TnE 6KX OP TUB ns.in. -.p proximately every flr? hun -*ons [n the United Statee in' -* was one an intalU of I a'vluin. The exact flg- 1 !n a recent report of! enu, state that In a! "f 500.000 p or 1 ? 40 *ex, 20c I ? a yea [ ?^alcn would V | ylums. In 1880 - of Inmates In in I ?he United State* ?ns'es* and 20,30" ftr? later th ? rna'cs Increased v' number of fe "96. The e? Trlmlasiona '? ?ill! further In iroportion namely, 1" ?ci 100 females. An analysle "ilmips'.ons as to the spe ? f Insanity involved brins l\e in'erestSng fact that i " T-ychosIs and Rt?npral pa -1 v?!s are deducted, the proportlo *??*? f? practically the same -~s mentioned, sayn th ! of the American Medical As >t.on, would ?eem to bo those which, generally, are the result r dissipation. Alcohol and syphilU aTnln established their superiority s>: man's most dangerous allied foe?. deal re to pleaae yen. AH ?rllclM xiit to tb? D?lljN??i tc- publication nait.k* timid br tb? writer, otbarwlu tb?r ?|4 not b? publish Ad. -n MONBAjr, PHBkCART ?. 1916, taeklng Tenant*. 4. fellow was telling os that whan ho ?o: the Job as a renting man he; waa ?o green ha started aeeklng tenant* lu quite an original way. Ha called oo the fire stations covering localities where bis buildings were situated and a box of olgars to the firemen g/v'sed a promise to pbona him every time a rtre occurred. Day c night he covered the fires. It wasn't very di?cult to get tenants, as be arrived at the psycho logical moment when a man'* ?to*e or office was In Urines and anythiu* la the way of floor of thla kind waa ap preciated and many of theae tenants became permanent, for naJucaUj, after being secured under theae excep tional circumstances, a strenuous ef fort .s made to give them better serv ice y . . . To me at azvy rate, th# present ;r J ho UVtiO of U, ,1 some people ooui' ?? ? " they use while laegtla* r*n themselves U vet \ real hearty isugl the ays' cm. It no reon good who enjoyi it '!?>??* river jona good alM ' : n? u. "T/t ?uch a laugh there tg m criticism. But there are people ?k< laughing, but who laugl t - -r-*c *rr*? ata^aar, aat ?\t~ -nr-ei impossible tat .'i9c?.ed laugh, by alU^r ? or ? womaa. ia a co?nterfe(t r*j tu'? true feelings. There la eo sacaa sity 'o laugh loudly; fhe hearilea laugh is the softest in tona. Ret*eu> her. whet> laughter la natural tt lalfrs slst>b!? ind beduttra); a^id #Jien It A forced It falla Ilka raaptii brsss ?p? faired ??r? Aa AeHva Mvcr Meaas Health. If you want good health, ? clear complexion and freedom from Dlixl aeee Censtl pat lots, Bllloastum. Headaches s?d Indlgaatlon. Uke Dr. Kins't New Ufa Fills. They dtlr* out fermenting and undlgaated food*, clear tha Bleed and cure Constl#* yo,. Q?( I.., .t ro? drWl? I . H ? i sjgs Biscuit' ?pp?tite, ? and > U< VM??I I l??ll?Ql1 ft Mil 3 cants in the moiatur*. Bay biscuit hakmJ by NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Ahuayt look for that noma DESTROY GRASSHOPPER EGGS !Vh?re Insacta Have Been Abundant During Paat Season Entire Fields Should Be Harrowed. 1y a P. OTT.T-KTTFJ, Colorado Experi ment Station.) The gTaaahoppera have laid their sKgB In the upper one and one-half '.nchcv. of the soil, where they-jrlll re main until next May or June before tfcey butch. They are mostly laid about the borders of tho fields, along j roadsides and upon ditch banks. | These places should be plowed or ! several Mmci harrowed before the | first of n?xt May. wherever the eggs j have been laid in large numbers. A little careful digging for them will enable the farmer to tell where they have been deposited. In alfalfa fields the eggs are often found about the alfalfa plants. Where the hoppers have btvn ibundant the past summer and fa if he entire fields should be thoroughly harrowed two or three'times this fall or during winter or 5? M??:wo .OTfr mta thM about M to uk* H iru the e*leea there Is f Credit through- : Jnnd will be to all cotton producer?. There wii evidence that msuy of the state committeemen agreed with the idea advanced by . officials here that cotton producers nexi year must tent their cotton production. The cot ton loan committee will use every means to convince growers of the ne cessity of curtailment. The representatives from 10 states Included: , Moort^eed Wright Arkansas; R. F. M add ox, Georgia; liol Wexler, LoulsV ana; Z. D. Davis, Mississippi; JOeopb O. Brown, North Carolina; A. C. Trumbo, Oklahoma; R. G.' Rhett, South Carolina; Henry D. Lindsloy, 1 Texas; E. L. Rice, Tennessee; and State Senator Milton, Florida. Tlie cotton loan committee was I represented by W. P. G. Harding and Paul M. Warburg, of the Federal Re- | serve Boanfj J. P. Forgan of Chlca- j for Festus J. Wade of St. Louis, A B. Wlggln, New York, and Levi Rue Philadelphia. BACK TO THt . Whoro Comfort Still !? Fount M Longing Ones as In the Days Long Past. New York. ? Certain of our wis* met of today have ?hndod away sin till It becomes an expression of tuftF"1 perament, aaya Collier's. They toll as that we Bin because our grand father sinned and because our home la situated In the wrong block. These *re clever word* of clever comforters, ! and surely they ought to wipe away i forever the tears from our eyes. But they do not apeak to human need. They leave the life blighted and the heart ashamed. They leave the sla tting one to continue in despair. He does not ask that his sin shall be ex plained away. He wishes forglvenew | And a fresh start In the book, whlub 1s not reed as once it wm, there are j no soft words about Bin. But the wey out is shown. And not only Is for giveness offered tn this book, bnt man's need Of comfort la met There U comfort is plenty, These writers knew th* hitman flwL They uw man brcraen h> nia ton and his grief. And tof too. they had the an is Mi' ' They told of a being of love, itfci irtf hk* rtVOila wtita ?ni> edcecwf? universe. This love, they ? aflL ftB.oattftolous nt how the littlest Jmjk 994 the old man are sick at to come close to their loosftijBM. Wh%p again /rill any con* tfany 'ot wjrttfjn say the. things they kntW Tu "aueh t?nitlgf words, such pW* turea of' humble life ? the boy far away from the ffcotie Of his home and ?ar get* fta shameJMtuch tree storlee ?f lowly., demotion bresdrlrtg through ;?to b?^tf**.;.J*eh4a cwept away h? /ween us aq? them* hut not one ae oent ?f Nepujl'* voice 1? ,|pat > and stJJi the "Turn again, , my daugh ter*,* * la *lstfjil as wfetn It breathed thrtrogfT the alien ootsl What riob#r eo isolation are we hua fry for. A?t'W? tanxlieai JMsal Ilea the hamon- heart jthaagad uadet the wear of .u>e.ce?t?iM* that *r no longer ?ee*? forglveoeas gad. grief ( has no need of a 9^od?t M our shfpa aafled fto far tojit they, hayv revealed to us a hraVer continent thm?, the flelda where petn oiiee ' nilgned M ?s our science so ecete tbkt H hae twnlahed faOure from osae's ttfet H man's heart at laei m* German Crulaere Deetreysd. London.? The victory off the Faulk ?and Islands where the British squad foa sank the GenaftQ orultera Scharn horat Onelienau and I? which German railway builders hare bad their ey?i set for meny^yaara. Withdraw*! of the German tyoopa frew tha weft to tfreegthen their m nles in the Bast has enabled the A1 lies to reentne the Initiative akmg tha troat reaching from the Swlas hor Urn to the Kerth Pea aad havg heea m to this : M Famoat Moving Pktaro Actor, taym': The gre.t thing aboufTuxedo is the fact that It ghres full fragrance and i Bad Tuxedo not only the height of pipe enjoyment but a distinct benefit because it gives just the | of relaxation. Tuxedo is i aa exceptional tobacco." ?drzjvLZJ&S "As Popular As Hie Movies" ?TUXEDO Tuxedo answers every smoke desire ? every little craving, every longing for the one Perfect. Fipe and Cigarette' m tobacco. No matter when or how you smoke Tuxedo it tends ? right into your heart a glimmer of Gladsome Sunfihihfe. Atid you can just about Ijsar the honaybees bpzz in the far-off gardens. YOU la Tin Humidor, 40c and 50c THE AMERICAN TOBACCO British Official HUlorlan Claims A I lies Are Using All Their Big Guns and Effectively. I^ondon. ? The Brits*h reply to t*ie American note occupies the attention of the British preBs and pttblic In (Me "Vflbence of any important news from the European batUeftolda. The mans and French c?TIc!:*l rero'l-1 ^ most recent fighting lr the wp?'?rB field are almost ji repetMonn of thore issued on preceding day?. A British eye-witness who has heon the official historian of event* at t:.e front lay stress on the Important part played by the artillery and hl.th explosives In modern warfare and claims superiority for the allies In ar tillery which Is being used to Its full strength. From the cost to the River Al?e. where the country is under water ar.d the rivers are flooded, the bi( gur>s bare been engngAd -rontlnuously. but the water anl mud prevent the fnfsn* try from coming into action. Atom the A lane Valley however, and through the Champagne district as_f;',r ?s western Argonne the French are pushing their offensive and organizing the ground gained. These gains ha^e _beon made at heavy cofL In wontern' Argonne the Germars also claim to bave made gains and lo have repulsed a Trench attempt to carry their trenehes In the Woevre and Alaace. . , nii The oijly news rfrojn the J5a*t la the German report that the. Russian offen sive ti?*ard Mlaw* has failed. thc> fore* having b'eeb drfren back. In -the Caucasus the Turks bars mnde, a stand on the frontier neni Rar^-ijrg%n afld *rp fiercely attack ing the Russian 1lne$. Seemingly the Russians believe the report that ttie Tdffclsh cruleer Ooebcn j baa been damaged, -for their Bis c Bea, fleet which It superior to th? ;Xurklab .flcei wHh.tbe Ooeben. ha? been nttnrkinc: Turkish porte and de strovlnr their shipping. , There 1* no development hi the nea? ?a at beyemd tbe rbport from Sofia thr ? M. Guenadloff. torm*I Bulgarian jplv later- of foreign affairs, la leaving fo ponje on a semi-official mission, tb* object of which fi to aioertaln the ai tltbtfe of Haly towards tbe posalbl' future coordination of ItaloHulgarla; interests in the war. Knew Something Abevt N. Bhooired Visitor? "Do voa mean ta any. Bobble, tbnt you have n#v?r r?-a< tbr Bible r* Bobble (trying %o keep op appearances) ? "Well, I may not oav? read it, but I know what It la Ml right." "W4M, what la rfTlM botfk they get~-movlng ylotur Wort' ' rrni" ? f J fm ' ?0|M> ' ' Notice la hereby g1*en tbat the Arm rompoeed- of J. R. Meeklns. and H. H, Sattlrtbwalt* has been dis solved and tbat the business thereof baa been sold td Raymond Woolard #\o Is entitled to eolleot all sr counts due the said firm* add has as sumed all debts payable by them The said Raymond Woolard wfll con tin i# tbe bb-lness at tt? store OS the east aide of McNsIr street heretofore occupied by Mid Arm. This Jan. 1st, 1118. h.. h RATMOKD WOOLARD. w wn . _ ^ THY THIS FOR YOUR OOU Thousands of peddle keep coup it ing because / unable to get the rlfcbii remedy. Coughs are caused by la ?animation of Throat and Bronchial Tubes. What you need la to sooth* this Inflammation. Take Dr. King's New Discovery, It peuetrates the d *1 tcate mucous lining, raise* t hi Phlem' and quickly relieves the con gested membranea Qet a 50c bottle from your druggist. "Dr. King'? Newk Discovery quickly and com i pletely stopped my cough," writes . J. R. Watts, Ploydale, Texas. Money ' back ir not satisfied, but it nearly always helps. NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND Under and by virtue of an 1 ?Jde of said road, and being a par* | or ^he tract of land bought by R..T Buck from H. H. C arrow and wife by deed dated Feb. 19 1918. and more particularly described as fol lows: Beginning near the Anr* Buck place ft her line at the foad leading from Washington to Ne* Bern, and running with the said road northwardly to a small branct> near the public school house, then with the run of aald branch to th ? old line of aald Carrow tract, around the Ann Buck land, and with hr line to the beginning. Containing 10 scree more or lass. N- , 9nd. Tracts Deeded by R. T. BaeV I and wife Mary E to John Cox. Nov M. 1891, Book 79. page 996, an* I described ? as follows: All that tear' of land epecWed In s deed from V* |H. Cafrow and wife to ft. T. IlurV dated Feb. ir, 1I8?. Book 81. pag" 234. Recorda of Bjeeufort cou^ And situated on the fr?et side of th' Washington and New Bern rpa* Thi* being know? as the Flney tract hounded on the fcorth by the lend" of Rlellard Bunk; on the eaat hv the lands of Ann Buck; en the south by th? lendt of Ann Buck; on the WMt by the Lewie Taylor lafide. Containing 4$ seres more or if* Th'* being one ef the tract* of land rnnvoved bf Wlfiilfe ftsrdln* to H If. Carrow. Book 4t. page 469, Hec ordA of Beaufort count/. The above two tracts eotuprleed the ferm of the late John Co*, and will be sold Mb)** to the dower faUreat of the widow as above eUt ""thm in* - 1 Hi**. Cerne gle visits Whits Washington.? Andrew Csrn eg'.*. ?yj W4he Hoom caller expressed d*cld *d opposition to-p Christmas true# la At European . war. . It would be no ehrlstlan-ltke and Immoral he said to ?toy fighting and then resume it. Ha added he did sot belle** any natloa which adopted such a_saggestlon was doing it sli^osrely. k ? Mr. Ct?s?Is care It M his opinio* that the military casta hi Germany was responsible tot the war and that at the time host lit ilee broke ost the falser was ill and or posed to the war. "The Kalssr has torf me that he tooh the greatest pride In the fact that he reigned for uxany ysars wlttfoel being lnTolved in war," said Mr. Cs? negis. But. he was surrounded hy a ring Qt militarists who were eager I as war st any pries." Mr. Oaraeglo eaii he hoped that the world we?U be m ov? tto war that fiwa .fit PMCf would follow.., Mr. Oi^'ull ?kowad ?om? lnt?re*t la i nnaitlw :l\?t ha might to callad ipM by tto ;'ruM*ot to tola MM fbout ||u ?h? lto tlm? **??, "I will do ur ?Vlll I oaA." to **ld. 1 to '? Mr wu*o? Mm wt' ^ _ _ jwfcjrwh>' fto ado wt aM to too larra. , T?? ?I*a ?io*M alw?ff* to daUnalaal by lis ?vb*r1.0' or L As* Malta tk? hoa* elroia ?*- attrafe tl?* a* poMtb)*; ||T* tt th*-CHARM OF MUSIC, that r**tfal, alrratla, (harm whloh cr**t.? parity of thoufht and Indti*** kl(h?r ld*al*. Cho8.,JA. Stieff !?T, Wp6"t xtM of rvttff fc. * tcnirtni It h ? not'M ?'rttlth it ?orth? fnci. 'fiii nrhi kmUw? >w. <#MM r?o IV i*q ??!?(,? lup?h , Mr N