ill Was a Hi
II Misery ]
Mn. F. M. Jones, of II
fHI Wmer.Okla., writes i
IflUj "From the time 1 en- RU
■ U tared Into womanhood M m
I ... 1 looked with dread I
■ from one month to the I
91 next I Miffered with mjr I
■ I lack and bearing-down ffi I
nUj pain, until Hie to me was 1 1 J
I a misery. I would think I 1
I could not endure the
pain any longer, and 1 Eg
|| V gradually got worse.  . iff
a Nothing seemed to htlp g M
I me until, one day, . « • I I
TAKE "
CARDUI
Ike Woman's Tonic
_ "I took four bottles,"
IH Mrs. Jones goes on to
IN I cay, "and was not only II HI I
U greatly relieved, but can U fj
I tnitbhilly say that 1 have I
I "It has now been two I
I years since I took Cardui, I
Jj and lam still in good [Hi
■ health. . . 1 would ad
vise any woman or girl
to use Cardui who is a
I sufferer from any lemale I U
If you suffer pain caused I
I from womanly trouble, or ■
I if you feel the need of a I
I good strengthening tonic 8 I
J to buildup your run-down || J]
I system, lake the advice I
of Mrs. Jones. Try Car
dui. It helped her. We I
I believe It will help you. m||o
AH Druggists HI
VOTE TO REPEAL
! WAR LEGISLATION
» ■ ■
JHE HOUSE OAVK PRACTICALLY
; UNANIMOUS APPROVAL .TO
1 PROPOSED RESOLUTION,
LEVER ACT IS NOT INCLUDES
On* Mtmk«r "Pram Missouri" Raised
Ohjsatlon to Rstsntlsn, It Bslng
"Antl-Strlks" L*gl*l*tl*n.
Washington All war Uws. except
ing the Lovar food control act and tha
trading with tha enemy act, would ha
repeated by a resolutlo* adopted by
the botua, lit to 1. House democrat*
predicted that President Wilaoa would
approve the maasure, R»pr**ent*tlv*
Oonaily at Texas, asserting that the
prssldeot wa* Brat to suggest the aul
llflcatton of tha war net*.
The retention of the Lover act wa*
sxplalnsd by R*prs**ntatlv* Walsh,
republloan, Massachusetts. In chargt
of the repeal legislation, a* necessarv
So gtv* tha gov*rnm«at an effective
law tor curbing profiteering In neces
■ltl*s. Including food and fuel. He
add*d that th* trading with the enemy
act ehould be included to r*gulald
trade with Osrmany.
Rapr***ntatlvo Igoe, democrat. Ml*-
eourt. however, qunstloned the repub
llcan*' decision to contlau* the I.*v*r
act. assarting that "certain Interest*"
daslrad to knap the law In effect be
came It bad proved "effective anti-
Strike legislation."
Versailles P*ac* Treaty Finally
Agrssd to and Slsned by Hungary.
Versailles—The treaty of pesos
With Hungary ha* been signed.
Th* Hungarian treaty was the drat
of the treaties framed by th* peac*
conference to b* algnod ahead of time.
P*n»lens Awarded to Uninjursd
Spsnlsh and Phlllppln* V*t*r*ns.
Washington^-Th* house acceded to
senat* amendment* t* Its bill to give
veteran* of th* Spanish and Phllllp
■ pine war* autfertng from disabilities
not resulting from service, pensions
of from sl2 t* (30 a month.
Sel—tlen of Headquarttrt Por
Am. Cott*n Association Referred.
Atlaate.—Selection of permanent
haadqwrtem for the Amsrlcsn Cotton
Association was referred to a special
committee *t th* clo*lng session here
of divisional president* and members
of the finance and esecutlve commit
tee of, the organisation.
Committee Has Been Appdlnted
So Settle the Coat Controversy.
Washington.—President Wilson ap
pointed a commission of three men tc
settle t» wage controversy betweer
the aMfcraclte coal miners snd oper
nsjummlselon's award 1* to b
i - made vftbin CO days If possible am
.Mitt award as to wages will he retroact
First Snow Fall of the Season
le Observed on th* Planat Man
Cambridge,
on Mars and th* first snowfall of th
i The telegram said ths snowfall oc
curred at Isldts.
Th* Congresslonsl Record Will No j
Longer Be 6o*tiered Broadcast..
! Washington.-^Senator Smott, repub
lican, Utah, chairman of the joint;
commission on printing, announced In r
the senate that, because ef the short
age of print paper, the circulation of,
The Congrossloaal - Record for ' the |
pressot would be and only
enough copies would be printed to
(supply members of the senate and
'house.
11 1 I
Resignation of Secretary Polk
I* Accepted by Tha Presldsnt
Washington.—Frank L. Folk has re
signed as under secretary of state
and his resignation was accepted.
Mr. Polk's resignation will take ef
fect June IS when he will leave Wash
ington to take a rest before returning
to the practice of law in New York.
When Secretary Lansing returned
from the Paris peace conference last
summer, Mr. Folk was sent abroad to.
take his place and he acted as head
of the American delegation
Th* Ex-Empre** of Q*rmny aald
to b* Under Care of Phytlcant
London. —3ome days ago Dutch
newspapers reported the former em
press of Oermany was under the med
ical care of Prof, Hymane Vanden-,
|burg of Utrecht, it being said *he was
'run down In health as a result of mov
ing from Amerongen to Doom.
The day after this report was mado
public, two allegedly suspicious char
acters T«ere arrested inside of tho !
gateway leading to the new home o
Count and Countess Hohenzoliern. |
Underwood Nominated to Succeed
Himself In Alabama Primaries
Birmingham, Ala., Senator Oscar W.
Underwood was nominated to succeed
hlmsslf In th* Aiabsma Stat* primary
uleotion. Complete official retuvnts
from the 67 counties ar«:
Underwood—B6,B7o, first choice;
2.250 second; Musgrove— : 6S,E6S first;
t,757 second; Weakley 8,640 first;
36,898 second. Underwood polled 1,668
mora first-choice votes than the com
bined total of his opponents. Hoflln
was nominated.
Pr*eld*nt Wilson Fully Approved
of Recent Oanl*l* Disclosures
Washington. —White houso offi
cials ssld that President Wilson's
wsr-tlme address to th* Atlantic fl«*t
and ratnsage to Rear Admiral Sims
were laid before the senate naval In
veitlgating committee by Bccretary
Daalai* with the full consent and ap
proval of the proaldent. .
Th* British admiralty was criticised
In be'.b documents and reports said
that b*c*u** of thl* the president
might reprimand the naval aecretarjr. I
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainman
•Nil Ruling Out Striking Looats
Cleveland, Ohio. —Charters of B1
I local lodges of Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen have bean revoked to
date for violating the rules of the
Brotherhood by participating in the
' unauthorised strike of switchman. W.
O. Lee, president of the organization,
announced today. The 51 lodges hail
a membership of nearly 18,000.
Fully coo-half of this number have |
bean loyal and their membership will'
| bo protected by transfer.
Fight of Antl-Suffraglsta
A concerted effort will be loade la
' North Carolina to defeift the ratifica
tion of th* tfusan B. Anthony amend
ment to th* federal con»titutlon by j
the North Carolina general assembly ]
when It motts In estraordlnnry ses
sion In July. Th* issvon ha* been !
1 put Into tho dough at Raleigh and op
ponents, through the Southern Wo
men'* Rejection league, will see that ,
It spreads. If their efforts avail.
I It Is plainly evident that antl-suf.
fragWls are not fighting giving women
' theballot any more than tbey aro fight
ing the whole movement which some
contend, ta but a part of an ever-ln- |
creasing "feminist" movement that j
would bo dangerous to the founda- j
i tloas of government.
Th* question of *tate»' rights is th* j
1 big question entering Into the whole j
' proposition. There are many *o-callert
1 antls who would swallow th#lr modi- ■
' cine by voting for *n nmendment to
1 the constitution of North Carolina giv
ing the women of the state a right to
vote but who will fight ratification of
• tho Anthony amendment to the last
' ditch. These people bellave the que*.
' tlon of states' rights ovorshsdow* *ny
1 ! consideration of possible benefits In.
' giving the ballot to wotnon.
■ 1 i • ■
Pslr Pries Supsrvlelon
Mr. Frederick C. Handy, agent In
' oharge of the Department of Justice
fro North Carolina, has been asked to
i take charge of fair prtc* aupervlalon
Wthe State until a successor to Fair
I frloe Commissioner llonry A. Pago Is
i named.
There la little speculation as to who
wtll finally land the appointment
LexingtonHomer A. Wlae, of
New York and Ashevllle, or a man
> claiming that nam* and res'denco,
i was arrested In Richmond. Vs.. on
.! the charge of stealing altomoblle*
> and swapping them to tho Lexington
i Motor Co.. of thia place.
Lift oft Corns!
* Doesn't hurt a bit and Freezons
costs only a few cents.
m
nwL xl
l
Don't suffer ! A tiny bottle of Kruzou
■a. cost* but a few cent* at any drug store
Apply n few drops on the corns, caliusr's
in and "hard skin" on liftttoin of feet au l
then lift thm off.
►d When Frctionu removes aoaua from
the toes or calluses from the bottom ol
5r tho feet tho skin beneath is left pink and
healthy and never son, tender or Irritated.
PREStDERT UK
M BIOMGRESS
WIRES ANSWER TO FROTBST BY
SIXTEEN BROTHERHOODS
AOAtNST ADJOURNMENT.
IS DISPLEASED WITH REM
I
Protraeted Delay In the Paaelng et
Remedial Lsglslstlon Imposed an
Undu* Burdsn on the People.
Washington.—Congress wsa charg
ed by President Wlleon with failure
37t0 take "important remedial action
with respect to the cost of living,"'
and to give "serious consideration"
jto th* revision of the tax laws and
the problems of peace.
|; Telegraphing to the hesds of lbs
'l6 railroad brotherhood* several
hours before the national law-makers
ended their aesslon, the President
•aid: {
i The President's message was In;
'reply to one from the brotherhood
'officials piotectlng against the ad- 1
'journment of Congress. Mr. Wilson
j ,said that 'in the light of the record
of the prosnet Congress I have no re*
•on whatever to hope that Its continu
ance In aesslon would result in con. •
! structlv* measures for the rkllef of
the economic.conditions to which you •
t call attention."
The President added that "the pro
tracted delay In dealing with ths
problem of the railroads, the prob
lem of the government owned mer
chant marine and other similar un i
gent matter* has resulted In unnec-1
essary burdens upon ths public and
ultimately In legislation so unsatis
factory that I could accept It. If al
all, only because I despaired of any
thing bettor."
Trad* Rout** Hamburg-Amerltan
| - Lines to b* Reopened at Ones.
! New York.—Former trade routes of
the Hamburg-American line, closed In
1914 with the outbreak of the war, are
to bo promptly re-opened with Ameri
can flag tonnage, supplied by the Har
riman interests, It was announced
hero.
Decision to take over these routes
fallowed negotiations with several
representatives of the German com
pany who have been In the United
States for a number of weeks.
Eleven Hundred Quarta of Cognac
| Were Seized on s Cubsn Steamer.
j Tampa, Fla.—With 1,100 quarts of
cognac ooncealed In the cabin and 1
elsewhere, tho Cuban schooner Ysa
bel was captured off Sanlbel island,
100 miles south of here, by the coast
guard subchaaer Vaughan, towed Into
Tampa and turned over to customs
officers. Two of the crew were seized
on the clxirge of smuggling, but ths
captatn ind the other four men of
tho crew wero ashore and osoaped
when the schooner jvas captured. *
Anti-Aircraft Firs Control.
| Tho nrmy officer assigned to the
! anti-aircraft artillery has hitherto been
regarded by his comrades of the line
! as n mathematical prodigy, with head
full of figures, formulas, and mystic
I symbols. Now appears a mechanical
j apparatus prepared to do most of his
! calculating for him, snys the Popular
Mechanics rangazlne in an illustrated
article. Over a terrain board hangs
an object which Is moved In exact
correspondence with the flight of the
hostile nlr craft. From this object
! cords stretch down to positions of
friendly batteries and searchlights.
Here the cords wind on registering
drums to show the range In yards from
each station to the target Similarly,
| at each gun or senrcblight station Is
] a vertical quadrant, permitting the
angle of elevation to be read at a
j glance.
Ship's Remarkable Record.
Twenty years on n reef In Magellan
straits has Iti no way Incapacitated the
fonr-master Alejnndrtnn, which has
Just docked In New York with a cargo
of wool from Patagonia, valued at
$1,500,000. For a score of years the .
huge hulk of the vessel lay on a reef
at the sonthern point of South Amer
ica, exposed to all the elements, but so
. well constructed that, after a 92-day
voyage from the graveyard to New
york, examination In dry dock showed
her practically undamaged. The tall
i masts of the ship would not permit
her to pass under the Brooklyn
bridge.
Now In Nstlonsl Forest.
Congress has set apart 1,116,000
acres of land In Idaho known as the
Thunder mountain region as a na
tional forest lnnd. This grest tract
difficult of access and having not over
! one per cent of Its area suitable for
1 agriculture, has for years, been the
1 scene of destructive Ares and devssta
i tlon due to overgrazing. It Is now to
he added to the Payette National for-
I est, which adjoins It on the south, and
> west, and the Idaho Nstlonsl forest,
; which adjoins It on tho north snd
t west.
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j
Institution of Phonetics PlsnneA
The University of London Is plan
ning to build on Institution of phonet
ic* at n cost of SOOO,OOO, where e*v
. enty assistants would he engaged In
research work on the 1,000 languages
of the British empire. The scheme,
which originated with Daniel Jones,
bead of Viiu phonetic deportment of the
; university, culls for Us expend'tur*
• of $-j,a»ooa
.
School to aid Ths Tsschsr
The demonstration school, plsnnsd
to help ths tesoherhsvlng two or mors
gradss, as wsll ss ths tsschsr havlns
only one gTads. will bs a fsature of
the North Caroltnta BUts Cotlsgs of
Agriculture sad Englnssrlng*s sum
mer school June 16. to July SB
- demonstration *chool will be
i divided Into two ••ctlona— ons dsrvot
! Ed to the work of the second snd third
gradss, ths othsr to ths fourth and
11 ' fifth grsdes.
*1 Ashevllle,—Three person* wsrt
I I killed, two othsn severely Injnref
and not expected to live, and twe
a J mors suffered alight Injuries, when aa
>l' automolble plunged down s 250 fooi
,i | embankment about a mile this aids ol
j_|Hot Sprtacs. ~ -
MAKES YAW "HOMgg MAT
English Magistrate HM Faith In
American Sailer Who Want en
Spra*.
Martin, American
aallorman, who wat on a aprea wlth
| out paring hla railroad fare, owea
soma *2.50 to an magistrate's
court —and baa promised to par it back
aa "a debt of honor of an America*
citizen.'* It happened thla way:
Martin left hla ahlp at . Tilbury,
atopped at London for "a few" and
found himself "up-country" without
funda wherewith to get back to hla
• ablp which waa to aall shortly. He
"simply had to get back," ao he Juat
' "took a train."
At the Wllleaden court, where be
wna taken after arreat for defrauding
the railroad, Martin told the Judge:
"Xou let me go, judge, and I gueaa
the American conaul will pay the rall
' road." The maglatrate replied:
"We will lend yon 10 abllllngi out 
of the court funds, and from that you
will pay the railroad and your ex-'
pen sen to your ahlp. It la a debt of
. honor, and you, aa an American cttl
' zen, will remember that you have the
credit of your country In your keep
ing and will repay us the 10 Shill
ings."
Martin sold the note "would be hon
| ored, sure"
I USES CEMENT GUN
*' ' *
Houses are being erected In South
end, England, with the aid of a cement
guu. A frame of timber la bolted to
gether with expanded metal, onto
which is pumped by a 00 horse power
motor a substantial thlckneaa of sand
I and cement. This la the first building
constructed In thla manner In Eu
rope.
GAVE HIS WIFE TO ANOTHER
k ———
Navy Officer Freed Her 8o That She
Might Marry tha Man
Bhe Loved. „
New Tork. —At the request of hla
wife, Gertrude, who, be says, lores
another man better than himself, Lieut.
Frederick L. Schwartz of the United
States nary, has obtained a divorce.
Lieut Schwartz began hla divorce
suit after receiving a letter at PeJham
Ilay, N. Y., from hla wife, & nurse In
the Brie county hospital, at Buffalo,
N. V. The letter which began, "Dear
friend husband," aald: "Why should
three people be unbappy when at leaat
two, and probably three, can be made
happy? Try to see It aa I do."
"I love thla man more than I ever
thought It waa poaalble to love," the let
ter continued, "and I sincerely believe
he loves me as much aa I love him.
That leaves only one course open to us,
and I ask you, my husband, to malfe
that course possible."
0'» ■ ■ 
Living Costs Hit Africa;
Price of Wives Doubled
Lord Dewar, wfio has Just re
turned to London from central
Africa, In giving an account of
his travels there aald the In
creasing cost of living In the
district he visited waa reflected
In the higher prices for wivea
paid by the natives.
Whereas a fine sixteen hands
high wife cost fbur spearheads
In prewar days, she now coats
eight spealtieads. In the cattle
districts, the price of a wife at
present Is eight cows instead of
four.
t
POUSH WOMEN AS SOLDIERS
Volunteer Battalion to Be Formed far
Puty In Warsaw and
Vlelnlty.
Warsaw, Poland.—A volunteer tab
: tallon of women is to be formed by
{ the Polish army for duty In Warsaw
; and vicinity. Service Is for six months
1 and is separate front the woman nnlta
I which hare served at the front. The
, battalion Is to have woman officers and
will do patrol duty at barracks and
other places, thus relieving male sol
diers for more strenuous work.
Here's Your Morning's Morning.
Huntington. W. Va.—"Do you need
nny spirits this morning?" hss taken
I the place of tbo milkman's call in a
mountain to*% near Huntington. Rev
enue men say "mountain dew," also
I known aa "white mule," la sold by a
luan who goes from bouse to bouse
cacfa morning with hla demijohn. Hla
price* >re somewhat higher than milk,
imt moeh lower than city "mom
al.lna." .
i North Carolina to Lee* Her Dairy
i j • and Livestock Specialist Line*
)  Washington.—Secretary of AgrieaV
. tar* Meredith annoaaeea that aeveral
I ope rations In North Carolina by
agenta under him moat be curtailed
j after July 1 becanae of radacad ap
' proprieties! by coegreea.
 Dairy specialists la the ita'a wit
a be dlspaaaed with, aa wen aa all fed
. oral activities along the speclailaeJ
j llae of Uveetock production.
*
i- Race for Inauranee Commissioner
Mayor Joha Underwood, of Vbyatte
• . ville, has Mod aoUoo of bis eaadtdacj
K tor laauraaoe noiaaslaalnaer. thui
d ' crowding hie bat Into an already foil
d | rlag.
Mr. Underwood and hla aepperteri
I will wage a vigorous campaign. AJ
■a l yet M.-U SWpmaa, rwe ■lee Inner «
4. labor and printing, is naepyoaod. a«
■o 1 one havlag Sled ae a esadldate sgslas'
a ! him. Secretary of Agriculture W. A
Graham baa ao opaoilßi. WaMbi
»*;haa Beoretary of StlSa J. Btyu
Grimes. . .
PLANS TO AVOID
TUBER DISEASES
Several Measures Open to Farm
ers to Prevent Disorders of
of Potato Plant. •
ELIMINATE IWY Ml PIiNT
Seed SeieoUon In Bin at Time of Cut
ting Removee All Specimens Show
ing Any Ailment—Spraying
Controls Blight.
(Prepared by the United States Depart*
meat of Agriculture.)
The principal control measures
available to all farmers for use
' against potato diseases are plant se
lection In the seed plot, tuber selection
In the tyn, seed treatment, field spray
ing, and prevention through soil sani
tation and modification of cultural
practices.
Plant selection in the seed plot alms
at the elimination from the grower's
seed stock of the progeny of all plants
that are weak or diseased from any
cause. Each year a sufficiently large '
area Is set aside for the grower's own
seed production. It Is planted with
i the best stock obtainable, Is properly
! but not excessively fertilized, and spe
: clal care la bestowed upon it. All ob
jectionable plants, with their tubers,
! If any ha~ve formed, are removed from
time to time as the indications of
Weakness or disease appear. At dig
ging time further selection may be em
ployed to remove the progeny of hills
having normal tops but giving unde
sirable or unsatisfactory returns.
Seed plot selection is directed
against those tuber-borne diseases
which cannot be detected by inspec
tion of the seed stock, but at the same
| time It is effective in such troubles
as black leg and wilt, and It is a very
efficient means of removing varietal I
mixtures and the poor yielding, though |
not necessarily diseased, hills. It can- ,
not be depended upon to restore pro
ductivity quickly In stock containing
a high proportion of degenerate or
run-out hills. A new start with vlg
. orous stock is the only practical course :
' in Buch cases.
Selection In Bin.
Tuber selection In the bin is best 
carried out at the time of cutting. It
removes tubers showing decay, serl- j
ous mechanical injury and necrosis,
either external or Internal, and Is aim
ed primarily against the *#ilt diseases, ,
net necrosis, black leg* and other de
cay-producing diseases from those con- ,
stltutional weaknesses frequently de
veloping from the use of partially de
cayed or seriously injured seed. It is
not a satisfactory substitute for the
seed plot selection but supplements It
to good advantage.
Seed treatment Is employed to de
stroy (1) the sclerotla of Bhlcoctonla
or black scurf, (2) the scab-producing
organism present In common scab
spots, and (8) surface infection with
I the black leg organisms which may
have resulted from contact with tuj. .
bers decaying from this cause.
' also of value in destroying the germs
of some other minor diseases on the
surface of seed potatoes. Seed treat
ment does not reach black leg or other
types of Infection within the tuber i
and of course has no effect on Rhlzoc- j
tonla or scab organisms in the soil. '
i Two solutions are In common use. The
one most generally recommended con- ,
tains four ounces of corrosive subll- j
1 mate (bichloride of mercury) dissolv- |
ed in 80 gallons of water, The other
contains one pint of formalin (40 per ,
HI
' A Route Affected With Russet Bcab,
Showing the Rusoetlng and Crack-
Ing, Aeooclated * With the Fungus
Rhicoctonla of a Western Potato.
f ,
cent formaldehyde) In 30 gallons of
/water. In either case the treatment
consists in immersing potatoes la the
• solution for an hour and a half to
r two hours either at planting time or
' at any convenient earlier date. Cor
l roslve sublimate dissolves with dlffl
l culty in cold water, amalgamates with
> metals. Is a deadly poison when taken
I internally, and'deteriorates with use.
I It must therefore be handled with
■ great care, used In wood or cement
containers, and renewed frequently.
Sacks employed as dipping containers
use up the chemical more rapidly than
i crates. The formalin solution Is
, cheaper than corrosive sublimate, eas
ier to make up, does not change
. strength on using, nor does It grow
i weaker on standing aa is frequently
i stated, but It is less efficient and seems
i sometimes to Injure the seed slightly,
I though ususlly this Is not the case.
Spraying Centrole Blight
Spmylax when properly done con
trols both the early Might and tlie late
blight. By fnr the boot mixture for
I. ______
1 Daniels Saya That Congress Haa
W But Postponed NaVal Expenditures
r Washington.—Criticising the now
4 naval appropriation bill aa faliiag to
meet some of the navy'i moot vital
needs. Secretary Daniels declared
II that ooagreea had aot reduced naval
expenditures, but "merely postponed,
* them."
Do I eastea to Stick to Slmmeaa
h Washington. (Speelal)—North Car
\ ollaiana bora leoeat the efforts of one
It or more of tbo democratic candidates
(or the prestdeuy to "twist" tbo dale
w gatee from the state to the Baa fran-
M clsoo convention away from SeMtor
4 Simmons.
0 1 North Carolina haa been allotted 14 \
, t ' seats for delegstee and 94 for alter- i
L I nates at the national convention. The
_ hall la muoh smaller than Ua oaa
_ promised. laatead of seating I.BM it
I would eara lor bat I.OM- j
UTTIE RODENTS
DO MUCH INJURY
Mountain Beaver or Swellel and
Cotton Rat JGain Prominence
as Crop Destroyers.
CONTROL MEASURES DEVISED
Small Fruits and Market Produce
Damaged In Humid Regions of
Northwest Coast—Sugar Cans
Industry is Msnaced.
(Prepared by the flatted States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Two animals not much spoken of
previously have gained prominence aa
destructive rodents during the past
year, report* the chief of the biologi
cal -survey. One is the mountain
beaver or swellel, a curious rodent liv
ing In the humid regions of the north
west coast It was formerly consid
ered harmless, but with the develop
ment of agriculture In its region It
has become .Increasingly injurious to
crops, particularly small fruits and
market produce.
Control Measures Devised,
Control measures have been devised,
and representatives of the depart
ment have given demonstrations In
Oregon and Washington, where active
measures were needed.
The other animal that has come Into
prominence as a destroyer is the cot
ton rat, a small rat-like rodent limited
to the South Atlantic and Oulf states.
Its depredations are principally in con
nection with sugar cane in Florida,
where experimental plantings within
the past two years gave promise of
very profitable development.
J*- Serious Damage by Rata.
So serious has been the damage by
cotton rats, however, that the prin
cipal company Interested In the de
velopment of the sugar coue Industry
in Florida has written the department
that the success of the Industry will
Mountain Beaver,or Swellel, a Curious
- Rodent Living in Humid Regions of
the Northwest Coast, Which Is At-
Small Fruits and Market
be Impossible unless some method can
be found for successfully controlling
the cotton rats. Losses of from 40 to
! 60 per cent of the growing cane have
I been reported. The bureau of blologl
' cal survey, however, announces the
determination of successful poisoning
' methods, and it is believed that,
j through demonstrations and advice,
J the growers will.be able to control the
rats and reduce the losses to a negligi
ble amount.
RIGHT CARE OF DAIRY COW
Animal Cannot Continue Normal Pro
duction If She Is Exposed to
Bevere Weather.
The high-producing dairy animal Is
a delicate and well-balanced piece of
machinery, and consequently she can
not continue normal production if she
Is exposed to severe winter weather.
It is, therefore, essential that the dis
comforts incident to cold weather be
eliminated. If possible. The comfort
able cow will repay in milk the nec
essary labor for her protection. Dairy
men as a rule are more careful with
their cows than the average farmer
who merely produces the milk for
family use.
AGED MAN CLAIMS RECORD
New Hampshire Nonogenarlan Still
Able to Swing Ax Both Lustily
and Expertly.
Friend's of Frank Mozrall, ninety,
of Franklin, N. H„ claim that he Is the
champion woodchopper of his age In
the New England states. Despite his
near approach to the century mark he
Is able to swing an ax with the best of
the choppers of the New Hampshire
woods, those who know him best say.
Mr. Mozrall was formerly a hotel
mau. Since his retirement a favorite
pastime of his lias been to walk a dis
tance of five miles from the home of
his niece to a wood lot and there chop
wood. It is claimed that he cut almost
five cords of wood In a week, which Is
considered a record for a man any
where near Mr. Mozrail's age.
Mr. Mozrall helped to build tbo first
bridle path from the Profile to the
summit of Mount Lafayette, and was
one of the best-known guides in the
mountains years ago. He has guided
some of the best-known people of the
country in their explorations-of the
White mountains. It is only recently
that he has come into fame as a wood
chopper. . -
Mr. Mozrall's memory la most axcel
| lent and his general iieuljh Is excep
tionally good for a man of bis ad
vanced years.—Boston Post
Synthetic Vinegar and Acetic Acid.
Acetic acid Is now used In great
quantities in making acetate of cel
lulose for airships. Before the war
tbia was obtsined by distilling wood,
but It no longer suffices. A synthetic
way of making acetic acid waa dis
covered and now tlie price is much
j lower than It used to be.
The process u simple; It calls for the
production of acetic aldehyde by a re
; action of water with acetylene, and the
oxidation of the aldehyde gives acetic
acid.
I Three French companies are now
! using this process and La Nature saya
I they bid fair to drive the distillers of
wood out of tlie field, even plsnnlng to
produce a synthetic vinegar that shall
. be much cheaper than tha natural ar
| ttcle.
Children Cry for Fletcher's
HQ
21m Kind You • BatC Always Bought, and which has been
to use for over over 30 yean, has borne the aignattire 'of
_ - and has been made under his per
r/LjCJ&tfXttj- Bonal «P«vtolon aince Its Infancy.
VftafTZ /■CUCAX4Z Aiiow no one to deceive yon la this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and M Just-as-good" are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infante and Children—Experience against Experiment.' :
„ What is CASTOR IA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor: OH, Paregoric,
Drops and Soothing Syrups. It Is pleasant. It contains
neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Us
age is Its guarantee.. For more than thirty years it has
teen in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency,
"Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying arising
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aid#
the assimilation of.Food; giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
*
In Ose For Over 30 Years
Tho Kind You Have, Always Bought
THE CiWTAUWOOHMWY. HEWVOwk OtfV.
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THIN PEOPLE NEED MORE IRON
IN THE BLOOD
' • V-,
1 .
New Form of Liquid Iron Feeds the Tissues
through the 8100d —Builds Firm Flesh
—Fills out .the Hollows
Appearances count for a lot in this
'world, and if you are thin and
scrawny and "below weight," you
can't help but feel sensitive and en
vious of your neighbor who is plump
and sturdy and who looks well nour
ished.
But there is another side—thin peo
ple are usually sick people. The food
they eat does not give them the prop
er nourishment— or perhaps they
are extremely nervous. The blood
doeß not mate strength and nerve
and flesh as it does in the normal
person. >,
It is a remarkable characteristic
of Acid IronJMineral—the new nat
ural form of soluble iron—that it is a
great flesh builder. Thin people who
take it find after a short time that
the hollows are filling out; that the
For Sale by All Good Druggists. x J
Burwell & Dunn and John M. Scott &Go., Charlotte, N.C.,
• Distributors.
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Chinese Government Plana Aerial
Freight and Passenger Servloe.
) Shanghai.—General Ting Klnn, di
rector of the department of aeronau
tics of the Chinese for eminent, has
outlined 4 big program of develop.
|ment tn aeronautic* for China,
State Win* Rate Casa
11 North Carolina ha* won Its eas* b*.
for* the consolen«*.of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, aad la a few
day* the commission will send dowm
It* report, which will remove the dis
crimination* against North Carolina
by which the Virginia cities live.
The chipper* will get something
like 30 cents differential on Virginians
* corking concession which Is not an
actual lowering of rates, but a bring
ing up for Virginia. North Carolina
' railroads bare been paying the gov
• eminent during its control of rail
road*. but the rathole whith the roads
I created more than 40 years ago, into
which these carriers poured money
Cor the building of Virginia cities
ust now be partly filled by Virginia
, coin. North Carolina bas been pay
ing territory; Virginia has not. Th*
commission will proceed to collect
the tariff* In Virginia a* elsewhere.
Deotor Poe Mad* Truetss.
Dr. Clarence Poe, edlt*r of the Pro
gressive fanner and member of th*
State Board of Agriculture, was ap
pointed member of th* board of trus
tees of 6tat* Coll*C* by Governor
Blckett to fIU th* vacancy cassedby
th* death of Qan. R. H. Rick*. «
Rooky Vouik
Thft gives th* board of trustees on*
member who Is albo a member 0* the
stat* board of agriculture aad It i*
expected, wIU result in a closer har
mony of action between th* two with
consequent better service,
"■olehevlk" Locomotive*
Over a doaen locomotive*. orgtaally
built for servic* in Run!* and d 1»
trlboted among the railroad* of the
country whoa government control
" went Into effect, have passed through I
th* Johnson street yard* of th* 8*» I
board en route to the prtt Eddystoos
r Pa., plant of th* Baldwin Locomrtiv*
• Works, where they will be repaired.
After being overhauled the engine*
will be pert Into service again.
The e»-oalled Russian locomotive!
tar* known a* "Bolshevik" anginas I*
- railroad parlance.
f Fereetry Aeeoelation Meeting
' Th* temtb annual convention of the
North Carolina Forestry Aaeoelatlon
1 will be held tn dphovill* Wednesday
and Thursday, inn* • and 10.
,' In addition to the regular meeting
_ of th* association. It Is plannsd to
i hold a format conference on the snb
e Ject of the proper administration aad
protection of Mitchell State Park.
r TBI* will b* In th* natar* of ai execu
. tiv* MMlon, but th* subject will al*o
f be thoroughly talked ever at the open
. lsatlon msetlng of th* Southern
• meet'ng. It 1* hired also that a* nrg
y Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain
Cbk can be hold.
flesh becomes firm and healthy, that
even within so short a space as A
single month, a becoming plumpness
and soft curved lines of beauty have
replaced angles and scrawnmess. '
And with this increased weight , ]
comes a better appetite, more re
freshing sleep and a marked increase
in vigor in every way... ,
Thin people can take Acid Iron
Mineral to improve their appearance,
and they will find their health bene
fitted at the same time. Physicians
say that this power to build new
tissues and firm flesh is due to the
extraordinary attraction the blo6d
has for this particular combination
of iron. .1 .
Druggists refund the purchase
price if you fail to get the result you
seek.
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Graham Cabinet Shop
Next Door to Moon'* Garage
Furniture Repaired. Make Old *
,Look Like New,
Picture Framing-. Upholstering
A Specialty,
ALL KINDS of CABINET
WORK.
W. B. QUAKENBUSH,
GKAHAM, N- C.
LIVES OF CHRISTIAN MINISTERS
This book, entitled as above,
contains over 200 memoirs of Min
isters in the Christian Church
with historical references. An
interesting volume —nicely print'
ed and bound. Price per copy:
eloth, $2.00; gilt top, $2.50. By
mail 20c extra. Orders may be
sent to
P. J. KBRHODLB,
1536-40 E. Broad St.,
Richmond, Va.
• irders mav be left at thl* office.
| Used 40 Years }
CARDUI
| Th Woman's Ink t
J Sold Evsrywttore X, j
illlltilititA
Grow hay at home for your
stock. Plnnt spring oats now, or
raise soybean and eowpea hay this
summer.
Clean sweet potato plants on
clean land pins a good storage
house is a combination that makes
for community prosperity.