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Remedies are Needed
Were we perfect, which we ar not, medicine, would
at ofte b needed. But line our systems bate hr
euM weakened, impaired aivj broke dowa through
ndueretHs which bave 4 w oa from the eriy afei,
through couiulc tcucrjtiuoi, remetiica art needed to
a d Nature ia eorrcctin our inherited and otherwise
acquired weakaewca. To reacb the aeat of stomach
weakneaa and consequent digestive trouble, there n
othinf to ttod at Dr. fierce' Golvlca Medical I)itcov
err, a flvccrie com poo mi, etrirted from naave medic
inal roots auld lor over dirty yrr,rs with feat satittuccion to all men. For
W eak Stomach, BiliooMien, l.iver (impUint, I'ain in the Stomach after ratio.
Heartburn, Bad Brearti, lklchin of lood. Chronic Diarrhea and other lntntinal
Derangements, the "Discovery" U a time-rrovea tad most efficient remedy.
Tie genuine has on Its
outside wrapper the
Signature
You can't afford to accept a secret nostrum at a substitute for thit non-alco
kolic, medicine or tmoax courotmo, not even though the urgent dealer may
thereby make a little hifcier profit.
Dr. Pierce' I'leatar.t I'd left regulate and lnviorate ttomach, liver and
towel. Sujisr-coated, tiny Jranulcs, eaay to take at candy.
HHEEL INFORMATION...
YOU know that the wheel is the most important part of a
Vehicle. But you don't know how a pood wheel is made.
We do. In the first place it is made from the very best
selected second growth North Carolina hickory.
It is not only the best wood, but it must be air-dried and
thoroughly seasoned; primed in lead and oil; the tire put on
hot and you have a wheel that will last That is the l'IKD
MONT wheel, and
Every Fiecc of Every Piedmont Buggy
Is Guaranteed. &&&&&&
Fiedmont Vehicles are made in great variety of style.
Ask us about them.
The Piedmont Buggy Co., Monroe, N.C.
We've Had a Cold Snap or Two -but
The
Bulk of Winter
Is Ahead!
Still important to be prepared for it. A ring and
a word over 279, settles the trouble for you. Best
Coal to be had pure lump coal, not trash and
cinders.
Monroe Ice arid Fuel
Company.
Why p&y more?
Gather around, because we want to ask
you a rather important question
Why are you paying premiums for 20 years, when the 0
same premium for 18 years will make t full paid policy ;
And there is more to it:
Loans may be obtained at end of second year to help
pay premium.
One month's grace.
Incontestable after first year.
No restrictions as to travel, residence or occupation.
Beneficiary may be changed at will.
Beneficiary has privilege of taking amount payable in
one sum, or instalments on which interest will be
allowed.
PHILADELPHIA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
GORDON INSURANCE AND INVESTMENT COMPANY,
St&.te Agents.
THE, WINGflTE S6N00L,
WING ATE, N. C.
Spring Term Opens Jan. 3rd, 1910
Special Boarding Arrangements.
Girls' Home. Boys' Club.
Prepares lor College or University
Music, Elocution, Fine Library
Societies, Modern Equipment,
Special attention given to preparation for College
and for teaching. For catalogue apply to
J3. Y. Tyner, or J. G. Carroll
Principals.
niRAGES OF THE DESERT.
Mr. B. W. Baker of Union County,
Living In Arizona Five Wars,
Has Become to Love the Desert
and Writes of Its Wonders.
Wrtllra fur Tha Journal.
Considered from an industrial
standixunt, Arizona is entitled to be
called "the land cf copper," for in
the production of this metal she
leads every State in the I'nion. con
tributing nearly one third of the en
tire production of the United States.
There is one mine in the territory
the Copper Queen that yields a
million dollars' worth of the red
metal per month. Copper mining
seems to be a more stable and de
pendable business than the mining
of silver and gold. It's true the price
sometimes "slumps," in which case
the mining men find themselves in
deep water like the cotton planter
when the price of cotton gees down.
It may seem a little strange that
in a section of country where copper
is so plentiful that the copper cent
is not in use. Not even the post
office here has any use for pennies.
Tucson (pronounce it two-son, not
tuck son) is not the place where the
stingy man puts a copper in the con
tribution box at church and where
the least tot who attends Sunday
school contributes less than five
cents. And away with the copper
cent from the face of the earth!
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If I were asked what features of
the Southwest appeal most strongly
to me, my answer would be, "The
things which God hath made." Here
the light is very strong, the sun
shine is rarely clouded, the atmos
phere is singularly pure and brac
ing. Under these conditions man's
horizon is greatly extended, his
world is enlarged. On the moun
tains, plains and valleys he sees
beauty, charm and grandeur. You
may think it strange that one should
fall in love with the desert, yet to
me it is not strange. Perhaps you
have met an individual in whom at
first sight you could see nothing to
admire, yet upon a closer acquaint
ance you would discover many noble
traits of character which would at
tract you until a permanent friend
ship would ripen. It is so with the
desert. When first I looked out from
a moving train upon miles and miles
of desert covered with cacti, mes
quite, creosote bushes and the ac
cursed acacia, or catclaw all con
temptible and dwarfed vegetation
the prospect was not inviting. Now,
ifter a stay of five years, I must con
ess myself a lover of the desert.
When one wanders out on the
broad desert, miles beyond the wire
ences of civilization, beyond the
-tound of human voice and the noise
f all men's inventions, he feels the
Hubtile charm of the desert stealing
ver him, bringing to the soul a fine
-epose. Like, the sky and like the
ea, the dtsert is one of the great
primordial things. In the far away
mountains is strength, the strength
f the eternities. In tho presence of
he Infinite, man's finiteness is forced
upon him, the religious impulse is
iwakened and he finds himself echo
ng the words of Israel's sweet sing
r, "Lord, what is man that thou art
mindful of him."
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Sometimes a newcomer sees strange
ind mysterious things. High up in
he sky he tees a city with church
spires and towers all pointing down
ward, or maybe he sees a herd of
cattle crawling on the sky like flies
on the ceiling of a room. Then,
again, he may see a lake of water
when those acquainted with the
country assure him there is no lake
near. These appearances are very
wonderful and are known as the
Mirage. The explanation is inter
esting: There are two principles un
derlying this phenomenon refrac
tion and reflection. In the case of
the lake, it is an example of reflec
tion: a reflection of the sky without
any lake being near to contribute to
the delusion. In the case of the city
or cattle, the bent or refracted rays
of light deceive us as to their real
position. The city and cattle are
matters of fact, but in a different po
sition from where they seem to be.
We have been accustomed to think
we always see along straight lines,
when in fact we see along the rays
of light; if rays of light are straight
we see in straight lines, but if the
rays of light are curved by excessive
heat and other peculiar conditions of
atmosphere, the line of vision would
follow the curves.
Suppose rays of light could be so
refracted by the excessive heat, that
a man standing in front of Mr. F. B.
Ashcraft's store in Monroe ould see
a man on horseback in front of the
Heath hardware store, the horseman
would seem to the beholder to be,
not around the corner, but in a
straight line ahead I would say
about opposite the People's bank.
We have in this illustration a du
plicate of the Mirage in its relation
to the position of objects seen. In
these strange appearances there is a
distortion of the objects and they
appear in reversed position. This is
due to the different thicknesses of
the atmosphere through which we
see them, bat this is something
which can not be well appreciated
by one who has not been on the
plains at times when they shimmer
in strong light and great beat.
li. W. P.VKtE.
Tuescn, Arizona.
Many Comings an J doings at Win
gate. Orrr!.n.U-iic of T!e Journal.
Wingate. Jan. .". Messrs. Broalus
and Clyde Jones of Wake Forest Col
lece spent the holidays at their home
I ere
Mr. and Mrs. CLas. Beddingfield cf
Wake county spent last week with
relatives here.
Prof, and Mrs. B. Y. Tyner spent
the holidays with the former's pa
rents at Unit s.
Messrs. I. li. Mullis, Ellis Snyder,
Joe Austin and Carl Meiggs. em
ployees of the Southern Power Com
pany, spent the holidays at their
homes here.
Mr. Bayard May spent last week
with relatives in Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. tarn Watson and
Miss Grace Watson attended the mail
carriers' convention at Wadesboro
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Liles of Hamlet
spent the holidays with relatives here
and at Rock Rest.
Mr. Broadus Jones and Miss Janie
Bivers attended a reception given by
Miss Beaulah Copple of Monroe in
honor of her schoolmate, Miss Dan
iels, Monday night.
Miss Annie Armfield of Msrshville
spent Monday w ith friends here.
Mr. Fbb II. Griffin visited friends
in Kershaw week before last.
Mrs. John Watson spent last week
with relatives in Anson county.
Mr. Walter Perry, an employee of
the Seaboard, visited home folks here
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lex Phifer of Wades
boro spent last week with relatives
here.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. May and daugh
ter, Orpha, visited their son, Mr. W.
D. May, in Charlotte week before last.
Mr. Rae Griffin of Philadelphia
spent the holidays with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William Griffin.
Mr. Oscar Thomas, an employee of
the Seaboard, spent Sunday and Mon
day with his parents here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Cox of Monroe
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with the lattcr's sister, Mrs. J. W.
Outen.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Little of Lanes
Creek spent Saturday night and Sun
day at Mr. J. W. Outen's.
School opened Monday morning
with a full attendance.
Mrs. Metta Austin spent last week
with her sister, Mrs. J. W. Outen.
Tbeie is nothing so annoying or so
disagreeable as piles. We know of
uottiing so effective in case of blind,
bleeding, itching piles as ManZan
You apply ManZan very conveniently
by means of the nozzle attached to
the tube in which ManZan is put up.
Sold by all druggists
Sale of Real Estate.
By virtue of an order and decree
made by the Superior Court of Union
County, North Carolina, in a sjiecial
proco ding wherein The Savings, I-oan
& Trust Company, Admr. of C. W. Alex
ander is pluintitf and Margaret Alexan
der, Eva Alexander. Hubert Alexander,
John Alexander and Mrs. Minnie Sater
field are defendants. I will expose to
p iblic sale to the highest bidder, at the
coirt house door in Monroe, N. C, on
Monday, the 31st day of January,
A. D., 1V10, the following described
real estate, to-wit: AU the minerals of
every description contained in and on
the tract or parrel of land hereinafter
descriU-d with the ripht of ingress and
egress in and to said lands for the pur
pose of prospecting' and mining for said
minerals and also the riht to use nec
essary wood and water of said lands for
prospecting and mining purposes and
for no other purposes; and also the right
to erect houses on said lands and to en
joy the same while engaged in mining
for mineral';; provided, nevertheless,
that none of these privileges shall be so
used or abused as to interfere with the
growing crops or any of the rights of
and privilege of the owner of the raid
lands, which said tract of land, lying
and ueinp i.i the said county of I'nion,
state of North Carolina, en J ia known
as the Stewart (lold Mine Tract, adjoin
ing the lands of Win. Stewart, Thomas
T. I"ron, and others. For a full de
scription of which reference is hereby
made to the petition tiled in this cause.
Terms of tale oist-iutlf cash and the
remainder on a credit of eight months
with approved security ar.d lil!e retain
ed until all the purvlue money has
been paid and all deferred payments to
bear interest from the date of sale.
This the lh day of Dev.. A. D.
The Savings, Loan &. Tki'st Co.,
Redwine & Sikes, Attys. Comrs.
KEY JliSEELY.
VAME JicSEELY.
McNeely & McNeely,
ATIORNtyS-ftMAW.
Practice in the State and Federal courts.
WrOlfice up-stairs over Pottotfice.
M
U
MULE
E
A car load of the best of Missouri
mules that has been brought to
Monroe in years for sale at J. E.
Little's Stables, Monroe, N. C.
If you want a pair of mules made
up to suit your work, and of the
right age, see these mules at once.
The Union Trade Co.
WE HAVE NOT JUST RECEIVED A
Car Load qf Buggies,
but if you will visit our store on Lafayette
street you will see that we have at le&st
One Hundred,
of every kind and description and &t
prices none of our competitors can beat.
Did You Say Harness?
Our stock of harness the year round is
complete euid up -to-d&ie, and we know
it is to your interest to see us before mak
ing a purchase in the above lines.
HEATH
HARDWARE COMPANY.
Wholesale. Retail.