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EXPORTS GROW BY LEAPS I - Ftr First Eight .Months of Fiscal Tar SI.W;U87,00u Worth t:f Goods Shipped Abroad. Washington, March 2:5 Two jit;ito mcntrt issued today by the Bureau of. Foreign und Domestic Commerce re veal that the unprecedented s:.le and shipment abroad of American prod ucts, composed principally of wt'.r mu nitions, grain and cotton, is growing steadily instead of diminishing with the progress of the European war. One statement olheialiy places the American trade balance at $"j77,7f(, 2?K for the tirst eight months of the current fiscal year, ending February 2H, while the other shows that this trade balance had leaped to $700,000, 000 by March 20. These totals are without parallels in the history of American foreign commerce. The official export figures for Feb ruary smashed all previous records for that month. They totaled $298, 727,757, against $17:?,!20,145 for Feb ruary, 1014; $19.'S,906,942 for Februa ry, 1913, and $198,844,26 for Februa ry, 1912, the former high record Feb ruary. The trade balance for Fcd ruary was $17.'?,604,?,6G, the highest, monthly figure since the war began more than double the next largest February export balance in the his tory of American foreign trade. March Balance $36,300,000. The weekly foreign trade bulletin for the week ended March 20 also wui imnonni-pd todav. This shows that the 13 leading customs districts im- business. ported goods to the value of $31,844,- I Governor-General Harrison has in 419, while the exports aggregated formed the administration at Wash $61,635,181, leaving a weekly export ington of the bad condition in the excess of $29,790,762. For the entire Philippines because of the failure to country it is estimated that the ex-' get ships to bring the products to the port"? totaled $72,500,000 and imports United States. 36,200,000 for the third week in j The Wilmington Star says: March, leaving a weekly trade bal-; The administration is loath to put a nee of $36,300,000. the government into the shipping busi The bureau's statement also felici- ness without an act of Congress, but tates the country upon the fact that what is to be done when large army the exports have reached their nor- transports which carry supplies to the mal total for the current fiscal year. Philippines have to return empty to ThB first months of the EuroDean war home ports? Under certain conditions, caused both exports and imports to take a heavy tumble compared wnn the same periods' of the year before, During the eight months ending with February the imports decreased from $1,215,797,274 to $1,055,631,627, or 13.2 per cent, while the total export have dropped only 3.7 per cent, or from $1,695,722,681 to $1,633,387,905. The net trade balance in America's favor during the present fiscal year, from July 1, 1914, to February 28, 1915, is $577,756,278. At the present rate a trade balance of more than $1,000,000,000, the highest !n Ameri- cai history, will be recorded. An idea of how America's exports have been booming since January 1 cn be had from the following figures: lnrt lanniirv. SI 22.372.ni7: ex- ports, $217,879,313; trade balance, $145,506,996. Imports, February,$125, 123,391; exports, 298,727,757; trade balance, 173,604,366. Imports, March, three weeks, estimated, 95,300,000; exports, 219,600,00; trade balance, $124,300,00. First three weeks, March, oKtimated. Gold Turns to United States. The excess exports since the begin ning of the present year have aggie- gated $443,400,000, ngure wnicn promises to str.na as record toi many years in American lorein cum- merce. If the estimated excess for the th-ee weeks in March is added to the ofiicial excess exports from July 1 to February 2S, the trade oaiance during the present fiscal ye.r reaches S700 OOO 000 W,OOU,oou. . . . rotton have been exported, of which- 273,873 ba cs were shipped during trit third week in March The February in., -i-i i -i i tv.. mi:t7Mm toward the United States, ite Tin- ports of gold during last Februar.v totaled $12,726,492, against $3.20f,- 853 in February of last year and 55,- 'If.fl A7i in PVHimnrv. 1913; while tnti exDorts of gold aggregated only $1,- 053,879, against $9,078,778 in Februa- ry of last vear, and $12,373,4U in February, 1913. . , CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REMEDY From a small beginning the sale and use of this remedy has extended to all parts of the United States and to many foreign countries, wnen you to go after trade. He declared wrong have need of such a medicine give the practice of pooling among mer Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a trial rh.ants who employ one representa- you will understand why it has become so popular for coughs, colds urn, croup. For sale by all dealers. FAMILY AVOIDS SERIOUS SICKNESS B Beiof Constantly Supplied With Tbedferd's Black-Draught. McDuff, Va. "I suffered for several vears," says Mrs. J. B. Whittaker, oi (his place, "with sick headache, and stomach trouble. Ten years ago a friend told me to try Thedford's Black-Draught, which 1 did, and 1 found it to be the Best family 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 tried. We never have a long spell of sick ness in our family, since we commenced using Black-Draught." Thedford's Black-Draught Is purely vegetable, and has been found to , regu late weak stomachs, aid digestion, 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 druggist sells and recommends Black-Draught. Price only 25c. Get Backage to-day. N. c ta TO Republican members of Congress .-hi.slcd by some few Democrats de feated the Government ship and lease purchase I. ill. Every day shows the folly of the failure to enact this wise and ju.st measure made necessary by Jie un paralleled emergency caused by world wide depressed conditions brought on by the horrors of a war unprecedent ed in the annals of time. The United States being a neutral country can engage in commerce wan the nations of the world, if we only had the ships. The ships flying the flags of the great nations at war in Europe cannot have the freight of nations because of the danger of be ing sunk by the submarines and other methods of destruction employed by their enemies. Our merchant marine having been driven from the high seas during the Republican rule since the Civil war, the advent of the Democratic pan to power two years ago this March found only 18 large American 6hips flying the American flag, engaged in the commerce of the world, and these belonged to the Northern Pacific Railroad. The result of this unwise policy pursued by the Republican party paralyzed American commerce at this critical stage of our exist ence. ' Exports cannot leave the Phiiip ines for lack of ships. There is a halt in the commerce of the islands and a paralysis and stagnation of the government has issued an order to mane snipmems on me goveriiiiicni transports when no other water car- riers offer transportation. Thus is once more emphasized the need of an American merchant marine, yet dur- ing the discussion of the government ship purchase bill in Congress a cou- pie of months ago, the statement was frequently made by its opponents that ships were plentiful and cargoes were lacking. Now that the government shipping bill has been defeated and Congress has adjourned, the advocates of a larger export trade tell us that there is a lack of ships and they de- clare that America must have its own ships to carry its own exports and lm- ports. ... , , The Jovian Electrical League had a luncheon in Philadelphia a few days ago and the chief speaker was Alba Johnson. He discussed the ,oreign 'trade movement and declared that shipping by American craft is the one essential in the commercial relations of this country with other nations of the world. He declared that all the otTnrta made to land DUSinesa in ior- eign countries help the general iraoe ctunrlinu of the country but little when 90 per cent, ot the peons - shipped in foreign bot- v . . ... "The need would not- have- been ."T -, f tv,. remedied the age of the ship purchase bill, either. By the , terms of the b.ll the g overnment i shouk he i n, v " if " ships and a bitter and J"' petition would have been the result two it posts more to ship by Amer- ican vessels the merchants should use tnem u mey .a ply, however, is not nearly suffid en fnv tiiA Hpmanrl. 1 know one mer- chant who has been waiting since January i w - - According to Mr. Johnson s own statement, there certainly would not be much competition Detvveen ine kv ornment and Drivate ship lines, be cause there would be more business than either could do till the fleet of ships increased so as io mane ernment ocean carrying unnecessary, The inwernment shipping bill was on ly to meet an emergency and it seems that the emergency is sun "r is likely to remain i his Philadelphia speech, Mr. Tnhnson snoke of the various prop 08itions for American manufacturers :v n look after their interests fnroiirn countries. He said business men in this country snouui aoopt me method used m Germany, r ranee ano England, where each firm sends one man to a rountrv and has him rema' there for 10 or 15 vears, when he is taken back to the home office and nlnepd in an executive position. Did you ever hear about the "dog in the manger T BOY BORN WITHOUT LEGS. But He Wins a Pony and Is Puzzled as to How to Kide It. Glenwood City, (Wis.) Dspatch to the Milwaukee Leader. Little Louie Von Ruden, Glenwood City's noted lapsus natura, nas just i-woivod word that he has won a pony for securing the largest number of votes in a larm journal buubi. na tion contest. What he will do with the animal when he gets it is a matter of specu lation, as he is entirely without low er limbs, having Deen norn inai way about ten years ago. Notwithstand ing his lack of natural propellors, he gets about with more than the aver age speed of boys by means of a roll er skate strapped to a stump v-here one of his legs ought to be. He is an unsually bright boy for his yeai- goes to school, enjoys uniformly good health, and shows no lack of cheer fulness because of his unique physi cal make-up. . . Bovish discomforts from new shoe? are nn unknown thing to him, and the dictates of fashion are to the cor rect length or circumstances of trou ser legs have no interest for hiin. His people are substantial Germans, who see that he lacks for none of the things that contribute to juvenile happiness. 1 GOV EUX M EN T CO M PELL ED DO SKIPPING BUSINESS TO THE Rl DKEN OF L SCTTf .Al l A C. ;l en Kv!.l... Hie North CVr.iina li-.- f Lr--e.! 's Association i:.vS ij s-'civ.- a:i lie-' farmers in the .-into v!:t ;;;v ',.. ; o dueiiig or tY.o'.:'i;r beef i :t. l , , or v. lie, are in a position U do so. We believe i'at Ivvf caitlo run ho grown and fattened ior market in Worth Carolina as cheaply n in any other State in the Union, and that in a few .years time the responsibility for producing a large part of the meat supply of America will iall on the Southeastern States. Several valuable prizes will bo of fered for the best prepared und most complete beef cattle survey made by any school boy or girl in his or her never found anything eciial to Doan's district for the purpose of obtaining Kidney Pills. They have ahvavs giv this information. en me line results. Ever so often 1 If you want to enter th's contest, take a box of Doan's Kidney Pills ami estimate the number of farmers in they have kept my kidneys in good your school district from whom you shape and make me feel better in can get the information we desire, every way." and then write R. S. Ouilis, West Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't Raleigh, N. C, tolling him the num- simply ask for a kidnev remedy get ber of blanks you will need (that is, Doan's Kidnev Pills the same that one for each farmer). Additional Mrs. Parrish had. Foster-Milburn Co., blanks will be provided later, if you Props., Buffalo, N. Y. need them, but do not write for more than you really need. A record will j A GOOD WOMAN GONE be kept of your name and the number j , of blanks you apply for, and the num- j Mrs. Kezia J. Craven died last Wed bcr you send in. If you, waste them ncsday at her old home in Randolph it will be scored against'you. county, aged 86 years, eight months The enclosed blank will show you and ten davs. She was the mother what is wanted. The answers must 0f Rev. W.'F. Craven, the beloved be as short and concise as possible, pastor of the Methodist churches on When you send the survey blanks in, the Pittsboro circuit, and was the you must get the enclosed blank let- daughter of Mr. Wesley Mann, of ter signed by your teacher, stating Baldwin township, and was born near that you are a regular scholar, ana Mt. Pleasant church, which church' that, to the best of his or her knowl- she joined at the early age of nine edge and belief, you obtained all the years. information yourself. she was married in February, 1851, The completed blanks must be sent to Mr. B. Y. Craven, who died in 1902, to R. S. Curtis, at West Raleigh, N. and she was the mother of nine chil C, before September 1, 1915. ' dren, six of whom survive her. Two Rules and Regulations in Contest 0f her brothers are living, Mr. B. Vv. 1. Pupils over 16 years of age on Mann, of this county, and Dr. E. D. September 1, 1915, will not be eligi- Mann, of Alamance. She lived a long ble to the contest. life of usefulness, which was a bene- 2. No pupils will be allowed to fill diction to all within her influence, and out and return more than five blanks was indeed a "Mother in Israel." or surveys. ' Chathum Record. 3. A record will be kept of the num- i : her of blanks each pupils asks for, and if more are requested than ac- tually used in the contest this will be scored against the pupil. 4. Return unused blanks, it any, with the completed surveys when they body gets an . attack now and then, are mailed back to this office. Thousands of people keep their Liv- 5. It will be permissible tor pupils er8 a,.tive and healthy by using Dr. to interview the same farmer or set King's New Life Pills. Fine for the of farmers. However, this is not de- stomach, too. Stop the Dizziness, sirable, if, by so doing, any interested Constipation, Billiousness and Indi farmer or set of farmers is omitted gestj0n. Clear the blood. Only 25c. in your school district. at your Druggist. 6. It will be permissible in this ' contest for pupils seeking information to nave tne larmera uukuii hi legitimate manner a reply to the questions which cannot be answered. . K .nlitl,,! hv havinir them write to the U. S. Department inem "- w wl;j n r of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, m. ci t i r.t inlhi The State Department of Agriculture Raleigh N.&;fteN. C. College or Agriculture, West N. Cw Experiment Station. West Ra e gh, N. C., the State Demonstration Agent, Raleigh, AV. AnVrnder the State monstration Agents under the &tate rmaxion may uuu..- ed frem any, otner reuaoie source the farrier Answers to all questions must be in the handwriting oi : the pupil. come through the farmer or farmers mterviewed. The pupils will not . be permitte to write ior ulc For further information relative to the contest, write R. C. Curtis, faec-retary-Treasurcr, West Ealeigh, N. C' SPRING'S AWAKENING. (John Purroughs, "Signs and Season) Thoreau, as revealed in his journal, was for vears trying to settle in his own m'nil what was the first thing that stirred in spring, after the se Enorland winter in what was the first sign or pulse of return- ing life mariif est; and he never seems in have hwn nuite sure. ... ,V . a. -:i c vlo not get nis sail on me ian ui ." Ha due into the swamps, he peered into tne water, benumbed hands for the radical leaves , r..i tu ;n. of the plants under the ' f. SSSS onethe "aldersThe-wenT' ou , . , .. e w .V. mnmina1 before daylight Mh "P!? 1.- :!, mnnsM on lie iiiuuiii - .-" tne rOiKs; ne nsieneu i"i i"c u.xv.i,, he was on the alert for the first frog - , v.-K.ioiu .,, " u- ,.,,1 Z'rhl thtini 1ni ...... .-.- v.i-fti. tnat 'roaKea ",eon(l"r V . A" F, 'ul. ' ,j :ii ' i, .mil, l p,n there, and there, and still he coul iiihiy ninieii. T" ' one Lire appears , . .n all things simultaneously. Of a warm. thawy day in tbruary tosnow is suildenly covered I w ith mynads of Z";iA lkw,aC0, vou mav Kee a winged insect in the air. ill 1I1WVI, III lll5 Or the self-same . day the r rass . n the snnnc run and the catkins on tne aij j mi u - 1iln. mid ders wi l have started a little and II you IOOK snarpiy, wiu.e ini...ii along some sheltered nook or grassy 6,0?k .rroSndvouwiir probably ta as tenant! common, same hav on the bare fround, you ' Pbab.y de8cended to them from the late hTtchJr oufuX VXJVJKS AJfred L. Troy; and said defendants should not the grasshopper A PRODUCE EXCHANGE CON TEMPLATED ed a market here, but who lives at Asheboro, was in to see us yesterday and discussing our local conditions was surprised to find that Carthage has no riroduce exchange, a place where a market can be had for all manner of farm products, and says S"t he will soon open in connection with his market a produce exchange wnere ine man irom me cuumry uu ssible to hspnse of farm l nrodiKe here on the Carthage market,?" or Dp..re lne , ' V'.?'."' from the fact no one was in the bnl-1 n market for produce has suffered. 1 We hope Mr. Pugh will open an ex--hange at once, for nothing is needed minr V"n a good exchange. Carth age Blade. liEEP Tu'E MUNI;'! S V i.i.I. I lea! tii a in i -I : llov Save it. Many ,V lives in tli. kidii.y-i wi. ; I . '11 Ip peed ne!). i s:o!e "..r i.. and ill health dangerous. I a remedy tli of kidney s boro citi.( n's Mrs. A. F. fi.t d i I . i l ulnev i flpe't thou.-: Dim:, has I" res. if ore is a-i A ( ( Diiimeiid:iUo;i. I'aivish, Atadrmy Asheboro, says: "1 was trouh mv kidnevs for vears and tlioueh I my kidneys for years and though tried dilierent kidnev medicines, 1 tried dilieivnl kidney medicines. A SLUGGISH LIVER NEEDS ATTENTION Let your Liver get torpid "and you llr(, in fr .. Knp nf miserv. Fvprv. W0RK 0p FORMER PASTOR ASHEBORO i "ev- woou, r residing aiuer of the Ashevil e District, has recently ne'd successful Institutes at Brevard, ,,..:,, nnti rwtnf RtrpJ nenuersonvuie una inesmui street ch Asheville) N. c. Every phase of th(j gund h . misnary work wa3 presented in helpful and in- We be meang increin interest & these branchea f 0r8work. Prom. inent amonK the speakers on these oc.asion9 Mr .T M W.v un, n w R Mnrf!n nf onoarlu - n . M T - i N mi" ri,lmh " ; " '"J"! " v' tVndvocaU eonverta gu,tg of Bm Sund ,8 reyiva, w h closed in Philadelphia recently after continuing ror eleven weeks. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Kara Always Bought Bears the Signature of supERI0R C0URT Before the clerk NORTH .CAROLINA, ..Randolph rOUntv vo"",y Ella T. Smith and husband, C. P. Smith Jr Dm.Il" J vs. donn xroy, Isaac iroy, win iroy Tom Troy, Robert Troy, Rosa Troy Helen Troy, Sidney Tniy, Mary T. VUA, uiiu iiusuanu. V. V. ox, Lite Troy, Maggie T. Miller and husband, Miller, the unknown heir nf 1 f ul r p, Trnv J me oeienouni aooveu iiiuneii, junu Iroy, Isaac Troy, Will Troy, Ton iroy, me unKnow Troy, the unknown heirs of Alfred Troy and the unknown heirs of Edgar Troy will take notice that an action , as.above ha8 bee eommencen against them in the Superior Court f Randol n count before the CIetk P ' summons has h thpm returna hjg o(fice i" the county court house in Asheboro, N. C, on the 27 day of April, 1915; . .l, ,.,. , ...Vf nill nt - - - . An . . . ... . . i::p , vo sen ior uivision biiiuiik miuiiiiiii aim dpfendant8 that certain realty situated . pj. fc mi(l. Mh r.lin. " " ; rAafon' will further take notice that they are required to be and appear at the aforesaid time and place named for return of summons and answer or de mur to the petition of plaintiffs or the relief therein demanded will be Brlc"- avfNF?? C S C J. M. CAVENESS, C. b. I. NOTICE Having quulified as administrator on the estate of Alfred L. Troy, de- " lnf f??le " rrL 'ci Vrt of RandS of the Superior Court of Randolph , . . L w" ",c -r a :i '" ?rt.ln.18 ' ' ' owing said eRtate will come forward and make immediate settlement. This 27 day of March, l'Jlft. J. F. PICKETT, Admr. Alfred L. Troy, deceased. r:-;: o ,in v.;:- ;c VINSON V .H Anieru:!" ,un!, tl,e llhol Vwlll ei" t sers in lllieo'i li-; t i!t i iijv i; the lid a I ii:ie, ju.u :i,, t!i" clim - i i.i aev ell.er steady iUm fi" (mid ailed the system.' In a.d.ortl however, the soldier would he- I '" dM time come i'i i",stnmei to going without it and his vitality would he higher. "Aleoh'il is the worst drug habit heeau.-e it is the most universal. It is imt a food, but a poison and is de cidedly not a medicinal necessity. Several decades ago doctors advised the drinking of alcohol as a preventa tive for bad jlds and malaria and other diseases. They didn't know any better and they had to advise some thing. 'Nowadays we recognize that in stead of increasing the ability to withstand disease, alcohol decreases1 the vitality and leaves the body less able to throw off the germs of dis ease. The only excuse for the use oi" alcohol in the trenches is to make the men feel more comfortable tem porarily, though at the same time it makes them stupid and they feel worse afterward than they did before drinking. "Numberless tests have shown con clusively, that while men under the influence of alcohol feel they are working easily and think they aecom plish a great deal, in reality their output is much less than normal. . "Like all other drugs, alcohol dead ens the sensibility to pain and ren ders the nervous system less sensi tive. That, however, may be the con dition for which the nations are work ing." How Warring Nations Have Handled the Drinking Problem. GREAT BRITAIN leading physi cians, headed by Sir Victor Horsley, are lighting to have rum eliminated from the army ration. Sir Victor says the government has bought 500, 000 gallons of rum for soldiers since the war began. RUSSIA An order issued by Grand Duke Nicholas prohibits the sale of Vodka throughout the Czar's dominions and advises both army and civilians to drink nothing. FRANCE The manufacture and sale of absinthe have been prohibited, but wine is included in soldiers' ra tions. GERMANY No anti-drink order has been issued, but the Emperor has frequently urged his soldiers to ab stain. POEM OF LENA'S GROVE The school at Lena's Grove is out. It was a most successful school. The children all loved their teacher, And never broke his rule. His rules were not unjust, But perfect and all right, And the best thing of all He treated them all alike. I Now history of thP M,lrm I will try to tell. They have been awfully good, And studied real well. The most advanced pupils We had in school Were Mary Anne Pritchard And Haywood Poole. Ruth Bulla is real smart, While Carson is rather Blow. But they both come up With good lessons, you know. ; As for Erma and Aaron They stay at home some, But both do real well When they do come. While there are two in school Who never do hurry; But I suppose you all know They are Rose and Murray. , Now Kathaleen and Glenn, They both hury a lot, But we doubt whether Would do anything or not. As for Esther and Grady, They are easily offended, And never take anything As it is intended. When you see Pauline Miller. She is looking at the boys. Especially Roland Richardson, Who likes to make a noise. I suppose you have heard " Of Dennis and Alice; They get mad real often But never hold malice. While we had two 'i That never acted silly. And they were no other Than Frank and Lillie. Sango and Alice Hughes, They do very well; but about their lessons, I'd better not tell. The smartest little girls We had in school, Were Virginia Robins, Reba Bulla, and Julia Poole.. Now Lewis, Clyde and Troy, And they are all. So you see right now, Our school was not small. Nannie Lee Poole. RHEUMATISM YIELDS QUICKLY TO SLOAN S You can't prevent an attack of Rheumatism from coming on, but you can stop it almost .immediately. Sloan's Liniment gently applied to the sore joint or muscle penetrates n a few minutes to the inflamed spot that causes the pain. It soothes the hot, tender, swollen feeling, and in a very short time brings a relief that is almost unbelievable until you ex perience it. Get a bottle of Sloan's Liniment for 25c. of any Druggist and have it in the house against Coins, Sore and Swollen Joints, Lumbago, Sciatica and like ailments. Your money back if not- satisfied, but it does give almost instant relief. ring feat in 1, , , , .naiiia Can..! '. 'I III I IK ID secure an :le SLllil.il' i:f the iiinount of llli'iiry MK ht oti edui ation in thld ligure given me is 1 spend for drink uiitry, anil the .'0,U(lO,(l(iO. Wi more tivui three tiri)e.- us much .-is we spend for education. "The annual appropriations of the ilerul Government are a littlf. less than l,2:.0,0i)!l,0(l(. This sim inrludi-s the salaries of all the public ollieials from the President down. Think r the mind ran apprehend it, of this nation spending twice that amount i' alcoholic liquors. "Our unneal is to the individusil. Drink brings no advantage whatever to one who drinks, and since intelli gence demands a reason for any course of action the fact that no good icison can Do given tor nnkiiif ought to he sufliiient to prevent the use oi iuiior to any c:;tei,t. "It lias been scientifirullv demon strated that the moderate use or ohol decreases a man's enVioncv. An athlete cannot do his best, if h drinks at all, a typewriter will make more mistakes when drinking, and a soldier will be less accurate in his aim. The accidents in industry are increased in proportion as liouor is consumed. "But there is another reason whv one should not drink at all, namelv, the danger of drinking to excess. It cannot be truthfully said that every moderate drinker becomes a drunk ard, but it is true that every drunk ard comes from the number of those who drink moderately. None come from the ranks of the total abstain ers. "I remember to have heard a tem perance lecturer use an illustration when I was a boy. He admitted that there is a difference between the moderate drinker and the drunkard, but he described it as the difference between the pig and the hog. the hog being a little older than the pig. "The drunkard has indulged the habit longer and to a greater extent than the moderate drinker, but the moderate drinker is on the road over which the drunkard must travel be fore he becomes a sot, and no mod erate drinker can be absolutely sure that he will not be overcome by the appetite. "But let me give you another rea son for total abstinence. No one can afford to spend money for drink, not even a small amount of money. Mon ey should not be wasted, and it is worse than wasted when used for that which, instead of benefiting, does harm. There are so many good uses that can be made of money that it seems strange that any one should be willing to spend money for intox icating liquor. ''Even if a man was sure that the moderate use of liquor would be of no physical injury to htm and would feel that he had money to spare for drinking, still in view of the awful consequences of indulgence in lifuor can he afford to gratify himself at the expense of those who, weaker in resisting power, may be led astray by his example? i "It is not asking too much of any human being to ask that he consider the influence of his example upon those about him, especially upon those who look to him for counsel. Indul gence compels silence on the subject. "In addition to the argument al ready presented I feel that I am jus tified in calling your attention to another reason why such an individ ual should do all in his power to in duce his fellow man to abstain from, the use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage. It is that we are so bound together that we cannot escape from the indirect effect of anything that is harmful to society. "From the lowest standDoint unnn which the subject can be discussed, nameiy, tne ground ot pecuniary in terest, we are compelled to use our influence to lessen the drinkinir donn. The use of liquors is the direct cause of crime, of poverty, of degradation and despair, and we never can tell when we shall ourselves suffer at the hands of those who are victims of in temperance." BE CAREFUL WITH FIRES One section of the act passed bv the recent Legislature to nrevpnt forest fires reads as follows: "If any person shall intentionallv set fire to any grass land, brush lano, or woodland, except it be his own property, or in that case without first giving notice to alt persons owning or in charge of land adjoining the land intended to be fired, and also tak ing care to watch such fire whilu burning and take effectual care to ex tinguish such fire, and such fire shall reach any lands near to or adioininc the lands so fired, he shall for every offense be fined not less than $10 nor more than $50, or imprisoned not ex ceeding thirty days. This shall not pre vent action for damages sustained by the owners of such Droneicv froiii such fires." The bill touches any wagoner, hun ter, ci'.mper or any other person who shall kindle a camp fire or authorize it done, unless all combustible ma terial for the space of ten feet is re moved, and provides that the aban donment of fires without . fully extinguishing them, shall be fined from $10 to $60 or imprisoned thirty days. This section gets the man who accidentally or negligently with torch, gun, match or any other instrumental- ty, starts any fire upon anv crass land, woodland, bmshland, and fines or imprisons him in the same manner. It gets the man who fires the tar kiln, charcoal pit, and provides that every tire breaking out through such circumstances or otherwise, shall be prima facie evidence of carelessness.
The Courier (Asheboro, N.C.)
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April 1, 1915, edition 1
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