by?* “Why, if you wish it,” he answered, taken aback. And he added more qui­ etly, “Yes, if you say so.” “I mean for good.” “I—” he returned, pgusing, “don’t.” “You are not willing to be fair.” “I want to be fair—I don’t want to promise more than human nature will stand for—and then break my word.” “I am not asking a whole lot.” “Not a whole lot to you, I know. But do you really mean that you don’t want me ever to speak to you again?” “If you must put it that way—yes.” “Well”—he took a long breath— “there is one way to make sure of that. I’ll tell you honestly I don’t want to stand in the. way of such a wish, if it’s really yours. As you have said, it isn't fair, perhaps, for me to go against it. Got your pistol with you, Nan?” “No.” . “That is the way you take care of yourself, is it?” “I’m not afraid of you.” “You ought to be ashamed of your­ self ,not to be. And you don’t even know whom you’ll meet before you can lock the front door again. You prom­ ised me never to;go’ out without it. Promise me that once more, will you?” She did as he asked her. “Now, give me your hand, please,” he went on. .“Take hold of this.” “What is it?” - “The butt of my revolver. Don’t be afraid.” She heard the slight" click of the hammer with 9 thrill of strange ap­ prehension. “What are you doing?" she demanded hurriedly. “Put your finger on the trigger—so. It is cocked.. Now pull;” .’She caught’ her. breath. “What do you mean?” / He was holding the gun in his two hands, his finger.s overlapping hers, the muzzle at the breast of his jacket “Pull,” he; repeated, “that’s all you have to do; I’m steadying it” She snatched back her hand. “What do you mean?” she' cried. “For me to kill you? Shame!” “You are too excited—all I asked you was to take the trouble to crook vour finger—and I’ll never speak to you again—you’ll have your wish for­ ever.” “Shame!” ‘ - “Why shame?” he retorted. “I mean what I say. If you meant what you said,' why don’t you put it out of my power ever to speak to you? Do you want me to pull.the trigger?” “I told you'once I’m not an assas- sin—how dare you ask me to do such a thing?” she cried furiously. “Call y.ur uncle,” he suggested coolly. “You may hold this meantime so you’ll know he’s in no danger.. Take iny gun and call your uncle—’” “Shame on you I” * “Call Gale—call any man in the gap —they’ll jump_at the chance.” • “You are .a cold-blooded, brutal wretch—Fm sorry I ever helped you— Fm "sorry'I ever let you help me—Fm sorry I ever saw you!”She sprang away before he could interpose a word. H e stood stunned by the'suddenness of her outburst, try­ ing to Usten and to breathe at the same time." He heard Ote Yronfc' d°or close, andigtopd waiting. But no fur- ther sound from the Uopse greeted his, G£iirsV. “And I thought,?’ he muttered to himself, “that might Salm her dowfi a jlttie. F m certainly in wrong, now. CHAPTER XVI. . Her Bad Penny. Nan reached her room in a fever of excitement, angry at De Spain, bitterly angry at Gale, angry with the moun­ tains, the world, and resentfully fight­ ing the pillow- on which 4he cried her­ self to sleep. In the morning every nerve was on edge. When her Uncle Duke, with his chopping utterance, said something short to her at their vers early break­ fast he wa^ surprised by an answer equally short. Her uncle retorted sharply. A second curt answer greet­ ed his rebuff, and while he stared at her. Nan left the table and ,the room. Duke, taking two of the men, start­ ed that morning for Sleepy Cat with a.punch of cattle. He rode a fractious horse, infuriated, as his horses fre­ quently were, by his brutal treatment, bolted in a moment unguarded by his master, and flung Duke on bis back in a strip of lava rocks. The old man—in the mountains a man is caUed old after he passes forty—was heavy, and the fall a seri­ ous one. He picked himself up while the men. were recovering his hors% knocked the horse over the head with a'piece of jagged rock when the‘fright­ ened beast was brought back, climbed into the saddle again, and rode all the way into town. ' ' 'r But when his business was done;1 Duke, too, was done. He could neither ! sit a horse, nor sit ip a wagon. Tgleepy Cat. was stirred at the news, and that the man who had defied everybody in the mountains for twenty years should have been., laid low and sent to t!*e hospital by a mere broncho was the topic of many comments. De Spain, who was at Calabasas, knew Nap would not be alarmed should her uncle not return that night. Butearlyin the morning a messenger from McAlpin rode to her with a note telling her of the accident Whatever his vices, Duke had been a good protector to his dead brother’s child. He had sent her to good schools and tried to revive In her, despite her untoward surroundings, the better tra­ ditions of the family as it had once flourished in Kentucky. Nan took the saddle for Sleepy Cat In haste and alarm. When she reached her uncle’s bedside she understood how seriously he had been hurt, and. the doctor’s warnings were not needed to convince her he must have bare.' Duke refused to let her leave him, in' any case, and Nan relieved the nurse, and, what was o£ equal moment, made herself custodian of the. cash in hand before Duke’s town compan­ ions could get hold of it. Occasional trips to the gap were necessary as the weeks passed and her uncle could not be moved. These Nan had feared as threatening an encounter either by ac­ cident, or on his part designed, with De Spain. But the Impending encoun­ ter never took place. De Spain, at-, tending closely to his own- business, managed to keep accurate track of hey De Spain’s name coming in some way into the talk, to be followed with vary­ ing circumstantial- accounts of what really had happened that day at Cala­ basas. j Add with all the known escapades In which he hajl figured,' exhausted as topics, by long-winded commentators, more .or less hazy stories of his earlier experiences at Medicine Bend in the company of Whispering Smith were dragged into, the talk. One convales-. cent stage-guard at the hospital told a story one night at supper about him that chilled Nan again with strange fears, for she knew it to be true. He had had it from McAlpin himself, so the guard said, that De Spain’s father had long ago been shot down from am­ bush by a cattleman and that Henry de. Spain had sworn to find that man and kill him. And it vVas hinted pret­ ty strongly that De Spain had informa­ tion when he msented to come to Sleepy Cat that the assassin still lived, and lived somewhere around the head of the sinks. On that very evening it chanced the doctor caifie late. When he walked in he asked her if she knew it was !fron­ tier day, and reminded her that just a year ago she had shot against Henry de Spain and beaten the most danger­ ous man and the deadliest shot on the mountain divide in her rifle match. How he had grown In the imagina­ tion of Sleepy Cat and Music moun­ tain, she said to herself—while the doctor talked to her unde—since that day a year, ago I Then he was no more than an unknown -and discomfited marksman from Medicine Bend, beaten by a mountain girl—now the most talked-of man in the high country. And the suspidon would sometimes obtrude itself with pride into her mind, that she who never ..mentioned his name when it was discussed before her, really knew and understood him bet­ ter than any of Qiose that talked so much—that she had at least one great secret with him alone.- When leaving, Qie doctor wished to send over from his office medicine.for her uncle. Nan offered to go with him, but the doctor said it was pretty late and Main street pretty noisy—he pre­ ferred to find a messenger. When there came a rap on thehalf-open door, she went forward to take-the medicine from the messenger’and saw, standing before her in the hall, De Spain. She shrank back as if struck. She tried to speak. Her tongue refused its office. De Spain held a package out in his hand. “Doctor-Torpy asked me to give you this.” -.“Doictor’Torpy? What is it?” “I really don’t know—I suppose it is medicine.” She heard her uncle turn in his bed at the sound of voices. Thinkingi only that he must not at any cost see De Spain, Nan stepped quick­ way. She had; come to Sleepy Cat dreading to meet him and fearing his. influence over her,-but Qfis apprehen­ sion, with the passing of a curiously brief period, dissolved into a confi­ dence In her ability to withstand fur­ ther interference, on anyone’s part, with her feelings. Gale Morgan rode into town fre­ quently, and Nan at first painfully ap­ prehended hearing someQme of a. dead­ ly duel between her truculent.gap ad­ mirer and her persistent town courtier —who was more considerate and bet­ ter mannered,' but no less dogged, and, in.fact, a good deal more difficult to handle. As toN the boisterous mountain man; his resolute little cousin made no se­ cret of'-her detestation of him. She denied and defied him as openly as a girl could, and heard his threats with conQnued indifference. She was quite alone, too, in her fear of any fatal meeting between Qie two■'men' who seemed determined to1 pufrsue her.. The truth was that after Calabasas, De Spain, from Thief river to Sleepy Cat, was a marked man. None sought, to crdss his path or his purposes, and neither the town.-haunts of Calabasas men nor those of their Morgah Gap sympathizers had any champion dis­ posed to follow too. closely the' alert Medicine Bend railroader; In and about the hospital, and in the town itself^ Nan found the chief ob­ stacle to her peace of nfind in the talk she' could not; always avoid hearing about De Spain. Convalescents inthe corridors. pracQcally all of them men, , never gathered In sunny corners or at' the.tables In the dining room without- 'Tll Bet-You Don’t,. Know What This Is?" Day Iy into the hall and faced the messen­ ger. “I <was over at the doctor’s of­ fice just now,” continued her visitor wherea^outs^ wTthout* getting **iiT herJrfvenly j “b* asked T br^- - - 7Tdown for your uncle.” Shfe took the package with an incoherent acknowl­ edgment. Without IetQng her. eyes ! L - L ' -i ...... meet his, she was conscious of how fresh “and clean and strong he looked, dressed In a livelier manner than usual!—a partly cowboy effect, with a broader hat and-a gayer Qe than he ordinarily affected. De Spain kept on speaking: “The telephone girl in the office downstairs told me to come right up, How is your uncle?” She regarded him wonderingiy. “He has a good deal of pain,”- she answered quieQy. “ Too bad he should have been hurt in such, a way. Are you pretty well, Nan?” She thanked him. “Stay here a good deal, do you? Fll bet you don’t know what 'day this is?” Nan looked up the corridor, but she answered to the point: “You’d lose” “It’s our anniversary.” She darted a look of indignant disclaimer at him. But in doing so she met his eyes. “Have -you Seen Qie, decoraQons In Main street? Come to the door just a minute and see theway they’ve lighted the arches.” She knew just the . ex­ pression of his eyes that went with that tone. , She looked vexedly at him "to confirm her suspicion. Sure enough there in the brown part/and in the lids, it was, the most -troublesome possible kind of an expression—hard to be reso­ lute against Her- eyes fell away, but some damage had been done. He did not say another word. None seemed necessary. He jnst kept sQll and something—no. .hne could have said just- what—seemfed to talk for him to poor defenseless Nan. She hesitated helplessly^ “I jcan’t leave- uncle,” she objected at last ; "Ask him to come along.” Her eyes fluttered about the dimly lighted hall. “I ought not to leeve." TH stay here. at Uie door while you go.” Irresolute, she let her %yes rest again for a fracQon of a second on his eyes; when she drew a baeath after that j>ause everything was over. *Td better give him his medicine first,” she said, looking toward the sickroom door. Bfis monosyllabic answer was calm: “Do.” Then as she laid her hand on the knob of the door to enter the room: “Can I help any?” “Oh, no!” she cried indignanQy. He laughed silently: ‘TH stay here.” Nan disappeared. Lounging against the windowsiil opposite the door, he waited. After a long Qme the door was stealthily reopened. Nan tiptoed out. She closed it sofQy behind her: “I waited for him to go to sleep,” she explained as shp started down the cor­ ridor with De Spain. “ He’s had so much pain today—I hope he sleeps.” “I hope so, too,” exclaimed De Spain fervenQy. Nan ignored the implication. She looked straight ahead. She had noth­ ing to say. De Spain, walking beside her, devoured her with his eyes; lis­ tened to ,her footfalls; tried to make talk; but Nan was silent. Standing on the wide veranda out­ side the front door, she assented to the beauty of the distant illumination, but not enthusiastically. De Spain declared it could be seen very much better from the street below. Nan thought she could see very well where they stood. But by this Qme she was answering questions—dryly, it is true, and in monosyllables, but answering. De, Spain leading the way a step or two forward at a time, coaxed her down the driveway. She stood agaip irresolute, he drink­ ing in the fragrance of her presence after the long separation and playing her reluctance guardedly. “Do you know,” she exclaimed with sudden re­ sentment, “you make it awfully hard to be mean to you?” With a laugh he caught her hand and made her walk down the hospital steps. “You may be as mean as you like,” he answered indifferently. “Only, never ask me to be mean'to you.” “I wish to heaven you would be,” shp retorted. “Do you remember,” he asked, “what we were doing a year ago today?” “No.” Before he could speak again she changed her answer: “Yes, I do remember. If I said ‘no’ you’d be sure to remind me of what we were doing. We can’t see as well here as we could from the steps.” “But from here, you have the best view in Sleepy Cat of Music mountain.” “We didn’t come out here to see Mu­ sic mountain.”. “I come here often to look at it. You won’t let me see you—what can I do but look at where you Uve? How long are you going to keep me away?” Nan did not answer. He urged her to speak. • “You know very well it is my people that will never be friendly with you,” she repUed. “How can J be?” They were passing a lawn settee. He sat down. She would not follow. She stood In a sort of protest at his .side, but he did not release her hand. ‘TH tell you how you can be,” he re­ turned. “Make me one of your people.” (TThat never can be,” she declared stubbornly. “You know1'it as weU as I do. Why do you-say such things?” she demanded, drawing away her hand. “Do you want to know?” “No.” “It’s because I love you.” She strove to command herself. “Whether you do or not can’t make any difference,” she returned, steadily. “We are .separated by everything. There’s.'a gulf between us. It never can be crossed. We should both of us be wretched if it ever were crossed.” He had risen, from the bench and caught her hand.- “It’s because we haven’t crossed it we’re wretched,” he said determinedly. "Cross it with me 5jow!” He caught her in his "arms. She struggled to escape. She knew what was coming and fought to keep her face from him. With resistless strength, and yet carefully as a mother with an obsQnate child; he held her slight body against his breast, relent­ lessly drawing her head closer. “Let me go I” she panted, twisQng her avert­ ed head from-the hollow of bis arm. Drinking in the wine of her frightened breath, he bent over her in the dark­ ness until his pulsing eagerness Unked her warm lips to bis own. She had surrendered to her first kiss. He spoke. “The gulf’s crossed. Are you so awfully wretched?” They sank together down on the bench. “What,” she faltered, “wlU be­ come of me now?” “You are better off now than you ever were, Nan. You’ve gained this moment a-big brother, a lover you can drag around the world, after you with a piece of thread.” “You act as if I could.” “I mean it; it’s true.. fin pledged to yoh forever—you, to me forever. We’ll keep our secret Qll we can manage things; and we wUl manage them. Ev­ erything will come .right, Nan, because everything must come right.” “I only hope you are not wrong,” she murmured, her eyes turned toward the somber mountains. Y After this important turn of affairs, De Spairi lays plans to. overcome Nan’s tribe and marry her. Big developments. are de­ scribed in the next installment. (TO BE CONTINUED.) ■ Aimehia hak aJ copper mine that has been operated without interrupQon Sihce prfehlstoric Qmfes. ' '" WOMM COOLB HIBDLl JTIHB R estored to H ealth b y E . P in kh am tS V eg eta b le: C om pound. Fulton, N. Y. — “Why will ymmsa - pay out their money for treatment tad receive no besseSS, when so many &av* proved that I E. PinkhamTsVeg*- table C om posed Will make well ? For over ® • year I suffered ■*» from female weak­ ness I could faardjy stand a n i .R U j i afraid to go on Shm street alone.' B&e- tors'said medsdeor- were useless and only ah operaffis® woujd help me, but Lydia E. PinkfassB”* ' Vegetable Compound has proved St- otherwise. I am now perfectly waH- and can do any kind of work/’—Shnu N ellie Phelps, care of R. A. BbSo^ • R.F.D. No. 5, Fulton, N. Y. We wish jevery woman who : saffians from female troubles, nervousness^ backache or the blues could see the le t­ ters written by women made well by Ly­ dia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compoese- If you have bad symptoms anddoiseDt' understand the cause, write to fibs* Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Mass.. for helpful advice given fras. • Was Sick AU Right “Jock Bloggs,” said the-manager^ verely, “you got off your work yesta?1- day afternoon with the excuse ESffiC.' you were ill. I saw you going to Shtr- races, and you did not appear to Sse-* bad at all.” Jock was fully equal to the Sion. “You ought to have seen me aF&egs the second race,” he said. j With the F ingers! SaysC orn sL iftO u t j W ithout Any P a ii Sore corns, hard corns, soft cocks any kind* of a corn can shortly fc*>- lifted right out with the fingers if yam- will apply on the corn a few drops sffi' freezone, says a Cincinnati authority, At little cost one can get a small bot­ tle of freezone at any drug store, wfajdfc - Will positively riu one’s feet of army- corn or callus without pain or ssr*-- ness or the danger of infecQon.^ This new drug is an ether compound^, and dries the moment it is applied does not inflame or even irritate ShR- surrounding skin. Just think I- X im can lift off your corns and caSBsssw- flow without a bit of pain or soressmt- If your druggist hasn’t freezone. Keces;- easily get a small bottle for you fzom^ his wholesale drug house.—adv.. Not If He’s on TTmer “Don’t you miss the noise and buss32i> of the city, now that you live Ie 62®- country?” • “Not if I catch my train to tows.”— Browning’s Magazine. A single application of Roman Eye SsS^ earn upon going to bed will prove- its Swst- it by morning. Effective for Inffamrina- tions of the Eyes, external and'-LhtoraaA. Adv. Being sorry for yourself doesn’t Iist the sympathy of others-. , O n ly O n e “ B R O M O Q U IN IN E * "______To get the genuine, call for fnll name LAXaHVSf BROMO QUININE. Look for siimatnre OS SAW. GROVB Oaree a Cold in One Pay 2&c- When a man talks much about self he has nothing much to talk W H A X I S L A X - F O S • UX-FOS IS AN IMPROVED CASCftSfe - A D ig estive La x a t iv s CATHARTIC AND UVER TONIC Lax-Fos is not a secret or Patent SJ*S&- cine but is composed of the following etffi- fashioned roots and herbs: C A S C A R A b a r k B L U E F L 0A G R O O T R H U B A R B R O O T B L A C K R O O T M A Y A P P L E R O O T S E N N A L E A V E S A N D P E P S I N to Lax-Fos the Cascaka is improves Sgy the addition of these ’digestive iogixsfieoMP making it better than ordinary Casta and thus the combination acts not stimulating laxative ,and catharticbst s as a digestive and liver tonic. Syrup Sr tives are weak, but Lax-Fos ccq&c strength with palatable, aromatic taste: does not gripe or disturb the stomachs S bottle will prove Lax-Fos is ipvaluabJs I Constipation, Indigestion or Torpid T ~ Price 50c. H e tv e y o u R H £ U M A T I S f § Lumbago or GoutS1 TakeBHBDMACIDR to remoTe-tf-amesor ; 4and drive the poison from the hjsaacas. uEQEGHiCIDR OS THE ISBIDE . ^ ______PGTS EUKGfflATlSM OETIXX OVTBBS** A t A U D ru g R lB ta f Ju* BaOj Sc Sonf WboleiiIe IKAtubuSaex: I ' . ' i i ' . B iltsm ore* M d* . ^ THE DAVIE RECORD, MOCKSyiLLEr N. C. ft» MvftitT*^ Set Anntents 15 Fluid Drag For Infants and Children.900 D rops Mothers Know That Genuins Castoria!^.LiftLUJJ-MB V c O H O L -3 P E B CBN-X A^etatteftepaiatioafirA Similatin^theFooi foje^ula. tingtheStoma^s^dB^® Always SignatureThere CheetfaInessan neither Ctofam1MorPMfle"0'> S l Kot Xarcotic JfanpinStfff ' JtxSrteot.JbcfaU* && Aai&S"*.In Use Over Ysars MSaif Srd ChrifitJSuprjQ&umitfhmr n b s s ^L m u S S S S ^ ^ . R4C-Sinule Si^natnregf The Ceotaw Gokpko- N E vn gQ gE Sxact Copy of Wrapper.THC OSttTAUII UHMHTi MCV TOW «1« Sure Test of Diamond. TEhe fact that real diamonds are ,/jjSraGphorescent after being treated in -;j2isr following manner Is said to make • .nSfce foHowing test a sure one: First .- .«at all, expose the stone for a few niin- gciae to the light of an electric lamp. -'Steeai rub It Into a dark place, when . dK* diamond will glow brightly. This <a»es not occur In the case of a false n ,lim e it! Pape’s Diapepsin ends ^all Stomach misery in five minutes.» — — ^ — -TDo some foods you eat hit back— ' SssIe good, but work badly; ferment 4tale stubborn lumps and cause a sick, essx, gassy stomach? Now, Mr. or SffjTK. Dyspeptic, jot this down: Pape’o . JBSapepsin digests everything, leaving .IbBildng to sour and upset you. There sewer was anything so safely quick, so fjftrtainly effective. No difference how My jour siemicii is flw***1 J™ c ill get happy reliel In N minutes, W wMplew you most H tbtlt utenjttas and regalates i f f stOffl- so you can eat your favorite foods • .wSSiiout fear. You feel different as soon as "Pape’s -©iapepsin’’ comes In contact with the . sttsmach—distress Just vanishes—your SftJ-Biach gets sweet, no gases, no belch- Qtffr no eructations of undigested food. ■Sg now, make the best investment 5300 ever made, by getting a large fifty- OMWt case of Pape’s Diapepsin from any assare. Vou realize in five minutes how seedless it is to suffer from Indiges* ,: Ssosj,, dyspepsia or bad stomach. . Adv. 1‘ SS you want a girl to respect your JrcSement tell her that you admire Suet r- ■ Real tuck. At a club meeting recently a South side woman said to a friend: “Mrs. Whatyouiimycall is the lucki­ est woman I ever knew.” “Somebody leave her a fortune?” the friend inquired. “No.” “Then why do you consider her so lucky?” “The other day she accidentally knocked her percolator off tlie-stov.e and bent the pedestal.’* “Well—" : “And jw rw day, when she knockod it off HSIiin. the pedestal went back into Hs proper position." WheneverYou Need a General Toidc Take Grove’s The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless chill Toaic is equally valuable as a Gen* eral Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties ot QUININE .and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enricbes the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. Impractical Estimate. “Father,” »id the small boy,, “what is a pacifist?*’ “A pacifist, my son. is a man who thinks that war is a rough form of out­ door sport that the police could stop if they wanted to." • NEVER HAD K CHILL After !AfiDg ELIXIR BADE;t y •BEK llIlylltiyaiifkterl IiiearnIJt IiuW nearly a year vita chilis and fever, most of the tim e under th e doctor's care. I w as dlscour- aged and a friend advised m e to try E l ix ir B a b '-lc . I gave it to h er and sh e h a s never had a. chill since. I t com pletely cured her.” M rs, C yrus H eim s,302 E St., K - E ., W a sh in g to n , D , 0 . E l ix ir Babek SO cents, all dru g g ists o r by P arcel P ost prepaid from ' K loczew ski cfc Co., W ashington, Z>. C. Oldest Marble Quarry. . Vermont’s oldest marble quarry, opened about 1795, still is being op­ erated profitably. ' Saves Eggs Royal Baking; Pow der makes it possible to pro­ duce appetizing -and wholesome cakes, muffins, Combread1, etc., w ith fewer eggs than are usually required. In m a n y recip es th e n um ber o f e g g s m a y b e re­ duced an d excellen t resu lts ob tain ed b y u sin g a n additional q u an tity o f R o y a l B a k in g P ow d er, ab ou t a teasp oon , for ea ch e g g om itted. T h e follow in g tested recipe, is a practical illustratipn: SPONGE CAKE >t cup sugar $6 cup water 3 egsf ■£ teaspoons Royal BakiD if^sw der S cup flcu» I teaspoon salt H cup co'd w ater I teaspooo flavoring DIRECTIONS:—Boll sugar and'w ater until syrup spins ^ th re a d an d add to the stifflybeatea w hites of eggs, beating until th e m ixture is cold. Sift together three tim es th e flour».salt and baking-powder; beat yolks of eggs until thick; add a little at a tim e Rour mixture* and egg yolka alternately *o w hite Of egg m lxturet stir* ring after each addition. Add cup cold w ater and flavoring. Mix Ilg h tIy e a d bake in m oderate oven'one hour. The old method called for six eggs and no baking powder Eooklft of recipes which econom ite In eggs and other .. . expensive muredients m ailedfree. A d d re ss R o r a l Baking Powder "o.. « 3 W illiam Street. N ew -Y ort Made from Cream of Tartar,.denvpd*from grapes, adds none but healthful qualities to the food. N oM m n N o B itterT a ste EGG-LAYING AGE OF PULLETS Light Breeds, Such as Leghorn, Mi­ norca, Hamburg and Ancona Ma­ ture at About Six Months. s Different breeds mature and com­ mence laying at slightly different times. In general, under a utility classification pullets of the egg breeds, such as Leghorn, Minorca, Hamburg and Ancona, mature early and begin to lay eggs at four or five months un­ der favorable conditions. Where the conditions are not favorable to induce early egg-laying, six months is proba­ bly a nearer average for the time to commence laying. Meat types, such as Brahma, Cochin and Langshan, are slower In maturity, taking six to eight months or longer for a pullet to get in­ to egg-laying condition. General purpose types, such as Ply­ mouth Kock, Wyandotte, Rhode Island Red, Orpington and Dominique, ma- Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are the orig­inal little liver pills put up 40 . years ago. They regulate liver and bowels.—Adv. Man is made of dust and be wants the rest of the earth. L A T E N d R T H C A R O L IN A M A R K E T QUOTATIONS W ta te rn N ew sp ap er U nion N ew s B ervlce Prices Paid by Merchants for Farm Products in the Markets of North Carolina as Reported to the Division of Markets, for the Week Ending Saturday, March 3, 1917. Ahoskie. Corn, $1.25 bu; oats, 72c bu; soy beans, $2 bu; peas, $2.25 bu; Irish po­ tatoes, $9 bbl; sweet potatoes, 75c bu; apples, $7 bbl. N. C. butter, 40c lb; ;eggs, 30c doz; spring chickens, 18c lb; hesn,, 15c lb; hogs, $10 cwt. Cotton, middliiie, 16.75c; cotton seed 80c bu; lbs. of meal for ton of seed,' 2600. Ashevflle. . Corn, $1.28.bu;; oats, 74c bu; Irish potatoes, $7-50 bbl; sweet potatoes, *1.20 bu; apples, $3.60 bbl. Western butter, 48c lb; N. C. butter, 46-47c lb; eggs, 48c doz; spring chick­ ens, 16c lb; hens, 15c lb. Durham. ^orn,-$1,15 bu; oats. 58c bu; peas, $2.75 bu; Irish potatoes, $6.50 bbl; sweet potatoes. $1.10 bu; appies, $4-$5 bbl. Western butter, 40c lb; N. C. butter, 35c lb; eggs. 35c doz; hens, 15c lb. Cotton, HM dItoft 17c. / i Straighten Up! Don’t Lose a L iverandB ow eIsW ith Day’s Work! Clean Your SlugaiJ i “ Dodson’s IdVer Tone.” I Ugh! Calomel makes you sick. Take a dose of the vile, dangerous drug to­ night and tomorrow ,you may lose a day’s work. Calomel is mercury or quicksilver which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel, when it comes into contact with sour bile crashes into it, break­ ing it up. This is when you feel that awful' nausea and cramping; If you feel sluggish and “all knocked out,” if your liver is torpid and bowels consti­ pated or you have headache, dizziness, coated tongue, If breath is had or Btomach sour, just try a spoonful of harmless Dodson’s Liver Tone. Here’s my guarantee—Go to any drug store or dealer and get a 50-cent bottle ’of Dodson's Liver Tone. Take a spoonful tonight, and if it doesn’t straighten you right up and make m feel fine'and vigorous by Inorii1Tj want you to go back to the store! get your money. Dodson’s Liver T is destroying the sale of calomel T cause it is real liver medicine; en(. Iy vegetable, therefore it cannot i vate or make you sick. I guarantee that one spoonful Dodson’s Liver Tone will PutyoiiraJ gish liver to work and clean your I els of that, sour bile and constin waste which is clogging your ayat and making you feel miserable. Ie antee that a bottle of Dodson's Lti Tone will keep your entire family t, ing fine for months. Give it to y» children.. It is harmless; doesn’tm and they like its pleasant taste.—u Rhode Island Red. ture more quickly than those of the meat type and the pullets, may be ex­ pected- to lay at. from. Jjve to six months, although somemay mature at four and a half months. There are cases on record where individuals of the early maturing egg breeds have begun to lay in about three months, although this is in special cases. CHANGE WALE BIRDS YEARLY Most Successful'Breeders-Do Not Ad­ vocate Practice—Immature Fowls Not DtEirabIe, Fayetteville. Corn, $1,25 bu; oats, 72.50c bu; soy beans, }1.5t bu; pm, In; IrM po- tatoes/$8.50 bbl; sweet potatoes, 85c bu. WeateiTi butter, 45c lb; N. C. butter, 45c lb; eggs, 30c doz; spring chiokens, 20c lb; hens, 15c lb; hogs, $11.50 cwt. Cotton, middling. 16c; cotton seed, 85c bu lbs. of meal for ton of seed, 2500. Greenville. Corn, $1.20 bu; oats, 75c bu; soy beans, $2 bu; peas, $2.40 bu; Irish potatoes, $5 bbl; sweet potatoes, 70c bu. Eggs, 30c doz; spring chicknS; 15a lb; hens, 50c each; hogs, $12.50 cwt. Cotton, middling, 16.25c; cotton g e t i l i o e g o f t h e M g li toy r e t u r n m a i l , p o s t a g e f r e e . LOOK FOR W. L. DouKla« IiKme and the retail price stamped on the bottom. % BEWARESUfiSTITVTQ B o y * ’ S to o l Best In the lull I$3.00 $2.56 SjZO I F re s lfte n t W .L D onglm s Shoe Co,,186 Spark Stt Brocktont Mass* seed, 85c 1)11, I always best to change male birds fiV* ery year. The most successful breed­ ers do not advocate this yearly change. Good male birds may be kept profit­ ably for two or three years. The "use of immature males eventually; will re­ sult In reducing the size of the stock in general.- ' If it is desirable to use voung birds, they should be. well grown and de­ veloped. As a ruje when young males are used it is preferable to breed them to older hens. Old males may be mat­ ed likewise with young hens or pul­ lets. Unless the young stock is well grown- it is quite well to use the older stock on both sides. CARE FOR DROPPINp BOARDS Regular Attention Should Be Given and Accumulation Avoided — Cleaff^ Once Every Week. . ‘The dropping boards should have regular attention. It will not do to let the droppings accumulate. In warm weather they should be cleaned. off three times a week, and at least once a week in cold weather. A short- handled hoe is fine for cleaning the dropping boards. They can be scraped off into a tub or box in a very short time, with no very great amount of workl KEEP POULTRY IN CONDITION No Economy in Feeding Henfe Less Than They Need—Provide Mate­ rial for Making . Eggs.: There is no economy in feeding hens 'less than they need, or In feeding on only one or two grains or kinds of feed. * A variety and .plenty of ft, is neces­ sary to keep the fowls in gotid condi­ tion and' provide the material from. :.which to make eggs. Lumbertcn. Corn, $1.25 bu; sweet potatoes, 756 bn. Western butter. 40c lb; N. C. butter, 40c lb; eggs, 30c doz. Cotton, middling, 15.75c; cc-tton seed 80c bu. Monroe. Corn, $1.27 bu; oats. 74c bu; peaS, $2.25 bu; Irish potatoes, $9.50 bbl; sweet potatoes, $1 bu.. > N. C. butter. 43c lb; eggs, 27c doz; hogs, $12.50 cwt. Cotton, middling, 18.65c; cotton seed 65c .bu. Raleigh. Corn, $1.22% bu; oats, 72%c bu; Irish potatoes, $ 0 bbl; mki potfc toes, DOc bu; apples, bbl, Well Fitted. “Is dis where dey wants a boy?” “It is; but it must be a boy who never lies, swears, or,uses slang.” “Well, me brudder’s a deaf mute; I’ll send him ’round." MOTHER, ATTEWTIOm Gold Jling for Baby Free. Get a 25c Bottle of Baby Ease from any drug store, mail coupon as di­ rected and gold ring (guaranteed), proper size, mailed you. Baby Ease cures Bowel Complaints and Teething- Troubles of Babies.—Adv. . Animal Yarns. “Ever read Aesop's-fables?” “Yes,” replied Mri.Groweher, “And I don’t see what they were written for.” “Why, to point a moral.” “But I don’t see how a man who told ‘ such whoppers as he did could claim to have anything moral about him.” QUARTERS FOR THE PULLETS Best to Keep Them Separated- From' Old Hehs and Feed 'Them for Egg-Laying Season. It is usually advisable- to keep1 old hens and -pullets In separate quarters and ieed/'them ‘separately bedause the pullets of ten iieed rnore ioqd to finish theit developmentand prepare for Ihfei egg-laying seaswii- i0-42c lb; eggs, JOc doz; spring chick*, ens, 18c lb; hens, 16c lb; hogs, $10 cwt. | Cotton, middling. 16-50c; cotton seed j 79a bu; Ihs. of meal for ton ot seed, . 2800. iI • i Rocky Mount. Corn, $1.20 bu; oats, 70c bu; Irish potatoes. bbl; sweet potatoes, 85c : bu; apples; $4.50-$5 bbl. j Western butter. 40clb; N. C. butter,: 40c Ib;; eggs, 38-40c; spring chickens, 20c lb; hens. 16c lb; hogs. $12.50 cwt. Cotton, middling, 17.50c; cotton seed 78c bu; lbs. of meal for ton ot seed, 2600. Scotland Neck. Corn, $1.70 bu; oats. 70c bu; Irihs potatoes., $7 bbl; sweet potatoes, 85c bu. - Wiestern butter, 40c lb; N. C. butter, 40c lb; eggs; 35c doz; spring chickens, 20c lb; hens/ 13e lb; hogs $13.00 cwt'. Cotton, middling. 15.63; cotton seed :87c bu. N. C. butter. 42c lb; eggs, 28c doz; spring chickens. 13140 doz; hens, 14- 15c lb; hogs, $12 cwt., .Winston-Salem... Oats; 74c bn: soy beans, $2.45 bu; peas, $2.30 bu; Irish potatoes, $6.15 bu; Syreet potatoes,^85c bu; apples, $5 bbl. Butter, 32-40c (creamery); eggs, 29M:^7c (firsts). ' Butter,- 401,6-420 (extra); eggs, 34- Chicago, III. / No. 2 white corn, $1.02%-$1.03^; (delivered in Raleigh, $1.17L%$1.181,4) Ko. 2 yellow corn, $1.02 %-$1.03 (deliv­ ered in Raleigh, $1.17-$1.18). New York. Irish potatoes,. $8-$10 bbl; sweet po­ tatoes, $1.75-$2.25 (Jersey basket). • Yorkshire Parkin. . . .. One and tliree^fpurths. .pounds 01 floor, one .- po^nd of oatmeal.' four ounces of butter.' two cupfuls of mo* lasses,-.one cupfui jof milk, six tea­ spoonfuls o f' baking’ .powder,.. one des- .sert spoonful of ginger, ground. Mix the dry ingreuients -well together, warm the -molasses with U|e milk. Do not make it hot, and mix . the whole tor gethmr. Bake In p well buttered-.tla for. one. hour. . Of course you - know this is better when allowed to.-; stand •ff^.a '*ew. dnys.v:.I ii^ixays think It ■••ms to soften up some. 'V7 ^ IS ACTIVE She Knew Him. “One night while you wore awijl heard a burglar. You sin ml J Iuf seen me going downstairs three nq at a time.” ' Wife (who knows him)—Where» Im on He H f ! ALLEN'S FOOT-EIkSE DOES I,I Wbeis jo u r shoes pinch o r your corns and h ions ach e s e t AUentB Foot-Ease, the anll3f?_ pow der to be shaken into shoos and spriokMl th e foot-bath. G ives in sta n t relief toTirdAe ing, S w ollen,T ender feet. Over 100,000 part), a re b eing used by th e troops at the front. 8 everyw here, 25c. DotCt a cco t any iuhtitsU.- : Closing your eyes to your owufatfj does not close other people's. F or speedy and effective action Pr. Ped “D ead S hot" h as no equal. One dose * w ill clean out W orm s or'Tapeworm Imlj h o u rs.. Adv. Go out of your way to (lo a fi| and make n friend. Save Your Hair! Get a 25 Cent Bottle . of Danderihe Right Now—Also Stops Itching Scalp. Thin, brittle, colorless and scraggy, hair is mute evidence of a neglected scalp; of dandruff--that awful-scurf. There is nothing so destructive to : the hair as dandruff. It robs the hair I of its luster, its strength and Its very I life; eventually producing a feverlsh- 1 ness and itching of the scalp, which if not remedied causes the hair roots to shrink, loosen and die—then the hair falls out fast. A;little Danderine toni ght—now—any time—will surely save your hair. • Get a 25 cent ’ bottle of Knowlton’s Danderine from' any store, and after the first application your hair will take on that life, luster and lusuriance which is so -beautiful. It will become tvavy and fluffy and have the appear­ ance of abundance; an incomparable gloss and softness, but what will please you most will be after just a few weeks’ use, when’ you will actual­ ly' see a' lot of fine, downy; halr-^new’ hair—growing all over the scalp. Adv. An eloquent prayer doesn’t get any higher than the other kind. . We a ll take cold som e tim t ancl evwl body should have Boschet’s; Ger«»| Synip handy at all tim es for the W *| m e n t o f th ro a t an d Iuns troubWl b ro n ch ial co u sh s, ctc. It hBs beenXt the m a rk e t SI years. No beUer « | o m m en d atlo n is possible. Itte W l s o o th e s inflam m ation, eases a co«g| in su re s'a good n ig h t’s sleep, with I I ex pectoration in th e m orning. ur!™ g ists’- a n d dealers’ everywhere-* and 75c b o ttles. D on’t take subsww Boschee’s S o j d f o r 4 7 y e a r s . ForMaIarIjA a n d ' ‘F e v e r . A l s o a F i n e C J S t r e n g t h e n i n g T o B lC . KarflWJgiiiy f iwiwmflHiTitffi"1- uvwv OBrcoffl cbn'rse of 15 Ikssoqs by an «JPfn * seSr,|l CISNTBAttCOe9 59» Nlntfe Afen^J G A Arold Jve(N o Oith-Besalts sure; homeTemear* " a h ^1t2w*£..lkpLW-T, W. N. U., CHARLOTTE, N1O1^ Siiddeh Disath Before , aa insurance company will take a risk 6n yonr Ufe tile examining pliysiciah will test your, water and re­ port- whether- .you are a good risk. When yqur kidneys get sluggish and clog, you. suffer from backache, ;slck- headacbes, dizzy spells, or twinges and pains of lumbago, rheumatism-and gout, or sleep is; disturbed tw:q. or three times a night—taike hwd, before too Iate I You can readily ^overcome such con* dltions and prolong life by taking the advice of a famous physician, which is: “Keep the kidneys in good order, avoid too much meat,: salt,. alcohol or teai Drink plenty .of pure water and drive the uric acld out of ihe system by toIring .Anurjc, in tablet; fprm.” ,You:c»n obtain Anurlc, double strength^ at drug stores, • th^piscqyerjr of I>r. Plerceoflnvalids’ Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y. Whitakers, N. C—“I suffeKjl- backache, Ir<,l scant urlnft matic I1ili8i I* worn-out also had sP my heart a' ing of feet1 kies. I lif l Dr. Pierces- and used » . packa?<-> ordered a f package. This relieved gained considerably; it .aJflIsJ me of headache from winch * j very much. Anuric is line 1% neys.”—MBS. SABAH A. SB> If you 'wish to send a water to Dr. Pierce’s InvwJ I BufiEalo, N. Y„ and described toms, same will be esainm^L. any expense to you, and Df- his staff. of Assisting VWsl inform you truthfully. W . L . D O U C “ THE SHOE THAT HOLDS ITS SHAPE” $ 3 $ 3 .5 0 $ 4 $ 4 .5 0 $ 5 $G $ 7 & $ 3 a^ sw^ J S ave M oney b y W eariftg W . L D ouglas — sh oes. For sa le b y o v er9 0 0 0 sh o e d ealers. I iHe B est K now n S h oes in th e W orld.W . L. Douglas name and the tetail price is stanqied on the bot­tom of all shoes at the factory. The value is guaranteed and the wearer protected againsc high prices for inferior shoes. The J retail prices ace the same everywhere. They cost no more in San | Ftandsto than rhey do in New York. Ihey are always worth the f price paid for them. hJlie quality of W. j* Douglas product Is guaranteed tymore * than 40 yeas experience in making fine shoes. The smart ate the Ieadets iii the Fashion Centres of Ameria f ate niaie in 3 WeI-Muipp^ factory at Brockton, Mass., by &e highest paid,' stalled shoemakers, unde? the direction and supervision of ^experienced men, all working wick an honest determination to fnaV* die besc shoes for the price that money can buy. A s k y o u r s h o e d e a le r f o r W i T * . D o u g la s sh o c B . T f Ise c a n - T H E D A T LARGEST ClRCDt EVER PUBLISH^ ARRlVALofi No. 26 No. 28 No. 27 No. 25 COTTC Good Middling| Seed cotton. LOCAL AND J. M. Summel in town last w e| Miss Ethel visited relatives Miss Daisy Hs two weeks with! boro. M issA nnieA| ertown' friends. Frank Williaij a business trip State. J. L. Sheek s{| the sleepy old ! past week. Miss Ossie Alll day from a w ee| in Charlotte. J. K. Sheek from a week’s You who buy! 0. C. Wall, NoJ fore buying Jacob Stewarl Hillsboro, wherl ing Orange eouf Misses Sarahl Dorothy Gaithel the Twin-City si Why not go tl night and tonal pastor wants yoj A slight earth this section abol day. No damaj . C. Pranl guests of Mr. a| WANTED—I hides, cow and ' Foote & Stc Mrs. Price Sh came up Thursij days with her Miller. Dr. F. B. G4 merchant and f | Albea, of Harr town Wednesda| There are a i measles, mumpj about the town! sick ones are ra| Green Malon man, died herci was a law abidil respected by bcL Peace to hia' asq Four to five <■ flour always onl 0 . C. WAI SPostm aster announce that [ is now left opej night and day. ] venience to all and they appre the par t of the Our town can houses are builj needed and are. . lot with us, buj to come here a l land owners shl tagres for rent, | a Reasonable pr S-Ixious to builJ faut one vacant! Milas HolthoJ zen v of Troatr, evening at the i yews. Mr. Holl of our town! nouser. The b | day afternoon, I nouaer and chil . attended the fu Yjces. Decease Confederate- vfl ®issed in his co 4777 ^ UGH! 0 Clean Your Sluggit Jver Tone.” i right up and make »j I vigorous by raom l \ to back to the stored fey. Dodson-S Liver ToJ I the sale of Calomel |11 bl Uver medicine; enH !therefore it cannot« I you sick. “ t that one Spoonful Ir Tone will put your ghTrorli and clean y0Ur J bur bile and constlpau« Iis clogging your SyatJ Iou feel miserable. I »«.1 Ibottle of Dodson’s Lwl Bp your entire family fel jnonths. Give it to y j Bs harmless; doesn’t gull * its pleasant taste.—A1J fH A P E & S 3 andBw?meiJ ass-.and I sH ov nest beware ofSUBSTITUTES Boye’ Sbati Bist In the HulJ I $3.00 $2.50 & $2X01 L Ii. D ongtm s S hoe Co.,V., B ro c k to n , M ass. s h e K n e w H im . I t w h ile y o u w ere fiw tjl IirgUi r . Y o u should bif Ing d o w n s ta ir s th ree I I) k n o w s h im ) — W liere \ ro o f? FOOT-EASE DOES IlJ >es pinch o r Tour corns and I Ellen’s Foot-E ase, the antisei baken in to shoes and sprinkled^ S ires in s ta n t relief to Tirrf,i ender feet. O ver lOO.OXJpaclu I by th e troops a t the front, f |c . DcrCt accttt any iubstiluU,-Al Luir eyes to your own i Iise other peopled. I and effective action Dr. P«1J ] h as no equal. One dose . W orm s or Tapeworm in ft Il Jf your way to do a fa| friend. ioschee’s man Syrup| Ik e cold so m e tim * and even I u I d have B osches ! In d y a t all tim e s for the tr^ UI th ro a t a n d lu n g troublsj I I cou g h s, c tc . I t h a | b“ n “ | K e t 51 y ears. No better Ia tio n is possible. *1 "vT f n fla m m a tio n , eases a coum > good n ig h t’s sleep, with I«] Eition in th e m o rn in e. uE d d ealers’ everj^vhere, lo ttle s . D o n 't ta k e substitute ioschee’s Irman Syrup] I 117 years. For MaUrI?A rer. A lso a d nenin^ TobIC. I I S e l l e r S i uf a ® M fedS^gSiSSSft’^ n IsmanshipAt Home <w LtioDEiposltiTeu rei» » ^ s] | ^ H A R L O T T i^ j | , Carolina Woman Stf L XT p — “I SuffereIIlk e rs , N . O .— a *“ backaC“e». scant Wjnft matic Pallis w o r n-o u ,.,I galso had ® f | Smy heart g in c r o f tc e t ' - Ikies. I |Dr. P ie r ffl ®and use „() I package anflJ ordered » , f . This relieved » ^ !considerably: it aJ * s leadache from witic* . ( tch. Anuric is fii»e Jgg J-MRS. SARAH A -= ^ c, b wish to send a safflP . j Io Dr. Pierce’s I?'aL jl I N. Y., and describe J. A lame will be ® i n n J Biense to you. and Iff of Assisting PWs Iyou truthfully* THE DAVIE RECQRD. LARGEST CIRCULATIONOF AMT PAPER EVER PUBLISHED IN DAVlE C0UNT7. ARRIVAL of PASSENGER TRAINS GOING NORTH No 26 Lv. Mocksville 6:48 a. m. No’ 28 Lv. Mocksville 2:18 p. m. w GOING SOUTH. No. 27 Liv. MocksvjIle 7:19 a. m No! 25 Lv. Mocksville 5:04 p. m TfiE M m M iC O R iX MOCiKgviLtEj ft. & COTTON MARKET. Good Middling-. Seed cotton-------- . 17c .5.00 REGULAR COMMUNI- c.a 11 o n of Mocksville Lodge No. 134. A. F. & A. M., Friday night, Mar. 16, 7:30 o’clock, Visiting brothers cordi­ ally invited. - W. I. LEACH, M. V. E. SWAIM. Sec. LOCAL AND PERSONAL NEWS. j. M. Summers, of Salisbury, was in town last week on business. Miss Ethel Poster, of Elbaville. visited relatives in j town last week. Miss Daisy Hampton is spending two weeks with friends in Greens­ boro. Miss Annie Allison went to Walk- ertown Friday to spent a week with friends. Frank Williams has returned from a busineas trip to the Cole Blease State. J, L. Sheek spent a dap or two in the sleepy old village of Winston the past week. Miss Ossie Allison returned Thurs­ day from a week's visit to her sister in Charlotte. J. K. Sheek returned Wednesday from a week’s visit to friends in Eastern Carolina. You who buy flour and feed, see 0. C. Wall, North Cooleemee, be­ fore buying Jacob Stewart has returned from Hillsboro, where he has been attend­ ing Orange county court. Misses Sarah, Jane Haden and Dorothy Gaither spent Thursday in the Twin-City shopping. Why not go to prayer-meeting to­ night and tomorrow night. Your pastor wants you to come. Aslightearthquake was felt in this section about noon last Wednes­ day. No damage was done. Mrs. C. Frank Stroud and children spent the week-end in Statesvilte, guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Stroud. WANTED—To buy your horse hides, cow and calf skins and pork. Foote & Stonestreet, Cana, N. C. Mrs. Price Sherrill, o f Mt. UIla1 came up Thursday ^o spend a few days with her mother, Mrs. Maggie Miller. ' Dr. F. B. Gaither, a prominent merchant and farmer, and Miss Belle Albea, of Harmony, ft. I, were in town Wednesday. - There are a number of eases of measles, mumps and whooping cough about the town, but most of the sick ones are rapidly improving. Green Malone, an aged colored man, died here last Tuesday. He was a law abiding citizen, and was respected by both white and black. Peace to hi3’ ashe3. Four to five car loads of feed and flour always on hand at 0. C. WALL, North Cooleemee. SPostmaster Hunt requests us to announce that the postoffice lobby, is now left open to the public, both night and day. This is a great con­ venience to all patrons having boxes and they appreciate the kindness on the part of the Postmaster. Our town cannot grow until more houses are built. New citizens are needed and are anxious to cast their lot with us, but they do not propose to come here and live in tents. The land owners should erect some cot­ tages for rent, or sell so(me land at a reasonable price to beople who are aixious to build. It is said there is hut one vacant house in town.- Milas Holthouser, a respected citi­ zen • o£ Troutman, died; Thursdjff ' evening at the advanced age-$M P * »< yews. Mr. Holthouser was the. fatb f er of our townsman, M. J. Holts houser. The burial took- place'-Fri- day afternoon,' Mr. and Mrs. Holt* houser and children, of this cits’, attended the funeral andi burial ser­ vices. Deceased was a good^man, a Confederate veteran,- and will be ®used in his community. Miss Lucile Pass spent the week­ end in Charlotte shopping. ~ B. L. Belk, of Harmony, was in town Friday on business and gave us a pleasant call. Mrs. J. P. Cloaninger and child­ ren, of Winston-Salem, spent the week end in this city with her par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Wilson. Misses Agnes' Wilson. Annie Bald­ win, Nellie Sheherd and Velma Mar­ tin spent Saturday in Winston Salem, shopping. Milas Brittain, colored, died Fri­ day morning. Brittain lived on the farm of J. J. Eaton, south of town, and was very old. Doctor B. C.-Clement was carried to Long’s Sanitorium at Statesville last week to undergo treatment. All his friends are hoping that he will soon be well. Miss Minnie Sain, of R. 3, who un­ derwent an operation for appendici­ tis at Long’s Sanitorium, Statesville, returned home Wednesday, much improved, her friends will be glad toTeam. What about that yellow cotton?' Lefler & Wall, North Cooleemee, ali the year around. Miss Annie Hall Baity, who. has been in the Whitehead-Stokes Sani­ torium at Salisbury for the past few weeks recovering from an attack of appendicitis, returned home Friday to t^e delight of her many friends. Walter Walker, of St, Louis, Mo., came in Saturday to spend a short time with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Walker, near Eappa. Walter has been in the West for seven years and is doing well, his ,friends will be glad to learn. Mr. Eugene Faircloth, a respected citizen of Smith Grove, died Tues­ day of cancer, aged 50 years. The body was laid to rest at Smith Grove Wednesday, Rev, D. C. Ballard, of Farmington, conducting the funeral services. A wife and eight children survive. The walnutlibrary table which is being given away by J. J. Starrette, of Kappa, on Commencement Day, April 7th, to the boy writing the best composition on “ Why the boy should stay on the farm,” is now on exhibition at the Bank of Davie, and the public is invited to take a look at it. It is something that is well worth working for, and every* boy should get busy and try for it. The table is a thing of beauty, and would grace any library. KODAK DEVELOPING FREE.— Prints up to 3|x4|, 3c. each. Post cards 5c. each. Quick work. Qual­ ity guaranteed. No orders filled un­ less accompanied by cash, and 2c. per roll extra for return postage. “BARBER’S,” Dept. 3, Winston-Salem, N. C. Mrs. A. J. Hutchens, an aged lady died at the home of her son William R. Hutchens, near Pino, early last Thursday morning, death. resulting from a complication of diseases. The body was laid to rest at Wesley’s Ghapel Friday morning, her pastor. Rev. D. C. Ballard, conducting the funeral services. Mrs. Hutchens was a good woman, and has been for many vears a member of the Methodist church. She is survived by four sons and a host of relatives and friends who mourn, but not as those without hope. A mother in Israel has gone-to her reward^. A distressing and fatal accident occurred in Farmington township, near Cook’s store. Thursday morn­ ing, when Kermitt, the little three- year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Sparks, was instantly killed by. being j kicked in the stomach by a young I colt; The child was playing in the. yard when the. accident happened. I The father was standing within aj few feet of the child, when the horse | kicked, the blow striking the -child! in the stomach. The little body was; Summer Is Coming! Prepare your m eat to protect it and m ake it better, by using Liquid Smoke. Just a few m ore packages at Crawford^ Drug Store. “THE BLUE FRONT” Wheat is $2 05 a bushel and sugar 10 to 20 cents a pound. Ye gods! The Methodist brethren have rais­ ed more than $3,000 which they will use in erecting a new Sunday school to their church in this city. Work will begin on the building in the near future. BEESWAX W A NTED -H ighest cash price. Leave at Kurfees & Granger’s store, J. A. DANIEL. In addition to prizes already offered, the following prizes will be given at the Coun-: ty Commencement April 7th: To girl in ' grade from I to 7, for best piece; of cro-; chet $1; for best piece of tatting $1; for: best piece of fancy work SI. The con­ testant for the prize in fancy work must be under twelve years old. These prizes. are offered by Mrs. 0. L. Williams. For I best exhibit including fancy work, draw- 1 ing, composition, etc., by girl in high. school, rocking chair. J. B. Johnstone, i For highest average in English, A gold pin. For second highest average in Eng­lish. A silver pin. The last two prizes are offered by Row, Peterson & Co. For best piece of crochet by girl in high school, $1, by Embroidery Club. 0 R . ROBT. ANDERSON, DENTIST, Phones Office No. 71, Residence No. 47 Office over Drag Store. DR. A. Z. TAYLOR DENTIST Office over Merchants’ & F. Bank. Good work—low oriceB. _ JA C O B S T E W A R T ATTORNEY-AT-LAW OFFICES: ROOMS NOS. I AND 6 OVER MERCHANTS & FARMERS’ BANK, I MOCKSVILLE, N. C. OFFICE PHONE NO. 67. PRACTICE IN ALL THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS. DR. MARTIN, in connection with general practice, gives special attention to diseases of eye. ear, nose and throat and fits glasses. OfficerOver Drag Store. Wanted At Once Fifty Men. Factory experience not necessary. Good wages; steady e m p l o y ment. F O R S Y T H C H A I R C O ., . W INSTO N-SALEM , N. C. W HEN YOU THINK OF SHOES D o n ’t fa il to se e th e fam ou s G od w in a n d Stfir B ran d S p rin g lin e M en ’s, W om en ’s a n d Child* ren ’s—n o n e b etter. “It’s a long way to honest footwear, It’s a long way to go, It’s so easy to put in paper In places where it won’t show. Beware of old cheap lines, They’re not on the square, Pat your faith in “Star Brand" SolidLeather For our heart’s right there A T C C S A N F O R P S O N S C O . S A F E T Y F I R S T I H T S i t S S T i s i r m m s s ^ m u r e . INTEREST NEVER SLEEPS.IT IS NEVER IDLE. IT WORKS 24 HOURS'EVERY DAY.IT WORKS 36S DAYS EVERY YEAR. NO OTHER SERVANT IS SO FAITHFUL. Y iD B R ' M O M E Y M g f g T B R S S T . Start a savings account at once ' ' with this bank, and have money accumulating steadily. We-pay 4 per cent interest on all time deposits, and our customers' interests are OURS. S U I O I 1 1 M ¥ 1 E J . F . BSOOSS, C asM ez S . TL. G A m B E R , P rasU tent > ; ♦ I * * I O O % § * ** STOP! TH INK AND LISTEN. % W e h a v e a n ice lin e o f a ll k in d s o f grocer­ ie s, a n d w a n t yo u r tra d e. C all in a n d s e e our lin e, o r ca ll u s a n d w e w ill d eliv er it to you . FRESH MEATS ALL -THE TIML • C ou n try m ea ts a sp ecia lty . Y ou r ord ers a re solicited . S W A I M & D A V I S , 4 » O * t 4» « 4» ^ ON THE SQUARE PHQNE 69 | laid to rest at Macedonia church atj j 3 o’clock Friday afternoon, Rev. Jasr Hall, ofClemmons, conducting the’ services, ’ The grief-stricken parents have the sympathy of the -entire’ community in their.sad bereavment. WM Jesse L. Smoot, of Cooleemee, . died last Wednesday afternoon at 6 il o’clock, at the age of 40 years, death, resulting from measles and pneu- j monia. The body was carried to-l Salem Methodist church Thursdays afternoon; and laid to rest. Rev. TJI S. Coble, of this city, conducting the funeral and burial services. M r.; 1Smoot was a consistent member of ithe Methodist church, and was a Ujeipber of the Wopdroen of the I World. H eissurvivedby his wife;! and live children, his father and mother. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Smoot, of Kappa* and several brothers and.j sisters. The Record extends .symf' pathy to the bereaved ones in their tour of Sadnessv - ' - -v v . Spring Is Coming ! PREPARE FOR THE BUSY SEASON. THE MOCKSVILLE HARDWARE CO., handles everything for the farm. Examine your farming Implements avnd determine your repairs now. Buy your implements early— Fiater your busy season will prevent. SeeourlineofSyracuse plows,. John Deere , and Walter A. Wood Disc Har- rows, Spike Tooth Harrows and John Deere Reversible Disc Plows. J U S T R E C E IV E D Car load Cotton Seed meal Sweet Feed $2.20 and $2 40. seed Potatoes $8 50 and $!> 00 while »bey last. Remember our line of Low cut shoes was bonght i months ago. W ALKER’S BARGAIN HOUSE. TELEPHONE 31 MOCKSVILLE, N. C. 3 2 0 , 8 1 7 MOCKSVILLE HARDWARE CO. “H A R D W A R E O F Q U A L IT Y .” B. F. HOOPER MANAGQt H a v e b e e n built and actually delivered to retail buyers since August 1,1916. These fig u r e s —320.817—represent the actual number of cars \ manufactured by us since August 1st, 1916, and delivered by our agents to retail buyers. T h i s u n u s u a l f a l l andwinterdem andforFordcars makes it necessary for us to confine the distribution of cars only to those agents who have orders for immediate delivery to re­ tail customers, rather than to permit any agent to stock cars \ ’ in anticipation of later spring sales. We are issuing this notice to intending buyers that they may Sroteet themselves against delay or disappointment in secur- In ^ Ford cars. If, therefore, you are planning to purchase a Fnj dcar, we advise you to place your order and take deliv- e r v ni'W. Immediate orders will have prompt attention. Delay itr-buying at this time may cause you to wait several months -.Enteryourprdertodayforimmediatedeliverywith 'o u r authorized Ford agent,listed below and, ,don’t be..disap^ pointed IatefyOn. : Ford. M otor Co. S A N fO R D r S G A R A G E , M ocksyille, N. G a m p j|I P P P F ^ t i ^ ' :'^ :i::y ■'■■'■":::■ -■:: r i ■-." / - '''M '^ /- ' : / ^ / . ; ... ■ , . ... . I ■ ■ . . . ; • I l€rH .Hyi|,if T H B D A V lE ftE C O fcD , M O C K SV IL LE, N . C. I ! ■tit. '&? ■ &:/; iif/i'.-; MOVIES STRAIN WEAK EYES People With Weak Eyes Should •Avoid Moving Pictures Unless Properly Fitted With Glasses. If you like ihoving pictures—and If you are a normal person, you do— see to it that they do not injure your eyes. Anyone with sound eyes can look at a moving picture film from an hour to an hour and a half without discomfort, if he does hot do It too many nights out of the week, People with weak eyes should beware of the heavy strain the “movies” put on their vision and see to it that they ' have correctly fitted glasses before attempting to become regular attend­ ants at the film theaters. ' It is to be hoped that the time is not far distant when municipalities will insist that sources of irritation to the eyes, such as flickering, inaccuate focusing of the pictures, and the relation of the light reflected from the screen to the visual place of the observer will be subject to strict regulation. You wouldn’t take your watch to a blacksmith for repairs, nor would you want a jeweler to re-tire your auto, If ion were old, you m U all I painter. If you wanted dental work done, you wouldn’t call a physician. If you want your eyes examined and need glasses, go to an optometrist, the only specialist, legally authorized by the State to examine eyes and fit glasses. IH E H t S OF C U W P aren ts Should Avoid Allowing Prugs and “ D rops” Install­ ed In Child’s E yes .Vicious Habit Should Be Prohibited, and Services of Registered Optome- trists Should Be Secured When Children’s Eyes Need Care. Parents should avoid allowing the eyes of their children to be refracted by that clumsy and archaic- method which involves the installation of “drops.” This vicious practice should be not merely condemned—it should be prohibited, as the delicate focus­ ing mechanism is sure to be impaired, the normal development of the crystal­ line lense is likely to be arrested and a defect of a temporary ■ nature inci­ dental to the growth and development of the child rendered permanent throughout life. TheOptometrist is therefore the proper person to visit when your chil­ dren are In need of eye care. Opto­ metrist has a right to his title based upon an uninterrupted following of this calling for 700 years and is so designated officially in 34 states, where the practice is regulated by statutory law, and stringent examina­ tion required. < LAST WOED IN EYE SCIENCE That is what the skilled -optometrist brings to bear upon your case. After applying his knowledge, he knows what condition your eyes> are In. Guess work is eliminated. \ When you have headaches,1, indiges­ tion, nervousness—when your eyes ache or your vision is blurred, you want expert service and advice. You want a true specialist to see if your eyes are at fault ; The optometrist is the man to give such service. He is specially'trained for it. He has schools requiring a two-years course, during which \noth- ing other than optometric science is taught. Columbia University, Ohio State University, Rochester School, of Optometry and . many others mention­ ed. No other profession has . such courses in its school. ^ There is the most refinement in the. careful optometrist’s work. The eyes aref measured to one-three-Kundredth of an inch. The adjustment. of the! glasses are calculated to at least one- twenty-fifth of an inch. Au sources' of error are reduced to the minimum. Without doubt, when you want -to know if you need glasses,! or what glasses your eyes may require, you should obtain the services of' a skill­ ful optometrist. Then, and only then, will you get what you need without danger, of injuring your eyes or of hav­ ing to do the thing all over again and thereby double the expense. AGE AND GLASS AGE. Age is no criterion for the wearing of glasses. Many are born with great­ er defects than come with the ad­ vance of years. Optometrists adjust glasses for old eyes to give better vision and, pre­ serve eye sight—to younger eyes ,for the removal of eye-strain, headachns, indigestion, cross eyes, and nervotjs affections in general. Whether young or old, if you choose to go year after year wasting nerve1 force and straining vision, through some dpfect, you must expect early decay of your eyes and decrease of vitality. Many.parents dread to put,1 glasses on their children, and in consequence pbstpone'“the evil day” so lolng they become a necessity to the ‘ child through life, whereas if eyes ' were properly cared for during early-years glasses might be necessary for a ,short time only.. I Just think it .over/ Optometrists' ad­ just glasses for' defective vision and eyestrain—that’s all; but a little pTec* of glass can work wonders when ri ght i—Juat right. Editor as Boy Sees Him. An essay on editors by a school boy appears in the Enterprise, Fallbrookt Gal.: ‘‘Don,t know how newspapers come to be in the world. I don’t think the good Lord does, for he ain't got notning to say about aD editor in the Bible. I think the editor is one of the missing links you read of stayed in the business untill after the flood and then came out and wrote the thing up and has been here ever since. “If a doctor makes a mistake he buries it, and people dassent say nothin’. “ When the editor makes mis take, there is a big swearin and a big fuss, bat if a doctor makes a mistake there is a funeral, but flow ers and perfect silence. ‘A doctor can use a word a yard long without anybody knowing •i I ne has to spell it. • “Ifa doctor goes to see another man’s wife he charges for it’ but if I be editor goeB' be gets a charge ol buckshot. “Any old college can make a doctor, but an editor has to be uorn.” W e always welcome letters from our foreign subscribers—from men and women who once lived in this community and now reside in diet* ant stateB. Sit down, sometime, and tell us about your new Ioca ion, W H A T I S L A X - F O S LAX-FOS IS AN IMPROVED CASCARA A D i g e s t i v e L a x a t i v e CATHARTIC AND LIVER TONIC IfAZ-Fos is not a Secret or Patent Medi­ cine bnt is composed of the following old-fashioned roots and herbs: CASCARA BARK BLUE FLAG ROOT RHUBARB ROOT BLACK ROOT MAY APPLE ROOT SENNA LEAVES AND PEPSIN In Laz-Fos the Cascara is Improved by the addition of these digestive ingredi­ ents making it better than ordinary Cas- Cara, and thus the combination acts not only as a stimulating laxative and cathar­ tic but also as a digestive and liver tonic. Syrup laxatives are weak, but IfAZ-Fos combines strength with palatable, aro­ matic taste and does not gripe or disturb the stomach. One bottle will prove IfAZ-Fos is invalnable for Constipation, Indigestion or Torpid Liver. Price 50c. The Record gives you the news all the time—2 cents a week. I P R I i f l l © . + t Wearepreparedto bandleall >$0 kinds of commercial printing, suchas ENVELOPES, STATEMENTS, BILL HEADS, LETTER HEADS. SHIPPING TAGS, CARDS. POSTERS, or anything you may need in the printing line. We have the neatest and best equipped shop in Davie county. Our prices are not too high. Phone No. I, and we will call and show you sam pies and prices.J R u b b in g E a s e s P a in Rubbing sends the liniment tingling through the flesh and quiddy Aops pain. Demanda liniment that you can rub with. The bedt rubbing liniment is i C oodfortheA U m enlsof Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc. Gooifotyour own Aches, Palos, Rheumatism, Sprains, . Cuts, Burns, Etc. 25c* 50c. $!• At all Dealers* A S o u t h e m M a k e s a N e w F r i e n d G i E f l e m a E BiS M m m m m m m mp p ® m im m M m m m m I S i l S i I I l i H H i /0? 1 * i , „v* ■“I -W a r r Aj S-ft® . I w a s r e a l t i c k l e d t o d a y — I m a d e a n e w friend. And now you Iiet you, he’s some t i c k l e d , t o o Y o u s e e , h e i s a m i g h t y g o o d f e l l o w — s o n o f a b i g p l a n t e r — h a s b u n d l e s o f m o n e y ; c a n b u y a n y t h i n g h e w a n t s . A n d h e k n o w s a l l a b o u t t o b a c c o ! H e w a s t e l l i n g a r o u n d t h a t h e w o u l d g i v e a h e a p f o r a c i g a r e t t e t h a t j u s t M t M s s m o k e t a s t e . S o I h a d t h e m w r a p m e u p and I went to the rich planter man. “ S i r , I a m a r e a l c i g a r e t t e , ” I s a i d . “ I a m s u r e y o u ’l l l i k e m e . I h a v e g o o d b l o o d i n m y v e i n s . I a m o f f i n e V i r g i n i a a n d C a r o l i n a s t o c k a n d w a s r a i s e d i n a c l e a n , w h o l e s o m e h o m e . I a m a g e n t l e m a n o f q u a l i t y — t h e Q u a l i t y o f t h e S o u t h . ” S o t h e p l a n t e r ’s s o n t r i e d m e a n d h e l i k e d m e , b e c a u s e You Folks of the South KNOW good blood! You Folks of the South KNOW good tobacco! > N o w m y p l a n t e r ’s s o n a n d I — w e ’r e r e a l f r i e n d s . H e b u y s m e r e g u l a r l y , a n d h e t e l l s e v e r y b o d y t h a t y o u c a n ’t b u y a b e t t e r c i g a r e t t e t h a n S O V E R E I G N a t a n y p r i c e ! W h y c a n ’t I b e y o u r f r i e n d , t o o ? A n d , r e m e m b e r t h i s — * I a m g u a r a n t e e d b y v,yJcy - — B u y m e . I f y o u d o n ’t l i k e m e r e t u r n m e t o y o u r d e a l e r a n d g e t y o u r m o n e y b a c k . I h a v e s a i d i t A S o u t h e r n g e n t l e m a n i s k n o w n t h e w o r l d o v e r f o r k e e p i n g M s w o r d , a n d I h a v e g i v e n y o u m i n e . m A h S O U T H C L C & Very Proably. “Illinois,” declares a South Dakota visitor to that State, “would be bet­ ter off without a Legislature.” Bu^ maybe he means that the Illinois Legislature is of the type which most States would be better off without. —New Orleans Picayune. We just can’t loose sight of Car­ ranza. No sooner did the shadow of Germany darken our. horizon than the old duck conveyed his profound admiration and good .will to the Kaiser. And everybody laughed. Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days V onr d m Egist w ill refund m oney if PAZO OINTM ENT fails to cure any case of Itching. B lind«B leedingorFrotruding Files in £ to 14 days. T he first application gives K ase an d Rest* SOc. S O U T H E R N L U N C H R O O M . MocksviIIerNrC. J “W here Hunger is Satisfied.” The old reliable Southern Lunch Room is again open to the public, and is better prepared than ever to serve the pub­ lic at all times with hot meals, lunches, fruits, cigars, tobacco, candies, etc. Sanitary cooking, neat dining *room and attentive service. If you eat with us onjfce, vou will M e f h i us.always. S O U T H E R N L U N C H r 6 o M W i n s t o n - S a l e m S o u t h b o u n d R a i lw a y ' Short Une Between Winston-Salem, Lexington, Albemarle, NorwoodandPointsSouthj T h ro u g h tra in from K oanoke^ V a ., to F lo r en ce , j S . C ., in c o n n ectio n w ith th e N o rfo lk dc W este rn R a ilw a y a n d A tla n tic C o a st la n e . T h ro u g h P u llm a n S le e p in g C ar N e w Y o rk to Jack son ville, F la ., v ia W in sto n -S a le m . S. P. COLUER, JR., Traffic Man^ger. W in sto n -S a lem , N . C Oepot St.Mocksville, N. C. FOR MONUMENTS AND TOMBSTONES C E M E T A R Y W O R K O F A L L K IN D S In v e stig a te o u i^ fM ces a n d W ork. C arefu l A tten tio n G iv e h cto ' REINS B R O T iE R S , • (Successors to Millef-ReinS Gorapany) N O R T H W IL K E S B O R O A N D L E N O IR , N . C he him) appropriation I absolutely prJ alion of liquorj cept for med scientific and This was intenj according to si out to be a tn eagerly accepj •passed it by aT Oftlie M in d Joabltul as tol sure will havej bibition, and at the fulfill! cherished drea it will hinder I canse of prohil of that numbej the Congress 1 gave us what denied us, nan law. This prohil name is legion| keep liquor at pie, b it Tbo wet their owl Carolina is no! column on acj amendment, fq a prohibition ity ol our peojj ous to prohibij alized liquor fi state. N eithel the mulfcipliea| TJncle iSam is I pressioir of-the curling smoke j branch-behinc the axe of the I will proceed tq both the s till; tact is. this Rd us real prohibi| had hoped fo brought it, or I the matter for I have got it. of states’ right| in this ease i t ' is involved, was the states! been corrected Reed—you haj favor!—Cbaria Tfte Quinine Thatl Because .of its to n ij T lV E BROMO Q U lf Q uinine and does I tin g in g in head* Iq look fo r th e signal] The TaxPl Bills galore I and game of a| introduced ii One of the ne^ ducks in the State from bug nes. Aud the tect this, tha! Don’t you w is| blooded legiq duce a bill, piyers ot Ne would fight foj —Monroe Ene When you ha' liver fails to per become constipa ferments In you fiesting. Thisir causes nausea, 1 headache. Tnki Tqey will tone u your stomach i well as ever. Lsss Law Aodl Legislatures) years should time in devisij which the lav daring the las{ effective.—Ch| Chamberlain’s i Favorif •I- L. Easley, m Chamberlain’s Coj mg the past fifte sister’s favorite i nogs. Iinyself I , °f times when su it I' ........ - ’ * . ' I m e u p “ l a m I o o d i n [ a a n d c l e a n , i a n o f Ie liked l e t e l l a C S R ailw ay J b e m a r l e , ith. ic e ,. S. C., i*1 Railway Jack son ville* lanager. [STONES Inds IR, N. C. JlERE SHALL THE PRESS. THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN; I1INAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNRPiRgn BY GAIN VOLUMN XVUI WEDNESDAYMOCKSVILLE. NORTH CAROLINA.MARCH 21. 1917.NUMBER 36 The Reed AmeudnieBt. Senator Reed who is reputed to be “wet” himself, taeked on to the appropriation bill a “ rider” which absolutely prohibits the import^ aiion of liquor into dry states ex­ cept for medicinal, sacramental, ecieutific and mechanical purposes. This was intended for a joke, but according to some people, turned outto be a tragedy. T he1House eagerly accepted the amend'ment passed it by a vote of 321 to. 72 We are surprised to find that some of the leading prohibitionists are doubtful as to the effect this mea sure will have on the cause of pro' hibition, aud instead of rejoicing at the fulfillment of theujr long cherished dreams, they fear that it will hinder rather than help the canse of prohibition. W e are not of that number. We are glad that the Congress of the United States gave UB what our own Legislathre denied us, namely, a “ bone dry” law. This Reed law is hard on “wet” prohibitionists (and,their name is legion) who are anxious to keep liquor away Jrom other peo pie, but who want a wee .drop to wet their own whistles. North Carolina is not going into the wet column on account of this Reed amendment, for North Carolina is a prohibition state, a good major­ ity ol our people being really auxi ous to prohibit every drop of leg alized liquor from coming into tht state. Neither are we afraid ol the multiplication of blind tigers. Uncle Sam is interested in thejup- pression of-the blind tiger, and the curling smoke ashending from the branch behind'tjhe h ill will the axe of the revenue officer who will proceed to take into custody both the still and the stiller. The iact is. this Reed amendment gives us real prohibition earlier than we bad hoped for. No matter who brought it, or how it wa9 bro.ught, the matter for rejoiciug is that we have got it. PerhapB the doctrine of states’ rights is involved. W ell, io this case it was the states’ righto is involved. W ell, in this case it was the states’ wrongs that have been corrected. Thank- you Mr. Keed—you have done us a great favor!—Charity & Children. The Quinine That Does Not Affeet The HeadBecause .of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA­ TIVE BROMO Q U IN IN B is b etter th an ordinary Quinine and does n o t cause nervousness nor paging in head. Rem em ber th e full nam e and lock (or the signature o l E . W . GROVE. 25c. Tke Tax Payer Overlooked. Bills galore to protect fiish, birds and game of all kinds have been introduced in . the Legislature. One of the new bills i^ to protect ducks in the eastern part of the State from hunter in flying machi­ nes. And there are bills.to pro- ^ this, ibat and other things. - 0O blooded legislator would intro­ duce a bill. “ To protect the tax pvyers ot North Carolina” and would fight for it untill it passeBf —Monroe Enqnirer. A Bilious Attack. When you have a bilious attack your liver fails to perform its functions. You become constipated. The *food you eat ferments in yoifr stomach instead of dl- Cesting. This inflames the stomach and causes nausea, vomiting and a ' terrible headache. Take Chamberlain’s Tablets. I-Mey will tone up your liver, clean out Vour stomach and you will soiin be as well as ever. They only cost a quarter. Law And More, Observance. legislatures for the next' ten Jears should devote their eatire I Hue in devising more means by which the laws they have passed during the last ten comd be made effective.—QharlotteNews. " — ’ -y? Cooglt RemedyChamberlain’s Favorite For Colds. > Is ■I- L. Easley, Macon, IH., in speaking of . mberlain’8 Cough Remedy , says,' “Dur- U die past fifteen years it has been mv ■-•sters favorite medicine for colds on the unSs- I myself have taken it a number Always relieved me promptly. . A War Speech. The following is part of speech delivered by the late Col. Robert IngersalJ, to Civil War -veterans, September 21 , 1876: . “The past rises before me, as it were, like a dream. Again we are in the great struggle for national life. We hear the sound of pre­ paration the music ol boisteroes drums the silver voices of heroic bngles. ■ We see the pale cheek of women, and. the flashed faces of men, and in those assemblages we see all the 'dead ' whose dust we have covered with flowers. We lose.sight of them when they are no more. We are with them when they enlist in the great army ,of freedom. W e see them part with those they iove. Some ,are walk ing for the last tim e in qniet, woody places with the maidens they adore. W e hear the whisper iogs and sweet vows of eternal love as they IingeriDgly part forever. Others or- bending over cradles, kissing babes that are fast asleep. Some are receiving the blessings of old men. Some are parting wit-h mothers, who hold them and press tmem to their hearts again and a- gaiii, and say nothing. And some are talking with wives and ende avoring with brave words spoken in the old tones to drive fiom their hearts the awful fear. We see them part. W e Bee the wife standing in the door with the babe in her arms, standing in the sunlight sobbing-at the turn of the .road a hand 'waves-she answers by holding high in her; loving arms the child. He is gone and forever.; They-died JoF-^bertj^.-tjhey.dieS.;' for U9. They are at rest. They sleep In the land that they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless. Earth may run red with other wars-they are at- peace.” To Cure a Cold In One Day TBkeLAXATXVE BROMO Q uinine. Its to p s the C ough au d H eadache au d w orks off th e Cold. D ruggists refund m oney if it fails to cure. Ee W* GROVE’S signature on each box. 25c. Easy Some one advanced the opinion that the letter “ e” iB the most on fortunate character in the English alphabet, because it is always out of cash’ foiever in debt, never out of danger and in hell all the time. For some reason he overlooked the f irtunates of the letter so we will call his attention to the fact that “ e” is never in war and always in peace- It is in the begining of ex iitence’ the commencement of ease and the end of trouble. W ithout it there would be no meat, no lile, and no Heaven. It- is the center of honesty, makes love perfect, and without it there could be no^edi- tn s, devils or news.—WaylaDd (M ich.)G lobe. JiitToKeeph Tbe Swin. Gasoline goes up in price, bit the joy rider doesn’t seem to care. Automobiles m ultiply and people wonder where and how.—Greens­ boro Record. Don’t. Don’t ask the editor to publish a list of wedding gifts. Don’t add to the terrors of death bp tacking several stanzas of dog­ gerel; to a' death notice. Don’t crowd the mourners. Don’t lugold clippings into a news paper office and tell the edit­ or that you have brbught him “something to fiill up w ith.” Take him a cabbage; he can fill up with that f Sitting in the end' of a church pew don’t get. up to admit others MovO along . Don’t kick a man when he is down unless you are sure that he jwill never'get up again. 4 Don’t put lard on a man’s shoes when you see a man going down h ill.’’ They are already greased for the occasion, 'i Don’t pray with the hungry man untill you have given him BOlbetbipg to Praver with Hopes We Will Keep Out. Congressman Mann the leader of the Republicans in the House of Congress said the following in re­ gard to the. war stuation: If it becomes necessary at any time for the United States to lick any foreign country, I am willing to join and -help do it. I think we we ought to keep ont of the war if we can. And I aim trusting with hopes and faith that President of the United States will do every thing that he thinks possible do to keep us out of war. “But I simply rose in the main to excite a iittle more of the attention of the House toward the facts. If we get into war, God only knows where it will land this country. I believe that so far as we can, it. is to our interest to remain the domi- ant force in the eivilation of the American continent, and not at­ tempt to think that we have the duty of regulating the Old World and its conduct. We do pretty well when we take care of ourselves well, “We havea greater burden, which we have not yet successfully carried out to protect and take care repub­ lics of Central and South America. When we have performed that job to the interest of those republics and civilization. I think that will be time enough for us to undertake to regu­ late the condnct and civilazation of the older nations of Europe now en­ gaged in an effort ^o destroy civili­ zation. I regret it, but I hope that we can keep out of it. Tbe Upkeep. The Hickory Record and the-Salis­ bury Post copy, and commend what The Landmark had to say about road upkeep. The. Post adds this: ‘ ‘The Lapdmark , is right.. We zemverJooked the-greatest ?prob-' Iem of the road question—taking care of them, rather than building them. "We have always taken the the position that no money ought to be planned for road building with­ out an equally serious planning for upkeep. No county ought to vote bonds for road, building without there is . with the scheme a well de­ fined plan for taking care of the road. In fact, the best way to build good roads is to work them into best condition by a process of upkeep. The problem is one of upkeep, one of building roads gradually ipto per­ fect highways. What a pity that so many counties have spent large money in building roads and then neglected them ” The Pneumonia Season. The cold, damp weather of March seems to be the most favorable for the pneumo­ nia germ. Now is the time .to be careful. Pneumonia often results from a cold. The quicker a cold is gotten rid of the less the danger. As soon as the first indication of a cold'appears take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. As to the value of this preparation, ask-anyone who has used it. Pathetic and Ludicrous. Sometimes things that appear to be very pathetic can quickly be transformed into the ludicrous For instance, it is said one of the boys1 with the militia wrote his father from the border in words something like this: “I am so cold now I can hardly write, the weather is awful, and we cannot keep warm at night and our clothes do not keep us warm in daytime. I fear I shall never see you again on earth, but I hope to see you in heaven. P. S. Tomorrow is pay day and we’re gojng to have a h—I of a time” !—Lexington Dis­ patch. I DEAFNESS CANNOl BECURED by local applications, as they can not- reach the diseased portion oi the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by con stitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or im perfect hearing, and when it is en tireiy closed. Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken^titsfitnd this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine ca ses out of ten are caused by Catarrh which is nothing but an -inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We w ill give one hundred do! ars for any case of Deafness (caus ed by catarrh) Jhat cannot be cured some Ielt over for the clothes of the rather warm position. There is sons in law. I nothing in it for the real prohibi- ‘’After such an exhibition as ^tionist to be afraid of, so far as we this; is there any farm in the south can see. A man is either for or a- that would do without sheep?” j gainst the sale of intoicat-ing liqors !‘Rome sheep, eh?” said the G uil-' and he need not expect a law that farmer in Guiliford could keep four it d ^ p ri^ h isless’fortuoateRrOth- or ffve sheep like that; but he cao’t er from getting anything with Seems Foolish. A Gnilford county man came in­ to the Daily News office with a copy of the Progressive Farmer in his,,hand. “ Look at that,” he said nothing out the following: •^Talking about Bheep—as we have very often in the last year— I saw something that ought to be interesting to all of us. It was in one'of the county exhibits at a state fair that I saw it. ‘I A sheep there was," alive and bleating, whose forefathers had lived on the Scott farm ’ over fifty yeairs. ‘!Hanging near the sheep' was a tanned skin for baby to sit on. Abpve and around were white blankets that had begn made from the-wool of that sheep’s first Scott ancestors, as well as seven other varieties of blankets in various stripes, checks and colors, from pale blue to dark red. ‘!There was a sateen-filled com- forfjer, also a large carpet, 12 1-2 by J.4 feet, five two tone rugs, all diffierent, three small patten rugs; a couch cover, a buggy robe, a woven coverlet of intricate design, I The Divorce Evil. ' At the present term of Forsyth Superior Court there have been six applications for divorce. In Guil­ ford county last year. .35 married couples were divorced. With 100 counties in the State and an average of at least three terms of court, and the divorce evil not restricted to any particular section', it is not dfficult to estimate that at least, there are from 1.000 to 2.000 divorces, grant­ ed in North Caroline every year. And yet we raise a great hue and cry regarding intempearance. Yetyou never hear a word about divorce evil and very little about other im­ morality and crime over which the devil must dance with delight. We mention prohibition, not that the Local Editor is opposed to it, but believes more in temperance in all things, and not in centering all ef- j fort along one line, when there are I so many things carrying folks to the devil at a high rate of speed.—Uni­ on Republican. Gets The Hypocrite. Iu speaking of the movement in Congress to make prohibition states “ bone dry,” the Statesville Land­ mark says “ Congress is about to Staekings of yarn, a soft shawl, a ' do for us, without our asking it, long lacinator, and— how listen, for I have not told it all—flannel draw ers-aud undershirts Jor all boys of the family and cloth for the suits of the eight men of the family and what the State Legislature so far has failed to do.” We note that Mr. Parker R. Anderson, a Wash­ ington correspondent^ thinks it is putting some prohibitionists in a —he’s got to keep up three dogs.’, Our friend went on to say that four or five pounds of ensilage a day will feed a sheep, and a dog, particularly a worthless dog, will eat almost, that much bread. He may have over emphasized the situ aiion, but there is a good, solid toundation of truth in bis remarks. A horde of worthless dogs, aud a flock of valuable sheep cannot be raised on the farm. And here comes the paradox A sheep iB a valuable auimal, pro during more than he consumes. Every additional sheep adds to the wealth of the state. ThiB is not true only of a few exceptional sheep, Iiere and there; it holds good for every one. The state rec­ ognizes that by counting all sheep propeity, and taxing them. Dogs, except for a few exceptional ODes, are consumers, pure and simple Specking generally, for every ad­ ditional dog that the state acquires it becomes poorer by the amoubt that dogs eats. So the dog is not which to wet bis whis Ie —Hickory Record. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove’s The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON-. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. SO cents. “Dawg On.” f Au item in the will Andrew R . Bradley, a cotton broker of Ellis, New York, bequeaths ten thous ands dollars for the care and up keep of his seven dogs. Ten thou sands dollars for keeping seven dogs! Just think of' the needy o ies all over Ibis land and then think of ten thousand dollars for seven dogs “ Dawg on. Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Ifotir druggist w ill refund m oney if PAZO OINTM ENT (nils to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding orP rotruding Piles in 6 to 14 days. Tlxe first application gives E ase and R est. 50c. Back To The Farm. The city man lougs for the farm. The farmers long Jor th e-city. The city man does not become a farmer but an agriculturalist, for a farmer, as Gov. D.ivid B Hill once said; is a man who makes h is, money on bis farm and spend* it in the city, while au agriculturalist is a man who makes bis money in the city apd spends it on his iarm. An intelligent farmer can live on what an agricultuialist waste. But as the cities become more con­ gested, the farms become more allu­ ring. May the time soon come when multitudes shall be willing to leave the the crowded city and re­ turn to the farmlands. Under in­ tensive farming our great and fer­ tile country could furuish food Jor practically the whole world. J f farmer’s life appeals to you the slightest, the following words of Daniel Webester will settle the matter: The. farmers are the founders of civilization. Iam not anxious to . accelerate the approach : of the.; period when the great mass of American labor shall not find its employment in the field; when the young men of the country shall be obliged to shut their eyes upon ex­ ternal nature, upon the heavens and the earth and immerse them­ selves in close and unwholesome workshops; when they shall be ob ­ liged to shut their ears to the bleat- ings ol their own flocks and the voice of the lark that cneers them at their own, plows, that they may open them in. dust and smoke the Stream to the perpetual whirl ot spools-and 8piu'lle*,.aiid ,the -grat­ ing of rasps aad saws.— Watch­ man Examiner. Honest As The Days Are Long. Mr. Polland, I is as honest SB the days is long,—the Lord knows I am after taking nothing what don’t belong to me,—but its one favor I want to ask of you whilst you are staying in dis house, and d atis,—don’t leave no money or whiskey whar I can git my hands on it. There is more joy in a printing office over one siuuer that pays iu advance and abuses the editor on every possible occasion than there is over ninety and nine who bor-^ row the paper and sing its praises, without, contributing a cent to keep it out of the poor house.—ex. Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVE’S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out M alaria,enrlchesthebtood.and build su p th e sys* tem . A true tonic. For adults and children. 50c. The sheep owner, adding daily to the wealth of the Btate, has to p iy for the privilege. The dog owner, subtracting daily from the wealth of the state, is allowed to go his way. Ourlaws adparently dis approve of thrift, and encourage waste. Sieems foolish, doesn’t It.— GrdeusbOro News. AVOID MISTAKES. No Need For MocksviUe People to Ex­ periment With Such Convincing Evidence at Hand. There are many well-advertised kidney remedies on the fharket today, but none so veil-recommended in this vicinity as Doan's Kidney Pills. Read the statement Mis-J.F. Back, 411 W. Sixth Ave., Lexngton, N. C., says: ."I had severe pains across the small of my back. The kidney secretions were unnatural and caused me annoyan'ce. My back was very lame and weak and it tired me out to bj'on mv feet much. A neighbor told me to take Dban’8 Kidney Pills and I did. A fjw doses relieved the misery in my ;bacc and after I had taken a couple of boxis. my back stopped aching and my jkidteys'and - bladder didn't cause any furtiier trouble.” PSce 50c. at all dealers. Don't simply askfor a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kid- O F F I C E A N D S U P P L I E S . £.&!SfiSS5r' Complete outfits for large and small offices—desks, chairs, filing cabinets, safes and storage cases. Steel or wood­ en equipment of the very latest de­ signs. Card or index systems. Every­ thing for the office from a waste bask­ et or spittoon to a mammoth safe or double desk. W e p re p a y Ire ig Iit o n a ll s n ip m e n ts to Davie county. Letus quote prices on any­ thing you need in office equipment or Home Furniture or Funifehings. H U N T L E Y - H I L L - S T O C K T O N C O ., Furniture WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. Office Eqoipment '.3 I'1! : I S; T H E D A V iE RECO RD, M O O K SV IDLE, N . C. Pa!'. W - m\h Till 1 II Iis Ii J1 Iill 1$!•I;; THE DAVIE RECORD. C. FRANK STROUD Editor. T E L E P H O N E I. Entered at the Postoffice in Mocks- ville, N. C., as Second-class Mail matter, March 3,1903. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ONE YEAS. IN ADVANCE - ? I OO SDC MONTHS. IN ADVANCE - $ 50 THREE MONTHS. IN ADVANCE $ 25 WEDNESDAY. MARCH 21, 1917. ■j Do we want a million? Not a bit bf it. We want a spud! A town cannot grow unless the citizens will help boost it. Are you a booster or a knocher? Spade up the back yard, but save the worms. They may be in de mand before the summer is over. The only neutrality that appeals to us is to kick the fellow who kicks us, regardless of who he is That’s neutrality. Our wife found a bean in' the pan­ try yesterday and now she’s saving it for the Sunday dinner. Gome ov­ er,' Bill! ______________ Ifwehadabuildirigand loan as­ sociation there would not be a scar­ city of houses in Mocksville. Why not get together and organize an as­ sociation. _______________ There is no reason why Mocksville should secure a hosiery mill and a canning factory this Spring. These enterprises would help the town a great deal. Thegroundhogweather was sup­ posed to have run out last Wednes­ day. O urpileofcoal also expired last week, and we are hoping that the worst is over It doesn’t pay to believe every thing you read, especially when it comes to war news. The dispatches tommorrow denies the reports of yesterday. The Winston-Salem Journal sa's the 1917 Legislature was the most progressive in the history of North Carolina. Will the Journal please turn back to its files of about four weeks ago and see what it said about the 1917-legislature. We are ail so . prone to forget. ■ • There is some taik of running Pete Murphy, of Salisbury, for Congress iri-the 8th District. If Jerusalem township was in the 8th, Mr. Mur­ phy would not stand much of a chance of being elected. Our friends in Jerusalem remember Mr. Murphy as being the gentleman who made a great speech in the Legislature a short time ago, telling the law­ makers that Jerusalem township ■was the only township in the county that was Democratic, and having the Legislature put a bill through auth­ orizing the township to issue $40,- 000 in road bonds. Did Mr. Mur­ phy know what he was talking a- bout. Brock Says Bonds Unconstitutional B. G. Brock, Davie’s Representa­ tive, writes us from Winston-Salem! under date of Mar. 12th, as follows: ?‘I hear that the county. Or lower Sectionuf it., including Jerusalem township, is much stirred u d over a - bill passed purporting to issue forty thousand dollars in bonds. I wish to say that the bill sent to Mr. Mur­ phy, was not the bill that passed and was ratified. He handed it to me to look at and I went and provided for submitting the same to the people changing the Board and provided for the election of the said Board, but still fought it on the ground of it being unconstitutional and as a member of Judiciary No I, I inves tigated and found it was clearly un­ constitutional and the bill is not worth the paper it is written on. therefore, it will be foolish to have in election, even though the other crowd says it is constitutional AU I want is for this Board to ask some bonding company if they will take bonds based on a law passed after the constitutional amendments took effect.” : An AppreciatedLetter. W. R Latham, an old Davie boy, who now lives at Donalsonville, Ga., and, i s ‘manager of the Farmers’ S^tdffiare Co., of that city, writes ipiM oIlows; •-Editor Davie Record:—Enclosed you will find check to cover arrerage in subscription, and as one good turn deserves another. I include a year’s subscription in advance. Just keep the paper coming. I enjoy it. This good Georgia wife of mine er- joys it, and I even teach the bov. (14 months old), to play with it. See! We all love The Record, and J every­ thing .else that.pertainsffto taroUria. DAVIE COUNTY 50 YEARS AGO. T h e F o l k s in -. O I d e n T i m e s M u lt ip lie d A n d R e p l e n i s h e d T h e E a r t h . Have you a war campaign in Davie? We have one of them things here. And it is as mean as a political campaign. Many seem to want Uncle Sam to declare war on Germany. A country already “starved out and whipped," as they say. Buttheyarenot offering their services. If war comes, we shall get right in be­ hind the president, the cabinet, congress, the food speculators, the munition manu­ facturers, the editors of the big dailies and these street war-whoopers, and then we know we wili not hear a gun ,.even, much less smell .powder. If Jwe keep sending our food stuff to Europe—whether Germanysinks it, or whether England gets it and even pays for it, the result will be the same in this country—we will hive a meat and bread war. But let us hope for the better. It seems to us that they have got our President “between the devil and the deep blue sea.” In the beginning, Adam and Eve were told 40 “multiply and replenish the earth." Their descendants in Davie have tried to keep that command. The multiplying part, at least Davie can boast of being the home of the most prolific mother ever heard of in the State, or even South—or anywhere. We heard mother tell about it often when we were a boy. Whether that woman lived in mother’s day or be­ fore, we can’t say. As we remember, the woman was the wife of Life Foster, who lived in the Fork Church section. This woman became the mother of at least 14 children at five births—two sets of twins, two sets of triplets and one set of quad­ ruples. We believe, however, it ' was 17 or 18. at six births. She was accidentally shot and killed in the prime of life. As was the custom then, a company of men were at her Tiome celebrating New Year’s eve by shooting loud guns. While in the house reloading, a gun loaded with a hard toe wad, accidentally fired, the wad pen­ etrating her body, from which she died. How many of her children lived, if any, we do not remember. Very likely others have heard of this, and can'give it more accurately. Thatistheway to get his­ tory straight. While on the multiplying question, will say that there were only 20 children in our family, 4 dying in infancy, and the other 16 living to be grown and 10, of us to raise families. Our father, Henry Click, married a Miss Rattz. To them were born 6 children, 2 dying in infancy. After her death, he married Miss Elizabeth Snyder. To them were bornjl children, myself and two sisfers. My father, while attending a Methodist Conference at Salisbury, took pneumonia and died there at the home of CazeyGriffin—we .believe.it was. Moth­ er then married Haley Dedmon. To them were born 11 children, 2 of whom died in infancy. Brothers Dan and WiiiiamClick were in the Civil war; Dan in the Davie Greys Company, and died during the war of fever, in-Petersburg, Va.; William in Booe's Cavalry Company. After the war, William married Flora Hendricks, and with his two full sisters, Mrs. Ben Rush Eaton, and Mrs. Anderson Foster, migrated to Arkansas, where they lived and died, leaving families. Of the 20 children, only 3 of us are living—myself and full sister, Mrs. J. R. Dedmon, of Salisbury, and Mack, the youngest of the Dedmon children, and who lives on the old Ciick-Dedmon home­ stead, which to us, is the mos£» sacred spot on earth because so many'pleasant memories cluster around it. My father sawed every piece of lumber in that resi­ dence. Not a ^iece of sap timber in it, In that building have been born at least 30 or 35 children and grand-chiidren. And the very clock that pointed to the minute we were born, which was' over 68 years ago, is still on the same mantle and keep­ ing as good time as when new There were 9 girls'and 11 boys of us children. So, you see I had brothers older, than J, and brothers younger than I,* yet I was my mother and father's first, and last son. The point in all this is, there can be good step mothers'and good step-fathers. My mother was as much a mother to father’s first children as she was to her own. She loved them, and they IoVed her. And weknowthat her last hus­ band loved us, her first children, as well, as he did his. f No one, not evdti we child­ ren, could aee any difference. There was never a better step-father lived than Haley Dedmon. During the last 35 years of his life, he had one well day. and one sick day. .I It has. puzzled the . doctors. Will give it as a bit of history. He was taken witfi severe colic.ag mother thought. In two day s, several doctors met to' oper- topk, or intersusception of the bow elg. They decided that it had gone too far to operate. Dr. McGuire said if it was intersusception, nature might cure it, a3 he had repd of one such case. In a- bout two days a piece of bowel about 8 inches long, passed from him. From that day to his death, though well in every other way. yet every other day his spirit and mind were. unnaturally active and visionary. But he was good every day. Writing and reading history should teach us ail, and especially the young, a great moral lesson, and that is, to be careful about our words and our acts. For With them, we are making history. It may Se that no human hand may ever -write it. or printing press print it, but be assured a divine scribe is taking, not only every word or deed, but the very spirit and purpose that actuate them. And you may some day read or hear it read, not only to your shame, but to your con­ demnation. So, to the young, let us say that your most sacred trust in life, is to guard your words and your acts, and to cultivate a spirit void of offense both to God and to your fellow associates. More anon. J. F. CLICK. Hickory, N.t!. Why The Masses Are Indifferent to Churchia Mocksville. The little item in your paper, some time ago, deploring the attendance at churches in Mocksville, was a subject the writer has often thought of and’ several times .remarked that there was the smallest number of young people to attend Sunday schoOl and church here than any town we ever lived in, and we have made our home in a score or more of towns of various sizes. Now there is a reason or reasons for this and we want to give here what we consider the chief, if not only reason for this condition and after daring to do so we want to say a few things to. prove it. To put it in plain English and a few words, we will say that it is want of re­ spect for the majority of the pillars of the churches in our town. Now this is a bold assertion, but we know whereof we speak so far as the young people are concerned, and also a portion of ourlaboring masses Then why this disrespect? There are several causes, and if we were a man of letters, Mr. Editor, we could give you a' full page article, but we will ,attempt-only a thought or two on how these church pillars Iookto the non attendant and oth­ er outsiders.. We have no statistics, but we feel per­ fectly safe^in saying that over seventy- five per cent, of the wealth in our town is owned, by men who are supposedly lead era in their respective churches, to the laboring man, the man whose wages bare­ ly keep the wolf from the door and the young people who face the future but of which they must carve their careers, these property owners are mercinary, mossback- ed, old-fogied and unprogressive, not only to a fault but to a sin and, of course, are no better than themselves, church or no church. Of all these indictments, we be­ lieve that moss-backed, unprogressive charge is the one on which our property- owning Amen Corner church men will be convicted. You say why? Because this is an age of progress. 'I he young men and women, even the youths twelve and fourteen years of age, are living in the future; they are wondering what they are to do, what their home town will provide for them to do. Like the young men of old, the* see visions, while, the old men dream dreams. They read our daily pa­ pers and magazines and see that wonder­ ful, restless, progressive world that lies out -yonder beyond their narrow little world at home. They long to take up fife’s load, and shoulder to shoulder with their fellowman, fight for a position in this upward trend of progress, and to do this they must leave home, because their fathers still tread the same old beaten paths that some stray calf marked out fortheir great-great grandfathers hundreds of years ago. - Is it any wonder then, after they have been out from home where they do things, where the men of means and influence have seen that it is. not only their privi­ lege but their duty to use themselves and money to foster industries for their home town that tt may teem with life and hap­ py contented homes and that the young men and women might be given employ­ ment and aided to develop and enjoy a fuller and richer experience in a progress­ ive civilization of which they can speak with pride. We say after they have been all this and. come back home where this rotten lethargy and hoarding spirit per­ vades the very atmosphere, they realize that a man’s duty to his Creator is iiloie than Amen corners at Sunday servces and prompt attendance at week-night prayer services. I The same can be said of your girls, whose sweetest dreams are always of a home of their own with the best man in ;the world, but with every sip, from this !<!up of sweetness is a bitter dreg in Ihe !thought that when this day comesfit means goodbye to loved ones for a' hone among strangers because her home town affords nothing for a_ man whom The would marry. . ■ J- Let us hear from others on this subj and see if we cannot break the Teth of a hundred years in this bid town. ; A FREQUENT CHURCH goe: TheWarDidIt. In an editorial in last Scinday’a WinBton-Salerii Journal a very frank, though unexpected admis sion is made touching the cause of our wonderfuf industrial expansion during the years 1915 and 3916— especially during the year 1816. We quote from the Journal’s ed­ itorial in regard to this matter: -T he European war hab done more to increase the industrial ex­ pansion of the United States than any other cause in the history of the United States than any other cause in the history of the Nation.” - Now isn’t this frauk and isn’t it unexpected? No other cause in the nation, says the Journal has produced such expansion—not ev­ en W ilson's election. Latt fall before the election all our prosperi­ ty was attributed, to the Demo­ cratic administration. The Blogan “ Wilson and Prosperity” was heard throDghout the campaign. This slogan together with that other slogan, ‘.‘He kept us out of war,’, were potent agencies in bringing about his re election. O fcoursesom ept us knew that these slogans, though high sound­ ing. were false but they really did succeed in making many peo­ ple believe their campaign rot. But Wilson has been eleceed again becaue the people were fooled and now that it is all over the Journal no doubt reasons that it might as well tell the truth.—Ex. S I h a v e a ll k in d s .' B e st m a k e . P rices reasonable S p ecia l d isco u n t o n a ll S lip p e rs b o u g h t fair C O U N T Y C O M M E N C E M E N T . N e w lin e o f H a ts, S h irts, T ie s a n d B . V , D . underw ear S. M. CALL, Jr.,M O C K S V IL L E . N . C. ANDERSON BLOCK. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE BANK OF DAVlE M O C K S V I L L E , N . C . At the close of business Mar. 5,. 1917. R E S O U R C E S : Loans and discounts $249,361.61 Overdrafts, secured and un­ secured - 1,137.37 United States Bonds on hand ' 800.00Furniture and Fixtures 2,895.00 Due from National Banks 56,275.89 Due from StateBaifts and Bankers 33,932 47 Gold4Coin 4,218.00 Silver coin, including all minor coiricurrency- 3,549.99 National bank notes and other U. S. notes 3.533.00 Total $355,703.33 L I A B I L I T I E S : Capital stock $21,350.00 SurplusFund 32,000.00 Undivided profits, less current expenses and taxes paid 2,855.67 Deposits subject to check 109,506.18 Time Certificates of Deposit 115,543.79 Savings Deposits 70,169.63 Cashier’s chekcs outstanding 778.06 Accrued interest due depositors 3.500.00 Total c $355,703.33 State of North Carolina, County of Davie. I, J. F. Moore, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that- the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. F. MOORE, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 14th day of Mar. 1917. 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According to here the Russi:! most distrustful] of the personal | ■viexandra. Slie eroise the great<j pr-ror Nicholas. The Empress marriage tq the] IS4M. was the Gd lie-se-Darmstad A popular rev cessful and the rests temporaril ed committee oi After three da the majority of Petrograd mutin revolutionists, c Grafid Duke] vitch, brother appointed regen The czar’s al pliance with the committee of him that upon the fate, of the j T roops Telegraphing | nesday, Reutei] Kronstadt, the j val station at Finland, 20 mil has joined th| ment. Two Taskine, on ini ma committee! stadt, where tj selves at the The Copen ports that the ! rnnda, Sweden| mier Sturmer terior Protopoi| grad. Both German sympri New Ca A new natiol with Prince council and ptj fices held by the Russian pj The membe cabinet are i Premier, and Minister I Georges E. Lv Foreign Milioukoff. Minister of I fessor Manuilj Minister of| terim—A. J. dent of the dj Minister oj gareff, deputy' Minister of I ko, deputy frd Minister off ski of Saratod Minister oil Nekrasoff, vij Controller deputy from The' procltj governor in- street asseml] any disorder pressed mad J were graver lowed by the| indicate. Blol Authenticaj . trograd, togd of governmj eate that tiuj against the believed re shortage and organization.! • In this cj Law, chancel nouncing thj tion to the that It was learn that tl| rected at se That contL is complete from general °us fronts hi ing unanimij order; Demons PES |s r e a so n a b le E N T . underwear [il l e , n . c. JN BLOCK. t T T T♦>'ices on I M f e I tend me J $ T ’ TI E L L I V T= T I P A N Y I t YN. C. I ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ I I* 1 » 'A - ,^ IO N !EATERS fou Go He house led, you're Iou have a It means 1st sudden iier, com- the fires vorlc-baslcet. [ to buy and any coat ■riving- away of 2,000,000 : dealar. • i t y O i l II t s tMPANY parlott*. N- C. ilstoQ, W. Va. rton.S.C. THE DAVIE RECORD, MOCKSVILLE, N. 0 . Grand Duke Michael Made Re­ gent—Duma in Control. CZAREVITCH IS NEW RULER Soldiers Aided Revolutionists in Over- throwing the Government —' 500 Persons Reported Slain Our* ing the Fighting at Pe­ trograd. London. March 19.—A Reuter dls- ™;di from Petrograd says that the cniperor is expected to arrive at the 'Isarsltoe-Selo palace and that several rei-inients with artillery are hastening to the stinie place. The Graml Duke Nicholas is report­ ed in a Ileuter dispatch from Petrograd in have reached the Russian capital. Re Jispatch says that he will proba- [,Iy take command of the troops. Czar Gives Up Throije. I,,union, JIarcli 19,-Czar Nicholas iiWinitfil Hie IlitoiiC OfItBli car Iiciitel 'In to r of Is ment have been frequent during the last few weeks. The attempted pro­ roguing of the duma fanned Oie fires, which spread rapidly from class to class and from civilians to troops. Sunday it broke forth In flame. Panic-stricken, the government or­ dered the mounted patrols to fire on the people. The patrols refused, and a battle between the police and the troops followed, regiment after regi­ ment joining the revolutionists, seizing arsenals, burning prisons and jails arsenals, burning prisons an^ jails and throwing the heads of the secret police into prison. For three days open battle rnged In the streets of Petrograd. Strikes in factories and on street cars were Cflllfid In Sympathy with the revolu­tion. Wednesday the week’s nightmare of revolution ended more suddenly than it had begun. Planks were pulled from windows, doors were unbarred, factories, stores and banks reopened.. The only evidence that a revolution had been fougty and won was the smoldering ruins of a few public buildings. The cost in life is unknown. It is believed, however, that it did not exceed 500. Magical and sudden as was the transition from the old to the new, it is believed here that its results will be almost immediately visible in the in­ stitution. by the new Russia of a more vigorous and efficient prosecution of the war against Germany. The duma telegraphed the principal' generals at the front to use their influ­ ence with Emperor Nicholas in sup­ port of the (luma’s appeal for a popu* VdifflS SOI). dispatch to the London Chronicle fiV1ii I’etrograd on Thursday says the ,,.press of Russia has been placed un- dor guard. Accoriling to information received here the Rnssian people have been most distrustful during recent events of I he personal influence of Empress Alexandra. She was supposed -to. ex­ ercise the greatest influence over Em­ peror Nicholas. The Empress Alexandra, before her marriage to the emperor of Russia in I<94, was the German Princess AliE of Hesse-Darmstadt. A popular revolution has. been suc­ cessful and the government of Russia rests temporarily with'a self-appoint­ ed committee of the duma. Afier three days of battle, In which Ihe majority of the 30,000 troops, in I’etrograd mutinied and supported the. revolutionists, calm has returned. Oranil Duke Michael Alexandro- viH'h, brother of the czar, has been appointed regent. The czar’s abdication was In com­ pliance with the urgent demand of the committee of the duma, which notified him that upon his assent depended the fate, of the dynasty. Troops Back the Duma. Telegraphing from Petrograd Wed­ nesday, Reuter’s correspondent says Kronstadt, the fortress and great na­ val station at the head of the Gulf of Finland, 20 miles west of Petrograd, lias joined the revolutionary move- ment. Two ueputies, Pepelauff and Taskine, on instructions from the du- iua committee, proceeded to Kron­ stadt, where the troops placed them­ selves at the disposal of the duma. The Copenhagen Bkstrabladet re­ ports that the Russian consul, in Hapa- rnnda, Sweden, says that former Pre­ mier Sturmer and Minister of the In­ terior Protopopoff were kilied in Petro- J-'rad. Both were charged with pro- Orman sympathies. New Cabinet Announced. A new national cabinet is announced, with Prince Lvofif as president of the ''oiineil and premier, and the other of­ fices held by the men who are close to the Russian people. The members of the new national cabinet are announced as follows: Premier, President of the Council and Minister of the Interior—Prince Georges E. Lvoff. Foreign Minister—Prof. Paul N. Milioukoff. Minister of Public Instruction—Pro­ fessor Manuiloff of Moscow university. Minister of War and Navy, ad in­ terim—a. J, Guchkoff,. formerly presi­ dent of the duma. Minister of Agriculture—M. Jchin- gareff, deputy from Petrograd. Minister of Finance—M. Tereschten- ko, deputy from Kiev. Minister of Justice—Deputy Keren- ski of Saratoff. Minister of Communications—N. V. Nekrasoff, vice president of the duma. Controller of State—M. Godneft, deputy from Kazan. The proclamation by the military governor in-Petrograd forbidding any street assemblages and declaring that any disorders would be ruthlessly sup­ pressed made it apparent that affairs were graver than the dispatches al­ lowed by the Russian censorship would indicate. Blow for Germany^ Authenticated dispatches from Pe- . trograd, together with the consensus °f governmental advices here, .indi­ cate that the uprising was a rebellion against the growing German- reaction believed responsible for the food shortage and lack of effective military organization. ’ this connection Andrew Bonar ^aw, chancellor of the exchequer, an- iwuiieiiig the success oi the revolii- tion to the house of commons, said <lmt it was comforting to England to Iwiiii that the revolution “was not dl- fSttetl at securing peace by Russia.” That control by the new government ’s complete is undoubted. Telegrams rom generals commanding at the vari- ous fronts have displayed an astonish- lnS unanimity of support of: the new order. • ; Demonstrations against the goveni- »*r esid en t is contem platin g . CALL FOR IMMEDIATE SES­ SION OF CONGRESS. MH ISME Ifl FJtCE WITH DEFINITE WAR POLICY I grad correspondent. General Brussiloff, commander in chief of the armies on the southwest­ ern froiit, replied: “Your telegram received. I have fulfilled my duty to my emperor and my country.” Gen. Nicholas V. Ruzsky1 member of the supreme military council, replied: “I have carried out your request” M. Rodzianko, president of the duma, sent the following telegram to Emperor Nicholas: “The situation is becoming worse. Measures must be taken immediately, for tomorrow it may be too late'. The liour lias arrived when the fate of the country and of the dynasty is being decided.” M. Chtchegiovitoff1 president of the council of empire, was arrested in his home and temporarily held in the min­ isterial room of the duma. A telegram received by the naval attache of the Russian embassy in Paris reported that the railways and public services in Petrograd had re­ sumed work. The revolution, which evidently was carefully prepared, broke out simul­ taneously in Petrograd and Moscow. The garrisons, which obeyed the in­ structions of the revolutionaries, im­ mediately took possession of these cities after comparatively little fight­ ing and equally small amount of de­ struction of property, Petrograd Bridge Blown Up. In Petrograd one bridge was blown up. Strict military rule prevails and the army has the situation so well In hand that it is not expected adherents of the late government will be able to offer any serious resistance, even in remote provinces. After receiving woid of the revolu­ tion, it is reported, Emperor Nicholas returned to the palace, where he ar­ rived on Wednesday. The following details of the revolu­ tion have been given to the press from a source usually well informed on Russian affairs: “The soldiers refused to act against the crowd which started trouble when it heard of the ukase issued by Em­ peror Nicholas proroguing the duma. On Sunday the committee which had met to discuss the food situation was partly transformed Into a provisional government under the presidency of President Rodzianko of the duma and included representatives of the duma council of the empire and o£ the municipality. The garrison agreed to support the provisional government” Papers Fail to Appear. Newspapers, with the exception of revolutionary publications which sprang into life with the success of the revolt, had failed to appear. Street car service at noon had not been resumed, but it was believed that night'would see partial service. T he government was declared to be 1 overthrown by the duma leaders, who met In the Maveritchisky palace after the regular session had been adjourned by imperial ukase and in a telegram to the emperor tbi> popular represent­ atives declared thi.t a special commit­ tee composed of the leaders of the various parties in the duma, would submit a list of names for the new cabinet > ' , „The imperial palace at Tsarskoe- Selo is said to be in a state of siege, but thus far no fire has ,been report ed between the guards defending the palace and the revolutionists and tfIt1Ts stated that General Michael V. Alexleff, ’ former chief of staff, has been offered the military dictatorship. Two Statesmen Killed. Stockholm, March I^Passengers arriving at Haparanda1 Sweden, with hospital train reported that two men of prominence In Petrograd had been mOne of them was said to have been Alexander D. Protopopoff, minister of the interior, and the other was Heved to be Boris Stunner, forme. prThe8rOld Russian government, Itia alleged, tried to bring troops to Pe­ trograd from Finland t» save fte situ­ ation, but the troops refused to go. Helsingfors is declared to be In a state of siege IN EPOCHAL DECISION SUPREME COURTS OF UNITED STATF.S UPHOLD LAW. VOTE WHS FIVE TO F AU the Conditions as Autlined By President in Hi* ,Message Announc­ ing Break With Germany as Lead- ins to State of Armed Neutrality Have Now Been Fulfilled. Washington.—With the announce­ ment of the ruthless destruction of three unarmed . American merchant ships by submarines, It was unofficial­ ly admitted here that virtually a state of -war exists between the United States and Germany, Technically the United States ra* mains in'a position of armed neutral* ity. I i t o Ib t f k changed before April 16, the date fixed for a spcial session of Congress, the war making branch of the Government, President Wilson has not decided. One step the President is contem­ plating is a call for an immediate ses­ sion of Congress to hear an address asking for authority to adopt aggres­ sive measures against the submarine menace. Already American ships are being armed to defend themselves. The next move must be to send warships with orders to seek put- submarines and clear the trans-Atlantic lanes. Some of the highest officials of the Government hold that the Executive has the power to declare that a state of war exists and to proceed with ag­ gressive protective steps pending the assem bling of Congress. There is no indication, however, that the Presi­ dent will follow that course. Of the three ships destroyed, two were unloaded and homeward bound, and all were American-built, Ameri­ can-owned and officered, and manned largely by American citizens. Meager dispatches indicate that all were sunk with complete disregard for the safety of those on board, and that many af the crew may have been lost. Nation • Face to Face With Definite War Policy,. Now developments brought the Gov­ ernm ent fact to face with the problem of formulating a definite policy for the Nation In case the United Statft act­ ually enters the war. This possibility was mentioned by the President in his inaugural address March 5. AU of the conditions outlined by the President in his message announcing the diplomatic break With Germany as leading to a state of armed neutrality have now been fulfilled. The “overt act” described by him then has actual­ ly come if in fact it had not been com­ mitted when the President weilt be­ fore Congress'. Since then he has established a state of armed neutrality without the specific authority of Con­ gress. President Wilson was out automob- iling when the first Associated Press : dispatches telling of the disasters j came' in quick succession. Through Secretary Tumulty he was given all available facts immediately on his re- . turn. Several hours later official report3 came from Consul Frost at Queens­ town and Consul General Skinner at , London, telling of the sinking of the I City of Memphis, the Vigilancia and I the Illionis. These dispatches con- ; firmed press reports but added few , details. International lawyers and constitu­ tional experts here showed no hesi­ tancy in saying that President Wilson has full authority to interpret as an act of war, an announce that the coun­ try considers that an actual state of w-ir Exists By reason of Germany’s flagrant assault on American ship- fing. Such action would be subject to the approval of Congress. Despite the unwarned sinking of big passenger liners like the California and the Laconia, the jeopardizing of Americans on nearly a score of other vessels, and the sinking of three oth- et> American ships, the Housatanic, the Lyman M.: Law and the Algonquin, since the unrestricted warfare began, some officials, inspired by the Presi­ dent’s announced reluctance to believe that Germany would carry through her threat, have clung desperately to the hope that some slight respect for ,-TVteratfonaI law might still be shown. German sea warfare may fairly be stated, however, to have surpassed even the most pessimistic forecasts here. That she actually means to •itend every vessel to the botoom that f’ares to venture within her forbidden zones is now accepted as#a fact. Neu­ tral, passenger, Belgian relief, appear to be all in the same category. Practically Certain to Become Involved With the practical, certainty that this country will become involved In hostility's wifh Germany, officials are scanning, the war news with the clos­ est scrunity.. Congress Has Power to Keep Conv meree Channels Open.—Fixes Eight- Hour Day as Basis For Wages.— Chief Justice Delivers Opinion. Washington.—In an epochal decision holding congress to be .clothed with any and all power necessary to keep open the channels of interstate com­ merce, the supreme court dividing five to four, sustained the Adamson law as constitutional and enforceable in every feature. The immediate effect of the decision will be t o fix a permanent eight-hour basic day in computing wage scales on interstate railroads, for which a na­ tionwide strike twice has been threat­ ened and to give, effective from Janu­ ary I this , year, increases in wages to trainmen of about 25 per cent, at a cost to the railroads estimated at from !« ,1 , 1 to P P a year. eoiiit, throiigh Ghiel I White, declared both carriers and their employes, engaged in a busi­ ness charged with a public interest, subject to the right of congress to compulsorily arbitrate a dispute af­ fecting the operating of that business. “Whatever ^would be the right of an employe engaged in private business •to demand such wages as he desires, to leave the employment if he does not get them ajid by concert of action to agree with others to leave on the same condition,” said the opinion, “such rights are necessarily subject to lim­ itation when an employment is accept­ ed in a business charged with a pub­ lic interest arid to which the power to regulate commerce by congress ap­ plied and the resulting right to fix in case of disagreement and ■ dispute a standard of wages as we have seen necessarily obtained.” In delivering the opinion, the chief justice departed at this point from his written text to emphasize the posi­ tion of men operating trains in a time of national emergency by comparing them to soldiers facing an enemy. ALEXANDER RIBOT IS NEW FRENCH PREMIER. Announces Formation of New Cabinet. —Painleve is Minister of War. Paris.—Alexandre Rihot has formed the following Cabinet: Premier and Minister, of Foreign Affairs—Alexandre R M Minister of Justice-Rene Vivian, Minister of War-Paul Painleve. Minister of Marine—Rear Admiral Lacaze. Minister of Munitions — Albert Thomas. Minister of Finance—Joseph Thi­ erry. Minister of the Interior—Louis J. Malvy. Minister of Public Instruction— Juleps Steeg. Minister of Public Works—Georges Desplas. Minister . of Commerce—Etienne Clementel. Minister of Agriculture-Fernand David. Minister of Subsistence—Mauriie Viollette. Minister of Labor—Leon Bourgeois. Minister of the Colonies—Andra Maginot. Under-Secretary of Aviation—Dan­ iel Vincent. PRESIDENT TAKES STEPS TO MEET U-BOAT MENACE. Washington.—Preparation for ag­ gressive action by the Navy against the German submarine menace began at the direction of President Wilson. The President authorized the expen­ diture of the $115,000,000 emergency fund provided by Congress to speed up naval construction and pay for special additional war craft, and the suspen­ sion of the eight-hour law In plants engaged on Navy work. ,Immediately afterward, Secretary Daniels ordered the New York Navy Yard to begin building sixty submarine chasers of the 110-foot type, to be com­ pleted In from sixty to eighty days. With the President’s approval, the .Secretary also ordered the graduation of the first and second classes at the Naval Academy. The first class will go out oh March 29, releasing 172 junior officers to fill existing vacan­ cies, and the second in September, fur­ nishing 202 more a full year before they otherwise would be available. I STRIKE I S BEEN GALLED OFF PRESIDENT'S MEDIATION 2IOARD BRING ABOUT SATISFACTORY AGREEMENT. GREAT GMiMITY IS AVERTED FIFTEEN WERE.DROWNED WHEN VIGILANCIA SUNK. Plymouth, via -London. — Fifteen members of the crew of the American steamer Vigilancla lost their lives when the steamer was torpedoed By a OTerman submarines. The survivors -«>ere In life-boats from Friday taorn- ing until Sunday afternoon. Among those drowned were several American citizens, including Third Officer Neils Peldorth and Third Engineer Carl Adeholde. This information was giv­ en out by Capt Frank A. Middleton, Settlement Early Monday Morning Nullifies Order for Four Hundred Thousand Trainmen to Walk Out. New York.—An official of the con­ ference committee of railroad mana­ gers announced at 12:45 o’clock Mon­ day morning that the railroad strike was off. A few minutes after the announce­ ment wa smade, the railroad mana­ gers went from the Grand Central Ter­ minal to the conference hotel and were joined immediately by the medi­ ators. They refused ts make any state­ ment on the way to the meeting room. It was presumed the announcement would be made through Secretary Lane. The, mediators and managers were believed to be awaiting the arrival of the brotherhood chiefs, who had re- tired, M r e making the annoiince- The brotherhood men arrived at.the libtel at 1:20 o’clock and immediate­ ly went to the conference room. The managers left the conference room at 3o’ clock, but the brotherhood chiefs remained in conference with the mediators. It was learned that Daniel Willard, one of the mediators had in­ formed the hotel management that he would give up his rooms. Statement by Lane. , • The managers, headed by Elisha Lee, returned to the conference room at 2:30 and Secretary Lane sent for the newspapermen. Secretary Laae issued this statement: “Regardless of the decision of the Supreme Court on the Adamson law the basic eight-hour day will go into effect.” “The details are being worked up- on by a joint committee which will have its negotiations completed by noon,” Mr. Lane said. The conference committee of rail­ road managers early this morning authorized President Wilson’s media­ tors to make whatever arrangements were necessary with the railroad brotherhoods to call off the threatened strike. The formal letter in which this au­ thorization was made signed by Elisha Lee, chairman of the managers’ com­ mittee, was as follows: “In the national crisis precipitate* by events of which we heard this after- noon, the nation^ conference commit- tee of railroads joins with you in the conviction that neither at home nor abroad should there be fear or hope that the efficient operation of -the rail­ roads of this country will be hamper­ ed or impaired. “Therefore. you are authorized to assure the nation there will be no. strike, and as a basis for such assur­ ance, we ‘hereby authorize- the com­ mittee of the Council of National De­ fense to grant the employes who are about to strike whatever adjustment your commitee deems necessary to guarantee uninterrupted and efficient operation of the railroads as an indis­ pensable arm of national defense.”' The decision reached by the mana­ gers at their midnight conference means that the .brotherhoods have won an important victory, although it does not bring them all their origi­ nal demands. By the agreement, it is assumed they will be awarded pro­ rata time for overtime on the basic eight-hour day which they have been assured. THREE AMERICAN VESSELS SUNK BY SUBMARINES. City of Memphis, Vigilancia and Illi­ nois Are Sent to Bottom. London.—The sinking of the Ameri­ can steamers City of Memphis, Illinois and Vigilancia was announced; Four­ teen men from the Vigilancia are miss­ ing, as are some of the men from the City of Memphis. The crew of the Illinois was landed safely. The City of Memphis, In ballast from Cardiff to New York, was sunk by gunfire. The second officer and fifteen men of the crew have been landed. A patrol-boat, has gone in search of the other, members df the crew. The Illinois, froin London for Fort Arthur, Texas, in ballast, was sunk at 8 o’clock Sunday morning. The Vigilancia W£s torpedoed -with­ out warning. The submarine did not appear. The captain, first and second mates, first, second and.third ehgin neers and 23 men of the crew have- been landed at the Scilly Islands. The fourth engineer, 13 men are missing. IMMENSE GAINS ARE MADE BY FRENCH TROOPS. Paris.—The advance of the French troops continues between the Avre and the Eine along a front 67 kilometers (about 37 miles) according to, the of­ ficial" communication issued by the War Office., French cavalry entered Nesle. In the direction of Ham, on the Somme River, the French forward movement reached a depth of 12 1-2 miles. North of Soissons the French have occupied Crouey, Carlepont, Mor- attTn, and Nouvron Vingre. SON IH D IO DO H O IIS M K Lady Became a Nervous Wreck From Three Years Suffering With Head. Says Cardui Made Her Weil. Texas City, Tex.—In an interesting statement, Mrs. G. H. Sehill, of this town, says: “For three years I suf­ fered untold agony with my head. I was unable to do any of my work. I Just wanted to sleep all the time, for that was the only ease I could get, when I was asleep. I became a ner­ vous wreck just from the awful suf­ fering with my head. "I was so nervous that the least noise would make me jump out of my bed. I had no energy, and was un­ able to do anything. My son, a young boy, had to do all my household duties. “I was not able to do anything until I took Cardui. I took three bottles In all, and it surely cured me of those awful headaches. That has'been three years ago, and I know the cure Is per­ manent, for I have never had any headache since taking Cardui.. . . Nothing relieved me until I took Cardui, It did wonders for me, than all the medicine or doctor's treatments, or baths I ever took.” Try. Cardni for your troubles—It should do for you what.it has done for so many thousands of other women. Begin taking Cardui today.—Adv. In the Wrong Place. An old gentleman walked up to the pretty girl attendant at the counting- room of a daily newspaper office a few days ago and said: “Miss, I would like to get copies of your paper for a week back.” “You had better get a porous plas­ ter," she 'abstractly replied. “You get them just across the street.” ON LNERi BOWELS No sick headache, biliousness, bad taste or constipation by morning. Get a 10-cent box. Are you keeping your bowels, liver, and stomach clean, pure and fresh with Cascarets, or merely forcing a passageway every few days with Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or Purgative Waters? Stop having a bowel wash-day, Let Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg­ ulate the stomach, remove the sour and fermenting food and foul gases, take the excess bile from the liver and carry out of the system all the constipated waste matter and poisons In the bowels. A Cascaret to-night will make you feel great by morning. They work while you sleep—never gripe, sicken or cause any inconvenience, and cost only 10 cents a box from your store. Millions of men and women take a Cascaret now and then and never have Headache, Biliousness, Coated Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomacb or Constipation. Adv. An Essential Step. Tlie republic of Panama has had its first bank failure, and feels that It Is cutting its teeth as an infant In the family of nations. The process is never wholly pleasurable, but It has to come.—Brooklyn Eagle. S CLEAR YOUR COMPLEXION While You Sleep With CutIcura Soap jyid Ointment—Trial Free. On retiring, gently smear the face with Cuticura Ointment, 1 wash off in five minutes with Cutlcura Soap and hot water, and-continue bathing a. few minutes with the Soap. The influence of this treatment on the pores extends through the night. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Lt Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. Hardly Possible. The following resolution was passed by an Irish corporation: “That a new jail should be built; that this be done out of the materials of the old one, and that the old jail be used until the new one is completed.” FRECKLES Now Is th e Tim e to G et B id o f These Vgir Spota. T here's no longer the slightest need of feeling asham ed of your freckles, as the prescription othine — double strength — Is guaranteed to rem ove these hom ely spots.Sim ply get an ounce of othine—-double strength— from your druggist, and apply a little of It n ight and m orning an d you should soon see th a t even the w orst, freckles have begun to disappear, w hile th e lighter ones have vanished entirely. I t is seldom th a t m ore than one ounce Js needed to coin* pletely clear the skin atid gain a beautiful d e a r complexion.B e sure to ask fo r th e double strength othine, as this is sold under guarantee of money back if it falls to rem ove freckles.— Adv. Floating Concrete Buoys. Floating buoys made of concrete for mooring vessels have been invented by an Englishman. . 1077 I t r :) (I " 15 I S i 111: !I I P I § I THE DAVIE RECORD, MOCKSVILLE, N. C.. F Q R JIC K c h il d “California Syrup of Figs” can’t harm tender stom ach, liver and bowels. Every mother realizes, after giving her children "California Syrup of Figs" that this is their ideal laxative, becanse they love its pleasant taste and it thoroughly cleanses, the tender little stomach, liver and bowels with­ out griping. When cross, irritable, feverish, or breath is bad, stoma.ch sour, look at the tongue, mother! If coated,-give a teaspoonful of this harmless “fruit laxative,” and in a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, sour bile and undigested food passes out of the bow­ els, and you have a well, playful child again. When its little system is full of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache, diarrhoea, indigestion; colic—remem­ ber, a good “inside cleaning” should always be the first treatment given. Millions of mothers keep “California Syrup of Figs” handy; they know a teaspoonful today saves a sick child tomorrow. . Ask at the store for a 50- cent bottle of “California Syrup of Figs,” which has directions for babies, children of all ages and grown-ups printed on the bottle. Adv. SPECIAL SESSION 0 SENATE ADJOURNS MOST ALL OF THE 1,400 PRESI­ DENTIAL NOMINATIONS WERE , CONFIRMED. COLOMBIAN TREAn FIULED German Coal Supply Twice Britain's. Professor Letiner. nn Austrian, esti­ mates tliat at the present rate of con­ sumption the coal mines of Great Brit­ ain will be exhausted in 720 years, whereas Germany has enough coal, in­ cluding the . invaded territory, for eighteen hundred years. I ANY CORN LIFTS OUT, DOESN’T HURT A BIT! n Ii IiI * I --------- ft No foolishness! Lift your corns j i and calluses off with fingers— f ? It’s like magic! i I f Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or any kind of a corn, can harmlessly be lifted right out with the fingers if yon apply upon the corn a few drops of freezone, says a Cincinnati authority. For little cost one can 'get a small bottle of freezone at any drug store, which will positively rid one’s feet of every corn or callus without pain. This simple drug dries the moment It is applied and does not even irri­ tate the surrounding skin while ap­ plying it or afterwards. This. announcement will interest many of our readers. If your druggist hasn’t any freezone tell him to surely get a small bottle for you from his wholesale drug house.—adv. Auto Lifts Itself. By using a new jack with a rocker- like base an automobile can be made to literally lift itself. The O uinlne T h e t D oes N o t A ffect T h e Held Became o f Ite tonic and IaxatlTe eOecCliaxatlTe B tono QnlBlne can he taken by anyone without causing neiTonsnees or ringing In the head. There to only one uBromo Quinine.” B- W . QjBOVB1S Slgnatnre Is on each box. Be. Loop the Loop With a Load. Lieutenant Nagorski of the Bussian army aviation corps lias looped the loop with a passenger and 1,100 pounds of extra weight. “Pape’s Diapepsin” cures sick, sour stom achs in five minutes — Time It! “Really does” put bad stomachs In order—“really does” overcome indiges­ tion, dyspepsia, gas, heartburn and sourness in five minutes—that—just that—makes Pape’s Diapepsin the lar­ gest selling stomach regulator in the world. If what you eat ferments into stubborn lumps, you belch gas and eructate sour, undigested food and acid;- head is dizzy and aches; breath foul; tongue coated; your insides filled with bile and indigestible waste, re­ member the moment “Pape's Diapep­ sin" comes in contact with the stomach all such distress vanishes. It's truly astonishing—almost marvelous, and the joy is its harmlessness. A large fifty-cent case of Pape’s Dla- pepsui will give you a hundred dollars’ worth of satisfaction. It’s worth its weight in gold to men and women who can't get their stom­ achs regulated. It belongs in your home—should always be kept handy in case of sick, sour, upset stomach during the day or at night. It’s the quickest, surest and most harmless stomach doctor in the world.—Adv. ^ ■ ■ I Friendship.. Mabel—Do you know anything about Tom Brown? • Arthur—Why Tom is my best friend. Mabel—I know that, but is he all right otherwise? To Dnve Out Malaria And Build Up The SystonTake the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know what you are taking, as the formula is printed on every label, showing it is Quinine and Iron ill a tasteless form. The Quinine drives out malaria, the Iroa builds up the system, jo cents. The United States yearly spends $100,000,000 in buiftliiig public schools. Treaty Was Unexpectedly Withdrawn on Motion of Chairman Stone-Sub- stiute Pact Will Be Submitted at .Extra Session. Washington.—The special Senate session which began March 5 adjourn­ ed sine die after Democratic leaders had secured confirmation of most of the 1,400 nominations which failed at the last session, and had despaired of attaining ratification of the $25,000,000 Colombian treaty. The treaty was unexpectedly with­ drawn on motion of Chairman Stone of the Foreign Relations Committee. Its. provisions for payment of indem­ nity to Colombia for the partition of P-anama and its expression of regret for the ill-feeling arising out of that incident had encountered stubborn Republican opposition which convinc­ ed the Democrats there was no chance of ratification. It is expected a sub­ stitute pact will be submitted during the extra sesion of Congress beginning April 16. The session just closed was the first of its kind in many years which was not called upon to confirm a cabinet nomination. President Wilson decided that all of the members of his official' family could be retained with­ out the formality OfA renomination. Among the hundreds of nomina­ tions confirmed, only one met with pronounced opposition. It was that of Dr. .Cary T. Grayson, the president’s naval aide and physician, to be a rear admiral. No action was fallen on the nominations for the tariff commission made -this week. The outstanding achievement of the session .was the senate’s quick re­ sponse to President Wilson’s plea for a change in rule to limit debate and prevent in the future, such filibusters as that which killed the armed neu­ trality bill. SIJATE D E P A R H N T EVERY EVIDENCE THAT GER­ MANY FULLY INTENEDED TO CARRY OUT CAMPAIGN. PEACE M IS ABANDONED PRESIDENT WILS MAKES APPEAL TO PREVENT STRIKE. "Country’s Safety Makes Settlement Ifperatlve.”—President’s Appeal to Prevent Railroad Strike. Washington.—President Wilson late Friday sent a personal appeal to the ’representatives of the two sides in the railroad controversy urging that they do everything posible to co-oper­ ate with the mediation committee. The President’s appeal follows: “I deem it my duty and right to ap­ peal to you in this time of national peril to open again the , questions at issue between the railroads and theii operatives with a view to accommo­ dation or settlement. “With my approval, a committee of the Council of National ‘Defense is about to seek a conference with you with that end 1In view. “A general interruption of the rail­ way traffic of the country at this time would entail a danger to the nation against which I have the right to enter my most solemn and earnest protest. “It is now the duty of every patrio­ tic man to bring matters of this s6rt to immediate accommodation. The safety of the country against manifest perils affecting its own peace and the peace of the whole world makes ac­ commodation absolutely Imperativej and seems to me to render any other choice or action inconceivable.” The President’s message was sent to Rlisha Lee, chairman of the confer­ ence commitee of railroad managers; L. E. Sheppard, acting head of the conductors;* W. G. Lee, head of the trainmen; W. S. Stone, grand chief of the engineers, and W. s! Carter, president of the firemen and engine- men. The President is confident .there will be no strike. However, ■ he al­ ready is considering what ‘ may be done if his appeal jo the patriotism of the men involved is futile. NEW ALIGNMENT RUMORS AFLOAT IN MEXICO • El. Paso, Tex.—Reports of a new political alignment in Mexico',' with General Obregon leading the opposi­ tion to First Chief Carranza which were brought to Juarez by Mexican and foreign refugees from the inte­ rior, ’ were defined by Carranza offi­ cials. They said General Obregon was loyal to the first chief and that his retirement from the. cabinet several days ago was due to ill health and not because of. any political differences. FORMAL NOTIFICATION SENT TO CARRANZA Washington. — The United States sent to General Carranzaa formal no­ tification that it cannot participate in his proposed pan-American concert to cut off munition and fo6d shipments to the European belligerents with a v4ew to forcing peace. The reply is under­ stood to point out that such a move would have no justification in interna­ tional law. It is going forward through Ambassador Fletcher, at Mex­ ico City. m s m m m Germany Considered Consequences Before Proclaming Campaign.— Food Situation In Germany Serious ' But Not Necessarily Critical. Washington.—Former Ambassador Gerard, fresh from Berlin, reported to the State Department Uiat when he left there was every evidence that Ger­ many fully intended carrying out her ruthless submarine' campaign, regard­ less pf the prospect of war with the United States, and that talk of peace had been abandoned. The former Ambassador did not see President Wilson because the Presi­ dent stiil is confined to his room, but he conferred at length with both Sec­ retary - Lansing and Counselor Polk, and went over with them in detail events leading Co the break in diplo­ matic relations between Germany and the United States. Mr. Gerard reported that German officials apparently considered the ef­ fects and consequences of submarine ruthlessness before proclaiming it, and so far as he could learn, were confident of its success. When he left Berlin, however, the campaign' was only in its second week, and the Ger­ mans were still predicting the destruc­ tion of a million tons of shipping a month, the amount admitted by Teu­ tonic experts to be essential for an effective starvation blockade of Eng­ land. Since then, however, the aver­ age destruction has been below half that. Food conditions in Germany when Mr. Gerrard’s party left were reported as serious, but not necessarily critical. This question is looked upon by the American Government as very import­ ant because of its’ bearing upon - the possibility of further peace moves by Germany in the near future. The former Ambassador... arrived, here from Key West shortly after noon and was met at the station by a group of ’ officials, including Counselor Polk and Assistant Secretary philips, of the State Department, Secretary McAdoo, Secretary Tumulty and Senator Hughes, of New Jersey. A formal statement. was given out by Mr. Ge­ rard saying he would make his report to the Government and would not talk for publication. During the re­ mainder of the day and night, he held to this determination He remained over here night and went to New York in time for a formal reception tendered hi mthere Friday. . The report made by the former Am­ bassador to the State Department was understood - todeal-: particularly • with the treatment accorded -himself and other Americans following the bTeak in diplomatic relations, the efforts of the German Government to get him to reaffirm the old treaty of 1828, with extensive changes, the genersi atti- tvde of the German Governmenf and public towards submarine warfare, peace, and relations with the United States, and conditions in Germany. Unusual Activity. The Department presented a scene of unusual activity with the many r< turning diplomats who accompanied Mr. 6 erard reporting to their super­ iors. Some of them will be kept at the Department and others will be given new posts. While officials are extremely anx­ ious to learn the personal opinions of men fresh from Germany, there is not i the slightest disposition to feel that the international situation can be affected in any way at this time. Germany is believed to have shown herself in the series of sinklings, such as the Laconia, the California and many others, including the American steamship Algonquin, reported sunk without warning, to be utterly unmind­ ful of the country’s rights or its pos­ sible participation In the war. . Regarding food conditions, one of the best observers who has reported to the State Departments In months, said that 20,000,000 people dlrectljf connected with the Army or Govern­ ment, another 20,000.000 people in the rural population, and about 8,000,000 wealthy people, are well fed, but that the balance, about 20,000,000, are In a serious plight. The arrival of Mr. Garard revived reports that he would be a candidate for mayor of New York next fall or that he would be sent to Tokio to succeed the late Ambassador Guthrie. He would discuss none of these reports further than to say that he was pay­ ing no attention to politics at this time. Regardless of whether .he remains In the service of the Government, he undoubtedly will come back here within a few days to amplify his re­ ports. He may see the President, but more likely will wait until an­ other trip here because it probably wUl be several' days before the Presi­ dent’s physician will consent to his receiving callers., Brief' Notes Covering Happenings In •This State That Are of Interest to AU the People. Charlotte is making an effort to se­ cure the 1918 annual convention of the Tri-State Water and Light Associa­ tion. A branch society of the American Red Cross has been organized at Hickory. - Twenty-Six In Crew. Pensance, Eng.—-A member of the crew of the Algonquin said that the (hip’s company aggregated 26. of whom 11 were Americans. D. M. Hedgepeth, of Proctorville, accidentally shot and killed himself while hunting in the woods near his home. The entire load- of shot enter­ ed- his left hip and death was instan­ taneous.. Ex-Sheriff F. G. Berry, of Burke county, was severely injured by be- thrown—from his buggy, when, owing to some part of the harness breaking, his spirited horse, “Black Beauty,” became uncontrollable. Plans have been perfected by the Durham County Dental' Society for entertaining 300 delegates expected for the 1917 convention of the North Carolina- Dental-Society scheduled to meet in Durham June 27, 28 and 29. Twenty elk the forerunners of tlig immense heards that are to grazfi in the Pisgah. National Forest in the natural course of events, arrived in Asheville and were unloaded and. transferred to their new home in the Pisgah Forest. The hardware men of the Carolinas will be in session at Wrightsville Beach June 19-21 inclusive, it was an­ nounced at a luncheon of the Wilming­ ton Rotary Club, this making no less than 10 conventions that are already booked for the beach this summer. “If the alarm of war will take us away from our great love of money and will bring us a little nearer to the God of our fathers, it will be worth all that it costs the American people,” declared Yice President Thomas R. Marshall in an address at Washing­ ton, N. C. Editor in Chief James Ralph Patton sent to press the seventeenth volume of the “Yackety Yack,” the University of North Carolina annual. The book this year is the most unique that has ever represented the institution. The binding is to be of. flexible Roycroft with the historic old well embossed op it- The total leaf tobacco sales ,by the Warehouses of the various leaf mar­ kets in this state during February ag­ gregated 3,093,448 pounds, of which 2,606,327 was first-hand for the-grow- ers. This represents a tremendous falling off as 'compared with the sales for February, 1916, whe nthe total sales amounted to 10,444,700 pounds. When a farmer has staked his hopes on one crop for producing the money necessary for him to live and keep his family in comfort,' he is taking a gambler’s chance, according'to Mr; C., R. Hudson, -who through' the medium of the County Agricultural Agents, is waging a "Safe Farming” program. It is not safe to play one crop any one year. The large house at the old B. B. Carr homestead, abont five miles from Warsaw, in Duplin county, was destroy­ ed by fire last week, entailing a loss upon the heirs, who still live there, of some $3,000 or $4,000, which is said to be partially covered by insur­ ance. The house was- built about 75 years ago, out of such a class of ma­ terial as could not be had today, and was considered one of the old Duplin landmarks. North Carolina’s population was 2,- 339,000, and the value'of products of her industries $289,411,987 in 1914, according to the census of manufac­ tures made in that year by the United States Bureau of Census and just, made public here in pamphlet form. The value of her products increased 33.6 per cent in the five-year period. Persons engaged in industry in the state, numbered 151,335, an increase of -13.4 per-cent, and wages, and salaries amounted to $56,282,679,' an increase of 36.4-per cent. Capital invested was $253,841,808 in 5,507 establishments Cf all kinds. , Three .cars of sweet potatoes were shipped from Hickory to Cincinnati and one car to Chattanooga. The tubers will bring from $3 to $3.75 a crate of three bushels. The citizens of Rocky Mount are going to do their duty in regard to re­ ducing the present high cost of living, and the idle lots around the town are being prepared for the early sowing of seeds. In all parts, of town the peo­ ple are determined to help in the campaign along this line. Aldermen of Gastonia voted an ap­ propriation of $600 for up-keep of the library. September 25, 26, 27, and 28 have been chosen as the days on which the Catawba Fair will be held at Hickory this year. County Agent Mask of Hickory, is going to' organize a num­ ber of community fairs in different sections of Catawba county to be held just prior to the fair at Hickory ana these are calculated to arouse more than ordinary interest in- the big •vent. YELLOW PERIL IS REAl AMERICA MUST MEET JAPANESE COMPETITION SOON. Facts and Figures That--. Show Our Manufacturers Will Need a Stiff Protective Tariff. . A representative of the National. As­ sociation of Manufacturers In the'fur East has undertaken to reassure Amer­ icans -about-Asiatic competition. - An article he publishes fairly reeks with optimism. The alleged cheap labor of the Orient he finds to be much different from the frightful bugbear which has caused palpitations of fear in fills country, says the Detroit Free Press. This comforting opinion reads well, but analysis of the argument by which it is reached tends to diminish the feel­ ing of security it inspires. Most of the article is seen on examination to deal Avitli Hindoo labor conditions, about whifh little has been said in dis­ cussing the Asiatic menace. The Hin­ doo may be all he is described, inef­ ficient, lazy and dishonest; but what about the Japanese? That industrious little yellow chap is the danger about which Americans have been thinking. Not much space is devoted to Japan in the article; but it too has comfort­ ing talk. The enormous growth of Japanese foreign trade is admitted—as could not well be avoided, seeing that it has jumped In value from about six­ ty million yen of imports and exports in 1880 to .some six hundred and sev­ enty million yen in 1915. But. says the comforter, Japan’s imports have been increasing together with .the ex­ ports; her imports from the* United States have roughly kept pace with the total amount of the trade. The inti­ mation seems $b be that as long as we keep swapping things with Japan so that we give her as much as she gives us both parties will be as well off in­ dustrially whether the bulk of trading is one million or a hundred million a year. Japan’s official statistics put a dif-' ferent appearance on the matter. There' is evidence in them that the increase In her imports consists largely of raw materials and the increase in her exports consists largely of finished products; which, if true, would mean that the fear of Japanese competition to American manufacturers is founded on a very substantial basis of fact. Take one or two Items for illustra­ tion, Japan’s imports of raw cotton, were valued at 78,779,858 yen in' a year as recent at 1902; in-1915 they were up to 216,471,732 yen. Imports of wool rose from 8,397,564 yen to 30,584,249 j yen in the same time. Exports of prod- l-iicts from these goods were advancing j by rapid leaps meanwhile; the one i .classification of twilled tissues. alone j shows nn increase from 48,404 yen to i 10,645,263 yen. I How the industrial system Of Japan I is changing can perhaps best be shown by taking one specific case. Let us se- I Iect “gray shirtings and sheetings,” a manufactured article. Imports in this class dropped from 5,094,237 yen in 1902 to 143,421 yen in 1915, and exports in the class rose from 2,013,041 yen in 1902 to 13,545,116 yen in 1915. The process is one which will bring into Japan the entire profit both for labor and capital that is intermediate between the raw. material and the fin­ ished manufactures. Tlie United States might continue to'sell to-Japan raw cotton and minerals, but the trans­ formation of natural products into goods for use by the ultimate consum­ er would take place in Japan. It would be cheaper for^the white race to let the low-paid Asiatic make up the goods than to employ its own people for the purpose—and America, would revert from a manufacturing to an agricul­ tural-country, with all ot a great part of its employed class driven out of work by undercutting of wages in the Orient. The yellow peril looks more and more like a real peril.-every time some­ one tries to explain It away. Nothing but a stiff protective tariff appears to be a practical defense against it. The war will act In lieu of such a tariff while, it lasts, for Japan is too busy making munitions and money to bother with our markets just now. But what after the war? N e e d a T o n ic T h i s S p r in g ? A r e Y o u W e a k an d R u n - d o w n ? I s t h e A p p e t i t e P o o r, t h e L iv e r L a z y o r th e B o w e l s C o n s t ip a te d ? T R Y H O ST E T T E R ’S Stomach Bittirs . *h a ir rbalsam A toilet preparation ot merit •: Heipa to eradicate dandruff. ForReatorinsCoIorandBeantrtoGrayorFadedHair.Drnggtata. GENTLEMEN S f fE ^ S S ig Z t!* Proflia«2 each. W rite Pnm p F M torffjgS itown,^; Seeds and Plants C A N E S E E D .S S W E E T P O T A T O P L A N T S, Grown from eenn. Ine woe to nam e seed stock. Read; for Anril 1?« and Jane shipments. Varieties: NancrHall- PnnJ BIco T am -Patteaaw Tam and Trinmph. Iim 20,000at$1.60pertbousand; 20,00(1 to HMioOat OMOmS thousand; KfOOO and above a t SI Sb per thotSS? Book ro a r order early and be assured of gettinii prompt d eliv er;. and good plants. Kememberie guarantee count and safe delivers to roer eiores: Office. Brooks Coast; Ftsst sad Trsek Fans. Brr-lrV, Croat, AMERICAN SHOES IN MOSCOW Even With Freight and Import Charges Added Prices Lower t Than Russian Footwear. American shoes wjiich were put mi sale in Moscow, late in the autumn, seem to have made a good impression, remarks Russia', a journal of Russimt- Americau trade. The Journal of tlir All-Russian Company of Tanneries says of them: “Shoes imported from America have appeared on the markoi in Moscow. Some firms have already put them on sale, and speak very high­ ly of them. The workmanship of the shoes seems on first impression to lie rough, but the prices (in spite of Ilir fact that; the. price bf footu'ear has risen by 25. per-cent in America), plus the import duty and cost of transpor­ tation, are lower by two or three rubles a pair ($1 to $1.50) than cur­ rent Russian prices. One is forced to believe that the import of these shoes must increase in the near future, although, on the other hand, it must be regarded as’ a handicap that I hr American supplier makes it a condi­ tion that a third of the cost must he paid in cash at the time the order is taken, and the balance of the money on the • arrival of the goods at Vladivostok.” Holds Broomcorn Championship. Oklahoma raises more broomconi than all of tlie rest of the United States combined. . A shortage of the crop last year in other parts of the nation stimulated the farmers of Ok­ lahoma to add a few acres to the area of 1916; The Lindsay district, in Gar­ vin county, is the favored spot of the state. From that section enough “brush” was shipped last year I" make 10,000,000 brooms.—Daily Okla­ homan. Use. Sewer .Gas. An' engine run by sewer gas is I Io1 invention of an Australian engineer. Real; Democratic--Theory. When Grover Cleveland had to warn his party in congress that a. treasury deficit existed, and that brakes must be put on. extravagance,, he told them that a condition, not a theory; con­ fronted them. Despite his warning the condition continued—grew - much worse, in fact—while a Democratic congress kept up its extravagance based on the theory that no one had to worry over bills so long as the gov­ ernment could sell bonds. -Until After Election Eh? No matter what the future may de­ velop,- we can always say of Mr. WU- son that he kept ns out of war—as long as he could.—Memphis Commercial Ap­ peal. ’Nuff Sedl The administration has decided not to make any use whatever of the in­ terned German ships, which will go down in history as the moblest act of abnegation since the fox decided not to eat the grapes.—Boston Transcript. Another Bad Leak. Having closed investigation of tb» peace note “leak,” the administration might now set Its experts to hunting for ways, of stopping the alarming ooz­ ing of funds from the national treas­ ury; •' ■ Have You Ever Suspected that the cause of various annoying ills might lie in the daily cup of teaorcoffee? A sure and easy way out of coffee and tea troubles is to shift to Instant P o s t u m There’s no caffeine nor anything harmful in this delightful, pure food-drink —just the nourishing good­ ness of wheat. ' Postum has put thou­ sands of former tea and coffee drinkers on the Road to wellville. “There’s a Reason” m i I H NEWS F What The Pej LoreJ TheZetesiau Friday afterncj ing program. Resolved, “Tb was a greater i inpton.” Missj and Brantley | affirmative, w and John Pope The judges de affirmative. Mrs. John ry to note. V.-L. Boger l to Winston Frf Mr. and Mr^ Winston-Salerr J. B. Cain Sun The Womanl met with M rsi afternoon. T M. J. Hendij made a busine Jem Friday. Mrs. Geo. _ sick list, sorry I The health very good at having plenty j bad roads; Miss M attie| guest of Mrs. j Mrs. Eliza T with her son, | Point. Miss Kate school at Poinl with an entertj band will fui is invited to c| Miss Mary school at Salid end with homj Mrs. S. B. Salisbury, are Miss Annie spent Friday i| Sam Broadv moved from Swicegood faij Henry Aarc Salisbury. M rI Hfl Mrs. Harryfl Grove, died SI o’clock, at thq years, death The funeral al conducted at morning at Ilj Ballard, of and two daug Sunday Sc A Sunday I held in the Mocksville, The first sessil afternoon bej the evening si There will als Saturday, in o’clock to I li noon from 2 W. R. Sheltoj be on hand tq and will take subjects. Mi pected to be [ session. Mis of the Gener of the Methc South, and isJ S3 an anthorj department. | to come and and discussic terest of eacl and fathers i attend this iJ I H T U l \ ....H I! T a T o n j c S p r i n g y f u W e a k a n(l jn-down? A p p etite P 00p M -L a z y 0 r ^ ' j Con8tlpat9(|| TRY m m (e h B itie r $ I HaIS rS S I i1,I A toilet preparation n^Ji” — E„ G arrett sold 29 Sprarpn . ana Aoto W ashereln aS®P’ Pomp tactQry1 Jobnlyf e a n d P lan ts^ seed Peanuts, CloversH;,1le;i oiatoes. Seea te rn , SudiS o ss«.ist. KlrbjBKdOoinpajj1 "> P L A N T S . Grown ed stock- Keadx for ImRP11 . Varieties: Kancr Hall i. *f " Tam and Triumph 1&“> asand: 20,000 to HMiofi; B1SPj* » SS IaM and Tnitk F«m. BarwHfct^ g SHOES IN MOSCOW J Freight and Import Jdded Prices Lowert jssian Footwear. y i>es xviiicli were put on in the autumn, infle :i irood Impression, it journal of Russian’ The Journal ot tlie Iimpnny of Tanneries J "Shoes imported from appeared 011 the markw l>me firms have already le, tiiid speak very hisli- jie workmanship of the Ilrst impression to lie Ilirices (in spite of the [price iif footw'enr has <;enr in America), plas I" and oost of transpor- ver Iiy two or tlira* |-ct to .$1.50) than our- piii.-es. Oue is foro’<l tlie import of these in the near future, other hand, it must a handicap that the Iier makes it a ccmdi- (1 of Uie cost must be the time the order is Ibii lance of the money I of the goods itt ■corn Championship. Iises more broomuoni rest of the United II. A shortage of the Iin other parts of Un­ til the farmers of Ok- few acres to (he area Indsay district, in Gar­ lic favored spot of the Jtliiit section enough fhipped last year 1« brooms.—Daily OUItf- Sewer Gas. Ii by sewer gas is tl"1 [AtLStniIIan engineer. Ever Suspected jiuse of various pis might lie in >ofteaorcoffee? [id easy way out id tea troubles l i t o s t u m Lc caffeine nor larmful in this pure food-drink ourishinggood- at. iiias put thou- prmer tea and lkers on t»e DiviUe. a R e a so u w UEWS F R O M A L t O V E R D A V IE C O U N T Y . What The People Are ^yingendD oingin The County That We AM Love, Cherish And Aire WiUing And Ready to Protect. Greenwood Items. It has rained so much that farm- era are getting far behind with their work. We are mud-bound and have been all winter. School is progressing nicely and weare looking forward for a tllH6 ji Coiiiily Commencement. W W, F, Merrell spent the week-end with home folks at States- ville. TSE CAVIfi MCOftB1 MOCKSVILLE, N. C. i4 m Cana News. The Zetesian Literary Society met pridayafternoonwith an interest­ ing program. A debate was given. Resolved, “That Abraham Ldncoln 0 a greater man than Geo. Wash* ijpton.Misses Leagtns and White ICO Cl aj rmative, while Sarah Hendricks and Jolm Pope upheld the negative. The judges decided in favor ol the affirmative. Mrs. John Boger is right sick, sor­ ry to note. ... •• V. L. Boger made a businers trip to Winston Friday. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Naylor, of Winston-Salem, visited Ur. and U rf. J. B. Cain Sunday. The Woman’s Missionary Sodety met with Mrs. Sarah Green Sunday afternoon. M. J. Hendricks and son Phillip, made a business trip to Winstoa-Sa Iem Friday. Mrs. Geo. Woodward is on the sick list, sorry to note. - ________________DAISY. Sonth River News. The health of the community is very good at this writing. We are having plenty of raia and plenty cf bad roads. Miss Mattie Young has been the guest of Mrs. Mary Pickier. Mrs. Eliza Pickier spent last week with her son, Levi Pickier, - in the Point. Miss Eate Owens will close her school at Point school next Friday with an entertainment. Cherry Hill band will furnish music. Everybody is invited to come. Miss Mary Miller, who is going to school at Salisbury, spent the week­ end with home folks. • Mrs. S. 5. Crump and children, of Salisbury, are visiting home folks. MissAnnie Stewart and mother spent Friday in Salisbury shopping. Sam Broadway and famOy have moved from Cooleemee to the H. H. Swicegood farm. Henry Aaron has been visiting in Salisbury. BROWN EYES. Mrs. Harry Sain Dead. Mrs. Harry Sain, of sear Smith Grove, died Sunday morning at six o’clock, at the advanced age of 70 years, death resulting from cancer. The funeral and burial services were conducted at Smith Groveyesterday morning at 11 o’clock by Rev. D. C. Ballard, of Farmington. Ooe son and two daughters survive. Sunday School lnstitnte Here. A Sunday School Institute will te held in the Methodist church in Mocksvilie. March 23rd and 24th. The first session will be held Friday afternocn beginning at 2^50 o’clock, the evening session will begin at 7:20. There will also be two meetings on Saturday, in the morning from ten o’clock to 11:30, and in the after­ noon from 2 to 3:30 o’clock. Eev. W. R. Shelton, Field Secretary, will be on hand throughout the sessions and will take active part on Tarious subjects. Miss Kennedy is also ex pected to be present for at least one session. Miss Kennedy is a member of the General Sunday Sciooi Board of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and is everywhere recognized as an authority and expert in her department. Everybody 33 invited to come and take part. Sberrt talks and discussions will add to the ia - terest of each session. All mother# and fathers are specially urged to attend this institute. Miss Alma Brenegar, of Clemmons School, spent the week end with home folks. Mrs. W. A. Sain is visiting friends and relatives in Winston. Mrs. J. N Wyatt has been on the sick list, but is improving now. J. F. Grubb had a wood sawing Thursday and G. F. VanEaton had a sawing Friday. The boys of Greenwood are going to organize a baseball team. On Friday, March 23rd, if weath­ er is favorable, there will be a pie and box supper at Greenwood school house. The public is cordially in­ vited. MAMA’S PET. Teacher’s Association Meeting. The Oavie County Teachers’ Asso­ ciation held its regular meeting in MocksViile March 10th. The program for the occasion con­ sisted of the teaching of history, geography, language and commun ity civics. Those present received many helpful devices for teaching these fundamental subjects. The Exhibition Committee made the following report: That all work put on exhibit must be done by pupils only. That ail schools specify their ex­ hibits by placing posters above them. That all individual contests in drawing of maps, drawings with pencil, with crayon, with water col­ ors, and drawings of school houses, be placed in the special places desig­ nated by posters in the Mocksvilie graded school. All exhibits must be on exhibition by 10 o’clock April 7th. Teacheis must either go to post their exhib­ its or send some one. The marshals for Connty Com­ mencement are as follows: Prof. J. W. Carr, Jr., Chief; Profs. F. T. Johnson, A. H. Flowers, H. D. Pegg, A. A. Long, H; H. McKeown and Mr. J. W. Woodward. Honor Roll of Advance SchooL FIRST HONOR—Clarence Jarvis, Bost- A FEW RANDOM THOUGHTS. W h a t T h e - E d i t o r T h i n k s A b o a t T h in g 's T h a t S o m e t im e s H a p p e n s . No, we’re not howling for war and we’re not bellowing against it, for we don’t want to be a darned fool either, way. But if it comes there is only one flag for us. O O O Many things coaid be written con- cwtiinff the streets of our fair town, the SM U i the Square to the Southern depot, but to escap a jail sentence we re- frain from printing what we would like to say about this street. O O o Last week, we were forced to take about 200 .-names off our subscrip­ tion books because the boys got over a year behind and wouldn’t pay any attention to bills sent them. It is now up to the boys to cuss us out, swear The Record never was worth a hoop, and subscribe for some oth­ er paper on a credit. Such is life. O O O In another column of our paper appears an article setting forth some reasons why our people don’t go to church. Read and consider it very prayerfully. If your right hand of­ fend, chop it off. If the coming generation have no faith in the old church pillows, remove said pillows and replace_them with new ones. In the meantime let the argument be postponed while we all go to prayer meeting tonight and tomorrow night. O O O DAVIE community BuiiDiNG. OUR HUSTLING, PROGRESSIVE MERCHANTS. W m M Mocksvilie was the third town Sn the United States to establish a Com­ munity Building. About three years ago. the good ladies of the town, (Godblessthem ) 1 got behind this movement, and raised the necessary funds to remodel the old court house and turn it into a rest room, library, and auditorium. The rest room is neat and attractive, and is furnished thronghout with the latest and most attractive furniture, and is an ideal place for the tired mother and child­ ren to rest when they come to town The free library is something that we are all proud of. Sorry we can­ not print the names of all the ladies who helped in this great work The people of the county will not forget the noble deed. The Merchants Who Are Making A Success in Life, And Who Believe in Using Printer’s Ink. M o c k i v i l l e H a r d w a r e C o m p a n y . Benjamin F- Hooper came to this city from Greensboro, about 6 years ago, and established the Mocksvilie Hardware Co. “Ben,” as be is fa- miliarlv known by his friends Crawford’s Drug Store. Dr. E. P. Crawford came to this city nearly four years ago from Bur­ lington, and purchased Griffin’s Drugstore. Itis needless to say that Dr. Grawford has made good, ’a Iiiifi the day of hi« arrival, The Record hasn’t mailed out a paper in which Crawford's Drug Store hasn’t had an advertisement. Dr. Crawfordis a citizen that we are all proud of. Politics is all right in its place, as SamJonessaid about liquor. But there are times and places wheire it should never be allowed to enter. When politics goes into the church through one door, religion goes out the other door. You cannot serve God and mammon. Politics has no j. place in a lodge room or the home. Its place is on the streets, in the alleys and hog lots Politics has- ruined many a good man, and hell j is full of politicians. No man should I mix business and politics. It hasj been tried and wouldn’t work. A f merchant shouldn’t talk politics toj should taik Miss Miller Hostess. ; On Friday afternoon Miss Willie Miller entertained the Delta Sigma G lubinhonorof her sister, Mrs. Price Sherrill, of Mt. Ulla. As the guests arrived they were j invited into the living room where j they enjoyed sewing and chatting. Then thev were invited into the par­ lor, where tables were arranged for games. The tables were marked; with Shamrocks as the party was i carried out in St. Patrich style. The fscore cards were hand-painted and ... , t j were very appropriate. MissAgnes hu customers, but should talk up j m]sQn ^ !ucky contestant, his goods. Good advice—alffree. wfl3 presejIted w=th a box of ^ O 0 0 ' Miss Ruth Miller assisted the hostess It is only about six weeks until “ serving a delightful solad course, the city election. W eare not run-I Those present were Misses Kopelia ning for any office, but hope that a Hunt, Mary utocfcton, Annie Bald- bunch of progressive feilows will be win. Eisie Horn, Bonnie Brown, Nel- nominatad who are in favor of do- l*e Shepherd, Lucile Pass, Agnes ing something for the town. We Wilson, Velma Martin, Rose O .wens, want better streets, sidewalks, wa- Ossie Allison, Mesdames Rob Ander ter works, sewerage and lights. AU 500• Jim Sheek, Price Sherrill, these tning3 can be had, provided O o O er Mock, Nanme Etchison, Maiy Lew*3 the right m enare selected for may- M. w . x , »Kimbroagh, Soedena Foster, LooIse K im -_____j _u „ n.,_ „:n Misses Wll JOB and rass entertain. hmngh, Frank Talbert, Jack Etchison, Annie Orreli, Amy Talbert, Mary Myers. SECOND HONOR—Johnny Smithdeal, Thomas Markiand. Foss SmithdeaJ. Vogler or and aldermen. Our town will never grow until we' can get some j M fees Agnes Wilson and Lucile improvements. People are not com- Pass delightfully entertained Satur- ing to a dead town to invest tbeir: day afternoon in honor of their at- White, Jaiey Foster, ?3nnig Hendrix, money. Think over this proposition tractive house guest. Miss Boyd, of Maiy Ratledge1 Grace Smithdeai, Faliie [ ail ye boosters. Winston Salem. ProgressiveRook D pi j nrr-, ■ ■ was played. Miss Willie Miller hav-Baracas Elect Officers. ing tL highest score, was awarded The Baraca class of the Mocksvilie R boj£ of Shamrock mints. Af- C . C . S a n f o r d S o n - V C o . When Sanford doesn’t have an ad in The Record, it's because he ii too busy to write one. Established in 1867. they have given the people Vof Davie county 50 years of honest and' fair dealing. In addition to their mammoth stock of general merch­ andise, they have lately built a first- class garage, and are also agents for the Buick, Dodge and Ford cars Printer’s ink has done much toward building up their mammoth busi­ ness. They are knowir throughout this entire section. $ $ ■ $ W a l k e r ’s B a r g a in H o u s e . -About seven years ago Geo. Walk­ er moved his stock of goods to this city from Bixby. No need to men­ tion the fact that Walker’s Bargain House believes In printer’s ink. The said ink has made George famous from the Atlantic to the Pacific, as Record subscribers from Maine to California will testify. Mr. Walker has suffered twice from fire since coming here, but Phcenix like, he rose again and is doing the biggest business he has ever done. He has a big line of dry goods, notions and groceries, feeds, etc. ? % $ S . M . C a ll, J r . For about 15 months Mr. Call has been conducting a shoe store in our town. For fifteen months we have been helping him to sell shoes. He carries a nice line of shoes and gents furnishings, and is always glad to see you. % % % M is s A n n i e G r a n t . The ladies are always interested when you talk millinery. Mus An­ nie Grant, our popular miliiner. has just returned from the Northern markets, where she purchased a beautiful line of hat3. silk3,'notions, \ etc. She ha3 many pretty creations for. Spring. Belle Spry, Stella Foster, Frank Vogler, Patsy Davis, Hosea Cotnatze:, Tom Myers Inez Ward, Helen Myers, Pansy Fairclotb, Annie Ratledge, Alpha Shermer, Mgy White, Hobson Shermer, Mary Shott, Ma- bel Stnitbdeal, Eaxter Shutt, -Willie Tal­ bert. Ariene Hendrix, Lawrence Shermer, Weaver Myers, Etta Shermer, ZeIIa Snott, Sam Davis, Cartis Smitbdeal, Carrie Hartman. Baptist church, elected officers last tef game3 tjje guests enjoyed a Sunday for the ensuing six months, JecJtaJjon little Mi33 Elizabeth | as follows: ■ President—N. G. Byeriy. Vice-President—J. H. Sprinkle. Secretary—C. Frank Stroud. Treasurer—0 . G. Allen. Ass’t Secretary-Rufus Brown. Teacher—John Minor. Ass’t Teacher—Jacob Stewart. P res Reporter—Fred Crctts. All men in Mocksvilie who are not £t0n-Salem, attending Sunday school, are given " -its-.. Waters. Mrs. Grant Daniels assist-! ed the hostess in serving a most at j - tractive salad course. Those pres-i ent were Misses Kopelia Hunt, Ossie; Allison, Bonnie Brown, Elsie Horn.- i Annie Baldwin, Nellie Shepberdi, j Rose Owens, Willie Miller, Dorothy [ Gaither, Jane Haden Gaither, Eliza­ beth Waters and Mifs Boyd, of Win- Davie Man Bonnd Over To Coart After hearing the evidence in the case charging C, A. Lackey, of Davie county, wiih selling cigarettes with­ out the revenue stamps attached, United States Commissioner W. H. j a cordial invitation to visit the Ba- EedcerditeSatorday bound Lackey: raca cla s next Sunday morning at over to the next term of United 10 o’clock. You will receive a royal Gasey & Qod feiter. of North Coc- . States court in Greensboro ander an j welcome from the largest and most j lesmee, are offering -SI 50 cash to { appearance bond of $250. This wa3; enthusiastic class of Bible students j the student making best chan^al; To Gire Extra Prize. i n v i t e d a n d not filed Saturday. However, sea-Mn Mocksvilie. eral of the witnesses against thef young tnan told Cornrniarfoner Beck-j erdite that the bond couid be raised witheaae, a* Ladcey was thought well of ir. h h community, and that a camber o f dtlzens had signified tSeSr wilKngriesss to «gn the papers Lackey admitted selling the cigar- ettea, aa*ertmg that he did not know It w&f ae&h&t the law. He worked a few nighta In one of the Reynolds faetoriesf here and #»Sd 5^ ar' ettea allw ed him i/3 company, twelve for five ceflt*, It wa* said, general parties from Davle county vfere here a* witnesses They testi' fSed a* to hawr/g boo^ht loos® {rfrffi the young gtart Sentinel, Mar® J&tb, : drawing for Coanty Commencement. ; Attending Wiwien OnrU Captafri JWr I H o M o v m ', o i it<& m m w fee Y t m t ii 1 titJ tZHgfA ifi * &****' Received L a r g e s h i p m e n t o f D r y G o o d s a n d N o t i o n s o f t h e l a t e s t c o l ­ o r s a n d p a t t e r n s . B e s u r e t o c o m e a n d s e e t h e m . L o w c u t i o e s a t a t t r a c t i v e s o L a d i e s . M i s s e s A l- C h ild - r j e n s h a t s . 0 . G - A L L E R STAG PAINT FOR SALE HERE Spring is the time to freshen up. Everything in nature is bright and clean. You must brighten up your premises. Don't hesitate over high prices, it may be worse. It is only $1.85 per gallon here now. / I’m built up an extensive hadware lms> M k ru n d h a so n e o f the hist equipped stores in Iliisi entire « • tion, IIis business is ^rowini' rap­ idly. and is the best in (he history of the store. Ben believes in adver­ tising when the spirit mov«,s him. Everybndy knows Ben. and Ben knows more folks in Davie than any­ body except Jim Sheek and The Re­ cord man. $ § 1 % ■ B e n k o f D a v i e . This is the oldest as well as' the leading bank*in Davie county. Or­ ganized in 1901, with a capital stock of $10,000, iOhas grown until today its business amounts to almost a half million dollars. It3 officers and directors are among the leading bus­ iness men of the town. Not a penny has been lost by this bank since its establishment sixteen years ago. It is growing rapidly, and uses the col­ umns of The Record as one of its solicitors for new business. $ $ $ S w a im & D a v i s . This is a new firm, having been in business but a short time, but they are selling lots of freah meats and groceries as a result of legitimate advertising. They are clever fel­ lows, and will serve you at all times with a clean line of goods. A trial will convince you. % % % H o r o - J o h n t t o n e C o m p a n y . Horn Johnstone Co., make-'good flour, meal arid ship stuff. For a long time we have been telling our thousands of readers weekly about Mocksvilie Best, until it has become a household word throughout this section. There is none better. % % % R . A . B l a y lo c k . The last man in the worid that v e want to get mixed up ^ith is an un­ dertaker, but when the end comes it i3 nice to know that an efficient man, with a neat line of funeral goods i3 at your command. Mr. Blaylock has been in business here since 1915, and in a firm believer in printer’s ink. Ii-1I D o c t o r , L a w y e r , D e s t i s l s . Doctor W. C. Martin, Attorney • Jacob Stawart and 0 r3. Robt. An- O. G A l l e n . : ,Jir3On and A. Z. Taylor need no in- O G. Allen ha3 ju3t opened a nice J troduction to our people. They are line of new goods in the Bailey store fi Jjdiwera ia printer's ink. No building. He also believes m ad- 1 . . , . ___vertising. It will pay you to call j mistake will be made m consulting and see his line of Spring goods. * them in sickness and in health. 1 I •i-alI m 4 I -!!fi • H i ■ M L ■a r t -S !m M o c k s v i l i e H a r d w a r e C o . , "Hardware of QuaEfy.* B. F. Hooper Manager iK” pggSKgpg^ggi *' -.-.V>' THED A VIE REOOitD, MOCKSVIIDE, H. Cr j! II f M to I-'-1■r■ 'I* < [ EYESIGHT CONSERVATION P eopie Are Beginning To ReaU . ize The High Value Of Vision. Faculty of Eyesight Takes First Place Among the Many Things That Make • Life . Worth Living.—Optometrists • Working toConserve Eyesight of Citizens of This State. Among the many things that make life worth living, we must place the faculty of vision at the very top of the list; and because people have come to realize the value of vision '[there has come into existence a great 'many of professional men known as optometrists. Their exclusive, busi­ ness is the conservation of human vision, through the adjustment of proper glasses when needed. Their examinations are made without the .use of drugs, or drops.” I have said that optometrists are conservers of vision. This is a very important phase'of their work, be­ cause eyes that are properly cared , for in youth, the^defect, if any, being carefully corrected, will give good service in old age. Optometrists daily have calls <from those unfortu­ nates who have too long neglected their eyes, only to find that it is im­ possible to bring the vision back to normal, because' of such neglect,- Mf one would have good vision In old age, he must guard it well in youth. Optometrists not only con­ serve vision, but, they add immensely to' the sum total of human efficiency, and this is true not only during scbool life but also of tbe adults, since the function of vision enters so importantly into most of out social processes. The eyes use a great deal of nerve energy in their function of seeing, j even when the vision is normal, and when the eyes are. defective a great deal more nervous force is required, ’ because the eyes strive to see as well .asi possible. This often results In functional disturbances in other or­ gans of the body, because the eyes are robbing these various organs of their just share of nerve energy. Thus we often find persons who are suf-' fering from stomach, liver, kidney, bowel, or other troubles, who, when the eyes are put- in focus with prop­ erly made lenses, are entirely reliev- 1 ed.of these “reflected” or reflex nerve I troubles. It is no longer the “high cost of living.” Gosh Almighty only knows what it i s . _____________ It has been found that by chemical treatment a ton of sawdust will yield a quarter of a ton of sugar. Mhaf settles it—up goes sawdust. — — —— -— — A fellow who has become a multi­ millionaire from war profits has founded an institute for the study of the consequences of war. Prob­ ably expects to be the whole show himself. What is a price booster? God knows, but he is ashamed to tell Despondency Due to Constipation. Women often become nervous and de­ spondent. When this is due to constipa­ tion it is easily corrected by taking an occasional dose of Chamberlain's Tablets. These tablets are easy to take and pleas­ ant in effect. Do you take The Record? Only $1. Every American boy is a president I Who can blame the Germans for in the making, but darned few ever retaliating on the British ^ P la n t- . „„f - ing mines in the North Sea? We can all remember when “our crowd*’ thrashed.;the “Coon Hollow” gang for fiilling our swimming hole with snags. Nature is the same in all ages and in all lands. ■ An exchange wants to- know if there is a real demand for two-and- a-half-cent pieces. You bet! We want all we can get. R u b b m g E a s e s P a in Rubbing sends tbe liniment tingling through the Sesh and quickly dtops pain. Demand a liniment thatyoucan rub with. ' The-be$ rubbing liniment is Cood for the Ailments of Hones, Mules, Cattle, Etc. Qood for your own Aches, Pkins, Rheumatism, Sprains, Cuts, Burns, Etc. 25c. 50c. $1. At all Dealers. EYES BEAR LIFE’S BURDEN AU School Children W ith. Defective ■ Eyes Should Have Properly Fitted Glasses. 'rWbile it is granted that the pub­ lic, school should be conducted for the/greatest good to the greatest num­ ber, yet we should give some detail- ' ed attention to the needs of the ex­ ceptional child, In order , that he, too, - may realize something out of his investment of time and energy. Th,e strain of civilization rests most heav­ ily upon, the eyes, and we find that the percentage of children with subnor­ mal vision increases in the upper grades, proving that the close appli­ cation of the student tends to- in­ crease visual defects. - “If every child in'our public schools who has defective vision were prop­ erly cared for, it would mean . the elimination or an immense amount of waBte and an immense contribution to the total efficiency of man-kind, It has been estimated that if the child­ ren in the public schools of New Or­ leans, found to have defective vision, were suitably equipped with glasses, it would mean a saving to Oie school system of more than $50,000 annually, and this proportion holds in almost every other city under like conditions. - VThe .only sane, effective method to pursue is to arrange for the careful examination of the vision of the - school childien by men skilled in the practice of optometry—men who make these examinations without the usp of;;"drops” or drugs, and without Interruption to the school work, • “Teachers everywhere testify to the wonderful benefits which follow regu­ lar vision tests In the schools. These tests will benefit all concerned: the child by affording him a better chance In life, the teacher by making her •work more effective; the taxpayer, by lessening, the expense of education, and society as a whole, by adding to it an army of young graduates who are well equipped to battle with the prob­ lems of life. “The fine jpart of our constitution, the eye, seems as much the recepta­ cle and seat of our passions, appe­ tites-and inclinations as the mind it­ self; • and, at IeasL it is the outward portal, to introduce them to the house within, or rather, the common thor­ oughfare to let our affections pass In and out. Love, anger, pride and av­ arice,-all visibly move In these little orbs. A beautiful assent—an enraged - eye makes beauty deformed. This little member gives life to every part about ius; and I believe the stoiy of Argus implies no more than that the eye is In every part—that is to say, every part would be mutilated, ware not its force represented more by. the eye than even by IUelf.-Addison, Where Peselmlat Scores. [ One difference between ;aar optimist ■j;; a pessimist is that the pessimist I! can usually give you a number of tangible reasons for feeling,as hedfles, W H A T I S L A X - F O S LAX-FO S I S AN IMPROVED CASCARA ! A D i g e s t i v e L a x a t i v e CATHARTIC AND LIVER TONIC Las-Fos Is not a Secret or Patent Medi­ cine but is composed of the following old-fashioned roots and herbs: CASCARA BARK BLUE FLAG ROOT RHUBARB ROOT BLACK ROOT MAY APPLE ROOT SENNA LEAVES AND PEPSIN In Lax-Fos the Cascara is improved by the addition of these digestive ingredi­ ents making it better than ordinary Cas- CARA,and thus the combination acts not oidy as a stimulating laxative and cathar­ tic but also as a digestive and liver tonic. Syrup laxatives are weak, bnt Lax-Fos combines strength with- palatable, aro­ matic taste and does not gripe or disturb, the stomach. . One bottle will prove Lax-Fos is*invaluable for Constipation, Indigestion or Torpid Liver. Price 50c. I p m s i T i i i C i . t We are prepared to handle all kinds of commercial printing, such as ENVELOPES, STATEMENTS. ' BILLHEADS, | | LETTERHEADS, •$» _ 'SHIPPING .TAGS, I 1 CARDS, POSTERS. I* •Sior anything you may need in £ the printing line. Wehavethe 2L neatest and best equipped shop JT in Davie county. Our prices are £ not too high. Phone No. I, and Si we will call and show you sam ®_ ples and prices. ^ •M W M W i n s t o n - S a l e m S o u t h b d u n d R a i l w a y l • I Short jUio^i|(Dtweer Wmstoti^Skfein, Lexingtonj Albemarle11 Norwood and Points South. ' "..‘•p- : .I;'-- I Through train from Roanoke, y a ., ^o FIorence, S . C., j j connection with the Nprfolk & W estern Railway And AtIantic Gbast Line. Through Pullman Sleeping Gar NeW Y ork to Jacksonvine I Fla.* via WinstpnoSalem.- S. P. COLLIER, JR., Traffic Manager. Winston-Salem, N .C . FOR MONUMENTS AND TOMBSTONES CEM ETAR Y W O R K O F A L L KINDS Investigate our Prices and Work. Careful Attention Given to SpeciaJ Designs. . . R E I N S B R O T H E R S , (Successors to Miller-Reins Gompany) ' NO RTH W ILKESBO RO A N D LENO IR , N. C. M o c k s v i l l e ,N i C . wW here Hunger is Satisfied.” The old reliable Sputher.fi * Lunch .Room is again open to the public;; and is better prepared; than ever to serve the pub­ lic at all times with hot meals, lunches, fruits, cigars, tobacco, candies, etc.' Saijitary cookingl neatdiningroornand attentive service. If you eat. with: qs once, you will eat with us always. S O U T H E R N M G H R O O M . Depot S t Mocksville, N. C. ■ :■ ' -• .' X VV Universal Service. - Certain-teed stands for universal; service. In every part of the world you will find Certain-teed products “doing their duty” , in all lands ofjweather and under all conditions-—rendering Universal Service of the best kind. Roofing IT* I *1 I* P I *1 I*i t . F o r f a c to rie s , o th c e b m ld m g s J a r m b u ild in g s , g a ra g e s , e tc ., C E R T A IN - v T E E D is t h e e f f ic ie n t r o o f. I t c o s ts le ss t o b u y , le ss t o la y a n d le ss p e r y e a r o f life . 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Il Ply Certaiiv-te&d If 1 .7 5 . ---- Sydney it a lic . . 2 % C e r i j h - t e e d $ 2 . 0 0 . 3 . w i a i l „ ee( I t y o u y v a n t a I o w e r p n c e m a t e r i a l w e h a v e a r e a l b a r g a i n i n I P l y S p e c i a l a t ® 8 c W A I X E R ’S B A R G A IN T T NAN AND CAUGHT THE r Hs Henry del from Thief Ri mountains, is f Morgan gap, Calabasas, wh two of tbe gal Morgan, niecel if they attemif CHAPI D a When she tiptd room at midnight,J the wings of a broken door of a sky of happiness room a girl; she i Sleep she did nl for; the night vj think of those tel that ha<* pledged When the anxietl overwhelmed her,! and again, she fel of this strange, rd her own hated anl already loved bejl away. Inherlieif more than once not, would not, try to do it, ngd She rejoiced in J When he spoke whom no one a] lieve; and she, what other men tested their av Spain, and secret] every word of breathed faint ini Night could half after the next 11 times during tin] herself, while shone simmering that she had proi] the grounds the i he would be wait] in the long after the cloudless w* puny, eager hanq the lagging orb might sooner gl arms where she: her honor safe, hi tected, herself sq How her cheek when she asked I post a letter dovj less with appref De Spain steppe the trees and dd beneath them f| burned on her How, gtrl-llke, were all her ow| a t' an instant smother her—sl| portuning, and hoarded her resd eye and ldeonitj she did give ba made his senses! How dreamily word he let fall devotion; how hand to restrnil and asked if hel the world, least] burly cousin, ha] until he hit-',self] the night oefon hid her fi.ee aga Henry, how- I] ashamed I could] night; I’ll nevel again In the das And when he] himself had haq little he knew boyhood, how lieve, and belid were two childr of an hour to life and dizzy tj “I don’t see me, Henry. Ob tested, holding “You know who| in the mountain I suppose they’i We hate every] shouldn’t we? eryone. You kl what goes on in| to know; I tr Duke tries to that day on Mii| you meant it afraid I liked t(j When you look you could see ri Confidences And diplomac; most at once in improve his rel cable Duke. The uncle could be sent to him Bob Scott, offei stage, with his trip. UUie int with his refus Jranch, blew * I THE DAVIE RECORD, MOCKSVILLE, N. C. ^ Rail m I. A lb 1W South. {% Florence, 3. c , Men. Railwsy’ * 16« |m . t 0 ja c k ssIviH. c Mana S « . r o o m . sd." is again open to to serve the pub. cigars, tobacco, room and attentive ' with us always. ROOM . ille, N. C i c e . in all kind. j n d a b l e ir ia ls , b y s f a c tio n . L tes t h e i t e c o n - ± T h e i t i n g a ll .a m i n i - -TEED ic e s . Iyyou lupply IU1 »tgd $2.25.! »c. !arolin a.1 By Trarvk tl. Spearm arv. A n lh o r c f 1W h isjje r iiv g S n illvOOTyRic-MT- & a u m t t kctmm SOrtS of nabbing Sassoon, while he could be , taken him to Sleepy Cat, where Vie be: found, expostulated strongly. When longs.” NAN AND DE SPAIN TAKE WILD CHANCES OF BEING CAUGHT IN THEIR CLANDESTINE LOVE-MAKING AND THE GIRL FINALLY GETS INTO TROUBLE THROUGH SASSOON’S SPYING Henry de Spain, general manager ofthe stagecoach line running from Thief River to Sleepy Cat, railroad division town in the Rocky mountains, is fighting a band of cattle thieves and gunmen living in Morgan gap, a fertile valley 20 miles from Sleepy Cat and near Calabasas, where the coach horses are changed. De Spain has killed two of the gang and has been seriously wounded. He and pretty Nan Morgan, niece of the gang.leader, are secretly In love, but fear-trouble if they attempt to marry. CHAPTER XVII. -11- Danger. When she tiptoed into her uncle's room at midnight, Nan’s heart beat as t))e wings of a bird beat from the broken door of a cage into a forbidden sty of happiness. She had left the room a girl; she returned a woman. Sleep she did not expect or even ask' for: the night was all too short to think of those tense, fearful moments that had» pledged her to her lover. When the anxieties of her situation overwhelmed her, as they would again and again, she felt herself in the arms of this strange, resolute man whom all her own hated and whom she knew she already loved beyond all power to put away. * In her heart, she had tried this more than once—she knew she conld not, would not, ever do it, or even trv to do it, again. Site rejoiced in his love. She trusted. When he spoke she believed this man whom no one around her would be­ lieve; and she, who never had believed what other men avowed, and who de­ tested their avowals, believed De Spain, and secretly, guiltily, glowed in every word of his devotion, and breathed faint in its every caress. Night could hardly come fast enough, after the next long day. A hundred times during that-, day, she reminded herself, while the'.-slow, majestic sun' shone simmering on the hot desert, tlial she had promised to steal out into the grounds the minute darkness fell— he would be waiting. A hundred times in the long afternoon Nan looked into (he cloudless western sky and with puny, eager bands would have pushed the lagging orb on its course that she might sooner give herself into the arms where she felt her place so sure, her honor safe,-her helplessness so pro­ tected, herself so loved. How her cheeks burned after supper when she asked her uncle for leave to post a letter downtown I How breath­ less with apprehension she halted as De Spain stepped from the shadow of the trees and drew her importunately beneath them for the kiss that had burned on her troubled lips all day! How, girl-like, knowing his caresses were all her own—knowing she could at an Instant call forfh enough to smother her—she tyrannized his im­ portuning, and like a lovely miser, hoarded her responsiveness under calm eye and laconic whispers until, when she did give back his eagerness, she made his senses reel. How dreamily she listened to every word he let fall in his outpouring of devotion; how gravely she piit up her hand to restrain his busy intrusion, and asked if he knew that no man in ihe world, least of all her fierce and burly cousin, had ever touched her lips until he hip,self forced a kiss on them the night jefore. “And now!” She hid her fi.ce against-his shoulder. “Oh, Henry, how I love, you! I’m so ashamed I couldn’t tell yon if it weren’t night; I’ll never look you in the face again in the daytime.” And when he told her how little he liimself had had to do with, and' how little he knew about girls,-even, from boyhood, how she feigned not to be­ lieve, and believed him still! They, were two children raised in the magic of an hour to the sup’reme height of life and dizzy together on its summit. "I don’t see how you can care for me, Henry. Oh, I mean it,” she pro­ tested, holding her head resolutely up. "You know who we are, away off there in the mountains. Everyone hates us. I suppose they’ve plenty of reason to: we hate everybody else. And why shouldn’t we? We’re at war with ev­ eryone. You know, better than I do, what goes on in the gap. I don’t want to know; I try not to know; Uncle Duke tries to keep things from me— that day on Music—I couldn’t believe you meant it at all. And yet—I’m afraid I liked to try to think you did. When you looked at me I felt as if you could see right through me.” Confidences never came to an end. And diplomacy came into its own al­ most at once in De Spain’s efforts to improve his relations with the impla­ cable Duke. The day came When Nan’s uncle could be taken home. De Spain sent to him a soft-spoken-emissary, Bob Scott, offering to provide a light •stage, with his compliments, for Hie lriP- The intractable mountaineer, with his refusal to accept the. olive ’ranch, blew Bob out of the , room. /.'/I // Nan was crushed by the result, but De Spain was not to be dismayed. Lefever came to him the day after Nan had got her uncle home. “Henry,” he began without any preliminaries, “there is one thing about your precipi­ tate ride up Music mountain that I never got clear in my mind. Aftef the fight, your cartridge belt was hanging up in the burn at Calabasas for two weeks. You walked in to us that morn­ ing with your belt buckled on. You told us you put it ,on before you came upstairs. What? Oh, yes, ^I know, Henry. But that belt wasn’t hanging downstairs with, your coat earlier in the evening. No, Henry, it wasn’t—not when I looked. Don’t tell me such things, because—I don’t know. Where was.the belt when you found it?” “Some distance from the coat, John. I admit that. I’ll tell you: some,one had moved the belt. It was not where I left it. I was hurried the morning I rode in, and I can’t tell you just where I found it.” Lefever never batted an eyelash, know you can’t, Henry. Because you won’t. That Scotch hybrid McAlpin knows a few things, too, that he won’t tell. AU I want to say is, you can trust that man too far. He’s got all my recent salary. Every time Jeffries raises my pay that hairy-pawed horse- doctor reduces it just so much a month. .And he does it with one pack of fifty- two small cards that you- could stick into your vest pocket.” , “McAlpin has a wife and children to support,” suggested De Spain. “Don’t think for a moment he does it,” returned Lefever vehemently. “I- support his wife and children myself.” “You shouldn’t play cards, John.” “It was by playing cards that I lo­ cated Sassoon, just the same. A little game with your friend Bull Page, by the way. And say, that man blew into Calabasas one day here lately with a .twenty-dollar- bill; it’s a fact Now, where do you suppose he got twenty dollars in one bill? I know “Where Was the Belt When You Found It?” had it two hours after he got there, and then in fifteen minutes that blamed bullwhacker you pay thirty- two a week to took it away from me. But I got Sassoon spotted. And where do you suppose Split-Iips is this min­ ute?” - “Morgan’s gap.” . “Quite so—and been there all the time. Now, Bob has the old warrant for him—the question is, ’ how to get him out.”De Spain reflected a moment before replying: “John, I’d let him alone just for the present,” be said at length. Lefever’s eyes bulged. “Let Sassoon alone?” “He’ll keep—for. a while, anyway.” “What do you mean?” “I don’t want to stir things up too strong over that way just at the min­ ute. John.” “Why not?” De Spain shuffled a little. “Well, Jeffries thinks we might let things rest till Duke Morgan and the others get over some of their soreness.”. ■Lefever, astonished at the indiffer­ ence of De Spain to the opportunity De Spain persisted, Lefever, huffed, confided to Bob Scott that when the general manager got ready he could catch Sassoon himself. De Spain wanted for Nan’s Sakell as well as bis own, to see what could be done to pacify her uncle and his rela­ tives so that a wedge might be driven in between them and their notorious henchman, and Sassoon brought to book with their consent; on this point, however, he was not quite bold-faced enough to take his friends into his confidence. De Spain, as fiery a lover as he was a fighter,-stayed none of ,his courting, because circumstances put Music mountain between him. and his mis­ tress. And Nan1' after she had once surrendered, was nothing behin’d In the chances she. unhesitatingly took to ar­ range her- meetings with De Spain. He found in her, once her girlish timidity was overcome and a woman’s confi­ dence had replaced it, a disregard of consequences, so far as their own plans were concerned, that sometimes took away his breath. The very day after she had got her uncle home, with the aid of Satterlee Morgan and an antiquated, spring wag­ on, Nan rode, later in the afternoon, over to Calabasas. The two that would not be restrained had made their appointment at the lower lava beds 'halfway between the gap and Calabasas. The sun was sinking be­ hind the mountain when De Spain gal­ loped out of the rocks as Nan turned from the trail and rode toward- the black and weather-beaten meeting place. They could liardly slip from their saddles fast enough to reach each oth­ er’s arms—Nan, trim as a model in fresh khaki, trying with a handker­ chief hardly larger than a postage stamp to wipe the flecks of dust from her pink cheeks, while De Spain, be­ tween dabs, covered them with impor­ tunate greetings. Looking engrossed into each other’s eyes, and both, in their eagerness, talking at once, they led their horses into hiding and sat down to try to tell all that had hap­ pened since their parting. Wars and rumors of.wars, feuds and raidings, fights and pursuits, were no more to them than to babes In the woods. All that mattered to them—sitting or pacing together and absorbed, in the path of the long-cold volcanic stream buried in the shifting- sands of the desert—was that they should clasp each other’s clinging hands, listen each to the other’s answering voice, look unrestrained Into each other’s eyes, They met in- both the lava beds—: the upper lay between the gap and town—more than once. And one day came a scare. They were sitting on a little ledge well up in the rocks where De Spain could overlook the trail east and west, and were talking about a bungalow some day to be in Sleepy Cat, when they saw men riding from the west toward Calabasas. There were three in the .party, one lagging well, behind. The two men leading, Nan and De Spain made out to be Gale Morgan and Page. They saw the man coming on behind stop his horse and lean forward, his head bent over the trail. He was examining the sand and halted quite a minute to study (something. Both knew-.what- he was- studying—the hoof prints of Nan’s pony heading toward the lava. Nan shrank back and with De Spain moved a little to where they could watch the intruder without being seen. Nan whispered first: “It’s Sassoon.” De Spain nodded. “What shall-we do?” breathed Nan. “Nothing yet,” returned her lover, watching the horseman, whose eyes were still fixed on the pony’s trail, ■ but who was now less than a half- mile away and riding straight toward them. - De Spain, his eyes on the danger and his hand laid behind Nan’s waist, led the way guardedly down to where their horses stood. Nan, need- injf no instructions for the emergency, took the lines 'of the horses, and De Spain,, standing beside his own horse, reached his right hand over, in front of the pommel and, regarding Sassoon all the while, drew his rifle slowly from its scabbard. The blood fled Nan’s cheeks. She said nothing. With­ out looking at her, De Spain drew her own rifle from her horse’s side, passed it into her hand, and, moving over in front of the horses, laid-his left hand reassuringly on her waist again. At that moment, little knowing wlidt eyes •were on him in the black fragments; ahead,' Sassoon looked up. Then he' rode more slowly forward/ The color returned to Nan’s cheeks. “Do you want me to usevthis?” she murmured indicating, the -rifle. “Certainly not... .But if the others turn back, I may need it. Stay right here with the horses. He will lose the trail-in a minute now. When he reaches the rock I’ll go down and keep him from getting off his horse— he won’t fight from the saddle.” But. with an instinct better than knowledge, Sassoon, like a wolf scent­ ing danger, stopped again. He scanned the broken and forbidding ^ump in. front, now less than a quarter of a mile from him, questioningly. His eyes seemed to rove inquisitively over the lava pile as if asking why a Mor­ gan Gap pony had visited. It. In an­ other moment he wheeled his horse and spurred rapidly after his compan­ ions. The two drew a deep breath. De Spain laughed. “What we don’t know never hurts us.” He drew Nan to him. Holding the rifle muzzle at arm’s length as the- butt , rested on the ground, she looked up from the shoul­ der to which she was drawn. “What, should you have done if he had come?” ‘.‘Taken you to the gap and then “But, Henry, suppose—” “There wouldn’t have been any ‘sup­ pose.’ ” "Suppose the others had come.” “AVith one rifle, here, a man couid stand off. a regiment. Nan, do you know, you fit into my arm as if you were made for it?” His courage was contagious. When he had tired her with fresh importu­ nities he unpinned her felt hat and held it out of reach while he kissed and toyed with and disarranged her hair. In revenge, she snatched from his pocket his little black memoran- dum .book.and some, letters and read, or'pretended to read them, and seiz­ ing her opportunity she broke from him and ran with the utmost fleetness up into the rocks. In two minutes they had forgotten the episode almost as completely as if it never had been. But when they left for home they agreed they would not meet there again. They knew that Sassoon, like a jackal, would surely come back, and more than once, until he found out just what that trail or any subsequent trail leading into the beds meant. The lovers laughed the jackal’s spying to scorn and rode away, bantering, racing and chasing each other in the paddle, as solely concerned in their happiness as if there were nothing else of moment In the whole wide world. found her Uncle Duke and Gale stand­ ing in front of the fireplace in the liv­ ing room. The two appeared from their manner to have been in a heated discussion, one that had stopped ^id- deniy on her appearance. Both looked at Nan. The expression on their faces forewarned her. Slie threw her quirt j on -the table, drew off her riding gloves, and began to unpin her hat; but she knew a storm was impending. Gale had been made for- a long time to know that he was an unwelcome visitor, and Nan’s greeting of him was the merest contemptuous nod. “Well, uncle,” she said, glancing at Duke, “I’m late again. Have you had sup­ per?” Duke always spoke curtly; tonight- his heavy voice was as sharp, as an ax. “Been late a good deal lately.” Nan laid her hat on the table, and, glancing composedly from one auspi­ cious face to the other, put her hands up to arrange her hair. ‘Tm going to try to do better. I’ll go and get my supper if you’ve had yours.” She started toward the dining room. “Hold 3n!” Nan paused at her un­ cle’s ferocious command. She looked at him either really or feignedly sur­ prised, her expression changing to one of indignation, and waited for him to sss^!iinnniiii!!R»!w WOMAN NOW IN PERFECTHEALTH W hat Came From Reading a Pinkham Adver­ tisement. CHAPTER XVIII. Facing the Music. They had not underestimated the danger from Sassoon’s . suspicious-ma­ levolence. He returned next morn­ ing to read what further he could among the rocks. It was little, but it spelled a meeting of two people—Nan and another—and he was stimulated to keep his eyes and ears open for fur­ ther discoveries. Moreover, continu­ ing ease in seeing each other, unde­ tected by hostile eyes, gradually ren­ dered the lovers less cautious In their arrangements. De Spain, naturally reckless, had won in Nan a girl hardly more con­ cerned. Self-reliant, both of them, and instinctively vigilant, they spent so much time together that Scott and Lefever, who, before a fortnight had passed after Duke’s return home, sur­ mised that De Spaiifemust be carry­ ing on some sort of a clandestine af­ fair hinting toward the gap, only ques­ tioned how long it would be before something happened, and only hoped if would not be, in their own word, unpleasant. It was not theirs in any case to admonish D e' Spain, nor to dog the movements of so capable friend, even when his safety was con­ cerned, so long as he preferred to keep his own counsel—there are limits 'within" which no man welcomes unin­ vited' assistance. And De Spain, in his long and frequent rides, his pro­ tracted absences, indifference to the details of business and careless humor, had evidently passed within these limits. I What was stage traffic to him com­ pared to the sunshine on Nan’s hair; what attraction had schedules to offer against a moment of her eyes; what pleasing connection could there be be­ tween bad-order wheels and her low laugh? The two felt they must meet to dis­ cuss their constant perplexities and the problems of their difficult situa­ tion; but when they reached their trysting places, • there was more of gay- ety than gravity, more of nonchalance than concern, more of looking into each other’s hearts than looking into the troublesome future. And there was hardly an inviting spot within miles of Music mountain that one or the other of the two had not waited near. There were, of course,, disappoint­ ments, but there were only a few fail­ ures in their arrangements. The diffi­ culties of these fell chiefly on Nan. How she overcame, them was a source of surprise to De Spain, who marveled at her innocent resource in escaping the demands at home and making her way, despite an array of obstacles, to his distant impatience. Midway between Music mountain and Sleepy Cat a low-lying wall of lava rock, In part sand-covered and in part exposed, parallels and sometimes crosses the principal trail. This undu­ lating ridge was a favorite with De Spain and Nan, because they could ride in and out of hiding places with­ out more -than just leaving the trail itself. To the west of, this ridge,, and commanding it, rose rather more than a mile away the cone called Black Cap. “Suppose,” said Nan one afternoon, looking from De Spain's side toward the mountains, “someone should be spying on us from Black Cap?” She pointed to the solitary rock. “If anyone has been, Nan, with a good glass he must have seen ex­ changes of confidence that would make him gnash his teeth. I know if I ever saw anything like it I’d go hang. But the country around there is too rough for a horse. Nobody even hides around Black Cap, except some tramp hold-up man that’s crowded in his get-away. Bob Scott says there are dozens of mountain Rons over there.” But Sassoon had the unpleasant pa­ tience of a mountain lion and its dog­ ged persistence, and, hiding himself on Black Cap, he made certain one day of what he had long been convinced— that Nan was meeting De Spain. The day after she had mentioned- Black Cap to her lover, Nan rode over to Calabasas to get a bridle mended. Galloping back, she encountered Sas­ soon just ipside' the gap. Nan so detested him that-she never spoke when she could avoid it. On his part, he pretended not to see her as. , she passed. When she reached home she i i i Paterson, N .J. — “ I thank yon for the Lydia E. -Pinkham remedies as Hiot have made me well and healthy. Some­ time ago I felt so rundown, had pains in my back and side, was verylrregular, tired, nervous, had such bad dreams, did not feel like eat­ ing and had short breath. Ireadyour advertisement in the newspapers and decided to try a bottle of Lydia E.Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound. Itworiced from the first bottle, so I took a second and a third, also a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Blood Purifier, and now I am just as well as any other woman. I ad­ vise every woman, single or married, who is troubled with any of the afore­ said ailments, to try your wonderful Vegetable Compound and BloodPurifier and I am sure they will help her to get rid of her troubles as they did me,” — Mrs. Elsie J. Van der Sande, 36 No. York St, Paterson, N. J. Writethe Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., (confidential) Lynn, - Mass, if you need special advice. “You Coward!" She Cried, speak. Since be did no more than glare angrily at her, Nan lifted her brows a little. “What do you want, uncle?” “Where did-you go this afternoon?” “Over to Calabasas,” shte answered innocently. “Who’d you meet there?” Duke’s tone snapped witb% anger. He was working himself into a fury, but Nan saw it must be faced.' “The same people I usually meet—why?” ‘Did you meet Henry de Spain there this afternoon.” Nan looked squarely at her cousin and returned his triumphant expres­ sion defiantly before she turned her eyes on her uncle. "No,” she said col­ lectedly. “Why?" “See him anywhere else?” “No, I did not. What do you mean? What,” demanded his niece with spirit, “do you want-to know? Whatareyou trying to find out?” Duke turned in his rage on Galel “There! You hear that—what have you got to say now?” he demanded with an abusive oath. Gale jumped forward, his finger pointed at Nan.. “Look here, do you deny you are meeting Henry de Spain .uli over-the desert? You met him down the Sleepy Cat trail near Black Cap, didn’t you?” Nan stood with her back^against the end of the table where her uncle’s first words had stopped her, and she looked sidewise toward her cousin. In her answer he heard as much contempt as a girl’s voice could convey to a re­ jected lover. “So you’ve turned sneak!” Gale roared a string of bad words. “You Giire that coyote Sassoon to spy for you, do yo#2” demanded Nan coolly. “Aren’t you proud of your manly relation, uncle?” Duke was choking with rage. He tried to speak to her, but he could not form his words. “What is it you want to know, uncle? Whether it is true that I meet Henry de Spain? It is. I do meet him, and we’re engaged to be married when you give us permission, Uncle Duke—and not till then.” - “There you have if” Crjed Gale. “There’s the story. I told you' so. Tve known it for a week, I tell you.” Nan’s face set. “Not only,” continued her cousin jeeringly, “meeting that—” Almost before the vile epithet that followed had reached her ears, Nan caught up the whip. Before he could escape, she cut Gale, sharply across the face. “You coward,” she cried, trem­ bling so she could not control her voice. “If you ever dare use that word before me again. I’ll horsewhip you. Go to Henry de Spain’s face, you skulker, and say that if you dare.” “Put ddwn that quirt, Nan,” yelled her uncle. • ‘T won’t put it down,” she exclaimed defiantly. “And he will get a good lashing with it if he says one more word about Henry de Spain.” “Put down that quirt, I tell you,” thundered her uncle. C a u g h t t h e P o s t. Pat was walking along the road, when, hearing a whir, he looked back, and saw Larry flying fast and furious on a bicycle. “Hi! wait a minute!” shouted PaL “I want to spake to you.” “I can’t. I’m in a hurry. I want to catch the post,” cried Larry, flying by. Suddenly the liicycle swerved, and crashed into a telegraph pole on the roadside, and Larry and the bike lay in a helpless tangle. As Put came on, Larry was extricating himself from the wire puzzle. “Begorra!” said Pat with a grin, “I see you caught the post.” B r. Peery’s “ 'D ead Shot** not only expels W orm s or Tapew orm 'but cleans out the m ucus In w hich they breed and tones up th e digestion. One dose sufficient. Adv. Pure glycerin will help to dissolve fruit stains from linen. Old Duke Morgan decides to take matters into his own hands with De Spain. He goes to Sleepy Cat hunting - the stage manager—and finds him. It's all told in the next installment. (TO BE CONTINUEi RestTiioseWornNerves Picture I Tells a D o n 't g i v e u p . V d ie n y o u f e d a ll u n s tr u n g ; w h e n fa m ily c a r e s s e e m t o o h a r d t o b e a r , a n d b a c k a c h e , d iz z y h e a d ­ a c h e s , q u e e r p a in s a n d ir r e g u la r a c t io n o f t h e ld d n e y s a n d b la d d e r m a y m y s t if y y o u , r e m e m b e r th a t s u c h tr o u b le s o ft e n c o m e fr o m w e a k k id n e y s a n d i t m a y b e th a t y o p o n ly n e e d D o a n 's K id n e y P ills t o m a k e y o u w e ll. W h e n t h e k id n e y s a r e w e a k th e r e ’s d a n g e r o f d r o p s y , g r a v e l a n d B r ig h t's d is e a s e . D o n 't d e ­ la y . S ta r t u s in g D o a n 's n o w . DOAN’S KmLSY 5 0 * a t all S to re s F o s te r -M ilh u r n C o . Prop*. B u f f a lo 1N X bU E o r L a m e n e s s Keep a bottle of Yager’s ' Liniment in yo'tr stable for' spavin, curb, splint or any enlargement, for shoulder slip or sweeny, wounds, galls, scratches, collar or shoe boils, sprains and any lameness. It absorbs swellings and en­ largements, and dispels pain and stiffness very quickly. Y A G E R ' S L I N lM E N I t This liniment is.-;- the most econom­ ical to use as a 25 cent bottle contains four times a* nricb. as the usual bottle ,oil raj- . m ent sold a t th at price.. Sold by all dealers. 1 fllLBERTBROS.Ii CO. BALTIMORE. MO. FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS Peppe^glaatsatJl.eOperX.OOO,6J300atfU S, K O .B . ' DJF. jam isonJ summerville, s. c. K-I :Y 'M V.-V-: THE DAVIE RECORD, MOCKSVILLE, N. C. I 'Stt!«i - IiP pIfrj I 1 !if W'' m life rife I ipfePbt e P lIllSit, I I I P pi 1II; 8 : # I t Ife' )i';fe S I IisI -r -Ii5--X IfjSkS ■ill v.f' Bi P -\m t.jiii' I , Ir: ACTS UKE I Guarantee “Dodson's Liver Tone” Will Give You the Best Liver and Bowel Cleansing You Ever Had— Doesn't Make You SickI Stop using calomel! It makes you sick. Don't lose a day’s work. If you feel lazy, sluggish, bilious or consti- pated, listen to me! Calomel - is mercury or ‘ quicksilver which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel, when it comes into contact with sour bile, crashes into it, breaking it up. This is when you feel that aw­ ful nausea and cramping. If you feel “all- knocked out,” if your liver is tor­ pid and bowels constipated or you have headache,, dizziness, coated tongue, if breath is bad or stomach sour just try a spoonful of harmless Dodson’s Lirer Tone. Here’s my guarantee—Go to any drug store or dealer and get a 50-cent bottle of Dodson’s Lirer Tone. Take a spoonful and if it doesn’t straighten you right up and make you feel One and rigorous I want you to go back to the store and get your money. Dod­ son’s Liver Tone is destroying'the sale of calomel because it is real liver medicine; entirely regetable. therefore it cannot salivate or make you sick. I guarantee that one spoonful of Dodson’s Lirer Jone will put your sluggish Urer to work and clean your bowels of that sour bile and consti­ pated waste which is clogging your system and making you feel miserable. I guarantee that a bottle of Dodson’s Llrer Tone will keep your entire fam­ ily feeling fine for months. Gire it to your children. It is harmless; doesn’t gripe and they like its pleasant taste. —Adv. ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK? T h o u s a n d s o f M e n a n d W o m e n H a v e K i d n e y T r o u b l e a n d N e v e r S u s p e c t I t . Nature warns you when the track of health is not clear. Kidney and bladder troubles cause many annoying symptoms and great inconvenience both day and night. 1 Unhealthy kidneys may cause inmbago, rheumatism, catarrh of the bladder, pain or dull ache in the back, joints or mus­ cles, at times hare headache or indiges­ tion, as time passes you may have a sal­ low complexion, puffy or dark circles under the eyes, sometimes feel as though you had heart trouble, may have plenty of ambition but no strength, get weak and lose flesh. If such conditions are permitted to continue, serious results may be expect­ ed; Kidney Trouble in its very worst form may steal upon you. Prevalency of Kidney Disease. Most people do not realize the alarm­ ing increase and remarkable prevaleney of kidney disease. While Udney dis­ orders are among the most common dis­ eases that prevail, they are almost the last recognized by patients, who usually content themselves with doctoring the effects, while the original disease may constantly undermine the system. If you feel that. your kidneyB are the cause of your sickness or run down con­dition, try taking Dr. Kilmer’s Swampt Root, the famous kidney, liver and blad­ der remedy, because as soon as your kid­ neys improve, they will help the other, organs to health.If you are alread; convinced that Swamp-Root is what you need, you can purchase the regular fifty-Cent and one- dollar size bottles at all drug stores. Don’t make any mistake but remember, the name, Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. Y., which you will find on every bottle. SPECIAL NOTE—You may obtain a sample size bottle of Swamp-Root by enclosing ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. This gives you the opportunity to prove the remarkable merit of this medicine. .They will also send you a book of valuable information, containing many of the thousands of grateful letters received from men and women whd say they found Swamp-Root to be just the remedy needed in kidney, liver and bladder troubles. The value and success of Swamp-Root are so well known that our readers are advised to send for a sample size bottle. Address Dr. Kilmer A Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing be sure and mention this paper. Portable Medicine Chest. The cartridge belt medicine chest is for use in peace as well as In war, but it is especially intended foe hunters, prospectors and such persons who have need for remedies, but who can­ not be burdened with chests and simi­ lar bulky paraphernalia. It has been devised by Dr. Otto Sommer of Seat­ tle, Wash. The belt Is made of can­ vas or leather,- as desired, and it has numerous compartments for vials con­ taining medicine, just as a cartridge belt and swallows it. If relief does a person wearing the belt wishes to take a shot at some internal disorder he plucks a medicinal pellet from the belt and swallows it. < If relief does not follow he plucks another of a dif­ ferent kind until his medicinal ammu­ nition is depleted. At this point he dons another belt fully loaded and re­ peats the operation. The inventor says the belt is useful on long walks, trips and on horseback expeditions. / Covers for Plants.' Folding covers, easily put into use, have been invented for protecting plants from cold. Pulling up pigeonholes concealed In its top converts a new library table into a writing desk. Sors E yei, Blood-Shot Bares, W atery Byes, Sticky Eyes. SU healed prom ptly w ith n ight­ ly application* of K om an Eye BalBam. Adv; Wallpaperthatis made-from rubber lias been invented by an Englishman. Harvard Students Economize. A decline in the minor vices that be- set college men is indicated at Harvard by the annual Iigures given by the Harvard Union. In the past year Har­ vard students have smoked fewer ciga­ rettes and cigars and liave played bil­ liards and pool less than they , did a year ago. There was a loss of about 20 per cent in the sale of cigarettes and cigars. Harvard students spent .$3,042 for tobacco in 1915 and only $2,537 in 1916. Curiously enough, the reading habits of Harvard, men’ slumped last year. In 1915 .$1,325 was spent for reading matter; in 1914, .$1,292. W H A T I S L A X -F O S LAX-FQS IS AN IMPROVED CASCARA A D ig e s t iv e L a x a t iv e CATHARTIC AND LIVER TONIC Lax-Fos Ib not a secret or Patent Medi­ cine but is composed of the following old- fashioned foots and herbs: CASC AR A BARK BLUE FLAG ROOT RHUBARB ROOT BLACK ROOT MAY A PPLE ROOT SE N N A LEAVES A ND PE PSIN In L a x -F o s the C asca b a is improved by the addition of these digestive ingredients making it better than ordinary C asca ra, and thus the combination acts not only as a stimnlating laxative and cathartic but also as a digestive and liver tonic. Syrup laxa­ tives are weak, but L a x -F o s combines strength with palatable, aromatic taste and does not gripe or disturb the stomach. One bottle will prove L a x -F o s is invaluable for Constipation, Indigestion or Torpid Liver. Price SOc. GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY IT, BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR Make It Thick, Glossy, Wavy, Luxur­ iant and Remove Dandruff—Real Surprise for You. Your hair becomes light, wavy, fluf­ fy, abuftdant a_d appears as soft, lus­ trous and beautiful as a young girl’s after a “Danderine hair cleanse." Just try this—moisten a cloth with a little IAnderine and ' carefully ■ draw it through your hair, taking one small strand at a time. This will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt and excessive oil and in just a few moments you have doubled the beauty of your hair. Besides beautifying the hair at once, Danderine dissolves every particle of dandruff; cleanses, purifies and invig­ orates the scalp, forever stopping itch. | Ing and falling hair. But what will please you most will be after a few weeks’ use when you will actually see new hair—fine and downy at first—yes—but really new hair—growing all over the scalp. If you care for pretty, soft hair and lots of it, surely get a 26 cent bottle of Knowlton’s Danderine from any store and just try it. Adv. Money buck w ithout question it HUNT'S CUBE fails in the treatm ent o f ITCH, ECZBMAr BINGWOBMtT H IT B B orotber Itching akin diseases. Price 50c at druggists, o r direct from AB-BIchards Medlebie Co.,Sherman,Tex. K O D A K S ^ S U P P L I E S W e also do hig.ieeJt class of finishing. p P rices an d C atalogue upou request* 1 S. Galeaiki Optics! Co., Richmond; Vs. 4,ROOSHonRATS,sS a B^ MM X Good for the Nerves. To obviate the noise of pneumatic riveting inachlnes, one has been in­ vented that squeezes rivets into place with a pressure of a ton. Dr. Bierce’s Favorite Prescription maka weak women strong, sick women well, no alcohol. Sold in tablets or liquid.—Adv. Sucess at Last. “Hurrah! Hurrah! ’ Five dollars for my latest story, ‘A Modem Husband.’" “Congratulations, young man. From whom did you get the money?” “From the express company. . They lost It.”.. What Dr. TL D. Patterson, of Lib- erty, N. C., says: ABOUT MOTHER’S JOY SALVE. My boy had pneumonia, his tempera* ture was 104. Had tried other salves, didn’t have any effect. Used jar of Mother’s Joy Salve on throat and chest, in one hour’s time his tempera­ture whs normal.—Adv. It is the intention of the government of Uruguay to increase, the manufac­ ture of chemical products an the Insti­ tute of Industrial Chemistry. LATE NORTH CAROLINA M ARKET QUOTATIONS Waatern N e w s p a p e r Union N e w s S e rv iM Prices Paid by Merchants, for Farm Products in the' Markets of North Carolina as Reported to the Division of Markets for the Week End.ing Saturday, March 10,. 1917. Ahoske. Corn $1.26 bu; oats, 72c bu; peas, 2.25 bu; sweet potatoes, $75c$l bu. Western butter, 45c lb; N. C- butter, 40c lb; eggs, 25c doz; spring chickens, 15c lb; hens, 20c Ib;.hogs, $10 cwt. Cotton, middling, 17.50; cotton seed, 85c bu; lbs. of meal for ton of sede, 2750. Charlotte. Corn, $1.24 bu; oats, 72c bu; peas, $3 bu; Irish potatoes, $9.60 bbl; sweet potatoes, 90c bu. Western butter, 40cTb; N. C. butter, 40c lb; eggs, 30c doz; spring chickens, 25c lb; hens, 15-20c lb: hogs, $10-12 cwt. Cotton, middling, 17.75; cotton'seed, 60c bu. Western butter, 40c lb; N. C. butter, 40c lb; eggs, 25c doz; hens, 15c lb; hogs, $12.50 cwt. Cotton middlin,, 17.50c. Durham. Corn, $1.25 bu; oats, 75c bu; peas, $3 bu; Irish potatoes, $6 bbl; sweet pota­ toes, $1 bu; apples, $4 bbl. Western butter, 45c lb; N- C. butter, 45c lb; eggs, 20c doz; spring chickens, 20c lb; hnes, 15c lb; hogs, $12.50 cwt. Cotton, middling, 17.75; cotton seed, 85c; lbs. of meal for ton of seed, 2500. Fayetteville. Corn, $1.25.bu; oats, 75c bu; soy beans, $2 bu; peas, $1.90 bu; Irish potatoes, $9'bbl; sweet potatoes, 85c. Eggs, 25c doz; spring chickens, 15c lb; hens, 50c each; hogs, $12.50 cwt. CVotton, middling, 17c; cotton seed, 85c bu. Greenviller Corn, $1.25 bn; oats, 75c bu; beans, $3 bu; Irish potatoes, $8 bbl; peas, $3 bu; sweet potatoes, 75c bu. Western butter, 40c lb; N. C. butter, 40c lb; eggs, 30c doz. Cotton, middling, 16.75. Lumberton. Corn, $1,25 bu; sweet potatoes, $1 bu, ' Wester nbutter, 42c lb; N. G. butter, 40c 4b;; eggs, 27c doz; spring chickens, 18c lb; hens, 15c lb; hogs, $11 cwt. Cotton, middling, 16.84; cotton seed, 80c, bu. Maxton. Corn, $1.30 bu; oats, 75c bu; peas,. $2.25 bu; Irish potatoes, $7 bbl; sweet potatoes, 85c bu. N. C. butter, 43c lb; eggs. 23c doz. Cotton, middling, 18.50; cotton seed, 65c bu. - Monroe. Corn, $1.37 bu; oats, 86c bu; soy beans, $2 bu; peas, $2.25 bu; Irish potatoes, $10 bbl; sweet potatoes, $1 bu. Eggs, 20c doz; hogs, $11 cwt. Cotton, middling, 15c- Uew Bern. Corn, $1.20 bu; oats, 75c bu; soy beans, $2.25 bu; peas, $2.40 bu; Irish potatoes, $5 bbl; sweet potatoes, 90e bu; apples, $4 bhL Western butter, 43c lb; N. C. butter, 40-42c lb; eggs, 26c doz; spring chick­ ens, 18.25c lb; hens, 16c Ib hogs, $10 cwt. Cotton, middling, 17.75; cotton seed, 79c bu; lbs. of meal for ton of seed, 2800. Raleigh. Corn, $1.22 bu; oats, 73c bu; soy beans, $2.25 bu; peas, $2 bu; Irish optatoes, $8.50 bbu; sweet potatoes, $1 bu; apples, $6-$7 bbl. Western butter, 40c lb; N. C. butter, 40c lb; eggs, 35c doz; spring chickens, 50-60c each; hens, 55-60 each: hogs, $13 cwt. Colton, middling, 17c; cotton seed, 75c Bu; lbs. of meal for ton of seed 3000. Rocky Mount Corn, 1.22 bu; oats, 76c bu; Irish po­ tatoes, $8 bbl; sweet potatoes, $1 bu. Western butter, 40 clb; N. C. butter; 40c lb; eggs, 25c doz; spring Qhickens,' 21c lb; hens, 13c lb. Cotton, middling, 17c; cotton seed, 85c bu; lbs. of meal for ton of seed. 2500. Scotland Neck. Corn, $1.20 bu; oats; 72c bu; peas, $2.75 bu; Irish potatoes, $10 bbl; sweet potatoes, 90c bu. Western butter, 44c lb; N. C. butter; 43c lb; eggs, 25c doz. Eggs, 25c doz; spring chickens, 14%c lb; hens, 15.%c lb; hogs, $13.60 cwt. ■ . • Wilmington. Corn, $1.24 bu oats, 70c bu; Irish po­ tatoes, $8 bbl; .sweet potatoes, 85c bu. Winston-Salem. Corn, $1.15 bu; oats, 73c bu; soy beans, $2.40 Jbu; peas, $2.30 bu; Irish potatoes, $6.10 bbl. Chicago, III. No. 2 white corn, $1.98$1.0925 (de­ livered in Raleigh, $1.23-$1.2450); No. 2 yellow corn, $i.0775-$1.0975 (deliv­ ered in Raleigh $1.2275—1.2475). Butter, 32-40c (creamery) ; eggs, 2«. 29%c (firsts). N g w V o r k. Irish potatoes, 9-9.50 bbl sweei po­ tatoes, $l-$2.50 (Jersey basket.) FARMf UYING QUALITIES OF HENS American Breeds, Most Desirable for - Producing Winter Eggs, Should Be Hatched In April. ; experience has taught that the lay­ ing qualities of any breed-of fowls can , be much improved by always breeding from the best layers as well as can the milking qualities of cows be brought to high standard, by always ; breeding from the best milkers. In selecting your flock for. winter laying get a good bred-to-lay strain of which­ ever breed you choose to keep. Fowls of the American breeds, which are per- Silver Laced Wyandotte Hen. haps the most desirable for producing Winter eggs, should be hatched in April, They then will have ample time to mature before winter sets in. If possible the pullets should have free range during the summer to en­ able them to grow strong and hardy frames. The parent stock must, of course, be healthy and it is better if they have a reputation as winter lay­ ers. Select the earlier hatched pul­ lets and one-year-old hens that molt early In the season so their new feath- e*s will get ripened up by November. This is the foundation of your winter egg production. RAISING PIGEONS FOR PROFIT Unless Houses Are Comfortably Warm It Is Not Wise to Grow Squabs In Cold Weather. It is .not best to attempt to grow, squabs during the colder months unless your houses are warm enough to pre­ vent the freezing of the eggs, or the young after being hatched. When the young are hatched during the cold months fhey are very likely to, become chilled when the parent bird leaves them for food. Once they are chUled through, they are quite likely not to seek a food-supply, and, cliUled through, they are a lost product which cannot be regained or replaced.. “I wouldn’t raise pigeons, they’re too dirty,” is the complaint often made against these beautiful birds; while, as a matter of fact, it is far less work to keep a pigeon loft and fly free from ill-smelling odors' than a poultry houfle. Step into a pigeon ipft where litter has been allowed to accumulate two or three weeks and you will notice merely, a slight ammonia odor; but aUow the Homer Pigeon. same condition in your poultry house and—well, you’ll fully reaUze that it is time to clean up. The color of the feathers of a pigeon has little to do with its utility value; but the color of its skin is of much im­ portance,, as the dark-skinned squabs are sold at a: very low. figure.. It pays to watch one’s flock very carefully and cull out all pairs producing such birds. LOOK FOR RUNNING NOSES Colds Usually Caused by Poor Ventila­ tion, Overcrowding and Drafts— Gobd Cure Given. Dp your chickens have running noses? Look at the flock as they eat and note whether the nostrils are clogged with dirt or show a slimy ooze. If they do, and if the under side of the wing Is soiled, you may know that the birds have taken a slight cold, and conditions need changing. Sometimes these colds come from poor ventilation; sometimes from over­ crowding and piling up ; sometimes from drafts. Whatever is the cause, these running noses must be cleaned up and the cause removed, or there will be constant trouble with roup and roupy colds. ' Get a dime’s worth of permanganate of potash crystals and dissolve in a pint of boiled water for a stock solu­ tion, using enough'each day to color all toe. drinking' water, a rose tint. K e e p I t Ward off attacks of grip, colds andindigestionbytimely medication with the thoroughly test­ed andreliableremedyof the AmerL can household P E R U N A I f t b e t t f e r t o b b iB a fe t h a n s o r r y . Maoya long, zpell of distressing sickness might have been prevented U this proved remedy had been resorted to In the first stales. Any article thathasbeenefidentlr MedftmeaHymffa <*ntnry has proved Hs veto; Tsbletftnn IfjntidesIreiLlAtyonrdmttUts.ngrnoiucc. c*toi«.qu* WMllB W . L . D O U C L A “ THE SHOE THAT HOLDS ITS SHAPE” $ 3 $ 3 c 5 0 $ 4 $ 4 * 5 0 $ 5 $ 6 $ 7 & $ 8 A£8w8d S ave M oney b y W eaxinE W . L D ouglas shoes.' F orsale b y o v er '9 0 0 0 sh o e d ealers. T h e B est K now n S h oes in U ie W orld. W. L . D o u g la s n a m e a n d t h e r e ta il m ic e is s ta m p e d o n th e b o t­ to m o f a ll s h o e s a t th e fa cto ry - T h e v a lu e is g u a r a n t e e d a n d th e w ea rer p r o te c te d a g a in s t h ig h p rice s fo r in fe r io r s h o e s . T h e reta il p rice s a re th e s a m e ev e ry w h er e. T h q r c o s t n o m o r e in S a n F r a n d sc o th a n th e y d o in N e w Y o r k . T h q r a r e a lw a y s w o r th th e p rice p a id fo r th e m . 1 1 h e q u a lity o f W . L . D o u g la s p r o d u c t is g u a r a n te e d by m o r e -L th a n 4 0 y ea r s ex p er ien ce in m a k in g fin e s h o e s . T h e sm a r t s ty le s a re th e le a d o s in th e F a s h io n C e n tr e s o f A m e r ic a . T n e y a r e , m a d e in a w e ll-eq u ip p e d fa c to ry a t B r o c k to n , M a s s ., b y d ie h ig h e s t p a id , s k ille d s h o e m a k e r s, u n d e r t h e d ir e c tio n a n d su p e rv isio n o f ex p er ien ced m e n , a ll w o r k in g w ith a n h o n e s t d ete rm in a tio n t o m a k e th e b e s t s h o e s fo r th e p r ic e th a t m o n e y c a n b u y . AaIr your shoe dealer for W. L Douglas shoes. If he can­not supply you with the bind you want, take no other make, write for interesting booklet explaining how to ;hest standard of quality for the price.r return mail, postage free. LOOK FOR W. L DdugIat name and the retail price stamped on the bottom* BEWRRE SUBSTITUTES Boy** Snoei t i H A / . . Bestin IheWotio $3.00 $2.50 & $2.01President “ ff.L Douglas Shoe Co.,' 185 Spark St., Brockton, Mass. FRESH-CRISP-WHOIESOME-DELICIOUS THE SANITARY METHODS APOUED M THE MAKIN6 OP IH ESE BISCUITS MAKE THEM THE STANDARD Sf EXCELLENCE fm r Ptelse has 8wm. or if nst hr should. cAsk him or writ* us qivinq his name. CHATTANOOGA BAKERY Changed the Bill of Fare. ,Gent—Is there any soup on the bill of fare? Waiter—There was, sir, but I wiped It off. . Obstinate attacks of Piles are relieved and the difficult stools which accompany them are softened through the use of Wright’s Indian Vegetable Pills. Send for trial box to 372 Pearl St., New York. Adv. One Way Out of It, She was condemnatory in her man­ ner. “I refuse to take this paper cutter,” she declared sternly, be­ cause it'-' is not ivory, and I want to use it as a gift” The clerk looked at her .with the “I-, don’t-doubt-your-word-madam” expres­ sion indigenous to clerks. “That’s very strange,” he said, “the ele­ phant must have had false teeth,” GREEN'S AUGl1ST FLOWER Few persons can be sick who use Green’s -August Flower. It has been used for all ailments that are caused by a disordered stomach and inactive liver, such as sick headache, constipa­ tion, sour stomach, -nervous indiges­ tion, fermentation of food, palpitation of the heart from gases created in the stomach, pains In the stomach, and many other organic disturbances. August Flower Is a gentle laxative, regulates digestion, both in the stom­ ach and Intestines, cleans and sweet­ ens the stomach and whole alimentary canal, and stimulates the liver to se­ crete the bile and impurities from the blood. , Try it Two doses will relieve you. Used for fifty years , In every town and hainlet in the United States and in all civilized countries.—Adv. ’ Needn’t Explain It “There’s one good thing about golf.” “What is it?” . “It’s seldom that your wife insists on you taking her to see It played.” I m p o r t a n t t o M o t h e r sExamine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, that famous.old remedy for. Infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of i____ In Use for Over. 30 Tears. Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria India has begun active mining , of pitchblende, the chief source of radium. ARE FILTHY K ill Them By Usinz STEARNS’ ELECTRIC PAST U. S. Government Buys It SOLD EVERYWHERE—25c and $1.0 EUlATTHf J R p B i S S H a v e y o u R H E U M A T I S MLum bago or Gout? TakeRH EiU A lA CID K to remove tbecame . and drive the poison from the system. ilBHEnuaDK OR THB IRBIOBPOTS BHB0MAT189 03 THB 0DT8ID1” AtAllDrasfKista Ju. Bulj & Sont Wholesale Distriboters BaltimoreD Md. Constipation Vanishes Forever Prom pt R elief—Permanent Cure CARTER'S LlHLE LIVER PILLS never fail. Purelyvegeta- ble — act surely but gently on the liver. Stop after dinner dis­ tress—cure indigestion,' improve the complexion, brighten the eyes SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE.f G enuine must bear Signature PILLS. STOCK UCKIT-SIOCK UKEH : I CBaiMKHKj51;;.! 'MEDICATEn1;! I li.osHHtDmtr:!- 1 ' 'IJDSIKMOKlC ■ jKjcnisuium I j ' j For Horses, CattIelShMP and Hogs. Contains Cop­peras for Worms,SuIphut for the Blood, Saltpetet for the Kidneys, Nu*Vomica,aTonic,and Pute Dairy Sait. Used by Vet­ erinarians 12 years. N0 Dosing. Drop Brick m feed-box. Ask yourdealet for Blackman's or wnte BLACKMAN STOCK REMEDY COMPANY CHATTANOOGA. TENNESSEE W. N. U., CHARLOTTE, NO. 12-1917- D i e d o f P r e m a t u r e O l d A g e ! (B Y V . M . P I E R C E , M . D .). Howmany times we hear of compara­tively young persons passing away when they should have lived to be 70 or 80 years of age. This fatal work is usu­ ally attributed to the kidneys, as, when the kidneys degenerate, It- causes auto­ intoxication, The more injurious the poisons passing thru the kidneys, the quicker Will those noble organs be de­ generated, and the. sooner they decay. To prevent premature old age and Proroote long life, Ughten the work of the kidneys by drinking plenty of pure water all day long, and occasionally tak­ ing Anurlc (double strength) before meals. This can be obtained at drug stores. Anuric will overcome such con­ ditions as rheumatism,' dropsical swell­ ings, cold extremities, scalding and burning urine and sleeplessness due to constant arising. A West Virginia Woman Speats Volga, W. V a.-“Golden Medical Dis­covery proved M beneficial in past state of health that I *8 glad to try AnuriCithe new discovery of Dr. Pierce- * was in a delicate condition and sflt- fered from .ma®d iscom forts. ached all over, "a3 indigestion, was # ._ another discount1 was shifting rheumatism, somethin? had had for years. At that time it "a’ in my hips and lower limbs. I t0“ the Anuric Tablets according to dir* tions,. and can say, and speak in tD. bounds of truth, that I have not ^ rheumatism since, I have no indig^j tion and am not constipated. The F lief could not be more satisfactory.' MRS. JOSEPHINE CORDER RTMjJ V t constipated, had tremely nervous.; 1J T i @ i l l T o n k c Sold for 47 years. Malana1Chiflsfc Feffl' Also a Fine GeneW1 OOerniJ $1-00 »t ^ Drag S tor**. I SS I I THE DA^ A RR lVALofl No. 26 No. 28 No. 27 No. 25 GOI L v .: L v.' GOIl Lv. Lv. CQTTl Good Middling Seed cotton. LOCAL AND I Virgil Swai] measles. Worth Allenl case of mumpsl R. E. Fraleyl county home, i| Born to Mr. on Saturday. a| G. E. .Hornl Elsie, spent Fr| ping. Mrs. O. L. Miss Martha,: ston shopping. I W. C. Mortc Iy from this cij has a position. I Miss Mary spent the week the Misses AU] W hatabouti Lefler & Wall,] the year arout ^ Miss Sue Bo] spent the wee guest of M iss. A number oj the Methodist; vention at Wir Ernest Thar house vacated] ^ fa r a sw ek n o 1 empty house ij Miss Lillie went an operd at the Twin-Cil ago, is getting The many Clement, who I urn, at Statesif learn that he i J. R. Harbid or, has move] Nail house, It is said that| move into the You who bij O. C. Wall, fore buying Rev. G. G. 1 ached two st| Baptist churc is a young with power Rev. W. J will begin a Methodist cb • ing, which w] ten days.' ,WANTED-I hides, cow i Foote Sc I Brady Fos has been ill; ents in this cl has abont re] to his work J. J. Starr] town Friday! anxious thal county try foT giving away | ment day. and is on ex Davie. Four to fiv flour always | O. C. w ] _The DaviJ thea county! Smith Grovel Saturday an] 1917. The; Bisting of Ga rjx. W. S. Sij son and Mis with all Bar can, will me in Moeksville aj 3 o’clock L for the comi fiers of the < be present, preside over I Lt KODAK L1 Prints up to I oards Sc. eac Ityguarantel less accompq per roll extrVi-Lt': --B/ •I'- s1 'Sy' : .-': . - • • ’•■• , •• fltfi bAftti R tc o ii), M d d i s m i i , it. 6. BgS SHAPE” ~ M \ & $ 8 A lfg^gn BtWARE suBSTlnJTES 3 Sboei Ir.,D o u 5 Iag Sho© Co, * S ro c k to n t M ass. ’ I 'WHOLESOME- REUCtOUSI METHODS APPUED IN THr THESE BISCUITS MAKE [BBpfEXCElLENCE T QCtB. or if not he shoiitJ. ntc us qivitu) his name, . BA BAKERY CH"?*,"««| Goekreaehsj ARE FILTHY I Kill Them By Ugln2 I ELECTRIC PtSlI !Government Buys It [YWHER E -25c and $1,0 la v e y o u I U M A T I 8 MJagO or Gout? IM A C ID K to reao re thecaoso ■th e poison from the system. Tos THB ISBlDC P BUBUJUTlSfi OS THE OCTSIDZ” ^tAll DrngHUts Son, WbolesiIo Distribalen B B a ltim o re , M d. »ation ies Forever |lief—Permanent Cure ITTLE >never CARTER'S WlTTLE IlVER I PILLS. pmplexion, brighten theeyes. LLL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. must bear Signature >n tains C°P" •ms, Sulphur id, Saltpeier neys, Nn* lie, and Pure Ised by Vet- years. No ip Brick in ; Yourdc3Iel' n’s ct «ri» Itock remedy company JOOGA. TENNESSEE U r l o t t e , N O . 12-1917. ian Spedj51 JledicalDis- proved e" :lal i“ 1Sstate of u that I *fa , try A aoric; 5W discover? Pierce- a a delica; OD DOd J t from imfortsJnil over, 'va ion, wasJ t r discomfor! somethin? t time it *** »6“ - 1JSfing to dir speak in . ave not W0 ; no indig®* :ed. Th® J isfactory-o E R THE DAVIE RECORD.L P',^.Ho!man,oneof our suscr-u..bers living in Iowa, writes us as foi- ■ - ■- ■ - ■■■ -L__se I lows: LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANYv PAPER- now. EVER PUBLISHED IN DAVIE COUNTY. ARRIVAL of PASSENGER TRAINS’ GOING NORTH Lv, Mocksville 6:48 a. m. Lv. Moeksville 2:18 p. m. GOING SOUTH. Lv. Mocksville 7:19 a. m Lv. Mocksville 5:04 p. m COTTON MARKET. Good Middling- — ^------: Seed cotton-------_..— ----------:— 6 00 -181c LOCAL AND PERSONAL NEWS. Virgil Swaim is quite, ill with measles. Worth Allen has a well developed case of mumps. R. E. Fraley, who is an inmate of county home, is right sick. Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Daniel, on Saturday, a Dne daughter. G. E. Horn and daughter. Miss Elsie, spent Friday in Winston shop­ ping. Mrs. 0. L. Williams, and daughter, Miss Martha, spent Friday in Win­ ston shopping. W. C. Morton has moved his fami­ ly irora this city to Badin, where he has a position. Miss Mary Luckey1 of Cleveland, spent the week-end in this city with the Misses Allison. -- Whatabout that yellow cotton? Lefler & Wall, North CooleemeeJ all the year around.. . . Miss Sue Boyd, of WinBton-Salem, spent the week-end in this city, the guest of Miss Agnes Wilson. A number of our people attended the Methodist Sunday School con­ vention at Winston last week. Ernest Tharpe has moved into the house vacated by W, C. Morton. So far as we know, there is not an empty honse in town. Miss Lillie Foster, who under­ went an operation for appendicitis at the Twin-City hospital some days ago, is getting along nicely. The many friends of Dr. B. C. Clement, who is in Long’s Sanitori- um, at Statesville, will be glad to learn that he is getting along nicely. J. R. Harbin, for many years -jail­ or, has moved his family into the Nail house, on Wilkesboro street. It is said that Sheriff Winecoff will move into the jail. You who buy flour and feed, see 0. C. Wall, North Cooleemee, be­ fore buying Rev. G. G. Grub, of 'Rowan, pre­ ached two strong sermons at the Baptist church Sunday. Rev^ Grubb is a young man, but he preaches with power and ability. Rev. W. J S. Walker, of Center, will begin a singing school a t. the Methodist church tomorrow even­ ing, which will continue for about ten days.” , - - WANTED—To huy your horse hides, cow and calf skins and pork. Foote Si Stonestreet, Cana, N. C, Brady Foster, of .Winston, who has been ill at the home of his par­ ents in this city for the past month, has abont recovered and-will return to his work this week.»•/ ’ • J. J. Starrette, of Kappa, was in town Friday. Mr. Starrette'is-very anxious that all the boys in the county try for the table which h e is giving away on County Commence­ ment day. The table is a beauty and is on exhibition at the Bank of Davie. Four to five car loads of feed and flour always on hand at 0. C. WALL, North Cooleemee. The Davie county Baraca-Phila- thea county convention meets at Smith Grove Methodist church, on Saturday and Sunday! April 28 29. 1917. The program committee, con­ sisting of Guy Boger, T. M. ,Hend- rx. W. S. Sutton, Mrs. Mattie Wil­ son and Miss Lula Miller, together with all Baracas and Philatheas who can, will meet at the Baptist church in Moclcsvilie next Sundav hfternoon at 3 o’clock (and arrange the program for the coming meeting. AU 1Se Jp- tiers of the committee are urged,Tb be present. President Caudell will preside over the meeting Sunday.^ k o d a k d e v e l o p in g FREE - Prints up td 3£x4J, 3c. ea«h.r iPpst cards 5c. each. Quick work. Qual­ ity guaranteed. ' No orders filled un­ less accompanied by Cashi and.2c. per roll extra for. return postage ••BARBER’S ^ Deptr3r We are having fine weather Snow is all gone and the grpundhog is out. We hope to see old Davie g et the. dog law. for it needs more schools and less' dogs. We have nine months school and no dogs.” A blessed country is that in which Mr. Holman lives. Some of onr suscribers who had' their paper stopped last year, are coming back and having their names re-entered on our books. Theyfind it hard to get along without their county paper. We are glad to wel­ come them back, and exteud' ari Jn- vation to those who are yet on the outside. Clifton, the little six-year-old son of Mrs J. L. Smoot. Cooleemee, died early Sunday mornig of measles. T helittlebody waslaid to rest at Salem church Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Mr. Richardson, Cool­ eemee, conducting the funeral and burial services. The father, Mr. J. L. Smoot, died about ten days ago, The grief, stricken mother has the sympathy of the community in her double affliction. The attention of our readers is called to the statement of the condi­ tion of the Bank of Davie, which ap pears in today’s paper. This is Davie’s oldest and best bank, and during their many years of business they have enjoyed a steady growth. The people have confidence in the in the bank, and are not afraid to entrust thejr business to the officers and directors. Now would be a good time for you to open an ac­ count with this establishment. Going Out Of Business? No we have just been preparing for our biggest year and it is going to be 1917, We have a nice lot of Easter Cards, let. Pound paper 25 and 30. cts, box paper IOct to 75, just as good as before it went up, because we buy in large quanties. Crawford's Drug Store. “THE BLUE FRONT’ FromRowan. Wheat and oats are looking very unpro­ mising; from the land freezes, much of the land is nearly bare. We had feared the peaches were killed in the bud, but we see they are begining to show a little red "The farmers are late with their plowing, but we think all are getting an even start. There seems to have beea more deaths of old people than common, otherwise health is fairly good after a seige of meas­ les and whooping cough. We have had some bad sand-clay roads. It seems the sand-clay roads willnot hold in the winter. Mr. L. D. H. Brown, near Granite Quarry has a pair of full blooded blood hounds; and thevare proving themselves very suc­ cessful and reliable. Tbeir ears measure sixteen inches from tip to tip. For sometime the grainary of David S. Brown has been infested with rats; many have been shot at: The other day, while raining, he and his ion thought they would kill more. His son was on the outside and and his father insid running them out, his son shot and killed a rat or two, but the bnllet went on inside though a box and into his father’s shoulder about two in­ ches. Had to have a doctor to extract it. If it had hit him in the head'or breast, it might have proveid fatal; he is able to be about, but is suffering from the wound. ItseemsthatWilson and some others are trying their best to stir up a war with Germany, and in all probability for the purpose of finical gain for a few who do not need it. Yes. this man who was re­ elected on the grounds, that “he kept us out of war” is doing this this thing. We are of the opinion that these men know but little about the horrors of war, as nev­ er expect to shoulder a gun themselves; but want the laboring class to do the flighting while they look on. We think they are very anxious in navagating a- cross the waters. Our people will defend our soil to the last, but to leave our coun­ try to fight a foreign nation, and satisfy the greed of a few is a different tbing.anfi many refuse to go. OBSERVER. Big Y. M. C. A. Contest. The Young Men’s Christian As sociation of Winston-Salem is /plan­ ing for its annual membership cam­ paign, opening March 28th., and closing April 4th. The.teams in the contest, will be named for the vari­ ous counties adjacent to Forsyth and thp following counties have been se­ lected: Davie, Davison, Guilfordv Rockingham, Surry.-Stokes. Wilkes, Yadkin and Patrick (in Virgina). In the campaign the teams will be: matched against each other and the- county scoring the most by bringing; members into the Y. M. C. A., will be declarred the winner in the con­ test. v The Young Men’s Christian As­ sociation is an institution that has; the backing of the very best people | of Winston-Salem and the boys from • oUr country, who dre living therev- should join in with this movement -and connect themselves vyith an or­ ganization that is doing-fine work vfor the men and boys of the city and at the sarae time, boost their Iiomej [country in the contest that will be on within the next few days. I There is no accounting for the ex-j travagnce. of- American , women. W abbage leayes are now being used The Record’s Honor Roll. The following friends of The Record have renewed their subscription or sub­ scribed since our last issue. Is your name on our honor roll? If not, let us place it there in our next issue: W. R. Latham, Donalsocvilie, Ga. S. E. Ratledge, Greensboro. R. 3. Rev. M. C. Kurfees, Louisville, Ky. G. G. Daniel, Mocksviile. Ed Brown, Cooleemee. Mrs. Jas. McGuire. Mocksville, R. I. J. P. Granger, Farmington. D. J. Brown, Calahaln. Mrs. J. J.* Hoskins, La Junta, Colo- C. H. Allen, Cleveland. P. L. Cartner, Statesville, R. 7. R. A. Gough, EastjBend. Garbage cans should be carefully disinfected and laid away. There may come a time when they will be in demand again. Life is life, and that’s about all we know about it. The Yadkin River1 near Salis bury, N. O., was 10 feet above normal during the recent rains. ' Grand Easter Excursion to Wash­ ington, D. C., via Southern Railway System, Wednes­ day, Apr. 4,1917. The Southern Railway System will op­ erate low-round trip fare excursion from North Carolina points to Washington, D. C., Wednesday, April 4th, 1917. Special train consisting of Standard Pullman Sleeping cars and High Class Day coach­ es to leave Charlotte at 8 p. m., Salisbury at 9:50 p. in., Greensboro at 11:45 p. m., arriving in Washington, D. C., at 7:15 a. m., Thursday, April 5th, The following round trip fares will ap­ ply from stations named below: Salisbury, ::$7;'Statesville, $7.50; Win­ ston-Salem,$7. . . Fares from all intermediate points on same low basis. Tickets good going only on Special train. Good returning on all regular trains ex­ cept No. 37. up to and including No. 31 leaving Washington at 7 p. m., Sunday night, April 8th.. Tickets good for 4 days in Washington, allowing ample time for side trip if de­ sired. Easteris theideal time to visit Washington and this excursion offers you an excellent7 opportunity to' make the trip at very small expense. Pullman reservations must be made in advance. . 1 . For further information, Pullman reser­ vations, etc., call oh ' any agent of the Southern Railway System, or write , S. E. BURGESS, D. P. A. Charlocte, N. C. [)R. ROBT. ANDERSON, DENTIST, P h o n e * O f f i c e N o . 71, R e s id e n c e N o . 47 O f f i c e o v e r D r u g S t o r e . WHEN YOU THINK OF SHOES Don’t fail to see t-he famous Godwin and Star Brand Spring line Men’s, Women’s and Child- ren’s—none better. “It’s a long way to honest footweat. It’s a long way to go, It’s so easy to put in paper In places where it won’t sliow. , Beware of old cheap iines, They’re not on the square, Put’ your faith in “Star Brand” Solid Leather For our heart’s right there A T C. C. SANFORD SONS CO. I A F l Y f ST JACOB STEWART A T T O R N E Y - A T - L A W OFFICES: ROOMS NOS. I AND 6 OVER MERCHANTS & FARMERS’ BANK, M O C K S V I L L E , N . C . OFFICE PHONE NO. 67. PRACTICE IN ALL THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS. SS8TER EST Sg 'B E ST ; S E R V A N T . ]___________________ INTEREST NEVER SLEEPS. IT IS NEVER IDLE. IT WORKS 24 HOURS EVERY DAY. IT WORKS 365 DAYS EVERY YEAR. NO OTHER SERVANT IS SO FAITHFUL. S E E P Y O im M O E E Y A T SM TESIESY. Start a savings account at once with this bank, and have money accumulating steadily.We pay 4 per cent interest on all time deposits, and our customers’ interests are OURS. B M f l S Q F B M .W S E 3. F. BXOORBt CasMea; 25. S.. GA2THE5S, PxesMemt BCOCKSVSL&S, E . fc .” D R . M A R T I N , in connection with general practice, gives special attention to diseases of eye, ear, nose and throat and fits O f f i c e O v e r D r u g S t o r e . DR. A. Z. TAYLOR DENTIST Office over Merchants’ & F. Bank. Good work—low prices. JOHN K. FOSTER ALVIS JONES ROBT. YOUNG We havejustopenedup a beau­ tiful line of Spring Footwjear for gen­ tlemen and ladies, children and babies. . . . There Has {been lots said about the pr^ce of Shoes. They are not as high as you heard they were. Jones & Gentry is prov­ ing this to their customers. We bought them right and we are going to sell them right. We have what w e advertise and you get what you buy. Come and see us. Ywi are always wel­ come at our store. JONES & GENTRY “Winston-SalemVShoe Store.” TRADjE STREE-TP. STOP! TH INK AND LISTEN. 4 » 0 4» 4» 4» 4» 4» 4 1 % 4» 4» 4* 4» O W e have a nice line of all kinds of grocer­ ies, and want your trade. Call in and see our line, or call us and we will deliver it to you. FRESH MEATS ALL THE TIME. Country meats a specialty, are solicited. Your orders SWAIM & DAVIS, ON THE SQUARE PHONE 69 4 4 <4 <4 4» 4 4» 4 4» 4» 4 4 4» 4» 4» 4 4 4* JUST RECEIVED Oat load Cotton Seed meal Sweet Feed $2.20 and $2 40. seed Potatoes $8 50 hd(1 $9 OO while they last. Remember our line of Low cut shoe was bought 4 months ago. W ALKER’S BARGAIN HOUSE. o • * TELEPHONE 31 MOCKSVILLE, N. C. 3 2 0 , 8 1 7 Have been built and actually delivered to retail buyers since August 1,1916. These figures—320,817—represent the actual number of cais manufactured by us since August 1st, 1916, and delivered by our agents to retail Buyers. T h is unusual fall and winter demand for Ford cars makes it necessary for us to confine the distribution of cars only to those agents who have orders for immediate deiivery. to re­ tail customers,, rather than to permit any/agent to stock cars, [ in anticipation of later spring sales. • We are issuing this notice to intending buyers that they may protect themselves against delay or disappointment in secur­ ing Ford cars? If, therefore, you are. planning to purchase a Ford.car, we advise you to place your order and take deliv- \ ery now. Immediate orders will have prompt attention. Delay In buying at this time may. cause you to wait several . months Enter your order today for immediate delivery w ith, our authorizedFord agent listed below and dop’^ -b e disap-• pointed later qtU ^ ^ ' ' PRICES: RunsfcoUt $345,Touring. Car $360, Coupelet $505. Town Car $595, Sedan $645, f. jo. b. Detroit. .. . .. I ■ ' u . M.[I !! i! F o r d M otor Co. JjJbcksyflk, N . C» inij£3*3.- "."l' ' ■'• •'1 ’ , I rtW BI TTTJf -C :v- '■ <\ ' * ■- TTs '■*■■ ■’■'■ m:.3'; -..Vi- , m M V lE itEdOJtD, MOCKSVILL®, N. 6 . ill ■ u I-Jl' ill; © IIIlit I I II III I IIM U IlIm Iiip m IS m■kmc p EKtS Of Ni WITIOIS America And Germany Are ss N a tio n s of W o rld Five Americans Wear Glasses to One of Any Other Nation Which Ac­ counts for a Twenty Per Cent De crease In Blindness In America Since the Advent of Glasses. America and Germany are the great­ est eyeglass and spectacle-wearing na tions of the world. Five Americans wear glasses to one of any other nation. Deplorable, were it not for a fact that blindness in America has decreas­ ed over 20 per cent since the advent of glasses; while in every other coun­ try of the globe there is an actual in­ crease. Here we have at once a potent argu­ ment in favor of glasses and glass wearing. Germany is the short-sighted nation, and uses more'minus lenses for the correction of myopia or short sight than all other nations .combined. France has one blind person in every 500 inhabitants—a larger per cent of blind than any other nation, except China, Egypt and Spain. f England furnishes the greater part of all glass used for spectacles and eyeglass lenses in this country. This great war has turned the attention of American manufacturers to the prob­ lem for optical purposes. Russia has one blind person In every 1000, and remarkable as it may seem, the Province of Siberia, with Its abuse and hardships, shows a smaller per cent than that of any other part of this country. China has more blind than any other country. During the first wee&’s opera- tiop of an electric railway, twenty- eight natives were killed because of defective vision. ' America has but one blind person In every 1500 inhabitants and this ratio is .decreasing very rapidly. The little piece if glass optomet- rists place before so many eyes has been the main cause of this decrease in acquired blindness. In no country has optometry—the science of lens application for the re­ lief of eye strain—reached the scien­ tific perfection it has in A frica. CARE FOR THE CHILD’S EYES Eye Is Main Avenue of Education and Parents Chouid 8ee Child's Eyes Are Not Defective. The school child does not always realize the necessity of an education; the parents likewise often fails to realize the necessary appliances for acquiring it. The eye is our main avenue of edu­ cation. Defective vision causes more school failures than any other one thing. One who night otherwise become a power in the world is often broken down mentally, physically andr moral­ ly through waste of nerve energy, be cause of defective eyes. Your child may see well—perfectly but the one who shows normal vis­ ion and does it with DEFECTIVE EYES, needs glass aid more than the one who doesn’t see so well.. Optometrists make a specialty of fit­ ting the eyes of children and i young people, guarantee an accurate and proper adjustment of glasses, and take care of the eyes until they reach maturity. SOUTffSCOMMANDinG FOSfflON BI THE COTTOM EAch Ool mUalalt 10000 CMlWi SpSirttM. Ar«*9 fromwhtch Southern RaiWay Ctrrite XfiaLfoprincipal cotton mill dufocfo Map of Southern Railway lines showing location of cotton mills, each dot indicating IOfOOO cotton spindles. .................................................................................................................................................................................... ** ' * H l l l l l U U t l l l - - - - -- Washington, D. C.—(Special.)—The commanding position of the South with respect to the cotton mill industry is graphically shown by figures and a map presented in the annual report of Southern Railway Company for the fiscal year ended June SOth,: 1916. ' . . . “A notable feature of Southern manufacturing development,” says President Fairfax Harrison in the report, is the rate at which the consumption- of cotton; one of the principal raw materials of the South, has increased in Southern mills. United States census figures show that in the twelve months ended July 31,1916, the mills of the South consumed 3,526,787 bales, as compared with 3,026,969 bales last year, an increase of 499,818 bales, or 16.51 per cent. The mills of all other States consumed 2,869,185 bales in the twelve months this year, as compared with ,2,570,393 bales last year, an increase of 298,792 bales, or 11.68 per cent. Fully seventy-five per cent of the cotton spindles of the South are in mills along the lines of Southern Railway Company and its associated companies." ______________ __________---------------------------------------------------I^l-U----------- - - J----------- — itary movement. The distances in­ volved in this movement of the Or­ ganized Militia are very mu<jh greater than those is Europe, the longest run in the German Empire, from one fron­ tier to the other, being about 700 miles GOOD SIGHT DOES NOT MEAN GOOD EYES Your sight may be good yet your eyes may be in the most urgent need of help. Ever see the big, robust man, pause In his swinging strides along the street, clap a hand to his heart and drop dead? We have. He looked to be the healthiest man on the street, yet a tiny heart rivulet clogged and the machinery stopped, all because of a little over exertion. If the little piece of glass optomet rists place before your eye keeps the strain away, it may in a similar way postpone the advance of the more ser--: ious “break-down” that comes to the human machine when over-loaded or overworked. Because you see well is no valid reason for you to think you have good eyes. Often those who see best are In greatest need of optometry. The heart trouble that caused the big healthy man to drop dead may have come because defective eyes were taking more nerve force than na­ ture intended, thereby weakening the stomach and possibly the heart action. Your eyes may be normal, or nearly so, probably are, but the wise course is to know, not guess, and you can only know the truth by an occasional visit to a.reliable optometrist. I f ’S; IXJST TH IS W AY ABOUT EYES, M anawr You may go on straining them—wo can’t help you in our talks In this journal ; we can warn you, but it's only in a personal way that we can do youany-good. If you wait for the serious eye trou­ bles you must take the serious cOnBO- quences. < The sooner the easier in e^a caifc. CLOSE MARGIN OF PROFIT IN OPERATION OF RAILWAY Large Anioont Of Capital Risked For Very Small Returns OF VITAL INTEREST TO PUBLIC Investors Wlli Not Provide Money for Improvements Unless They Are ‘ Assured a Reasonable Profit on Their Investment , i' Atlanta, Ga.—(SpeciaL)-The dose margin of profit for a railroad/under present conditions is strikingly- shown by figures submitted by President Har-; rison in the annual report^of South1 era Railway Company for • the fiscal year ended June 30 th, 1916.; In the most prosperous year of the !Compa­ ny’s history , the net operating income ($21,004,005.09) represented, only 5.31 per cent on the investment ■ ($395,722,- 785.06) in the railroad and equipment which produced it. “It may perhaps be said;” said Mr. Harrison, “that there is no.industry ex­ cept a railroad in which so large a capital is risked for such a Teturn in its most successful year.” / At a time when the newspapers dai­ ly are printing articles .'in regard to increasing railroad grotsfc flaming as Indicating a rising ti/le of general' prosperity, it is well t»> bear in min/ the very small retunK on money i/i- vested in railroad property. 7 Many persons are Daisied into belii v- ing that the railroafis are fabulously prosperous by the Were size of the I ig- ures in which the i earnings; «f Iai ge railroads are expressed, but, it sitoj ild be remembered thatt an enormous stun of money was rewarfcd to consuiict and equip their. plants and that !the return on each dollar invested is liei'.a- Uvely small. J I It is manifestly in the interes Ht - <of the employees Off a Tillroad an^ 'of the public serve d that the railroad secure new capital for additions! and improvements /to its plant so thl.t it may give better service and offer en­ larged employment. However, * this can be accomff,ii8hed oaly bjr ^ ing he railroad Vto earn an amount! on the capital .all ready invested sufflca ?nt a return ou the additioi ialcapital desirrju. Governmfjiitai agencies may depirens rates and . e.aact restrictive Jdgisla-flora which wtf .! deprive the man who has already finrested in railroads of a feiir return <ra his in vestment, but no i kaa “ b^ n deviSed for forcing the i aaa with Jaoneyiinj tie bank to put» Jt ^ 0ad «oxistruction or impr m - ment UnlessJthe investment apr ears ■a c t iv e to !lim ^ offers a f £ r retyrn he will Jput hJs money in enterprise that cannot be affected by governmental {agencies. j /Bvery ejnpJ pyee of the SontS em and e Tery 8Wpper served by d o t h l t T US true “ terestt riU furn™ «.* cwtI to lnaUre.such a t re- capIltal invested! in the Southern Rtiil way as will make t be securities Of t ieV C o m p a J S so the Compai iy nTein construct^ e V l Ogram which W U HANDLING OF U. S . TROOPS WAS BEST IN ALL HISTORY . . M . n tier to tne other, Demg atoout 700 miles KtyOrt In OUdrtGrinaster General coin* and those in France much less. The _ l ! _ I ^ io tD T IA A o t r o T f a l o d Yiw +Ti a m i l i t i a n-r-pliments American Railways. MILrTIA MOVED 8plehd1d Results Attained by Cordial Co-Operation of Railway Em­ ployees and Officials With War Department Washington, D. C.—(Special.)— /There has been no case in history Whsre troops have been as well han- ■ died and cared for as in the move- j ment to the Mexican border during jthe summer of 1916, says the annual !report of the Quartermaster General of the- U. S. Army, which has just been made public. On behalf of the railways, super­ vision of moving the troops was in the hands of a'special Committee on Co-operation with the Military Author­ ities appointed by the American Rail- ■way Association, at the request of the "War Department, and composed of Fairfax Harrison, president of the Southern Railway, .chairman; R. H. Aishton1 president of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway; A. W. Thomp­ son, vice president of the Baltimore 3.nd Ohio Railroad; W. G. Besler, pres­ ident of the Central Railroad of New ’Jersey. • The report tells of the uniformly excellent handling given troops' and supplies Jthrough the co-operation of railway officials and. employees of ev­ ery rank with the "War Department officials. It states that to carry the first 100,000 of the National Guard moved to the border, ,350 trains, which, if combined, would Iisive been nearly 90 miles long, were required, and that they included -3,000 passenger cars, 400 baggage cars, most of them equip­ ped as kitchen cars for serving hot meials en route, 1,300 box cars,, 2,000 stock cars, and 800 flat cars. Approx­ imately. 4,900 road locomotives and crews had a part in handling, this movement, in addition to a large num­ ber of yard engines and crews. Striking sentences from the report are as- follows: 'Considering the great distanced traveled by the militia from, the vari­ ous camps to the Mexican border, th'e fact that there was but a single ac­ cident, and that of a minor character, the celerity with which the trains were moved and the entiire absence of congestion or delay, it is believed that there has'been no case'in history where, troops have been as well and safely transported or as well, cared for while en route as in the recent mob­ilization." ’ “Every assistance possible was ren­ dered the Government by officials an-d employees of all railroads concerned, from the presidents of the companies down to the minor employees.” I “Although the movement of the Or­ ganized Militia to the border came at a- time when the commferdial traf­ fic on railroads of the United States was the largest in years, the trans­ portation of the militia was performed with very, little interference with r^g- ular train service and with no conges­ tion whatever, either at initial or ter­ minal; points or en route.” “It is, of course, impossible to com­ pare the concentration of the United States Militia on the Mexican border with the mobilization in Europe in the summer of 1914. In Europe all: clfil traffic was stopped and the entire distances traveled by the militia or ganizations of the United States vary from 60S miles, in the case of the PROMPTLY Louisiana troops, to 2,916 miles in the case of thie Connecticut troops. The majority ■ of these troops came from North and Northeastern States and were carried over 2,000. miles; in most cases In remarkably fast time. “When it is considered that these trains were, as a rule, heavy trains of from 17 to 22 cars each, and were composed. of freight, passenger and baggage equipment (which; was nec­ essary in order to enable each unit to proceed to its destination intact with all its equipment and impedi­ ments), it will be seen that the move­ ment was, made with exceptional ra­ pidity.” ‘—‘ =“'•*5'= as practically to eliminate all reason;railroad system given 0Ter to ^ lj J ahie. and feir criticism.” FREIGHT CLAIMS PAID PROMPTLY SAYS HARLAN Member Of Interstate Gommerce Com­ mission Praises The Railroads. NO CAUSE F0R JUSTCRITICI8M Mr. Harlan Tells Freight Claim Asso­ ciation of Surprise of Commission at Excellent Showing as to Prompt-Payments Washington, D. C -(SpeciaL )- Where the claims of shippers against railroads are well founded they are paid promptly, declared Commissioner James S. Harlan. Ofi the Interstate Commerce Commission to the mem­ bers of the Freight Claim Association in an address in which he told of an investigation made by the Commission and the surprise of its members at the excellent showing as to prompt payments made by the railroads. “Before taking my seat,” said Mr. Harlan, “I wish to. make a very frank Confession. During the course of my ten years service on the Commission so many complaints Iiad come to me of the delay in the payment by car­ riers of the claims of shippers?; that I had come to think that the matter of claim adjustments was a very weak spot in our railroad administration! I was, therefore, particularly interest­ ed in the suggestion that interroga­ tions should be addressed by the com­ mission to the carriers for the purpose of ascertaining, among other things, the length of, time taken by them In settling the claims of shippers. "The results that were tabulated by the commission on the answers return­ ed by the carriers’ about a year ago were so surprising to me and to my colleagues and were considered by us of such importance that we at. once re­ ported the facts to the Congress as useful public Information. I wish to congratulate the association on the showing made. “The trouble with us was that we had made ^nb** distinction' between claims that had been declined or that were without merit and therefore still pending, and ; claims that .were well founded and had Jbeen i promptly ad­ justed. “The shipping , public should know that instead of being a weak spot in the railroad service, the work of your association has been so systematized IM B M IiiffltB ti A D lG ESTive IiAXATlVE CATHARTIC AND UVER TOMC TfAif-Fos is not a Secret or Patent Medi­ cine but is composed' of the following old-fashioned roots and herbs: CASCARA BARK BLUE FLAG ROOT RHUBARB ROOT BLACK ROOT MAY APPLE ROOT SENNA LEAVES AND PEPSIN ItfLAX-Fos the Cascaka is improved by the addition of these digestive ingredi­ ents making it better than ordinary Cas Casa, and thus the combination acts not only as a stimulating laxative and cathar­ tic but also as a digestive and liver tonic. Syrnp laxatives are weak, but Lax-FoS combines strength with palatable, aro­ matic taste and does not gripe or disturb the stomach. One bottle will prove Laz-Fos is invaluable for, Constipation, Indigestion or Torpid Liver. Price 50c. Ieiliepieiri to la * , kinds of'commercial printing. * I I t I I t such ds ENVELOPES, . -STATEMENTS, ' BILL HEAfiS, LETTER HEADS, SHIPPING TAGS. CARDS, POSTERS, or anything you may need in i 2 the Printing line. We have the • J ; neatest and best equipped shop j» in Davie county. Our prices are *5, “ot too high. Phone No. I, and *» we will call and show you sam s 3 • pies and prices., The Legislature Up To Date. In all candor the legislatdre np to this sad boat* has done nothiug worth while. PresamabIy it was relieved of a lot of little bills,', bat its big bills have been nothing •*orth white. Why not a constitutional amend • pnt that the legis ature meet* ouly upon the call of the govern pr, and why all this expense, a ll 1 rHia expense, all this idiocy? Take i and read it T ike it and look it. over, and every two years the. tax payers are mclcted; there is no monkey about the proposition; it remains and is a fact.—Greens j boro ltecord. I Rubbing Eases Pain Rubbing sends the liniment tingling through Uie flesh and quickly Stops pain. Demanda liniment that you can rub with Thfc be& -rubbing liniment is Despondency Due to Constipation.. Women often become nervous and de-, spondent. When this is due to constipar' tion it is easily corrected by taking an occasional dose of Chamberlain's Tablets. These tablets are easy to take and pleas­ ant in effect Db you take The Record? Only$l. GooJforiheAdmenhof Hones, Mules, Cattle, Etc. Qooi for your own Achs, Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains, Cuts, Burns, Etc. 25c.' 50c. $1. At ail Dealers. The Record gives you the news all the time—2 cents a week. W inston-Salem Southbound Railway Short Line Between W inston-Salem , L exiiigton9 Albemarle, Norwood and Points South Through train from Roanoke, Va.^ to Florence, S. C., in connection with the Norfolk & Wesitern Railway and Atlantic Coast Line. Through Pullman Sleeping Car New York to Jacksonville, Fla., via W inston-Salgm. • S. P. COPIER, JR., Traffic Manager. Winston-Salem, N. C. M BI I FOR MONUMENTS AND TOMBSTONES CEMETARY W ORK OF ALL KINDS Investigate our Prices and Work. « Careful Attention Gihren to Special Designs* R E I N S B R O T H E R S , (Successors to Miller-Reins Gompany).' NORTH WILKESBORQ AND LENOIR, N. C. SOUTHERN L U N C H ROOM . Moicksville, N. C. “W here Hunger is Satisfied.” . The old reliable Southern Lunch Room :is again open to the public, and is better prepared than ever to. serveJhe pub­ lic at all time^’with hot meals, lunches, fruits,- cigara, tobacco, candies, etc. Sanitary cooking, neat dining room and attentive service. If you eat with us (mce^ yotf’will eat! with us, always. L U N G fr RO O M . : Moicijcsville, N. C.Depot St. VOLl Tbel Every or bow l) Beautifu Dization | ble if a ive and erence hi citizens I ness hou thousand the attei on create There coined td business This apt things to or mar t| Now t| coming ■ beautifi^ Just nov winter’s! her most! much atj she is to earth inI beauty, gullies, I accumuld and leavl m oved,; chance t<| It is il order Iov show to ways ha^ and hara more givj ness thari mittee oil vising th| and they] unsighclj had neve Just hJ a suggeal beautifyi The pr| has alwaj for the The averl tention tq presents i appearac going to i dollar’s that this I these vac er poasibl to swell t| growing getables- coat of w| When on to negl fidd mam dumps.bJ of beauty Most ta They wilj and build more obsj streets ar ^permitted Taken to I autnoritiJ never seel it doesh’l them, wt m ight aeej forget the them.'whl Iect and man withl that it is he never! Always town will! Aerse, jt people arl order, or ( »nd. well alley iu tl| street in proach tol . have sudij i3urroundi| j psaessiou j i l t ’s tin town. Whenever! The Old chill ToniJ General T] ■wellknow and IROnJ ,out Malat Suilds up,1 * * * * * * * TTW@ » * prepared to handle all i |commercial ptintiDg J I * * * I* Ie si Ie n ts 1 |iEADS. TER HEADS, Ripping tags. CARDS. POSTERS. |» you may need in I1 i line. VVe have the * I best equipped shop I* Runty.- Our prices are «* li. Phone No. I, and J Il and show you sara I1 Jices. iJs > E a s e s P a in bends the liniment tugh the flesh and Js pain. Demand a tyou can rub with, libbing liniment is the Ailments of ^les, Cattle, EtCi t;our own Aches, taatism, Spniml jBurni, Etc. At all Dealers. jives you the news all its a week. |d R ailway Albemarle, >uth. Jrences S. C., in prn Railway to Jacksonville, Manager. BSTONES :in d s hrk. B , i)- )IR, N. C. RO OM , again open to serve the pub- | | [rigar-s, tobacco, i and attentive Itb us always. iOOM . k N. C. “HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS MAINTAIN; UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN.” VOLUMN xvm . The “City Beautiful” Club. Every town, no matter how small or bow large, should have a “ City Beautiful” club. This iB an orga nization that is almost indispensi- ble if a town is to be made attract ive and kept bo. It makes no diff­ erence bow neat and orderly the citizens may be about their busi­ ness houses, there are bound to be thousand and one things that need the attention of special organizati­ on created for the purpose. There never waB a truer axiom coined than “ what’s everybody’s business iB nobody’s business.” This applies most forcibly to many things that tend largely to make or mar the town. Now that the warm weather is coming on, the laborrs of, the citj beautifiers will be in great demand. Just now, after the raverages of winter’s storms, nature presents her most depressing aspect, and much attention will be reqnired if she is to re-dothe the face of the earth in her original garments or beauty. Unsightly washes and. gullies, fiilled up ditches and drains accumulations of weeds and trash and leaves and twigs are to be re­ moved, and nature given her fair chance to do her beet, It is in this capacity. that the order loving women of the town show to advantage, Women al ways have a.keener eye for beauty and harmony than men. They are more given to neatness and ordili- ness than men. Startout a com mittee of energetic women to super vising the cleaning up of a town and they will find nuisance and unBighdy places of which the men had never thought, Just here we would like to offer a suggestion in connection with beantifying the town. Theproblem of the vacant lot has always been the hardest one for the town beautfiers to. Bolve. The average owner pays little at tention to it, hence it invariably presents a neglected and desolate appearance. Now this season is going to see a demand for every dollar’s worth of food products that this country can produce, and these vacant lots should, wherev­ er possible, be /turned to account to swell the output. A ny kind Of growing crop—corn, potatoes, ve getables—are far preferable to a coat of weeds. : Wbeo this is done, turn attenti­ on to neglected backyards. Yoii1II lind many of them that now refuse dumps.but that can be made places of beauty and usefullness. Most towns are like Borne people. They will keep the main streets and buildings presentable, but the more obsure. places and the back streets and alleys are neglected and ..permitted to fall into, 4he decay M o n t o M in m m M | the authorities often reply that visitors u m e e tlim p lM , anyway, bo it doesn’t; matter. No, but we see I hem. which is worse. Strangers might see' them and go away and forget them, but we moist live , with them.1 which is liable to breed neg Iect and disorder in ourselves. A man with a Bore toe may know that it is hidden from the public, he never forgets that- it is there. Always bear this in mind: The town will be beautiful or the re 'erae, just in proportion as its people are lovers o f beauty and order, or the reverse.! A beautiful and well kept home,. with a foul alley iu the rear and a neglected 6treet in frout, is a standing re­ proach to its owner,. 1 H e should Lave sufficient pride to see that his tSurrouodings harmonize with his 5) ossessions. ’ " _>. iHIt’s time to get busy in jf t i|i town. .. f MOCKSVILLE. NORTH CAROUNAi WEDNESDAY. MARCH 28. 1917. Let Us Be Neutral. Much comment is being brought out on what some people claim is their inherent right to go where and when they choose on the high seas. They Bay Germany is deny­ ing this right by her blockade of England. Do these same people say anything about England block­ ading Germany, and also denying us unrestricted rights to do busi­ ness with Holland, Sweeden and Denmark! Not a word. T et this country claim s'to be neutral. I noted one Senator (Salisbury) has had the nerve to offer a resolution to open our porte to all Entente war vessels. Why not deed this country back to England and give up our independence and liberty that our forefathers fought to ob tain from England! Germany in trying to blockade England is only attempting what England has al­ ready done to Germany. The same Entente, created the people of the Entente, created the people of the Central Powers, and they are as much our brothers, and should be accorded as much consideration as the Entente A llies. If we can’t stop the conflagration, let us at least refuse to supply the fuel to coDtinae it. Flace an embargo on everytning going to the war zone in the shape of munition and sup­ plies, and then let the best man win. This country'should not be a party to the conflict.—Jasper Miller in Charlotte Observer. Stacking Up Cordwood. Home such measure as Speaker Murphy’s bill to make blockading a felony is going to be needed when the J>ar8 ar.e put: up against ,- the shipment of liquor into the State of Forth Carlina. Even now the moonshiner lights his fires within the shadows of schoolhouse and church. He has moved in from the road and plies his profession with amazing boldness. Undoubt­ edly he is plating to take advant­ age of the Bituation and supply his produce to the capacity' of hiB Crude distilling plant. Under 'the prohibition law as it has been en­ forced the moonshiner has thrived to the discounting of even the pal m y days of the red legged glass hopper. He is stacking up cord- wood against the coming of the day of actual drought, and he is going to fear no. hing short of banging, Possiblylie will not stand in much pretty tight sore of law to bold down tbe North Carolina moonshiner.— Uhariotte Observer. The Die Is Cast The unexpected has happened. Onr people all through the long conflict were hoping and praying that we would not become involved in the most stupid warfare that was ever waged in the history ol the human race. There is a- con siderable element who still believe that there is not a sufficient cause for our country to go to war with Germany. The sinking of the La­ conia is what any belligeren nation in Germany’s position would have done. It was loaded with contra-, baud. It was a British vessd flying the British flag. Mrs. Hoy and her daughter had no business on it. There were other vessels leaving about the same time, bound for. the same port that arrived in safety at their destination. The fatal mistake our Congress made, in our judgment, was in not adopt ing the McLemore resolution, war ning American citizens to keep off belligerent vessels. The daredevil spirit of our own people in rushing into needless danger has broughi us into trouble. Auother mistake we made was in supplying the bel­ ligerent nations with munitions ol war. It is true, that through this means our muuitioDB makers have grown fabulously rich, but the call od on to pay a fearful price for that vast wealth iG the pockets of a few citizens. However whether opr policy has been wise or foolish, we have “crossed the Rubicon,” and there seems to be no escape for us. We will be forced to join Alles in their struggle against the German arms. This means: that we must pliinge headlong into debt to strengthen our military establish ' ment. T hat-is iad enough, but not the worst thing that will be­ fall us. W ehave post the position of neurality by which this govern ment could have been of so great service in the adjustment of things when the war closes. Further more, we sacrifice Mie great moral power neuralit/ would have given us as a nation of peace lovers, and drags us down on a level with the European murders The war now is a world war, ajad no man can say where it will end. The devil is in the saddle and his spirit, is runing riot among the sons of men. May theG od of peace deliver us! —cuaitty r t ObiIteB, VLjl (I... 11.1 IILaI *L. IIamI WNIIIH Illfli UUvv IWl HIIoGl IIIU UvflU Because'of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA- TIVg BROMOQUININgis betterthan ordinary Quinine and does not cause nervousness norringing In head. Remember the full name and took for th e signature of E . W . GROVE. 25c. Whenever You .Need a General Toiiic / Take Grove’s The Old Standard Grove’ s Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contf.ins tbe wellknown tonic propertiesof QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Dnves Why He Is Barred From Raleigh. Of course w e. know at Baleigb the legislature meets and happily once only in two years. But per­ ennially the asylum for insane is there, as is also the State peniten- l i j r W i b v b j K a w ’rg'i to B ileirb often. Tbis year ve would be asked ou the train if »e were a member of the Legislature, and such a personal affront would call for reprisal. Iu other years the question would be put to us: “ Are you going to-the penitentiary or the "asylum” ! And having been reared ae a pet and nursed in the arms of luxury wS are not gc- ing to stand for auy such imperti ' uence. That is wny we cannot go to Baleigh —Greensboro Record. The Pneumonia Season. The cold, damp weather of March seems to be the most favorable for the pneumo­ nia germ.' Now is the time to be careful. Pneumonia often results from a cold. The quicker a cold is gotten rid of the less the danger. As soon as the first indication of a cold appears take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedyi As to the value of this preparation, ask anyone who has used it. . Sugar As Balm. ’ ,A German surgeon nst*s sugar to h eal wounds. , The Democratic party healed several political . The Tariff. That old tariff dog is coming back. Senator Simmons hangs on to his free trade hobby—but even Simmons will come into camp. It is the only thing to do—put on a wounds when they repealed the provision; Blating sugar for the free list, but they left several bad scars. —Clinton News Dispatch. To Cfure a Cold In' Oiie Pay _ . nnoM O O uinine. Its to p s the I V«ll AV K»VVVVUVU, I1 vation, call it. anything jou want, lib; yoo can’t run t t a i w with- out kale m \, and kale seed ran be collected from abroad.—Every­ thing. If this high price of print paper, and the high prices of food staff had occured back in 1910, Mr. Tatt would have received, and the pro­ tective tariff would have been to -all these democratic sheets £a “ rob ber tariff.—Ex. out Malaria, DEAFNESS CANNOl BECORED by local applications, as they can not reach the diseased portion ol the ear. There is only one way to cure.deafneBS, and that is by con stithtional reuiedies. Deafness is caused by ah inflamed conditiomrf the mucous lining of the Euspchian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sounfil or im perfect hearing, and when it is en tirely closed,Dhafness is tbe result, and unless the inflammation can beijpjjsfert ot^anfl this tubp,restored to its; normal condition;, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine ca ses out of ten are caused by Catarrh which is nothing but an! inflamed condition of the mucous Surfaces. /'W e will give one hundred dol ais for any case of Deaf ness (eaus ed by catarrh) that cannot be cured by: H airs Gaterrh Cupe- Send for •; M rcutobV -ih^ ,^ Can Tote It In. In the opinion of some of the most expert lawyers of the department of Justice, there is nothing in the Reed “bone dry” law which prevents in­ dividuals from personally carrying whiskey into dry territory. Your correspondent consulted some of the be3t lawyers in Congress and also high officals in the Department of Justice, and it is practically the un­ animous opinion that persons living in; dry territory may, so far as the Reed law is concerned, go to Balti­ more—that is about the only place a man will be able to get adrink after the end of this year—bring back whiskey for his own personal use. If he violates the North Carolina quart law, for instance, that is a matter which the State authorities must handle. The Reed law does not go outside of the authority of the !shipment in inter-State com­ merce and expert lawyers declare a man carrying whiskey into dry ter­ ritory for his own use does not vio­ late this most radical law ever enact­ ed by congress. The Department of Justice, however, will vigorously prosecute those who ship and those who receive shipments of whiskey. —Greensboro News. Catches The Hypocrites. As we understand the bone dry Ration, it aims to make it as hard for Borne of tbe prohibitionist to get as for Hetegalar old toper, -E x. . Chamberlain’s Coagh Remedy A Favorite For Colds. J. L. Easley, Macon. Hl., in speaking of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy says, “Dur­ ing the past fifteen years it has been mv sistfer’s favorite" medicine for colds on the k : i myself have taken it a number cold and A Comparison. Twixt a glutton and a starving man.t There’s a diffierence rather neat. Tbe first is one who eats too long, While the other longs to eat. -The Standard. A Bilious Attach. When you-have a bilious attack your liver fails to perform its functions. You become constipated. The food you eat ferments in your stomach instead of di­ gesting. This inflames the stomach and causes nausea, vomiting and a terrible headache. Take Chamberlain’s Tablets. Tqey will tone up your liver, clean out your stomach and you will soon be as well Xis ever. They only cost a quarter. Tbe S u e Old Story. The present legislature did some investigating of prison scandals in Forth Carolina, but we fear it will turn out like many others that have been attempted in some of State institutions—covered with a generous coat of white wash. As a rule the investigation find the affairs so nauseating that they have to cover them up as soon as pos- 'l I Vrtiil lit est cover available,-Creedmoor Willing to fight? We are! We’ll accept any commission the govern­ ment wants to hand us from major general down to major general down to major general DON’T BE MISLED. andMocksvilIe Citizens Should Read Heed This Advice. Kidney trouble is dangerous and often fatal. (Don’t experiment with something new and untried. tlSe a tested kidney remedy. !Begin with Doan’s Kidney 'Pills. ""Used in kidney troubles SO years. Recommended here and everywhere. The following statement forms convinc­ ing proof of their merit. J. E Fry. foreman in furniture shop, 220 E. Bell St., Statesville. N. C., savs: “I had lqmbago and often such sharp pains caught me agross the small of roy back when i stooped, that I could hardly strai­ ghten. Doan’s Kidney Rlls soon relieved me. When I notice now that my kidneys a;e not acting just right, I use Doan's Kidney Pills and they put me in good shape.’’ Price Sfkv at all dealers. Dnr-’t °*mply ask .for a kidney remedy—get Doan Kid­ ney RUs—the-same that Mr Fry had. :> Foster-Milbarn Co;.: Erops.,iBufralo Jtl Y. Debs Won’t FighL Speaking in New York last week Eugene V. Debs, veteran Socialist leader, urged the workers of the country to declare a nation-wide strike if the United States goes to war. The times’ report says that Debs, speakingwith all his old time fire, declared he would rather be backed against a granite wall and [shot as a traitor than “go to war for Wall Street.” Debs wrought up his 2.000 auditors almost to a state of frenzy by his picture of harm to the toilers of the United States should the country go to war. “I will never go to war for a capi­ talist government” ! he shouted. And a few moments later he declar­ ed that the government at Washing­ ton was capitalistic. “I’d rather a thousand times suf­ fer the fate of Liebknecht in Ger­ many,” he said. “I’d rather be lin­ ed up against a wall and shot down as a traitor to Wall Street than to fight a traitor to myself.” Mr. Yount’s Potato Crop. Mr. T. L. Yount, who up to nine years ago clerked in Hickory, has 900 bushels of swfeet potatoes to go North this spring at $125 a bushel. He lost practically all of his corn, but he made a full crop of potatoes where most of the farmers failed. During the July flood Mr. Yount was cut o l irom Hickory and the rest of the world. He and his 11- year- old boy took up their hoes and waded into the seven-acre potato field and kept the grass down. It was hard work, but Mr. Yount esti­ mated he and his boy made at least $400 in two weeks the ground was to wet to plow. Advice From A “Poor” Source. The.Eaonomic Club of Few York met recently to discuss the, high cost of living and have a little din ner. That same Economic Club ordered dinner at a swell Jiotel at five dollars a plate. And, yet. that bunch sends out“economis” stufffor the people to read.—Mon­ roe Enqirer. Mr. Cone’s Will. The estate of the late Caesar Cone of Greensboro is estimated at $1,- 500.000. Among the charities that will benefit by the will of Mr. Cone are the proposed Meses H. Cone Memorial Hospital of Greensboro, which is to receive $10,000; United Hebrew Charities of Baltimore,$1,- 000; Jackson TrainingSchool of Con­ cord, $1,000; the Masonic and East­ ern Star Home of Greensboro, $500. and the Oxford Orphan Asylum, P Oilier W itB tW ate tO re­ ceive smaller sums, Ilicremainfe of the estate goes to his wife and thee sons Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days ' T o ar druggist w ill refund m oney if PAZO OINTM ENT fails to cure any case of Itching. B lindaBU ediugorProtruding Piles in 6tol4days. NUMBER 37 Not Under Republican Rule. The Democrats said that they were going to reduce the high cost of living. But strange to say every necessity of Iile continues to rise.. In New York a special force of police has to stop the great throng of famishing women and children, who are each day beseigiug and begging the governor of ihe Stale and the Mayor of the city for bread. When did this occur before!—Clin- - ton News Dispatch Shoes Size 21 For Iowa Lad. A pair of shoes, size 21, said to be the largest ever made at Broc- ton, MasB, have been completed at a factory for Bernajd H. Koyne. of Des Moines, la. They will be shipped to Boston and flitted to a pair of rubbers. Koyne is nineteen years old, weighed 275 pounds, and is seven feet, nine inches in hi6 stocking feet. The shoes are of the ordinary blucher type, with double soles and heels. TbeK indW cW ant. Mr. C. B. Brady of Conover, re­ cently appointed a meinbsr of the Catawba board of education, is a Republics n. We mention this fact some surprise has caused by his selection at the hands of a Democratic general as­ sembly. He is a good man, is in­ terested in schools and stands for progress. Mr. Brady is the sort of mau who ought to be a member of a board of education, but he is not the sort of uitin, we are fairly sure, who would cuter ,a. mudsling- log contest to serve>.the schools.- If the new education bill is design­ ed to remove partisanship, it will make the schools strouger, and en - list men like Mr. Brady and Mr. Bisamar of Hickory, who is glad to give his time and talent to the cause of the couDty.— Hickory Re­ cord, Comedy Relief. Great Britain has borrowed $150,000 from Charlie Chaplin, and that is only about one fourth of his annual income. The comedy relief in tbe tragedy of war. How we long for a sight of a freckle-faced, bared footed boy with a stone bruise and a genuine case of HRdll111 sure us that nature after all has not ceased to be kind to her children. Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVE’S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out j M alaria.enrichestbeblood.andbuildsupthe eys- The first application gives E ase find Rest* 50c. ^ cent* A tru e tonic* F or adults and children* SQe. OFFICE F U R N I T U R E Complete outfits for large and small offices—desks, chairs, filing cabinets, safes and storage cases. Steel or wood­ en equipment of the very latest de­ signs. Card or index systems. Every­ thing for the office from a waste bask­ et or spittoon to a mammoth safe or double desk. We prepay freight on all shipments to Davie county- Let us quote prices on any­ thing you need in office equipment or Home Furniture or Fp^pishings. . HUNTLEY-HILL-STOCKTON CO., » Fnrhiture WINSTON-SALEM, N. C Office Equipment .t:| Il ill-SI SWffiSt.^V >*v'^rp^T *$„ ^ ^ ¥HS B A Irll liScORD, MOCiKSVltLEi N. C. ife. In 'I I- I fif •} I s I It THE DAVlE RECORD. C. FRANK STROUD - - Editor. TELEPHONE I. Entered at the Postoffice in Mocks- yille, N. C.; as Second-class Mail matter. March 3.1903. SUBSCRIPTION SATES: ONE YEAR. IN ADVANCE - I I 00 SIX MONTHS. IN ADVANCE - S 5ft THREE MONTHS. IN ADVANCE $ 25 WEDNESDAY. MARCH 28, ' 1917: Why cast pearls before swine? It doesn’t help the Swine, and the own­ er of the pearls is the sufferer. If the bone dry law doesn’t soon become effective, it will be too late to do some of the fellows any good. Don’t knock the town, boys. We have too manv members of the ham­ mer brigade now. What we need is more boosters Great preparations are under way in this country for the war which we are to declare against Germany as soon as Congress convenes. It has been said by them of old that it would never do to put a Re­ publican on the town board. As there is no salary attached to the job, we have often wondered why. We are wondering how many of those 200 subscribers whom we had to cut off our list, are going to come across like men and pay us? Two or three hundred dollars would help our creditors a whole lot. The article in last week’s Record, signed “A Frequent Church Goer.’’ has brought forth considerable com­ ment, favorable and unfavorable. For this very reason, the article wili result in much good. Our columns are open to the public to discuss this or any other question. The Devil In The Home. After making everything else and finding it good, God decided to make a Man. Although he made him out of dirt, yet put him in the best home on earth. A home bountifully sup plied with all the necessary comforts of life—water, food, and rainment. And all man had to do was to work the garden. • But man looked so lonely and old TSachelor-Iike, God took pity on .him an help mate. Not a hat-rack, but a helper and companion to share his , joys, comforts and work in the gard­ en. In order that man’s helper might be willing at all times and un­ der all circumstances to hoe her row sige by side with his, Godmade her out of one man’s ribs and therefore, called her woman. , The man was delighted with her, and she with him It was the hap­ piest family ever on earth. God was their neighbor and visited them evey day; and they were always glad to have him. And oh! how they did talk of the joys of earth, its futnre, and about the bountiful fruit crop, as they walked to and fro together through the garden of Paradise! The very sight and atmosphere of it, causecLjoy in heaven, "But 6ne day the devil paid that home a visit as neighbor, friend and adviser. And oh! how kind, tender and sympathetic he seemed to .be! Justashe and his co-workers are even to this day. \ After looking ov er the premises, this busy-body, neighbor explained to the good wom­ an, Eve, how she was not being pro­ perly treated; how she and her hus­ band oughtnto get into higher cir­ cles, even in to that of God and His angels. He told her they were en­ titled to the best rations on the market, and to the purest light and \knowledge of Heaven itself. This good w,ife, Eve, and never met this saintly neigbor before. She believed every word he said. Be­ fore going to bed that night, she t rid her husband, Adam, about it, and he finally consented. So the first thing they did was to greatly increase their ration bill. The next thing they did was to increase their clothing bill 200 per cent. Thus the extavrgence increasd untill finally bankruptcy had destroyed; the joys of. tijgt home. And, in like manner, the devil has played heir in the world ever since. And great many homes are thus being converted into hell Itself. Had a littile slop over of it here a few days ago. Now the onTy leaven of the home is to “Keep Sweet,” iii spite of the world, the flesh, and the devil. . J. F. CLICK; Hickory N.'C. . ^ DAVIE COUNTY SO YEARS AGO. T h ® H a n e a F a m i l y . H i s t o r y .— T h e .D e a d A r e B r o u g h t t o L if e . A friend informs us that we were in error in saying Miss Jessie - Brown was never married, and that Col. John Brown moved to Winston. We do remember now that it was Charlotte where the Colonel lived instead of Winston. But Miss Jes­ sie’s marrying and having a large family of children, has entirely escaped our mem­ ory, if we ever knew of it. We gladly ac­ cept the corrections. That is the only way of keeping history straight. We are writing from memory, and what comes up, goes down. It is news to us even, to go back behind the curtains of time, and rake up old acquaintances with friends and loved ones when we were boys and girls together. There were two families of Hanee’ in Davie. Wbat akin they were, we can’t say. As we knew her “Widow Hanes” lived at Fulton. How many children she had we do not remember. We think, however, that she had a daughter or two. We know she had one son by the name of John. He was the first young man we ever saw who wore eye-glasses all the time. In our young days, this greatly a- roused our curiosity. We know this fam­ ily of Hanes’ was one among the best and most refined and popular families in the county. The other Hanes family lived on Dutch­ man’s creek, on the Mocksvilie and Ful­ ton road near the Hanes bridge. We have forgotten this Hanes’ name. We have been to his mill and have seen him often. He was a hard worker and a clev­ er gentleman. He and ’ his good lady came up from the working class, from whence most good people come. We have been told that they started in iife togeth­ er in a log cabin, on a dirt floor. Whether this be true or not, we do know that, by industry and economy, they became a- mong the most prosperous and well to-do families in the county. They owned a fine, large farm,, a good mill, and a beau­ tiful and comfortable home, one noted for its energy, sunshine and progress. Whether they had any daughters, we can’t say. As we remember, they had at least four sons, John, Pleas, Phillip and Frank. We were boys together,, and were in school with Phillip and Frank. John, Pleas and Frank went into business in Winston. Phillip married Miss Sallie Booe, and became one of Davie’s most progress­ ive citizens and respected farmers. We can’t say whether Frank married or not, neither do we remember who John and Pleas married. As we have it, they have all passed over to the other shore except Pleas, or P. H. Hanes, as he is known throughout the State. These Hanes broth­ ers were clever and energetic citizens, and their efforts in life were crowned with success. P. H. Hanes, the only surviving one— if he will excuse us—will say began busi­ ness life by hauling and selling manufac­ tured tobacco—one of the best schools in which to study human nature and to test one’s grit in the world. Unless one knows human nature and how to adjust himself to every type and phase of it, success in the business world will never materialize. Pleas learned it, and as a result, he is to day among the most substantial and in­ fluential men in the hustling city of Win­ ston, and that is saying much. Davie is proud of the Hanes boys, the Browns and many others who went to Winston: and helped to make it a city to be desired. Last summer, when we visited Winston, we saw so many familiar Davie faces that we said, “surely this is a Davie coun ty city.” Even its mayor is. or was a Davie county boy—Ben Eaton? Why, yes! Where else could as good a man as he come from, but from Davie? In conclusion, will say that these dull, crude letters are raising the dead and causing hearts to rejoice. Those we have lost sight of. dead to us, and we dead to them, have heard the trumpet, as itwfere, through these articles, .and are coming forth. A. T. Cheshire, now of New Mexi­ co, whom we thought was dead, is brought to Iifebv them. We enclose his letter to us. Itmay interest some of The Record readers. j. F. CLICK.Hickory, N. C. Taiban, N. M., March 11,1917. Mr. J. F. Click, Hickory, N; C. Dear Sir:—I have b.een reading in The Davie Record some pieces of fifty years ago in Davie. I thought those writings were by my old friend and neighbor, Jess Click. Am I right in my guess. I knew all the people mentioned In your writing. They were all of .the south part of the county. IwasnorthofMocksville al the time I lived in Davie except the time I spent on the Click place southwest of town, where I sold out to go west in 1882, thirty-five years ago next August. I have lived since then in Kansas, Missouri, and three months in Oklahoma, and have been here In the Sunshine State- six years.. Have been merchandising and raising Jersey cattle since I came here. I am not rich, hut making a good living and having good health. This State is the health re­ sort of the middle western states. 'It is indeed a healthy place. Thte JSfhiei;' filling up, rapidly. The last territory of Uncle Sam’s domain is open to settle­ ment, and the most of that is taken. We have a large, resourceful State.' Cattle, sheep and mining is the mainstay of this commonwealth, although there is a large amount of farming and the best part of that is by irrigation. I am beginning' to feel old. I .will be 66 in two . mouths; Would be glad to have a Upe from you. A Canning Factory For Mocksville. Mr. Editor:—I have studied “The con­ servation of our natural resources” and “The back to the farm movement,” and have come to the conclusion that there are some things more important to the great masses than adding to the popula­ tion of our towns and cities, especially at the expense of the farms—the rural dis­ tricts. Thinking along these lines has caused me to come to the conclusion that the best way to help our towns is to help make country - life more pleasant and farming more profitable. Now what can we do in Mocksville to help the country people, and at the same time help our­ selves. A canning factory will give the farmers (their b,oys and girls, also), a market for their fruits and vegetables, and thus help them diversify their crops SndsSfford the boys and girls a cash mar­ ket for what they raise. Each farmer could set aside a s'mail\ patch to begin with, to be planted in peas, beans and tomatoes, and later on when the factory has built up a good trade and demand for its output, the farmers could ,go into theraising of these vegetables themselves. At the start a canning factory would not giqe employment to very many of the townspeople; but it could use that class of labor at p-esent unemployed in our town- I am getting up information as to the cost of such a plant, and anyone in­ terested can see what I have. It will not take much capital to start a nice little plant in our town, and we should act at once so that the farmers—their girls and bops—can make their plans for' planting beans, peas and tomatoes. Anyone de- siring stock in such a plant can see the Secretary of the Merchant’s Association at ence. Now for a united pull for town and county, (Mocksville and Davie coun­ ty.) . E.H. MORRIS. Mocksville, March 24, 1917. Tbe Record’s Honor Roll. The following’ friends of The Record have renewed their subscription or sub­ scribed since our last issue. Is your name on our honor roll? If not, let us place it there in our next.issue: E. C. Koontz, Mocksville, R. 5. J. W. Boger, Mocksville, R 2. B. L. Smith, Advance, R. I. Rev. E. 0. Cole, Mocksville. W. T. Foster, Cornatzer. Chas. L. Wooten, McLoud, Okla. W. M. Smith, Advance, R. I. Joe Sheek, Portsmouth, Va. H. T. Penry, BristoljVa. Gwin-Ward, Green Mountain, Iowa. - J. C. Brock, Farmington. M. D. Peoples, Newcastle, IndI * J. F. Smithdeal, Jacksonville, Fla. J.E. Thomas, St. Louis, Mo. Walter Brown, Fairfield, Md. W. R. Anderson, Mocksville, R. 5. ,H. Grady Ratledge, Cana, R. I. Noah Brock, Darlington, Ind. B. A. Gaither, Mocksville, R. 5. Dr. B. C Clement,. Statesville. Smith Grove News. Mrs. Besiie Penry spent last Thurs­ day in Winston-Salem shopping. Little Evelyn Foster entertained a few of her little friends last Wed­ nesday afternoon in her honor of her tenth •, birthday. After various games were played her mother serv­ ed delicious refreshments. Miss Dora Gash is spending a few days in the Twin City. Mrs. F. A. Naylor and little son, James Edwin have been spending a few days at Advance, the guest of Mrs. T. C. Allen. Mrs. D. K. Furches and son Mc­ Guire near Farmington spent last Moflday here the guest of her mother, Mrs Sallie Kjmbrough. Mrs. Jane Taylor visited her neph­ ew. Mr. Albert Sain last week. Mrs. Elizabeth Williams motored up to her brothers, Mr. John Smith Tuesdav. Mrs. J. W. Sheek, is spending a few days at Advapce visting her daughter, Mrs. M. Shutt. Messers. J. H. Foster and -Mann­ ing Taylor spent Tuesday in Mock­ sville on business Miss Ellerbee Gash delightfully entertained theBaraca and the Phiia- thea classes last Tuesday evening !from seven untill eleven o’clock, i The guests were received by Miss Ethyle Naylor. After all were as- ; sembled Mr. F. Taylor gave a Scrip­ ture Reading followed by prayer by Mr. J. F. Sheek. Miss Laura Kimbrough gave a beautifnl reading "Fellow ship” which was enjoyed immensely. After business was transacted by both classes we spent a very pleas­ ant social hour the hostess assisted by Miss Laura Kimbrough served sandwitches and cakes. Those pres­ ent were—Mesdames J. H. Foster, J C. Smith J. F. sheek, John Willi­ ams, Bessie Penry, Misses Daisy Heath, Jewell Taylor Sallie and Mar­ garet Smith, Addie Kimmer, Arma Rights, Laura Kimbrough and Eth- yle Naylor. Messers. J. F. Sheek. William Rights, D. F. Taylor, Harry Sheek, William Spry, Charles Call, James Hendrix, Cora Kimbrough and Grisson Smith. OUR MISSIONARY QUESTION BOX. Cana News. Ferdie T. Johnson made a busi­ ness trip to Winston-Salem Saturday. Ralph McClamroch who is work­ ing in Winston-Salem, visited at B. G. Latham’s Saturday night and Sunday. Mrs. .J. H. Gilley, of Winston-Sa­ lem, spent last week with her par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Hendricks. Ovid Foote made a business trip to Winston Salem Friday. Kenneth Taylor, who has been in Virginia for sixteen months, visited here Sunday. Mrs. Sam Stonestreet has retain­ ed from a two week’s visit to her sister, Mrs. Sallie Sheets, at Fork Ghurch. DAISY. All Baraca-Philathea delegates to the County Convention at Smith Grove, on April 28-29, 1917, are re-- quested to send their names at once to Mrs. J. H Foster, Advance, R, I. This is important. Please be govern­ ed accordingly. Whatis the chief business of the church? Tb make Christian men and women and children. Are there any hvpocrites in the church? Yes. There were such in the Jewish Church and ti)ere are such in the Chris­ tian Church. There will probably be some hypocrites in any visible organization as long as I human nature lasts, j lsthe presence o f. hypocrites in any I church a valid excuse for an honest labor­ ing man or an eager youth to absent him­ self from the house, of God? No. It would be just as foolish for a man to refuse his wages every Saturday night on the principle that there is count­ erfeit money in the world. Does the presence of a “moneyed” or “improgressive hypocrite”’ in the Amen corner relieve anv “outsider from his duty to God and man? • - No. Nothing is more plainly taught in the Bible than every man’s responsibility to God for his own character. A short time before the ascension of our blessed Lord, Peter asked Him con­ cerning one of the twelve disciples: “Lord, what shall this man do?” Jesus replied: “ What is that to thee? Follow thou Me.” BERTHA MARION LEE. ! Some men’s counteuances are; sufficient prima facie evidence they havf bad more than the law al lows. Closing Exercises. { The Public School, at Liberty ! closes April the fifth. Ar IO a. m. ' contest in declamation: 11 a. m liter­ ary address; 2 p. ml recitation con­ test; 3 p. m., presentating of prizes; 7 30 p. m. dialogues, pantbmines, etc. The public rcordially invited. D idyou know l have just put in a nice line of millinery in the W eant Building next doqr to the Telephone off ice, which is in charge of Mrs. G, A. Sheek. W e are better prepared to serve you than ever before. We have nats for the whole family, rang­ ing from 5,0c. to $5. _ W e have all the latest styles in shapes and colors. A; beautiful Kne of flowers and. rib* bons to select from. WebwiU appre­ ciate your, trad e.. Give us a call. SPRING SHOES I have all kinds. Best make. Prices reasonable S p ecia l d isco u n t o n all Slippers b o u g h t for C O U N TY COM M ENCEM ENT. New Inpte of Hats, Shirts, Tfes and B. V. D. underwear Q M T A I I I f m o c k s v il l e , n . c. D . IV I* V /j r iL L ij J i t ) ANDERSON BLOCK. B e c a u s e I t Is A lw a y s I v • - - ■ . ■ % . - 7 = I H O R N -JN H N STO N E CO M PANY kTT ❖ f i M A N U F A C T U R E R S “THAT QOOD KIND OF FLOUR.” MOCKSVILLE N. C. T T itftttt Tt I I I* fr t* * «§• * * * FO RFIRSET-G tASS CASKETS, STEEL BURIAL VAULTS AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN’S jDRESSES AND SUFIS, SEE f ROBERT A. BLA Y LO CK,|D r. S. S. Funeral D irector and EmbaJmer. t % % t % Just Large shipm ent o f D ry Goods and, N otions o f th e la test col­ o rs and patterns. B e su re\to com e and see/th em . L ow cut S h o e sa t a ttractiv e p rices. A l­ so L adies, M isses and ren ’s Spring trim m ed h ats. 0 . G . A L L E N . EWHlTE oneoallon D O N ’T I N V E S T I N P A I N T • U NTIL YOU INVESTIGA' FE T H ^ PA IN T ITSELF Paint will bear the closet ,t in­ vestigation. No secrete about it—it: j just . fe"ad and Zinc. No Silica, ( Jrina Vlayj, Barytes or any other cheap ,stuff- W H IT E LEAD( IWLu t p ^ tiiA v Old Dutch Proceaa I . • • »WHITE ZINC (P u re O x k ieof 2in c) - That’s KurfeeaTaint. Could anything be better? ^ i ^in^Whicb8; * Hav- U ad kin<L hut 80% Lead, with fV-O^ To add mow* ^7’ tficient Zinc^to prevent chalking or/tubbingl Ae pakitT Zuic or to use les. Lead would sh^ten tae Ii^ of ItisA th e 19 S S h ^ d l o T ^ ' White weigh* Soors' vuse Granitoid Flobr Prfnt S For finishing floors in Hardwood effert M?Kur-Fa-Cite. FOR SALE BY / I \ DE SP/ ETenI road diva gap, a fl Spain hq leader, ‘./•ram CHAPT :4I1|pr^ftgga She whirl This hulkin ter than yoi] ,erin" finger] M-IgS ed uie as vij months ago s in if this ven hadn’t happ me. you wd ''tMjjrjfi next mornii you unders i l l and fm-iousl-.VpjSjS V-^Sfg Her unclel rMtTiJsSi she exclaim!iVtiiif never told I s.rja[j|“No. nor a S li -hoarsely, j "I didn’t tj M$ll!•cause I’ve bj[vy§g here in pel sand cuttlirjSjjlfistirred up | •de Spain fl ; ftjgg protected ml revolver I j it whom I J demanded, I ’‘HI?!•flaming eyel “I will nevJ Yrom the hi house.” Shfll i i i this house, I - -W'fgSflff again I” I jrffijlR Gale, besiq MB his ground.] -safely coulcj m head. She j and made d looking at I burning eyel Duke interfl to Gale harjJ home!” I S B Not ceasil picked up h i i B the house, s] m m •exhausted bj SijiII •eying his niJ■m mean?” he I M||f§She tried I frankly ail t|JflSol De Spain did than was n lL--hut' concealll rnent and col love for De IMBut no parti »331 any point I uncle’s face! from begiml J fll stone. I • “So he’s yi Jy when shel :-8 § l “He want! j§§8 |turned Nan, I -SII Duke !ookl 3y. “That fl lllg friend of m il m vgn’t ever m l ’Hji| to, so help I Jiang for itl C-VBB know what tfl a pinch of sifl ■can hit me a I .SiI from me.” H “Nothing <SVvS HfB truth,” exclal I i Duke striil m hlow with h i •Spain and h i off;” • ■ S Ji “Uncle D u l reason, you •of what a pi love you fort love him for| consideration, knows how tj lie wouldn’t L for my snk<L ibloodshed be| what your you,’ or both I for a’ senseled ■up and let al without resiq Wood on his Put a stain never could we lived. If ’• stay here wiij cfJr out every you.’ Duke’s violfl “And you’re mammy and , decent woman blood in you- brat of that i tfaUt was ahvt showing off iiL mg the tobal Nan claspeT blame me beq cfalW. Blamei *u. because Il I Want to Iivq to see susf Warms, and vl ful, as you plJ Vou to get oif \ ■ 1 - y,l ■ THE DAVIE RECORD, MOCKSVILLE, N. C. O E S -s reasonable >r I E N T . ). underwear riLLE, N. C. 50N BLOCK. l e s t ? tTr * * t t f♦I* J w a y s I T * r — I IPANYI tT” VT n c I v I S. s. ier. I i t a s i G oods test col- su r e \to ILow cu t ces. A l- iats. .E N . V riQ A ' CE closet X in* : it—it-' I just ica, ( ,Sbina ieap j stuff* «tk fV-O^ bbingi ° he It I s M e te w e>8 hs I A ot fBy F R A N K H . S P E A R M A N (Copyright by Charles Scribner's Sons) DE SPAIN LEARNS HOW MUCH NAN REALLY LOVES HIM AND DISCOVERS THAT HIS PLANS FOR PACIFYING OLD DUKE MORGAN WONT WORK OUT AT ALL Henry de Spain, general manager of the stagecoach line running from Thief Hlver to Sleepy Cat, a rail­ road division town in the Kocky mountains, is fighting a band of cattle thieves and guiimen living in Morgan sap. a fertile valley 20 miles from Sleepy Cat and near Calabasas, where the coach horses are changed. De Spain has killed two of the gang and has been seriously wounded. Pretty Nan Morgan, niece of the gang leader, and De Spain are in love secretly—but her unccle finds it out and raves and rants. CHAPTER XVliI—Continued. —12— She whirled. “I won’t put it down. Tiiis hulking bully! I know him bet- ier than you do." She pointed a quiv­ ering finger at her cousin. “He insult­ ed me as vilely as he could only a few months ago on Music mountain. And if this very same Henry de Spain hadn’t happened to be there to protect me. you would have found me dead nest morning by my own hand. Do you understand?” she cried, panting and furious. “That’s what he is!” Her uncle tried to break In. “Stop!’’ she escl aimed pointing at Gale. “He never told you that, did he?" “No. nor you neither,” snapped Duke hoarsely. “I didn’t tell you,” retorted Nan, “be­ cause Fve been trying to lire with you liere in pence among these thieves and cutthroats, and not keep you stirred up all the time. And Henry de Spain faced, this big coward and protected me from him with an empty revolver! What business of yours is it whom I meet, or where I go?" she demanded, raining her words with flaming eyes on her belligerent cousin. “I will never marry you to save you from the hangman. Now leave this house.” She stamped her foot. “Leave this house, and never come into it again!” Gale, beside himself with rage, stood his ground. He poured all that he safely could of abuse on Nan’s own head. She had appeased her wrath and made no attempt to retort, only here—I want to be out of it. I’d rather be dead now than to live and die in it. And what is this anger all for? Noth­ ing. He offers you his friendship—” She could speak no further. Her uncle, with a curse, left her alone. When she arose in the early morning he had already gone away. CHAPTER XIX. A Try-Out. Sleepy Cat is not so large a place that one would ordinarily have much trouble in finding a man in it if he searched well. But Duke" Morgan drove into town next morning and had to stay for three days waiting for a chance to meet De Spain. Duke was not a man to talk much when he had anything of moment to put tlirOUgl), and he had left home determined, be­ fore he came back,> to finish for good with his enemy. De Spain himself had been putting off for weeks every business that would bear putting off, and had been forced at length to run down to Medicine Bend to buy horses. Nan, after her uncle left home—justly apprehensive of his intentions—made frantic efforts to get word to De Spain of what was impending. She could not telegraph— a publicity that she dreaded, won!.I have followed at once. De Spain.had expected to be back In two days. Such a letter as she could have sent would not reach him at Medicine Bend. As it was, a distressing amount of ana maae no attempt to retort, uuv tnlk did attend Duke’s efforts to get looking at him with white face and A . of .De Spain. Sleepy Cat hadO . . K itf a n n infAim tiAfnHAn Va« ltfet in n n i.burning eyes as she breathed defiance. Duke interfered. “Get out!” he said to Gale harghly. “I’ll talk to her. Go home!” - • •' Not ceasing to mutter oaths, Gale picked up his hat and stamped out of Ilie house, slamming the doors. Duke, exhausted by the quarrel, sat down, eying his niece. “Now what does this ineau?” he demanded hoarsely. She tried to tell him honestly and frankly all that her acquaintance with De Spain did mean—dwelling no more than was necessary on Its beginning, -Imc concealing nothing of its develop­ ment and consequences, nothing of her love for De Spain, nor of his for her. But no part of what she could say- on any point she urged softened her uncle's face. His square, hard jaw from beginning to end looked like stone. ' “So he’s your lover?” he said harsh­ ly when she had done. “He wants to be your friend," re­ turned Nan, determined not to give up. Dulte looked at her uncompromising­ ly. “That man can’t ever be any friend of mine—understand that! He •rac’t ever marry you. If he eyer tries to. so help me God, I’ll kill him if I hang for it. I know his, game. I know what he wants. He doesn’t care a pinch of snuff for you. He thinks he ■can hit me a blow by getting you away from me.” “Nothing could be further from the truth," exclaimed Nan hopelessly. Duke struck the table a smashing blow with his fist. lTll show Mt. de Spain and his friends where they get ■off.” “Uncle Duke, if you won’t listen to reason, you must listen to sense. Think ■of what a position you put me 'In. I. love you for all your care of me. I love him for his affection for me and 'consideration of me — because he knows how to treat a woman. I know he wouldn’t harm a hair' on your head, for my sake, yet you talk now of bloodshed between you two. I know what your words mean—that one of you, or both of you, are to be killed, for a senseless feud. He will not stand up and let any .man-shoot him down without resistance. If you lay your blood on his head, you know, it would Put a stain between him and me that never could- be washed out as long as we lived. If you kill him I could never stay here with you. His blood would cry out every day and night against you.” Duke’s violent finger shot out at her. “And you’re the gal I took from your maitiiuy and promised I’d bring up a decent woman. You’ve got none o’ her blood in you—not a drop. You’re the brat of that mincing brother of mine, that was always riding horseback and showing off in town while I was weed­ ing the tobacco beds.” Nan clasped her. hands. ' “Don’t blame me because I’m . your brother’s child. Iiinme me because I’m a wom­ an, because I have a' heart, because 1 want to live and see you live, and fo see suspicion, distrust, feiuds, alarms, and worse. I’m not ungrate­ ful, as you plainly say I am. I want you to get out of what you are in but one interpretation for his inqui­ ries—and a fight, if one occurred be­ tween these men, it was conceded, -would be historic in the annals of the town. Its anticipation was food for all of the rumors of three days of sus­ pense. For the town they were three days of thrilling expectation; for Nan, isolated, without a confidant, not knowing what to do or which way to turn, they were the three bitterest days of anxiety she had ever known. Desperate with suspense at the close of the second “dny—wild for a scrap of news, yet dreading one—she saddled j her pony and rode alone into Sleepy : Cat after nightfall to meet the traiu i on which De Spain had told her he : would return from the east. She rode j straight to the hospital, instead of i going to the livery barn, and leaving I her horse, got supper and walked by way of unfrequented streets downtown to the station to wait for the train. When the big train drew slowly, al­ most noiselessly, in, Nan took her place -where no incoming passenger could escape her gaze and waited for De Spain. But when all the arrivals had been accounted for, he had not come. She turned, heavy-hearted, to walk back uptown, trying to think of whom slie might seek some information con­ cerning De Spain’s whereabouts, when her eye fell' on a man standing not ten feet away at the door of the bag­ gage room. He was alone and seemed to be watching the changing of the engines,- but Nan thought- she knew him by sight. The rather long, straight, black hair,, under the . broad-brimiued hat marked tile man known and hated In' the jgap as “the Indian.” Here, she said to herself; was a chance. De Spain, slie recalled, spoke of no one oftener' than this man. He seemed wholly disengaged. Repressing her nervous timidity, Nan walked over to him. “Aren’t you Mr. Scott?” she asked abruptly. Scotti turning to her, touched his hat as if quite unaware until that mo­ ment of her existence. “Did Mr. de Spain' get off this train?” she asked, as Scott acknowledged his identity. “I jguess he didn’t come tonight.' Nan noticed the impassive manner of his speaking and the low, even tones. “I was kind of looking for him my­ self.“Is there another train tonight he could come on?'“I don’fthink he will be back now before tomorrow night.’ ' ; Nan, much disappointed, looked up the line and down. “I rode in this afternoon from Music mountain espe­ cially to see him. Scott, without commenting, smiled with understanding and encourage­ ment, and Nan was so filled with anxi­ ety that she welcomed a chance to talk to somebody. “I’ve ofjten heard him speak of you,” she ventured, searching the dark eyes, and watching the open, kindly smile characteristic of the man. Scott put his right hand out at his side. “I’ve ridden that boy since he was so high.” “I know he thinks everything of you.”“I think a lot #f him.” “You don’t know me?” she said ten­ tatively. His answer concealed all -that was necessary. "Not to speak to, no.” “I am Nan Morgan.” “I know your name pretty well,” he explained.; nothing seemed to disturb his smile. “And I came in—because I was wor­ ried over something. and wanted to see Mr. de Spain.” "He is buying horses north of Med­ icine Bend. The rainstorm yesterday likely kept him. back some. I don’t think you need worry much over any­ thing though.” “I don’t mean I am worrying about Mr. de Spain at Medicine Bend,” dis­ claimed Nan with a trace of embar­ rassment. ■ “I Hnow what you mean,” smiled Bob Scott; She regarded him ques- tlnningly. He returned’her gaze re­ assuringly as if he wus confident of his ground. “Did your pony come along all right after you left the foot­ hills this afternoon?” Nan opened her eyes. “How did you know I came through, the foothills?” “I was over that way today.” Some­ thing in the continuous smile enlight­ ened her more than , the word. "I no­ ticed your pony’ went lame. You stopped to look at his foot/’ lTfou were behind me,” exclaimed Nan. • “I didn’t see you,” he countered pru­ dently. She seemed to fathom something from the expression of his face.. “You couldn’t have known I was coming in,” she said quickly. "No.” He paused, Her eyes seemed to invite a further confidence. “But ■ with De Spain Laughed at Hpr Fears. after, you started it would be a pity if any harm came to you on the road.” ‘You knew Uncle Duke was in ’town?" Scott nodded. “Do you know why I came?” “I made a guess at it.- I don’t think you need worry over anything.” “Did you follow me down from the hospital tonight?” “I was coming from my house after supper. I only kept close enough to j-ou to be handy.” Oh, I understand. And you are very kind. I don’t know what to do now.” "Go back to the hospital for the night I will send Henry de Spain up there just as soon as he comes to town.” ■ “Suppose Uncle Duke sees him first. I am deathly afraid of their meeting.” “I’ll see' that he doesn’t see him first.” . Even De Spain himself, when he came back the next night, seemed hardly able to reassure her. When she had told all her story, De Spain laughed at her fears. lTli bring that man around, Nan, don’t worry. Don’t believe we sball ever fight I may not be able to bring him around tomorrow, or next week, but I’ll do it. It takes two to quarrel, you know.” “But you don’t know how unreason-, ing Uncle Duke is when he is angry.’ “Nan-, what do you mean?” ’ “You must give me up.” They were sitting in the hospital garden, he at her side on the bench that -he called their bench. It was here he had made his unrebuked avowal—here, he had afterward told her, that he began to live. “Give you up,” he echoed with gentleness. “How could I do that? You’re like the morn­ ing for me, Nan. Without you there’s no day; you’re the kiss Of the moun­ tain wind and the light of the stars to me. Without the thought of you I’d sicken and faint in the. saddle, I’d lose my way in the hills; without you there would be no tomorrow. No mat­ ter where I am, no matter how I feel, if I think of you strength wells into my heart like a spring.. I never could give you up.” He tdld her all would be well be­ cause it must be well; that she must trust him; that he would bring Jier safe through every danger, and every storm, if she would only stick to him. And Nan, sobbing her fears one by one out on his breast, put her arms around his neck and whispered that for life or death, she would stick. It was not hard for De Spain next morning to find Duke Morgan. The difficulty was to meet him without the mob of hangers-ou whose appetite had been whetted with the prospect of a death, and perhaps more than one, In the meeting of men whose supremacy with the gun-had never bieen success­ fully disputed. It required all the diplomacy of Lefever to “pull off” a conference between the two which should not from the start be hopeless, because of a crowd of Duke’s partisans whose presence would egg him on, In spite of everything, to a combat But toward eleven, o’clock In tlie morning, De Spain having been con­ cealed like a circus performer during every minute earlier. Duke Morgan was found, alone, in a barber’s hands in the Mountain house. • At the moment Duke left the revolving chair and walked to the cigar stand to pay his check, De Spain entered the shop through the rear door opening from the hotel Officet Passing with an easy step the row of barbers lined up in waiting beside their chairs, De Spain walked* straight down the open aisle, behind Morgan’s back. While Duke bent over the ease to select a cigar, De Spain, passing, placed himself at the mountain-man’s side and between him and the street sunshine. It was taking an advantage,, De Spain was well aware, but under the circumstances he thought himself entitled to a good light on Duke’s eye. De Spain wore an ordinary sack : street suit, with no sign of a weapon . about him; but none of those who con- i sidered themselves, favored spectators '■ of a long-awaited encounter felt any doubt as to his ability to put his hand on one at incomparably short notice. There was, however, no trace of hos­ tility or suspicion in De Spain’s greet­ ing. “Hello, Duke Morgan,” he said frank- | ly. Morgan looked around. His face hardened when he saw De Spain, and he involuntarily took a short step backward. De Spain, with his left hand lying carelessly on the cigar case, faced him. “I heard you wanted to see me,” continued De Spain. “I want to see you. How’s your back since you went home?” Morgan eyed him with a mixture of suspicion and animosity. He took what was to him the most significant part of De Spain’s greeting first and threw his response into words as short as words could be chopped: “What do you want to see me about?” “Nothing unpleasant, ,I hope,” re­ turned De Spain. “Let’s sit down a minute.” “Say what you got to say.” “Well, don’t take my head off, Duke. I was sorry- to hear you were hurt. And I’ve been trying to figure out how to make it easier for you to get to and from town while you are getting strong. Jeffries and I both feel there’s been a lot of unnecessary hard feeling be­ tween the Morgans and the company, and we want to ask you to accept this to show some of it’s ended.” De Spain put his left hand into his side pocket and held out an unsealed envelope to Morgan. Duke, taking the envelope, eyed it distrustfully. “What’s this?” he demanded, opening it and drawing out a card. “Something for easier riding. An annual pass for you and one over the stage line between Calabasas and Sleepy Cat—with Mr. Jeffries’ compli­ ments.” Like a flash, Morgan tore- the card pass in two and threw it angrily to the floor. “Tell ‘Mr.* Jeffries,” he ex­ claimed violently, “to—” • Thfe man that chanced, at that mo­ ment to be lying in the nearest choir slid quietly but imperiously out from way, jumped back, and the fat man fell, or pretended to fall, over him—for it might be seen that the man, despite his size, had lighted like a cat on his feet and was instantly half-way up to the front of the shop,’ exclaiming profane­ ly but collectively at the lad’s awk­ wardness, before De Spain had had time' to reply to the insult; The noise and confusion of the inci­ dent were considerable. Morgan was too old a fighter to look behind him at a critical moment. No mancould say he had meant to draw when he stamped the card underfoot, buf De Spain read it in his eye and knew that Lefever’s sudden diversion at the rear had made him liesitate; the crisis'passed like a flash. “Sorry you feel that way, Duke,” returned De Spain, undisturbed. “It is a courtesy we were glad to extend. And I want to speak to you about Nan, too.” Morgan’s face was livid. “What about her?” ■ “She has given me permission to ask j-our consent to our marriage,” said De Spain, “some time in the reason­ able future.” ' It was difficult for Duke to speak at all, he was so infuriated. “You can get my consent In just one way,” he A L U M 'S F O O T -IA S E The Antiseptic Powder to Shake Into Your Shoes and sprinkle In theFoot- Bath. Don’t suffer from Bunions, and Callonses; or from Tender, Tired, Aching, Swollen Feet,! 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Ask these boys here in the shop whether they agree with you on that. You might as well call me an isosceles triangle. You’re just crazy sore at me when I want to be friends with you. Instead of pulling my gun, Duke, I’ll lay It out on the case, here, to show you that all I ask of you is to talk rea­ son.” De Spain, reaching with his ,left hand under the lapel of his coat,- took a Colt’s revolver from its breast har­ ness and laid it, the muzzle toward himself, on- the plate-glass top of the cigar stand. It reduced him to the ne­ cessity of a spring into Morgan for the smallest chance for his life if Morgan should draw; but De Spain was a des­ perate gambler in such matters even at twenty-eight, and he laid his wagers on what he could read in an­ other’s eye. “There’s more reasons than one why I shouldn’t fight you,” he said evenly. Book jo u r order early and be assured of getting prompt delivery and good plants. 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Tit-Bita he asked, ignoring Morgan’s furious in- 1 terruptions. “Who’s to look after. Nan ; (j/ when you go—as you must, before very \ many years? ’ Have you ever asked j yourself that? -Do you want to leave j .her to that pack of wolves In the gap? j Yon know, just aa well as I do, the gap ; is no place for a high-bred, fine- j grained girl like Nan Morgan. But the I gap is your home, and you’ve done ■ fj0 slck hcadache, SOUF Stomach, said Nan mournfully. “He won’t listen to anybody. He always would listen 1 under the razor and started with the to me until now. Now, he says, I have barbers for the rear door, wiping- the gone back on him, and he doesn’t care lather from one unshaven side of hip what happens. Think, Henry, where it would put'me if either of you should kill the other. Henry, I’ve been think­ ing it all over for three days now. I see what must come. It will break both our hearts, I know, but they will be broken anyway. There is.no way out, Henry—none.” face with a neck towel as he took his hasty way. At the back of the shop a fat man, sitting In a chair on the high, shoe-shining platform, while a negro boy polished him, rose at Mor­ gan’s imprecation and- tried to step over the bootblack’s head to the floor below. The boy, trying to get out of the right to keep her under your roof and under your eye. Do you think I’d like to, pull a trigger on a man that's beea a father to Nun? Damnation, Duke, could you expect me to do it, willing­ ly? Nan is a queen. The best in the world isn’t good enough for-her—I’m not good enough, I know that. Slie’3 dear to you, she is dear to me. If you ,really want to see me try to use a gun, send me a man that will Insult or abuse her. If you want to use your own gun, use it on me if I ever insult or abuse her—is that fair?” "Damn your fine words,” exclaimed Morgan slowly and implacably. “They don’t pull any wool over' my eyes. I know you, Dfe Spain—I. know your breed—” “What’s that?” Morgan checked himself at that tone. “You can’t sneak into my affairs any deeper,” he cried. “Keep away from my blood! I know how to take care of my own. I’ll do it. So help me God, if you ever take' anyone of my Uin away from me—it’ll be over my dead body!” He ended with a bitter oath and a final taunt": “Is that fair?” De Spain finds he will have to' use different tactics if he can hope ever to make Nan his wife. What he sets out to do to solve this big personal problem is -de­ scribed in ,the next mstallmenL (TO BE CONTINUED.) ' Brazil abounds with medicinal herbs which, though they are not cultivated, are sold by the natives to brokers. , biliousness or constipation by morning. Get a 10-cent box now. Turn the rasculs out—the headache, biliousness, indigestion, the sick, sour stomach and foul gases—turn them out to-night and keep them out with Cascarets. Millions of men and women take a Cascaret now and then and never know the misery caused by a lazy liver, clogged bowels or nu upset stom­ ach. •Don’t put in another day of distress. Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach; remove the sour fermenting fopd; take the excess bile from your liver and carry out all the constipated waste matter and poison In the bowels. Then you will feel great. A Cascaret to-niglit straightens you out by morning. They work while you sleep. A 10-cent box from any drug store means a clear head, sweet stomach and- clean, healthy liver and bowel action for months. Chil­ dren love Cascarets because they never gripe or sicken. Adv. Thougli yon are Iioiind to love your enemy, you are not bound to put your sword in his hand. - «•1r r f Mnrlne Is for Tired Eyes. IS W iO V IC S R ed E y e s— S ore Eyea — = s B — an n o tated Brellds. Bests— = l S 2 £ 8 3 8 & S i k £ ^ f 3 S 2 2 l I I g ’,55? m “aiS SuSlSl Iame1^SkSS I S CMEmmM. TO# CMWT BUIMEW ElBI I S Sold a t Drng and Optical Stores or Jy MaIL = s bk Iliiitm EJ* Ieaedr Co, CMeoco,tor Fno (ml j Siuimnmin iioiHiiiiiBiMsiuniMiMiMuiiiiitiiiHiiiiiiiio ■■ ■A '%S9gesf8SBf&&®®Si THE DAVIE RECORD, MOCKSVILLE, N. C. I ' I ' Si I r J i iISf I* W- Ii'^’Sm II:® S I i;| § I f I I I I I ,I ilI I r sir : I 5 . governor bick ett issu es PROCLAMATION CALLING UP- ^ON ITS OBSERVANCE. DISPATCHES FHOM RALEIGH Doings «nd Happenings That Mark the progress of North Carolina Peo­ ple, Gathered Around the State Capital. Raleigh. In proclamation issued by Gover­ nor T. W. Bickett set aside Thursday, April 5, as Planting Day, calling upon mayors of towns, organized farmers-, landlords, merchants, and bankers to emphasize on this day the need of more garden products in the face of the high cost of living, and the ap­ proaching boll weevil. His proclamation reads: "Our forefathers established the noble custom of setting apart a day In autumn on which to return thanks to the Lord of the harvest for having blessed them with the ‘kindly fruits of the earth.’ "A true interpretation of the Thanks­ giving spirit comprehends all reason­ able efforts on our part to insure ce­ lestial bounty. The conditions which now confront us appeal for activity on our part with peculiar and compelling power. "The world war has drawn to the battle line millions of those who in times of peace ‘went forth to sow.’ China and the United States are about to swell the legions who fight and must be fed. "From the South the boll weevil is marching on North Carolina. Full cribs and smokehouses are the sure and safe defense against the coming of this pest. In every state the de­ struction of cotton by the bo'.l weevil has been followed by a paralysis of the farmers’ credit. Being forewarn­ ed of the steady advance of this enemy and the certain consequenea of its attack, it will be collossal. stup­ idity to fail to meet it with the_only weapons that have proved effective, -towit, .broad acres of grains and grasses. “The amended crop lien law was framed to give to that small farmer a Aecent chance to escape from a credit system that levies upon the right to live and labor the heaviest tribute im­ posed upon a helpless - people since Augustus Caesar issued his decree that all the world should be taxed. But the farmer who' fails to increase his food and feed crops will deny to himself and family the blessings of the law. The merchant will properly refuse to make unlimited advance* under the new law. Long profits will no longer tempt him to make long chances. He will wisely and justly insist that the farmer must produce his own meat and meal and when he has done this he will find no difficulty in obtaining other necessary sup­ plies. “All these things made a substan­ tial increase in our food and feed crops essential to our self-preserva- tipn. “Now, therefore, I, Thomas Walter BicketL Governor of North Carolina, do hereby designate and set apart Thursday, the 5th day of April, 1917, as'Planting Day, and on that day I earnestly urge "All mayors ’of incorporated towns Ij call the people together and devise and put into execution practical ways and means of having every vacant lot in and adjacent to the towns planted to grain or grass, peas or potatoes. "All farmers’ organizations of every kind to meet and counsel their mem­ bers to heavily increase their food and feed crops this year. “AU landlords to insist that their tenants shall plant fo.od and feed crops ample for the sustenance of their fam­ ilies and their live stock. "AU merchants and bankers to counsel their customers who are engaged in- farming to increase the acreage planted to food and food crops to such an extent that it will be unnecessary for them to purchase any food supplies next year. “The times are troublous. No man can say what • an- hour may bring forth, but if we shall act with pru­ dence and diligence the ‘meal will waste not, nor will the oil fail.” 'selected correspondents. They were asked to report all tractors which were to be actually used. Steam- driven tractors and all others used for wortc other than farming were to be excluded. There are in aU 34,371. 452 of these are in North Carolina. May Choose Two Camp Sites. It is stated at North CaroUna Na­ tional Guard headquarters that in the event the First Regiment should be recalled to arms in the present war crisis, the camp grounds at both Charlotte and Greeiisboro will be used, one of them for the encampment of the infantry troops and the other for the encamping the separate units 452 Tractors Us.ed in N. C. Washington—To secure data as to the number of gasoline and kerosene tractors to be in actual use on farms during the coming season, the Office of Farm Management addressed in February, 1917, inquiries to 32,000 Health Pictures In Demand. Health "moving .pictures, it seems, have a tendency to move westward. Last summer the motion picture health car of the State Board of Health filled contracts ip Union and Anson counties and since that time the pictures have been in demand by other -counties of that section. The counties dated up so far for this fea­ ture of educational health work are Iredell, Rowan, Davidson, Forsyth, Lee, New Hanover, and the city of Greensboro. Catawba, Lincoln and Wake, besides a number of towns and communities, have in applications. Took Part in Ceremonies. Governor Bickett took part in the ceremonies for the inauguration of Dr. E. W. Sykes as president of Coker College, in South Carolina, and he and Mrs. Bickett went from there to Char­ leston to spend a few days with their son, who is a cadet in Porter Military Academy there. Then he goes to Wil­ mington to deliver an address at the livestock show March 28, and'will not he in the Executive office here again until March 29. This is the first time the Governor has been away from his desk since he was inaugurated. lighting rod agents and the collec­ tion of the special taxes levied ■against them. The commissioner is charged with the duty of- approving whatever patterns of .lighting rods are permitted to be sold in the state, it being necessary - for the manufac­ turers or agents to.show to the satis­ faction of the commissioner that their rods are efficacious. The license taxes include" $50 for the state, and $5 for each county in which an agent op­ erates.' Also, an agent's tax of $1 and a tax of 80 cents on every $100 sales made in the state. The commissioner of insurance is mapping out his pro­ cedure in this new order of lighting rod regulation and taxation now and wfil proceed to put the new act into operation at once. - To Be Principal of Sch’ool at Guam. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels has offered to Prof. M. S. Giles, now principal of the State High School at GIen Alpine, Burke county, the principalship of the high school this Government is maintaining for the Island of Gaum. Professor Giles has accepted the appointment and will leave this country in April, mak­ ing'the voyage on board a Govern­ ment transport. Guam is 22 days out from San Francisco. Professor Giles is a, brother of former State Senator D. F. Giles, now' superintendent of the Wake County public schools. Busbee Gets Appointment. Richard S. Busbee, of Raleigh, 'has declined appointment as a member of the State Board of InternaKTmprove- ments to succeed Alexander Webb, .re­ signed. Pressing business obligations is given as the reason for not serving R. L. Burns, of Carthage, who was appointed by Governor Bickett to suc­ ceed Mr. MontcastIe on this board, has accepted. Act Concerning Lightning Rods. The new revenue act puts under the management of the State Commis- ioner Of4Insurance the licensing of all Seven Pardons Issued by Governor. "even pardons were granted by Gov­ ernor Bickett. They are: Lon Spence, Wake county, pardoning from the re­ mainder of a 30-year sentence for bur­ glary imposed in 1904; William F. Holmes, Jr., Davidson county, 15- year sentence In 1916 for manslaught­ er; George Ray and Tommie Penny, Columbus county from three years tor larceny in 1916; Charlie Johnson, Nash county, from 15-year sentence for attempt at criminal outrage in 1907; Garfield Hicks, Warren county from 20 years for second degree mur­ der imposed in 1906 and Emma Single- tery, Bladen county, pardoned from the remainder of a 25-year. sentence for infanticide imposed In 1898. County Agents Named. .Six county agents have recently been appointed and have begun work in North; • Carolina counties. The names and addresses of these men are as follows: J. A. Goodwin, Troy, Montgomery county; George A. Cole. Lillihgton, Harnett county; W. R, Tingle, Whiteville; Columbus county; Frank Fleming, Hendersonville, Hen­ derson'county; J. H. Hampton, Mur­ phy, Cherokee cotinty; and J. L. Thur­ man, Marion, McDowell county. New Enterprises Get ChartersT The Goldsboro Construction Com­ pany, of Goldsboro, capital $50,000 authorized and $5,950 subscribed, for a general contracting construction and real estate development business. The Chamber of Commerce of Hen­ derson, chartered without capital, for the furtherance of the civic and com­ mercial itnerests of the town of Hen­ derson. The Mutual Grocery Company, of Burlington, capital $15,000 authorised and $1,500 subscribed, for a general grocery business. . The Hub Land Company, of Lex­ ington, H. B. Varner, president, amends its charter so that the capi­ tal stock is reduced from $12,000 to $500. "The .Cleveland Constniction Com­ pany, of Shelby, capital $25,000 auth­ orized and $1,000 subscribed. The Grantham Store Company; of Wayne county, capital $10,000 author­ ized and $1,500 subscribed. 1 Wood Bros., Inc., High PoinL cap­ ital $20,000 authorized and - $6,000 subscribed for a general contracting business.The Goldsboro Gas & Fuel Co., of Goldsboro, capital $100,000 authorized and $50,000 subscribed. The Shipplett-McCormick Company, of Charlotte, capital $60,000 authoriz­ ed and $5,000 subscribed for a general contracting business. New Bern Gas & Fuel Co., of New Bern, chartered- with $100,000 capital authorized and $50,000 subscribed. The' Statesville Sentinel , Inc., of Statesville, capital $25,000 authorized and $4,500 subscribed by J. A. Hartr ness, W. B. ..Crowson, J. M. Deaton and v others ' for newspaper publica­ tion an djob printing. - The Southern Finance Coropartion, Wilmington, capital $125,000 author­ ized and $600 subscribed. Claude Brown, Inc., of Charlotte capital $15,000 authorized and $1,500 subscribed for a general manufactur­ ing and investment business. ' The Metheson-WiIls Real /Estate, Company, of Greensboro, capital $50,- OOO authorized and $12,000 subscribed. A charter was issued for the Farm­ ers Bank and Trust Company, of Hert- for capital $100,000 authorized, and $25,000 subscribed, for a general bank ing and investment business.- . Another charter is for the Welborn Furniture Company, of High Point, capital $25,000 authorized and sub­ scribed. TO MEET IN ASHEVILLE University’s New Catalog Out. - Chapel Hiii.—The UniVersity of North Carolina catalog for 1916-1917, containing 342 pages, came from the press, and is probably the largest yet issued by the University. -Its. arrange­ ment, appearance and size are very much the same as last year, but new matter, representing the steady ex­ pansion of the University in its var­ ious acticities, causes a slight enlarge- menL Several new courses have been added in many of the departments. Brought Soldiers from Cuba. Newton.—Veterans of the Spanish- American war, who live in North Caro­ lina, read with interest ,of the sinking by a German submarine of the Vigi­ lance, because this was the steamer that brought a part of the First North Carolina regiment home from Cuba. Seventh Annual Convention Convene* May 17.—rDr. Chapman to Be Speaic- er.—Large Attendance Expected. Charlotte.—The program for the seventh annual Baraca-PhiIathea coa- vention, which meets in Asheville May 17-20, is about completed. The thousands of Baracas and Philatheas over the state will Ieafn with interest that one of the strongest programs will be offered this year that have been offered since the formation of :he state unions. Rev. J. Wilbur Chap­ man, D. D., whom so many heard last year at Goldsboro with so much pleas­ ure, will be on hand throughout the convention and will make two or three addresses. Rev. J. Forest Prettymau. D. D., Chaplain of the United States Senate, will address the convention In joint session on Friday evening. Mis* Henrietta Heron first vice-president of the World-Wide Baraca-Philathea Union, will be with us again this year and will appear on the program a num­ ber of times.* A large number of the leading work­ ers of our own state will also appear on the program. Among them are Mt. Archibald Johnson, editor of Charity and Children;. Rev. W. A. Lambert, ot Salisbury; Rev. W- R- Shelton, Sun­ day school secretary of the Western North Carolina M. E. Conference; Dr. 'i Sylvester A. Newlin of High Poitr.; Hon. R. N. Simms, of Raleigh, teacher of the oldest. Baraca class in the -South; and a number of others. Much time will be devoted to a discussion ot class'problems and of class activities. The program is being arranged with a view to a considereation of those things that affect vitally the Iite of the organized class, and with that pur­ pose in view, nothing within reason is beng spared to make the coming con­ vention the greatest success possible. . While the coming convention is primarily a Baraca-Philathea conven­ tion, the problems that will be discuss­ ed and the plans that will be suggest­ ed will be just as applicable to other organized classes, and, in more gen­ eral way, to the other departments of the Sunday school. Sunday cchool superintendents, pastors, and others interested are cordially invited to at­ tend and take part in the discussions. Raleigh- and Wake county suffrag­ ists in monthly meeting heard an ad­ dress by Mrs. Josephus Daniels, who is in the city from Washington, and then began to make plans for ;he speaking and entertainment oi Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, who will be is Raleigh April 25. S p e c ia l S a le On O fT h sG R E A T M A JE ST IC R A N G E B e g in s M a rch 2 6 - l a s t s 2 w e e k s $ 1 0 . 0 0 Set of W are To A, 4VJ4T m -1 M A J E S T I C Buying a Range or a Stove is a serious maiter-r-remember you are buying the most used article that goes into your home or on the place. Did you ever stop to think a good range is one of the very best things to keep peace happiness and contentment in your home? Because it is used more than any other one thing. TUP . Ut M A JE ST IC R A N G E S h ave carried off th e G old M edals from e v ery E xp osition th ey h ave b een exh ib ited for 25 years— th e v ery high­ est aw ard th a t can he given. W here can you find, another R ange th a t h as su ch a record? T here are m ore M A JE ST IC R A N G E S in use in D avie County, th an an y oth er one m ake. I f y o u w ill com e to our store during this sale and g iv e us 2 0 m inutes of your tim e w e w ill convince you .th at M a jestic R anges jure classed above a ll other m ak es.. .S u p erior p oints of w ater heating, th e b est bakers, E u el Savers, Labor Savers, T im e S a v e r s and life ever-lastin g if cared fo r properly. W e can stan d behind M ajestic R anges and ta lk them conscientiously for w e know it is th e b est R ange b u ilt. B y th e recogn ition o f a ll com p etitors in pointing it out as the one of q uality b y w hich th ey m easure theirs. T he reason for th e foregoin g endorsem ents are in th e ran ge itself, th e m aterials o f w hich it is m ade, th e principles em bodied in its construction w h ich m akes it h old its p lace a t th e top . A U w e a sk is to show you and if you are w ise you ’U b uy a M A JE ST IC during th is sale. LIST OF SATISFIED USERS. M. D. Brown........................,Mocksville L. J. Horn ....Farmington D. .$. Creason................................Rt. 2 W. A. Byerly.;..............................Rt. 1 R. M. Woodruff......................;........City| Lee Williams '...............................Rt. 3 Mrs. Mag Deadmon................... ..Rfc 4 H. M. Deadmon...-...............'-----Rt. 4| J. A. Hendrix...........Advance, R. F. D. M. C. Ijames.................'...............Rt. 5 J. W. Cleary....................................Rt..5 J. F. Graves .....................Rt. 4 Ab Chaffin .....Caiahalul R. F, D. J. L. Chaffin............Calahatu, R. F. D W. F. M errell.......................Rfc 3. Pleas. L. Foster..........,...-Advance, R. J. R. Foster......................Fork Church Z. N. Anderson ........-.. .City Miss Sallie Hanes.....................City Mrs, J. L. S heek.......'. ..City Geo. W- Everhart. ................... .Rt.' 4 E. L. Gaither.. .'............. ..:City A. M. McGlamery C;ty L. M- Graves............................... R. 4 H. L. Allen..................Advance, R. 1 J. F. Hendrix ................City B. R. Steedman I................. Rfc 2 A. M. Garwood ;...Fork Church Geo. Graves. ........................ Rfc 4 Mrs. W. H. G aither...:............. Rt. 3 R. B. Sanford........................ City Mrs. W. H. Gaither / Rt. 2 Mr. G. E. ..Horn City C. C. S a n f o r d .,City 'Mrs. T. B. Bailey..;;- ..............City Dr. R. P. Anderson.......................--.City Dr. C. R. Nicholson..... .County Line Dr. Crawford.'....:..................... City J. F. Eaton Cana, R. F. D. Mrs. M. M. Anderson......... Mrs. MijMahari Fletcher... J- P.- Foster ................ Geo. E. M errell..;...:.... P. M. C artn er....'...,,... C. F. Stroud . S. A. ,W o o d r u f f ......... Chas. Woodruff............ Will Davis ___ ___ R. L. Wilson ...... •V C . G . S A f I F p R D S O W S C D . ,..Fork .. .Pino .. Rt. .3. .. Rt. .3 ..RL 1 ...City . . Rfc 3 ...City ...City -..-.City Mrs. H, T. S parks...; Farmington Mr. A. F. York...........,-•••'........ Iraden Mrs, Bertha Roberts, Statesville,-R. 7 J. S. Ratledge.; .......... Calahalu - N. T-- Anderson,. .'.Calahalu J. L. C a r t e r .. Fork E. Lee .Gaiither.... ..... .County Line E. B. Barneycastle ,Rt. 5 John W. Creason..............'........... Rt. 4 Tom Creason (now, Harmony).. Rfc 4 A. M. Foster...... .. .. .. Fork Church- J. B. Johnstone ...City Fish Clary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Calahalu ; •W. C. Elom..., A.-M. Gaither.., N. S. Gaither.., John Garwood . T. M. Hendrix., .............County Line .................County Line .-.............County Line ........................Advance Rt.4 M. J. Holthouser ....................City 'H. C. Meroney ........... City J. C. Bowles. ...................Rt- 1 J. F. Click................I .....................Rt- 3 Jack .Lagle ..........................City County Home ............................. Rt- 1 Tom Stone................................. City M O C K S Y iL L E ^ to R T H - GA OLIHA I|G CONSTRUCT [WERE CONSI D| TRIOTIC EFMED Fl dministration of I Placed Upon a Humane Basis Many Forward L| j Baliegh--The fin lie General Assei lovernor T. W. |ient issued a fev found in the simpld gecord. The outsl mat record is ths rith industrial, sod roblems. Only in| be Assembly touE olitics. The big, res were consiq Eishion, and it is be minority party. uestions they reM ,olitics and gave [ he support of whs e the highest go<J The record disc lembly Tecognize^ frinciples: X. That every fair chance to 2. That a Uigll |annot live by brel ! The constitutioii npting homested he crop lien lav.- if r imposed on povl pay cash for sd riding for the tea| dentals <jf good ountry school, thl nedieal inspection as to discover f heir incipieney, he citizen from he sale of nost diseases, the est home and school itate-wide quaran |roviding rural sai iigned and are Cl Citizen in the wot bread. They deij physical necessity Hition to their coi| |re shot through nanitarianism w ho rangf its c< w all, self. n eig l th e p rovl Moi sat 73 IE tL E SOOH Svention Convene, man t0 Be Speak. ance Expectedi program for thc> .-Philathea Con- Ashevin. completed. ThI as and PhiIatUea, learn with interest lrongest Prograaii [ear that have be*n formation 0f J. Wilhur Chap. J many heard la?t ith so much pieas. id throughout the make two or three Forest Prettyman the United States ' ‘he convention ir, Iday evening. Misi irst vice-president ( Baraca-Philatheaus again this y3ar he program a num- £ the leading work- te will also appear mong them are Mr I editor o£ Charity [ W. A. Lamhert. of R. Shelton, Sun- Iry of the Western E. Conference; Dr. in of High Pour; of Raleigh, teacher tea class in tile • of others. Much d to a discussion of of class activities, eiug arranged with dereation of those vitally the life of . and with that pur- ng within reason is ke the coming con­ st success possible, ing convention is a-Philathea conven- that will be discuss- hat will be suggest- I applicable to other and. in more gen- ther departments of jl. Sunday cchaol iastors. and others dially invited to at- in the discussions. ake county suffrag- eeting heard an ad- 'eplius Daniels, who m Washington, and ke plans for the Itertainment of Dr. law. who will be in ' - P P i m p Ies into p peace v er y h ig h - d uring th is r p o in ts of n d b eh ind in p oin tin g e m aterials I y o u and if .County Line .County Line .County Line Advance .....................R t. 4 .................City . ” City Rt. 1 .!............Rt- 3 City ... Rt- 1 ..City THE DAVIE RECORD, MOCKSVILLE, N. C. / SlG CONSTRUCTIVE MEASURES I WERE CONSIDERED IN PA­ TRIOTIC FASHION. IE H E D FROM POLiTIGS |jjrninistration of State’s Affairs Were !placed Upon a More Intelligent and ! Humane Basis By Enactment of I Many Forward Looking Laws. I Raliegh.—The finest commentary on be General Assembly of 1917, said overnor T. W. Blckett in a state- Lnt issued a few days ago, will be bund In the simplest statement of its ecord. The outstanding feature of Jiat record is that it deals entirely rjih industrial, social and educational roblems. Only in a negative way did Je Assembly touch the domain of jjlitics. The big, constructive meas- res were considered in patriotic ishion. and it is due the members of ite minority party to say that on these uestions they refrained from playing olitics and gave vote and voice to be support of what they conceived to e the highest good. The record discloses that the As- embly recognized two fundamental rineiples: 1. That every citizen is entitled to fair chance to make his bread. 2. That a high grade citizenship aimot live by bread alone. The constitutional amendment exe­ mpting homested notes from taxation, be crop lien law regulating the penal- C imposed on poverty for its inability b pay cash for supplies, the act. pro- ldtng for the teaching of the funda- aentals <*f good farming in every ountry school, the law providing for aedical inspection of school children o as to discover physical defects in heir incipiency, the act to protect he citizen from being defrauded by be sale of nostrums for incurable iseases, the establishment • of the iome and school for cripples, the tate-wide quarantine law, this law irovicling rural sanitation, were all de­ igned and are calculated to aid the j itizen in the world old battle for j iread. They deal largely with the • ihysical necessities of ihen, but in ad- 1 Iition to their commercial value they 1 ire shot through with the spirit of hit-, uanitariauism . 1 On the other hand -the constitutional amendment calling for a six instead of a four months school, the act authoriz­ ing the incorporation of rural com­ munities, the liberal appropriation for moon ,light schools, the, expansion of the work of rural libraries, the act providing for a system of state high­ ways, the act to encourage the instal­ lation of running water and electric lights and telephones in country homes, the appropriation to relieve the loneliness of country life by giving wholesome, instructive and entertain­ ing exhibitions in country school, houses, the establishment of the home7 for delinquent women, the creation of the state board of general welfare and public charities, the special act for the building of a new home for the blind, the three million dollar bond is­ sue to encourage the building of better school houses in the country, and to provide adequate quarters and equip­ ment for our educational and chari­ table institutions, all recognize the truth that man cannot live by bread alone, but requires for his proper de­ velopment the enrichment of his , so­ cial and intellectual life. In addition to these measures that so vitally touch the life of the people, the administration of the state’s affairs were placed upon a more intelligent and humane basis by the prison reform bill the consolidation of the' three hospitals, the act^ to establish a management, the act to establish a new and modern system of accounting in the state departments and institu­ tions, the law creating an educational commission to consider the entire school system of the state, the act, providing for a , state . board to ex­ amine teachers and conduct sub com­ mission to devise an equitable sys­ tem of taxation, and the law eliminat­ ing unnecessary and cumbersome re­ ports of state departments. . I do hot have before me any list of the acts of the General Asembly, and I may have omitted some important measures , in this outline. But In the record above given there will be found' twenty-two Separatei and distinct acts, all dealing with new subjects or old subjects in a new way. And the fine thing about the record is that not one of the acts named was written in a spirit of hostility to persons of prop­ erty, but every one of thenr represents a proper conception of public service. The General Assembly made scant' use of the hatchet; but was very busy with trowel, hammer and saw. \To Operate Asbestos Mine. Statesville.—A charter has been granted an Iredell corporation , com­ posed of G. B. Halyburton, J; W. Sims and J. S. Keever, all' of the vicinity of Stony Point- The company, which has an authorized capital of 150,000 I will operate what will probably be the ) only asbestos mine in North Carolina. I The mine, situated on Mr. Halybur- ton’s farm hear Stony Point, promises to be a rich one, asbestos being found on several acres. EJxperts declare as­ bestos present in large quantities. Ma­ chinery is being installed. Warsaw Attacks H. C, of L. Warsaw.—Warsaw has always plant­ ed gardens, but this spring more than ever before, the fancy of gardners has turned to thoughts of growing vege- j tables. There are very few homes that have not at least a small garden spot, and every available spot is being utilized. The high cost of seed pota­ toes has deterred many from planting them in large quantities, but others, with the idea of growing them .for market, have planted more than ever before. J. C. Russ has planted 15 acres on his farm near town. Knitters Form Association, Charlotte.—Organization of the North Caroliria Knitters’ Association was perfected at a meeting here when a constitution was adopted and offi­ cers elected. The officers chosen were C. McD. Carr, Durham, president; J. F. Taylor, Kinston, vice president; and Harry Dalton, Charlotte, secretary and treasurer. An execuitve commit­ tee was elected, composed of A. L. Pat­ terson, chairman, Albeni«rie,- J. F. Cannon, Concord; S. T. Gaddy, New­ ton; R. H. Whitesides, Burlington; J. H. Adams, High Point; P. H. Hanes, Jr., Winston-Salem, and K. S. Tanner, Rutherfordton. Governor Bickett has appointed the committee of five covered by the act of legislature to select a site for the State Orthopedic Hospital at Gas­ tonia. They are; Wade Harris, Charlotte; R. B. Babington, Gastonia; 0. Max Gardner. Shelby; J, Y. Joyner, Raleigh; F- C. Harding, Greenville. Speaker For Teachers’ Assembly. President A. T. Allen, of the 'Norch Carolina Teachers’ Assembly has written to Secretary E. E. Sams of the State Department of Education, in­ forming him that he has already se- ;ured for the 1917 session of the as­ sembly, Supt. P. W. Horn, of Houston; Mr. Arthur Farwell, of New York City; Miss Lida Lee Tall, Baltimore;,, and D^r. Charles A. McMurray, of Nashville. These will have places on the program of the assembly when it ~neets in Charlotte during the week of .hanksgiving. Thornton Lingle, living near Cres­ cent in Rowan county, ha dhis barn I destroyed by fire and with it two fine I horses, a quantity of machinery, ve- ' hides and other valuables. Mr, Lin- ■ gle saved the cr~s and in doing so was burned, but not seriously. THE PRESIDENT’S PROCLA- MATION. “Whereas, public Interest re­ quires that the Congress of the United States should be con­ vened in extra session at 12' o’clock, noon, on the second day of April, 1917, to receive a com­ munication concerning grave matters of national policy which should be taken immediately under consideration. “Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and declare that an extraordinary occasion requires the Congress of the United States to convene in extra ses­ sion at the Capitol In the city of Washington on . the second day- of April, 1917, at 12 o’clock, noon, of which all ,persons who shall at that time be .entitled to act as members thereof are hereby reqeired to take notice.” “Given under my hand and the seal of the United States of America, the 21st day of March, in the year of Our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and . seventeen and of th’e independ­ ence of the United States the 141st.” WOODROW WILSON. FIRST DIITT OF NATION ISTO PREPARE FOR WAR into war with the most militaristic Na­ tion in the world. Even now, we say that with the British Navy and the armies of the Allies we are not: in dan­ ger. We ought not to lay that flatter­ ing unction to our souls.” „ Mr. Taft, dramatically recited the instances by which Germany has forced the United States to tne very verge of war, and declared that “President Wilson is empowered with authority to ar mthe merchant marine and that its gunners have the right given them ak American citizens to use their weapons aaginst the skulk­ ing submarine.” “During the present crisis and throughout the war which is at hand, the duty of the League to Enforce Peace is to stimulate military pre­ paredness on the one hand, and on the other to spread its gospel of world organization for permanent peace af­ ter this conflict is over. “There is nothing inconsistent in. these two purposes. If we are to change our foreign policy and pro­ mote a league to enforce peace, the Aemrican people must be advised of its character and its need.. This takes time. The war is on. Its duration is uncertain. We may be confronted with questions as to the form of peace within a year. We should.keep the matter before the people so that they *; can form and express a public opin­ ion that will aid the President and our representatives.” , INCREASED. ACTIVITY NOTICED I IN THE NAVY DEPARTMENT! EX-PRESIDENT TAFT DECLARES THAT THERE IS WORSE THINGS THAN WAR. Germany Has Forced This Country to the Very Verge of Hostilities, Richmond, Va.—More than 4,000 people heard former President Wil­ liam H. Taft declare that “there are worse things than war, and one of those is the dishoncrable yielding to invasion of your rights because you are afraid to fight for our rights and maintain them.” Mr. Taft was speaking in the in­ terests of the • League to Enforce Peace. He continued:- “The first duty of the United States, when war is inevitable, is to prepare. We have proceeded on the theory in the past that the Lord looks after children, drunken men and the Uni­ ted States. But is is time to awaken to the realization that we are forced EXPRESSIONS OF PATRIOTIC ORDER EVOKED BY CALL Washington. — Members of Con­ gress still In Washington received President Wilson’s call for an extra session April 2 with patriotic expres­ sions and confident predictions that •the close organization fight iri the house would not be permitted to delay action on the grave questions to be submitted by the president- The sen­ ate organized and adopted its anti­ filibuster rule during the recent extra Value Doubled. The yearly value of agricultural productions of the United States has doubled In the last 15 years; In the same period the population of the country has Increased one-third. Washington. — Naval preparations! for war were marked by increased, activity wifY the advancement to j April 2 of the 'date of the extra ses­ sion of congress. No acbhal war steps wer taken Dy either the war or navy departments, but -there were many in­ dications that preliminary plans have be’en worked, out for rapid mobiliza­ tion of both services. The navy’s problems are those of material rather than personnel, Y At most, little, more than 100,000 men would be required for manning every available ship of scouting craft; They j could be obtained almpst overnight bj- mobilization of the naval militia and the various sections of the naval re­ serve, supplemented with volunteers. Only highly trained officers would be lacking. The_ army’s problem is just the reverse, ’it is men that will be needed, and no definite step toward securing a great force for training can be taken' until Congress expresses its j will. Full equipment can be obtained' long before the men are ready to use it. American lark • Overdue. | London—The American bark Brown Brothers has been posted as overdue.- 'w - ir O U don't leave. I / your rig In the m id d le o f the rosd and go to a fence* post to read a sale bill do y o u ? Then don't expect the. other fel­ low to do it. P u t an id in th ii paper, th en , regard less o f th e w ea th er, th e f e l l o w y o u w a n t to recch reads y o u i a n n o u n ce­ m e n ts w h ile sea ted it. h is firesid e. I f h e is a p ro sp ectiv e b u y e r y o u 'll h a v e I, Itn at y o u r sale. O n e ex tra b u y e r o ften pays th e en tir e ex p en se o f th e ad, a n d it’s a p o o r ad th at w o n 't p u ll th a t b u y e r. An ad In th is p aper reaeh es th e p eop le y o u are after. B ills m a y b e a n ecessity , b u t th e nd is th e th in g th a t d oes th e b u sin ess. D on't th in k o f h a tin g ■ special sa le w ith o u t u sin g ad vertisin g s p a e e in th is paper. at a sale affea pap the entire expease of tne ad. F 1 PBJittg& t e m a EVERLASTINGLY GOOD 31 PO IN T S O F E T E R N A L EX C EL LEN C E W hich A ssures YO U A L IFE T IM E OF K IT C H EN SER V IC E Tw o generations ago EN G M A N -M A T TH E W S started to m ake ranges for hom e use— started to build ranges w ith the inspiration to m ake them better thanany other range— for the housew ife. T hey b uilt the R ange o f M aUeable Iron— B E C A U SE M A L L E A B L E IR O N W O U LD ST A N D TH E W E A R A N D T E A R OF Y E A R S OF SE R V IC E . A s the m other w atches her baby grow into boyhood— develop in body and m ind—into m an hood— as she unceasingly encourages him in th e righ t direction— so these M A STE R R A N G E B U IL D E R S follow ed their child— the M A L L E A B L E R AN G E. Y ear after year th ey have w atched it. Y ear afteryear th ey have studied it— adding a convenience here — sh apin g an im provm ent there— ever b uilding to m ake your cooking, your baking, your kitchen m ore com plete. • ’ TO D A Y T H E R A N G E E T E R N A L is a M A ST E R PIE C E OF STR EN G TH — OF SER V IC E— OF CON­ V E N IE N C E — a range th at reflects tw o generations of unceasing enthusiasm and labor b y the best m inds in th e range b u ild in g business. v • Som e m anufacturers issue h igh ly lithographed guarantees upon ranges B U T T H iiItE IS A L W A Y S A JO K E R IN TH EM . The B E ST R EC O M M ENDATIO N is the O PIN IO N OF PE O PL E W H O A R E U SIN G IT . T H E B E ST T E ST IS TH E SE R V IC E IN T H E K IT C H E N .. N W e know th is— th at the R A N G E E T E R N A L IS A N H O N E ST PRO DUCT— through and through— th at it w ill g iv e H O N E ST SER V IC E Y E A R A F T E R Y EA R . W e know th at no R ange is M ORE C AR E­ F U L L Y M A D E — M ORE C 0M PL T E L Y E Q U IP P E D — M ORE D E SIR A B L E . In fact, w e believe— and can back up our b elief w ith the recom m endations of R ange U sers— th at it is th e B E ST R A N G E YOU CAN B U Y . ' w ho h as a range (no m atter w h at k ind) ask h im w h at he thin ks o f h is S g e z Y a K t o o t o r ranges, look carefu lly ^ o e v « p o t o o i its construction, e to n in e t o flues, t o w all, t o m idd le w all, t o inner w all, use y P ' Otoves self. T here are now 74 o f our R anges and 39 o f our sto v e s,in tin s " hJ a fy M deu n t e L n d “w h T * e ° R A N G E E T E R N A L 6 . t o B E S T S n o b W tod ay and i f you w ill com e to see u s w e can prove to you r satisfaction th a t th is is true. ' — “ r ^ . Frtcett-W. o c k s v i U e H a r d w a r e C o m p a n y “ H a r d w a r e i f Q u a lity . One two-quart AtuminaniOne six ana one*balf quartNo. 8 Ala Ence 65c*Tea Kettle* Oue two-quart AIuminom Lipped Saoce Pan* Price 85c* One four-quart ALami Preserving Kettle* Price $1.25 One foar*pint Alnminum Cofiee Pot. Price $2.00. One eight-qaart Alominam Preserving Kettle. Price $1.75.One two-quart Alnmindm Doable RicO Boiitf 6 . F . H O O P E R , l s s i a g e r m I I'I f f * II i Iill!I: I P fetIm -M illIM j IhhMKriKt IN i- I P l J- m I i Ii I d THE DAVIE RECORD, MOCKSVILLE, N. C GALOMEL13 MERCURY. IT SICKENS! STOP H S U l G DRUG Don’t L ose a D ay’s W ork! If Y our L iver Is Sluggish o r B ow els C o n stip ated T ak e “ Dodso n ’s Liv er T one.”— It’s Fine! sluggish liver better than a dose of nasty calomel and that it won't make you sick. Dodson’s Liver Tone is real liver You’re bilious! Your liver is slug­ gish! You feel- lazy, dizzy and all knocked out. Your head is dull, your tongue is coated; breath bad; stomach eour and bowels' constipated. But don’t take salivating calomel. It makes you Sick, you may lose a day’s work. Calomel is mercury or quicksilver which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel crashes into sour bile like dynamite, breaking it up. That's when you feel that awful, nausea and cramp­ ing. Ifyou want to enjoy the nicest, gen­ tlest liver and bowel cleansing you ever experienced just take a spoonful of harmless Dodson’s Liver Tone. Your druggist or dealer sells you a 50-cent bottle of Dodson’s Liver Tone under my personal money-back guarantee that each spoonful will clean your medicine. You’ll know it next morn­ ing because you will wake up feeling fine, your liver will be working, your headache and dizziness gone, your stomach will be sweet and your bowels regular. You will feel like, working; you’ll be cheerful; full of vigor and ambition.' Dodson’s Liver Tone is entirely vegetable, therefore harmless and can­ not salivate. Give it.to your children! Millions of people are using Dodson’s Liver Tone instead of dangerous cal­ omel now. Your druggist will tell you that the sale of calomel is almost stopped entirely here.—Adv. W. L. DOUGLAS “ THE SHOE THAT HOLDS ITS SHAPE” $ 3 $ 3 .5 0 $ 4 $ 4 .5 0 $ 5 $ 3 $ 7 & $ 8 « HFg W EH Save M oney b y W earing W . L. D ouglas shoes. For sale b y o v er9 0 0 0 sh oe dealers. T he B est K now n Shoes in th e W orld; W. L . D o u g la s n a m e a n d th e retail p rice is sta m p e d o n th e b o t­ to m o f a ll sh o e s a t th e fa cto ry . T h e valu e is g u a ra n tee d a n d th e w earer p ro te cte d a g a in st h ig h p rices fo r in ter io r sh o e s. T h e retail p rices a re d ie s a m e everyw h ere. T h e y core n o m o r e in S a n F ran cisco th a n th e y d o in N e w Y o r k . I h e y a re a lw a y s w o r th th e p rice p a id fo r th e m . ’T h e q u a lity o f W . L D o u g la s p r o d u c t is g u a ra n tee d b y m o r e L th a n 4 0 years exp erien ce in m a ltin g fin e s h o e s . T h e sm a r t sty les a re th e lea d ers in th e F a sh io n C n u r e s e f A m e r ic a . T h e y a re m a d e in a w e ll-eq u ip p ed fa c to ry a'. B ro c k to n , M a s s ., b y d ie h ig h e s t p a id , sk ille d sh o em a k er s, u n d e r th e d ir ec tio n a n d su p erv isio n o f ' exp erien ced m e n , a ll w o r k in g w ith a n h o n e s t d eterm in a tio n t o m a k e d ie b e s t s h o e s fo r th e p r ic e th a t m o n e y ca n b u y. Aalc you r sh o e d ealer fo r W . L D ou glas sh o e s. I f h e can - m a k e^ lfrr ite " the_lrind you w an t, ta k e n o oth er SUBSTITUTES Boys* Shoes m ak e. W rite .for in terestin g b ook let ex p la in in g b o w to g e t sh oes o f th e h ig h e st stand ard o f q u a lity for U ie p rice, b y return mail, p o stage free* LOOK FOR W. L. Douglas A L / ( T , . - Z - ?m mname and ths. retail price Q & f $3.0092.50 & $2.00 n th e h o H o m . '•lamped on the bottom. Futile Strategy. Bridget had proved, to be all that a servant should be in regard to her du­ ties, but, unfortunately, her energies never seemed to extend to keeping her own face clean. Her mistress desired to tell her to wash her smutty countenance, but, not wanting to offend such a treasure, she restored to strategy. “Do you know, Bridget,” she re­ marked in a confidential manner, “if you wash your face in hot, soapy wa­ fer it will make you beautiful?” “Sur(e, an’ it’s a wonder ye niver thried it yersilf, ma’am,” was Bridget’s surprising answer. A Git of “Old” Canada. There exists at Uuionville, Ontario, a pioneer house 124 years old. This is probably a unique record for a Ca­ nadian log house, and it-is said to be the oldest log house of similar dimen­ sions in the Dominion. Some of the logs are from 30 to 36 Inches in diam­ eter. It is still occupied, and it is in­ teresting to note, as a testimony to the comfort of the house, that its occu­ pants, numbering 13, took first prize i in 1012 at a political picnic as the “heaviest family attending the event." You Can Make Excellent Cake W itb Fewer Eggs J u st u se a n additional q u an tity ,of R o y a l B aking' P o w d er, ab ou t a teasp oon , in p lace o f ea c h e g g om itted. T h is ap plies eq u ally w e ll to n early all b aked foods. T r y th e follow in g recip e accord in g to th e n e w w a y : CimAM LAYER CAKE Old W ay N ew Waty 1 I cup sugar cup milk 2 cops flour 2 teaspoons Royal B aking Pow dsr3 eggs££ cup shortening I teaspoon flavoring Makes I Large 2-i D IRECTIO N S-Cream th e sugar and shorteninetoeether.then m ix ln th e eg f. A fter eiftlng th e flour and R oyal B aking Pow der together, tw o or th re e tirries. add ft all to th e m ixture. G radually add th e m ilk and beat W hh y o u h av ea sm ooth pour batter. A dd th e flavoring. P o u rin to g la s e d layercoke tln a and.bake i t a m oderately hot oven for tw en ty m inutes. T his rake Is best bakedin tw o layers. P u ttogetherw lth cream filling and spread w ith w hite icing. Bookletof recipes which economise In eggs and other e expensive ingredients mailed free. A ddress ROYAL BAKING PO W D ER CO. 125 W IU lam St., N ew Y ork R O Y A L BAKING POWDER made from Cream of Tartar, derived from Grapes N o A lu m N o P h o s p h a t e N o B it t e r T a s t e I cup sugar 1 cup milk 2 cups flour4 teaspoons R oyal B aking F ow aef 2 tablespoons sh o rten in g . !teaspoon flavoring S-Layer Cake A Growl. “Are your mnrried daughter and her husband living with you?”. “No; they’re living on me.” !YESiMAQITO I CORNS UFT OUT I WITH RNGERSI * I You say to the drug store man, "Give me a small bottle of freezone.” This will cost very little but will positively remove every hard or soft I corn or callus from one’s feet. A few drops of this new ether com- J pound applied directly upon a tender, ! aching corn relieves the soreness In- : stantly, and soon the entire com or callus, root and all, dries up and can ■ be lifted off with the fingers.' This new way to rid one’s feet of corns was introduced by a Glacinttatl man, who says that freezone dries in I moment, and simply shrivels up the corn or callus without irritating the surrounding skin. If your druggist hasn’t any freezone tell him to order a small bottle from his wholesale drug house for your—adv. Of Course. “How is r ..... fipbt paid?” “It Is liquidated, I suppose.”' E L ix m B A B EK W O RTH ITS W EIG H T IN GOLD IN T H E P H IL IPP IN E S . 11I contracted m a laria in 1896» and a fte r a year’s fru itless tre atm en t by a prom inent W ashington physician, your B I I x I r B a b e k entirely cured m e. On arriv in g here I cam e dowu w ith tropical m a laria—the w orst form —and sen t h o m e .fo r. B a b e k * A gain itproved its value—It is worth its weight In gold liere." Brasle O1Hagan1 Troop E18th U. S. Cavalry, Balayan, Philippines. B lIx B r B a b e k * 50 cents, all druggists o r by Parcel Post, prepaid, from Kloczewski & Co., Washington, D-C- The Principles of Big Business. . First Surgeon—Do you think $1,000 is too much to chnrge for taking out Bulger’s appendix? Second Surgeon—No. But why don’t you wait?' He’s making money so fast that you cun get $5,000 out of Iiim in six months.—Life. He is twice a conqueror who can restrain himself In the hour of vic­ tory.—Cyrus. What Dr. R. D. Patterson, of Lib­erty, N. C., says: ABOUT MOTHER’S JOY SALVE. My boy had pneumonia, his tempera­ ture was 104. Had tried other salves, didn’t have any effect. Used jar of Mother’s Joy Salve on throat and chest, in one hour’s time his tempera­ ture was normal.—AdY, Explained. “My daughter, don’t use powder on your face so much. It is so loud.” “But, pa, this is noiseless powder.” G ranulated Eyelids, S tle.. Inflam ed Eyea 'relieved over, n lc h t > 7 R om an Eye Balaam . One trial prove. I t. m erit. Adv. The fault finder ..finds few fnults greater than his faultfinding. Few collisions occur on the path of virtue. H e a l t h y S k i n D e p e n d s O n K i d n e y s The skin and the intentines, which work together with the kidneys to throw out the poisons of the body, do a part of the work, but a clean body and a healthy one depends on the kid­ neys. If the kidneys are clogged with toxic poisons,you suffer from stiffness In the knees In the morning on arising, your joints seem “rusty,” you may have rheumatic pains, pain in the back, stiff neck, headaches, sometimes swollen feet, or neuralgic pains—al! due to the uric acid or toxic poisons in the blood. This is the time to go to the nearest -=Urug store and simply obtain a 50c. package of Anuric (double or triple strength), the discovery of Dr. Pierce of Buffalo, N. Y. Then drink a cup of xirit water before meals, with an Anuric Tablet, and notice the gratifying re­ sult?. You will find Anuric more active than llthia. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS Abbeville, S. C.—“One of my sons had' an attack of rheumatism accom­panied by severe pains in the back and in the region of the kidneys. He suf­ fered so that he was unable to go about. After taking part of a box of Anuric Tablets he was completely re­ lieved, and seems to be entirely cured as it has been some time since and he .has had no return of the attack. I believe that Anuric will do all that is claimed for it.”—A. T. McILLWAIN, Route 2. ' Pleasant Pellets for stomach, liver and bowels, are made up of the May- apple, • aloe leaves and jalap. This well-known pellet was made up nearly fifty years ago, by Dr. Pierce, and can be had for a quarter from almost any apothecary—simply ask for Dr.Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, ff your drug­ gist does not keep them send.25 cents m .,0Pfcent stamps to Dr. Pierce, In- vJl^ s Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., and a vial of the Pellets will be mailed you* Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove’s The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a Gen­ eral Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds ap the Whole System. 50 cents. Customer Had ,Change Coming. A man bearing a small basket of potatoes on his arm went into a gro­ cery store to make a purchase. 'He eould not produce enough change by 5 cents, and, handing the clerk a med­ ium-sized potato, started out. The clerk called to him, saying: “You have forgotten your change,” and, walking back to a sack, picked out two lima beans and passed them to the custom­ er.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Important to NlQthdre; .Examine carefully every .. bqttle Ot CASTORIA, that famous old remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bearathe Signature of ChiHren Cry for MetcWs Castoria In Georgia. “Ben Jason.” “Yes,, suh.” “Accused of being under the influ­ ence of liquor on Cliristmhs eve.” “Yes, Suh.” “Profanity.” “I might er swo—yas, suh." “Resisting officer?” “I sho’ tried ter lick dal Irishman, judge.” “Petty larceny.” ' “Count dat In, too.” “Ben—the law must deal heavily In your case. Is there anything you left out on your holiday spree?” The negro scratched his head. “Yas, suh-; ef yo’ could lemme out I#’ I lew minus, W like let beat «p my ol’ woman fo' ’ceptin’ presents from a.Macon barber."—Case and Coment. Candles High In Paris. Candles have risen In price In France since the adoption of numer­ ous measures respecting the consump­ tion of gas, electricity and petroleum for illuminating purposes. Retail gro­ cers throughput Paris .generally now charge seven to eight cents for tallow candles that previously sold for three or four cents each. Small solid can­ dles five inches long, which formerly retailed at two cents, each, now cost the consumer six or seven cents. S o ld t e r 4 T y e a r s. F o r M alaria, CHIIls e n d F e v e r . h e n in g T o n lo . ww waa —w j - y i n a* -w*. *’iP M U a i F in e G en era l S tr e n g th e n in g ' ------ A lsoSOoui OLOO (to ll DngStM O Diplomacy. Mrs. Green—Your cook told mine that your husband is getting a very small salary. ; Mrs. Wyse—We just tell her that to keep her from demanding a large one. Wisdom sometimes strikes a fellow as does a snowslide from a roof. C onstipation generally Indlcateo disordered stom ach. liver ‘and bowels. W rig h t’s In d iaa V egetable P ills restores reg u larity w ithout griping.. AdV. Harmonious Help* Stage Manager—Now don’t forget what I told you about speaking in trumpet tones. Actor—How can I forget those trumpet tones the way they haye been drummed into me? BOSCHEE’S GERMAN SYRUP Why take ordinary cough remedies when Boschee’s German Syrup has been used for fifty-one years in all tpwns in the United States, Canada, Australia, and other countries, for coughs, bronchitis, colds settled in the throat, especially liing trouble. It gives the patient a good night’s rest, free from coughing, with easy.expec­ toration in the morning, giving nature a chance to soothe the inflamed parts, throw off the disease, helping the pa­ tient to regain his health, assisted by pure air and sunshine when possible. Trial size 25c, and 75c family size. Sold in all towns In the United States, Canada, Australia, and otlier conn* tries.—Adv. Getting Around a. Difficulty, Automobile manufacturers of the United States do not purpose allowing a serious matter, such as railway traf­ fic congestion, to interfere with their business, if they can help it. When the big freight tie-up first began to look formidable, automobile makers faced a prospective loss running into, many millions of dollars, because, ap­ parently, they - coiild notxsecure deliv­ eries. Not until then did it occur to them that, if an automobile was worth anything at all,’it should be able to de­ liver itself. And now what is known ^o the trade as the “drive-away” has been thaugurated. The cars leave the fac­ tory and arrive at their destination under their own power, A drove of 62 oars was recently sent from Cleve- land to Chicago in this way. It is ex­ pected that the “drive-away” will be­ come a fashionable thing during the coming summer. — Christian. Science Monitor. Resourceful. Two women were having 'a confab on Uie=) troubles ^ life, that connected witli husbands In particular, relates George Mellinger of Sweeney’s. 1 IT dinna wonder at some puir wives having to help themselves out of their husbands’ trousers,” remarked one of them. “I canna say that I like them under­ hand ways meself,” said the other ma­ tron. “I usually Jist turn ma man’s breeches doon side up an’ help myself off the carpet." It is far better to have your nelgh- bor owe you an apology than money. \S ' . There*s a good way to keep growing boys and girls healthy and happy and that is ? —1 i to give them •* . Grape-Nuts for breakfast. This wonderfully nourishing food has a sweet, nutty flavor that makes it popular with children. t Ouc of the few sweet foods that does not harm digestion, hut builds them strong and bright • I M t grocers everywhere. HAIR ST O PS FALLING Girls! Try This! Makes Hair Thick, Glossy, Fluffy, Beautiful—No More Itching Scalp. Within ten minutes after an appli­ cation of DanderIne you cannot find a single trace of dandruff or falling hair and your scalp will not itch, but what will please you most will be after a few weeks’ use, when you see new hair, fine and downy at first—yes—but really new hair—growing all over the scalp. A little Danderine immediately dou­ bles the beauty of your hair. No dif­ ference how dull, faded, brittle and scraggy, just moisten a ^ cloth with Danderine and carefully draw it through your hair, taking one small strand at a time. The effect Is amaz­ ing—your hair will be light, fluffy and wavy, and have an appearance of abundance; an incomparable luster, softness and luxuriance. Get a 25-cent bottle of Knowlton’s Danderine from any store, and prove that your hair is. as pretty and soft as any—that it has been neglected or injured by careless treatment—that’s all—you surely can have beautiful hair and lots of it if you will just try a lit­ tle Danderine. Adv. Ignorance Is Bliss. A certain section foreman noticed that one of bis men had rabbit meat In his pail. He questioned the man. “Yes, me got lots rabbit,” was the smiling reply. “John,” the foreman said, “you bring me rabbit tomorrow.” John promised • he would, and the next day the foreman received his por­ tion and ate it with relish. ,He also became curious as to where John got It. “Say, John,” he' inquired, “where do you get all this rabbit?” “Oh, that’s easy," was the reply. “Rabbit him come to my house every night. Him go ‘Meow, meow,’ and I shoot him.”—Connellsville Courier. • CUTICliRA HEALS ECZEMA And Rashes That Itch and Burn—Trial Free to Anyone Anywhere. In the treatment of skin and scalp troubles bathe freely with Chticura Soap and hot water, dry and apply Cutlcura Ointment. If there is a nat­ ural tendency to rashes, pimples, etc., prevent their recurrence by making Cuticura your daily toilet preparation. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. I* Bdston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. • She’s Right, at That. “She’s so old-fashioned in her Ideas.” “Yes; she beljrves that as a punish- ment for children ,spanking takes the palm” To keep clean and healthy take Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. They regulate liver, bowels and stomach.—Adv. The man who is too busy to figure out whether he is losing generally is. Energy never Is enough, but it al­ ways is half enough. N ature 8 ? © C f H s r e A s s is t a is ci IN CORRECTING SUCH P O O R A P P E T IT f D Y S P E P S I A indigestionBILIOUSNESS SPRING ILLS OR MALARIA S splendid first aid HOSTETIEt STOM M W ItARGEST ClRCU ever PBBUSH [arrival of Pj G om j Ino. 26 LV, Ml IMo 28 Lv. M l[ N g o in J Ino. 27 LV. Ml ENo. 25 Lv. Mj COTTO Not Fussy. .“There’s one thing I’ll Xayfotjk I they’re not a nerroup faiallv.” s! “How do you fcuow?" “Every picture on Iheir .,v, tilted off straight, and I hey e. ' to mind it a hit.” . Trying Her Hand. Patience—She spent two !Uont^ the seashore Tast smuttier, ami J man asked for iter hand. Patrice—Rather disappnintin.t “Yes; hut she’s going to tryherW H l in Florida this winter.” H s Sfops N e iara lg ia P a i n s Why suffer from excruciating neu­ ralgia pains when an application of Yager’s Liniment will give quick relief? This I iniment is good too. for rhra- matism, sciatica, headache, pain io chestorcide, sprains, cuts andbruisei. _ Th© large 25 cent bottle of Yawft Llnimentcontatns loortitneiasmoft as the usual bottle of Uoiment sold "it tba-t price. At all dealers. YAGER'S LINIMENT G IL B E R T BBO S.& CO. B a ltim o re ,‘Md. J S O R B l N i • iTRADFHAHK Bt6.tiS.KW R e d u c e s B u r s a l k n la r g e n m T h i c k e n e d , S w o l le n Tinutt .C u r b s , F i l l e d T e n d o n s , Son n e s s f r o m B r u i s e s o r Straiu s to p s S p a v in L a m en ess, allays p i D o e s n o t b lisjter, rem ove the hiin lay up tlie liorse, $2,W a M at druggists or delivered. Book IMltu ABS0RB1NE, JR., hr mankind-, antiseptic liniment for bruises, cuts, vw strains, painful, swollen Veins or ghndi. heals and soothes. $1.00 a bottle at if gists or postpaid. Will tell you mote it 1« write. Made in the (J. S. A. by W. F. YOUNG, P. 0. F.. 310 Tempta St.. Sprlngfitlfl.Oui “ROUEH onRATS”B F » 9; M W. N. U., CHARLOTTE, NO. 1 i9l Good Middling] ; Seed cotton - l o c a l a n d Mis3 Sallie H | I day in the Qnee Samuel Hall I with friends in Mrs. G. A. Si | day in Cbarlottf Frank Williatj j trip to Charlott Dake Hendril [Sunday, with hil Oscar McClarj [ ill with measle Jas. L. Sheeh j a business , trip j Miss Annie j week-end with You just takl I Grant’s many rr I to foot in dress Lonnie Bowll Sunday in Win] I sister. J. W. Leach,I town Mondayj | E. P Leach. What about! Lefler & Wall,I the year arounj G- E. Horn from a busir county. Where are tlj numbers that ’ ary? The echt| Rev. T. H. pastor of a nud Davie county. c m e n For Forty Y eirs Lydia E. Pinkhairfa Vegetaible Compound has Relieved the Sufferings of Women* It hardly seem s p ossib le th at there is a wom an in thi* cou n try w h o co n tin u es to su ffer w ith ou t g iv in g Lydia £ P in kh am ’s V eg eta b le C om pound a trial after all the evi d en ce th at is co n tin u a lly b ein g p u b lish ed , proving beyond con trad iction th a t th is grand old m ed icin e has relieved m ore su fferin g am on g w om en th an an y other medicine » th e w orld. M rs . K ieso O ured A fte r Seven M o n th ’s Illness.vw -vu OCVUU HAUUbU 9 AUUVOOt Aurora, D L -aFor seven longmonths I suffered from a female trouble, with severe pains in my baci and sides until I became so weak I could hamff UfOIlr CIVYYYY’ AhoYW Aa aLa^V* Anil m -><- nervous J I would jump-at the slightest noise, x >»»» o - -- . unfit to do m y house work, I was giving up hopoo I ever being well, when my sister asked me to to I Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. I too* I six bottles and today I am a healthy woman able w j do m y own housework.. I wish every suffer®? ] woman would try Lydia E.. Pinkham’s Vegetaou Compound, and find out for herself how g°°° tx> A. K ieso, 596 North Ave., Aurora, DL C o u ld H a rd ly G etO ffH erB ed . . CSnmhnatL Ohio.—'“I want you to know the good Lydia E. Kmf' Lam s Vegetable Compound has done for me. I was in such bwJ health from female troubles that I could hardly get off my bed J had'been doctoring for a long time and my mother Saidj4I want yo to try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound.’ So I did, ana, has certainly made jne a well woman. I am able to do my house wor and am so happy as I never expected/to go around the way I do ag®“> and I want others to know what Lyma E. Pinkham’s Vegetao® Compound has done tor me.”—Mrs. Josm Copnek.1668 HarrisonAv6, Famnount, CincmnatL Ohio. rIfyou want special advice write to Lydla E. Plnkhom Mf" Cine Co. (confidential) Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opec’’0* send and answered by a woman and held In strict confidence. it is.”—. horse wagon. Mock Ifyou haveij Ies and whoopfl for them Com| The editor \ dry, 16-inch stj it shis week. Mrs. J. H. daughter, guests of Mr. You who bu 0 . C. Wall, fore buying W, T. FostJ Kannapolis, SI relatives neaj week. Curtis Vai| family frqm where he has I factory. Miss A. P to show the i opening, whi| 29th, 1917. Earnest Tb Statesville w l who recently! on. Mr. and babe, of Salil town the gu{ M. Ijames. WANTEDl hides, cow an Foote & I Miss Franl the State N j boro, came < a short vacaj W. W. Str! Store, Winso day night an his brother, I Four to fii flour always 0 . C. “ Goshen M| sou ^ure the I to th«hFedei] which begin! and at Saltelj X’XQPAK! Prints up tb| cards 5e.~e ity guaranty less accompl per roll extd “Bi m g m i S i mm i f f I i l U t t R fifid E f), M O C K ev iL lE , N. 0 . © C l I — -"Ma RREcting such P A p p e t i t “I E f e p SiA JbgestioSIiOUSNESSRiNG ILE| W A L A S J 1 a le n d id H m i k OMACH BinEis Not Fussy. "»e thing I'll*.say for ,ii iit*rvou,s! f.„ url I .Vi'u Uunw-V' I'i' -'iro nu' iImii- i 'hn!" 8,11,1 "1^' 'lililWseeIi [rying H eTTi^r-Sliu spent IWn Illam , I 1“ rn* s5Inninei-. ““"I*«Inr Iior hand. ** ■lather (lisui.pninii,,,,, She-Sgltlnsto try |ler h I "inter.” "D11 S f o p s N e u m l^ Why suffer from excruciating neu- . .. ralgia pains when lation of Yager's UnfaS I quick relief? ““oc« Jiiment is good too, forrim. ■ sciatica, headache, pain in lide. sprams. cuts andbmiset S V tti1e^ rat •»«« lG E R 'S IIM EM T Ib e k t b r o s .& c o. I B a lt !m o re ,MI d . • a c t s i f u r s a l la n ia r g e m e n u I k e n e d , S w o l l e n T iM u ei1 ' I s , F i l l e d T e n d o n s , Sore- I f r o m B r u i s e s o r Straion I S p a v in !L a m e n e ss, allays pin, I n o t b lis te r , r e m o v e th e hairei p th e h o r s e . $ 2 .0 0 a bottle F d e liv e r e d . B o o k I M free ■ N E , J R ., fo r m a n k in d -o p e n t fo r b r u is e s , c u ts , woucdi, I, s w o lle n v e in s o r g la n d i D l h e s . $ 1 .0 0 a b o ttle a t drap lid. W i l l t e l l y o u m o re ii y « J i n t lie U . S . A . b y 310 Tenigls SI., Sgrl nafieW. Kut Ir A TQ ft SnJs R ats, 31<c«, B«a | l l “ I O Die outdoors. IScacila 1ARLOTTE, NO. 13-1917. en PinkhamfS ms Relieved m . | s a w om an in this |t g iv in g L ydia E- after all the evi* Id, p ro v in g beyond Sicine h as relieved I o th er m ed icine in th’s Illness, mg months I suffered vere pains in my back weak I could hardly I got so nervous I oise. I was entirely ras giving up hopej® ter asked me to try I Compound. I too* :althy woman able to ish every suffering inkham’s Vegetab-e herself how Sooa irora, Ilh ed. good Lydia E -P fc*;I was in such bad get off m y bed. er said,‘I want yo 1.’ So I did, and ftto do m y house work i the way Id o a ^ w nkham’s V e g e t a b t o , 1668 Harrison Av»- 2. P inkbam MpdJ' * r W iU beopec^a* trict confidence* THE DAVlE RECORD.] [LARG EST CIRCO LATIO M O F A N V P A F E it EYCR PU B L ISH E D IN D A V lE C O U N T Y . ARRIVAL of PASSENGERTRAINS No. 26 No. 28 No. 27 No. 25 GOING NORTH Lv. Mocksville 6:48 a. m. Lv. Moclmville 2:18 p. m, GOING SOUTH. Lv. MocksviIle 7:19 a. m Lv. Mocksyille 5:04 p. m COTTON MARKET. Good Middling- —--------—------181c Seed cotton------------------------------6 00 local and personal news. Miss Sallie Hanes spent Wednes­ day in the Queen Gity. Samuel Hall spent the week-end with friends in Salisbury. Mrs. G. A. Sheek spent Wednes­ day in Charlotte shopping. FraiikWilliams made a trip to Charlotte Saturday Attorney Frank Hanes and A. M. Clement, of the Twin City, were Sunday visitors. , j Mrs. M. J. Holthouser and son Earnest, spent the week-end w ith! relatives at Troutman. Charles Wagoner, an aged citizen of Cooleeme, was found dead in bed Sunday morning. Heart trouble. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Horn and lit­ tle daughter Regina. spent the week­ end with their daughter, Mrs. Ross Mills, at Statesville. Mrs. E. L. Gaither and daughter, Miss Sarah, and Misses Esther and Ivey Horn spent, Monday in the Twin-City shopping. Money to loan on improved far.m iands in Davie, Rowan and Davidson counties. See P. V.. CRlTG HER, Atty., Lexington, N. C. Attorney E. L. Gaither has pur­ chased from Sanford’s Garage, a Buick Six, one of the best and most popular cars 6n the market. Thomas Meroney and sister. Miss business s UeIen* returned Sunday from States- ' vjlle, where they underwent opera­ tions for tonsilitis and adenoids. 1913 Duke Hendrix spent Saturday and I • Charlotte.!- M issEmmaLeachhasaccepted aSunday with his Uncle in Oscar McClamroch has been quite ill with measles for the past week. Jas. L. Sheek has returned from a business trip to the 01‘d Dominion. position as clerk in the postoffice to succeed Miss Kate Brown, who will take a similar position at Badin. Noah Brock, of Darlington, Ind., in sending us a dollar, says: “It is Miss Annie Baldwin spent the]like a letter from home, and we feel week-end with friends in Statesville. ■ like we can’t do without The Record. You just take a look at Miss A. P. j The Sunday School Institute held Grant’s many new, articles from head ■ at the Methodist Ghurch Friday, to foot in dress. I Saturday and Sunday, while not so Lonnie Bowles spent Saturday and largely attended,, was interesting Sunday in Winston, the guests of his* and instructive throughout, sister. I p. J. Rouse and Miss Lizzie Hane- J. W. Leach, of Salisbury, was in line, both of this city, were united town Monday visting .his brother, in marriage Thursday night at the E P Leach. • home of the bride, Rev, T. S, Coble Whatabout that yellow-cotton?!11*5*0” 111"®^1ecerem0ny" Lefler & Wall, North Cooleemee. all i Dr. T. T. Watkins, of Advance, the year around. : was in town Monday with a tow sack G.E. Horn returned Wednesday full of mud bonds which he tried to from a business trip to Stokes • dispose of to our citizens, but he county. i had to carry them back to Advance. W herearethe city auto license; The many friends of Mr. Thos. numbers that were ordered in Janu-1 Kincaid, of Statesville, will be sorry. ary? The echos don’t answer.- t0 learn that he is, “ a P ^ r io u s . I condition as a result of a stroke of Rev. T. H. Matthews, at one time para]y8jgt which he suffered Friday pastor of a number of churches ini Davie county, was in town Friday. When we come here we dedared war on all unbusiness method, ail cheap goods and service, and every thing out of date, and today our customers show their appreciation by making our busi­ ness the best drug business Mocksville ever known. Crawford’s Drug Store. “THE BLUE FRONT” Letter From Bristol. Editor of the Davie Record:—En­ closed find frog skin for your paper as through its columns .we keep in touch with the happenings down ,home. We are having typical Mar. weathers up here in the mts. rain. one hour and snow the next and i sunshine next. I I was mighty sorry to hear of the i death of my grandmother Paulina E. Hutchins. However not surprised- for notwith standing for the past] several years grandmother has been helpless yet she lived like Abraham i ! to a ripe old age and full of years-], and died in that faith that makes it possible for us to live. And to her Son’s, my Uncles. I take your hand in sympathy; as I to have lost a mother being your oldest sister and Grandmother oldest daughter. But in your greatest grief let me com­ mend you live who said-I calll you no longer servants but friends. H. T. PENRY. a QR. RO BT. ANDERSON, DENTIST, Phone* Office No. 71, Residence No. 47 Office over Drag Store. FOR SALE CHEAP—A good one horse wagon. Mocksville Furniture Co. If you haven’t had mumps, meas­ les and whooping cough, get ready for them Commencement Day. ' Theeditorwantsaload of 'good, dry, 16-inch stove wood, and wants it shis week. Good price paid. , Mrs. J. H. Thompson and little daughter, Wilkesboro, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs ' S. M. Call. You who buy flour and feed, see 0. C. Wall, North Cooleemee, be­ fore buying W. T. Foster and little son, of Kannapolis, spent several days with relatives near town this and1 last week. Curtis Vanzant has moved his family frqm Route 5 to this city, where he has a position in the chair factory. Miss A. P Grant will be delighted to show the newest style hats at her opening, which will take place Mar. 29th. 1917. Earnest Tharpe. spent Sunday in Statesville with his brother, George, who recently underwent an operati­ on. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller and babe, of Salisbury, spent Sundayy in town the guests of Mr, and^Mrs. R. M. Ijames. WANTED—To buy your horse hides, cow and calf skins and pork. Foote & Stonestreet, Cana, N. Q. Miss Frances Morris, a student at the State Normal College, Greens­ boro. came over last week to spend a short vacation with her parents. W. W. Stroud, of the BarberBook Store, Winston-Salem, spent Thurs­ day night and Friday in town’ with his brother, the editor; Four to five car lokds. of feed and flour always on hand at. 0. C. WALL. North Cooleemee. Goshen McCullob-and. F. H,. Biahn- sonvare the lone Jur6rs|firom ~'H^e to thihFederal cburt^j|^is;l^j[’ “* which begins at StatravilIe Apr: and at Salisbury Apr- • 23rds KODAK DEVELOPING-FRfe^V Prints up to 3Jx4i, Be. eacht. ;P w cards 5c. each. Quick work,. Qual­ ity guaranteed. No orders filled un­ less accompanied by ciash, and 2c. per roll extra for return .postage. “BARBER’S,” Depti S. morning. M. D. Peoples, of Newcastle, Ind., writes us that The Record is getting better every week. Thanks, broth­ er. As soon as the groundhog lets up, we are going to make The Re­ cord better than ever. John Allen has sold his house and lot on Sanford Ave , to R. B. San­ ford. John has quit the blacksmith business, and gone to farming in the Farmington section. John is a good citizen, and his friends were sorry to see him leave. Ernest Hunt, the clever and effi­ cient bookkeeper at the Bank of Davie, is the proud and happy pos sessor of a brand new five-passenger, six-cylinder, double-barrelled, self- acting Buick touring car- Clear the track, boys, for we’re coming. Gaipt. M. J-. Holthouser attended a meeting of the trestle and main­ tenance forces of the Southern Rail­ road, at Winston-Salem Saturday. About 175 were present and a big dinner was enjoyed by those present at the Zinzendorf Hotel. The heavy rains of the past’ week Jas put the roads in bad shape, and farmers are getting' bad behind with their spring plowing. It has been so wet that practically no gardens have been planted. We are hoping for better weather.. Mr. Jesse Smith-and Miss Emma Johnson, two o f Farmington's most popular young people,, were united in marriage at the home of the bride, i Tuesday evening of last week, Rev. D. C. Ballard, officating. The j Record wishes for them a long and j joyous joiirneythrough life. | W. E. Snyder, of Winston-Salem, j was in town Friday on business. Mr.] Snyder has opened a paint shop on North Liberty St., and is prepared to make your old automobile Iooks like a new car.' He was with the: Motor Co., for two years, and is expert painter. See his ad in day’s paper. _________^ LET US Paint Your Car Have your old automobile re-painted, and it will look good as new. Our work is guaran­ teed. Prices are reasonable. Bring your car to our shop, or write us for full information. None but experienced men will do your work. SNYDER’S PAINT SHOP. WINSTON - SALEM. Near Fairview Drug Store. JACOB STEWART ATTORNEY-AT-LAW OFFICES: ROOMS NOS. I AND 6 OVER MERCHANTS & FARMERS’ BANK, MOCKSVILLE, N. C. OFFICE PHONE NO. 67. PRACTICE IN' ALL THE STATE . AND FEDERAL COURTS. We Are Headquarters F o r a l l . K i n d s o f M a c h i n e r y . JUST RECEIVED A BIG LOT OF COLE COMBI NATION PLANTERS. COLE ONE SEED PLANT­ ERS. PLANTS ONE SEED TO THE HILL, ALSO PLANTS ONE COTrONSEED SIX INCHES APART IN DRILL. . COLE FERTt LIZER DISTRIBUTORS AND SU­ PERIOR CORN PLANTERS. SEE US BEFORE "BUYING ELSEW HERE. * C . C . S A N F O R D S O N S C O . DR. MARTIN, in connection with general practice, give’s special attention to diseases of eye. ear, nose and throat and fits glasses. ^ Office Over Drug Store. DR. A Z. TAYLOR DENTIST Office over Merchants’ & B1. Bank. Good w o r k —low prices. jrii 16? an; to- 1 Sale of MUUnenr at Farmington And at Cdoleemee. J This season’s best styles in ladies’;: mi3ses, and children’s hats and mill­ inery goods will be offered for sale at Horn's Store,. Farmington, on; JOHN K. FOSTER ALVIS JONES, ROBT. YOUNG W e have just opened up a beau* tiful line of Spring Footwear for ge tlemen and ladies, children an babies^ . . . I INTEREST NEVER SLEEPS.IT IS NEVER IDLE. ■IT WORKS 24 HOURS EVERY DAY. IT WORKS 365 DAYS EVERY YEAR. NO OTHER SERVANT IS SO FAITHFUL. Start a savings account at once with this bank, and have money. accumulating steadily. We pay 4 per cent interest on all time deposits, and our customers' interests are OURS. - J . P . M O O S E , C asM er 3E. 1». C A S T S B R , P resid en t BSOCKSVI&LS. H.'C* We have a nice line o f all kinds of grocer­ ies, and want your trade. Call in and see our line, or call us and we will deliver it to you. 4» « 4» 4» 4» 4 4» 4» 4> 4» 4 4 4 4» 4» 4 4 4* 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 4 4 4 4 i % STOPITHINK AND LlSTENe 4»4 4»4 4 4 4> 4» 4 4» 4 4* 4» 4» 4 FRESH MEATS ALL THE TIME.t Country meats .a specialty. Your orders are solicited. S W A I M & D A V I S , ON THE SQUARE PHONE 69 -JtUrch 28th and 29th. and at Bailey - & Son’s Store. Cooleemee. begmntng on Friday afternoon, the 30th, and eontinuing until Easter, Eve^bodW cordially invited to call and see our There has been lots said about the price of Shoes. Theyareuotas high as you heard they were. Jones Gemtry is prov­ ing this to their Customers. We bought them right and we are going to sell them right. We have what we advertise and you get what you buy. You are !always wel- ■ 4 - . Come and see us. come at our store* F e w P r i c e s T o C o m p a r e . Su ar 9 cents, bag lots 8 50, Pink Beaus 121 cents, 20 per cent Col* ton Meal 2 20, Sweet Feed 2 20 and 2 40, Potatoes 3 25 to '4 00 a In ., SBlmon 2 for 25ceuts, SePri Beans and Pea* 25 Cents a quart, Export Soap 7 for 25 cents, Cbi<-keu Ft-eri 2'75a Bag. WALKER’S BARGAIN HOUSE. TELEPHONE 31 MOCKSVILLE, N. C. J O N E S & G E N T R Y -Winston-SalemV Shoe Store/’ T R A D E S T R E E T - 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 S fi» ¥ > 4 4 4 4 4 t 4 i» t i t I % 4 4 I 4 I 4 I I I Itt 4 4 4i I Spring Footwear. A full line of low cut shoes now ready for your inspection. Get your Easter oxfords here* j. L LASHMIT, “Shoes---That’s All.” 415 Liberty Street' - Winston-Salem. B v vToiVi'’I-.VaK'-'.; ?j:r'.':\•*?•';:•■.; ? •I ^ STO B A TO JtEdOftB, MOQgSTOLSr K. 0. •i,' r :: g i »■ SEE O R IN O C O S U P P L Y C O . WAREHOUSE CORNER 2ND AND MAIN STS.MILL 1036 N. CHESTNUT ST. WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. For CoL Anooying Possibility. The Greensboro News sees in story of the Wayne county farmer who saw many aeroplanes flying over that section, a possibility that Eev. R. L. Davis, Anti Saloon League superintendent, *‘is mobi­ lizing and. trail.ing him a squard- ’ ron of aerial scouts, preparatory to scouting out felonies, should a nox­ ious crop of them spring up .with the advent of perpetuat siccity.” That is a disturbing suggestion Opportunity Knocks Roosevelt. Now that UneleSam has declared that armed merchantmen may go in­ to the barred zone, go wherever they.want to go, flying the Ameri­ can flag, and that the said Uncle Sam will stand squarely back of them why -in the world doesn’t Teddy RooSevelt buy himself an armed merchantman and set sail? He has been panting for gore, and German gore at that, for a long time. He e is a chance for him to arm his ship and go1, single-handed and alone, as! ^ 8 Col. A l. Fairbrother would say. he climbed San Juan Hill, and whip! “ ft is Too M uch.” the Germans and put an end to the | --------— — bloody war. .! Instead of buying an armed mer- Then And Now. Of conrse when Noah pulled his flood, personaly conducted, he thought he could start the vine­ yard. But if he had landed in North Carolina it seems that hisVgrape arbor would have been un­ lawful.—Greenboro Record. / Despondency Due to Constipation. . . . j WomeB often become nervous and de- chantman and getting into this a* spondent. Whenthisisdue to constipa- the first, it is reported that he. tion it is easily corrected ; by taking an “Watch And Pray.” A brooklyu old maid advises women to pray for their husbands. The Virginia Pilot observes that she advice is most excel ent but the wives will make oo mistake if they fix a little watehing with the i praying —Mouroe Enquirer. is going shark hunting or to sone furrin’ island among the canniable men. Strange' that a man of his perception doesn’t understand that Opportunity knocks but once. True, he may have thought that Oppor-v was knocking at Chicago for him five years ago; that it knocked a- gain at Chicago last summer. That was simply the door rattling. But now it knocks. It calls. It shakes him and shows him the way-n sure an certain way to do just what he has been saying he would do he the :power—and he doesn’t seem headed •for the barred zone, ' The Paper Warriors. '. No word should be uttered by earnest and honest Cbristiaus that would give comfort to the paper ,warriors who fan the flames of war. :.but never fight; the battles. The jCoUptry is swarming ,with jingoes who ate cracking their hells to­ gether and breathingout threaten- i rigs and slaughter toward Germ any;- but who, if a German with his sword drawu should appear, would make a new record in run hiiig.—Charity and Chifdren. . .t n,y-. Rubbing Eases Pain Rubbing sends die liniment dngling dirougb the flesh and I quickly &ops pain. Demand a linjment that you can rub with. The be& rubbing liniment is occasional dose of Chamberlain's Tablets. These tablets are easy to take and pleas­ ant in effect. G o o d fo r the A ilm e n ts o f H orses, M ules, C attle, Etc. G o o d fo ry o u rtiw n Aches, Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains,; Cuts, Burns, Etc. 25c. 50c. $1. i At all Dealers. I l&OOus Grand Easter Excursion to Wash­ ington, D. C., via Southern- Railway System, Wednes­ day, Apr. 4,1917. The Southern Railway System will op­ erate low round trip f ire excursion from North Carolina points to Washington, D. G., Wednesday, April 4th, 1917. Special train cousisfing of Standard PnUman Sleeping cars and High Class Day coach­ es to leave Charlotte at 8 p. m„ Salisbury at 9:50 p. -in.. Greensboro at 11:45 p. m., arriving in Washington, D. C., at 7:15 a. iu., Thursday, April 5th. The following round trip fares will ap­ply from statioiis named below: Salisbury, $7; Statesville, $7.50: Win­ston-Salem, $7. Fares from all intermediate points on same low basis. Tmketa good going only-on Special train. Good returning on all regular trains ex­ cept No. 37, up to and including No. 31 leaving Washington at 7 p. in., Sunday night, April 8th. Tickets good for 4 days in Washington, allowing ample time for side trip if de­ sired. Easteris tjhe ideal time to visit • Washington and this excursion offers you an excellent opportunity to make the trip at very small expense. , •Pullman reservations must be made in advance.' For further information, Pullman reser­ vations, etc.. call on any agent of ' the Southern Railway System, or write . S. E. BURGESS. D. P. A. Charlotte, N. C. $ F M lf T m © . % — We are prepared to hahdle all binds of commercial printing, such as ENVELOPES, STATEMENTS, BILL HEADS, LETTERHEADS, SHIPPING TAGS, CARDS, POSTERS, or anything you may.need in the printing line.. We have the neatest and best equipped shop in Davie county. Our prices are not too high.. Phone No. I, and we will call and show you sam pies and prices.;. W i n s t o n - S a l e m S p u t l i b o i m d IVfJ Short Linr Between Winston-Salem, Lexington, Albemarl1 Norwood arid PbintsSouth. Through train from Roanoke, V a., to Florence, S. C connection w ith the Norfolk & W estern Railway * and A tlantic Coast Line. UiiintD Sleeping Car New T d Io U 1 Fla^ via W instoo-Salem . S. P. COLLIER, JR., T raffic Manager. W inston-Salem , N. C. SOUTHERN LUNCH ROOM. MocksviIIev N. C. “W here H unger is Satisfied.” The old reliable Southern; Lunch Room is again open to the public, and is better prepared than ever to serve the pub­ lic at all times with hot meals, lunches, fruits, cigars, tobacco, candies, etc. Sanitary cooking, 'heat dining room and attentive service. If you eat with us once, you will eat with us always. SOUTHERN LUNGH ROOM. Depot St. : : MocksviUe, N. C. FOR MONUMENTS AND TOMBSTONES c e m e t a r y w o r k O f a l l k in d s Investigate our Prices and Work. ' Careful A ttention G iven to REINS BRDTjHEKS, (Successors to Miiler-Reins Gompfany) NORTH W ILKESBORO AND LENOIR, N. C. 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