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TiR A H AIT N~C.',~ Fab". iT
AN ELECTIC RAILWAY.
Last week we mentioned the in
corporation of a steam railway,
which, if built, will traverse Ala
mance county from one aide to the
other.
Now come* this week the, propo
sition for the Legislature to charter
an electric railway—The Alamance,
Durham & Orange Railway & Elec
tric Railway Company, which, we
arc informed will not be antagonis
■ tic to steam road, but «Will fill
a mission all its own. It is pro
posed for the line to starl at a I
.point, between Altanfahaw and Os
sipee, thence to Burlington,, Gra
ham, Swepaonville, Saxapahaw, ana
then to Chapel Bill and Durham, 1
making a line 49 miles. This line |
has a valuable neucleus to start ,
with, now in successful operation, i
The Piedmont Railway & Electric
Company. These thihgs are not 1
small things. They are big concep
tions. It is confidently believed by
the active spirits in them that they
will be successfully carried to com
pletion, which will mean wonderful
things for Alamance. This is a
mere allusion to these enterprises.
We shall have 'more to say as we
get the facta.
A very unfortunate accident, in
which Mr. Will Aycock, Engrossing
Clerk State Senate, was in
stantly killed, and Speaker E. R.
Wooten, was seriously injured and
Senator Johnson of Duplin was
hurt, occurred in Raleigh last
Thursday night. Young Aycock
was a son of the late B. F. Aycock
of Prei.iont. Bpeakcr Wooten had
to be operated on and his chances
for recovery are said to be greatly
Improved.
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President Wilson and his advis-
Pors arc engaged in a very trying
situation in regard to the European
war in preserving this country's
neutrality. It is an anxious con
dition that Confronts the Govern
ment.
The Qrier anti-jug law, to prohibit
the shipment of liquor into this
State, passed the lower house of the
General Aaaeinbly last Friday by a
vote of 100 to 6. The unanimity of
the rote was a aurprise to most
p.ople.
Frank James, Member of Notorious
Gsnf, b Dead.
Frank James of the notorious
fang, died on his farm near Bxcel
sionr Springs, Thursday night.
James, who was 74 years old, nad
been in ill health several months
and was stricken with apoplexy on
Thursday night.
One of the last members of the |
robber band whose unparalleled ca
reer of crime during the civil war
and the unsettled period thst fol
lowed kept the people of a dozen
States in terror, Prank James had.
living the lite of s quiet farmer
for more than JO years.
The son of a minister, respected I
throughout the community, Prank
James joneo Quantrell's guerrllaa,
tc get her with his brother Jesse,
'and took part In the sacking of
Lawrence, Kan )
After the guerrillas disbanded
the James brothers became bandits.
Many notorious crimes of the de
cade following the war have been
laid at their door. i
Detectives surrounded the James
borne near Kearney. Mo., on Jan
nary M, 1875, and threw a lighted
> bomb into the house, thinking to
kill the James brothers. It ex-,
ploded, tearing the arm oft their,
mother and killing their brother,
Archie.
In IMS. after Jesse James had
been shot and killed In his home In!
St. Joeeph, Mo., by Bob PorV slso
a badlt, tor a reward oI 4&0.000
* Prank James surrendered In Jet-'
ferson City. Mo He was senten- '
, ced to life imprisonment tn the
peltentlsrv, but after a few years
developed tuberculosis and was
pardoned by the governor.
Gen. Obregon, the Carranta com
mander baa evacuted Mexico City
It la reported that the troops of
General Zapata have occupied the*
capital.
That It looks as U the Bcrlptures!
are being fulfilled end the end of
the world is approaching, was the
statement of Cardinal Gibbona du
ring a general discussion of the
war. - .
It developes that Preaident Wi|-
son broke another precedent "by
paying a quiet visit to Champ
Clark at hia home a few nights
ago. The President had a confer
encewith the Speaker on the ship
purchase bill.
Cofronted with the necessity qj
appropriating an average of MO,-
MOJOS a day for the next tew leg
lalative days. Congress has been
hurrying through the measures
which will supply the billion dol
lars needed to rwn the government
during the next fiscal year.
Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia,
member of the Senate finance com
mittee, aaked the Senate to dis
pense with the services of at leaat
two of the seven clerks employed
on the finance committee. Sena
tor Simmons Is chairmen of the
committee and aix clerka are from
North Carolina.
Almost a total loss wha inflict
'«• on the American Commission
Company in Oreensbor C Friday
night as the result of a fire. The
stock wad valuSd at from *45,000
to tfMM, with insurance estimated
at abYut half that amount. •- The
building valued tit about sß,oon.
with insurance estimated around
fp.OOO, waa gutted, Ortfln of fire
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Sn&Dshota British air fleet, thirty four strong raided Belgian forts occupied by Germans, and ,Grahame-Whlte, flight commander, fell into
"J* " sea, but was rescued. Ambassador Gerard banded kaiser our note asking tot reconsideration of war zone decree, while Kng-
Ol the nCfik Is id received our complaint about using American flag. Germans under General ron Hlndenburg captured 80,000 Russians
when czar's army became trapped and was driven from East Prussia. Premier Dato of Spain announced only diplomatic
means would be pursued In dealing with expulsion of Spanish minister from Mexico. James Marshall, Important witness against former Police Lieutenant
Becker for murder of Rosenthal In New York, recanted" his testimony. Speaker Clark announced ship purchase bill had rs as till boose by a vote of 215 to 122.
Washington News.
SPEAKER CLARK'S STATESMAN
LIKE ACT.
Washington, D. C., Peb. 21.—When
When the Democratic members
of the House of Representatives
met in Washington last week (o
consider the Bill for Purchasing
and Building a Merchant Marine
for the United States, Speaker
Clark apoke words of such wisdom
that they would have done credit
to King Solomon. He told the
Democratic fallow-members there
assembled tnat unless they "fol
lowed the leadership of President
Wilson" In this matter, that the
yawning wilderness would swallow
them up again where they would j
wander for 16 more long years or
longer In defest and exile. Speak- I
er Clark has learned that the coun-'
try haa no patience with a party
that refuses to follow Its self ap
pointed leader If it should happen
that the leader was wrong there
woul dbe some excuse for a party
refusing refusing its support, out
when the leader is so unmistakably
right, as President Wilson nbt onl/
is in thesupport ol the Ship Bill,
but in all economic questions, that
a Democratic Congressman who
refuses to follow his Ittad is not
only a traitor to the Democratic
but ia an enemy in disguise resist
ing sn dobstructing tne progress
of his country. It waa very grati
fying to Preaident Wilson to find
that the Democrats in the House
approved the measure In caucus
anODdssed the Bill on February 16
through the House by the over
whelming vote of 215 to 121.
DEMOCRATIC TRAITORS IN THE
SENATE.
But for the traitoroua acts of
Senators O'Gormon of New York,
Hitchcock of Nebraska, Camden of
Kentucky, .Hardwick of OeoMia,
Bankhead ofd Alabama and Varda
man of Mississippi, the Hill would
have already passed the Senate and
would have been a law before
now. Secretary of Commerce, Bed
field stated recently thatt he en
tire country could add one hundred
million dollars per month to our
exports per month if we had the
' the ships to carry the goods.
Our manufactured products snd
fsrm products are crying loudly for
means of transportation across the
wster. The people of Georgls, Al
abama and Mississippi who are suf
fering becsuse their cotton cannot,
be sold should write to their Sena
tors, Hardwick of Georgia, Bank-j
head of Alabama and Vardaman of:
Miaalssippi and tell them what they I
think of the betrayal, not only of
Preaident Wilsort, nut of the suf-,
ferers South for blocking the Bill I
of President Wilson, whereby their I
cotton crops could not be sent
Kentuckiana should also write to
Senator Camden and tell him What
'they think of his act along with
j the other traitors, and when the
great Kentucky tobacco crop is :
seeking its usual transportation to
foreign countries snd there , sre
no ships to csrry it.
I THE REAL GROUND OP OPPO
SITION.
I The people of the United Stat>s
respects is a collasaal nuisance,
would leel ashamed, if they knew
of the brazen hypocracy of about,
half of the United States Senators.!
1 Not a single Senator who ia fight
ing the Ship Bill has stated his resl
reasons. Tne real rason for the op
gositlon is this: It the United.
tates goes into the Bhip business
, and makes s success of It as they |
undoubtedly will, these :Senatora,
who represent the millionaires ana
soulless :corporstions instead of|
the people, reslixe that own the
would be the first step'towards)
' Government ownership of the
railriada. They fear the fret step.
This Is what Is surely coming and
nothing can stop It. The Govern
ment is running the Parcels Post
for the people Instead of stock
holders and arrying goods tor
'one-fourh of what the express
(company charges, and ao likewise
In a few years the railroads will
undoubtedly be taken over and run
for the people Instead of the finan
cial pirates.
CHANGE IN SENATE RULES DE
MANDED.
The United Ststes Senate In some
Under the present rules of the Ben
,ate any Senator can talk aa olien
|as he wants and aa lone as ne
I wants on any subject and talk it
deah. This rule of unlimited de
bate has no place in these rapidly
rapidly moving times. The coun
try demands a change in these
, rules. A majority of tne Senate ts
| vor the Ship Bill, but the "Minor
vor the Ship Bill but the
"Minority" who are the toole of the
wealthy corporations, are filibus
tering against the Bill, thus pre
venting It coming to a vo'e. The
* country emands a change In th >ae
rules so thit the Senate can limit
, debate snd thus become s busin *ss
' body Instead of an old fogy club.
1
I
tscaoss lh%~4ntirm fjmimm
ISMSMS pmissfW mith
S i JZZSL
nywiOtM OCIO9m
To relieve rheumatism Scotfa
j EmaJston is a double help; it is
I rich in blood-food; it fan pans
:l strength to the functions and aop
rj plies the veiy ott ftsrf that theo
» ' • :lc conditions always nsad.
] | lOff'i fiffl«/i/os hu -
. I ueiped countless thooaands JPQ
1, I when other remedies failed.
I 1 laAlaAdL UwMdtaba AW
NORTH CAROLINA HEALTH.
Notes From the North Carolina Htate
Board of Health.
Defective Uw.
"If this objectionable clause had
not been in your law, the entire
State of North Carolina would now
be in the registration area for
deaths," writes Wm. J. Harris, Di
rector of the Bureau for the Cen
sus in a Utter just received in the
office ot the State Board of Health.
This wa6 in reference to the aa
misfci in of Ncrth Carolina to the
r. gf t> at inn «>es of the cnited
States.
The objectionable clause refer
red to by Director Harris is an
amendment tacked on to the Vital
Statistics Bill as it passed the Leg-
J islsture two years ago. This
amendment made it practically im
( possible to obtain the registration
of deaths outside of towns of 600
and over in population. With the
amendment stlcken out it would be
the duty of the undertaker or per
son acting as such to file a death
certificate with the local Regis
trar or one of his deputies, in ex
change for the burial permit with
in three days after the death oc
curred. Such an exchange of
death certificates for burial per
mits is like giving receipts for
money paid, the only business-like
method of doing things. . |
' With our present lax law, neither
the Federal Government nor any
one elae knows whether North Car
olina is registering 60, 75, or kO
percent of her deaths, and it would
1 be manifestly unfair to give any!
1 statistics compiled by North Caro
' lina from such records, a place or|
standing among similar statistics
compiled by other States of the
L nion that are doing good work j
1 but without such slipshod laws, j
Fortunately, however, the Sen-1
: ate has just passed by a unani-1
mous vote, a bill to repeal this ob- j
; jectionable clause. The matter has
I now gone over to the House, and 1
[ will in all probability come up du
ring the coming week.
Aside from being merely recog
nized as a registration State
among the nations this would mean
directly a total revenue of some
where between $3,000 and $4,000 to
North Carolina from the Federal
authorities for copies of our birth
and death certificates.
From Director Harris' letter it al
so appesrs that considerably over
half of the Lnited States are al
ready in the registration area with
' prospect that the entire Union will
I soon be included in such area, tn
• fortunate it would be to see North
j Carolina with such ' a law on her
books, spending her money for the
partial enforcement without re-
I ceiving any trustworthy results or
j recognition on the part of the oth
er states and countries.
Progressive Hanltary Conditions.
Henderson and Vance county
have recently employed a whole
time health officer. He is bsgin-'
ning to give an account of himself.
On January first he got on the
job. Before the month was over j
things began to clean up a little, \
and a set of modern ordinances in ;
the matter of slaughter houses, ab- j
attolrs and the handling of meats i
was written on the statute books.
Now the various ministers of the
city sre taking up the matter of
j health an*! saiTtation, and it is ex
that quite a number of
1 them will, by means of sermons,
lectures and informal talks, present
this matter to the people.
I The matter of regulating slaugh
ter houses and abattoirs deals mi
nutely with the sanitary condition
'of the premises ana with the
I screening of the slaughter houses
and other places where meat is
I handled, stored or offered for aaie.
Strict notice is also taken In re
gard to general cleanliness arouno
I the premises and personsl cleanli
ness of those who'handle the meat,
while not a little attention ia riv
| en to the healthineaa of the animal
slaughtered. ePraons suffering
frcm tuberculosis or persons who
have recently suffertd from ty-
Fihoid fever In any of its forms or
rom snj other communicable dis
ease. are not allowed to handle the
meat
To show the approval with which
steps of prgress meet In Hen
dreeon ii »• only neossary to call
attention to tbff tact that before
this rigid set of ordinances govesri-
Ing slaughter houaes, abattoirs Suit
the slsughtering anlmala, waa
passed, a meeting of all the
butchers In the city waa held in
the office of Dr. D. C. Absher,
Health Officer for the city and
the eqMre situation was gone over'
with lae butchers, the lstter ex
pressing entire satisfaction wl'h
reference to the set of ordinances
as a whole.
For soma time there has been no
question about Henderson bein?
one of the coming, live, wide-awake
towns in the State. With the open
ing up of an active, progressive
health department, making war on
1 inaanitation and preventable dis
eases, Henderson also bids fair to
, eatablish a reputation aa a health
ful cltv. Ws venture this •predic
tion that it will pay a number of
towns In this State to keep their
eye on the health work In Hender- j
son.
Beware eT Ofataseats fer Catarrh That
OaaSala Nereary,
as mercury will suraly "nil nr lbs ssaas of
satsll and saarMrir '»«*• Ike *Ma at a
lest M soteriaa It tkJouxk ibeiaaroua
aarffeeea. Suck artlelea abould never be awd
to the good you can pnaatMy dertv froea
then. Bsira Cfclarth Cure, aaaaufaetured
b» r. J. Uknwjr * Co . Toledo, O , sustains
ao aaereury. and la taken Internally, aetlaa
disss ly at sa the blood anc mucous euvfaoee
of Iks sysfrm. In bn>hur Hall's Ostarrli
, Cure be sure roa vet •bacnulne. Itlstsken
•aleraaliy aad at -de In 1 medo. Ohio, by T. i.
Cheney k On. Testimonials tree.
Hold by Dro-Jtets. Pries. 00. par bonis.
Take Bain nallr PI Is fur constipation.
j
On an average the hairs on an
adult's head number abojt i«o,-
MS.
ELON'S ANNUAL DEBATE. ,
New Federal Reserve System Inade
quate, so Decides the Judges. I
Cor of Tfie Gleaner.
The new Federal Reserve Bank
ing System suffered a relapse at
the Clio celebration here on Wash
ington's birthday evening, when a
committee of three learned Judges
after listening for two hours at a
discussion touching Its merits and
demerit* decided that the negative
had shown it not to be a solution
of our financial situation.
The first speaker on teh affirm
ative was Mr. J. T. Bank* of Texas,
who was sure, the new system
would bring relief to the cotton
growers of his great State. He
argued that the old system was in
adequate, the currency being based
on liabilities, and that the new sys
tem would be adequate, as based
on assets.
Mr. J. F. Reynolds of Troy, true
to the character of the ancient city
for which his native town is nam
ed, in true fighting style assailed
the strongholds of his opponents,
and, while admitting the inadequa
cy of the former National Bank
svstem, contended that the Feder
al reserve banks cannot remedy its
defects. He thought the discre
cretionary right of the Federal Re
serve Board to raise the rate of
I discount so as to prevent the flight
of gold from this country was a
flimsy proposition, and would work
hardship on the very people it was
designed to help, the farming class.
,He also argued that inflation of
I the currency is not elasticity, while
j elasticity is what we need.
I Mr. I. R. Gunn of Wentworth,
next spoke, urging that the new
| system is adequate in that the gov
| ernment and not the money trust
I shall control the nation's finances
IHe painted that awful stringency
! attending financial panics, and
I showed that panics could not arise I
I under the new system, which is
fashioned after the continental svs- :
tems, and there no panics-occur.
Mr. V. P. Heatwold of Dayton, 1
Va„ closed the debate for the neg-!
ative on the first round, and under- |
took to establish the unsafety of.
I the depositor under the new svs*-1
tern. This being so, he urged that
panics must be ]ust as frequent as |
under the old system, for the scar
!ed depositor causes the panic. He
deplored the entrance of politics J
ad partisanship into the arena of'
the banking world, and trembled:
for his country's safety in view of i
this fact.
| The rebuttals were .sparkling
sword' thrusts of the verbal type
and greatlv pleased the audience,
which filled tne college auditorium.
The Judges were Prof. L. H. Hick
erson, Reidsville, Dr. J. F. McCul-
I loch, Greensboro, and Dr. J. O. At
kinson of the city, rendered a
I unanimous verdict for the gega
tUe awarding the orator's medal
li Mr V I' Hi-ptwole. i
i The other numbers on the pro
'gram wer eof a high order and
maintained the Society's reputation
for excellency and efficiency. De
serving of special mention were the
! two orations by Messrs. H. Lee
> Thomas, of Sanford, and L. C.
March, Dendron, Va.; and the two
! original humorous renditions by
Mess. F. M. Dunaphant, of Suffolk,
Va., and Warren McCulloch, of
Greensboro.
OF COURSE YOU LIRE IT.
Moderate Amount of flattery Accept
able to Bfirjrist,
There are very few human beings
who are not susceptible to flattery,
observes a western newspaper wri
ter. Every body enjoys being
"buttered up" ooca tonally, nor
ahaU we aay that a little flattery
—which in its beat form is merely
-over-praise, is not good for us.
It is entirely human to prefer to
believe pleaaant things concerning
ourselves rather than the reverse
and to like beat those who encour
age u* with hopes and beliefs
which may be falae, bat which we
are encouraged to endeavor to
make good. In over-doaes flat
tery goes to the head and creates
conceit; delicately administered,
and in moderation It |a at once ex
hilarating and soothing. One muat
be truly humble in heart, or sadly
soured by life, not to >leld to it.
J. O. Holland declared that a
man whom it ia proper to pralae,
cannot be flattered, and the man
who can be flattered ought never
to be praised. But thta ia an ex
; treme saying, which Ignorea a com
mon human weakness and aaaumea
■ a strength of mind few posaeaa.
As great a man aa Gladstone was
; often "morally Intoxicated" with
I flattery. Oeorge Biliott did her
best work under the unreasoning
I pralae of her husband and the ex
laggerated praise of his Kitty, who
j believed him to be on; of the
greatest of men, and did not hesi
; etste to tell him so, unqueatlonsbly
strengthened the eratwhile Irish
> leader Parnell, to action, even if
' it occasionally unsteadied hla reas
' i on.
| The person who piques himaelt
on "never flattering anybody" ia
nnlovable; there's a species of
Inhumanity Inherent in him. Ab
solute frankness la brutal. Flat
tery in moderation increaaes our
faith In ourselves.
Relief Is (Us Beers
Distressing Kidney and Bladder
Diseaae relived In alx hours b/
the **NBW ORBAT SOUTH AMER
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great surprise on account of Its
prompto»aa in relieving
pain In bladder. kidneys and hark
In male or femnle. Relieves reten
tion of water almost Imm&listsl/.
If you want quick relief Md cure
thla la the remedy. Sold by Gra
ham Drug Co. sdv.
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I "THINKING" TORPEDOES.
Marveloss Brain e f the Swift Under
j' ♦ Sea Destroyer.
i The brain of the Torpedo, that
marvelous center of control In the'
body of the deadly submarine,
works more surely than any fleah
and blood mechanism. It never be
comes disturbed, even in the great
est stress of peril; it works with
the direct certainty of fate.
It is the manifastatlon of the
minds of many men, concentrated
on the accomplishment of one
thing; there is no indirection, no
unnecessary detail in its operation.
The swift and destructive thing is
sent on its way at a speed of "46
miles an hoar", In the phrase of the
landsman, headed for the enemy
more than five miles distant.
True to the mark it flashes along
exactly 16 feet below the surface,
the steering by the vertical and
horizontal planes done aa aurely
as though a human hand was at
the tfbrk.
And in this magic brain of the
torpedo are generated the subtle
potency of heat and the white ne-
f ration of freezing cold. In it, too,
s the nice calculation and the pow
er that can cause the torpedo to
swing through an angle of 90 de
grees toward a target straight
ahead.
In the brain of the swift under
sea destroyer is the concreted
thought of many men. It is as It
the submarine were manned by a
crew of. the World'a greatest spe
cialists in this particular sort of
warfare. Then there is still much
of unread mystery to the general
public in the "secret chamber,
which is the 'frontal lobe of this
destructive brain. Governments
and the firms that shape the things
of death for governments are tne
ones that know completely what
strange intelligencea are held here.
I
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J making you sick and can
not salivate.
. Every druggist in Town—your
| druggist and everybody's druggist
has noticed a great falling off in
the sale of clomel. They all give
the same reason. Dodson's Liver
is taking its place.
"Calomel ia dangerous and peo
fectly aafe and gives better re
sults said a prominent local drug
gist Dodson's Liver Tone is per
sonally guaranteed by every drug
gist who sells it. A large bottle
costs 60s, and if it fails to giye
' relief in every case of liver slug
gishness and constipation, you have
only to aak for your money back.
Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleas
ant tasting purely vegetable rem
edy. hkrmleaa to both children and
adults. Take * spoonful at Slight
and wmke up feeling fine, no bil
iousness, sick headache, acid stom
ach or constipated bowels. It
doeant gripe or cauae inconven
ience all the next day like violent
calomel. Take a doae of calomel
today and tomorrow you will feel
weak, atck and nauaeated. Dont
loae a day's work. Take Dodson s
Liver Tone instead and feel fine,
full of vigor and ambition. adv.
How Bank of England Protect* Gold.
The Bank of Bnglabd haa Its own
water supply. One artesian well
400 feet deep gives a supply of
7,0*0 gallons an hour. Aa a direct
consequence of the high cost of
water in London, the bank au
thorities in I*lo placed a contract
to sink another well. This places
the bank Independent of the pub
lic supply of water. One curious
uae to which this water ia pat ia
not generally known: the bullion
department ia nightly submerged
In. several feet of water by the ac
tion of machinery. The aame ma
chinery ia ao adjusted that, If a
dishonest officer daring the day or
night should take even one of a
pile of MM sovereigns, the whole
pile would instantly aink and a
pool of water take its place.
■ocogvlaod Advantages.
You will find that Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy haa recognized ad
vantages over moat medicines in
in use for coughs and coida. It
does not suppress a cough but
loosens and relieves it It adds ex
pectoration snd opens the secre
tions, which enables the system to
"ipw off a cold. it counteracts
any tendency of a cold to result in
pneumonia. It contains no opium
or other narcotic snd msy be given
to s child aa confidently as To an
adult for aale by all dealera.
adv.
Col. Roosevelt continues to be in
teresting without being convinc
ing.
If anybody doubU that this is s
£ss country let him consult the
list of candidates for Mayor of Chi
csgo.
Those who propose to divide
divide Texaa into four states evi
dently are trying to divert the
country's attention from something i
Between the Americsns who'
bought some hales of cotton snd
Europe thst Is buying a good many
bales the South ought to f*«
cheerful soon..
If Mexico were really wis* it
might employ one of odr ex-Presi
dents to be Its President. Either
one would be an improvement over
anything else.
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OTfifcß FELLOWS MONEY.
The Maay People Who live en the
Mossy of Others.
The Wsdesboro Ansonian found
the following along snd passes It
slong as worth while, which It ts.
How many people In this commu
munity are living on their own
money?
if the question was put to each
person Individually he unquestion
ably would answer that he is living
on his own fundk
But are we really living on our
own money?
Let's dig down under the surface
and see whst we find. -
For the sake of argument we will
assume that you are running an
account with the grocer, and the
butcher,' and possibly othsr mer
chants.
You pay, of course, but perhaps,
you mike settlements only every
oO or 90 days. Some even only pay
their bills twice a year.
Now was it your money that
paid the wholesaler for the goods
that you are using, and for which
you have not paid, or was It the
merchants?
And If It was the merchant's and
you have not paid him, is it your
money you are living on until set
tlement day, or is it his?
We contend that fully the
people are living from day to day
on other people's money, and by
doing so, they are, themselves, di
rectly to the present high cost of
living.
Now, control your rlslnflf anger
for a moment ,and we will humbly
to show yon why you are keeping
prices Up.
The average mercantile stock
costs several thousanda of dollars,
and it must be paid lor in cash or
the merchant must obtain a line of
credit from the wholeaaler. And
when he buys his goods on credit
he pays s higher price for them.
In turn you buy you rgoods from
the merchant on credit and h eln
self defense 'must add still another
additional "safety" profit, In other
words, he must charge more-than
cash price in order to protect hlm
hlmself from the certainty of loss
consequent upon slow collections,
bad debts and other annoyances.
Thus two "safety" profits are
added to the original selling prices
of the srticles.
Do you see how It works—how
the price Is boosted?
If every customer psid spot cash
for his goods the merchant In turn
could do the same with the whole
saler, thereby securing from the
latter a discount for cash of possi
bly 7 to 10 per cent.
And then the merchant himself
would not be required to add the
"safety profit" to his goods, which
would mean another substantial re
duction in the price of the articles,
and all because of the simple expe
diency of handing the cash over to
the counter.
. Now, doesn't it look as though
this practice of living on other
people's money Is costing us con
siderably more than we are Justi
fied in paying lor such a doubtful
privilege?
It might require some slight In
convenience and a little temporary
retrenchment In order to change
| oyer to a cash system, but if a
made you a flat offer of a dis
count of 15 or 80 per cent, for cash
■ "you would Jump at the opportu-
Doesn't It appear to be to the
advantage of everybody in this
community to wipe out the bane
ful credit system and buy and sell
for cash?
HICKORY CHIPS.
One drawback about immigration
after the war Is that well either
get crippled patriot or a healthy
undesirable.
Insted of demandug an apology
. why doesn't Minister van Dyke re
taliate by giving the Kaiser a vol
ume of his poems.
Since a few highbrow Bostonlans
complain that baseball Interferes
with art, It requires no seventh son.
of a seventh son to see art's fin
ish.
The lady uplifter shocked at a
prize fight should have remember
ed t efore hand that that was
no place for her mother's daugh
ter.
The Department of Agriculture
says that the American sparrow Is
much better behaved than his Eng
lish cousin, and this too, when neu
trality's the word.
Some men hitch their wagon to
a star snd then try to convince
ths star thst it would never have
succeeded if it had not trailed
alog.
Prof. Tate's advice not to marry
a scrub Indlcstes thst he is s sub
tle foe to matrimony.
Possibly one rssson why Villa as-
Psumed direction of the presidency
is that the office is so discredited
snd dsngerous thst nobody else
will have It
Weather sensitive people contin
ue to tread lightly for fear of dis
turbing the groundhog.
Wherever Huerts is, It's s long
way from the wsr zone.
In order tolhake the effect com
plste the Lusttsnia might have
summoned sli hsnds to sing the
"Btar Spangled Banner."
At the asms time ths country
msy fecilitste Itself upon the fsct
thst in this particular crisis, the
administration of sffsirs is not in
the of the excellent but im
petuous Colonel. .
HEVJNiaoMiHHa
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Mexican, Every Thursday
Mattinee 3 p. m. Night 7 p.. m.
; ADMISSION : : 10 Gents
Story is now running in the Gleaner.
! Read It.
Notice of sale of
; Real Estate.
Under and by virtue of an order of the 8a-
Erlor Court of Alamance countv, made In
eSpecial Proceeding entitled M. L. Cheek.
' Executor of W. A. WilUama vs. Dellle Ann
> Williams, the undersigned Executor will, on
: SATURDAY, MARCH 13,1915,
•t twelve o'clock M., at the ooort boon door
In Or*ham, North Carolina, ofltor for aale Lo
tbe highest bidder, that oertain tract ot land
lying and being in Newlln township, Ala
-1 manoe county, North Carolina, adjoining tbe
i iandsofVv.A. Patterson, Joe Williams and
others, and more particularly described aa
followi, to-wlt:
Beginning at a poat oak at the Bennett cor
ner, running thence Weat 10 chains and 16
links to a black oak In Sylvia Godfrey's line;
thence North U cbalm to a atone near D. P.
Jobe's; thenoe East 10 chains and 1 links to a
hlokory near a branch, thenoe South 66 cbalns
to the Beginning, containing 66 acres, more
or leas.
Terms of Pale—v One-third cash, one-third In
three months, and one-third In sU month*.
Deferred payments to bear Interest from day
nfaale .
This the Bth day of February. 1116.
M. L, CHKEK,
*• « Executor.
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Mortgagee's Sale of
Real Property.
Under and by authority of the power of
sate oowtslnedln a oertain mortgage dead,
rdiS yutfoatSe Pte? ol
a«,s^s,s4ij%K.-KS
at ascurfng the perineal of a oertain bond of
eren date therewith in the anm of li.ooo on
whleh has not been paid, the uod^afcned
Ei£ r i. , i. o .r&tte'sooT^'
SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 191#,
M ?iS , j2S3i , W )ed r *" l to wit:
Tinet No. S. known as the Oob'i land, ad
joining the huasa twat and bounded ss fol
*• £ !
* !ijM% to S roek near a \dZSFZjf
sf:
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atoora deaartbad two traotaof Ind win
baaold aai«rmtaiy. 11 99 wlll
J. Dolp . Loot,
Attorneys.
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SWEET POWDERS
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HOTEL BAIN
Formerly Brody llou.so
603 South Elm Street,
GREENSBORO, - - N. C.
One Block South of Passenger
Depot. Newly Furoiylitd, IJath
and Steam Ileat : : : : :
European Plan 50 and 3.5 cents.
American 1.50 and 2.00 per Day.
Special prices by week or month.
C. W. BAIN, Proprietor
Service by Publication
North Carolina—Alamance County.
In the Saperlor Co art,
March Term, 1913.
K. B. Benton, Plaintiff,
vs.
Minnie Benton, Defendant.
The defendant abore named will take notloe
that an action entitled as above has lieon
oommenced In tbe -uperlor Court of Al»-
1
said defendant will fu ther take uotlco thaC
! rr .'L u l™ d jo appear at tbe erm of
Fh„ .h o 2. m .,'v °°" nl / to be held on
XltZSPdi. 6, Bdo . UU, at tbe
»«ld ooulltfat Uraham, North
answer or demUlUa the oom-
Pj*'? l {n aald action or the plain OViwlll ap
Slfd'So^lb 1 ," f ° r the deman^fo
the«>* c c -
EXECUTORS' NOTICE.
J TSI!?* 4 "* *;«eutora of tbe will of
z\~* a,on ' T* >ot npson,dao'd. the undenlg ed
» WJ «l' persona holding cla ms
"Restate fcpreeent the Sme duly
FetsT-?#2*S! 2?. * *•"' •»* nf
ootlea will be pleaded lo
to aafd Is»iL r^2? rery * WreuDe
duTa r * q ",U,rto lam °-
ThU Peb'y U, Wis. s
• IBDI* Bf. TH H SON,
BeßtlDl HOLT,
eoot »*Tiof J. Bed for i Ttoompaun. dee'd
Mortgage Sale of.Land.
b * *■** Molt; ami duly
MONDAY, MARCH i st , PJIS,
W-der for eaah. that cer-
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|i!y r ° ?v* S"'"'beast,•* the W.u by
tan i 00 «>» Mike Paint,
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SinSiSa Ah -'*' Holt 8«W traci
l I T-f-iKy*. «*'rty -ana. and i, iwing '
said 2iS2i d^ed »y the afcre-
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