what is . LAX-FOS LAX-FOS IS AN IMPROVED CASCARA A Digestive Laxative CATHARTR AND LIVER TONIC IiAX-Fos ia not a Secret or Patent Medi cine but is composed of the following old-fashioned roots and herb?: CASCARA BARK BLUE FLAG ROOT RHUBARB ROOT BLACK ROOT - MAY APPLE ROOT 8ENNA LEAVES AND PEP3IN In Lax-Fos the Cascajia is Improved by the addition of these digestive ingredi ents making it better than ordinary Ca? caelA, and thus the combination acta not only aa a stimulating laxative and cathar tic but also aa a digestive and lhrer tonic. Syrup laxatives are we . r f v Uncle Sam's too big a man To ever bend the knee, I tell blm I'm from Dixieland To leave a place for me. ,i ' ?VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. DONT SCOLD, MOTHER! THE CBOSS CHILD IS BJLIOUS, FEYEBI9H Look at Tongue i If Coaaed, Cleau Little Stomach, Liver, Bowels. Don't scold your fretful, peevish child. See if tongue Is coated; this is a sure sign its little sto;nach, liver and bowels are clogged with soor waste. v * When lisless, pale, feverish, full of cold, beath bad, throat sore, doesnt eat, sle^p or act naturally has stom achache, Indigestion, diarrhoea, give a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs," and in a few hours all he foul waste, the sour bile and fermenting food passes out of the bowels and you have a well and playful child again'. Children love tills harmlets "fruit laxative," and motners can rest easy after giving it, because it never falls to make their little "insides clean and sweet. Keep it handy, Mother! A little giv en today saves a sick child tomorrow, but get the genuine. Ask your drug gist for a 50-cent bottle of "Califor nia Syrup of Figs," which has direc tions for babies, children of all agea and for grown-ups plainly on the bot tle . Remember there are counterfeits sold here, so surely look and see that yours is made by the "California Fig Syrup Company." Hand back with contempt any other flg Syrup. Her Complaint. Country Lady?I've been expect in 3 a packet of medicine by post for a week and haven't received it yet. Postofflce Clerk-^-Yes madam; kind ly fill In this form, and state the na ture of your complaint. Lady?Well, if you must know, it's Indigestion.?Tld Bits. 10 CEST "CASCARETS" BEST LAXATIVE FOB LITER A>D BOWELS Don't Stay Constipated, Headachy, Bilious, With Breath Bad or Stomach Sour. No odds how bad your liver, stom ach or bowels; how much your head aches, how miserable and uncomforr able you are from a cold, constipation Indigestion, biliousness and sluggish bowels?you'always get relief with Cascarets. Don't let your stomach, liver and bowels make you miserable. Taks Cascarets to-night; put an end to the headache, ^biliousness, dizziness, ner vousness, sick, sour gassy stomach bad cold, offensive breath and all other distress; cleanse your. inside organs of all the bile, gases and constipated matter which is producing the 'mis ery.. A 10-cent box means health, happi ness and a clear head for months. All druggists sell Cascarets. Don't for get the children?their little lnsldes need a gentle cleansing, too. Enough Said. "Dad, will you let me have fifty plunks?" "Do you mean fltty dollars?" "Yes, If It's all the same to you." "Well, It's all the same to me. You can't have them." A word to the rftrenuous Is suffic ient?-If you call him a liar. Winston-Blank* Drag Co., Youwpi TlUes Scojfgln-Egerton Drag Co., Loulsbnrg, and all good dealers. Notice of Salo. Under and by virtue of an order of re-sale made by the Superior Court of Franklin County, In that special proceeding entitled, Frank Fogg, \i-~ minlstrator, vs Maria Davis and othr ers, the undersigned CommlssiiJM*; will on Monday, 23rd day of April, 1917, at 12 o'clock M, at tbe court hous>v{loor of Franklin County, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, that certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in Sandy Creek; town ship, Franklin County. North Caro lina, bounded as follows: On tho North by the lauds of Miss Onnie Thomas; on the East by the lands at Frank Fogg; on the South by the landj of R. H. Strickland and others; and on the West by the lands of R. H. Strickland and others, containing One Hundred acres, more or less. This 20th day of March, 1917. BEN T. HOLDEN, . 3-23-5t. Commissioner. Notice of Sale. Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust executed by Peter W. Cooper and wife Annie Cooper to A. O. Dickens. Trustee, on the 23rd day of November 1?15. which Is djily recorded In the' office of the Register of Deeds of Franklin County In Book 184, at page 583, default having been ma^e ill tho payment of the iudebtedness thereby secured and demand made by the hol er of said Indebtedness to foreclose In accordance with the terms of aa>d Deed of Trust, the undersigned Trus tee. will on Monday 23rd day of April, 1917, at 12 o'clock M, at the courthouse door of Loulsburg, N. C-, sell at pub lic auction to the highest bidder for cash all the Interest owned by Peter W. Cooper and wife. Annie Cooper, in that tract of land In Cedar Rock Township, Franklin County, bounded as follows, namely; On the North by the lands of Joe Davis' estate; on the East by the lands of John Wheless; and on the South and West by the lands of Clycif) Harris, containing 9S seres, more or less. This 20th day of March, 1917. A. O. DICKENS. Trustee. BEN T. HOLDEN, Atty. 3-2:'-5t. [ Sale of Land. Under and by virtue of the power ! and authority contained in a Mortgage Deed executed on lhel3th day of Feb- ! ruary, 1907, by A. L. Yarborough and wife Rhoda Yarborough and other*, to T. T4Hicks, Mortgagee, which is duly recorded in the office of tire Register of Deeds of Franklin County, in Book 156, at page 278, default ha*, ing been made in the payment of the indebtedness of the said A. L. Yar borough and wife Rhoda Yarborough thereby nernr?d, nnri demand made in foreclose said Mortgage in accordance with its terms and provisions, the un. derslgned will on Monday, 23rd day of April, 1917, at 12 o'clock M. at the 1 courthouse door In Loulsburg, North Carolina, sell at public auction to the Mghest bidder for cash that cortain tract of land situated Southeast of the Town of Loulsburg, N. C., on the 'larboro Road about two and one-half miles from said Town of Louisburg, N. C-, end adjoining the lands of H. C. May, Dallas Blount and othors, containing 25 acres, more or less, and being the lands upon wl.ich the siiid A. L. Yarborough and wife now re side, the same being a part of Lot No. i i as shown onPlat or Map In the offlci J of the Clerk of the Superior Court of [Franklin County, Ip Book of Oder-: j and Decrees No. 8. at page 559 to I which reference It hereby made for I fuller description. j This 21stday of March, 1917. T. T. HICKS, Mortgagee, L?, _ d"e ot Dallas Blount. | CRN T. HOLDEN, Atty. 3-23-5t. Trustee's Sale of Land. I Under and by virtue of the power o? sale contained in that certain Deed ot Trust executed by N. A. Harris and wife Mattie Harris and S. H. Harris to T. W. Bickett, Trustee, said Deed of Trust having been executed to se cure the payment of a certain boml, default having been made in the pay ment of said bond and demand having been made on me for foreclosure thereof, I will on Monday the 23rfl day of April, 1917, at or about thb hour of noon at the coufthouse dooi in the town of Loulsburg, North Car olina offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the fol lowing described real estate: All the right title and Interest of tho sa.rt N. A. Harris, and wife Mattie Harris and S. H. Harris In and to that cer tain tract or parcel of land situate in Harris' township. Franklin County. State of North Carolina and describ ed aa follows:' bounded on the Nor*it by the lands of W. H. Allen and M. T. Howell, on the East by Tar River, and on thte South by the lands of T. B. Wilder and on the West by the lands of T. B. Wilder, containing one hundred and fifty-seven and one-lmif (167 1-2) acres more or less, and be ing the tract or parcel of land con veyed to Henry Harris now deceased by M. T. Howell by deed recorded in Book 156 at page 200, In the Registry of Deeds for Franklin County, refer ence to which deed and record Is hereby made for a further descrip tion . This 21stday of March, 1917. T. WJ BICKETT, Trustee WHITE & MALONE, Atty?. 3-28-Kt Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove'? Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contain* the ?ell known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enrichea the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. SO centa. Notice of an Election. Notice is hereby given that In ac cordance with the provisions of '"An act TO ENCOURAGE ROAD BUILD ING IN NORTH CAROLINA, BY STA TE'S AID. ratified Feb. 21, 1917," and upon petition of more than twenty-live per cent of the qualified voters of Hay esvllle Township, The Board of County Commission ers for the County of Franklin do here by order an election to be held on Tuesday, May 8th, 1917, at which elec tion there shall be submitted to the qualified voter* of Hayesvllle Town ship the question of borrowing the 1 sum of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS from the State of . North Carolina for the purpose of construct ing roads in said township, and the levy of a special ta* o be collected for the purpose of meeting the payments providS^ for in that "Act entitled, An act to encourage road building in North Carolina, by State'B Aid.'t rati fied Feb. 21, 1917. * Said loan shall be made for a per iod of forty-one years and shall bear Interest at the rate of five per cent per annum, payable semiannually, In accordance with the terms and pro visions of said act.' R. G. Winn Is hereby appointed registrar, and G. T. Ayscue, Jr., and E. L. Rogers are appointed poll hol ders for the said election. The voting place shall be at Winn's School House In said township, and the same shall be held and conducted as Is provided In the general election laws. Those voting for the loan and I the levy of the special tax to provide for payment of the same shall depos it a balldt upon which there shall oe written or printed: "FOR GOOD ROADS"; and ' those voting against borrowing said sum and the levy of said special tax to provide for payment of the same shall deposit a ballot on which there shall be written or pria ed; "AGAINST GOOD ROADS." A new registration is provided for In said act, and the registration books will be kept open for suoh purposes at Winn's chool House as provided by law beginning on Friday, April 6th, 1917, and closing on the second Sat urday before the election, April 28th. By order of the Board of Commis sioners of Franklin County. This April 2nd, 1917. J. D. ALSTON, Chairman. J. B. YARBOROUGH, Clerk to the Board. 4-G-5t A salad always depends on the dressing, in which connection a wom an is a bit like a salad. SAVE MONEY Not because these are hard times, because they are not. Nor because it is war times, but because it iB your duty to yourself and family to save all the money you can. We are in position to make big savings for you on all your purchases and offer you one of the largest and best stocks in town to select from. o o " o o o o Come to See Us. Read These Prices-. Api on-gingham regular Hid quality, price.. 6 l-2c yd Middy twill, especially good for middy ' blouses and sklras 14c yard Percale yd wide In all the latest shades and colors, reg 18c quality . .12 l-2c yd Bleaching yd wide others ark 15c, our special price lQc yard. ? Dress gingham, regular li>c quality, price ...10c yard Long cloth very fine and soft others get 1Z l-2c yd our prce 10c yd India linen yd wide regular 15c quality special while it lasts 10c yard Queen mull sofa as silk In all the latest spring and sum mer colors and designs this will have to be seen to be appllcated, price .. 16c yd A large shipment of chlldrens dresses In all the new spring styles . ,49c to '-'8c Middy blouses in all colors and styles .... 49c ao 98c Ladles white skirts, 300 new skirts to select from all new spring styleB 98c to $1.49. i\ Mens, womens ana childrcns OxTonltr ftirtt Shoes, ^whtte~ black and tan in all of tho newest aayleB. They will be the eame price as last sea son. Ladles shirt waists, we have 250 beautiful waists that we bought in a lot, close them oua at 59c, come and look em over, you will be sur prised at the values. Boys pants all grades 25c to 75c, mens pants a large se lection to pick from 99c to $3.50. Mens new spring clothing, we have a nice and a very large selection to pick from come in and look em over before buying your spring suit, prices from $6 ao $14.98. Boys suits in all the newest spring styles price $1.98 to $4.98. Our millinery department is . now complete. We have on display the largest selec tion of haas, trimmings and ribbons than ever before, and we will save you big money on your hats this season. I. J. Deitz Company Louisburg, N. C. The'Store That Always Sells The Cheapest. Guano i?| AIVIfiGuano Our storage is now full of Guano and owing to the shortage of cars and materials we urge you to lay in a supply while you can get it. o o ' o We Have the Old Reliable Cole Distributors and Planters McKINNE BROS. CO., Inc. "Satisfaction or Your Money Ba6fi" LOUISBURG, North Carolina