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Page Sixteen THE CAROLINA UNION PARMER [Thursday, January 16, 1913. Local Notes. Health Notes AURORA LOCAL, NO. 625. Mr. Editor:—As I am housed up now with la-grippe and cannot be out much, I thought I would write you a little history of our Local and may be it would encourage some weak Lo cal to put forth new efforts, and try to do some good for themselves. Every Local could be a success if the members wanted it to be. Our Lo cal was organized four years ago by R. W. Scott, with nine members; now we have thirty-five paid-up members for 1913. We have never lost but one member and he got to talking too much. During the four years we have never missed having a meeting every two weeks, on account of bad weath er, busy seasons or anything else, but three or four times. Our meetings began to get a little dull in about a year after we were organized, for we had done nothing to get much bene fit, so we began to get busy to make our Local worth something. Our president made a move that we make up some money to buy such necessaries as all farmers are com pelled to buy, and to buy in larger quantities, and by so doing, get it at less cost, and the writer was appoint ed Business Agent for the Local, and no man could have been found with less experience than I had; but I went at it to make it pay, and we met with success right on the start. Outsiders began to take notice, and it was not long before our member ship doubled. We had to turn down some applications for we wanted to be careful and not get undesirable members In our Local. Any Local had better be few in number and do some good than have a large mem bership of “no good members.” We increased our stock, built us a Lodge and store-room and began handling chickens and eggs| We get from two to four cents more per dozen for our e^gs than we could get on the mar ket and from one to six cents more per pound for chickens. On what we buy and sell we save about 20 per cent. Our capital stock Is only about $300, and with that amount of money we have done $6,000 worth of busi ness in 1912. Take six thousand dollars and multiply it by 20 per cent and you will see what our Local Union has been worth to us. Now, if other Locals have not done something like this, whose fault is it? No one is to blame but yourselves. What we have done all other Locals can do; for I do not think it is possi ble to find a community in North Carolina with less means than this one. Some get discouraged because they do not have a good turn-out at their meetings. Our average, “sorry to say,” for 1912, was only 10%. Now, brother Union members, get busy and let’s make 1913 a record- breaker in every way we can. W. R. COX. Staley, N. C., January 10, 1913. ‘BILIOUS HEADACHES.’ Largely a Matter of Habit. Troubled with “bilious headaches?” Weil, probably your plumbing sys tem is not working freely. Tnat is by far the most common cause of these bilious attacks. Faulty elimination of the waste products of the human machine causes it to choke up, and what would bq more natural than to expect that such putrefying waste should react and poison the whole system? That is exactly what does happen, to great er or less extent, in the case of about three people out of four. Now, how to meet this sewerage question is the problem. In the first place, it must be admitted that con stipation is very largely a habit, or really a collection of habits, and all bad habits at that. Many of us have the habit of “bolting our food” and trusting to luck that it will be all right. The trouble with this habit is that our stomachs have no teeth. An other habit is that many of us don’t even “bolt our food” at regular or stated intervals. Again, many of us have the habit of taking the wrong kind of food in the beginning. We take concentrated foods, leaving little to be eliminated, and our intestines are like some of us—the less they have to do the less they want to do— consequently, when there is little waste for them to remove “they go to sleep on the job,” and we suffer. To remedy this difiiculty one should eat more bulky foods, such as fruits and vegetables, and leave off concen trated foods, such as meats and pas tries. In fact, it is frequently of value to eat a little agar-agar (a kind of harmless, indigestible sea moss) just to add bulk to the food and give the Intestines something to do. Exercise is another great aid to the proper running of this human ma chine. Lazy habits in a person beget lazy habits in his intestines. Just as it takes some will power to attain any good habit worth while, so it also takes some will power to train the in testines to eliminate. A clean community will be a heal thy community. Also, property values will be higher than in a locality where dirt, filth and unsightliness abound. And one dirty spot in an otherwise clean town is a reflection on the en tire town. Unfortunately, in this State no one knows a healthy com munity from an unhealthy one. There are no vital statistics kept. In States having a vital statistics law people look into the healthfulness of vari ous communities before they move their families there. There, health is a great factor in the price of real es tate. That will be the case here, too, some day, as soon as we get a good vital statistics law into operation. BLADEN COUNTY UNION. The Bladen County Union will meet on Saturday before the fourth Sunday in January,. April, July and October. A. R. EDWARDS, Sec. WILSON COUNTY FARMERS’ UNION MEETS. To the Officers and Members of the Wilson County Union: You are hereby notified that the next regular meeting of the Wilson County Union will be held in the court-house at Wilson Thursday, January 23, 1913, at 10 o’clock a. m. A full delegation and a large at tendance generally is expected. Im portant business regarding the cotton storage warehouse is to be transact ed, L. E. ROBBINS, Sec. It is said that fully 25 per cent of all the school children In the United States have defective eyesight. Don’t neglect your children’s eyes. Eye- j sight Is precious to every human be- ! ing. Impaired vision is a serious handicap in any calling. Consult your family doctor about your chil dren’s eyes. If he recommends an oculist, see him without delay. Pure air makes pure blood; pure blood makes you disease-resisting. If you stand half a mile off from a man and throw the gospel at him, you will miss him, but If you go close to him and lay hold upon him, giving him a hearty grip of the hand, and show that you have an affection for him, you will, by God’s blessing, lead him In the right way.—C. H. Spurgeon. Guaranteed Vitality Farmers cannot be two careful in selecting the seeds they intend using if they wish to pro- duce abundant crops and make large profits. Don t experiment with seeds of unknown quality— be sure you get the best—the kind that grow—that pro duce larger crops. Mixson^s ffigh-Grade Seeds are the best grown—carefully examined and tested. Beans, Cucumbers, Cabbage, Com, Cotton, Sorghum and all other seeds suitable for farming and trucking purposes. Special prices and low freight rates on large quantities. We want every farmer in the South to have our descriptive catalogue and price list. Write for it now while you think of it. W. H. MDCSON SEED CO., CHARLESTON, S. C, 7 The Ciflzens National Bank GASTONIA, N. C. Capital & Surplus, $ 92,249.26 Deposits, - - - 392,300.45 Resources, - - 603,927.71 5 "jo Paid on Time Certificates of Deposit The Union National Bank Cliarlotte, N. C. CAPITAL - - . - $100,000 T. y^ADE, - President F. B. McDOWElLL, .... Vice-President H. M. VICTOR, ....... Cashier We cordially invite business and offer every cour tesy and accommodation consistent with safe banking. We particularly invite the accounts of Farmers. H. M. VICTOR, Cashier THE AMERICAN FARMER The whole world is more or less is dependent on the Successful American Farmer. finiinMof years of experience and financial help are always at the farmers command. Through the aid of the Bank many small farmers have grown to be large and successful. COME AND LETS TALK IT OVER THE COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK ' COTTON EXCHANGE PLACE RALEIGH, ... NORTH CAROLINA. B. S. JERMAN, Pres. E. B. CROW, Cashier. $ Every Idle Dollar $ of your money should be put to hard work. When your money is invested it works for you day and night- interest accumulates with astonishing rapidity. Also the knowledge that your money is safe from thieves or fire helps you sleep nights. AVhy not start a Savings Account here and let your money cam future money ? We pay 4 per cent on Certificates of Deposits and all Saving Funds. Souttiern Loan and Savlnos. Oank CHARLOTTE, N. C. JNO. M. SCOTT, Pres. W. S. ALEXANDEH, V Pres. W. L. JENKINS. Cashier.
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