North Carolina Newspapers

THE GLEANER -- • ■ —- BSUSP WIEY THOMPAT. 1. D> KERNOPLE. Editor. *I.OO A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. ADVBKTIBINO RATES Mn most* (1 In.) 1 Urns SUM, rr eau sub »qu«nt insertion Moenta. For mora space iM longer Urns, rates furnished on applies it a. I/Ocs 1 not:oee 10 ou. s line for Spt ■■tertton -, subsequent Insertions t cm Une transient advertisements must be pel* for F advance The editor wUI not be reeponstbls for rtews expressed by correspondents itoteredst the Foetofloe at Orates. N. 0., as ssoond olats matter. "n. 0., Jan. 27,1916. I Investigations of. the sinking of. (the Persia on which U. S. Consul iMcNeely of Monroe, this State, lost [his life, have so far been unsatisfao- Itory and without results. K The United States Supreme Court Khaa held the income tax law to be poustitutional. The decision grew |3ut of the case of the stockholders of fche Union Pacific Railroad Co., who Bought to enjoin the collection of the Kax as being unconstitutional. K The past week floods have caused Kmmense loss in the West. The Brorst seems to have been at Yuraa, Ariz., augmented by the breaking of I government levee. The town was ■terally flooded— many houses were Bamsged or washed away, tbe loss Being estimated at $1,000,000. ■Down in Florida the legislature ■ithorlzed any town -by popular Erie amend its charter ao as to Klow women equal suffrage with Ken in municipal affairs. Pels- Here waa the firat town to take Bpvantage of the new law, and it ■ said to worls so well that other Bwne are moving in the same di ■ The State Agricultural Society, at Ifeoent meeting elected Ur. Leonard Bfrfta, the owner of Pinehuraf, preei- B«nt of the Society. Mr. Tufts is a and we believe Hjnative of Boston. He is largely Hftcerned in farming in the sand ■lis, and from newapaper reports sn Hi-round successful business man. ■» donbt he will try to make the late Fair a great success next Fall, Br'- --V" do himself credit and ■fleet honor on the State. according to previous sn- Buncement, President Wilson starts I hi* "preparedness" campaign. ■ hat had many Invitations to ■p at or visit different places. Hi: Itinerary for the present will ■ chiefly confined to the North I ■l West, but later he is expected ■ come South, when it is hoped ■ will give North Carolina a date ■ two. His subject is one that people at large have Just be- B|n to think about, hence his tour be one more of education than" ■erwlse. Hl'hen the American people wske ■to the necessity snd Importance ■any special line of action they Hun for thst thing. K HICKORY CHIPS. Rany a bluffer has a wife that ■it unable to bluff. a bachelor makes a ■plan happy by not marrying her. Bills seems to be Mexlcos "him' ■hste. B Is andsrstood thst the "Pro ■tslvs" committee's greeting to BR. ss "the first Americsn snd | foremost ststesmsn of the Bid," found the Colonel in thor ■a agreement. ■M of those Ysnk editors who ■pnlckering so loudly over pro ■ttoa la South Csrollns would be ■ally undedeved If they'd go Hfhsrisston snd try to get s all kind of simps to mske ■hrld, Including the ones who open letters" to some prom- Is ststesmsn snd send It to the ■r for publication. H»e papers in this country sre ■tbidly "pro-Ally" thst they ■ even print s photograph of ■Prince of Wales. His reported thst the Kslser, ■atic to the lest, hss Insisted Als new silver piste be of Oer- Hain BOW forcss persmbulstors ■pry lights sfter dsrk. But ■are the bsbiea doing out thst thoee Chlhushus mur- B are doing s little watchful ■l on their own hook. Hi hss bscome of the old fesh ■>ad who wanted to run away ■fiist and kill Indian sT admitted that Csrrsn ■one of the most promleinr; that Mexico ever had. ■has taken the grin out of He hot the go Is stlU in its ISM form. ■Mainly looks'as If the short- to leave no I awful it must be to llvc in ■KUke Germany where ansd ■t csll ths ruler s coward, ■g snd friend of mur- KJRTuttle Montenegro to^be Ha Ledger we trust not, Mon- ; Educational Column Conducted ; by Supt. J. B. Robertson. School News. On Friday of last week the Country Life Club of Sylvan school gave as its program an old time spelling match—the school against the people of the com munity. The school carried its part well, bat they coold not out spell the older people of the com munity, who in their school days were so thoroughly trained in spelling. Some days before the time of the regular meeting of the Club, it was announced that the spelling would be given from a certain section of the book. This is an excellent plan, because it gives all an opportunity to make preparation for the contest, and in tfiis way lends interest to the game. Several days ago the Country Life Clnh of Osslpee gave ax its program a spelling match, the school against the people of tha town. The school spoiled down the parents and the older ones who spelled against them. For the next meeting of these Country Life Clubs, and while the interest Is keen, we would suggest that they invite a neigh boring school to contest with them iu spelling. A Country Life Club has been recently organized at, Stony Creek. already planning to 'do a great deal of improvement ou their school grounds, such as grading the yard, planting trees, shrubbery, flowers, etc. v The -Oleuhope school has just completed a new basket ball court. Bethel school has a new basket ball and is now making ready their basket ball court. Shallow Ford school on Januar 15th had a box party from which they realized 132.10. The boys of the Friendship High School are making plans for a same of basket ball with the Gra ham team, in the near future. Several schools made reports on their Medical Inspection Day or "Health Day." Oenerally speak ing, the health campaign that is now being made in the county is being a success. The next regular teachers' meet-' ing will be Saturday, Feb. 6, 1016, 11a. m. Several things looking to the close of the year's work, and to the county commencement will be discussed. No teacher can afford to miss hearing these plans The colored teachers meet the second Saturday in February. The date being Feb. 12. Some Things You Should Do. 1. Put up some bird houses. Do It now. ' 2. Put some" water in the front yard for a bird bahth. 3. Furnish some food for the birds when it is scarce. 4. Encourage respect for same laws, confinement of dogs while the birds are nesting ana protective legislation. 6. Encourage the children to study and protect birds. 0. Ask your teacher to organize a Junior Audubon Society In your school. We will tell how to do it. 7. Write to the U. 8. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., asking for their bulletins about birds. They are free. 8. Write to the Audubon Society of North Carolina, R. B. Parker, Secretary, Raleigh, N. C„ for in formation or assistance in connec tion with game laws, birds or blru study. Some Facts About Birds. Ninety-eight percent of the food of wrens 1* composed of insects Seventy-six percent of the food of bluebirds la compoaed of insects. Seventy-five perceht of the food woodpeckers is composed of In serts, many of which are wood borers ana cstsplllars. Seventy-three percent Of the food of mesdow-lsrks is composed of In serts. Sixty-four percent of the food of brown threshers is composed of In sects; M percent is weed seeds. Ninety percent of the food of king birds or "bee martins" Is com posed of insects. They will also keep hawks away from the poultry yards. Purple martins will protect the garden and poultry ysrd. PER CAPITA COST OF COUNTY GOVERNMENTS, 1912. Census Bureau Bulletin, 1915. Average for the United States St.IS. Rank in State* Per Capita 1 California ... ... ... fi«.« 3 Nevada IT.ll I. Montana ... is.« 4. ArUona ... ... ... ... n.II 5. Oregon 10.M i I Idaho g.j; 7; Washington 9.43 I Colorado #.|| # Wyoming •» . 1.. T.TI 10 8. Dakota - T.6U 11 Maryland ... ... 7.59 It Florida ... .„ J. 54 iJ lowa jjz 14 N. Dakota 6.79 16 Utah ... 5,93 19 Mlaaiaaippi ... yyj 17 Nebraaka ... 8 ,« 19 New Jeraev ft 10 !• Ohio ... ft.OJ •9 Louiainna ... ... ... 9.55 tl Tennessee ... ui W Delaware 4®* 13 Indiana 4.17 14 Miaaouri ... 4.10 25 New Mexico 1 jfi !• New York ..." 409 *7 Minnesota „. 4.9; M Kansas S . M 49 Kentucky ... ... j.jh 50 Texas ... ~ Mi II Georgia sjll Sil Oklahoma .„ .„ ... j.19 33 Wiaconaln g.j7 34 W. Virginia » j.ofl 35 Pennsylvania s.oe 39 Michigan .„ ... J.ti 17 North Carolina ... ... j.w 39 Arkanaaa ... tu » Illinois ... .... 49 Alabama ... „. ... j.jr 41 South Carolina .... 3:2' 4t Virginia „„ 2.1S 43 New Hampshire l.jl 44 Massachusetts ~ I.SS 46 Maine ... 1.07 46 Connecticut ti 47 Vermont 4 ... ... ... ja Rhode Island ... .. No report AFTER EFFECTS OF GRIP. State Board of Health Advises Againsf Dangerous Diseases that Follow Grip. On account of the serious after effects of grip or influenza does the Mate Board of Health feel call ed upon to issue another warning regarding the treatment and pre ventlon of this disease, "dripdoe* not cause tuberculosis '■ says th Board, '•but it lowers the resist 1 ance and wrlikens the bo-iilv func tions to such a degree that latent . tuberculosis madlly becomes active, . Laymen used to attribute lubeici losis of the to an uttii'k. of 1 arip from which tbe patient never i fully ni(,VMU,' i ft. s quite l.nportsnf, th • Board advises, that a persoi uitli tin symptoms of tho grip, for grip it 1 no slight ailment, go to b>d ana i have a physician'* care. It is the ; person who keeps up, nurses a cold and cough, and who never gets cured of grip, thit is likely I to come dowti. with pneumonia, tu i berculosls or almost any other dis ease. , "But what is really better than curing grip," says the Board "is to I keep it off. By getting plenty ot i fresh air day 'and night, by avoid , ing overeating, overworking and excess of every .kind, by keeping 1 regular habits and taking exercise I dally, and by getting regular sleep and avoiding people with colds and , grip, you can reduce your liabili ty to contract this dangerous dis ease almost to/ a minimum. Keep ing up a strong bodily resistance Is ny far the best safeguard against this enterprising, bold germ" PASTURES AND MEADOWS. By Karl Langenbcck, Chemist. The Importance of farm Stock Getting a. High t Start In Life. How necessary the building of a strong boney structure is funda mental in animal husbandry, is a circumstance of which the tanner Is too seldom reminded. A great many animals do ; not get a right atart in life because-bone-building material Ib deficient in their pas turage. It is no less true, that range cattle bought for fattening are often rickety and cannot be brought to a profitable weight, because strengthening of the frame cannot go hand in hand with the putting ou of flesh. Bones are built of phosphate of lime as every one knows. Out fodder and grass are deficient In this, if the soil of pasture and meadow do not readily supply it. Permanent -pastures are very prone to be 111 suppled with lime. Evidence of this is everywhere to bo seen in the prevalence of sour grasses and in mossy patches indicating a sour and uuaerated soil. Protected from action of tho atmosphere by the sod, the organic matter does not properly decay, the clay In the soil becomes sticky, bticterial life wanes and as tho air cannot penetrate, the clovers and sweet grasses die out. r Value of Psature Lies In the Nutrient Husllty of Crass. The value of a pasture lies not only in the quantity but-In the nutrient quality of Its grass. Au abundance of clover is essential because it augments the soil nitro gen and helps the other vegeta tion. Nitrogen makes flesh. But clover does not flourish without lime. In spite of the high price of meat, many farmers are but ill paid by their cattle. Much is due to the fact that the animals do not get a chance for vigorous growth. Denmark, Holland, the Frisian llolstein provinces of Ger many, all celebrated for their stock, pay muQh attention to mak ing "fat meadows." An import ant factor in their treatment Is liming. For lime tells here as almost nowhere else. Tbe Projer Soil Trestmeat for Good Pasture and "Fat Meadows." Tne pasture soil is very liable to sour. Lime corrects this. It crumbs the clay so the air can penetrate. It develops bacterial life and decays the animal and vegetable matter, digests it as it were, so that the plant foods it holds can be absorbed by the grass. The phosphate of the ma nure, fixed in insoluble form by the iron and alumina oxide of the sot), are liberated by lime and be come available to the plaut, aud through them, for the bone of the cattle. More flesh means more nitrogen and that, as we have said, means lime for the clover. Attend to the pastures and mead ows now with lime that acts most qulekly. Quick action Is due to solubility and the hydrate and fresh ground lime are iu most soluble forms. On the lawns of the Department of Agriculture, it is distributed with a spreader even on fresh green grass, so there Is no fear of its hurting the immedi ate growth. It is not necessary to wait until Spring to lime grass lands. The Winter time'is most favorable for the purpose of giv ing au early and vigorous start. A Hard Problem. In 1860 there were 78,569 white peraons in North Cnro'iiia, twenty years old and over, who could not read and write, or 20.2 per cent of all tho whites of these ages. Our rauk In thia particular waa 31st among the 31 States of the Union. In 1010, the illiterate native white voters tweuty one years of ige and older in North Carolina were 48,010, or 14 1 per cent of the total whites of voting sge. | Our rank in this particular waa 47th among the 48 States. Only Louisiana made a poorer showing. Counting our illiterate white wo men 21 years «td and older, we have more illiterate white adults of both sexes now than we bad 05 years ago. Can it be that our illiterates are the crab like souls that Vietor Hugo describes in Les Miserable* • —"who before sdvanciug light! iteadily retreat iuto the Cringe of larkness!" Our Moonlight School Cam-, »aign in North Carolina will throw | i flood of light on this question. J, SUNDAY SCHOOL I * r."V" Lessen V.—First Quarter, For Jan. 30,1946. THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES. ext of the Leaeon, Acta HI, 1-12. Memory Verses, 9, 10 —Golden Text, Acta iii, 6—Commentary Prepared by Rev. O. M. Stearne. Peter and John seem to hare been much together while lie was still with them. They were the two who were tent to prepare the Passover on that last night (I.uke xxll, 8), and possibly tliey may lmve lieon the Two who were •ent to brbig the ass' colt. They were: the (ii-Ht two of ' the apostles at the tomb on the resurrection morning, and they were together Jbe night when the teveu went a-flxhlug aud the next morning when I'eter received his commission from the' Lord (John xx ■ud xxl). Later we sliull see them in |>rl»on together, but released by an lugel; then they were beaten, bat they teased not to teach and preach Jeans Christ (chapter v, 17-111, 40-42). They, with the others, were daily in the tem ple for prater and testimony, and tbe Lord added to the church dally those who were being saved (chapter 11, 40, 47, R. V.). On tbe occasion in our lesson as they were about to enter tbe temple this man, lame from bis birth aud now over forty years of age, asked alms from" them (verses 1-3; It, 22). Perha|>s they remembered Ills words, "Ve hove the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may. do thepa good" (Mark xlv, 7). For some reason I'eter said to the l#mo man. "Look on us," and he looked up. expecting to receive something. He may have been for a moment disap pointed as I'eter snid. "Silver and gold have I none," but as I'eter promptly added the wonls following in verse 6 things liegan to look different Tben as be took him by the right hand and Instantly strength came to his feet and ankle bones: so that he entered the temple with them, walking and leap ing and praising Qod, neither silver nor gold seemed of any account to hlnr that day. He had received directly from the risen Christ In heaven by tbe hand of Peter that which neither mon ey nor s|ctll of man could give him, and he thus became a witness to the fact that tbe same Jesus who bad for over three years healed all manner of diseases aud even raised tbe dead, al though crucified, was still alive and working miracles as lie bad done* be fore (verses 13-17; iv, 10). Thus the Lord Jesus continued to work as when He was on earth through these mou who were Ills representatives and who were channels of life and blessing from tbe fountain In heaven to the needy on earth. He IS ever "this same Jesus," but where are the channels? Tbe people «aw thlx great work and marveled, t>ut »»» only tbe bunaau agents nnl underHtood not. Then Pe ter told them of tbe Uoljr Oi>v of God whom tbey bad denied and killed, but wbom God Imd rained from tbe dead, and tbat lie, being alive In beaven, bad wrought tblH work. In tbe remainder of our letwon chapter w ° bear Peter telling tneiu bow Moses and all the propbetx had foretold tbat tbelr Mes siah would suffer and lie killed and be rallied from the dead and that in Him ax tbe seed of Abraham all the kindreds of the earth would lie blessed. He re minded them that !od had spoken through Moses of the great prophet whom He would raise up unto them (Dent, xvilli and that they must give heed to Him, nud, although they bad not done so. but had killed lllci, lie was alive from tbe dead and had re turned to His Father In heaven and that even now, If th«y would only change their minds about nim and turn to Him, He would forgive tbolr great sin ard bless tliem and send them times of refreshing (versos 19, One result of this discourse by Pe ter was that about 5.0(10 men were added to tbe company of believers, but another result was thnt the priests and tlie Bailduceen who did not believe In any* resurrection laid hands on Pe ter and John nud put tliem In prison (Iv, 1-4). So It was und Is and ever will bo till tho kingdom eomes, "Homo believed, and some believed not" (chapter xxvlll, 23, 34). All we are taught to expect in this age Is that some will bellere, and our aim must be by nil means to save some (I Cor. U, 23). He Is not ex|iecthig that ail tbe world will turn to Him In thla time of nis rejection, but He la not discountged, and He cannot fall (laa. *lll. «)■ In the fullness of time He will come again to restore all things of which tbe propheta have simken (verses SO, 21), and then when the glory of the I-ord shall lie seen upon Israel the na tions shall come to her fight and kins* to tho brightness of her rising. Na tions shall run unto her because of Him who ahall be king In Jerusalem, Just af long, ago tho |aeen of Bheba and all kings of the earth came to Jernaalem In tbe days of Solomon (laa. I*. 1-3: Ixll. 13; Iv. 6: II Chron. I*. 1. 23, 2-4). We seem to have come to the end of tbe times of the gentiles and may rend ere long of larael being one* more recognised aa a nation, prepara-. Tory to their time of great trouble and* the fulfillment of verse 21 of-our lee- 1 son (These, notes were written May 1 4, 101 A.) Before the time of the great trouble of Jer. in. 7: Dan. xIL 1: Matt. XXIT, 21. 29. 30. the church ahall , have been completed and gone to meet Hltn Then nhall be the marriage of the lamb, after which we ahall return with Him It' elorv. Robbing Eases Pain Rubbing sends the liniment tingling through the flesh and quickly tftop* pain. Demand a liniment that you call rub with. The beft rubbing liniment is MUSTANG LINIMENT Good for the Ailments of Htorsos, Mules, Cattle, Etc. A y # ~ ' J Qooi for yom own Aches, Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains, Cuts, Burns, Etc. 25c. 50e. SI. AttßDnUn. Washington News. The Mtateamanshlp of President Wilson. Cor. of The Gleaner. It ia requiring all the statea manahip, tact and diplomacy that our great President can command to keep the United states Senate , from forcing him to the'fatal step of plunging the United States into war with Mexico. It would be ridiculoda for the United States krinaugorate a war against Mexi co simply because a band of Mexican outlaws near the Wm. R Hearst ranch murdered thirteen American citizens. President Car ran za is rapidly restoring pence to all parta of Mexico, and in a short while, there in every reason to believe ho will have the entire republic of Mexico pacified and prosperous; he has promised to do everything possible to capture the murderers aud punish them. L{uit May the German Govern ment mnrdered 115 American citi zens when they unlawfully sank the Lusitania. She has repeated this crime several times since, and still there ia no clamor in this country for war with Germany. Jf Uncle Sam refuses to fight "anyone his size," like Germany, he is not such a coward as to de clare a ridiculous war against Mexico, simply because he would be sure of victory. The clamor for this war comes from such men as William Randolph Hearst, who owns a string of papers including such cities as Boston, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and other places, and is alleged to control or own the Washington Post, and a number of other papers secretly. Mr. Hearst has been the most per sistent promoter of- war with Mexico of any man in the coun try. So he, through his editors, it is believed writes the editorials for the Washington Post clamor ing for war and the next day he sends a two column telegrpin to the Washington Post congratulat ing it on an editorial for war, which was written no doubt at bin dictation. Mr. Hearst will forget some dby and come out and con gratulate himself on his own edi torials. Mr. Hearst owns great tracts of lands, probably a million acre* in Mexico, and if he could induce the United States to fiitht Mexico and annex it, his land would probably be worth one hundred million dollars. So it is clear that he lias a strong motive for wish ing to plunge the two countries into war. By owning a number of newspapers "secretly," he can make a big bowl, and has made such a howl so big it has scared the Senate. But the howls are nothing but the screams of the chorous of the Hearst editors ib the papers which he secretly or publicly owns. South America Interested. For more than twenty years the United States have been trying to draw the South American Repub lics into closer relation and friend ship with the* United States, and we have succeeded admirably in this endeavor. To declare war against Mexico would turn every South American country against us, because Sonth America and Mexico both belong to thp latin race. For this reason as well as humanitarian reasons President Wilson desires to avoid war with Mexico, and so do all real Ameri can people. National Law for North Carolina. ' Congressman Small of this State has introduced a bill in Congress authorizing the President to set aside a part or the whole of the lands purchased by the United States in the mountains of North Carolina and known as the Appa lachian park reservation, for the protectio i of game, birds and Ash. The bill authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make rules and regulations for hunting and fish ing on the lands in such reserva tion, to the end that such game and fish shall be properly con served and even increased. This legislation by Congress is considered necessary and appro priate becouse the government is about to come into possession of the valuable body of land recent ly purchased by the Vfcnderbilt estute, and which had been liber ally stocked with many varieties of game and the streams stocked with fish during the life-time of Mr. Vanderbilt. Unless such a law is enacted there is a strong probability that huutamen and fishermen may destroy this game and thus sacrifice the foresight ex ercised by Mr. Vanderbilt. The of North Caro lina at its last session passed an act giving the consent of the State to the enactment of such a law by ] Congress. Not only the people of I the State, but of the country, have j an intercut in the preservation of i the forests and a'so of the gauie! upon this reservation In our North i Carolina mountains. Furman D. Updike, the Chicago millionaire, whose two son* con fessed to plotting to murder him. their mother and sister,, ha* for given the boy* and will employ a lawyer to defend them. PE-RU-NA FOR HEAD.THROAT CATARRHAi bron chia.chest. CONDITIONS STOMACH ~ AND CONDITIONS | OTHER AILMENTS NO HOME SHOULD BE WITHOUT IT. ALWAYS- READY-TO-TAKE. REXALL ORDERLIES THE IDEAL LAXATIVE Prominent New Orleans Druggist l»! Authority For This Statement « jj&j P. A. CAPDAU who owns and operates one of the biff atorea In New Orleans, nays: "I am of the opinion thut Rexall Or derlies are (be Ideal laxative for men, womell and children. This opinion la based upon my knowledge of the for mula aud upon what my cwatomera say about t hem Through personal ex perience. I know i bey are pleasant to take, gentle In action, and give the snme pleasing results when nsed by men. women or children." We have the exclusive selling rights for this great laxative. Trial size, 10 cents. THE GRAHAKM3RUG CO. THE REXALL BTORE Do Yon Koow?> X. That destructive insects cost the corn growers of the United States $100,000,000 annually. 2. That destructive insects cost the fruit growers of the United States $30,000,000 anually. 3. That destructive insects coat the tobacco growers of the United States $10,000,000 annually. 4. That potato bMgs cost the po tato growers of the United States $17,000,000 annually. 5. That insects destroy about one-tenth of ail the forestry and 1 agricultural products of the U. 8. annually. 6. That the estimated cost to the farmers of the U. S. of the destruc tion of birds is $1,000,000,000 annu ally because of the loss in crop protection. 1. That birds are greatest, cheap est and best insect and weed de stroyers on earth, as well as the best musicians. 8. That it is unlawful to kill any bird except loons, grebes, geese, brant, ducks, rails, coots, marsh hens, gallinules, black-breasted ana golden plovers, Wilson or jack snipe, woodcock, greater and les ser yellow legs, wild turkey, grouse, partridge, pheasant, quail ana dove, and that these may be killed only in the open season prescribed by law? This does not apply to Eng ?lish sparrows, owls, hawks, crowa ?blackbirds and jackdaws. DECLINE IN DEATH RATES. Census Bureau Shows Remarkable Reduction in Deaths From - Prdventable Diseases. That a number of the' most Xatal are now on the decrease is the statement made in . a recent bul letin i.'ftfo by the Fedenl Census Bureau at Washing on, D. C., The diseases mentioned as' showing re duced death rates since 19 are tu berculosis, pneumonia, diarrhoeal diseases, diphtheria and typhoid fe ver. In one decade, from 1904 to 1914, according to this bulletin, the death rate from tuberculosis in all its forms, fell from 200.7 to 146.8 per 100,000. This is a drop of more than 25 percent and iB accounted for as a result of a more general understanding of the laws of health, *he importance of fresh air, rest, etc., and the efforts of various so cieties for the prevention of this disease. The death rate frohi pneumonia was 127 in 1914 per 100,000—the low est on record—against 180.5 in 1900. While the mortality rate from this disease fluctuates greatly from, year to year, there is however a marked decline. The diarrhoeal, or baby diseases •how a decline of from 133.2 in 1900 per 100,001) to 79.4 in 1914, and typhoid shows a decrease from 35.9 in 1900 to 15.4 in 1914. -The marked increase in these twol diseases gives emphatic testimony to the effect iveness of present day methods, not only of cure but prevention—im proved water supplies and sewer systems, campaigns against the fly, and other sanitary precautions. Diphtheria shows the greatest de cline in death rates per 100,000 in 1900 against 17.9 in 1914. This decline of 59 per cent, has been more or less continual but fluctuates somewhat from year to year. The CM of It. "Last December I had a very severe cold and was nearly down in bed. I bought two bottles of Chamberlain's Cough remedy and it was only a few days until 1 was completely restcfted to health, writes O. J. Metcalf, Weatherby, Mo. If yotf would know the value of this remedy ask any one who has used it. Obtainable every where. r adv. Luis Fuentes, a son-in-law of the late Geo. Huerta, and Aris ta roo Carrascosa, who were in dicted recently at San Antonio, Texas, as participants in the al leged Huerta conspiracy to start a new revolt in Mexico, were taken into custody Saturday by agents of the United States Department of Justice. The great trouble .'with the man who gets there wgfi both feet i* that he think* the world ii hi* doormat. » It'* sU light to help s friend, but the people who make way for other* dont alway* make their own way.- «• - ' The beet place to hide money i» where they have vaults for safely protecting it. Every week we see newspaper accounts of people having been robbed. Sngar bowls, rag bags, nnder ihe carpet, be hind pictures, and all of those otliei- places where people conceal their money, are well known to burglars. Hide it in OUR BANK, then you know you can get it when you want it. We Fay 4 Percent Interest an Savings FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DURHAM, N. C. We Know Your Wants and Want Your Business. JULIAN S, CARR, W. J. HOLLOWAY, President. Cashier. WO O D 4ft Wood $3.00 per Cord. Stove Wood $4.50 per Cord. All First Class Dry Wood. At MOON'S WOOD 5 COAL YARD ' 'Phone 260-J. Low Round Trip Fares via Southern Railway, Premier Carrier of the South. $2&55 GRAHAM, N. C., to New Orleans, La., and return, account Mardi Gras Celebration,' March 2nd-7th, -1916. Tickets on on sale Feb. 88th to March 6th, inclusive, with final limit March 17th. Stop-overs permitted on either going or feturn trip, or both. $22.35 GRAHAM, N. C., to Mobile, Ala., and return, account Mardi Gras Celebration, March 2nd-7th, 191 c. Tickets on sale Feb. 28th to March 6th, inclusive, with final limit March 17th. Stop-overs permitted. $21*90 GRAHAM, N. 0., to Pensacola, Fla., and return, account Mardi Graa Celebration, March 2nd-7th, 1916. Tickets on sale Feb. 28th to March 6th, inclusive, with final limit March 17th. Stop-overs permitted. $22*10 GRAHAM, N. C., to Tampft, Fla., and return, account Gasparilla Carnival, Feb. 4th-12jh, 1916. Tickets on sale Feb. 3rd to Bth, inclusive, with final limit Feb. 21st. Stop overs permitted. Low round trip fares from all other points on same basis. For further information, Pullman reservation, etc., call on any Southern Railway Agent, or O. F. YORK, T. P. A., Raleigh, N. C. EXECUTORS' NOTICE. Havlnr qualified u Executors of the last will and testament of A. Leonard Isley, de ceased, lata of Alamanoe oountj, North Caro lina. this la to notify all peraoue baring clalma against the MUtt of Mid deoeaaed to exhibit them to the undersigned at Burllas ton, North Carolina, on or before the Mb day ot January, I*l7. or this notice will be plead ed In bar of Utalr recovery. All persons In debted to sail estate will please nutke In mediate payment. January i, ltll JOSEPH A. ISLEY, O. L. lOLEY, Ka'ra Vantt of the estate of A. Leonard Isley, ' The President and Mrs. Wilson ■pent Saturday and Sunday cruis ing on the Potomac river in the ¥ residential yacht, the Mayflower he President sought the seclusion to prepare the adoreks he will de liver on hia coming tour. The only •top jnade was at Yorktown, Va. Owing to uncertaipty regarding the movement bf slides in Oaflinaru Cut, the Panama Canal is not ready to be reopened, nor can a predic tion as to its prospective reopen ing be made, according to a state-: ment issued by Governor Goethals the Canal Zone. Mrs. Edwin Payne, 36 y«ars old, hanged her 4-year-old daughter, her U-year-old son, and herself witn three separate pieces of clothesline attached to a book in tne ceiling of the family home in Alioway, 3 miles from Lyon, N, Y. The hus- Iband found the dead bodies when he returned home from work. - Will. J. Hughes, wanted in Spar tanburg county, S .C., for the mur der of Robert Stevens, a chun xxag guard, whom he killed gnrirn a shovel, robbed hin\ of his guiT and money, and escaped in the fall oi 19H, was arrested in New Orleans a few daya ago. ' * r«i»>o« Wkal Im Are Taking When yew take Grove's Taateiess Chill Tonic because the formula la plainly printed on every bottle showing that it Is Iron and Qui nine in • tasteless form. No cure, no pay.—6oc. ad*. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE GLEANER "" fI.W A YEAR Notice of Sale! North Carolina—Alamance County. In tha Superior Court, Before the Clerk, John Allen, Claud Allen et af. , etal. NTICOB OF SALE. By virtue or an order of the Superior Court of Alamance county. North Carolina, mads In the above Special Proceeding, me under- Sf^^.?w° n i er, l . d 2. ly by said ouurt, will at 13 o'clock M , on 1 SATURDAY, FEB. 5, 1916, H? e hoa » door at Orabam, N. G. sell bl»he.t bidder for ooe-thlrd cash,o.,e, third In threei months and one-mird U] Si X months from day of sale, tbe valuable lauds of Sampson Allen, deceased, situate near Academy, Alamance county, N c R* Allen, heirs of Jaue* and W il- Uarn Hlout, Henry and William Mooue and othera, minutely described in the petiUoS Bled In said proceeding, and containing nity three acres, more or loss. be '°« "° ,d for partition among heira-at-law m oaiiipson Allen deceased all of whom bave beeu made tarllei u, —■ ■ Po-«Mton conflrmatTon of sale by said court This Dec. Ju. IKift. W. H. CAKKOLL, • Commissioner. ADMINISTRATORS' .NOTICE. almlulitr*tori of tue huu of the late ££*.>• w,UI J" 1 ' 1 annexed, we EuibJ notlfj alt perioije having olalme ttttliut Mia S'fin'i TiT"" """ n before J .unary 3 ttelr e d »■ to" !_ii? , recovery. All persona Indebted to nid mS?tSiSJ u r u' ' UwM " 110 cvu " ror "» rt »«pt. v. liu. J. H. CAFFBY, I7l«r« MhM. J. u KKKWODLM. " MLBt AdmiuUtrabure, ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE. la?»o"'l"uu^*vil?T^T*-.*f" B ""*" ,tfU °» tb * ~ tat* ox u«o. n Miter ltiuiopaon, dec'd. lata of Aiummioe nuil aitto oi Norh CJTOI.M, tat. u t«™uu SH a 5255 °talio« iM(«iml. ltie eeuie ol aald uecwwf to pre tern tbem to Ui« uodereltfued on or te. for. iheStb am, of J.aii™ im? tSu uoiice win be pieed lo bur ot Lbelr iMuvarv All pereoua InfieOu*! u7«iW e««IT?« JZ." ■"ffifjM S* l V; (t " Jime "" U •Wfeineui. M.\uu'lfc». THOMPSON, Aum'r'x , w„. i. y. ,t " w rhuui^o - 'fefe.. BUBBCKIBB FOK THE ILQ® A YEAR