WHAT CHILDREN NEED NOW.
In eplte of tbe~heai care mother?
ean give them this weather brlrr
slckness to mm?7 children. r Sal
reliable family medicines at- la da.
<mand. Mrs. T. Neureuer, Ban Claire,
Wip., writes: "Foley's Honey anc ,
Tar cured ay boy at a severe attack
of cronp after other remedies hs<<
failed- I recommend It U> every on?
aa we know from ear experience
that ft Is a wonderful remedy for
eou?ha, eokts, cronp and whooplop
congb." It stopa the oougbe tha
hang 60 and weaken after tha la
grippe. Davenport -Pharmacy.
. NOTICE OF SALE.
Under sad by virtue of ? D*ed oi
Assignment made by the JefTersor
Furniture Company, a eorporatlai.
to tha undersigned Trustee, dated
January 4th, 1916, and of record m
Beaufort County Records, the un
derslgned Trustee, will oa Monday
February 14 th, 19 19. at the' hftuY ol
It M, at the stdrs ol the Jcffsrsoi
Furniture Company, a corporation
oa Ma'u Street In the City of Wash
lagtou, N. C , offer at public sale, f r
tha highest bidder for easb, the fol
lowing property:
All af that stoek of furniture.
etov*ar march and lea, . torture*. sup
plies. and all stock of said corpora
tion located in said store building,
and also all stock of said corpora
tloa located In the warehouse ou*th<
North side of Third street. Ip th<
City of .Washington, N. C., togethei
with all team, accessories, and Ox
turea. together with all book se
counts, notea. chose s In actlona tld
title retaining contracts of the said
corporation.
The right Is reserved to fla a Brr
bid, and to reject anf and all bid"
mad', and to sell the stock in part
snd Is hulk, snd to aocept thst W
aggregating the most, whether It b
In parcel or In bulk.
will be repaired to
deposit 10 per eent of bid pt Urn
of sal*. In cash, or hid will he re
Jected, and next highest bid accept,
ad. Balance win be payable upon
delivery of bill of sals
Time of sale Monday. February
14th. at Twelve M. *t the alar* of
the Jeffer4on Furniture Company, or
Main Street. Washington. N. 0 .
terma af sale cash. . Jl A
This laausry Hat, 1919.
NORWOOD t SIMMONS,
IT PAYS TO
ADVERTISE
From Um
Successful Piajr
? .'?? J* ky '?$
ROI COOPER MEGRUE
Walter hack err
tin. "lf? for me. Hello. Rodney
roo*ve Men Bronaont" ?
"Brouaon 7" repeated Mr. Martin.
"He dJ dr uld Mary In the tale
phone; "why. that'a a splendid offer.
I hardly dared think Brown * Jamea
would be so generooa.^
I icml can vtat ttoana
Hat ta,T Rodoar, ??? tb?t
u auto food. TvtMj p*r not
- flft Mar In growi?*<l and snortsd ? j
"80 that"# why you Lvid me up, ehf*
he spnuervd Ju? to get your 10 per
coat Bay, young lady, I've got a lot
of other money that yoo or* overlook -
taf." ? . I
"Father, what do you BMuf Bod
ney quHfiC*-- ?.?'
"t II toll you what t mean," aald hla
Uther -She ** engaged to you to
make yo* go to work. Bhe only loft
tta to keep you on the Job becauae I
>?mls*d her 10 par coat of what yoo
earned. All the time that tho'a bees
pretending a be would marry yoo she's
hssn making one of yoo." I ?
"Yoo owe bo $60000. Can I hate
the chock, pteaae r* aald Mary quietly.
"Yea," said the soap king, -If >no'U
quit now? gat out of bar* foa good.
I'm disappointed."
"What's the difference T" asked Jdaty.
"If I'd really lored him you'd bate
objected to his marrying only a type
writer." #
"Objected! If you'd been on the lev
el I'd hare been proud to hare yoti
for my daughter," said the father,
handing his check to Bod nay.
"Hurrah, Mary I Ife all right aowf
cried Rodney.
"What la thls-a joker aald Martin
"Certainty It la. -Yfttt put up a joke
on Mafy and me. and I thought we'd
put up one for you. Mary baa 'told
me about that contract already.**
-Too mean you're going to many
-bar*" asked his father.
"Certainly not." said Rodney.
"Why aren't you going to marry
herr demanded Martin.
"Because we are married already
-married yesterday." said Rodnsy
proudly. "And we thought before wc
told yoo of oar marriage we'd get bui
percentage for a wedding present."
Mr. Martin whistled.
"By George, you boys were right!
I am an old fool. Anyhow I'll win
that bet from old John Clark."
"Now for Mr. Branson." said Mary.
"Yoo boys know Branson?" asked
Mr. Martin.
"Oh. year* eakl Mary. "We had s
long talk with' him right In this room
shout s proposition from Brown A
Jamee."
Mr. Brooson. who bad come in. turn
ed to Bedney.
"But* I thought I was dealing, with
yoo"?
"No, sir; with me. Now, what's your
propoeltlou V" demanded the soap king
"A quarter of a million cash Just fo<
the trademark." said Broqeon.
"A quarter of a million r* aald Mar
ttn acornfully to the quailing Iironsoi.
"Why. you ought to be ashamed 01
yourself to try to trim these poor boy>
like thst"
The excitement of potting through ar
Important dent, tho winning of the be'
from John Clark, the reclamation of
Ma boy Rodney nnd finally Rodney'
marriage with Mary Grayson. eom<
thing he bad a'^ays wanted, e*
hllarated him. us squared a way Ilk
Ambrose I'eate. for all the world, an
1st Bronaon have a full blasts
"You know that 13 Soap l? wort!
half a million In Chicago alone T
he shouted. "And you try to tak?
advantage of these kids' Ignorance
^Why. It's ontrageous, but you can'i
trim me. No. sli^-we wouldn't take u
million. Do yon know that the Bingo
cracker trademark la valued at six
million, the Honey Bee *oap st te
million and our trademark Is bettei
than theirs? We're going to advertise
all over the world? That's what ad
?ertlslng means ? the power of auggea
tion? the psychology of print. All you
have to do Is to ssy n thing often 1
enough end hard enough and 97 psr
cent of the pnbllc'U fall.''
"Well, father." laughed Mary, hear
ing thla ton cut of advertising talk
from these erstwhile conservatiTs lips
"Youfve got r^Uglon."
Mr. Martin took out s large allk
handkerchief and blew bis nose quite
loudly.
"Ill settle $100,000 on the first grand
child." be eatd. "Just for luck."
"Well, well." said Ambrose Poale.
with a suspicious twinkle In his ey*
"Believe me. K pay a to advertise."
tiis aim.
v* - v ? ??
RrflMtoT IMlllBKhMhl Woald Rt?p In
? Utntote Rhtptnent off I4qn?r
Into Or/ T?rHtoi7
- ? /f- $>U.
Washington. D. 0., Feb 8 flea
?tor 0heppard'a reaolntton (or a na
ilonat prohibition amradm^nt war
? onslcWad for eeVOrat houre today
ia executive aoaaloa of tbo Senate
Judiciary Committee but no eonclu
*!on was reached An amendment
w M Introduced by 8enator Dllllng
ham to prorld* that whlekey ahonld
not ba ahlpped beyond tbe ronflnea
o| any 8Uu which permit# Ita man
ufacture.
ftuch a propoeal would oily need
rt . majority roto In <*nfr?aai an1
would not require approral of Uree
Kourtba of tbe Suttee aa la the oaae
Ith a conatimtiona; amendment
IHORT ITEMS FROM
Neighboring Cities.
Court M Xflw Bml
Xow Bct%-A tw? fMk'i urn ot
Crirn co oat 7 Superior court tor th#
trial of eivlt oun only eoavened In
this car Monday morula* with
Judge Harry W". Whedbee. of Qreen
tiller' presiding. There are % largo
number of cams on {he dockot U
.Uls term of court and the entire
term will doubtless bo consumed In
their disposal.
Much lntareet la being manlf- ated
in Jadge Whedbee's visit to New
Born on thifc ooeaalon pa account of
the recent rumors that ho tfc to bo in
the raeo for Congressman John H.
Small'a seat in Congreaa and some
dednite statement from him In re
gard\o this matter is eagerly await
ed.
Sentenced to Four Months.
WUoqo ? 8am Smith, a negro, was
convicted of transporting whiskey lu
the Mayor's court this morning and
sentenced to four montha on the
county roads. The defendant took
an appeal to the Superior court and
was bound over under a bond of
1150 in default of which he was
admitted to the county Jail.
Burned, PUyftng With Matches.
, Green rllle ? Leonora Overton, 11-,
j-oar-old daughter of R. E. and Mrs.
Overton at Oreenviile, was severely
burned on Friday vkiia playing with
??fh? Mra. Orvtoi wm baraM
oa the hands while extinguishing the
child's bluing clothing. The little
oss will rworer.
Mtmttrm ? Psrmsrs along IhetUsss
fitsr sbove hsro*sfe watching thslr
llTS slosh to hsep ths ml? 1i ost
of US low grounds. with ths rlvsr
rising fgst. The l*?foot etsgs Is
expec'ed to be- rssshed In Johnston
county. It Is posslhfto that ths strssm
msj go over ths bsnh oa ths oppo
site skis of ths river trots this city.
Two 8tiHs Oeptired
Greenville ? Two moonshine stills
were csptured near Wlntervllle yee
terdsy. One hondred gallons of mo
lasses besr and two hnndrsd gallon ?
of meal beer were destroyed with 1
| ths -Ty ' . J
Too Mnch Liquor.
Rocky Mount ? Meeers. T. J. and
John Woodrng. two yon ng white
men, were charged with having too1
much loquor in their possssslon. It
being ihowu that ons owned four
gsltona snd ths othsr two snd s
hslf. There was little svldsncs thst
they had It for othsr thsn to hsvs s
"good tlms" snd the ruling of the
court wss thst they should issve $10
ssch with the clerk. ^
time imrcs nun n
hie ?ram
New York, Feb. 8. ? Should Presl.
dent Wilson today accept Mollle Fan
Cher's Invitation to him to attend at
her Brooklyn residence the celebra
tion or her flftlatb year In bed, a
hopeless cripple, the Chief Executive
will tee a little olS woman In an old
fashioned four-poster, a parrot on
alther side, a canary at the window
and an unobtrusive dog and cat
somewhere about. The President
has not Indicated whether he will
Accept the Invitation.
Fifty years ago today a little 10
year-old girl, was put to bed In a
odm at ICO Gates avenue. Brook*
yn. She still Is In the bed. 8h
never has been out of it, not once In
Jfty years, except on one occasion;
and that occasion Mollle Pancher
Laughs at, when she* takes the trou
ble to oonsldor It at all.
Mollle has three children; three
One "boys." Loretta, the eldest, is
20 and s'.owly dying In the glum sl
l' nee of a crabbed old afce. His
plumage, once brilliantly green; and
his eyee, onoe sparkling and sly, are
as dull ap his conversation. Loretts
s a sage soul. lie has ruled count
less families of short-lived cats and
logs to MOllle Fancher's entire sat
.9 faction. Altogether Loretta has
terved Mollje well as a erm for
wenty years; and he loves her and
she loves him; poor misnamed old
nan that he Is.
Joe, a mere stripling of 12 years,
* cock o' the walk these days; and
le ru'.es In high f<-?tber, with a gut
ural chuckle and raucous clack that
vine a smile frotn Mollle and a bale
ul glare from his brother. Dickie
loy.ls a mere infant; sort of adopted
?n probation, you know; but though
imall and somewhat frowned upon
i it first, be bas sung his wsjr Into the
iearts of ICollle, Loretta and Joe In
he eight years he has been at It
And they don't have a bad time
>f It at all, that quartet Tboy talk
\bout everything, Mollle taking the
e*d and choosing the subject, Joe
cackling along empty.headedly, Lor
etta grumbling and blinking, while
rnodeat little Dickie Boy Juat pipe*
up once In a while.
The late St. Clair McElwar,
lounder and editor of The Brooklyn
Eagle was one of Mollle Fancher'*
beat friend*. Moat of her ehlldhood
friend*, like McElway, have died in
the laat few years and Mollle say*
sometimes now she "almost feela'
like a forgotten old woman."
"At first, right after the accident."
bald Mollle Fancher today, "I want
ed to die; bat I soon got over that.
Many qneer things have been said
and written about me, but nothing
la true except that I am a crippled
?old woman who haa been In bed fifty
years. One man here In Brooklyn
ycara and years ago wrote a book
about me telling that I was a clair
voyant and a lot of other atuff. If
I'm a clairvoyant or any of the queer
things he said about me, I don't know
It. About the moat wonderful thing
about me (and It Isn't wonderju^j*
all because anybody can prove it)"!*
that my life haa proved that the
human soul Is greater than the
body." ^
Mollle Fancher Is an ardent suf
fragist, reada a great deal, haa some
very decided opinion* about the war
"Hi* i are far from anything even re
motely resembling neutrality; and is
much alive and extraordinarily ac
tive woman, considering that sh?
hasn't been out of bed for half a
hundred year*.
Examiner Who Enoouraged Faking.
Bank clerks tn England nowadays
bav? to pit: atlffer teata than their
predeoeaaora of a centnry ago.' A can
didate for a clarkahlp at the Bank of
England In 1818 recorda that the only
teat aet him waa to flort op ?100 of all
rer into ?1 stacka, and the kindly ex
aminer whispered, "Never mind, my
lad. ao long aa yon get 20 ahllllnga In
the laat pound."? London Standard.
Bnbeerlbe u> the Dally Newa.
Hea)thy Old Age
Brings Happiness
Advancing rears Impair the action
>f th ? vital organs. Old age should
*ejhe period of greatest happiness,
bat good health Is nsnssyy. Con
uipatlon should aoC- be tolerated?
t li oftea the direct cau#e or til
health. r. r\ ' V \ ?'
Headache, heleblng. blllousoesa.
bloat, drowsiness after eetlag and
other sytnptome of constipation can
be readily reifired by (he use of a
staple laxative compound. soM In'
drug stores under the nsme or Dr
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Mr. I. H
Bristol. 1411 Oeddee A>o . Ann Ar
bor. Mich., who le 81 years Md. says
?Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepefe is tho
DANGER LURKS EVERYWHERE
Accidents are sot respecters at penoo* ot pro
fessions. A false step- carelessness of other*
-smash-upt? in the house, at work,' on the street.
Accident Insurance costs little. You should^ be
protected.
Wm. Bragaw & Company, ? "
First Insurance Agents In Washington, N. C
"Why Swear, Dear?
Use 'Gets-It'
for Corns!"
th+ New Flu. Simple. Sure mm
Fnte. Applied in a Few Seconds.
"Why, John, I never kntw-pon to
Me such language! I've told 70a
several time? It'# no uu to try thoer
bandages, salves, tapes, plasters.
7* W?eM**tI*seT?tirT?mp?r,.Iok?1
U Tm VMd *<M?-ir for ILum Coni?
and contraptions for corn*. Here'*
some 'Gets-It', lt'? Just wonderful
bow easy, 'clear and clean' It makes
any corn come right off. Takes bat
a few seconds to apply. It dries at
once. Put your sock on right over]
it, ? there's nothing to stick or roll
up, form e bundle of your toe, or
press on the corn. It'? painless,
simple as rolling off a log. Now pat
away those knives, razors and scis
sors, uee 'Gets. It' and you'll have s
sweeter disposition and no more
corns and callusee."
"Oeta-It" Is sold by druggists ev
erywhere, 26c a bottle, or sent direct
by E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago, HI.
Sure.
"Is insomnia catching?"
"When the bsby bat It"? Boston
Transcript.
Bicycles
& Bicycle Supplies
At New Prices While They Last
Best grade of Tiros, $125 to $2.75
Roller Chains 75c
Robber Pedals 75c
Pumps 25c
EvcrytMng Id Proportion
P. P. MAXWELL
Market Street Washington, N.C
NOW FEELS ENTIRELY WELL.
Those who have backache, rheu
matism, stiff and swollen Jolnta or
othor symptoms of kidney trouble
will be Interested In a statement!
from A. H. Francis, Zenith, Kas.,'
who writes: "I had a Severn. pain in
m y back and could hardly move. I
tried several remedies with no re
sult* I took about two-thirds of a
[60c bo* of Foley Kidney Pills and
now feel entirety wpll." Middle
aged and older men and women
| whose kidneys are weakened find
; these aafe pills five relief from
sleep-disturbing ailments. Daven
port Pharmacy.
v NOTICE or BAM.
By virtue of power of Ml* con
tained In mortgags to mo axecutsd
by Joseph Per ry, dated May 11.
1909. and recorded In Raglstsr's of*
flee .of Beaafort,County In Biok 141,
page 174, which 1* hereby reftWW
to, I will sell at public auction for
cash to the highest bidder at tho
Co art House door of Beaufaet Coun
ty, on Monday, February tt, 1911,
at noon, that lot or parcel of land
In the etty ot Washington, North
Carolina, described as follow:
Beginning at the corner <? the di
viding Una on the street ? Simon
Kennedy and Providence Walker ?
running North with said street 110
feet, thence diagonally across to
James Grist or Rhodes' lint, thence
South with aald line 110 feet to
81mon Kennedy's lino, tbense dlag.
onally across to the beginning, it
being part of the Providenee Wal
ker land, conveyed to Joseph Perry
by Anthony Perry by deed reoorded
In Book 166, page 1, which Is also
refererd to. *?
This January 26, 1916.
OBO. A. BPENCEB.
Mortgagee.
1-17-4 wc.
NOTICE OF AALB.
By rlrtue of power of sale con
tained In deed of trust to me ex
ecuted by James H. D. Gurkln and
wife, dated October 11, 191S, and
recorded In Register's offlce of
Beaufort County in Book 164, page
20 8, which is hereby referred to. I
will sell at public auction for cash
to the highest bidder at ths Court
House door of Besufort County on
Monday, February 28, 1916, at noon,
that tract or parcel of land In Long
Acre Township. Beaufort County,
being a tract of land known aSv ths
Laban Kelly Patent, bounded on\ths
Nortli by the land of George La
tham, on ths Eaat by the James D.
Boyd patent, on the South by the
patent of H. S. Latham and H. L.
Watera, and on the West by W. T.
Latham, containing 35 acres more
or less, It being part of the land de
vised by ths will of James R. Daniel
to James H. D. Gurkln.
This January 26, 1916.
F. H. BRYAN. Trusts*.
l-27-4wc.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Having qualified as administrator
of the estate of Mrs. Laura B. O'
N'eal, deceased, late of Beaufort
County, North Carolina, thtft Is to
notify all persons having claims a
gainst the estate of the said de
ceased to exhibit them to the under
Bigned at Washingon on or before
the 12th day of January, 1917, or
this notice will be pleaded la bar of
recovery. All persons indebted to
?ald estate will please make imme
diate payment.
This 12th day of January, 1916.
A. O. O'NEAL.
Administrator of the estate of
Mrs. Laura B. O'Neal.
1-12-ewo.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Having qualified as administrator
of the ostate of J. D. O'Neal, deceas
ed, late of Beaufort County. North
Carolina, this Is to notify all per
sons having c!alms against the et~
tate of the Bald deceased to exhibit
them to the undersigned at Wash,
ington on or before the 12th day of
January, 1917, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of recovery. "TAll
persons indebted to said entat? will
please make immediate payment.
| This 12th day of January, 1916.
A. O. O'NEAL,
Administrator of the estate of
J. D. O'Neal.
1-12-6WO. '
THE BEAUFORT COUNTY
Building & Loan Association
Opened (January 29th
Members are requested to make their pay
ment* promptly. Others wishing to take
out &tOCk 111U> allll lio so.
J. K. HOYT, - - President
WM. B. HARDING, Sec.
t. MO* WOOD JAM*, W. OOLB
, MMbm New York OoMoa " ?
J. LEON WOOD & CO.
BANKERS AND BROKERS
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