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Most people have an. idea that ; rheumatism is contracted like a cold, that the
-damp chilly air penetrates the muscles and joints and causes . the terrible ache9
and pains, or that it is something like a skin' disease to be rubbed away with lini-
. tnent or drawn out with plasters; but Rh-ematism originates in the blood and is ;
caused by Urea, or Uric Acid, an irritating corroding poison that settles in mus-
1 cles, joints and neryes, producing inflacknation end soreness and the. sharp, cutting.,.
pain'speculiar to this distfsingcHsea ; ; , , Bowli Qree - Kjr
v.11?xP?urif ftfnlt iboutayearagolwasattfckedbyaoute
. chillmg of the body will hasten an at-, rhumatism in- my shoulder, arms and
tacic OI is.neumau.sm alter me uiuuu auui
4-Tn rirht rnndition for it
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to develop, but have nctning to ao wiin
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the real true causes or Kneumajism, and decided to try it; immediately X com- :
which are internal and not exterriU. menced its use I felt better, and remr rked
wnicn are intern rnKMmr to mother that I was glad I had at last J d,
Linrments, plasters and rubbing Bome rtlief ,z continued its use ai i
will sometimes reduce the lnflamma-, entirely well.' I will always feel d
tionnd swelling and eaae the pain for interested in the success of S. S. S. s :
because they do not reacbf the seat of 8x latn IC HOBTO . . .
the trouble. S. S. S. cures BheumatiBm because it attacks it in the blood, and
mm a blood purifier and an invigorating, pleasant tonic. Book on Rheumatism will
fetntiledfre. TK2 GVJ1FT CPZCBFIO CO., ATLANTA, G
The AMantio & North Carolina
Railroad will begin laying heavy
rails about the first of February, and
4;he work will go on at the rate of
fifteen miles a month; It .will re
-quire about a year to complete the
operation. !
, Millionaire's Poor Stomach.
The worn-out stomach of the over J
led millionaire isof ten paraded in the10f a coia deep 8eated on thb lungs
public prints as a horrible example
of the evils attendant on the posses
sion of great wealth.' But million
jasires are not the 'only ones who are
Afflicted with bad stomachs. The
jroportioi is far greater among the
toilers. Dyspepsia and indigestion
are rampant among t hese people, and
tjiey suffer far Cworse tortures than
the millionaire unless they ayail
vthemselves off a standard medicine
like Green's August Flower, which
has been a favorite household rem
edy for all stomach troubles for over
thirty-five years. August Flower
rouses the torpid liver, thus creatirg
appetite and insuring perfect diges
tkm. It tones and vitalizes the en-
tire system and makes life worth
Jiving, no matter what your station.
Trial bottles, 25c; regular size, 75c.
Sold byJ:.D. Morris, druggist.
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' Chairman Rollins, who has been
claiming the possibility for aReoub
lican victory in this State, must re
vise his table in view of the fact that
Mr. Harris, the Republican nominee
, for Governor, admits that he will be
defeated by from 50,000 to 75.00C
! najority. Salisbury $nn. .
What's in a Name?-
Everything is in the name wen it
4ome8 to Witch Hazel Salve. E. C.
DeWitt & Co., of Chicago, discov
ered some years ago how to make a
,ialve from Witch Hazel that is a spe
' -cific for Piles. For blind, bleeding,
itching and protruding Piles, ecze
ma, cats, burns, bruises, and all
kin diseases, De Witt's Witch Hazel
Salve has no equal. This has given
rise to numerous worthless counter
feits. Ask for Witt's-the 'gen
nine. Sold byHambrick & Austin.
Watermelons are on the wane.
The crop will Bcon be exhausted.
A Bad fcire'ath
A bad breath, means a bad
stomach, a bad digestion, a
bai liver. Ayer's Pills are
. liver pills.; They ! cure con
stipation, biliousness, dys
pepsia, sick headache.
1 25c' All'drajgiits,
Want your moustache or beard a beautiful ' I
brown or rich black? 1 Then use 1 1
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE WWi
I t.
We promptly obtaia:U. 8 aad yoreiga j g
Bead model, sketch or photo of Invention for
freereport on patentability toot free book.
How to Secure1
Patents and
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write
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s Foley? & Kidney Ctire
2SRm ..Diseases;
xeg - s oeiow iae sueo. x uuiuuuoiifniBo tujr
arm to pomb my hair. Doctors prescribed
lor me for over two months without giv-
iqt ma ior over two.
ingme ny relief. I saw S. S. S. advertised
t v a nwA 4-mv winntha w
the Uric Aad peiron .is neutralized, . the siuggisn cir-,
oulation stimulated and quickened, and soon the sys
tem is purified and cleansed, the aching muscles arid
joints are relieved of all irritating matter and a lasting '
cure of this most painful disease effected.
. R 5i S. is a harmless vegetable remedv." uneaualled
North Oliarlotte is going to te a
Hustling tovn, with a power plant;
three large cotton mills and a street
car line of its own. The men be
hind the enterprises that make North
Charlotte are. the sort that are de
Teloping the. South. Charlotte Ob
server.
From 148 to 92 Pounds.
One of the most rpmn.rkahlfl" naaa
causi ng pneumonia, i s that of Mrs.
Gertrude E. Fenner; Marion, Ind.,
who was entirely cured bv the use
of One. Minute Cough Cure. She
says: "The coughing ,anu straining
aq weakened me that I ran down in
weight from 14d to 92 pounds. I
tried a number of remedies tc no
avail until I used One Minute Cough
Cure. Four-bottles of this wonderful
remedy cured me entirely of the
cough, strengthened my lungs and
restored me to my normal weight,
health and' strength." Sold bv
Hambrick & Austin.
A negro named John' Mitchell has
been lodged in jail at Oxford, await
ing th November term of Granville
Superior Court, charged with crimi
nal assault on a negro woman named
Margaret Browning.
A Boy's ATildKide For Life,
i With family around expecting him
to die, and a son riding for life, 18
miles, to ret Dr. King's New Dis.,
coverv for ' Consumption, Coughs
and Colds, W H. Brown j of Lees
ville, Ind., endured death's agonies
from asthma; but this wonderful
medicine gave instant relief and soon
cured him. He writes: "I now sleep
soundly every night.' ' Like marvel
ous cures of Consumption, Pneu
monia, Bronchitis, Coughs, TJolds
and Grip prove its matchless merit
for all Throat and' Lung -troubles.
Guaranteed bottles - 50c and $1.00.
trial bottles free at J. D? Morris'
drug store. ,
: Apples are plentiful in' the nioun
tains. Kev. M. M. Ratchtord ha
returned from a month's trip in
mcioweii county, an 1 brought home
some specimens collected near Black
Mountain. One. apple he showed us
was 13 inches around and weighed a
full pound. He . says there are
thousands of bushels in the moun
tains. One man alone v has 4,000
bushels. Gastonia Gazettf ' '
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, . Mr, J.M.,0. Rimer, of South
Rowan, i has a . pumpkin vine that
covers 263 square .yardS of ground
ana - has 32, pumpkins. The 'com
bined weight of the pumpkins is 736
poundir Mrt' Rimer refused $4.80
in cash for tiie;fruirof the dne1 vine.
u Concord Timeii r
Vf,
Has Sold a Pile of Chamberlain's
1 ? :-, Cough Remedy.
;sI haTe sold; Chamberlain Cough
Remedy for more than twenty years
and it has givW entire: satisfadtion
I. have sold -a hig. pi li of i t : and i can
recommend it - highly .Joseph Mc?
Elhiny,1 Linton; Iowi. VToh will find
this eoedy? I d -i good! -friend ) when
troubled with & cough, or, cold;; ; It
alwiays anords quick lief 'ahd: is
pleasant to take; r For iale hy Ham
brica & Austin, - , . , t
r' The protracted nleeting at Brooks
dale will begin on Monday after the
the thSunday iathis month. , ,
Items Prom Cates., ;:
x .Editor Cockier '.As Ihaye not
seen any thing an your paper from
community in some time, wil l pen
you" a few items. , V
Our farmers are succeedng.well in
curing-then toBacco, but owing to
the extreme vwel, followed by the
extreme dry weather, it is not as de
sirable in quality a3 jit ' first -antifti-paied.
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' Our corn crcps,1 where; they, have
been well worked, are good..
.The 'equinoctial, storm was the
severest we have had in years. v.The
waters were much swollen : and did
considerable damage to corn croDS.?;k,
We are very sorry rhbt.Mr. Eugene
Noell had the misfortune: to lose a
barn ot tobacco by fire. It.. was quite
a loss to Air Noell, as it was some of
his best tobacco. ; .
- Miss Nellie Moore has been elected
to teach to teach the public school at
No. 2; andf Miss Nellie Montague at
No. '3. We wish them much; suc
cess in tSkir work.
Mr. HubertE. Pearce will enter
Readeland Academy, preparatory ;' to
entering Trinity College. Hubert is
a bright young; man and Succeeds
well in anything he undertakes. ;
We learn that Mr. Willie Noell
has accepted a position with the
Amfcrican Tobacco Company, and
will move to Durham soon.
Mr. Frank G. Satterfield has rented
of Dr. , Charles W. Bradsher the
noted D. H: Burton plantation, on
which he intends to operate some 8
or 10 hands.' Frank is one of Flat
River's most energetic and business
like young men. It is said that all
he h'ltes to leave on Fiat River is
his WOOD and crossties.
Flat Riyer is as far as I have
heard, highly pleased with the noms
in'ations mMde at the Democratic
convention. The nominees will zet
a large majority at our precinct.
- Respectfully,
" , Y. H.
"Do lt Today";
The timenworn injunction j Neve
put off 'til tomorrow what you can do
fcday," is now generally presented in
this form: "Do it todavl" That is
the terse advice we wantto give you
about tbat tiacsing cough or demor
alizing col i with which you have
been struggling'f or several days, pel
haps weeks. Take some rehablexremi
e:lv for it today ana -let that rem
edv be Dr. Boschee's German Svrun.
which has been in use f or overxthirty-
fiye years. A few- doses of it will
nndpubtedly relieve your cough br
cold, and its continued use for a few
days will cure yon' completely. No
matter how deep-seated vour cough,
even if dread consumption has at
tacked your lungs, German Syrup
will surely effect a cure as fit has
done U-ore in . thousands of appa
rently hopeless cases of lung trouble.
New trifcl bottles,: 25c; , regular size,
75c." At all druggists. v
President Roosevelt declares that
theIreasnry '-'deficitis imaginary;'
The world would be & pleasant place
in which to live if individual could
prove their debts :were imaginary and
pay them with imaginary .checks.
Washington .Post. , r 1
Fcley's Honey and-jTar, is pecnl
iarlv adapted, for chronic throat
troubles, and ' will positively cure
bronchitis, hoarseness:? and U bron
ehial - diseases. Refuse-snbstittites.
Sola by Htobrick & Austin.:
; While traveling recently overi he
'Frisco Railrbadj in ibdian TerriT
tory, Mr. A. - R. Sherrill, ' railway
mail clerk- between Statesvilletand
Charlotte;; was slightly scarred on
the cheek by the train running into
a washout and throwing him against
a' seat. : The accident occurred at
night Next morning, bright ;and
early, the claim ; agent : of the joad
was around to pay Mr: Sherrill $20
damage. " Mr. SherriU's father, who
was also slightly hurt on the thumb,
was paid $5 by the company., . In
neither cass was damage sought.
Work will soon h$: commenced
pponca nice graded .school building
at Southpprt r The xontract hs
been let aad the buiidihg;, is to be
completed, by February' lSth.WiU
mmgton -Siar,
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The Stomach is the Man.
A weak stomach weakens the
man, because it cannot transform
the food he eats into nourishment;.
Health and strength cannot be re.
Btored to anv sick man or weak wo
man without first restoring health
ana" strength to tho stomach. A
weak stomach can pot digest enough
food to feed tne tissues and revive
tbetii.d and run down limbs and
organs of the body. Kodol Dyspep
sia Cure digests what you eat, clean
sea ana strengthens the glands and
membranes : of the stomach t ' and
cures indigestion, dyspepsia -and all
stomach troubles. Sold by Hambrick
& Austin.
Geor je W. Andrews, a native of
F? n t - 1.-? be1 ; o n osf. o S 4 a te 8n n
i,- ot Secretary by the Baptists
g'a.
arful Odds Against Him.
- Bedridden,' alone and destitute
Suhf in brief was the condition , of
an old'soldier byname of J. J. Havs
ens, Versailles, O. For years he was
troubled with Kidney disease and
neither doctors nor ; medicines; gave
him relief. At length he tried Elec
tiic Bitters. IV put him on his feet
in short order and now het testifies.
t'Pm on the road to; completer' re
covefy,, Best on earth for Liver and
Kidney troubles and al1 ; forms of
Stomach and Bowel Complaints.
Onlv 50c Guaranteed by J, D, Mor.
ris. druggist,
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- The Farmers' Alliance is to be-re-vivedJnMecklenburg.
county l' It is
safe to venture the prophecy; that it
will never thrive again as a Republi
can adjunctSalisbury 3un" :
When troubled: with constipation
try .Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. , They 'are easy ' tb
take and produce.no griping or other
unpleasant effect. For sale by Hani
brick Austin; r ; ,
Two dogs chased a burglar out of
thehome; of Mrs. A. JCr&mpton;
otiunarlottei
THE FAMOUS LITTLE PILLS. ,
, rtr qtucK , nuer from Bmousnessj -Sick
HeadjLcheV Torpid ' Uver Jaiia-'
dies, Dizrlness, nd all troubles arl
Ing frorti-anlnactlve or sluggish Hyeiv
: DeWltt'i Uttliaf Early lasers are un.
. equalled.. 'jA r
v Tney act promptly and never grips.
"4
rney are so dainty that it is a pleasure' .:
to take them, Ona : to; two act as a
"mild laxativeVtwo or oiir"actas a"
pleasant and effective:catharticV They '
are- piirely, vegetable, and 'absolutely
ihannless. .;They tonic tHe livers
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and twentyf our women. School of
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, Raleigh, N. C.
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