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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-27
WHY DOCTORS FAIL
AND MRS. PiNKHAM SUCCEEDS
Plain Reasons Are Here Given to Explain
Why Lydia (. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound Cures When Doctors Are Powerless

Awomanis sick: some disease peculiar
to her sex is fast developing in her sys-
tenn. She goes to her family physician
and tells him story, but not the whole
story.
She holds something back, loses her
head, becomes agitated, forgets what
she wants to say, and tisally conceals
what she ought to have told, and thus
completely mystities the doctor.
is it any wonder, therefore, that the
doctors fail to cure the disease? Still
we cannot blame the woman, for it is
very embarrassing to detail some of the
symptoms of her suffering, even to her
family physician.
1t was for this reason that years ago
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass, de-
termined to step in and help her Sex.
Having had considerable experience in
treating female ills with her Vegetable
Compound, she encouraged the women
of America to write to her for advice in
regard to their complaints, and being a
woman, it was easy for her ailing sis
tiers to pour into her ears every detail
of their suffering.
In this way she was able to do for
them what the physicians were unable
to do, simply because she had the
proper information to work upon, and
from the little group of women who
sought her advice years 800 a great
army of her fellow-being- are to-day
constantly applying for advice and re-
lief, and the fact that many thou
sands of them have been cured by
following the advice of Mrs. Pinkham
during the last year is indicative of the
grand results which are produced by
her unequaled experience and training.
No physician in the world has had
such training, or has such an amount
of information at hand to assist in the
treatment of all kinds of female ills,
from the simplest local irritation to
the most complicated womb diseases,
This, therefore, is the reason why
Mrs. Pinkham, in her laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, is able to do more for the
ailing women of America than the
family physician. ANY woman, there
fore, is responsible for her own suffer
ing who will not take the trouble to
write to Mrs. Pinkham for advice.
The testimonials which we are con-
stantly publishing from grateful wo-
men establish beyond a doubt the
power of Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to conquer female diseases.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-27
COMING BOND ELECTION.
Rev. j. w. HaymCre breaches Hit Last
Sermon ut Spencer.
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Spencer, n. c., June 26.-The reEiS-
tration for the Spencer bond election
to be held July 5th closed Saturday
night Much enthusiasm was manifest
ed in the registration and from IA caro-
full count it is believed that the meas
ure will carry by two to one. Tho
bond issue is for the purpose or Sc
curing sewer. water, electric lights
street improvements and ;;raied
school building.
Rev. j. M. Haymore, pastor of the
Baptist church here, who resigned a
month ago. preached his farewell ser
mon to his congregation yesterday
Mr. Haymore, who is young minis
ter of much earneStness, has accepted
a call to the pastorate of the Baptist
church at MorristoWn, Tenn. for
which place he left today. The Spen-
Ger church has extended call to Rev
MIR. Bateman formerly of Raleigh but
now of Mt. Ulla, \. G.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-27
DROWNED WHILE BATHING.
Death Near ROXboro Of Will Speed
How Young Graves Died.
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Durham n. c., June 26-Near RoXe
bOrO yesterday at noon Will Speed. q
white man twenty-five years of age,
lost his life while bathing in a creek
i'm water that was some twelve feet III
depth. Sneed was in the water play
ing about and several of his friends
We're standing on the bank. They saw
him struggling but thought that he
was playing and trying to scare them.
He went down and came up twice. a
third tine he went under the water
but did not come up. His body was
recovered some two hours later. III
was taken to RoXborO and this morn
ing shipped to his old home at Dan>
VILE, where the interment took place
this afternoon.
The deceased held n position in the
Roxboro cotton mill and had many
friends He had lived in RoXborO for
sometime A sister of the drowned
man lives near there and other mem.
bers of the family live at Danville.
Capt. w. g. Graves and his son, Fee
liX GrlVes, returned yesterday after
noon from Danyile, where they went
to attend the funeral of young William
Pinkney Graves. Il young son of capt.
Gives, who lost his life by drowning
i'm the Dan river one day last week.
The mother and one or two daughters
of the drowned boy are still in Dam
vile. From later reports of this
drowning it seems that the young man
with others were crossing the Dan
river. having on the barge several
hogsheads of tobacco. ON the way
young Graves fell from the boat. He
got back into the boat all right, but
discovered that he had lost SO. A
FIVE dollar bill was seen floating on the
water and in his efforts to get this he
again fell into the river. He was y
good swimmer, but it is supposed that
he was taken with cramps. He was
drowned before help could be extend
cd to hi
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-27
ST. JOHNS DAY AT OXFORD.
The Celebration Attended by Large
Crowds Proved n Great Success.

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oxford, n. g.. June 2G.-The ceie-
bration of st. Johns day at the OK
ford Orphan Asylum wa grand sue
cess. The attendance on the grounds
was the largest ever seen in oxford
on the celebrations of the gath Of June
From early morn vehicles poured in
from the surrounding country and
large crowds of eXcursOniSts came in
on excursion trains from Raleigh, Wei
don and Durham. The scene at the
asylum was one of beauty ana cheer
fumes. Decorations of red, white and
blue lent an air OF brightness to the
grounds and numerous flags decked
the verandas Of all the buildings
which were thrown open to the public
and were inspected by many visitors,
all of whom were profuse in their
Communications Of the splendid condi-
ton of the. asylum and the faultlcss
neatness of everything.
The following program was carried
out at the grand-stand, which was
very beautifully ornamented for the
OCCASION
Special Communication Grand Lodge
Of Masons of North Carolina in Ma
sonic Hall at about 1870 a. m.
Exercises in grove, II m
Prayer by the Grand Chaplain
Hymn-'Make Some Other Heart
Rejoice by the children.
Address of Welcome by Mr.. Walter
p. Stradley.
Response. r. n. Hacket, Junior
Grand Warden Masons.
Hymn-'T Gave My Life for Thee, :"
by the children
Introduction of orator of the day.
Address by Col. John S. Cunningham.
.Song-"Old North State" by the
children.
Dinner
At $3.50 D. m. the orphans gave a
concert from the childrens stand in
the grove where piano was placed
to be used with the singing. Basket
dinners were served by parties in the
grove.
NLat coy vn1, 10 4 dip in the Sea at
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-27
"CrOD RenOrI Leaks.


Cotton and grain traders are still
worked up over the charges of crop
report leaks in the Department of
Agriculture. The report has gained
strong foothOld that Secretary Wilson
will apply a coat of Whitewash and fail
to discover that there has been any
real leak on, although much evidence
is offered to the contrary. 1t is well
known i'm New York and Chicago that
for twenty years or more, money could
buy fairly accurate forecasts of Wash
ington crop reports. just as money can
buy advance information of the deciS-
ions of the Supreme Court of the
United States The difficulty always
has been to trace the contraband re-
ports to their source. Nevertheless it
is quite certain that persons close 20
the throne are able to obtain accurate
advance news. singular feature is
found in the willingness of firms and
individuals of high standing to buy
and pay for news thus surreptiOuSlY
and improperly secured, and as long
as they continue to do this unscrupu-
lous officials will be found to supply
the merchandise Sometimes the
buyers get fooled in the quality Of
goods they purchase. but not often.
Occasionally spurious report will be
worked off, but the channels of supply
and distribution are so we'll located
that there is not much danger of this.
Investigations heretofore have not sue
ceeded because of the eluSiVeneSS Of
the persons concerned in the Illicit
transactions.
Traffic in Supreme Court decisions
is more nefarious than that in crop
reports, however. and is attended, with
greater danger. 1t is the abiding hope
of justices of the Supreme Court that
some day guilty party will get care
less, and that an opportunity may
arise for landing him in Jail for con-
tempt of court. There would be no
appeal from such a punishment and
the Door victim might anguish FOR
life"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-27
CROP REPORT LEAKS
Will a Coat of White
wash Be Supplied?
The Department Statistician Thinks
Cneathams Report Premature and
Says 1t is Impossible to Take an
Accurate Report This Early.

In the advance bulletin of monthly
reports of the cotton conditions of the
South, issued Saturday, over the sig
nature of Richard Cheatham. secre-
tary of the Southern Cotton Growers
Association, the methods employed i'm
compiling the cotton report is ar
raigned in very plain words. Among
other things the report set forth the
following statement:
"The Information from which the
cotton report is compiled is furnished
by the cotton associations 1900
special correspondents, who are en-
gagged in every line 0. business inclu<t-
ing merchants, bankers cotton brok-
ers, planters, and others, who are in
a position to give actual facts con-
corning the existing condition of the
crop, the opinions submitted by
these correspondents being averaged to
arrive at the true condition of the
crops, and not selected according to
the methods employed by other statis-
ticians."
In commenting upon the report of
the Cotton Growers Association. Il
prominent official of the Department
of Agriculture at Washington said:
at is manifestly evident that the
report of the Southern Cotton Grow
ers' Association published over the
signature of Mr.. Cheatham, is prema-
ture in announcing that it is the most
accurate information in regard 20
the condition of the crop at the pres
ent time that can be secured. The
Department of Agriculture, in its
thfrty-two years of experience in COM
piling and ascertaining advance in
formation pertaining to the condition
of crops. has yet been unable even to
form any idea as to the output of the
cotton crop this early in the year. The
best we can do at this time is TO OBJ
tain an accurate average, and it will
be at least five months before con-
serVative estimate can be made as to
the output of the crop"
Mr. w G. Nicholas writing from
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-27
Gresham has his cooks with him al
MOTchCad.
At tICtclcf's Chapel.
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Durham. n. c.. June 2G.--There wa
a big gathering at Fletchor's Chapel
some SIX miles from the CITY yester-
day. The gathering was on account o
Childrens Day exercises. Two Of tn
spcokers were Mr.. ]. y. Pridgea am
Mr.. J. f. Pegram OF this city, Severa
went out from here. An, old time
country dinner was served on tn:
grounds. there being plenty for cverS
one Of the large crowd gathered.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-27
CANCER CURED.

We want every man and woman II
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are doing. We are curing cancers
tumors, and chronic sores without tn
use of knife. and are Endorsed by thu
Senate and Legislature of Virginia
you are seeking a cure. come mere anC
Won Will get 1t.
We Guarantee Our Cures.
TIE KIcLI.AM CANCER HOSPITAL
Richmond. Va.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-27

What say you to a dip in the sea al
Morehead.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-27
Speedy Justice.


(TarbOrO SOuthcrner.D
Preston Daniel. who hot and killed
another negro June End on All excur-
sion train while if had stopped at
Parmele. has been tried. convicted and
sentenced by the court at Williamson
to hang August 9th.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-27

Mr.. w. G. Nicholas. writing from
New York to the Birmingham Age
Herald on crop conditions, markets,
etc, has the following:
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-26
(coNTINuEp.l

THE will was duly finished, signed
and witnessed by my clerk. This is it
on the blue paper, and these slips, as l
have explained, are the rough draft. Mr..
Jonas Oldacre then informed me that
there were number of documents
building leases, title deeds. mortgages,
scrip, and so forth-which it was nec-
essary that | should see and under
stand. He said that his mind would
not be easy until the whole thing was
rettled. and he begged me to come out
p his house at Norwood that night,
bringing the will with me. and to ar
range matters. Remember, my boy,
not one word to your parents about
the affair until everything is settled.
We will keep it as little surprise for
them He was very insistent upon
this point and made me promise it
faithfully.
You can imagine, Mr.. Holmes, that
[ w..s not in humor 10 refuse him
anything that he might ask. He was
Inv benefactor, and all my desire was
to carry out his wishes in every par
ticular. sent Il telegram home. there
fore, to say that l had important busi-
ness on hand and that 1t was tmpossi-
blc for me to say how late l might be.
Mr.. Oldacre had told Inc that he would
like me to have supper with him ut y,
as he might not be home before that
hour. l had some difficulty in finding
his house, however, and it was nearly
half past before l reached it. l found
him
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-26
Wooden Toothpicks.

"Stop chewing toothpicks. young
man, If you value your life" said a
physician to one Of his patients. You
uncOnsciously swallow little shreds OF
the wood, which are not digestible and
which become compact in the stomach.
Finally you are annoyed by hacking
cough and the splitting Of blood and you
do not know what is the matter with
you. You imagine you have consump-
ton or some similar affiictiOn when 1t
Is only the foreign substance In your
stomach. that makes the strongest pro-
test against your carelessness or igno'
rance in allowing 1t to accumulate
there. Stop chewing toothpicks and
swallowing quack nostrums, and by
taking ordinary care Of yourself you
will live out the allotted threescore and
ten years."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-26
(To BE CONTINUED
Executing . Monster Elephant

The Indian elephant named Fritz IN
the geological gardens of Berlin was
Europe's largest animal until 1t finally
had to be killed for distemper. DR..
Schilling was appointed hangman.
First he tried strangulation by means
of ropes and pulleys. but the ropes
broke and the elephant remained in'
tact. Next he tried poisoning The
animal was given fodder of fresh ba'
nanas, which was devOured with a
relish. Then a few bananas were
dipped in carbolic acid, but no amount
of coaxing could make Fritz go" them.
Finally shooting was tried. The heav'
lest big game rifle was procured and
q shot was fired into the left armplt.
The elephant merely looked around IN
surprise, the bullet having lattened
against the shoulder blade. Then a
Maxim gun was pulled up. A fusillade
of projectiles was pumped into the big
beast under the right armpit. The ele
phant went down like house. In its
death struggle, which was studied by
many scientists. it broke all its chains
and reduced part of the iron fence IN
the paddock to scrap iron.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-26
A Storm on the Pacific.

The captain of San Francisco tug
thus describes a storm on the Pacific:
when l say that the waves ran
mountain high l am not exaggerating
the situation in the least. The tug
would be poised OIL the crest OF a sea
and then be plunged down into valley
of water which seemed mile below
us. At times the moon would come
out through the clouds, and in the un'
certain light the waves seemed twice
as high. The wind was blowing per-
feet hurricane, and our lee rail was un'
der water all the time. The angry sea
appeared raging above. below and all
around us, and nearly every wave
into which we dipped would wash over
the tug. 1t was impossible to remain
aft, for the lower deck was flooded"
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that lie imagined his crime to be
bloodless one and hoped that If tie
body were consumed it would hiGe all
traces of tie method of his death,
traces which for some reason must
have pointed to him. Is not all this
obvious?"
"It strikes me, my good Lestrade, as
being Just tritle too obvious" said
Holmes. "You do not ada imagination
to your other great qualities. bat IL
YOU could for one moment put your
self in the place Of this young man
would you choose the very night after
the will had been made 10 commit youi
crime? Would 1t not seem dangerous
to you to make so very close relation
between the two incidents? Again.
would you choose an occasion when
YOU are known to be in the house
when Il servant has let you in! And,
finally, would you take the great pains
to conceal the body and yet leave your
own stick as Il sign that you were the
criminal? Confess, Lestrade, that all
this is very unlikely"
"As to the stick, Mr.. Holmes, you
know as well as / do that criminal
is often tlurried and does such things,
which Il cool man would avoid. be
was very likely afraid to go back to
the room. Give me another theory that
would lit the facts"
Il could very easily give you half a
dozen," said Holmes. Here, for ex-
ample, Is very possible and even
probable one. make you Il free pres
ent of it. The older man Is showing
documents which are Of evident value.
A passing tramp sees them through the
window, the blind Of which is only half
down. Exit the solicitor. Enter the
tramp. He seizes d stick. which he
observes there, kills Oldacre and de
parts after burning the body"
"Why should the tramp burn the
, body?"
For the matter of that, why should
McFarlane?"
ITO hide some evidence"
POSSIBLY the tramp wanted to hide
that any murder at oil had been com
mitted."
"And why did the tramp take moth
ing?"
Because they were papers that ne
could not negotiate"
Lestrade shook his head. though II
seemed to me that bis manner was
less absolutely assured than before.
"Well, Mr.. Sherlock Holmes, you
may look for your tramp, and while
you are finding him we will hold on to
our man. The future will show which
Is right. Just notice this point, Mr..
Holmes-that so far as we know none
of the papers We're removed and that
the prisoner is the one man In the
world who had no reason for removing
them. since he was heir at law ana
would come into them in any case"
NV friend seemed struck by this re-
mark.
"I don't mean to deny that the evil
dence is In some ways very strongly In
favor of your theory" said he. II only
wish to point out that there are other
theories possible. AS you say, the fu,
ture will decide. Good morning!
dare say that In the course Of the day
shall drop In at Norwood and see how
you are getting on"
When the detective departed my
friend rose and made his preparations
for the days work with the alert ali
Of man who has congenial task be
! fore him.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-26
BY A. CONAN DOYLE.

"That 1t was written In train. The
good writing represents stations, the
! bad writing movement, and the very
bad writing passing over points. A sci.
entific expert would pronounce at once
that this was drawn up OH suburban
line, since nowhere save in the imme.
diate vicinity Of great city could
there be SO quick succession Of points.
Granting that his whole journey was
occupied in drawing up the will, then
the train was an express, only stopping
once between Norwood and London
bridge"
Lcstrade began to laugh.
You are too many for me when you
begin to get on your theories, Mr..
Holmes" said he. How does this
bear on the case?"
"Well, 1t corroborates the young
mans story to the extent that the will
was drawn up by Jonas Oldacre in his
journey yesterday. 1t is curious, is 1t
not, that man should draw up so i'm
portnnt document in so haphaZard a
fashion. 1t suggests that he did not
think it was going to be Of much prac-
teal Importance. If man drew up d
will which he did not intend ever to be
effective lie might do it So"
"Well, he drew up his own death
warrant ut the same time" said LIE
Strade.
"Oh, you think so?'
Don't you!"
"Well, 1t is quite possible, but the
case is not clear to me yet"
Not clear? Well, if that isn't clear
what could be clear? Here Is a young
man who learns suddenly that If a Ger
tain older man dies he will succeed tC
a fortune. What does he do? He says
nothing to any one, but he arranges
that he shall 60 out on some preteXi
to see his client that night. He waits
until the only other person in the house
Is in bed, and then in the solitude OF
the mans room he murders him, burns
his body in the wood pile and departs
to neighboring hotel. The blood
stains in the room and also on the
stick are very slight. 1t is probable
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-26

1t is perhaps hardly necessary to ad-
wise our readers to give the laugh to any
apple buyer who has the nerve to try the
old, familiar, big apple crop stories,
"with trees breaking under their loads in
other states" Good winter apples
should bring $3.50 per barrel laid down
ip the orchard or say, s. packed {. o. b.
This viii make expensive pie timber,
when delivered at the consumers door,
and win reduce consumption to an extent
that will prevent the price from topping
the figures mentioned in all probability,