'or all rcmimltl on? of the a&ort ay
eater and rise of pe highly born of tli?
eighteenth century. Commissions tbfu
) . > paid for by the aristocracy.
and companies were often comjkj
m'jmdcd by children Tbu -wrote i my
Dorothy Neville on one iwirtlcuiur instance
of the custom: "Lord Arma-^
" dale, T>ne of the 8cotti?h judges, bad
a son, who,'* at tbo age of seven qr
twelve, rose to the rank of major. One
momlng Ms mother bearing a noise In
the nursery rang to know the can ho ;
of It 'It is only tbe major greeting
(crying) for his porridge/ explained the
uu~-" . j
Explosive Foro# of Wator. ' I
Wjite^ looked upon as the tamest of
liquids, Is as (rsat an explosive as dynamite
under certain conditions. In
.one day water breaks up more eayth
uud rock than all the gunpowder, guncotton
and dynamite in tbc world do In
a year. These explosives can be con
trolled by human energy. but( water
doe^not hold itself- accountable to
UMte. It runs luto the ground, freezes,
expands and splits the soil Into little
pieces. Finding a crack in a huge rock,
it repeats the same process, forcing it
asunder. If frozen lo tW pores of a
; ~ . tret It often explodes wltfi a report like
I , ; a gunshot and thatforce of a dynamite
bomb.
1 ! A Lsofl * *. *
\ "DM jroa sail jour wlfs tsko Ions
trio on soar bouoraooar
i - \ 'it Mined long to me. Her father
' i had promised to petUo a *uug sum of
i money on oa a? scion as we got back:"
?Chicago Becord-Herald. x
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Cr>lng Baby of Home Ufa.
A baby "crying in the, night and
with no language toll a cry" found
that language in a New Jeraey town
quite, sufficient for the Immediate
family, as It yaa inibrraatlon to the
effect that the house was on Are,
thereby, at the early ago of one year
saying twenty Urea. This ought
, somewhat to justify that generally
acknowledged nuisance, the crying
baby.
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Always at Work en Cathedral.'
About 60 workmen are permanently
employed In keeping St. Paul's cathe<
diet. London. England, in repair. ' s
'! irrtifu i'i.g -i 11
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"Rostvii
For
' Many a man and woma
found that Postum is a ture
health.
A doctor writes:
) "I have Wen using Poatum for
. . and think It has bad a good deal I
than SS yann ot age. 1
"I recommend It to all my path
*, using It has c only, praises for Its
their nervous systems; like m(
coffee altogether."- ^ '
Postum is a pure food-c
small proportion of molsssesed.
ft is absolutely from froir
and tannin?common causes <
ney and nerve disturbance.
Some people marvel at tl
coffee and using Postum, but
about it-only common sense
Postum now comes in tw
Regular Postum?must
Instant Postum?a Solu
ing. A spoopful stirred in a ci
liciousbeveiEge instantly. :
The cost per cup of botl
"Tlmere's a
1 % SOCIAL UNREJIT. ,
The condition of the industrial
classes Is distinctly better today I
than erer before. In Greet Britain
os a rcwult of recent socULl
legislation enacted to meet and
to allay this unrest, there are
14,000,000 of workers who aro
Insured by tbo government*
against unemployment and disability
caused by accident orsickness.
There are hundred* of
thousand# of aged men and wo
men drawing pensions from the
state, while BpO.OOO people seery
week receive medical relief
for which the government pays
the blli, and during the past year
?50.000 mothers not only received
free medical care In giving
birth to their children, hut In addition
were granted a considerable
cash bonas. Yet in tbe face of i
tbfcse facta the demands of tbo j
proletariat grow apace and employers
are kept In constant
dread of labor troubles.?Rer. - |
I J. A. McCalloin. Philadelphia.
-Mor? W?Py.
"It used to be my ambition," soli
tlio business man, "fo accumulate
fortune and then retire.'.' <*"
"Welt," answered the friend, "haven.'
you realised^?"
*>fa. Tre irof tho f^rrnoy hnf i .lorV
dare retire. I've got to atay awuk.
night and day to keep somebody fron
taking It away from me."
Light's Influence on Fto-aers.
It la known that light Influences
Very largely the aroma of fl overs. A
garden la more fragrant when It li
abided than when the sun ia allowed
to ahlne In full blaro ur^n it. Tblt
at^aty rate, la Uiq conclusion of a
French man who hts rc^c.Uy mado I
vast number of experiment*. Thai
which affects tiio fragrance of flowers
J# not the oxygen of the atrodaphero
oa has been commonly supposed, bul
the light
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Sacrifice Health for Mcney.
People who are njjserly about money
ought to have eaneo enough not to
ho prodigal >iih their health rdacfvo,
but they ecem to havo over developed
foresight only in qr.e direction.
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.
m
Mine"
a with coffee troubles has
and pleasant way back to
tbc Ust apvca or eight years,
0 do with my look^i^yocnger
?na, and thoae who have heen
uutejnd. Ita good efftcia on
1 they have given up tea and
Irink made of wheat and a
-roasted and skilfully blendi
the coffee drugs, caifeinc
}f heart, stomach, liver, kidle
benefits Trom leaving off
there ts nothing marvelous
. j/ v.
0 forms:
be boiled. 15c and 25c jikgs
ble powder, requires no boil
up of hot water makes u <*e
!0< and 50c tins
1 kinds is about the same.
Reason"
TUM
Old by Croc rs everywhere .
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I ty of North Carolina, m hero lut
" deal ul Couo'lTs"'hooI?! W.'a'lMT.
; otto, lie li if early this rooming tor
Cay lords. N. C.. where he Is hilled
to make ah educational address.
Richard D. Gay of Portsmouth,
Va., is registered ut Hotel Louise.
Mrs. 8allie Duguid'of Vancehoroi
N. C.. is the guest of friends. ~
C. M. Mooring of Aurora, N C.J
was a passenger on the Washington
and Vandemere train yesterday.
Capt. J. Monroe Wallace of New
York, formerly of this city, left today
for hi- home after spending several
weeks with friends and relatives
in this my.
T. E. Cook of Lynchburg, Va., is
a Washington visitor
G. A. Connor of xselhaven, N. C.,
accompanied by his head salesman,
Mr. Morgan, wercWaahingtdn visitors
yesterday. They were enroute
to High Point for the purpose of pur
chasing furniture.
T. A. Brooks and wife of Bath,
N. C? passed through the city today
enroute to New York, where Mr.
BrookB will purchase his spring and
sumemr stock of gools.'
Mrs. Herbert Griffin of Swan Quarter,
N. C., who has bedb the guest!
1 of her^ sister, Mrs. H. M. Stilley, has
i1 returned to her home.
J. W. Chesson of Belhaven, N. C.,
I* was here yc3terday enroute to Greenville
N. C.
J James Watson and wife of Fairly
field. N. C., who have been the
guests of friends here, lett^for their
home yesterday via automobile.
Appetites.
, Sir John 'Lade and the duke of
Queens berrz ("Old Q.~) once laid a
, wager for ?1,000 on'who should proI
'luce a man to eat tho most at one
fitting. The duke could not attend tho
[ contest, but his representative wrote:
t "I have no time to stele particulars,
t but merely to acquaint your grace
, that your man beat ht* antagonist by
a pig and an apble pit>." What must
| they have eaten!?Lo>?don Chronicle.
Inherited Oharacter/ |
_It t.as boon e*?lalned th?,t character
"hud behavior. of oH orgdtric raattor,'
p'anls as well as animals and humSh
t'sings, is determined bz what are
i ioY-n as oharaoter units. Thus In
a hypothetical e*ce of the
ihrewd, cruel father and the shiftless,
hind mother, wo ha^e four distinct
diameter units, whichHhrough Inheritance
reappear variously grouped in
the offspring.
Ubiquitous Scot.
Lord Strathcona often declared thgt
a Scotsman, though he spent his life
abroad, often remains a Scotsman, and
tho ubiquity or the race was a favorJte
conventional theme wltl^hlm. To
tQoetrato, he told of a Scotsman In
Shanghai who wagered with an in
crtoiuloua southerner that he would'
dSivrer' a brother Scot In e/efcy ship
In *ad harbor. G'oln^ to each ship In
tuffr and shouting, "Aro you there
Mr*?" Into the engine raetn, he got
"Aye, ayo," as answer every time.
fileeo WhIU -nn th? Mawh _ I
$Uep can peral6t with the exercise:
of ctrtain muscles. Couriers on long
Jd>rueys nap on hor*esbac.'c. Among
tt j lo.prcsfiivo incidents of Mir Joht
disastrous retreat Ho Co nana,
it Sv^ltr, not tlvt least striking Is the
n"Mo;dcd fact that many of his soldi
sru paraded their marclv-*wnllo fast
aeleup. Bnrdach. however, affirms
t*nt this Is not uicommon among solt
. *" ' ^
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Zola's Dreaded Namber.
To Emtio Zola 17 waa always
A number of evil omen, so much so
'hat for years he could scarcely be In
Iticcd to hstve his hous-;, and nevei
undertook any Important work, on
that day of the month. Ho pernicious
ly did It <tog his footsteps that the
narrowest escape he erer bad frofa ?
tragic death was due U> a cab which
boro the rrumber he dreaded.
Dyspepsia Routed by Laughter.
You may beat your dyspepsia by
Joking ait It. 1 sat down at the clut
lunch opposite an artlrt suffering from"
indigestion, myself being a fellow suf
ferer. 1 prescribed. Let's fake the
absolutely worst things! We ordered
roast pork, roly-poly pudding and
Scotch ala, laughed all the time at tht
tolcmi^ men who were giving other ad
vice, and?when we mot again con
tossed thiyt our dyspepsia had disap
pearcd in laughter!?London Chron
Icle.
/
To Keep Above Sordid Grind.
The thlpg ono loves U> do la never
tireiome, and If you can teach yourself
to enjoy the common routing thero will
never ho any depressing fatigue. Per
haps one can nevor grow to love the
drudgery part of any work, but !t tho
mind is kept abovo It, by working toward
a more cfflciant way of performing
the task, or if not that, by training
tho mind to do the homely thlngn with
the thoughts on something else, you
will obviate much of the usual, weariness.
especially In the housework rou
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mail it'and the papc
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NOTICE OP SALE
By virtue'of the power of sale ?
contained In a certain Mortgage
feed dated the 29th day of Octo- r
ber, 1906, by Rhoden Holland to d
W. D. Grimes, which said Mortgage
Deed Is duly recorded in the office _
of the Register of Deeds for Beau- ,
fort county. In book 143, at page 36.
the undersigned will, on the 23rd day
Of March, 1914> at 12 o'doek M., offer
for sale at the Court House door l
In the town of Wahsington, North ,3
Carolina, for cash to the highest
bidder the following described land:
That tract of land lying and being
in Washington township and beglnainr-at
the Junction of R. W. Wharton
and the Mill road running west ?
to Tranter's Creek road; thence v&Rh
vue Barn i ranters creex roaa Bouth ?
.0 Tranter's Creek; thence down fte \
ja!d creek running an eastwarly dl- 8
recUon to R. W. Wharton's line; c
with R. W. Wharton's line running t
North to the begining, containing ten ii
j 10) acres, more or less. d
The sa^ld land adjoins the lands P,
of Riley Sheppard, John Sheppard, i
Warren 8heppard and Peter Bmaw. a
It being the same land conveyed to *
thoden Holland by Cornelia J. Be- 1
bee, by deed bearing date December
12nd. 1905; and reference Is here- 1
>7 made to the said deed for further 8
Inscription. Default having- been j
nado in the payment of the bond re- j
:lted in the aforesaid Mortgage Deed 3
rom Rhoden Holland to WD..
Jrlmes.this sale is made to sallefy
md pay the said bond.
This 18th day of Feb. 1114. *
W. D. GRIMES, >
Mortgagee. 1
'rank fi. Bryan," Owner of the Debt, t
'rank H. Bryao, Attf. J
1-19-4we. L.V-.1 v J
N'OTICE OF SIMMONS. c
State eff North. Carolina County of w
Beaufort In the Suporior Court,
Before the Clerk.
Blanche Winstead, a minor, by her *
next friend and father. W. C. '
Waters 1
vs a
Otis W-instead. 11
To the Defendant, Otis Winstead: ? 8
You are hereby notiQ^^that I
Blanch Winstead a minor by her i
est friend and father W. 0. Waters i
has instituted an action In the 8u- j
perlor Court of Beaufort county, N.
C., to declare her marriage to* you,
the said defendant, OUs WShstead,
null and void, by reason of the nonage
of said plaintiff, at the time of i
said marriage.
You are therefore- further com- ^
manded to appear at |^e next term i
of the Superior Court of Beaufort
county, N. C., to which this summons
5gth XrlTthr" flmMoni^WiU'M" ?h
it being April 6th, 1914, and answer ^
days of eaUt^tcrm. and.answer^or \
8 box?or any similar J
>f paper the sire of yflU
aside of the lid?
ig foot against / AJ\\
ie lid and the /aYV/
l?L Trace /aYY
is shown / A Y /
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right /. N vy
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TURNAGE.S
Royal Blue Store
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ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
The undersigned n&vtng this day
uly qualified before the Clerk of
be Suporlor Court of Beaufort couny
as Administrator of the estate of
>avld W. Gaaklll, deceased, Tate of
he county of Beaufort, notice Is
tereby given that all* callms against
aid estate, duly verified, must be
lied with the undersigned within
welve months from tfcis date, or j
his notice will be pleaded in bar of
heir recovery. All persona lndebt
d to the estate^ are requested to I
lake immediate payment.
This 11th day of March, 1914. j
R. M. GA8KILL,
idmr. David W. Gaaklll, deceased. I
mall, MacLean, Bragaw ft Rodman!
Attys.
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NOTICE. OP SALB
By Tlrtue of the power of sale
ontalned in a mortgage deed to me j
xecuted by-Thomas Crawford and |
rife dated Nov. 27, 1902. and duly :|
ecorded in the Register's office of!
leaufort county in I\ook 116,r page
58, which is hereby referred to, I f
rill sell at public auction, for cash,
o the highest bidder at the Courtouse
door in Beaufort county, on
londay, April 6th, 1914, at noon./
be property deVcribed in the said p
mortgage as follows:
In Richland township, Beaufort
ounty. Beginning at James Snath's
orner and running with his line to
gum in Brown's run, thence to
!rawford's ditch, thence with sold
itch down to the old road;'thapce
rlth the old road to the beginning
ontalning eleven and three-quarter
11 3-4) acres. .
This 4th day of March- 1914.
W. H. WHITLEY.
0 Mortgagee
.. D Midyette, Owner of Debt.
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NOTICE OP MORTGAGE RALE ;
Under and by virtue of the power 1
f sale contained in a certain mortgge
deed executed the 4th day of
anuary, 1908, by A W. Dixon and
orded "> boo* "J; Vecorde, which
ho Beaulort covintT r pltticulare
" .reby "' ??*? ??d. ! ? ?>.
eladlt ha/log cir,a hy tald:
oyaont of * d"oacr?tcoed mortg-1
hrtrumdnl. ? n daT to, gut
gee will* <>n TVva at 12 o clock
ay of April. If* the bigfcaat bid
oon oiler r?T J^he courthouse door
??????*? '
crimed tract ?',n?n th, county ot
lS5i *n4 "{"a townahtp. and
lodhlort. WcWjJOJJ ? tollowe.
nown ?>4.,4*"JK, M. Johnaon,*
leginninB * , ?. ?r corner and <
now J. Bw Via1! main r^ad ^re-twerd
unlnf with the ma B.
larcer'a) corner, j.j jjost; I B
In. TO T?4? Jf lUtl to <>?
hence Boiitn, ?I. MBC# with aald
ohnaon b comer , ^eglnnlnf* I
? **' line to acres!
obtaining one "4 and being U?* I
> lend, more or lc?a. gmtthtaa I
?? V4,oorc???n *$&\
lawyer by . recorded In thei
,j deed ??? Beaufort county 1
1ftSSSwi'SStf'S
n reterred l? " s?ld lande werat
his conreyanca ^ the aald 1
tterwarda conreyad ** u&d
'won by *4"iIK,red in boo* ?o. j
Y?4**ot t" Baaulort county
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NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE. following deecrlbed rani mUU, fowl
t: ,
North Cm olin^uBeau fort County Beginning at a maple aUndlng at
In the Superior Court i the Norfleet Northeaet corner run- * -9
Columbus Geylord et al ???? theaca with the norfleet line 1
vs O/ ditch N. 41 1-1 W. 1098 feet to 1
7?r* -4 "" r&!!ri?: m
"> """ion. tween kite No. ( ulWo t of the
By virtue of an execution direct- Johu Oeylord dlrlslon N. IT E. 1370
od to the underlineeo from tho eu- [eet to u aerreyed ttuo or otieek;
pertor court of oBoutort county la theece with euld line or (trunk B I
tho nboro entitled action. I will, on ?? 1-3 *. 30i0 font to tho Adeaa I
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