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Elaborata Preparations Made for
Annual Meet of Stata Asso-' ..
-ciations Here Dec, 10-13.
Advance copies of the program for
the seventh annual" tneetlnc -of the
North" Catollna'Wvestocfc;' palry- and
- Poultry aasoclatlona, whlcb will ' bo
held. at CharlottsJ December it to 11,
. both. ' inclusive, wers , received -here
yesterday. Addresses by prominent
speakers, educational exhibits, live
stock and' dairy products Judging
classes, sales pt pure-bred beef a.nd
dairy cattle, swine and poultry are
listed as features . of the . exhibition.
, All meetings will be held at the Meek,
tenburg county courthouse. --
The opening day will be -swine
. day." with a demonstration in Inocu
latlng hogs . against nog cnoieni
scheduled for 10 o'clock, whteh will
be followed by an address by Robert
J.; Evans, secretary-;. of the American
Duroe-Jersey Swine Breeders asso
ciation, on opportunities for breeding
pure-bred . hogs. . J. E. Moses, of the
'swine extension and pjg. clubs. work
in NortW Carolina, wfll be 1 charge
of a hog Judging demonstration, and
LOOK
M CHILD'S
TONGUE IF SICK.
CROSS. FEVERISH
'.m, r-. "' e -, y t:-!-
. Hurry, Mother! Remove potf
; ons'from little stomach,
. liver, bowels. ...
Give "California Syrup )f
Figs" at once if , bilious or
. constipateoV
Look at the tongue, mother!- If
coated,' It ! a sure sign that your Ut-
1 tie one's stomach, liver and bowels
need a gentle;, thorough cleansing at
once. . - - ' ,
AVhen peevish, -cross, listless, pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act nat
urally, or is feverish,, stomach sour1;
breath bad: ; has stomach-ache, sore
throat, .diarrhoea, full of cold, give
iv teaspoonful of "California Syrup of
' viga" and in a few hours alt the foul
constipated waste, undigested food and
- rour bile gently moves out of the lit
tle bowels without griping, and you
have a well, playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children to
, take this -harmless, "fruit l;aUve;"
they love 1U delicious taste, and It al
ways makes them feel splendldo.
v Ask your- druggist for a bottle of
California 8yrup- tf ftos," which; has
directions for babies, children s of all
nges and for grown-ups plainly on the
bottle. Beware f counterfeits sold
vUert.T6 be sure you. get the genuine,
jrsk to see that it is made by 'Call-
fornla Fig Syrup Company." Refuse
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HEALTH TALK
' SPANISH WFIXEXZA OR GRIP
f. jbT i)R, LEE H. SMITH. .
An old enemy ia wlthus again, and
. whether we fight a German or a germ,
we must put up a good fight, and not
he afraid. The influenza runs a brief
'course when the patient la careful,
and if we keep the system In good
; condition and throw . off the .poisons
which tend to accumulate within our
' bodies, We can escape the disease. Re
member these three C'a a clean
mouth, a clean skin, and clean bow
els. To carry off poisons from the sys
tem and keep the bowels loose, daily
doses of a pleasant laxatixe should be
taken. Such a one Is made of May
apple, leaves of aloe, root of Jalap,
and called Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Pel
1 lets. Hot lemonade should be -" used
i freely if attacked by a cold, and tha
patient should be put to bed after a
; hot ' mustard foot-batb. i ".. .
To prevent the attack of bronchitis
or pneumonia and lo control the pain,
'Anurio Tablets should be obtained at
thedrug store, and one given every
two hours, with lemonade. The Anu
rio tablets, were first discovered by Dr.
pierce, and, as they flush the bladder
and cleanse the kidneys, they carry
away ..much, of the. poisons and the
uric acid. - -'-,'
,- It 'la Important that broths, milk,
buttermilk, Ice-cream and simple diet
be given regularly to strengthen the
; system and increase the vital resist
ance. The fever la diminished by the
use of the Anuria tablets, but in addi-
lion, the forehead, ' arms and hands
may 4e .bathed with? water ( tepid) in
' which a tablespoonful of salatraus has
; been dissolved . In a quart. After an
attack of grip or pneumonia to build
; up . and strengthen the system, obtain
lit the drug store a good Iron tonic,
nailed "Irontlc Tablets, brlhat well
i known herbal tonic, Dr.. Pierce's Gold-
?en Medical Discovery. Advertlcement
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FOR COL
OS UNO GRIPPE
The Improved Calomel Tablet'
; . . That Is Entirely Purified of
. All Nauseating and Danger-'
; out Qualitiea. J
' Physiolans are warning the public
against trifling . With colds, Influenza
and gripped s They, say that a bvlsk
calomel purgative," preferably Calo
, tabs, the new and Improved calomel
tablet, should be Invariably taken at
bedtime and repeated the second or
' third night. If necessary. In the ear
i:est stages, one Calotab la usualy suf
ficient, unless: jthe case, Is particuUriy
, severe. ' i .; -. - .:' ' ih. i; . .:-.t:
Physlclana say that It Is a waste of
time and is dangerous, to experiment
- with - other f laxatives, as caloniel ts -'
absolutely- necessary sooner or later, '
One CaloUb on the tongue at bedtime
, with a swallow .of water-chat's all.1;
.No salts, no nausea nor the slightest
' Interference with diet .work; or pleas I
ures.s - Next , morhlng . your cold has '
' vanisHed and your whole system ,1s
, purified and refreshed.. Calotabs are
void, only in original, sealed packages, '
price thirty-five cents. Recommended
" I-nd guaranteed' by. droggists' every-'"
where. Price refunded iLvou are not
i delighted. Adv ,.;.,
i . a. i a rt- :.e "if t!.o
J. "!".! ( F .1 ; - e i;reeders' asso-
c'.u.on, be fce;,t. . The business
rneptina of . the state ewine breeder
will be(he!iin the evening, followed
by . an adUresa by E. Z. Kussll, in
States government "' ' ,
Talks by Dr. Talt Butler, of . Mem
phis, editor of The ' Progressive
Farmer, on poultry, and by Helmer
Rabild, of the United States dairy di
vision, and Stanly Combs. . of the
dairy division of the state experiment
station, on dairying, will be features
of the second, or. "dairy and poultry"
day. Sales of poultry and dairy cattle
will be held early In the afternoon.
Another poultry talk will be delivered
during the evening by Dr. Butler. The
annual meeting of the Bute Poultry
association' will be held in the morning.-
The sales of cattle will include
Guernseys and Jerseys, both of which
will- be held under direction of the
North - Carolina Dairyman's associa
tion. ... ,f- ; v '-, ,v; !-( :
. Theeef cattle day" program, De
cember. 12. will be . opened with an
address of welcome by E. N. Farria,
secretary of the Charlotte chamber pf
commerce, to which J. E. Latham,
president of the North Carolina Beef
Breeders' and Feeders'' association,
will reply, ,Dr. Butler will deliver an
address on the relation of livestock
to progressive farming: 3. IL Rogers,
secretary ' of ,, the i North Carolina
Hereford Cattle Breeders' association,
will conduct a sale of pure-bred Here
ford cattle at noon, and, at 1:10
o'clock, a sale of pure-bread Arbedeen
Angus cattle will be conducted by E,
H. -Harrison; of Salisbury, , manager,
under direction of the North Carolina
Beef Breeders', and Feeders' associa
tion. The. annual meeting of this as
sociation win be held m the evening,
whenSDr. Butler will epeak on .how
to build a successful livestock indus-
try' : .' : -;i : '' :i' - V4 : - : A.
' The 'closing day of the meeting
will be ''sheep day, which will be
opened by an address by Charles E;
Miller, of . Charlotte, farm demon
stration agent for Mecklenburg coun
ty. The response will be delivered by
R. W.. Scott, of Haw River." president
of the State Sheep- Breeders' and
Wool, Groefa' association Other
addresses on the program for the day
include that by A. C. Bigelow, presi
dent ' of . ,the Philadelphia . Wool . and
Textile - association on . the national
sheep and wool problem; by F. . H.
Abbott, .president of the. Georgia
Landowners', association, on Georgia's
plan for growing, sheep r by G. A.
ICardwell, of Wilmington, a represen
tative of the A. C L, railway, on how
railroads can co-operate In develop-,
ment of the aheep Industry; by H. E.
Allen; bureau of animal husbandry.
Washington, 'on the future -of the
sheep Industry; and by F. -L. Seely,
of Asheville. on why. North Carolina
should have- a dog control law.
Demonstrations by George Evans and
W. H. Ferguson, of , the state exten
sion service, of sheep shearing and
wool tying; by R. S. Curtis and Mr.
Evans, of the state extension service,
of lamb slaughtering, .will be given
during the day.- .
The fourth students' livestock judg
ing contest will be held December 11,
in which a humberlof prises will be
offered. All entries In the dairy prod
ucts contest must arrive at Charlotte
not later than noot, December 10,
addressed to F R. Farnham, care the
Selwyn hotel, the program stated.
President Vesper and Secretary
?eake to Address Auto Dealers
of Carolinas.
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Members of the Charlotte Automo
tive Dealers' association will have as
their guests today F. W," A. Vesper, of
St. Louis, president of the National
Automobile Dealers' association, and '
E. E. Peake, executive secretary of
the association, at luncheon at tho
Selwyn hotel. Several scores of auto-:
mobile dealers and distributors " of I
other North and 8outh Carolina cities
are expected to attend the. luncheon
and hear the addresses which will be
delivered by Messrs. Vesper and
Peake. J. T. Madden, president of
the Charlotte Automotive Dealers' as
sociation, will preside at the luncheon.
" Messrs. Vesper and Peake have
been at Washington several months In
the Interest of the . association of
which they are the executive heads,
and have begun a. tour which will
take them to the Pacific coast before
Its completion. From Charlotte, they
go to Atlanta, Jacksonville and Nash
ville, then to their homes at St Louis.
LateK they will go to Fort Worth,
Tex., and to San Francisco, Seattle,
Portland and Denver, and back to St.
Louis. . v '- "' V
' Mr. Peake arrived last night and
Mr. Vesper Was expected to arrive
here early this morning. -'
The members of the Charlotte as
sociation were called to gather in
formally at the Selwyn hotel at 11
o'clock this morning, when they will
meet the chiefs of the national asso
ciation. - . . "
MANY IN CAMP GREENE :
; CANNOT SPEAK ENGLISH
Interesting Data From Intelli-
' gence Office Shows 283 , in
That Class, Speaking 22 Lan
guages. , x -
i Some interesting information has
been secured by the Intelligence offi
cer, Lieutenant R. J, McCandlish, with
reference to the , numbeg . of . men in
Gamp . Greene i who cannot speak a
word of English. It , is the plan of
the government, through this office,;
to do all possible to educate these i
men and make them American cltl-1
sens just as soon as possible.- Vn to
date there are 283 men in the cam p!
Who do not understand English and
cannot read nor .write the language.
In the list ia Included 51 Americans
who are . in that Ifelass but these are J
from families who do hot speak Eng
lish though they We American citi
zens the Same as the rest.
- The list of foreign speaking Ameri
leans Is ad fdllows: Us ,
Bulgarian 1,- Russian 26, Swede 1,
Polish. 28, Italian 104, Yiddish 9,
American S3, Greek 6, French 3, Aus
trian 23, Turks 3, Bohemian 7, Hun
garian - German J," Danish -1, ; Fin
nish 1, Rumanian 1, - Mexlcan 3,
Chinese 1,' Lithuanian 1, Scotch lj
Norwegian 1, . . , , -
REPORT 14 INFLUENZA'
- CASES IN .TWO DAYS
v Influenza case in Charlotte report,-.
d to the office of Dr. C. C. Hudson,
city health officer, during the 24-hour
period tending at, T o'clock yesterday
afternoon numbered 14, according to
Information- obtained from the assist
mt keeping the health recorda This
totat compares "with an 'average of
eight new cases each, day during the
i'ASft week. 4 , . ,
ASS0GMTI8N HERE TODAY
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Failurs cf Ju-; ) Arrivs Ds-
layed Opening cf Federal DIs
! trict Court Term.
The postponed term of federal dls
trict court, which was delayed bo-'
cause of theinflilenia: epidemic, will
be convened 'at about ,100 o'clock '
this morning by. Judge A E. Boyd, j
whoee failure' to arrive yesterday '
morning- necessitated another day's,
delay. It .was . explained by a court
official that '.Judge Boyd was ; Mun-'
avoidably detained" at - -Greensboro, j
Whether the Winston-Salem j-lbta. of -1
fered occasion for the delay could not
be learned. - .
:J0hn & Mercer, charged with at-!
tempting to cause . disloyalty . . and ,
mailing non-mailable matter, la dock
eted for trial during this term. '
Mercer was brought up for trial sev
eral . months ago, but developments
resulted in -Judge' Boyd fining him
ISO for, contempt of. court and post
poning the trial. - Mercer fled to the
east and was later arrested, returned
to Greensboro-and released on bond
in the sum of $1,000. i j
Frank Spears, of Charlotte, an ad- j
muted native of Germany, who was ;
convicted at a former term of federal
court of - mentioning the government
and official heads in statements of a
threatening ' nature, ; is under court
orders to appear at the opening of;
this term for sentence. Court officials
said after Spears' -conviction' that thej
fact: his' wife r was physically unable ,
to provide for herself and Infant pos-j
sibly influenced the judge' to delay !
Imposing sentence. V ";; !- ;j
A number of, cases involving t raffle ;
In whiskey,- Attempts t .-evade the
selective service law and alleged vio
lations of statutes forbidding certain
personal conduct and' speech during
wartime ' are expected ' to ba brought 1
before the federal grand Jury. Some
cases 6f similar nature are already ,
docketed for trial. . "v
ALIEN SOLDIERS MADE
AMERICAN CITIZENS
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Ninety-three alien soldiers4 of "the I
American army were . admitted to j
American cltlzeifshlp yesterday morn- j
Ing during a special session of natur-
alizatlon court at Camp Greene, at
which Judge W. F. Harding, of the,
state superior court,' presided. James:
L. DeLaney,. ofJthe Charlotte bar, was j
the naturalization examiner. The new i
American citizens -heard short talks
by Judge Harding and Col.. A, C. Ma-,
romb, camp commander. -;
on washday call
, in GRANDMA. Nomura
rubbing. GRANDMA
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The Christmas Store
For Men
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GIFT SCARVES
' Uncle Sam, says buy sen
sible and practical gifts so
why not fall in line?. 1
Our big, busy men's wear
department has been filling
the requirements of practi
cal and .sensible', business
men year in and year out
for this; reason alone you
would be justified in com
ing here to select, a suitable
gift for Him
There's anotherexcellent
reason aside from this, how
ever, and that is the ilmost
limitless .variety, of ;.beauti
fut'neck scarfs f rpm which
you can, choose the orte you
know he'll like best.' ' -'
They're reasonably priced.
too ""'
50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.50
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Women's $40.00 Coats, reduced to ..... : . . . .' . . . $25.00 to $29.50
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House Dresses -
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: "Aprons " , '
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White Petticoats ' .'
Combinations
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Sweaters
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