ASTI-TUBEBCULOSfS IEA6UE TORUEO ,
Irtefesting Addresses Dellrered Aud Steps
Ttfia to Combat the Disease. '
W. W? McKenzie, having
been appointed secretary forRow
apuGounty by. the State Anti-Tu-beroalosia
Association, called a
iq$bb meeting, which waB held in
the Court House here Saturday
night. After an invocation by
Rev W . T. Cheetham, Dr. Mc
Kenzie took charge of the meet
ing,' explained the need of such
work as is proposed to be done by
the association and the objects of
the meeting. He then called up
on Or. W. S. Rankin, secretary
of the State Board of Health, who
addresaed the audience.
Dr. Rankin took for his subject
"The Economic Aspect of
Health." He dealt largely in fig
ures and the naration of experi
ments, which, to him at least,
were concluuive evidence in fa
vor of the sanitary measures em
ployed and to be employed. He
tated .that, according to numer
ous calculations, made by inves
tigators, widely separated, the
value of the average human life,
in America, wasQOO over and
above the expanse of his susten
ance, and that the averaee value
of life lost by preventable diseases
as f 17,00, Thus, with the death
rate by such diseases, he figured
the annual loss, in dollars and
cents, of various cities and the en
tire country. Among the most
common and most disastrous of
these diseases be named typhoid
feV6r, yellow fever, malaria and
consumption. These, he said,
were not always curable, but al
most entirely preventable. He
asserted that typhoid and yellow
fever killed more of our soldiers
during the Spanish-American war
than did the Spanish bullets. He
said that the common house fly
carried the germs of typhoid fever
and'caused 25 per cent, of the ca
ses of sickness therefrom, water 80
to 50 per cent, and milk about 20
per cent. To prevent the spread
of typhoid he recommended the
use of fly-proof window and door
screens, especially for the dining
and sick rooms, and the prevent
ion of Blops, privy, hog-pen and
stable drains into the well or
spring. He said the musquito
was the cause of malaria, that
there are about 70 varieties of
mnsquitos, but only one variety
that causes malaria by biting the
victim, and that 630,000 deaths
occur every year in the United
States Ifrom this cause. His
method of preventing this disease,
is to get rid of the musquito.
Drain off all stagnant water possi
ble and put kerosene on the large
bodies of water ihat cannot be
drained, thus destroying the
breeding place of the musquito.
The musquito bar and screens can
also be used to great advantage.
Summing up his calculations, he
claimed that about one billion
dollars was the annual cost by
sickness and death in the United
States annually, practically all of
which could be prevented by tak
ing the proper precautions.
The next speaker was Dr. Roy
Williams, of Greensboro, an au
thority on tuberculosis. He told
the story of eonsumption from its
origin to the death of its victim
He said there were a very few, if
any, cases of hereditary consump
tion. It is a contageous disease
and can be taken by breathing
dust blown from the public high
ways Or sweeping of a room where
Btme careless consumptive has
spit. Many cases, however, orig
inate as pleurisy, without any
known cause, ot which 100 Der
cent., he believed, if not detected
and cured at an early stage, would
develop into consumption and
result fatally. What he called
secondary pleurisy, was that
which followed pheumonia or ty
phoid ; 25 to 40 per cent, of these
would develop into consumption
and prove fatal. He said the
great need was for an early recog
nition of the disease and the im
mediate attention of a physician,
under which circumstance a cure
could be easily affected. The dis
ease begins by a dry cough, fol
lowed by the spitting of mucus,
becoming more frequent as the
Aifaaaaa nrncrraaseB and then color-
wisvtw j?-
iiig, and so on to the grave. The
prevention of this disease is clear:
Stop spitting on side walks, in
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roads, on floors, or otner piaces
where it can dry and be carried
vnt in the air. The bacilli of
tuberculosis will die in
if exiosed to
light, but care should be taken by
thoie afflicted to spit, either in a
INTER-CAROLINA TROLLEYS.
A Line to be Built From Spartanburg. S. C
to Greensboro, N. c.
Several times lately The Obser
ver presented local hews stories-
setting forth the prospects for an
interurbau trolley line hereabouts-
Those prospects, accurately oul
lined then, have since become an
assured reality. The Southern
Power Company, already operaj
ting or developing must of the im
portant water powers along the
Catawba or Wateree river and ex
pected to acquire the great Yad
kin river power site at Whitney
as well, has another class of pro
jects afoot. Interests behind it,
namely, the Dukes, have bought
the Anderson, S. C , trolley sys
tem. They also stand back of
the Carolina Traction Company
organized to build trolley hnbs m
an A arnnnn Rnck Hill. S. C. It
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is thus evident that local systems
are contemplated ; something like
a "net work covering the pied
mont Carolinas" may even have
been planned ; t.h main fea
ture of the whole souume will al
most certainly be a trolley con
necting Greensboro with Ander
son, 215 miles away. Between
these two points along the South
ern Railway's main line except
from Greenville to Anderson are
High Point, Thomasville, Lexing
ton, Salisbury-Spencer, Concord,
Charlotte, Gastonia, Oaffney,
Spartanburg and Greenville. The
hundreds of cotton mills on the
railroad hubs running out from
Charlotte are most largely on this
line. Besides the centers of in
dustry already mentioned there
are such towns as China Grove,
Kannapolis, Belmont, Bessemer
City, King's Mountain, Blacks
burg, Clifton, Welford, Pelzer
and Belton. Of course this trol
ley line would carry freight as
well as passengers. Together
with the double-tract work now
rapidly going ahead on the South
ern Railway, it should give its
territory excellent transportation
facilities Charlotte Observer.
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Many people are afraid ,of ghosts. . Few people
are afraid of germs. Yet ' the ghost is a fancy and
. the germ is a fact. Ifthe-germ could be magnified
to a size equal to its terrors it would appear more'
.''terrible than any fire-breathing . dragon ' Germs
' can't be" avoided;;' .Tliey are in the air we breathe,
?. the water we drink, .jr.?-;. - , .tj. . ,u-0l
The germ can only, prosper when the 'condition.
. f the system gives it free scope to establish tt
.' self and develop. -When : there U a deficiency of
; vital force, languor, restlessness, a sallow cheek,
a hollow ye, when- the appetite is poor and the - - Z
sleep is broken, it is time to guard against the germ; You can"
fortify the body against all germsby the use of Dr. Pierce's Gold-1'
en Medical Discovery. It increases the vital power,. cleanses the.
system of clogging impurities, enriches the blood, puts the stom
ach and organs of digestion and nutrition in working condition, so
that the germ finds no weak or tainted spot in which to breed.
" Golden Medical Discovery' contains no -alcohol, wLkLyor ,f
habit-forming drugs. All its ingredients printed on its outside
vranner. It is not a secret nostrum but a medicine of known
composition and with a record of 40 years of cures.- Accept no
substitute there is nothing " just as good." Ask your neighbors.
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DR. M. J. RAGLAN D
VETERINARIAN.
Qffiee aud hospital 911 Inniss St.. near
Mansion House corner. Day phone
205. Night phone 430. , 4-27 tf
WORK OF THE REAPER.
V. L. Correll and Miss Margaret Ann
Isabelle Powless the Victims.
V." L. Correll, postmaster at
China Grove, dfed very suddenly
at his home on Sunday afternoon
at 4 o'clock. He had been ill for
several days, but was not consid
ered dangerously ill until a short
time before his death Tne
funeral was held from Mt. Zion
Reformed church and the burial
was in Greer Lawn cemetery. He
was about 40 years of age and
leaves a family. Mr. Correll was
one of China Groves most progres
sive and useful citizens, he had
many good qualities and will be
greatly missed.
Miss Margaret Ann Isabelle
Powlas died on Saturday at the
home of her father Geo. F. Pow
las, of Unity township, and was
burried from Unity Presbyterian
church on Sunday." MUs Pow
las ..was said to be a most, est im
able young woman by those who
knew her. She is survived by her
father, a grandmortherr an aunt
and her sister.
We're sorry if you've- tried
other medicines and they failed
As a last resort try Hollister's
Rocky Mountian Tea. It's a
simple remedy, but it's worked
wonders, made millions well and
happy. Purifies the blood, makes
flesh and muscle, cleanses your
syste m. Corenleison &Cook.
County Court la Dull Lines. -
Very few cases have been up be
fore the county court for several
days and none of them were of
any importance. On Monday
three daskey damsels were charg
ed with disorderly conduct and
were let ff with a fine of $5.00
each and their proportionate part
of the cost.
One or two cases were continued
ULtil to day.
Makes blood and muscle faste
than anv other remedy. Gives
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health, streneth and vitality
Holhfeter's Rocky Mountaim Tea
towers above all other remedies
for making sick people well, and
well people 'weller. rate it to
night. Corneleison & Cook.
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the sun-
fire, or some places where the germ
will not likely be met with before
it has had time to die. Healthy
people should avoid the use of
drinking vessels, napkins, cloth
ing, bedding and other articles
used by consumptives, and many
that are found in public use.
The next speaker was Dr..Chas.
A. Julian, ot High Point, sricre
tary of the North Carolina Tuber
culosis Association, Dr. Julian
dwelt on the necessity of organized
warfare, against disease and the
prevention of it. He thought the
State should increase appropria
tion for the public health and
that a sanatorium should be es
tablished for the treatment of
consumptives. He said that large
quantities of literature on the sub
ject of preventive diseases was be
ing prepared and would soon be
circulated. He asked that the
pastors preach a health sermon on
Sunday, November 28th, and sta
ted that the Rowan Association
would be given the agency for the
Red Crosf stamps, which sell at 1
cent each, 80 per cent, of the pro
ceeds being givoa to combat the
di' eases with. He olosed by say
ing he hoped au organization
would be formed at ohce.
After he took his seat Dr, Mc
Kenzie called for the nomination
of offioers whereupon tha follow
ing gentlemen were named and
duly elected : For president, Dr.
John Whitehead ; 1st vice-president,
Hon. John S. Henderson;
2nd vice-president, Rev. Byron S.
Clark, and for treasurer, Prof. R,
G. Kizer,
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The Curse of the South.
What IS the mater With the SOUth? According to goverDo eut rep- rt of
1908 "The Secret is out at last the Southeruftr, contrary to current
opinion is not lazy, shiftless, indifferent or carfless. "He is ick
the South is afflicted with and harbors hat most dreaded treacherous
and destructive of all diseases Anemia, Pernicious Aoemia. The
average Southerner is a sufferer of th's health destroying parasite
which destroys the red bloood cells producing an impoverished con
dition of the blood: characterized by extreme pallor, general debility,
weakness, loss of vigor, lack of ambition, and general undermining
of vitality. The climate and atmoBpbnric conditions dstrov the
vitalitv. Lt& mm ceu over id. urex; ria 01 it. wet wen, ano ue is
good physically as the beat American cau boast . If thern is health
of the slightest degree in your system, "WAKE IT UP1 GaLL IT
FORTH. PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER 1 MAN, WOMAN OR
CHILD; all can and thonld be well, lo neglect yourself is toTeflect
upon the wisdom of your Maker. Nature intends alt humanity to
enjoy a full measure of health and vigor. If you do not the fault is
your own, for you are yourself to bJame for it. Wonders have been
accomplished for the people of . Tenneessee, Alabama, Georgia and
Mississippi, let us now do as much for the people of the Carolinas. A
postal will brine you the necessary information. Send no money
Write to-day. Don't neglect this chance here offered you. Address,
The Cleveland Institute of Filedicine and Surgery,;
Cleveland, Ohio. Corner Kinsman bd. and 72d. Street.
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fins and Burial Robes. Latest im
proved equipments consisting of
Hearses, Casket Wagons, Church
Trucks, etc.
Special attention given to all
calls, day or night, by their un
dertakers, Mr. T. W. Summersett
and Mr. R. M. Davis.'
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North Carolina )In Superior court
Rowan County f November term 1909.
Notice to
J. R. Thomas, C. J. Tinsley,! Non-Re-
H. W. Holtand H. c. Holt isidents
vs of sum-
I. L. Miller and wife Essie mons and
M. Miller et al. J Attach
ment .
The defendants, I, L. Miller and wife
Essie M. Miller , above named will take
notice that an action entitled as above
has been commenced in tLe Superior
Court of Rowan county to recover of
the defendant I. L. Miller the,sum of
$83.30 and interest from December 11th
1907, and to set aside, as fraudulent, a
deed for one house and lot in Spencer,
N. c.from I. L Miller to his wife Es
sie M. Miller, registered in Register's
office of Rowan county in book 111
page 382; and the said defendants will
take further notice that a warrant of
attachment has been issued by tne
Clerk of the Superior court of Rowan
county against the said house and lot
and that the sheriff of Rowan county
has attached and levied on said house
and lot in this cause, returnable to
November term 1909 of Rowan Super
ior court, and that the said I. L. Mil
ler and wife Essie M. Miller are hereby
required to appear at the next term of
the Superior court of Rowan county to
be held on the llth Monday after the
1st Monday in September 1909, in Sal
isbury, N. o , and answer or .lemur to
the complaint in said action, or the
plaintiffs will apply to the court for
the relief demanded in said complaint.
This October 9th, 1909.
J. F. MccUBBINS,
clerk Superior court.
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eral line of mill supplies.
Also the John Lucas Paints and Oils.
Hardware, Bdedb, Farm Implements, Galvacizei Eoofii,
ROWAN HARDWARE & MACHINERY CO,
SALISBURY, N. C.
J. S.
President.
P. A. BARTMAN,
Vice-Pi sident.
H. A. ROCZER,
Treas. & Gen. Mgr,
AND HIDES
HIGHEST MARKET PRICE
PAID FOR RAW FUSS
AND HIDES.
Wool Commission. Write for
price-list mentioning this ad
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Tilfi
Reason
A satisfied customer
is a customer who will
return to buy again. It
is our aim to make our
customers f riends of our
store. We want tliem
to feel that they have
an interest in the store
and that we are always
ready to serve them.
The' great department
stores of the present
day were not built by
onetimecu s t o m e r s ,
They made friends of
their customers and
those customers made
great stores possible by
their constant and con
tinued patronage. WE
TRY TO SELL SATIS
FACTION, and there ia
a reason for it.
Cast
Cannons
BEGINNING MONDAY
NOVEMBER 22nd we will
give with each cash pur
chase of $1.00 or more a
coupon redeemable at our
store in
CHINA GLASSWARE OR
FANCY ARTICLES.
Each of thesa coupons will
be worth about 5c. to the
person holding it and may
be used to purchase articles
in the department desig
nated. No coupons will be
given for less amounts than
$1.00.
No couDon will be e-iven
except for SPOT CASH.
No coupons will be - given
where articles are taken
out on approval unless said
articles are paid for when
taken out.
YOUR HOME MERCHANT
Who is he? Have you
any confidence in him?
Then trade with him.
This idea that you can
buy your goods cheaper
from the mail order
houses of the North and
west is all wrong. It is
a false idea of economy.
Any home merchant
will d uplicate the article
youjDuy from the mail
order house and usually
at a lower figure.
BE SELFISH ONCE
IN YOUR LIFE, trade
with your home mer
chant and keep your
money at home. The
home merchant creates
a market for your pro
duce, helps pay your
taxes, builds up your
towns and make your
real estate for valuable.
REIUS!