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BE SURE YOU ARK RIGHT ; THEN 0-0 AHEAD. -D Crockett TARBORO, NJJ C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IP. 1908. VOL. 86. NO. 47 ESTABLISHED 1822 AN OLD ADAGE SAYS~~^*. •* A light purse is t heavy curse** Sickness makes a light purse. The LIVER is the seat of nine tenths of all disease. go to the root of the whole mat ter, thoroughly, quickly safely and restore the action of the LIVER to normal condition. Give tone to the system and solid flesh to the body. Take No Substitute.-—^ Notice to Creditors. Having qualifed as administrate of the estate of P. E. Cobb, late of Edgecombe county, with the will an nexed, notice is hereby given to a l persons holding claims against my testator to present them duly pro fen on or before September 24 1909 or this notice will be plead ia bar of recovery. All persons indebtedto the estat must make immediate payment. This September 21st 1908. K. C. EDWARDS, Admr. Jas. R. Gaskill, Atty. MORTGAGE SALE. By virtue of the power and author ity contained in a certain deed of trust executed to me by Arthur Reed and Gray Reed, recorded in Edge come Registry in Book 127, page 535, 1 will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the Court House door in Tarboro, N. C. on Dec. 5th, 1908, at 12 o’clock noon, the following piece or parcel of land situated in Edgecombe County. An undivided one-half interest in the tract of land adjoining the lands of Geo. Howard, Levi Harrell and others,and more particularly de scribed in the deed from Elisha Har rell and wife to said Arthur Reed and Gray Reed, recorded in said Edge combe Registry in Book 54, page 117 the whole tract containing 118 acres more or less. This October 31st, 1908. JNO. L. BRIDGERS, Trustee. JAMES PENDER, Attorney. SALE OF LAND. By virtue of the decree of the Su perior Court of Edgecombe County made in the special proceedings there in pending, entitled “T. L. Woreely vs. Mattie Luper, et als,” I will on the 24th day of November, 1908 at 11 a. m. in front of the court house door in the town of Tarboro, sell at public auction for cash the follow ing described lot of land, situated in the County of Edgecombe, State of North Carolina, known as lot No. 4, in the division of the real estate of 0. L. Jackson, deceased and de scribed by me as follows: Beginning at a stake in the line of Lot No. 3, thence north 5 degrees, east 6 chains and 23 links to a stake corner of lot No. 2, A. Gray’s corner,' thence with A. Gray’s corner north 2 15 E 6 chains and 31 links to a stake J. W. Jackson’s comer, thence with said Jackson’s line S 85 East 3 chains and 5 links to a stake cor ner of lot No. 5, thence with the lines of lots No. 5 and No 3 North 86 30 W 2 chains and 75 links to the beginning, containing 3-50-10 acres. This Oct. 24th, 1908. T. T. THORNE. Commissioner Notice. By virtue of authority in me vest ed under a trust deed, given July 27, 1906, by R. J. Weaver and his wife, .Mattie L. Weaver, recorded in Book 119, at page 259, Edgecombe Registry the undersigned will offer for sale, at the front of Griffin’s Drug store in the town of Rocky Mount, N. C., at 12 o’clock m. on Friday Dec. 1th, 1908, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described real estate; A certain lot of land lying in # the town of Rocky Mount, County and State aforesaid, fronting 140 feet on the North side of Thomas Street, and 60 feet on the west side of At lantic Ave., the lot being 140 feet x 60 feet, and adjoining lot 47, known as the Braswell and Sherrod lot, be ing lot No. 20 of Block A., In the survey of the real estate of the said John H. Logan Trustee, in and ad joining said town, which survey Is re corded in Book 75, page 570 and 571 or Edgecombe County Registry, to which reference is hereby made, for further description and identification This description is taken from a deed from John H. Logan Trustee to W. E. Parrish, recorded in Book 89, at page 226, Edgecombe Registry, and by Par rish these lands were conveyed to R. J. Weaver, by deed recorded in Book 123, at page 327 same registry, and the said R. J. Weaver havfnf since that time conveyed one-half thereof to Mattie L. Weaver, by deed record ed in Book 123, at page 333 same reg istry, to all of which records refer ence is made. This October 24th, 1908. James C, Braswell, Trustee. NATHAN WILLIAMS, Tonsorial ArMst and Hirpiiit Dec orator Tarboro M. 0. Two door from Bauk of Tarbor' J. FKANK LILES, Attfy and Counsellor at Law, Practices in State and Federal Cts. Office front room Mr. J. R. Gas kill's office. THE DOCTOR'8 QUESTION. Advice Against the Use of Harsh Pur gatives and Physics. A doctor’s first question when consulted by a patient is. “are youi bowels regular?” He knows that nine ty-eight per cent of illness is attend ed with inactive bowels and torpid liver. This condition poisons the sys tem with noxious gases and waste matter which naturally accumulates and which must be removed through the bowels before health can be re stored. Salts, ordinary pills and cathar tics may be truly likened to dynamite. Through their harsh, irritating ac tion they force a passage through the bowels, causing pain and damage to the delicate intestinal structure which weakens the whole system, and at best only produces temporary relief. The repeated use of such treat ments cause chronic irritation of the stomach and bowels, hardens their tissues, deadens their nerves, stif fens their muscles and generally bring about an injurious habit which some times has fatal results. We have a postive pleaasnt and safe remedy for constipation and bow el disorders in general. We are so certain of its great curative value that we promise to return the pur chaser’s money in» every case when it fails to produce entire satisfaction. This remedy is called Rexall Order lies. We urge you to try them at our entire risk. Rexall Orderlies are very pleasant to take, they act quietly and have a soothing, strengthening, healing in fluence on the entire intestinal tract. They do not purge, gripe, cause nau sea, flatulence, excessive looseness, diarrhoea or other annoying effect, and they may be taken at any time without any inconvenience. Rexall Orderlies overcome the drug ging habit and cure constipation and all similar ailments, whether acute or chronic. They are especially good for children, weak persons or old folks. Price 36 tablets 25c, and 12 tablets, 10c. R. E. L. Cook, Cor. Main and Pitt Streets. jjj The Fallacy of Artificial Food. In these days of concentrated foods prepared from natural sources—such as condensed and dried milk, concen trated albumen, beef extracts, etc., there seems to be a tendency to sac rifice the pleasures of the table to convenience, portability, and time saving; and the question might arise: Would it be possible for us to exist entirely on artificial food? Accord ing to Francis Marre, it appears to be improbable that thi% consummatio whether to be devoutly wished or not will come into effect. The human stomach is not merely a chemical laboratory, but also a creature of habit that calls for work. It demands a certain bulk of material, put of which the intestines can take the nourishing constituents, while reject ing the innutritious. As soon as the intestines are relieved of the necessi ty of seeking out the necessary and rejecting the unecessary portions of food, the digestive function is sup pressed. Further certain bacteria mus be introduced into the digestive tract, whose co-operation is absolutely nec essary to proper assimilation of the food. Chemically-pune artificial foods would be free from all bacteria. The human system is accustomed to be nourished by/various kinds of ali ments, no one of which is aione suf ficient to promote life. In order to imitate these constituents, the chemi cal foods would have to be prepared in an extraordinary degree of va riety and complexity. Eating is not merely a matter of introducing into the system a certain weight of mate rials, which will develop a certain number of heat units. The reception and digestion of food must be accom panied by a certain degree of pleas ure, in order to permit it to be prop erly assimilated. Experimenst made with a doj; show that the secretion of those stomachic juices which are necessary to the, commencement of the digestive processes, ceasfes imme diately, and Yemains absent during several hours, as goon as a feeling of displeasure is excited in the ani mal.—Scientific American. Rev. John H. Harding, O. D. The minister called by the vestry of Calvary church to succeed Rev. F. H. Harding, is now the rector of a church In Utica, N. Y. He is a cous in of the present rector, a gentle man Of rare attainments and fervent zeal for the Master Mind Your Business. If you don’t nobody will. It is your business to keep out of all the trouble you can and you can and will keep out of liver and bowel trouble if you take Dr. King’s New Life Pills They keep biliousness, malaria an jaundice out of your system. 25c by all druggists. Marriage License Granted. Register of Deeds. H. S. Bunn to day issued a marriage license to Forest S. Hyman and Miss Ada H., daughter, of G. M8. Tucker, a promi nent merchant of Whitakers. The wedding will be solemnized Wed ff§sday. «.PJfasan$, §ure, easy, safe little liver Pills arp peWitt’s Little Early Risers. They are easy bp take and act gently. We sell and recommend them. R. E. L. Cook. Use of Sterilized Water by Greeks. The ancient Greeks already recom mended the use of sterilized water. Rufus of Ephesus in the first century of this era taught that ‘all water from rivers and ponds is bad, except that from the Nile. Water from rivers which flow through unhealthy soil, stagnant water and that which flows near public bathing places is harmful. The best water is that which has been boiled in a baked earthenware vessel, cooled, and then heated a second tim before drinking.” This hygienic prescription was in tended both for healthy and sick peo ple, since it was applied to the ar mies. “During marches and in the camps pits must be dug successively from the highest point to the lowest level of the place. These holes should be filled with clay such asN is used for making pottery and the water should be made to percolate through it. The water will leave all its im pifrities in these pits.” It may be inquired how the ancient Greeks, knowing the process of ster ilization and filtration of water which they applied to that of the most lim pid rivers, should have drunk with out precautions the water of the Nile, which our microscopes allow us to declare “sound,” but which is in appearance the most worthy of sus pic ion of all, and is so muddy, so yellow that it resembles wine.—From Gazete des Eaux et Reveu Scientifi que. '' - How to Relax. But by what means can one ac quire this act of muscular relaxing? At first when I was being taught I found it. extremely difficult. It almost seemed as if the mere attempt to re lax consciously resulted in more ten sion. There are, however, three great helps. They appear to have nothing to do with relaxing; but they lead up to it. The first is shaking. Regard your fingers as a flag at the end of a stick or a piece of ribbon at the end of a string; then shake your hands and fingers about loosely. The second is stretching. Everyone knows how a yawn relieves the body and mind. A yawn involves stretch ing. Stretch the fingers back, as if you were pressing the palms of your hands against a wall; stretch your elbows back, and your shoulders back, and hold everything back for a moment. Then let them go and you will naturally felax the muscles and rest them. Animals instinctively stretch before they relax. The third is breathing. The normal inbreathing does not encourage rest, it rather tends to energy. The very word “inspiration” bears witness to this. But the normal breathing or ex halation does encourage rest; it tend to repoes. The w'ord “expir shows the connection between breathing out and being, if not dead, at least less active physically and mentally.—Eus tace Miles in the Metropolitan Mag azine. How the Blood Defends the Body. Recent laboratory research on the b;ood and on the proper* ics through which it defends the .body against the invasion of bacterial diseases has open ed up a field rich in present infor mation and richer still in its prom ises for the ‘future. This work be came possible, through the discovery of the inicroscope, by means of which the apparently fluid blood was found to be filled with floating fat, circu lar discs of a pale yellow color. So minute are these discs that it takes thirty-two hundred of them placed in a straight line to cover the span of an inch. In a single drop of blood there are many millions of these cells or corpuscles. It is a fascinating thing to study the circulation of the blood through the capillary ves sels, by means of the microscope. Th capillary circulation through the web of a frog’s foot affords the best and easiest example, as the web can be stretched so thin that light is easi ly transmitted through it. The capil lary vesels themselves are*so minute in size as to be invisible to the nak ed eye. Under a microscope of mod erate power they not only become vis ible, but we can distinguish passing through them a constant procesion of blood cells or corpuscles. Most of these cells are of the circular disc variety already mentioned. These are the so-caled "red cells” or corpuscles of the blood. Occasionally a cell of another variety will be seen, it is light er in color than the red cel!, granu lar in structure, and in it is seen a central dense portion known as the nucleus. It is observed that these cells keep close to the vessel wall, that they move more slowly than the current of red cells, apd that they have a certain power of inde pendent movement as well as the pow er to change in shape. Now and then we see one of these cells stop al together, and adhere to the side of the blood vesel. As we watch we see that the cell is changing in shape. The narrow portrading portion pushes its way through the capillary wall, and in a short tyme the entire cell has flowed into the tissues outside,*-^ Technical World Magazine. —A clergyman writes: “Preventics those -little Candy Cold Cure Tablets are working wonders in my parish.” Preventics surely will check a cold, of the Grippe, in a very few hours. And Preventics are so safe and harm less. No Quinine, nothing „harsh nor sickening. Fine for feverish restless children. Box of 48 for 25c. Sold by EdgecQmbs Drug Co. TYPHOID FEVER COSTLY.. It i* worth whil*» to consider the c >st of typhoid fe\er in order to get the import;uu*e or its pre vent ion wei; iixed iu mind, ,‘ltis a recognized fact that the g eater majority of those persons who die from this cause -are between the ages of twenty and thirty-five. Baling one’s estimate upon the value of human life as given in insura’ ce estimates, the average value in life capital that is thus de st'oyed is bout $5,000. In the Summer of 1907 there were studied iu Seven'h and Ninth wards of Pittsburg 194 ases, with especial reference to t ie actual c< st in money expend ed. These cases occurred iu 146 families; from them there w< re 31 dea tis; 87 wage earners lost works’ work; caretakers(uot pro fessional uurses, bnt members of the' f imilv) lost 182 weeks’ work: there were 13 of the cases tiea ed in hospitals; total cost, in these three factories alone, $24,300 This, being pioportioned among the 194 cases, amounts to $125 per case, or $2,200 per dea;h It Is without question that the cost more nearly approximates $2,500 per typhoid death, on account, of the patient to resume work at his normal rate. This makes a total cost per death of $7,500. Theve is, then, the sole question of the money cost in mind, a very deep problem for solution before this one cause of destruction of human life {is eliminated.—EDgineeiing Magazine. MARTIN LUTHER. Save in the native laud aud the churches that tear bis name, the work of Dr. Martin Luther is al most overlook* d by the busy world of the twentieth century. Yet had it not been for the daring aud the faith of this man, the twentieth century would have been far different. Not to Hermann of the Cherusci, nor to Frederick Barbarossa, nor to Otho the Great, who were before him—nor yet to Bismarlc, of a later date—do the Germans owe their national ex istence, but to Martin Luther, the monk of Wirtenburg. A still greater claim to fame, perhaps, remains to this poor monk iu that it was his act which gave to the whole world the priceless boon of religious liberty. Without religi ous liberty no such thing as politi cal liberty could ever have drawn its breath. So that when on Octo her 31 last the mind of the nation was fixed upon the approaching election, it is most surprising that the celebratron on the part of a few i hurches in our laud, of the event which made that election possible was nearly overlooked No work of man has been of greater moment since the legions of Caesar brought Rome's civilization across Euiope. In the galaxy ol hnmanity’s most powerful figures that of Dr. Martin Luther stands easily among the first ten—Wash iugton Post. Died. Virginius Weddell, a cousin of our esteemed townsman, John A Weddell, died suddenly in Peters burg, Va., Thursday from heart failure due to a case ot acute iudi gesti>n. Mr. Weddell left today to at tend the funeral. Of the deceased the Petersburg Index-ApoeaJ says: “Mr. Weddell had for several years occupied a unique position under the city government. He was clerk to the City Engineer and of all the important committees of the Common Council, and as such probably knew more about the general business of the city than any other of its employees. His place will be hard to fill. “Mr. Weddell was highly esteem ed by a large circle of friends, and his death this morning caused uni versal expressions of regret. He was about 47 years of age and was i a son of the late Wm. Weddell, for many years a prominent Peters burger. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Jane Wetfde’J, one brother, Mr. Jajpes Weddell, ant} three sisters—Aliases, Alary, Janie C. and Alargaret Weddell, with whom the community will sympa thize.” State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County, ss. Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Tqledp, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of Decei her, A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON, (Seal} Rotary Public. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken in ternally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall’s Family Pills for con stipation. —The first attempt to steer a bal loon was made in Paris in 1794. FIELD FOR YOUNG IS'EN. Demand For Accountants in Public and Private Business. Young meu who are determin'd? upon a livelihood had better Jook into the possibilities of public ac counting. Private business linns need increasingly the services of certified accountants, who may ob tain their degrees from the State [ bypassing examinations prescribed by the board of regents. They are needed to go over' the books, de tect antiquated methods and sys tems and substitute therefore more modern and accurate business de vices. As corporations grow these complexities become more insistent of unravaling and reform. So likewise in municipal count ing Mr. William H. Allen recent ly stated in the Journal of Account ancy that 1,000 efficient young meu were wanted immediately to perform the well paid duties of analyzing the business systems of cities. Comptroller Metz com plained the other day th*t this city’s bills aud salary lists were not properly audited; that ,;the system is bad, and we haven't enough men. Until we have etough men the city will continue to be cheated ont of thousands of dollars every year. Mayor Hibbard of Boston, undertook this week a radical reform in making up the annual budget for 1 hat city; his chief difficulty will lie iu the dearth of efficient accountants. The cities of Louisville, Newark, New Bochelle, Holyoke—in fact according to Mr. Allen “over half the cities iu the United States”— are nowr demanding expert leader ship in business methods so as to prevent extravagance and fraud. The disposition that is manifest in all departments of public and, piivate affairs to anal ,ze improper and wasteful methods -and to sup plant them is not the least hope fulsign of our times. Iu this work young men of ability will take an important part.—N. Y. Times. AMERICAN MADE SILK. “It will not be many years be fine America can produce her own silk,” said Thomas H. Gilfoyle at the Arlington last night, Mr. Gilfoyle is a wholesale dry goods dealer from Columbia, 8. C, Rapid progrtss has been made in the silk producing industry in the South aud West, and if ihe silk worm raisers continue to meet with the same success they have had thus far. I believe the United States can get its supply at home. The cultivation of silk worms in this country is no longer an exprr imeot. It is a known fact that in certain parts of the United States, the woi ms thrive as well as they do in the far East, and there is no reason why the manufacture of silk should not become a well or ganized and paying industry. “Care, perseverance, and pa tienee are the principal qualities necessary to attain success in this new line of work, If the worms are properly taken care of, they will perform their share of the la bor and torn out cocoons contain ing yards and yards of raw silk. The impatience or one might say, petnlence, of those who have tried cultivating the s«lk worms is what prevented success in the past. NTow that we have learued a few things about the worms, their hab iis, aud work and the climate in «hicli they thrive or die, we should go right ahead and raafce mouey. “There are many silfc raising fat ms in South Carolina, Tennes see, Louisiana and Florida, apd a tew in the We3t. Millions qf worms are busy op each of these farms aud returning valuable oo. coons for leaves. It may seem like * wild prophecy, but I believe American grown and nmnulact ured silk will be shipped in car load through this cou utry within the next twenty years.”—Wash iugton Herald. Seven Years of Proof. “I have had seven years qf proof that Or. King’s New pijjcqvery iq the be§t medtc|np tQ \a\ze far coughs and eolds and for every diseased con dition of throat, chest or lungs,” says W. V. Henry, of Panama, Mo. The world .has had thirty-eight years of proof that Dr. King’s New Discovery is the best remedy for coughs and colds, la grippe, asthma, hay fever, bronchitis, hemorrhage of the lungs, and the early stages of consumption. Its timely usq always ppevent§ the development qf pneqmonia. Sqld un dqp guarantee by all druggists. 50c. $1.00. Trial bottle free. Municipal Convention in Charlotte. The Southerner is in receipt of an invitation to the Municipal Con vention to be held in Charlotte, Tues day and Wednesday, November, 17th and 18th. This cqnveptiqn will bq ql practical interest to all qf thq towns and cities of North and South Caro Una. Mayor Paul Jones will deliver at address Tuesday afternoon on “Towi and CltyPrlde” a topic of much in terest to Tarboro. CASTORIA. Bear, the y*Thf> M Y°“ Haw W TRUTH ABOUT THE CENTURY PUNT. Tin Century plant, so named be cause «>f the popular idea that it blooms but once in a hundred in one sense makes good'its n me, for it blooms only once, then dies. In the genial climate of South '* " 1 aMfomia it reaches maturity and blooms in fifteen or twenty rears, w bile in colder climates the period may range from forty to fi t.v years. L'hcre are many species of the Acave family, native to Northern Mexico, where it is call ed the Maguey. The plant fur nishes ‘ pulque,” the national drink of Mexico. At the time of blooming the plant throws up a single stock of rapid growth to the height of twelve feet, from which the tassel like flowers sprout forth. This great flower stalk draws all the sap and vigor from the body of the plank, which sooa withers and dies. At the base of the thick green •eaves are found little suchers, each with a root, which; When planted, at once begin to grow. The end and edges of the leaves are well arinea with still sharp spines, the prick of which is very painful. This is nature’s way of protect ing; the plant from the ravages of rabbits and other desert rodents. —Technical World Mugaziue. UNIQUE BANK SWINDLES. The recent robben of the Lon don and Southwestern Bank, by means of a series of 13 forged or ders for the transference of as many fictitious accounts from one branch to another, is unique of its kiod. Nor is it ever likely to be duplicat ed. The binks will see to that. Curiously enough, however, it was paralleled in part some years ago by a well known professional bank thief named Griffs. In the aggregate this astute individual se cared several hundreds of pounds by visiting branch suburban banks and pretending to ring up the Bank of England on the telephone. Instead of putting himself in communication with that institu tion, however, he was answered by a confederate. The telephone was then handed to the manager of the branch band, who heard, as he thought, the Chief Cashier of the Bank of England instruct him to place so many thousands of pounds to the credit of “Mr. Griffiths, of the Standard Oil Company,’’which was the name and role assumed by Griffs for the purpose of the swin dle. The ruse, through simple, and not, one would imagine, above sus picion, worked quite smoothly. Griffs cashed one cheque only, and that for a small amout, at each branch establishment. Then he bowed himself out. His splendid impudeuce did the trick. It has never been repeated, nor would it ever again meet with suecess if it were attempted— for obvious rea sons. Another feat that has never been duplicated was performed by the notorious “Captain Bevan,” bet ter known, perhaps, as the “King of the Forgers.” When perforated cheques were first introduced he filled in the original perforations on a cheque with paper pulp that was identical in color and texture with the rest of the document, The he reperforated \t for a much larger amount. The writing was also, of course, altered, TJnique, too, wag the well known cage of the forger who cleverly split a number of five pound notes in two horizontally.—Pearson’s Magazine, IN SIBERIA. Jlorrid is the picture of existence in the penal colonies of Northern Siberia given in a book just pub lished in German} by L. Tane, who returned to life after a burial of eight and a half years in the living grave of Kolymsk. Ip tfiat time, he says, he 9U<J after another of his fallows succumb to suicide^ hunger and insanity. They wet* all young men and were all sent away for terms ranging from five to ten years for political offenses. The trip to Kolymsk takes six teen months. ‘T was twenty years old,” ho say®, ‘‘when I was coin victed for harboriug liberal cop vietions. In our party were a gi* teeu year ol^ boy add another a year younger-. All told we were fifty politicals *’ The writer de scribes the agogies of hunger wbioh the depot ted “politicals” "ad to endure. Mail was received three times a year. “I neyer shall forget one mail d;iy” he says, “in eighteen months ;i certain one of our number had not heard from home. Thm mail brought him a, left9i'. It was a, last greeting written ip an uucertaia hand by his mother on her death beef, fn desperation he did what what ao many of our party had done before him, and whioh others did after we laid him away.”— Chicago News. —Electrically heated plates, oper ated by levers, are the principal feat ure in a new clothes pressing pAaToniA. BeantL ^The Kind You Hate Always Bought IS SCIENCE CONQUERING TUBERCULOSIS7 Is there any certain hope for the consumptive! Is there today more hope for the sufferer from tuber culosis than there has been hereto fore, or are the powers or science practically helpess in the face of this malady! There is scarcely a person in this country who has not been brought into vital and intimate relationship with the disease, either through its manifestation in himself or by reason of some friend or relative on whom it has fastened its hold. It is an everpresent dan ger to the dweller in slums and tenements. It is an apprehension, remote perhaps, but never wholly absent from the minds of hus bands, parents and wives of every condition and class. Kecent years have seen an in creasing determination on the part of civilized nations to come to close quarters with this scourge, to grapple with it by every means available, and to exterminate it from our midst. The recent Con gress in Washington has proved the culminating point of this awakening public interest. vvnen, tneretore, one reads* the long, technical accounts of doctors’ papers and specialists in confer ence, the all absorbing questions rise to the lips of the sufferer from thjs disease, or of those nearest to him, “Is there real hope for re covery!” and “Has anything been done to make this hope a little surer and clearer than heretofore!’ These questions may be answered unequivocally in the affirmative. Not only does the medical profes sion seem to be supplied with ad ditional means of recognizing the disease at a more early stage, but the public itself has been educated in the value of this right recogni tion. The earlier a case of tubercu losis begins treatment diiected to ward a cure of the disease, the greater the probability of ultimate recovery. While it must be admitted that up to the preseut time no single specific cure has been positively found—the claims made at the congress by Dr. Ishigami of Japan as to the value of his serum re maining still unsubstantiated ahd unendorsed by the medical pro fession at large—more and more stress has been laid upon hygienic measures and modes of living for the strengthening of the patient’s own powers than upon the use of any particular medicine. There is no need of that spirit of hopeless ness and despondency which pre vailed twenty-five yeais ago, In numerable observations have been made, the world over, of persons cured of tuberculosis, of the lungs —cured to stay cured.—Alfred Meyer, M. D., Chairman of the New York State Committee of In ternational Congress on Tubercu losis in Harper’s Weekly. THE PUMICE STATE. The name “Pumice State” might fairly be given to Nebraska. It ap pears from a recent bulletin of the United States Geological Survey that practically the entire state is overlaid by natural deposits of this substance, in all stages of con solidation, from fairly solid rock to fine dust. AU the pumice produced in the United States in 1907, amounting to 8,112 tons, came from Harlan and Lincoln Counties, Nebraska. Pumice is a volcanic product, and its presence in such large quan titles in Nebraska and some ad joining states is evidence of former volcanie activity in that region. It is produced by the rapid expan sion of gases in lava, due to sud den release of pressure, which eith er forms a very light, porous rock or may completely shatter the lava into duss, in which state it may be transported great distances by wind and deposited in drifts. In tbe Western part of Nebras ka th,ere are impure masses of it, probably deposited in this way, 100 feet or more in depth. In a single year, from 1906 to 1907, the price of pumice rose from $1.37 to $4.17 a ton, owing to increased dif ficulty of mining and transporta tion. Nearly all the pumice or the volcanic “ash” used in the United States is made into polishing pow de? o$ incorporated in abrasive spapp. Other possible uses in the manufacture oi semi fused filling brick, of mineral* wool, of puzzo lan cement and ofka cheap kind of glass.—New York Herald. —Of the 588 locomotives in Rou mania, 417 use petroleum for fuel. FREY’S VERMIFUGE ii the same good, old-fashioned medicine that has saved the lives of little children for the past 60 years. It is a medicine made to cure. It has never been known to fail. If your child Is sick get a bottle of FREY’S VERPWR A FIM| TQIHQ FOR CHILDREN s- ijo not take a substitute. If 121m tb S, JTMnr BalUmore, Wd. eudubottj/s^iljl^e nailed you# Chills! Chills! Chills! ROBERTS’ CHILL TONIC The best 26c remedy on the market for,cJ'Us- A meet excellent tonic 25c FW W; A lar8e TRY it x,a e ,by 1111 dealers. IKY IT. Manufactured by SUFFOLK DRUB & EXTRACT CO. INC. Suffolk, Va. ’ J. B. HYATT UNDERTAKER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR Pxctuvft Frax&ing PHONE NO. FIFTY B Great Gffer. The Southerner offers to its paid up in advance subscribers The Weekly Southerner and The Progressive Farmer, $1.56. The Daily Southerner and The Progressive Farmer, $4.50. The Progressive Farmer is pub lished weekly, is equal to th best agricultural journal of the country, with its pages teeming with farm information for people of this State and section. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Having qualified as executors of th last will and testament of Gray Biy an late of Edgecombe county, notice is hereby given to all persons hold ing claim against the estate of oun testator to present them duly proven on or before Nov. 5th, 1909, or this notice will be plead in bar of recov* ery. All persons indebted to the estat must make immediate settlement. This Oct. 31st, 1908. LEROY W. G. BRYAN, J. W. BRYAN. Executors. Notice to Creditors. Having qualified as executors of the last will and testament of Lydia Brown, late of Edgecombe county, no tice is hereby given to all persona holding claims against our testatrix to present them duly proven on or be will be plead for Oct. 15th, 1909 or this notice will be plead in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the estatei must make immediate payment. This 9th of October. H. G. BROWN, G. R. BROWN, 6t Executors Notice to Creditors. /Having qualified as Executor of the last will and testament of W. J Cor bett, late of Edgecombe county, Nort Carolina, notice is hereby given to> all persons holding claims against myj testator to present them to the under signed, duly proven on or before the 18th day of Oct. 1909, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery All persons indebted to the estate of my testator must make immediate payment. This the 22nd day of September 1908. W. W. CORBETT, Executor, R. G. ALLSBROOK, Attorney. Notice. By virture of the power contained, in a mortgage or trust deed to me ex ecuted by Logan Jackson on the 10th. day of August 1906, and duly record ed in Edgecombe county Registry in* Book 112 at page 435, 1 will on Mon day the 30th, day of Nov. 1908, be tween the hours of 10 o’clock a. m.» and 2 o’clock p. m., sell to the high est bidder for cash at the court house door In Tarboro, the land described in said mortgage to-wit: A certain, parcel of land in the town of Tarbotot being part of the lot No. 134, b.etogi the land conveyed to said Joekson. by D. H. Harris and wife by deed, recorded in Book 101 at page 68 of said registry. This October 28th 1906.. G. M, T. FOUNTAIN, Mortgagee*. Notice of Administration. Having qualified as administrator on the estate of John C. Lancaster, late of Edgecombe County t thia is to notify all persons holding claims a gainst the said estate tu present the same to me duly verified on or before tne last day of October, 1909 or this notice will be plead in bar of their/ recovery; and all persons indebt ed to said estate will please make immediate settlement with me. ! This Oct. 27th, 1908. J. J. THORNE, Administrator of J. C. Lancaster., T. T. Thorne, Atty. Notice to Creditors. Having qualified as executor* of thi last will and testament of (MWfe) Wil lie A. Armstrong, deceased, late of Edgecombe county, notice; is hereby given to all persons holding claim®* against our testatrix to present theft duly proven on or before November 5. 1909, or this notice will be plead. In* bar of recovery. All persons indebted to* the estat; must make immediate settlement. This November 2,1908. O. P. cook; '■ J. E. HALES, Executonr DR. C. A. WHITEHEAD. Q850P Burgeon Dentist, TARBORO,. N. Oi. ; jaricx hours V to 1 and 2 to (L