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MOUNT AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1000
NO. A3
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Ttmpannta Tiding.
The Chicago Federation of La -
bor has refused to go on record
as being opposed to the prohibi
tion movement.
Nineteen counties in Michigan
voted dry on April 5. Six hun-
dred saloons and eight or ten
breweries were put out of busi
ness at one blow.
One hundred saloons were abol
ished in the state of Colorado as
a result of the elections held on
April 6. There are now ten dry
counties in Colorado.
The Ohio Woman's Christian
Temperance Union has sent a
courteous letter to Mrs. Taft ask
ing that liquors be not served at
the White Houd0 3ocial functions.
The Senate branc i of the Ar-
kansas Legislature has passed a 1 comparisons, and these speak un
hill niacin a heavv nenaltv on I conditionally in favor of treat-
the drinking of intoxicants on I
trains in the state or on station
platfoims
Fifty counties in prohibition !
Kansas did not furnish a single!
criminal to the penitentiary in
1907. That would seem to indi-i
cate that prohibition does some
thing if it "doesn't prohibiL"
Under prohibition during the
past year, the bank deposits at
Hurley, S. D., increased from
$213,015. to $251,070; bank assets
increased $33,000; loans increas
ed $10,000. Hurley previous to
last year had two saloons.
One of the oldest dry goods es
tablishments in A'enia, O., re
cently gave out the statement thai
meir uusiness aunng
three months was
JSiJthttttli'Ei this increase
to were being no saloor s in the
city.
A bill has passed the Iowa Leg
islature prohibiting drinking in
toxicants on trains. This ends
the sale of liquor in dining cars
for consumption while on trains.
Members of train crews are giv
en power to eject offend and
call upon local officers to arrest
them, but may not make arrests.
The governor of California has
signed the bill prohibiting the
bettftthaik
sale of liquor withne and one ( go and pay some of these days," lout the night, but as dawn came; of bonds to apply to the construe- that the area the proposed road
half miles of a college or univer- j forgetting that, though each ac-1 was astir, and the drive speedily j tion of the proposed road. The ' would serve is the largest unserv
sity Whh an enrolment of 1,000 , count was very small, when all 1 organized. I company made a survey of the ! ed by any railroad east of the
or over. This law is aimed at ! were put together they meant a
Menio Park, whose saloons have' large sum to the man. Things
been so great a menace to the went on thus. The man got to
students of Leland Stanford Uni-j feeling so bad that he fell out of
versity. ' j bed and awoke, and run'Ttng to
In the United States on June ', his granery, found his 1.800 bush
30, 1906, there were 4.290 recti-' els of wheat still safe there. He
fiers and 213.400 retail liquor j had only been dreaming. Moral,
dealers. On June 30, 1908, there j The next day the man went to
2,447 rectiners and 236,488 retail j the publisher of his paper and
liquor dealers. This represents a said: "Here, sir, is the pay for
falling off of 1,841 rectifiers
6,552 retail liquor dealers,
and I
and
this decrease is growing.
Last fall Ashtabula County,
Ohio, oted dry, and now new
shipyards to cost one million dol
lars are to be established at Ash
tabula. This industry will em
ploy several thousand men, and
there will not be a cordon of sal
oons about the plant to tempt the
wages from the pockets of the
employees.
The local elections in Minnes
ota show a decided no-license
gain. The returns so far as re
ceived mav be summarized as
follows:
Dry towns voting to remain
dry, 69; wet towns voting to re
main wet, 60; changed from dry
to wet, 8; changad from wet to
dry, 32; total voting wet, 68; to
tal voting dry, 100.
Dr. Moorehead. a great physic
ian of Edinburgh, said of alcohol
in pneumonia: "If I can get a
patient who has had no alcohol,
J have very seldom any doubt as
to the result of that attack of
pneumonia, and find that it is
never necessary to give alcohol
in these cases at all; in fact, the
patients do far better without iL" I
The criminal code which goes ;
, into effect on June 1 in Washing-;
ton prohibits women from enter-
ing saloons, and makes it a mis
demeanor for the owner or em
ployee of any drinking saloon
music hall, where liquors
or
ao'd, to knowingly permit to en
ter such saloon or sell or give a
way any intoxicating liquors to
any female person.
Professor Max Kassowitz, M.
D., of Vienna University Medi
cal School, Austria, says: "I
have not prescribed alcohol to my
patients for more than fifteen
years, and can affirm positively
that they have fared well under
this change of treatment. Since
I formerly followed the universal
Practice. I am competent to make
ment without alcohol."
In accordance with the New j
Mexico law by which cities may!
enact Prohibition laws for them-j
seIves the Clty council of the cap-1
ItaI' Santa. Fe- Passed an 3rdH
nance refusing to grant saloon
! licenses alter January 1, lyio.
i This makes a total of six cities !
and towns in New Mexico which
have outlawed the saloon.
A Business Parable
Once a farmer had 1,800 bush-1 beaters. As a rule the beaters
els of wheat, which he sold, not J go into the jungle with consider
ti a single grain merchant, but able trepidtaion, but as Colonel
1,800 dealers a bushel each. A . Roosevelt's reputation as a hunt
few of them paid in cash. but far er had reached here long before
the greater number said it was - he arrived in person, the beaters
mvenient then, they would on this occasion were exception
r. A few months passed, ally enthusiastic. They seemed
'5jank account ran even eager '.to play ; a part in
;fs of grain should
tveui me in auiuence unui
ML - i A -1
anowier crop is raised, but I have
parted with the grain and have
instead only a vast number of ac
counts, so small and scattered
that I cannot get around and col
lect fast enough to pay expen
ses." So he posted up a public
notice and asked all those who
owed him to pay quickly. But
few came. The rest said, "Mine
is only a small matter, and I will
your paper, and when nexc year's
subscription is due you can depend
on me to pay promptly. I stood
in the position of an editor last
night, and I know how he feels
to have one's honestly earned
money scattered all over the coun
try in small amounts. " TrafTord
News, Trafford City, Pa.
Tha Postponed Baptising.
The old colored brother pre
faced his sermon with the follow
remarks: "I well knows dat some eryou
has traveled fur ter see de
baptizen' to-day, but I ha3 to an
nounce dat dar won't be no bap
tizing Five big alligators has
been seen sunnin' derselfs on five
logs in de millpon'; havm des
crawled out fum der long' winter
sleep; an' hit Stan's ter reason
dat w'en a alligator sleeps all
winter he's mighty hungry w'en
he wakes up.
Hit may be dat Providence will
protect de canderdates fer de
baptizin', but hit's my opinion
dat ter wade into a millpon' wid
five hungry alligators playin'
'possum on a log, would be flying
in de or Providence!" Atlanta
Constitution.
FOUR LIONS ARI BACCCO.
. Ttirts Miles' By Reeeevelt.
Nairobi, British East Africa,
May 1. Four lions are trophies
of ex-President Roosevelt's camp
lintheMauhillarrvnirhtandtw
ihuuacYcib a louiu
are,.,.
nunareaormorenaiiveioiiowersi. . :, ... . .
are joining with the American;
party in the celebration of the
unusually good luck.
The lions were bagged yester
jday, and Colonel Roosevelt's
j mighty gun brought three of them
' to earth, each on the first shoL
I Thus one of the President's fond
1 est ambitions had been realized,
i and he is proud, too, that the
i fourth of the jungle kings fell
before the rifle of his son Kermit,
I who, however, took three shots
j to kill his quarry.
.Both father and son are jubi
lant. It was their first lion hunt,
and so magnificent a kill was far I iiKin & Alleghany Kaiiroad( panies ior ouiiaing i,neroaa. inejone cent piece inciuding metaIf
beyond their expectations, but Co. is chartered to build a rail-: work would begin at Statesville aboft etc is about one-fifthofa
lions have been plentiful in the1 road from Elkin to Sparta, a dis-; and then when the whole line isjcent each
hills for the past month, and the : tance of about 38 miles. and near-1 completed the charters of the two j In action to the profit3 on
English hunter, F.CSelous hai Iyn,nemi,eso'the road has al-! roads would be merged and the siIver and minor coinage say8
been out for several days laying! readv been raded from a Point, line operated under one charter. jthe National Magazine, the gov
plans for their extinction. How j 2 m,Ie3 from Elkin to the foot , The directors of each company ; ernment ha3 a source of revenue
well he succeeded can be seen!of the Blue Ridge; The directors: -the Elkm & Alleghany and the and profit from chargea for re.
from the results of yesterday's j iof thls company are Messrs. G. Statesville Air Line-selected a fining deposits of gold and silver,
chase. j T- Roth- R- M- Chattham, E. F. ! committee of three to act on this ! charges for the alloy used in mak-
Mr. Selous accompanied the ; McNeer, A. M. Smith, A. G. j proposition at an adjourned meet-1 jng the coin, assaying, making
former President, who also was ; c,ick- J- F- Hendren, W. J. Boy-1 ting Wednesday night, but noth-; medal3. sale of by-products from
attended by the usual retinue of
American.
The Caravan started early
Thursday morning from the ranch
of Sir Alfrpi Pease on the Athi
river and proceeded slowly to the
Mau hills. This range is open for
wide areas, but, in places, is cov
ered with growths where game
is plentiful. The first night in
camp was without especial inci
dent, no attempt being made to
go after lions, although their call
was heard now and then through
The native beaters set out in! road to Mt. Airy but the money
all directions under the instruct panic came along and the matter
tion of the "head beater" armed' was dropped for a time,
with all sorts of roise-making de-j The meeting at Elkin Wednes
vices which could not but arouse! day will revive the matter again,
any game within earshot. Some ! The Elliin & Alleghanv company
of the beats proved blanks, but' had only limited funds to build
by nightfall no less than ten kinds ( the road it has started from Elk
of game had been bagged. Ker- j ia to Sparta and invited those in-
mit during the most of the;
day did more effective work with j
his camera than he did with his !
gun, he and the other members '
of the party allowing Mr. Roose-!
velt the much prized shots.
. . ... x, . .. , ,,, . , , , . , , , from dull pains in mv back, caus-
were not brought down to Nair- j parties was held Wednesday af-! over the road that has been grad-; ed j ieijeve by the jolting of the
obi to-day from the camp, but it j ternoon after the meeting of the led by the Elkin & Alleghany Rail-j car. The symptoms of my trou
was declared that in each case a ' Elkin & Alleithany company. This ! road Co. and was shown manylble grew worse and finally the
single bullet from the ex-Presi-j
dent s rifle sufficed to bring down j
his lion. From this it is regard-1
ed that Colonel Roosevelt is liv-
ing up to the reputation. wMch ;
he has gained here, of being a
crack shot. All the lion3 were of
normal size, and after the natives
had dragged them together in
the grass they executed the us
ual dance around the trophies.
The party plans to go south to
morrow with the hope of bagging
one or more giraffes. The chances
are Mr. Roosevelt's good luck
will continue for natives and set
tlers from all sections report
game very pl&'tfiMl-
A JUstdeel thrieks
horrified hi grandmother, .Mrs. Maria
Taylor, of Nbo, Ky., who write that,
when all thought h would die, buck
len'a Amies Slv wholly cured him.
Infallible for Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Corns
Wounds, Bruises. Cures Fever-Sores,
Boils, Skin Eruptions, Chilblains, Chap
ped Hands, Soon reut Piles. 25c st
Aahcraft Druj Co.
RAILROAD MUTING AT CLKIN
Sutetvill. Landmark,
Wednesday was railroad day in
Elkin. A meeting of the direc -
tors of the Elkin & Alleghany
0'
, r . t i .... .,
I and they had invited the direc
c
iuuiiuau vu. iu mtxi wan uiem.
after their meeting, in a general
meeting held in the in the inter -
est of a railroad from Statesville
to Sparta. In this general meet-
ing there were a hundred or more
present, consisting of the direc- j the directors of the Elkin & Al
ters of the Elkin & Alleghany leghany Railroad Co. and the dir-
Riilroad Co., part of the direc
tors of the Statesville Air Line
Railroad Co. and interested citi -
1 ? f.rm . v k Z'-
Iredell and Forsyth counties.
At the outset it may be neces-
sarv to make this explanation:
mi -w-,.1 o . ., . .. .
les, ii. u. Lnatham.ur. r lelds,
H. E. Fries, A. H. Eller, J. C.
Smoot, R. A. Doughton, Jno. T.
Miles, C. W. Smith and S. A.
r.L 1 oi. iL
ChoaL H. G. Chatham is presi-
uent, j. . omooi nrsi vicepresi-
dent, R. A. Doughton second vice
presidence and A. G. Click sec
retary and treasurer.
Many years ago the Statesville
rw f " - - - mm a.
eu a charter to construct a rai
road from Statesville to Mount
Airy. Although a few k ve al
ways hoped and labored for its
construction, the undertaking
had been practically forgotten by
the people generally until a few j
years ago, when the matter was!
revived, the company was reor-;
ganized and prospects of a road j
some day began to look encour- j
aging. Iredell county has at dif- j
ferent times voted $160,000 worth
tirested in the Statesville Air
Line to meet with them so they
might become interested and help
build a road from Statesville to
Sparta to enventually connect
with other lines in Virginia. A
meeting was called to order at 2 1
o'clock" y Mr. Hugh Chatham,
of Wutston. Col. G. W. Hinshaw.
of Winston, was asked to preside,
and Mr. A. G. Click, of Elkin. to
act as secretary. Mr. R. A
Doughton explained the object of
the meeting to be for a discussion
of methods to build a railroad
from Statesville to some point
north. He also spoke of the ad
vantages to be derived from such
a road and asked for the co-operation
of other counties i along
the line in building iL Messrs.
H. P. Grier, Wm. Wallace, N. B.
Mills, D. M. Ausley and Dr. J. J.
MotL of Iredell; Messrs. Reese
and Haynes, of Yadkin; A. H.
Eller, II. E. Fries, Hugh Chat
ham and G. W. Hinshaw, of Winston-Salem,
all spoke briefly on
the desirability of better railroad
facilities and the advantages that
would result to the people and
the sections through which such
roa(l would pa33 AU pled
themselves in favor of a road
1 north from Statesville on any
! reasonable terms. All were for
I a railroad north from Statesville
I ... . . - .
- i cidinar whether t should he hnilr.
, "e.t ... " "7
( w
anu iuu Airy, or QireCE Irom j
Statesville to Elkin and
! Sparta or ML Airy.
on to
; After a free discussion of the
matter Mr. W. D. Leeper, of New
York, submitted a proposition to
- ! it Oa.-. Ml A T
, that he would construct the road
v't in win
' f Sesnl? to SPafta' ,he to 1
, be paid foi -each five miles of road.
af ter it is builL from the funds !
already provided by the two com-
' , ! .... 1
ing aennue was aeciuea Dy me
committee.
It is believed that the meeting
Wednesday is occasion for new
u i .i u s.
hope to those who want to see a
It is believed that the meeting
Wednesday is occasion for new
hope to those who want to see a
railroad from Statesville through
north Iredell. There was perfect
harmony in the meeting. Yad
kin's desire for a railroad was
unmistakably expressed by Mes
srs. ReeceardJIaynes and they
are looKing 10 ireaeu 10 neip mem
realize that desire. They say
they can't live much longer with
out a railroad. They are handi-
capped Dy ranroaas an around
tnem- 1 ney are willing to vote
necessary bonds on any fair basis,
Whether the road is run from
Statesville to Elkin or Statesville
t0 Mt- A5ry they want lt to Pas3
through Yadkinville.
Preliminary to submitting his
proposition, Mr. Leeper stated
; Mississippi; that the country is!
rich in undeveloped resources.
The Iredell delegation consisted
of Messrs. Wm. Wallace, N. B.
Mills, Herman Wallace, C. S.
Tomlin. W. R. Mills, P. C. Carl
ton, J. H. McElwee. S. B. Mil
ler, J. T. Jennings, N. T. Sum
mers, P. B. Kennedy, D. M. Aus-
! ley, John McElwee. C. C. Tharpe,
H. P. drier. John May berry and
N. D. Tomlin. j
The Elkin people were most
kind in their entertainment of i
j the visitors. Wednesday
morn-
other courtesies.
Kills Her Foe Of ao Years.
"The most merciless enemy 1 had for
20 years, "declares Mrs. James Duncan,
of Haynesville, Me., "was Dyspeosia.
I guttered intfnelv after patinir nr
drinking and could scarcely sleep. Af
ter many remedies had failed and sev
eral doctors gave me up. I tried Elec
tric Bitters, which cured me complete
ly. Now I can eat anything. I am 70
years old and am overjoyed to get my
health and strength back again. "For
Indigestion, Loss of Appetite, Kidney
Trouble, Lame Back, Female Complaints
its unequaled. Only 60c, at Ashcraft
Drug Co.
u-u ..!'half the face value of the coin
PnflH i n urhiK urea in KpiAf . .
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It matters not where you live, you can raise Sweet
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Yours truly.
JOHN A. YOUNG,
Greensboro. N. C.
PROFIT IN COINING MONKY.
Unele Sam Has) Afcsvt SB.000,000
Profit frem the Mints Last Year.
Uklln T C 1 tt.
! m "L " "-.hJ ... u "a "!!
to th. o f th. hnllmn h
kuiu v.viii yiaklitailj' will UUlCUHl
I . . .
i maK.es sumcient prone (called
seigniorage) on the silver coinage
and the nickels and nenniea man.
! uf actured at his mints during the
year to do a great deal more than
pay all expenses of maintaining
the mints and assay offices.
He buys the silver, nickel and
copper at its bullion value, which
in the case of silver costs about
mni fmm if Tho offna r,Qf
the present price of the metal.
including the Iabor and contin:
gent expenses, is about two-fifths
nt a rpnt papi. j th. nf a
1 -J- "
the refinimt operations and the
! coining of money for other gov-
J ernments.
T. " . . 4. . .
1 he total earnings of the mint
I n , Qaoou BOn.
year ended June 30, 1908, was
$10,942,900.98, while the total
expenditures for the entire ser
vice, including salaries, the wag
es of workmen, contingent ex-
amounted to $l,955,Si3.24, leav
ing a total profit of $8,987,057.74.
Of this income for the term above
stated the seigniorage on the sil
ver coinage was $8,713,413.35,
and the seigniorage on the minor
coinage for the same period was
$1,535,029.42.
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rapidly that many a person is
firmly in its grasp before aware
of its progress. Prompt atten
tion should be given the slightest
symptom of kidney disorder. If
j headaches, dizzv snells or a tired!
worn-out feeling, or if the urine
is dark, foul-smelling, irregular
and attended with pain, procure
a good kidney remedy at once.
Your townspeople recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills. Read the
statement of thisMt. Airy citizen.
R. H. Newton, railway mail
clerk, Lebanon St., Mt. Airy, N.
C. says: "It is a pleasure to
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I have obtained more relief from
the use ot this remedy in a short-
i er me nan f rom any other prep-
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lar in passage and unnatural. I
learned of Doan's Kidney Pills
and procuring a box at the Ash
craft Drug Co, I began using
them. The pains soon left my
back and my kidneys were stren
gthened. I am grateful to Doan's
Kidney Pills for the great bene
fit they have brought me."
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