FORD PUBLIC LEDGER, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1910. J
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TO SELL SURPLUS
OF FOODSTUFF
Investigation Committee llecuiv-
mends Sale of, Stock . Worth .
120,000,000
. Immediate sale of the $120,000,
000 surplus stock of foodstuffs held
by the War Department under a plan
which will "insure opportunity ifor
the people of the United States -to
buy" was recommenedd tx)day by the
ten Republican members ' of, tne
House war investigation committee.
The, five Deniocrac committeemen;
withheld decision, pending a review j of drug stores.
of evidence taken by a sub-commit-
GENERAL NEWS.
Senator Rooirison; of Arkansas.
will speak August 5 at a home-coni-ing
'celebrajion? at Windsor;; Bertie
county, in honor of the soldiers and .
sailors. " ' ' - -
Congressman poughto'n was call
ed from WashiHgton last, week ; to
his home in Alleghany -county,' ' by
news of the ' serious illness of hie
daughter."' , J: V. . " "
A city , ordinance !. adopted in
Charlotte regulates the Sunday houra
Drug stores must
tee.
Why It Is Being Held. v
close at 10:30 &t m. Sundays and
may open again from 4 to 7 p. m. 1 "'.
Fifteen head of young cattle on
'The inctivity-of the government j the .Avery county; farm of Mr. Lind-
in the disposition of these" food sup-1 say Patterson of Winston-Salem,
plies was and is the result 0f a well i were killed by lightning. They hud
defined policy of the Secretary pNdled under trees during a rainstorm.
wor tn withhold them from the do-v? Dr. A. McR. Crouch, two ana a
FOR SUMMER COLDS
Catarrh, Asthma, Hay-Fercr, etc hurt I
oMLVL
Will hot stain the Clothes. At all dru
stores juc, vouc ana or mauea direct.
ERAKE DRUG COMPANY, . ; N. Witteilionv N;C
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RESIDENT HAS AWFUL ,
. : :;r ' . ; - . ' n EXPERIENCE
.niestic market and to protect the in
terests from which these products
had been purchased," said the sub
committee report, drafted by Repre-
. sentative Reayisi Nebraska", and Mac
Gregor, New York, Republicans.
Chairman Grahami of . the full
committeerwas instructed to ask for
a special rule on a resolution calling ! burned. ; The live stock were saved.
half years, head of the bureau of epi
deniology. of the State board of
health, has resigned .to the v city
health officer.
-T--In the Clemmons section of For
syth county a few days ago the barn
, "I was twice confined in. hospital
in tjie last one nothing - but gruel
water was injected into me 4 times
i day, as my stomach would not re
tain any' food. ' I suffered terribly:
was reduced to a skeleton. My folks
saw an ad of Mayr's Wonderful Rem
edy and it has surely saved ny life,
I weigh 180 pounds now.'' It is a
simple, harmless preparation that
bremoves the catarrhal mucus from
the intestinal tfact and allays the in
flammation which causes, practical-
of Alex Davis, filled with wheat, oats iy all stomach, liver5 and intestinal
and hay, was struck by lightning and
i t TIT 1 TA ..i. 4 4Vfcf
upon me- war uepruucui w scu mc
goods. Efforts will be made .to bring
the resolution before the House next
Monday, Graham announced.
While H. C. of L Continues to Hold
Sway.
The report criticised what it de
clared the department's "non-activi-ties
in the sale of very large quanti
ties of food supplies now held in
storae" and asserted that six month
elapsed before any surplus stock was
declared, while "in the meantime
the food was deteriorating and be
coming of less value and the high
cost of living continued." .
The . report also expressed "the
sub-committee's disfavor of a policy
of export" and recommended that
"plans be. devised by the Secretary
of War through the War Department
for the early disposition of all sur-:
plus food production on the domestic
market." -
Value of Surplus stocks Held.
School board of Randolph coun
ty purchased from the board of trus-j giSts everywhere. :
tees of Trinity College, Durham., ,tne
old Trinity College building at Trin
ity, Randolph county. The build
ing wvill be used for school purposes.
" .The Tallahassee Power Company
has heeh exonerated of
ailments, including appendicitis. One
dose will convince or money refund-j
ed. Hamilton Drug Co., and drug-'
Rurl Welfare.
X University News Letter. )
Thirtjfive laws of economic and
serious social import have gone' on our stat-
charges made against it, following
recent labor troubles in Badin, Soli
citor Brock, who investigated the
facts, made a report to Gov. Bickett
exonerating the company.
Judge Pritchaid will be chief
speaker at the home-coming . cele
bration at Concord August &.
The State meeting of the Junior
Order' of United American Mechan
ichs will be heldin Gastonia August
19th and 20th.
Lewis Marshall, 36 year old,
riding on an oil tank delivery car,
was killed at Pineville, -Mecklenburg
county, when the car skidded and
rolled down an embankment. The
The report estimated that on July driver was trying to avoid a mud
8, last, the value of surplus food
stored in the United States over and
above the needs of the army was as
follows: ;
Corn beef, $24,000,000; bacon,
$23,000,000; hash corn beef, $10,-
hole when the accident occurred.
; Recently a new Methodist church
was built at Benson, Johnston coun
ty, at a cost of $40,000. ; The old
church, . hardly, caught fire Monday tension service of the State.
ute books in four years, all of th$m
directly or indirectly related to rural
social 'welfare. ' It is a new kind of
legislative activity" !n North Caroli
na and we have; had more of such
legislation r during Governor Bicket's
administration than can be found in
any hundred .years of, our history !
heretofore. It has been epoch-making
legislation and it ushers in a
great new era in North 1 Carolina.
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- The fifteen negro farm demon
stration agents will meet at the Ne
gro A. and T." College, Greensboro,
August 13 and 14 to better prepare
themselves f for their duties. fol
lowing this will be a State-wide con
gress of negro farmers and their
wives. These meetings are 'under ,
tie auspices of the ' Agricultural Ex-1
Other
' Let us help youl With some experienced paint advice
tosel the righfc
pgrieiice kiM paint
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night and was burned, the fire dam-
000,000; roast beef $20,000,000; raging the new building. to the extent
fresh frozen . meats and poultry,
$20,000,000, and canned vegetables,
$23,000,000.
"Inexcusable delay," the report de
clared, resulted in the spoiling of
millions of pounds of hams and ba
con, it being asserted that "notwith-
of about $1T2,000 to $15,000.
Jas B. Harris, colored, who was
a soldier in France, stabbed his wife
to death in Winston-Salem and then
made an ineffectual attempt at sui
cide. . Harris alleges that newfound
on his return iionie that his wife had
standing th eauthorization of surplus been untrue to him and had spent on
by the chief of staff on November
30, 1918, no action was taken with
reference to declaring a surplus un
til May, 1919, six "months after the
declaration was authorized."
Sales of army food stuffs in the
United States aggregafe $12,000,- ? first.
... t . . . i-
uuu, said tne report, adding that a
very large quantity of that soldwas
spoiled and unfit for the general
market otherwise it would . not
have been placed on sale."
. Attack on present plans for sale of
the surplus stocks also was contain-
fcnother man the money , he sent her.
At Asheville JohnAbbott wen,t
into the restaurant of Jim McMillan
(both colored) and made, talk of
shooting up the place, reaching for
his gun , pocket. McMillan drew
Abbott has been buried while
'McMillan is held on "a concealed wea
pon charge. The killing was b,eld
justifiable. '
According to announcement of
thev Department of Agriculture? the
negro meetings, will be held - in the
eastern half of the State during the.
last week in August. 7 v
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House Paint
you will save money arid get better , paint. The real
test of paint value is not thfe-per gallon cost, but' the
yards of surface it will cover and the years of service it
' will give. Sherman-Williams Hbu costs less
because it takes less and lastd longer
If it's a surface to be painted, enameled, s
nished or finished in-any :way there's Sherma n-W i 1
liams paint to fit the purpose. . ;
Come in and talk over paint or hardware matters
with us whether' you buy or not. We are always glad
to see you. " '-7 7
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Virg
ilina, Va.
BANISH CATARRH
Breathe
Minutes
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The Butler Resolution.
The Record does not mention the
! matter with pleasure. In spite of the
. . otrnrfo rf L.a - T J ; j
and Relieve Stuffed Up Head " " p ' i .
if .i.i Boone' and WUhs Bnggs, of Raleigh
- - - , w, jthe eastern
larrn, com in tne neaa,or rrom an
irritating cough i nthe shortest time
breathe Hyom el. : i '
v It should .clea nout your head in
'two minutes and , allow '-you to
breathe freely. "
Republican clubs at
Goldsboro passed a resolution the
, text of which Jwe have not seen
condemning the league of I nations.
Mr. Butler is said to have fathered
the resolution. This simply means
. Hyomei often ends a cold in one u v. i,
if Ttriii t - i, ; Democrats; because the Republican
da, it will relieve you-of disgust-; Wloro in ... a.tA m-
ing snuffles, hawkine snittine and nf-i TV" r Vi" """.T8
fensive breath in a week.
Hyomei is made chiefly from a
soothing, healing, antiseptic, that
Walter , McGhee, a merchant of
Franklihton, for. a number of years,
died at hsi home Friday .morning at
ter a lingering sickness of several
weeks with a complication of - dis
eases. For the past two or three
weeks he had been confined to his
bed. Mr. McGhee was an unassum
ing gentleman "and was liked by all.
who knew him. He leaves a wife and
three children and one brother. The
deceased .was 43 years of age.
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PER UNA i
tions existing July 1. is estimated at
ed in the report which outlined the T 55,531,000 . bushels, an increase of
1,000,000 bushels over last year's
production. The production forecast
South's- peanut crop, based pn condi-1 Comes from the eucalyptus forests of
plan as providing for sale only to
municipalities, which would have
vten days to make payment" to the j for North Carolina is estimated at
5,498,000 bushels. , ,
---Senator Overman has received
an - invitation from H. ,. Cartright,
postmaster at Union, Iowa,; to 'deliv
er an address at ' that place August
lo, on tne development of North
government, and bear the transpor
tation cost from the nearest army
warehouse.
Xeed of .New Plan to Dispose of It
"This plan adopted by the govern
ment," declared the report, "will
not result in the sale of these pro-( Carolina and the South. The Senator
ducts to any great extent, for the
reason that municipalities, under
their charter have no legal authority
to purchase food products for sale.
Many municipalities, which -have in
dicated a desire to purchase this
food for the benefit of their citizens,
have been met with the threat of in
junction on the part of local deal
ers, which threat has been sufficient
to nrevent a rmrrhnsA nf tho jrnnri a. '1 ' m,
v o- ; dvuuui piay garuens. inerexare six
f school playgrounds open, four at
White schools and two at colored.
is told that a large colony of Tar
Heels livje in that section.
John Gylfoyle, a carnival ani
mal trainer, was severely injured at
Kington last week when a lion at
tacked him. .The' beast leaped upon
him as he entered the. cage, floored
him and sank his teeth in his arm. .
During the month . of June 4,-
ennaren in Durham used the
Inland Austrilia where catarrh, as
thma and consumption ,were never
known to exist. ' . ;
Hyomei is pleasant and easy to
breathe. Just pour a few drops in
to the hard "rubber inhaler use as di
rected and relief is almost certain.
A complete' Hyomei outfit, includ
ing inhaler and one bottle of Hyo
mei, costs but little at druggists ev
erywhere and at J. G. Hall's. If you
already own an Inhaler you can get
an extra bottle of Hyomei at drug
gists., . ... . ' ' ' .",:."
to take the advice of National Chair
man Hays and remain silent on ; the
league, Messrs. Morehead and Dun
can were also present at the meet
ing, but if they made speeches, they
were not reported. Mr. Briggs un
doubtedly affiliates with the Duncan
crowd, and he and Mr. Linney spoke
for that element of the party which
desires to leave the league out of
politics. Hickory Record..
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Glad to Try Anything
"Three years a en m-v 'crvBfam
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was jslad to try anything which
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recommended tn m a a a
blood remedy andx tonic, and -1
own iuuna mai it - was worthy
of praise. A few bottles changed
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I am glad to endorse it.
Sold jGverywhere
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Condition g
Miss Rieka Leonold.
288 Layco St. ; Menasha, Wis.,
Setry Tjiederkrnn Miaa T.oonrilr?'Q
letter opposite conveys in no un
certain way, the gratitude she
feels lor. Peruna.-
Liquid and Tablet Form
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Calvin Graves. ;
TVi Ct A 1 roptnro nf V10 Mnrtfi Paw.
Una railroad, in session af Greens-! Mlss ra,ce Thomas 18 the supervis-
boro the other day, decided, to erect
a memorial to Calvin Graves, who is
called the "founder"" of that rail
road. Talk of erecting a memorial.
in honor of Graves has been heard
for, years and so far it has amounted
to talk only. . It is hoped that the
latest jecision will result in real ac
tion. Graves', memory should be
honored. He sacrificed his., public
career to serve the state. As speak
er of the house of representatives he
cast the deciding vote to build the
North Carolina railroad. The roaa
didn't run through his county (Cas
well) - and his people were, opposed
to the project. Graves knew that
his vote would end his career, v but
believing that it was for the best in
terests' of the State that the road be
oum, ue jcouiageousiy votea his con
viction The memory of that type
of man - should be, perpetuated.
There are too few of them. States
ville Landmar. ' '
A corporation headed by Lewis
R. Ferguson, general manager of. the
Wilmington, backed, by local and
northern capital, will within the year
future; begin the erection of a coal
ing station at Southport at a cost of
between $600,000 and $500,000.
or. .bach playground is in chare
of competent play leaders. 1 ...
CALOMEL DYNAMITES
A SLUGGISH LIVER
Crashes Into sour bile, ''making - you
sick and you lose a day's
.. :,-" work. . ,
v Calomel salivates Ik, It's: mercdry :
Calomel acts like dynamite on a slug
gish liver. When claomel comes in
to contact with sour bije it crashes
into it, causing cramping, and nau
sea. ' . - i '.
If you feel- bilious, headachy, con
stipated and all knocked, out; just go
to your druggist and get a 50 cent
bottle of Dodson Liver Tone; which
is a harmless vegetable , substitute
for dangerous fi calomel. Take 4 a
spoonful arid ;if it doesn't start your
liver and straighten you up bettej
and quicker than nasty calomel and
without .making you sick, you just
go back and get' yout; suney.. z-,
: If you ' take calomel today you'll
be sick and nauseated tcmorrow; be
sides, it may salivate you, v while if
you take Dodsoh's tiyer .'Tone,- you
will wake up feeling grat, full of
ambition arid ready for work' or play.
It's harmless, pleasant and safe to
give. to children; they", like itt (4)
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Yes
Bargains go to our custo
mers, for. we sell i as iye
buy ,
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Merchant, Firm Farmer or In
dividual can have! . . 1 ' . v
To systemize yoiir payments by using a check and
know where every dollar goes,, is not only a help
to the business man, but greatly assists in build
ing his bank account. . v , a : '
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J. W. Horner; President. ' ; J. F. Meadows; ce-Presiderit, r. P. Harris, Cashier.