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MONROE
JOURNA
VOLUME XIV. NO. 3
MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY FEBRUARY 26, 1907.
One Dollar a "Ynr
Governor Hoke
TO THE
Smith
Cotton Associations?
iPuba-hfj bgr um oi Mr. r. r.w.
Ply trr, Ltturr f,r I'BKm Cuunly.t
(ieutleniea of the Southern Cot
too Asexwiiitson : It gives me
pleasure to be with you, because
the result you desire to accomplish
coueerus the welfare of alt the
people of our section and prosperi
ty of our uatiou.
While ordinarily the laws of
supply and deuiand can be relied
upou to bring the producer a just
price for the product of his labor,
artificial conditious may exist
which interfere with the natural
course of trade. This is the situ
ation which applies to the sale of
liut cotton by the farmer.
If the farmers of the south sold
their cotton to the owners of the
mills of the world as the mills
need the cotton, with no interfer
ence from false estimates of value
created by speculative exchaanges
aud bucket shops, there is every
reasou to believe that the cotton
would to-day sell at 15 cents a
pouud.
I wish to see the cottou growers
fully awake to the true value of
their great staple. I would have
for them the co opcratiou or all
the people of our section, aud the
sympathy of all patriots through
out the nation.
TKl'E VAI.IE OF LINT COTTON,
Kealizitig bow important it is
that the farmer should receive for
bis lint cotton a just price, we
should fiud its true value, aud we
should seek to remove as fur as
possible those influences which
cause fluctuations in the market,
and which depreciate the price
while it is in the bauds of the
farmer.
Lint cotton is the great raw ma
terial from which the people of
the world are clothed.
An element to he considered in
determining the true value of lint
cottnn is the profit which should
be made by the manufacturers to
encourage the count ruction of new
mills, aud the ability of consumers
of the manufactured product to
purchase.
At present prices of all products
manufactured from liut cotton, the
mill owners would make handsome
dividends, although the raw ma
terial cost 12 cents a pound when
passing from the hauds of the
burners.
The prices now being paid for
lithor place the manufactured pro
ducts easily within the reach of
consumers, and this would be true
even if the manufacturer were
compelled to add his additional
charge for the manufactured pro
duct bused upou cottou at 13 cents
a pouud.
The present price, however, of
the man u fact ured products tends
to extend their use aud to eucour
age the increase of consumption.
If the price of 12 cents per pound
could be fixed as the stable selling
price by the farmers, the mills
using the cottou would prosper.
They could rely upon the ability
of consumer to pay for their out
put, and could constantly antici
pate a steady increase of the
world's population, but even more
on account of the advance of civ
ilization and the requirement of
better clothing for the use of the
people of the world.
HA NO KEKIors RIVAL.
Lint cotton must be sold at a
price at which it can successfully
compete with wool, flax aud silk
as the raw material out of which
clothing aud similar goods are to
be made. If we consider the usual
selling price of tlax, wool und
silk aud the cost of their produc
tion, no argumeut is necessary to
force the conclusiou that as against
these three raw materials the pro
ducts manufactured from liut cot
ton would have nothing to fear,
even though liut cotton cost 13
cenU a pound.
Nor is there any danger that
liut cottou raised in other coun
tries could take from the lint cot
ton of the Southern States is prac
tical monopoly, even if our cotton
was selling at 15 rents a pound.
The year lMil marked au epoch
in the history of cottou produc
tion. The great source of the
world'ssupply (the United States)
was rut oil by mar and the cotton
growing resources of every part of
the globe were tested to their nt-
, most to supply the demand of for
eign miiis.
In lMj'J representatives of thirty-five
different countries met to
discuss measures by w hich the lose
of the American crop could 1
supplied. A great stimulus was
given to the rultivation of cottou
m India, Kgypt, Africa, Brail aud
wherever cottou could be pro
duced. By ls I the supply of
cotton from these ditlerent coun
tries was very greatly increased,
but five years after the war the
south bad almost regained her pro
portiomite part of the markets of
the world, andan effort in 1.S2 to
bold a second congress of nations
for the purpose of cousidenug the
production of cotton outside of the
United States found but few of the
origiualcouutries agaiu represent
ed, aud many of those present were
forced to admit that their extveri
ments in raising cotton had not
been successful.
the cultivation or cotton is,
therefore, a very old industry. It
remained for the southern states
of our country to make great suc
cess of its growth.
KOKKKiN IXVTTOX CANNOT t)M
I'ETE. The cottou plant is greatly af
fected by the atmosphere, reuuir
iug different conditions at differ
ent periods of its growth and devel
opment. 1 he great advautage that
we have in the south over those sec
tions which seek to compete with us
iu producing cotton is that they
as a rule are compelled to depend
upon irrigation alone, the air lack
ing that moisture which is required
at certaiu periods of the growth ol
the cotton plant, aud w hich is pro
duced by rainfall.
The fact that Knglaud has for
many years made strenuous efforts
to develop the culture of cotton
in ludia, and that it has not been
able to make it exceed its present
proportions, aud that Brazil has
made no greater progress with her
cotton, and that Germany has ac
complished uo more iu her foreign
possessions, justifies the belief that
the United States can maintain a
practical monopoly of the lint cot
ton which goes to the mills of the
world, aud that no foreign country
will seriously compete with the
South Atlantic and Gulf States in
growing cotton.
Of course, if lint cotton were
forced to an extravagautly high
figure and remained there, some
danger might exist, but at the price
of 1.' to 13 cents a pound, there is
no reason to fear serious foreign
competition
Kealizing the immense impor
tance to our country, as a whole,
and to our section especially, ot
making hut cotton bring its just
value, every good citizen should lx
ready to help produce this result,
and nobody should hinder it.
CAI HES HKI'UI-SHIMS MAItKKT.
Let me mention two causes which
have prevented lint cotton from
selling for its just value :
1. The use of unfair means by
outsiders to depreciate the price.
2. Ihe failure of larmers to use
business like methods to maintain
the price.
Cottou buyers are largely intlu-
euced iu the prices which they vol
unUry offer for cotton by govern
ment reports of the quantity of cot
ton raised, aud by the publications
which go all over the world from
the New York Cotton Exchange.
If the government reports are
miuipulated so that they show a
larger production than the real
crop, the price is depressed aud the
farmer is the loser.
COTTON EXl'HAMtB.
If the New York exchange per
mits inferior cotton to be delivered
iu the place of middling cotton,
without requiring the man making
the tender to pay the full differ
ence in value between the two, a
false standard for the valuation of
middling cotton is thereby created.
Iudeed, the presence of a cotton
exchange, from which a mnniifac-
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CHIP TOBACCO ia one of the belt and largest plugs of
flue-eared goods ever offered the consumer t loe. It if
manufactured by a strictly INDEPENDENT firm, a con
cern depending solar upon the good will and patronage of
the people at large; a patronage only deniivd upon the
strength of the superior quality of their tobaccos. That
it has earned this appreciation is amply proved by the
tremendous and rapidly increasing demand for CHIP. In
fact, wherever their tobaccos come into com pet ion with
other makes, whether with the people or before judges of
the world's great expositions, tby are iniKLrxably wtnntrt
Call for CHIP and save the tags as they are valuable.
A ener of ear 1 Wt pnmthmi ntaJnn which la an of Ow torwt
and mart fttonrttvrtlttfi out by a tohaer aMBuftrtitrw.
will b H t mnw Mr ill U Untud SUM om mnpt oi
mtfU hi pattaf famtlol the Up w tn ridima.
HancocK Bros. 8 Co., Lynchburg, Va.
turer cannot demand the delivery
of the genuine article which be
has bought, is unfair aud injurious.
If a cotton exchange is permitted
at all, the man who buys cotton
in it ought to have the right to de
mand a genuine article of the ex
act kind which he purchases, aud
the man who sells ought not to be
permitted by any trickery to reu
der useless to the buyer the article
which he has contracted to pur
chase.
If the entire exchange system
in which cotton futures are sold
could be broken up, it would have
au minieuse influence towards en
abliug the farmer to obtain the
true value of his cottou.
We have passed an act of the
legislature driving the exchanges
out of Georgia, ami I wish to tell
you the act will Ins eu forced with
vigor and completeness.
WMT 11AKIS NECESSARY.
Where we cannot drive them
out, we should at least demand
that when they sell a bale of mid
dliug cottou, aud not le allowed
to depreciate the market price of
this important commodity by pro
fessing to sell middling cottou,
hile iu reality they deliver au ar
tide of comparatively little value.
CHAMiE MODE OK SALE.
Until the last few years the
farmers of the south have followed
the practice of selling practically
all of their cotton as soon as it
was gathered. The mill men of
the world need this cotton, not iu
a lump, but distributed through
twelve mouths. If the farmers in
sist Uion selling the 12,500,000
bales of cottou iu sixty days, wJieu
it takes twelve months for the
mills to use it, they simply glut
the market with their prodect.
They force it in the hands of siec
ulntors, and the speculator would
be, iudeed, foolish if he did not
buy it at the lowest price possible.
If the full value of a cotton
crop is to be obtained by the man
who produces it, he should pursue
a policy about as follows :
1. lie must by severe self-de-nial
for one or two years get out
of debt.
2. Ho must raise his own sup
plies of food.
:i. He must have on his own
farm his own cotton shed, pre
pared for the safe protection of
his cottou, just as he lias his corn,
or his baru in which he takes care
ot his hay.
4. He must sell his cotton
through the year, mouth by
moiith, and not dump it at all on
the market as soon as it is ginned.
i. The men who raise cotton
must be furnished with a knowl
edge of its true value and steadily
move the price to a stable rate of
12 cents a pouud.
A sporadic high price for any
one year s crop is not to ie desired.
Such a course would injure the
farmer. It would hinder the wotk
of the manufacturers, lessening
the consumption of the manufac
tured product, encourage the
farmer to excessive production the
next year, and leave him in all
probability bis loss from low
prices would exceed his temporary
gain.
PKourcKR Hiiori.u m prick.
The farmer should be informed
as to the true value of his cotton.
He should reach a decision as to
the price it is worth, and he
should not sell uutil he receives
that price. We must get away
from the practice of letting the
man who has the cotton to sell
leave to the mau who proposes to
buy the exclusive right of determ
ining what he will give for the
produce. The man whe raises the
cotton should fix the price at
which he will sell.
TWELVE CENTS 1.0 W VAI.I E.
Twelve cents per pound is a low
estimate of the fair value of liut
cotton in the hauds of the farmers
under present conditions, and if it
fails to bring that (trice, the fail
ure is due to the lack of coopera
tion and good judgment in the
matter of sales on the part of
those who produce this staple. 1
go one step further : As 75 per
cent of the liut cotton which goes
into the manufactories of the
world is produced in our country,
the power resides with us to fix
the selling price, and to the extent
that we fml to re eive the just
value of the product, we are our
telves to blame.
A Valuable Lesson.
''Six years ago I learned a valuable
lesson," writes John f'lcasaut of
Magnolia, Iud. ''I then began tak
ing Dr. King's New Life Pills, and
the longer I take them the better I
find them." They please every
body. (iimrHiitecd at English Drug
Co.' s. 25c.
Ciingrcss has passed an act giv
ing the president aut hoily to ex
elude certain classes of immigrants.
This is to solve the .lapaues prob
lem in California. No more coolies
.r the working ciss of J ipan, will
' admitted into the United States
r any of its island. I
Rising from the Uravc.
A prominent manufacturer, Win.
A. Fertwell of Lucaiua, N. C, re
lates a most remarkable exHri
ence. He says, "After taking less
than three Imttles of Klectric Bit
ters, I feel like one rising from the
grave. My trouble is Bright's dis
ease, in the diabetes sluge. I fully
believe Electric Bitters will cure
me permanently, for it has already
stopped the liver and bladder com
plications which have troubled me
(or years." Guaranteed at English
DrngCo-'s. Trice only 50c, ,
Letters From Abroad.
my a. m. rck.
No. 10.
Over the Mcditeranean on an English-Speaking
Ship In Contact
with Ml.uionark The Enllsh
In Egypt A Modern flows
Shows Two Places Where the
Patriot Crossed the Red Sea.
U-...)-rlchlrl. . hf K T. Brulrj
I.
Returning from the land of the
Moors to Gibraltar, we spent four
days on the rock very pleasantly
waiting for a ship. As there was no
vessel for Algiers or Tunus within
two weeks, a visit to those places was
given up. We caught the "Egypt,"
of the P. & O. line, going from Lon
don to Bombay and took passage for
Port Said. From Caibraltar to Port
Said via Marseilles is 2,201 miles,
and required seven days. The time
did not seem so long, since the mind
is almost constantly occupied in re
flecting on the many and mighty
events that have occurred around the
Mediterranean. The greatest part of
all that is noble and grand in the
world's history clusters around the
classic shores.
The passengers on the Egypt were
almost entirely English. Most of
them loved amusement, but the Brit
isher's capacity for enjoyment is
greater than their talent for furnish
ing entertainment. We had all sorts
of games during the day and in the
evening concerts and dances. 1 heir
concerts lacked dash and ginger and
their dancing was particularly shab
by. The majority of the passengers
were going to India. Some were go
ing for gold and some for souls. A
number of the gentlemen were inter
ested in the gold mines of India and
were going out to look after their in
terests. A still larger number of
nu n and women were on their way
to that far oil land as missionaries,
teachers aud doctors.
The Women Going as Fisher's of
Men.
Of those who were to engage in
tho mission work most were ladies.
The women w ill save the heathens
yet. Almost every steamer of the P.
& 0. line going to India, I was told,
carried out some of those brave souls
who had volunteered to light the
devil in his strong holds. If wa who
are anxious to save the heathen at
long range will only furnish the sin
ews of war the women will rout old
Satan before long. On the Sabbath
spent on the sea we had two sermons
in the evening by the Bishop of
Madras, India, and the evening serv
ice by a gentlemen who had been
eight years working among the east
Indians. It was interesting to near
them talk of their labors and the re
sults accomplished. The people of
the West do not know the people of
the East and cannot, therefore, ap
preciate the dillieulties under which
our missionaries labor. It is no easy
matter to say good bye to kindred
and friends, give up the pleasures of
home, the comforts of civilization,
and go on the other side of the world
to become fishers of men. Ihe
unselfish spirits who do so will oc
cupy reserved seats up yonder.
Motley Mess en Route to Mecca
Port Said lies at the Mcditeranean
mouth of the Suez canal and owes its
existence to the canal. It is a city
of over lO.OtK) people and built en
tirely upon sand. On the pier at the
mouth of the cunal is a colossal statue
of Ferdinand do Lesscps, but the ca
nal itself is his greatest monument.
It solved the great problem which
Columbus was working at when he
discovered America a shorter way
to India. Ihe canal is 102 miles
long from Port Said on the Meditera-
nean to Suez on the lied Sea, but it
runs through some large lakes and
only about HO miles of digging was
necessary, Tho canal is the dividing
line between the continents of Africa
and Asia. Suez is a city of do im
portance and very few travellers stop
in it. Just at this time it is full of
Mohammedan pilgrims ou their way
to Mecca. Two or three ships full of
them leave every day men, women
children going to their sacred city.
Besides these, large caravans are
passing on camels, donkeys and on
foot, and a motley mess they are.
One party has just reached here who
have been walking for six months
and came here without a cent of
money. They will continue their
tramp to Mecca.
The Light Shinln in Ecypt.
There are some earnest missiona
ries in Suez. One is a female doctor
and her home is in far away New
Zealand. She is not supported bv
any denomination but is paying her
own expenses. 1 he mission schools
are doing a great work. But the
best thing that ever happened to
hgpyl was when England established
a protectorate over the country and
located a portion of her army dow n
here. Not only has there been pro
tection of life, liberty and property,
but teachers and preachers have
come and can work in safety. The
presence and example of English
speaking people have had a good in-
lluence on the natives. Today two
Arabs were telling me of the great
beneficial changes that have taken
place since the British occupation of
hgypt. One is a Mohammedan and
the other, a railway conductor, is a
christian converted from Mohammed
anism. The latter volunteered the
information that he was a christian
and told it with evident pleasure.
He is a big, fine looking fellow and
will inlluenceothers. The missiona
ry who captured him has a deed to
his credit greater than anything in
the life of Alexander, Hannibal or
Napoleon. Down in theolliceof the
Governor of Suez (where I had to get
a passport) I met a Copt who was
in the English service. He, too,
wanted me to know that he was a
christian. Such has been the con
duct and example of the English
that some of the natives are proui to
follow in their foot steps. But the
moment onequits the Mohammedans,
the latter ostracise him and try to
make his life miserable. It is this
ignorant fanaticism that retards the
work of christian missionaries.
Where Moses Crossed Now a Place
of Dispute.
On arrival in Suez the first citizen
I met was a burly Arab who intro
duced himself in this manner: "My
name is Moses. I'm a good man,
every body tell you I'm a good man.
Do you want a guide and donkeys?"
I informed Moses that I was induced
to visit his country by a gentleman
of the same, name who led the Irael
itcs this way some thousand years
ago and crossed the Red Sea some
w here in thislneighborhood. "Yes,"
replied Moses, "I can show you the
very place, it not far from here." I
then confided to Moses the purpose
of my presense down here that the
controversy as to the true place of
the crossing had confused me and
that I had come here to satisfy my
own mind on the spot. Moses prompt
ly solved the problem that Bible
scholars have wrangled over for
years. "I can show you tho two
places. I know exactly where they
are. Moses crossed at both of them."
There is common ground for com
promise upon which the contending
parties can get together. "Succotb,"
"Pi-hahiroth," "Midgol" and "Baal
Zephon" have never been located and
there is practically nothing to aid in
identifying the exact place. The tra
ditional place lies some miles south of
Suez and is covered by the deep sea,
while the other one is a few miles
north of it. The northern place is
now dry land (except for the canal
recently cut across it). The parties
to the dispute, in the main, have
chosen the site which comports w ith
their belief as to whether the cross
ing was accomplished by natural or
miraculous means. The class of
scholars w ho explain it in accordance
w ith natural laws select the northern
place and claim that, at the time of
the Exodus, the place was covered by
the Red Sea but so shallow that it
liecame dry at low tide (tho tide to
day rises seven feet here), and that
when Pharoh's army attempted to
cross the rushing tide came in and
destroyed them. Most of those who
believe it was a miracle adopt the
traditional site, but many who con
sider it a miracle adopt the northern
place. The passage could have been
a miracle and occured where it is
now dry land. The configuration of
the coast at the head of the lied Sea
has greatly changed even within his
torical times, and in the days of Mo-
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been sick they need Scott's Emat
st'on to bring Lack health and strength.
Cut the strongest point about Scott's
' Emulsion it that you don't have to be
ick to get result from it
It keeps up the athlete's strength, puts fat
on thin people, makes a fretful baby happy,
, brings color to a pale girl's cheeks, and pre
i vents coughs, colds and consumption.
i Food in concentrated form for tick and
i well, young and old, rich and poor.
i And it contains no drug and no alcohol,
1 ALL DRUOOI8T8I BOo. AND 9I.OO.
s s the sea pnbably extended more
than fifty mill's north of its present
head. inly a few mile north of the
present head of the sea is a large
lake, or inland sea, several miles
, long and between it and the Red Sea
the strip of sand is but little above
! the present level of the sea That
the sea once covered this strip is
shown by the sea shells to be found
on even much higher ground in the
neighborhood. These shells are
found embedded up in the mountain
ever to the west of Suez ind prove
that it was thrown up from under
the water. "When the "strong cast
wind" caused the water to be divided
and to become "a wall" it is not nec
essarily meant that the waters stood
upright but simply the equivalent
meaning of wall protection. But,
in any event, it could have been a
miracle as well at one place as at the
other. Those who favor the lower
place apply the words of the Bible to
the sea as it now amx-ars and take
no account of how it might have been
at the time of the Exodus. After the
crossing Moses lead Israel out into
the wilderness of Shur, and after
"three davs" thev came to Marah.
i Exodus 15:23 ) But Marah is no
three days from the traditional site,
but would lie from the other place.
We decided to visit Marah, now
called Moses' Wells. The excursion
was delightful. The latter day Mo
ses of Suez, convinced us that it
would be better to make the trip on
donkeys rather than on camels and
we closed a contract with him. At
the appointed hour 5Uses was on
hand with "Yankee-doodle Dandy"
for me and "Mrs. 1-angtry" for my
wife. Moses paid tioattentionto sex
in naming his donkeys. "Mrs. I.ang
try" is a male donkey.
To Moses' Wells in Patriarchal
Style.
Before crossing over into Arabia
I had to get a passport from the
Anglo-Egyptian authorities. This
was procured from a clever Scotch
man who assured us that in his opin
ion we could make the trip in safety,
lie said that there had Is'cn no Eng
lish sjieaking people over there since
the clash last year between Turkey
and England over the Sinai bounda
ry line. That stirred up the llcdow
ins, but their feeling has now sub
sided. Before embarking we had to
register in a book our names, ages,
nationality, destination in Arabia and
my occupation. These matters out
of the way, we got in a sail boat with
Moses and his donkeys and sailed for
the other side. After being confined
in a slow ship for several days a trip
through the desert on a Balaam's
nag is something to be remembered.
It is so new to Westerners and yet so
old in the East. It was the way the
patriarchs travelled. And, for gen
uine pleasure, a good donkey beats a
palace car. Mrs. Iingtry had an
ideal gait, but Yankee-doodle Dandy
was constitutionally opposed to exer
tion. "Money makes the mare go,"
but nothing but a club will persuade
a lazy donkey to make speed. We
met on the way some of the much-talked-of
Bedowins and they never
robbed or killed us. We also passed
a caravan of the same folks from
Sinai going to Ismailia, with a cargo
of dates. Tho camels are the only
Arabian trains.
Before starting I provided myself
with a supply of small change and
cigarettes. All Arabs, even the chil
dren, smoke. Marah lies in the wil
derness of Etham or Shur. It is an
oasis. There are several large wells
or springs which are surrounded by
palms and other trees. These springs
of living waters bubble up from the
sand. Tho largest, according to tra
dition, is the one m which Moses
cast the tree which the 1-ord showed
him. The water was bitter but the
tree sweetened it. Today it is neither
bitter nor sweet it tastes like soap
suds.
Caught the Eye of the Bare-footed
Governor.
In the oasis are some rude huts
occupied by poorly clad Bedowins,
the simple people of the desert. 1 he
Sheik or governor of the tribe met us
when we entered his bailiwick. His
excellency is an old man, very dark.
was scantily attired and bare footed.
He gave us a courteous salute and
extended his right hand. We dis
mounted, stored away our rations,
fresh water, etc., and began to make
ourselves at home. The She k at
once ordered colToe, which was
brought in tiney cups and saucers,
sweetened with white sugar. That
was his way of letting us know we
were welcome. I brought out my
cigarettes and also gave him about
thirty times the value of his coiTte in
silver. That got him. Erom then
on he was my friend and I knew it.
I le proceeded to show us about and
otherwise extend to us the privileges
of the oasis. The children as well
as grown ones gathered around and
I was extremely lavish with cigar
ettes and silver coins I saw that I
was becoming very popular the
more cigarettes and silver I dispensed
the more popular I became. If 1 had
stayed there three days (and my cig
arettes and money had held out), I
verily believe that I could have been
elected constable of the oasis. The
governor tried as best he could to
explain how they irrigated their gar
dens and did his very best to make
our visit to his sand-girt home pleas
ant. I shall always remember with
delight our trip to the wells of Moses.
1 regretted to turn back without
seeing ML Sinai, but the trip is too
long, rough and tiresome for my
wife. I am satisfied that we could
make it in safety without any armed
escort I have 90 weapon of any
kind and yet I believe we could take
Moses alone and go there without
harm. It is true that Bedowins of
XShc
lT i food causes
KJ stomach disorders Its con- " k
WBjjr tinucd use means permanent
Sfjf Following the advice of medical I'-ljJll
fjl scientists, England and France have VfS(
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the desert often rob travellers, and
sometimes kill them, but nine times
out of ten it is your brave fellows
w ho rely on lighting and shooting
their way through. Kindness, small
presents and the judicious use of a
little money will procure more safety
than pow der and lead.
I here is one other matter in con
nection with the Exodus to which I
will here allude. It has been argued
w ith much force that the mar na upon
w hich the Israelites fed was a natural
product of the land through which
they passed. Josephus tells us that
in his day manna was found in Ara
bia. Biirckhardt, the great traveller,
relates that manna was still found in
Petrea, dropping from the sprigs of
trees, when he visited that country.
Six years ago I bought some in Pal
estine which the vendors assured me
came, from tho coasts of the Red Sea.
I was inclined to accept the view
that it was the same kind found by
Ihe Hebrews in their wanderings.
The argument that the Bible manna
was a natural product is plausible
on paper, but it falls to the ground
when one sees the character of the
country they traversed. If it was a
natural food, then there was sent a
stiernatural quantity of it. That
manna was cither the product ot a
miracle or the account of it by Moses
is a pure fiction. Tho nature of the
country forbids any other conclusion.
"Seeing is believing."
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A liquid cold relief with a laxative
principle which drives out the cold
through a copious action of the bow
els, auj a healing principle which lin
Urn in the throat and stops the cough
that is Kennedy 1 Laxative lough
Syrup. Safe and aura in ita action,
pleasant to take, aud conforms to the
national pure food and drug law. Con
tains no opiates Sold by S. J. Welsh
aud C. N. Sinipsoo, jr.
Revenue oflieers Harkins and
Hendricks, of Winston, destoyed a
big still near Stoneville Sunday
night, and "00 gallons of beer. The
moonshiners fired on them with a
shot gun, and the officers returned
the compliment with rifles and no
one was hurt.
Notliim; will relieve indigestion that
is not a thorough dicestant. Kodol
digests what you eat aod allows the
stomach to rest recuperate grow
strong agaiu. Kodol is a solution of
digestive acids aod as nearly as pos
sible approximates the digestive juices
that are found in the stomach. Kodol
takes the work of digestion off the di
gestive organs, and while pei forming
this work itself does greatly assist tha
stomach to a thorough rest. In addi
tion the ingredients of Kodol are such
as to make it a corrective of the high
est efficiency and by its action the
stomach is restored to ita normal ac
tivity aod power. Kodol ia maaufac
lured in atrict conformity with the na
tional pur food and drug law. Sold
by S. J. Welsh and C. N. Simpsoo.Jr.
Hunting for Trouble.
"I've lived in California 20 years,
and am still hunting for trouble in
the way of burns, sorec, wounds,
boils, cubs sprains, or a case of
piles that Buckleu's Arnica Salve
won't quickly cure," writes Chas.
Walters of Alleghany, Sierra Co.
So use hunting, Mr. Walters; it
cures every case. Guaranteed at
Euglish Drug Co.'s. 25c.
Althea West, dangntcr of Wm.
West of Buncombe county, a young
lady of 25 years, prominent iu her
community, killed herself Sunday
afternoon by taking strychnine,
dying two hours after taking the
poison, in terrible agony. No one
knows why she did it.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
a favorite, "We prefer Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy to any other for our
children," says Mr.L. J. Woodbury of
Twining, Mich. "It has also done the
work for us in hard colds and croup,
and we take pleasure in recommend
ing it." For sale by English Diug Co.
Sheriff Phills, of Colquitt, Oa.,
while trying to arrest John Ball
and his father for rioting, was for
ced to shoot Ball Saturday. Ball
drew a gun and told the officer
he would kill him if he attempted
arrest and the sheriff shot, killing
Ball dead in his tracks.
Skin Disease of 20 Years' Standing
Cured. I want you to know how much
Chamberlain's Salve has done for me.
It baa cured my face of a skio disease
of almost 20 years' standing. I have
been treated by several as smart phy
sicians as we have in this country aud
they did me no good, but two boxes of
this salve has cured me. Mrs. Fannie
Griffen, Troy, Ala. Chamberlain's
Salve is for sale by English Drug Co.
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