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£ THE GLEANER ISSOKD EVEBY THURSDAY. J. P. KERNOPLE. Editor. •1.00 A YEAR; IN ADVANCE. ADVSBTISINO HATSB tan square (i Id.) 1 time IMA, ~r eacj sub >' equont Insertion M MM. For more simce * an I longer time, rates 1 nrolahed on appilca „a. bo#al notice! 10 o*e. • line (or Bret mertlotfi subsequent Insertions lets, a Une Iran*lent advertlaeincnts mult be paid far In advance roe edl not be responalble for |j&; /Mws expressed by correspondents. Entered at ne Po toffloe at Grabam. . N. 0., aa aecon claaa matter. H; GRAHAM, N. P., Jan. 3,1918. It appears now that American troops will be rushed to the aid of the Allies as soon as possible. From the heat obtainable information Ger man divisions are being concentrat ed on the Western front in France as rapidly aa possible to deal an offensive blow against the English and French armies and the Ameri can troop* will be noeded to check and thwart the German offensive. Both on the French and Italian fronts the Allies are holding their Own. The cold wave that has gripped this countr.v East of the Mississippi river for the past ten days has been very unusual. No part of the entire Eastern section has escaped, the lack of fuel has greatly aridedi to the usual distress arising from extreme cold weather. Zero weather for almost half of the United' States, extending from North to Bouth, for so long a pe riod is a record that no one, per haps, can remember or recall. The proposed peace u*tween Russia and Ger many will likely come to naught. It was brought' ■bout through German intrigue doubtless, and German agents nam ing the terms it could not be ex pected that it would be more than a one-sided affair, ftussiuns of foresight do not like it und there it will probably end. After all, it may have been u Germun scheme to throw the Kussiuns off their guard, call a halt In the active war operations on Kussian front ■l'i and enable the Germans to concen trate against the Allies on the West and Italian fronts for u more effective offensive. New Year Resolutions-Unbreakable- To quit smoking cigars after .■ they burn a quarter 01 an inch past the "butts" stage. Never to slap a liou in the face St or trip an elephant. Resolve not to chase the gold fish until they ure winded. Never to clean out the inaides of «lectric light bulbs. To be always broke when some body tries to make u touch. Resolve to take a "cold show-1 or" every morning the water is ~ hot. Resolve to keep the resolution of never making any resolutions. Resolve not to notify the gas or Coal company when the.v make n mistake on the bill in your favor. Always to forget debts under SO I. ' cents. . Never to put up n kick every time the boss gives you u raise. To keep your raise secret from the wife for at least t he first month. For small boys-resolve not to notify msw when their ears need K' t scouring. Resolve always to forget your date with the dentist. | * Resolve never to complain to the )anltor or landlord about getting too much heat. Not to pass up ony gold i>i-ces lying in the gutter. * Resolve to lay your money on the Qlanta during the hot stove aeason. /r Resolve not to applaud for an encore at a rasslin match qr to •; go to one. v Not to contribute to a benevo lent fund for John D. Rockefeller. > Not to overeat a meal of para ngs so it will give you a dial kc for them. ■§£§*. The laboratory and operating room buildings at the Irnse hos pital nt Camp Greene, Charlotte, were totally destroyed l»y fire pari} Sunday morning, the k totaling at leant #75,000, repre ' / aeot«(l principally by destroyed laboratory apparatus. Defective flue 1* assigned an the cause. A government sanatorium for tubercular soldiers will probably N be established nt Axnlea, five miles froin Asheville. Arrauge meats have been about completed ti take over the Kenilworth Inn property, Asheville, as a base hoe %■ pitol for the treatment of men wrho may be seriously crippled. lu Asheville one uight last week - a negro attacked a young white woman on the street. The girl r straggled amicus' badly beaten before the apbroaoh of a young I*3 white man fpghtenedj the negro away. Many nogrmis Ware arrest ed but the reaTiculprlt boa not ofta r€K3. / * ( . . sgS&Ats. ■'' ' FOOD ADMINISTRATION PREPARING TO POT SCREWS ON UNSCRUPULOUS DEALERS Rumblings of Impatience Being Heard Around Headquarters. I Selfish and Unpatriotic Consumers Will be Dealt With Also—Fine of $5,000 and Two Years' Imprisonment Penalty for Hoarding—Administrator Henry A Page Tightening the Reins. ' I -r( Raleigh.—Notwithstanding Its oft repeated and proven assertions that Its attitude toward all dealers in food stuffs Is first of all Mindly, and that it is desirous of co-operating with all handlers of foodstuffs, rumblings of lmpstlence at petty profiteering are beginning to be heard around the j quarters of the Food Administration j In this city. That Food Administrator Henry A. j Page has at heart the Interests of the producers and handlers of foodstuffs j has been demonstrated by bis action In straightening out the wheat situa tion In the state and by his attitude toward all wholesalers and retailers in their respective conferences"here; but Mr. Page Is not famous either for his : patience In the face of injury, nor for j his forbearance when laws are be ing violated and people oppressed through the greed of grasping or un patriotic dealers. Offenders to be Put Out of Business. Where wanton violations of the law and policy of the Food Adminis tration are found, it is anticipated that the offending dealers will be pun ished by the simple procedure of put ting them out of business. * Where profiteers are shrowd enough to stsy bsrely within the bounds they will be put In a class of suspects and watched. In order to give the ronsumer bet ter protection snd to secure from the consumer more effective co-operation, the Food Administration contemplates offering to the papers throughout tho state occasionsl price lists showing the average cost of stsple food com modities to the dealers and tho price at which dealers should be able to buy. The publication of these prices should be of Inestimable value to the people of the State. What's In Store for Hoarders. As a result of reports that havo i reached it from two counties in the State the Food Administration has In structed all County Food Administra tors to investigate and report prompt- I ly any evidences of hoarding of food- i stuffs. Reports that hsve been invea- i tlgated so far were found to have orig inated as the result of the practice of 1 softs farmers In the two counties men- I tlofled ef purchasing most of their i food supplies In large quantities after i marketing their crops. Eren this i Bankhead Highway Shows Up Beyond Expectations. Birmingham, Alii, Dec. 30, I!M7. —Tho Executive Committee of tbe Board of pirectors of the (lunkhead National Highway As sociation met in Birmingham yes terday with Col. T. S. Plowman, President of the Association and Chairman of the Committee, pre siding. There was a full attend ance of the committee which met for the purpose of reviewing the work of tho Association for the past nine months, and mapping out the details for the coming year, and passing upon the in structions and resolutions that were adopted at tho annual meet ing of the Association last April, and also at the meeting of the Board of Directors in Uirininghnm, on Nov. 2Ctb. Mr. J. A. Kountree, Secretary of the Bankhead National High way Association, made a full re port of the work that had been accomplished by the Association, also gave in detail the receipts and disbursements of tho organi zation, publicity secured, work accomplished. His rejtort wits minute and showed that the work accomplished had cclip'ed the dreams of the most sanguine mem ber* of the organization or the promoters of this great enterprise. Secretary Kountree was extended a vote of thanks for his splendid work of Organizing and pushing the organization, lie was author ized to proceed at once to pusli the work of the organization in the Western liranch of the Hank head National Highway, also to commence to prepare for the an nual meeting of the Association, which meets io Little Rock, Ar kansas, on April 18-19, 11)18. A resolution was adopted au thorising the Secretary to write to each branch or units of the Uankead National Highway urg ing thetn to increase the member ship of their organisation, to pay the dues for the year 1918, so that they will have representation at the annual meeting. The basis of representation is one delegate for oach ten paid member*. A ' resolution was also passed author ising President Plowman and Sec retary Kountree to write a letter ' to the road officials, presidents of county, tows, and olty Bankhead ' Highway Associations, giving them the plans and specification* for tho -Bankhead Highway that ! was adopted at tbe executive coin • mittee meeting, urging them to , see that they are carried out in their respective counties, and calling their attention to the fact that if they are not carried out that it will tie the province of the Hankhead National Highway As sociation to relocate the Highway through towns, cities, and coun ties that will carry out the plana and specitications. The meeting was very euthnsl aftie and each member of the ex ecutive committee expressed them selves as being delighted with the work of the organisation, and spoke in glowing terms of the future of this great Highway. Foreign missions in the United States and Canada received total subscription* of #20,405,861 in 1917, of which #19,166,864 was from the United States and #l,- 240,997 from Canada, according to a report by the foreign mission conference of North America. practice, where It has been the cu»- 1 torn for years, cannot be tolerated under present conditions. Consumers of food commodities as i Well as dealers are subject to the provisions of the Food Control Law,! I section 6 of which provides that any 1 I necessity shall be deemed to be, j hoarded when held, contracted or ar- j j ranged for, by any person In excess ; | of his reasonable requirements for a ! j reasonable time. The penalty for j | violation of this provision is a fine of $5,000 or two years' Imprisonment, or both, and In addition, the commod- j Ity hoarded Is subject to confiscation. Large Purchases Inexcusable. State Food Administrator Henry A. Page points out that there Is abso-; lutely no excuse for purchasing food stuffs in large quantities, becamso (1) prices have been stabilized and are no more apt to advance than tbey are to decline, and (2) the Food Ad ministration's first concern Is to sup ply our own people with foodstuffs and i It will no,f permit the exportation of I such an amount of any commodity as ' will endanger the supply necessary for ' home consumption. j l The great Injury that would be c worked by this practice la clearly j pointed out as follows: i (1) It would add to the burden of;i the railroads, which are already ] strained to the breaking point. (2) It would tend to advanco, I prices and theroby work an Injustice 11 to all consumers of foodstuffs. i (3) It would deprive our own sol-1 I dlers, the soldiers of our Allies, the 1 civilian population of our Allies and | tho hundreds of thousands of STARV-; ' ING WOMEN AND CHILDREN In. Europe, of foodstuffs which are need- 1 ed not only to help win the war, but to save Innocent people from actual ' and certain starvation. 1 In the face of these facts Food Ad- mlnlstrator Page does not hesitate to i vigorously denounce any person Who has any Inclination toward hoarding i as selfish and unpatriotic to an extent 11 that Is approaching the traitorous. | 1 Mr. Page does not believe there will i he any hoarding In North Carolina, i but If there are those who are selfish 1 and unpserlotlc and foolish enough to i attempt It they will be dealt with ] promptly and vigorously. I - - — J ——- 1 11 l Big Savings Reported by Food Ad ministration. Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 29. —A striking illustration of the amounts of wheat, beef and pork 1 product*, fats and sugar which are being saved through economy and substitution is given in a sum mary of replies to a questionnaire which was sent out by the Food Administration recently to the colleges and boarding schools, or- i plumages and similar institutions in the State. In a letter mailed today to the heads of those insti tutions the Food Administration slates that uo more encouraging 1 or inspiring information bus come to its office than the replies to this questionnaire. Replies were received from 30 institutions and the summary 1 shows that these have reduced their monthly consump tion as follows: >^yheat flpur, from 487 barrels to 373 barrels; beef, from 48,630 pounds to 38,394 pounds; pork, from #5,131 to 30,- 343 pounds; sugar, from 34,913 to 20,941 pounds; fats, from 19,410 ; to 11,918 pounds. These figures are the more striking because, as a matter of fact, the substitutes for beef and pork are more expen sive in lupuy instances than the products saved. 11l letters which accompanied the replies to the questionnaire it was shown iuvariably that the Students and inmates of the insti tutions were in hearty accord with the movement for conservation aud sulwtitution and iu not a single instance was »ny dissatis -1 faction with the conservation pro grain manifested. It is estimated that the export able food products being saved by the 30 institutions that reportel will provide a living ration for ' approximately 2,500 European 1 adults. In other words, the 30 ■ institutions reporting are saving - from stArvation 2,500 or more ' women, children and ,men in Ku ' rope who otherwise would have > no hope. » r L Albert DeMelloof New liedford, ■ Mass , who was reported among - the misHiug when the American r destroyer Jacob Jones was sunk f by a German subtnHrino, was pick -1 ©d up by tho U-boat aud is now a C prisoner in Germany. * " Does Your Back Ache ? It's usually a sign of sick kid neys, especially If the kidney ac tion is disordered, passages, scanty' or too frequent. Don't wait for more serious troubles. Begin using Dosn's Kidney Pills. Read this Bur lington msn's testimony. S. F. Thompson, Means St., Bur lington says, "Quite often 1 have have had long dm es and have been exposed to all kinds of weather. They have caused my back to ache at times and raj' kidneys to act irregularly. Sometimes I have hardly been able to straighten because my back has been so weak and lame. Often sharp twinges hsve caught me across my kidneys, so thta I could hardly move for a minute or so. Whenever I hsve felt the trouble criming on I have taken Dosn's Kidney Puis for a few dsys. The pain In my back has been stopped and my kidneys have again acted regularly. I believe Doan's Kidney Pills will help any one who w3l give them a good tfial. Price 80c at all dealers. D'Jnt simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills—tbe same that Mr. Thompson had. Foster- MllbUrn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. T. MOO INSTRUCTS HEWR.R.WM CM i AS TO TASK OP OPERATING FOR THE PRESENT TIME AT LEAST. INSTRUCTIONS ARE WIRED Traffic to be Moved by The Moat Direct Routa Now—Open Way for Traffic Pooling That Was Hereto- I fore Impossible. Washington.—The railroads of the , United State* paused Into government possession at noon Friday as Secre tary McAdoo, designated by President | Wilson as director general of rail ( roads, was delegating to the rallroada' war board the task of operating tham for the present. The war board, comprising five of the country's foremost railroad execu tives who have been in supreme j charge of the roads for the last nine | months, were called Into conference at II o'clock to discuss plans for weld ing all transportation lines into a sin gle government-operated system. They , left the treasury department two j hours later under instructions to con-j tlnue their functions and submit lm-' mediately a plan of operation to the director general. i Mr. McAdoo issued his first formal [ order designed to speed up freight movements, telegraphing all railroad presidents and directors Instructions to move traffic by the most convenient and direct routes. At the same time he ordered them to continue the oper ation of their line* In conformity witn the President's proclamation patting them under government control. There was no Indication whether Mr. McAdoo Intended eventually to displace the war board with an organ isation of his own or to continue Its organization for the duration of the war. It was made clear, however, that It will continue the function until the director general decides that a better system can be devised. The order that freight mora by the most expeditious route opens the way for a pooling of traffic impossible heretofore by reason of statutes de signed to prevent the practice by car riers operated under private direction. .It takes from the shipper the right to route hie freight as he wishes, and leavee to the railroad traffic manager the task pf aendlng It most directly and where there la least congestion. TEUTONIC TERMS FOR PEACE NOT SUFFICIENT great Britain and Prance, respect ively, through their prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, have made known to the world that the terms under which the Teutonic allies seek a general peace are not suffi cient And backing thqir prime minis ter, the British proletariat, represent ed by a national labor conference, has reaffirmed. without equivocation, that it is the determination of labor to continue the war. Fortified by the known attitude of President Wilson as to the require ments of the United States If the war is to end and a peace concluded, the utterances of Premier Lloyd George and Foreign Minister Plchon and the almost unanimous sentiment of th« British workers seemingly make cer tain that the Teutonic allies' proffer, given in reply to the Russian bolshe vlkl proposals, will go for naught un less It is materially added and brought Into line with the demands that the United States and the entente allies have laid down as the concrete basis for the discussion of peace. Nevertheless the bolshevikl ele ment In Russia apparently has not lost hear that something may come from the Czernln proposal, for the Brest-Lltovsk peace conference at which H was made has taken a recess until January 4, and meanwhile Trot sky, the bolshevikl foreign minister, purposes to send a note to the entente allied embassies In an endavor to have them participate in further peace parleys, and also Is drafting • note to the peoples of the world. PROHIBITION FOR TROOPS IN FRANCE BEING CONSIDERED Washington. Prohibition of the sale of Intoxicants of any description to members of the American expedi tionary force Is under discussion be tween General Pershing and the French authorities. The war depart ment announced it had been so ad vised by General Pershing, who in order to clear up misunderstanding cabled the text of his order forbidding American soldiers to buy any intoxi cant* other than light wines or beer. M'ADOO CALLS UPON THE MERCHANTS OP COUNTRY Washington.—Merchants who have been offering to take Liberty bonds at par or at a premium for merchandise were appealed to by Secretary McAdoo to stop the practice. "While I have no doubt that these merchants are actu ated by patriotic motives." the sec retary said, "I am sure that they have failed to consider the effect their of fers wosld have on the situation. We are making effort to have bonds par chased for permanent Investment. How's This l We offer One Hundred Dollar* Hetrard for any ease of Osorrh that oannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. r. J„ CH KN BY A CO., Toledo, a We. the onderslrned. have known r. J. Cheney (or the laet IS years. and believe turn Perfectly honorable in all business transac tions and financially able to carry out any I obturations maae by his arm. NATIOSAI. BASS or Oo\m*ari, Toledo. 0. Ht It Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, ectln* directly upon the blood aod mucous . surfaoee of the syAem. Testimonials sent fme. Price 15 oents per bottle, aold by all 1 DTUHMS Take Hell's Panilly Pills for constipation. i sd* __ | Ample sugar for all our real ! needs will be available very ahortly , according to the Pood Admlnlstra . tion, but thia is no reason why i every individual should not reduce ' his consumption of sugar b.v sub ' stituting sorghum and other prod : ucts in cooking, using less on the - table. In cutting out aoft drinks 1 and reducing hie consumption of confection* in which sugar is used. Ml TO BE RELIEVED II EAST DIRECTOR GENERAL McADOO OR DERS CONGESTION IN EAST REMOVED. MUST NOT BE HtMPEREO Feed and Coal Must Move Regardless of Priority Regulations, Passenger Schedules or Any Other Hampering Practices. Washington.—Orders went to eaat era • railroads from Director General McAdoo to clear up freight cOnge's . tlon regardless of previous govern ment priority regulations, passenger i schedules and any hampering prac- I tlces under the old competitive sys tem and to pay special attention to movement of coal and food. I Lines of the west and south were called on for locomotives and other equipment to help lighten the traffic burden in the east, and a committee , of government officials was created to work out a plan for diverting export | freights to ports south of New York. ' Quantities of coal were started to New England to relieve the serious shortage there, and priority orders were suspended for roads east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio rivers to the extent necessary to clear up congestion. At the same time the director gen eral dissolved the railroad war board at Its own request and named a tem porary advisory cabinet of five mem bers. One of these. Hale Holden, president of the Burlington and • member of the war board, will be re tained to supervise the machinery which the war board has created with in the last nine months to co-ordinate the roads of the country. Member* of Cabinet. Other members of the new advisory cabinet are John Skelton Williams, comptroller of the currency, who will have charge of financial question* arising out of government operation; Henry Walter*, chairman of the board of the Atlantic Coast Line, who will assist on operation problems; Edward Chambers, traffic, director of the food administration, who will have gen eral charge of traffic, and Walker D. Hlnes .assistant to the director general. Other railway heads who made up the war board, Fairfax Harrison of the Southern, who was chairman; Rea of the Pennsylvania; Kruttschnitt, of the Southern Pacific, and Elliott, ol New Haven, will-return to the active supervision of their roads, but all the sub-committees and organizations of the board will be turned over to Mr. Holden. The question of lnoreased pay for railroad employes will be taken up soon by Mr. McAdoo, but he said he had given little thought to wages and did not know what his attitude would be. Heads of the four brother hoods will confer with the director general Thursday at his invitation, and probably will urge-that with the scarcity of railroad labor it will be necdssary to pay higher wages to re tain men. Many advisers of the di rector geperal advocate increasing wages, particularly for many unorgan ized classes. Wage Disputes. The federal board of mediation and conciliation will continue to pass on wage disputes now pending, but eventually the director probably will handle wage questions directly. The government's attitude toward wage changes will not be determined for several weeks at least, or until the pressing problems *of speeding up transportation are threshed out. Mr. McAdoo limited his comments on the labor situation to saying that he would "treat the men with Justice and equity" and would Just and square hearing" to the brotherhood heads. BAKER OUTLINES WHAT NEW YEAR FINDB AT FRONT Washington J— What the beginning of the new year finds at the battle fronts 1* outlined by Secretary Baker in his retiew of military operations, i In the west, he says, the British dom inate the Flanders plain with a great wedge into the principal German line i of defense at Cambral, while the : French, with their own lines unbroken : hold the key to the Laon area through - the capture of Chemln Des Dames. Italy, supported by the allies, I* holding firm, while the enemy 1* busy , preparing for a renewed offensive. Of Russia, the review merely any* the' i Germans are endeavoring to persuade t that country that they are eager to ' assist In restoring normal conditions, > %nd that the Oerman embassy build ' ing at Petrograd is being made ready ' for occupancy. While the operation " of American troop* at the front ha* ' been confined to narrow limits, the " secretary says their presence h«s ' heartened the allies and increased ' faith In final victory, BURLINQTON, N C„ Octobsr io. 1916. r Pearson Remedy Co., ' Burlington, N. C. Dear Sirs:— Thi* is to certify that I have ! been taking Indian Blood Purifier r for a short while with the most satisfactory results. I would glad i. ly recommend It to any one suffer ■, Ing as J did with indigestion, con ' stipation and nervous prostration. I For the last three years I have i. been an awful aufferer. Now I feel well and strong, work hard every day, eat everything with no ' bad results. In fact my condition r was so awful that it seems almost . like hnyone being l raised from the - the dead. I feel that I COJU > not aay too much in praise of this; . great blood and nerve remedy. My . prayer is that you may live long . and prosper. Respectfully, A. G. BOONS, f 107 Stagg Street, ' Burlington, N. C. (SALVATION LADY COULDNT DRINK ANY GOLD WATER. Greensboro Worker Tells How Dreco Wiped Oat Stoauch Trouble. Gives Entbsstatic Testimony. Everyone knows that to live we must have food. Food is the fuel that keeps the human furnace burning. Stop eating and the fires of life will soon die out. Is it any wonder then that when the system is not being properly fed a person becomes thin, pale, list less, run down and the day's work becomes a drudgery. It is worse than useless to try to tempt the appetite with delicacies if the stymach is unable to digest the food it receives. Most bodily ills can be traced to just this source. The stomach is out of order and the other or- Kane, tissues and muscles are not receiving the necessary food to build up the .lavages of the day. The result is these organs, tissues aud muscles become weak, open ing the door to kidney trouble, constipation, rheumatism and a host of distressing complaints. Those disorders can be helped only by treating the cause, the stomach, "I have suffered 20 years with pains in the limbs, aud rheuma tism," says Mrs. Frances Cox who is perhaps one of Ihe most gener ally known and best loved ladies of Greensboro's Salvation Army, in a signed statement just made for publication. "I couldn't even drink cold water," she continued, "as it would sour and come back up hot as fire All my troubles are very much benefitted now because I have taken that wonderful new herb medicine called Dreco." "Dreco surely has done me lots of good and I want three more bottles," Dreco, the medicine mentioned tjy Mrs. Cox is a compound of the juices extracted from roots, herbs and berries; nature's own remedy for nature's ills/ Hundreds of testimonials like the above are coining in all stating that Dreco seemed to go direct to the seat of i the trouble and to wipe out aches and pains. If you are suffering why not go or send at once for a bottle of thiß wonderful medicine? Surely it is worth a trial* Dreco is sold by almost auy weir stocked druggist and may be se cured in Graham at Graham Drug Co. Cotton Seed Mesl Price Fixed. Raleigh, Jau. 3rd. 1918.—The minimum wholesale quantity of cottonseed meal which must be 1 sold by the crusher at $49.50 per 1 ton was today reduced from 30 tons to ten tons by a ruling issued by State Food Administrator 1 Heury A. Page. The ruling sent by Mr. Page to all of the crushers ia the State is as follows: 1 "Any quantity of cottonseed meal consisting of less than 10 tons may be cousidered as a retail sale, for which not exceeding $2.50 per tou above the: agreed retail price may be charged, and any quantity of 10 tons or more shall : ba considered a wholesale proposi tion aud the buyer of same shall not be charged exceeding the agreed price plus any drayage or cartage that may be necessary to make delivery." PREFERS CHAMBERLAIN'S. "In the cojrie of a conversa tion with Chamberlain Medicine Co.'s representative to-day, we haa occasion to discuss in a general way the merits of their different preparations. At his suggestion X take pleasure in e&ifressing my es timation oi Chamberlain's. Cough Remedy. I have a family of six children and have used this reme dy in my home for years. I con sider it the only cough remedy on the market, ana I have tried nearly all kinds."—Earl C. RoSs, Publisher Hamilton County Republican-News Syracuse, Kansas. —Edward Gauhn of Charlotte died : suddenly Christmas night while in ! an automobile with a party of friends. Heart disease. He was a 1 native of Rochester, N. Y„ ana . had lived in Charlotte since 1899. Fire at Reidsville a few days ago ! destroyed the Old North State to i bacco factory, owned and operated ibyß. P. Richardson & Co. The 1 loss is estimated at from seventy five to one hundred thousand dol lars, covered by ipsurance. j * SOON OVER HIS COLD. Everyone speaks well of Cham ' berlain's Cough Remedy after hav i ing used it. Mrs. Geo. Lewis, of Plttafield, N. Y„ has this, to say ' regarding it: "Last winter my Ut • tie boy, 6 years old. was sick with , a cold for two or three weeks, f ■ doctored him and used variou* , cough medicines but nothing did . him much good until I began us sing Chamberlain'* Cough Remedy. ' He then improved rapidly and in ' a few day* was over hi* cold." ' Asheville municipal authorities have fixed the price draymen shall charge for delivering coal and wood. The draymen were goug ing. In some cases charging 75c for hauling Sic worth of fueL The prize of a SSO Liberty Loan bond offered by J. B. Ivey of Char lotte, State Merchants' representa tive under the food administration, for the best article on food conser vation, was awarded to Mi*s Ethel of Charlotte. Several score papers were offered. , Charlotte citizens gave each of the SO,OOO soldier* at Camp Green , a Christmas gift. Loving cups r were presented to commanding officers and colonel* of each of the 1 regiments, and appropriate gifts > were presented to each of the Bng i lish and French officer* stationed . at the camp. I ARE YOUR SEWERS CLOGGED? , The bowels are the sewerage sys tem of the body. You can well im agine the result when they arre ' stopped up as is the case in con stipation. As a purgative you will find Chamberlain's ex cellent. They are mild and gentle 'in their action. They alao Improve , jthe digestion. '' The Greensboro Daily News j, Gives a Greater News Service 1 i. Through the addition of several copyrighted news , ( 1 ' features The Greensboro Daily News is able to offer to ' North Carolina readers a most comprehensive newspa , > per, bristling with interest from the first to the very , 1 last page. In ffcct it ia the greatest newa value ever ' , offered by a state daily. At a great expense we have , ' .. secured the simultaneous publication rights for the 1 following. ! London Times-Philadelphia Ledger Cable Service, giving a olear ] I insight into the great world war from the European standpoint. , David Lawrence's Washington Articles, copyrighted by The New [York Evening Poet, handling the war from the American government. I > Col. Theodore Roosevelt's Editorials for the Kansas City Star, discussing current topics is his usual clever, piercing style. Sergeant Empey's Stories about trench life in France, written ' I after 18 month actual fighiting experience. I All of the above are Big News features —a Super Newa Service t > e which augments and supplements the splendid service | of the Associated Press, the excellent work of P. R. Anderson at our Washington Bureau, our I ( I | interesting Raleigh service by W. T. Bost and our splendid state news , service. t | ' > Write immediately for sample copy. Subscription rates are still , the same: Daily and Sunday $7 per year; Daily only $5 per year. p j Greensboro Daily News 4 ' Greensboro, N. C. Only North Carolina Newspaper Having Two ( '' Leased Telegraph Wires Safest Druggist Sells E-RU-SA Pile Core Because It contains no opiates, no lead, no belladonna, no poisonous drug. All other Pile medlolne containing injurous narootlo and other poisons cause constipation and damage all who use them, E-RU-SA oures or ISO paid. Hayes Drug Co., Sole Agents, Graham, N. C. EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE. Havtnc qualified U executrix of the will of Ju. w. Wyatt, deo'd, the underlined hereby notifies all persona holding olalmi againut said es'.ate to present ihesame, duly autben tlcated. on or before the 10th day of Deo.. 1918, or thla notice will be pleaded to bar of their recovery. All per ions Indebted to aald estate are requested to make immediate set tlement, Th,,Jon iISiJ # BMMA WTATT, Ex'r'x odec6t , ol Jaa. W. wyatt, deo'd. President Wilson was 61 years old Friday. Hon. E. R. Bathriok, Demo cratic member of Congress from the fourteenth Ohio district, died last week. He was 55 years old and had served in two Congresses. A pouch containing #50,000, sent by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond to a bank in Colum bia, 8. C., disappeared in transit and is believed to have been stolen. Richard Wilson Knott, 68, edi tor and publisher of the Louis- , ville Evening Post and of the Home and Farm, an agricultural paper, died suddenly Thursday evening of last week at his home in Louisville. Ira Barber, a young white man, said to be drunken and worthless, was burned to death in Johnston county when the cabin, in which he was located, was burned. There is a suspicion, it is said, that the house may have been fired by blockaders who charged Barber with reporting them. Women nurses are to be em ployed on naval hospital ships in this war for the first time in American naval history. They will be assigned to two hospital ships, soon to be ready for service. It is kinder to say that a man or a woman is ignorant than that they are bo selfish as to disregard the pitiful cries of starving human ity on the other side. There is plenty of flour on the market, but that to no reason why we should eat as much wheat breaa as we were eating a year ago. Economy in the use of sugar ana fata is Just as necessary as the sub- : stltutlon of corn and other cereals for wheat. STOMACH TROUBLES. If you have trouble with your stomach you should try Chamber lain's Tablets. 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W. malnbaek, deceased, all persons holding olatmi against said estate are hereby notified to preseutthe same, only ■ uthentlcated, on or before the 10th day of Dec,, 1918, or this notice will be pleaded la bar of their recovery; and all persons In debted to said estate are requested to make immediate settlement. This Deo. 8. I*l7 WALTIB E. BTAKBACK, Ex'r of J. W. Stalnbaok, deo'd. 6dec6t Mebane B. F. D. 1 . Legal Notice! ALAMANCE COUNT Y,- IN THE SUPERIOR COURT. Citizens Bank, which sues on be half of itself, and all other cred itors of the defendant who will make themselves parties to this action, against Southern Structural Steel Corpora tion, defendant. State of Nerth Carolina— To the Sheriff of Alamance County, Greeting: You are hereby commanded to summon the defendant above nam ed, if it be found within your county, to be and appear before the Judge of the Superior Court, at the court house in Graham, on the second Monday befor the first Monday in Septjbmher, 19: M, and answer the complaint of the plain tiff within the first three days of the Term, ind in default thereof the plaintiff will apply to the Court for such relief as may oe entitled to. ) Herein fail of this sum mons make due return. Oiven under my hand and seal of the Court 21st day of May, 1917. 8 J. D. KERNODLE, C. S. C.. * Alamance County. Notice of Receivership. The stockholders, deal ers with, and all other persons in terested in the affairs of South ern Structural Steel Corporation, will take notice that an action en titled as above has been commenc ed in the Superior Court of Ala mance county, summons al above was duly served, and the under signed was duly appointed receiv er of the defendant, and has made his bond and under order of Court publishes this notice to the ena that all persons who may be inter ested may make themselves parties to this action, or answer the com-, plaint therein filed on or before 23rd day of January, 1918. All per sons having claims against the de fendant will present the same to me properly authenticated. This the 12th day of December, 1917. WM, I. WARD, Receiver So. Structural Steel Corp. decl36ts. Re-Sale of Land! Under and by virtue of an order of the Superior Court of Alamance county in a special proceeding en titled Edward Guthrie, et aL, vs. Will Guthrie, et al„ the undersigned commissioner will offer at public auction, to the highest bidder, on SATURDAY, JAN. H, 1»1», at 12 o'clock, noon, on the premises, in Newlin Township, the following described tracts of land, to-wit- TRACT NO. 1 A certain tract or parcel of land lying and being on the waters of Mary's Creek, adjoin ing the lands of Mary Wright, Ma ry Shaw and others, and containing 43 acres, more or less. . •« TRACT No. 4. A certain tract or parcel of land lying and being on the waters of Mary's Creek, adjoin ing the lands of Stafford, Mary Woods, Rachel Thompson, and oth ers and containing 37 acres, more llCttC. TRACT NO. 3. A certain tract or parcel of land lying and being on the waters of Mary's Creek, known bathe saw mill and cotton gin (bract, and contains one acre, more or less. Terms of Sale: One-third cash, one-third in six months and one third In twelve months. Defferred payments to bear Interest Sale subject to the confirmation of the Court. , This December 14, 1917. '■» J. J. HENDERSON, Commissioner _ —sat eat ; SUBSCRIBE FOR THE GLEANER, BLM A TEAR