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VOLUMN XIII.
MOCKSVTLLE. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 3. 1912.
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Who Struck Billy Patterson.
Dick Naylor in Home and Farm.
The high cost of living continues
to be a nrnch cussed and discussed
topic. The latest solution I have
seen is that given by the Cincin
uati Housewifes' Co Operative Lea
gue, through its president, Mrs. J.
E'ims. The crystalized answer to
the question as to who is to blame
for the present greatly increased
cosi.of living is thus given by the
league for the benefit of the De
partment of Agriculture:
Trusts, selfish greed aud hun
ger for big profits. Speculation
prices fixed by gamblers, rather
than by cost of production. Hus
bandsnot as helpful' in home
management as they should be.
Lame laws refusing to grant wo
men the right to vote."
No doubt the Buckeye house
wives are more or less rightineach
ol their counts as to who is guilty.
Evidently more than one miscreant
has assaulted the long suffering
Billy Patterson the common peo
ple. It does seem hard, however, that
the poor husbands, who have the
bills to pay, should be arraigned
before the bar of feminine indigna
tion as particeps criminis in the
matter. ''Half of them,' the re
port proceeds to say, "don't know
tbe price of sugar."
That may be true, Mrs. Ellms,
but you'll be safe in betting that
more than half of them can tell
you the prices of cigars, smoking
tobacco of different brands, also
the prices of different brands of
certain liquids. Why should hus
bands be required to keep track of
iluctiwtioQs of groceries any more
ttian the wives should be expected
to keep tab on cigars, oyster sup
pers and other masculine trifles!
It eeems to me, however, that
Cant. John C. Edgar, in hie artic e
on page 19 of Home and Farm,
January 15, comes much nearer
solving the problem than do the
good ladies of the Cincinnati
Housewives' Co-Operative League.
Capt. Edgar takes a broad and
comprehensive vietf of the trouble
(as, indeed, he does all matters),
attributing the prevailing high
prices to many causes, the princi
pal ones being an increased demand
against a decreased supply. "
"The whole secret of the high
price of butcher meat," he 6ays,
"is increased population and de
creased supply of meat animals,"
which he goes on to explain are
dr.e to our J 6,000,000 more popu
lation during the last decade, and
the passing ol the big W estern
ranges into the possession of 'the
man with the hoe."
Meat animals, however, are not
the only food supply that is dear.
Every article, as even the poor,
henpecked husbands of those Cin
cinnati dames have, by this time,
found out, no doubt, has ascended
to altivudinous heights. The lowly
but toothsome spud, particularly,
occupies a high financial seat.
"Uncle" Frank Jackson, a pio
neer farmer of Carrollton, Dallas
county, submitted the following
explanation as to the high prices
f potatoes to the Dallas Morning
News:
"I read an article in the Friday
Kewa by Mrs. M. A. Gale, asking
the Mayor to devise some plan to
make living in Dallas cheaper, es
pecially as to the cosfc of potatoes.
I louder if Mrs. Gale knows that
&U the boys who used, to dig pota
toes have gone to the cities. If
Mrs. Gale has a n v boys that
want t,o dig potatoes ' they can
get a jcb digging Lear Carrollton.
1 have raised six bovs on the farm
"4iias county, but they have all
feon- to the city, and. are engaged
n boosting corner lots and are not
la tne potato buines' any more,
dni l have about twnty-five nc
. Pnews that are either lawyers, doc.
lura or preachers, nome .digging po
a little time before Uncle Samuel
will have to get his living from
some other part of the world if the
move to the city keepa on. We
who are left think things are en
tirely too cheap for the price
we uave to pay for what we get
done, and we are trying in every
way to get more for what ve raise.
No, Mrs. Gale, if yon tbiuk the
potatoes are too high, come out and
go into the potato business. Frank
Jackson."
- It is unfortunate, but true, that
many of our test you?ig men are
attracted by the glare and glamor
of the city, and, like n.:ths abont
a candle, they swarm to the daz
zling and dangerous allurements of
the metropolis, only to learn too
late that they have made a fatal
error.
Here is an extract from a letter
E got last fall from a good, honest,
intelligent boy who lives upon a
farm on Red river:
"I don't know whether I will
farm next year or not. Do you
think I could get employment' in
Dallas? Do you think I could get
work with the street car company!"
This boy '8 idea was to get work
that would enable him to make
enough money to pay his board and
give opportunity to attend a night
school. He has a most worthy
ambition to get an education, but
a wholly impracticable idea of city
life.
I wrote him that all cities are
filled to overflowing with unem
ployed people. As for working for
a street-car company, he would
have to work a month for nothing,
then for an indefinite period as an
"extia," getting in only a part of
the time as his serviees might be
needed.
When he finally got on as a "re
gular" he would have to work from
twelve to fourteen hours a day,
getting from $2 40 to $2.60 a day
for the first two or three years.
While this sum may look like
"good wages" to maay country
youths, when thty "get u .y against'
the high cost of living in the city
they quickly learn that the quiet,
steady, comfortable aud economi
cal life he knew "down on the
farm" is far more satisfying in the
end than thestrenous, exciting and
expensive life of the city.
As to the schooling, I explained
to my young friend that he would
have much more chanco to attend
a country school or to take a home
course of study than he would
be likely to have attending a night
school in the city. In fact, after a
hard day of twelve to fourteen
hours labor, he would be in no
condition to attend school anyway.
Furthermore, after one or two years
of such slr.vish work, he would, in
all probability, lose all ambition
for an education, and become con
tented to live the hard, monoton
ous lif 3 of a common corporation
drudge.
If the fine, stalwart, intelligent
boys on the farms of this country
could only get a true knowledge of
the stinted, narrow lines of the
average working boys in the city,
they would not want to swap places
If they only realized the great op
portunity nqw open for the pro
gressive, intensive, up-to date, a-
lert American farmer, they would
never think of leaving the farm for
the city.
Don't leave the farms, boys, to
swell the mongrel multitude of me
diocre men in the crowded citiest
depending upon their daily labor
for some company or corporation
for a meager exifetence. Stay cn
thfi farm, and let the city fellows
buy your pork, peas and potatoes
at good paying prices to you. Don't
desert the good old farm for the
tinffiAil nrl uncertain life of the
city. Don't do it!
Don't be surprised if you have an attack
of rheumatism this spring. Just rub the
offted nails freely with Chamberlains
JUniment and it will soon disappear. Sold
Wound Up the Wrong One.
Jones was just putting on his over
coat, when he causually remarked
to Mrs. Jones that he would be work
ing" overtime that night.
"Don't wait for me dear," he said.
"I may be rather later, than usual.
But there it can't be helped."
At breakfast next morning she
was stonily silent, and the stillness
of the room was not even broken by
thfi tick tick of the clock on the
mantlepiece.
'Mary, dear," remarked Jones
presently, "there is something
wrong with the clock. I wound it
up last night too."
"Oh, no, you didn't!" said Mrs.
Jones, icilv. "What you did wind
up was Teddy's musical box, and
when you came to bed this morning
it was playing 'Home, Sweet Home."
-Chicago Journal.
"My little son had a very severe cold.
I was recommended to try Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, and before a small bottle
was finished he was as well as ever,"
writes Mrs. H. Silks. 29 Dowling Street,
Sydney, Australia. This remedy is for
sale by all dealers.
Two Kinds of Girls.
From The Gastonia Gazette.
Deliver us from the modern girl
if she is the kind that is always seen
on the streets, who, if turned loose
in a kitchin, would not know the
difference between a skillet and a
sauce-pan, who knows not the differ
ence between "salt rising" and any
other kind of bread. Woe unto the
man who is so unfortunate as to get
one of these "creatures" for a help
mate. For should the cook fail to
turn up a most likely happening
on any one of these frosty mornings,
he must go breakfastless to his work
or else suffer the pangs and horrors
of indigestion caused either by his
wife's leaden biscuits or the fare
from some down-town restaurant.
Give us the old-fashioned sunbonnet
girl who knows how to prepare a
meal which shall really satisfy the
inner man.
The Danger After Grip
lies often in a run-down system. Weak
ness, nervousness, lack of appetite, ener
gy and ambition, with disordered liver
and kidneys often follow an attack of
this wretched disease. The greatest need
then is Electric Bitters, the glorious tonic.
blood purifier and regulator of stomach,
liver and kidneys. Thousands have prov
ed that they wonderfully strengthen the
nerves, build up the system and restore
to health and good spirits after an attack
of Grip. If suffering, try them. Only 50
cents. Sold and perfect satisfaction
guaranteed by all druggist.
One Good Turn.
A practical joke that has far
more humor and far less sting than
most of its dubious class is record
ed in Cornhill. According to a
contributor to the magazine, gold
has not infrequently been found
buried in the neighborhood of Car
rara, in Italy, and many stories
are still circulated in that locality
concerning hidden treasure.
A most curious experience was
that of a quarryman who in one of
his ramies stumbled on an old de
serted quarry, within which, balf
buried in grass and brambles, lay
an enormous block of heavy marble
On examining it, he found a
number of letters rudely cut, and
half-hidden under a crust of dirt.
With some difficulty he managed
to spell out the words:
Blessed is he who shall turn
me over."
The man at oLce jumped to the
conclusion that he had stumbled
on hidden treasure, and that his
fortune was made. He rqshed
home and collected some of his
friends to aid him in the recover
of the cancealed gold. After, much
bard labor, they succeeded in turn
ing the hoary giant over. Another
rude inscription met their eager
eves:.
"Thanks, my friends,
weary ot reposing so long
position.
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You will look a good while before you
find a better medicine for coughs and
colds than Chamberlain's Cough- Remedy'
It not only gives relief it cures. Try it
when you have a cough or cold, and you
are certain to be pleased with the prompt
cure which it will effect. For sale by . all
The Language of Letters.
Or Postage Stamp flirtation re
vised. Writing the address in alleged
poetry or rhyme is an evidence of
leeble minded ness that should ne
ver be displayed in public.
A postage stamp upon the upper
left hand corner an envelope
means, "I am not right bright,"
in tho estimation of postal em
ployes. The address at top- of envelope
on a line with the stamp, indicates
that it is liable to be obliterated by
a cancelling machine, and the letter
go to the Dead Letter office for re
surrection. Stamp on the reverse side of en
velope means that the letter may
be thrown aside in the rush of
making up a mail before the freak
is discovered, and delayed from
one to twenty-four hours, as a . re
sult of such nonsense.
Writing "In haste" or similiar
inscriptions upon a letter is a sign
of great daDger. No doubt many
serious wrecks have been occasion
ed by fast running of trains when
the engineer knew that such a let
ter was in the mail car. Don't do
it any more. Some mail clerk is
liable to hurt himself laughing at
your silliness. Mail matter is al
ways sent by the quickest possible
route after being deposited in the
post office, frequently going hun
dreds of miles around to gain a few
minutes over a shorter direct loute
on which connections are rot so
good. Nothing but a special de
livery stamp will hurry anything
by mail, and that only alter it lu.s
reached the office of destination,
where it will be specially delivei-ed.
Puts End to Bad Habit.
Things never look bright to one with
"the blues." Ten to one the trouble is a
sluggish liver, filling the system with
bilious poison, that Dr. King's New Life
Pills would expel. Try them. Let the joy
of better feelings end "the blues." Best
for stomach, liver and kidneys. 25c. at
all druggists.
A Beautiful Picture.
Did you ever notice how really
beautiful gum chewing makes a
girl appear1! Take her de facto,
and gazing steadily, one can not
find a more ideal picture. With a
sharp click! clack! her teeth, so
white and pearly, are clashing to
gether as, with eowissh glee, she
masticates her cud. Then, too.
ooe can note her health tinted,
wall-rounded cheeks as they grow
a little more rotund, through the
material assistance of a big hunk'
of gum. And really, who can ima
gine a fairer spectacle than that of
her dainty upturned nose, as it
gently rises and falls in wave like
undulations over the abysmal
depths revealed at each pressure
against the mass. Oh. how de
liciously tempting that losebud
month is as the maiden fills it with
a soft, pliable chunk, and champ
ing like a festive goat reveling in
the luxuries of the succulent toma
to can, she greets you in tones hus
ky with gum. Gaffney Ledger.
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WE HAVE opened up a good line of meachandise, and our
prices are right. We olso carry a line of Fuaniturc. My
son, one of the firm, being Superintendent of a factory, enables
us to buy our Furniture at a price that we can save'you from $2
to $3 on a dresj'er or bed, and we guarantee the quality, to be
better than you can get elsewhere for same money. Come to
Cana when you need Furniture, and let us show you how. much
we can save you. There is a good Roller Mill here; you can
come to mill and kill two birds with one stone.
We buy country produce and pay the highest market price.
Come to see us and you will come againi Yours to serve,
J. M. BAILEY & SONS,
Cana, : : North Carolina.
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HEADQUARTERS
For all Kinds of Hardware.
When in heed of anything in the
Hardware line. Call on or phone
E. E. Hunt. He is also head
quarters for everything in the
undertaking line a full line of
Caskets, Coffins,
Robes and Slippers
always on hand. He has had 35
years experience in this line and
will fill your orders day or night.
Price as low as is consistent with
good material and workmanship.
With many thanks ;for past
favors he begs to remain.
Yours to please.
E. E. HUNT.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Having qualified as executor of W. L.
Merrell. deceased, notice is hereby given
to all persons holding claims against the
estate of said deceased to present the
same for payment to the undersigned on
or before the 14th day of February, 1913,
or this notice will be plead in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to the es
tate of said deceased will please call on
the nndersigned and make immediate set
tlement. This Feb. 14, 1912.
' K. WOOD, Executor of W. L.
Merrell. Deceased.
DR. A. Z. TAYLOR
DENTIST
Office over Uaity's store.
Good work low prices.
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STATESVILLE, N. C.
We are beginning on our fourth
year and are in our usual position
to make your tobacco brinsr the high
est market price. Have the same
buyers and feel that those of our
friends who have been with us in the
Cast have done fully as well if not
etter than elsewhere, we work har
der and look after the farmers in
terest better than any warehouse in
the business. We want all our friends
to come back and those who haven't
been here to come. When you are
ready head this way.
Albert Matlock will be on hand.
Very Truly,
W. H. McElwei:,
Statcsville. N. C.
Very Serious
It is a very serious matter to ask,
for one medicine and have the
wrong one given you. For this
reason we urge you in buying to
U be careful to get the genuine
LACK- BRAUSHI
Liver Medicine
The reputation of this old, relia
ble medicine, for constipation, in
digestion and liver trouble, is firm
lv established. It does not imitate
nth mir!n4. Tt in better than 14
others, cr it would not be the fa
vorite liver powder, with a larger
sale than all others combined.
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