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OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1910 AN AKRO 8KRVTCK FOR SPEKD RAU3IGH HKA1TH CAMPAIGN. Railroad Trains of Speed and Flying j Chairman of Raleigh Health Ix?a Machines Will Succeed Them For j Re Issues Letter to People of Fast Transportation. ty That Should Be Care- Tii fully Read by Others a Well. Evening Sun The matter of health is beginning ? f 5 Gienn H CurtiSg- to receive recognition all over the the shrewdest and most scientific risS service will be in operation between Baltimore and New York within a year or two. The aeroplane of 12 months hence; he says will be fully as dependable as the automobile of five years ago.lt will be able to breast any conceivable wind", it will carry two or three passengers with ease, and it will exceed all other conveyances in speed. A hundred miles an hour will be possible in light airs, making the whole jour ney from Baltimore to New York, including normal delays in starting and stopping, a matter of no more than two hours. This is just half the time of the fastest trains now running between the two cities. Mr. Curtiss' prophecy, however, rash it may seem, at least directs I attention to the fact, overiooiteu oy j of the citizens of Raleigh, most of ue, that little progress has t Tomorrow morning several hun been made in the direction of in- , jred people will receive a letter creased railway speed for a gener- j from the executive council of the at ion. The passenger locomotives j Raieigh Health League enclosing a of today are vastly heavier and j booklet on the purpose and methods the tracks upon which they run are ; Qf the league, modeled largely on more powerful than those of 1885, I tne work now being organized in more rigid and there has been a j Winston-Salem under the leadership general reduction of curves and Df colonel Ludlow, strengthening of bridges; but mean j Every person receiving this letter while the weight of trains has in- wju De later visited by one of our creased proportionately, and so the j membership committee. All are ear- increase in average speed has oeen i very slight. Now and then an iso lated advance is made, as when the time from New York to Chicago was reduced to IS hours, but most trams run no faster today than they did in 1890. T he time from Haiti more to New York has stood at four hours for a long, long while. The 45-minutes for the trip lo cal trains in most of the roads go no faster than they did in 1885. In discussing this matter not long j ago a philosophical railway presi- j dent ventured the view that no con-; siderable progress would be made j m future unless tne present stana- ard gauge of four feet eight and one-half inches were abandoned Both locomotives and cars have j come near to the limit in weight, j jn tne capital city will naturally If the former are made much more j terid to iea(j to similar work else powerful they will topple over.Even j where. electricity promises no remedy, for This health campaign is largely experience has shown that 100 j a campaign of education. I hope miles an hour on electric roads of ! you wjn jo me the favor of read standard gauge is just as difficult i jng carefully a few important facts and dangerous as 100 miles an hour j as to wnat has been done, and what on steam roads. To increase the can De done in connection with gauge, even upon a few trunk lines, j wnat we certainly ought to do. would involve an expenditure of he average length of human life hundreds of millions.and in addition . jn tne United States in IS 00 was the difference in gauges would j 30 years; it now is 4 2 years. It can cause endless confusion and incon- . De made about 57 years. venience. So progress halts and tne 1 "way is open for the realization of Mr. Curtiss' dream. He does not look tor a general abandonment of the iron horse,even in the near future. All he predicts is that in a few years the hard- pressed business man, desiring to i make a short journey at tne nign est possible speed, will turn form the slow express train to the swift aerotaxi, just as he now turns , from the trolley-car to the taxicab. WHERE WOMEN RULE. In Tehuantepec The Fair Sex Has Things All Her Own Sweet way She is Supreme. E. A. Powell, in Everybody's. Woman dominates the city on the torrid Isthmus of Tehuantepec.Here her rights are recognized and undis puted. The women run the place and do 90 per cent of the business. A striking characteristic of these Tehuana beauties is their commer cial enterprise. In the market place, where most of the bartering is done they reign supreme. The wife owns the property, she holds the family Tmrse-strines. and she must even 1 even 1 Trouch for the husband before he ! can obtain credit. Not only are the women the power in the district.but they are fully aware of it; they de legate all of the menial work save the cooking, to the men, and de vote their energies to trade, which is so fully in their hands that all commercial transactions in Tehuan tepec are done by them or require their sanction. They are Tehuantep-ec- they in their barbaric colors treading the earth as if it were theirs, while the little men shamble about with the dogs, the one as degraded as the other. The greatest power in the entire district is, indeed, a certain old wo- man who rules the countryside by means of her wealth and shrewd- J ness. Through money-lending she has got many of the people, offi cials and civilians, into her hands, and is therefore in a position to nave her advice accepted and her dictates obeyed. Every important transaction,political or financial.re quires her approval; no official could be elected or hold office . in the district for a minute unless giv en her support; illustrious stran gers would not dream of crossing the isthmus without stopping at ner plantation to pay their respects; the railway contractors depend on ner to keep their turbulent work men i,n order, and the president himself is not above seeking her advice. Gen. Diaz has always had a warm spot in his heart for Tehuan tepec, very much as you always re gard with a certain liking the boy whom you once licked; for many years ago he was plain Capt. Diaz then he was the commander of the little garrison here and quelled a revolt by clapping all the women into jail. The next morning there were no tortillas and there was no one to prepare them, and, as revo lutionists get just as hungry as any one else, the resistance of the dis affected citizens was quickly broken. The story is true, as I happen to know, for. the president himself told it to me. FOR SALE lot of pigs call or ad iftress Louia de la Croix. .2t) health campaign, and the following letter written for the Raleigh people by Dr. George W. Lay should stir up an interest along the same lines in Oxford. The letter which is taken from the News and Observer runs: To the Citizens of Raleigh. By the courtesy of The News and Observer I desire to call the atten tion of all of you, both men and wo men, to a very important work for the public welfare. Last j'ear there was held in Raleigh an exhibition on the subject of tuberculosis.and a massmeeting on health was held i the opera house. Some of those in terested in these matters have now started what is called the Raleigh Health League, with an executive council of nine, and a membership to De nmited only by the interest nestiy requested not to throw away this printed matter, but to keep it, and to send in their membership fees of $1.00 each with any other generous contribution they may choose to make either to Dr. W. S. Rankin, the secretary of the League or the representative of the member ship committee who will call later. Membership in the League, and participation in the work is not limited by any means to those on iist wno receive this matter by mail. It is desired very urgently tnat every one in Raleigh who is interested in the subject of health wm take part in this movement, which will be of great value to the city and also indirectly to other narta of the State, since the work in tne United States every year there die from diseases that could have prevented 60,000 perstns;that is everj day 1,700 people die, and every minute more than one per son dies where these deaths could be prevented by the knowledge we alreadv have if we would out it to proper use. Every day of the year 3,000,000 i persons in the United States are sick from diseases that can be pre- vented. This is in addition to those sick from disease not classed as preventable. The cost of sickness from this preventable illness amount to $1,000,000,000 in the United States every year. In Havana, Cuba, from 1896 to 1902, six years, the death rate of 65 per 1,000 that made the French stoj their work, to the excellent health conditions at present, under the direction of a United States army officer, are well known. In the war with Spain the United States lost from typhoid fever pro portionately fifty-nine times as man. lives as the Japanese did in the war with Russia. The United States did not use modern methods and mod ern knowledge the Japanese did. One out of every five of our soldiers had typhoid fever. Statistics are available for fifty-five per cent. e Unit.ed. States, which is call- i ed the registration area. The death rate in the registration area is 15 per l,000.Aolishing of preventable diseases by the use of modern know, edge can reduce this death rate to about nine per cent. The death rate in many of our cities is far higher than this. Where proper means have been taken,it has been greatly reduced. From 1886 to 1908 the city of New York reduced its death rate from 25.99 per thous and to 16.52. Any other city can do equally as good work. Porto Rico, in ten years saved 10,000 lives from hookworm alone. The total death rate from all cau ses was reduced from 33.48 to 20 Per thousand. These 150.000 lives were saved at a cost of $187,000.. In other words by attention to the one disease of hookworm the people in Porto Rico bought 150,000 hu man lives at a cost of $1.25 apiece. One-sixth of the children born in the United States die before becoming a year old; one-third be fore the expiration of the fifth year. In each year 2 00,000 babies under 1 year of age die in the United Sta tes. Half of these lives could be saved. This matter affects you who are reading this. It affects everybody. You cannot be healthy unless you Frequent Settlements, Make Long Friends. I have a large amount of money due me, and ask all who owe to settle at ONCE. I need the money NOW. While I regret it, hereafter, I will be compelled to discontinue cre dit to all who do not settle when their accounts are presented, Your Friend, J. G. Hall. Druggist. Dr.Benf. K. Hays may be found in his office from 10. to 12 A. M. Only emergency calls answered du ring office hours. Two years special study in diseases of the eye and fitting glasses. Consumption Often Develops From Pneumonia Consumption readily attacks those who have had Pneumonia. Many sufferers from tuberculosis give a history of hav ing had pneumonia. The lungs thus weakened are more easily attacked by the jjerms that cause consumption. For all those with "weak lungs," espe cially those who have had pneumonia, Eckman's Alterative is the appropriate remedy. Cures of consumption are ac complished by Eckman's Alterative. Hut take it in time. There is no wisdom in waiting until Tuberculosis is establisn ed. Health is never fully valued until sickness comes. A remarkable recovery follows: 4240 Powelton Ave., Phila., Pa. Gentlemen: "I wish I had known of Eckman's Alterative two years ago. Since taking it I have gained twenty eight pounds and I cannot but be very thankful to you and the Almighty God for the great blessing and change of health it has brought me." , (Signed) THOMAS REIL.L.V. Eckman's Alterative cures Bronchitis. Asthma, Hay Fever; Throat and Lung Affections. Ask for booklet of cured cases and write to the Eckman Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pa., for additional evidence. Vor Sale by all leading druggists an3 J. G. HAUL. OXFORD. N. C. get your neighbor to be healthy. If you do not take the proper means to ward off the causes of disease, it will be too late when one dear to you especially some little help less and much-loved babe is lying in the last gasp for breath. Then you will realize that you yourself are partly responsible at least for the loss of this valuable life. Let us all take hold and do what we can to make Raleigh a still bet ter city, and to make every part of our great State more healthy than it is now. This can be done, and we are guilty of neglect of duty if we do not do it. We want your financial aid, but above all we want your assistance in working on one of the committees of the Raleigh Health League. Confidently believeing that we cai expect you to rally around us, and assist us, in the work we are trying to do for the preservation of the health and lives of men, 1 am, Yours Truly, George W. Lay, Chairman Raleigh Health League. am m m KNEW THE ROAD. late Mark Twain iets Off a C.ood Story About Three Men and J Bad Road. Mark Twain was a firm believer in the national movement for good roads and had many a tale to tell about the incredible bad roads of some sections. A Hartford man recalled the oth er day this experience of the fa mous humoritst: "I once had thirty miles" s( mark Twain began "to go by stage in Mississippi. The roads were ter rible for it was early spring. The passengers consisted of five men anc three women three large, well developed women, swathed in shawls and veils who kept to them selves, talking in low tones on the rear seat. "Well, we hadn't gone a mile be fore the stage got stuck two feet in the black mud. Down jumped every man of us, and for ten minutes we tugged and jerked and pulled till we got the stage out of the hole. "We had hardly got. our breath back when the stage got stuck again, and again we had to strain our very hearts out to release her. "In covering fifteen miles we stuck eight times; and in going the whole thirty we lifted that old stage out of the mud seventeen times by actual count. "We five male passengers were wet, tired and filthy when we reached our destination, and so you can imagine our feelings when we saw the three women passengers re move, as they dismounted, their veils shawls and their skirts, and lo, and behold they were three big hearty robust men. "As we started at them with bulg ing and ferocious eyes, one of them said : "Thanks for your labor gents. We knowed this road ard prepared ior it. Will you licker?" Minneapolis Journal. j DANDRUFF AND ITCHING SCAIJ YIELD TO THIS TREATMENT Why experiment trying to drive j the dandruff germ from underneath j the skin with greasy lotions or fan cy hairdressing when druggists eve ry where and in Oxford ax the J. G. Hall Drug Store will guaram.ee ZE- I MO and ZEMO soap to entirely rid the scalp of the germ life that cau ses the trouble. ZEMO and ZEMO SOAP can he obtained in any city or town in America and are recognized the best and most economical treatment fur all affections of the skin or scalp whether on infant or grown person. One shampoo with ZEMO SOAP and application of ZEMO will svop itcn ing and cleanse the scalp of dan druff and scurf. Anpl? atioa of ZE MO and use of ZEMO soup will cure the most obstinate case of ec zema or skin disease. We invite you to try ZEMO and ZEMO SOAP and if not entirely sat isfied we will refund your money. XKVER STOP PLAYING. The I it'll 1 Danger Lies in Stopping,, Xot in Overdoing It The n- glish People Jteat at it. Dr. Woods Hutchinson, in Outing. An athlete is like an aeronaut safe enough while going, but in dan ger the moment he stops, especially if he stops suddenly! ! If the first great danger of athle tics for the professional, or business man, the brainworker, and man of sedentary habits generally is not getting enough of them, the second is like unto it -stopping after-effect so frequently ascribed to athletics in college and school discontinuance after graduation. The building of man is never fin ished until he is dead. His life is ' all in one piece, and what is good for him at one stage of his exist- ; ence is, mutatis mutandis, good for him in all. While man's mere sta- ! ture and gross weight, and even ; VVWIc Enameled steel eloset tanks. Clean and neat witn no lining to rust out.Otner fixtures never before sbown In Oxford. n a os 111 8 w Z g u STEAM z u P. H. Montgomery & H ml W Shop 46& HojW o op 01 METAL SHINGLES Laid 20 years ago are as good as new to-day and have never needed repairs. Think of it ! What other roofing will last as long and look as well ? They're fireproof, stormproof, and very easily laid. They can be laid right over wood shingles, if necessary, without cre ating dirt or inconvenience. For prices and other detailed information apply to L. B. TURNER, horsepoyer,'may have attained their maximum by 22 or 23, the efficiencj of both his mind and body for his particular life work ought to and, under most circumstances, does go wii sLtjuuny increasing unm ne is 50, 55 and even 60 years of age. And the same health-giving agency! fore, drop the means of further pro exercises in the open air which j gress play in the open air. When lias been the very life secret of his 1 we stop playing we stop growing! structual growth and development i WANTED a good gentle family For His Sake My husband begged me to take Cardui," writes Mat tie L. Bishop, of Waverly, Va., "and for his sake I a greed to try it. Before I had taken 1 bottle, I felt better. "Before taking Cardui I suffered miserably every month and had to go to bed until it wore off, but nmif I om nil tU av vYi am ail Jigiiu The Woman's Tonic You know Cardui will help you, because it has helped others who were in the same fix as you. It is not only a medi cine for sick women, but a tonic for weak women. Being made from mild, gentle, vegetable ingredi ents, it is perfectly harm less and has no bad after-effects. Cardui can be relied upon to help you. Try it today. At all druggists I fni r mmm " " ! Take nM m iunu I I MUM If! in (iil Selccll AssoFtlinfiemitf of Christmas Presents. Agents for Nunnally's Candy, always fresh. Popular soda fountain drinks, Prescriptions filled as your doctor di rects. Simplo-filler foun tain pens $1.50 to $6. Oxzibo soap for the com plexion. Eye glasses to suit the eye. FMAMM IF. The Drug and FITTERS, C9 S3 a e S 09 W 0 '! s S3. n a ft to Co. College St. 51 ennoj3 tUJOftj a Oxford, N. 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"They say it is the best medicine j in the worljd." We take it. J. E. j Bayliss, Pastoria, Ark., "I think your Johnson's Tonne is the best medicine on earth." L. Dur- T7t1.rT.n- T n "The best on earth". Eckels Phar- macy, Crowley, La. "Best on earth. Sell 50 bottles to one oi any omer .iimx. . x- . olson. Cheap Hill. Tenoi i "Finest in the world." YV P. L'ips ; comb & Co., La Grange, Tenn. ; "I think Johnson's Tcnic is tne best rnediczme on earth." A. Baker, : Hurricane Mi Is, Tcnn. "It is the best Tonic of its kind In : the world. Everybody thinks so." A. i J. Giillen. Maxeys. Ga. ! "The best on the top side of th'.s mundane sphere." J. L. CorBett, Bish jopville, S. C. "Best on earth." M. E. Lott. Quit- man, Miss. Tlie combined ratilng of these 1 I merchants as $200,000.00. LYON, Seed Man. PROFESSIONAL A. A. mcus. T. G. STEM. t9 Attorneys af Law, OXFORD - - N. C Assocaite Counsel, T. T. HICKS, Henderson, N. C. Prompt attention given to all busi ness intrusted to our care. Dr. L V. 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Xo. 441 leaves for Durham at 2:40 p. arriving at Durham at 4:23 p. in., aand the Southern Ry train for West is due to leave Durham at 5: 08 p. m. No. 441 due at Oxford at 3- :30 'p. m. which brings passengers from the North and South. Xo.4 42 leaves tor Henderson at 6; 05 p. m. connecting with Shoo Fly for Xorlina. Xo.4 42 arrives Oxford 7; 10 p.m. and brings passengers from Raleigh. NOTE. No Sunday train. Wood's Trade Mark Farm Seeds are best qualities obtainable. Our NEW FALL CAT LOG gives the fullest in formation about all seeds for FALL SOWING. Grasses and Clovers, Vetches, Alfalfa, Crimson Clover, Seed Wheat, Oats, . Rye, Barley, etc Catalogue mailed free on re quest. Write for it and prices of any seeds required. T. 17. WOOD & sons Seedsmen, Richmond, Va. 1
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