LAST ROUND FOR
Tax Collecting
All persons who have not paid their taxes for the
year 1914 are hereby notified that I will be at the following
'places on the dates named below for the purpose of collect
ing same. I am compelled to collect the taxes and they
must be paid. Hope all will come and settle. If payment
of your taxes Is neglected cost will follow.
Randleman Township, Friday'March 5, 1915,
Back Creek Township, Saturday March 6, 1915,
Flint Hill afternoon.
Franklinville Township, Tuesday March 9, 1915, (
Central Falls forenoon MiLlboro afternoon.
Franklinville Township,
Grays Chapel forenoon Worthville afternoon.
J. W. BIRKHEAD, Sheriff
February 8, 1915.
WE ARE ABLE
And willing to do everything'
for our customers that a good
bank ought to do. Why don't
you open an account with us? - With a record
of seven years of successful business and re
sources of more than two hundred thousand
dollars, we solicit your business: Call to see
us.
BANK OF RAMSEUR
When shipments were interrupted by the war, it was estimated
that there was enough Potash on hand in the United States to pro
vide two and three per cent Potash in mixed fertilizers for this
." spring's trade. Some manufacturers had more than enough for
these percentages.
i : Since then minor sources of Potash have been fully utilized, and
additional shipments from the usual source are still being received.
The supply is below normal, but this need not prevent farmers
securing some Potash in their fertilizers, nor should it lead fanners
, to decide not to use fertilizers.
II There is no reason to return to the out-of-date goods without
Potash, although some authorities may try to "wish" them on us.
. We have not used enough Potash in the past The largest annual
' import of Potash was only one-seventieth of the Potash ta from
tit nil by our 1914 com crop and only one-fifteenth of the Potash lost
i every year in drainage water.
Spring crops use from two to ten times as much Potash as Phos
' phoric Acid. Get as much Potash in the fertilizer as possible. A
few firms are offering to furnish from four to ten per cent
There is no substitute for Potash. It may be harder to get just
now, but POTASH PAYS.
GERMAN KALI WORKS, Inc, 42 Broadway, New York
Chicat o, McConnick Block Saa Francisco, 25 California St.
S 1 aiiuu, unpin Drag.
gf, ,! Nw Orlouu,
SEWING MACHINES
standard make sewing machines, and before taking inven
tory we offer them at $15.00 each. These machines usual
It sell for $35.00 and $40.00.
bargain.
MCCRARY-REDDING
.Add toils yield poor crops. Lime corrects
.effective. Many of your crops need
Jegumss, but Corn, Cotton and
tCuttural Lime depends on two
fineness of the grinding. We
.bonates, ane the sample
.mecnanicu condition.
Valuable
. Wrin tony fat
;BLuTa(SBUQUOLlME
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IF THE SOUTH FED ITSELF
Seasnaa A. Knapp.
These Southern States' rightfully
-should be the richest ia the land.
They have the greatest crop-producing
power. They control the clothing
of the world almost absolutely. We
have been raisins: cotton and selling
it and buying everything else. That
practice never made a people rich.
If we will produce everything that
we consume, our own butter, cheese,
poultry, aa well as horses, and let our
cotton be a cash crop, we will own the
.factories, we will own the banks, we
Wednesday March 10, 1915,
is food for thought
as well as for crops
this year.
smiauiv, mu a inn dhi.
Wkitnay Catrfral Bank Bid.
We have on hand several
Now is the time to get a
HARDWARE CO.
the acidity and makes fertilizers more
Lima directly as a plant food. Mot only
Oram crops need Lime, me value ot agn-
things the amount ot caroonates ana too
guarantee from V to v per cent, car-
we shall be glad to send you wiu snow me
Free Book on lime
pfcMaoa nlaabk aoifc Tlaala fWFWfe.' rtttOf
raa war Una faya aow
rteat row .oil ui aumr otfear
THE
G. C. BUQUO
LIME CO.
11X1 Maine Kim.
COLUMBIA, S.C
will be a factor in the policy of the
country, and in the control of tut
world.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE
This is to notify all - persons
that the partnership buisiness known
as L. W. Lineberry & Company, locat
ed on Naomi Street, Randleman, N.
C, and consisting of I 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.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Movements Due and Their Lo
cal Effect For the Cotton
8tata, Feb. 28 to March
7, 1919.
Carothara ObntrVHtnrv Korwnat
Sunday, February 28. The
week, will open with a Cool
Wave- fa the Eastern Belt as
previously forecast and with
warmer weather prevailing in,
Western Beit.
Monday, March 1; Tuesday..
March 2; Wednesday, March 3
Cool Wave is due to overspread
the' South Monday and Tuesday,
it is believed without precipita
tion, and it will bring 10 de
grees cooler weather, with light
frosts In Eastern Belt nearly to
the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts.
Thursday, March 4, to Sun
day. March 7. Rain setting in
in Western Belt Thursday will
overspread the South JYIday
and Saturday In advance or tlm
cool wave. This movement will
cover the South Saturday and
Sunday, wRh moderately cooler
weather, minima ranging around
60 degrees, with clearing.
CAPE LOOKOUT CONTRACT LET
Harbor of Refuge Largest Govern
ment Project Ever Undertaken In
State.
Wilmington. Maj. H. W. Stickle.
United States Engineer in charge of
the Wilmington district, has announc
ed that to D. L. Taylor & Co., of Me
dina, N. Y., have been awarded the
contract for building the first section
of the biggest government project
ever attempted in North Carolina, the
same being the (breakwater which Is
to form the harbor of refuge at Cape
Lookout. There Is $1,260,000 now
available for. this work, and it Is ma
tually agreed between Taylor & Co.
and the government that the firm will
be awarded the contract for the entire
project, as the appropriations are
made by the government, the whole
amounting to $3,170,000.
The contractor must begin the work
within six months. It la probable that
he will begin within three months.
The agreement makes it mandatory
that at least 27,000 tons of rock be
placed each month. Using this as
basis It Is estimated that the woTk
will be finished that part of it in
eluded In the present contract within
two ymrs from the time the work is
begun. The contractor, It is under
stood, expects to place the rock at the
raie of 60,000 tons monthly, which
would bring the time of completion to
slightly more than one year from the
beginning of the work.
The rock will be obtained from a
quarry near Havre de Grace, Md., and
water transportation will Tie had
direct from the quarry to the scene of
operations. The inland waterway will
be used to great advantage. Thirty
barges, towed by six tugi, will be used
by the contractor in transporting the
material.
Concord Ladv Wins Prize.
Concord, It will be interesting to
North Carolina women of fashion to
know that a Southern woman, Miss
Nannie Alexander of Concord, has
been awarded the" second prize and
also a certificate of award in a New
York contest for original design in
ribbon trimmed hats, this being a nat
ional contest of American designing
in order that America may soon rival
European markets in this art.
The valuo of North Caiollna hogs
has increased $3,463,000 during the
last five years.
MARKET REPORTS.
Cotton, Cotton Seed and Meal Prices
In the Markets of North Carolina
For the Past Week.
As reported to the Division of Mar
kets. North Carolina Agricultural Ex
periment Station and Department of
Agriculture, Raleigh.
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North Eastern North Carolina
Farmville ... 8c 42-43Vj 30.00
Jacksonville.. 7c 40o 28.00
KelfoiJ 7-8 o IS-40c 30.00
Moyock 7 -7o 45c
Vanceboro....7-8 a 40c S1.00
Washington. .8 -8Hc 10-Sac S0.00
South Eastern North Carolina
Fnyettevllle . ..6-84 40-45o 30.00
Klnston t -8 c 4S-48c 31.00
Maxton 74-7 S5-45C 30.00
North Central North Carolina
Battleboro. . . . 7c 42-45o 32.00
Kenly 8 -8 Ho -4So 28.00
Loulaburf. ... 40o
Raleigh 8H- B-M 4S-45o 30.00
Rlcvsbee 8 -thio S6o 20.00
Bootl'd Neck 43-45o 30.00
Smlthfleld.... So 40-45o 20.00
Wilson 1e 46c 20.00
South Central North Carolina
Charlotte ....7H-( e 19c it 00
Cleveland .... 25-420 21.00
Kin Mtn...l SUe 3-4io 28 M
Monroe' -80 40-46o SO.Of
MooreeviUe... So 3S-40o 20.04)
Newton to 40-4 So 20.00
Norwood to 40o 80.00
Shelbr 7V-I o SSe 20.00
Btateevill....7-8Ko S-42o 21.00
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PAST WEEK.
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Town White
Charlotte , .80- .11
Elmore 1.00
Mooresboro .... 1.00
Monroe 1.05
Maxton L00
Moyock .85
New Bern 1.09
Raleigh l.W-1.05
Scotland Nock tt-l.AO
Shelbr 1.00
Smlthfleld 1.00
Stateaviue ,0
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HR. TAFT FORSEES
CRISIS 111 AFFAIRS
CRAVE DANGER TO THE UNITED
STATES. IN NEW ISSUES QF
EUROPEAN SITUATION.
HUST STAND BY PRESIDENT
Fully Sustains President Wilson Fa the
course He Hae Taken in Interna
tional Situational
Morristown, N. J. The United
States is threatened by a serious in
vasion of its rights as a neutral by the
warring factions of Europe and in pro
tecting Us commerce with those Na
tions Is face to face with a crisis, in
the opinion of former President Wil
liam Howard Taft.
In the solution of that crisis should
it arise, no jing? spirit nuut be allow
ed to prevail, Mr. Taft advised; neith
er pride nor momentary passion
should influence Judgment
"And when the President s,hall act,"
Mr. Taft declared, "we must stand by
him to the end. In this determina
tion we may bo sure that all will join,
no matter what their European origin.
All will forget their differences in self
sacrificing lovalty to our common flag
and our common country."
Mr. Taft's reference to the situa
tion confronting the United States was
made at the conclusion of an address
before the Washington Association of
New Jersey. Quoting a reservation In
the treaty of Algeciras, proclaimed in
1907, and entered Into by the United
States nnd 11 European Nations. Mr.
Taft said:
"Our interest in the present war.
undp. the conditions that exist, should
bo limited as set forth in this reserva
tion, to wit.
"To preserving and increasing the
commen e of the United States wh
the bf'lliperents; to the protection as
to life, liberty and property of our
citizens residing or traveling in their
countries, and to the aiding by our
friendly offices and efforts in bringing
those countries to peace.'
"Our elTorts for peace," he continu
ed, "have been made as complete as
possible.
"In preserving the commerce of the
United States with the belligerents,
however, we are face to face with a
crisis. The planting of mines in the
open sea ond the use of submarines
to send neutral vessels to the bottom
without inquiry as to their .neutrality
wuien round in a so-called war zone
of the open sea, are all of them a
variation from the rules of interna
tional law governing the action of bel
ligerents towards neutral trade.
"When their violation results in the
destruction of the lives of American
citizens or of American property,
grave issue will arise as to what the
duty of this Government la. The re
sponsibility of tho President and Con
Kress in meeting the critical issue thus
presented in maintaining our Nation
al rights and our National honor on
the one hand, with due regard to the
awful consequences to our 90,000,000
of people of engaging in this horrible
world war, on the other, will be very
great. It involves on their part
Judgment in its consequences that we
should earnestly pray that the neces
sity for K may be averted.
"If, however, the occasion arises
we can be confident that those in
authority will be actuated by the high
est patriotic motives and by the deep
est concern for our National welfare.
We must not allow our pride or mo
mentary passion to Influence our judg
ment. We must exercise the delibera
tion that the fateful consequences in
the loss of our best blood and enor
mous waste of treasure would neces'
sarily Impose upon us. We must al
low no jinso spirit to prevail. We
must abide the judgment of those in
whom we have entrusted the author
ity and when the President shall act,
we must stand by him to the end."
" 'The great rule of conduct for us
in regard to foreign Nations is In ex
tending our commercial relations, to
have with them as little political con
nection as possible. So far as we
have already formed engagements, let
them be fulfilled with perfect good
faith. Here let us stop."
Both Houses of Congress Busy.
Washington. Appropriations for na
tional defense occupied the attention
of both houses of congress. The sen
ate discussed until late at night the
army approproprlatton bill carry tug
approximately $103,000,000, while tbe
house debated tho fortifications bill.
While progress was being mads a
,00th these measures, the senate com
mittee on naval affairs practically
completed oooeideration ot the naval
appropriations measure and tbe sen
ate paused for four minutes to pass
the pension bill carryta $164,000,000.
Increases for submarines and avia
tion over provisions ot tbe house bill
were recommended by the senate com
mittee In bill which will total ap
proximately $lB0,000,0'o0. The com
mittee urges $1,000,000 for aviation
Instead of $300,000, as authorized in
tbe house bill and also recommends
the construction of 6 sea-going subma
rines instead of one and 16 instead
of 11 of tbe smaller type submarines,
the former to cost not more than 1
400,000 each and the latter not to sx
eeed $550,000 saca.
YOU'RE BILIOUS AND
COSTIVE CASCARETS
To-night! Clean Your Bowels and End
Headaches, Colds, Sour Stomach.
Get a 10-cent box now.
Furred Tonirue, Bad Colds, Indiges
tion, Sallow Skin, and Miserable Head
aches come from a torpid liver ana
clogged bowels,, which cause your
stomach to. become filled with undi
gested, food, which, sours and ferments
like garbage in a swrll barrel. That's
the first step to, untold misery indi
gestion, foul gases, bad breath, yellow
skin, mental fears, everything that is
horrible and nauseating-. A Cascaret
to-night will give your constipated
bowels a thorough cleansing: and
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep a 10-cent box
from your druggist will keep you feel
ing good for months. Millions of men
and women take a Cascaret now and
then to keep their stomach, liver and
bowels regulated, and never a miser
able moment. Don't forget the child
ren their little insides need a good,
gentle cleansing, too.
SPEAKER CLARK OPTIMISTIC
Expects 1915 to Be a Memorably
Successful Year for Americans.
(Champ Clark, in The Washington
Post.)
While I am neither a Dronhet nor
the son of a prohpet I am of the opin
ion that 191S will be a irreat memor
able year for America and Americans.
The old year closes with a rising
tide in business and commerce and
with hope in the hearts of our people.
The trans-Atlantic wsr gave us a
grievous but not mortul wound. The'
worst of our sufferings seems to be
over. The principal industries which
are not righting' themselves rapidly
are the cotton industry and the mule
industry. These two industries are to
a large extent interdependent a fact
not generally realized. The mule in
dustry and it is a vast one is im
proving more rapidly than the cotton
industry because of the purchase of,
a very large number of horses for;
war purposes across the sea. If that I
traffic continues many months there!
will not be a horsf left for cavalry!
service in Missouri, Kentucky andj
Tennessee; which three States are 1
the home of the mule industry. Con- j
sequently mules will be substituted j
for horses in those three States wher- j
ever it can be done, which will in
crease the demand for mules.
The biggest, acreage of winter,'
wheat ever planted is in tho ground,
and reports from the sprinpj wheat
belt arc ali to the effect that the far
mers are preparing to plant the lar-j
gest acreage of spring wheat in the i
history of the Republic. These wheat i
producers whether of the winter oil
spring variety know, as certainly as
anything in the future can be known,
that by reason of the trans-Atlantic
war they will get good prices for their
wheat. Consequently they are great
ly encouraged. The Department of
Agriculture gives the prospect of the
winter wheat crop at 88 per cent plus
of a possible wheat crop, which is
above the average at this time of
year. Of course, weather conditions
betwixt now and harvest time will in
fluence the output one way or the
other and increase or diminish the
percentage. If the present snow
should remain with us till March, it
would probably raise the percentage
to 95 or possibly higher.
Why talk so much about the far
mers? Simply because all prosperity
is bottomed ultimately on agriculture
and because I represent one of the
richest agricultural dictricts betwixt
the two seas.
The railroads should cheer up and
join in the general chorus of hope
and prosperity now beginning to ring
throughout the land. However, it may
affect others, the Interstate Commerce
Commission certainly did a good turn
for the railroads by raising freight
rates. So the railroads should enlist
in the vast army of optimists and join
in jubilations at the prospect of the
good time coming.
Quite recently The St. Louis Re
public contained a statement that 50,
000 sawmill men and tie choppers
were idle on the line of the Frisco
Railroad alone. A few days ago I
read in the Fulton, Mo., papers that
manv Callaway farmers were busy
hauling ties into Fulton of which 1
was truly p;!ad. Of course one swal
low docs not make a summer, but it
is only reasonable to assume that if
the Chicago and Alton Railroad Co
nns resumed the purchase of ties, all
the railroads will go and do likewise,
which will give employment to many
thousand tie choppers, teamsters ana
railroad men; because if the railroads
buy the ties thev will put them into
the roads. If the farmers and the
railroads are pushing things, all the
croakers and pessimists in the land
can not prevent abundant prosperity
from coming to bless the land.
The war is bound to increase the
output of our factories in almost ev-
NORTH CAROLINA MAN TELLS HOW
HE SAVED HIMSELF FROM DEATH
J. E. Erwin Says Mayr's Stonach
Ressedy Brought Him Astonishing
Belief.
J. E. Erwin, of Winston-Salem, N.
C, was for a long time the victim of
serious disorders of the stomach. He
tried all kinds of treatment and had
many doctors.
One day he took a trial dose of
Mayr's ' Wonderful Stomach Remedy
and was astonished at the results. The
help he sought had come. He wrote:
"I am satisfied through personal use
of the life-saving powers of your Won
derful Stomach Remedy. You have
saved my life. I could have lived but
a few more weeks had it "not been for
your remedy. I am enclosing a list
of friend sufferers who ought to have
some of your remedy."
Mr. Erwin's experience is s proof of
the merit of the remedy. Just such
enthusiastic letters come from thou
sands of others in all parts of ths
OIL ON THE WATERS
How People of Roanoke Rapids Are
Solving the Mosquito Problem.
Washington, Feb. 22. The good
people of Roanoke Rapids, North, Car
olina, are literally pouring oil on the
troubled waters near that town.
"During the summer of 1914, ac
cording to a recent bulletin of the
United States Public Health Service,
six and one half miles of streams near
Roanoke Rapids, were oiled at a cost
of $300.
"Three thousand gallons of oil," the
report gays, "were used in the orocess.
The mill owners of Roanoke Rapids
are so satisfied with the reduction ot
malaria prevalence among their em
ployes that the will repeat the pro
cess during the coming year. Local
conditions made drainage impractic
able and too expensive, therefore
pools, ponds, and other bodies of
stagnant water which were acting as
mosquito breeders, were oiled. The
bulletin referred to points out that
kerosene, or some other agent which
wilt kill the mosquito larvae, may be
substituted for drainage under certain
conditions, but oiling as an anti mos
quito measure must be so satisfacto
rily performed at all times that no
change is afforded mosquito larvae to
reach maturity.
"The United States Public Health
Service is actively pushing a propa
ganda of mosquito eradication for the
control of malarial fever. Many State
and municipal health authorities are
co-operating in this work. Malaria is
a wholly preventable disease causing
enormous economic loss every year ia
many parts of the United States and
educational bulletins such aa the one
quoted above are doing much to make
chills and lever a thing of the past.
AFTER THE WAR, WHAT?
A plea for doing away with war is
made by the Trustees of the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace,
at Washington.
The appeal first refers to the Euro
pean war as teaching the gospel of
peace "through a lesson so shocking
and terrible that the most indifferent
cannot fail to attend and understand
it." The plea goes on to say:
"Everyone in the world will be en
titled to be heard upon it, for it will
be a question of civilization, the most
momentous of our era."
It is proposed to establish a hijrh
court to settle disputes between na
tions, just as the courts now settle
legal disputes between individuals.
But it is admitted that the deciesions
of such a high court would not en
force themselves. There must be
some sort of force to compel quarrel
some or ambitious nations to keep the
peace and respect the rights of others.
Perhaps all the great nations will
have to disarm, excepting a small
force contributed to the Army of the
World, which would be used when
necessary to enforce the decisions of
the World Court. In short, each of
the nations may have to give uo some
thing of its independence, .as individ
uals do, for the sake of peace enforced
by law.
"Above all," says the appeal, "the
motive and .spirit of the new institu
tions should not be the promotion of
ambitions or the extension of power,
but the safeguarding of human rights
and the perfection of individual liber
ty." Exchange.
DO YOU FIND FAULT WITH
EVERYBODY?
An irritable, fault-finding disposi
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 beaefited
by Chamberlain's Tablets after years
of Buffering. These tablets strength
en the stomach and enable it to per
form its functions aaturally. T'or sals
by all dealers.
ery line. I have stated once before
in print that in my judgment the war
will be a great and permanent ad
vantage to us: (1) it will increase
our foreign trade a great desidera
tum; (2) it will compel us, especially
if long continued, to manufacture al
most everything we use or consume
which would be a great and endur
ing blessing.
If Lord Kitchener's prophecy of a
"three years' war" is correct, by ths
time it closes, if we act with any wis
dom, we will have doubled and treb
led our South American and Central
American trade and largely augment
ed our world commerce.
It most assuredly will be a great
delight to every true American to sea
the Stars and Stripes floating front
commercial ships on every sea and
in every port under Heaven.
The American people are all of oae
mind about increasing and defending
our foreign commerce. This is proved
by the fact that President VTilson's
notification to Great Britain has
thrilled the great heart of America
as it has not been thrilled since
President Cleveland's Venezuela mes
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use of this remarkable treatment. The
first dose proves no long treatment.
Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Reasady
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brings swift relief to sufferers from
ailments of the stomach, liver as
bowels. Many declare it has saved
them from dangerous operations and
many are sure it has saved their
lives.
We want all people who have
chronic stomach trouble or constipa
tion, no matter of how long standing,
to try one dose of Mayr's Wonderful
Stomach Remedy one dose vill con
vince you. This is the medicine so
many of our people have been takiii
with surprising results. The most
thorough system cleanser ever sola.
Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy
is now sold here by Standard Drag
Company and druggists everywhere.