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TIRAIIAM, ~N." C.,' Dec. lO.iiiu.
The Progressives held forth in
Chicago lust week. Representatives
ftom 31 States were in attendance
laying |.l..ris to capture the country
ii lf'lt Thej to hold aloof
liom both the old parties, but, as
the Progressives came almost en
tirely from the Republican party,
it will be a man's Job to keep
tome of them from leaning and
looking in that direction. It does
*eem that the Democrats have
l.een about as progressive as the
times demand, and Bhould another
iittempt to go further there is a
danger of tumbling into pitfalls.
The Democrats have wisely enacted
much constructive legislation that
is now a boon to the entire country
"under existing conditions, having
in view nil the time to disturb bus
iness just as little as possible, and
before another election is here the
people will realize the soundness
of the measures put into laws.
Mr. C. 8. Hamlin, governor of the
Federal Reserve Board, speaking of
the regional bank system just plit
into effect, before the New York
Chamber of Commerce, last Thurs
day night, said
"The Federal reserve system will
relegate to its proper place, the
museum of antiquities, the panic
generated bv*distrust in our bank
ing system, leading to a struggle
of self-preservation between bank
and bank, individual and individual,
and ultimate hoarding by the peo
•people," Mr. Hamlin said, "Such
hoarding usually follows hoarding
by the banks and does not precede
it. If hoardjng by banks shold
cease, hoarding by individuals
would never occur; anil both, I be
lieve will be relegated to obscurity
under the Federal reserve system.
Tho Baptists, tlio largest body of
Christian people in tho State, have
been in annual convention in Raloigh
tliis week—are still in session. Sta
tistics show, as reported to the con
vention, that thoro are 25(1,51)!) mem
bers ( f L',()!!.'! churches, and that
during the pant year there were
14,710 additions by baptism to tho
church.
Chief Justice Walter Clark had
an attack of acute indigestion last
Friday night which very much
alarmed his family and friends, but
he boon recovered.
London had big rejoicing yester
day when it was learned thot the
British fleet in the South Atlantic,
near the Falkland Islands, had sent
three German cruisers to the bottom
of tho ocean.
Secretary Houston of the national
Department of Agriculture will
■peak at Aberdeen, Moore county,
on the 18th.
T. W. Keith of Weavervllle, Bun
combe county, died this week from
wounds inflicted bjr the accidental
discharge of his gun while hunting.
At Granite Quarry, Rowan coun
ty, Tuesday night as the result of a
game of cards, Gamewell Jeffries,
colored, was shot and killed by an
unknown negro, who made his es
cape. ■ »
Mr. Frank R. Penn, one of the
oldest and most prominent citizens
of Reidsville, who* established the
business of V. R. Penn & Co., to
bacco manufacturers, died in Reids
ville Monday a week.
Hon. William Howard Taft, for
mer President of the United States,
•nd now holding a law professor
ship in Yale University, will de
liver a serlws of lectures at the
University of North Carolina on
March 17, 18 and 18.
Wayne county's new court house
at Goldsboro, was formally lopened
Monday* with quite eleborate cere
monies. Judge W. 8. O'B. Robinson.
Presided snf Judge Daniels of the
uperior Court and others, msde
addresses.
An official decree extends to the
French colonies in Africa the prohi
bition on sale and consump
tion of absinthe and kindred drinks
at the present being enforced in
Prance.
In a letter to Thomas Mott Os
borne. the new warden of Sing Sing
prison, a life prisoner in the prison
at Auburn, N. Y„ offered himself aa
• sacrifice for Inoculation with can
cer germs to ascertain whether the
disease is contagious.
Secretary Bryan says that alter a
thorough in\ estlgation of rumors
that submarines were being built in
the United States for Buro|iean
belligerents, the American govern
ment had found no evidence to
support such re|>orts.
The trial of Geo. B. Perkins, of
Boston, charged with -the murder of
F. A. R. liinman, of '■bksonville,
Fls., while aboard the Clyde liner
Mobawk, at sea November 11, has
been postponed till the next term
of the Federal Court in Columbia,
S C„ which begins January It.
President Poincare of France has
conferred on Gen. J off re, the com
mander-in-chief of the French
forces the Medaille MUitaine, the
highest honor that' ean be given
a French aoldler.
Roy Milner of Cleveland, 0., th«
first motorcycle rider to teat th«
new Omaha, Nebraaka, automobile
speedway which was opened on
Thanksfliving Dmy, waa killed at
tempting to take a curve at a
Phigh apeed.
Portions of lowa, Wisconsin, and
Illinois have been released from th(
quarantine against the foot anc
mouth disease, whiich has been sc
prevalent among the live stock in
West, which means that the disease
Wis abating.
IN WAR'S SHADOW?
Deserted Paris, No Longer ,s City of
Ujghts, No Music Anywhere, No I
Laughter. Scarcely aMm lie. j
The boulevards of Paris, still trhow
some attempt at bustle, srfys a cable
message from the French capital,
but most of the city is deserted and
the houses show nothing but closed
; shutters. ' * .
The shops have again shut their
dodrs, the hotels are empty or they
shelter wounded soldiers, and the
sense of space everywhere is as im
pressive as the sudden silence where,
hitherto, all has been turmoil.
Business is at a standstill, but the
people, the native population, never
changes. Parisians believe in the
destiny of their city, which is the i
world. Thfo is nothing compared
to what our fathers have known in
the pa*t, yet Paris has survived,
they say.
The Tuileries Gardens are no
longer used by the working girls as
a dining-room at midday, became
the girls have no work and conse
quently less lunch even than usual;
neither are they used as nurseries
for a multitude of babies or aa a
trysting place for lovers.
The babies have been taken out of
danger and the lovers have gone to
the war. The little wooden horses
of the "roundabouts" wait patiently
for the return of their small riders,
and, although their paint is growing
a little shabby and their legs are
golting a little weather-stained, there
is no diVubt about their turning as
merriiy as ever whensoever they
shall be required. The lovers, too,
will find their pleasures waiting for
' them; the dear companion, the kios
' ques where they may buy "gaufret
te»" and ice cream, the little iron
chairs and'the indescribable atmos
phere of Paris over all At present
ihe kiosques are closed, the iron
chairs are empty and the beloved
companion "yearns toward the sky
' line, where the strange roads go
■ down."
As evening falls Paris becomes
curiously subtle and fugitive. Her
* landmarks have a way of disappear
ing into tho folds of night while
daylight still lingers in the skies,
the lamplighter is very chary with
his lamps in time of war and the
moon at that hour is either 100 young
1 or Uki old to couut as a light-giving
factor.
The rivor flows silently under un
limited bridges, tho Chamber of
Deputies sleeps with both 1 eyes, and
only the ministry of war and the
Eiffel Tower are alert and alive to
all eventualities.
Bui oven they, like the ships on
tho sea, go about their business with
"lights out." Tho boulevards show
no brilliantly-illuminated advertise
ments nowadays, and the cafes are
lighted with extreme moderation.
The cafes close a* H and at 9:30 the
restaurants follow suit; at 10 all is
quiet, deserted and mysterious. No
theaters, no cinemas, no music any
where; no laughter, scarcely a smile.
Germany Pays Luxemburg Indemnity.
When the war began German
troops passed through tho Grand
Duchy of Luxemburg against tho
i protest of that country. It is now
ollicially announced that Germany
has paid to Luxemburg 1,280,0C0
francs (♦250,000) for damage dono
1 to tho fields and crops by the pas
sage of the Go. man troops and 311,-
tHXI francs ($12,200) for the use of
l tho roads and damage done to streets
and buildings.
Germany, it will be recalled, offer
ed to pay Belgium for all damage if
tho German troops were permitted
| to pass through that country peace
ably. Had Belgium been in position
to consent that country would now
be receiving money from Germany
\ instead of being devastated by war.
• 100 Kewtrd, SIOO.
The rttsdnm or this MMr will be plowed
to Irarn thai lb*re Is at lout on* drwdsd
disuse tbst Solent* has beeo able to our* In
nil Its siacw. and I list Is CsWrrb. Hall's Ca
tarrh Cure la the only positive ouie now
known to tbo medical fraternity. Catarrh ba
ins a i'on»llliul"Oel disease require* a eon
»iiiii loi.sl treatment. Hall's i Starrs Oar*
la lakon Internally, arttne directly upon the
blood and muoous surfaces or tba system,
thereby destroying lh« foundation of the die
rase, aad slung the patient strength by
building up the oonstllutlon and ssslsUnf
nature In dolos Its work. The proprietors
Save so much faith la Its eurauea powers
that they offer One Headend Dollar* for any
oase that ll falls to our*. Hand tor list of
teaUmonlala. Addreee.
¥7l. CHBNKV * CO., Tole 10, Ohio.
Sold by all Druglata. 15a
Take Hall's family Hills tor constipa
tion. - " ait _
Adopting Modern Marriage Custom
in China.
A magistrate in a Canton, China,
' court has recently ruled that a mar
i riage arranged entirely by the par
ents is not binding on the children.
It is still the custom in China for
. parents to select mates for their
; children, who, aa a rule, do not see
| them until the wedding day or a
! day or two before the momentous
* event. This applies only to the mar
riage with the first wife. The second,
, third and fourth wives, and those
> subsequent, msy be selected by the
■ man himaclf.
| Of recent yearn, especially since
, ths revolution, a number oil mar
riage* have taken place on the West
f era lines of selection and have been
f preceded by courtships.
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- UK* Strength Past
; My Years
* ■>*>(• a*JNatvs's*wn«3-
e >lll isW in Scott's Emultion
■ las itimtlfcisil si mm
, a mi warns to riatiaii their wsA
: and nctolasss far auay ysars.
Scott'i fialbfrii Us food.smsdl
d doe and a tonic to keep the A
'« blood rich, avoid rheumatism M
d aad thwart nsrvoos conditions, fm
° It Is (Tee from alcohol or harm- YflJ
m CnsneK«ia King Ueorxe «l Kuglniid visited the bnttleltelds in I* ranee and encouraged the soldiers In the trenches as well as the wounded
iieWß onapsnots hospitals, Thjg. war continued, with each aide making slight gains and alight losses. Hospitals In all the countries Involved
Of #t|a Qfaalr In the wai were crowded with the wounded, snd bridges and roads were destroyed In the efforts to hinder the movement of the
v enemy Itenr Admiral Mahan, 0. 8. N„ died suddenly In Washington. Beth Low, former mayor of New York, wss named by
President Wilson as one member of a commission to Investigate, mining conditions In Colorado, with a view of settling the labor troubles. Richard Croker,
seventy-three years old. married Miss Itnlii Kilniondson. a descendant of a Cherokee chief, in New York. The cadets from West Point sad the middle*
from Anuiipolla met In Hie iiiiuuiii fool bull ifnuie In I' Ii I lailel | ihia. uud the army team won T. If Osborne became the warden of Blag Sing.
LESSONS FROM WAR!
European Conflict Will be the Most
Humane In History.
The present war, the greatest yet
in history, will also be the most
humane. There will be no dispro
portionate mortality list from dis- i
eases and no army of cripples as
an aftermath.
The modern high-power, quick
firing military rifle, and the devel
opment in artillery will have much
to do with the change.
Those who die will die more
quickly. Gangrene and infection
will be practically unknown quan
tities.
In the American civil war eight
soldiers died of disease to one from
wounds. Experts expect that in
the present general European
struggle not more than three will
fall victims to sickness to one kill
ed on the field of battle. Such is
the advance of army sanitatioijand
army surgery in 30
Americans and Japanese have b(*tn
the leaders. The United States
army hospitals have installed
many remarkable innovations since
the Spanish-American war, with its
dreadful lesson in the danger of
typhoid.
Before the Russo-Japanese con
flict the armies the world over
used a high caliber bullet, made
of unßheathed leitd ad grea»?d to
overcome friction in the barrel. .
The muzzle velocity was less
than half that of the missiles now
employed.
The bullets which are flying in
Europe to-day are of less diameter
are jacketed with nickel, lead or
steel, and have temendous vel
ocity.
The soft, mushrooming bullets of
the old day resulted in the shat
tering of bones and the crushing,
rather than the cutting of tissues.
Infection was almost inevitable, the
grease being especially unsanitary.
A wound in the abdomen was con
sidered necessarily fatal. The death
rate among the wounded was enor-.
mous.
In recent campaigns there are in
stances where soldiers shot in what
were once considered vital spo f s,
have walked unsupported to the
field hospital.
Hitting a man beyond 350 yards,
the wounds inflicted by the present
bullets are clean cut. They fre-'
quently pass through bone tissue
without splintering.
When meeting an artery the bul
let usually pushes it to one side
and goes around without cutting
the blood channel.
Amputations are very rare com
pared with wars of more than 50
ago. " A bullet wound through a
ioint such as the knee or elbow,
thery necessitated the amputation of
the Vlimb. Now such a wound is
easiily "opened and dressed.
All the nations use vacine to
combat typhoid, the scourge whic>i
once decimated whole ctmps and
killed 1,600 in our Spanish war.
Then every officer is instructed
in first aid treatment. This alle
viates a great deal of suffering
on the field of battle.
Next to typhoid dysentery is the
great army scourge. This is at
tacked by sterilizing the drinking
water.
History shows sanitation has of
ten determined the fate of natoins.
In 1792, when the fine Prussian
troops marched to the relief of
Louis XVI, the raw levies of the
young republic met and repulsed
them. General du Mouries, com
mander of the French troonS, shows
clearly In his report that the Prus
sians had been unfitted for service
by dvaenterj. Ordinary sanitation
would have prevented this.
The Food Products of the Countries
at War.
Of the nations st wsr England
produces less of ber foodstuffs than
soy other. A Department of Agri
culture investigation made public At
Waahington indicates that England
producee about 53 per cent, of ber
food requiremesfi; Belgium 67 per
cent.; Germany 88 per cent.; France
02 per cent, and Auatria-Hungary
89 per cent. Kussis produces 110
per cent., exporting about 10 per
cent. Canada produces 23 percent
more than ahe c dsumes; -Argentine
produces 48 per cent, more than she
consumes and the United Statea ex
ports aud imports aim oat balance.
'"The United Kingdom," says the
report, ' produces ooly 27 per cent,
of her requirements uf edi le grains,
but 53 per cent, of ber meats, 62 per
cent, of her dairy products, 58 per
cent, of ber poultry, more than 90
1 per cent, of her vegetables and 21
per cent, of her fruits She ia an
exporter of fish products."
Leeds, England, employes 40,010
, petple In Its clothing industry.
for Indigestion, Sour Stomach,
; Distress After Eating-Digestif
. To * curUlnly would aot suffer the tbe country bare gotten relief by the
HKim ol Indlgeetlon If you kltw of om of this harmless remedy. Try U
• rsMsdy that would positively ro- today. Oet A package and tako OM
ttwo art euro you. "Digestif la a doao—lf It doss not giro yon lam
oectaln quick raUef. It wIU atop la- dlato rollof It wont coat you a penny,
dlgeetlon. flow Stomach, Dletresa Brown's Dlgesllt ahoald be In erery
altar eating and other stomach upsets homo—lt Is a certain quick relief tor
almost Instantly. Wo absolutely Indigestion—prevents distress after
#♦» |l» J* so tire satis- eating a hearty meal—and makes your
Uo *- M *• |IM you hack your tired, worn out ato mack good as m.
MM?. Thousands of people aU over BUUIQNS' DRUG BTORR
DER KAISER.
How He teslly Looks, Outside of His
Pictures.
William 11, "Der Kaiser", for Bis
mark insisted that the new German
Emperors should assume the an-
I cient style of the old Emperors of
Germany—ls the ninth monarch of
the house of Hohenzoilern to rule
over the kmgdom of Prussia and
third of the house to rule over the
empire of United Germany. He is
a gray haired man of 55, not more
than 5 feet g or 9, with a dis
tinct inclination to corpulency. He
carries most of his fat about his
waist, and although he bears him
self erect his shoulders are round.
His legs are too short for his body,
but umen walking he takes long
strides and lets his long spurs
clank. Of late years he has worn
a flowing military cape, as it per
mits him to retain something of
the martial air of his younger days.
Naturally, he looks his best when
he is on horseback.
The real countenance of this
much advertised man is perceptibly
different from the thousands of
portraits that are on sale all over
the world, and which show the
dashing, dauntless, somewhat de
fiant head of the Hohenzoilerns.
That is a pose assumed for the
photographer, a pose intended to
idealize him to his subjects, and to
con\ey the impression that "Der
Kaiser" is devoted to lofty aims
and is elevated above the common
herd. All his official photographs
have the same expression, the look
that the Germans call "ernst", but
his natural face is a very sad face
furrowed by anxiety; a casual ob
server might say that he looks
cross.
How they Proceed on Graflers in
China. t
Pek ng, China, Dispatch,
Wang Chih-Hsing, the ex-prefect
of Shuntienfu, the metropolian dis
trict hi which Peking is situated, has
been executed by shooting because
of bribery and corruption—for sell
ing offices under liina and accepting
1 "squeeze." Wang Chih-Hsing held
the military rank of lieutenant gen
eral.
The case has caused great excite
ment ia political circles in China,
especially because General Wang
was a personal friflnd of Yuan Shi
Kai. It is reported that the Presi
dent sent an emissary to the family
of the general, informing them of his
regret at having to fulfill the law in
order to stamp out corruption, snd
of his intention to provide for the
maintenance of the family.
Many minor officials also have lost
their lives because of dishonesty and
opium-smokers continue to die at the
nsnce of the family.
The Governor of the important
province of Kansu has been dis
missed from office because he did not
believe in the sincerity of the Presi
dent when, recently orders were is
sued that the time-honored custom
of sending aich gifts to the emperor
on ihe anniversary of hia birthday
was not to be followed in the case of
the President.
To Investigate the Need and Demand
for Cotton.
The world's need for cotton at the
present time and the estimated de
mand for next year is to be ths sub
ject of sn investigation by State De
partment officials. Secretary Mc-
Adoo of the Treasury Department
has requested Secretary Bryan to
aecure all possible information on
this subject.
United States consuls have been
instructed to mske careful inveatiga
tion. The reports from the consuls
will be compiled each month and
probably will be made public for the
use of cotton producers.
fan Know What Yna Are Tmklng
When you take Grove's Tasteless
Chill Tonic because the formula Is
plainly printed on every bottle
showing that It Is Iron snd Qui
nine In s tsstelsss form. No
cure, no pay.—soc. adv.
The paving of streets with wood
en blocks originated in Russis.
K.uropean armies are now buying
mules. A contract lor 5,000 mules
a month has been let to Nssh
vllle people.
I WORSE THAN DUMDUMS.
r
i Shrapnel Wound* Arc Very Dllenlt
to Treat,
Next to dumdum bullets, shrapnel
n is the curse of modern warfare
- from a medical standpoint, accord
f ing to Dr. C. C. Pierce, one of the
t surgeons connected with the pub
e lie health and marine hospital ser
i vice.
e "We can usually fix op a man
f if he's wiunded by a bullet," said
e Dr. Pierce, "whether the bullet
- comes from a rifle or a machine
e gun, but the high percentage of
8 mortality in war comes from snrs(p
- «el, dumdum and bayonets. Shrap- I
I. nel though is the worst of all. A
'» shrapnel wound is usually caused
? by a jagged, irregular piece of
a shell that usually tears the flesh
i and tissue so that there is little left
- to mend." * ' I
f "A shrapnel shell is usually of
>• steel loaded with cast iron balls
1 about an inch in "diameter. In the
I head of the shell there is a time
8 fuse, which is set off by the shock
f of the shell as it strikes. The fuse
f communicates to the explosives
r within and the shell bursts, scat
® tering the fragments and the iron
- shot insidf.
"Shraprffel, military experts say,
b is used to locate and silence small
> batteries, such as machine guns.
J the only thing thit prevents
r shrapnel being one of the most
s deadly weapons ever devised, is
i the fact that its direction cannot I
8 be fully controlled. No one can
c tell in which direction the frag-1
' ments of an exploding shrapnel
s shell will fly. A man comparatively
- near the exploding shell may not
9 be struck, while a man further
away may have his head blown off.
I
—
i 1 A Century of Printing.
*J London Dispatch.
While the newspaper world today
t is celebrating the'century mark of
steam power printing and the rapid
" modern method of getting the news
} to readers, the printers themselves
are fcnjoying a unique celebration.
" I For away back in 1814 the printing
| pressmen employed on the London
i Times objected to the use of an im
-1 proved si earn press, and the organi
_ I zation to which they belonged order
,ed a strike. The presses came to
' | stay, and the error made by the
? union men was never rectified until
I 1914, a full century later, when the
r | Times and the London unions came
t to an agreement. The hundred year
t strike is ended.
And today the rapid newspaper
( I press is used in every city and town
in the world, giving the public the
I news up-to-the-minute, and spread-
I ing more effectively than any other
agency the education and betterment
of human beinga.
I
. Mrs. HeOtla'l Experience With Creep.
t When my boy, Ray, was small
- he was subject to croup and I was
. always alarmed at such timet.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy prov
-1 ed far better than any oth
r er for this trouble. It always re
j lieved him quickly; I am never
f without it in the house for I know
it Is a positive cure for croup,"
writes Mrs. W. R. McClain, Blairs
ville, Pa., For sale by all dealers.
I P adv.
In Spartanburg county, 8. C., An
derson Fowler, colored, went to the
aid of his hound dog when the lat
-9 ter was attacked lib the road by
- two other dogs. He used the butt
. of his gun as a club, and striking
at the dogs the gun was fired and
the load entered Andrew's abdo
' men, killing him instantly.
r
Sick Headache.
1 Sick headache is almost always
caused by disorders of the stomach.
> Correct them and the periodic at
- tacks of cick headache will disap
, ptur Mrs. John Bishop, Rosevihe.
i Ohio, writes, ''About a year ago
1 1 was troubled with indigestion
> ard had sick headches that listed
for two or three days at a time.
I doctored and tried a number of
of remedies but nothing helped me
until during one of these sick spells
1 a friend advised me to take Chsm
' berlain's Tablets. This medicine re
' lieved me in a very short time."
Por sale by all dealers. adv.
J. Earl Reaves, bank clerk and
prominent In social circles in Mont
gomery, Ala., was arrested and Jail
ed charged with a shortage of $),-
411.25 fn his accounts with the New
[ Farley National Bank of Montgom
i ery. He waa arraigned before
- United States Commiaaioner, Bl
more and in default of bond of |>
000 remained in Jail.
' - xi>
WOO—Dr. B. Detchon's Anti-Diu
retic may be worth more to you
—more to you than |IOO if you
have a child who soils the bed
ding from Incontinence ol water
during sleep. Cure# old and young
alike. It arrests the trouble at
once. 91.00. Bold by Graham Dreg
ComjMny. adv.
Congress ressaembled Monday tor
the short session. The term will
expire by limitation on March 4th.
CASTOR IA
far Tifciti sad Children.
Tfci KM YN bta Ahnyi Boiglt
BETTY SETS A OUNCE.
' Ned Oreee Seels Helped Her to CM
| Wefl.
She was rsal pretty and ee tun of
fan that the dimples were always
she slug la her round, rsd cheeks. Her
| tores were bis and brown, and her not
i colored hair curled naturally In little
• ringlets over her forehead and ears.
1 She wss Just eighteen when we Brat
met her and so neat sad attractive r
that ooe would think she belonged to '
the well to do elsss of working people,
hot when we followed her to her home
. otie day we confronted startling facts.
The rsd In her cheeks was the flush 1
of unnatural Inward fever, the high I
spirits were s pitiful antidote to pltl
leee conditions, and the big brown eyes
; ssw only squalor when they were not
' j fixed upon a typewriting machine or
• cloeed persistently to any view but an
i Imaginary bright one.
The room we entered was a general
living space, used also as an eating,
cooking SDd sleeping apartment There
■ waa bat oue bed. and Betty had to
sleep In It with ber mother, who waa
too weak to alt up. An open cuapldor
1 sat where It would; be conveniently
near the bed. which placed It by the
stove, where their food waa cooked.
The mother, who was suffering In an
i advanced sttge of tuberculosis, did not
like Cold air. nnd her queruloua de
mands ennsed Rett? to keep the door
I and windows closed.
"Well." 811 Id cheerful Betty, with a
' laugh, "that Isn't so bud as not having
any windows-or doors to close. Is It?
Things might he worse."
"Infinitely worse," said the Wise
One. "You might even take a notion
to stuff the windows and doors wtth
rags to cut out whnt oxygen comes In
through the cracks."
Red Cross Christmas Seals, with
their cheery message of hope, gave
Betty a chance to get well after her
mother died. Is It worth while to save
the Bettys?
Buy yonr share today.
SEAL ON EACH SOLE.
"Am I using Red Croes Christmas
Seals?" reiterated a good natured eld
cobbler as be looked up from the shoe
he was repairing to the person who
stood blocking the doorway of the lit
tle shop snd who bad asked the ques
tion originally. "1 don't know of them.
What ure they for?" be asked.
When told tbut the little stickers
were fining sold all over the United
BUite« to- raise money to prevent tuber
culosis the cobbler became very much
Interested.
"Now, I call that a good cause," be
drawled "I don't write any letters, snd
I don't send any Christmas packages.
There's Just me Hnd the old woman
left. I can't use my seals that way,
but I'll tell you how 1 can use them. I
will stick a seal oo the sole of every
shoe I tap."
PRESIDENT WILSON ON RBD
CROSS SEALS.
As an expression of Us Interest la
the Red Cross Sesl and Antl-tubercn
losls Campulgn President Wilson re
cently wrote to the National Asaocla
tlon Por the Study and Prevention of
Tuberculosis:
"May I not take this occasion to ex
press to yon my deep Internet la the
work of the National Antl-tuberculosla
association aud my hope that Its work
In growing lu efficiency snd extent
from year to year? May 1 not particu
larly express my Interest In the Red
Croes Christmas sale has
been the means of raising funds tat
the work?
"It seems to me that this Is s par
ticularly Interesting snd sensible way
of enabling the people of the coun
try to give this great work their sap- ,
port" ,
SANTA CLAUS HAS TUBERCU
LOSIS.
On Christmas eve Utile Dorothy, pos
seaeed of the whooping cough, was ,
doing some fancy whooping tor earn- ,
pany that had come.
"Dorothy, dear," the mother said, '
"you must stop coughing er Santa
Clans won't corns. If he hears you
coughing he'll be afraid to come to."
"I abould worry," Ddrothy replied. '
showing foil familiarity with modem '
sxprsastoa. "He's got tuberculosis Mao- •
sslf."
"Tuberculosis! Who told you Santa
dsns had tuberculosis?"
"Oh. everybody knows that Don't '
you buy tuberculosis stamps tor hla »
every Christmas?" ,
hi nuiiHiii mil limit
•: HOGS, CATTLE OR MEN— ::
WHICH? :;'
* > 11
» P'tcHi VSIUM MM Itoft a > I
Tli mm Lhw *•*. ;;|
"Michigan Is asaklag a vigor- '* | J
c ■ SSI effort to -stamp ost* beg . J
; cholera. Hogs srs mirk stable," 
 • said Oovsraer Wood bridge N. .
Fsrris to the rtttsoas of his stale ; ;
: : In a resent proclamation calling ! ! l
' ' for co-operation ta the anti-tuber- ' ' :
I I culosis campaign. "Michigan Is . I 1
' ' making a vigorous sffort to • -
1 "stamp our tuberculosis In cat
 ■ tie. Cettle are marketable. Why  ■
; not make a strenuous sffort to \ •
■ • "stamp out* tuberculosis ta men.  ■
! women and children? Human
• 1 beings ire priceless."
Red Croes Christines Sen I a srs 1 1
' 1 s asssas for every sun. woman  > t
! : and child in the United Statea ; ; C
' ' to havs a share la "stamping - > 1
! out" tuberculosis. Have you ]
' ' bought yonr share?
' nMn>MiiunnHniiit
' . - n
ThoMillio&Dollar Mystery
Inaßall^^K^
fT—HE CONSPIRA TORS, seeking the million dollars, sunound
irv the house of mystery—every doorway is guarded—all hope
lost—ana vet—Stanley Hargreaves, millionaire mem
. ber of the Black Hundred, escapes!
A hftlWvn soars upward toward the night sky, leaving the
MOT plotters baffled— b»at*nT Shot* are fired—the balloon i* punctured
imd drop* Into the ocean—what become* of the million dollars? Learn '
the sofotkn in the thrilling photo play /
The Million Dollar Mystery
By Harold MacGrath
Thanhouter's Million Dollar Motion Picture Production
! S
The most costly, most remarkable motion picture production
ever brought out Nine mllej of film Involving love, romance and ad
venture to be shown at this theater. Each episode will be filled with
thrills— new thrills. Each scene will reveal sensations never before attempted.
As the story progresses, week by week, a startling mystery will be
unraveled. See the first episode at the
Mexican, Thursday, Dec. 17
SEE IT
The -Story is now running in the
Alamance Gleaner. Read It.
ADMISSION : : : 10 Cents
Beef and Milk A-plenty
Cattle ate kept for two purposes; for beef pro- ™"1
duction and for milk production. To do either right Any time kit of mj c*t
lhey must be healthy. There is nothing better to tie ret anything wrom
keep them in continued good health, or to make with them I live them a
them well quickly when sick, than a few doses of— few doses oi Bee pee
STOCK MEDICINE.
TVnn STOCK
OCC JJCC MEDICINE lorhcad. Miss. I
Stirs np the liver—Drives ' J
flsiasi poisons away. a» 70* dealers. _
Annual Statement, 1914.
In accordance with the requirements of Section 1326 of Revisal of
1905, of North Carolina, I, Chss. D. Johnston, Register of Deeds and ex
office Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners of Alamance Connty,
North Carolina, do hereby certify that the following statement ia true and
correct to-wit:
1. The number of days each member of the Board met with the
Board.
2. The number of days each member served on a Committee.
3. The number of milea traveled by each member respectively.
GEO. T. WILLIAMSON.
To 18 daya commiaaioner at 12.00 per day 136.0Q
To 13 days on committee at-$2.00 per day 26.0ff
To 432 miles traveled at 5c per mile 21.60 $83.60
W. H. TURRENTINE.
To 19 days commissioner at 12.00 per day 138.00
To 6 days on committee at 12.00 per day 12.00
To 114 milea traveled at 5c per mile 6.70 *65 70
CHES. a RONEY.
To 18 days ootnmiaeioner at $2,00 per day 136.00
To 1 day on committee at $2.00 per day. 2.00
To 252 miles traveled at 5c per mile 12.60 150 60
CHAS. F. CATEB.
To 19 days commiaaioner at 12.00 pef day $38.00
To 2 days on committee at $2.00 per day 4.00
To 380 miles traveled at 5c per mile
W. H. FOGLEMAN.
1° days commissioner at $2.00 per day sl2 00
To 180 miles traveled at 5c per mile 900 S2IOO
JOHN If. COBLE.
To 11 daya commissioner at $2.00 per day $22 00
To 2 days on committee at $2.00 per day 400
To 360 miles traveled at 5c per mile. 16 50 $42.60
Totoi $314.45
T, abo *S '• P r ? n W daya, the total number of daya that the
Board of County Commiaaionere of Alamance County, North Carolina, were
m eeeeion from December let, 1913, to November 80,1914.
Witneea my hand at office in Graham, Nov. 24th, 1914.
CHAS. D. JOHNSTON, Register of Deede
and Ex-officio Clerk tj the Board of Oounty Commissioners.
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Sf o ?SI E C T JSSSEB*
CHore 9 « signature ia oo each box. »OR CHILDREN,
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