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AHOSKIC, N. C.
MANY DISORDERS COME FROM
THE LIVER
An You Just at Odd* with Youraeif?
Do Yo^, Regulate Living?
Are you sometimes at odds with
yourself aud with the world! Do
you wonder what ails you! True
you may be eating regularly and
sleeping well. Yet something ii
the matter! Constipation, Head
ache, .Nervousness and Bilious
Spells Indicate a Sluggish Liver.
The /tried remedy is Dr. King's
NeaJ Life Pills. Only 26c. at
.vonI Druggists.
Bm/.- en's Arnica Salve for Skin
Erihtiobs
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of (ti tonic and laxatWe effct, LAZA
TiJvh rromoquininb Is bettartlMie ordinary
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Old Hickory Chips.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 29th.
By the rules of war one tough
turn deserve* a rejoinder.
The worgt thing about firing
across the border i* that it might
ruin the movie films.
From appearnoes Egypt's
khedive will shortly receive the
model of Class 23.
The British city jhat was built
upon a hill found the scriptural
statement only too true.
It's poor policy, to look a gift
horse in the mouth or a fleeing
battleship in the rear.
Even though Mars should be
enshrined as the world god, he's
an improvementouBilliken.
When the Kaiser's throat pains
him, be just takes a fresh gargle
on the news from the front.
Reports that war is making in
sane people would ring almost as
true us she other way.
The If act that old Francis
Joseph swore like a trooper over
his army's defeat sort of warms up
to bim. ,
Copying Napoleon's words the
Japs find many ways for getting
into new territory, but none for
getting out.
A new York Husband has quit
his wife for a freak, but some
wives remain faithful through a
similar preference.
"Building burned with $500"
says a headline. Couldn't some
body have kicked in with $1,000
and made it a conflagration"!
From the way Jim Mann fe
urging economy on bis beloved
enemies it would seem that the
message made at least one convert.
Mexico has something to be
thankful for. Three verities of cur
rency are in circulation.
Let us hope, at all events, that
Santa ?Claus found the air
routes safe.
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As the Battleship Dresden views
the situation it is better to be in
terned than interred.
The Kaiser's sore throat will
hardly prevent him from giving
three cheers.
- Now a tidy little police flrtitia
to keep the fighting away irom
these coats would help a'good
deal and would prove an excellent
example to Europe.
Before we enter into any union
of neutrality with South America
the latter should be required to
promise not to ship us any more
tango dances. *
President Wilson avoids the
words in that part of the diction
ary where President Boosvelt used
to get the kind that stirred things
Vp- '
Apparently Gen. Carranza is no
mean strategist, having dug him
self into the national box office,
with the road clear to a foreigu re
fuge. ?
South Carolina has but a few
more days of Cole Blease and
then it will lose its place in the
spotlight?which will .be a great
relief.
This year gets off on the wrong
foot, beginning on Friday. _ How
ever, 191? began on Thursday and
what good.did it dof
Uncle Sam is entirely too big to
have Mexican hairless dogs of war.
An outfit of war mastiffs would be
more becoming. ,
That Atlantic storm calmed
after doing a bare $760,000 worth
of damage. But it employed no
forty to contimeter guns.
Many brave men went 'down in
the recent sea fight, It is painful
to.yiink bow many more are fated
60 go. j
If.nations must fight why have
any rules of war) These do noth
ing but embarrass tbc neutral nat
ions, to whom all the belligerents
appeal to enforce the rules against
the other fellow.
Evidently the Cruiser Dresden
was not made of the fragile china
for which Dresden is famous.
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American Naval Designs Copied
bj British.
Though Differing In Detail They Have
Duplicated the Ceater IJaa ?'
Armament.
Washington, D. C., Dec. tt.?
That British naval constructors
have copied from designs of Amer
ican constructor in certain essen
tial points in the building of super
dreadnaughta, is the statement
made by Fred T. Jane, the noted
British naval authority, in a pa
per distributed by the Navy Lea
gue. Speaking of the "Ameri
canizing" of the British naval de
sign in all British super dread
naughts, Mr. Jane says:
"Though differing in detail, the
arrangement of armanent of all the
super-dreadnaughts followed the
American ceuterlined system, an
interesting indication of the prog
ress of the United States navy from
the days, not so very long ago,
when American warship design
was more or less a 'pouire faire
rire."
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* it is none the lees interesting
from the fact that in all the ear
liest designs in all ahipa carrying
more than two turrets, the center
line was the only arrangement
ever built or even considered.
Yet when an increased number of
turrets came ibto being the Amer
ican navv was the only one that
followed the original practice. In
all other navies ideas of the period
of 1870 1880 when strong end-on
fire was considered an all import
ant essential, influenced deaign,
America alone appreciated the
prophecy long made by Admiral
Colomb to the effect that whatever
else might temporarily obtain;
broadside to broadside would al
ways be reverted to in battle, on
the grounds that thus, and thus
only, could the maximum number
of guns be used.
"It is proper here to remark
that tbougb the Americans adopt
ed the centerline from the outset
for practical reasons, this disposi
tion became more or lees a neces
sity (for the British navy), when
13-5's (inch guns) came in. owing
to the infinitely greater strain on
the structure. This has been oo
casionly used as an argument
against American influence having
made itself felt, buttbe balance of
evidence shows that, even bad the
13.5 inch not appeared, the (Amer
ican) centreline system would have
figured in our navy.?Ex.
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Mast Paj lor Newspaper.
Bill Valid When Publication la Ac
copied, 8aya Nebraska Judde
In Mecaat Decision.
Columbus, Nab.?Judge Geo.
Thomas, of Columbus, recently
decided that if a man accepts a.
paper that is sent him he must pay
.fpiJtf, The decision was rendered
in the case brought by the Colum
bus Telegram {against a man for
$2.35. The Telegram had been
sent to the man's home and he had
ucceptad the paper. When called
upon to pay for it, be refused to
and suit was brought. When Judge
Thomas heard evidence he instruct
ed the jury to bring in a verdict
for the Telegram. J udge Thomas
ruled that the old common law
principal that what a man received
and used be was bound to pay for
applied in this instance.?Ex.
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It Really Does Relieve Rheumatism.
Everybody who is afflicted with
Rheumatism in any form should
by all means keep a bottle of
Sloan's Liniment on hand. The
minute you feel pain or soreness
in a joint or muscle, bathe it with
Sloan's Liniment. Do not rub it.
Sloan's penetrates almost immedi
ately right to the seat of pain, re
lieving the hot. tender, swollen
feeding and making the part easy
and comfortable. Get a bottle of
Sloan'% Liniment for 25c. of any
druggist and have it in the house
?against Colds, Sore and Swollen
Joints, Lumbago. Sciatica and
like ailments. Your money back
if not satisfied, but Jt Roes give
almost instant relief,. BUy a bot
tle to-day. A<lv. \
Bryan to Qolt Boon, is Belief
ot Friend.
Tlx Commoner Ixinu for Return to
?loom Life, Hayi Judge Howard,
of Nebraeka.
Lincoin, Neb., December 88.?.
Judge Edgar Howard of Colum
bus, Neb., long the close friend
and follower of William Jennings
Bryan, makes tbe guarded state
ment that President Wilson's Sec
retary of State may retire from
the Cabinet at no distant date.
Judge Howard disclaims any
'nside information, and says he
does not aspire to speak as tbe
personal representative of Mr.
Bryan, but in an extended visit lie
made recently to Eastern and
Southern sections of the country,
including Washington, be found a
general impression that "Tbe
Commoner" will not much longer
retain his chair, at the right hand
of President Wilson, and he adds:
"ily own judgement is that
Secretary Bryan would have retir
ed to private life some time ago,
if be felt be could do so and still
display that high loyalty toward
President Wilson which has mark
ed his career as Secretary of State
ever since bis assumption of diplo
matic duties.
"The Secretary is naturally
domestic in his tastes, a lover of
home life, something which has
been denied him during tbe years
of his public career. No mortals
ever built more beautiful air cas
tles than Mr. and Mrs. Bryan
build on tbat new plantation of
theirs on tbe Atlantic coast of
Florida.
"There cannot he a tithe of
truth in the stories which tbe re
sctionery Democrats are telling
about a lack of harqpony between
the President and Secretary. They
are in perfect accord."?Ex.
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Craieo is Prosperous.
H*n Moncv la CireaUtlaa During
Holidays Tkaa Last Year.
New Bern, Dec. 27 There are
do "hard times" in New Bern.
Tbia is a fact that ia undiaputable
.aid aa much as the pessimist may
rave, there ia ample evidence at
band to prove that tjiere has been
more money in circulation in New
Bern and Graven county during
the past four weeks than there was
during the same period last year.
The farmers who had cotton have
in many cases disposed of this aod
have put the money in circulation.
Others have stored their cotton
aod secured warehouse receips for
it and used these as collateral. In
addition to this, thousands of dol
lars have been paid out for tobacco
and this money has not been
hoarded. The leading merchants
of New Bern claim to have bad the
largest hotidayr business-io many
years and there is a general feeling
of optimism prevailing all over the
county.?News and Observer.
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Nash County Fnrmora in Good.
Some of our farmer frieode are
tickled io their sleeves when they
hear the expression of "pity for
the poor farmer/' Why, blew
your soul, honey, there never was
a time when so large a percentage
of the "poor farmers" had as
much "money in their jeans" as
thev have now, war or no war.
It is true, many of them'have* only
a small amount; a few have com
paratively none, yet taken as a
whole, there's more money among
the farmers of Nash County today
than ever before. And why
shouldn't there be. Practically
eypry product of the farmlhas sold
at high figures; take for instance
meat, corn, wheat, tobacco, lard,
hay butter, chickens, eggs, pota
toes, and all other articles except
cotton. Many pf them are not only
able to hold their ootton, but some
of tbem are talking about buying
some at present prices and not
planting best' year.?Nashville
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Burglars at Scotland Neck.
Two 8tor*a Mobbed of Caoh and
Quantity of Provisions.
Scotland Neck, Dec. 27.?Wed
nesday night betweeu the hours of
12 and 5 o'clock a burglar broke
into the Jere Bunch Grocery Co.,
and made good bis escape with a
little money that had been left in
the safe over night for change.
It appeared that the robber
either had a skeleton kf.v or else
was locked up inside the store, for
When Mr. Raymond Bunch came
to open the store the next morn
ing the door was unlocked.
Thursday night the wholesale
grocery of R. J. Madr.yf was also
broken into. This tnxi? the thief
went in by way of the window
and made his escape by the back
door. \ ?
Cash being unavailable, be
cided to take with biny' a goodly
supply of rations, for when an inv
ventory was taken if was found
that he had taken seveVaJ sacks of
flour, sugar, meal and a quantity
of freak?News and Observer.
Atlantic Coast Inventors.
The following patents were just
isssued to Atlantic Coast clients
reported by D. Swift ft Co.,
natent lawyers, Washington, D.
C., who will furnish copies of any
patent for ten cents a piece to our
readers.
Va. Thomas E. Aud, Herndon, '
life saving apparatus; Raymond. |
B. Duval, Richmond, folding
paper box; Rudolph H. Waker
man, Brock road, Portable folding
chicken cood.
N. C, Franklin P. White, Shal
lot te, wheel bub.
S. C. Jos. B. Neil. Filbert, cot
ton picking machine; C. C. Meigs,
Charleston, producing nitric and
sulfuric acids; J. P. Carter, Kirk
aay, stork-chopper.
Bryan Buys Land at
Asheville, N. C
Asheville, K. C., Dec. 28?A
10-acre tract of mountain forest,
lying partly inside tbe city limits,
lias been bought by secretary W.
J. Bryan as a site for tbe summer
borne be expects to build bere
some time in tbe near feature.
Tbe land was acquired from E.
W. Grove, and forms part of tbe
1,000 acres surrounding Grove
Park Inn. Jt adjoins tbe home of
F. L. Seely, Mr. Bryan's friends.
The tract is served by tbe ex
clusive automobile road extending
from Grove Park Inn to Sunset
Mountain, which renders it easily
accessible to tbe city.?Ex.
TROOPS TO LEAVE COLORADO.
Withdrawal Will B? Gradual Aa
_ Bounces Governor Amnions.
Denver, -Col., Dec. 27.?The
gradual withdrawal of Federal
troops from tbe Colrado coal
fields, where they have been on
strike duty since last April, will
begin this week, according to Gov
ernor Amortns. who, with Gover
nor^fectCarlson, returned from a
conference with President Wilson
jn Washington.?Exchange
Two PIUoo. ,
(Rocky Mount Telegram.)
"A New Jersey man, who Las
used tobaoco all his mature life
and run la distillery many years
bas just celebrated Ins 102nd birth
day. Had he never used the weed
and kept out of the whiskey busi
ness, the chances are that be
would live to attain a ripe old
age." remarks the Virginian-Pilot.
What a great pity that fellow isn't
just now beginning his life since
in 2016, a fellow that might have
ruu a distillery will be some curi
osity, according to tbe indications
of the wave of prohibition at this
time.
farlHwatlag to tko Pate and Sick!)
Tlw fild SttiuUrd (antral atranftbtnlnt tank,
MOTE'S TASTELESS chill ToklC,dn*w ant
Itetana.cnriclic. tl,? Mood, ImlMa up tb< ?jratrnb.
A Utw^Hte. fn adutk had cklMrta, Mb
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SELL YOUR TOBACCO 9
We Have a Force That Guarantees E
Prompt fietvrns and Pest o! Attention, ft
?hip us a Crate, Box or Hogshead andfl
let us prove to you that we look after the
Farmers' Interest every time.
A. T. Co., Export Co., Liggett-Myers 8
Co., J. P. TaylorCo., and Imperial |s
Company have buyers on this market.
Grimes'Roberson Co. |
Proprietors vl
Farmers' Warehouse 1
Robersonville, N.
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Norfolk, Va. Chowan Co., N. O.
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COTTON AND PEANUT FACTORS
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We are prepared to aid honest men in developing legitimate I
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In short there is no function of a bank we cannot perform R
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Winton, AT. C.
1904 >? 1914
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MURFREESBORO, TV. C.
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If so you have aided us in building up
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v we have aided you in building up this pro
gressive community: Together we nave
prospered for the past ten years.
Join us with renewed vigor for a con
tinuation of mutual prosperity.
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, which you must have to be comfortable, as the season ad- * >
> vances your needs must be supplied and we are in a position <'
y to furnish the most of them, at interesting prices, so don't 4 *
> fail to give us a call. This month makes ten years w\icb
y we have been in business, and we are proud to think we en
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