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Established 1899 BRAZIL (By J, W. CIAY.) Jniz de Fora. Minas. Brazil, S A , October 11, 1913. -Before we left the Su'.es I promised to write something about our trip and the country of Bra f;; But we have seen so much and lid so many such varied experiences ♦hat I cannot undertake to go into de tails in this letter. We had a pleasant sea voyage, atd were on the water 19 days. We left New York while it was sweltering j« mid-summer with people dying eve ry day from heat, and sailing directly laierthe sun and across the equitor, ft landed in Brazil in midwinter. Win t* a*e is very mild. In fact, we »oald not call it winter at all, as the fitters are i» full bloom, and the giowth of vegetation does not seem to 0? checked in the least We were ex peeing to have seme extremely hot leather as we went through the tropic but after we got out of New York we were not bothered with the heat at all. We had a large party of missionaries on board the "Van Dyke" counting chi'd dreo and all there were about thirty. Most of them had been to Brazil before and were returning after a year's fur lough at home, so we had very conge nial traveling companions. Tne sh p made but one stop during the trip, and that was at the is'and of Barbados for supplies. We were there one night »nd a part of one day and enjoyed get ting out on land. There we saw the famous Barbados divers. Soca after our vessel weighed anchor in the har bor scores of little boits filled with negroes crowded around the vessel and for hours the passengers tossed coins into the briny deep in order to see the negro .s dive aft'r them. Most of the divers were boys from eight to sixteen years of age, and the larger ones had on short pants while the smaller ones were clothed in nothing more than dripping sea-water. When a coin was pitched into the water from the deck of the 'iVandyck'' which was about forty feet above the water from one to half a dozen divers would go in after it and nine times out of ten the coin would be brought back. And mind you they didn't let it go to the bottom and then crawl around and find it. They caught it before it got to the bot tom or they didn't get it at all. FOl twenty-five cents they would dive from the upper deck of the ship For fiftj cents they would dive under the ship and come up on the other side. We arrived at Rio de Janeiro, the capitol of Brazil in the early morning, before day, and stood out in the mid die of the harboT until nearly noon. Thus we saw the city grow up before our eyes, as it were, while the sun arose, and it was Tevealed to us in ali of its beauty. And beautiful it is. We had read many descriptions of the city of Rio and its wonderful harbor, and our expectations were high, but we were not half prepared for so grand a sight Washington is beautiful, New York is wonderful, but they are not to be compared with Rio. Those cities are man-made. You can admire them, for they truly deserve the admiration of the world, but when you loofc upon this wonderful city in the south you do it with something more than mere ad miration. Your heart swells, a l'tmp come up in your throat and the tears come to your eyes. You see here the works of iran but above it all you see the workings of a divine hand. Nature, the great builder, was kind to Rio She tamed here a little longer than at other places and she laid out a site fcr a city that is simply marvelous. Here is the most magnified t harbor ia the world, from three to five miles wide and sixteen miles long. It is large enough for the combined fleets of the worid to find shelter from the storms. Then there is the city, with a million inhabitants, bui t upon its side. Tne city is perfectly level and is ten miles wide and twelve miles long, and i* wonderful in the fact that it is a city by the sea as well as a city in the mountains. In whatever direction you look in Rio you see a beautiful moun tain peak, atd it is not far off, but i ui n-ud. Auu aueii Ueajtifui auu odd shaped peaks they are. Here you will see a solid granite shaft lifting itsell aheer out of the water to dizzy heights, with not a blade of grass or a particle o! vegetation upon it. Th*m perhaps dose to it you see a peak that is cov ereri with verdant growth. And as beautiful mountain peaks are always a: hand so also are lovely rater fronts. The bay creeps in and about the city Until beautiful sheets of water are tc be »een in every direction and in alnon every section of the great city. Tne 'be, atiful mountain peaks and the love ly little lakes of the world stem to be wedded and they are speuding their honey moon inßio,forwhereveryou looic her; you find the waters embracing the mountains o» the mountains smiling upon the waters. The public improvements of the city modern in every respect, more towiern, in fact than is to be found in •ost of the cities of the States. In New York we saw horse drawn street in active service. Here iheie are •treet» so beautiful and lovely that rail ctrs of any kind are not allowed upon thern. for theee they have beautiful FTTTU' i-iniiry rump = auto cars, most of the strecis of the city are lighted at night with'both gas: and electricity, the most modern elec tric lights and mantlt fas lights , being used, and with this combination a beautiful white light is furnished tnat puis the "great white way'' of N*w Yoik to shame. The streets are kept very clean | They are every morning before I day and many of them are scrubbed j with water and mo;s. A sanitary force ;of a thousand m«.i visit every home in | the city once a we»k to see that the | premises tre kept in sanitary condition, and by this wethod the mosquito and ihe house I? hare been banished from the city, aad w.ch them the dread y.l --1 w f ver and a number of other dis |e ses that have cursed the city since: its i> pnning. Of all the cities wu.i a rful achievements during the' past "10 tins is the one of which they are ihe most proud. Six years ago the city of Rio .had very few automobiles. Now they boast of more than any city in the world o . tqual population. Still there are lots of carriages in use yet, and they arc ali diawn by the cutest little mu.as you ever saw. Of course you laugh ai this, but really they are not odd here They are so neat and trim, with s Iyer, mounted harness aad jingly bells and they go at such a swift little trot that they real beautiful. They aie owned by the rich and are preferred by many of tnem to the automobile. The mules i are usually perfectly matched, a pa r of iron greys, browns, fallows, and sonic- : .imes snow whites They are not the i big braying, long eared kind that we j nave in the Staves. These mules were j never known to kick and a bray would I sca.e them to death. We stayed in Rin one month and then moved to this place wnich isafcou; 200 miles inland, ;iigh up in the moun tain. The summers are so much more | desirable here than at Rio, aad living expenses are considerable lower. Ihe town has a population of about 20,000 but it i* so cooped up that it does no appear to b* as big as Kic.;o:y. iu Brazil people like to be close togetner. In the country you will see half a dozen \ litUe shacks all in a bunch and often 1 you see one long house with haif a j dozen families living ir it, yet, if I re- ' member correctly, there is an average of only one lamiiy to every square mite in Brazil Our church has two large schools here, Granbery College, for boys, with an enrollment of more than four hun dred, and Tlie Minero School L-r girls so there is quite an American colony of the teachirs of the two schoo's. Thus we are not altogether "strangers in a strange land,'' and for this we are certainly thankful. To meet a person who can talk English in this jabbering country is like finding and ca;is in the desert. The people here we find to be differ ent from those in Rio, as in Rio ther? are.so many foreigners while here we have the native Brazilliar. About one half of the population are negroes with some Indian blood mixed, aid the other half are whites of Portugese de scent, mostly, The people are very clever, over polite, and seem to be quite and peaceable. Some are very rich while the great majority are ex tremely poor, and not more than one out of every five can read or write. This is a land of perpetual summer and flowers are blooming and vegeta ticn is growing all the year. We hav.j plenty of tropical fruits such as bana nas, oranges, momongs, bread-fruit, etc. We get oranges as low sometimes as oie cent, and bananas a ?bout tle same price. Apples, how ever, cost ten cents each, and are not to be had. At the last session of the Brazil Con ference I was appointed as its Publish Agent, and my work will be the mar-aging of the Publishing House at me loitering of good literature in the I will take up the work just as soon as I get the language suffl ciently. Usually missionaries begin active work after studying the lan guate for about six months. I nave just noticed in the Times Merchry where a correspondent give.i a little fling at foreign missions when he asks, in substance, why he should be asked to give to foreign missions, especially when there is so much meanness in his own country. And I find so many people who think we should keep our missionaries at hom.; until our own country is thoroughly Christianized. Oh. the stupidness oi sucn arguments and such questions. Why should you give to missions? You ask. Brother, you should giv2 to missions because the Lori told you to give. Now don't ever asked that ques tion again. And he didn't ask you to w.Uihold your money until every heath en within your own land was converted either. That wouldn't be good reh gion, neither would be good busine s Dees the good business man say tiw. because every man in his own town is not his customer he will not seek custcmjrs in other towns? Does the progressive editor say that because every citizen in his county does not subscribe for his paper he should not attempt to interest those outside of his county? Certainly no man would be so foolish as t'»at, when his business was at state. Then why can't we get our religion up to the same common ssnse basis? HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY. DECEMBER li, 1913 We know there are heathen folks at honie, and lots of them, too. Bat reader, when you go to bed tonight get down upon your knees and the good Lord because He allowed yoj to first see the light of day in your native land. It's not ideal, but you I may well be prouo of it Here we find • a splendid climate, luscious tropical fruits, miaertls, forest of rosewood and mahogany, water-power in abundance and a soil that literally does its wealth •up in packages and delivers it to your very doors, in the hape of the .golden orange, the lemon, the cocoanut, the banana, and a thousand ether varieties But the sad thing about it all is th t ; while the blessings of nature* abouno j the revages of sin dotli much more j abound Here wo find igno'ance ajid i superstition on every'hand.. Four out lof eve'fy five persons c'.uinbt read or i write. And wherever you find ignoir | inct and superstition yoh find 'disease | *.nd crime. Here we see every disease j known to the hutiu-.n race,, and jo i i cSYhot walk the streets without seeing ♦such deformity ana disease until you are male heart sick, and nearly all the ,t>i iful casas you see are the direct re "suU of crime It i; pitiful to see so many children with the iniquity of i t icir f:uhers resting, upon them, and to j know that they mu t go through life j vi'.h diseased bodies and with blasted | hopes, and all because their fathers , and mothers were ignorant or criminal Every groc- rv store here is a bar I r"»om and such a .hi g as sentiment j against the u: ; e of eicohoHc iiauors is j not to be found in Brazil. Sunday is I a holiday to those v;ho can afford it, | but to the laborer it-is.no more than : any. oilier day. Neaily everybed | gambles in the government lottery. It is one of the great national sins, but this sufficient to show you that Brazil needs aid from the outside world, and until she gets aid a id mends her ways; i she can never become the great nation ! that the Lord evide ltly intended should occupy this wonde ful and bountiful j land Natural re'so rces, no matter how abnndant and how valuable, cannot make a people gre .t. If they possess nothing more than .hat then they' ar.--i miserable indeed Brazil has the nat ural resources, all light, but the blight of Catholicism is heie and has been ;ere fcr four hundred years, and it has !:ept her from becoming great Prav fir Braz l, that she may have nn equal chance with her sis'er of fhe noith. And p ay for the missionaries who are hum bly laboring in her midst. ' * t , • • .{. J. .j. 4.4. 4. 4. 4. 4. +J. + + + 4. 4. + e > ♦ «. LOCAL ANI> PERSONAL. * + ?■ r * ft *!• v+ + + •!• 4 1 + ++ + + Mr. J. A. ii having a handsome two s.ory house erect ed on 14th St. Messrs. Henry Elliott and L'oyd Poowy, spent the week end with home .folks. Mrs. Geo. Kilhan and children have returned from a visit to Rock rlill, S., C. - Mrs. A. A W arid chi - dren and Mrs. it. M. Doll motor- j ed to Charlotte last: week. Mr;. Claudia Henderson is sprend ng a tew days vyith her mother, Mrs. He -man, who lives near Hickory. ... "* • • It-v. J. G. G irt'.i has resumed | from w.heri he as ;i :e« t'-.e pastor in a ten days meeting. R prular church: service at St. 4a rws Evangelical Lutheran c: lire' , Sunday morning at 11 o' -fo -r. Service at Mt. Olive in tb? a Urnoon at' 3 o'clock. Therewa-vk family reunion at the. home of Hevj C. A. ivlunroe last Saturday anil Sunday. Those present wpi ■*. M• 3. J. M. Doug lass a id Mi- ' C'iine'Muarjf o f DivjJson, College, Mrs. CU k andc uiireiVo'B;. Jolias, Wash.; Dr. Stokes Mu roe and daugh ter M of Columbus, Ga.; Dr. Jo in Munros, oi: Charlotte; Mr. fli-ison, of C.: Rev. and. Mrs. C. A. Mnh:'oe and daugh ter, Miss Mary. Mrs. C, C. Wi.liams, who has b?en tie gir/st of her mother. M M C. Mo Mu?t for some "tune, as .'cceptr j a position a?; M ilro 1 ai B iri ~n Springs Or o"' ;'i n me. W e re to lose Mr?. Wi liarn? from our city, but Barium Springs .s to be ongrat uUted on S23urin? her s imee*, ■n it will b* qj?Hv an acquisition tothe nobie br id of workers who "are giving their tim? anl labor to the causa of* "Oaf Fath erless. Ones". How to Bankrupt the Doctors. A prominent New Ycrk physician >ays',- ;M lf it were not for the thin I stockings and thin soled shoes worn by women the'doctors would probably be bankrupt." When you contfact a C j.d do not wait for it to develop into pneumonia but treat it at once. Cham berlain's Cough Remedy is intended especially for coughs and colds, and has won' a wide reputation by its cures of these diseases. It is most effectual and is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by Grimes Drug Co.sand Mcser & Lutz, ■ ' ' 'STATEMENT k r ; T OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS '' ! CITY OF HICKORY For the Monti! of November, 1913 • r 1 Cash 011 hand, November 1, 1913 •; SPOB 15 RECEIPTS City property taxes $1053.98 ' Street Taxes 243.00 Dog tax 07.25 Special License taxes 43.13 Fines Municipal Court 64.50 CosfsrMunicipalCourt . *1 I__ 1 97.00 Fees in Municipal Court. . ..1 49.80 Water reals and taps 322.49 Street Assessment _jj " 291.26 Good Roads fund... J 111111111 134.75 Certificate of Deposi; r " ___""IIIIII. 5000.00 Interest on Certificate of Deposit.! 27.77 Sale of manure 2?. l 6.75 Hauling IIHIIIIIIIIIIIIII .15 Sale of scrap . ,25 Telephone messages I. r __ .35 Witness fees;.! I, I. .50 Board :md';Ruilroad fare prisoner ".""1:1" 11 -I"." 4.75 7407.68 total . % 8615.83 DISBURSEMENTS WATER WORKS J no, \T; BaTlew, October 60.00 - •, - T, S. Price, October 60.00 Buffalo Meter Co., meters _ _ 75.60 Hickory Klectric Company, long distance : .40 J E Barb, engineer .___ 5.00 Darley & Co., detector phone 2.50 Hutloii and Bourboan.iis, fuel 199.20 Hickory Manufacturing Co., iurnber .- 3.55 G. W. Stiles Construction Co., refund 0:1 tap .. 24.07 Piedmont Foundry and Machine Co., repair-. ... 67.25 Latta-Martin Pump Co., repairs 150.00 J F Martin refund water rent 2.00 Geo Boiick, refund water rent..- 1.00 C W May berry, freight .82 .. Southern Express Co. .."II .40 R D Abernethy, hauling 2.60 Pay Roll week ending Oct. 31, 1913... . 1 4.75 •" " " Nov. 7, 1913 5.57 . " " 14, 1913. . . .... 8.87 " 4 "21,1913 ... 10.25 " " 44 44 44 28, 1913 5.37 689.20 9Tf/ AVENUE EXTENSION Joe Hill, stone work 82.86 J. E. Barb, engineer 1.00 W L Boatright, stone 4.45 Kerr Bros., team . 5.63 I Joe Hill, concrete work. 4.50 Pay roll week ending Nov. 14th 6.58 • 44 " " " " 21st 15.al u 44 44 28th 20.17 1147.00 10TI1 AVENUE IMPROVEMENT J. E. Barb, engineer „ 1.00 Kerr Bros., team . ... . _ __ 2.50 3.50 11 Til AVENUE IMPROVEMENT Kerr Bros., grading . ■ 4f».64 Hugging & Fry, sidewalk .... 284.87 Huggins & Fry, Entrance way '... _ 6.00 j J E Barb, engineer . 4.50 Hickory Democrat, advertisement.,... . 1.00 Pay roll week ending Oct. 3lst _ .... 24.18 " *' " " Nov. 7ih 1.30 368.49 14TH STREET IMPROVEMENT Kerr Bros., grading _ . .. 46.64 J. F. Abernethy, stone ... _ 4.12 Pay Roll week ending Oct. 3"lst" ..... 5.56 11 44 44 " Nov. 7th 1.25 ' 4 " 14th 19.48 77.05 GENERAL STREET IMPROVEMENT Kerr Bros., team ~ J 2.60 J. F. Joy, repairs ... ... .. ... 2.65 ■* ***■' Gits Harper, pay roll ~T.- .. 23.50 V. JC Williams, team .. . . . 2.70 WL St shock, labor ... .. . .75 , Pink Keinhardt, labor ... ... .. .... .25 J W Warlick, notary fees . ... .25 Z Wilfong, labor 1.00 Joseph Coulter, labor .. . .50 Pay roll week ending Oct. 31st . 7.75 " 44 44 " Nov. 7th ... 13.70 " 44 14th 12.58 ... 1 *• 44 44 *' 44 21st .... 13.38 44 44 28th 12.47 94.08 P ERM AN ENT si i EET I> i PROVEMENT }_ E Barb, engineer.. . ._ 5.t»0 Henry Reinhardt, hauling... 1.75 Pay roll week ending Nov. 7ih .. 17.30 24.05 PUBLIC WORKS Hickory Free Library, Oct. appropriation .• 12.50 J A Bowles, supplies 2.27 14-77 GENERAL EXPENSES Joseph L. Seawell, C. S. C. Printing 135.15 Joseph L. Seawcli, C. S. C. printing briefs 5.95 A A Whitener, expense to Raleigh. 25.01) Mrs. W. A. Harrison, claims 140.00 A. C. Link, P. M., postage 5.00 . Dr. H. C. Menzies, services ... 2.00 313.10 FIRE DI ARTMENT H. L. Lohr, Oct 40.00 11. E. Whitener, C. F. D., fire attend _ - e 8.00 J. F. Joy, repairs 2.40 Hickory Steam Laundry, 1.89 L S Sherrill, oil 1.40 Southern Public Utilities Company, 1 its 2.50 Hutton & Bourbonnais, dust .50 J L Cilley, notary fee . .25 Chas. VVhisnant, labor ... ....... 2.50 59.44 STREET LIGHTING Southern Public Utilities Company, Sept . 275.91 275.91 TAX DEPARTMENT School Fund, one-fourth City taxes .173.67 Advanced School Fund 500.00 673.67 ADMINISTRATION C M Sherrill, Oct.'" 150.00 ! E W Lent/., Oct 50.00 VV S Newton, Oct. . 60.00 BB Black welder, Oct. 25.00 C W Bag by, Oct. 25.00 City Council •_ 23.00 Council & Yount 25.00 C L Gilbert, D. S. fees.. 1.50 Chief of Police, Lincolnton, N. C., fees 1.25 A F Setzer, extra police - 1-50 H E Whitener, extra police 1.50 0 E Siginon, extra police 4.00 Western Union Tele. Company, telegrams .. .75 F S Keever, extra police 1.50 Hickory Democrat, printing 6.28 Hickory Electric Company, long distance 1.55 ] A Thomas, chiel of police, fees 2.00 Southern Public Utilities Company, lights 1.00 VV S Newton, chief of police, expense 1 5.20 ; VV. X. Reid, Agt., rent Oct. 12.50 •i VV Lentz, R. R. fare prisoner LOO 399.53 GO D ROADS FUND Hickory Garage Co., 5.00 J W Burns, team 3.00 E W Lentz, sundry expense .95 Distributing Circulars 2.10 Kerr Bros.-, teams 16.45 . \V H Ediniuston, team 3.00 Whitener & Martin, supplies 1.45 . Busy Bee Cafe, lunches 15.00 J C Williams, team 3.00 •R G Buff, team 1 6.00 J O Turner, team. 6.00 R L Abernethy, team 6.00 A S Miller, supt 3.00 Miles Teague, team 6 00 ] A L Miller, supt. 3.00 1 Shuford Hdwe. Co., cups 1.60 I L L Fry, teams.. I 6.00 i S. S. Stafford, team 3.00 J T Chester, team 3.00 l) A Yount, team Z 3.00 Hickory Tannery, team. ! 3.00 D S Fry, teaui 3.00 John S. Little, teams 6.00 108.55 BILLS PAYABLE First National Bank, note 4000.00 4000.00 Disbursements for the month of November, ..: 7248.34 Cash on hand December Ist, 1913 11367.49 • Total _ 1415,13 Democrat and Press, CoisoliiataJ i 905 Reunion cf The Hoack Fnmilv. A reunion of the rlouck famii was held last Saiu'day at th residence of Mr. Julius Poove near this citv. I Leander Houck, the father 0 ,the Houcks, was born June 18 11315, married Annie Katherinc | Link in 1842 and died April 3 j 1879. His wife was born July 6 1825 and is still living. To this union were born twelve children. 1 and the remarkable partofiti.- ; they are all living-. The fathe arid two sons were in the Civi War. ~ The children and their families are as follows: I Martha E. was born August 119, 1843 and married Juliu- Poovey. They have eight living children and twenty-eight grand children. Jno. M. was born April 13, 1845 and married Caroline Piett. They have four living children, fifteen grandchildren and one great grand child. Robert C. was born February 5,1847 and married Belie Hood, They have eight living childrer and thirty grandchildren. Henry Lafayette was borr. ! January 19, 1849 and married Cciroline Bowman. They have two living children and five grandchildren. Frank C. was born January 28, i 1851 and married Martha Boyle. : 1 hey have two living children, j VV. Keliy was born September 10,1855 and married Minnie Nel sjn. They Save eight living children and four grandchildren. J Mary S, was born July 18, 1859 and married George Powell. They have twelve living children and nine grandchildren. Laura J. was born July 13,1861 and married Eli Kerlee. They have five living children. Walter E. was born November 3, 1863 and married in California They have five living children. Annie D. Was born October 23, 1866 and married Augustus Lefevers. They have four iiv ing children and one grandchild. Ella F, was born October 23, 1866 and married Wm. Lefevers. They have six living children ana one grandchild. Sidney C. was born April 27, 1871 and never married. There were seventy-two chil dren, grandchildren and great grandchildren present at the reunion. Mr. and Mrs. Geo Powell, of Longmont, Colorado, were here Tor the reunion. A number of visitors were also present. Mr. Hardin, our pho tographer, was present and took several photographs of the as sembly. A bountiful dinner was served which was very much en joyed by all. A reunion of this family was held twenty-eight years ao:o, and sixty-one of the family were present at that time. Since then only four have died. Dr. Murrill Goes to New York. Dr. Paul I. Murrill, a son of Mrs. L. R. Whitener, of this city who has been chief consulting chemist for the Du Pont Powder Company at Dei., for a of years, has re signed and accepted the position of research chemist for tht United States Rubber Co,, witl headquarters at New York, City Reduced Holiday Rates.' On account Christmas and New Year Holidays the Southern Railway will seil tickets at re duced rates. Tickets on sale December 17 to 25 and December 31 and January 1, with final limit to January 6. (adv't. 4t.) Cured of Liver Complaint. I 'l was suffering with liver com plaint, says Iva Smith of Point Blank, Texas, "and decided to try a 25c box of Chamberlain's Tablets, and am happy to say that I am completely cured and can recommend them to everyone." For sale by Grimes Drug Co., and Moser & Lutz. adv. HICKORY GRADED SCHOOL Cash on hand, Nov. Ist, 1913 . 558.62 $ 558.62 RECEIPTS City taxes, October 173.67 Advance of City 500.00 Entertainment Fund-. 20.50 Tuition, non-residents... 11.00 705.17 Total ..." $126377^ DISBURSEMENTS C M Stalev, October 100.00 WW A bee, bell tower III""™""""" 25.75 First Building & Loan, dues Nov 125.00 National Union, chairs 6.75 H J Richards, wood.. 1.75 N M Newton, Supplies 1.25 A M Weaver, wood 12.00 Pay Roll November, School No. 1 _ """ 472.50 " " *" " No. 2.. 310.00 " " ' Colored School 105.00 D E Eckard, labor 2.00 P L Starnes, wood 1.50 H L Spencer, wood 2.50 J E Huffman, sawing. 2.00 1168.04 j Total Disbursements $1161.00 ! Cash on Hand, Dee. Ist, 1913 • |P* 95.79 Total $1263.79 Respectfully submitted, C. M. SHERRILL, City Mstaager. :,£AD£RS TO URGE Mn-iMsr ncis Vill Confer With Wilson for his Views on Legislative Program.— Readjust Business. Washington, Dec. 7.-Presi dent Wilson's views on trust leg slation are to be sought this veek by congressional leaders, spon whom will fall the task of mapping out the anti-trust pro gram for legislative action. The ast week has developed a pro* aounced view among Democrat- : c members of the Senate that che anti-trust acts of the present session of Congress should be tew and effect only the more ob viously needed reforms in the field of combination and corpora tion activity. While the President has an nounced his purpose soon to send a special trust message to Congress the scope of the com munication has not yet been out lined. Chairman Clayton of the [louse Judiciary Committee; will meet the President tomorrow ind Chairman Newlands Of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, probably will have a conference with him later in the >veek. The demands of Democratic leaders last weeK, for speedy action on the pending currency reform bill, have had a marked effect on the Senate, Confident predictions are made that the bill will pass that body before December 20 and that an ad justment of differences between Senate and House can be reach ed shortly after that time. Republican members have made it clear that they do not want to be charged with delay of currency reform, and will not use obstructing tactic 3 to effect the changes they want in the bill. Postal Information. Complete and legible addresses are essential to prompt delivery of mail maiter. When addressed tor delivery in a city the street number should be given, or the room number in case of an office building; if for delivery by rural carrier it should be addressed to the route and box number. To insure against loss, all valuable mail other than that of the fourth class (parcel post) should be register! ed. The registery fee is 10 cents in addition to the regular postage. Postal Money Orders should be used instead of cash for sending mosey by mail. Lost or destroyed orders will be replaced without cost. The PARCEL Post SYSTEM af fords the best facilities for the trans portation of merchandise, or any mat ter of the fourth class. All parcels should be securely wrap ped, and must bear the name and ad dress of the sender. Inscriptions such as "Merry Christmas," "please do not open until Christmas," "Happy New Year," "With best, wishes," or the like, may be placed on matter of the fourth class or o& a card inclosed therewith. When any parcel offered for mail ing is sealed or otherwise closed against inspection, or contains or bears writing not permissible, it shall be charged with postage at the flr»t class rate and treated as first-class ma'ter Parcels may be insured against loss on the payment of a 5 cent fee when the value does not exceed $25.00; ex ceeding $25.00 but not over 150.00, 10 cents. Parcels mav be sent C. O. D. on pay uent. of a fee of 10 cents in postage itamps affixed, provided the amount j to be collected does not exceed tIOO.OO. Such a parcel will be insured against oss, without additional charge, in an imount equivalent to its actual value, out not to exceed $50.00 The POSTAL SAVINGS SYSTEM provides facilities for depositing savings with interest, secured by the United Stated Government. A. C. Link, P. M. Hickorv, N. C., Nov. 1913. (adv't) 2t. Fit His Case Exactly. "When father was sick about six years ago he read an advertisement of Chamberlain's Tablets in the papers chat fit his case exactly," writes Miss vlargaret Campbell of Ft. Smith, Ark, "He purchased a box of them and he has cot been sick since. My sister ftad stomach trouble and was also ben efited by them." For sale by Grimes Drug Co., and Moser & Lutz. adv.