BIRMINGHAM CITIZEN SWEARS
TO REMARKABLE STATEMENT
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Z mat to tell yoa what Dr. Kihatr's
Swamp-Root did for xny wife. She m
troubled with tsrrible paint in bar beck
and titer were such that it deprived her
«f many night's sleep. There was a thick
red ssdiment in her arise like brick dust.
TJm pssssge of the arine was very annoy
lag, being of a burning sensation and the
oonplication was making her very thin
and weak. The medicine which the doe
tor gave her did not seem to help her
and aha was finally persusded to tir Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root. I purchased one
bottle of the large sise for her and it helped
t Str greatly. After she had taken three
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with her kidneys. It has been seres
years since she took Swamp-Root and sha
is now well and healthy At the time of
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We give jrou absolute permission to
publish this in any way you wish.
Tours very truly,
D. R. RIDENHOUR,
Cor. 4th Avs. and 20th St.
Birmingham. Ala.
State of Alabama )
Jefferson County J
I, E. O. Stevens, a Notary PnbHc in
and for said State and County, certify'
that D. R.Rtdenhour,knawntd me as
such, personally appeared before me this
Sist day of July, 1900, and made osth
that the above statement waa true in
substance and fact.
E. O. STEVENS,
Notary Public.
K Kiimer A C*.
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- „ TOUQH LUCK FOR BOTH.
Kind Old Gentleman— Why, chlL
dren, what's the matter?
The Twins (in chorus) —Boohoof
Everybody sez I looks jest like him!
Breaking It Gently.
Callahan was stopped on the street
by Father Clancy. The good priest's
countenance took on a sad expres
sion.
"What's this, I hear, Callahan,"
asked he, "about your breaking Ho
gan's head last night? And the two
of you friends for years!"
Callahan seemed somewhat taken
back. "Sure, I was compelled to do
It, your rlverence," he explained apol
ogetically, "but out of consideration
for that same frlndllness, 1 broke lt„
glntly, your rlverence."—Lipplncott's.
The Kind.
"I think that chauifeur had great
nerve to make love to his employer's
* daughter."
"So he bad —motor nerve."
•
How can a man coine to know him
self? Not by thinking, but by doing.
—Goethe.
GOT IT.
Got Something Else, Too.
"I .liked my coffee strong and I
drank It strong," says a Pennsylvania
woman, telling a good story,
though I had headaches nearly every
day I Just would not believe there
was any connection between the two.
I bad weak and heavy spells and pal
pitation of the heart, too, and al
though husband told me he thought it
was the coffee that made me so poor
ly, and did not drink It himself for he
said it did not agree with him, yet I
loved my coffee and thought I Just
couldn't do without it.
"One day a friend called at my
home —that was a year ago. I spoke
about how well she was looking and
she said:
" 'Yes, and I feel well, too. It's be
cause I am drinking Postum In place
of ordinary coffee.'
1 said, 'What is Postum r
"Then she told me bow It was a
food-drink and bow much better she
felt since using It In place of coffee or
tea, so I sent to the store and bought
a package and when It was mads ac
cording to directions It was so good
I have never bought a pound of coffee
sine*. I began to improve Immediate
ly.
T cannot begin to tell you how
much better I feel since using Postum
and leaving coffee alone. My health
la.better than it has been for years
and I cannot say enongh In praise of
this delicious food drink."
Take away the destroyer and put
a rebuilder to work and Nature will
do the rest. That's what you do when
Postum takes coffee's place In your
diet "There's a Reason."
Read the little book, "The Road to
Wellyflle," In pkgs.
Brer read th* slsvs letter T A umw
W« appears Irssi Dae »• tlmo. Thar
sicgnslss) trae, ssS fall mt liais
FMS una sun
Press Publishing Co. Wins
Panama Libel Case.
STATES RIGHTS IS AFFIRMED
—j — ; e ■■
Highest Tribunal Decides That Cir
cuit Court Haa No Jurisdiction—
State Laws -Are Adequate—Alleged
Article Reflected on Prominent Men
Washington.—By unanimous decis
ion the Supreme Court of the United
States has decided that the Federal
government could not maintain the
so-called "Panama canal libel suit"
against the Press Publishing Com
pany of New York, in the Federa
courts of New York. In so holding,
the court affirmed the decision of the
circuit court of the United States for
the southern district of New York,
which had quashed the famous Indict
ment.
In effect the decision was that the
Federal court had no Jurisdiction over
the alleged offense, because thf case
might have been brought In a State
court.
The Press Publishing Company,
publisher of The New York World,
was Indicted in March 1909, In the
circuit court of the United States for
the southern district of New York on
a charge of libel.
In effect the alleged libel waa the
publication of articles, stating that
Charles P. Taft, Douglas Robinson
ahd William Nelson Cromwell, with
J. P. Morgan and others, obtained
control of the Panama canal ro>te for
about 13,000,000 and, by the co-opera
tion of Theodore Roosevelt, then
President of the United States, and
brother-in-law of Mr. Robinson, and
William H. Taft, then Secretary of
War, and brother of C. P. Taft, were
enabled to effect the sale of the Pana
ma canal to the United States at a
profit of |3,000,000.
The United States claimed Jurisdic
tion to punish the alleged libel on the
theory that the publisher had com
mitted a crime upon Federal territory
at West Point, N. Y„ and in the post
office building in New York City.
Chief Justice White said that In
vestigation plainly established:
"First that adequate means were
afforded for punishing the circulation
of libel on a United States reserva
tion by the State law and in the State
courts without the necessity of re
sorting to the courts of the United
States for redress."
INITIAL CARRIER LIABLE.
Carmack Amendment is Declared
Constitutional.—New Law.
Washington—The new policy of
law, making an initial carrier of inter
state commerce liable for loss of ship
ments while in transportation, not
only on Its lines, but on those of con
necting carfiers, has been declared
constitutional by the Supreme Court
of the United States. The policy was
incorporated in the so-called "Car
mack amendment" to the Hepburn
rate law, enacted by Congress in 1906.
One objection to the law was that
It interfered with the freedom of
contract. Justice Lurton replied that
there was no such thing as absolute
freedom of contract.
"Contracts which contravene public
policy," said Justice Lurton, "cannot
be lawfully made at all and the power
to make contracts may in all cases be
regulated as to form, evidence and
validity as to third persons. The
power of government extends to the
depial of liberty of contract to the
extent of forbidding or regulating
every contract which is reasonably
calculated to injuriously affect Jhe
public interests."
Fund for Philadelphia Employees.
Philadelphia.—Through the gener
osity and cooperation of Rodman
Wanamaker and others of Philadel
phia, a fund of $150,000 will be estab
lished for the support of the widows
and orphans or dependent parents of
all city employes who may be killed
or Incapacitated by injury received in
the discharge of their duties. The
creation of this fund is the result of
the Are here when 13 firemen and one
policeman was killed.
Supreme Bench Full.
Washington—The vacancies on the
bench of the Supreme Court of the
United States were filled when Judge
Willis Van de Vanter, of Wyoming,
and Judge Joseph R. Lamar, of
Georgia, each took the oath of office
as Associate Justice. For the first
time in 19 months the bench was
complete and for the first time In the
history of the court, nearly a century
and a quarter old, one president had
commissioned within a single year
Ave men to sit upon the bench.
Two Bandits Rob Overland Llmltedi
Ogden, Utah —Southern Pacific
train No. 1, the Overland Limited,
westbound, was held up by two
masted bandits at Reese, nine miles
west of Ogden. The negro porter,
William Davis, was shot and instant
ly killed and another porter. A.- W.
Taylor, was mortally wounded. A
passenger was slightly wounded. Ono
hundred passengers on the trakr were
relieved of their valuables. -~
None of the passengers were dis
turbed escept those on pullmans.
RALEIGH AMTHE STATE.
HON. W. C. DOWD SPEAKER.
Legislature in Action —Other Officers
—Editors Qet Pisces.
Representative W. C. Dowd, of
Mecklenburg, was elected Speaker by
the unanimous vote of the 103 Demo
cratic members of the House for the
sixty days session of the Legislature.
T. G. Cobb was reelected principal
clerk. D. Scott Pool, reading clerk.
He Is editor of Facts and Figures,
Raeford. M. D. Kinsland re-elected
engrossing clerk; George L. Patrick,
sergeant-at-arms; D. H. James, assis
tant
Senator H. N. Pharr of Mecklen
burg, was elected president pro tem
of the Senate. Other officers elected;
Principal clerk, Otis Self; reading
clerk, Mark Squires; engrossing clerk,
W. E. Hooks; sergeant-at-arms, R. M.
Stanley; assistant, W. G. Hall.
"BACK HOME MOVEMENT."
Meeting at Altapass January 10 to
Formulate Plans.
There will be a meeting of those
interested in the "Back Home Move
ment" January 10, 1911, at Altapass,
on the C. C. and 0., when there will
be present many railroad presidents
of the South, town boosters, and in
fact, all those interested In the Move
ment to bring Southerners back from
other sections where they have gone
to seek their fortune leaving one of
the most fertile countries in the world
behind them.
At the Altapass meeting the rail
roads of the South will be asked to
make a combined appropriation of
$260,000 to finance the movement. Af
ter the plans of those interested In
the movement will have matured it
will bo the object of these at the head
to bring back to the South, Southern
ers who have gone West.
Standard Oil Decision Soon.
It is not expected that Police Jus
tice Stronach, of Raleigh, will make
his ruling in the Standard Ooil Com
pany case for some days as he ex
pects to review typewritten Report*
of the argument that was made be
fore him by contending counsel and.
also go over stenographic reports of
the evidences before he makes his
ruling as to the guilt or innocence
of the Standard under the charges
of violating the anti-trust law through
cutting prices In Raleigh to -destroy
competition. In the event he finds the
comp&i)y guilty, he can impose fines
that will aggregate s4f>,ooo in view of
the number of separate violations of
the law alleged.
Editor Cromartie Found.
Editor James A. Cromartie, of
Spartan, Ga., who disappeared mys
teriously from a hotel at Hamlet,
November 9th, was found wandering
In the woods near Ellenboro, Ruther
ford county, more than a hundred
miles from the scene of his disap
pearance, by a farmer. Cromartle,
who is over sixty years old, is said
to be'deranged and does not know
his own name. But identification was
established by pictures and newspa
per stories.
Changes in Poatmasterahlpa.
The Postofflce Department has an
nounced the following changes in
fourth class postmasters In the State:
Bee Tree, Buncombe county, Eric
W. Walnwrlght, vice \V. G. Taylor,
resigned; Blantyre, Transylvania
county, Thomas J. Shipman, vice 8.
N. Merrill, removed; Ocala, Jackson
county, John C. fiumgarner, vice J.
W. Rochester, resigned.
"Big Chief" Gypsy Gives Bond.
Mitchell, recognized by the gypsy
clan of the country us their king, was
released on $3,000 bond by
Adams at Carthage. Criminal assault
is the cahrge against him. Fourteen
other Indicted gypsies wore released
on S2OO bonds.
Judge Adams Will Recover.
Judge Spencer B. Adams, who
made an attempt to take his own life
at Greensboro, is reported to be get
ting along nicely and It is thought
that he will be able to be out again
in ten days or two weeks. He haß
regained consciousness, though he is
not allowed to talk of the calamity. It
is understood that members of the
family of Judge Adams say that he
was drugged with bad whiskey by
another man on the train a few days
ago when returning from a trip South.
Prominent Citizen's Rash Act.
Andrew Weathcrly, aged 60, a
prominent business man of Greens
boro and of high social standing
throughout the State, was instantly
killed by a rtaln near Madison. The
body was so horribly mangled that
identification was almost impossible.
It is said that he deliberately threw
himself In front of the train. He had
been brooding over the marriage of
his favorite daughter, w'.io was re
cently married and who Is now on
her wedding tour.
Masonic Home Plans Accepted.
The plans for the Masonic and
Eastern Star home for aged and In
digent Masons, their widows and chil
dren, which is to be erected at Pom
ona, a suburb of Greensboro, have
been prepared by architects, and ac
cepted by the board of trustees of
the home. The building will be jof
colonial design with every modern
equipment and fireproof. It will be
so constructed that It may be added
to at any time without marring the
symmetry of its appearance.
00T THE BEST OF THE ELDER
Apt Quotation of Brer Reuben Saved
Hia Mule and at the Same Time
Rebuked Sin.
Elder Harris was making another
attempt to induce one of the members
of his flock to trade horses with him.
"Dat pony o' your'n. Brer Reuben,"
he said, "Is lea" what 1 want, an' my
big bay hos Is jes' what yo' want I
kin git over de groun' faster wld de
pony, an' you kin haul a bigger load
wld de hoss. Hit'd be a good trade fur
bofe on us, 'ceptln' dat lt'd be a leetle
better fuh you dan It would fur me.
You take de bay and give me de
ches'nut sor'l." -
"De pony suits me well 'nough, el
der," averred Brother Reuben, for the
twentieth time. "I don' keer t* make
no swap."
"But I Jes' natchelly got t' have dat
pony, Brer Reuben."
« "Elder," spoke the other, after a
period of profound thought. "I been
wantln" t' ast yo' a question for a long
time."
"Well, what Is Itr
. 4 "1 know w'at one o' de 'postles says
'bout de law bein' done away with, but
ain't we still Uvln' utadah de ten com
man'mentsT"
"Brer Reuben," solemnly averred
, Elder Harris, "wi? air "
"Well, one o' dem comman'ments
says we mustn't covet anyt'ing w't b'-
longs t' our neighbors, an' you're cov
etln' dat lIT chestnut sor'l pony o'
mine, Brer Harris!"
Then the elder gave It up. Clearly
the tenth commandment was against
him.—Chicago Tribune.
Left Both Satisfied.
It sail happened on one of those few
surviving pay-after-you-enter cars.
"Oh, I Insist on paying, Gladys," said
the brunette. "You paid coming
down."
"No. I shall pay," declared Gladys
with equal firmness. "What If 1 did
pay coming down —didn't you buy that
last package of gum?"
"Let me settle the quarrel, ladies,"
suggested the diplomatic conductor.
"Why not use the denatured form of
Dutch treat?" —-
"What's that?"
"Well, you each pay the other's
fare."
And that was the way they solved
tt—Cleveland Leader.. •
We're All Her Friends.
A pretty story of Miss Ellen Terry
and a gallant young playwright lias
gone the rounds of the Players' club.
Miss Terry attended In New York
the first night of this playwright's
latest work and at the end of the
third act he was presented to her.
She congratulated him warmly.
"It is very good," she said. "Your
play is very good, indeed, and I shall
tend all my American friends to see
It."
"In that case," said the playwright,
with a very low and courtly bow, "my
little piece will sell 90,000,000 tickets."
On the Dog.
A small West Philadelphia may
be an author some day. He has Just
finished his first essay. It Is on a dog.
"A dog Is a animule with four legs,
a tale and pants but he never changes
them. He wags his tale when be 1*
glad and sits on it when he Is sorry. A
dog is a useful animule because he bites
burglars but he is more trouble than
he is worth when h6 tracks mud on
the carpet. A bull dog is the king of
beests."
A Discouraging View,.
"We must. Investigate this affair,"
said the rural official.
"What's the uso?" responded Farm
er Corntossel. "I never saw an inves
tigation that chang d anybody's per
sonal likes and dislikes."
The Limit.
"Do you have much trouble with
your automobile?"
"Trouble! Say, I couldn't have more
If I was married to the blamed ma
chine."—St. Louis Star.
The wealth of a man Is the number
of things which he loves and blesseß,
which he Is loved and blessed by.—
Carlyle.*" -
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The life of a man consists not In
■eeing visions, and In dreaming
dreams,', but 'in active -charity and
willing service.—Longfellow.
To add a library to a house Is to
give that house a soul.—Cicero.
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THERE ARE OTHERB.
Grei n--Do«s he figure much in poll
tics?
Wise —No; he's one of those poli
ticians who use five-syllable words to
express one-syllable ideas.
His Specialty.
"What has bectfme of young Mr.
D'Auber, who showed such signs of
talent in drawing? Has he made a
success?"
"Oh, yes. Indeed. He's got all the
work he can do now.".
"Magazine or studio work?"
"He draws the nialtese cross show
ing where the body was found, In the
evening papers."—Cleveland Leader.
The Patient Townsmen.
"So you got to work in spite of the
snow drifts?"
"Yeq. But I don't see why the city
folks should not follow of
country people and put up a strong
kick for good roads "
Some people would drown with a life
preserver at hand. They art- the kind
thut suffer from Rheumatism and Neural
gia when they can «ct llamliriH Wizard
Oil, the bent of all puin remedies.
The mate solitary, the more friend
less, the more unsustained I am. the
more I will respect and rely upon my
self. —Charlotte Bronte.
H. H. Qreen's Sons, of Atlanta, Oa., are
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,tfie world. See their liberal offer in adver
tisement in another column of this paper.
It is right to he contented with what
we have, but never with what we are.
—Sir James Mackintosh.
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