INVASION OF MARYLAND Battle of Sharpsburg or Antietam An Interesting Paper, Written by Mrs, J. W. Iladley for Meeting: of Randolph Chapter V. D. C. Last Week. September, 1862, with all his bands playing "Maryland, My Maryland" Lee crossed the Potomac river into Maryland. The people of Maryland were anxious to see the officers and men who had forced McCIellan from Richmond, and who had chased Pope to Washington. They had been ac customed to see gold laced officers and smartly clad men under arms. To them, therefore, Lee's travel-worn and ibattlegrimed soldiers seemed like moV' ing scarecrows. Their hats were torn, and brimless; their gray jackets eeamed with rents, their trousers dirty And tattered and their feet were either thrust through pieces of shoes or bare. Manv of these men and boys were from homes of wealth and culture. Hunger, rags, and toil were new to them, but they were not the men to complain of rations of green corn or clothes picked to pieces in charges across their country's battlefield. "Under their torn hats were eyes that spoke of fight; under their tattered jackets were hearts for any fate. They had guns, if not food, they could fight and die if need be for their country. What more was need ed for a soldier? General Lee now divided his army. Gen. Jackson was sent to capture Har per's Ferry: while Gen. D. H. Hill was left to guard the gaps of South Moun tain. Lee with T.ongstveet's division nuuvhod northward to Hng.-rstown. McCIellan wr.. to n- t (ilVlli- w: li clcse to ith Mm:n- !;0 mr n; "J:t the f h W: s ;i t: st ir vast my. He o must ;;-.,! Murfo,,! at the o blue until Leo could move his w:;g on trail's: ur.til ' I.ongstrecl could, march from Hagerstown, fourteen miles away; and until Ji'ckson could capture Harper's Ferry. It seemed Kn impossible task, but it was done. "Until thro? thirty on that Sabbath day, Garland's and G. B. Anderson's North Carolinians, Colquit's Georgi ans, ar.d Rhode's Alabamians fought for every' foot of those ragged moun tain sides. Lonffstrect, at thre thir ty, sent up four brigades, and Hill rushed them into the tight, all breath less from their forced march, to gether, they withstood a general Fed eral advance and at night the wearied foes sank to sleep at places within one hundred yards of each other. Hill's forces, after I.ongstreet arrived, never numbered over 0,000 men, yet, the .".0,000 Federals engaged failed to take that mountain pass. While this battle was going on, Gen. Frank lin of the Federal army led 6,500 men against Crampton's gap. There, too, Col. Munford and Gen. Howell Cobb, who came to his aid with the fifteenth North Carolina and three Georgia regiments, made a gallant stand, but the masses of blue finally cleared the ap. Battle of Sharuhnrg or Antietam Duri.ig the night, General Lee moved back five miles and set the divisions of Lop.g.-lreet and D. H, Hill in battle array at Sharpsburg. On the morning of the 16th Jacl;son's wearied men, who had captured the large garrison at Harper's Ferry dropped into line of battle on Hill's left. If McCIellan had been equally prompt in marching, Lee must have been defeated, for the commands of A. P. Hill, McLaws, and J. G. Ander son were still absent. On the 17th of September, the choicest soldiers of the two armies joined in the bloodiest one day's battle of the war. Before Slight mercifully stopped thess brave mm from tearing one another to pieces, 11,657 Federals lay dead or wounded on the ridge, and 8,000 Con federates lay near them. Yet at the close of the day, the line of battle was nearly where it began. On the 18th Gen Lee waited in line of battle for another Federal attack, but as -none was made, he crossed the Poto mac into Virginia. North Carolina soldiers were in placo from one end to the other of Xee'a thin ranks on this day of blood, by the left, they entered the fight with Jackson at dawn. On the right they were fighting with Longstreet at dusk. Nor were they idle during the day. As the eun rose, under Rip ley, they aided Jackson in fighting Hookers grand charge to a standstill. At six, under Hood and McRae, they helped Jackson and D. H. Hill to stop Mansfield's onslaught At ten, with -Manning and Ransom of Walker's di vision, they took a grand part in shat- MUNICIPAL MENTS IMPROVE- More North Carolina Towns Install ing Water Works and Sewer Sys tems Than Ever Before. N'ew water works and sewer sys tems are booming in North Carolina. Little towns and villages are install ing water and sewers now, whereas, a few years ago, only the larger towns had such things. Now our larger towns are erecting magnificent, permanent plants yielding only the purest kind of water and that in abundance. At a recent meeting of the Edenton city council an ordinance was passed to enforce the use of sanitary privies. The ordinance demanded that the privies be made according to the specifications recommended by the State Board of Health and that they be installed before fly-time. Durham has been using filtered water from the Eno River but owinr to the fact that this river receive s drainage from Hillsboro, her plan- is to change her source to Flat RV:r, which is remarkab'y free from sources of pollution. It aeovds a watershed that will be ample '! the needs of Durham lor 100 years to come. The new plan calls for -aw water reservoir of !0 million r .Unas capac- ty to be located at the present site of a smaller artilui.:". lake at the Country Cluh. Tl-.i . ill serve as an emergency Mipp'y. a settling reser voir, ari Will ad'! materially to the beauty of the C" -.try Club. Durham has vrted $."00,000 bonds effect these improvements. Mr. t Gilbert C. White is the engineer in ! i-hargo. eVa.l C: ;-k ii ; A tc the abo'it; i'l deep we!' n ai.d whic i real tr. or nv hr. L;:ts on aeco Perhaps the plant in the about a mile r:t t its i)ol a . 1 water liltratio! rnr.-t modern tate ha: of town. been in.-taile-The citv sun ply now conies from Tranter's Creek instead of from wells in the heart of town in close proximity to human habitation, privies, sewers, stables and other sources of pollution. Wash ington is also installing a rather com plete sewer system. This in turn will abolish a great number of old open privies. Southport has recently issued ?10, 000 bonds for the installation of water works and a sewer system. For her water supply she proposes to sink a suitable number of deep wells as there is no surface water available. These proposed plans have just been submit ted to the State Board of Health. It is probable that these plans or similar plans with slight alterations will be approved by the Board. There are known to be about twelve or fifteen towns in the State that are actively considering the in stallation of water works, sewer sys tems and sewage disposal plants, or improvements in existing water and sewer installations. Great Britain now has 750,000 sol diers fighting in France. CONSUMPTION TAKES 350 PEOPLE DAILY Over 350 people succumb to con sumption every day in the United States. Science proves that the germs only thrive when the system is weakened from colds or sickness, overwork, confining duties or when general weakness exists. The best physicians point out that during changing seasons the blood should be made rich and pure and active by tak ing Scott's Emulsion after meals. The cod liver oil in Scott's Emulsion warms the body by enriching the blood; it peculiarly strengthens the lungs and throat, while it upbuilds the resistive forces of the body to avoid colds and prevent consumption. If you work indoors, tire easily, feel languid or nervous, Scott ' Emulsion is the most strengtbeningfood-medicine known. It is totally free from alcohol or anj stupefying drug. Avoid substitutes. 14-42 Scott & Bowne. Bloomfield, N. J. tering Sedgwick's attack. With G. B. Anderson's, Cook's and Rhodes' Ala bamians, they died in piles to hold D. H. Hill's center against French and Richardson, and made the sunken road in which they fought forever famous as "Bloody Lane." In the afternoon, with Branch and Pender of A. P. Hill's division, they reached the field from Harper's Ferry just in time for Branch's men to join Longstreet's battle-tired men in put ting an end to Burnsides' stroke. The batteries of Manley, Reiley, Latham, and Lloyd, were all engaged. During the Maryland campaign our State lost os far as reported, 2473 men. Among the slain were Generals Branch' and G. B. Anderson, both most valuable men. GREAT NORTH CAROLINA A GREAT STATE Although North Carolina imported last vear $20,000,000 worth of food stuffs, a large part of which could have been raised at home, it should be remembered that within a few years, we have just about halved our imports of this kind. In a recent bulletin, issued by the State Agricultural Department, writ ten by Prof. Jas. L. Burgess, State Agronomist and Botanist, a number of facts are given that may be read with pride by every North Carolinian. The bulletin is doubly interesting to people of this county because Prof. Burgess is a native of Randolph coun ty. He says in the bulletin: "Forty years ago North Carolina was a good 6tate to go from; now it is one of the very best states in the Union to be in. "Agriculture in those days was fre quently thought of as a hardship im posed upon the unfortunates who had .o 'toil' the soil for a living, and was, in many cases, looked upon as an oc cupation suitable for only those who were either financially or mentally in capable of pursuing a more popular calling. "But instead of being a drudgery and a despised menial occupation, as it once was, farming has, within the last two decades, been elevated to a posi tion having the dignity of a profes sion, or a business, touching the in tellect at every angle and taxing the mind to its utmost in grappling with the problems that daily arise on the farm for solution. Men everywhere are viewing ihe business of farming in a more favorable light. They are to realize that there no ,cip. -J.irj mare ium ; ISiate. or st cl forts :a of ti'l rc now iu t lvl.le of a' 1 r Iv iii- jility . of :i t:v Tl.. are h.u 1 -tares Cv. exceed !'.-. i avoliaa i:i -..;.u!;.u,n :.nd her, '.to:j!; ; .v sh.n. i; - a '.aal aieiease h'.th iiy l.irths and in:ni'g:'at:'.i. As a ioi'iI pr.idui irg .-rate North Caroi in;:, outranked of her sister states, excelling Virginia, Arkansas, North Dakota. Massachusetts. Okla homa. Kansas, . North Carolina grew .VO2.00 bushels of corn in 1013, while Kansas, a very great wheat state, raised only 2".424,000 bushels. Maine grew but little more than half a million bushels, scarcely more than the one hundredth part of North Carolina's production. Montana grew less than a million bushels, as did Washington and Oregon, all great states. When North Carolina farm ers generally adopt the modern meth ods of corn growing, and cease spe cializing in cotton, her rank as a corn growing state will be very much high er. There are 18 states that rank lower in wheat production. She grew more wheat in 1913 than New York, Califor nia, Wisconsin, or West Virginia. It is true that she raised only 7,078,000 bushels, but the present year will be likely to see a much larger production. Even in oats sh; had 18 states be low her. She raised 4,485,000, beat ing Virginia, Kentucky, West Virgin ia, and Mississippi. North Carolina raises about a mil lion bales of cotton a year, under nor mal condition, n 1013 she raised more pounds to the acre than South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Arkan sas, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Florida, or Oklahoma, which speaks well for the fertility of her soil and for the methods of culture, although the average yield undoubtedly should be much higher, and would be if poor farming could be eliminated, a feat which it will take a long time to achieve. A matter on which the state may properly congratulate itself is that between 1900 and 1910 the percent age gain in live stock was exceeded by only four states in thp Union. North Carolina is a great manufac ing state. In 1910 its manufactured goods totalled a value of $216,656,000, excelling such great manufacturing states as Georgia, Maine, New Hamp shire, Tennessee and West Virginia. Other tables are given from which significant facts may be drawn, but those given above will serve to Bhow that North Carolina is a state of im mense resources and that it is not lag ging behind the procession. Transportation is one of the assets of any state. North Carolina has five trunk and 66 short lines penetrat ing nearly all sections of its territory. This means that there will be no dif ficulty in reaching the market with all that the state can produce. The completion of its splendid system of inland waterways will add much to its transportation facilities. Children Cry FCC FLETCHER'S CASTORI A GROW SWEET POTATOES A recent bulletin from the United States Department of Agriculture savs that the sweet potato crop is one of the most important in the South and that acreage could be greatly in creased without reducing the unit val ue of the crop. The explanation for a better future in the potato crop lies along the lines of better storage so the year's supply can be constant. Irish potatoes can be found on the market all the year round, but sweet potatoes are scarce even in northern markets at some seasons of the year. Thousands of Southern farmers, the Department's bulletin says, do not have enough sweet potatoes for home use through out the year and very few of the small cities and towns in the South have a continuous or sufficient supply. The small cities of the West and Mid dle West are not supplied with sweet potatoes except for a few weeks in au tumn. Sweet potatoes have risen in demand for the past few years for canning. Canners have contracted for sweet po tatoes for 55 and 40 cents a bushel delivered at the factory, and sales at canneries have relieved growers of the necessity of furnishing packages. Good For Man and Beast "Besides growing sweet potatoes for human food," the bulletin continues, "thousands of acres could be profita bly grown for stock-feeding purposes. The quantity that can be used profita bly for this purpose is limited only by the number of animals to be fed and the amount of other food available. All ela. ser. of live stock will eat pota toes, but their greatest value is for food for hoes and cattle. Dairy cows can b:? i" (! sweet potatoes without dan ger of ir iiii iotish- ailVi-ting the llavor led ii,-t ctlons f.D . harvest: s are fiv, hed hv , pes , an. I are (.,. of 'sv o bushei tart m--;: ,s of hed.l ' ta eorn lints U:ce :gnt A that w! e-..--;ve 1: -he's of ,vm 1 (10 to l'O bush-1 n be grown with the els no iaiv and attention. Moreover, e.s c..n d-- their own harvesting, la hailing a number of varieties of oet nouitoes which can profitably be grown Jor nunian looti, tne iiepart- meut calls attention to a truth that has greatly affected the sweet potato market, namely, that care should be taken to grow the varieties most liked by the section where the potatoes are to be marketed. The complaint of Southerners in Washington against the sweet potatoes is that they are too dry. They miss the dripping sweet ness of the Spanish and yellow yams of the South and object to the mealy quality of the Y'ankee variety. It is now too late for bedding sweet potatoes, but the slips may be pur chased from others and a good crop raised even by those who have not bedded for themselves. BACKWOODSMAN FRIGHTENED BY SHAM BATTLE San Diego, Calif., April 25. A vis itor from the back country, saunter ing through the San Diego Exposition grounds a few days ago, strolled to the Fourth U. S. Marine camp which is situated between the Canyon Cabril lo and Canyon Espanol. Just as be stepped through a grove, of naked Filipinos waving' bolos and yelling! with glee. A moment later there was a volley of rifles ar.d back came half the Filipinos with a battalion of ma rines in chase. The back country visitor didn't wait cny longer. He dove through the palm trees and would have kept going for a mile had not a stalwart man who used shocking language tripped him up and sat on him. When the rifle fire ended the visitor was al lowed to get up. . "You darn near rtilned the best bat tle picture I ever got" said his captor. "Can't you see that camera there?" Examination showed a motion pic ture company at work on a Filipino drama, in which had been enlisted the full battalion of marines, together with the cavalry and artillery from the Government posts Is San Diego. Even the Filipinos wer marines, properly dressed cr undressed and painted within an inch of theff lives. Within limits set by the company di rector, were gathered several thou sand persons watchng the "battle." 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 in 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 yra ex perience it Get a bottle of Sloan's, Liniment for 25c. of any Druggist and have it in the house against Colas, Sore and Swollen Joints, Lumbago, Sciatica and like ailments. Your money back if not satisfied, but it does give almost instant relief. TRY IT! SUBSTITUTE FOR NASTY CALOMEL Starts Your Liver Without Making You Sick and Can Not Salivate Every druggist in town your drug gist and everybody's druggist has not iced a great falling off in the sale of calomel. They all give the same rea son. Dodson's Liver Tone is taking its place. "Calomel is dangerous and people know it, while Dodson's Liver Tone is perfectly safe and gives better re sults," said a prominent local druggist. Dodson's Liver Tone is personally guaranteed by every druggist wnu sells it A large bottle costs 50 cents, and if it fails to give easy relief in every case of liver sluggishness and constipation, you have only to ask for your money back. Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant tasting, purely vegetable remedy, harmless to both children and adults. Take a spoonful at night and wake up feeling fine; no biliousness, sick head ache, acid stomach or constipated bow els. It doesn't gripe or cause incon venience all the next day like violent calomel. Take a dose of calomel to day and tomorrow you will feel weaK, sick and nauseated. Don't lose a days work! Take Dodson's Liver Tone in stead and feel fine, full of vigor and ambition. DR. COOPER TO RALEIGH Joins State Board of Health as Head of Bureau of Rural Sanitation Dr. G. M. Cooper, whole-time health officer of Sampson county, will soon be a member of the official staff of the State Board of Health. He begins work Mav 1 as chief of the Bereau of Rural Sanitation and rs assistant sec retary. The Bureau of Rural Sanita tion replaces the Rockefeller Se.nitary' Commission's division of work which was discontinued in March. Dr. Cooper lias met with success not or.'y in the practice1 of medicine, but also in public health work and rural s.urijati in. His success as a wl.ole .'nu' eerr.ty health oflieer has r.ot only .!.( r -ipst rated the clVu'ieaiy of county h -ah work, but h.r.s made for his . a.i.-.ty the record of b?hg one of the .:. pnijrro. rive in the .t;.le in health Ovaie-.- graduated at the Uni versity Colkge of Medicine in Rich P'.o.vl in lt'O."., and since that time has !-r;'cticeii his profesiof.n in the town of Clinton, ti'l two yeais ago when he v as raado whole-time health officer of Samj-son county. At the meeting of the State Health Officers' Association, at Morehead two years ago, Dr. Coop er was made president of that organi zation. ONLY ONE "BEST" Asheboro People (live Credit Where Credit Is Due. People of Asheboro who suffer with weak kidneys and bad backs want a kidney remedy that can be depended upon. Doan s Kidney rills is a medi cine for the kidneys only, and ono that is backed by willing testimony of Asheboro people. Here s a case: Mrs. W. V. Smith, Salisbury Street, Asheboro, says: "My back felt wean and lame most of the time and I wa hardly able to drag myself around, l felt all run down. After I had taken one dose of Doan's Kidney Pills, I !n proved in every way. I was rid of that awful, bearing-down feeling across my loins, too. Dunne the past two years I haven't had any further need of kidney medicine." Price 50c. at all dealera. Dont simply ask for a kidney remedy gex Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mrs. Smith had. Foster-Milburn Co.", Props., Buffalo, N. Y. HIGH PINE NEWS The farmers are very busy planting corn. Most of them are planting larg er crops than usual. R. H. Freeman left Saturday night for High Point where he goes to un dergo a second operation for appendi- citis. He was operated on Sunday morning and is getting along nicely. C. A. Vuncannoll is in our communi ty for a few days. Spring has come to stay now and wheat is making a nice show. Wade C. Freeman of Lakeland, Fla., is with home folks for a few days. Mrs. Dorris Williams is improving slowly. ', v Lala Williams is all smile: a new set of bicycle tires. Come along, partner, with your news. NORTH CAROLINA MAN TELLS HOW HE SAVED HIMSELF FROM DEATH E. Lrww Says Msyr Stomach Remedy Brottgkt Him Asfoftishing tteuei. i. E. Erwin, of Winston-Salem, N. C was for a long time the victim of serious disorders of th stomach. He tried all kinds of -treatments and had many doctors. One day. he took a trial dose ol Mayr'a Wonderful Jtomach Remedy and was astonished at the redults. The help he sought had come. Htf wrote: "I am satisfied through personal use of the life-saving powers 'of your Wonderful Stomach Remedy. You have saved my life. I could have lived but a few weeks more if it had 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 a proof of the merit of the remedy. Just sucn enthusiastic letters come from thou sand of others in all parts of the coun- SELF-POSSESSION SUPREME TEST President Wilson to D. A. R. Congress Urges Need of Calmness The need of self-possession, calm ness, and a judicial temperment by the United States in the present crisis was urged last Monday by President Wilson in a speech before the opening1 session of the 24th Continental Con gress of the Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution. The President said self-possession was the supreme test of a nation's mettle, and urged the congress to ral ly to the cause of righteousness, as ministered by those who hold their minds quiet and judge upon the prin ciple. Following the President's speech, Ambassador Jusserand, of France, told the congress that the United States had behaved in the European crisis so as to command the gratitude and thankfulness of the world. "We in France," he said, "have learned to know what the American heart is made of the pure American gold that is in it. I am glad that I may affirm the thinks of France for the generosity of America the neu tral United States." The ambassador said the "chief question in the European struggle" was the same problem that confronted America in revolutionary times. "We thought we had solved the problem of human liberty," he added. "But it again confronts us. It will be solved now just as it was solved in former times; as it was solved in the trench es at Yorktown." The President in his speech declared that he could sper.k only in general terms and that it was "indiscreet" for him to speak even in that way. YOUR CHILD'S COUGH IS A CALL FOR HELP Don't put olT treat in pr your Child's Cough. It not only s-:;)s their strength but often leans to more serious ail ments. Why risk? You don't have to. Dr. King's New Discovery is just the remedy your Child needs. It is nnde with soothing, healing and antiseptic balsams. Will quickly check the Cold and soothe your Child's Cough away. No odds how bad the Cough or how long standing, - Dr. King's New Discovery will stop it. It's guaranteed. Just get a bottle from your Druggist and try it. PREVENTING SOIL EROSION All methods of preventing soil ero sion are directed toward lessening the amount of water that runs off the sur face and increasing the amount that sinks into the soil. If all the water that falls on a given area were ab sorbed by the soil there could be bo erosion. For this reason vegetation is useful because it checks the flow of water and thus affords more time for the process of absorbtion. Hence the movement for the more general use of cover cropsin the South. In addi tion to retarding the flow of the water such crops keep the soil more or less open by the penetration of their roots, and in this way further facilitate ab sorption. Deep plowing produces somewhat the same effect, but does not, of course, add any organic mat ter to the soil which promotes the granulation of the soil particles and thus produces larger spaces between the particles for the water to sink through. TOLD THERE WAS NO CURE FOR HIM "After suffering for over twenty years with indigestion and having some of the best doctors here tell me there was no cure for me, I think it only right to tell you for the sake of other sufferers as well your own satisfaction that a 25-ccnt bottle of Chamberlain's Tablets not only reliev ed me but cured me within two months although I am a man of 65 years," writes Jul. Grobien, Houston, Texas. For sale by all dealers. -if Willie Bell, the negro arrested oil the charge of killing Mr. B. N. Mann, in Durham, March 8, has made a com plete confession of the crime. He claims however, that the blow that proved fatal was only intended to stun. ?15.00 in cash was taken from the stricken man's pockets. try who have found reljef in the use of this remarkable treatment The first dose prove no long treatments Mayr'a Wonderful Stomach Remedy clears the digestive tract of mucoid1 accretions ana poisonous matte.- Iv brings swift relief to sufferers from ailments of the stomach, liver an bowels. Many declare it has saved them from dangerous' aerations and many are sure it has saved tiwla lives. We want all people whe have chronic stomach trouble of constipa tion, no matter of how long standing, to try one dose of Mayr'a Wonderful Stomach Remedy one dose will con vince you. This is the medWne so many of our people have been taki with surprising results. The Mfost thorough system cleanser evrr sol. Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy is now sold here by Standard Drag Company and druygista everywhere;

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