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l, V -til K .VXD I SCR EASING CIRCULATION. 'TRUE TO OURSELVES. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." AN EXCELLENT ADYEBTISINGMEDITJ11 VOL. 17 SMITHF1ELD, N- CFRID4Y, FEBRUARY 3, 1899. NO. 41 From Factory to FirtsUU: A $3.75 Tsk! h r-m thu white I i-; .T1 1 ' .Jl Ki.SniH.inamU, in. HHSii4l'--S -.IVr.:.,r.,nto.il!ie Our crcit t'V.pn-o imi iWii? t. !)s of thoii-. .mU of ! rci:ii n r;niio. I'iothtnc. ir!- V 1.1 1.1111 u. .;vc m A I vi 4 ... r.r c , t. ui tvr . tl.i: V Jou t 1 V t- r ,-t t!n. " C W o rvil li h .-. !it',ocr.ir!ic.! rmlonre of C.r- 4 A r--t. K.;..-. Art S;u.m. roTiur.s a:iJ I c i .: whl.'Cl :)-. t-x., t ihsi -rs : h I ! A si .r-.i 1 .-. ' J .Mirror, Tin . air. im.i..; ii . .!. ii j, u wre i.tre ..t ti. i. i ; i'. ;.. t ....it-, itiur A ..-t.-P.lf T." V.MK. C ti- t -o : l.' i- i .".'.'.aNmtit. i $13.25 jj ' ,l . "-. . in l :i ii i ! i : S.r.:!,-:oi:ri.c C Ji.K-,';i-S. f V " " " 4 Juliizs Hi ncs & Son, f 3ALTIM0RE, Ml. Dept. 009. i J. H. KIRKEIAN, GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT. SMITHFIELO. N. C. No Cut Kate or Assessment Company KepesenteJ i -i .1 an I I.on lit;nre pliouc No. 51. SAM T. HONEYCUTT, ATTORNEY AT-LAW. SMIT HCIEL , N- C. :cii! Aittstios Paid to Collection o! Claims and to Settlement of Estates V. o OiToite Court Houe in office ; YA. S. A'.H'll. y M. SIMMON. EDWARD W. roC. TAMES It. POV. A. D. WARD. SIMMONS. POU & WARD. i-'CSE-S ND COUNSELLOR5-AT-LAW, SMITMFIEUD. N. C OFVICKS IS COURT HOCSK. O-'.U ps :Uo at Kaleib. N. C. Lums .1 r. liMin. opjosite' Market, Fayette v..o Street. :n-t in New Heme, N. C.) Practice in all the Courts: C-AIVS COLLECTED. ESTATES SETTLED. 0EY CN HNO TO LEND. T. C.JORDAN, SMITHFIELD. REPAIRING DONE. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. t. - -te.l i-j now buil.lin oorupiol bT SMITHFIELD DRl'O COMPANY. Flovd H. Parrish, smith fie lp, x. c. Fkkii Meats, Beef and Ice. Highest Prices Paid lor Hides. REEF CATTLE WANTED. J. B. Person, Jr., H. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Ftr-inraGj Located at Selma, N. C CAN BE FOUND AT PRESTON HOUSE. l-:-.MlM. A Valuable Reminder' A small church was sadly in need of jjeneral repairs, and a meeting was being; held ia it with a view to raising funds for that purpose. The minister tiavinsj srid $500 would be re quired, a very wealthy (and tijually stingy) member of the congregation arose aud said he would give one dollar. Just as ne scit down, however, a lump of plaster fell from the ceiling and t.it him on the head, Whereupon he rose up hastily aud called out that he had made a mistake; he would give $50. This was too much for an enthusiast present, u ho forgetful of everything, nlkd ouTfervently, "Oh Lord, :it him again!" Ex. No Right to Ugliness. The woman who is lovely in S ice, form and temper will al ways have friends, but one who w ould be attractive must keep lu r health. If she is weak, sickly iriil all run down she will be ner vous aud irritable. If she has constipation or kidney trouble, her impure blood will cause pim I'ifs, blotches, skin eruptions .Mi a wretched complexion. ' I -ctric Bitters is the best medi c;ne in the world to regulate "ornach, liver and kidneys and t purity the blood. It gives s rong nerves, bright eyes, smoothly, velvety t kin, rich com plexion. It will make a good looking, charming woman of a run-down invalid. Only 50 cents at Hood Bros.' Drug Store. Lie n Bond blanks and Chattel M-Ttgage blanks for sale by The Herald. WORK OF THE SOLONS. A Democratic Legislature is Transacting; Business in a Hurry. THURSDAY JAN. 2G. The House met at 10 o'clock with Speaker Connor in the chair. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Barrett, of the city. Of eleven petitions presented nine were irom merchants in various counties asking that the merchants' purchase tax be re pealed. Among the new bills intro duced during the morning hour were the following of general iuterest and importance: li Ray of Cooiberlaud, to re peal the assignment law. By Council of Watuga, to amend the Code, relating to registers of deeds and clerks to county commissioners; By Jus tice oi Aici'oweii, to require telegraph companies to exercise due diligence in transmission and delivery of message; penalty of $100 is imposed for negligence or unreasonable delay. iy lames os I'enuer, to incor porate Moore's Creek Monu mental Association; byjohnsoo r t oi onnston, to regulate ap pointment of notaries public; by Thompson of Onslow, to estab lish a tax commission; the Gov ernor, by consent of the Senate, is to appoint three commissio ners; by Rountree of New Han over, to amend Sections 196 and 197 of the Code in regard to the removal ot cases from one county to another; bv Lane of Rockingham, to allow Rocking ham county to isue $10,000 bonds; by Patterson of Robe son, to create the county of Scotland, it proposes to take in quite a la-ge part of Robeson, including Red Springs and Pem broke, etc; by Carr of Alamance, to premote road improvement by use of wide tires. KILLS PASSED THE HOUSE. Among the bills passed are the following of importance: To give the Sheriff and other officers of Greene county protec- tion against tne recent injunc tion of fudge Timberlake. It provides that in case of quo warranto proceedings, the pre sons in office shall hold and shall enjoy all the powers and emolu ments ot otnee until tbe quo- warranto proceedings are set tled; to require boards of county commissioners to accept bonds given in surety companies only in case the company shall have on deposit with the State treas urer the sum of $50,000 or its equivalent, to secure the perfor mance of the bond obligation. IX THE SENATE. Very few new bills were intro duced in the Senate. Among them were: To allow Greensboro to issue bonds, to preyent dealing in futures in North Carolina; to renew the charter of the Youngs ville and Reidsville rail way. Bills were passed as follows: To extend and deepen the Albemarle and Chesapeake canal; to provide five new com missioners for Stokes ccunty. This bill will enable the commis sioners to bring suit against the clerk of the Superior Court of Stokes, who, it is alleged, has $1,500 of the county's money and unless action is brought inside of the uext three months. Senator Glenn declares the clerk will be protected by the statute of limitations; to authorize publication of sketches of North Carolina regiments (compiled by Judge Walter Clark); to iu- crease tne numoer oi commis sioners in Tyrrell county; to establish a dispensary at Jack son, Northamptoo county; to incorporate Davidson Mineral Railway; to charter the Golds boro Lumber Company; Report of the committee on Jones White contested election case from the fourteet th district (in favor of Jones) was unanimously ap proved. Friday, Jan. 27. During the morning hour twelve petitions were presented in the Honse to-day, and forty one r.ew bills and resolutions were introduced. Fifteen of the most important bills on the cal endar weie passed on third read ing and six on second reading. Among the bills introduced were the following: Bv Rovintiee, otNew Hanover, to allow any township to vote on road tax, and to provide that tax so voted shall be ap plied to such township; by Juli an of Rowan, to provide sepa rate quarters for white and col ored convicts at work on roads; by Boushall of Wake, to allow agents of educational institu tions to use free passes; by Leatherwood of Swain, to com pel parties petitioning the Su preme Court for re-hearing of causes to execute bond to secure judgment, and for summary re lief by the Supreme Court in en tering judgment against surety when judgment is affirmed; by Russell of Carteret, to authorize commissioners of Carteret coun- t to apply surplus funds to payment ot floating debt. Among the bills pasted wcte the following: To examine the books of State Treasurer; to es tablish a dispensary for luck- son and Northampton county; to ratify and approve the char ter of the South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railway Company of North Carolina this road is to be 140 miles long, capital stock $750,000. it was formerly the Ohio River and Charleston Railway; to incor porate the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Rail way General Hoke's road from Bakersville to Lincolnton; to amend Chapter OS, Public Laws of 1897, by inserting Robeson couuty the law is in regard to registration and probate of crop Ieins; to incorporate the Beau fort and Pamlico Railway; to give Caswell county four addi tional commissioners in order to restore white supremacy there; to unite Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railway, succes sor of the Virginia and Carolina Railway; to incorporate the Bank of Elizabeth City, to incor porate the Inter State Telephone and Telegraph Company, Julian . S. Carr, Geo. . Watts and others, stockholders; to levy a special tax in stock law terri tory in Nash county. The Speaker appointed as a committee to examine the Treas urer's books, in accordance with a resolution passed by the House. Messrs. Currieof Moore, Brown, of Johnston, and Pe tree of Stokes. All bills introduced in the Sen ate were of local importance only. Among those passed were the following: To amend the charter of Win ston; to allow citizens of Ruth erford to levy a special tax; to amend Chapter 134, Laws of 1891, relating to the lease of turpentine orchards; to author ize commissioners of Forsyth county to levy a special tax; to amend Chapter 34 of the Code and Chapter 181, Laws of 1889. relating to physicians the act of 1889 allowed every doctor prac ticing medicine prior to that time to get license whether he had a diploma from college or not, and the time for application for and granting of such license is extended up to 1892. The bill passed to-day requires that an applicant for license must have a diploma from a medical col lege and such clerical acquire ments as the State Board of Physicians may deem neceesary. Dr. Murphy s bill revising. amending and consolidating the insane laws of the State, was again taken up, and the clause providing that the criminal in sane shall be incarcerated in the penitentiary a Raleigh met Wiith the usual opoe sition, being severely condemned by Senator Brown, who announced Ins in tention to fight ic to the bitter end. Objection was also raised by Senator Travis to the inebri ate department at Morganton. He declared that it was suffici ent for the asylum to care for the unfortunate insane and that it was not wi'bin the bounds of its duties to provide for those who came to grief through their own weakness. SATURDAYJAN. 28. The House met at 10 o'clock. Speaker Connor in the chair. Prayer was offered by Kev. Dr. Daniel of the First Presbyterian church. Of the eLven petitions present ed, three asked incorporation of churches and school houses, two were lor repeal of the merchants' purchase tax, one against Scot land county and one asked tne building of a road across public lands in Onslow county by con victs. Of the fifty seven new bills introduced, only the following are of general interest and lm portance: By Suggs, of Greene, to allow commissioners of Greene county to levy a special tax; by Brown of Johnston, to incorporate the Old North State Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Com pany; by Williams, of Dare, to provide for promotion and supervision of the oyster indus try of North Carolina; by Alex ander, of Rutherford, to create the Vance textile department ol the Agricultural and Mechani cal College. This bill amends Section 9, Public Laws, 1897, Chapter 410, adding; to estab lish and maintain a department ot the college in which shall be taught the manufacture of tex tile goods. Only (our bi'lis were passed, as follows: To make cohabitation between whites and blacks a Llouv. ; to Latablisha stock law iu certain parts of Cumberland; to change the name of the town of Wolscry to Raymoutb. Senate amendments to two other bills were concurred in The Winstou bill, in regard to social relations of the races, was discussed for more than two hours before it was passed. IX the senate. A petition was presented from members of the various churches of Goldsboro, to establish a school lor the relonnatiou ot youthful criminals; bills were introduced, to re-enact Chapter 29G, Laws of 1885, relative to the stock law in Robeson county; to amend Rule 9. Chap ter 28, of tne Code; to amend Section 3GG4, ol the Code, con cerning registers of deeds; to in corporate the Carolina Building and Insurance Company. Among the bills passed on final reading were: To re estab lish Mount Airy townsbipSurry couotp. This bill practically enforces the collection ot a $25, fl00bo?!d i-Uf. subscribed lr x.. J j'v m. V Ml II Oil M. UVI U UB ley Railway. Bill to prevent tishing with certain nets iu Albemarle sound: to protect cattle from splenetic lever. A bill to repeal Section 3113 of the Code came up. This bill provides that a local option election may be held in any mon h during the year, instead of in Juue, as the law now stands, and on a petition of one fourth of the citizens of a town ship instead of one-half as formerly. After considerable discussion the bill was referred to the committee. Bill to allow Greensboro to issue bonds passtd final reading, as did bills authorizing the pay ment of school teachers in Hali fax county for services rendered in 1897; to amend the charter of Gastonia; to amend Chapter 15G, Laws of 1895 this is the Greene county bill and prevents judges from issuing an injunc tion or restraining order on a quo warranto proceeding against a defendant in office; to incorporate the Carolina Build ing a. d Surety Company; to amend Chapter 10S, Laws of 1895, authorizing tht commis sioners ot Moore county to elect officers in case of vacancy. The bill to amend the charter of Greenville passed its second reading. Love. 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved they say. And he that loyes and wins, alas! Oft mourns because love came his way. Cleveland Leader. The Ravages of Crip. That modern scourge, the Grip, poisons the ak with its fa tal germs, so that no home is safe from its ravages, but multi tudes have found a sure protec tion against thisdangerous mal ady in Dr. King's New Discov ery. When you feel a soreness in your bones and muscles, have chills and fever, with sore throat, pain ia the back of the head. catarihal symptoms and a stub born cough you may know you have the Grip and that you need Dr. King's New Discovery. It will promptly cure tbe worst cougb, heal the mtlameel mem branes, kill the disease germs and prevent the dreaded after effects of the malady. Piice50 cents and $1. Money back il not cured. A trial bottle free at Hood Bro.s' Drug Store. The Herald and Cosmopoli tan Magazine one year $1 75. WASHINGTON LETTER. The Herald's regular correspondent Washington, D. C, Jan. 30. Anti Imperialistic sentiment will have full swing in the Sen ate this week, as nearly every Senator who opposes and has not already spoken against Ini perialism, has given notice of in tention to speak. The treaty of peace will be voted on Februarv Gtn, and the chances favor its ratification, because nothing wouid le gained by rejecting it. A motion to reconsider would be made by one of its friends, and it would require a majority to table it. That majority its op ponents have not. So, if it were rejected February Gtb, all Mr McKinley would have to do would be to call an extra session of the Senate in March, when it would be promptly ratified. Within the last week Mr. Mc Kinley has been personally harshly criticised in both House and Senate, and in each body one of his critieisers was a Re publican. Iu the House Repre sentatives Jerry Simpson, and Johnson, ot Ind., jumped on him lor bowing to public opinion, right or wrong; and in the Sen ate, Senators Gorman and Hoar gave him fits for declining to fur nish the Senate with copies of the instructions given to the Peace Commissioners senator uorman nas never posed as an alarmist, but he never fears to speak the truta because it may be alarming. Just before the Senate passed the regular appropriation bill, which carries $145,000,000, Mr. Gor man made a speech, calling atten tion to tbe fact that although it was estimated that tbe war with Spain would add 50,0C0 names to the pension roll, unless our troops were recalled from the tropics btfore the sickly season, no provision, whatever, had been made in the bill fcr the in crease. Mr. Gorman concluded with this significant prediction: "Within three years from th:s date tbe pension roll will amount to $165,000,000. If you add to that thecost of main taining your army (one thou sand d )llars a man ) the Ameri can Republic will in tbe year 1900, expend more for its army and pensioners than any other nation on tbe face of the earth. That is a fact which the Ameri can people will have to face, and they ought to know now, in advance, what is coming to them if the schemes and projects which are being forced upon us are carried out." The attempt of the Republi cans to get Democratic support for the Hull bill, which will be voted upon to-morrow, by amending it so as to make any increase of the regular army above 50,000 discretionary with the President, was not a success. It made no real change. The Democrats proved by their votes for the first war appropri ation that thev were not afraid to trust the President, but that did not change the principles of the party, against the concen tration of authority in the hands of one man. Such con centration does no harm as long as the right man exercises the authority, but who can say when the wrong man will come along? The change was not made for effect in the House. where partisanship will put the bill through, but in the Senate, where its fate will be yery much in doubt, unless the support of Senator who are now inclined to oppose it can be secured. The subterfuge was so palpable that Representative Loud, of Cali fornia, a Republican, made a speech against it, plainly telling his party that they could not hope to catch suckers with such a bare book. Gen. Miles is still piling up evi dence, official and unofficial, that the beef furnished our soldiers in Cuba and Porto Rico, was unfit to eat. He has already about convinced everybody except the members of the administration, and ol the War. Investigaticg Commison, that bis charge was true, but tuey seem determined to stick to it that the beef was good. Secretary Alger put another slight upon General Miles in connection with the finding of :he Eagan court-martial. Tbe army regulations provide that the finding of a court-martial shall be forwarded to the Secre tary of War through the com manding general of tbe army, but Alger instructed the Judge Advocate to ignore Mi'ea and hand the finding to bim directly, and it was done. While nobody outside the court ani officials cau swear what tbe verdict was. everybody is certain that it was guilty, and that the sentecce was dismissal from the arm v. n handling this verdict Mr. Mc Kinley would better be careful or he will sign his political death warrant; the people have de cided that Eagan should be punished, and if Mr. McKinley exercises his authority to shield him, he will find that he may ave the punishment to bear himself. Senator Butler, in presenting a resolution of the North Caro lina Legislature for the election of Senators, by vote of the peo ple, called attention to this be ing the twenty-fourth Legisla- ure to adopt such a resolution. and said that a constitutional amendment ought to be at once adopted, citing the several ex isting deadlocks and scandals in Legislatures as an argument in ts favor. Growth and Duty of tbe United States. A little more than fifty years ago we telt tnat our country was about as large as we could manage, in loio leading Sena tors in Congress said: We do not want thecountry beyond tbe Rocky Mountains. We cannot do anything with it. It is too far oft. Providence beneficently willed it away from us. We can never get over the mountains, thank God. This is the way they talk'd when Jason Lee and Marcus W hitman urged the oc cupancy ot tnat teg on. lion Daniel Webster came near ex changing our claims to that re gion for some small fishing pnv ileges along Nova Scotia and New Foundiand. But we wer. then on the eve of a most won derful expansion of our ttriito rial area, which many veais later was further enlarged Ly the addition of Alaska. Fifty-five years ago California and Arizona and New Mexico and Colorado and Nevada and Texas were outride our national domain. Since that time these vast areas have become ours a most won. erful growth. Since the year 1800 we have obtained rom Spain, France, Mexico and Russia 2,700,375 equate milts of the total 3,501,030 square miles of the present United StateH. This great country we haye now well in hand, and have taken advance lessons in handling arge areas and large complex populations. We were never before so completely solified as at present. Our aboriginal pop ulation was never before so quiet and easily managed as now. and the prospect of their being civilized and admitted to citizenship brightens every day. Our colored population, not withstanding some local irrita tions now and then, is more or derly and manageablethansome ot the white population in the cays ot tne Know rvotniug ex citements, tbe Pittsburg and other riots thirty years ago and some of our best military troops are the negro regiments. They also furnish a large number of well-trained teachers in our schools, preachers in our churches, and not a few compe tent business men. All is not perfect on these lines, but v e are advancing. As the result of the recent peace negotiations tLere nave been added to the United States the Philippines, with some other contiguous islands, Porto Rica and Cuba following closely upon the accession of the Sandwich slands. They have come to us ... as colonies or as protectorate dependencies, like Cuba. Here are 168.221 square miles and 9,668,587 people (as nearly as I can now reckon), raising our to tal population to well-nigb 85.000,000.000. From Tbe Drift Toward Colonial and Pro tectorate Governments in tbe Last Three Hundred Years," by Daniel Dorchester, in the Ameri can Monthly Review of Reviews or February. Appetite of a Goat Is envied by all poor dyspep tics whose stomach and Liver are out of order. A 1 such should know that Dr. King's New Life Pills, the wonderful stomach and liver remedy, gives a splendid appetite, sound digestion and a regular bodily habit that insures oerfect health and great energy. Only 25c. at Hood Bros, drug store. Before and After. Before the war was over. We looked for peace each day; we read of bloody battle, And heroes of the fray. But now the war over. There still is no relief; For the generals now are fighting, About the quality of beef. Edgar A. Guest. Mine of Wonderful Rich ness. Denver, Col , Jan. 30. A spe cial from Cripple Creek says ol the recent strike: "Your cor respondent saw chunks of syl yanite that were three inches thick and solid metal, and chunks oi cxvdizcd ore of the same width that he whittled with a pocket knife. Pieces ol free ijold ore, if ore it can can be called at ail, run over $500,000 per ton. The Mollis Gibson mine never produced any ore that carried more ounces in s 1 ver per ton than this Isabella one docs in gold. With every hour's wotk the streak is length ening and widening. Joining this metalic body there is six feet of quartz that will run from $1,000 to $2,000 per ton. "Manager Kilburn said: 'I do not like to say anything that will excite people any more than tbey are at present, Tbe ore body has doubled in size both ways since yesterday mrrning. Some of the pieces of ore are 80 per cent. gold. I never saw such mineral and I do not believe that its like was ever mined in this or any other camp in the world. We have had ro assays taken on the rock, but a ton ol it could br picked out that would run anvwltre from $50,000 to $200,000 jvr ton,' "Armed guards are watching the property. Tbe strike was made at a deptl of 820 feet be low the f urlace. There is block ed out in one level between the ninth and seventh levels at least $5,000,000 worth of ore." What Inspired the Czar. At tbe recent banquet in San Francisco given by Irving M. Scott, the builder of the Oregon, upon his retuin from Russia, Mayor James D. Phelan called forth the plaudits of the even ing by a speech in which he de scribed the interview between the czar and Mr. Scott as fol lows: "Having heard so much abont the builder of the Oregon," said tbe mayor, "tbe czar sent for him when he wanted to build some nice, new battleships of bis own. "'Let me see your schedule of prices,' said the emperor of all the Russias. "Mr. Scott handed over one of his price lists. The czar glanced at tbe first figure thatcaugbt bis eye. Then be retired to study them over. "'Before u warding the con tracts,' he said to Mr. Scott 'I waut to examine the prices care' fully.' "On tbe foiioA'ing morning the czar issued his tamousapeal for tbe disarmament of the whole world." San Francisco News Letter. Cored to Death. Mr. Samuel.Hagins, a deaf and dumbmanliving in Buford town ship, met a terrible death last Friday. He was gored to death by a bull. The animal had been worked, and Mr. Hagins caught him out of the shelter and was leading him to water, when the animal suddenly attacked him, one ol his horns plo wing its way up the unfortunate man's leg and into bis body. He was tossed partly ever tbe bull's head. Tbe next time tbe horn went into nis neck. There was a colored man present, who had come to look at the bull with a view to buyitig him, and when the attack was over, the wound ed m in was carried into the house. Dr. McCain was sent for but before he arrived the man was dead. Ke Fooled The Surgeons. All doctors told Renick Hamil ton, of West Jefferson, O., after suffering 18 months from Rectal Fistula, hs would die unless a costly operation was performed; but he cured himself with five boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the surest pile cure on earth, and the best salve in the world 25 rent a box. Sold bv Hood I Bros, druggists. Bakitlg Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum Alum tafcing powders arc the rrcAtest menacers to health of the present day. AKiMa pownrn no , rw vo.k. Copper Deposits in Granville and Person. The State Geologist has just returned from an exploring trip through the copper region in Granville and Person counties, and reports considerable activi ty in the opening up and mining of copper deposits there and tbe sale of large tracts of mineral land to visitine canitalists Th copper belt is three to four miles i wiae and about twenty miles long, running nearly north and soutn. its southern end is in Person county, ten or twelve rDiles south of the Virginia line, and it crosses into Granville county three fourths of a mile south of the State line, and ex tends thence eight or nine miles northward to near Dan river, in Virginia. Some mining was done in this region many years ago, and again in 1891 and 1892; but at that time there were no rail roads near and cconer was fil ing at about one-half its present price oi lb cents per pound. me two most promising mines are in Granville countv the Holloway, which was open ed up two years ago and is now being worked to a dentil of three hundred feet, and the Blue Wing, which has a shaft oe hundred and twentv feet. Both appear to be fine properties and are producing good ore. Their owners are showinc their faith by building a railroad to the mines, putting in improved machinery and putting up a smelter for treating the ore. Raleigh Post. Albert S. Brown, Marion. N. C, writes: My mother was readily relieved of Disordered Liver by the use of Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. Have used it myself with great benefit. About Roads. Prof. J. A. Holmes, of the Uni versity, has written a letter on good roads in which he says: "Uirt roads are the most ex- pensive roads that can be uued. "Macadam roads, properly constructed are the most satis factory and the cheapest road yet dtscovered. "Trained labor and compe tent engineering supervision are as important in building r. ads as they are in the building oi railroads, or any other special Dusiness. "Convicts make cheap and satisfactory road builders, and every short-tern: convict in North Carolina ought to be at work on the public roads of the State. "Hills and mud holes, both of which are avoidable, are the two most expensive features about the dirt roads. "All road work should be done with a view to its permanency. A poorly built macadam road Is largely a waste of time and money. "Good roads are expensive. but in the long run tbey are cheaper than bad roads. "The bad roads in North Carolina to day cost her people iu labor and money but little Isssfhan $10,000,000 a venr. and yet over two thirds of the counties in the State will refuse to levy a small pittance of a tax for good roads, which would help throw off this terrible bur den. "This enormous bad road tax is to-day the biggest factor in the Industrial depression from wnicn our people are sunering. It is as real a tax as any man eyer paid. It is the largest tax we pay. Mother's trusted friend, Sim mons Squaw Vine Wine or Tab lets, prepare tbe system for con finement, shorten labor and make child-birth easy.
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