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Heuterod at the Postoflloe at Graham,
N. C., as second olass matter.
GRAHAM, N. C., Jan. 5 1910
The Legislature.
The General Assembly of North
Carolina convened yesterday at noon
in biennial session, After organi
zation the House elected Hon. W. C.
Dowd of Charlotte Speaker; and the
Senate elected Hon. H. N. Pharr of
Charlotte President pro tem. So
Mecklenburg has no kick; Both are
good men.
Fire at Trinity College.
Early yesterday morning fire broke
out in the Washington Dnke Build
ing at Trinity College, Durham, and
the building was completely distroy
ed! The building cost $90,000 and
was insured for $30,000. Loss esti
mated at SIOO,OOO. Many valuable
records were burned and a number
of students had a narrow escape.
This building was to have been
taken down next summer to make
place for a replica of tho new admin
istration building, but, notwith
standing the loss is heavy and a
serious one.
Ex-Judge Adams Attempts Suicide.
Last Sunday night Ex-Judge
Spencer B. Adams, late Republican
State chairman, attempted suicide by
cutting his throat with a razor. He
was under treatment at Keely Insti
tute for dope. He had been dis
pondent for some days.
Major Joseph M. Morehead, broth
er of Col. James T. Morehad, died
at his home in Greensboro Sunday,
aged 71 years. At one time he
practiced law. He was noted for
his great interest in Guilford Court
House battleground. He was one of
Greensboro's best known citizens.
October 10 th two citizens
bought tickets at Alexander, Bun
combe county for Ashevidie, ex
pecting to b. ard train No. 36, but
86 passed without even hesitat
ing and the citizens aforesaid
have bsgun actions in court to re
cover the sum of SI,OOO each AS
balm for the disappintment. The
railroad will contend that Alex
ander was a flag station for 39
and that the train was not flagged.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
is a very valuable medicine for
throat and lung troubles, quickly
relieves and cures painful breath
ing and a dangerous sounding
cough which indicates congested
lungß. Sold by Graham Drug Co.
The Hickory Democrat says
that Miss Addle Bailey, a girl
just reaching womanhood, who
was in her home near Friendship
ehurch, Burke county, with her
blind brother, Sunday, the 18th,
stood near the fire and her dress
ignited. The blind brother call
ed to another brother for help,
but before the flames oould be
■mothered the girl was fatally
burned, dying the ucit day.
Chamberlain's. Cough Remedy
is not a common, everyday cough
mixture. It is a meritorious rem
edy for all the troublesome and
dangeious complications result
ing from cold in the head, throat,
ohest and lunge. Sold by Graham
Drug Co.
There vu en unusual strike In
Forsyth county week before last.
Eight or nine guards employed at
a convict camp quit the job bo
cause the supervisor refused them
a holiday, leaving the supervisor
and one guard in charged with the
80 convicts. Extra help WM call
ed in to fill the vacant places.
Have yon a weak throat? If so,
yon cannot be too careful. You
oannot begin treatment too early.
Kach cold makes yon more liable
to another and the last is always
the hardest to cure. If you will
take Chamberlain's Cough Reme
dy at the outset you will be saved
much trouble. Sold by Oraham
Drug Co.
At the request of the Qranville
c county officials Gov. Kitchin has
reconsidered and ordered a special
term of court for the trial of Na
than Montague, the negro charg
ed with themurder and burning
in Granville county last week.
The special term will convene on
~ ~ Jan. Kith.
For Sale. - '
A good little family and general
purpose horse at a bargain Apply to
DA. WILL LOBO, Graham.
Washington Letter (
a
Cor. of The Gleaner.
WABHINOTON, D. C., Dec. 31. I
With the close of the holiday i
season, there is a renewal of ac- 1
tivity in the executive, legislative i
and judicial branches of the gov- 1
erment in Washington. Barely 1
two months of the life of the pres- i
ent Congress remains, for at the
hour of 12 M. on the 4th of March i
the 61st Congress will expire by i
limitation. Then nearly twelve i
months must elapse before the i
Congress elected last November i
can assemble and begin the work
t&r which it was elected. This is !
an exceedingly clumsy arrange
ment, for it not only puts off till
tomorrow what ought to be done
today, but multiplies the delay by
nearly four hundred days. How
ever let the heathen rage because
inasmuch as the remedy must be
throngh legislation, it is almost
impossible of attainment.
A measure of prime impor
tance which will be urged by the
President, the secretary of war (
the Secretary of Stjite and by
members and Senators in both
houses of Congress, is the prompt
fortification of the Panama Canal
especially at its western end. De
' fenses against modern dread
noughts cannot be improvised in a
night, and it is impossible to ex
-1 aggerate the importance of pro
: tecting a work upon which so
• much money has been spent and
1 which is so vital to the protection
3 of the Pacific coast.
The new year opens with the
United State* at peace with all
the world, but the words of Pat
rick Henry, "Gentlemen may cry
'Peace, peace', but there is no
peace", are juntas true now as
they were in 1776. There is no
peace in the family, no peace in
the apartment house, no peace
between owners of adjoining farms
and the United States having ex
tended its borders to Panama, the
Hawaiian Islands, the Philippines,
Guam and the Aleutian'lslands,
is in perpetual rasping attrition
with the rest of the world. It
might be better If we could give
away or sink the Philippines and
let fie Japanese poachers have
all the seals on the Pribilof Islands
and escape quarrels by confining
ourselves to antebellum boundries,
but we are in a situation of hav
ing and holding and can't let go.
Therefore, it is wisdom to strength
en onr holds with warships and
fortifications.
It is doubtful if the Mikado'B
government knows any thing
about alleged wireless stations
that certain Japanese are said to
have built on the lonely coasts of
the Philippines; or that Japanese
merchants are smuggling arms
and explosives to our always
more or less rebelious Philippine
dependants. What a stupid con
tretemps it was, anyhow, of the
Spanish war for us to have for
feited Cuba and to have fastened
the Philippine millstone around
onr neck.
Representative Longworth of
Ohio has come back to Washing
ton with the complete draft of a
bill creatii g a tariff commission,
and it is said that Payne, Aid
rich, Dalzell and the rest of them
are in favor of such a commis
sion and that legislation on the
subject will be completed before
the fourth of March. The bill ss
drafted creates a commission of
five members, each with a salary
of $7,600, and of the member
ship not more than three are to
be of the same political party.
The central office ia to be in Wash
ingtoh, bnt the commlMbn is em
powered to meet anywhere, and ia
given wide powers of collection
and collation of of facts. The
bill authorises the commission to
go into the cost of production of
all articles and to investigate the
wages paid at home and in foreign
countries, also the prices paid for
raw materials, whether imported
or domestic. The maximum and
the minimum clause of the pres
ent tariff law is re-enacted in the
bill. The members of the com
mission are to be appointed by
the President.
The busiest and mightiest lit
tle thing that ever waa made is
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. They do the work when
ever yon require their aid. These
tablets change' {weakness into
strength, listlessnea* into energy,
gloominess into joyousoess. Their
action is so gentle one don't real
ise they have taken * purgative.
Sold by Graham Drag Co.
Chas. P. Lumaden, past grand
rnaater of Odd Fellows and a
prominent citiaen of Raleigh,
died Friday, aged 55.
ARNOLD'S J
nraaa 4 BALSAM
Cholera Morbus by
Graham Drag Co.
Gralum, N. c
County Commissioners Proceedings.
The Board of County Commis
sioners of Alamance County met in
the court house on Monday, Jan.- 2,
at ten o'clock a. m. in regular
monthly meeting with the following
members present: Geo. T. William
son, Chairman, T. B. Barker, John
E. Stroud, W. H. Turrentine and
E. L. Dailey: and following business
was transacted.
A. A. Clark was authorized to
furnish Mrs. Dallas Brown in provis
ions to the amount of 15 per month
for one month and present an item
ized account % with this order at
tached.
Capt. W. H. 'Turrentine and J. E.
Stroud were appointed a committee
to look at some mules owned by W.
N. Thompson with the view of buy
ing the same for the use of the coun
ty and report to this Board at its
next meeting.
J. S. L. Pattereon was relieved of
tax in Friendship Graded school
District on land valued ot 1050
and personal property valued at
$628, same not being inside of the
School territory.
Mrs. Ida T. Walker was relieved of
tax on one lot valued at SBSO and
personal property valued at SSOO in
Graham township, same having been
(listed twice.
The bond of J. B. Gerringer, con
stable elect for Boon Station Town
ship, was approved and ordered re
corded and the oath of office was ad
ministered and he was authorized
to enter upon the duties of his office
at once. >
W. N. Thompson was elected
County Supt. of Roads for a term
of one year at a salary of 165.00
per month. _ . ' »
W. N. Thompson, Supt. of Roads,
was required to give bond in the
sum of $2,000, and was allowed un
til the next meeting to file the same.
The report of J. H. Tarpley, Supt.
of the County Home, was received
and filed.
The report of Dr. Geo. W. Long,
Supt. of Health, was received and
filed.
There being no further business
the Board adjourned to meet on Fri
day, Jan. 20th, 1911.
Chamberlain's Cough remedy
never Jdisappoints those who use
it for obstinate coughs, colds and
Irritations of the throat and lungs.
It stands unrivalled as a remedy
for all throat and lung diseases.
Sold by Graham Drug Co.
The Boone Democrat says that
ex-Congressman E. Spencer Black
burn, who moved to Oklahoma
several years ago, has located at
Elizabethtown, Tenn., for the
practice of law.
To Care a Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund
the money if it fails to cure. E.
W. Grove's signature is on each
box 25c.
In Charlotte Friday Annie
Lewis, colored, was stabbed to
death Minor Smith, who iB charg
ed with the crime, has dissapear
ed. "• ' t
Get The Genuine Alwaye.
A substitute is a dangerous
makeshift especially in medicine.
The genuine Foley's Honey and
Tar cures coughs aud colds quick
ly and Is in a yellow package,
contains no opiates and is safe
and certain in results. Sold By
All Druggists.
The coroner's jury which inves
tigated the killing of the little girl
in Wilmington, by an automobile
driven by N. B. Rankin, a banker
attached no hlamn to Rankin.
Would you have better health,
more strength, clearer skin,
stronger nerves, more elastic step?
Use llollister's Rooky Mountain
Tea, th« great vegetable regula
tor and tonic. One 86c paokage
makes 106 cups of tea. Thompson
Drug Co.
FOIIYSOHNOLSATIVE
instni »«*■ THivrii—i*l —-i —'
NURSING MOTHERS
show the beneficial ef
fects of ' -
Scott's Emulsion
in a very short time. It
not only builds her up,
but enriches the mother's
milk and properly nour
ishes the child.
Nearly all mothers who
nurse their children should
take this splendid food
tonic, not Only to keep
up their own strength but
to properly nourish their
children.
T0« SILB BT AIX DBOOOIsn
' ■•.. lAt of iwul tbl. U. tor oat
>nitlhl Sarta* But u4 OkUd'i SMofe-Baok.
>■> IWHIII 1 flirl I NY ~T«-r
SCOTT * DOWNS. 40* PMrl SL. New York
READY FOR A JOKE,
The Customs Official Had a Sense et
Humor Himsolf.
In the smoking room of the Hotel
des lie* Bflta unique* at the lovely Re
sort of Mentone, on the French Ri
viera, some three years ago two Eng
lishmen met. After half an honr'a
conversation the Engltahman from
Manchester said to his new acquaint
ance from London:
"I say, old fellow, would yon mind
taking a *mall parcel for me to ( Pari*
and have It sent to this addres* there 1
I'm leaving for Milan In the morning."
• The Londoner willingly consented to
do this much for one of his country
men.
"Awfully good of yon. Til have tb«
boy take the parcel to your room In
the morning," acknowledged the Eng
■ lis li in an bound for Milan.
In the morning the package was left
at the other's room.
"So that Is what, he calls a small
parcel," he exclaimed. "And what
might It contain? A package of such
size the custom officers would certain
ly want opened. What—cigarette* and
3,000 of them! I* It possible that any
one could have the audacity to ask
such a favor—to smuggle 3,000 ciga
rettes Into France! That chap shall
pay for this, for I shall declare these
cigarettes and leave them to be called
for when the duty Is paid."
The Londoner left Mentone that aft
ernoon. The following day he was In
Paris at the Gare de I'Est, hi* luggage
ready for examination.
"Anything dutiable?" asked the cus
toms officer. •
"Nothing," replied the Englishman,
"excepting In that parcel there."
"What does It contain?"
"Three thousand cigarettes," said the
Londoner, with a smile upon his face
—a smile of embarrassment at having
*uch a parcel with him.
The Frenchman raised his hands In
the air and laughed heartily. He, too,
was as ready for a good Joke a* any
one, and on each piece of the English
man's luggage went his O. K. cross.
Hardly realizing what bad happened,
the Londoner found himself riding In
a taxlcab along the streets of Paris
with the parcel of 3,000 cigarettes un
der his arm and nothing left to do but
to deliver it as he had been asked.
BEAT THE BANK.
A French Naval Officer's Daring Ex
pedient at Monte Carlo.
Those who have visited Monte Car
lo have heard of if not seen the pitiful
ruin of muny an unfortunate person
who has lost his last franc in playing
at roulette in that palatial gambling
den. All are not so fortunate as to
have an armored cruiser at their dis
posal, as was the case with a French
naval officer some years ago. He had
gone ashore In the morning with
naught In his pockets but his own
earnings. By noon It was all gone.
If be but had another GOO francs he
was sure of winning. During those
morning hours of failure he had work
ed out a system, and with just a few
francs more success was certain." He
would use tb# ship's money. Perhaps
it was not just the right thing to do.
but in another two hours he would be
able to return it, would have recouped
bis own loss and have won who knows
what fortune besides.
At sunset be returned to his ship a
ruined man. The system, like all sys
tems of the sort, had failed. What
was to be done? To return home
would mean a dishonorable dlscbarga
lifelong disgrace, if not even more se
vere punishment Death seemed the
only alternative. But no; he would
make one final attempt to save him
self. He would force the authorities
of Monte Carlo to return to him what
he had lost or ho would blow up their
gambling palace!
As soon as he was again on board
his order was: "Clear decks for action.
Raise the muzzle of every gun and let
them point toward the heights ojt Mo
naco."
Whatever the sailors might think of
such an order mattered Uttie; obey
they must With all baste a messen
ger was sent ashore with a note, and
the captain meanwhile paced the deck
in silence awaiting the reply—a reply
which meant life or death to him.
Finally the messenger returned car
rying a bag of gold coins. That night
the French cruiser weighed anchor
and quietly steamed out Into the Medi
terranean, her captain happy that he
had fared no worse and the authorities
of Monte Carlo only too glad to be rid
of so dangerous a visitor.—Washington
Star.
Virtuous Indignation.
"The reporter who came to see about
the fancy ball was a horrid creature."
"Why?" •
"He asked for my picture to pobHsb
with the account, and I told him Indig
nantly I did not care for such notori
ety. Then I had to go out of the room
a minute and forget my picture, which
was lying on the table near where be
was standing, and"—
"He took It and put It in 7*
"N-no; he l-left It there."—Baltimore
American.
Bossing ths Boss.
"Tour clerks seem to be In a good
humor," remarked the friend of the
great merchant
"Tea," replied the great merchant
"My wife has ]nst been In, and It
tickle* them to death to see somebody
boas me around."—Philadelphia Rec
ord.
On Her Side.
"I didn't know you bad any Idea of
marrying tier."
"I didn't The Idea was ben."-
Lipptncott's.
Unci* Bam Went Pay.
Tike city authorities of Leavenworth.
Kan, levied a paving asaeaament
against the federal building in that
city. They were surprised to And later
that a federal building site Is a gov
ernment reservation, the sovereignty
over which has been ceded by the
state, sod is therefore not taxable. A
special appropriation by congress Is
necessary to pay tor the paving. If It Is
to be paid N
Bow's This?
Ws offer One Hundred Dollars Rswsrd for
any ease of Ustarrh that osniM be oured by
HSU'S Catarrh Oars.
F. J.CHBNKT £ CO., Toledo, O.
Ws, the undarslrned, have known P. J.
Cheney for Ibe last II r«*is, and believe him
perfectly honorable In all tartness transac
tions and financially able to oarry out uf
obUcatlona sMds by hi* Ann.
WUSIM, K UIIIAB* Hans,
Wholesale PntmUt*. Toledo. O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure ts tatcn Internally,
sctlinril reotly upon the blowl and mucous
ar Taki*Uair» Fanri ly MRS tor eonjNpaUon
FOIIYMBTOO LAXATIVE
tM treNMftJbavat* MHJHWIISTIS*
DINING ON" SEA URCHIN/
Qucm- Way In Which the Glutton
Btarfl*h Devours It* Prey.
Fight* to the death are common be
tween sea archills and Starfish. The
starfish when ready for battle raise*
one of bis arms toward the sea urchin.
The urchin shoots oat all bis bristling
spines, or needles, and. In addition to.
bis always visible arms, brings oat an -
arm that 1* never seen ante** It Is
needed for active use. This usually
Invisible weapon Is a sort of nfyper,
edged with teeth. During one fight be
tween a sea urchin and a starfish the
starfish, with a sudden movement;
broke off the pincers of the urchin. |
The pincers remained imbedded In'
the flesh-of the starfish. Finding.hi*
chief weapon gone, the nrchln drove
all his needles Into the back of the
starfish, not all together, but one after
another, with all the method of calcu
lated action. As needles entered
the back of the starfish the starfish
broke them, one by one. The urchin,
rendered powerless by the los* of his
needles, made a few mechanical move
ments In self defense and then lay mo
tionless and powerless on the water.
After a few minutes' hesitation and a
close scrutiny of his subject the star
fish approached the urchin and pre
pared to devour him. But as the
urchin was six times larger than his
mouth he turned out bis stomach in
the manner noted by naturalists as a
common maneuver of certain animal*
and, having rejected his stomach lin
ing, Inserted the urchin's carcass,
spines and aIL During the time con
sumed by blm in the struggle of di
gestion he was closely observed. Hav
ing writhed in agony for some days,
be began to show a change of appear
ance. The distention of his middle de
creased, and his movement* lost their
spasmodic character. Later be was
seen to move with more activity. One
morning, wanned up for action by the
power of the sun's beat, he moved his
stomach rapidly from .side to aide and
from top to bottom and rejected the
•pine*, fins, bone plates. Jaws—every
thing that bad not disappeared during
the process of digestion. The elimina
tion accomplished and b.ls appetite sat
isfied, the starfish replaced bis stom
ach in Its normal position and resumed
the even tenor of bis life. Harper**
Weekly.
The Great Art of Dying.
To die without rebellion and without
weakness la the masterpiece of a man.
A mountain guide whose name the
London Hall does not mention In nar
rating the story of his heroism, with
two others, was leading a party oyer
one of the most dangerous passes of
the higher Alps.
The men, as Is asual, were tied to
gether by a long rope. As they scaled
a wall of Ice they slipped on the edge
of a frightful chasm. The guide was
at the end of the rope.
Without his weight there was a
chance for the others to regain their
footing; with it his experienced eye
told him there was none. With In
stant courage he drew his knife from
his belt and said quietly to the man
next him:
"Tell mother how it happened, Ed
mond."
He cut the rope and fell, never to be
seen again.
Absentmlnded Gaorga Dyer.
At Clifford's inn lived Oeorge Dyer,
who lives In history chiefly as the man
who walked out of Ella's house in
Colebrooke row and Into the New river,
neck deep, and had to be revived by
Lamb and bis sister with hot brandy.
Lamb was never tired of relating the
incident Dyer, an Inoffensive, absent
minded old scholar, bad Leigh Hunt's
friendship us well as Lamb's, and the
other essayist bns told how, calling on
Dyer In answer to an Invitation to
breakfast It was to find no butter, no
knives and no spout on the teapot
Dyer was so wedded to life In the Inn
that be wedded hla laundress too.—
London Spectator.
Hit Beat Order.
It had been a dull season, and the
two youug traveling salesmen were
comparing notes. "1 had just five
good orders In the last month," said
one.
"You beat me, anyway." said his
friend: "I got only three orders, and
the third one was from the firm tell*
lng me to come home."—Youth's Com
panion.
Which He Did.
"I'll make somebody smart for this!"
exclaimed the man who had thought
lessly kicked an innocent looking hat
that lay on the sidewalk.
And he limped homeward and scold
ed his wife for not having dinner
ready.—Exchange.
Heed The Warning
Many Graham People Have
Done So.
When the kidneys are sick they
give unmistakable warnings that
should not be ignored. By exam
ining the urine and treating the
kidneys upon the first' sign of
disorder, many days of suffering
may be saved. Sick kidneys ex
pel a dark, ill-smelling urine, full
of "brickdurt" sediment and pain
ful iu passage. Sluggish kidneys
cause a dull pain in the small of
the back, headaches, dizzy spells,
tlr. d, languid feelings and fre
quently rheumatic twinges.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for the
kidneys only; they cure sick kid
neys,«nd rid the blood of uric
poison. If you suffer from any
of the above symptoms you 'can
use no better remedy.
Graham peopel recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills. -
A. T. Webster, Msple St.,
Graham, N. C., says: "I suffered
severely from pains in the„gmall of
my back, accompanied by a sore
ness across my kidneys. The
kidney secretions were also un
natural and plainly showed that
my kidneys were at fault. Seeing
Doan's Kidney Pills highly reeo
mended, I procured a box at the
Thompson Drug Co. and began
using them in aoeordanee with
the directions I felt much better
in a short time and after that I
steadily improved. lam pleaded
to give Doan's Kilney Pills my
endorsement.-"" " ~
For sale by all dealers. Price
50 cents. Co., Buf
falo, New York, sole agents for
the United States.
Remember the name—Doan's—
and take no other.
THE BUDDHIST HADES.
Eight Easy Stages of the Most Awful
Kinrts ef Torture.
The places of torment to wblcb all
Wicked Buddhists are to be assigned
on the day .qf final reckoning is a ter
rible place of punishment This Bud
dhistic hell W divided Into eight "easy
stages."
i. In the first the poor victim I* com
pelled to walk for untold ages In his
bare feet over hills thickly set with
red hot needles, points upward In the
second stage the skin is all carefully
filed or rasped from the body and Ir
ritating mixtures applied. In the third
. stage the nails, hair and eyes are
I plucked out and the denuded body
sawed and planed into all sorts of
fantastic shapes. The fourth stage la
-that of "sorrowful lamontatiqps." t In
the fifth tho left side of the body and
the denuded bead are carefully roast
ed, Tenia, the Buddhistic Satan, su
perintending the work. In the plxth
stage the arms are torn from the b£dy
and thrown Into an Immense vat
among the eyes, nails and hair pre»"
vlously removed. Then In plain hear
ing of the sore footed, .blind, ipalmed,
roasted and- bleeding victim the whole
horrid mass is pounded into a Jelly.
In the seventh stage the other side, of
the victim and his feet are roasted
brown, and then .comes the eighth and
last stage, In which the candidate la
thrown lato the bottomless pit of
perdition.
DEADLY MINE GASES.
———
Whit* Damp, Firedamp, Blaok Damp
- and tho Fearful After Damp.
"White damp Is the gas most feared
by the miners, for its properties rea
der It difficult to detect. Inasmuch a*
it is tasteless, odorless and colorless
and when mixed In the proportion of
about one part gas to nine parts air Is
called "firedamp" and becomes explo
sive to a degree hard to realize unless
one has seen it* effects.
Black damp, unlike white damp. Is
heavier than air, a nonexploslve gas
which may be detected by lta peculiar
odor. Again, unlike the other, It* ef
fect 1* to suffoqatp and extinguish fire,
this gas Is so heavy and moves .with
such a sluggish flow that occasional
ly, when miners have been trapped in
a mine following an explosion and
have detected the black damp creep
ing in upon them by its smell, they
have been able to stop Its, advance by
erecting dams or barricades along the
floor, building them higher as the vol
ume of gas Increased 'and keeping . the
air within their little lnclosure cotn
[ paratlvely clean by rude improvised
fans. y
Following an explosion, these two
' gases become mingled and form a mix
ed gas, possessing all the dreaded
1 qualities of each, which is known ai
1 "after damp," and It is the mixture
of gases which destroys any life that
may remain following a mine disaster.
—Atlantic Monthly.
Lata Rising Birds,
A pair of singing birds had been ad
vertised for sale.
"The property of atlate rising fami
ly," the dealer stated.
"I wound up with that clause," he
said, "so possible purchasers would
not be scared off by the prospect of
an unearthly chattering at 5 o'clock In
the morning. Birds can be trained to
keep any kind of hours. If they are
brought op by a family of nigfathawks
they learn to go to bed at midnight
and get ut> at 9 a. m., along with the
rest of the folks, but if they are tuck
ed In right away after supper they
wake np the neighborhood at a cor
respondingly early hour the next morn
ing. It Is advisable for any person
who Is likely to lie abed until noon to
inquire into the early training of a
bird before buying."—New York Sun.
American Golf.
Certainly you are In good luck as a
golfer If you go to America at all, for
they are gloriously hospitable In that
land, and, so far as I could see, the 1 '
Idea that some have here—that the
American's notion of the object of
playing a game Is purely to win It,
not to enjoy the playing—is perfectly
mistaken. I nevertiad the Impression
more strongly anywhere of being In
the company of men who were play
ing the game for pleasure, not for the
mere sake of winning the match. But
then it is certainly true, as I heard one
of their judges (I mean a legal judge,
thongh he was a jndge of golf, too)
say in an after dinner speech that it
is "the cleanest sport in America."—
Horace Hutchinson in London Tele
graph.
The Veice of the People.
Lady John Russell visited Pari* as a
girl In 1830 and witnessed the some
what artificial enthusiasm for Loots
Philippe, who had just been placed on
the throne by tbe revolution. It Is
said,'' we are told, "that any small
boy In those days conld exhibit the
king to curious sightseers by raising
t cheer outside the Taileries windows,
when his majesty, to whom any mani
festation of enthusiasm was extreme
ly precious, would appear automati
cally upon the balcony and bow." .
On* Formality.
"Oh, Joyl She has written letter
saying she will marry me."
"Congratulations. WbenT"
"Well—er—you see her father liaa to
Indorse this promissory not* before Ift
good."—Cleveland Leader.
Hew Ma Rsssmblsd Him.
"Tommy, you don't take after your
father much, do you?"
"No, ma'am. Bat, gee, yon ought to
see the way ma does somstlmesP—
Exchange.
HOW TO HOP.
Drivers Ar» Qlvsn Card* of Instruc
tion.
Tba North Carollua Good Road* as
sociation to dUtrlbating throughout the
«t«te cards wblcb read aa foHowa:
"Bow to Keep This lload For Years:
"Tbla road was constructed (or JOUI
M
■"Don't drtre In one track. And
making nits.
"If all ose OM place all tbe wear wffl
be lo one place nnd make a rat
"If yon use a little care and da not
drive exactly where the laat wagon
did tbe wear will be dtetribated. which
will keep tbe surface smooth and the
road will remain good for yeara; oth
erwise It wllT'soon be ratted and tbe
amootb surface gone."
ft Is baßered'tbst lf tboae who nae
the road will gtre a tittle attention to
where they drive, so as not to drlrs di
rectly In the same track aa the team
ahead of tbeor-haa done. It will pro
rent the roads from becoming Oiled
with nits and will have a general tend
ency to pack the greater portion of
tharoad. .
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
Farmers 9 Mutual Fire Ins. Association
Alamance Division.
DECEMBER 31, 1010.
1909 Policies Amount I
Dec. 31 —Insurance in effect 536 1445,856.00
!® lO ™ 1
Dec. 31—New business written 96 91,055.00
" Reinstated from lapse » 4.375.00.
638 1541,286.00 t
Policies Am't
" Canceled 7 • 5,150
.- Lapsed ..•.•--. I*----' & ' " / ...
" Decreased by endorsement 1,650
" Decreased by fire 1.250 23 $18,005 pp
- : . 615 -. »522,,5« uS
Statement ol Finances.
1910 . * Credits
Jan. I—By cash in Bank 11,51793
Dec. 31— By cash received from assessment and interest.. 1,052.32
12,570.25'
1910 Debits
j Dec. 31—To losses paid since Jan. 1, 1910, "• 553".58
" To Expenses, supplies, etc., • 435.77
" To Cash and Securities on band 1591.00
•2,570.25'
Ten Good Reasons lor Taking Insurance in the
Farmers' Mutual.
1. It is a home institution.
2. It furnishes insurance to farmers -at least possible cost.
3. Its plan is safest for farmers as it avoids the most hazardous rsks.
4. Its Directors are composed of leading farmers and business men of
Alamance county.
5. It carries a sinking fund which enables it to pay losses promptly.
6. All money is deposited in a home bank and not sent off to some
other State or country.
7. It has a representative ut every township who looks after the inter
est of each policy holder.-
8. It keeps the firmer from paying exhorbitant rates for fire insur
ance. *
9. It enables you to assist an unfortunate brother in a systematic way.
10. It has over 600 loyal up-to-date farmers carrying more than half
t a
will stand by each other to protect our property and aid and assist our
neighbors when they are in trouble.
Pay your assessments at The Citizens Bank, Graham, N. C., to
C. O! THOMPSON, Sec. and Treas.
While watching her father scald
a hog, at Southern Pines a few
days ago, a 3-year-old colored girl
fell in the fire and was bnrned to
death.
Don't suffer with Sprains,
Strains, Bruises or Pains, but use
Boodine Rheumatic Liniment and
you will be relieved in a minute,
25c and 50c a bottle, The Bloodine
Co., Ine,, Boston, Mass. Graham
Drug Co.
At Hamlet Monday a week John
Irwin, a Seaboard Air Line car
inspector, was killed while crawl
ing under a car in the discharge
of his duty.
What will you take for that
Cough you have Bill? I don't
want it, but if I had it I would
take Bloodine Cough Checker, a
25c bottle.will cure you, Graham
Drug.
" At Collettaville, Caldwell coun
ty, Satur ay before Christmas, a
man named Puett shot and killed
a man named Sadderth.
OASVORZA.
torn*.
In a drunken row at Aeheville
Christmas Day Henry Lyles killed
Will McDonald. Both oolored.
OABVORXA.
Bsantks A TH W tw Hw Alwp Bwfr
Couldn't Rob Him.
Teacher—What Is a person called
who steals?
No answer.
Teacher—Now, Tommy, suppose 1
were to pnt my hand In your pocket
and take out a penny, what would yon
call me?
Tommy (folly conscious of a scarcity
of coin >—Please, air, yon would be a
conjurer.—London Tlt-Blts.
V r The Largest Island a.
Australia has lone been classed as
the least of the continents and not as
an Inland. The largest Islands - are
graded downward In the,order of their
slse. as follows: Greenland. 680,000
square miles; New Guinea, 813,000;
Borneo; 280/100; Madagascar, 280.000.
In the sbsence of exsct surveys these
, areas are rongh estimates and most be
considered only as approximations, but
It Is not likely thai careful measure
ments will Introduce corrections so
. large as to change the order of the
four. Australia Is hut slightly small as
than the continental Unltsd States ■»
eluding * Issks Cirhsiiis •
Already Trained.
"1 suppose yoa always prefer to en
■ Ust men who are not married?" I re
marked to the sergeant who has
! c »" r *s of the reerattteg station oa
1 Cannon street
"No; you're mistaken there," he has-
I tened to reply. "I prefer married sua
svsey time. Tea see, we don't have
I to go to the trouble of tiiarhlng mar
ried men to obey."-Chicago New*,
t .
1 Heartlaaa Husband:
t • "Waat to go to ths thester ■ tonight r
► "I hsre nothing to wear." said the
• wife pointedly.
» "Then we'll go to one of those tnov-
Inc. PfctWt shows where tfs dark."—
I Louisville Courier-Journal.
>
b _ The Right Ring.
i The Father : young fellow who
h has been uere lately Is s very
j One yonng man Be has the tight
- «Ing about him. The Daughter (eager
■aa 1 "'
Re-Sale of Land.
By authority of an order of the Superior
Uourtof Alamance county, N. C., made in a
special prooee'iln* to wmen all the lielrs at
law of Bam'l W.Faucetteand BUxabeth, Fnu
oette dee, are duly constituted parties, the
undersigned wilt offer at public sale to the
highest bidder at the Court Home door ID
Qraham on
MONDAY, FEB. 1911,
at 12 o'clock m., the following described real
property, to-wlt: Two certain tracts or par
cels of land lying and being 111 Alamance
'oounty, Btate of N. G., In Melville township,
the aald«wo tract* lying ad]aoent and bound
ed as follows: , .
First Traob Beginning at a dogwood, be
luk Levi raucetto's corner, running north
33 c ains and 18 Unas to a mulberry; thence
south 75 deg west 40 chains to a stake; thence
south 11 deg west 7 ihalns. and VU links lo a
hlokory: thenoe uast S ohalna a»4 80 links to
a black oak; tbieoce south 8 > deg east X!
chains and «links to the first station, con
talnlngeo At'HKs, more or less.
This is the tract of land that was allotted to
Samuel w. Faucette, deceased, by '.he com
missioners, under and by tue direction of
the last will and testament of bis father,
John Faucette, it pelngiot No. 4 in the plot
and report oi said commissioners.
ttecoud Tract: BeKiuniug.aka, mulberry on
great road, running ~ofth 67JT deg. west 14
chains and Ti links to a rock; theuco north
77 deg. west 14 chains and 75 links to a stake;
thence south lideg. west 2} cnainsauU lu
links to a stake; theaoe north 75 deg. eust iU
chains to iheilrst aiatiun.ooutulniUK 60 acres
more or less.
This Is the tract of land that was allotted
to Kiisabeth Faucette, deceased, by the com
missioners appointed under and by the last
will and testament of her father, John [ au
oette, it being lot No. 6 J« the plot and re
port of said commissioners. Said report Is
recorded In the office of the iteglster of
Deeds for Alamance oounty, Book ti page
MJ.
These two tracts of land is valuable proper
ty, considerable timber thereon, well water
ed and conveniently located to Mebaue.N. U
The bidding will begin at tew.
Term's of Bale: One-third of the purchase
prioe to be paid in cash, one-tulrd In six
months, ana the remaining one-third at the
expiration of twelve months from date of
sale, deferred payments to be secured By
notes of purchaser, bearing Interest from
date of sale, title reserved until price Is paid
Thia Deo 1,1910. J. ADOki'H LU NO,
Commissioner.
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Grass and Clover Seeds
Seed Corn, Cotton Seed,
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gives timely information as to
seeds to plant each month in
th(C year, also prices of Season
able Seeds. Write for copy,
n mailed free on request I
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\l flefidimon, - Richmond, Vs. /
Fred Ward, 17-year-old boy of
Orange couDty, hunting squirrels
with his-father, knocked butt of
lmded gun on tree to scare squir
rel. Boy instantly killed
oA.oT OHI -A-" u
Fire which originated Ma the
•tore of the Harnett Dnf Goods
Company at Dunn, Harmett coun
' ty, two'weeks ago, Warned the
' building and thestonb mijoioing.
,——
Shake Into ¥ev Shoes
' Allen's Foot-lase, the wHW" 0 Ej ,nd
It cures painful, smarting, d
Wstautly takes tW
bunions. It's the grttate«t»nif'_ r  t ,.
, fry of the age. Allen's root-Ba' e ® t ,,0