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MUST- FOR SIGK CHILD "California Syrup of Figs" can't harm tender stomach, liver and bowels. Erery mother realizes, after giving iier children "California Syrup of Pigs" that this Is their ideal laxative, because they love its pleasant taste and it thoroughly cleanses the tender little stomach, liver and bowels with out griping. When cross, Irritable, feverish, or "breath is bad, stomach sour, look at the tongue, mother! If coated, give a teaspoonful of this harmless "fruit laxative," and In a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, sour bile and undigested food passes out of the bow els, and you have a well, playful child again. When its little system is full of cold, throat sore has stomach-ache, diarrhoea, Indigestion, colic remem ber, a good "inside cleaning" should always be the first treatment given. Millions of mothers keep "California Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a teaspoonful today saves a sick child tomorrow. Ask at the store for a 60 cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has directions for babies, children of all ages and grown-ups printed on the bottle. Adv. Soldierly. General Bliss was relating remi niscences of sham battles. "I had a young friend, Captain Exe, Avho could never be worsted in sham warfare," he said. "Exe one day started to lead his valiant company at double speed across a bridge to storm a height, but young captain belonging to the op posite side rushed up and shouted : " 'III, Exe ! You mustn't cross that bridge! Don't you see the notice? The bridge is supposed to be de troyed.' " 'It is, hey?' roared Exe. 'Well, then, we're supposed to be swimming cross. On, boys, and at 'em.' " GREEN'S AUGUST Used All Over the Civilized World for More Than 50 Years. Stomach troubles seem to be almost universal the last few years; I mean indigestion in many forms, Internal nervousness, caused by incompatible food fermentation, coming up of food, sour stomach, headache, apparent pal pitation of the heart, habitual consti pation, intestinal Indigestion, caused by a torpid liver, and a general break down with low spirits and depressed feeling. Green's August Flower was introduced in this and foreign coun tries fifty years ago with wonderful success in relieving the above com plaints. Sold by dealers everywhere at 25c trial bottles or 75c family size. Sole manufacturer, G. O. Green, Woodbury, N. J., U. S. A., Australia and Toronto, Canada. Adv. Couldn't Say Much. "You have sworn to tell nothing but the truth." "Nothing but the truth, your honor?" "Precisely." "Then, judge, with that limitation upon me I might as well warn you that I'm not going to have much to say." ! LIFT YOUR CORNS OFF WITH FINGERS How to loosen a tender corn or callus so It lifts out without pain. " Let folks step on your feet hereafter; wear shoes a size smaller if you like, for corns will never again send electric sparks of pain through you, according to this Cincinnati authority. He says that a few drops of a drug called freezone, applied directly upon a tender, aching corn, Instantly re lieves soreness, and soon the entire corn, root and all, lifts right out. This drug dries at once and simply shrivels up the corn or callus without even irritating the surrounding skin. A small bottle of freezone obtained lit any drug store will cost very little but will positively remove every hard or soft corn or callus from one's feet. If yi-ur druggist hasn't stocked this new drug yet, tell hlra to get a small bottle of freezone for you from his wholesale drug house. adv. Didn't Correct Her. "That dame asked me for some con summated lye," said the grocer's new boy, with a grin. "You didn't correct her, did you?" asked the grocer. "Aw nix! I'm onto me job better dan dat. I Jest handed her a can of consecrated lye an' said nothln'." Kill the Files Now and Prevent disease. A DAISY FLY KILLER will do it. Kills thousands. Lasts all season. All dealers or six sent express paid for $1. II. SOMERS, 130 De Kalb Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Adv. After a man has kept you awake all night by his snoring he usually tella you that he didn't sleep a vink, , FLOWER EQUALIZING FUND IS TOTAL APPORTIONED AMOUNTS TO $428,161. WAKE RECEIVES LARGEST ITEM. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of North Carolina Peo ple, Gathered Around the State Capital. Raleigh. The apportionment of the State Equalizing fund, totalling $428,161.34 after the deduction of $15,000 for the State Board of Examiners and Insti tute conductors was approved by the. State Board of Education after formu lation by Mr. A. S. Brower, statistical clerk State Department of Education. The fund was apportioned among ninety-six counties to provide for the salaries of their teachers for a suffi cient additional term to bring the mini mum term up to ninety days. Wake county, heading the list, received $12,065.40. The apportionment was arrived at as follows: First, all counties having a school term of less than 80 days after having levied the maximum tax of 15 cents on each hundred dollars valuation of property and 45 cents on each taxable poll, were apportioned sufficient funds on the basis of teachers salaries to bring their term of 80 days. Second, all counties having a school term of 80 days, together with those of the first group (those with less than 80 days terms) were apportioned suf ficient funds to bring their terms to 81 days; next, those providing 81 days were included and the term raised to 82 days, and so on. This method was followed until the fund was exhausted and it was found that there were suf ficient funds to provide every county (having less than that term provided by their own county funds) with an additional term sufficient to bring tho minimum to 98 days. Apportionment by Counties. The apportionment by counties Is as follows: Alamance, $4,809.03; Alexan der, $8,032.50; Alleghany, $4,356.25; Anson, $3,593.25; Ashe, $8,241.75; Avery, $4,384.25; Beaufort, $6,113.25; Bertie, $4,560.75; Bladen, $4,445.10; Brunswick, $2,992.50; Buncombe, $7, 223.64; Burke, $3,312.00; Cabarrus, $5. 044.0; Caldwell, $3,786.76; Camden, $2, 054.25; Carteret, $3,064.50; Caswell, $2,578.50; Catawba, $5,946.75; Chat ham, $4,478.85; Cherokee, $2,893.50; Chowan, $1,914.75; Clay, $992.25; Cleveland, $6,939.90; Columbus, $7, 164.00; Craven, $3,423.15; Cumberland, $5,633.32; Currituck, $3,110.36; Dare, $3,748.50; Davidson, $6,285.15; Davie, $2,655.00; Duplin, $5,660.32; Durham, $5,329.74; Edgecombe, $4,742.62; Franklin, $4,387.50; Gaston, $8,025.75; Gates, $2,342.25; Graham, $877.50; Granville, $4,851.00; Greene, $2,497.05; Guilford, $11,325.00; Harnett, $5,207. 40; Haywood, $995.00; Henderson, $3, 177.00; Hertford, $2,619.00; Hoke, $1, 794.15; Hyda, $4,481.87; Iredell, $7, 127.10; Jackson, $3,280.00; Johnston, $7,124.70; Lee, $2,650.50; Lenoir, $4. 417.87; Lincoln, $4,417.87; Lincoln, $3, 842.10; Macon, $2,542.50; Madison, $3, 258.00; Martin, $1,825.95; McDowell, $3,044.25; Mecklenburg, $7,056.00; Mitchell, $4,273.75; Montgomery, $2, 974.95; Moore, $4,734.00; Nash, $1,650; Northampton, $4,927.50; Onslow, $4, 135.50; Orange, $3,730.50; Pamlico, $6, 324.00; Pasquotank, $2,447.04; Pender, $3,154.00; Perquimans, $2,003.40; Per son, $3,231.18; Pitt, $7,985.25; Polk, $1,566.00; Randolph, $5,180.40; Rich mond, $4,054.50; Robeson, $8,842.50; Rockingham, $7,308.44; Rowan, $6,- 828.00; Rutherford, $6,046.20; Samp son, $5,652.45; Scotland, $2,722.50; Stanly, $4,473.00; Stokes, $4,443.75; Surry, $6,448.60; Swain, $2,488.50; Transylvania, $1,917.00; Tyrrell, $1, 160.10; Union, $7,175.25; Vance, $3, 883.50; Wake, $12,065.40; Warren $3, 645.00; Washington, $1,939.50; Watau ga, $2,400.97; Wayne, $4,534.37; Wilk es, $9,504.00; Wilson, $2,934.25; Yad kin, $3,605.91; Yancey, $5,405.50. Total, $428,161.34. State Board of Ex aminers and Institute Conductors, $15, 000; Grand total, $443,161,349. Governor Has Faith in Aliens. Governor Bickett gave out a state ment expressing his abiding faith in the German element of the North Car olina citizenry, assuring unnaturalize! Germans living in this state that they are thoroughly safe here, as long as they observe the proprieties, and pay ing tribute to the loyalty and patri otism of the negro ' race in North Carolina, declaring that the question this loyalty would be a horrible in justice to a faithful people. Companies Called Back to Service. An order from the War Department to the North Carolina National Guard authorities here directs that officers and others of the Second North Caro lina Infantry and of Companies A and B, Engineers, who were individually mustered out of the service when the regiment and engineering companies were brought back to the state from the Mexican border service, be mus tered back into the service at once, rejoining the units of which they were part at the time of their being mus tered out. ED Governor Bickett's Statement. Followlne the aDoointment of the North Carolina Food Conservation Commission by Governor 'Bickett, he has issued a special statement indicat ing the scope of the work designed to be accomplished by this commission, which is to proceed to the formation of sub-commissions in all the counties through which it is expected there will be something of a farm to farm canvass. The Governor declares that with war has come a stern duty and neces sity, startling -In its suddenness and importance, that calls for patriotic service by every man. woman and child in civil life to feed themselves from their own soil. That North Car olina must be self-sustaining. There. must, he says, be a "conscription and mobilization," of all Idle acres that can be made to produce food and feed. On almost every farm there are "Idle patches" enough to plant spe cial food crops that will be of vast importance in making the farm prod ucts equal to the demand ' in this state. Every tenant should be given rent free, enough land to grow the vegetables for his family. The Governor believes there are probably Idle farms in numbers of the counties that could be cultivated by county chaingangs and made to fur nish the supplies for their mainten ance. The Governor says: "We have here a plain and pressing duty which gives to all alike the opportunity for a great and patriotic service. The haunting spectre of loosened belts, of hungry women and children should impel us to act speedily and with de termination." Mobilizing State's Idle Acres. The mobilization and utilization of every idle acre In North Carolina for the production of food supplies is con templated by Governor T. W. Bickett in the appointment of a Food Conser vation Commission. By this step, the first plans are made for a state-wide campaign which is expected to make city back yards as well as rural stub ble ground rich in the production of food for man and beast. The commission is composed of Gov ernor Bickett, chairman; Major W. A. Graham, Commissioner of Agricul ture; Dr. B. W. Kilgore, Director of the Experiment Station; Prof. W. C. Riddick, President of the State College of Agriculture and Engineering; C. R. Hudson, State Demonstration Agent; J. Paul Lucas, President of the State Farmers Convention; Dr. H. Q. Alex ander, President of the State Farm ers' Union. The first meeting is call ed for three o'clock Tuesday after noon, April 17. "We have here," says Governor Bickett making the appointment "a plain and pressing duty which gives to all alike the opportunity for a great and patriotic service. The haunting spectre of loosened belts, of hungry women and children should impel us to act speedily and with determina tion." New Troop Cavalry Accepted. Announcement was made at Na tional Guard headquarters that the new troop of cavalry for the Fed-j eral service was definitely accepted with 100 men enlisted, declared to be a splendid and entauslastic body of troopers. The officers for the new troop are Thomas J. Gause, captain; A. P. Peck, first lieutenant, and Da vid W. Loring, second lieutenant. Women's Part In Fire Prevention. An earnest appeal is being made by Col. James R. Young, insurance com- j missioner, to women in North Carolina : to help in the fight against fire. The j fire waste in this state involves not i only a great loss of property, but of lives also. Some women may feel that j it is strange that this appeal should be made to them, but they are more deeply interested than any other class j and they can accomplish as much, if not more, in stopping this loss of life and property. It is encouragement to make this appeal, as a woman is not liable to fail to heed "alls of this kind, especially when the appeal Is so strong and urgent. It affects her home and her children and their safety. To givh j'ou an idea of this toll, re member that every great city in the old world, from Carthage up to the present day, has on one or more occa sions been destroyed by fire, and prac tically every large city in America has had its destructive fire. The an nual fire loss in the United States and Canada approximates $250,000,000, and iu our own state this destruction, not counting the loss of life, amounts to nearly four mlilion dollars a year. It naturally occurs to a woman to ask: "Well, what have we got to do with those things?" The answer is. "Very much." The loss of life and property strikes our women perhaps harder than any other class. They can unite with others in stopping this waste. The annual loss of property in North Carolina by fire and the ex penses necessary to keep it down as much as possible amount to over four million dollars each year, and two thirds of three-fourths of this is pre ventable. Farmers Interested In Peaches. Although commercial peach growing in North Carolina is of compratlvely recent origin, numerous requests for Information regarding peach produc tion in the state have been directed tc the Division of Horticulture of the Ag ricultural Department along with nu merous requests for information re garding the different practices V peach culture. Moore and Montgomery counties, they are known as the Sand Hill sec tion, is looked upon as the leadina commercial peach section. STATE HOW READY TO RAISE HER SHARE AUTHORITIES ONLY AWAIT OR DERS FROM GOVERNMENT TO BEGIN. GUARDS ON SPECIAL DUTY Majority of Troops In State Are Now Guarding Properties Which Might Be NUIested. Raleigh. With Camp Glenn, More head, definitely designated by the War Department as the point of mobiliza tion for troops in this state and prac tically all of the North Carolina Guard units now In service assigned to spe cial guard duties at various points in the state to protect properties that might be molested by agents and sympathizers of the Germaas, the Na tional Guard authorities now have their definite lines to which to work in getting out this state's quota of whatever troops the Federal Govern ment will raise in prosecuting the war. It is not likely that Camp Gleen will be called into service until there comes from Washington the call for the rais ing of the 500,000 men to augment the regular army and the National Guard forces, and this is not expected to come until summer, possibly June or July. The task pressing upon the Guard authorities now is the enlist ment of recruits to get the units of the Guard up to even the peace stength of 56 men each, to say nothing of the full war strength, which Is 150 men. Numbers of the officers are free to say .hat they do not believe the enlist ments can be completed through the ordinary volunteer channels and they believe there will have to be a ca.l from the Governor and something in the way of a conscription by lot be fore the work will be completed. The trouble seems to be that there .'a a general holding back to join en tirely new units that it has been ex pected would be called for. Men in all parts of the state are ready to join new organizations, but they seem to be balking at the idea of all enter ing as "green privates" in old organi zations with so many trained men In line ahead of them. The Guard au thorities are much encouraged over the outlook, however, and there are daily indications of increased response to the call to arms through the regu lar channels. Henry E. Seaman Dies. Durham. Henry E. Seeman, senior iroprietor of the Seeman Pintery and a master craftsman of the trade, died at his home in Durham from an at tack of apoplexy. His unexpected death was foreshadowed in an illness rf twelve hours duration, sinkif """" a coma last night, from which h regained consciousness. He years old. Henry Seeman was born In Ontario, and when a mere yoi. grated to Greensboro, North C His early boyhood days were e the Gate City, where he served' prenticeship to the craft whieff tnorougniy mastered in laterj "Sticking type" on the "North a weekly newspaper, was the ta iniaiated him Into the trade. borious methods of hand-set mi the pioneer weekly and the machinery for composition o were the contracted periods which Henry Seeman lived an ed. He conserved the best f rf old school and became identifl,,rrtl the ever changing labor-saving de ices of recent times. Illiteracy Decreases in Durham. Durham. Only 33 boys and girls between the ages of 12 and 21 In Dur ham county are unable to read and write, according to the annual report of Superintendent of Education C. W. Massey, made public a few days ago. Seventeen of these are found In one district. Twenty-five of the 30 white districts do not report a single illiter ate. Fifteen years ago, there were reported 375 illiterates in Durham county, the comparison thus showing a remarkable decrease. A strong ef fort is being made to blot out Illiter acy in the county. Bryan Speaks of World War. Asheville. "There was, at one time, a difference of opinion as to the advis ability of entering the world war, buf when Conress acted, all discussion ended. The country is unitedly back of the Government in what it has done so far. There can be no doubt as to the final outcome of the struggle, ii. my opinion. What we may have to pass through before the end comes is mere guesswork, and I prefer not to gues3." Thus spoke William Jennings Bryan, as he stood on the steps of a bank building in Aoheville. Loulsburg Has .Disastrous Fire. Louisburg. Louisburg Cotton Oil Mill and about 500 bales of cotton were totally destroyed by fire. The total loss is estimated at about $150. 000. This mill was owned by J. M., W. II., F. H. Allen and G. W. Ford, and was only partially covered by In surance; about half of the cotton be .onged to the Oil Mill Company and the other to J. M. and W. II. Allen. The net loss will be very great. The fire is supposed to have caught from hot box In the seed room. LIBRARIANS TO MEET SOON Eleventh Annual Convention of Society Will Be Held This Year at Salisbury. . Charlotte. The North Carolina Library Association will hold its elev enth annual meeting in Salisbury April 24-25, the sessions to be in the Community building. The officers of the association are: Miss Mady B. Palmer, of Charlotte, president; Mrs. D. A. Garrison, of Gastonia, vice-president; Mrs. L. P. Coltrane, of Concord, second vice-president; Miss Carrie L. Broughton, of Raleigh, secretary; Mrs. A. F. Griggs, of Durham, treasurer. The program is one of special inter est. At the first session, Tuesday morn ing, Miss Minnie W. Leatherman, sec retary of the North Carolina Library Commission, will talk on "Progress of the Library Campaign." The afternoon session will be intro duced by a musical number, "Spring time," Donizetti-Herbert, by the Music Study Club. The address of welcome will be made by Mayor W. H. Woodson, of Salisbury, and the response by Miss Mai y B. Palmer, of Charlotte. Dr. Geo. F. Bowerman, librarian of the Public Library, Washington, D. C, will talk on "The Library of the Twen tieth Century in Small and Medium Sized Towns." "Story Hour" will be conducted by Mrs. T. S. Lucas, of Society Hill, S. C. Wednesday forenoon will be devot ed to discussion of problems of college and public libraries. Wednesday afternoon there will be a "Book Survey," those making talks being Miss Palmer, of Charlotte; Mi3S Cornelia Shaw, of Davidson; Miss An nie F. Petty, Miss Janet C. Berkeley, of the Greensboro Public Library; Miss W. L. Erwin, of Salem Academy and College. The club women of Salisbury will tender the visitors a luncheon and the chamber of commerce an auto ride. Governor It in Washington. Washington. Former Governor Locke Craig was a visitor in Washing ton. ' He thinks that he people of North Carolina are with the administration in its war with Germany. "We are for peace all of us," said Mr. Craig. "It is not a guestion of peace or war. We could not stand for everything, and the situation was growing worse all the time. I think the President was patient, brave and cool-headed. He did not rush us into war. He kept us out of it as long as he could. He Is not condemned by any fair or just man. "I think Congress will do right in giving him the funds he asked for. We should extend credits to the nations that are fighting Germany." Wake Forest Wins Debate. Raleigh. Wake Forest College won over Randolph-Macon in a jnnat credit- esolved. States wroniDii O s eitoxicat Charlotte. H. Grady Webb robber who was being transpo Atlanta Federal prison fro Virginia and escaped from the on a train wnlie in tne yar was captured at Badin, near Si and was immediately carried! lanta to begin his sentence. j r. r ' oampson rarmers dub Clinton. In Sampson co farmers operations are goin?. with remarkable rapidity dent that the farmers are a considering the food situa while the cotton and tobac may not be materially dec food crop will doubtless be Farmers in this county are forth unprecedented efforts NORTH CAROLINA Governor Bickett appoi Howell Way, member of Board of Health, for a years to succeed himseL he appointed Dr. E. C. I Charlotte, to membership Dr. W. O. Spencer, w pires April 25. Rocky Mount negro volunteered to do Red A highway commissio ganized in Warren cou Albert Belche, a youf claiming Spartanburg, v home, was arrested in! charged with severely President and the flag. Mr. A. S. Brown, of C fic manager of the No Cotton Manufacturers' was chosen manager of the trail'' reau of the Raleigh Chamber of Com merce. He will begin his duties May 1. Col. Hamilton A. Brown, 80, of Wilk esboro, N. C, who commanded a North Carolina repiment during the Civil War, died in Richmond last week i s jre the T y Ran- Qj ad Hu- est on I In. ASiJr 1 Y ASbti As An Aid To Your Digestion -TRY- It helps Nature cor rect any stomach, liver or bowel trouble Backache Yager's Liniment is excel lent for any kind of pain or congestion. It quickly re lieves backache and rheu matic pains, and is a splen did remedy for Neuralgia, Sciatica, chest pains, sprains, strains, swellings and en largements. Keep a bottle In your borne (ov emergencies you never can tell when you will require something of the sort. The 25 cent bottle of .Yager's Liniment contains four times . as much as the usual bottle of lini ment sold for that price. AT ALL DEALERS MM GILBERT BROS. & CO. 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