perhaps of the improvements to that home, y°"ve
promised yourself many times that you would m
them; been wondering how much money-outlay would
be required to make the home have that air of new
ness, so refreshing. Yes, we know your requirements
ought to by this time; been studying to please this
long time. That accounts for our elegant spring dis
play. More than this it accounts for the very low
price of new furniture, rugs, bedding, etc. We knew
you were considering the cost and just waiting to see
how much we would save you. We are prepared fully.
Lubin Furniture Co.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Leave your orders for Ice Cream
Saturday and they will be
delivered any time Sun
day in any quantity
from a quart up.
You Can't Afford to Miss Our Pure Cream.
California Fruit Company.
The Old
Oaken Bucket
Filled to the brim with
cold, clear purity—no such
*"% water nowadays.
Bring back the old days with
- a glass or bottle of
HMS?
It makes one think of everything that's pure
and wholesome and delightful. Bright, spark-
K ling, teeming with palate joy—it's
H your soda fountain old oaken bucket, fflj
Free 0ur _ new booklet '
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Refrigerators!
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We Carry the Best on the Market Buy
A LEONARD "CLEANABLE"
With Round Corners and you need not
have any fear of hot weather.
CALL IN AND SEE IT.
Shuford Hardware Co.
The Hand That Rocks The Craddle
Is The Hand That Rules The World.
INTEREST IN THE CONTEST
GROWS FROM DAY TO DAY.
Contest Has Only Seen Its Prelimi
nary Stage—it Is Never Too Late
To Nominate Your Favorite Baby
—Never Get The Impression That
Your Chances Are Not As Good
As Any Others—Vote Schedule
Remaining The Same Through
out The Contest.
In view of the immense amount
of interest which has been engen
dered in this contest, the manage
ment has decided upon offering
more special prizes.
In District No. 1, for the larg
est number of new yearly
subscriptions that are turned in
by Saturday night, May 18.
1912, we will give a ten dollar
gold piece. For the second larg
est number we will give a five
dollar gold.piece. You may take
new subscriptions for one year
each and they will apply on the
prize. In District No. 2, for the
largest number of new yearly
subscriptions turned in we will
give a ten dollar gold piece, and
for the second largest number
of new yearly subscriptions we
will give a five-dollar gold piece.
It is very important that you
turn your subscriptions in as
soon as possible so that the peo
ple who subscribe for the paper
will be able to get it right away,
and this cannot be done if you
hold your subscriptions until the
last minute.
Now is the time, if ever, to
summon al! your resources, all of
your determination, and all of
your energy. There are some
people concerned in this race
who haven't exhausted their list
of kinfolks in their search for
subscriptions and the accompa
nying votes, to say nothing a
bout getting out among their
friends and acquaintances, But
then, again, there are some who
have, so it behooves you to hur
ry up all around. Don't be a lag
gard in this race, and above all
don't be a quitter. Will you be
able to look your little darling
in the eyes if you do not do
everything in your power to
make her a winner?
This contest has only seen its
preliminary stages: there is
still plenty of time to win or lose.
It is not too late to start in the
race by any means, but you
should not delay it much longer,
get a book, get subscriptions, get
the advice of the Contest Mana
ger, come out vigorously and
energetically for your favorite
and you will be a hard one to
beat if indeed you are beaten at
all. If you worked hard on the
last special prizes, work just
twice as hard tfl win the ten
dollar gold piece this week.
There were a number who came
very close to winning last week,
and if they show the same de
gree of activity this week and
and next they will surely nrt be
disappointed the 18th of May.
Put lorth your very strongest
efforts, those dear little honey
bunches are deserving of no less,
to say nothing of the gratifica
tion which it will give you per
sonally to know that your efforts
have resulted in putting your
darling in the blue ribbon class.
Of course if you are at the top
of the heap it does not signify
that you may be at the bottom
next week. It takes sustained
•fforts to maintain a place at the
top. It is the everlasting plod
ir who has chances in this race
iot the one who gets out and
stops. Never get the impression
hat vour chances are not as
rood as any others. They are
f you apply yourself to the task
hat is cut out for you.
WINNERS OF THE $5.00 GOLD PIECES.
For the Largest Number of Subscriptions Sent in Up to Saturday
Night, May 4th, 1912. -
DISTRICT NO. 1.
Robert Lee Harris 00
Master Andrew Rudisill qq
Miss Mary Helen Flowers qq
Ruth Lanier
DISTRICT NO. 2.
Master George Wiley Sherrill - qq
Master Luther Huffman
Miss Lallie Summerrow
. Seven dear little babies profited as a
result of the race fo* special prizes the
last two weeks. The race was very
close and aroused much interest. So
great was the rivalry that some of ther
babies ran particularly neck and neck.
A. number in both districts just missed
reaching the the coveted goal and the
esult was in doubt up to the last mo
ment. In district No. 1 Miss Mary
Helen Flowers and Miss Ruth Lanier
tied for third place. The management
decided to give each baby a $5.00
gold piece.
We desire to take this opportunity
to congratulate the parents and friends
of the winners of their respective vic
tories and at the same time to felicitate
the babies who missed being winners
by such narrow margins. Just a little
activity on the part of their friend*
would have meant victory for them.
The prizes are ready for you at the
Contest Office. " - * • 
In Memoriam
• It is seldom that the Historian
of a Chapter of The Daughter,
of the Confederacy is called upon
to record the death of! the g
man for whom her
named, but such is my sorrowful
dU On May Third, 1912, Mr. Abel
A. Shut'ord, as in a vision, saw
God's beckoning smile and his
soui returned to Him who gave
over our Chapter
loss and trying to understand ,
a story of a great singer came to
mind. The husband of the sin
ger said of her, '"Yes, she has a
wonderful voice of surpassing
sweetness but there is something
missing. She needs to sutler,
must break her heart, I must
break her heart to make her
song perfect.And I thought,
Perhaps The Master saw that in
our Beloved Order something
was lacking, something missing
and that our hearts would have
to be broken before our sweet
labor of love could become full
and nprfprt "
From youth to manhood's
prime, Mr. Shuford was a man
who pressed forward, a man
who builded. In his youth, one
by one, he laid the foundation
stones of a character and step
by step, day by day, he added to
the wonderful building of his life
until the completed structure
stands before us a gleaming
tower, cheering, helping, point
ing the way. To his own heart
he ssemed to say:
Build thee more stately mansions,
O my soul,
As the swift seasons roll,
Leave the low-vaulted past,
Let each new temple nobler than the
last, -
Shut thee from Heaven with a dome
more vast
Till thou at lencth art free
Leaving thine outgrown shell by
life's unresting sea.
Will we take the lesson home?
Dies not this sorrow implant an
abiding desire to become Archi
tects of lives standing as his ever
will, for truth and riehtous
ness? Not many of us perhaps
will reach his tower-like height
or his perfection of proportion
in character building but we can
follow in simplicity the straight
lines in the day's duty. In offer
ing this memorial, I follow his
example of giving encourage
ment to you in our Chapter and
like him, I bid you,
"Build, sisters, build, for be
ye sure, Ye build far better
than ye know.
"The thing ye build - will
grandly grow and like the
truth itself endure.
What Texans Admire
is heavy, vigo r ous life, according to
Hugh Tallman, of Sanantonio. "We
find he writes," "that Dr, King's New
Life Pills surely puts new life and en
ergy into a person. Wife and I be
lieve that they are the best made "
Excellent for stomach, liver or kidney
troubles, 25 cts. at C. M. Shuford,
Moser & Lutz and Grimes Drue Co.
Miss Ada Schenck has gone to
Wadesboro to spend part o! her vacation
in a visit to her father and sister.
There was never a time when people
appreciated the real ments of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy more than
now. This is shown by the increase
in sales and volunteerly testimonials
from persons who have been cured by
it. If you or your children are
troubled with a cough or cold give it a
trial and become acquainted with its
good qualities. For sale by all deal
ers.
' Escapes An Awful Fate,
A thousand tongues could not ex
press the gratitude of Mrs. J. F. Cox,
of Joliet, 111., for her wonderful deliv
erance from an awful fate. "Typhoid
pneumonia had left me with a dread
ful cough," she writes. "Sometimes
I ha: such awful coughinp spells I
thought I would die. I could get no
help from doctor's treatment or oiher
medicines till I used Dr. Kings New
Discovery. But I owe my life to this
wonderful remedy for I scarcely cough
at all now." Quick and safe, its the
most reliable of all throat and lung
medicines. Every bottle guaranteed.
50c. and $l.OO. Trial bottle free at
C, M. Shufcd, Moser & Lutz and
Gr mes Drug Co.
Mrs. Ferguson has returned to
Waynesville after a long visit to her
daughter, Mrs. A. A. Shutord, Jr.
What To Do
—FOR —
Sickly Children
Letters from Mothers
"I wish I could induce every
mother, who has a. delicate, sickly
child,to try your delicious Cod Liver
and Iron Tonic VINOL. It re
stored our little daughter to health
and strength after everything else
had failed."— MßS. C. W. STUMF
Canton, Ohio.
Mrs. F. P. Skonnard, of Minne
apolis, Minn., writes, "I wint to
recommend VINOL to every moth
er who has a weak or sickly child.
Mv little bov was sickly, pale, and
had no appetite for two yeats, I
tried different medicines and doc
tors without benefit, but thanks to
VINOL, he is a well and healthy
boy to-day."
C. Allen, of New Bedford, Mass.,
writes,"Mytwo punychildrengained
rapidly in flesh .ind strength in a very
short time after taking VINOL."
We positively know VINOL will
build up lfitle ones and make them
healthy, strong and robust. Try
one bottle, and if you are not satis*
fied. \:s will return your money.
For sale by Moser & Lutz.
Rev. Mr. Sill, of New York,
but who is now assisting Rev.
Mr. Lobdell. at Rutherfordton,
preached most acceptably at the
Episcopal church Sunday. Bish
op Horner will be here on the
evening of the 19th.
Good Advice.
Learn to hide your troubles. Your
friends has troubles of his own to hide,
help him by example. This is good
advice, but wheu a man walke? in the
morning with a raging, splitting head
ache, not enough energy to get up,
constipated, bad taste in the mouth,
tired legs, ft's not advice that a man
needs It's a good dose of Dr. King's
Blood and Liver Pills. Purity the
blood and send it bounding, coursing
through the veins, and make the liver
live. No purging, griping or nauseat
ing. 25c box at all medicine deal
ers.
The Rev. J. K. E. Hunt, oi
Chicago, son of Mr. Peter Hun",
of Hickory, will preach at St.
Andrews Ev. Lutheran church in
East Hickory next Sunday morn
ing at 11 o'clock. A cordial invi
tation is extended to the public.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
Mothers' day will be observec
at the Ist Baptist church next
Sunday. Special service at tht
Sunday school hour, and at tht
morning service the pastor will
preach a special sermon.
Now is the time to get rid of youi
rheumatism. You can do it by ap
plying Chamberlain's Liniment and
massag ng the parts freely at each ap
plication. For sale by all dealers.
George Abernethy is home for vaca
tion from the Baltimore College o
Dental Surgery.
Lame back is usually caused bj
rheumatism of the muscles of the
back, for which you will find nothing
better than Chamberlain's Liniment.
For sale by all dealers.
Mr. P. G. Kiser has received a care
from Dr. Livius Lankford, the brillian:
young surgeon of Norfolk, Va., wlo
spoke at the Laymen's Convention
which states that he will be here oi
Sunday afternoon, June 9, to delivei
a lecture on "Secret Sins and the
Power of Habit.This will be i
union meeting for mei only and if
under the auspices of the city Ba
racas.
Do You Get Up
With a Lame Back?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everyone knows of Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and
p ij -p. bladder remedy, be
— ! cause of its .remark-
JJ l I a k* e health restoring
D tfrfS-j.) li properties. Swamp
~ I . Root fulfills almost
- (Hi I InS evei 7 wish in over
\M_ ||f coming rheumatism,
Pain in the back, kid
rf'E ueys ' liver > bladder
p and every part of the
' * Uf inary passage. It
iTTT , , corrects inability to
lold water and scalding pain in passing it
or bad effects following use of liquor, wine
or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to go often
Lirough the day, and to get up many
times during the night.
Swamp-Root is not recommended for
everything but if you have kidney, liver
3r bladder trouble, it will be found just
Llie remedy you need. It has been thor
aughly tested in private practice, and has
proved so successful that a special ar
rangement has been made by which all
readers of this paper, who have not al
ready tried it, may have a sample bottle
sent free by mail, also a book telling
more about Swamp-Root, and how to
find out if you have kid«
ney or bladder trouble, m
When writing mention
reading this generous.
offer in this paper and
send your address tofsg
Dr. Kilmer & Co"
Binghamton N.Y. The
and one-dollar size bottles are sold by
all druggists. Don't make any mistake
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
Dr. Kilmer s Swamp-Root, and the ad
dress, Bughamtoa,». Y„ on every bottle.
Would you go to a Druggist for a corn planter?
Sure not, then come to a tailor for your made-to
measure clothes. Saving and service are assured in
every garment you buy. No clerk hire, low rent,
makes a saving to you. To build up a business I
must give service. Now take one chance with a
man who devotes his entire time to good clothe?.
Maybe in the past you have missed some comfort
and lost a dollar or two.' Try me once and be con
vinced. : . : : : 4 .
W. H. CLINKSCALES,
THE TAILOR.
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