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ummbmwmmmmwmmm'"''ii''i,,'',i,,'iim,'i',ii,i,,m ' - .- I ' a. ' Mr W Rc Chatham TRccorfr. Tbe (tbatbam Recort. H A- LONDON EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Square, on Insertion...... One Square two insertions.... U3 One Square, one month........ a.oo 0 iu OF SUBSCRIPTION: For Larger Ad tfertise ments Liberal Contracts will be made. 01.50 Per Year strictly in advance v VOL. XXXI. PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C, WEDNESDAY , MAR CH 10. 1909. NO, 30. IVEili INfWHIDS esident Taft Takes Oath of Office ii lenaie Chamber Because of Blindmg Snow Storm Raging Without. V.shington, Special. With all ;nagc that assembled thousands, .-sontative of every State, almost , I iur.let, of the nation could pay, M corapaniment of martial music, Ythmic tramp of soldiers' feet, et'ho of saluting guns, the lin ked enthusiasm privileged only free people of a great republic, ;'am Howard Taft, " of Ohio, rlav hecame- the twenty-seventh .-dent of Ihe United States. : 1 not without its influence upon ilay and the epoch-making event the exit of Theodore Roosevelt i hied by countless admirers for i years past as he most pictnr and one of the upon the stage . the most virile, est figures ever Avr.eruan public life. Fanora: ic Decorations. ii'.snirir.Lr medlev 1 of national ( f l'olk sor.g, of blood-stirring 4-areLes, floats over a kalcidsrcpi. panorarr.a cf ice v.!i:te and blue; tiuttenng flaas, wind-flapping biiut intr. every four, cud manner cf dec oration that coul I bo devised in nonor ot the nation's chief silent tribute to the dav. pays its By dusk the parsut passing in con stant review before the Court cf Honor had its end; the light cf day yielded the secpter to the most gor geous and brilliant illumination cf the Capitel ever a-tempted; the hiss of skyrocket, the jubilant crdck and boorn of every form of pyrotechnic device was heard; the rumble of car riages, the shouted command" cf cf-. lifers, the beginning of the inaugual bail, came in for their own. The escort ficm the White House o the Capitol consisted of members ot the 0, A. United Spanish War Veterans, and the Array and Navy Cnion. The Vice President entered ' the ornate chamber jnst before neon, 'inct in a speech filled with emptipn pressed his regret at parting- with , body. The sfeuc a Rn zfatU 'f' en?. Vice Fre-fidifnt Shicfta. VifO President Fairbanha, In Iiifi ?vost impressive manner, Iherl admin istered the oath to his successor. Tliis .Ripressivc feature over, Mr. Fair banks handed the gavel to Vice President Sherman, the retiring Vice resident taking a seat near Speaker Cannon. Mr. Sherman then began -his short inaugural address. At its conclusion he administered the oath of the new Senators, some "f them re-elected, and then formrl 3y adjourned the Senate. Gradually he procession began to reeve to the Senate Chamber where President elect Taft was inducted into office. Takes the' Oath. In all the day replete with history baking events the one great supreme foment was that -when the shouting thousands eered their acclaim, a solemn hush fell over the multitude, "ad the President-elect with hand up- SEVERE STORM ON HISTORIC 4TH OF MARCH A fearful storm struck the nation ftgain on the historic th of March. A Washington special says: Much suffering was caused among the vast inauguration crowd here by the win try winds, the slush under foot and freezing temperature. Two persons Tvere reported dead as a result of ex posure and many other persons are seriously ill. All the hospitals report that they cave treated numerous caseg of ex- lifted, unfalteringly uttered the oath of office, - "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of Pres ident of the United States, and will t o the best of ray ability preset ve, pro tect, andMefend the Constitution of the United States," Idssed an open Bible in 4he hands of Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller, and stood erect President of the greatest nation on earth. Atter his inaugural address! hundreds pressed about to grasp nis hand, until at last he slipped away to the President's room in the Senate, where he rested a few mia- utes betore beginning the return tQ the White House. Roosevelt Withdraws. Tho retiring President loath to di- Mae me nonor with his successor, quieily began the lournev to the Union Station, where he took a spec ial train for Oyster Bay. The new President and Mrs. Taft were alcne in the first carriage, and the drive from the Capitol to the White House down avciiuo cer.surr.cd only Pennsylvania about fifteen minutes. Immediately after a hasty lunch rcn the Presidential party proceeded clown the curved walk at the "western side of the White -House grounds and took their position in the reviewing si a ml in the Court of Honor. The parade was several miles in lene-ih. and was more than three hours in passing the reviewing point It formed in streets surrounding the capitel. Who Made Up the Parade The jrreatest event in the life of William Howard Taft, now President of the United States, was now practi cally over. More than 22,000 soldiers and sailors, regular and volunteer, and more than 9,000 members of civic organizations were in the great parade, a tpta of nearly 32,000 per sens. Pyrotechnics The fireworks programme, which bsMn at S :30 o'clock contained fifty numbers, and embraced 1,000 rocket bombs, 500 batteries, 600. colored liahta. ST tons of colored fire, 80 bal Iccna, 10000 Roman cnndles, and 750 sky rockets, One of the vuuaue rea hires was ft pillar of light 100 feet hlftb. which was seen for miles around. The Star Spangled Banner was unfurled 1,000 feet in the air and (he word, "Taft" appeared in let tors of fire in the sky. This feature" was accompanied by an aerial salute cf twenty-one guns. Ihe most spec tncnlar piece was a "battle in the skies." President Taft Leads the Dance President Taft and Vice President Sherman arrived at the ball at 9:30 p. m., when the grand march began, which was led by Mr. Taft, who also danced in the first waltz. The bril liant uniforms of the army and navy the gorgeous dress of the diplomatic corps, and the expensive costumes of the women, all went to make a scene that will long linger in the memories of the beholders. haustion among persons who stood for many hours in the slush and snow viewing the inaugural paraae. News from New York says: As a result of a blizzard which swept down unannounced Wednesday night, the middle Atlantic Seaboard from New York to Norfolk found itself buried in an avalanche of snow and swept by destructive winds. For a time conditions seemed to threaten a repetition of ths" blizzard of 1888, wn iuhiii address The New President Outlines Hss Policies CONTINUE RCOSEYELT REFORMS Will Call an Extra Session of Con gress to Consider Tariff Revision Deal3 at Length With the South and the Negro Desires Forest Con servation. My Fellow Citizens: Any one who takes the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy wS&t of responsibility, I should be untrue to nryselt, to my promises and to the declara tions of the party platform upon which I was elected to office, and to may distinguished predecessor whose reforms are conspicuous if I did not make the maintenance and en forcement of those reforms a most important feature 'of my administra tion. The steps which my pre decessor toede and the legislation passed " on his recommendaiton have accomplished much, have caused a. general halt in the vicious policies which created pop ular alarm. Relief of the railroads from certain restrictions of the anti-trust law have been urged by my predeces sor and will be urs-ecl by me. Un the other "hand, the administration is pledged to legislation looking to a prcper. federal supervision and re striction to prevent injustice to citi zens by corporate power. then, too, a reorganization of the Department of Justice, of the Bu reau of Corporations in the Depart ment of Commerce and Labor and of the Interstate Commerce Commis sion looking to effective co-operation of these agencies, is needed to secure a more rapid and certain enforce ment of the laws affecting interstate railroads and industrial combina tions. I hope to be able to submit, at the first regular session of the incoming Congress, in December next, definite suggestions in respect to the needed amendments to the anti-trust and the interstate cemmerce law, and the changes required in the executive -de parfments concerned in their enforce ment. Such plans must be formulated as will include the right of the people to avail themselves of those methods of combining capital and effort eleemed necessary to reach the highest de gree of economic efficiency, at the same time differentiating between combinations based upon legitimate economic reasons and those formed with the intent of creating monopo lies and artificially controlling prices, Ihe work of formulating into prac tical shape such changes in creative work or the highest order, re quires all the deliberation possible in the interval. I believe that the amendments to be proposed are jnst as necessary in the protection of legitimate business as in the clinch ing of the reforms which properly bear the name of my predecessoi. Revision of the Tariff. A matter of most pressing impor tance is the revision of the tariff. In accordance with tho promise of the platform upon which I was elected, I shall call Congress into extra ses sion, to meet on the 15th day of March, in order that consideration may be at once given to a bill re vising the Dingley Act. This should secure an adequate revenue and ad just the duties in such a manner as to afford to labor and to all indus tries in this country, whether of the farm, mine or factor, protection by tariff equal to the difference hetween the .cost of production abroad and the cost of production here, and have a provision which shall put in fprcp upon executive determination of cer tain facts, a higher or maximum tariff against, these countries whose trade policy toward us equitably re quires such discrimination. It is iraparntivcly necessary that a tariff bill bo drown in good faith and aa promptly passed as due consid er&tion will permit to avoid embar rassmcnt cf busings. Graduated Inheritance Tax. -It is imparative that the deficit of the past year, of $100,000,000 shall not continue, and the framers of the tariff bill must . of course have in mind the total revenues likely to be produced by it, and so arrange the duties as Jo secure an adequate in come. Should it be impossible to do so by import duties, new kinds of taxation must be adopted, and among these I recommend a graduated in heritance tax. Those responsible for national fin ances should be influenced neither by popular approval to cut off needed appropriations nor bv demands for A. M X needless expenditures. In the Department of Agriculture, the use of scientific experiments cn a large scale, and the spread of information derived from them for tlio improvement of general agricul ture, must gp on. Conservation of Our Resources The putting into foree of laws which shall secure the conservation of our resources, so far as they may be within the jurisdiction of the Federal Government, including the most important work of saving and restoring our forests, and the greai improvement of waterways, are al proper government functions which inttsU involve large exrjehditures if properly performed. '1 - The Army and Navy. . I The maintanence of the army and! navy is necessary td the perpetuation I of well established American policies, astdeienses need to be ex tended. A strong navy is our most efficient conservator of peace. The Maintenance of Peace." Our international policy is always to promote peace. In the international controversies that :are likely7 to arise in the Orient, growing out of the question of the open door and othei issues, the United' States can main tain her interests intact and can se cure respect for her just demands. Our government is able to afford a suitable army and a suit able navv. It may maintain them without the slightest danger to the Republic or the cause of free insti tutions, and fear of" additional tax ation ought not to , change a proper policy in this regard. '; protection of -Americans in foreign Lands: The policy of the United State in the Spanish War and since, has given it a position of influence among, the uations that it never had before, and should be constantly exerted to se curing to its bona fide - citizens, whether native or naturalized, re spect for them as such in foreign countries. - Asiatic immigrants that can not be amalgamated with our people makes a new complication. Protection of Foreigners. . This leads me to point out a seri ous defect in the present Federal jurisdiction which "ought to be rem edied at once. ' By treaty we assure other nations of protection to their citizens, but we leave to tbe States and cities the pow er to violate the essentials of these treaties. - Local prejudice endangers our relation with foreign powers. Suitable legislation should be enacted to remedy this. Monetary and Banking. One of the reforms to be carried out during the incoming Administra tion is a change of our monetary and banking laws, so as to secure great er elasticity in forms of currency available for trade and to prevent the limitations of law from operat ing to increase the embarrassments of a financial panic. The monetary commission has ex tended its study of this complicated subject to European nations and it is hoped will be aided thereby. Postal Savings Bank. The incoming Congress should promptly fulfill the promise of the Republican platform and pass a proper Postal Savings Bank bill.. It will not be unwise or excessive pater nalism. The promise to repay by the Government will furnish an induce ment to savings deposits which pri vate enterprise cannot supply. Our Foreign Trade. I sincerely hope that the incoming Congress will be alive, as it should be, to the importance of our foreign trade and of encouraging it in every way feasible. The possibility of in creasing this trade in the Orient in the Phillipines and in Sou'li America are known to everyone who has given the matter attention. The necessity of tho establish ment of direct lines of steam ers between North and South Am erica has been brought to the at tention of Congress by my predeces sor, and by Mr. Root before and after his noteworthy visit to that continent and I sincerely hope that Congress majT be induced to see the wisdom of tentative effort to establish such lines by the use of mail subsidies. The importance which the Depart ment of Agriculture and of Com merce and Labor may play in ridding the markets of Europe of prohibi tions and discriminations against the importation of our products is fullv understood, and it is hoped that the use of the maximum and mini mum feature of our tariff law to be scon passed will be effective to- re move many of those restrictions. The Panama Canal. The Panama Canal will greatly fa cilitate our trade, both foreign and domestic, Tho work on the canal U making most satisfactory progress Tho type.. of tho canal as a lock canal was fixed by CengreBs after n full consideration of the con flictintf reports of the majority and minority cf the consulting board, and after the recommendation of the War Department ,nnd the Executive upon those reports. Recent fears as regards the Gatun dam have been relieved by a visit of a board of competent engineers who are "unanimous in declaring the dam entirely secure and the lock system feasible. The work is being faithfully done and we owe it to the workers to sus tain them. Some type of canal must be con structed. The lock type has been selected. We are all in favor of hav ing it built as promptly as possible. We must not now, therefore, keep up a fire in the rear of the agents whom we have authorized to do oui work on the Isthmus. We must hold up their hands, and speaking for the incoming Administration, I wish to say thatI propose to devote all the energy possible and under my control, to the pushing of this work on the plans which have been adopted, and to stand behind the men who are doing faithful hard work to bring about the- early completion of this, the greatest constructive en terprise of modern times. Our Dependencies. The government of out dependen- fiea in" Porto , Rico and the Philip- pines are progressing as favorably as -could be desired. The prosperity of -Porto Rico continues Unabated. The business conditions in the Phil ippines are not all that we could wish them to be, but with the pas sage of the new tariff bill. We can reasonably hope for improved con ditions. Position Towards the . South, .1 look forward to not so much a change in the electoral YOte of the South as -a toleration ; of political views, a 'respectable minority party and a feeling on the part of the South that the government is Iheirs in com on with every section. x" The South and the Negro. ' The South has carried out thq lSth and 14th amendments and have ' ob viated the evil of an - overwhelming ignorant vote by educational qualifi cations. While these square .with the 15th amendment there should be, no interference. The efforts to " force' sufferage through the 15th 'amend ment has proved a failure. The better feeling for the elevation of the negro race in business lines have improved as a result. - The progress of the negro race has been miraculous. They are her against their original will, but it if now their home and it is our duty to aid them. It may be doubted how ever, if appointing competent negrt officials to position where local senti ment is opposed is in the line of bene fit to him. Appointments of the ract should be made with mature consid eration that will also lend no rewan" to individual politicians who would overestimate local feeling. If nothing is done to pre vent, a better feeling be tween the negroes and the whites ii the South will . continue to grow The exercise of political franchises b. those of his race who are intelllgen' and well-to-do will be acquiesced in and the right to vote will be withheb only from the ignorant and irre sponsible cf both races. Labcr, and Protection of Employee' There is one other matter to whid I shall refer. It wras made the sub ject of great controversy during tin election, and calls for at least ff'pass ing reference now. My distinguishe predecessor has given much attentio o the cause or laoor, wnn wnosf struggle for better things he haf shown the sincerest sympathy. At his instance, Congress has passed tin bill fixing the liability of interstate carriers to their employes for injur sustained in the course of emploV- ment, abolishing the rule of fellow- servant and the common law rule a? to contributory negligence, and sub stitute therefor the so-called rule of comparative negligence. -It haf also passed a law fixing the compen sation of government employes for injuries sustained in the employ of the government through the" negli gence of the superior. I am strongly convinced that the Government should make itseli as responsible to employes injured in its employ as an interstate rail way corporation is made responsible by federal law of its employes; and I shall be glad whenever any addi tional reasonable safety device can be invented to reduce the loss of life and limb among railway employes, to urge Congress to require its adop tion by interstate railways. The supposition that a man's bus iness is not a property and that it can be destroyed by boycott is an error and that injunctions by courts for this protection of property is a usur pation is equally erroneous. A rule of law should be established that would fully protect the injured while it leaves no opportunity for abuse by (he exercise of the injunction pre rogative. Having thus reviewed the ques tions likely to recur during my Ad ministration, and having expressed in a summary way the position which I expect to take in recommedations to Congi'css and in my conduct as an Executive, I invoke the considerate sympathy and support of my felloe citizens, and the . aid of Almighty God in the discharge of my respon sible duties. SPECIAL BESSION OALtED, President Taft Issues Call Tor Uw U Eesr-icn ef Congress For March 15th, Washington, Special. President Taft Saturday issued a call for a special session of the Sixty-first Congress to convene March loth. The folloAving is the text of the call By the President of the United States of. America AProclama tion. Whereas, public interests requin that the Congress of the United States should be convened in extra session at 12 o'clock noon the 15th day of March, 19C9, to reeeive such communication as may be made by the ExecutiAve. Now, therefore, I. William Howard Taft, President cf the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and declare that an extraordinary occa sion requires the Congress of the United States to convene ,in ; extra session at the Capitel in tho City of Washington on the 15th day of March, 1909, at 12 o'clock noon, of which all persons who shall at that time be entitled o act as members thereof are hereby required to taka notice. Given under my hand and the seal of the United States of America the 6th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, and of the independence of the I United States the one hundred and jhirty-tbird, .". - - - MTH N, CJiWMAKERS Doings of the State Legislature Con- . - densed Interestins Items . fron The House Hindsdale child labor bill, which has elicited much talk of an interesting and mixed character, passed sejbond ' reading with some amendment and then was forced over to another day for final reading by objection on the part of Senator Dockery. . The Senate , re-assembled at 7:45 o'clock. . Bills passed final reading: Rela ting to law of assignment for the benefit of creditors : amending cer tain sections of the Revisal. It pre sents preferencs among crditors ex cept when one has a lien on spvfic property; joint resolution increasing the pay of pages from $1 to $1.50 per day. x , At 8 o clock the Senate went into committee of the whole on the reve nue bill as it came from the House. Section 1 was adopted. Section 2 was amended, making the levy $1.29 for schools and support of the poor. House amendment making the tax $1.32 was stricken out. . Also an amendment to Section 3, these sec tions being adopted as the present law. The revenue bill was complete Friday in the Senate and passed final reading with some few sections re served" for adjustment through con ference committees on differences be tween the Senate and the House on their provisions. For instance, the sections fixing taxation cn express, telegraph and telephone companies were reserved because the Senatt will not agree to the increase made against these corporations by the House, which also added a provision that towns be allowed to require lo cal license taxes. The section taxin.L manufacturers and dealers in cigar ettes is also held up because the Senale excepts to the tax cf $1,500 3n makers of 500,000,000 and more as compared Avith the low present la-w "ax against those handling less quan tities. It is feared that this dis crepancy would have the effect of knocking out the entire section as discriminatory. A bill passed final reading in the Senate to make April 12th legal holi day on account of Halifax resolu tions. The bill to appropriate $2,500 to .vard a statute to Henry L. Wyatt. .?ame up as a special order. The bill provides that this . appropriation hall be available when a like amount hall have been raised from other sources, the monument to be in cap itel Square. It developd that $2,000 is already m hand from popular con tributions through the Selma Chap ter, Daughters cf the Confederacy. There were only three votes against t on second reading and the passage on final reading was unanimous. The adoption of Ashe's Hcstory for North Carolina schools was at tended with protest. Speakr Gra ham spoke for Mr. Dowd's motion, saying that the aet would necessitate the changing of the State flag and he would sav to the patriots of Mecklenburg that thev declared then ndependenee on May 20th, 1775. He pokc Avith feeling against disturbing the best historical traditions. Ihe motion to reconsider the vote was earned. ... Mr. Douehton's bill (heretofore bassed in the Senate to make the oensions' appropriation $i50,000 and he sehcel appropriation $125,000 lassed without a dissenting vote. Among the bills passed on final reading were: S. B., amend Revisal as to uttering forged papers; S. B., requiring clerus of courts to make reports to Attor leV' General; S. B., amend Revisal as to advertising property for publu ale; S. B., amend the Revisal as to docketing: iudsrments. requiring: de scription of land, if given in plead ings to be written in the judgment ; 3. B., amend Revisal relating to mar dace ceremonv : S. B., amend the Revisal as to holding inquests; S- B provide suitable sanitary surround na for State institutions S. B., ex end the time for settling Ihe State debt B., relative to tho settlement if certain outstanding western Norti Carolina railroad construction bond.- f tho South Dakota Bint class; sub stitute Senate bill amend the Pievtea) hvciene graduates' tax for license fee for analysis of water Fold fo drinking purposes hoav $50, bill pro vides graduated tax $15 io $o0; S. B. alloAV registers of deeds to appoint deputies; S. B., provide fire escape? and protect human life; b. B., auth orize the purchase of Ashe's History of North Carolina m rural schools: S. B., make the giving of worthies? checks or drafts prima facie evidence of intent to defraud ; S. B., authorize r-ountv commissioners to oiler re wards in certain eases; S. B., forbid the sale of narcotic drugs to certain Tiflbitnes! authoribe furnishing of Confederate uniforms to the inmates of the Soldiers' Home; provide dor- mitorylfor Colored Orphan Asylum. Oxford. Fast and furious is the pace of the North Carolina General As3mbly.in the rush- to clear the calendars so that there can be final adjournment at the earliest possible minute; morning, afternoon and"evening ses sions being the order Saturday. The evening sssion Avas continued to nearly midnight in order that ad journment for the session may be i possible Monday. Ever and anon ' bills of State interest, or in which " --z.y. - ocal nerhts developed, have closed the wheels of legislation in th rapid grist of bills passed. The bill that got through the Sen- ate with the "plumage badly ruf fled," in that it had provided that -county boards of education -be auth orized and directed to purchase sets -of the 'History of North Carolina" -by Capt. S. A. Ashe for the ' rural schools, and was passed merely to authorize the purchase, came up in : the House and afforded the biggest fight of the day, meeting its Waterr loo in the end by a vote of 30 to 50, the fight against it being led by Rep resentative Dowd, , of Mecklenburg, and Speaker Graham. They argued that history is not orthodox in its position as tTthe Mecklenburg Decla ration of Independence, in that it favors May 31st as the correct date instead of May 20tb,' 1776.- The House passed " the Senate bill , assuring a $5,000 statue of. Wyatt, of f Edgecomb, first to fall in the civiT Avar, this statue to be in. the Capitcf. Square, Raleigh." The Senate passed the folIoAvingf Allow J. Bis Rya to use the index cf the 1905 Revisal in his digest of de cisions of the Supreme Court. Regulate the packing and .sale of fiish. Increase the salary of the supreme Court marshall to $1,500. ' Increase the salary of the assis tant librarian of the Supreme Court to $30 per month. Provide registration of deaths in towns of 1,000 and more inhabitants. Provide additional dormitorv at the colored Orphan Asylum, Oxford. iiStabhsh a colored reformatory for .youthful criminals at Greensboro, carrying no appropriation but merely giving the institution State sanction. The xote was 19 to 6. The Senate declined to concur in the ouse amendment to the bill en larging the poAvers of the State labor atory of hygiene, and Senators Pharr and Manning were named as a con ference committee. The House concurred in Senate amendments to the appropriations bill. The bill to increase the ap propriation to the State board cf health, putting, a secret aiy in tho field for all his time, was taken up as a special order, the appropriation being changed -in committee from $10,000 to $6,000, the present appro priation being $2,000. The bill pass ed and Avas sent to the Senate. Some of the bills passed Avere: To provide for building the Statesville Air Line Railroad; Senate bill pro vide for examination and checking of. books and accounts of State depart ments and State institutions by per sons appointed by the GoA'erncr wheneA-er deemed advisable; S. B., amend ReA'isal as to dissclutici .of corporations. " Expressions of appreciation of Speaker Graham as a presiding of ficer, and like tributes to others wero passed and fittingly responded to. Murphy, of Guilford. Avas recogniz ed and proceeded in fitting Avords to present to Speaker Graham-a hand some silver service as a token of af fection from the members and clerks for the . services of Mr. Graham as Speaker and for his sterling personal Avorth. - Speaker Graham responded, being" evidently deeply moved. lie declar ed it difficult to find Avords in which to do so. Mr. Henderson, after a gloAving tribute to ..the Confederate sol Her and the women cf the Confederacy, secured tho passage of his bill admit ting to pensions those widoAvs mar ried to vsterans between 1SG5 1863. and CONGENIAL WORK And Strength to rerfo-m It. A person In good health Is likely to have a genial disposition, ambition and enjoy work. On tho other hand, if the digestive organs have been upset by wrong food, work becomes drudgery. "Until recently," writes a Wa3h Ington girl, "I was a railroad stenq, grapher, which means fqH wc-fK every day, "Llko man' Gt&er glrU alone In e, largs city, 1 lly&d at a boarding honeo. For breakfast t was mush, greasy meat, soggy caHea, black cot fee ete. ' "After a few months td this diet X uced to foe! sleepy and heavy in thd morntnga. My work esamed'a terri ble cSoi'. and I thought the work was tj blamo too arduous. "At horns I had heard my father speak of a young fellow who went long distances in the cold on Grape Nuts and cream and nothing more for breakfast. "I concluded if it would tide him over a morning's heavy work, it might help me, so on my way home one night I bought a packag?, and next morning I had Grape-Nut3 and milk f jr breakfast. "I 6tuek to Grape-Nuts, and in les3 than tAvo weeks I noticed improve ment. I can't just tell how well I felt, but I remember I used to walk the 12 blocks to business and knew how good it was simply to live. "As to my work well, did yoa ever feel the delight of having con genial work and the strength to per form it? That's how I felt. I truly believe there's life and vigor In every grain of Grape-Nuts." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellville," In pkgs. "There's a Rea son." Ever read the above letter? A neAV one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, anl full of human interest r i : t M 1 ; i i ! t ; 'At i i il f i I1 i . if ; 1 ! ! i i ,:!. i V 11