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m. A LONJON, Editor.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1317,
THS LEGISLATURE.
Three of the most important
bills that have been considered
by this legislature were defeated
the same day in the House of
Representative last week. They
were the bills to change the meth
od of selecting the county boards
of education, the bill to allow
women to vote on municipal mat
ters and the bill reducing to two
quarts a year the amount of
whiskey that may be received by
any person in this state and then
only for medicinal purposes.
The House seems to have been
in a "killihsr" mood that day.
These three bills had attracted
much attention and much time
had been consumed in their dis
cussion. According: to the vote
on these three bills there will be
no change by this legislature in
the method of electing the coun
ty boards of education, or in reg
ulating the prohibition law or in
giving the women a right to vote
on any measure.
We are pleased to note that a
bill has been passed requiring
the county commissioners to have
signboards erected on the public
roads of their counties, and we
hope that this law will be rigidly
enforced and not be a dead let
ter as has been our present law.
Every person must admit that a
signboard ought to be placed at
the forks of every road. SO iil&t
travellers may know which is the
road for them to take.
A special committee will beg'n
today an investigation into the
treatment of our state convicts,
and we hope this will be a thor
ough investigation, and we be
lieve it will be, because its chair
man is Hon. W. D .turner and
one of its members is Represen
tative Roland Beasley from Union
county, both of whom are m-
of such high character that they
will do their full duty. If the
convicts have not been properly
treated that fact should be ex
posed and a remedy applied at
once.
Roth' branches have passed a
bill authorizing: the governor to
appoint magistrates in the vari
ous counties of the state. We
have, not seen this bill but pre
sume'it does not abolish the right
of the people to ei-ect their mag
istrates, but the governor's ap
pointees would be in addition to
those elected.
Both branches should not hesi
tate to pass the bill allowing an
increase in the price of advertis
ing legal notices in the newspa
pers. The price of everything
that a publisher of a newspaper
buys costs much more now than
formerly and why should he not
be paid a higher price for legal
notices than formerly?
A very large crowd frjonrthe
territory affected will be in Ral
eigh Friday for and against the
passage of the bill to create the
new county of Jarvis from por
tions of Harnett, Sampson, Cum
berland and Johnston with Dunn
to be the county-seat. A big
fight is expected as both sids
are very d-termined and will
have large delegations to help
their respective sides.
Two divorce bills have been
passed, each letting down the
bars and making it more essv
co get a divorce. According
to the present law a husband
or wife mav get a divorce from
the other if abandoned ten years
and there are no children. This
law is amended by striking out
the requirement that' there are
no children. The other divorce
law gives the wife the same
right to a divorce as the husband
alone heretofore had. While this
new law seems fair yet it open
the gates for many divorces by
collusion. There will hereafter
bp many more divorces in this
state than heretofore, and al
ready there have Leen many
more than should have been.
Although diplomatic rela
tions with Germany were sever
ed several days ago vet we are
no nearer war now than then.
Indeed many well informed per
sons predict that there will not
be any war, or actual hostilities,
between this country and that
country. The truth is, the peo-'
pie of neither country wish to
engage in a war with the other,
and we cannot believe that even
the German government itself
desires a war with us, but is so
desperately pushed by the con
tinued blockade of its ports that
its submarine warfare is the las'
resort to prevent starvation.
Even if there should be a wai
between Germany and the Uni
ted States the people of neither
nation need fear an invasion by
the armies of the other. We are
too far anjart and too much water
between us for either country to
invade the other. The hostili
ties (if there be any) would be
confined to the water and none
on land.
Groundhog Day Amended.
From the ews and Observer.
Groundhog Day will be chang
ed trom Feoruary to August and
the new day made a national hol
iday, if a bill introduced yester
day by Representative Crowson
becomes law. It is Mr. Crow
son's opinion that the designa
tion of February 2 as the date
for the groundhog's emergency
from hibernation is a hardship to
the hog and straining upon its
veracity. He pointed to the late
second as proof of this. With
August fixed as the month for
the little animal's entrance into
weather forecasting circles, Mr.
Crowson believes that its reputa
tion will be re-established.
Food Scarce in Germany.
Stockholm, Jan. 20. Food con
ditions in Germany have chang
ed greatly for the worse in the
last five months. The correspon
dent ef the Associated Press,
who had been . away from Ger
n any since tae first week in Au
gust., has just returned from a
stav of three weeks in Berlin.
He found that many staples of
food had altogether disappeared
from the markets, others had
grown so dear that they are be
yond the reach of any but the
wel'-to-do, the daily allowance of
potatoes had been reduced to 10
ounces, and that either a short
age of flour or a disordered dis
tribution of it among the bank
ers had resulted in long queques
of buyers standing for hours in
front of the bakeries.
High School Debate.
Chapel Hill, Feb. 10. -The
committee of the high school de
biting anion at the University
has announced that the final de
bate for the Aycock cup will be
held here on Apri' 13. The elim
in tion contest will take place,
as usual, the night before. It is
ilie plan this year to have a high
school we; k. with many kinds of
athletic contests, such as a track
meet and a tennis tournament
Already more high schools are
registered for the debate thn
during the whole of the 1915
1916 season. The secretary has
collected a large amount of ma
terial on both sides of the gov
ernment owenership question,
and is ready to supply demands.
A large amount of-such material
has already been sent out.
Prohibition in Indiana.
Indianapolis, Feb. 9. Govern
or Goodrich signed the state
wide prohibition bill making In
diana dry on and after April 2,
1918. The law prohibits the sale,
manufacture, giving or adver
tisement of all alcoholic liquors,
except pure grain alcohol for
chemical and medicinal purposes
and wine for sacramental uses.
' Before daylight vesterda morn
ing fire was discovered in the
bo s building at the Methodist
orphanage at Raleigh, but the
prompt arrival of the fire deoart-
i ment saved the ereatef Dart of
the building. None of the in
mates were injured, but all were
marched in an orderly manner in
safety to another building. None
-j, me ciomin? was saved ana
gifts of clothing are greatly .
or rhe clothinor was saved and
Ruby Hall, the 7-months-old
child of W, D. Hall, a Cumber- WASHlNnTOW n C
land county farmer, wassobadrr A 1 UiUN' U' C"
1 hurt that she died when her
older sister, last Saturday, knock
ed a stick of dynamite from
sheif and it exploded. The old
er one is in a critical condition.
ORTGAttE SALE. Rv vir-
tup of o morfoaivo ovonntiul
ire by Cflaries Womack and wife, Cor a
E. Womack, on the 17th of December,
iirto, and registered on page 573, in
ook "ea," in the office of i he regis-
ter of deeds of Chatham count.. I will
se 1 ior cash a t. the courthouse door in
Pittsboro, at 12 o'clock meridian, on
Friday, March 16, 1917,
Irs one-fourth undivided interest in a
lot of land in the town of Pittsboro,
North Carolina, bounded on the nort'i
by the Methodist Episcopal church
lot, on the east by the land of Dr. H.
T. Chapin, on the south by a street
of s id town and on the west by the
colore i mission church lot, bein lot
No. 87 in the plat of said town and the
H. .. KiWKTWKSi SSlK
Alexander Henderson and wife to
vianes " omacK, reciraea w tne of- wiMwiwaMa m rcuiuaijr &iu.
fice of the register of deeds of Chatham For further information call on
-az ThK,rJnii 4il6i'7m yur local Seaboard agent or ad
az. Tins .ruary gygg dress JOHN T. WEST, D. P. A.,
By Frtd. W. Bynum Kaleigh N. C
Rubbing Eases Pam
Rubbing sends t!?.e Iinrrner.t
tingling through the fleah and
quickly tops pain. Demand &
liniment that you can rub with.
The befc rubbing liniment is
MUST
LINIM
Good for the Ailments of
Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc.
Qoodfor your own Aches,
Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains,
Cuts, Burns, Etc
25c 50c $1. At all Dealer.
Confederate Reunion.
H'dq'rs N. C Division,
United Confederate Veterans,
Wilmington, Feb. 7, 1917.
General Orders, No 7.
Paragraph 1. Tne twenty-sev
enth annual reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans is
appointed to be held in Washing
ton, D. C, on the 5th. 6th and
7th of June, 1917, and it is hoped
that a large delegation will at
tend from this state. This is the
first time that one of our reun
ions has been held in a city be
yond the limits of the Confeder
ate States, and a welcome is
promised as u arm as any ever
extended to our veterans. It will
be a grand and memorable occa
sion when Confederates, clad in
a at . m. - .
gray, marcn down rennsylvaia
avenue to the tune of Dixie, and
it is earnestly desired that every
veteran shall attend the reunw
in the Confederate uniform. Tne
citizens of each count will doubt .
lss contribute enough money to
buy uniforms for those unable-
to supply themselves which has
been done for some camps.
Par. 2. All camps of thisdiv s-
lon are earnestly ursred to send
their dues at once to General vV.
E. Mickle, 824 Common street.
New Orleans, Louisiana. No
camp that is in arrears for its an
nual dues is allowed a vote 'or
voice n the meetings of our re
unions, bpecial attention is call
ed to this and it ought to be it
tended to without further delay.
North Carolina falls behind ev
ery year in the payment of the
small annual duas of ten cents
per capita.
Par. 3. The railroad coraDari.
will give the usual low rate o.
one cent a mile, and all veterans'
who cannot pay for their board
arid lodging will be entertained
bv the hospitable citizens of
Washington free. - All veterans
who expect free entertainment
must notify the committee at
Washington, so that they ma .
be provided for.
Par.4. Your command r is tk as-
ed to announce that M'S, Alex
ander Webb.of Raleigh, adaugh
ter of the late Major General
Robert F. Hoke, has accepted the
position of matron of honor, anrj
he has appointed Miss Melba Mc-
Cullers, of Clayton, sponsor for
this division, and Misses Kather
ine Smith, of Raleigh, and Ca
melia London, of Pittsboro, the
maids of honor.
By command of
JAMES I. METTS,
Major General Commanding.
H. A. LONDCN,
Adjutant General
and Chief of Staff.
Ex-Judge Robert M. Douglas
died last Thursday at his h me
in Greensboro, aged 68 years.
He was a son of the celebrated
Stephen A. Douglas, and was
private secretary to President
Grant during his first term. He
was an associate justice of our.
supreme court from 1896 to 1904.
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WaSblOgtOfl S Dlrtllu3y
EXCURSION TO
VIA
SEABOARD AIR LINE RY
From principal points in North
principal points
Carolina,
WEDNESDAY. FEB. 21, 1917.
' Round trip rate as follows:
.. .
onanotte, ou mmiet . $7 00
Sanford , 6 50 Pittsboro
6
50
Moncure 6 50 Raleigh.
Durham 6 00 Norhna.
6
5
00
00
Spend Washington's birthday
at our national capital durine
the session of Congress, takincr
advantage of the exceptionally
low rate.
Tickets will be on sale for all
trains, regularly scheduled to
stop at stations shown above,
February 21st, 1917, limited to
"5"e ?
f' wumipri-
I St ore
of I:
Quality
Eisenberg Bros,
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
FREE! FREE! FREE!
AT OUR -
GRAND OPENING
A handsome souvenir will be given away to
every lady and .gent attending our opening
sale in our new remodelled building. We
are moving from Strowd & Tilley's in to th0
Herndon old stand, next to the fire depart
ment. '')
We have a large stock of goods and must
dispose of same in order to make room for
our large Spring and Summer stock.
This sale will last for 10 days only, be
ginning Priday, February 9th.
Below you will find a few of the many items that we will
offer on sale:
Sugar, per pound 712c 5c Han kerchiefs .... 2c
Roasted Coffee . . 14 l-2c $1 00 Corsets 79e
Best grade Molasses, gal 49c $6 and $7 Sport Coats $2 9$
Soaps and Lye 3 12c Oepe de Chine Wai6ts 98c
5c Baking Powder 3 l-2c $2.00 Skirts 98c
10c Baking Powder 7c Any Ladies' Hat in store 98c
Corn Flakes 7 1-2 - Boys' Suit., $11.39 and up.
Apple Vinegar, gal . 25' S a Island Sheeting . 8 l-lc
Ladies' Hose I . 6 l-2c , Hickory Shirting 9 3 4c
Cotton Flannels 9c Solid Color Chambreys 8 3 4c
Outings 9c
There are many more bargains, but we
have no space for s ame.
Come and be convinced.
Special reduction in all Shoes.
EISENBERG BROS.,
CH VPEL HILL, N. C.
Remember our new stand.
I
Hotel Proprietor Given Up by Doctors
Advertia ement.
"In conversation with a repre
sentative of vour Company to
day, I could not help exoressing
my feeling of jrratitude at the
good your medicine had done for
me. For three long years I suf
fered untold agony with what
they said was a severe case of
rheumatism. An the best doctor
had exhausted their knowledge
in regard to my ca3e, I cof.i suited
an osteopath and after an exam
ination he said the hip joint had
become irritated and it would
take a long time to cure it, if it
could be cured at all. I felt so
discouraged over my condition,
for I had spent hundreds of dol
lars in the vain pursuit of ease,
for my suffering was terrible.
Hearing of the good effects that
Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy had
on others, I decided to try it. I
bought a dozen bottles, thirtk'ng
that if I took it at all, I wouFd go
at it right. And wonderful, yes,
it is wonderful, the cure it made
of me, as my friends can testify.
I hegan to improve on the firs
bottle and by the J&jme I had fin
i3hed the course was a veli,
strong man andihijvehad no sy mp-
toms of the disease since
"I would feel, that I had n g
lected my dutv to my fellowmei
if I did not tell them ot my won
derfulcure and I advise any suf
f erer to give Mr3. Joe Person
Remedy a trial.
T. C. BRYAN."
LaG range, NC, Jan. '31. 1916
Chapel Hill News: Mrs.Stro d,
widow of the late Congressman;
W.F.Strowd. died at the home of
her son,Mr.Rbt.L. Strowd. Wed
ne3day morning, at the age of 82
r jw
yearn. ven. tarr s ucco
neechee farm produced over 6,
000 bushels of corji last year hi
a short time Occoneeehee farm
Wli nave one of the best uairys
m the state. The whole business
will be run by steam. The milk
will not be handle by ; hand from
the time it comes from the cow
until it is place J on the tab.e.
Out of a class of 81 applicants
examined - last wiek by our su
jpremecourt only 55 were grant
ed license to practice law. mong
the successful ones were two col
ored men Five applied 1 and
three failed.
Under
selling Store
San ford Express: A gar fish
which was caught in the Cape
Fear river at Buck horn Wednes
day in a net. measured 4 feet
and fnches in length and weigh
ed 18 pounds. Mr. C. H
Smith, who sold his big Hereford
bull to Mr. Fred Morgan for
bre. had him driven over from
hi3 farm Tuesdav morning to b
butchered. This beautiful ani
mal weigned 1.890 pounds. He
was six vears old.
When You Have a Cold.
tt is vben you have a severe cold
that you appreciate the g k1 qualii ies
of Chamber ain's C ugh tiemedy.
Vrs. Fra'k Crockc, Pana, III., write-:
"Our five-year-old son Paul caught
severe cold last win er that settle, on
his lungs Wp were greatly worried
about him as the medicine w gave
him did not be In in the least. A
neighbor spoke so highly of Chame
lain's Cough Remedv that I got h rot
tie of it. The first d se benefited him
so miu'h thst I continued jfivit g it lo
him until he was cured." adv
The frtal area of North Caro
lina is 31 million acres, of which
a little over 19 mi Hi n acres, o
63 per cent, is forest land.
About Constipation.
Certain aric!fs of diet tet-d to check
movements of the bow Is The mot
irommon of these ar cheese, tea and
boil-d milk On the other hand raw
fruits, especially app esand b inarms,
alo g aham bread and whoi wheat
promote a movement of th bowels.
Vh(n the bowels aie badly consti
pated, however, the sure way is t take
one or iwoof Chamberlain's Tablets
ic 'mediately after supper, adv
North Carolina js fourth among
th" states in the amount of lum
ber cut, while she is first in t)
number of sawmills.
A Hint to the Aged.
If people pnst sixty are of jut-?
could i- persuaded to go to be-1 a
so -n as th-y take cold and remain i'i
bed for one or two days, hev would
owvci uiucu 111 quicKiy, especially
it ney t;ice L'nam er am Cnuvh
Kemeuy ine e would also he iss
danger or the cold being followed bv
any of the more serious diseases. v
Making cheese in Watauga
county is verv profitable. The
heese factories there declared k
lividend of 50 per cent for the
past season besides laying: aside
Sg m lw a 8urP,u8 fund. Notice is hereov giy.no' 'he seizure
1 his ought to encourage other of he foU wing prope ty tor tf.e vl la
counties in this state to make lwBOf Section 240 of t e Pe pj ode
cheese on a large scale. ?f be Unite. 1 States: Near Four
Chamberlain's TdUets.
These t -uletsar- intended especia ly
r .lisorders f i h .ftnml. liTJ2
for jisorders of the stomach, liver and
toowe s. if you are troubled with
hart' urn, indices ion or constipation
they will do you good, adv
MANY BIG SPECIALS
IN UPSTAIRS DEPARTMENT
I The
New
Suits
Dresses
v.
9 Also Big Showing Separate Coats
Still
Few
Suits to
$15.00 to $25
U Coat Suits, now
I A few Winter
sold up to $45,
SSI
HUDSON-BLLK COMPANY
In Commercial B auk Building,
RALEIGH, N. C.
16 Stores Sell For
Pin Money Savings for the
Holiday
E
kVERY year you promise
to save up some money for Xmas. Do you do it?
Most of us do not, or at least we put it off till we
have to stint" ourselves and then do not have
enough.
W
E ARE now organizing a Pin-Money Club for thi
purpose, which will start the nrt Monday iff
January and continue fiftv weeks.
By saving
10c each week you
25c each week you
50c ea h week ou
$1 00 each week ou
Ask us about this Club.
BANK OF
Kitchen Range Exploded:
Fraim the Moore Cou ity News
What might hve b en k vf
s rious aendeht ocurreti at M.
D. JL McDonald's Frida hjgnt
me water whici c tal i not be
'1 raine oat of the ohies con ct.
d with th? kit-hen range fr ze
o i the niglvt in question nd the
neai morning wn n a rtre as
h the ra geufii ient steJm
renenttM to Wow It up. iev-
wai Kenera
erai pieces oi tne range were;
.. - .
Thrown with srreat violence
ayrainst the w al s of the kitchen.
Fortunate!, no one was in the
mi u me nine il ine txuio
iOK. It was f course necessary
to install a new range
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Stato of Ohio, City of Toledo,
Imk as County, sa.
Prank J, Cheney makes oath that he
Is aoiiiorr partner of the Una of P. J.
Cheaey & Co.. doing business In the City
of Toledo, County and State aforesaid,
an that said firm will pay the sum of
( MB HTJNTYmCn DflT.T ARB K
. an every case or catarrh that cannot be
""SP-9 me use or mall s catarrh
I.IBDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and Subscribed la
my presence, this 6th day of December.
A Jl .1881 A. W. GLEASON.
ifal) Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken in
tenllly and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send
for testimonials, free.
n.in J' fi"ENEy CO., Toledo. O.
Sett by all druggists. 76c.
Ball's Family Pills for constipation.
-j ivMj- cr 1 1 , fL-i, ne neu -inston
automatic 12 ir mge shot eun of
eb jass ter Persons claiming the
tZ7,s wl" hlethe'rcl i.ru .
l9n " required y law,
or me same will b forfeited io be use
oi me unite i states j W. Itailev,
Collector, Baleisn, N. C. February
7, 19J7.
NEW SPRING SUITS
COATS
Spring Goat
and Silk
K9
Winter
Clean Out
00 Winter n AC
r
.- P77eJ
Suits that tPJ QC
now $l67d
ft
i
for Cash.
s
yourself that you are going
w'll save $ 5 00
will save $12 50
will save $25 00
will save $50 00
PITTSBORO.
Norn
Bv
F OF SALE OF LAND
virtue of n order of the su
perior cour1, in ihe 8 ecial proceedi
'herein pending, entitled "R. I
Wanljand . ther" vs Rmma B'akett' I
other." ihennd rsifl: ed com mini! r,
era wril -tTer for sal to the hihi
iddt. al the court h use door In Pi -two.
N C, on
SatB day, FebraarT 17, I 17.
at lSo'c'ock m.. the foUowinir deacr
t&y&S SfSSSW v.
, -hatham county, N. r. , at Rigatber
n
iM. -u on 'he ChapH Hill road. kno
as the ol Riggsbee William- tftore t !
mill lo tmunded o" the north b
L" ,?l LSJ
. Williams, on tte ea
f ' 8. Williams, on Hi
sou h by the lands of T. B Cole an
on the west by he ' hapelHil ro
c 1 taimnv about one acre, on whi
said lot .r now loc t d a 'ot of m
chinery, consisting of an oil engi'
cotton orin, stemengiie and boi
and corn mill, cotton pres a d y
equipment
Terms of sale, cash; 1 i me of sale 1 'I
o'clock ppi., on SsturdHy, the 17th d:r
of February, 1917. Thw is a resale i
he bove lot and is made I because f
a adv-need bid of 10 per cent on i
flrst ale.
This Jan nary 31, 1917
It. H. HAYE8.
FRED. W. BYNUM,
Com mlasioners.
Do You Want
aNewStomtdi?
If you do- "Digestoneine" will
give yen one. For full particulars, g
Oterature and opinions regarding B
this wonderful Discovery which
is beneffciflg pusands, apply te
G. R. P1LK1NGTON
PITTSBORO, N. C
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