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Stock Rvchange.
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markets will be gladly furnished at any time.
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VORFOLL, V HtO IN I A.
NORFOLK SOUTHERN R. R,
Announces improved train service. New train between Ral
eigh, N. C, and New Bern, N. C, without changes Daily beginning
August 14th, 1910.
Daily
Read Down SCHEDULE
6:15 a. m. Lv lRaleigh 1 Ar.
8:20 a. m. Lv Wilson Lv.
9:12 a. m. Lv Farmville Lv.
9:40 a. m. Lv Greenville ..Lv.
10:15 a. ra. Lv Chocowinity Lv.
10:40 a. m. Ar. Washington Lv.
10:07 a. m. Lv Washington . Ar,
10:28 a. m.Lv Chocowinity Lv.
11:35 a. m. Ar New Bern Lv.
Daily
Read Up
7:25 p. m.
5:31 p, m.
4:39 p. m.
4:14 p. m.
3.35 p. m.
3:20 p. m,
3:00 p. m-
2:50 p, m
145 p. m.
Travel via the 'direct route and avoid changes of cars
H. C. HUDGINS, G. P. A., W. W. CROXTON, A. G. P. A.,
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.
Norfolk Southern Railroad
Night Express
Pullman Sleeping Car Service Be
tween Raleigh, N.C.,&Norfolk, Va.
Night Night
Express SCHEDULE Express
3:20 p. m. Lv Greensboro, Sou. Ry Ar. 12:10 p. m,
5:25 p. m. Lv Durham, Sou. Ry. Ar. 9:50 a. m.
4:35 p. m, Lv. Henderson, S. A. L. Ry Ar. 1:28 p. m.
1 5:10 p. m. Lv Fayetteville, R. & S. P. Ry Ar. 11:00 a. m.
69:00 p. m. Lv Raleigh, Union Station Ar. 7:30 a. m.
11:15 p. m. Lv - Wilson Ar. 5.20 a. m.
7:00 p. m. Lv. Wilmington, via Wilson Ar. 9:45 a. m.
e.50 p. m. Lv New Bern, Via Goldsboro Ar. 9:25 a. m'
8:02 p. m. Lv Kinston, Via Goldsboro Ar. 8:07 a. m.
10:15 p. m. Lv Goldsboro, Via. Wilson Ar. 6:40 ai m
12:41 a. m. Lv Greensville Ar. 3:53 a. m
1:50 a. m. Lv Washington Ar. 3:00 a. m"
5:10 a. m. Ar Elizabeth City- Lv. 11:18 p. m"
7:00 a, m. Ar Norfolk, Park Ave Lv. 9:30 p. nv '
Close connection at Norfolk with all lines diverging
For complete information,, or reservation of sleeping car space
apply to G. F. Gannon, Agent, H. L. Lipe, U. T. A., Raleigh, N. C,
W. J. Williams, T. A Wilson, N. C, E. W. Tatem, General Agent,
Greensboro, N. C, J. L Hassell, T. A., Greenville, N. C, T. H.
Myers, T. A., Washington, N. C, T. H. Bennett, T. A., New Bern,
N. C, H. C. Hudgins, G. P. A, W. W. Croxton, A. G. P. A. Norfolk,
Virginia.
BINGHAM
SCHOOL
1793 1910
i boys We bean prepared for COLLEGE and tor LIFE, mad have been trained
HE BINGHAM SCHOOL.. IdamUy located aa Asheville
rguusation MILITARY for discipline, control and carriage. Boy. expelled
FOR 1 16 YEARS 1
to be KEN at T I
from other "schools not received. A V i O i O U S noj iomm as soon aa di
Hazins excluded by pledge of Donor. Limited to mm reatoname.
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vered.
There is usually much Interest at
this time of year in the milk supply
of the larger cities and the city au
thorities usually find more trouble in
controlling the sanitary conditions of
(dairies during 'the summer season.
The city newspapers seem also to he
fond of Demeaning the milk produc
ers as a class and frightening as
many mothers with little babies as
they may find in their power. While
there tg no excuse whatever for dir
ty dairymen and for milk that absol
utely dirty yet a somewhat general
idea prevails that all becteria are in
jurious. In order to do sadict justice
on this question and show that this
idea is erroneous, we desire to give
herewith an article on the subject
from the pen of Dr. H. W. Oonn, of
Wesleyan University one of the most
noted bacteriologists of the present
time. The article is in answer to an
inquiry as to where bacteria are
found and what is their function.
"It would be much easier to ans
wer the question where bacteria are
not found; for there is hardly any
place on the surface of the earth
that is not more or less filled with
these small objects. Practicall the
only places where we do not find
them are at the bottom of the deep
ocean hi the middle of the large
sandy deserts and in the blood of
healthy animals and tissues of heal
thy plants although there are some
reasons for thinking that they may
sometimes be found in these two
latter localities. Elsewhere we may
be sure to find them. They are in
the soil under our feet and the air
over our heads: they are in the wat
er we drink; they are in all kinds
of foods; unless these foods come
steaming hot from the fire; they are
in the alimentary canal of living ani
mals not only in the stomach and in
testines but they are found also In
inconceivable numbers !n the mouth.
Every individual carries constantly
in his mouth bacteria reckoned by
thouands of millions.
"The laat fact is very suggestive
in itself, for it shows clearly enough
that many of the conceptions in re
gard to bacteria must be erroneous.
It is certainly true that we have dur
ing our lives all carried bacteria in
tbesa gnyt numbers in ur mouths
and stomachs and have been taking
them into our body in millions eve
rv day.
"The general point which we em
phasize here is that this universal
distribution of bacteria in all food,
water or soil, etc, is nothing that
need excite alarm. We find, indeed,
that in general these organisms are
our friends rather than our foes,and
their universal distribution is only
what we should expect and desire.
It is true that certain kinds are ene
mies to our health, and these we
try to avoid; but taking the great
mass of organisms as a whole, bac
teria are useful and it is a matter
of congratulation that they are dis-
pecially well illustrated by the fact
that physicians and others have rec
ognized that buttermilk is a whole
some drink. Ideed, buttermilk is not
infrequently given to infants and in
valids as being more easily handled
by the digestive apparatus than the
Other types of milk. But our bacterio
logical study shows that buttermilk
contains bacteria in almost incredi
ble numbers. Rarely would butter
milk contain less than five hundred
million of these organisms per cubic
centimeter and frequently it will con
tain more, if, therefore, buttermilk
is a healthful drkik, is cjearly follows
that bacteria are not to be feared
simply because they are bacteria."
It follows therefre that we should
look more carefully to the source an
kind of bacteria in ilk, than mere
numbers. Some city boards have a
numericial standard and others have
not or have tried this plan and dis
carded it. The true test is to see that
the cows barns premises utensils and
persons who work in dairies kept
clean.
ROYAL FENCE
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Sharber 8 White Hardware (Go.
Elizabeth City, N. C.
anitary
Plumbing
Roses From Slips.
After repeated failures in raising
roses from slips I learned of a very
simple method that is sure to be
successful. As I have never seen it
mentioned in articles en rose culture
I will describe it for the benefit of
your readers says a contributor to
the Housekeeper.
Have the rosebed well spaded and
raked, ready for the slips in October
Break off the slips close down on the
main stalk take a trowel full of leaf
mould and one of sand and mix it
with the soil in the bed put in the
slip, pressing the soil about it and
over this turn a glass jar with the
edge about an inch below the sur
face of the ground. Leave the jar
over the slip all Vinter and when it
is removed in the spring as soon as
all danger of freezing is passed you
will find the little slip, well rooted
and ready for rapid growth. Jars that
are slightly cracked will do as well
as new ones. Each housekeeper might
raise a bed of eautiful roses each
year with tne oroKen jars mat aie
thrown away during the preserving
season. After the jars are removed
in the spring the buds should be pick
ed off duping the first few months to
allow the little bushes to make steady
growth.
One bed of roses that I set out
from little slips in October was full
of buds all summer; at one time 1
picked thirteen buds from two little
bushes. After keeping the buds off al
lowing them to bloom once in order
to see the different varities, varieties
keeping them well fertilized, weeding
them all summer, I now have a beau
tiful bed of strong, healthy bushes
from fifteen to twenty inches high,
and next year they will be ready to
bloom all summer. I have tried this
plan for several years and have never
known it to fail. Farm Press.
Remember I am prepared to do
all kinds of plumbing, steam and gas
fitting also special attention to sewer
connections. ;
Thoroughly equipped shop.
Only skillful workmen-employed
Prices reasonable. Personal at
tention to all orders.
W. P, Knowles
From this date on, my customers will find
my office open 7:00 a. m, until 6:00 p. m. each
day, wherefthey can obtain electrical supplies.
WE SELL
BRILLIANT TUNGSTEN LAMPS
DECREASE YOUR LIGHTING
BILL 60 PER CENT
OR
INCREASE YOURILLUM1NA-
TION 300 PER CENT
ArABt.Twu: - fas -i
ever is not enough because the eggs
dosing Our
Clothing
Stock
tributed practically universally over j Qf tne mUeg wfl nQt be MlleJ and
in a few days a fresh crop of mites
will hatch and spraying must be re
peated to kill successive breeds.
Having decided to discontinue
handling Mens Clothing and Over
coats we offer our entire stock at
about WHOLESALE COST.
Remember we have no old stock
on hand. All 1910 goods and all will
be sacrificed, in order to close
the entire stock for the purpose of
putting in another department,
RUCKER &
Kramer Building
SHEELY
Main Street
the whole face of the earth. The fact
that this is consistent with the most
perfect health shows clearly enough
that the mere presence of bacteria is
nothing in itself to. be startled at or
to be at all feared. The presence of
large numbers of bacteria in our
food and mouths is consistent with
the best of health and consequently
any lessons that are drawn from the
mere presence of bacteria are apt
to be erroneous. We sometimes see
the statement that milk contains bac
terla in millions per cubic centimetet
fifteen drops half a thimbleful.
"Occasional! newspapers have stal
tied the public by the announcement
that there are more bacteria in the
milk of a city which is supplied for
drinking purposes than in its sewage.
This fact is absolutely true in many
cases; for it frequently happens that
milk in cities may have twenty to
forty million bacteria per cubic cen
timeter or even more, whereas sew
erage usually has from five to ten
million in the same bulk. The infer
ence that migh be drawn from this
statement however is clearly erron
eous; for most people wno have a
general unintelligent dread of these
organisms would naturally assume
that since milk contains many more
bacteria than sewage it is more harm
Ml. Nothing could be further from
the truth. The bacteria that are pre
sent in sewage are emphatically harm
ful dangerous and frequently would
be fatal if the sewags were taken in
to our bodies. The bacteria in milk,
however even when these numbers
are so high are very often harmless
r--- " ' there are some resons for
Does the Hen Pay Her Way?
Eggs, when they sell for but one
cent each are considered very cheap
but it is estimated that only two
cents a week will feed a hen and
consequently if she lays only two
eggs a week worth two cents she
will pay for her keep. If she lays
frree eggs a week worth ewelve
cents per dozen she yields a profit
of fiftv ner cent on her food. Have
you ever reasoned this out?
With No Additionto Present Cost of Lighting.
C. G. Pritctiard
5G8 FearingStreet. Elizabeth City, N. C.
IS YOUR PROPERTY
The most valuable kinds of stock
on the farm are the cows and the
hens. Farm Press.
Insect Pests.
By James rjryden.
Insect pests are a cause of consid
erable losses in poultry keeping. It
is to expect profit from the fowls
where no attention is given to com
bating lice and mites. Where the
fowls have access to dust bats they
will keep themselves comparatively
free from lice, but a dusting occa
sionally with insect powder or tobac
co dust may be necessary.
The mites which are sucking insect
reuire different treatment. They are
found usually in the nests and on the
roost poles. The roosts and nests
should be frequently examined atfd
when the mites are found, spraying
with kerosene should be resorted to
every three or four days. Fumigating
the house with sulphur where it is
possible to close the house up tight
is also effective.
safe;
CIt islnot unless it is amply protected with insu
, anceNo one cab tell when it will go up in srook
If not fully Insured see us. Delay is dangerous.
WE WRiTPfIT RIGHT.
LITTLE & SAWYER
521 Main Street
Phys
icians .Advise
the use of a good&xative to keep the bowels open an prevent tne poisons of undigested
food from gettingmto your system.
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