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P Hrta$. Three Cent the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year In Advance. VOL XIV. COLUMBUS, N. C, TRCSSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, t909. NO. 42, 9100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded dis ease that science has been able to euro in all U stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Vire is the onlv positive care now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con stitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall 's Catarrh Cureis taken inter Bally, acting directly upon the blood and rau cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy ing tbe foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the con stitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith jn its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J . Cheney 4. Co., Toledo, 0. Sold bv Drupfitists. 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills lor constipation. Here and There. Seldom is a smooth tongue withou a sting behind. Irish. Politeness is the essence of refined thought. Better a master be feared than de- spiked. Dutch. A good and faithful judge prefers the honest to the expedient. Horace. If your blood is out of order, you run a risk of taking a germ disease. Rheumatism, LaGrippe, Pneumonia and Typhoid Fever are germ diseases. "Rheumacide" is an ac tive blood purifier. It cleanses the blood of all impurities. It gives tone to the entire body. Rure blood prevents germs from taking hold of the vital organs and ex pels them from the system. 'Rheumacide' is put up in tablet and liquid form, and is sold by druggists at 25c, 50c, and $1 per bottle. Liniment, 25c. Hole in Fence, Girl Gone. A good joke is told on one of our over-the-river neighbors, who several years ago had a family of good look ing daughters, who were smart and good workers. Thy, of course, grew up and the boys, as is natural, took a fancy for them and wanted to marry them, but the old gentleman for some reason (perhaps best known to himself) objected and used every precaution to prevent any of them from marrying, and especialy one young fellow, who was distasteful to the old man. As time passed on this young fellow and his girl went on "with their courting unbeknowing to old man. He had the house surrounded with a strong paling fence and there was no means of ingress or agress, except through the gate, which he kept pretty well guarded both night and day. They knew they would have, to run away if they got married. So one mourning he awoke to find a hole in an unguarded part of the fence and his girl was gone gone to get married against his will or wish. He was at his wit's, end. None of the family claimed any knowledge of the elopement, but the old man thought differently. Turn ing to his other girls, whom he sus pected would soon follow suit, he said: "If you want to go, go now while the way is open." Gaff ney (S. C.) Ledger. So. 9-'09. PRIZE POOD Palatable, Economical, Nourishing. A Nebr. woman has outlined the prize food in a few words, and that from personal experience. She writes: "After our long experience with Grape-Nuts, I cannot say enough in its favor. We have used this food al most continually for seven years. "We sometimes tried other adver tised breakfast foods, but we invaria bly returned to Grape-Nuts as the most palatable, economical and nour ishing of all. "When I quit tea. and coffee and gan to use Postuin and Grape-Nuts, 1 was a nervous wreck. I was so ir "table I could not sleep nights, had o interest in life. tw using Graro-Nuts a short ai?i?Tn to imPrve and all these am a ? disalPeared, and now I Save Wnman- two children luey at threo times a severe eIege o, whX , Welly lie " ,n ?ead' "Ttte Road to ' '"rtes. "There's a Rea- Vcr rn-irl fi , appear, fwT V lettei"7 A ncw t iES fpo time to time. Th,v fateiest. ' rnc and nll of human matters of mm news Items of Interest Gathered By Wire and Cable GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY Live Items Covering Events of More or Less Interest at Home and Abroad. The Hotel Clarendon, at Seabreeze, ane of the largest resort hotels on the East coast of Florida, together with ten cottages adjoining the house, was totally destroyed by fire Mon day morning, the 250 guests, who were asleep at the time, being saved without injury, and many being able to gather up most of their belongings. R. L. Pattern, a veteran of the civil war and a survivor of the Cusjer forces which were massacreed by In iians at Big Horn, died of paralysis at Mount Airy, N. C, last Week at the age of 78. Capt. Henry McCrea of the Geor gia, and Capt. Greenlief A. Herriam of the Missouri, had to quit their commands before the fleet left tbs Pacific coast and died soon after. They were thus deprived of what all the others of the fleet are justly proud. It is said that it would be difficut for the men of our great fleet to de cide at which- port visited the people trie"d hardest to show . tbem respect and make them welcome. Anrelius Christian, a negro, as saulted and brutally murdered Miss Mary Dobbs of Botetourt county, Va.; Thursday and was sentenced in reg ular court Fiiday to die in the electric chair on March 22. Rear Admiral James G. Green, U. S. A., retired, died at Edenton, N. C, last Friday. J. L. Fox killed his former friend. Stephen Watson, at Wadesboro Thursday night. They had been the best of friends but were drinking. The American side of Niagara Falls was blocked with ice, making almost a complete dam about Mon day, when in the South the weather was balmy almost like May. Once in the history of the Falls the river was completely dammed with ice and the water did not flow over the Falls. The Anti-Saloon League of Ken tucky will ask the Governor to call the Legislature together in extra session to give the State a State-wide prohibition campaign. A man calling himself John Simp son, was caught in the act of trying to break open a safe at Curtain Bay, Fla., Sunday, who admits being the pal of Charles Salas, who was killed at Laurens, S. C, last week, after killing a policeman. Miss Lina Sykes, of Elizabeth City, N. C, died Saturday of burns from her clothing on Friday. Mrs. Elida Burkhead of Concord, N. C, committeed suicide Friday by saturating her clothes with kerosene oil and setting a match. Gray Coleman, a negro, near Wil son, N. C, butchered a hog this sea son that more than pulled down an 800 pound scale. The exact weight was not given. The cornerstone of a Confederate monument was laid in the Court House square at Lancaster, S. C, on Monday. It was laid with Masonic rites. John R. B. Carraway, teller in the National Bank of New1 Bern, was arrested on Wednesday on) a charge of defalcation by means of false en tries. The bank is secure. H. Clay Pierce, president of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, of Mis souri, announces that the company will comply with the terms laid down by the court in that it will pay the fine of $50,000 and sever all con nection with the Standard Oil Com pany. L Washington NeSrs Notes. It is semi-offlcially given out that, having been inaugurated as president, Mr. Taft will call Congress in extra session to meet March the loth. The grand jury has found a true bill aeainst Joseph Pulitzer and Cftlfib M. Van Horn of the New York World and Delovan Smith and Charles R. Williams of the Indiana polis News, for criminal libel in the Panama scandal case. In a forecast i of President-elect Taft's inaugural address it is said that he will give prominence to the Negro question and will declare a policy unfavorable to appointing Ne groes to offices where it is distasteful and irritating to the white people. Foreign Affairs. Sixty-seven persons were lost when the Penguin sank last week near New Zealand. An earthquake shock occurred in Mesina and Reggio last Saturday evening that threw down some of the remaining tottering walls. No fatal ties occurred. DOINGS OF THE LAWMAKERS Doings of the State Legislature Con densed Interesting Items from Day to Day. In the Senate Monday the follow ing new bills were introduced: Barringer : Provide for the pun ishment of safe-crackers. Wray : Require the board of edu- i cation to furnish text-books for in digent public school children. Barringer: Relating to the com pensation of solicitors. Dockery: Resolution revising the payment of the expenses of the joint committee on the deaf and dumb in visiting the State School at Morgan ton. Authorize three millions State bonds for refunding the State bonds calling due in 1910. Senate resolution to pay the ex penses of the sub-committee in visit ing the State School for the Deaf and Dumb. The following passed final reading: The substitute bill for amending Sec. 3057, Revisal, imposing a tax of fq4 on mineral water companies do ing business in this State with a grad uated scale of taxes. Scott (by request) : Regulate inili- tary affairs. In the House on Monday new bills were as follows: Morton: Relative to the sale of non-intoxicating beverages, allowing the sale of those having not more than 2 per cent alcohol. Barnes, of Hertford: Enlarge ana remodel the State house and issue bonds in the sum of $500,000 to pay the same. Hagenian: Provide for the main tenance and enlargement of Appala chian Training School. Linney: Require the State board of education to furnish necessary books to indigent children. Graham : Establish State drug commission and prevent the sale of adulterated drugs. Kconce: Increase the annaul ap propriation for Confederate pensions from $400,000 to $500,000. A number passed final reading, he-A ing of local or private interest. One of the most interesting fea tures of the Senate Tuesday was a preamble and resolution by Senator Barringer looking to the removal of the State capital from Raleigh to Greensboro. Senators, as a rule, seemed to take the proposition anything but serious ly, and there were amendments from Senators from various quarters of the State to' have their respective towns designated as the seat of the State government. Senator Dockery wanted Rockingham; Means, Con cord; Fry, Asheville; Kluttz, Salis bury; Bassett, Rocky Mount, and there were others. The following new bills were offer ed: Doughton: Amend the Revisal re lating to weights and measures. Blow: Provide special tax for maintenance of four months' school in every school district in the State. On motion of Senator Ormond the vote by which the bill for the bet terment of rural free delivery ser vice had passed earlier in the day was reconsidered. The bill by Senator Kluttz to pro vide fire escapes and protect human life came up as special order and passed its final reading after a num ber of minor amendments. The following bills were introduc ed out of order: Means: Prohibit the sale of liquors in Cabarrus county except in medical dispensary. Long, of Person: Amend 4789, Re visal, in regard to securities deposit ed with the Insurance Commissioner In the House Mr. Morton of New Hanover raised a sensation under the oersonal nrivileee rule. A number A of bills consumed the day. i The House was in session three hour Tuesdav night, and after pass ing a great number of roll-call bills on second reading and on final read ing, many important local and pri vate bills, adjourned to 10:30 Wed nesday morning. Representative Taylor's joint reso lution is one of far-reaching import, calling on Congress to make suitable appropriation for deepening the Wil mington and Sbuthport channels, and constructing the necessary canals across Florida for a short route to the Gulf of Mexico and the Panama i canal in carrying out the scheme of the transcontinental railway for a port of entry south of Hatteras, and esepcially with the idea of meeting the great commercial opportunities of the South to be afforded by the opening of the Panama canal. A goodly number of bills passed final reading being of private or local nature in the Senate Wednesday. f The following are of more general in terest: 1 House resolution calling upon Con erress to orovide pensions for persons I discharged from life-saving erviee by reason of injuries sustained in such service. l Amend Sec. 1708, Revisal, so as to allow publication in a newspaper in any adjoining county instead o in the nearest newspaper. Authorize the commissioners to employ an auditor to audit and ex amine the books of the county officers whenever it may be deemed neces sary. Authorize registers of deeds in the several counties to appoint deputies whose acts as such shall be valid and the register responsible. The following are among the new bills introduced: Elliott: Joint resolution that the Assembly adjourn sine die between 10 and 3 o'clock March 3d. Placed upon the calendar. Clark : Provide for two bank ex aminers instead of one. Dockery : Appropriate $1,000 for household furniture at the Governor's mansion. It was a busy day running into a night session 'with the House, but nothing of wide or general intent seemed to have been actd upon. In the Senate Thursday the follow ing are among the bills introduced: tarbuck: ; Incorporate Yadkin River Railway Company. Elliott: Placing all ex-Confederate soldiers on the pension list. Pharr: Amend 3,890, Revstel, re lative to building and loan associa tions Kluttz: Authorize directors of the Soldiers' Home to furnish uniforms or suits of grav for the inmates. Ihe iollowing. bills passed final reading: , vL H. B. to alnend Revisal relative to licensing physicians. Authorize boards of education to purchase Ashe's " History of North Carolina." r In the House the following new bills were introduced : Cox, of Wake: Equalize tax as sessment in he State. Cox, of Wake : Erect suitable pub Ire buildings in Raleigh for the State Carries $750,000 bonds for an office buildings to take the place of the present Agricultural and Supreme Coisrt Building. Julian (by request) : Appropriate $590 toward, suitably marking the birthplace of Andrew Jackson. Morgan (bv request); Adopt as a State song "Carolina," by Miss Bettie Freshwater Poole. Hagemoni; Aid Watauga Railway Companv to ! construct a road from some point on the Caldwell & North em Railroad to Boone, in Watauga county. Thursday Jin the legislative realm was given interest by action upou two important measures. Senator Barringer 's Jbill forbidding the mile age ticket practice failed in the Sen ate by Lieutenant Governor New land's vote, and the Senate judiciary committee voted 9 to 8 for a favor able report on an anti-trust measure which follows the lines of the Man ning substitute. It is termed a film down of the? the original bill. The following are among the bills that passed final reading in the Sen ate Friday:; Relating to the sale of merchandise in bulk. i Relative to salaries of bank exami ners, making the salaries of each of the two $2,400. . H. B. to facilitate the release of mortgages and deeds of trust. Amend Revisal as to escapes. Prevent ftaud upon merchants and traders. - j Amend th charter of the Farmers' Mutual Firei Insurance Association of North Carolina. New bills I qf' general interest were as follows: ' Pharr : Providing for the mainten ance of the: North Carolina room in the Confederate Mansion, Richmond. In the Huse the following passed third reading: The following are among the new bills offered! McDonald, of Moore : Allow coun ties, cities and townships to purchase first mortgage bonds of railroad com panies organized under the laws of North Carolina. Cox, of Wake: Establish a State conservation commission to protect forests and; water-powers. Connor: fRelieve holders of mile age books knd promote convenience of the traveling public. Campbell Pension all old soldiers in North Carolina. Green: for the relief of Confed erate scldiejrs. Graham : Increase the pensions of old soldiers! who lost both eyes, both arms, both Uegs or one arm, one leg or on eye. Newbills introduced in the Senate Saturday wbre in part as follows: Doughton: Amend the Revisal as to the dutiejs and power of notaries. Peele: Amend the charter of the Salisbury-linyetteville Coast Line Railroad Company. Kluttz: Forbid the sale of certain narcotic drinks to habitaues and re peal a clause of Chapter 77, Acts of 19Q7. - Elliott : Provide the Australian ? ballot for elections in North Carolina. A bill of general interest that pass ed final reading was to compel express companies to make prompt settlements of C. O. D. shipments. (A Merchants' Association bill). There was a large number of bills being ratified by President Pro Tem. Kluttz when Senator Nimocks rose to a question of parliamentary inquiry as to the power of the President Pro Tem. to ratify bills. He was in formed that this matter had been carefully investigated and that it was found that there was ample law for the President Pro Tem. to perform all the functions of the President in the absence of that official, including the ratification of bills. The Solicitor's salary bill by Sena tors Ormond and Blow, reported fav orably during the morning hour with a salary of $2,500 specified, was made a special order for next Thursday on motion of Senator Ormond. In the House Saturday as in the Senate much business was done but largely of local interest. The follow ing are part of fJhe new bills intro duced: Gordon: Issue bonds to carry out act of 1907 relative to the care of the insane, the amount carried being $500,000. Gordon: Prevent advertising for sale and the sale of articles to pre vent conception. Koonce : Authorize commissioners of any county where an evperiment farm or other station has been estab lished or is about to be established to aid the Department of Agriculture -v donating land or otherwise. Dailv: Amend Chapter 349, Laws of 1903. relating to giving and filling prescriptions. Braswell: Prevent the indiscrimi nate manufacture and sale of dupli cate switchlock keys. Weaver; Allow foreign executors in certain cases to convey land de vised to then without first giving boM in this State. Barnes, of Johnston: Amend 1506. Revisal, relative to the trial of crimi nal cases. Doughton : Amend Chapter 839. Law; of 1907, relative to the salary of tbe corporation clerk. Bolton : Regulate the distribution of samples of patent and proprietary medicines from bouse to house. Turlington: Allow the Attorney General a law clerk. Turlington (bv request) Charter the Sfatesville Air Line Company. Mr. Underwood called ur the com mittee substitute for his bill to pro vide for the electrocution at the State prison of all felons sentenced to the death penalty, abolishing hanging in the State. Mr. Perry, of Bladen, sent forward an amendment to substitute life im prisonment at hard labor for electro cution. Mr. Doughton was sustained on a point of order that the amend ment was not germane. A committee amendment was tack ed to the bill prohibiting'newspapers from printing anything concerning an electrocution save tbe bare fact of the execution, but thi6 was withdrawn on the suggestion of Messrs. Doughton, Rtnbbs pnd Haves that it would be impossible to attach any oenaltv to its v'rl-tion ad Vrpfce th" nrovis ion conld not be enforpd. as the con stitution freedom of the press eould pot Vo infprforPfT with. 1 GENTil I BELOW any other m DO NOT or on any kind of terms, . ... . j WSOM must rating anu 5icycles, old patterns and PRICES and wonderful ffiWV H7VM1 direct vj naer wim no mraa lemen s pron is. i WE SHIP OH APPROVAL without a cent deposit, Pay the Freight and allow 10 Day Free Trial and make other liberal terms which no other house in the world will do. noie iniormauon ay siiupiy writing us a postal. We need a Rldo Agent in every town and can offer an opportunity to make money to suitable young men who apply at once. .50 PUNCTURE Prloo .80 NAILS. TACKS $8.50 per pair. To introduce Wo Will Sell You a Sample Palp fop Onlv OR GLASS WONT LET OUT THE AIR s (cash with order $4.aa) NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES. Result of 15 years experience in tire Uf$8 m making. No danger from THORNS. CAC TUS. PINS. NAILS. TACKS or GLASS. Serious punctures, like intentional knife be vulcanized like any other tire. Two Hundred Thousand pairs now in actual Seventy-five Thousand pairs sold hat year. DESCRIPTION t Made in all sizes. It is lively and easy riding, very durable and lined .uw with a special quality of rubber, -which never becomes porous and which closes up small punctur without snowing the air to escape. We have hundreds of letters from satisfied customers statin, that their tires have only been pumped up once or twice in r whole season. They weigh no more than an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being given by several layers of thin, specially prepared fabric on the tread. That 1 ' Holding Back" sensation commonly felt when riding on asphafe or soft roads is overcome by the patent "Basket Weave" tread which prevents all air from t inr squeezed oux uciwcou iuc mcuu mua uciwiuiug Mil sucxion. i fie regular price ox tires is 8. 50 per pair, uui for advertising purposes we are making a special factory price to of only I4.80 per pair. All orders shipped same day letter is received. We ship C.O.D. on ano ily I4.80 per pair -a until yon we win ilaeout of s Per cent (thereby main tie the orice 84.55 ner naiH if von send FULL CASH WITH ORDER and enclose plated brass hand pump and two Sampson metal puncture closers on full paid orders (these metal puncture closers to be used in ease of intentional knife cuts or heavy gashes). Tires to be returned at OUR expense if for any reason they are not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable and money sent to us is as safe as in a bank. Ask your Postmaster, Banker, Express or Freight Agent or 'the Editor of this paper about na. If yon order a pairo& these tires, yon will find that they will ride easier, run faster, wear better; last longer and look finer than any tire you have ever used or seen at any price. Fe know that you will be so well pleased that when you want a bicycle yon will give aa 7our order. We want yon to send us a small trial order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. fA irm DDfiArC AuUt-up-wheels, saddles, pedals, pa.tS and repairs, and UUAfSf I stSOfAflatO everything in the bicycle line are sold by us at half the usua? prices charged by dealers aud repair men. Write for oue-big SUNDRY catalosrae. wg mirkT USfr wt write us a postal today. DO NOT THINK. OF BUYING a UU If t WW Ml bicycle or a pa.-of tire9f rom anyone until youiknov jthe trew-and wonderful offers we are making. It only costs a IEaCCYCLE COMPUti The bill was passed on its reading with neither discussion nor division. Mr. Haymore wanted to protest, bat he got to his feet too late. The act goes into effect from its ratification but will not apply to any case pend ing at date of ratification. Many private roll-call bills w passed on second reading. . i TH!5 BEAUTIFUL FIGURE. Nature intended every woman t have a beautiful figure, it is th chest, when It Is in control of ta abdominal and waist muscles, tv carriage of the shoulders and the? poise cf the head that give a womTm the power of personality. An erect carriage is the first quality to .be. sought and acquired. The body must be held erect without stiffness, the abdomen drawn in, the dhin pro- vented from protruding and the cheat kept high. An inevitable result of the proper development of the chest is the burying of the shoulder blades, the prominence of which will spoil any figure. A woman who is well groomed can not afford to be careless of her ap pearance. She must dress so as to bring out her good points. To do this takes time. At least half an hour is required for dres?ine in order that she-- may present that perfectly prepared appearance which is the indescribable charm of tbe well-groomed woman. Particular attention must be paid to the finish ing touches. Each hook and button must be perfectly adjusted; her hair must be as neat as possible, wih no straggling, ill-kempt locks flyfnff about, and her hands must dsfy critfr-, cism. Pittsburg Dispatch. Once the people of our cities thor oughly understand, claims the Balli more'News, that consumption cannot live In fresh air, that its deadliest enemies are sunlight and cleanliness; that no person is immune to the dis ease, but that nobody need succumb to it when this knowledge is driven home by health officers, city authori ties and slum workers, the good re sults that will follow should prove oT enormous advantage. Are a Necessity in the Country Home. The farther you are removed from town to railroad station, the more the telephone will save in time and horse flesh. No man has a right to compel one of the familv to he in agony for hours while he drives to town for the doctor. Tel ephone and save half the suffering-. Our Free Book tells how to or ganize, build and operate tele-J phone nes and systems. Instruments sold on thirty davs trial to responsible parties. THE CADIZ ELECTRIC CO., 201 CCC Building, Cadiz, Ohio. ILL IT WILL COST TOO write for our bie FREE BICYCLE catalosrae HtEupiioiis I I i i" " Arn a Npofieeitv ytsrrv B showing the most complete line of hieh-erade CUBS. TIRES and SUNDRIES at and SUNDRIES at PHfCBS manufacturer or dealer in the world. 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