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GRAHAM, N. C., fob. 1, 1917.
The Iloxboro Courier comes to us
this week in 24-page form. It is an
industrial edition and contains inter
esting matter about Person county
and the town of Roxboro. It is
highly creditable to the publishers,
Messrs Noell Brothei b, who have
owned the Courier for more than 20
years. The Courier has installed a
linotype machine in the past month
and appears to be in a prosperous
condition.
In Lenoir county last week an
"unloaded" gun in the hands of
Thomae Smith, Jr., aged 15, was
accidentally discharged and killed
Lawrence Boyd, aged 14.
Geo. G. Mc. Counatighey, aged
79 years, died at the llowan coun
ty home. He WHS a bachelor and
when a youth his latnily wan one
of wealth and influence.
Congressman David Edward
Finley of South Carolina died Fri
day in a sanatorium in Charlotte,
where die had been a patient for
severaKtlays, death resulting froui
pneumoni^.
Deputy Sheriff John Mcl). Mona
ghau was found dead in bed at his
home in Fayetteville Sunday after
noon. Drfath is supposed to have
resulted from a second stroke ol
paralysis.
Two Mexicans were in Concord
the past week buying game cocks
for a big Mexican mniu. They
bought and sent to Mexico 100
and contracted for !iOO for next
season.
Tho first pardon granted by
Governor Pickett was granted
Thursday to Nathaniel Post, col
ored, of Catawba county, serving
Vt months for larceny. Pardon
on account of bad physical con
dition.
11l order to check the spread of
hog cholera orders have been is
sued by tho State Department ol
Agriculture prohibiting shipment
of hogs from any other place into
Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank,
Camden, Currituck ami Gates
comities.
The Uuitod Daughters of the
Confederacy, with the aid of'tld,-
000 appropriation from the county
commissioners, will erect a monu
ment on the court house square at
Marion to the Confederate dead.
The monument may take the form
of a chapel.
Capt. Neil) Ellington, for more
than 20 years president of the
Greensboro National Hank, has
resigned because of being iu poor
health. Mr. K. P. Wharton was
elected iu his stoad. A special
office, chairmanship of the board
of directors, was created for Mr.
Kllington.
The North Carolina Women'*
Missionary Society of lho Method
ist church, in seaeiou at Wilming
ton the paat week, adßptwl reao
lutionH docryijig the immodest
attire of the modern woman, the
low standard of moving picture
■hows, enforcement of lawn regu
lating the aale of habit-forming
drugs, urged the enforcement ol
laws abolishing the liquor trafllc,
urged discouragement of the use
of coca-cola and strongly favored
the moulding of public seutiment
favoring a single standard ol
morality.
A Small Working Income.
University News I-eter.
From an investigation made two
years ago, the University ol North
Carolina was doing its work on 38
per cent leaa per atudent per year
than the average cost in !4oUthern
universities.
, Our total income last year was
•220,001. Of this total, »76,GG1
was from other sources than the
State.
The working income of Virginia
And Texan, (he other U-m«1 ihk
Southern State universities, wn*
$560,258, and $602,607 re*inac
tively.
The o|ierating budget of the
University of Texas for thin vear
is $825,000; it« building budget is
$3,000,000. liit student Itody is
about double that of the University
of North I,'aroliua; that of Virginia
la slightly leas 11 ■a it North Caro
lina's.
Eleven of the Southern univerai
tiea have larger working incomes
per student than the University
of North Carolina, Georgia's i»
76 per cent larger, Mississippi 101
per cent, and Virginia 141 per
cent.
Among the twenty-five State
universities and A. A M. eolle.ee
in the South, (figures from the
News Letter, based on Bulletin 0,
1916 U. S. Uureau of Education)
the rank of our Universiiy in
working income per student is
22nd.
J. A. Taylor, a foreman at Baain,
was run over and killed bjr a work
train Friday. Be worked for the
Hardaway Construction' Co.
WARNING OF UNRESTRICTED NAVAL WAR
FARE GIVEN BY GERMANY.
THE CRISIS HAS COME.
The Prospect ol Peace Fades with Germany's
Proposed Submarine Warfare.
The following dispatch came out
from Washington last night:
Washington, Jan. 31.—Germany
has declared unrestricted suoma
ririe warfare.
A starvation!) lockade of England,
10 like of which the world has
never seen was announced today
in notes delivered to American Am
bassador Gerard In Berlin, and to
the State Department hwe oy
Count Bernstorff.
Thus oegins the long feared cam
paign of ruthlessness, conceived oy
von llindenberg, it was said here,
on a magnitude never even con
templated by von Tirpitz.
Again the United States faces
severance of diplomatic relations
with Germany, with all its eventual
possibilities. President Wilson's re
peated warnings of 'a world afire'-
and Secretary Lansing's "verge of
war" statements, are being recalled
In the Capital to-night with feel
ings of apprehension and misgiv
ings.
Germany's action is the super
criniß of all those that have stirred
the American Government in two
ami a half years of world war.
Talk of peace in Europe and moans
of preserving the peace of the world
have gdke glimmering.
President Wilson, incredulous at
first when the. unofficial text of Ger
many's warning was brought to him,
at once called for the official docu
ment which had just been presented
to Secretaiy Lansing by the German
Ambassador. Mr Lansingabsolutfc
ly refused to make a comment. Presi
dent Wilson began at once a careful
•study of the document.
President Wilson has the task of
deciding what shall be the course of
the United States. Three immediate
steps appear among tho possibilities.
The United Statis might solemnly
warn Germany against a violution of
her pledges; it might bo decided
that the German warning is sulfide
notice of an intention to disregard
those pledges and a sufficient war
rant for breaking oflf diplomatic re
lations ; it might be decided to await
the results of the blockade and de
termine tho ttnttrse of the linked
States as die actual operations begin
to develop.
On almost every side Germany's
drastic action is interpreted as an
open confession of the effectiveness
*if the llritish food blockade. It is
regarded as a determination to strike
back in kind. German officials in
United Stales estimate the food sup
ply on the British Isies will last a
month. Admittedly the plan is to
carry starvation to tho doors of Eng
land with swift, staggering stroke",
as a fulfillment of Germany's an
nounced determination to use every
weapon und agency at her command
to end the war quickly. She counts
on the operation of an unheard-of
number of submarines to deliver
blows to briug England to her knees
within'oo days. One German official
liere t iday predicted the war would
be over in a month.
Conveyed to the world as the an-
Hwer to the refusal of the Entente
Allies to talk peace, Germany's latest
warning sa s:
"From February I, 1917, within
barred /.ones around Great Britain,
France, Italy, and in the eastern
Mediterranean —all sea traffic forth
with will be opposed."
The note deliuc* the barred /.ones
about Great Britain, France uud
Italy, ami says that neutral ships
plying in the barred zones do so ut
their own risk. Then the note lays
down certain regulations as to sig
nals and limits the running of ono
steamer in each direction per week
aud fixes the days
The note proceeds to toll America
how she must paiut certain de
sigus on her shi|>s, and also says
Ever Salivated by
Calomel! Horriblel
Calomel is Quicksilver and
Acta like Dynamite on
Your Kidneys.
Calomel lost* you a Uuy! You
know what calomel is. it'i mer
cury ; quicksilver. Calomel is dan
gerous. It crashes into your bite
dynamite, cramping and sickening
you. Calomel uttacks the bones
and should never be put in'o your
system.
When you (eel bilious, sluggish,
constipated and all knocked out,
and (eel that you need a dose ot
dangerous calomel, Just remember
that your druggist sells (or SOc a
large bottle of Dodson's Liver
Tone, which is entirely vegetable
and pleasant to take and Is a per
fect substitute (or calomel, it is
guaranteed to start your liver
without stirring you up inside, and
cannot salivate.
Don't take Calomel ! It makes
you sick next day; it loses you a
day's work. Dodson's Liver Tone
straightens you right up and you
(eel great. Oive it to tne children
because it is per(ectly harmless ana
doesnt gripe.
«dT.
America must guarantee that no con
traband (according to the German
list) it carried.
Hard and fast rules are fixed.
What America will do is not inti
mated as yet from Washington. Ii
is up to the I'residet to work out a
course.
OLD NORTH STATE NEWS
Brief Note* Covering Happening* In
This Stat* That Are of Interest to
All the People.
Farmers of Qullford county have
applied for $76,000 In loans.
Caldwell county citizens will vote
on a bond Issue for good roads amount
ing to $2&0,000.
Farmers of Scotland county will not
Increase their cotton acreage dny this
year.
The First North Carolina Infantry
la expected to be at home by Febru
ary 10th.
3. A. Taylor, foreman on the big
dam at Badln, Was killed when a
work train ran over him last week.
Charles B. Kehoe of New Bern has
successfully passed an examination
for second lieutenant In the Army.
Governor Blckett Is being urged to
attend the meeting of the U. S. Good
Hoads Association at Birmingham,
April 17 to 21.
A film company Is soon to stage and
reflght the battle of Kings Mountain
and make a picture of the famous
Revolutionary battle.
The North Carolina Builders' Ex
change In session In Raleigh, voted In
favor of the compensation bill before
the legislature.
The Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk
Southern railroads have been ordered
by the Corporation Commission to
build a union station at Klnston.
Governor Blckett has granted his
first pardon. It Is for Nathaniel Bost,
of Catawba county, a 19-year-old ne
gro, who has served since last July
on a 12 months sentence for larceny.
Indications now are that the crop
of Irish potatoes which will be crown
In Craven county during the coming
season, will be th* largest In the his
tory and thousands of barrels of them
will be grown In each section of the
county.
Daniel T. Gray of Raleigh was re
elected secretary of th* Association of
Southern Agricultural Workers at the
concluding session at N«w Orleans.
W. R. Dodson of Louisiana was elect
ed president and Montgomery was
selected as the 1913 meeting place.
After having been In active service
In the atate naval mllltla for mora
than 17 yeari, Capt Caleb D. Bradham
commander of the North Carolina na
val mllltla, haa, at hli own request,
been retired and the rank of rear ad
miral haa been conferred upon hint-
Contract for the erection of a bridge
acroia the Catawba River, between
Charlotte and Rock Hill, S. C„ was
awarded the Virginia Bridge A Lron
Co., of Roanoke and Charlotte, by
Tork county, 8. C. The contract price
fur the atructure la >41,000.
The special legislative committee
of the North Carolina National Guard
Anoclatlon haa juit completed Ita
work of drafting and finally ahaplng
up the bill that la to be Introduced to
make the North Carolina laws as to
the National Quard conform to the
new Federallsed National Guard regu
lations.
There Is a movement on foot la
Caldwell county to get the farmers to
stock their farms with a few head of
ahoep. A quarter of a century ago
aheep raising In this section was prof
itable until the dogs, worthlesa as the
most of them are, destroyed the sheep
Industry In Caldwell and adjoining
counties.
With four of the all cluba repres
ented and the remaining pair express-
Ing their Intention through proxy of
boarding the band wagon, the 1117
aeason of the North Carolina League
became a surety at the annual direc
tors' meeting, held In Greensboro. Al
though the time limit for the posting
of the 91,000 forfeit ehecks was ex
tended to February 15, positive aasur
ance was forthcoming from each city
of the league that the respective or
ganisations would be ready to start
the season on schedule time.
A modern ferry Is soon to be con
atructed at Blt&tt Falls.
Enlargement of the National Forest
Reserve by 23,700 acrea acquired
through purchases In the Southern
Appalachaln and White Mountain waa
announced by the reaervatloa commis
sion. It brlnga the total added to the
public forests In the Bast and South
under the Weeks law up to 1.571.151
acres. The largest single purchase
among those announced waa a tract of
8,000 acres on llount Mitchell. .
' !»
Wilson la soon to hsve a 130,000
opera house.
Attorney General Manning complet
ed for Btste Auditor Wood his opla
lon, finding the act of the Legislators
Increasing the salary of Governor
Blskett constitutional. It Is a lengthy
document, treating the whole scope of
the question and holding that live
sections of the Constitution mast be
construed together, and that officers
are elected for specified periods of
time, and further time to the election
and qualification of ancceaeors.
BUBSCRIBB FOR TUB OLBANBR
tI.CS A VIAR
Postmaster Burleson Under Fir*.
Cor. of The Gleaner.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 29.—Port
matter General Burleson Is bein£
severely criticised throughout the
country, by Congress, and by tabor
organizations, particularly for his
re-organization, as he calls it, of
the ralilway mail clerks. It seems
peculiar that he should single out
this particular class of men for op
pression, if not persecution, Who
kno*n the country over asi men of
efficiency, high aobve the average
post office employes. The Post
master General in his over zealous
desire to reduce the expenses of
Post Office, has gone entirely too
far in not only reducing the num
ber of railway mail clerks, but in
actually reducing their salaries as
well, in many cases. In some places
now the mailcrew is entirely inad
equate to assort and distribute the
mail on rapidly moving trains be
tween stations. Consequently let-
often late by one or more
d:iys to the detriment of business.
BURLESON vs. WILSON
Last September in the threaten
ed railway strike President Wilson
not only showed that he earnestly
believes in a "living wage," for
working men bill he believes that
eight hours is enough tol abur out
of twenty-four The railway men
who were tlic beneficiaries of .ihj
strike legislation last fall are paia
very muc.. highei salaries oy the
railroads than the Government
pays its railway mail clerks ana
other postoffice employes. It is up
to Mr. Burleson to explain his po
sition in regard to these hard work
ed and underpaid men, and to state
whether he thinks these m.>n any
better than slaves or not. Pres
ident Wilson has shown that he is
a sincere friend of tae worldjig
man, while Mr. Burleson seems to
be aspiring for the distinction ol
being the working man s mdst op
pressive foe. >
INJURING THE PARTY.
These railway men have wide ac
quaintance in every section of the
United States and if Mr. Burleson
continues his present policy of
working his railway men ■to dektn
as a result of reducing their num
bers and their salaries, he will no:
only seriously impair the railway
mail service but will put the Dem
ocratic party to a large extent
in the attitude of being an op
pressor, persecutor and foe of la
bor, placing himself, therefore in a
position directly opposite to Pres
ident Wilson. •
Every industrial concern in the
last year has largely increased the
salaries of its employes, but it re
mains for the Post Office Depart
ment under the aforesaid Post
master General Burleson to wring
the sweat of oppression fro.n his
employes by lowering their salaries
while the cost of living is- stead
inly increasing. This is simply an
outrage on the ytjmericati people,
and if Mr. Burlesdt) cannot be cur
ed of his madness itiis hoped that
Mr. Wilson will find some other
gentleman more in accord with the
spirit of the times to conduct Uncle
Sam's great establishment.
HEALTH IS ATTRACTIVE.
Five Health Rules for North Carolina
Boys and Girls-
Good health is most attractive.
It is beauty, for the young girl
awl strength for the young man.
"Never yet," said a noted woman
recently, "have I seen a hopeless
ly ugly man or woman who was in
perfect health. It is the pale,
wan cheek, the sunken eyes,-fche
yellow, decayed teeth, the hump
ed shoulders or the nervous,
grouchy disposition that is always
ugly and unaitractive.
"The glow of health on the
cheek, the sparkle in the eye, two
rows of clean, sound teeth aud a
body carried firmly and four
M(juarc to the winds, with health
in the body and laughter in the
soul—that is beauty aud strength
that endures aud ii is worth work
ing for."
The health rules of the Cru
saders, a baud of boys and girls
interested not only in their own
health but also ih the health of
others, are here given and are
recommended by the Slate Hoard
uf Health to all boys and girls in
the State who would make of
themselves attractive, useful men
aud women. They are:
"1. Always breathe fresh air.
Never sleep, study, work nor play
in a room without a window opeu,
Tako ten deep.breaths every day.
"2. Eat nourishing food and
chew it thoroughly. Drink plenty
of pure water aud use your own
cup. Avoid food that is hard to
digest, like heavy pie and cake
and much candy. Never eat nor
drink anythlug that weakens the
body, like alcoholic drinks.
"3. Make sure that everything
you put in your mouth is clean.
Wash your hands always before
eating aud bathe your whole body
often. Glean your teeth every
day. Have a regular time every
day for attending to each need if
I your body.
i "4. Exercise eveiry day in the
open air. Keep your shoulders
straight. I»o not srnoko before
you are grown up.
' "5. Get a long night's sleep.
Get up smiliug. Keep your mind
cleau aud cheerful."
F*r a Bilious Attack.
When jou h.ue a severe head
ache, accompanied by a coatea
tongue, loathing of food, constipa
tion, torpid liver, vomiting of part
ly divested food and then bile, you
may know that you have a severe
bilious attack. While you may
be quite sick, there la much conso
lation in knowing that relief may
be had oy taking three of Cham
berlain's Tablets. They are prompt
and effectual. Obtainable every
where. adv.
Subscribe for TUB GLEAN BR
•I.M a year In advance.
RIVERS - HARBORS
BILL PUSSES HOUSE
CARRIES AN APPROPRIATION OP
$38,000,000, OF WHICH $10,000,-
000 18 New WORK.
PARTY LINES NOT DRAWN
PrMldsnt Wilson!* Approval Express
•d as to Existing Projects Concern
ed.—Vots Was 221 to 131.—8i1l
Now Goes to Senate.
Washington.—The annual rivers
and harbors appropriation bill, corry
irg $38,000,000, Including more than
♦10,000,000 for new projects was
passed by the House by a vote of 221
to 131. It now goes to the Senate.
The House Increased the appropria
tion for Norfolk harbor from $270,-
000 to $360,000 and retained as a con
tinuing project $1,425,C00 for deepen
ing the channels leading to the harbor
at Tampa, Fla., to 27 feet, $300,000 of
the amount being made available in
this bill.
The President, although opposing
th 4 proposed public buildings bill now
awaiting action in the Senate, has ex
pressed his approval of the river and
harbors measuro in so far as appro
priations for existing projects is con
cerned. '
The House struck out a provision
to create a commission of Cabinet
officer* and members of the Senate
and Houso committees to investigate
river and harbor improvements, drain
age, reclamation. Irrigation and flood
control problems, with a view to rec
ommending to Congress next Decem
ber plana for co-ordinating all such
activities. This plan, favored by the
President, was eliminated on a point
of order after a lively parliamentary
fight, but another flood control bill
is pending In the House.
The vote by which the bill passed
was not along party lines.
PUBLISHING BUBINEBS IS
IN HAZARDOUS POBITION
DUE TO COST OF PAPER.
Declare Publiihera, Who Bay Remedy
Muit Be Found at Once.
Chicago. Newspaper publishers
and news print paper manufacturer*
at a conference here voted to appoint
committees to meet immediately after
delivery to Congress this week of the
Federal Trade Commission's report on
the print paper situation to see if
knowledge gained V from the report
points the way to an adjustment of
the paper problem.
Publishers, representing the Amer
ican Newspaper Publishers' Associa
tion, agreed that the present' high
price of paper has placed the news-,
paper publishing business In a posi
tion so hazardous and menacing that
a remedy muct be found without de
lay. On the other hand, representa
tives of the Print Paper Manufac
turers' Association asserted that the
Increased cost of production Justified
present prices.
Many of the publishers favored an
agreement by both sides to abide by
any prlco the Federal Trade Commis
sion may set. This would have to be
a gentlemen's agreement, as the com
mission has power only to lnevstl
mleslon has power only to Investi
gate.
Those active In the meeting Includ
ed for the publishers Frank P. Class,
of Birmingham, chairman of the print
paper committee of the Publishers'
Asoclatlon; E. B. Stahlman, Nash
ville, and Victor Lawson, of Chicago.
Prominent manufacturers present
were P. T. Dodge, president of the
International Paper Company; Alex
ander Smith, managing director of
the Abltlbi (Canada) Paper Com
pany, and J. A. Bothwell and F. A
Sabbattan, Canadian manufacturers.
COMMITTEE APPROVES
FEDERAL RESERVE ACT.
Washington.—An amendment to the
Federal reserve act proposed by the
reserve board to make Immediately ef
fective the provision requiring all re
serves of member banks to be kept In
Federal reserve banks, was approved
by the House Banking and Currency
Committee.
MODERN ATTIRE OF WOMEN
IS DECRIED BY SOCIETY.
Wilmington, N. C.—The North Caro
lina Women's Missionary Society of
the Methodist Church in session here
adopted resolutions decrying the im
modest attire of the modern vomur,
the low standard''of moving picture
shows, enforcement of laws regulat
ing sale of hablt-forpilng drugs, urged
enforcement of laws abolishing liquor
traffic, urged discouragement of the
use of coco-cola and favored a single
standar dof morality.
MEXICAN TROOPERS IN
FIGHT WITH COWBOYS.
Tuscon, Arl«. —According to tele
phone advices from Arlvaca, Arts.,
about 14 miles south of here, fighting
haa been In progress all day at a
place called Stonehouse between
Mexico troopers and American cow
boys. When the cowboys attempted
to drive their cattle from the boundary
line, the Mexicans opened fire and re
ports said the Americans retreated
and were reinforced by a part of troop
B, Utah Cavalry, who returned fire,
aiOO Reward, HOO
Tlie readers of this paper will be pleated to
learn tliat there la at least one dreaded dla
eaae that (clone* bat been able to euie la all
It* states and that Is catarrh. Catarrh betas
$ "-ally Influence i by constitutions! oondl
llooa requires constitutional treatment.
Hairs Catarrh Medicine Is taken Internally
and acts Lhr >ugh the Blood ou the Mucous
Hurfaees uf the Sjitem thereby destroying
the inundation of the disease, giving the pa-
Uent strength by building up the constitu
tion and asslsUng nature In doing Its work.
The proprietors have so muah faith In lbs
eurative powers of Hall's Catarrh Medicine
that they otter una Hundred Dollars for an)
oaae that It (alls to cur* Hand for lUt of tee-
Umooltli.
Address P. J. Cheney * Co, Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all Drurglat, "to. ad*
Milton Farmer, a negro, took the
automobile of Goldsboro's maj or In
which to take his bride on a honey
moon. All thia without permission.
Machine waa damaged 9100. Farmer
haa been arrested for taking the car
and also for exceeding the speed
limit through towns through which
be and hia bride passed.
The Supreme Court will examine
applicant* for law license Monday,
February 6.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
r
Lesson V.—Flr«t Quarter, For
Feb. 4,1917.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text of the Lesson, John ill, 1-21.
Memory Verses, S, •—Golden Test,
John 111, 10—Commentary Prepared by
Rev. O. M. Stearns.
If we take the last sentence of chap
ter 11 and the first of chapter ill from |
the revised version we will read: "He
Himself knew what was in man. Now,
there was • man of the Pharisees |
named Nlcodemus." This man there
fore comes before ns as a sample of j
all religions men of his stamp, and as
our Lord dealt with him so He still
deals with all rocb. He was one of
the rulers and evidently a man held in
high esteem by Ills fellows, but he was
not as yet born from above, ne was
very complimentary and courteous to
the Lord Jestiß. but our Lord had no
heart and no time for mere compli
ments. He saw all people as either
having life and not condemned or un
der the wrath of God and condemned
already (verses 18, 3©. Seeing before
Him a lost soul and net being willing
that he should perish. He at once
spoke to his heart, for He knew what
was in him.
We may sum up His threefold refer
ence to the new birth (vereps 3, 5, 7)
in the emphatic dcclftratlon of verse 7,
which is a word for every unsaved!
person, however religious he may be,
"You must lie born again," or, as In
the margin, "from above." It has been
truly snld that If we are born but once,
merely a natural birth, we shall die
twice, and the second death will be
the lake of fire (liev. xx, 14, 15), but If
we are born twiee, have had the birth
from above, we shall die but once, and,
if alive on earth at His coming, shall
not die at all (1 Cor. xv, 60-52). While
our Lord often used the word "verily"
(a translation of amen), only in this
gospel Is He recorded as using the
double verily and just twenty-five
times, the first time being in chapter
i. 51, and in reference t6 the coming
kingdom. We,find it in our lesson
chapter In verses 3, 5, 11, and In the
first two also in reference to the king
dom. It requires a new birth inwardly
and a new body outwardly to enter
that kingdom (I Cor. xv, .50), but if we
haVp the first we shall in due time
have the second (Phil, ill,' 20, 21).
Nlcodemus. lieing merely a" natural
man, although a .religious one, could
not understand spiritual things, ac
cording to I Cor. ii, 14. therefore his
many As a master of Israel
(verse 10) lie might have known more
than he did. but he needed some one In
him whohi he had never yet received
(chapter 1, 12).
Our Lord then took him back to an
Incident In the wilderness, story, with
which he must have been familiar
(verses 14, 131. md from it taught him
how to be born again, nnd we conclude
from chapters vil, TO. 51; xix, 39, that
then or later N'i odenius was really
fiorn again lind became a true disciple
•Tif Jesus Christ.
The new birth Is wrought In us by
the word of Ood nnd the Spirit of God,
as our I.onl lau-'ht in verse 5, the wa
ter signifying the word as In Eph. v,
20. Both Jnmes and Peter are In per
fect accord as to the new birth being
accomplished by the word of God (Jas.
1, 18; 1 Pet. 1, 23), and our Lord said
that His words were Spirit and Life
(John vl, OH). I have often seen John
ill, I*l. bring about the new birth in a
goul Just by writing the person's name
In the verso instead of the words "the
world" and "whosoever." and as Quick
ly as the bitten Israelites looked upon
the dead representation of that whlcb
had bftten them nnd lived so have I
seen sinners looking upon Jesus made
sin for them nnd obtaining life by a
look. lie rume to save the lost, the
sick the hopeless, and He does it all
Himself.
We have only to let Hiin save us, to
see Ilim rt.vlng In our stead, bearing
our gins In Mis own body, and, receiv
ing laim. tnke Him at His word, that
by virtue of Ills great sacrifice all
such have everlasting life and can nev
er perish. People are condemned not
because of any ordinary sin, for all
are sinners, but because they will not
receive Illm who nlono can save tliem,
because they will not look and live
(verses IS. 191. Ry receiving Him we
honor Cod an true, but by refusing to
receive Him we make God a liar and
Join, han.ls with the faWier of lies
against God (verse 33; I John V, 10;
John vlll. 2-0.
Only one who was truly God could
speak of Himself as "the Ron of Man
who Is In heaven" while yet He was
on earth (verse 13). Note also Hta
words In verse 85, "The Father loveth
the Bon ami hatli given all things Into
His hand." Compare Matt. *l, 27, and
let p«. like John the Raptist, beat
faithful testimony to Him. and, like
the servant of Abraham seeking a
bride for the only son to whom hit
father bad given all that he had, let us
live to help obtain the bride, the
church, for the coming Rrldegroom.
Bee verses 27-31 and compare the beau
tlful story in Gen. xxlv. As Abra
ham's servanf talked only of the wealth
of the beloved son and carried sampler
of It, by means of which to obtain the
bride, so we are to speak of Him and
His wealth of grace and glory, seek
ing only to magnify nim, that He may
draw souls to Himself.
The one tiling that believers are od
earth for is to let Him so live In U»
that others may he won »» Him.
The Bent Recommendation.
The strongest recommendation
an.v article may receive ia a favor
able word Trom the user. It is
the recommendations of those who
have used it that makes Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy ao popular.
Mrs Amanda Oierhart H*a.vnes\ ille.
Ohio, writes, '•Ch imf.orlain's Couh
Remedy h.» Deen used in m> fam
ily off a*d on for twenty years,
and it has never failed to cure a
cough or cold.'' Obtainable every
where. adv.
The Citizen says that P. P. Rob
ert* of Buncombe county was shot
and killed recently while reaiating
arrest in Centralis. Waah. Roberts
waa wanted In Ashe\ Ille for dispos
ing of mortgaged property and em
bezzlement.
Hometbing Good.
Those who hate nasty medicine
should try Chamberlain's Tablets
for constipation. They are pleas
ant to take and their effect is so
agreeable and ao natural that you
will not realize that it has been
produced by a medicine. Obtaina
ble everywhere. adv.
POULTRY
• MTS •
COLD STORAGE IS EFFICIENT
Recommended by %cp«rt of . Kansas
Agricultural College aa Beat Way
of Keeping Cgga.
Cold storage Is the best way to pre
serve eggs, In the opinion of F. IS.
Mnssehl, Instructor In 4 poultry hus
-1 bandry In the Kansas Btate Agricul
tural college.
I "Many preparations are used for
preserving eggs," says Mr. Muaaelil,
I "but none are as efficient as cold stor
age. Some persons use sodium sili
cate, commonly known as water glass,
| while others use lard or one of the
; many commercial preparations to pre
serve eggs. V
"These methods of storing eggs pre
vent decomposition by bacterial action,
but do not stop enzyme action. The
enzymes are always present In the egg
and are active at ordinary tempera
tures. With good fresh eggs kept at
the proper storage temperature —Bl
or 32 degrees Fahrenheit —enzyme ac
tion as well as bacterial action is pre
vented. Three months Is a long time
| to keep eggs at room temperature yet
this Is what the poultry department
has done."
In order to prove the superiority of
Infertile eggs over fertile ones In keep
ing quality, Mr. .Mussehl kept a dozen
eggs In his office for three months.
When examined at the end of the
I period they showed no feigns of decom
position other than a slight thinning
of the white and yolk, and a faint
. odor. These changes were due to the
action of enzymes within the egg.
ERADICATION OF RED MITES
All Night Paata Fill Their Bodies With
Blood From Fowla and Then
Hide In Daytime.
The red mite Is the jrorst enemy
the poultry man has to contend with,
and the very hardest one to fight.
Thi« peat la very small and normally
la grayish In color, but, more often,
It presenta a deep red color, be
cause of the blood with which It la
filled.
Unless very numerous, the mites are
seldom found on the hens. The pests
work on the hens at night, filling their
bodies with blood, and hide beneath
the perches, and in cracks and crev
ices near the roosting quarters during
the day.
Whitewash Is not very effective In
fighting the red mite. A fetter spray
ing material is coal oil emulsion. This
Is made by dissolving half a bar of
laundry soap In hot watet and adding
half a gallon of coal oll| This mlxtufe
can be diluted with five gallons of
water. The emulsion is best applied
with a spray-pump, for the reason
that the pump will put the fluid in
cracks and crevices that could not be
reached with a brush.
The job of spraying must be very
thoroughly done. Some of the mites
will likely escape the first spraying,
and for this reason it Is advisable to
repeat the spraying In a few days, and
again In a week, to destroy the mites
that hatch from eggs.
WHY LEGHORNS ARE POPULAR
Food Cost Is Exceptionally Low and
Floor Bpace I* Lou—Test Made
> at Cornell University.
The cost of egg production with Leg
horns is exceptionally low according
to tests made at the Cornell univer
sity. i
On one large poultry farm the food
cost In the case of Leghorns Is excep
tionally low and will average three
cents a dozen less than where large
Flock of Leghorns.
breeds are used, and In addition to this
the floor space required for Leghorns
la less than That required for an equal
number of larger fovrts.
These birds also cost less to raise
to maturity, and all of these character
istics will result in effecting very im
portant saving in the cost of food,
labor and equipment
FREE RANGE FOR CHICKENS
Hens Made Happy and Comfortable
and Encouraged to Lay—Free
dom Meane Eggs and Health.
Of all the good things one can do
for his bens to make them happy and
comfortable and so Induce them to lay
well, nothing Is better than to give
free range. If the freedom of the
farm cannot be permitted, at least
fence In as big a field as possible and
let the birds rosm over It at will.
It means health, happiness and eggs.
Robbers cracked the safe in the
postoffice at Old Fort Friday mon ■
ing early and got away with sls
in cash and SBOO to S9OO in stamps,
Thursday night in Charlotte the
safe of the Texas Oil Company
was cracked and robbed o( $125.
Checks amounting to several hun
dred dollars weje left in the safe.
Severe Cald Quickly Cared.
"On December first I had a very
severe cold or attack of grip as it
may be, and was nearly down sick
in bed," writes O. J. Metcalf, of
We>th«ly, Mo. "I bought two bot
tles of Chamberlain's Cough Reme
dy and it was only a few days
until I was completely restored
to Spilth. I firmly believe that
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is on*
of the very bes tmedicines and will
know what to do when I have an
other cold." Obtainable every
where. adv.
The Progressive's kick seems to
be that even if the G. O. P. has
offered them a fatted calf it has
given them only the shank, hoofs
and knuckles,
of Real
Under and by vli 100 at power of sale con-
Mined In a deed of trust executed by 1. L.
Matlock oo January 80th, 1816. and r*oarded
In the office or Register of Dead! for Ala
mance county lo Book No. 86, paces Ml, etc.,
the undersigned Trustee will otter for at
public nutarr. to thehlfbest bidder, for cub,
at the court hOB so door In Graham, Alamanoe
county, North Carolina, at 1* o'clock noon, on
MONDAY, FEB. 26,1917,
the foil >wlng described property:
A certain tract or parcer of land In ror
ling ton township, Alamance eoUnty.Htateof
North Carolina, adjolnln, the lands or the
Piedmont liulldlnsr Company, and others,
and more particularly bounded and deaorlb
ed as follows:
Beginning at a stake on the Bast - Ideof
Taruiey street, oorner with Piedmont Build
ing Company; tbenee with the line of the said
street N 7U feet to a corner, Medmout Build
ing Company's line; tbenee B with their Una
lOIJ feet to a stake, corner with their line;
theoea BID feet to saw Piedmont Bullying
Company's line; thenoe W 100 feel to the be
ginning, iielng a part of lot No. 20J In the
Riot of sakl city of Burling 'on. Nortb Caro
na, the nme be ng the property conveyed
by the Alam». ee insurance A Real Batata
Company to said W. L. heath by dee J bear
ing date of June Ist, 191 , aud ouly probated
aud recorded In the office of the Uegl ter of
Deeds for Alamance oouu ty. In Book of He
corded Deeds, No. 48. at pages 823 m, to
wbob recoru reference Is hereby expressly
made for a description of said property and
also to show chain of title.
'ihls the atth day of January, 1017.
PIEDMONT TnUoT COMPANY,
r Trustee,
Commissioner's Sale of
Land
Under and by virtue of a judgment of the
Superior Court of Alamance county. In an
action entitled Amelia Jenkins, widow, TS.
Ueorge J nklns, administrator of Murphey
Jenki s, deceased, he undersigned commis
sioners will offer at public auctiou, to the
hlyhest bidder, at the court housa door in
lira ham, on t
MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1917,
at 12 o'clfcek, noon, the following described
real properly:
Three traits In Burlington, Alamanoe
county, North Carolina.
Lot No. I—Adjoining the lands of L E.
Quailb, J. L. Thorn**, Elrniia Cotton Milis, J.
W. and W. W. Lasley et ais.: Beginning at a
stone, a oorner of the said J. W. and W. vV.
Lasley, J. L. Thomas and the said L. B. Quails*
corner, running thence with the line of said
qualis SIS deg W 1 chain and 46 Iks to an
non bolt, tue said Qu lis* oorner; thence N 88
deg W 1 chain 74 iks to a stone. J. L. Thomas'
corner; theuce his line K9B IKS to the begin
ning, containing 110 of an acre, more or loss.
Lot No. 2—Adjoining the lauds of Koxana
Thomas, same being ou west side of Ulencoe
road, and others. Beginning at a stone, Kox
ana Thomas' corner and on the west line of
the iilenooe road, cunning thenoe with her
line W 8 cbs and 02 Iks to a stone, her corner;
thence 81X de« W 2 ohs 79 Iks to a stone;
thenoe U 8 chs ts2 Iks to a stone on the len
coe road; thence N \% deg E 2 ohs 77 Iks to
the beginning, containing one acre, more of
less, and known us lot No, 1 In a plat of the
laud ol B. N. Thomas
Lot No. B—Adjoining ihe lands of Elmira
Cotton Mills, J. W. aud W. w. Lasley, Ike
Mmmonv aud others; Beginning at a stone
on the east side of the ttreet and a corner
with J. W. and W. W. Lasley, lunnlug thenoe
fcJ 1% deg W 1 oi.aln au, 7a Iks o a stone on
the line of the Klmira Cpitou Mills Company
land; theuce with tbelr Hue M 47>£ deg K 4 chs
84 Ik a to 4 stone near the biauub, a corner
with Klmira Cotton Mills Compauy and also
a corner with Ike Muicuolb; thenoe with tne
line or said Ike olmmons N I>£ deg K 6 ous to
a stout* on said blmmons' line aud a oorner
with J. W. and W. W, Lasley; (hence with
ueir line W Bobs 02 Iks to tne beginning, cou-
c alug 1 42-lUj acre*, more or less.
ierms oi rtale—One-third cash, one-third in
three moutbs ana one-third lu six months,
subject to conurmatiun of court, v
Tuis January zi), IVI7.
J. J. HENDERBGN,
K. a. W. DAMKKUN,
Commissioners.
Land Sale!
Pursuant to an order of the Su
perior Court of Alamance county,
made in a special proceeding
therein pending, entitled: "iNancy
Hunter vs. Ueorge Hunter and otn
ers," whereto ail the heirs-at-law
of the late James Hunter, colored,
are duly constituted parties, tne
undresigned duly appointed com
missioner will oiler lor sale to tne
highest bidder at puolic auction, at
the court house aoor in Graham,
on MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 6th, 1917,
at 12 o'clock, noon, all of the fol
lowing described real property, to
wit:
That tract or parcel of land sit
uate in Alamance county, JNortn
Carolina, near tne village of Haw
Kiver, known as the home place of
the late James Hunter, colored, ad
joining tne lands of tne late David
Hunter, Janjes Hunter, Jr., W. H.
and J. A. Trplinger, and others, be
ing tne lands purchased by the said
James Hunter irom Thomas JJixou,
et als. and tne old Woodsdale
school house lot, containing in all
nearly four acres, and more fully
described in tne petition in this
cause.
TERMS : One-half cash, balance
in six months secured by note of
purchaser, to bear interest at six
percent, title reserved until pur
chase price is paid in lull; sold BUD
ject to confirmation by tne court.
This January 4, 1917.
J. DOLP*I LONG,
tds. Commissioner.
Mortgagee's Sale of
Heal Lstate.
Under and by virtue of the terms
of a certain mortgage deed exe
cuted and delivered to Alamance
Insurance & Heal instate Company,
recorded in Book No. 61 of Mort
gage Heeds, page 278 in tne office
of the Register of Deeds for Al
amance county, to secure an in
debtedness evidenced by a certain
note therein described, default hav
ing been made in the payment of
said indebtedness, the undersigned
will, on
THURSDAY, FEB. 15, 1917,
at 1.30 o'clock, at the court house
door, in Granam, N. C., offer for
sale at public outcry to the highest
bidder for casn the following de
scribed land and premises, to-wit:
Adjoining the lands of R. A. Coble,
May estate, Geo. Greeson and oth
ers and bounded as follows:
Beginning at a rock, corner with
said Coble, running thence with
said Coble's line South 45 deg. East
1171 feet to earner on said 41 ay;
thence with May's line North 45
deg. West 872Jj feet to corner;
thence with line of said Greeson
North 45 deg. East 1996 feet to a
large rock corner; thence with the
line of the North Carolina Trust
Company South 45 deg East 397
feet to stake in center of new sur
veyed road; thence with the center
of said road North 21 deg. East 720
feet to Btake; thence North 31tf
deg. East to Coble's corner, the be
ginning corner; being tract No. 24
of the survey of the Holt Farms,
and containing 35 19-100 acres,
I more or less.
This llth day of January, 1917.
Alamance Ins. & Real Estate Co.,
Mortgagee.
According to a representative oi
Bradstreet there were 253 failures
reported to the company from this
State in 1916, the total assets being
1,269,676 and liabilities 42,215.862.
Of the failures 117 were attributed
to incompetence; 29 to inexperience,
and 53 to undertaking too much
business for the capital employ ea
and 17 to unfavorable circum
stances.
Pork bills ar*> meaty subjects
for the Republicans when they are
In the minority.