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N. C.. a§ wcond olaM matter
GRAHAM, N. C., Feb. 22, 1917.
the Legislature tnet on January
3rd and the 00 days will bo up on
March 3rd, both dates included.
It is not likely to run over the
limit fixed for pay.
The Legislature does not seem to
be in a humor to create more coun
ties. A bill to create a new coun'y
from parts of Johnson, llaruett and
Sampson to be named Jaivis with
Dunn as its capital was reported un
favorably. Durham county was al
ter a slice of Chatham county, and
that, too, received an unfavorable
report.
A bill Las passed the House
providing for a constitutional "con
vention, but it has not passed the
Senate.
The Uuited States .Senate a few
days ago passed an act prohibit
ing the shipment of liquor from
other Males into those In which
the manufacture and sale of liquor
is prohibited, and on yesterday
the House passed tho bill by a
vote of 31U to 72. This ia what
lias been designated as "bone
dry," and leaves only three South
ern States iulo which liquor may
be imported, Florida, Louistuua
aud 'iexas. Tins is the largest
forward stride ever takeu toward
absolute prohibition in the United
States.
Hoone'Democrat: Watauga is
to have another cheese iactory.
Near Kernorsville, Furs) th
county, a 3-yoar-old child ol Airs.
Jack Lee full into a tub ol boiling
water and was fatally scaideu,
dying in a few hours..
Mr, Hobt. P. Hlaekwood, one ot
Chapel Hill township s most tlirii
ty ami well to-do tanners, market
ed a beef rt-ceutly which lie lied
bun Wo.oo.
liurke folk's complain that their
new fc'«!s,UOo Jail is something ol a
joke; that six prisoners have
escaped at dillereut times since
the jall was occupied.
The Lexington Dispatch learns
that a "tropical lorui ol dysen
tery," very latal, is prevalent, m
Thoiiiasviiie and vicinity. Four
p«rsons in one faintly died ot the
disease.
Farmers from the State of lowa
' will visit Lmriiaui aud Granville
counties to investigate the possi
bilities lor stock raising aud gen
eral iariuiug in those counties
soon.
Plans have been lormcd to es
tablish at Durham a hospital lor
the negroes ot the Mate, to cost
#6O,UW. The houiu 01 Hie late A.
Ji. Mokes, just outside too cor
porale limits, has been purcliasuu
lor the sue, at a cost ol ouu.
W. 11. .McDonald of Kocky
Mount lias been employed by Itic
town ot Mtl Airy to luok alter its
business attaint—audit books, act
as secretary and treasurer auu
collect taxes. His salary Mill to
•lOU a month.
Newspapers, magazines and peri
odicuta circulating in Souln Caroli
na, printed eitner within or witn
v out tne Stute, carrying whiskey ad
vertising, are proiuuited under a
penalty of a fine of from A>o to
9600, and imprisonment for uot
more than six months. Whiskey
advertising is forbidden by bill
boards or otherwise under the same
heavy penalty. The Legislature has
Just passed the law.
Casualties In the Germany army
exclusive of Colonial troops, re
ported m tne German casualty lists
lor January, 1817, totaled' 7 f.oJt of
ficers and men killed or wound.-d,
or missing.' Of this number lS.iloo
were killed or died of wounds or
disease and 48,109 were wounded.
This bring* the total of t«ler.uaiis
killed and those who died ol
wounds or sickness to ABM29, aim
the total casualties sinee the war
began to 4,087,09*2.
A resolution has been introduc u
In the House of the West Virgin! i
Legislature to create u new State
from the counties of Ohio, Brooke,
Hancock and Marshall, with a vi
to providing sufficient revenue to
l»ay the Virginia debt Judgment
The four counties have an ar a o.
6#9 siuarc mile*. The resolution
provides that the four counties,
known as the pan handle count.es,
jray the f. lvpiou, ooo debt Judgment
*.y a bond Issue In consideration
for separate statesmanship. Noth
ing will come of it.
A big steel net la being placed
at the approach di Hampton
Kokds, against the
undersetCboftts.
Henry P. Fletcher, American
ambassador to Mexico, has reach
ed Mexico City aud is now in
charlle of American interests in
Mexico.
With cotton at its present price
the Southern planter fe-ts that the
only enemy he has in the world is
the boll-weevil.
In these days of high prices the
consumer accepts without much
grumbling the pure Vermont mniue
syrup which has the flavor ol Ilii
fiolse com.
Protecting IJealjh in February.
"If it is true Sjmt* February »3j
the iinhealthiest, month in ihe
year, is there anything " man e#n
do to protect hflnself during this
month"? This question was aafted
the State Board of Health recent
ly and received the following
reply:
"11 is true that February has
the highest sickness rale of any
month of the year. Last year thin
| fact was well tested in Now York
City. A cenwus wm4«ttvu in Au
gust and another one in February
of a district that contained almost
30,000 people. Tlie August cen
sus showed that the sickness rate
was only K jfer I,XH) population
while the February rate was "25.
In other words, there was three
times as much sickness in Febru
ary as in August. The .census
showed further that 7"> percent of
those unable to work in February
I were ill with colds, pneumonia,
bronchi! is, » and diseases of the
breathing apparatus. Rheuma
tism and digestive disturbances
were n microtis as also were nerv-
I ous diseases.
| "It appears from the foregoing
[statement that February sießness
is largely preventable, therefore
there is much a man can do to
Kiiard his health during this
mouth. Fortunately" for those
who would take such precautions,
usually whatever is done to guard
against one disease guards against
several. To prevent colds which
is in the main to create a resist
ance to colds by living and sleep
ing in fresh air and bathing neck
and shoulders in cold water in the
and by avoiding over
heated rooms, people with colds,
overeating and constipation, will
largely, prevent also pneumonia
grippe and bronchits.
"To relieve rhematism, which is
qnite frequently done by having
the teeth repaired, the gums and
tonsils treated or adenoids re
moved, will also relieve digestive
disturbances and nervous dis
orders. To keep the body in a
line, healthy condition is the best
safeguard for one's health at any
time."
Scarlet Fever is Always Serious.
Contrary to popular belief,
scarlet fever is not contracted
altogether from the scaling skin of
a scarlet feyor patient, says a bul
letin from the (State Hoard of
Health, but mainly from secre
tions oflhe nose and throat and
from the ears or sup
purating glands. It is all import
ant, therefore, that every precau
tion be taken to properly destroy
these discharges. As the secre
tions are most proftlMi during the
height of attack, the patient is
most dangerous at that time, but
dauger is so great during Hie en
tire illness that measures to pre
vent the spread of the germs from
the patient should at no time be
neglected.
Kvery case of fever and sore
throat should bo regarded as sus
picious of scarlet fuver until it
proves otherwise, it should also
bi remembered that "scarlatina,"
which is a misleading term lor
light cases of scarlet fever, may
Im* as great a factor in the spread
of scarlet fever as the most severe
case of the disease itself. It may
tie even more dangerous because
its mildness encourages laxneSs
in the enforcement of preventive
iiii mmii res. The Severest cas» may
develop from exposure to a mild
case.
Lux measures of control are re
sponsible for the spread of scarlet
lever. Isolation of all cases is
absolutely necessary for the pre
vention of outbreaks. I.et an ac
tive or unrecognized case of scar
let fever come in contact with
non-immuue persons and the re
sult may be like the proverbial
match in a powder factory.
Scarlet fever is always serious.
Kven when the patient recovers
from the disease itself, the com
plications and consequences may
cause permanent damage to dif
ferent parts of the body, such as
I he ears, the heart, or the kidneys
For instance, scarlet fever is one
of tin; most frequent causes of
deafness in chihlien. Sometimes
It seta up inflammation of the
joints or the lining of the heart
and other »truetures.- It can never
be taken too seriously or watched
too closely.
(iov. K. C. Dobaea of New Mex
icy died Sunday attcruoon. He
had been ill for months, lie was
elected Governor last fall. Lieut
Gov. W. E. Lindsay succeeds to
the office.
Calomel Dynamites
A Sluggish Liver
Crashes into sour bile, mak
ing nViu sick and you loose !
a day's work.
Calomel salivate*t It's mercury,
Calomel acts like dynamite on a
sluggish liver. When calomel
comes in contact with sour bile It
I crashes into It causing griping and
nausea.
If you feel bilious, headachy, con
stipated and all knocked out, just
fo to your druggist and get a 50c
ottle of Dodson's' Liver Tone,
which is a harmless vegetable
substitute for dangerous calomel.
Take a spoonful and if it doesn't
start your liver and straighten vou
up better and quicker than nasiy
calomel, and wilhout making you
sick, you just go and get your
money back.
If you take calomel today you'll
be sick and nauseated tomorrow
bcaodes it may salivate you, while
if you take Dodson's Liver Tone
you will wake up feeling great, full
of ambition and ready for work ori
play. It's harmless, pleasant and i
safe to give to children; they like
It. adv. I'
MAD DOG CAUSES DEATH OF
WOMAN.
Two or More Similar Tragedies Every
Year—Near 200 Take Pasteur
Treatment Aonually.
One woman isdead, another was
j reported sick, and seven people
including the sick woman ar« now
in Ilaloigh, or have been, leking
the treatment for rabies, all on
account of a dog that went mad
And ran amuck in Henderson
county several days ago. Accord-,
ing to the French II road Hustler,
it was a sad, distressing situation
for the McFall family and their
neighbors at Itughy last week.
Mrs. McFall died of hydrophobia,
i leaving a tiny baby a few hours
old, and the neighbor woman who
i volunteered to nurse the child, as
' she, too, had a young baby, be
-1 came ill a few days later. I'rob
, ably she was only alarmed, how
. she and her baby, Mr. Mc
• FhJI and four children, also the
i physical) who attended Mrs. Mc-
Fall, hastened to Raleigh, a dis
tance of several hundred miles, to
take the Pasteur treatment. Prior
to this two others of the McFall
children who had been bitten by
the dog had been rushed to Ral
eigh for treatment.
According to the French Droit!
Hustler, the entire county of
Henderson is aroused over tin*
situation and for the past few days
dogs have been killed on a whole
sale scale
In this connection tho State
Hoard of Health calls attention to
the fact that twice a year or
oftener a similar tragedy is en
acted in North Carolina from this
same cause—a mad dog—and that
where only two or three deaths
occur annually, nearly two hun
dred people every year have to
make a trip to Raleigh to take the
auti-rabic treatment. "The cost
of two or three human lives and
the time and expense of 175 or 2(X)
people making a trip to Raleigh
every year for anti-rabic treat
ment is no little drtin on the
State," says the State Hoard ol
Health, "and yet a muzzle or a
lax on a dog is too much to ask as
a means of preventing this waste
of human life and the thousands
of dollars spent in taking the
tieatment, to say nothing of the
time lost or the anxiety felt."
Heart Disease Can Largely Be Con
trolled.
State Health TtulUitin. ~
That heart disease is largely pre
ventable, and can be controlled Is
the -belief of tho Association for
the Prevention and Relief of Heart
Diseases, an organization formed
1 in New York City lust year for the
purpose of making a study of this
disease and for bringing relief to
suffering patients. The reasons,
1 given for forming .this association
' were that there were jnore than
twice as many deaths T(om heart
" disease than from cancer, and a
very great many moro than from
tuberculosis,
> According to an investigation, a
considerable portion of the cases
' of heart disease should be consld
' ered distinctly pre\entable. It Is
I chiefly those cases known as cardi
> ac cases, which are due to infectious
' diseases, such as rheumatism anu
' syphilis.
i To prevent rheumatism it was
' suggested that proper attention !>
given diseased tonsils, adenoids or
decayed teeth, while the value ol
outdoor exercise and sufliclent
• sleep in a well ventilated room
was much emphasized. Any mode
> of life that would develop body
poisons, whether it was intemper
ance in eating or drinking, or im
morality, was to be strictly avoid
ed.
One of the mosl important relief
measure discovered for crippled
hearts was vocational training in
suitable trades. It was found that
under proper supervision and con
trol that those In such a precari
ous state of health coulct not only
work and earn wages without in
i Jury to their hearts, but that it was
ot actual benefit to them.
An ainoiidmeiit to put, post
masters of all classes under civil
service, written Into the legisla
tive, executive aud judicial ap
propriation bill by the Senate was
rejected by the House on a voteol
234 to 43, with Democratic Leader
Kiteliiu heading the op(N>silion.
I'he bill was sent to conference.
A bill to permit establishment
by American concents ol joint
foreign selling agenciee, similar to
the Webb bill passotl by the House
and one of the nieasun-s on the
administration's legislative pro
gramme, has been approved by
the Senate I liter-State commerce
committee. An effort will be
made to pass the measure at this
session.
Tho inauguration of Wallace
Carl Itiddick as president of the
A. A' M. College iu Raleigh today
will be an event of considerable
interest. A number of prouiinuiit
speakers and many of the aluiniil
of the college are expected to
participate in the exent.
'The naval armor plate plant
board left Washington Sunday
night for the South to inspect sites
for the proposed #11,000,000 armor
factory and- to hear delegat ons
fro.n places which seek the plant.
The points contesting for the plant
are Hig Stone flap, Va.. Johnson
City, and Chattanooga,
Tenn.7 Middlesboro, Kv„ Anniiton
Tuscaloosa and Gadsden, Ala..
Rome, Ga,
H. M. Dooley, aged 70, chief claim
agent for the Southern railway, and
widely known in railroad circles,
died at his Kome in Washington
Sunday after a short illness from
acute indigestion, burial at Knox
ville, Tcnn., yesterday.
Some feminine complexions re
semble small boys, they wont wash.
MM...
; | Educational Column Conducted ♦
by Supt. J. B. Robertson.. |
Important Announcements.
The words for tho respective
grades for the Spelling Prize will
lie taken from the following
pages:
Second Grade—Reed's Primary
Speller, from page 40 to page 80.
Third Grade-Reed's Primary
Speller, page 80 to page 127.
Fourth Grade —Reed's Word
Lessons, page 7 to page 54.
Fifth Gfade— Reed's Word Lea
sons, page 54 to page 100.
Sixth Grade—Reed's Word Les
son's, page 100 to page 128.
Seventh Grade—Heed's Word
Lessons, page 128 to page 152.'
The Spring meeting of white
teachers will lie Saturday, March
10. This is the last teachers'meet
ing of Ihe scholastic year. A
number of business points per
taining to the year's work will
discussed. Hence' this will be a
very important meeting and it is
hoped that every teacher cHn be
present.
No official report has been, liatl j
from the Equalizing Fuutl. The
Superintendent auks that no school
count on more than 15 days from
this source unless otherwise uoti-i
lied.
The colored teachers of the'
county meet in the last session of
the year in the court house on next
Saturday, Feb. 2-lth.
Parents' Day at Highland.
Last Friday, Feb. 10th, was
Parents' . Day at the Highland,
school. The invitations were sent
out as "Mothers' Day," but one!
present would very appropriately
give the occasion the name of
"Parents' Day," for there were at
least present twenty-eight fathers
and mothers, fifteen grand-pa
rents, besides a score of children
under school age and more than a
score of outside visitors.
The program consisted of reci
tations, declamations, songs and
short plays pertaining to home
country and devotion lo home
and parents, all creditably ren
dered by the pupils of the school.
Stringed music • by local talent
added to the pleasure and merri
*nent of the aftornoon.
The County Supervisor, Miss
lefTcoat, was present afid gave
lltting and encouraging remarks
on Community Co-operation.
The teacher, Mrs. E M. Isley,
then outlined briefly work of
the school, the daily program, ami
the work being doue by the pupils.
She called together her sewing
class and told what they had done
and were'*exprcting to do.
It was a genuine delight to be
present at this meeting and to see
and feel the beautiful spirit of co
operation between teacher and
pupil, between teacher and pa
trons, between the school and the
community. It seemed that all
were of one accord in one place.
May we not have such or simi
lar Parents' Days in every one of
our schools before the schools
close.
TO COMBAT OLD AGE DISEASES.
According to a Bulletin from tlie
State Board pf Healtn, many lives
are being saved annually as a re
sult of public health work, partic
ularly young liven, bat so far as
health work 'has thus fir bsen in
strumental in saving t le lives of
older men itnd Women, statistics do
not show jtlie figures. As a mat
ter of fact tie deit'i rate* from
cancer, heart disease, apoplexy, anJ
most all of tile degeneratu e or
"old age" diseases are oa t.ie in
crease, while the health ot babies
and young people is much im
proved.
In behalf of tho bibles health
work has been extensively done.
The juustion of pure milk has be n
most generally louglit out, and has
won. Baby fweeks and better baby
contests have been obs. rvc I, clin
ics (and dispensaries have be n held
and various educational campaigns
waged for their health and wellar ,
witn the result that their lew. r
baby deatns in the world eaeh year.
For the health of the children, med
ical school inspection has been
been planned, vaccination against
smallpox and in'octdalion against
typhoid fever (have given anu
the child's health at school haa oeeu
nost zealously guarded with the re
sult that the school cffildren are
hardier and healthier. But thia has
not been the case, says the Bulle
tin, with older people. Statistics
show that they are wearing them
selves out faster than a genera
tion ago, (that more people arc dy
ing from those diseases that are
insidious in their approach, that
are preventable and curable If ta
ken W) time and that'are recogniz
able by their earlier symptoms.
The periodic physical examiiu
tion is* a means of protectant,
health and preventing disease
among older {people that they may
live and serve long -r at the most
valuable period of their Uvea. It
has been found to be the most pra -
tical and effective method of com
bating "old age" diseases.
A northbound freight train was
derailed Sunday at Harrisburg, VI
milea north of Charlotte, and It
cars were wrecked. The cars were
loaded witlj Florida oranges.
Wolfgang Herger, a Herman
who was arrested at Newport
News, Va., had in his possession
a notebook contdning the names
of a long list of Americau vessels,
many of them warships. Berger
said lie deserted the Herman liner
Wilhelm der Grosse in New York
I three years ago. He claims that
he now makes his living-by beg
ging. Immigration officials are
making a thorough investigation.
MAJ.-GEN. RINSTQN
PASSES SUDDENLY
f ♦
HAND OF DEATH STAYS CAREER
OF COMMANDER OF SOUTH
ERN DEPARTMENT.
.
' DIES IN SAN ANTONIO HOTEL
Major General Frederick Funston Was
, Seated In Hotel, Suddenly Collpses
and Expires a Few Moments Later.
San Antonio, Texas.—MaJ. Gen.
Frederick Funston, commander of the
Southern Department of the United
States Army since February, 1916,
died suddenly at a hotel here a few
minutes after he had dinner. He col
lapsed while seated in the lobby of
the hotel talking with friends and was
playing with little Inez Sllverberg, of
Des Moines, lowa, a guest with her
parents at the hotel, when he fell un
conscious. Death was almost Instan
taneous. General Funston was 61
years old.
Evor since March, 1916, when ha
. was paced In command of all United
States forces on the Mexican border.
General Funston had worked at an
j unusual pace. At critical times In
i border developments, he frequently
remained on duty 20 hours of the 24.
The handling ot regulars disposed of
at various stations on the border, the
: Pershing expedition and of late, re
j arrangement of regular troops while
providing for the return of National
Guardsmen, have entailed an enor
: mous amount detail work, prob-
I ably exceeding^ that which fell to any
I commander general of the United
States Army since the Civil War.
General Funston completed orders
during the day for the return.of the
last of the guardsmen. Because of
the amount of work which has fallen
to him General Funston's only rec
reation or relaxation for nearly a year
has been an occasional dinner party
with a few friends.
Only recently, General Funston re
turned from an inspection trip which
took him as far as Nogales, Ariz.
That, with one trip to Brownsville,
Texas, and a brief visit to Austin,
Texas, last year, were the only oc
casions when he has been absent
from bis desk since the border trou
ble developed.
Two weeks ago, General Funston
suffered an attack of Indigestion. To
use his own expression, "I fought it
out alone." Later he placed himself
under the care of Lieut. Col. M. W.
Ireland, of the Medical Corps, South
ern Department, and regained nor
mal health and spirits. "For three
days," Colonel Ireland said, "General
Funston had been entirely well."
Col. Malvern-Hill Barnum, General
Funston's chief of staff, Immediately
notified the War Department of Gen
eral Funston's death. News also was
dispatched to Mrs. Funston, who Is
visiting her father In California.
Physically, Funston was one of the
smallest men In the United States
Army. He wbb five feet and
five Inches tall, and usually vfelgheS
less than 120 pounds. In civil life,
lie was modest and retiring.
Besides his wife, General Funston
is survived by three children, Frel
erlck, Jr., aged ten years; Barbara,
nine, and Elizabeth, aged eight
months.
MENOCAL WILL HAVE BUPPORT
or PftESfOENT WILBON.
Minister Gonzales Delivers Note at
Palace in Havana.
- Havana. —The outstanding feature
of developments in the revolutionary
movomont in Cuba was a note deliver
ed at the presidential palace by Wil
liam E. Gonzales, the American Min
ister. In which President Wilson un
qualifiedly declare!) his Intention of
' supporting the legally constituted Gov
ernment of General Menocal and of
holding the rebel leaders responsible
i for Injury to persons or property of
foreigners.
The note fell like a bomb among
tho sympathizers with the revolt, and
I was a source of great Jubilation and
satisfaction t« Government officials
and their supporters.
CONSULAR OFFICIALS
ARE LEAVING GERMANY.
Copenhagen, via London.—The Am
erican consular officials in Germany,
who did not accompany James W.
Gerard, the American Ambassador,
now are leaving Germany, most of
them by the route to Switzerland.
As far as is known, however, no ar
rangements have been completed for
the departure of Americans without
official or newspaper status, though
the general impression in Berlin Is
that this will soon be permitted.
"BONE DRY" BILL FOR
WASHINGTON IS SIGNED.
Olympla. Wash. —Governor Lister
has Just signed the "bone dry" prohib
ition bill which, unless referred by
petition to the 1918 election, will be
come effective 90 days after adjourn
ment of the Legislature early in
March.
The law prohibits possession of In
toxicating liquor by any person ex
i eept regularly orllalned clergymen,
priests and rabbis for sacramental
purposes.
slw—Dr. K. Detehuo's Anti-Diu
retic may be worth more to you
more to you than 1100 if you
have a child who sails the bed
ding Jrom incontinence of water
during sleep. Cures old and young
alike. It arrests the trouble at
once. $1 00. Rold by Graham Drug
Company. adv.
What braggarts some of these
bandits are. Get them started an'i
l .y w4l confess every crime thev
ever heard of.
Vou Know Willi Vua Are Taking
When you take Grove's Tasteless
Chill Tonic because the formula is
plainly printed on every bottle
showing that it is Iron and Qui
nine in a tasteless form. No
cure, no pay 6oc. adv.
The price of foreign cigaretts will
go up owing to the war conditions.
The cigarette, once held in esteem,
is not the bene/icigry of protection
si cli as only a world crisis coulu
afford.
OLD NORM NEWS
Erlef Not*. Covering Happening. In
Thl. State That Are of Intaraat to
All the. People.
Contracts have been let tor forty
new houses at Albemarle.
Machinery has been ordered tor the
new cotton mill at Oastonla.
A movement hag been started In
Durham to lower the coal In thla state.
| Mr. John P. Cameron, a prominent
attorney ot Rockingham, died hut
week. "*
Anson county school teachers are
arranging for a big county commence
ment to be held at Wadesbioro March
29-30.
The steel bridge over the Catawba,
near Morganton, connecting Morgan
ton with Lenoir, was completed and
opened for travel.
While working In a Held near
Mount Ulla, the 13-year-old son ~of
Pink doodman, was struck by a fall
ing tree and Instantly killed.
Thomas B. Flnley, of Wilkesboro,
and Col. P. M. Pearsall, of New Bern,
are In Washington trylrflj to have the
Government purchase forest lands
around the head streams of the Yad
kin River.
Through a commutation granted by
Governor Blckett to 26 years Impris
onment, Frank Foster, of Polk county,
did not pay the death penalty Friday
for first degree murder as he was
scheduled to do.
While Are raged on the first floor,
47 boys of the Methodist Orphangae
at Raleigh, marched out of the Little
Boys' building of the orphanage and
later from another dormitory, watch
ed flames destroy all their personal ef
fects and the building, entailings loss
between $6,000 and $7,000.
I The Elkln Shoe Company, of Elkin,
has been chartered with capital of
$250,000 authorized and $150,000 sub
scribed for the purpose of operating
tanneries, the manufacture of shoes,
harness and other leather products.
The Incorporators are A. M. Smith, H.
A. Biggs, R. G. Smith, and C. V.
Smith.
I Burke's new $25,000 Jail has failed
to answer its purpose and two more
prisoners picked their way out through
the wall a day or so-ago, making a
total of Bix escapes since the occu
pation of the new (wilding. It has be
come a Joke. One 14-year-old boy
picked out a hole with a fork and
escaped.
The delegates from Forestry and
Pine associations of North Carolina
held a meeting in the Raleigh Cham
ber of Commerce and adopted sug
gestions for individual conferences
with their representatives In the Gen
eral Assembly to urge the passage of
the appropriation aaked for forest fire
preventfon.
| The North Carolina Road Institute
met In its fourth annual session at tho
University, with nearly a hundred en
gineers and road men present. R. T.
Brown, engineer in charge of road
. construction in Davidson county,
brought along with him the fifteen
I county patrolmen. The Institute spent
much time In the discussion of prob
lems of Road Administration and Or
ganization.
' The seventh annual convention of
the North Carolina Baraca and Phila
thea organizations will be held In
Ashevllle, N. C., May 17-20, 1917. A
very strong program is being arranged
and an unusually large delegation
from the classes over the state is ex
pected. This Is the first time the
state convention has ever been sched
uled for Ashevllle, and the many at
tractions that the "Land of the Sky"
affords will -draw many people who
probably would not attend.
While the program has not been com
pleted yet. It Is known that some very
able speakers and workers will ap
pear.
| The small grain crops from molt
parts of the state are reported damag
ed by the weather.
W. A. Self, chairman, and a com
mittee of citizens studied the proposed
statewide good roads bond bill prepar
ed by the State Highway Commission,
decided on features it does not con
tain and criticised several It does
have; and decided to send Mr. Self
to Raleigh to present the recommenda
tions Catawba will make. The com
mittee felt that the people would vote
for a bond Issue of $400,000.
' Representative Stedman favors a pri
mary at Oxford to determine who Is
to be made postmaster there. Among
the contestants are Ben W. Lasilter
and W. T. Hancock.
In charge of R. P. Rowe. a former
Spencer man, a force of workmen for
the Consol'dated Engineers Company,
of Baltimore, began work last week oa
building a number of concrete abut
ments on the Ashevllle division ot the
Southern Railway. The workmen are
housed In ramps and began work at
First Creek on the Ashevllle road.
• 100 Reward. »100
■ Tlie reader! of tbi> paper will be pleaaeVto
learn tliat there is at le*st one dreaded aW-
Miae that science luu tx*>n able to cure In all
Its iU> t and that Is catarrh. Catarrh being
It "-ally Influence I by constitutional condi
tion* rt-qulrvs constitutional treatment,
Hall'a Catarrh Medicine la taken Internally
and acta thr ugh the Ulood on the Mucous
Wurfaeea of the Hjatem thereby destroying
the foundation or the disease, (tvlnf the pa
tient atrenifth by l.ulldlng up, the eoostltu
tiou and assisting nature In doing Its work.
The proprietors have s mu-h faith In the
curative powera of Hall'a Catarrh Medicine
, that they offer One Hundred Dollara for any
oaae that It falls to cure Hend for IUI of tee
. timonlala.
I Aildreaa F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all Druggist, "Sc. adv
Berlin claims that the Russian
forces were superior to the Ger
mane when the latter were beaten
the other day, but in view of the
fact that the Russians are always
plentiful, it appears that the wora
"superior'' can have but one mean
ing.
Homethlng Coed.
Those who hate nasty medicine
should try Chamberlain's Tablets
for constipation. They are pleas
ant to take and their effect is so
agreeable and so natural that you
will ndt realize that it has been
produced by a medicine. Obtaina
ble everywhere. adv.
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
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Lesson Vlll.—First Quarter, For
Feb. 25/1917.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Taxt of the Lmioh, John v, 1-16—Mom
ory Veraee, 8, 9—Golden Text, John
Ix, 4—Commentary Prepared by Rov.
D. M. Btearns.
While the lesson assigned to us to
day covers only fifteen very*, we
mast consider, as far as possible, the
whole of thia wonderful chapter con
cerning Him who la the fountain of
living wutera and the only judge of
all mankind. These feasts were ail
originally "feasta of the Lord" (Lev.
xxili, 2, 4, 44), but they had cl»generat
e.l Into mere religions formalities as
fpants of the Jews. Jesus attended
them berause there He found oppor
tunities to teach and to heal, and it
was His custom to go everywhere
preaching the gospel of the kingdom
and heallnK all sickness and disease
(Matt. iv. 23). The ncene of the heal-
Jng of our lesson nas at a pool in Jeru
salem called Betliesila, was by
the sheep market or, as In toe margin
and the Kevised Version, the sheep
gate. Bethesda means hoqpe of mer
cy, but mercy can only be found in
Him of whom the sheep gate Is so sug
gestive, the Lamb and the sheep of
Isa. lili, 0, 7, on whom all our iniqui
ties were laid, the I.Anb of God, who
taketh away sins. It is Interesting to
note that the building of the wall by
Nehemiab began and ended at the
sheep gate (Neh. lii, 1, 82).
This pool, with its troubled waters,
was as useless for a really impotent
person as were the feasts of the Jews
to help any one, for he must jieeils be
a lively impotent who would get In
first. The poof, hopeless Impotent of
our lesson had his infirmity thirty
eight years, and we remember that the
Infirmities of Israel in the wildernesa
lasted Just thirty-eight years (Deut 11.
14), and only the Lord Himself could
and did deliver Israel. Without help
from any mortal man or without ever
touching the pool this poor impotent
was made whole, for surely the foun
tain is better than the pool, and there
is none other who can do aught fpr the
really impotent, and such we air are,
for the whole world is guilty before
God, and there is not one thing that
we can do, not one step that we can
take toward the righteousness which
God requires.
We can only plead our guilt and ut
ter helplessness, and then comes from
Him the word of life and health, and
we became justified freely by Hia
grace through the redemption that is liv
Christ Jesus (Kpin. ill, 10-24). As it is
stated in verse 24 of our lesson chap
ter, hearing His word and receiving
Him we have everlasting life, have,
passed from death to life, and shall
not come into judgment for our sins.
The Judge Himself says so (verse 22),
and that settles This \a the- life
that Is given to all the dead in sins
who now receive Him, and the hour
still continues, though it has already
lasted nearly 1,900 years (verse 25).
The other hour of verses 28, 29, will
last 1,000 years and will begin with
the resurrection of the righteous at
the coming of Christ (I Thess. lv, 10-18;
Luke xiv, 14) and will end with the
resurrection of the rest of the dead
for the great white throne Judgment
(Rev. xx, 5, 6, 11-15). Note some of
the testimonies of Him who alone can
give before whom all sickness
flees and to whom all judgment has
been committed: The Son can do noth
ing of Hlpiself; the Father loveth the
Son and sheweth Him ail things that
Himself doeth; the Father hath com
mitted ail Judgment unto the Son; he
that honoreth not the Son honoreth
not the Father which hath sent Him;
I seek not mine own will, but the will
of the Father which hath sent me; the
Father Himself hath sent me; I am
come In my Father's name; had ye
believed Moses ye would have believ
ed me, for He wrote of me (verses
man whom they sought to kill, accus
ing Him of breaking their Sabbath and
of making Himself equal with God.
One would think that His words and
His works would have convinced them
(verse SO). But when people allow
themselves to be blinded by the devil
he does his work very thoroughly.
When the truth Is rejected God allows
lies and strong delusion to grasp the
heart (II Thess. 11, 9-12). One great
hindrance to believing God is the
temptation to seek honor from men
rather than from God only (verse 44).
the desire to be held In esteem by our
fellows because of framing and schol
arship. the unwillingness to be wholly
for God and seek In nil things only His
approval. Jesus Christ came In His
Father's name seeking In all things to
glorify Him, and all His words and
works were the Father's through Him.
But there Is one coming in His own
name, and It rany !>e soon, who will
exalt himself and w!'om all the world
will worship except those whose names
are In the book .of life (ve-ie 43, with
Ran. it, 30; II Thess. 11, 3, 4).
Israel's trouble and that of the whole
world can only be remedied by Him
who healed the Impotent man at
Bethesda, and He will come In His
power and glory to do It. But the
•ther man, the man of sin. the devil's
man, must get In his work first Be
fore this wlckel one shall be fully
manifested the church, the hindrance
to the full manifestation of the devil's
power, must be taken away (II Thess
U. 7, 8).
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any article may receive ia a favor
able word from the user. It ia
the recommendations of those who
have used it thafmakes Chamber
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Mrs Amanda Gjerhart Waynes* ille,
Ohio, writes, '•Chimberlaln's Couih
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ily off and on for twenty years,
and it has never failed to cure a
cough or cold." Obtainable every
where. adv.
Just now the world seems to be
shifting its gears.
For a Bilious Attack.
When you have a severe head
ache, accompanied by a coatea
tongue, loathing of food, constipa
tion, torpid liver, vomiting of part
ly digested food and then bile, you
may know that you have a severe
"bilious attack. While you may
be quite sick, there ia much conso
lation in knowing that relief may
be had by taking three of Cham
berlain's Tablets. They are prompt
and effectual. Obtainable every
where. "i adv.
Commissioner's Sale of
Valuable Land.
By virtue oj an ordeif of the Su
perior Court of Alamance coanty,
made in a special proceeding
therein pending, whereto the hejra
at-4aw and administrator of J. A.
Moser, deceased, were all consti
tuted parties, the undersigned com
missioners, will on
SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1917,
at 12 o'clock IL, at the court hojae
door in Graham, offer for sale to
the highest bidder, the following"
real property, to-wit:
A certain tract of land iq Coble
| township bounded as follows: Be
ginning at a rock, corner with J.
P. Sharpe, formerly J. G. Sharpe's
corner, running thence SIX deg.
E. 9.48 cha. to a rock in W. A.
Sharpe's line, corner with school lot
No J- 9; thence N. 8b deg. W. 60 feot
I to a rock; corner with said lot; •
thence N. 21 3-4 deg." B. 100 fejt
Ito a rock in Holt's line, cor-
I ner with said lot; thence N. 88 de£.
W. 6.40 cha. to a rock and hickory
tree with top cut off; thence 8.
9% deg. W. 7.98 chs. to a rock on
south side of public road to tielle
inont Cotton Mills, thenceNS. 60 2-3
deg. E. 4.72 chs. to the beginning,
and containing 6.4 acres, more or
less. This lot has OA It a build
ing occupied by Claude Moser as a
residence.
Terms of Sale: , One-third in
catfc; one-third in six monthsi ana
one-third in sine months. Sale suo-
Ject to confirmation! oy the Clerk,
and title reserved till fully paid
for. Referred payments to Dear
interest from Iday of sale till' fully
paid.
This February 15, 1917.
, J. S. COOK,
E. S. W. DAMBRON,
Commissioners,
Notice of Sale of Land.
By virtue of in order of the Superior Court
of Alamance county, N. C„ made In the
Hpeolal Proceed id» untitled, George Harvey
as administrator ot Brooka Harvey, deoeaaed,
va. Oeule Lee and others, the undersigned
commissioner being thereunto lawfully au
thorized and ompowered, will, on
SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1917,
at the oourt house door at Graham, N. C.,at
12 o'clock, M., sell lo the highest bidder tor
cash the following lot of land, to-wit:
Lying and being In Morton's township, Ala
mance county, N. C., adjoining the lands of
Bruce Faucette and other* and bounded aa
follows, '©-wit:
Beginning at a atone In the Burlington
ttoad, a known oorner, and running thence
doutn TIM deg West, 3 chains and twelve iinka
to Hed Oak; thence 8 22% den B 6 chs and 42
lins to a atone; thenoe N T!% dug B chs and
12 lli, ka to a atone In the oenter of the Bur
lington Road; thence with aald road N 2t%
deg W 9 cha and 42 links to tho beginning,
containing two acres, more or leaa, and being
the bome place ol Brooka Harvey, lata de
ceased.
Thia aale la belnii made for assets to pay
deois and for partition.
This Feb. 8 h, 19.7.
| W. H. CAHBOLL, ,
Commissioner,
Trustee's Sale of Real
Estate.
t Under and by vlitue of power of sale con
tained In a deed ot trust executed by 7. L.
Matlock on January 80th, 1816, and reoorded
> in the ollloe ot Register of Deeds tor Ala
manoe county In Book No. 66, pages 80, eto
the undersigned Trustee will offer for sale at
publlo outcry, to the highest jbidder, for cash,
at the oourt bouse door in Q raham, Alamance
oounty. North Carolina, at ljC o'clock noon, OS
MONDAY, FEB/26,1917,
the following described property:
A certain tract or parcel of land in Bur
lington township, Alamauce county, State ot
Nortb Carolina, aojolnln. the lands of the
Piedmont Buihllna Company, fend others,
and more particularly bounded anu describ
ed aa follows:
Beginning at a a take on the Bestride of
Tarpiey stVeet, oorner with Piedmont Bulld
|ug Company; thenoe with the line of th* aald
street N 7u feet to a oorner, t ledmout Build
ing Company's line; tneuoe B with their line
100 feet to a stake, corner with their lina;
thence s 70 leet to aalu Hedmoot Building
Company's line; thenoe W 100 feet to the be
ginning, belug a part of lot No. 208 In the
plot of said city of Burlington. North Caro
lina, the rame be,ng the property conveyed
by the Aiamai.ee Insurance A Heal Batata
Company to aald W. L. Leatu by deed bear
ing date of June lat, 191., and uuiy probated
and recorded in the ottioe of tbe uegl-ter of
Deeds for Alamance county. In Book of K*-.
corded Deeds, No. 48. at pages iB6 827, xo
which reooru reference la hereby expressly
made for a description of aald property and
also u> show chain ol UUe.
this the 20th day of January, 1917.
PIEDMONT I'ttUoT COMPANY,
Trustee.
Commissioner's Sale of
Land
Under and by virtue of a judgment of tba
Superior Court or Alamauce couuty, luan
actum entitled Amelia Jenkins, widow, T*.
ueorge J.ukins, administrator of Murphey
Jenki 8, deceased, tbe uuderiigued oonimit-
Hiouem wilt offer at pubUc auction, to tbe
highest bidder, at tbe oourt bouse door in
brahain, on
MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1917,
at it o'olcek, noon, tho following dcsorlbed
real property;
lbree tracts in Burlington, Alaaaaoe
couuty, North Carolina.
Lot No. I—AoJoining tbe lands of h. K.
Quails, J. L. Tbouiss, kiimira Cotton Mihs, J.
W. and W. W. Laaley et ais.: Beginning, at a
stone, a oorner of tbe salu J. W. anu w, W.
Laaley, J. L. ihomasaud tbe said L. B. Quails'
oorner, ruuning thence with tbe line of aald
guans o i)£ deg W 1 cbaiu and 40 las to an
i.oia bolt, tue said Quails' corner; tneuce JN tftt
ueg W 1 on*, in 74 ilta to a stone, J. L. i nomas'
corner; tbeuce bis line K Vtf us to Ibe begin
ning, containing 110 ot an aore, more or less.
Lot 'Mo. Aujoiuing tbe lanus ol Koiana
Tboma«, same oeing on west slue of Ulenooe
road, auu otueia. Beginning at a stoue, Koa
una i'houias oorner ana on tne west line of
the uienooe roau, running thenoe with her
line V* a cbs and ilea to a stone, her corner;
tneuce 0 dea W s ens 7W iks to a stone;
utenoe t, 3 ens Sii iks to a stone on tbe leu
coe roau; tbenoe l>i dag a. S eba 77 lka to
tbe Oegiuning, containing oue acre, more of
less, and known aa lot Mo, 4 in a putt of toe
iauu ol H A. 1 nomas
Lot Mo. B—auJoining the lamia of Klmira
cotton Mais, J. W. and W. v», Laaley, ike
Muiuion* auu otbera: Beginuidg at a stoue
on tbe cast siue of tue street anu a corner
witu J. W. and W. W. Lasley, running tneuoe
o i>f, ueg W 1 u..aln iks %o a stone on
the nue ot tne kimira cotton silua Company
laud; tbenoe wilb tneir line » 47y % ueg K 4 cbs
M iks to a stoue near tne btauou* a corner
witn klmira Cotton Muis Company and alao
a corner witu ike juiuuua; uieuo« wita tue
line or saiu iae oiuunous M I>% ueg ho ous wO
a stoue on taiu oimmoua une auu a corner
anb J. v> , aud w. w, Laaiey; tbenoe witk
aeir line w A ens ttt ika u> tne oegiuniug, euu
aiug 1 iaJ-lOj acre*, more or ieM.
Aerins ol oele—oue-iUirO casn, oue- tbird Ul
uiree umutus auu uUe UlltU lu SIX moutas.
moject to ooubrmauou ox oourt,
luu Jauuar> J*, lsi 7.
I J. J. aKNUtiWON, V
b. o. w. bAkaiioa,
Uu. tblHlOUVdr^
summons by Publication
I Aorta Carolina —Alamance County. *
i' iu tue superior court, f
. j feb. 17th, IMf«
k jlaggta Hamilton, Plaintiff,
WgltlllSl (/ 'o
1 1 Hamilton, defendant.
it appealing to tbe court that tbe defend
i ant is uvt a reaideut ol Uiis etate, ana tbat It
n necessary mat ue Oe serveu by summou* In
tue auove euUUeU acUou, auu it lMrtner ap-
tbat tuts acuwu u iu»ututeu &or toe
purpose ol securing an sbaulute ui voice. It la
oiuered tuat tbe ueleuuaut oe and be is (Mrs
oy notiUej tnai a summous bas Oeeu issued
iu tue eoove euliUeu action returuab|soa tbe
i*tn Monaa> alter tbe ual Mouu~y ot
isi/, iu tu« oupetior Court oi Aiataaiioc ooun
t>, at wnicu time ue is notified to appear and
plead to tbe allegations ol Ibe complaint or
tne lualntiff will apply to tbe court lor tbe
relief uetuauded lu tue complaint, wnicn baa
been Hied Ob tbls date.
J. I>. KSBNODLB,
2ffeb4t Clark ouperior court.
The railroad* of the United State*
' have informed President Wilson
that the resources of their organl
! zations are at the disposal o( the
' government in the event of war.
Officials of 18 roads were appoint
ed a special committee of national
defense, President Fairfax Harri
son of the Southern railway being
chairman, ...