. . ....... , .. ' - I.... - s t- t THE ILIK'DOILK. B HI EI IS. LINCOLN COURIER. J.M. ROBERTS, EDITOR AfiD l'UOl'Kl WW ft. .INCOLUTON, N. C, SEPT. 15, 1803. 1:nTEUED in th Post Ol'ixi'E AT LUOGLNXON AS bLCOM CLAS3 MAIL MATTER Subscription Gisi iw Advance. .year 351.-5 mouths 1 months 50 tiates of A-ivertisind . Oueiucti, oue time. $1.00 j 25c jb. ;rtcu uubsqaeu insertion. Two inches, one time, 81.50 ; GO tuiis tor each nrseqaent insortiou Three inches, one time, &2.0C Jo coats for each subsequent iuber. IU)U. k -L'our inches; one tiiue, $2.50 iii.OO for each snbseqoeut insertion. Special rates lor one-half and oatwfuarth column ; also, for any tiveitisement continued longer .o iii two months. Ail coiiiinuQicatious aud business U;is should be directed to the ,.:N(J0LN CuUKl Lincolutoa, .," . ...i letters of a private nature, oi uM-iaiD the attention of the .. si!d aJ.3Ci saoli as have no ra U) this paper, Bhould be be;il . io j. 31. Jioberts, Asheville tf. . ol the (yOi'KiKJ; lias -ijii much siaco to i-L-ciMit ly, hut lias boei: ; 'X, ilins .uul .-fpeec-h(.s v. ii ii will perhaps l mix- interest and protit :: ppears a sketch o : i , ii. lYom the pen of . i i .l' the (Jhaih)i: When it comes i i ! e ancestors of di . 1 v:vn, Lincoln conn!;. ;. - amoni the foremost :s f the State towani !':e eye of the historiai ,t ! I turn lor material. .She . eeji th: home of many dis ii!ied jnen, or the home of ancestors, and she will evei 1 hlidi in the History of the tiiC Couiatu. Vi ilAL OF THE I.O ; rz - vox laiD k c i:. 171)3- iioii. our aides due North west of i0ol:itou is located a house of to historic interest. Outheeud ard the Bast near the top are initials and figures A. L, 1793 -iied of blue bricks, the mean gth of the characters being about leet, aud cau be seeu for some ( the top of the western side is the taiicti away. The initials are representation of the setting sud a .so of Kev. Andrew Loreiz, a white plastered circle about 15 inch uister of the German lieformed as in diameter, with bricks radiate mcii. He died on March .'il, 18s i iig around the circumference , i.iid is biii uul in the Daniel's J When new, it must have been a r:h graveyard not far away- uaauti'ul structure. It does not be ta his tombstone we learn that ;s :")( years old at death, and ce was just 21 when he built his . :soiiie home. There linger in l . vicinity some remeniscences of L tp, which aie not all reliable, t j.no of his ilesceudeuts remain iu t .s portion ot tho couutiy, but the v rifer has not beeu able to consult t u in in the preparation of this sketch. The times in which he lived were the patriotic days of the devolution, and the strong and en daring home rt'hic.h he erected is not tuo least evidence of the hopeful de votion to his country which throbbed in bis liberty loving htarr. The elegible Hie, she substantial walls which have safely weathered the storms ot a century, show that he was, though young, a man of tu.-ae aud judgment who built with a a eye to the future, aud for the ptipetuatiou of his name. The present heirs of the property li ive in their possession a deed to li noies of the origin! tract of the l iad upou which the house now s' uh!.-i, the preliminary statements o, vhich are as follows: "'JbiN Indenture made this third il ) oi .July in the year of our L3id ol tlnuisaud seven hundred and r- . .v-two letween Jacob Shulord J ... living in the county of Liu c - ii,i the state of North Oaroli.-. n ; s.j one part, and Andrew Lo r iu the said county and .- it sud of the other part, I ' M at for and in consider- u:u of fourteen pouuds ol:na currency iu hand aforesaid Andrew Lo- '.e aforesaid Jacob Snu u 'io.e the eneeali , i S j leceipt , In -ink. i hHj the present 1.J huioKn 4'..ll , hath granted, bar- I j:ainod and wold, and by these pres ents doth grout, bargain, bull, ecus ve.v and contiria unto Andrew Lo ivtz Iiih hira and assigus forever, a vr Uiiii tract or parcel ot land in the' county aforesaid on the waters ot Uoward'a Creek, is being part of a t tack of land grauted to Daniel j Warlick by his majesty's Patent, then conveyed from Daniel Wailick J to John Shufoid ; then conveyed by heirship from John Hhuford to his son Jacob Shu lord and bounded as follows (then giving courses &c.) The deed is signed by Jacob Shu ford and witnessed by Arthur de Bardleber. This document is Home thiug over 101 years old aud is iu a fair tstate of preservation. It comes dottn irom that remote date at) a witness of the carefulness with which papers of its character should be kept. Its primary valne now is, however, that it enables us to trace the history of this laud back to the giant ot King George III. From another ol document, we loam, that, at the death of Itev. Andiew Luretz in lbl'J, pursuant to an order of court in October oi that year, Johu Yoder, John Kamsaur, John Shulord, Henry Liaoisaur, and Dtuifl Wuriick were uppoiuted Commisaiouere to divide the riai astato of Andrew Luretz, ami tire paper contains a tract called No. 1 ol li'.S ucrt.N, with boundaries etc.. uiiou svhieii the bouse is looatt-d. This portion w.is ass'gueil to An drew LI. Loteu, a sen ot lie v. A a drtw L)i'e-z. The iaad w;ib th-b v lued at ihree dolais per acie. Wo ha .e beeu uaabie. io detT- mine the date of deata jf A ndn.vV ! 11. J.oietz, bun on Lfie l Uh of Au:- .;ubt 1S2U, ae deeded to Dmiel L ;etz (probabiy a brother) 52 acie; ii l uiii in couhideiaiiou of ihesaiii )f e ght hundred dollars. In addition to aome tether pu"-. chases Irom AuJrew il. Loretz ami others, Daniel Loretz maintained j possession ot the property until IS 55, when the Uev. Dr. A. J. Fox, 1 purchased at a public sale 270 acres the heirs lepiesentmg that they i were the deceudents of Daniel Lo- rrtz, deed, and requesting a sale by couit. For 38 tears the house and Uu,U have b,u ia tue posio, of Dr. Fox and his hens, with the exception ol some acres th at wer once exchanged with some neigh- xU 'arge two- story building 28x30 feet, aud tbe . ' . , , walis, are 18 inches solid bricks ! n , - , t , Tue bricks on the surface are laid alternately, one red, leDgtuwise, , and another blue, endwise. On the ! Eastern end m addition to the ini-1 tials and figures referrea to they ire I) laced so as to lorm two larse hearts, with a cross between. Near j tray its age even now, and has every a:-pearauce of lasting another hun dred years. The internal construction and ar rangemtnt ot the house exhibit con siderable taste and judgment for those pioneer days. If these wails could speak what wonder ful revelations could they make! What happy recollections of bygoue das! What sad menu ones of death, war and various cal amities ! They have been the safe retuge of peaceful families, aud are silent memorials ol their st-paratiou by death and life's vaiiona callings. Some oftheiriumates are peacefully sleeping in the Church yard near by; others are living iu distant states, earnestly building up other home, but to them none ao sacred. A bundled years heuce all, whose tendeiest thought tiud here amid these peaceful shades their asylum ot rest from life's butfettings and cares, will, like our ancestors aud predecessors iu this dear home, have passed away. Junius li- Fox. Ilou h Tills ! We otler One iiuudred Dollar Reward tor any casect Catarrh that cannot: be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props. Toledo, Onio. We the undtiMgued. have li:iovu 1 .1. Chenev for tho lst. In years, and beleive him peifectiy ; honorable in all business transact-; 1 ions and financially able to carry out any negation made by their tirm.j Aer1m not Abraham. Thi est & Truax, Wholesale Drug. i4. iristP. Toiedo. O. Waldinf Kinnau! Abram" was all the name A Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, To - :edo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Catarrh Cuie is vken internally, acting direct iy up . .. iV. h..lAll AI..1 1,1nmn.cll..f. r.. he system. Pi ice, 75c. per bottle. ,t)1J ; a)1 Drngiets Testimon-1 i Vt. 15, lm. ! oi:.vn:Y. Almost Horn lu Lincoln County. :SpfcciaI t0 the Charlotte Observer. ' The f0ii0vviug editorial iu the New York World of the 3rd inst., not ! only attracted my attention, but suggested some historical facts which involve our State. The arti cle is as follows : "When a monument to Abraham Lincoln has been unveiled m Ediu burg, it is worth while lor Ameri cans, who have the time, to stop aud think. It means a good deal. 'This is the first American from the Wet who has beeu thus recog nized across the Atlantic. Of course Abraham Lincoln needs no such recognition to round out bis fame. He has gone into history aud into immortality for what he was. Nothing cau take from him what ha was or add to it. "But this Ediubnrg monument is a monument to the uevv Democra cy. George Waihiugton, the slate ly and polished gentleman, to whom all vnlgaiiiy was Hhockiug, thought himself a Democrat. Thomas Jeff eibou scholar and statesman, the greatest political thinker of his age, tell hiiuneir a Democrat through his sympathies with the common people, from whoso iguorauco and preju dices his education aud mental hab its hal removed him tar. "lint, this man who now stands iu bronze in the capital of the Bruco's inng lom was u Democrat It there ever was one. He came from the vu'gaiest of the vulgar. He was bo tar ii om having claims to long de scent that he was ii-ver certain of Lues own paternity. He had habits nat illustrated the low traits of the radical politician, fie had upon aome subjects the toarceuess of raiud hat belongs to ihoae who have been jie-.l in the lowest traits of society In spite ot all his aymiathics ( vvitn the 'unwashed' and ignoiauL lueses, from whom he sprang, gave jiiu ix tremendous power, aud, .hough he eometimes abused it witL ,ue moot lamentable consequences, ae so used it on the whole that be advanced the welfate of the human race iu spite ot the mhsereis whicu tue struggle over slavery bought on America. 'The time is cominc in Frudaiid and ila America when Liucoin wih ha a greater power thuu he was in his iue time. Wherever his statue viands, there stauda a menace to " -- Cbe people are not hopeless uuder aristocratic tj'iauuy. Wherever his oppiession. Wherever a mau arises who like him incarnates the a"ouSlu UI luo rear Uumb masses Uele uJufstl e m doomed aj u mighty overthrow. , With the comparison between shrngtoo, Jefferson and Lincoln, " have uothiD t0 do or 8a Bat " "rei ctam ot his own paternlty,', invited this aiticle, because North Carolina is COuCerned; and as I suggest by the less in the life of a man tbauthel life of a nation with a big N. While North Carolina has fur nished, by way of paternity, several Presidents, the paternity of only one can, or ia claimed to be straeght. Andrew Jackson was "born" in the territory, accordiog to history, now known as Union county. Polk was bom, I think, in Wake. Au drew Johnston was,admittedly born in Wake. Abraham Liucoin was born 10 Kentucky, but begotten iu Jackson county, North Carolina. Years ago Abraham Enloe, wiih his family, left Lincoln county and tettled in Jackson county, this state. Among his household was a young girl named Nancy Uauks. During the year Miss Hanks showed fiigns of, not known then to be a coming ;1,,6Ni,,ent' but. what is fireater, a coming sovereign or sovereiguess, as the case may have been- It turned out to be both a sovereign and a President. A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. En loe lived iu Kentucky. This par ticular summer she visited her pa rents iu Jackson county. While there sne saw, not only "coming events,'' but the actual situation. Miss Hanks had told Mrs. Enloe that Mr. Abrani Euioe was the fath er, progenitor, begetter, or what ever he may or might be called, ot his forthcoming offspring. Times were a little serious iu that family, of course. The good daughti er, to relieve matters at home, took Miss Hanks with her to her Ken- tack bome and ia the course of time, as just such things will bap- pen, a boy was born who was named is name he had : f,,r le, becanse he neither had '"father or mother," or words to . tha: effect, o.ntil a sensible man n ...,a r inin . . .v,i ,ac aiuufc, l00 a faUc t0 Ml8S HaDk9 and her boy Abram, and married her. The boy, . ... . - ! irom this marriagp, became Abram Lincoln. j f need not fcuy the umiiisic Dem nerat also became l'rtidrnt f tho j United States But Iw bm-auie "a ; man, for u'lhat. and a'ht "oue : whosH deeds can be revered by Americans, and even Scotcumeo. But it is not a striking coincidence "ai m parents ui auiuui buou-u have removed from Lincoln couuty to Jackson county and the boy be gotten in Jackson, become what may be called the foater-son of a Lincoln and succed and be worthy to suc ceed a Jackson t Hon. A. T. DavidsOD,of Asheville, and ethers, can verity all I here say. Has not North Carolina contrib uted to history 1 Don't ask me whether it is "bastard" history it is history and great history at that North Carolina. Wattliliigtoii IVewi- Correspondence of the Uocbikr Washington, D. C, Sept., 11, ltiOli: At last a leal, genuine, bono tide White House baby 1 No won der her ariival iu Washington, Sat urday afternoon, created a sensation canning Congress and its doings to be for the time forgotten or ignored. It was an histonca event that wiil be read of with interest by jet un born generations, as the age at which most uieu become President makes it improbab'e that it will become a frequent occurrence. This is the first in the history of the White House, although there have been three or lit r births iu the White House, two of them graud-ohildi'en of President Tyler both now living in Washington and the other to the wife of Col. Fred Grant. Mother and daugnier are in good condition aDd botD doiu8 we,, an(l although President Clevslaud is attending to buMiie as usual it is probable that his thoughts olten involuntarily wander to his wite and baby, how ever important the other matters may be wnich he has under con sideration. The Cievelands have had two very unusual honors in connec tion with the White House. No other Presideut was ever manied in the White House and no other Pres ident's wife ever gave birth to a child in the White House. Long Ul. .ad great Uappme89 to Baby Kmh's sister, the While House baby. baby. There is to be no compromise In :s to be fought to afioisb, President Cleveland having declared that he would accept nothing but the repeal ot the purchasing clause of the :3hermau silver law without condi :iou. This is a great disappointment "o those who have hoped that some satisfactory arrangement would-be made that would get the solid sup' , & 'uopany closer together than they have been since the extra session met. The end of the debate ia not yet m sight, althoogh some Senators believe that a vote can be reached in two weeks That is the doubtful thing. The vote is no longer doubtful. When it is takeu the Vorhees bill will be passed, but when that will be do pends upon theeudurauce and dis position ,ot the Senators opposite to A veiy important s:ep was takeu by Presideut Cleveland when, after a full discussion of the matter by the cabiuef, he decided that this Government should proceed, with out wait ng for Congress to take further action, to rigidly enforce he Geary anti- Chinese law. This step would have beeu takeu before but it was deemed advisible, under the circumstances to wait a reason able time to see if Congress desires to take any action on the law, and also to give the uew Chinese min ister an opportunity to submit any message he may have been charged with by his Government, looking towaid the negotiation of a uew and more satisfactory treaty. Furtht-r than the introduction of a bill by Senator Dolph appropriating 8500,-i 000 to cany out the provision oi the law, Congrets has taken no no tice of it, and the Chinese minister has done uothiug, therefore the necessary orders have been issued by ihe Treasury department to put the law to work. The amount of money available is small, but Con gresa is iu eemdou. No trouble is expected with Chiua, although pre cautious have beeu takeu to have a sufficient naval force iu Chinese wa ters to protect Americau interests. The World's Fair fouvenir half- dollars are coming into the Treasury for redemption in such qnantijy that Senator Morgan has at the request of Secretary Cat lisle, introduced a hill to repeal so macb of the law of 1879 as makes it compulsary upon the Secretary of the Treasury to re j deem subsidiary silver coin In Treasury notes, which is the same as redeeming them in gold. The Chicago bankg with which tho greater pottion of the Columbian half dollars were pledged to aecure advances made to tho Exposition managers are now sending these coins to Washington for redemption it bavins been found impossible to dispose of them at the expected premuim. Secretary Carlisle thinks they would just as well be put in general circulation as piled np in the Treasury ; hence the bill to stop their redemption. Democratic members of the House Ways and Means committee will not be sorry when the publio tariff hearings close on Wednesday of this week. They have produced no information that was not already possessed by the committee, and have only served to keep the com mittee from more important work the preparation of the reform tariff bill. As soon as the hearings close the democrats ot the committee will push the work witnoat further in terruption until it is completed, as tbey do not propose to allow ex Czar Heed aud his republicau col leagues on the committee to delay matters by their "funny business.'' Treasury receipts have shown a , very encouraging increase within the last few days, indicating that the country is very rapidly recover ing from its financial fright: Senator Teller's sensational at tack upon the press ot the country, iu the Ben ate on Saturday, la being talked about everywhere, aud the general impression, without regard to political opinion, is that be made a serious mistake. There are, un fortunately, dishonest newspapers, out they are comparatively few io number. Another bullerer Speaks- The Obslkveb this morning ccn tains a well-merited rebuke to the newspaper sponges. We don't know why it is, but in this State, and particularly in this sectoin of the State, this plague seems to thrive as it does nowhere else. Some peo ple seem to think it all right to "borrow,, a paper day by day year iu and year out, never paying a cent for it, but abusing the paper and its 4itvi' noliucioi tUcj occ OWUlBlIilUg in its col urns that does not please them. Aud it is. this abuse from a sponge and borrower that particular ly riles an editor. If the Observer succeeds in abating the nnisance (we cannot hope that it will break it op entirely) it will peiloim a las ting service to the press at large, for it is the solemn truth that this very system ot sponging contribute more largely than any other cause to keeping the papers of this State poor. We cau call the names of at least three sponges who commenced 18 years ago to get the benefit of our money and our labor, have kept it up coutinuosly, and are at it yet. The newspaper borrower is a curse to the journalism of North Carolina and subscribers ought not to hesi tate to freeze him out. John Riddle, a prominent young society and business man of Henderson county, Ky., mar ried Miss Nora McMullen of Se bree, Friday afternoon. They stopped at the brjde's residence and retired for the night. About 4 o'clock in the morning Riddle left his bride and went to hia brother's room at the Sebree hotel and while seated 011 his brother's bed, shot himself just below the heart. No reason is given for the suicide. Cii aslotte News. University of North Carolina. Equipment: Faculty of 25 teach ers, 11 buildings, 7 scientific labora ties, library of 30,000 volumes, 316 .students. Instbuction : 5 general courses 6 brief courses ; professional courses m law, medicine, engineering and chemistry: optional courses. . Expenses : Tuition, 60 per year Scholarships and loans for t t needy. Address Presidfnt Winston, tf- Chapel Hill, N C. ELECIB1C BITTERS. This remedy is becoming so well known and so popular as to need no special men tion. All who have used Electric Bitters sing the same song of praise. A purer medicine does not exist and it is truaran, teed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liver and Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Boils, 5alt Kheum and other affections caused by imnure blood. Will drive Malaria from the system and prevent as well a3 cure all Malarial fevers. For cura of Headache Constipation nd Indigestion try Electric Bitters Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or nconey refunded. Price 60 cents and $1 0 per bottle ul Dr, J. M. Lawin?'s Drn. store. lieported for the Courier every Thursday morning by Capt B. F. niBAOKET Wheat perbu oo to vu Corn Meal Floor, Bobx Flour Patent Pork Bacon sides Bacon baas Beef Lard Tallow Chickens..... Butter Honey Eggs Bags Hides, green Hides, dry Wool, washed Cabbage Apples, dried Peaches dried MM 60 M . 60 100 lbs."... 1.50 1.75 - lb.:. v - C 11 13 " ' round 6 " - N. C 12 44 5 10 to 15 per lb .... 10 to 18 10 ' dos. 8 10 " lb. 4 4 2i ..-. 5 1st class.. 27 1J . 44 2 '2 44 u 3 4. er bu bu 40 60 to 70 40 ' 30 40 " 40 200 Peaohes green Irish " " Onions " Onion sets " Blackberries dried, per lb ..03 lieea-wax .... per pound . . 16 to 17 The prices for dried fruits are re markably low this season. As evi dence of this the following quota tions by other markets prevailed on Ihe 30th August: Fancy sliced ap ples, 3c ; Choice. 2c ; Dark 2c ; Quartered 2o ; Blackberries Sc. Sarsaparilla Is supefior to all other preparations claindng to be blood-purifiers. First of all, because the principal ingredi ent used in it is the extract of gen uine Honduras sarsaparilla root, the variety richest in medicinal proper- Cures Catarrh low dock, being raised expressly for the Company, is always fresh and of the very best kind. With equal discrimination and care, each of the other ingredients are selacted and compounded. It is THE tinarlnr icme UUDIIUI 11 because it is always the same in ap pearance, flavor, and effect, and, be ing highly concentrated, only small doses are needed. It is, therefore, the most economical blood-purifier PlirAQ in existeilce- Ifc uui 00 makes food nour- SCROFULA istfin&workp ing. and life enjoyable. It searches out all impurities in the system and expels them harmlessly by the natu ral channels. AYEK'S Sarsaparilla gives elasticity to the step, and im parts to the aged and infirm, re newed health, strength, and vitality. fo)9 ITU Sarsaparilla Prepared by Dr. J.C. Aver & Co., Lowell, Uasi. Sold by all Druggists; Price $1; Mix bottles, fa. Cures others, will cure you FOR CAsH In Advance You can get the LINCOLN COURIER ONE YEAR FOR $1.00-6 M 65 CTS. PUBISUEDand edited BY J.M. ROBERTS, LINCOLNTON, N. C. 2) 2) istoeb: n orderj to make room for our fall stock, we will seU th following goods at cost and less, in order to clear them out before the season is over : A big loi ol hit good that wera 10, 124 and 16ct-. will so 'or 8. 10 and 12cts: A lot of summer Wotcds that wer 10, 12 and loots, will go fur 8. 10 and 12jcU a yard, A few nieces of ';ght cashmere that were 2a, SO &ad ZoC will go for 20; '25 and 30et. A small lo of sateen that was 15 Hud lSi t will go for 12 and Ida. , A lo-- of gingham l 5 arvi 7e'.s. A lot of to $1.00. You cn tfce your choice for 45c's. A lot ot cov.onade pant goods that were 15 and 20cts, will go for 12 and 16 23cts. This is a chance to get goods at slaughter prices. Don't wait they are going and you will miss getting a bargain. Put up your fruit while you have it and while you can get your jars for a trifle. We wiil sell JVJacon's best quart jars at 95cts and half-galons at $1.2Q per dozen. You will get no more at this price, when the lot we have is gone- RES PEG 1 F OLL Y J.L- KISTLER, PROP. BIG FOUR ROUTE TO CHICAGO. 5 Trains a Day 5 Look at the Time Oard. Nol No 17 No 3 No 7 No 6 Daily Daily Ex -Sun Daily Daily a m a m noon Lv Cin. 8 00 p m 745 p m 9.00 a m 7.11 a m 7.3Q 8.30 12.40 p m 9.31 p m 9.60 p in 4.56 p m 5.2G p m 5 45 a ni G.3S a m 6.53 Ar fair: p m Ar Oh'go. 6.15 All day trains have Parlor cars and Dining Cars ; night trains have Sleeping Cars and Reclining Chair Cars. No. 1 has Through Sleeping Car Macon and At lanta to Chicago uia E. T. V & O. R. R. and A. & IT Koute. The Bier'Foar Kqh'a j is positively the only line making connect j tion in Central Union Stat ion, Cincinnati with through trains of the E. T. V. & O. Ry., Queen and C resent Koute. Chesa peake f Ohio By , Kentucky Central By., tnd L. & N. K. K. without transfers aud landing passengers at Hid way Plaisance, tie main entrance gate to the World's Fair, Be sure your tickets read via th Big Four Route. For lull information ad drew D. B. Marii;,-. General Passenger Igent, Cincinnati, O MERCURIAL poison. Landing physicians prescribed medicine after medicine, which I took without any relief. I also tried mercu rial and potash remedies, with nnsno RHEUMATISM cessful results, but which brought on aa attack of mercurial rheumatism that made my life one of agony. After suf ering four years I gave up all remedies and commenced using & & S. After taking several bottles, I was entirely cured and able to resume work. 0 f l la the greatest medicine for i4 til blood poisoning to-day oa the market." Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases miOd tree. Bwut Br zemo Co., Atlanta, Oa NOTICE! I have leased the South Fork Paper Mills situated at Lineolnton, N C, and can fur nish book, news, and maniila papers of the best quality, at lowest Cash prices. Send in your orders, and you shall be satisfied. Mr. J.C. Jones, of Fulton, Ark., says of ( l About ten years ago I oon- ' m I tracted a severe case of blood