A SEVERE SICKNESS LEAVES
THE KIDNEYS WEAK
After recovering from a were
■l*ll of sickness some time ago, I wan
all run down and Buffering from poor
blood. I would bare pains In my back
and blpa and my kidney* bothered me
all tbe time. I started taking Hwamp-
Iloel upon the recommendation of a
friend and found It was just what I
needed. Mr blood became all right
and after taking h few bottles, I waa
surprised at the effect it-had my
kidneys. They were entirely cured
and I hare much to be thankful for
that your great remedy did for me.
Yours rery truly,
W. O. BLACKMON,
Phenlz City, Ala.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this the 14th day of July, 1»09.
W. J. BIRS. Jnatloc of the Peace.
LMW !•
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For Y«
Send to Dr. Kilmer ft Co., ningham
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 aure and
mention this paper. Regular fifty-cent
and one-dollar site bottles for sale at
all drug Ftores.
TAKING CHANCEB OTHERWISE.
r — "~.
llonx —Ho Is exceedingly 111, but h©
in still holding his own.
•loax-Mle hns to. There are two
doctors with him nil the time.
I.Am* IIAIIKK SAVED Ills I.IFK. /
Mr. ('has. \V. Miller, of Washington.
11. writes of Klltlr Hit lick t
"I can heartily testify to the virtue of
your preparation known ax Hit lick ax I
cnnalror t hut it wns the mwiitof my re
covery from n l>al cane of Intermittent
fever ami the Having of iny life." s
What It did for him It can do for you,
If you suffer from any form of malaria.
Kllilr llulirk, 50 cents, all druKßlsts,
or Kloczewskl & Co., Washington, L>. C.
A FrlQht.
"ljtdy," said Meandering Mike,
"would you lend nie a cake of soap?"
"Do you mean to tell me you want
soap ?"
"Yes'ui. Me partner's got de hic
cups an* I want to scare him."
For UR4DA«'lin— Hlrka* (MPI'MNK
Whether from Cold*, Heat, Htonunh or
Nervou* Trouble*, Civpu-'lnr will rellrv you
U'm li«j 11 il jurikHHin to tnk«* lictn Imnndl
• rely. Try it. 14H*.« 2TH-., *ML &0 OP NT Aut ilrug
•tore*.
Kven when they have nothing to
do Kouie people can't seem to do It
gracefully.
Dr. Pierre'* Pleasant Pellet* regulate
mul Invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated, tiny granule*. Kasy to take
a* candy.
There's a difference bet wet n be' rig
useful and being used.
I'll.KH Cl'ltKl» IN UTO I* I»AVM
Titer -It Ui.uc.l will rem ml money II I A/.n v)IISI-
M| NT in"* 11l eiire liny earn if Itching. Hllnd.
Itii'ud.iiK t>r I'rtitriitlitiK I'lle* In It to Mtluy*. UKi.
It Is the common lot of man not to
an uit'.'oninion lot.
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Acts directly and peculiarly
on the blood; purifies, enriches
and revitalizes it, and in this
\v,\y builds lip the whole sys
tem. Take it. Get it today.
In usual li.juii! form oi chocolate coated
tablets called Surgutab*.
The Wretchedness
of Constipation
Can quickly be overcome by
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS.
Purely vegetable
—act surely and
gently on the MKBrM ST, Vi Fr
liver. Cure AMSSkjF| W T L E
Biliousness, jmz&USw n ' .. _
ne»i, mill Indigestion. They do their duty.
WM.L PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE.
Genuine must bear Signature
Reatoroa Gray Hair to Natural Oolor
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laTiioralMMd prrriou Ihckalr trum r»Ulaf M
Wmr M* kf m kM IMVf
XANTHINE CO., Richmond, Virginia
Mm It 9m RaHltl haib Mk He Mtm
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Vtill BUSY MONTH
FOR REVENUE MEN
OFFICERS DESTROY 67 ILLICIT
DISTILLERIES IN A SINGLE
MONTH,
HENDRIX MAKES A RECORD
With the Aid of Two Other Men He
Captures Seventeen Illicit Plants in
Three Days.—Raid Waa an Endleaa
Chain.
Raleigh. —A special from Ashevllle
states that the revenue officers .un
der the supervision of Revenue Agent
R. B. Sams, with the head office in
Ashevilie, had u busy month durint
December. During the month the}
destroyed 67 illicit distilleries in
the fourth and fifth districts of North
Carolina and the district lit Virginia
which is under the supervision of thU
office. Thirty-eight of these seizure*
were tjiade in Virginia and 20 In thife
State. There were 6K prosecutions
recommended as a result of the sell
ures and 20 arrests were made by
the officers. There were also rec
ommendatioiiH for the collection of
about SI,OOO In special taxes
The high record for any one man
during the month was that establish
ed by Deputy Collector W. A. Hen
drlx, who made a raid in Franklin
and Henry counties, Va„ and during
three days captured 17 Illicit plants.
He was accompanied by only two
men and when the raid was started
they bad Information concerning only
three of those that were found. The
raid turned ont to be an endless
chain affair as the officers would re
ceive information aboul another plant
while they were in the act of destroy
ing one. They were cutting up one
place and saw the smoke from an
other place about two hundred yards
away which they knew nothing of un
til then. They had cauglrt the moon
shiners napping and proceeded to
make a haul. About 110,000 gallons of
beer Were destroyed and considerable
new .whiskey.
North Carolina New Enterprisee.
Charters were issued /or five new
corporations. Tlte Merchants' Supply
Company of ilnrHngton Is chartered
with $50,000 capital authorized and
|21>,000 subscribed by J.' /. Waller,
Susan Waller and others for whole
sale mercantile business. The Par
rlsh Watts Hardware Company of
lienson Is chartered with $50,000
capital by Alonzo Parrish and others
i'he Planter's Store Company of Man
ton, Warren county, Is chartered with
#26,000 capital by J. W. Dowell and
others. The Pioneer Farm (Inc.) of
Jackson Springs Is chartered with
SIOO,OOO capital by It. W. Page and
others. The Cole-Tarry Hardware
Company of Littleton begins business
with a capital of sti,ooo.
Meeting of Historical Society
A( the .meeting of the North Caro
linn Historical Commission permis
sion wan granted to Miss Mary Mil
liard 111 it it t oti. siaii« r«K**n t of the
Daughters of I lie He volution for the
placing of a tablet of the Halifax re
solves on the wall in the rotunda tV
the Capitol. The commission met In
the office of Col. .1. lir) an (Jrlnien,
and the majority »of the business
transacted was relative to the regular
routine work, such as auditing ac
counts and hearing the report of the
secretary. One of the important fea
tures of the meeting was the matter
of publishing and editing the letters
and papers of Randolph Shot well and
Judge Thomas Huffin.
Reward Offered For Murderer.
Governor Kltchlti issued a procla
mation offering S2OO reward for the
arrest and conviction of Needham
Bell, colored, who Is wanted by the
authorities In Johnston county for
murder. The crime charged against
Hell is the murder of his wife, Delia
Bell, which occurred on the night ®f
December 9th. The crime was com
mitted In Smithfleld township, John
ston county.
Qet Thirty Years For House Burning.
Lonnle Milliean, Jim Britt and
Nick Hoyner, (all negroea) were sen
tenced *o thirty years Imprisonment
each In the superior court «t Kinston
by Judge Fergu c .on ,for house burn
ing. The crime for which they were
convicted was setting Are to h build
ing In LaGrange last spring, which
resulted In the destruction of a large
part of the business section of that
town with a damage upwards of $26,-
000. T»'re were several conflcgrn
tlons within a short time, suspicion
pointing to these negroes.
Medical Society Will Soon Meet.
The Fourth Councilor District Me»d-1
leal Society, composed of Johnston.
Wayne, Greenfc, Nash, Edgecombe,
Halifax, Northampton and Wilson
counties will meet in Wilson Febru
ary 13th, when the generat subject
of "Pellagra" will be under considera
tion, including its etiology, pathology,
symptomatology, diagnosis, compllcs
tiona, prognosis, prophylaxis and
treatment. A new constitution will
be adopted, as this society has pass
ed a resolution to apply to the Btate
Medical Society for a charter. - -|
FIGURES OF EXPENDITURE
Amount Expended By Board of Educa
tion For Repairs and New Bchool
Houses in the County.
Charlotte-—Ail interesting item In
connection with the county schools
and the recent appraisement of
school conditions, made at the first
meeting of the board of education is
the amount that has been expended
school houses in the county and re
pairs for houses already built. Ac
cording to the figures in Superinten
dent H. J. Cochrane's office, they are
as follows:
A new room In the Mdver school,
Berrjhill township, costing S4OO.
One room added to the Trinity
school in I*>ng Creek township cost
in*
New school house in District No.
1 of Long Creek township, the Aber
lathy school f«SO.
Repair on I'lrteii school In District
fo. 7 of Mallard Creek township,
.osting $275.
New room in District No. 2, Wilsos
iro-ve township, $360.
State black hoards, $252.
Floor oil and disinfectants, $43.50.
Other school supplies, S4O 50.
Htoall repairs on t» or 8 houses,
The iHigt r pari of the expenditure,
it will he seen, was spent on supplies
,ind repair*, previous yearn having
witnessed more building lliau thin
>ear In fact, the building campaign
carried on h.v the hoard of education
for the past few yearn has resulted
in the ,'urnlahinK of" good iind sub-
Htantial buildings for most of the dis
trkts in the county.
Banks Are In Gooci Condition.
The hank* of North Carolina have
lieen doing an increasing business in
t lie period from November Ift, 1910,
to' December fi . for the report
Just issued by the North Carolina
Corporation Commission shows an in
crease of resources of $0,259,628.60.
This in the record made by the 1149
banks, including 14 branches for that
period. The total resources on No
vember 10. 1910 amounted to $62,-
146,451.31' ami oil December 5, 1911,
to »»r8.40ii.179 97. The capital stock
hnd Increased trout $KK,910,33.55 to
$9.527,>30.69, and the surplus fund
from $ 1,901,480 41 has increased to
$2,2X2,0809. The deposits, not in
cluding trust deposits, amounted on
November 10, 1910, to $42,978,945.13
and on December 5, 1911, to $49,847,-
158 81, showing an increase of $6,868,-
213.71. These aro good figures to
ponder over. They show that Nurth
Carolina Is making progress In mon
ey matters.
Naming Stations On New Railroad.
The first station out of 101 kln on
the Klkin & Alleghany Railway will
very probably be named for the gen
eral manager of this road. "Mills."
the second will be called Thurmond,
after a son c, f the president, 11. G.
Chatham: the third will be called
Doughton, for the lieutenant gov
ernor: the fourth, Chatham, for the
family of this name, who have been
active In the furtherance of this
project since its" Inception In 1907,
and the last will, of course, lie Sparta.
These are family names so to speak,
hut It is regarded as being entirely
fitting that these men. who havo been
active -jit the work of building tlris
road should have such testimonial of
their activity and Interest in a work
to which they have devoted so much
time and effort.
State ShouM Try Rock Hill Plan.
S»\t nil letters have passed between
Major Orahant. ComntlHiitoner of Ag
riculture. and Mr. .1 0, Anderson, of
Hook Hill. S. 0.. relative U> Hip mat
ter i>f the "Hook Mill plan" adopted
l»y the Southern Cotton Congress at
New Orleans During the time when
the several institutes are held In the
cotton counties from February 17th
to 2fith, the matter of the suggested
plan will he gone over with the
.farmer The attention of Director
will be called to it . However. Mr.
Anderson says that the way of cut
ting down the cotton acreage In
North Carolina Is not in accordance
with tile general movement instituted
by the Southern Cotton Congress He
further pays that the plan should be
. Riven a fair trial.
Wants Cotton Storage Warehouse.
Resides other matters of interest to
Wilson town and county, at a meet
ing of the chamber of commerce held
several days ago, the secretary is au
thorized to write to the secretary of
the North Carolina Farmers' Union
which meets In Kaleigh, stating.that
Wllaon is desirious of having a cotton
atorace warehouse established
and requesting the committee to
whom the matter will be referred to
mak» no award until Wilson is In
formed as to what the convention
desires in the matter.
f .-** *
I Are Being Worked By A Faker.
The section of the country around
' Asheville la evidently helng worked
at present by a fake advertising man.
It la not known who he la nor la the
full extent of hla operations known,
but two letters have recently come
Into the hands of Secretary N. Buck
ner, of the local board of trade, which
Indicate that several peop'e have been
relieved of some v' their' superflu
ous money by thia faker. It Mama
that he representa himself as an
■tent of the North Carolina Adr*r>
jtlalng Bureau.
Why He Couldn't Sit Down.
• Harry, aged tlx, Is an orphan; but
an Indulgent grandmother and kind
maiden aunt have taken dare of him.
The Brat pair of knickerbockers were
secured recently, and it was a proud
moment for the boy when his aunt
put them on him on Sunday morning
and he was permitted to go to church
with hla grandmother. Naturally
maiden aunta know very little about
the arrangement of knickerbockers,
and there was a suapicloua fullness in
front and an equally mystifying tight
ness is the back to be observed, as
the little chap trudfced happily along.
In church Harry aat down, but did
not appear comfortable and stood up.
"Harry, sit down." whispered his
grandmother. He obediently climbed
back on the seat, but soon slipped off
again. "Harry, you must sit down."
"Grandma, I can't. My pants is chok
ing me." She looked more closely
than her dim sight had before permit
ted, and discovered the new little
knickerbockers were on hind side be
fore. Harry stood up during the re
mainder of the serv^e.
His Exact Sort.
"What kind of a glass of fashion
did Ophelia consider Hamlet?" "As
long aa she called him Lord Hamlet,
I suppose si* considered him a peer
glass."
- A Hold-Up -
An Oppressive Trust. .
Before the Coffee Routers' Association, in ses- ____ l
•lon at Chicago on Thursdsy, Thomas J. Webb,
of Chicago, charged that there it in existence a
coffee combine wnich la "the moat monstrous im-
position in the history of human commerce." „ *
There is very slight exaggeration about this >
statement. It comes very close to being literally
true. There ia a coffee combine in Brazil, from *
which country comes the bulk of the coffee used
In the United States, which is backed by the gov- , 1
ernment of Brazil and financed by it, which *
pels American consumers, as Mr. Webb said, "to j/*
pay famine prices for coffee when no famine * fjr
exiata." .
The worat thing about this is that the conaum
era of the United SUtes have been compelled to /\jw^
put up the money through which this combine,
to further cinch them, has been made effective.
There were formerly revenue duties imposed upon 4T QJ
all coffee entering the United States. Thoae taxes y*
were denounced as an imposition upon the people; -i/
aa taxing the poor man'a breakfast table, and the
like. The taxes were removed. Immediately %
thereafter Brazil imposed an export duty
coffee up to the full amount of the former customs Ajy*
taxes in this country. The revenue which for
merljr went into the treaaury of the United States /7dvl J 'a
was diverted to the treaaury of Brazil. The poor
man'a breakfast coffee continued to eost him the f(]
same old price. /
But this waa only the commencement. The I _
"valorisation" plan waa evolved in Brazil / J
Through thia plan the government, uaing the rev- / \f # .
enuea derived from the export duties for the pur- /
poses, takes all of the surplus crop in s season of / two years ctf over two hundred million
large yields and holds it off the market, thus | pounds. Authenticated reports from the
keeping the aupply down to the demaqda of the Foatura factories in this city show a
market and permitting the planters to receive a °' P " Um *
much higher price than they would otherwise While the #aleg of tum t n variably
have done. I show marked increase year over year, the
The United States consumes more Brazilian cof- extraordinary demand for that well
fee than does the rest of the world. We are the known breakfast beverage during 1911 is
b«, «u»tom«ri of Brazil, Bn«« buy. BUI. / *
from ua. Now Brazil is promoting, financing and / Such an awakening naturally diapoaee
maintaining a truat designed, and working effect- 1 the multitude who suffer from the ill
* nr thrn numose. to com Del American con-J of coffee drinking to be more re-
J . r/ f r L'C.L Anffo* ceptive to knowledge of harm which so
sumers to pay an _ exorbitant price for Urn coffee o fu, n comes as a result of the use of
they use. What ia the remedy?— i>eattu I o*t-I *• the drug-beverage, coffee.— BattU Creak
teliigwr—Xi*. 19,1911. , Evening NeKf—Dic. 19,1911.
POSTUM
is a pure food-drinK made of the field grains, with
a pleasing flavour not unliKe high grade Java.
A Big' Pacßag'e
About \\ lbs. Costs 25 cts.
At Grocers
E,conomy to one's purse is not the main reason
for using Postum.
It is absolutely free from any harmful substance,
such as "caffeine" (the drug in coffee), to which so
much of the nervousness, biliousness and indiges
tion of today are due. Thousands of former coffee
drinKers now use Postum because they Know from
experience the harm that coffee drinKing causes.
Boil it according to directions (that's easy) and
it will become clear to you why—
•3— _ ' • „ / # ' V : ' r '*' *
"There's a Reason"
Postum Cereal Company, Limited, Battle CreeK, Michigan.
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IN LESS STRENUOUS TIMES
Explanation of the Differences Be
tween Domestic Standards Now
and Those of Long Ago.
In the Woman's Home Companion
there is an intereating presentation of
the difference that exiats between the
domeatic standard of youug married
women of today and those of the past
generation. How did the women of
the middle class of a generation or
two ago manage when they could not
keep help? Following la the answer
quoted from a Companion editorial:
"They lived according to their
meana; they did not set up Impossible
'standards, and they knew much less
about the science of bringing up chil
dren. They had no special style to
keep up; gave the children a weekly
bath; kept the table set between
meals; did not serve their meals In
courses, but put all tßfe food on the
table at once; confined their social
affairs to evening calls and parties,
and church suppers, at which they
wore the same black silk dress for at
leaat two aeasoris: In ahort, every
woman did only what she could, and
her friends made it easier for her by
doing likewise."
The social whirl has made many a
girl giddy.
RECOGNIZED THk ACTIO*.
Little Nell—l didn't know that the/
played "I Spy" In church, mamma.
Mamma—What do 70a mean, my
child T
Little Nell—Why, the preacher aald
"Let'a Play," and everybody held their
hands up to their faces.
You will notice that the man who la
alwaya talking about how hard ho
had to work he was young Is
usually behind with his work now.