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yoi XXXIV.
GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1908.
NO. 23
Alamance
Advice to the Aged.
Are brings Infirmities, such as slug
irish bowels, weak kidneys and Mad
der and TORPID LIVER.
Tiffin lis
have a snectflc effect on these
timulatinr the bowels, caiuunr
to perform their natural functions as
in youw ami,
IMPARTING VIGO
to the kidneys, bladder's nd LIVER.
Tbey are nirr""? w on ana young.
PROFESSIONAL CAEDS
OR. WILL S. MG, JR.
. DENTIST .
Graham. . - - - North Carolina
OFFICE in SIMMONS BUILDING
FACOB A. LONG. - J. ELMER LONG.
LONG & LONG,
Attorneye and Counselors at Law
GRAHAM, It. -.
T, S- COO-SZ,
Attorney-al-Law,
GRAHAMV - N. C.
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Seoond Floor. ... . ,
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GRAHAM, N. CV
Office in the Bank of Alamance
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CAUSE OFJADROADSi
Businesslike Methods Not Used
In Highway Construction.
THE RIGHT SYSTEM LACKING.
Road Bosses Should Be Removed From
Politics and Made to Pass an Ex
amination Showing Thsir Efficiency.
Change Needed In Road Laws.
A back number the bad country
road Is a back mi tuber, it is as much
out of place and dnte as the grain cra
dle or flail thrasher. They had bad
roads away back in grandfather's time
ever since people began to travel, to
haul Btuff in modern narrow tired
wagons. Tbey had good roads away
back In Caesar's time In the old world.
What progress have 'wo made in road
building? Very little. Over three
fourths of all the miles of country
roads In the midwest are still unim
proved, says the Agricultural South
west In most states 00 per cent would
be more nearly correct Of course
every bit of road gets its annual tear
ing up by the road officials, who draw
a salary for calling it road "Improve
ment" Why is It thus? There's a reason
why country roads are bad. Can't lay
it to the weather or the road material
either. As one farmer says, "I have
seen in twenty-three years hundreds of
thousands of dollars of taxpayers'
money expended on the roads in town
and country; but, after all, our roads
are still as bad as ever." As bad aa
ever! What a comment to make upon
the appearance of country homes had
It been said that the farms had not
been Improved in twenty-three years!
But, no; the farms have Improved, the
towns have grown, and business places
are better than they were twenty
three years ago, but the country roads
are "as bad as ever" after spending
fortunes upon them.
The reason is this road building f
not done In the same businesslike
manner as other things are managed.
We have seen the creamery come Into
existence. We have seen the skilled
but tor maker turning out carloads of
butter finer than that made by the
farmers before the creameries took
the Job off their bands. Science and
business methods have made the
change In buttermaklng. But the
roads are "as bad as ever" because it
Is a farmer's Job, to be done when It
suits his convenience. It is done by
men who have never studied the sci
ence of road building. It is done In a
bit and miss method devoid of business
principles. This is why hundreds ol
thousands of the taxpayers' money havo
failed to make the roads any better
And again wc say it is not because of
bad weather or poor road building
material. The buttermaker takes bad
cream and makes pretty good butter
from it because ho knows how. Of
course he could do better with good
cream! Likewise the skilled road
builder can make good roads out of
Just plain couutry dirt because ne
knows how. Of course he couia oo
better with crushed rock and all of
that It Is not a scarcity of money or
of material, but a lack of the right sys
tem, that Is responsible for bad roads.
Dollar for dollar what we want to
see Is a dollars worm oi goou ram
for a dollar spent In road tax. And
why not have it? Isn't it abont time
to quit pouring money Into a mud
holc? Most roads could havo been
nlcelr paved with the dollars they
hnvo mat since first laid out Where
bas that money gone? Don't cry
irraft" Of course there has been too
much politics ah, politics; there's the
rub but there has been no political
graft to speak of In connection with
country roads. The trouble to the sys
tem Is and bas been wrong, uoaa
building is for the public good, J 1181 as
mail carrying Is. The mall carriers
are under civil service, out of politics
entirety. They are paid for knowing
tiPir business. They must give s ooi-
mrt worth of service for a dollar In
pay. Why not handle the road prob
lem that wayt BemoTO the read boas
from politics and make him pass an
examination allowing bis efficiency.
Keep him Just as long aa he does his
work well. Then you will see good
dirt roads wherever there ta nothing
better. Enough money will soon be
saTed in road Us to macadamize every
mOe of tha main traveled country
roe da. '
A fanner wouM be foolish to go
ahewl with a large Job of tiling with
out having tha whole thing mapped
oat and levels established by some on
capable of doing It Then he would be
equally foolish should be not study the
capacity of tile needed to drain the
area Intend! It hi oo4 business
arose for him to hire a competent sur
veyor or ditcher. Just one tile put ta
wrong will ruin the whole plan of
drainage. But that same farmer win
pay money every year ta wad tax and
let men who know nothing abort road
building squander the money. It
time this foolishness was stopped.
It will he stopped when the fa
who pay the money and who nee the
toads get kgrtn d omd S
change of system. 6madthat It bt
eBmtnated from pofltlea, demand that
the road lews be changed from aaO
tneted forme to ealt the wda ef
uumiastre huslnise linss, -
Geee Uee rUewMtae.
a Ward King, the original toed
draff maa, ssrye there ere three reae
altes for a good road- meet be ewaL
kard and emooth. hscaase ell three ef
these ceadUtoae em aiti-iry to m
nre drainage- Without drainage the
beet road eooa goes to pieces.
A lUeel CfaaV
Tb. farmer, ef -Jw
TaMmnes eoeth Earwka. Ofeeav
'ZtTiZm? hare organised S
The
dab aas eigaw-
of road, end It
' V . ... BtQe property graded
era The dab win Ir regular
BIG BOOST FOR GOOD ROADS
Plan lo Hold a Monster Meeting In 8L
Paul In December.
L'nless something unforeseen occurs
Bt. Taul will probably entertain some
lime next December the biggest good
roads mecthig ever held in Minnesota
or the surrounding states. Ceorra W.
Cooley, state highway engliiivT, U
planning on such a meeting, and If the
necessary arrangement can bo made,
ns now seems probable, It will be liMd.
The idea of holding a monster good
roads meeting was conceived by Mr.
Cooley after the meeting recently held
In St Paul, to which tho county com
missioners as well as others interested
in good roads were Invited This meet
ing showed the wldespfed Interest
taken In the matter throughout the
state. He expected between 1C0 and
200 to attend, but the attendance grew
to about 000, says the St. Taul Ploueer
Press. The same feeling has been
shown In the meetings which he has
addressed in the smaller towns
throughout the state, tho fanners coin
lug in to attend tho meetings In large
numbers and showing an active Inter
est in tho good road problem.
"If the meeting Is held It will cover
tho field thoroughly," said Mr. CooU:.
"It will be an exposition of roadmak-
lng machinery and materials, with
practical talks by men of wide experi
ence In the various details of tho work
In a large meeting of this kind much
better results can be obtained than by
the smaller local meetings because In
such a meeting as we expect to hold
the manufacturers will have exhibits
of all kinds of machinery used In road
making, and we can have speakers of
wide experience at such a meeting
which Is Impossible for all of the
smaller meetings. A question box
would be a feature, and through this
means any one confronted by special
problems in roadmaklng would be
able to get the advice of the men quali
Mod to give It.
"I have not yet decided definitely op
the plan, but there is a general de
mand for such a meeting, and If It
can possibly be done the plans will be
carried out."
Mr. Cooley's plan Is to eliminate the
"hot air" talks about good roads gen
erally and to make It an Instructive
meeting by having men go to St. Paul
who know about the practical details
of roaumnklug. Those who will go
will do so for the purpose of learning
something about the building of good
roads, and It Is the Intention to meet
this expectation fully. The meeting
will probably last one week. The ex
hibits will cover stone crushers, road
rollers, steel and concrete bridge work,
culverts and all sorts of machinery
and material used In road building.
IMPORT OF GOOD ROADS.
Points In Legitimate Support of Build
ing and Maintaining Them.
Good roads are a benefit to the farm
ers because they render transportation
of farm products easier; they facilitate
travel and shorten the time to and
from town or city markets; tbey are
humane In that they lighten the draft
for horses; they make driving on pleas
ure or business trips more enjoyable;
they foster a neighborly spirit through
communication; they are an aid to the
federal government lo establishing
free rural delivery mall routes; they
are business promoters and a credit to
e
AX ABOCXOT FOB GOOD- BOAM.
any community, state or natten and,
finally, are an Index to the Intelligence,
prosperity aud activity of the people.
All these points are In legitimate
support of the construction and main
tenance of good roads, say the South
ern Cultivator. Many other reasons
might be cited hi their favor. It does
seem anomalous that, amid an our
hnaatal national Drocreaa. this great
necessity of modern civilization should
be kept so far in the Dacrgrouna.
The nation needs better and more
substantial highways, and It la hope
ful to see Indications that this subject
will anon receive more attention from
ear national and state lawmakers than
heretofore. The Importance et goon
rural rlghways Is being store thor
oughly recognised by business men and
leglslaten than ever before, end the
farmers need no argument to convince
them that better roads will Improve
tbeir husliiaos materially.
A Ntee uvL
The ethics of the eUfferenee between
the prof eestooal opinio, of a paid ad
vocate and the honest convictloa ef a
laamed maa were set forth by a wen
knows English barrister who died re
cently. It was s case ef murder, and
the cheat sad eotmeei were ei netted
together. "Smith," said the tsuristac,
-of coarse I know you didst merder
the mam bat ss a matter ef fact, did
roe do tt with the butt end" ef s re
volver or with s etickr -Sir.- said
Smith, 1 swear I am tnaoceot" "1
knew that perfectly welL but yoe moat
tell me, for It roa did It wtth s revolv
er I ehaO eay to the piueetelkm. "Pre
dace the stick,' and if yo. did K wtth s
tick 1 shall eay, Trodoce tae revoiv
The client paaeed and sera tea
kki head meditatively. IX was the batt
end of s revetver, etr - ThaTs right"
afcl the cosmeeL -I tnUK a caa get
yea off sew." "
Th national convention of the
Tnderjendenee League (the Ham
BT L
party) will be beld st Chicago July
JOHN LOUDEN MACADAM.
The lavcalor el the Macadam System
of Koad Bail Slag.
In view of the interest that is be
ing manifested at the present time
in macadam roads we think perhaps
it will be interesting to our readers
to give a short story of the life of the
inventor of this system of building
roads
John Louden Macadam, the sub
ject of this sketch, was born at Ayr,
Scotland, a small town at that lime,
about 34 miles southwest of Glas
gow, in 1756. He was Bent to his
uncle in New York in 1770 and re
mained with him until after the
Revolutionary War. He returned
to England in 1798, having accural
tea some means, in this same
year he was appointed to service in
the British navy as Quartermaster.
In 1815 he was appointed Surveyor
General of the roads in Bristol
County, England. He had for
number of years previously given
the subject of improved roadways
much thought and study. Having
traveled much in his own and in
foreign countries over roads particu
larly bad, he was convinced that
some kind of a permanent road
must be invented which at a com
paratively small cost, could be con
structed for the convenience and
comfort of civilized communities.
Having thus traveled bad roads all
of his life when h e had traveled on
roads at all, the matter of good
roads became his ''Hobby," and the
appointment to Surveyor General of
Roads in Bristol County gave him
an opportunity long wished for
to experiment with the bad roads
proDlem, or rather to put his own
ideas into some practical use, it they
were practical. We leam that he
was not only severely criticized by
all with whom he came in contact,
but was openly opposed in his first
undertakings. In spite of the op
position that met bim, backed alone
by his own indefatigable energy and
determination together with his
own means, he set to work and pro
perly graded one of the worst stretch
es of road he could find in bis terri
tory and then covered it with broken
stone similar to the practice of to
day. Being pleased with this ex
periment, he continued this process
until he had expended of his own
private money more than 20,000.
In the year 1823 his system was ad
mitted s success by all who had
viewed his experiments and work,
and but four years .later, in 1827, or
twelve years after he had made bis
first experiment tha English Parlia
ment through their House of Com
mons, by s very large vote awarded
him an honorary tribute of $50,-
000 and passed a bill providing for
reimbursing bim for all the funds
he had expended of his own means
and thanking bim publicly for his
aid to his Government and
Country. He died in 1836 at the
ripe old age of 80 years, leaving a
heritage, not only to his own Conn
try, but to the World at large, of a
memory of good citizenship, a de-
sirs to uplift humanity and an in
vention destined to lessen the bur
dens of the whole people. Since
this time bis invention bss been
rapidly introduced into all civilized
countries snd in keeping with bis
memory it is worthy to note that
bis nsms bss been mads synony
mous with it snd in speaking of a
good road it is always referred to ss
''Macadam Road" or ss befog
"Mscsdamited." One particular
fact should not be omitted from this
sketch snd that is that while the
first macadam road was built 85
years ago, the specifications for this
road remain practically the same ss
when first built, even to the size of
the crashed stone. Mr.. Macadam
must have had serious trouble and
difficulty in getting bis stone crush
ed, bat it remains a Met that be
crashed it and the only improve-
metit over bis roads in modern
times is lbs increased ssse and facil
ity with which oar roads are graded,
filled, spread and rolled down, by
means of our improved road ma
chinsry snd rock crashers.
From the above tt will be seen
that while we have all the facilities
at band for making good reads, In
cluding the bad roads to start with,
Improved machinery, abundance of
rock and good clay for foundations
on which to put the crushed stone,
in this, the year 1908, jost 85 years
after Mr. Macadam's eooversioe of
England and other countries, we,
tiie people of Alamance County,
Korth Carolina, U. & A., the mod
of the Stars snd 8 tripes, are now
only about to decide whether or not
we want any macadam, roads.
Brethren, we can noLyteep apace
with civilization if we are going to
stay 85 years behind other countries
on the road question.
wnat aoout this lor your own
sake?
yarophobuto be Treated
at Aetmal Ca.
al Ralclek
An announcement that will prove
interesting to the medical profession
generally and to the people of all
sections oi the State bas juBt be
made by the health department of
Raleigh, to the eflect that hereafter
rabies will be treated at Raleigh af
ter the Pasteur method, and that the
State will offer this treatment to pa
tients at actual cost.
The News and Observer says that
Dr. C. A. Shore, State biologist, has
equipped the State Laboratory of
Hygiene snd now has it ready for
the treatment of patients who have
been bitten by mad dogs. He is
prepared to make a diagnosis of ra
bies from the brain of the animals
and will treat the patient who has
been bitten, with an assurance of
recovery if the victim of the bite is
brought to the laboratory before the
disease has developed.
Oraa.ee ae Mealefae.
Dei Moines BegUtor. t
People are coming round more to
the true opinion thst mineral drugs
don't aid, but rather retard recovery
in case of sickness, and that the true
medicine is to be found in those that
nature supplies so freely air, water
and food.
Foremost in value as medicinal
food are fresh fruits, and none of
these rank higher than oranges
Oranges are very rich in organio
salts. They contain a high amount
of potassium, calcium, and sulphur,
surpassing both cow's and human
milk in this respect. No other fruit
bas such a high percentage of sul
phur. Orange juice contains on an
average 11J per mille acid, which
accounts for the high amount of pot
ash and lime which are necessary
fir the formation of natural fruit
acids. Pure orange juice is an ideal
remedy for scrofula, rickets, nervous
ness and especially blood diseases
(principally scurvy). It is most valu
able for the reduction of uric acid
snd other wsste matter in the system,
and therefore both a preventive and
curative food for rheumatism and
gout. Consumptive and anemic
people will also be greatly benefited
by a diet of oranges on account of
the high percentage of blood build
ing salts they contain.
Lemons have the largest smount
of magnesium lime of sll fruits.
Tbey show the greatest acidity
73 per mills. Their juice is excel-
ent for the preparation of both fruit
and vegetable salads and should al
together replace vinegar, which is
worse than alcohol, by depriving
the blood of its important organic
salts. Its medicinal qualities srs
highly appreciated in the cure of
aria acid diseases.
Ross Anderson, assistant train
master on ths Asbeville division
snd a member of tbe Ashsyitle fire
department, was ran over and kill
ed by the switch engine on the yards
of tbe Southern in Asbeville Wed
nesday evening about 0.20, last
week.
Daring a thunderstorm in Mc
Dowell county Tuesday a week the
barn of Rer. A. P. Souels, who
lives in the Bock Creek section of
tbe county, about five miles from
Marion, was struck by lightning sod
destroyed. The loss, which includ
ing farming tools and feed, is esti
mated st 1200.
Prof. L. L. Hendren. for two
years adjunct professor of applieJ
mathematics at Trinity College, bas
n appointed professor of science
in the University of Georgia. Prof.
Hendren is a son of the late Rev. L.
L Hendren, wbo wss for many
years a prominent minister of the
M. E. Church.
Rev. A. A- Praden and Mrs. Pro-
den are new on their wsy boms from
tbe Philippine Islands where Mr.
Praden bss been chaplain in the
United States army for several years.
Mr. Pruden is an Episcopal minis
ter snd wss rector of a church at
Durham at tbe outbreak of lbs
Spanish-American war, when be
was appointed chaplain of the rirst
Korth Carolina rejriment. After the
Cuban trouble ended Mr. Praden
was appointed chaplain is the vol
snteer army.
Use De Witt's Little Early Risen
pleasant little pills that are easy to
take. Sold by Graham Drag Co.
PT1 CC t te9Katt rod ftta
Labor Leaders Assure Mr. Bryan
of Snpporl.
Lincoln, Neb,, Dispatch to Haiti more Hun.
William J. Bryan received assur
ances on the 13th inat. from the
highest authorities ot the American
Federation of Labor that every ef
fort would be made to give him in
November the more than 2,000,000
votes enrolled in that organization.
The assurance was volunteered by
Samuel Gomper, President, and
James Duncan and Frank Morrison,
members of the executive council
of the American Federation of La
bor. All that Mr. Bryan would say
about the conference was that the
Federation oflicers bad told him that
the Denver platform was entirely
satisfactory lo them, and that,
through theirorgmizntion thi-y would
give him loyal support. Mr. Gora
pers talked more freely than did the
nominee.
"I have been a Republican all
my life," he said at (ho railroad sta
tion this afternoon, while waiting
for a train op which to continue his
journey to Washington, "but this
year I shall vote for Mr. Bryan and
shall take the stump for tho Dem
ocratic ticket. I shall do every
ming in my power lor Its success.
ine vemocratic platform expresses
the principled lor which the Ameri
can Federation of Labor and its of
ficers sre working; andin supporting
and fighting for the success of these
principles, we will support and fight
for (he candidates who are pledged
to carry them into effect.
"The Republican party has repu
diated the just demands of the work
ing people, and in that aotion has
taken s stand for injustice and un
fair treatment of labor. We do not
ask for any special privileges, but
we do ask equality of justice. All
our affiliated organizations have
been instructed to work for the Dem
ocratic platform and ticket, and in
their meetings they are declaring
for ths prjnoiples that the Dem
ocrats have embodied in their plat
form. I believe we will win the
fight.
English Spavin Liniment removes
sll bard, soft or calloused lumps and
blemishes from hoi sea, blood spav
ins, curbs, splints, sweeney, ring
bone, stifles, sprains, all swollen
throats, coughs, etc Saye 150 by
the use of ono bottle. Warranted
the most wonderful blemish cure
known. Sold by the J. C. Sim
mons Drug Co., Graham, K. C.
Twenty-one children, members of
a party from Grace M. E. Church
Sundsy school, of Wilmington, on
an excursion to Carolina Beacb, 12
miles below Wilmington, . became
violently ill Tuesday afternoon while
on their outing, supposedly from
eating ice cream purchased from s
local dealer, the symptoms being
largely of ptomaine poisoning. Thfy
suffered much for s time but sll sre
expected to recover.
IlCeat Be Baal.
The beet of sll teachers is experi
ence. C. M. Harden, of Silver
City, North Carolina, says: ' I find
Electric Bitters does sll tbst's claim
ed for it. For Stomach, Liver and
Kidney troubles it can't be beat I
have tried it and find it a most ex
osllent medicine." Mr. Harden la
right; it is tbe best of sll medicine
also for weakness, lame back, snd
sll ran down conditions. Best ton
lor chills snd malaria. Sold nnd er
guarantee by Graham Drug Co. 50c
At King, 8tokes county, last
week, lightning struck a barn dur
ing a wheal threshing, killing s male
sod shocking three men, one of
whom, J. H. Campbell, msy die.
" Ed. Lytic, bo some lime ago
shot and and killed a man, named
Burnett, near Old Fort, and who
bas since been in biding, surrender
ed to the sheriff of McDowell Wed
oesdsy of last week.
Tbe sals of tbe Raleigh Evening
Tunes, which was to have taken
place last week, has been postponed.
It is nnderatood that so agreement
bas been effected between tbe stock
holders snd creditors snd thst the
paper will not be sold.
Tsyknsvills Scout: Lumber Is
being placed oo tbe grounds st Hid
denite for tbe purpose of building
aa additional dormitory for lbs
school at that place. There will be
eight or ten rooms io the new build
ing. Tbe Times says that Mr. Cabel
Boat, of No. 10 township, Csbsrras
county, has an acre in cantaloupe
from which bs bss already sold I 5
worth of crelooe. He expects lo
realise $125 from tbe patch.
Onr Gold Industry. .
Lealie'a Weekly.
An eagle, a f 10 gold piece, is just
about one inch in diameter. Ima
gine a glittering yellow ribbon of
$10 gold pieces lying edge to edge,
beginning at San Francisco and ex
tending eastward through the Sacra
mento Valley of California, across
the lofty Siena Nevada Mountains,
spanning the great American desert
in Nevada and Utah, over the
praies of Wyoming snd Nebraska,
across the green fields of Iowa and
Illinois, over Indiana and Ohio,
through the bills of New York and
Massachusetts, and out into the At
lanta Ocean, half way to the British
Isles imagine this ' continuous
string of golden eagles, edge to edgo,
without break or interru plion, over
this vast stretch of land and sea, a
distance which consumes at least
eight days in the swiftest express
trains and ocean Btoamors and you
will be able to form pome conception
of the amount of gold that has been
produced in the United States.
It requires some such illustration
as this to grasp the immensity of
tbe gold industry, to form some de
finite idea of the importance and
magnitude of the gold production of
the North American continent.
The profits from the gold indus
try are magnificent. They are
greater than in any other depart
ment of commercial activity. Tho
figures of tho world's production aro
enormous. In VJOl the output of
tbe gold mines of the earth amount
ed to nearly half a billion dollars.
Of this vast sum about one-half,
or more than izuu.uuu.uuu, was
net profit. No other industry can
make such a showing as this. This
gold was found in America, in Mexi
co, in boutn Africa, in Australia,
and elsewhere.
This huge sum of profits, more
than 1200,000,000, was distributed
ti scores of thousands of people. '
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup
acts gently upon tho bowels and
thereby drives the cold out or the
system and at the same time it al
lays lnllammauon and stops irrita
tion. Children like it. Sold by
Graham Drug Co.
Mr. John W. Kern, of Indiana,
tbe Democratic candidate for Vice-
President, has accepted an invita
tion to speak in North Carolina dur
ing the campaign.
Charles G. Joyner, one of tbe
most prominent natives of North
Carolina living in Baltimore, died at
bis borne in that city Tuesday. He
was the father of Mrs. Jas. II. Holt
of Burlington.
The Iola Mining Company's prop
erty, located in Montgomery connty
was placed In the hands of receivers
last week, by Judge Pritchard.
A Caldwell county man tells the
Lenoir Topic of a partridge which
set on two hen ergs and batched out
a well doveloped chicken.
At Fairview, Buncombe i county,
Friday night, Jack Hill was killed
by the accidental discharge of bis
gun.
Hoiice of Bond Election
Notice is hereby given to sll the
qualified voters of Alamance coun
ty, ks tbe 8ute of North Carolina,
that lbs Board of Commissioners of
aid county bsvs this dsy, st a reg
ular meeting of said Board, beld on
the first Monday in June. 1908,
ordered an election to be held in
said county, the first Thursday
in August 1908, upon ths ques
tion of issuing bonds of sail
count r in the sura of two
hundred thousand doilers, running
fifty years from their date, for tbe
purpose of building good roads in
aid county. This election will be
beld st tbs various voting place or
nrecincts in said county on the
FIRST THURSDAY IN AUGUST.
1908, snd those voting io favor of
said Good Roads Dood issue shall
bsvs written upon said ballot, "For
Good Roads Bond Iseue", and those
voting against said Good Road
Bond Issue shall have written upon
said ballot "Against t-ood Roads
Bond Issue."
Moticeis sleo hereby given that
s new r"giM ratio i of the voters oi
Alamance county is to be made,
and that all qualified voters al Ala
mance connty wbo desire to vote
in said election shall register tor
said election, otherwise no voter not
registered for said ejection win be
entitled to vote in said election.
Attention is especially called to
tbs requirements for said election as
contained io Chapter four hundred
and seventy-seven (477), of Ibe
Public laws of 1903.
Uy order of the Board of Com
missiooera of Alamance county.
CUAS. D. JOHNSTON,
Reti of Deeds,
snd ex-Oflkio Clerk of Board.
Women as Well as Eea 1-s
- Miserable bj ' Kidssy tzi - ,
Bladder Trosile,
Kidney trouble prey "P0" the mind,
discouragesandlessensambition; beauty.
vigor snd cueertul
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased. '
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncom
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys. If tbe
chilil urinates too often, if the nnne scalds
the fleshor if. when the child reaches an
02 wheu it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-lini;,
depend npon it, thecause of the didi
cul'tv is kidney trouble, and the first "
stop' should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This nnpleasant
trouble is due to a diseased condition of
the kidneys and bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose. ( t
Women as well as men are made miser- .
able with kidney aud bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
SwnmD- Koot is aoon realized. It is sold
by druggists, in fifty
cent and one-dollar I
tyf hntl1c. Vonmavi
have a sample bottle -lijigg,.
by iii.'itl free, also a Be tt wm Bms
pamphlet telling all about 8wamp-Root,
including ninny of the thousands of testi
monial letters received from, sufferers
cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
r.ingliamton, N.Y., be sure and mention
this paper. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root, ;
Dr. Kilmer's Swarap-Koot, and the ad
dress, Iiiughamton, N. Y., on every
bottle. . - .
amiiiHfiAiAiiiiliiiait
eadaches
This time of the year
are signals of warning,
TakeTaraxacum Com-
Dound now. lt may
av9 you a spell of fe
ver. It will regulate
your bowels, set your
liver right, and cure
your indigestion.
A good Tonic.
An honest medicine
araxacum
Lo.
MEBANE.
N. C.
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climate, soils and conditions,
made by Tar Heels snd for Tsr
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