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t FAMILY AYOIDS SERIOUS SICKNESS By Being Constantly Supplied With Bedford'! Black-Draught. McDuff, Va. "I suffered for several rears," says Mrs. J. B. Whittaker, ol (his place, "with sick headache, and stomach trouble. Ten years ago a friend told me to try Thedford's Black-Draught, which I did. and 1 touna u 10 oe me oesi iamuy medi cine for young and old. I keep Black-Draught on hand all the time now, and when my children feel a little bad, they ask me for a dose, and it does them more good than any medicine they ever inea. We never have a long spell of sick. ness in our family, since we commenced using Black-Draught." Thedford's Plack-Draught fs purely regetable, and has been found to , regu late wean Mumacns, am uigcsuun, re lieve indigestion, colic, wind, nausea. headache, sick stomach, and similar symptoms. It has been In constant use for more than 70 years, and has benefited more than a million people. Your drugg'st sells and reeommerds Black-Draught. Price onJy 25c. Get a package to-aay. n. c 123 " "KEEP A WORKING" You and I and all of us occasional ly tire of our work. The man wnu collect fares on the end cf a street car, the riveter on a sky scraper, tr;- briek-laver. the hod carrier, or t'- head of a great manufacturing enter prise, the fanner, the stenographer and the bookkeeper and tr.e clerk wr waits on you in the country store, an have moments when they would lik to cut the whole business and take one long, lingering loaf. But work is really, the best thine for us. Without the satisfaction and occasional emolument of work, 11. -t would be dreary and we should quick ly rust out. How often we hear of a man wsc retires from business only to step i the grave. -All his life he has looker! forward to a rest. He at last acquire.-, a comDetencv. He proceeds to en li ft, but the pleasure he anticipated is missing. He is not an habitual loaf er or vacationist. He loses Jris vigor, his eves are no longer bright, his in terest in affairs lapses, presently he becomes ill and unless he can obtam 'something to take the interest in lite .that he has lost, he dies. "Keep a working," was the rule giv en by Mrs. Henrietta Oldenburg, who died recently in Chicago at the age of 105 years. All her life this esti mable woman worked, and it did not hurt her. She attributed her long vity to the fact that she always had worked. She always was a hard worker and up to a week before her death she had assisted in the care of "her great-grandchildren. What a record for some of us who get tired of working at 30 or 40 or .'.50! CLEAN OUT GERMANY WITH WOOD SWORDS Maa Who Loved Allies' Cause Beaten By Small Force in County Jail ' Greensboro Record. Mr. R. F. Coble about a week ago started for Germany via Greensboro from his home near High Point, witn the intention of making common cause with the allies. He was armeu with a revolver and a wooden swora. Since then, the enthusiast has been held in comfortable detention at the Guilford county jail, harmless but considered slightly unbalanced me tally. Now he has been crushed to defeat by an enemy interior to in war-like Teutons. Ia the same jail with Mr. Coble was one Harvey Grady, a white stnppiinp from the mill villages, who was hek on the charge of retailing whiskey. He is said to have taunted his fellow prisoner into making unfavorable criticism of the Grady forbears ant then to have jumped upon the oil man and to have given him a soun trouncing. Grady was given a tria' before Justice of the Peace P. H. Co' lins for the offense committed while in jail and was fined $10 and costs. How To Make the Qulckest,SimplestCough I itemedy M"" ' the Ready- aaa ion save Fully Uoaraatccd Ting home-made cough syrup is now Hf6" K1ire llulm'8 tl'n any other cough remedy, its proinptneBS, eaue and cer tainty in conquering distressing coughs, chest and throat colds, is really remark able. Y0U ean actually feel it take hold. A davg use will usually overcome the ordinary cough relieves even whooping cough quickly. Splendid, too, for bron chitis, spasmodic croup, bronchial asthma andj winter coughs. Get from any druggist 2 ounces of j Jlcix dj SP8 Wort" Pur it in a pint bottle and till the bottle with plain granu lated sugar syrup. This gives you at a cost of only 54 cents a f ull pint of better cough syrup than you could buy for $2.50. J akea but a few minutes to prepare, Full directions with Piuex. Tastes good and liever spoils. You will be pleasantly surprised how 2?,C v.7 Jt loosen? dry, hoarse or tight coughs, and heals the inilamed mem branes in a painful cough. It also stops the formation of phlegm in the throat and bronchial tubes, thug ending the per sistent loose cough. Pmex is a most valuable concentrated ompound of genuine Norway pine ex traot. rich in guaiacol. which is so heal ing W the membranes. To avoid disappointment, be sure and j y.,u' druggist for "2 ounces Pinex," ni don t accept anything else. A guarantee of absolute satisfaction, or neney promptly refunded, gooa with S,rtSUo,, Th rt INTERESTING ITEMS OF NEWS Lexington, Ky. Robert U. Bates, 99 years old, is the father of a new son. His first wife died fifteen years ago and he remarried a year ago. New York Mrs. Anna M. Wilkin son has sailed for Russia where sh will display samples of more than 50 American mad'e articles. Lumberton, la. A litter of pig was born here recently that, causer quite a sensation. Each little pig was born with long tusks. Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, although in a dry State, led the rest of the cities in the number of arrests for drunk enness on New Year's Eve, according to the municipal reports just " pub lished. There were 500 arrests on that charge which is far more than were made either in Chicago or New York. Chicago, 111. Owing to the fac' that part of Illinois voted "dry"' there has been a material decrease in in ternal revenue collections. The re ceipts Were nearly $400,000 less i; December, 1914, than they were i December, 1913. Plymouth, Nebr. "Kid" Wedge prize fighter, who became an evan galista la Billy Sunday, has jumped back into the prize ring again and has issued a challenge. Salem, W. Va. It is quite certain that the sale of liquor is being car ried on here, but the offenders have not been located. It is thought that this town is but one of the many sta tion of operation for a larger organ ization of bootleggers. Wichita, Kan. Mrs. Beatrice V. Kirkman and her daughter will b graduated, together next June fron the Kansas State normal school. Great Neck, L. I. Mrs. S. P. 1 Dugmore is the only woman in Amei ica wearing the Cross of the Legio. Honor. Ccntralia, Mo. Farmers through out this section are losing many 01 their horses from some unknown dis ease. The horses go mad ... die. PROMPT ACTION WILL STOP YOUR COUGH When you first catch a Cold (often indicated by a sneeze or cough) break it up at once. The idea that "It does not matter" often leads to serious complications. The remedy which immediately and easily penetrates the lining of the throat is the kind de manded. Dr. King's New Discovery soothes the irritation, loosens the phlegm. You feel better at once. "It seemed to reach the very spot of my Cough" is one of many honest testimonials. 50c. at your Druggists. TO PENITENTIARY FOR CAR ROBBING In Rowan Superior court last week two boys, Tom and Howard Jones, were tried for car robbing. Tom got four years and Howard two years and six months in the penitentiary. CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REME DY THE MOTHER'S FAVOR ITE. "I give Chamberlain's Cough Rome dy to my children when they have colds or coughs," writes Mrs. Verne Shaffer, Vandergrifti Pa. "It always helps them and is far superior to any other cough medicine I have used. I advise any one in neefl of such a med icine to give it a trial." For sale by all dealers. Process of Milking. I do not know that the process of milking has ever been described. The forefinger first clasps the upper part of the teat, and then the middle, ring and little fingers, In rapid succession, so as to drive the milk before them through the orifice. The knack Is rather difficult to acquire, and at first very wearying to the hands, though this soon passes. From "A Farmer's Note Book," by C. E. D. Phelps. Life-Giving Properties of Colore. Experiments show that the order of colors ranked as to their life-giving properties will be: blue, violet, yellow, red and green. Thus, if a patient is put in a hospital where green pre dominates he has a far slimmer chance of speedy recovery than If he were comfortably fixed in a blue room. CASTOR I A Tor Infants and Children. Tha Kind You HaT9 Always Bought Bears the Signature of N0TIC3 North Carolina, Randolph County. Superior Court. W. S. Skeen vs. L. A. Sheets and Will Hurley: The defendant above named, L. A. Sheets, Will take no tice that an action entitled as above has been commenced against him in the Superior court for Ran dolph county and that summons anti a warrant of attachment has been issued against him and his property in the said action; that the nature and subject matter of said action is as follows, to wit: An action to re cover damages in the sum of $100 for the wrongful conversion of a certain mare and the sum of $95.32 for breach of an express contract to nav a sum certain in money repre sented by note; that said defendant is is required to be and appear t fore the Judre holding the Superloi court for Randolph county at the court house in Asheboro, N. C, on the second Monday after the first Monday in March, 1915, and answer or demur to the complaint of plain tiff or the relief demanded will be granted. This Feb. ' 5, 1915. J. -M. CAVENESS, Clerk Superior Court Lacy Keplies to Critics. State treasurer B. R. Lacy made a detailed answer before the Financo Committee to the recent sensational criticisms of the management of the of the treasury by the State Board of Internal Improvement. His statement was to the effect that the report of the board did him great injustice In representing that while he had large sums of state funds in the treasury he needlessly borrowed other large sums. It was made to appear that he had $391,000 in bank and borrowed $300,000 more at 6 per-cent, the bank re-loaning It at 6 per cent more, mak ing 12 per cent, "some velvet for the bank." He said he did nothing of the sort, but the real fact was that the balance in bank at that time was $391,973, ot which $300,000 was bor rowed money. Big Flood of Petitions. In the house there was another big flood of petitions for the State Anti Saloon League legislation. They in cluded petitions from Forsyth, Wake, Alamance, Mitchell, Surry, Hyde, Cherokee, Columbus, Iredell, Davie, Davidson, Guilford, Caswell, Union, Northampton, Halifax, Henderson, Greene, Gaut.on, Pender, Randolph, Bertie, Harnett, Duplin, Haywood, Richmond, Onslow and other counties. There came also a petition for wo man's suffrage sent forward by Rep resentative Mayo of Beaufort. Hi stirred much merriment among the members by covering his face with his hands feigning blushing embarrass ment as the petition was being read to the house. House Bill Pass Final Reading To amend the charter of South Mills; to amend the charter of Gibson; to amend the charter of Benson; to in corporate Oaksboro, Stanly county; to authorize the commissioners of Pitt county to order election In eer- tain school districts; to amend the law as to the boundary lines of Hertford county; to allow school bonds and special tax levies in Wil son; to provide recorder's court for Madison county; to regulate primary elections in Newbern; to authorize the Lee County Highway Commission to use certain books; to change the name and boundary lines of Higgins town ship, McDowell county; to require cer tain reports of Hoke county officers; to allow Halifax officers full fees in certain convictions. Insurance Bill Passed By House. The House passed the Seawell bill for 12 1-2 per cent flat and 12 1-2 per cent contingent fee for lire insurance agent, contingent fee to be based on profits of the company.' It was dis cussed for nearly two hours with vig orous speeches against it, but. passed by a large majority. Representative Grier, in strenuous opposition, declar ed that he thought the recent insur ance investigation was " to slay the great insurance octopus" but now he feared that the Legislature was, on the advice of the investigation com mittee simply strangling a little jelly fish. The bill was sent to the senate. Increase Salary of Adjutant General A bill introduced by Representative Nettles, ot Buncomb would increase the salary of the Adjutant General of the North Carolina National Guard from $2,000 to $3,000 on account of the great work and responsibility of the officer the past four months, es pecially by the requirement by the War Department that the Adjutant General must have direct charge of the properties of the guard in the State. Land and Loan Associations. The bill introduced in the Senate by Senator McRae of Mecklenburg county to amend the law as to build ing and loan associations so as to pro vide for land and loan associations would provide for this without in any way affecting or changing the laws governing the operation of the regular building and loan associations in the cities and towns. Anti-Liquor Bill to Be Printed. A resolution was passed ordering that 500 copies of the anti-liquor bill now before the House committee be printed, but the House defeated a resolution to print 300 copies of the State game bill. Among new bills introduced was one by Laughinghouse to provide increas ed pensions for Confederate veterans so that they can remain at home with wives, Instead of being forced to ""de sert their wives," as he expresses it, "to come to the Soldiers Home." Bills Passed Final Reading as Follows. To amend the charter of High Point; to authorize a special tax in Alexander county for a county home; to pay so licitors and witnesses full fees when defendants aTe sent to the roads; to allow Shaw University" to hold prop erty to the value of $300,000; to amend the charter of Mount Holly; to amend the charter of Cherryfllle; to amend the charier of Smithfleld; to amend the chart ir of Greensboro College for Women; to repeal the charter of North Edenton. Representative Parden offered a bill, to authorize county commission ers to pay $10 rewards for informa tion convicting violation of the pro hibition lay and making the mini mum punishment three months on the roads. The Asheville commission govern ment bill was introduced in both houses; and is expected to have smooth sailing, being an- agreed meas ure that gives the people of the moun tain metropolis the right to vote on adoption of the commlsslo govern ment. THE BIGGEST SOUP KITCHEN IN THE WORLD Recently there has been organized in Brussels by the American Com mission for Relief, a soup kitchen that is undoubtedly the largest in the world. Nearly 50,000 people entirely destitute wait in the "bread lines every day and over six thousand gal lons of soup and four thousand loaves of bread are daily distributed to them. The soup is prepared in the large storehouse of the International Ex press Company. More than 100 peo ple are engaged in this work. From three o'clock in the morning when the first 5,000 gallons of soup is started, the scene in the circus-like storehouse is one of tremendous ac tivity. When the soup is cooked it is sent under seals of the Commis sion and under the protection of the American flag to twenty-one distrib uting points throughout Brussels. MR. T. E. VANDERFORD ..IS TRANSFERRED TO RICHMOND An important change in the officers of the Internal Revenue Service was made last week when Mr. T. H. Van derford, of the Greensboro office, was transferred to Richmond,' end C01. Chapman, of the Richmond oflire, was moved to Greensboro. No reason for the change is assigned. It does not involve any change in the office forces, only the heads being changed. Col. Chapman has been in the Rev enue service since 187S and is now 75 years old. NEW RAILROAD COMPLETED Railway development of interest to the eastern section of North Carolina and South Carolina was the building of the Bonsai road from Hamlet to Charleston. The road may be ex tended from Jefferson, S. C, to Mon roe, N. C, in the near future. The first through freight service from Hamlet to Charleston was in augurated last Saturday and the first return through freight service left Charleston Tuesday night for Hamlet. The building of this road has opened up a direct route to an important seaport town. MEXICO IS SUFFERING FOR BREAD AND WATER The Government at "Washington has recently received dispatches from Mexico City, saying that conditions throughout Mexico were- becoming alarming and that many people woi -starving for the want of bread and water. In the city of Mexico there is a great shortage of the bread sup ply, and it is said that there was re cently noticed a bread line in whicl there were about 300 waiting the' turn to be admitted by the police to the bread shop, and that some became unruly on account of there not being enough bread to serve all. A NEW SYSTEM Decatur. 111. W. C. Kizer of Deca tur believes he has found an effect ive method of making hens lay in the winter time. At least, his exper ment brought results in his flock of a dozen hens. Kizer placed a Christ mas tree in his henhouse and to his surprise the next day found a nest under the tree and hve eggs in it On Friday he found four more, an he is a firm believer in Christmas trees for poultry as well as persons. He is at a loss to understand just why the tree had the desired effect, but some of his neighbors have sale that possibly the turpentine in thr tree evaporating the air and breathed by the chickns was the cause. "I sti" have two more Christmas trees," sate. Kizer, "and when one dries up I pu: another in the henhouse. I think 1 have discovered something or, r least, my experiment has proven worth while." REPRESENTATIVE WEBB WILL LEAD SHIPPING BILL IN THE. HOUSE The legislative row in the House of Representatives has thrown Repre sentative Webb, of the Ninth North Carolina district considerably in the lime-light. He has been appointed by the President to lead the fight on the bill. He perfected the bill Saturday which the administration Democrats will insist upon passing through the House. . The bill is now a combination of the Gore bill and the Weeks bill, agreed unon in a conference between Mr. Webb and Senator Simmons. Mr. Webb says the bill will pass by a large majority. AGED NEGRO ROBBED OF LIFE TIME SAVINGS Robbers a few days ago broke into the house of Isaac Wilson, colored, a few miles from Wilmington and stole $140 in a tin box belonging to the rvwo.i n,ll Fellows' lodee. of which he was treasurer and also carried away several small boxes that con tained the savings of Wilson for many M-ll.nn AA Inmv lllSt hnV years. " y 11 much money he had, but said it would run into the hundreds'. Sloar.e Gordon, well-known war cor respondent, magazine and short story writer, who has been taking a few davs vacation in this country, is on his wav to Russia, for the National News Bureau where he will "cover' the big news stories. Gordon explain ed that he must carry an extra su. case along on all his travels to hold 1,;- nvo.inntijils. nnd that even then it was sometimes very hard to con vince some ot the ollicers mat ne not a spy. He expects to have many thrilling experiences during his Rus sian trip. DISSOLUTION NOTICE tu; i . nntifv all persons that the partnership buisiness known as L. W. Lineberry r company, iw" j ,-.,m; T?aTllpmn. N. C, and consisting of L. W. Lineberry and J. G. Brown has by mutual con sent been disolved. I am not responsi ble for the further liabilities of the above concern. j, G. BROWN. THE GOAT When your auto wont run Or your furnace goes out, And some son-of-a,-gun Bumps into your gout. If the weather is cold When it ought to be hot, And they say you look old When you know you are not Just blame it all onto the war. When your mother-in-law Comes to spend a few years, And you stand for her jaw And you wince at her jeers. When the sun never shows And the world all seems bleak And all of your woes Are doubled each week Just blame it all onto the war. When you're feeling as blue As Kentucky erasa. And there's nothing to do Out to turn on the gas. When your money is low And your business is rank, And you've just drawn your dough All out of the hnnlf Just blame it all onto the war. DON ALLEN. LOVE'S LABOR I had all that love could do, Hut I spard some love for you. And I go forth in the morning, Leading on to life's adorning As 1 bear amid the strife All the naked love that's beating in my heart and soul for men And though 1 had all love could do, I turned to love again. Mighty Hercules strove seven Times in labor to complete For the world the tasks that heavci. Hurled in thunder at his feet. But the labor that love enters In this world of aching need Casts the mighty hero's labors In the shadows oft indeed; For love that hath all love can v Still finds love again for you. All day long and through the night Iwith love strove main and might Every hour and every moment Full of love's immortal foment, To and fro and hour by hour Kept I moving in love's power, Having all that love could do Yet through golden gates of morning Sweet" with dewy fresh adorning, I still brought some love for you, I have spared some love for you. Bcntztown Bard. A PRAYER IX TIME OF WAI; Thou, whose deep ways nre in the sea. Whose footsteps are not known, Tonight a world that turned from Thee Is waiting at Thy throne. The towerinb Babels that we raised Where scoffing sophists brawl, The little antichrists we praised The night is on them all. The fool hath said the fool hath said, And we who deemed him wls. We who believed that Thou Wast dead, How should we seek Thine eyes? How should we seek to Thee for pow er Who scorned Thee yesterday? How should we kneel, in this dreac hour? Lord, teach, us how to pray! Grant us the single heart once morri That mocks no sacred thing, The sword of Truth our fathers von When Thou wast Lord and King. Let darkness unto darkness tell Our deep, unspoken prayer, For while our souls in darkness dwell We know that Thou art there. Alfred Noyes in London Daily Mail. BENEATH A FRIENDLY SKY Thankful for a country beneath a friendly sky; Never freeze in winter catch fire in July; An' when you think it over there's so much thanks to spare, The thankful soul keeps busy each bright day in the year. An' even when Trouble lands you on Jordan's stormy banks, A star or two will rind you in the hallelujahs ranks, For still some friendly angel forever watehin' nigh, Drops down a life preserver from o window in the sky. Frank L. Stanton. KEEP ON Wherf the day looks kind'er gloomy And your chances kind'er slim, When the situation's puzzlin' And your prospect's awful grim, And perplexities keep pressin' Till all hepe is nearly goue; Just grit your teeth and work and save, And keep on keepin' on. NAMING BABY She ransacked every novel, And the dictionary, too, But nothing ever printed. For her baby's name would do: She hunted appellations From the prei-ent and the past, And this is what sh? named him When they christened him at last: Julian Harold Egbert Ulysses Victor Paul Algernon George McFall. But after all the trouble. She'd taken for his sake, His father called hVn Fatty . And his schoolmates called him Jake DO YOU FIND FAULT WITH EVERYBODY? An irritable, fault-finding disnosi tion is often due to a disordered stom ach. A man with good digestion is nearly always good natured. A great many have been permanently benefited by Chamberlain's Tablets after years of suffering. These tablets strength en the stomach and enable it to per form its functions naturally. For sale by all dealers. THE WAY TO RAISE HOGS I will tell you the way I raise hogs: The first and most important ques tion is to begin with good stoc::. Whatever breed you choose it should have good blood, thoroughbred if possible. It does not cost so much to feed a thoroughbred as a scrub. I commenced with two thoroughbred Duroc-Jersey sows. I like this breed best because they are gentie and very careful mothers. If anyone wishing to get a start of hogs will procure a few Duroc sows and take care of them they will soon have a bunch to be proud of. I have a nine-acre field which I fenced into three fields; the creeK which runs along the edge I fenced separate with a woods pasture, and have gates so I can pasture either, fields, and hogs always have the run of the woods pasture and creek. try to arrange so I can have sofp,. field tor them to graze all the time, 'i' raise oats, wheat, rape, and cowpea.' Wheat is better than oats. Ryertand barley is good. By pasturing, this way it takes very little erain":'aird': thus reduces the cost of production;. When the pigs are of sufficient-acre and size for fattening I put them a small lot or pen and give them art the corn they will eat up clean. -. In conclusion will sav mv resiirtn in less than two yenrs from two sows- costing ?25 are: Fat hogs soid, SOU; pi;rs and shouts, 8". Ba'anec on hand: rour brood sows and male, one Tat hog and 20 pigs. Besides we ha"' had all our own meat and lard v.e could use. X. LOOK OUT FOR GRAFTERS Reports coming from nil parts of the country indicate that a horde of grafters are working their way west to the California expositions. These grafters avoid the larger cities, as a general mle unci contine their opera tions to the smaller communities. A favorite method of getting moric-' to help them on their way is . to repi, sent themselves as collectors for some re!i:;ious, temperance, charity or ed ucational movement and some of them this year, pretend to be working for the suffrage cause. In one town in Nebraska last week so mcny of thesv. charity and temperance "moochers" had worked the citizens, that a Sal vation Army 'lassie a bona fide col lector for the organization hr.d hard sledding to collect enough to pay her fare out of town. Most of the frauds carried "credentials," which, upon in vestigation, proved to be not worth the paper they were written on. The editor of the local paper, .after ex posing the game, warns his readers thus: "Bevj.re of the religious "moocher" or grafter, as he or she is the most despicable hypocrite on earth. If you have a desire to g:ve to charity or the church you can find plenty of opportunities right here at home." NARROWNESS VS. GOODNESS "We- are apt to call any narrow, ignorant outburst of conscience, good, says Rev. Dr. Frank Crane, in "Foot notes to Life." "Speaking ot some religious crank, or some little soul, that has been swept away by the mob rush to some new fad, or some vicious,- perverted life that flourishes one little moral excellence, we say' that such a one is good. The grafter who is kind to the poor the boodler who keeps his promises, iha burglar who does not use tobacco, the hard hearted, pig-headed, close-fisted old skinflint who never indulges in pro fane language, we think they ought to have a good mark. "There is nothing more deceptive than a little fragment of mortality which an otherwise immorol soul borrows like a peacock feather to strut with. "Real goodness, that which if of any mortal account to ones-self or to others is the product of the sum total of all one is, does, says and thinks. It is the flavor of the man, his en tire personality. Goodness is the fruit of life, not something to be picked up and worn on the coat. " 'Great moral energy,' says Her bert, 'is the result of broad views, and of whole unbroken masses of thought.' " IN LOVING MEMORY roKni-aVi Ann Fnrlnw T.anier. wife 'of Elijah Lanier was born April 9, I806, and died January z, i-jiu, ageu 78 years, 9 months and 23 days. She was a life-long member of the Friend's church and died in that faith. Sho hnrn her afflictions with subdued patience and was happy in her last hours. She had seven children, two boys and five girls and one boy passed over the river of death some years ago. Her husband and three girls fclmma, Aine and juna earner jum-, and one son, Charlie, mourns the loss of a dear wife and mother. The body was carried by one of the High Point undertakers to Old Marlboro for bu rial. After two songs, her funeral was preached by Rev. Tinte Farlow. After the funeral she was laid to rest to await the second coming 01 Jesus. CUTS DEATH RATE IN HALF. When the Government of Peru was authorized by its Congress in 1912 to contract a loan for the sanitation of le,uitos, a town of 13,000 inhabi tants, lying 2,:!00 miles up the Ama zon river, and aimcst on the Equator, the authorities of the Peruvian Gov ernment requested the United States Government to recommend a man who could do the work. Dr. Geo. M. Con verse was sent. When Dr. Converse arrived in the i-itv he found a death rate which averaged 4G.56 per 1,000 for 10 years preceeding and which had risen in 1912 to 49.52. He also found yellow fever and hookworm in great abun dance. There were no paved streets, no sewers and no water system. The work of freeing the pity of filth was rapidly carried out and by the means used, sanitary measures and other good results were rapidly at tained. In the first year of the work the death rate fell from 41.62 per 1,000 to 28.88.
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