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s IS CHILD CROSS, FEVERISH, SICK Look, Mother! If tongue is coated, give "California Syrup of Figs." Children love this "fruit laxative," and nothing else cleanses the tender stomach, liver and bowels so nicely. A child simply will not stop playing to empty the bowels, and the result is they become tightly clogged with waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach sours, then your little one becomes cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat, sleep or act naturally, breath is bad, system full of cold, has sore throat, stomach-ache or diarrhea. Listen, Mother! See If tongue is coated, then give a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs," and in a few hours all the constipated waste, sour bile and undigested food passes out of the sys tem, and you have a well child again. Millions of mothers give "California Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly harmless; children love it, and it nev er fails to act on the stomach, liver and bowels. Ask at the store for a PO-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs." which has full directions for babies, children fcf all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Adv. The Beautiful. "Snow in the city is pestiferous, in the suburbs a poem," opines the Balti more American. To which the Syra cuse I'ost-Standard rejoins: "Snow is a delight in city and country when it doesn't degenerate into slush." Infections or inflammations of the Eyes, whether from external or internal cauees, are promptly healed by the use of Roman Eye Balsam at night upon retiring. AdT. Too Suggestive. First Tramp I wish I could git off dese fast freights for a ride in a first class coach. Second Tramp Every cloud has its silver lining. In de passenger coach dere is an ax and saw to remind you of a wood pile. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Taste' ess chill Tonic is equally valuable as a Gen eral Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds Op the Whole System. 50 cents. Foolish Striving After Happiness. We all seek happiness so eagerly that in the pursuit we often lose that Joyous sense of existence, and those quiet daily pleasures, the value of which our pride alone prevents us f rjii acknowledging. Sir Arthur lit Shutting Him Off, Newpop I have a thre boy that is unusually smar Nagsby Yes, so I have Newpop (flattered) A you? Nagsby You did a Still on the Hyker My wife's nu dying for the last five Fyter And she isn't Hyker No, she's ve You see, when her husb left her his dyehouse, Translation. "What on earth did that fellow moan when be said he was a peregrinating pedostrlan, castigating his itinerary from the classic Athens of America?" "He m-ant he was n tramp beating .his way from r.oston." Its Lead. "I see that your woman reporter h:is a decided tendency for military hap penings.' "I guess that is because she put too much powder on her nose for news." Not an Occasion for Praise. In doing what we ought we fleserve no praise, because it-is our duty. St, Augustine. You can't always judge the dinner by the price. Before starting the youngsters to school give them a piping hot cup of Instant Postum School teachers, doctors and food experts agree on two points that thejrJbyneeds a hot drink, and thalNthe drink shouldn't be coffee. Postum fills the need admhl ably and its very extensive usq among thoughtful parents. coupled with the child's fond ness for this flavory. nourish mg rooa-arinic, snow noi completely it meets the r ! 1 1 1 1 I (juirciuciiu , "There's a No changeji or 4l I i to t j W- SOI IMPORTANT ROAD MEASURES GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS SEVER AL MEASURES TO IMPROVE STATE ROADS. WITH THE STATE LAWMAKERS Resume of the Doings of the General Assembly During the Past Week Told in a Brief and Interesting Way. For Our Miny Readers. Raleigh. maintenance and that the remaining 30 per cent bt used in the expense of collection with the residue, which will be considerable, to be expended in the weaker counties. The special pur poses of the bill is to enable the state to get the federal fund for road build ing which in process of multiplication will in a few years grow to as much as $2,000,000. There were most important bills af fecting road building in the state in both houses of the Legislature. Sena tor Cameron, who is a member of the State Highway Commission, introduc ed a bill to provide that the State Highway Commission handle the auto mobile license tax fund so that the commission shall expend 70 per cnt of the fund in The counties in which the licenses are taken out for good In the House Representative Dough ton introduced a bill to make the ap propriation for the work of the Kigh way Commission $75,000. r The joint committee on health, hav ing voted for an unfavorable report on the State Board of Health bill for "open formula" on the labels of pro prietary medicines, for which there was a most strenuous hearing some days ago. and then decided to return it in the House "without prejudice," Representative Page served notice on the House that he would claim the right to submit a minority report in support of the measure, preferring to bring up the fight on the floor in the argument and vote on passage. Representative Ferry Stubbs, who has offered a "constitutional conven tion" hill in at least three sessions past, turned in such a measure for ffiis Legislature. It would have dele gates to a constitutional convention elected at the next state election and he would bar all discussion of pro hibition from the convention if called. Representative Roberts, of Buncombe, procured the setting of his bill to give municipalities woman suffrage when so voted by tho majority of the quali fied voters as a special order for Feb ruary 6. The bill will likely have sharp opposition and its adoption is no means certain. Both houses havjt now duplicate ills through Senator Scales and Rep- fisentative Dalton for creating a ard of three examiners to examine "pplicants for law licenses; the ex- miners to pass on the examination apers and the Supreme Court to is- 'sue the licenses as at present. Presi dent Brooks, of the bar association, said that he feels sure the bill will ipass. No committee hearing is yet Set. The Senate voted down the Pender county free range bill when it cai3 up on a minority favorable report signed only by Senator Burnett, of Pender. He made a stand for the measure on the floor, speaking stren uously in its favor but "the cards were stacked" against him in the con viction of Senators that the free range is a menace to the whole cottle and hog raising industry and that Pender is not an exception to this rule. Judiciary committee No. 1 gave a hearing to a bill designed to give any citizen in the state a right to appeal from a ruling of the Corporation Commission and voted more than two to one against the measure. It was denominated an effort to write into law the dissenting opinion of Chief Justice Clark of the Supreme Court, in the noted Anson case growing out of the contest over the passenger sta tion of the Winston-Salem South bound, the commission ruling for the location the railroad company insist ed was necessary and the Supreme Court holding that the ruling of the 1 commission was final, the party deslr J ing to appeal having no more interest I in the case than any other citizen, j Bills by. Harding in the senate asd Pearson in the house would increase the annual eppropriation for the State Geological Survey from $10,000 to $20,00fi. Senator Justice put in a bill to authorize special contracts for the payment of 8 per cent interest but leaving (' per cent the legal rate. Senator Oy.tes offered a bill to appro priate $50,000 for a woman's build ing at the A. & M. College for women and girls taking special courses and taking advantage of extension work. The joint committee on pensions has decided to adopt the pension biTi of "Se.-.ator Cranmer as the basis for the pension legislation that the joint commi" LL. rpi"ommend. This bill d pension on the Ni fourth class ier c lasses dls Senator Oates introduced a bill de signed to solve the knotty problem of meeting the demand of so many counties to elect their boards of edu cation. It wcyild lave the majority party in the state nominate in all the counties in 1918 and the minority party in each county in 1920 and the minority party in the state again for each county in the next biennial elec tion. These nominees would all be afpointed by the Governor under the bill. In this way the people would nominate and the Governor appoint and the minority party would have representation in their counties, but the dominant factor on all boards would . be Democratic as long as the state is Democratic. Senator Oates is chairman of the committee on edu cation and it is the bill that the Ad ministration will hold out for, if the bill for a state commission to ap point should fafl. In the Senate, Senator "Warren put in the hopper a revised bill for a spe cial commission' to investigate and recommend as to revision of the state taxing system. It would have the Governor, the chairman of the State Tax Commission and two laymen constitute this commission to report to the next Legislature. The senate passed ,the bill by Sen ator Jones, of Buncombe, to raise the age of consent from 14 to 16 years after much discussion and re jection of a number of amendments. The house spent much time discuss ing a bill by Clarke, of Pitt, to amvnd the law as to appeals, being a change proposed by the special commission on judicial reform, the vote being 71 to 23 against the measure. Senate bills passed final reading as follows: Authorize special appropriations for Confederate veterans in Durham county. Amend the usvry law of 1915 relat ing to insurance company exemptions. Regulate the fees of the prosecuMng attorneys in recorder's court in Robe son county. A bill providimg for service of sum mons in certain cases was tabled after number of counties asked to be ex empted. Investigate State Farm. The joint committee on penal insti tutions, Senator Turner presiding, heard a remarkable series of charges and comments on the conditions a-t the state farm, and arrangement of the management of the convicts there, by Roy Traywick. of Union county, presented through Representative Beasley of Union. It was a manu script of 35 pages and was to the gen eral effect that the convict quarters are unfit for human habitation; that the white prisoners are made to use a water pail in common with negroes, eat in the same room, and that the su pervisors and guards are cruel and that the whole atmosphere of the place hardens the convicts and inten sifies their hatred of society, making t'.r?m worse than when they were sent to the farm. Traywick is a young white man, who became involved with others in some insurance high financing in Union county, and reecived a peniten tiary sentence. Forgery was among the charges involved in the conviction and sentence. He was pardoned by Governor Craig, just before Christnjas, and has not, according to Mr. Beas ley, who believes in him strongly, yet secured employment, but seems to fee making a strong effort to take a re newed hold on life. Chairman Turner, Senator Jones, Senator Brenizer, Senator Holderness and others commented on the repre senatation of the conditions and all agreed that investigation should be made. Senator Brenizer took the view that there is need in this state for adopting prison reforms that have been successful in many other states, including paroles, probation indeter minate sentences and payment of part of the earnings of prisoners to con victs' families. He moved that a spe cial committee be appointed to inves tigate and report. This was seconded by Gray, of Forsyth,- and the follow ing committee was appointed: Sena tors Brenizer and Holderness, Repre sentatives Grier, Beasley and Ren fom, of Mecklenburg. The Senate committee on appro priations, Senator Holderness chair man gave a lengthy hearing on the Scales bill to reorganize the State Board of Charities into a State Board of Public Welfare and voted a favor able report unaimously leaving the ruatter of the appropriation open for adjustment later in the ession, the plan being to appropriate $20,000. The bill would add two members to the present board and provide a specialist to direct the enlarged work. The spe cial' work will be tfee improvement of living conditions in those fields not al ready covered by boards of education and health and others in conjunction with subsidary county welfare organi zations, and have aspecial oversight of the various state institutions, spend ing $2,000,000 annually. The bill was sdvocated and explained by Senator Scales, President Graham, of the State University, and Ir. McAllister, of Greensboro. Senator Oates in the senate and Representative McLentfon in the house offered bills appropriating $50,000 for a special campaign for elimination &f illiteracy in this sta4e. The senate tabled a resolution to invite Miss Kate Barnard, of Okla homa, to address a jcrfnt session. The house passed a duplicate of the bill Senator Linn itroduced the senst? resolution, saying .that he did so by quest and wold oppose it. Repre VH' Beasley offered the bill ii :e and itl passed without de y sort. ( , t NO CHANCE IN LEAGUE All Teams Board Base Ball Band Wagon' For 1917 Season In the North Carolina League. Greensboro. With four of the six clubs represented and the remaining pair expressing their intention through proxy of boarding the band wagon, the 1917 season of the North Carolina League became a surety at the annual directors' meeting, held in this city. Although the time limit for the post ing of the $1,000 forfeit checks was ex tended to February 15, positive assur ance was forthcoming from each city of the league that the respective or ganizations would be ready to start the season on schedule time. Those present at the annual gathering, were, in addition to President W. G. Bram ham, of Durham; Dr. R. O. Apple and K. E. Shore, of Winston-Salem; Chas. Woodall, of Raleigh; J. E. Mcllwaine and George W. Wearn, of Charlotte, and L. G. Brandt a:d John Rees, of Greensboro. Durham and Asheville were not represented by officials, President Bramham presenting the proxies of these clubs at the opening of the meeting. The most drastic change effected by the assembled moguls vwas the elimi nation of the Class "C"' ruling, adopt ed last year, which provides that only three men would be permitted on each club, exclusive of the manager, who ha dparticipated in 15 or more games in a league higher than "D," the clas sification of the North Carolina League. According to the terms of the agreement reached at todays meet ing, each team may be composed in its entirety of higher class players, pro vided that it remains within the salary limit, which was retained at its former figure. With the necessity of cutting ex penses urged by various delegates, it was agreed that the roster limit of each club be placed at 12, inclusive of the manager, instead of 13, as was the case last season. Since with the possible exception of Winston, where Charley Clancy may be returned, there will be only actively performing pilots in the circuit, this new ruling is not expected to weaken the various line ups. At the opening of the 1916 semes ter, there were but two playing mana gers in the circuit. N. C. Guardsmen Promoted. Raleigh. Announcement was mads at North Carolina National Guard head quarters here of a number of promo tions applying to guardsmen now in service on the Mexican border. Sec ond Lieutenant W. H. Peschau, of Wilmington, is made first lieutenant of Company A of Engineers vice Hay wood R. Faison, resigned. Walter Clark is appointed captain of Company B, Raleigh, to succeed Judge Cox, re signed; C. F. Lumsden is made first lieutenant and brigade adjutant vice Clark; W. C. Holder is made first lieu tenant and F. B. Parrish is advanced to second lieutenant. Oldest Negro is Dead. Raleigh Lemon Shaw, probably the oldest colored man in the state, died at Garner at the age of 108 years, four months and five days. He was born September 11th, 1809, and had spent his entire life in Wake county with the exception of a short period he spent in Dismal Swamp in the eastern part of the state, where he went during the war and remained until its close. Six years ago he was tried in the superior court for the murder of David Hall, col ored, but was acquitted on account of his age, he then being 102 years old. Guard Measure Completed. Raleigh. The special legislative committee of the North Carolina Na tional Guard Association has just com pleted its work of drafting and finally shaping up the bill that is to be intro duced to mr.ke the North Carolina laws as to the National Guard conform to the new Federalized National Guard regulations. The bill will be in troduced simultaneously in both hous es very soon now and is expected to go through with little, if any, objec tion. NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS. Governor Bickett is being urged to atten dthe meeting of the U. S. Good Roads Association at Birming ham April 17 to 21. J. A. Taylor, foreman on the big dam at Badin, was killed when a work train ran over him last week. A modern ferry is soon to be con structed at Bluett Malls. A film company is soon to stage and re-fight the battle of Kings Mountain and make a picture of the famous Revolutionary battle. Indications now are that the crop of Irish potatoes which will be grown in Craven county during the coming season, will be the largest in the his tory and thousands of barrels of them will be grown in each section of th county. The First North Carolina Infantry Is expected to be at home by Febru ary 10th. Wilson is soon to rave a $30,000 opera house. The Atlantic Coist Line and Norfolk Southern railrools have been ordered by the Corporation Commission tc build a union station at Kinston. Contract for the erection of a bridge across the Catawba River, between Charlotte and Rock Hi'.l, S. C, was awarded the Virginia Bridge & Iron Co., of Roanoke and Charlotte, by York county, S. C. The contract price for the structure is $42,000. lie By OMjrterhrecd Centered around an American army officer and a charming young quarterbreed. One of the most entertaining and exciting tales it has been your pleasure to read in a long time. Don't Fail to Read It! OUR NEW SERIAL! Watch for the Opening Installment V run Want to Read a Good Western Story? We are going to print one about Indians, soldiers, cow boys and prospectors involved in conquest of an Indian reser vation. A pretty, culti vated young girl, with the blood of red skin chiefs in her veins, and an army of ficer are the principal characters. The title is The lOuarterbreedll and it's a story that doesn't lag for an instant from beginning to end. IV atch for our new serial and be sure to get the issue with the first installment Robert Ames Bennet A Thrilling Story of an Indian Reservation in the Great Northwest A Story of the Western Frontier 'tiarterbreei By ROBERT AMES BENNET The adventures of a young American army officer, an Easterner who has discovered gold on an Indian reservation and the great grand-daughter of Sitting Bull. Full of thrills and anxious moments! Our Next Serial Don t fail to read it for you will enjoy every installment 4 I
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