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A Home Newspaper Published tn. Interest of ffidHdbr Honesty in Governmental Affairs.
Vol. V. No. 18.
Salisbury, N. O., TuEsbvjorjHi 1909.
Wm, H. Stewart, Editor.
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SOME RESULTS OBTAINED
By the Methods of the Farmers' Co-opera
tlte DemoDsfrative Work In North Carolloa
C. B. HUDSON, STATE 4 GENT.
L. A. Lipe, Mt. Pleasant N. G
broke his land 16 inches deep and
harrowed it three times before
planting. This was red clay land
on which a crop of wheat grew, the
year before. He used 180 pounds
of 8-3 8 fertilizer without any ma
nure. For the first cultivations
he used the weeder. For the last
two he used the cultivator.
In all the calculations made be
low labor is figured at $1 UU per
day for a man and $1.00 per day
for a horse. Stable manure is
-figiffecf at $2 50 per ton. Land
that makes 50 bushels of corn per
acre is counted as making $10 00
worth of stover Kent of land is
figured at $5 00 per acre.
Mr. Lipe figures his results aB
follows .
Cost of labor per acre $ 7 20
Cost of fertilizer per acre 2.00
Rental val. of land per acre 5.00
Total cost
Value of stover
14 20
10 00
Net cost (yield of corn per
acre 60 bus.) 4 20
Cost per bushel .07
R. F. Lmeberger, Mt. Holly, N.
C , made seventy-six bushels of
corn per are on a red clay loam
soil. In November he broke the
soil to a depth of 10 to 12 inches
and harrowed it well three times
before planting. He cultivated
five times. He used four one-hors
loads of stable manure apd 700
pounds of home-mixed fertilizers
analyzing about 8-2-2 . He plant
ed Virginia white corn. His fig
ures show: -
Cost of . labor per acre - $12.50
Cost of fertilizer per acre 9 25
Rental value of land 5.00
Total cost Der acre
Value of stover
26.75
15 00
Net cost per acre 11.75
Cost per bushel . 15
J. W. Lentz, Statesville, . C,
grew sixty bushelsof corn per acre
ou sandy loam soil. This land
was broken five inces deep, was
disced twice and harrowed once be
fore planting. He harrowed twice
after planting and cultivated four
times. From his figures we get
th 3 following results:
Cost of labor per acre $ 6.75
Five tons barnyard manure 10.00
Total cost
Value of stover
16.75
11.00
Net cost per acre 5.75
Rent of land one-third of corn
leaving forty bushels at a cost of
14 cents per bushel .
Samuel Youn, of Reidsville, N.
C, had some light sandy loam
soil which had previously grown
alfalfa. He broke this ten inches
deep and used 1500 pounds of
poultry manure which he valued
at $8.00. He thoroughly harrowed
the soil three times before plant
ing to get it in good condition and
cultivated it five times after the
corn was planted. His figures on
this basis shows as follows :
Cost of labor per acre $15.00
Cost ot manure 8.00
Rental value of land 5 00
Total cost per acre 28 00
Value of stover per acre 20.00
Net cost per acre 8.00
Yield of corn per acre. Cost
per bushel .07"
H. W. Thrower, Mecklenbnrg
county, gives his summary as fol
lows:
Cost of labor per acre $14 00
Cost of manure per acre 6 00
Cost of fertilizer per acre 8 00
Rental value of land 5.00
Total cost per acre
Yield of corn 100 bushels
acre . Cost per bushel
28 00
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S. A. Dean, Barber, Rowan
county, N. C. Dark sandy loam
oil with red subsoil, brofcen six
inches deep, and planted in Week
ly's prolific corn in four foot rows
18 inches apart in the drill. Be
ins good land, no manure or fer
tilizer used. No account was tak
en of the stover which at least was
Continued on page 6.
STATESV1LLE AND IREDELL COUNTY.
Old - Fiddlers Contention. County Com
missioners Wrestling With Hard Proposition
StatesTille Lanflniark, April 13th.
R. B. Joyner, who was jerked
down and injured last week by his
cow, has been resisting well the
past few days and his condition is
gradually improving.
License his been issued for the
marriage of- Jno. T. Bailey and
Miss Archia Lefler. both of the
vicmty of Mt, Ulla.
A. W. Hicks, of Spencer, re
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turned home last evening after
spending Easter with his parents,
Mr. and Mis. M. E Hicks, in
Sharpesburg township .
The old fiddlers' convention at
the opera house last night by the
colored folks was a great success
The old time I melodies, played on
fiddles, banjoes and other stringed
instruments in the old time ay.
by old and yohng self 'trained mu-
sicians, pieasea a large audience
composed of both races.
In the Federal court at Greens
boro last week Judge Boyd an
nounced that hereafter he would
htld, iu cases of retailiug, that a
persou who buys liquor from an
illegal dealer ps guilty of aidirg
and abbetting in the violation of
the law. All of which means that
the folks whq patronize blind
tigers will not hereafter be willing
witnesses in Judge Boyd s court.
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The county ccpmmissioners yes
terday wrestled -with the proposi
tion to change the location of the
jail. Citizens; who desired a
change offered subscriptions to
the amount of $1,000 and urged
the advantages of a change of lo
cation. After jlriokmg over the
ground. the commissioners decided
that if a lot is given the county
free of cost, between the present
ail and the Luther u church, and
adjoining property owners of-
er no objection j the location will
be changed . This is practically
impossible proposition and. means
that the site of the jail will not
be changed. The contractor, who
was in town yesterday, says ma
terial will begin 'arriving in about
two weeks and work on the exca
vation will begin in about two
weeks. The idea5 is to locate the
new jail between jthe present jail
and the court house, near the pres
ent structure and use the old jail
until the new onj is completed.
A Tribute to the Doctor.
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From this human bond between
doctor and neoDle and from the
people's utter dependence upon
him for the miuistry of his pro
fession it follows that the doctor's
relation to the people should be
one of sympathy, i No normal hu
man heart is hard. No rigbtl
poised human spirit js impervious
to the mute appeal of helplessness
or is unmoved by the cry of suf
ferine wrong from a man by the
power ot pain r i mere is a boui
m c imt i
sympathy essential to the doctor's
work which links mm to Buttering
man. As comrades in common
conflict they joiutfy fight the bat
tle of health against disease, of
life against death,! Down through
he vallev where the river and
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ocean meet, in aan uncertainty
the fight goes on. And if the vic
tory is achieved and death is van
qnished and the sik one lives the
faithful doctor feels virtue go out
of himself becanseUpou the alter
of that one's safety he has laid a
lavish contribution from heart
as well as from head. From an
address of Dr. McCtenee, of Reids
ville, at a recent? meeting of the
Guilford County Medical Society.
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Rheumatic poisons are quickly and
surely driven outj of the blood
with Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Rem
edy liquid or tablet form. Dr.
Shoop's booklet on Rheumatism!
plainly and interestingly tells just
how this is done. Tell some suf
ferer of this book, or better Btill,
write Dr. Shobp, Racine, Wis-., for
the book and free! test samples.
Send no money. ust join with
Dr. Shoop and givej some sufferer
a pleasant surprise. Cornelison
& Cook.
SUGGESTIONS FOB FARMER AND FAMILY.
y.
Be Willing to Assist Your Carrier In His
Work-It is to Your Interest.
1. Don't dolay your carrier by
asking him to wait a minute until
you can write a note. Remember
he has a schedule to make and de
lays arefometimes dangerous.
2-Buy your stamps, cards and
envelopes ahead. Your carrier
always has a supply. But if you
are out of stamps, why just put
the right change enclosed in a
piece' of paper, so as to keep the
carrier from ohasing pence in the
box And don't forget that your
carrier is too poor to carry change
and the one legal tender is postage
stamps and cards. So if a dollar
and. one letter to mail are in the
box, why simply expect 49 beauti
ful views of George Washington in
exchange.
3. Please don't expect your car
rier to write you a card or letter.
His time while on the"root" be
longs exclusively to Uncle Sam,
and delay might cause him to miss
connection and throw somebody's
valuable letter behind.
4. Always see that your mail
box is placed to your carrier's right
hand as he drives. Rembember
that Uncle Samuel does not want
his carriers to stand up or dis
mount to put mail iu the boxes.
5. Have an eye single to good
roads and bridges . Don t expect
your carrier to keep the automatic
spates in whack. Remember your
wife, daughter or sweetheart wishes
to drive sometime and you don t
want her to get out in the mud to
open and close gates and repair
bridges, and bear further iu mind
that bad roads is the biggest tax
you carry.
6. Please don't add the words,
"In haste" or "Rush." They do
not add anything at all to the let
ter's dispatch. If Mark Twain
were a mail .dispatcher he would
lay them over a day in the ice box
to cool off and get over the rush.
And to be sure it does not go to
the dead letter office, write your
name and address on the upper
left-hand corner pf your letter or
package. -
7. Be sure not to pile any brush
and obstructions iu front of ycur
mail box, but occasionally put a
drop of oil on the lock.
8. If you have a messige to send
in haste for the doctor or other
wise haud your "rooter" a penny
and he will write a postal for you
as he rides. Don't forget memories
are treacherous, and that penny
goes somewhere towards lessening
the postal deficit that we read
about.
9. Don't stop your carrier and
ask him "the news!" Remember
that there are good daily papers to
be had at $1 per year up to $6,
there are tri-weeklieB that are al
most as good as dailies for $1 per
year, then there are good conntry
weekly papers, and magazines in
abundance, to say nothing of the
splendid farm papers. Good news
papers and magazines are first
class educators, ana tnere are no
families that can afford to be
without them
10. And finally, dear patrons,
just think a moment what rural
free delivery has done for you. It
annually saves you $10,000,000
that would be spent in time going
to the post-office. You have no
"bacdwoods;" you are all up to
date, and don't have to go to po
litical meetings to learn haw to
vote, for we bring your daily pa
pers. You do your own reading,
thinking and voting.
The money thus saved has en
abled you to send your children to
better schools, to buy better im
proved implements for your farmp,
muBical instruments tor your
daughters, to build better school
houses and become a more enligh
tened people. Uncle Sam has
fairly bestowed all these blessings
and in return only asks our patrons
to "come acroes" and heed the
above suggestion and give us
good roads for our weary, way-worn"!
"creeters' to travel.
E. D. Peabsall.
Builds up your whole body.
Regulates the bowels, ckars the
blood, aids digestion, makes yon
well from head to. feet That's
what Hollister's Rocky Mountain
Tea will do, greatest spring regu
ator. Tea or Tablets, 85o. Gbr
nelison & Cook,
ALBEMARLE AND ST1NLY COUNTY.
Salisburlaes as Visitors, bounty Surreyor
, Miller Makingttaps.
Stanly Enterprise. April 15th;
Mrs. Eva Burris, wife of McCoy
Burris, died Saturday morning.
Her.remams were inferred on the
following day at lver Springs
church cemetery. V
Mrs. U. v. Kose ata little son,
of Salisbury, are visiting her par
ents, Mr, and Mrs. S:. H, Milton.
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JMies Grace Coggin, of Salisbury,
is visiting relatives", and friends
here, the guest oK Miss Daisy
Smith. . A .
.The Journal says the Southern
Power Company has reached Mon
roe with the line of towers for is
wires. The material for the tow
ers has been placed on the grounds
in Albemarle, and it is but a mat
ter of only a short time until the
line will be ready fof the wires and
current between Monroe and Albe
marle and on to Salisbury.
C. M, Miller, who" is making
surveys for the new official map of
Stanly county, has completed his
work in Guilford cohnty and. is
now here with his entire force sur
veying Stanly. He has three ex
perinced surveyors, making sur
veys in varionr parts pf the county
and expects to complete the map
and have them ready for delivery
about next September. The map
will be sold by subscription onljrj
and Mr. Miller's surveyors are au
thorized to take orders As soon
as complete the map will be copy
righted, so no one else can sell
them except authorized agents.
Everybody is warned that unscru
pulous agents sometimes tj to
palm off cheap state maps for the
official county nrap. No one
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should pay for a map until he
sees his 'own name on the map.
TriiiittfiKsgehkgsB
The Catalogue' of Trinity Col
lege for the year 1909 has just
come from the press and is now
ready for distribution . The typo
graphical work is of a high order
and the volume of 175 pages pres
ents a most attractive appearance.
Trinity offers three groups of stud
ents leading to the Bachelor of
Arts degree. Excellent opportun
ity is offered to those who wish to
study Electtical, Mechanical or
Civil Engineering. The recently
established Department of Educa
tion offers a number of coaraes de
signed for those who expect to be
come teachers. A statement of
the three years' course of 'study
leading to the Bachlor of Laws
degree is given.
The catalogue shows addition to
the Library during the year end
ing February 1, 1909, of 1,938
bound volumes and 2,820 pam
phlets.
The total attendance in Trinity
College and Trinity Park School
for the current year 490. with the
total number of teachers and offi
cers 53.
This catalogue may be secured
by addressing D. W. Nejwsom,
Registrar of Trinity College, Dur
ham, N. C.
Better Look up the Law.
Along about this time cf year is
a good time to read up on the law
in regard to kindling fires out of
doors for the purpose of burning
trash, stumps, etc It is against
the law to start fires on lands
without first giving three days no
tioe to owners of lands adjoining
that on which fire is to be started.
Be careful with fire is good advice,
no matter who gives it. Monroe
Enquirer.
, Swept Over NTagara.
This terrible calamity often
happeuB because a careless boat-
A 1
man ignores tne river s warnings-
growing ripples and faster current
-Nature s warnings are kind. That
dull pain or ache in the back
warns you the kidneys need atten
tion if you would escape fatal
maladies Dropsy, Diabetes or
B right's disease. Take Electric
Bitters at once and see 'Backache
fly and all your best feelings re
turn. "After lone suffering from
weak kidneys and lame back, one
$1 UU bottle wholly cured me,"
writes J. R. Blankenship, of Belk,
Tenn. Only50oataAugsjts.
SENATOR BAILEY TALKS.
Expresses Opinion About President's Prep
aration for the High Office.
Asserting that he had lieard it
reported that President Taf t would
veto the pending census bill if it
did not provide for the placing the
appointments of census employes
under the civil service commission,
senator Bailey, in a sne.-oh
on the bill in the Senate to-day,
declared that if the "President
had thus early in his administra
tion - undertaken to coerce Con
gress, he would find, that the ex
perience of the last seven years
was a holiday compared with what
the next four years would be."
Mi . Bailey said: "I am one of
the men who sincerely hope that
the president will distinguish him
self in his great office. I hope
that his administration will be an
unmixed blessing to all the peo
ple, but I do not hesitate to say
that no man ever had a less de
sirable preparation for it than the
present occupant of that high of
fice. He went from the bench.
where tne tendency is toward a
certain kind of tyrany . There is
scarcely a Federal judge in the
United States of 20 years of ser
vice who has not become arbitrary,
irritable and 'sometimes tyranic.
I do not mean that this experience
would corrupt him in the sense of
making him veneal, but it tends
to corrupt him in the sense that it
teaches him to oppose his will
against all obstacles."
Mr. Bailey continued: 'This
distinguished gentleman went j
from the bench to the Philippine
Island, which country is without
any constitution ana where his
aiugle word was the will of a great
people. He deserves the' highest
eulogy that human language can
frame, or human lips can pro
nounce, if in the surroundings he
kept burning in his breast the de-
viner&Ttfmiti
He came back and then entered
the War Department, and took
absolute ''control of the great
work of building a canal on the
isthmus, and that he has seen to
its progress as well as any man
could have done, I bear cheerful
witness.
"So aB I say that no man ever
went to a worse school in which
to learn to be President of the
United States than the present
occupant of the White House . I
hope, and I do not expess the hope
without coupling it with a belief
that morally and intellectually
he has been strong enough to pro
tect himself from this baneful in
fluence. I hope he has not sent a
message to Congress threatening
a a with a veto if we do what he
does not wish us to do." Wash
ington dispatoh.
A Quaint Oath.
What is regarded as the quain
test oath still in use is that taken
by the high court judges in the
Isle of Man, the terms of which
are as follows: "By this book
and the contents thereof, and by
the wonderful works that God
hath miraculously wrought in the
heaven above and the earth be
neath in six days and six nights,
I do swear that I will, without re-
snect of favor or friendship, loss
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or gain, consanguinity or affinity,
envv or malice . execute the laws
of this isle justly between party
rf
and party as indifferently as the
herring backbone doth lie in the
midst of the fish. So help me God
and the contents of this book,"
Chicago Journal.
Any lady reader of this paper will
receive, on reauest. a clever 'No-
Drip" Coffee Strainer Coupon
privilege, from Dr. Shoop, Racine,
Wis. It is silver-plated, very
pretty, and positively prevents all
dripping of tea or coffee. The
Doctor sends it, with his new free
book on "Health Coffee" simply
to introduce this clever substitute
for real coffee. Dr. Shoop's Health
Coffee is gaining its great popu
larity because of : first, its exquis
ite taste And.flavor ; second its ab
onlntft healthfulness : third, its
onnnomv lift 25o: fourth, its
nnnvenience: No tedious 20 to 80
miniitA hnihnff. "Made in a min -
nfcA ' i&ts Dr. ShooD. Try it at
your grocer's for a pleasant sur-
prjg&Y Sold by all GrocerB,
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
Old Negress Remembered Church. Farmer
Has Calf with no Hind Feet.
Ijexlnffton Dispatch, April 14th.
While the family of W. G: Hiu
kle was at church Sunday Oscar
Hill stole a pistol, a lady's watch,
money and other articles, from the
house. He was arrested and is
now in jail. Hill has been work
ing for Mr. Hinkle.
As soon as the present docket in
the United States court at Rich
mond is relieved, S. W. Siebert,
well known in Loxington. will be
tried for uBing the mails for fraud
ulent purposes. The charge is that
he and his father, Chrispopher
Siebert, pretended that they con
ducted bureaus in variour parts
of the country and advertised to
the effect that they would furnish
employment to companions, get
jobs for people out of work and se
cure positions for servants, etc.
The alleged graft came in when the
defendants demanded a stamp for
reply. It is said they got money
through this source . A Richmond
paper says that the younger Sie
bert takes all the blame on his
shoulders, and it is supposed that
the older man will be allowed to
go free. The statement is made
that Mrs. Siebert, mother of the
young man, doesn'tknow anything
about it and the son is quoted as
saying that the news would kill
her. Siebert junior is remember
ed here as the man who operated
the first electric plant. If the
charges against him are substan
tiated, he will likely get several
years in the ftderal prison at At
lanta.
J. L. Zimmerman, of Route No.
4, in the Enterprise section, has a
curiosity at his barn that is at
tracting attention, same being a
calf born without hind feet. One
leg is. longer than the other, but
neither is quite long enough and
there is hd bM m libofithr.4
The calf, however, is getting along
all right and manages to hobble
around on its stubs.
Unusual interest attches to the
placing of a brass railing and a
beautiful plush curtain in the
choir . space at the Presbyterian
church, for the reason that the
railing, which is costly, was paid
for by money bequeathed to the
church by Aunt Jennie Payne, a
colored woman who died at an ad
vanced age several years ago. She
was a slave of the Payne family in
this caunty and had been a mem
ber of the Presbyterian church ail
her life, her membership dating
back to the time when the negroes
attended the "white folks'
church," in ante-bellum days.
When she died she gave a third of
her small estate to the Presbyte
rian congregation, a third to the
colored Presbyterian church and a
third to a daughter. With the
money the Presbyterian people
have bought a railing, and will
have the old n egress' name inscrib
ed thereon in remembrance of her.
Turned the Officials Out.
The State Supreme Court to-day
rendered a judgment of buster
against Mayor J. P. Harsha, of
Hutchinson, all of the city officials
and the city itself.- The charge
against the mayor and other offi
cials was that they permitted viola
tions of the prohibitory law and
that ''joints" and disorderly
houses were given police protect
ion upon payment of a monthly
fine, Topeka, Kan., dispatch.
The old fashioned way of dosing a
weak stomach, or stimulating the
Heart or Kidneys are all wrong
Dr. Shoop first pointed out this
error. This is why his prescrip
tion Dr. Shoop's Restorative-
is directed entirely to the cause of
these ailments, the weak inside or
controlling nerves. It isn't so
difficult, says Dr. Shoop, to
strengthen a weak Stomach,
Heart, or Kidneys, if one goes at
it coirectly. Each inside organ
haB its controlling or ins'do nerve.
Wh3n the nerves fail, then those
organs surely must falter . These
vital truths are leading , druggists
. . i
everywhere to dispense and recom
mend Dr. Shoop's Restorative.
, Test it a few days, and see 1 Im-
pfovement will promptly and sure
ly follow. Sold by" Cornelison &
Cook.
WANT HIU PABCflKNEO.
6oi.'Kltcfteii Being Appealed to for Be
a lease of Bank Defaulter.
Governor Kitchen today .gave a
hearing; to i advocates and: oppo
nents of . a pardon for Thomas W.
Dewey, who is servine a six v-eara'
sentence in the penitentiary for
defalcation as cashier of the Mer
chants Bank of Newborn which
wrecked that institution. A little
oyer three years of the sentence
have been Served and the plea for
the pardon at this time would
come-as a worthy act of mercy to
ward a repentant man whose of
fense was not at all one of inten
tional or deliberate crime and the
stricken family of the prisoner,
including his aged mother, who is
now 80-odd years old, and his de
voted wife and little children.
There are fi led with the Governor
letters from the trial iudee. the
solicitor, members of the jury and
hundreds of citizens from differ
ent parts of the State urging that
the pardon be granted. The prin
cipal spokesman for the applicants
for the pardon to-day was ex-Judge
W. S. O'B. Robinson, of Goldsbo-
ro. Charles U. Hams, of Raleigh,
also appeared as counsel for Mr.
Dewey. "With them were Hon. B.
F. Aycock, Hon. J. Y. Joyner and
C. S. Wooten, of LaGrange, Op
posing the pardon were L. H. Cut
ler, J. B. Blades and M. Marks,
who were active in the manage-
of the bank that Dewey's defalca-
ions wrecked They oppose el
ective clemency on the ground
hat not only the proper punish
ment of the prisoner, but the ef
fect of the sentence as a deterent
to others in positions tof the trust
requires-that the pardon be not
granted. The Governor took the
case Under consideration and will
probably not take action for some
weeks yet. This is the second ef
fort to secure a pardon, the for
mer application having been to
'Gvernolr -
formal statement declining to ex
tend executive clemenoy just 'a
a short time before he tetired f rom
office. Raleigh correspondence
Charlotte Observer.
Bids Hln a Long Farewell.
Now that he has gone from .the
sphere of potent mischief we shall
rejoice to be relieved of further
obligation in the premises. If he
will be content with the shades of
private life and leave to those ,on
whom the people have developed
the power,-the task and responsi
bility of running the government,
we shall take pleasure in letting
him severely alone except on those
occasions when some ghost of his
misdeeds must needs be laid, or
when there is .a call to point a
moral or adorn a tale by recalling
one of his many miscarriages of
justice and policy. That he wijl
abstain from officious meddlinsr
with affairs which vhaye passed in
to far - abler and more , prudent
hands we scarcely dare hope, for
his past record betokens a vanity
and itch for leadership as insati
ate as those which have neutraliz
ed the useful qualities of Mr.
Bryan. We. wish hjm well nojw
that-he is no longer a source of
immediate menace to the peace
and prosperity of the conntrv.
May Mr. Roosevelt live long and
prosper, is pur sincere and cordial
wish. That never again may the
destines of this land and the liber
ties of this elope fall into his clut
ches, is our earnest prayer. -Virginian
Pilot.
Words to Freeze the Soil.
"Your son has Consumption.
His case is hopeless." These , an-
palliug words were spoken, to Geo.
E. Blevens, a leading 'merchant of
spnngneia, jm. u.. ov two expert
doctors one a : lung specialist.
Then was shown the wonderful
power of Dr. King's New Discov
ery. "After three weeks use'
writes Mr. Blevens, 'he was as
well as ever. I would not take all
the money in the. world for what
it did for my boy." Infallible
for Coughs and Colds, its the
safest, surest cure, of desperate
Lung diseases on earth; 50o . arid
$1 00. All druggists. ; Guarantee
satisfaction. Trial bottle free