THE "OLD RELIABLE"
THEDFORD'S BLACK-DRAUGHT
White Haired Alabama Lady Says She Hat Seen Medicine* Come
and Go Bat The "Old Reliable" Thediord's Black-Draogkt
Came and Stayed.
Duttoit, Ala.—ln recommending Thed
ford's Black-Draught to her
neighbors here, Mrs. T. F. Parks, a well
known Jackson County lady, aakl: "lam
getting U P 1" years; my head is pretty
white. I hare seen medicines and reme-
dies come and go but the old reliable
came and stayed. lam talking oi Black-
Draught, a liver medicine we have used
for years—one that can be depended up
on and one that will do the work.
"Black-Draught will relieve Indigestion
and constipation if taken right, and I know
for I tried H. It Is the best tWng I have
ever found for the full, uncomfortable
NORTH CAROLINA FARM NOTES
Rains Have Been General— Quality
and Yield of Cotfon Below Aver
age; Corn Only Fair—Tobacco
Higher Than in Oct.— Fruit Better
Than Last Year's Crop and Price
Good- Peanuts 64 per cent ol
Normal—N. C. Acreage of Crops
10 per cent More Than Credited in
U S. Census..
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CHOP PROHPIiCTH IN THIS AXI>
OTHER COUNTRIES.
U. S. and N. C. Dept. Agriculture
According to the reports of the
County « Ageuttj in cooperation
with the North Carolina Coopera
tive Crop Reporting Service rains
have been general throughout the
State, and the weather conditions
continue favorable for all fall
sown grains.
■ The harvesting of all crops is
practically complete. The cotton
fields are the cleanest in years,
and both the quality and the yield,
though below the average, arc
better than had been expected.
It is estimated that about.fifty
per cent of the tobacco crop has
been marketed up to date, and
from present indications the aver
age November price for the State
will be slightly higher than that
of October, the general tendency
being upward in thope markets
still open. Only a small percent
age of the corn crop has been
nwketed, the yield und quality
being only fair.
Although this has been an un
fortunate year for commercial
fruit growers, there has bet n a
five per cent net gain over last
year in the total number of bear
ing fruit trees Commercial fruit
growing is a "coming" industry
in this State. The prices this
year have been good.
average per acre yield of
peanuts this year (bushels of 32
lbs Virginia, or 30 lbs. Spanish)
in 41 bushels. This is only 61
per cent of a normal yield, and
with an estimated acreage of 122,-
622 gives a total production for
the State ol 4,782,000 bushels,
which at the average November
price of S .066 per pound, gives
the total value of this year's crop
in this State as $0,584,000, aud
this is approximately ten percent
of the total value of the United
States crop.
The annual Crop Acreage Cen
She Used To Be Gray.
The weU known society' leaders
hair was gra.v, just lHce yours. Bat
Mrs. 8...v heard of.Q-ban
Hair Color Restorer—how thou
sands had proved that Q-ban would
bring a natural, soft, even dark
shade to gray or faded hair ann
make it soft, fluffy and beautiful.
Q-ban is all ready to use-a liquid,
guaranteed harmless, 50c a 1 arge
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Sold by Hayes Drug Co., and «*»b
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CASTOR IA
For Infanta and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
feeling alter meals. Sour stomach and
sick headache can be relieved by taking
Black-Draught It aids digestion, also
ssists the liver in throwing off impuri
ties. I am glad to recommend Black-
Draught, and do, to my friends and
neighbors."
Thcdford's Black-DraUght is a stand
ard household remedy with a record of
over seventy years of successful use.
Every one occasionally needs something
to help cleanse the system of impurities.
Try Black-Draught. Insist upon Thed
ford's, the genuine.
At all druggists. 0. ra
sus taken by the North Carolina
State Department of Agriculture
with the cooperation of the County
Commissioners, and other county
officials, and compiled and pub
lished by the Crop Reporting Ser
vice is nearing completion,
although the work great
ly hampered by a lack of sufficent
clerical force. One of the most
important discoveries resulting
from this work is that the census
taken by the Federal authorities
does not give North Carolina
credit for a large enough acreage
hi the various crops. Although
the figures are not yet complete,
(he present indications are that
North Carolina has a ten per cent
larger acreage in corn than she
has previously been given credit
lor, and that many of the other
crops have been under stated in
the United States Census equally
its much as corn. In almost every
.•instance the cultivated acreage,
as reported by the County Reval
uation Hoards in 1920 exceeklb, in
some cases as mUch as 15 per cent,
that given by the United States
Census of 1920, The final figures
for the 1921 acreage of thirty
seven counties have been com
pleted, and the work on the re
mainder is about 75 percent com
plete. Final figures for the state
aud for each county will be pub
lished early in 1922.
The summary of Foreign Crop
Prospects issued by the United
States Department ol Agriculture
for November shows that there
has been a general improvement
in agricultural activities in tie
Northern Hemisphere since the
prolonged drought of this Summer
and early Fall has been broken,
except in Northern Africa where
the extrelhely dry weather still
prevails aud rain is greatly need
ed to facilitate seeding aud germ
ination. The condition of wheat
aud all fall sown grains ranges
from good to excellent in most of
the Southern Hemisphere, and
the crop outlook is quite favor
able and equal to that of last year.
County Hospital Efforts.
Press Service N. C. Tuberculosis
Association.
A Urge delegation of Guilford
county citizens went before the
board of county commissioner*
aud asked that they authorise an
election to let the people bf the
county decide whether bouds
shall be issued and so d to provide
Ifunds for the erection and main
tenance of a county sanatorium
for the treatment of tuberculoid)*.
Ah a result, the election will be
held on December 20 and from
that time on it will be strict!) up
to the people of Guilford county
whether the tuberculosis patients
of their county receive proper
treatment or not. The election
will be the decision of, the people
as to whether or not they care to
save the lives uselessly sacrificed
to tuberculosis every year in
Guilford.
The county commissioner*
Gaston county have taken the
same step and an election will be
held February 18, 1922.
Mecklenburg county has gone a
step further. A site for a county
sanatorium ami #IO,IXX) for rcniu
tenance has ben secured aud con
struction will begiu in a short
time.
Cabarrus, Stanly, Montgomery
and Davidson counties are con
templating the erection of one
county-groupe sanatorium to take
care of tbe patient* from theae
co uu ties.
Randolph and Catawba obuntiea
are also interested and we may
THE
fxpect word Hny time that the
elections have been Offered.
I would like to insert here that
t 1 e connty sanatorium approved
by the voters in Wako county two
>ears ago is completed and will be
opened for patients immediately.
But, alas, the people of Wake did
not care. Let uw hope that the
county has enough people who do
car", will make another eflort, and
I hat it will be successful.
Kinston, Statesville, Henderson,
Tarboro, Clarkton and other cities
have called for tuberculosis clinics
to discover the cases.
Every city in the state will eu
gage in the sale of Christmas seals
to provide funds for the treat
ment of patients and for other
forms of tuberculosis work.
Sale of Valuable Property.
Under and by virture of the
power of sale contained in a cer
tain deed of trust, executed by
W. C. Thurston and his wife
to Felix F. Smith, Trustee, the
undersigned Trustee Will, on
' SATURDAY, DEC. 31, 1921,
upon the premises, near Graham
offer to the highest bidder for
cash the fallowing described
property:
First: A certain tract or parcel
of land in town of Graham,
Graham Township, Alatrjance
county, Stateof North Carolina,
adjoining the lands of J. D.
Mbon, Southern Railroad Depot,
lot Emma D.- Walker, Sidney
Cotton Mills, lot J". J. Mathews,
J. N. Williamson and others,
and bounded as follows:
Beginning at an iron bolt cor
ner with Moon in said depot
lot line; running thence N 85J
deg W 1.31 i chs to an iron bolt,
corner with said Walker in said
depot lot line; thence S 4 deg W
4.65 chs to an iron pipe, corner
with said Walker; thence N 85£
deg W 2.01£ chs to an iron bolt,
corner with bt'T Walker in said
Williamson's 1 le; thence 52.05
deg W (S. S.) 1 ch 1| Iks to an
iron bar, corner with said Cot
ton Mill lot; thence N E
(S. S.) 4.54 chs to an iron bolt,
corner with said Moon in said
Matthews line; thenceN 86|deg
W Iks to an iron bolt, cor
ner with said Moon; thence N
1 J- deg E 1.13J chs (or 75 ft) to
( ie beginning, containing 1.4
acres, more or less.
There is situated on this prop
erty a building that has been
built and rebuilt, which is to
be used as a cotton manufactur
ing plant, particularly for
handling and manufacturing
wastes, and also for a lumber
manufacturing plant. This real
property is subject to the lien of
a mortgage or deed of trust se
curing H. C. W r alker, in the
sum of $950.00, which sum
bears interest.
Second:—All machinery of
every kind, including one (1) 15
H. P. motor and eloctrical equip
ment, nine (9) knitting machines
and all other machinery of every
kind and description, whether
for use in manufacturing cot
ton or wastes, or for manufac
turing lumber and building ma
terial situated in the building
or upon the real property here
inbefore Also all ad
ditions to said machinery and
equipment, which may be
bought and placed in said build
ing, or upon said lot after the
date hereof.
Third :- All supplies of mate
rial of every kind, including re
pair parts, cotton and waste,
lumber, and all other supplies
aud materials on hand or pur
chased after the date hereof,
As to that property conveyed
under this item (nunbered 3) it
is distinctly understood that the
said W. C. Thuretou, of the
first part shall have ttie privi
lege of handling and sellifig
the same in the due course of
| his business as a manufacturer
of cottou and particulary cotton
j waste and a lumber dealer, and
that he shall not be oompelled
I to apply the proceeds of the pro
perty refered »oin this item to
I the payment i the notes here
inbefore referred to, but may
use said proceeds in the con
ducting of the businesses refer
red to herein; and it is distinct
ly understood that this convey
ance is intended to, and does
1 oovor all additions to those sup
plies and kinds of property re
ferred to in this item, and shall,
Irfc all times, cover such supplies
and property on hand and owned
by W. C. Thurston.
F. F. SMITH, Trustee.
MAKES A STUDY OF INSI
New York Entomologist DOfcfg BTfeo*
tlvo Work In Hl* Laboratory
In the Adirondack*.
Dr. M. W. Blackman, entomolo
gist for the New York State College
6f Forestry and director of the in
sectary at Cranberry lake, has made
important discoveries of several tree
devastating beetles that science nev
er before described. He also brought
to light at his Adirondack laboratory
bark-eating insects heretofore unre
corded in New York.
The in sectary was established at
the summer camp at Cranberry lake
in 1919 for co-operative investiga
tion of yellow birch insects. The in
gectary is unique in its isolation in
the heart of the Adirondacks, where
forest insects can be studied under
natural conditions.
Two sides of the building and one
end are inclosed with screens so in
side atmospheric conditions will be
similar to those without. Insect
infested woods are placed in breed
ing cages and daily records kept of
insects emerging. The pens are in
the open under natural atmospheric
and weather conditions. The detail
work is largely carried on inside the
building.
YES, INDEED
She —The world ia full of rascals.
This morning the new iceman gave
me a counterfeit half dollar.
He—Where is it, my dear?
She—Oh, I've already got rid of
it. Luckily, the butcher took it.
PITCHEfIB HAVE EARS.
A little saying from a seven-year
old girl:
Neighbor—How is your mother
this morning?
Little Girl—My mother is at the
hospital
Neighbor—Why ! I did not know
your mother was iIL
Little Girl—No, it ia my aunt
who is ill.
Neighbor—What ia the matter
with your aunt?
Little Girl—She has a bad head
ache.
Neighbor—Why! I did not know
any one went to the hospital for a
bad headache. -
Little Girl (looking up quickly
with a very interested, bright look
on her face) —That is not the real
reason, I think; they are spelling
things on me.—Christian Register. 
MERCY.
In the moving picture, "The Af
fairs of Anatol," there is a stirring
scene showing the church treasurer,
in his anger trapping on the pretty
clothes his wife had bought with the
church moriey.
"The woman who sat next me at
the show," said a Bloomington
(Ind.) movie patron, "held her
breath for a moment and al
most at the point of tears, said, 'Oh
—look. That horrid tramped
all over that silk teddy bear wHh his
coarse shoes and just ruined it and
111 bet it cost every bit of-lour dol
lars and a half.'"
STRAW FOR BUILDING.
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Satisfactory demonstrations made
by experts of Alberta (Canada)
university have proved the possi
bility of .making building material
out of straw. By a secret process
chopped straw it mlMd with other
ingredients, and the resulting com
position is said to be a material ar
able of withstanding more*eerere
tests than concrete. With the large
quantities of straw available from
the grain crops of the prairie prov
inces of Canada, this new material
may revolutionize the building trade.
DAMAOEO.
•mat is itr
"Damage suit The Jury awarded
the lady 160,000."
"Injured aria, ehP
"Naw, broken heait"— T tiiiffrill|
Coariar-JoumaL
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JUST HOW LONG IS A DAY?
■very On* Know* What It la Bdnt>
tlfleally, but Really It Dep*«t4«
on Circumstance*.
Scientifically, of course, a day is 24
hours long, hut It I* the popular cus
tom to separate this period Into the
two parts of "day" and "night," and
when one says "all day," only the day
light hours are meant, and this mean
ing may be further qualified and limit
ed to a specific number of hours; If a
person Is hired to work "if day" be esx
pects to give servte* for the ÜBUUI or
legal number of Twtfrs, a Very necessary
arrangement la order that endless con
tentions and misunderstand lugs be
avoided, since the length of a daylight
day varies widely. Actually, modern
understanding Is that one shall work
so many hoars, not so pinny days.
At London, England, the longest day
light day has 18% hours, while at
Stockholm, Sweden, it is IS4* lioora
In length. At Petrogrtd, Hussla, the
longest day is IB hours; and the short
est five, while at Wardbury, Norway,
the longest day lasts from May 21 to
July 22 without Interruption. In
Spitsbergen the longest day is 3%
months.
In the United States the dttratton of
the longest day depends upon the
locality, but that of Kansas City, a
little less than 16 boars, is about an
averuge longest day for the whole
country.
Legally "a day" may b«e 24 hours or
almost any shorter period, depending
upon specific statutes, custom and com
mon understanding. If one engages a
hotel room for "a day" he Is entitled
to Its use, unless there is a specific
understanding to the contrary, for 24
hours continuously, but a horse hired
for "a day" could retained for
more than 12 hours and, unless other
wise agreed, that 12 hours would ran
between sunrise and sunset, aad U
would be necessary to surrender the
animal at sunset, no matter wben it
was taken out.
For general purposes, the law divides
the 24-hour period Into equal parts as
"day" and "night," and assumes that
the daylight hours are meant In gen
eral agreements. A man who con
tracts to deliver Ice "once a day," for
example, would be required to deliver
It during the daylight hours and at
some reasonable and convenient time,
but If a gas company reserved the
right to shut off the gas for an hour
"once each day" In order to make re
pairs, for instance. It could do so at
any hour of the 24.
It Is thus clear that It is no more
possible to answer specifically the ques
tion, How long Is a day? than the
classical query, How large Is a piece
of chalk?— Kansas City Star.
Seagull and Qolf
Every golfer knows the story of the
Sussex man who was put off hla play
by the ships passing up and down the
English channel, but there are other
dangers than ships to a game on the
seashore. Seagulls, to wit. Just as a
ball was being chipped on the green
at Port Erin, Isle of Man, a seagull
swooped down, seized the stationary
ball and carried It off. After flying
for about a hundred yards the bird
dropped the ball, but at once recovered
It, flew another hundred yards and
dropped It again. Then the player
came Into hla own. There was a pro
blem that might have served as a
summertime subject for newspaper
correspondence, for while one player
argued that the ball should be played
where It was dropped, another con
tended that as It had been displaced
by an agency outside the game, It
should be replaced Wh«rv It orlglhally
lay. This was done, but there should
be a definite ruling on the point. Sea
gull golf which may do for Manxland
may not de for all the golfing world.
Safety First.
The marines are notoriously able to
live off the country, writee Mary Rob
erts Klnehart In time of need they
have methods of acquiring what is
necessary, and most of us know the
story of the little plctlnnlny in the
road:
"Mammy, come and look at the sol
diers coming I"
Mammy goes eot and surveys the
approaching ranks. Then she shouts
to h«r offspring la shrill apprehen
sion : ■'
"Them ain't soldiers, honey. Them's
marines. You come right on In and
bring that dog In with you P —The
Leatherneck.
Height of Women Increasing.
The Increase In the height of wom
en has gone on steadily for more than
fifty years, bat measurement* have
altered moat notably In the last two de
cades. Oar grandmothers stood barely
five feet In their shoes, bat their daugh
ters measure five feet four Inches, and
their athletic granddaughters of today
measure from five feet to five feet ten
In their stockings.
America Has Premier Huntress.
America's premier huntress Is Mrs.
Frederick Dalxlai, who has recently re
turned from a big game shooting ex
pedition In Bast Africa with a cargo of
trophies of her prowess—the tusks of
elephants and rhinoceroses, the skins
of seven Hons, the hams of buffaloes,
a leopard and a cbeetah.
Invents New Wiehch.
A lever pivoted to a handle and
controlled by a thumb wit forms a
new wrench which Its Inventor trains
mil h»IH s nut nf snj slsn nr shaps
Net fer the Natives,
the New York hotel which has In
stalled ft "thinking room" Is evidently
The Kind Tom Hove Always Bought, and which ha* beta
in as* for over over 30 yean, has borne the signature of
- and has been made under his per
{J: A ,onal "P®*"* 1 * 1011 its infancy.
V+UXTTZ /■c6tcAs46 ariAr no one to deceive you in thu.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just*as-gOod " are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants sod Children—Experience against Experiment.
What Is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric,
Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant It contains
neither Opium, Morphine not other narcotic substance. Its
age is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has
been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency,
Wind Colic and Diarrhoea ; allaying Feverishness arising
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aid*
the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea— The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years
Tho Kind You Have Always Bought
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. THROUGH THE BLOOD
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Thanking you, I remain yours for
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Graham, N. C.
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