SUFFHB TWEMTY-ONE YEARS FMUir FOUND RELIEF ■ HtTins suffered for twenty-one yean with a ptla in my side, I finally bays fooad relief is Dr. Kilmer's Swamp- Root The physicians called it "Moth er's Palm" and injections of morphine were my only relief for abort periods of time. I became so sick that I had to undergo a surgical operation in New Qrieaas, which benefited me for two years. When the same pain came back one day I wss so sick thst I gave up hopes of living. A friend advised me to try your Swamp-Root and I at once oomsseaced using It. The first bottle did me so much good that I purchased two more bottles. 1 am now on my second bottle and sm feeling like a now woanaa. I passed a gravel stone ss large as a big red bean and several small ones. I have not had the leaat feeling of pain since taking your Swamp-Root and I feel it my duty to recommend this 'great medicine to all suffertag humanity. Gratefully yours, MRS. JOSEPH CONSTANCE, Avoyelles Par. Marksvllle, La. Personally appeared before me, this ISth day of July. 1911. Mrs. Joseph Constance, who subscribed the above statement and made oath that the same Is true in substance and in fact tVn. Morrow, Notary Public. ' MMrll •r. Wtmi ■ * «v Preve What Swsmp-Root Will Do For Yos Send to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Dlngham ton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. It will convince anyone. You will also re ceive a booklet of valuable informa tion. telling all about the kidneys and bladder. When writing, be sure and ment' n this paper. .Regular fifty-cent end one-dollar size bottles for sale at all drug stores. WELL, WELL. Hook—They say that famous ma rine artist was once a plain farmer's boy. I wonder where ho developed his talent. (took Probably drawing water down on the (arm. How to Use Red Cross Seals. "How to Use Red Cross Sealß" is the title of an Interesting publication recently Issued by the National Asso ciation for tho Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Red Cross Heals must be placed ouly on the back of letters and not on the address Bide of packages that are going through tho mall. They may bo placed anywhere on matter going by express Caro should be taken In sending merchandise through the mails not to place seals over tho strings with which the package Is tied, since this seals the packago against Inspection and subjects It to first disss postage rates. As many seals may be used on tho back of a letter •or packago as may be desired. Every one is urged to use them liberally, since every seal Is a bullet In the war against tuberculosis. Red Cross seals are not sood for jiostage, and will not carry mall mat ter, but any kind of mail matter will carry them. Finally, overy letter or parcel sunt out. either J)y mail or in Fotne other way, during the holiday season should bear one or more Rod Cross Seals. "Nothinf More Dangerous Than a neglected cough," is what Dr. J. F. Hammond, professor in the Eclec tic Medical College, says, "and as a preventive remedy and a curative agent. 1 cheerfully recommend Tay lor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein, for colds. Whooping Cough, .Consumption, etc. At druggists, 26c., 50c. nnd SI.OO a bottle. it Goes Off. Dfagglng a gun through the fence seems to be almost us effectlvo as rocking the boat. Diphtheria, Quinsy nnd Tonsilitis begin with sm* throat. How much better to cur*. 1 a war throat in a dny or two than to be io bed for weeks with Diphtheria. Just keep Rambus Wizard Oil in the house. i In Life's Twilight. There is an evening twilight of the heart, when its wild passion waves arc lulled to rest. —Halleck. TO ItIXIVK OUT MALARIA * AM) Hl!ll.l> Ul» TIIK SYSTEM TaXn U*> OH Stand* ijl UKOVK'S TAHTWLKnii CHILI' TON 10. You know what you art* taking. The konnnUi Is plainly printed on evt*jr bottl*, ■hvwftltff it !• simply (julninr and Iron In a taMdrM form, ami ib« wort -Hernial form. fcur gromn poopio ckildren, 10 ceuiv Whenever the devil has a minute to spare be sets another trap for the boy. For ollMCHE_Hlrki OAPIIHNR Whether m>m Golds, Heat, Stomach or JfpnmiM TnwUm, Cspiidlue will rtll«-» yon. It's Uqvid—pieaMiit to t*ke- actx luimrdt •triy Try It- 10c-, JSc., «u4 U) cent* at drug MSK» His Bearing. ~~ "Is be s man of military bearing?" • "Well, he likes to 'soldier*.**■ J': - - If every nan had all the money h wanted, the devil would get us aIL TO VOTE OK ISSUE OF $50,000 BONOS DURHAM ALDERMEN ORDER ELECTION FOR BCHOOL IM PROVEMENT BONDB. SCHOOLS GROWING RAPIDLY Are In a Congested Condition snd Makes It Impossible to Tske Csre of Children —A Fierce Csmpsign Will Be Wsged. Raleigh—A special from Durham states that the board of alderman have ordered an election for an Issue of 160,000 bonds for school Improve ments, and It takes place January 16. 1912. This action was provided for at the , last general assembly, when a law ( was passed authorizing an issue not | to exceed »50,000 The city schools j have grown verp rapidly the last ■t. throe years and there is now such a congestion as makes almost Impossi ble taking care of tho children. In one school there are three"' rooms that have 250 pupils regularly In them, and it furnishes Just three places for teachers. This makes It next to Im possible for anything to be done in tho shape of Individual" attention, and all other rooms are crowded. There will be waged a fierce cam paign for the bonds and it will take j all the eloquence that all the advo cates have to carry the election, i There are two or three precincts that , aro dreadfully opposed to bonds. They 1 don't care what tho measure Is; | they favor killing the Issue. It was | one of these that gave a 3 to 1 ma jority against the Farm-Llfo School. | In the fitness of things it was recog- ( nlzod as the most Illiterate, ignorant and unprogresslve spot in tho city. The schools have been pretty gen erally freo from tho attacks of dema gogues, most people having no inter est In them that carries tho election against ail odds. There is no denying the fact that If the election Is carried .that taxes will he slightly raised, but the progressive people do not oppose the bond issue for that reason. Aurora Fair Was A Success. The fair at Aurora, was the biggest sort of success, and about 6,000 peo- j plo attended the exhibition. While there was probably not quite as much of the products of tho county on ex hlbtlon as last year, the quality was better and they appeared more attract ive than ever before. They conipriso specimens of all tho various crops indigenous to tho soil of this section us well as all kinds of live Btock, poul try and the like. The best of order prevailed. Governor Kitchin nrrlved on the special train provided, and the procession which was formed, lod by tho marshals to escort him wus a fine one—there was tho band, beautiful floats representing various Industries and businesses, gaily decorated. New Railroad Projects. „y A well attended meeting of mem bers of the chamber of commerce of Greensboro was held in the assent- j bly room. The meeting was called for j general purposes but the principal matters discussed were the new rail road projects for Creensboro. The proposition of the promoters of the Randlph & Cumberland promoters their consideration. Tho registration books are now open for the purpose of voting on a bond issue on De cember 12, tho bonds to be Issued by I six townships of the county through | which the proposed line will pass. ! Went To Sumptuous "Feed." j Governor Kitchin and a number of I state officials and justices of the su preme court were among the special j guests for a sumptuous "feed" given i by the Raleigh Lodgo of Elks N'o. 736, I in celebration of the tenth anniversary j of the organization of the lodge which I I lias grown greatly and has provided I itself wit ha splendid home on Salis- I bury street that is admirably appoint ed for lodgo purposes and is proving self-sustaining. _______ | Mr. Caldwell Has Passed Away. Death as peaceful as was the life brought to a close descended upon Mr. Joseph Pearson Caldwell, many 1 years editor of the Charlotte Obser ver, who died at tho home of Dr. John McCatnpbell, superintendent of tho s state hospital at Morganton, where i Mr. Caldwell had been since he suffer ed a second stroko of paralysis In Juno, 1909. He reached the end ct t life's journey in his 69th year, having i been born in Statesville, N. C., Juno ; 16, 1853. He was laid to rest with J impressive services. Some Definite Action Is Taken. At last Bomo definite action has been taken In the matter of the long drenmed-of, much talked-of, and much j longed-for street car connection be r tween Durham and Chapel Hill. Mr. | J. W. Murry, president of the Pled x mont Traction Company, of Burling ton, has been to Chapel Hill and met a committee of the representative •• business men of the town. Tho pur pose of his coming snd of the meet ing was to investigate the resources if of the town and the readiness of its to Hid in the road building. HUNGRY FOR GOOD ROADS Lm County People Have Started An Earnest Campaign For Better High way a. Sanford. —Lee county haa a cam paign on In earnest for good roads. Association has been working along educational lines aa a large portion of the voters In rural aectlona have been opposed to anything that would increase taxes, and on account of the Increased valuation of farm prop erty laat year it was thought beat to go slow and not force an election for the SIOO,OOO bond issue until such time aa It could be carried without a doubt. The good road advocates feel that the time has arrived. Peti tions are being circulated for presen tation to the county commissioners at their December meotlng, calling the election on tho second Tuesday in January so as to be ready to begin road work in early spring. Qood work was accomplished a few days ago at Lee court house when a Joint meeting was held. The fore ' noon wai taken up by the Farmers' ! Union state president, Dr. H. Q. AJcx ' arider, of Charlotte, addressing the farmers along lines which the union stood for, and showing them how they could better their conditions, ' some of these were by educative co operation and voting for the r j ad issue of good roads. At the afternoon meeting addresses were made by Messrs. A. A. F. S»!a well, D. E. Mclver and J. F. Bow ers and I)r. Alexander on good roads. These addresses were all timely and well received. Dr. Alexander spoke ! with telling effect as knowing where of he spoke, coming from Mecklen burg county where good roada are ! 110 longer an experiment hut a part ! of the government. j Water Question At Albemarle. The question of a sufficient wnter I supply is one that is at present pui xllng the city fathers of Albemurle I more than any other question, which has over come up for consideration. The prsent supply Is furnished by the Albemarle Water Works Company, which is owned by private parties, and this company, can hardly furnish enough for general purposes with ab solutely no protection against tire. Moro than a year ago the city voted bonds for water, but up to the present the city aldermen have failed to take any definite steps towards giving Al bemarle an adequate water supply. Some talk In favor of a well, others piping water from the old abandoned gold mine on Lowder Mountain und ! somo piping from Long Creek, a dis tance of two miles. There is no question of doubl but that either of these plans would furnish an ample supply for the present needs of the town, but an the boosters claim that Albemarle will have 15,000 people In 1920, it is thought wise to build for tho future, so as to avoid a water famine such as Charlotte experienced the past summer. Big Railroad Property Involved. Big railroad property in North Carolina is said to be involved in a deal which rumor has it Is on be tween tho Pennyslvania Railroad by which tho Penusylavrila Railroad Is to buy the Coast Line. This would glv the Pennsylvania a most valuable piece of railroad property and the rumor of the proposed purchase is strengthened by the information that the Pennsylvania Railroad is about to make a bond issue of $100,000,000, while it is known that the condition I of the road Is hot such as to call for the expenditure of any such sum. White Man Shot by Unknown Negro. A white man by tho name of Bel vln was shot by an unknown negro i near the Standard Oil tanks at Ral eigh. Although no detlnite informa tion was available from police head quarters, It is said that Belvin, with i two other white men, had somo words with some negroes, one of whom shot ' llelvln, though not seriously. • Three Flights At Salisbury. j Three flights in a Curtiss biplane were made successfully by Lincoln Beachey in Salisbury. A large crowd witnessed tho flights with great In* ,terest and the bird man proved him self king of the air. Glad Deals Have Been Put Through. For a month or more the Troy folks have discussed #the probability of some railroad company taking over the Durham & Charlotte and the Asheboro & Aberdeen interests* and tho ultimate completion of a railroad from here to Charlotte. They are glad the deals have been put through if It means that the connecting link . is made between here and Charlotjyp . In the near future. The Troy folks | have never had any complaint to of- L for in regard to the treatment ac corded them by this road. Fleeced Farmers With Bogus Checks. John M. Ring, a cattle dealer living In Grayson county, Va., has skipped the country with money variously es timated at from $5,000 to $20,000, which he is said to have secured on bogus checks given in payment for cattle bought from the farmers lr Sparta section. His plan seems tc have been to give chocks In return for the cattle he bought and date 11 from ten to twenty ddys ahead, H« s bought extensively in Qrayson. Ashe a and Alleghany counties. The farmeri | are out several thousand dollars. \ Nehemiah Builds the I Wall of Jerusalem I S—rliy ScWol Lmm far De(. 3, 1911 1 Specially Arrant«d lor This Paper ■ LESSON TEXT—Nehemiah 4. MEMORY VERSES—Id, 17. GOLDEN TEXT—"Watch ye, stand fast In the faith, quit you like men, be strong." Cor. 16:11. TlME—Nehemiah heard the bad news from Jerusalem early In December, B. C. 44». For four months he prayed, thought and waited. The following April (444) he obtained permission to go to Jerusalem. The journey occupied (our months and he arrived at Jerusalem In the first day of the fifth month, Ab = Jufy-Aug. \ln 1911 the first day of Ab was August t: In 1S1« It will be July 12.) PLACE—Shushan and Jerusalem. RULERS—Artaxerxes, Emperor of Per sian Empire; Nehemiah, governor of Judea; Ezra, the scribe, the religious leader of the people In Babylon. When the right time came, and Ne hemlah'H heart was burning with sor row and desire, he found "opportuni ties concealed In apparent hindrances." It was dangerous to show sorrow in the presence of the king. Even a mod ern autocrat like Louis XIV. expected everybody's lace to shine if be did but appear, and now much more an Artax erxes? What, wear a sorrowful face when he was presiding over joy and gayety, gliding theta with his pres ence? If he had ordered this melan choly vlsago away to prison or death, it would have been Justified by prece dent. A gloomy face might mean dis affection against the king. The light of his favor ought to be enough to drive all sadness away. Nehemiah had hitherto been able to keep a smiling face when before the king; but one day at a superb banquet, when the queen was din ing with her husband, amid gold plate, gorgeous silk dresses of every hue, marble pillars, fountains, music, lights, sultanas, courtiers resplendent as the sun, and all worshiping their sun Ar taxerxes, smiling when he smiled, bis sorrow shone through his face In spite of himself, so that the king no ticed It and said: "Why is thy countenance sad, see ing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart." Then he was very sore afraid,'and said unto the king, "Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fa thers' sepulchres, lleth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed of Are? If It please the king, and If thy serv ant have found favor lp thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build It." Tho kind was pleased to grant his request, made him the Tlrsliatha, or governor of Judea, "royal agent" or "plenipotentiary," with full powers. He traveled to Judea In state, with a military guard of cavalry, and with let ters to the rulers o fthe neighboring provinces to give him whatever he needed for his work. Nehemiah was very wise. He lay quiet for three days, doing nothing, but learning everything. He showed. no credentials, h© proposed no plans, he told no ot)e what ho hoped to do. His first business was to learn the "whole situation, the feelings of the people, who would opposo, and who would help, how able the people were, what obstacles must be overcome. Nehemiah met the rulers, nobles, priests and people, and told them of his purpose In coming, how he had learned of their need, how he had wept and fasted and prayed, and how Cod had heard his prayer and caused tho great emperor to favor his plans, give him permission to come, and au thority, with orders for the surround ing rulers to give the needed help. He told them of his midnight investiga tions. Tho business side of religion should be done as Nehemiah did it in tho most skillful and ideal business man ner. Nehemiah had a layman's good sense In religion. Walls were lieces sary to the safety of the city. They were also necessary to true religion. The division of labor, the noble com petition, the Interest In their work that kept them from taking time to even put off their clothes, the giving each his own work, and over against his • own house, the union of patching and l praying and working, the working to- I gether of old and young, rich and poor, » form a real master-Btroke of genius." The wall was parceled out among 44 working parties. It was like the re building of the walls of Athens after the Invasion of Xerxes, like the build r lng of the walls of (Edinburgh after tho r battle of Flodden. This plan made each r one more earnest and faithful as he s saw what others were doing. It anl ' mated the work with a noble emular 1 tion, and a personal pride. See how a fast my work goes on! See how Well i my piece Is done! Now, my sons, gird { up your tunic, or Rephaiah the son B of Hur will get ahead of us. True 8 emulation Is to do better than we «„ have done; to seek, not to get beyond y others, but to rise to the best possi ble for us; and to be inspired to this by seeing what others have done. , Besides the hostility of tho Samar* ' Itans the Jews themselves were becom d lng worn out with the fatigue of such ( strenuous work. . No good goes on tp Success without J meeting obstacles. Evil does not fall without a battle. It throws Blander, 1 ridicule, treachery, conspiracies; lnflu n ence, discouragements, every- possible ° hindrance, in the way of reform. Even n some of the Jews were arrayed, against their brethren. They planned to take 0 Mehemiah and the city by surprise. e - day the workers, and thus put a stop * ■ :o the work, put the answer was watch inl and prayer. WENT TO BLOCK CHEERFULLY •lr Walter Raleigh, Under Sentence of Death, Failed to Win Pardon * by Last Voyage. Fate and justice worked some pe culiar pranks In the olden days. Sir Walter Raleigh, with the death sen tence hanging over blm for 18 years, falling in his final voyage of discovery, returned to England and went cheer fully to the block. He left the Tower without the royal pardon In 1615. The adventurous but still condemned man had received'permission to make an other voyage to South America. If be should be successful Id the outcome of his venture Raleigh knew the king's mercy would be granted him. But this last expedition, undertaken with such vital Interest at stake for Raleigh, was unfortunate In all its re spects. At San Tomas, on the Cay «nne river In Qulana, his men made a hostile attack upon a Bpanlsh settle ment. As England was then at peace with Spain, this act of war agllnst the people of a friendly nation was a most grievous offense against the king. On October 29, 1618, he suffered death by the ax. Having fingered the edge, he returned It and said, smiling to the sheriff: "This Is a sharp medi cine, but it Is a sound cure for all dis eases." BABY'S ECZEMA AND BOILS "My son was about three weeks old when I noticed a breaklng-out on his cheeks, from which a watery sub stance oozed. A short time after, bis arms, shoulders and breast broke out also, arid In a few days became a solid scab. 1 became alarmed, and called our family physician who at once pro nounced the disease eczema. The lit tle fellow was under treatment for about three months. By the end of that time, he seemed no better. I be came discouraged. I dropped the doc tor's treatment, and commenced the use of Cutlcura Soap and Ointment, and In a few days noticed a marked change. The eruption on his cheeks wag-almost healed, and his shoulders, arms and breast were decidedly bet ter. When he was about seven months old, all trace of the eczema was gone. "During his teething period, his head and face were broken out In bolls which I cured with Cutlcura Soap and Ointment, purely he must have been a great sufferer. During the time of teething and from the time I dropped the doctor's treatment, I used the Cutlcura Soap and Cutlcura Ointment, nothing else, and when two years old he was tbe picture of health. His complexion was soft and beauti ful, and his head a mass of silky curls. I had been afraid that be would never be well, and I feel that I owe a great deal to the Cutlcura Remedies." (Signed) Mrs. Mary W. Ramsey, 224 E. Jackson St., Colorado Springs, Col., Sept. 24, 1910. Although Cutlcura Soap and Ointment are sold by drug gists and dealers everywhere, a sam ple of each, with 32-page book, will be mailed free on application to "Cutl cura," Dept. 5 L, Boston. Nothing to Writs About. A new reporter on a western paper was assigned to go to a church meet ing and get a story of It. He went. When he came back the city edi tor asked: "How dtd It pan out?" "Oh," said the reporter, as he stuck his foot on the desk and lighted a cigarette, "there was nothing doing. I haven't got anything to write. The meeting broke up In a fist fight be tween the minister and the deacon, and not a bit of church business was done." —Saturday Evening Post The man who has a mustard seed grain of faith has all the capital he needs with which to go into a large business for the Lord. 'Danville* Ik., Jul* lata 1910. H Ow nia Sadlolaa Co.. Danrllla, T». Oaßtlaaaal. V JL% nataa wiffwX fw' war t ■ troubla pronMnofd by h«r pfiy.lol«i« Uj *>• urla \V •old rhwniln and although ha UaM bar. aha. \. U >,3K ■ n.T.r obt»ln*d rallaf. \ JBI ■tint Ml M«ikliit« with Ml las and knowing \ 'fIMHI ■ 1t kit tMn «•• mmmsAiU} nr; fntuKUf la >1»- V ""-I M ■ liar HIM, 1 attnvlud to pat her an It. tow took H aU MUM with tha haapleet Mdta. 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WaK'V I ft Ww^>»4 I ■'micl* SONS ■ ueiamu, it. _* . iH ■ ■Hknlihn.lMNiM FIIhS W *H^II.Wnu, * w " w Jfll FOR ALL RnMBWHVaiVIVM tn iliilinHHlMiina Diseases IMIIIBInhmiIIIH wT NTu., CHARLOTTE, NO. 48-1911. Charlotte Directory Charlotte Auto School,Charlotte,N.C. want* men and boya to learn Automobile bu.tneia In their Oarage and Machine ahopa. New Cara; New Machinery: good noaltlona for every graduate. CATALOGUE FREK. SPECIAL SALE ON PLAYER PIANOS We did not anticipate 8# cent cotton when we placed our order for Self - Player Pianos. The stock on hand must be sold before December 31st, and in order to dispose of them will make , special See this stock while it is complete or write for c particulars. I Chas. M. Stieff Stieff Self-Player and the Shaw Self-Player Piano* > Southern Wareroom 5 Weat Trade Street Charlotte - North Carolina 1 C. H. WILMOTH, Manager ' (Mention thl* Paper) ) Manufacturer of the Artistic