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THE OXFOftD PUBLIC LEDGER. FRIDAY. 'MAY 12, 1905. Avers Your doctor will tell you that thin, psle, weak, nervous chil dren become strong and well by taking Ayer's Sarsapanlla. Small doses, for a few days. Sarsaparilla The change is very prompt and very marked. Ask your doctor why it is. He has our formula and will explain. "When 13 yearg,old, for m" I" one thought I couKflive beca inse of thin I Wood. But. in a few weeks. Ayer's Sarsaparilla com pletelv restored me to health. . (II .06 a bottle. All drnggi-sts. J. C. AYKR CO.. T.owell. Mass. for The Children Biliousness,constipation prevent re covery. Cure these with Ayer's Pills. Gaston county voted Tuesday to Issue $300,000 of four per cent thirty year bonds for the purpose of im proving the public road. BLOOD CELLS. 12 HEALTH. IN DISEASE. Man is a millionaire many times over in the possession of blood cells. Woman is not quite so rich, for scientists have proven that the normal number of red blood cells in adult men is five million; m women four and a half million, to the square millimeter. The normal cell is not absolutely round in health, but, in disease, becomes ex tremely irregular in shape. Every one can be in perfect health and possess the mil lions of rich red blood corpuscles if they only know how to go about it- Dr. K. V. Pierce, consulting- physician to the Inva lids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buf falo, N. Y., advises every man and woman to prepare for a long life by observing na ture's laws. In the first place, if yonr digestion is faulty, and the food you eat is not taken np by the blood and assim ilated properly, you need a tonic and diges tive corrector, something that will increase the red blood corpuscles; he believes in going about this in nature's own way. Years ago, in his active practice, he found that an alterative extract of certain herbs and roots, put np without the use of alco hol, would put the liver, lungs and heart into fuller and more complete action. This medicine he called Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. By assimilating the food eaten, it nourishes the blood, and, in stead of the ill-shaped corpuscles, the per son's blood takes on a rich red color and the corpuscles are more nearly round. Nervousness is only the cry of the starved nerves for food, and when the nerves are fed on rich red blood the person loses those irritable feelings, sleeps weU at night and feels refreshed in the morning. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. If you want to know about your body, read Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, which can be had for the cost of mailing, 31 cents in one-cent stamps for the cloth-bound book, or 21 stamps for the paper-covered volume. 1008 pages. Ad dress Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cleanse the bowels and stimulate the sluggish liver. A sensation bas been caused In Franklin county, Miss., by the ar rest of prominent citizens charged with white capping, on evidence se cured by a detective employed by Gov. Vardaman. FOR BOTH One disease of thinness in children is scrofula; in adults, consumption. Both have poor blood ; both need more fat. These diseases thrive on lean ness. Fat is the best means of overcoming them; cod liver oil makes the best and healthiest fat ami SCOTT'S EMULSION is the easiest and most effective form of cod liver oil. Here's a natural order of things that shows why Scott's Emulsion is of so much value in all cases of scrofula and consumption. More fat, more weight, more nourish ment, that's why. Send for free sample. SCOTT & BOVNE, Chemists 409-415 Pearl Street, New York 50c. and $1.00 :: :: :: :: All druggist Telephone Service is the Modern Genius WITH A TELEPHONE IN YOUR HOUSE THE RESOURCES OF THE WHOLE STATE ARE AT YOUR ELBOW : : For Rates apply to Local Manager , A. Hioa. a. w. moi f JJIClaJS BIHOK, . Attorney s - at-L,a, w, OXFOBO, H. O. Absooiavb Couisax: J I. HICKS, HiSDXHhOH, H.O. Willpractiee together In the eonrts oi Gran Tille, Vance, Franklin and Warren counties, aSl In all matters requiring their Joint attention. -We hope by prompt, diligent and faithful atten o m to business to deserve and receive a nortin taw bnalneee nrtkts efamin. uri;o vfllCnCtlLH'S ENGLISH ETlflYROYAL. PILLS fee CHli;LrJTJK'S ENGLISH U KB n4 bald aatmllio koxaa, wlii with bloaribboa. Taka thr. Rafaaa DaitK a BatotitaUau aad lmlta. tttMi Bay of jmv Draggirt, r Moa 4a. im mh r Parties lara, Tatiaaaialt aaa "Bellaf for Lad !, Uttm, kj ra. linHilL 10.4eTMlBaUla. ttlak- 11 DruftUu. ChleaaaVar ChaalasJ Ca. Maanaa iuum ' XV MaaaaattU THE OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER. ESTABLISHED 1888. . JOHN T. BRITT, OWNER AND EDITOR. Terms: $1 a year In advance. De voted to home Interests. Large and established circulation. Oood re turns to advertisers. A dispatch 8ays a Kansas man baB eloped with his mother-in-law. Some men always were prone to go from bad to worse. The Daughters of the Confederacy of Virginia have started a movement for the erection of a monunent to General Fltzhugh Lee in "Richmond. Editor Harris, of the Observer.was re-elected Mayor of HUlsboro with out opposition, but the old board was defeated by a "wet" board by 6 majority. Their defeat will end pro hibition in Hillsboro since the new board will license two saloons. - Gov. Glenn Is called upon quite as often as President Roosevelt to make speeches. While Roosevelt Is out In the Colorado wilds we will take op portunity to say that there Is more In what Glenn Bays than In what the President says. VVllnington Star. General Fltzhugh Lee was burled In Richmond Thursday, with lropos log military honors; two thousand troops were in line, and the city was overflowing with people gathered from several States to honor the memory ol the distinguished cavalry general of the Confederacy. . The Wilmington Messenger says that people are paying $ 100 an acre for trucking land in that section. A few years ago much of that land would not have brought one-tenth of that sum. Trucking has.revolui tionlzed farming and the price of lands and trucking has been a bless ing to North Carolina. The Governor issues a proclama tion offering a reward of $150.00 for the apprehension and delivery of John B. Watson, one of the two es capes from the pentenltiary farm as noted last week. Watson . was eon ylcted of murder in the second degree at the October term of Vance court and was sentenced to the State's prison for 25 years. ' The Raleigh Light Infantry have decided that they will serve as escort to Governor Glenn May ISth, In the trip to New Bern, where his excellency and the personal staff will attend the ceremonies connected with the unveiling of the monument to the Ninth New Jersey Volunteers. The governor 01 .New Jersey ana otner officials of tliat state will attend. Quiet once more reigns in the city of Wilmington, the political situa tion having been, amicably adjusted and it now looks like the new admin istration is going to work in harmo ny. Mayor Waddell was unanimous ly elected Thursday by the waring factions attending meeting of Board of Alderman, and appeared to be in the best of spirits and none of them showed any disposition to block leg islation. The annual meeting of the North Carolina Press Assocatlon this year will be one of the greatest events of the kind ever held in the State. Not only will the Virginia Frees Associa tion hold its session in Asheville at the same time, but it is new learned that the South Carolina Press Asso ciation has accepted an invitation from President Varner, backed by the authorities of Asheville, to hold Its annual session at the same time and place. Let North Carolina keep up the pace set by Gov. Aycock, the "educa tional governor." Gov. Glenn is manifesting the same zeal and high purpose of Gov. Aycock in behalf of education, and the cause is bound to go forward. Gov. Glenn was herald ed as "the Industrial governor" and he Is showing us that he is going to be the educational and industrial governor. It is glory enough for any North Carolinian to have, his State pointed to as a conspicuous example in educational and industrial pro gress, says Wilmington Star. The executive committee of North Carolina Tobacco G rovers' Associa tion May 5th in Greensboro decided to establish tobacco factories at Madison and Rocky Mount. Sub scription books for a $90,000 factory at Madison were opened and nearly half of the amount was subscribed In less than an hour. Speaking of the matter of establishing factories, a prominent member of the eommlttee said: "There is more money made in manufacturing tobacco now than ever before. Tobacco fcr which the farmer gets an average of five cents a pound is being worked up in mixed lota, far different from the old time way of choice selected leaf for hiirh priced quality of finished product.and it is sold to the consumer nr. fi cents an ounce. Killed by Piece of Timber. Oscar Smith, aee 17. was killed t. his father's saw mill near Bessemer City, Tuesday. A piece of timber that was defective was belnor en wod when part of it, about three feet long, new on irom the saw and crazed the shoulder of a boy standing near and struck Oscar just under the left breast. it came with such force as to break several ribs and cause Internal ln juries.from which he died in about 30 minuites. Why Suffer from Rheumatism? . - - Why suffer from rheumatismtwhen one application of Chamberlains Pain Balm trill relieve the pain? The a nick relief which' this liniment affords makes rest and sleep possible, and that alone - is worth many times its cost. Many who have used it hoping only for a short relief from suffering have been happily surprised to find that after awhile the relief - became permanent. Mrs. V. H. 'Leggett of Vum lorn Tennessee, U. S. A., writes "I am a great sufferer from rheum a tism, all over from head to foot and Chamberlains Pain Balm is the; only thins that will relieve the pain." For sale by all druggists. Subscribe to Public Ledger. A PROFITABLE FIELD. : There is a wide field in North Caro lina for development and profitable enterprises on a large scale are offers ing on all sides. Many of these op portunities are neglected by our own capitalists or are left untouched for lack of capital, but strangers coming Into our midst often see splendid chances for Investment that we en tirely overlook says the Wilmington Star. ; At present millions of capital Is flowing into North Carolina for the development of our great water powers and new railroad enterprises and we have doubt that a summary of this incoming capital would aston ish our people. Probably the great est enterprise underway In the State at this time Is the development of the Immense water power on the rapids near Salisbury. It Is stated that about $3,000,000 will be expended there. There ae also many other enterprise on a large scale in the way of trolley lines, railroads and manu facturing Industries, in connection with whk-h northern capital is Inva riably mentioned. ROAD LAWS OF THE SOUTH. The road laws of the South' do not differ greatly from those that were in operation in England 220 years ago, says the Farm Magazine. A certain labor tax, amounting to 4 or 6 days in a year, supplemented by a tax levied on the country districts is the main dependence for the most part in keeping up the highways of the Southern States. In a few coun ties and districts the issue of bonds for the building of good roads has been authorized, and wherever this has been done, as in Mecklenburg and Guilford counties In North Carolina and In Madison, Marlon, Bradley, Hamblem and a few more counties In Tennessee, the evidence 01 progress Is manifested In the Increased value of property and In the general thrifty condition and intelligence of the peo- pi Under the road system general ly in operation in the Southern States no good roads are built. A tempo rary betterment of the roads is all that is attempted to be done, and this work has to be renewed every year without any permanent results. And statistics show that this tempo rary work is much more costly to the people of the country. than would be the building of durable macadam roads. No portion of the South can afford to pay such extortionate rates as are now paid to get produce to market. This cannot be less than 25 per cent per ton-mile, not to mention the wear and tear of wagons and teams and the loss of time on the roads. One two-horse wagon on a good macad am road should be able to convey In one load ten bales of cotton to mar ket or 2,000 pounds of tobacco. A good load with such a conveyance over the miserable roads of the South is two bales of cotton and 500 or 800 pounds of tobacco, attended then with frequent miring of both wagon and team. Public spirit needs to be aroused to this pitiable condition of the great majority of the highways of the South. No money can be ex pended for public Improvements which will bring more comfort and happiness to a greater number of people. No money expended in build lng good roads ever causes regret af ter the roads are completed. The im proved roads become a source of pride to all taxpayers and to all pub lie spirited citizens. a a. FARMERS SHOULD THINK. Ignorance, suoerstltfon and a blind adherence to ancient usages were the predominant characteristics of the tillers of the soil until a few decades past. Now we find, however, by the dissemination of live and veritable truths among the farmers that fresh thought comes bubbling up con stantly from country homes. Science has a wide field, Indeed, which broa dens year by year, and its capabili ties are yet unknown. Every farmer should learn and teach his children to observe and collect facts.-" He should study the carjacitv of his soils, their adaptability to the various crops, what fertilizers are profitable and what are not. and what are the best modes of culture. He should try by every means at his command to solve the profitable pro blem of how to Increase the produc tiveness of the farm to the greatest possible extent with a minimum of expense and with the least Injury to the soil. The solution of this pro blem, says the Southern Magazine, must be performed by every farmer for himself. There is such a vast dif ference in soils and other elements that enter Into this problem that the solution of It In one locality will not be a solution in another. The course of procedure that would make a field productive in one place might be to tally worthless In another. Calcare ous soil, for Instance, reoulre treat ment altogether different from the sandy soils. Although the soils of each locality may differ, there are some truths applicable to all soils. We know that clover Is a good crop to precede wheat, and this truth is as applicable to the soils of NewYork as to the soils of Tennessee, to the calcareous as to the sandy soils, to the granitic as the shaly soils. Never before in the hlstorv of agri culture have so many aids been ac cessible to the farmer. The agricul tural colleges are sending out month after month literature descriptive of experiments made, and these experi ments are carried on under the super vision 01 the most intelligent scien tific men. Each one of these bulle tins is a potent suggestion upon the subject with which it treats. Farmers should think. Their va cation demands long planning ahead. xney snouid know what crops should be grown on any telven field Team ahead; then rotation of crops should oe skiiuuiiy planned and energetical ly executed. A farmer who resolute ly pursues such a line of policy will be sure to succeed in the end. His progress at first may be slow, but he works to a purpose, and a few years uvuiuuotrauj nis wisaom not oniy in increased crops, but in a thoroughly systematized plan - of operations which will yield the most gratifying auu proiiiauie results. - NORTH STATE HAPPENINGS. The election for special tax and bond issue for school buildings in Aulander, Bertie county, was car ried almost unanimously. Six local tax elections are pending In Wilkes county, and flve.bave been ordered in Catawba county, and many are pending in other counties - What's in a name, anyway? Devo tion Whitley, a Stanley county man, has been Indicted for breach of prom ise to marry a girl to whom he had pretended to be all devotion. . Mr. Ellis, the retiring mayor of Newbern, was presented with a sil ver ser vice by the business men of the cf ty. The retiring board of aldsrmen presented him with a fine Panama hat. - Ernest Lomox, colored, died sud denly at Salisbury Tuesday night after taking a dose of liniment given him for external use. He drank the medicine by mistake, walked , two blocks and died. Ex-Sheriff J. P. Horn, of Union county, died suddenly last Thursday night of heart failure. He had spent the day in Monroe and seemed to be in especially good health. He be came 111 about ten o'elock the same night and died in a few minutes. ' Robert Odell was fatally shot at his home near Leaksvllle by Chas. Prince. The men quarreled over a garden rake. Prince firing on Odell and the load taking effect In the back and just above the hip. Both -are men with famlles. respected In their communty. Odell will die. Allen Beggers, colored, was fatally shot by T. T. Gooding, at Wlnthrop Mills, Craven county, Sunday, while trespassing in the latter's yard, be having in a rowdy and disorderly manner. The coroners jury exoner ated Mr. Gooding the next day, glv ing a verdict of justifiable homicide. Maior William M. Robbing, of Statesvllle, one of North Carolina' most distinguished men, died at the home of his son, "Mr. Frank L. Rob bins in Salisbury Thursday after noon. The deceased had been ill sev eral months with stomach trouble .and the end was expected. AH mem bers of his immediate family were present when death came. Klnston Free Press: Mr. Jesse Jackson, a prominent farmer of Neuse township and former treasurer of Lenoir county, fell from a foot log over a branch, Saturday and broke a rib. Mr. Jackson lost his balance on the log and stepped to another log when his foot slipped and fell on his side across the log. A watch in his pocket struck the rib and caused the fracture. . Fred Osement. one of the three par ties bound over to court for burning the barn of Isaac Stanley two weeks ago in revenge for information con c rnlng blocKade distillers to revenue officers, was surrendered to sheriff of Guilford county by his bondsmen and placed in jail. In half an hour he made a full confession of the deed giving names of parties with him and amount of money paid him andsby whom It was paid. - Mrs. John M. Bostaln, the young wife of an aged Salisbury citizen of means, eloped Thursday night with Charles Lin gle, a young machinist at the Southern Shops in Spencer who had been boarding at Bostlan's home. The couple were arrested Monday at McCay, Tenn., where they were livlr.g as husband and wife. Mr.Bostlan was a widow when he married his present wife about two years ago. V A negro at Greensboro slipped in to the store of C. A. Clapp while the clerk was standing In the door, rob blng the money drawer of - $75. He dropped a silver dollar on the floor the clerk heard the noise and took out after the the thief capturing him and the money after a chase of seven block. Both clerk and thief required a physician to attend the Injuries caused by jumping through a barbed wire fence, they ran Into It on a va cant lot in their mad career. The negro is in jail. On Tuesday the dead body of John xaggarc, colored, was found near Amity, in Iredell county. Taggart was recently discharged from the Iredell county chain-gang. At a ne gro gathering near Amity last Fri day night Asha Clark became leal ous of Taggart's attention to hie wife and struck him on the head with a stick. He has since been heard to boast that he gave the other ne gro a good lick, but It was not thought that any serious results would follow. It seems that Taggart crawled off in the woods and died and his remains w'ere only found Tuesday. - , - ' What Next' Here It is. A man has been found in New York who kept his house and grounds secluded, admitting not even his closest relatives and most inti mate friends. It has been discovered that he was engaged In the novel business of producing human heads on hogs for museum freaks. - The process was to begin with pigs at about 1 month old. clamp an iron mask on their heads forcing the face to grow In the shape of a human face, the moulds ' being carefully watched and nursed until a hog with a human head was ready for a fancy price. ' . The woods is full of such things in and around iNew York. The great mass of humanity there comprises the sharpest wits and all are taxed to devise schemes for maklnsr monpv. For every one heard of as a success. there are thousands of utter failures, yet the work is kept up and continu ally novel productions appear. A Good Suggestion. Mr. C. B. Wa.inwr?n.K t OitVi J; la., has writ a. turers that much better ltaaob tained from the use of ChimhprlfnK Colic Cholera and DiarrhoRemeefy in eases of pain8 in the stomach "oMc and cholera morbus bv . ,!,::. water as hot as can be drank. That when taken in this w&v i, double in rapidity. "It seems to get at the right spot instantly." he sv i'or sale by all druggists. How to be Loyal in Your Church." First be perfect with it.; Donotde mand or expect that it will be perfect. The perfect church has never y et ex isted. If It did exist It would not suit you, and you would not suit It. When the church consisted of only twelve members picked by the Master, they were a quarrelsome lot, and one of them was a devil. You will do well If your church averages up better, Everything in your church may not please you, some things may offend you, and yet it may be the best church for you. If you were to go into an other, you would probably find it less pleasant and profitable.. Then be patient with imperfections. Do not resent them nor try to mend them by vigorous or violent means. Only time can heal some things. . Do not talk about them and keep them Irritated, but let silence soothe them. Keep quiet and many evils will die of themselves. Try to be perfect your self, and that will add so much to the perfection of your church. Next, be appreciative, thankfull and hopefull. Beware of becoming acronlcgrumbler,growlerand kicker. Every church must have its "kicker," but let some other man or woman fi lathis office. Remember that It is easier to be critical than correct and that uncharitable judgment are one of the greatest dangers of church life.- Look on the bright and best side of your church and see Its good points. Neyer run it down, but always take it up. Ap preciate the pastor's sermons, and let him know that you do. Have good word for the choir leader and the Sunday School Superintendent Speak of the prayer meeting to your neighbor the next morniBg and tell him what a good meeting it was Be cheerful and hopeful, even In the midst of discouragements, and you will thus infuse in to your church your own "spirit of enthusiasm. Presbyterian Banner. Strictly Genuine. Most of the patent medicine test im on ials are probably genuine. The follow ing notice recently appeared in the Atchinson (Kan.) Globe: "Joe Tack a wen Known engineer, running on the Missouri Pacific between Wichita and Riowa, lately appeared in a big one, with a picture, and when he was in this office today we asked him about. it. He says he had terrific pains in his stomach, and though c ne had can cer. His druggist recommended Ko dot and he says it cured him. He re commended it to others, who were also cured." Kodol 'Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat and cures al stomach troubles. Just as surely as the sun shines your stomt ch can be brought back" to 'its originally pure condition and lite sweetened by tni lasting and truly the greatest diges tant know, isold by J. li. Hall. In Baltimore George G. Horst fired two bullets Into bis brain and al though terribly Injured he was alive at last accounts. Bilicus Bill was getting bloated. And his tongue was muchly eoated Patent "tonics" wouldn't cure him, Companies would not insure him. All his friends were badly frightened tsut tneir spirits soon were lightened For Bill said. and they believed him EARLY RISER pills relieved him The Famous Little Pills "EARLY RISERS cure constipation, sick head ache, billiousness. etc., by their tonic effect on the liver. They never gripe or sicken, but impart early rising en ergy. tiood for children or adults Sold by J. G. Hall. ' The boards of the Methodist Epls copal Chureh South, in session at Nashville, report the greatest finau clal progress In the history of the Church. Chamberlan's Cough Remedy ihe Very Best. I have been usiner Chamberlains Cough Remedy an want to say it is the nest cougn medicine 1 have ever ta ken," says Geo. L. Chubb, a mereh ant of Harlan; Mich. There is no ques tion about its being the best, as it will cure a cough or cold' in less time than any other treatment. It should always be kept in the house ready for instant use' for a cold can be cured in much less time when promptly treat eo. n or sale oy an druggist. m At tne election in Morgan ton on Monday the wet ticket beat the dls pensary ticket by 49 majority. A bond issue for sewerage was voted by 209 majority. Terrific Race With Death. '.Death was fast; approaching," writes Ralph F. Fernandez, of Tarn pa, Fla., describing his fearful race with death, "as a result of liver troub le and heart disease, which had rob bed me of sleep and of all interest in life. -1 had tried many different doc tors and feveral medicines, but sot no benefit, until I began to use Electric Bitters. So wonderful was their ef lect, mat in inree days 1 reit like a new man. and today 1 am cured of all my troubles." Guaranteed at R. L. Hamiltons drug store; price 50c. . Hannibal was crossing the Alps. Yes," he boasted. "I know Italy lies beyond 'em. A sweet girl grad uate told me so." Armed with this Information he marched valiantly forward. New York Sun. - Cleared for Action. When the body is cleared for action ry ur. ivings JNew Xjife .Fills you can tell it by the bloom of health on the cheeks; the brightness of the eyes; the firmness of the nesh and muscles; tne o no vane v " of the mind. Trv them. At R. L. Hamiltons drug store, 25 cf nts. ; At Orangeburg, S. C. five lynchers will be tried next Wednesday, the sixth man having turned State's evi dence. " , Hot Weather Piles, r Persons afflicted with piles should ha careful t this season of the year Hot weather and bad drinkinsr water con tribute to the conditions which make piles more painful and dangerous. De Witts Witch Hazel Salve stops the pain, draws out the soreness and cures, tfet the genuine, bearing the name of JS. C. DeWitt and Co; J. G. nail - . Mr. Kobert E Follin has purchas ed tne Wins ton -Salem Dally Journal and will take charge of Its editorial management. ... ! '' -:-. - A Creeping Death, Blood IOISOEl CfRAns 11 rk rmirovrla ilia heart, causing death. J .'e.' StearnsT Belle Plaine . Minn -;, ,, . friend dreadfully injured his hand, which swelled up like blood poisoning Bucklens , Arnica Sal v mit th Kison. healed the. i . -, ' - nWUU, OaiU OCS.TCU bis life. Best in th i and sore.. 25c at K 1,. Hamiltons drug store. 7jo Uobacco Srowors. Having just returned from a trip through a portion of the county In the interest of the Tobacco Growers Association and feeling a deep Inter est In the product of the weed lam tempted to say a few words. 1 found the farmers generally behind with their work, it being open weatber and the notice given of a limited na ture, I failed to have much attend ance at any of the appointments. While I - enlisted only two cluls and leaving good and competent men at the bead of each. I am sure the good work will go on. In other sections I have the promise of some of the best men to work up other clubs. 1 find some objections by the way, but it is for want of informa tion, when explained the objection seems to banish. Many seems to4ia e given It no thought, having never heard It discussed, though all admit that something ought to lie done and why? Because competition bas let n knocked out of the leaf trade and much of the tobacco is selling below the cost of production. . We farmers are sometimes called "chuckle beaded foolti;" well it looks very much that way, when we continue to make below the cost will any other class of men do business this way, sell be low cost. The farmers can hold out longer tnan any otner class 01 men, his investment being smaller, and yet time will bring blmd jwn. 15 years ago I canvassed the county and found nearly every plantation dotted with new and nicely painted buildings. plenty of labor, the boys with theli fathers farming, everything lu a pros perous and flourishing condltlon.con tentment reigning supreme, making money raising tobacco, paying cash for what they bought. Why this? Good competition. No trust on It. Just a week ago I visited that same section, what do I see? The houses are rusty with very few exceptions. Good as no hired labor In the fields and none In the cook room, the boy left and seeking other occupations more profitable, the old people per haps with tlelr girls holding the fort, a supply store at nearly every cross road, farmers keeping them up. What does this signify? Growing poorer as the years roll by; what is the cause? Low price tobacco, no competition. Is It over production? No we havn't the labor to make It X X. a MAM , .a. just give us a legitimate competition and we will ask no more, then th law of supply and demand will b the ruling factor. No, we are tin only class of men that can stand this strain so long. Ni other clas can and why? because they work their brain. Would we not do well to profit by their example, work more brain, less tobaceo.more of some thing to eat and to sell. With this system If organized could not we command any price for the raw ma terlal that any reasonable man could desire; would not confidence tie re stored? would not the supply store that arei-uining our falreountry rui on a cash basin, which Is far better and more satisfactory and your bnak account larger? Notice the farmer today who plants a small or no crop of tobacco and the more of the other things, examine his bank account, he Is solid the year around. The farmer who depends almost alone on tobac co will commence to buy supplies in May and June and often In April anu often eats up his crop before he can sell it; why this? Well the answei ought to be plain to every Intelligent mind .Well you have said that something must be done. The next question to consider is what, and how, organize a tobacco club. Let the county come together, the old bright belt of VIr glnla and North Carolina come to gether as one man and stand togeth er as one; follow the Instruction of the executive committee composed of two men from each county, organ ized with Mr. S. C. Adams as chair man; they are studying ways and means, they have the key to the situ atlou; they have the remedy, trust them, have faith In your leaders and stand by them and they will carry you to victory. The next question is when let it be at the very earliest practical moment; form new clubs whereyou have none. Let the 18 clubs now In existence in the countv iret down to good solid work, increase their membership, make a house to house canvass If necessary and srlve us the 80 per cent, as soon as possible and let us get in a position to handle the next crop If possible. Don't wait until you can see your tobacco next fall given away before you make the effort, It may be too late for that crop. - " fon c say mat iarmers can t or -V . mm . . ganlze, can't stick; this Is a reflection upon our Intelligence. "I can't. never done anything. I will try has done something." Cannot Is a los lng factor. Will try Is a winner. Yes the farmers themselves must prove this, there Is no reason In the world why such a class of men raising particular type of tobacco and occu- pylng a limited territory should not act together.if they don'tit is simply because they won't, If they won't It is simply because they prefer to be slaves than free men This, organization was formed for self preservation; we have been look. ing to the other men to give us a reasonable profit on our tobacco. we find in him no help, he is looking to his own Interest, while managing ing it by yours he keeps you making it by aspiring for the better prices some one else has gotten. It is now time to call a halt, your hard worked wives, fair daughters and children claim your best effort.' "God helps those who helps themselves," and in this movement we must act collec tively as we have found to our sor. row that Individual effort has failed. The club secretaries will please for ward their monthly report promptly that l may he kept In close touch with the clubs A grand rally of the Hargrove Club second .Saturday evening with good speakers to be on hand. I under. stand the ladles are especially Invit ed and requested to bring their hus- nanus along with the vmmo- irit Let everybody attend. A Bmiss "Fight It Is as impossible to conquer the king of diseases Contagious Blood Poison with Mer cury and Potash as it would be to conquer the king of the forest in a hand-to-hand encounter, as thousands who have had their health ruined and lives blighted through the use of these min erals will testify. They took the treatment faith fully, only to find when it was left off, the dis- A 1 m - . ca&c returned wun more power, combined with the awful effects of these minerals, such, as mercurial rh,,.,-. ' v. i : : 1 a copper-colored blotches, falling hair " 3 . 1 at . ' i'i"1-"' ""uca, ea.nva.Liuu, lnuammauon OI the Stomnr-Vi .,,! 1 ' rtl3 When the virus of Contagious Blood Poison enters the blood it Tls' c. taminates every drop of that vital fluid, and every muscle nerv qu'- ,y cn bone becomes affected, and soon the foul symptom nf nrJ' .f' .Ue and j """ kind. Treatise with instructions for without charge. THE SWIFT A h f frri-toco nrpnirrtIrtf, (sm. u,6u-viaoo pvjaiauuu ivi g ossy and prevents splitting aiways icmuim tutor 10 gray TCI years been recognized as a specific for Contagious Blood Poisonl- many antidote for the deadly virus that is so far-reaching in its efle. 'ts ,pfcrft tern. S. S. S. does not hide or mask the disease, but so thorouT Bys" jtm jt" jl! 111 Sun Cured Tobacco aroma and taste is guaranteed by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company only un der this tag: Learn the Genuine Sun Cured Flavor Cut out this advertisement and send, to gether with 2 stamp, to R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.,Winston-Salem, N. C, and they will mail free a 5t sample of this tobacco. Writ a four namtt Wile lis aid SCHOOL C01IIEHTS. We have with a good deal of careful buvinfr and select ing received the most attractive assortment of White Goods ever shown by us. Young'ladies who wish to procure a com- mencement dress will find exactly what they want here, and ngni pnces. rSpxBcCficBlIlS 45 inch Sheer white French Lawn at 1 5 cents. 2 yard wide fine Organdy at 25 yard. 40 inch India Linen at 10 and 15 cents yard. Fine Persian Lawns at 12X, 15, 20, 25 and 40 ctsyard. A pretty grade silk Mull in all colors at 1 5 cents yard. Fine grade silk Mull in all colors at 25 cent yard. Very sheer fine French Lawn at 40. 50 and rpnt v.ird . . a i i. i. -i a guamiuBBu to wasn ana wear Paris MoUSSelin in 79 inr.h kind that will wash and WMr "'SLJE?? Wear ''""'J' s UU1W1 wlue Two-pieces 2X yards wide n-inu iui vauui tnaae suits at co cents yard. Full and complete assortment of waistings from 1 0 cts Der vard Young Ladies will find our white and black Hosiery, white uireaJu. umpiete wararobe beyond any other house m the. trade in this section. 3 TT . "XT 1 Willi An unusually fine businesa purchases and next week wVw lTiT malt6 Iarger SOrtmnf ftf fh T! . we V) .show a" entirely new as- goods -will be sold l at thl fn pleasant for you cEnmcdlS lill ... -nihm n and eyebrows wnii. . an,d thrt. jr auu i uiasn can only cover sorts UP tilt,. uCd3C. o. N f,... completely cures it that no signs are tvtr st " . q S, S S. while eradicating the poison t th?gln will drive out any effects of harmful ,itra ment. A reward of $1,000.00 is offered f 'i thatS. S. S. contains Ior I'rool home treatment a of. .i..1nt .f any SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, Ca, " Oil ,ti 1 Vlf f i LIAN U L..: f .... i me nan . lYceps tne hair soft and at the ends. Cures dandruff and and iiair. Hii.Lt tu . :.JT; and addrmmm plainly (GdDl i FOR ' " j well. wiHthe "Qf Kn ka will a"U V .um. Well. "nen J-awn at 25 cents yard. whifA t inn rv,Q f,efc; nonabie nr. ' aRsnrtmanf t rsiaf. r,r,c -Ganvass Shoes and all other IlnimcBipy, ha j x. ' ngS ln ladies Hats- These cai to mane u i M. B LA LOCK.
Oxford Public Ledger (Oxford, N.C.)
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