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of Kiangsi.
food sharks cannot thrive in South
riirht cents a pounds is the
m
retail price that may be
for sugar in the Privince of
In other parts of the union
-harmed
x'atal.
e cents is the maximum price.
Jbese fi?'-"es were fixed by tne gov
ernmeBt.
otwittstanding the impression
t things of that kind were not
needed in Russia, at least during cer
tain seasons, refrigerating plants are
t0 be built along the railway lines
Vovocililaievsk-Petrograd and Omsk
jloscow. The approximate value of the 20,
156,667 pounds of tin exported from
Qiam during the fiscal year ended
March, 1916, was $7,807,703 in
old, showing that the prosaic metal
from which we make tin roofs and
tomato cans is quite capable of shin
ning in golden society.
resident of Rio de Janeiro has
furnished the American Consulate
General with samples of Brazilian
bamboo suitable for making canes,
and says the material may be had in
lengths up to twenty feet. Know of
any gentleman who would like to
have a cane twenty feet long?
A project is on foot to make Vera
Cruz the principal bathing resort of
Mexico. A modern hotel and bath
ing facilities are to be built on the
beach southeast of the city at anes
timated cost of $200,000. Rather
difficult at this distance, however, to
see how the new imporvements are
going to help the appearance of Villa
and his army.
Rich and continuous indications of
gold, silver and iron have been struck
bv surveyors along the west coast of
Sumatra, and in the future that coun
try will not have to depend so much
on the glory of the Sumatra wrapper
to keep it in the internation lime
light.
A firm in Egypt wishes to be placed
in communication with manufactur
ers of boxcalf, glazed kid and patent
leather footwear, an evidence that
fashions in Egypt have rapidly
changed since the good old days
vhen Cleopatra trotted around in
sandals.
The toltal number of sugar mills in
Cuba during the year 19161-17 was
1. Of this total 68 are owned and
operated by citizens of the United
States. The present crop will,aniount
to 2,800,000 tons. But for revolu
tions and other pests that destroy the
cane, and the inability of the mills to
operate while the revolutionary dis
turbances lasted, the crop might have
reached 3,500,000 tons.
The Depeche Sfavienne (that's a
newspaper) says, in speaking of the
Tunisian olive crop for 1917-18, that
it will be quite inferior to the pro
ceeding one, and that for the present
nly a third of last year's production
can be counted on. Hard luck for the
Tunisians, but the people in this sec
tion might have been more interested
Jad the Depeche Sfaxienne given, a
ndly hint on how to juggle the first
0I1e out of the bottle.
There is a considerable .demand in
anghai for shoe findings and spec
cities to meet the needs of the fnr-
I gn residents and of the shoemakers
fcau in manufacturing foreign
joes. That increasing number of
uinese in Shanghia are adopting
reign shoes is not surprising. The
as v She may be a11 right as long
waivk Lung moves forward, but in
JKing backward or performing
serpentino ...
lit ""louvers it is notnmg
c
Amer
as faithful to the foot as the
lcan product.
can freatly h-creased sale of Ameri
froin wP f u51 grades is reported
limit koag British soaps in
field h quantities will go into that
ww? U seems that the Chinaman,
pond n m Lhe batn tub or in the mil
back-va iruobinS the kids out in the
cake' Th- Prefers tne American
that'tJ 's ss true t0 such an extent
Yon tlard 0il Company, of
Modern 18 pIanninS to establish
Manila a f actories in Hongkong,
unr th Saigon cities that come
ficesofVmtrolof the Hongkong
" luai concern.
tTTpxjblic ledger.
In every northern country, the
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i ,x,x t coi, io ju.ol uegmnmg, in lull
swing, or just over, grass is very
much in the air, in every meaning of
that phrase. Next to trees or rivers,
or, indeed, one might say, equally
with them, grass is one of the best
loved things in nature. The trees ov
erhead, "the grass beneath our feet,"
and the waters of the river, running
through a good land, have conjured
up, for the men of mstiy ages, visions
of rest, peace and plenty. -
The average man or course, has his
own views about grass. For the vast
majority of people it is essentially
just something good to see. They
know nothing of the inwardness of
the farmer's view, and still less of the
tremendous difficulties of the bot
anist, who never yet has quite decid
ed what is grass and what it is not.
Sufficient for him that he sees it
spread out like a cloth of green vel
vet, all glistening with dew in the
early morning v sun, or gratefully
walks over it past bush and brier,
along some river bank, or, from a
high place, sees it stretching over
valley and hill until lost in the midst
of a distant horizon.
To the traveler with an eye to see
and a heart to understand, there is
something peculiarly welcome about
grass, just as there is something pe
culiarly welcome about the stones on
the seashore. In most lands they are
much the same. He may have left
everything else familiar some thous
ands of leagues behind him. He may
walk through a land of strange
houses and strange people speaking
a strange language, but, if he will go
down on to the seashore, he is al
most sure of finding, somewhere, the
same familiar stones, all sizes, all
shapes, and, when wet and glistening
from the ebbing tide, all colors. So it
is with grass. Amidst many unfamil
iar sights and sounds, he will be sure,
among the grasses of the field or by
the roadside, to come across many
old familiar freinds. Even if he has
never learned to know them by name,
they will strike "kindly familiar" on
his eye meadow foxtail, cocksfoot,
rough meadow grass, and dog grass,
or that grass wherewith he was wont,
at one time, to decide his future. He
will recall, maybe, more than one hot
summer day, - and more than one
grassy bank, and the supreme contest
of telling off the little green seed
pods" to the refrain
Tinker, tailor,
Soldier, sailor, ;
Rich man, poor man,
and so on to "impossible degrada
tions." Then he could, of course, de
cide, just as readily by the same
means, the question of clothing. And
what alternatives they were!
Silk, satin,
Muslin, rags,
Nothing else.
That is straying far afield, maybe.
Still, it begins and ends with grass.
It is one of the nearer views; but in
its wider expanses, perhaps the most
welcome recollection many a traveler
will have is that of first discerning
the green grass when he is coming
home by way of the sea. "All hills
look green at a distance" never was
a true proverb. At any rate, it de
pends on the distance; for all lands,
whether hill or plain, when seen from
the sea, at a distance, look gray. Just
a hazy cloud at first, on the horizon,
gaining ever in distinctness, until
cliff and hill stand out clear-cut
against the sky. Then, gradually,
the gray lightens, and takes on a
greenish tone, until atast, there is
no longer' any doubt about it, and the
grass is in possession. But then,
there is no end to the recollection
which grass supplies to no end of the
people. The tall, waving grass of the
pararie; the thick, lush grass of the
mountain valleys of Switzerland; the
bolls and tufts of the Russian step
pes; the green carpet of the college
"squad;" the brown carpet of the
South African veldt, and the rough
russet over-all of a Scottish highland,
are all "dear and kind" to many
people. ; ,
In the fiscal year, 1915-1916, the
British post-omce collected nearly
11 000,000 letters and 875,000 par
cels weekly for the troops abroad and
handed them over to the army. It
distributed 2,200,000 weekly in
seperation allowances to 2,700,000
persons. ' ' .
v The Texas Plan
(Fort Worth Star)
The greatest distribution of dairy
cattle ever made in Texas is being
supervised by the Farmers Union.
Fort Worth, is-headquarters for the
work, which is to be permanent un
til every farm in Texas list dairy
cows among other farm assets. Let
Texas prosper.
ARE . BEMCS RATED
Prompt Pay, Fair Pay, Slow Pay or X
As every man's credit record is of
the utmost importance to him, we
wish to give every citizen of Granville
County ample notice that they are
being rated according to the way
they pay. .
Physicians, Dentists, Hospital,
Grocery, Merchant, Hardware Man,
Coal Man, Rent Man, Jewler, Furni-
ture Dealer, Dairyman, , Blacksmith,
Druggists, Garage, Tailor, Stationery
Store, Publisher and Printer.
In fact everyone who extends them
credit. As this book is used by all
business and professional men in
Granville and vicinity as their guide
in extending credit, we trust you will
find it to your best interest to call on
everyone whom you may owe, and
pay up. If you can't pay all, pay as
much as you can and arrange for the
balance, that you may be given as
good rating as possible.
The letters which you receive from
merchants and professional men are
not any reflection whatever on yuor
credit standing, but it is only to give
you fair warning that you are to be
rated according to the way you meet
your obligations.
The diamond shaped hangers and
cardboard in the different stores and
offices are to impress upon you the
importance of paying " someone you
owe today and get a good rating
Many business houses and men
have already adopted the Credit Ex
perience Guide as their official rating
book and are trying to economize by
restricting undue credit and reduce
high prices inflicted by those who do
not make it their business to live
within their means.
John H. Russell
DUNN, !
vnuxi j mj i u i v ir
NORTH CAROLINA Q
UGH! CALOMEL MAKES
YOU DEATHLY SICK
Stop Using Dangerous Drug Before
It Salivates You ! . . It's
Horrible!
You're bilious, sluggish, constipat
ed and believe you need vile, danger
ous calomel to start your liver and
clean your bowels.
Here's my guarantee! Ask your
druggist for a 50 cent bottle of Dod
son's Liver Tone and take a spoonful
tonight. If it doesn't start your liver
and straighten you right up better
than calomel and without griping or
making you sick I want you to go
back to the store and get your money.
Take calomel today and tomorrow
you will feel weak and sick and nau
seated. Don't lose a day's work. Take
a spoonful of harmless, vegetable
Dodson's Liver Tone . tonight and
wake- up feelieg great. It's perfectly
harmless, so give it to your children
any time. It can't salivate, so let them
eat anything afterwards.
J. G. Hall recommends, Dodson's !
Liver Tone to take the place of calo
meL ' ' adv.
The Erring Sisters.
Mrs. Al Fairbrother, who is vice
president of . the North Carolina
Equal Suffrage Association, voices
the sentiments; of the membership in
an' article whih she has contributed
to Everything, in depreciation of the
picketing affair. The conduct of the
"millitants" in persisting in this
White House performance has been
regarded from the first with feelings
of sincere regret by the women in
North Carolina, and they have never
lost an opportunity to repudiate the
whole business. The suffragists in
this States are, as Mrs. Fairbrother
contends, of the old school of which
Anna Howard Shaw is representative
and they have taken no stock nor
parcel in the doings of the militants.
It is true that conservative men and
women in this country "have but lit
tle patients with such exploits." They
will give endorsement to the words
of Mrs. Fairbrother to the effect that
"The American woman who wants
suffrage on high grounds, and be
cause she has shown herself capable
of the responsible she wishes to as
sume, feels that the privilege of vot
ing for a thousand years, if she
should live that long, would not re
move the stain of prison garment
worn for one hour as the penalty for
teason!" It is plain that the women
of North Carolina have no .sympathy
for the erring sisters at Washington.
SIP
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ition free to all who agree to teach. '
Fall term begins September 26, 1917.
For catalogue and other information address,
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