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Ills Record, Eic.
To The Free Lance:

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League. and wii.h ai''.i'' TIIu'' wy tue
Executive committee Ms "l'iI'I j."
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lact, reflects amy thiHt hul 'i''Il' upon
the -o-rtl.rd Executive 'uiiiiuiii''.
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for uu expenditure mHdc Tor s"utr o..'
lumber during thr year l9O3. aud ara"
ugthciro~u conclusions thrr'lr'm hHN'
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indirect method al selling 'li' lli"'.''
aud 90 the alleged lh'l ''i"l '"r 7'' t'"'
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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13
.. News Notes.

The Dowager Empress Of China
has appointed a committee to consider
the report Of the commissioners who
Recently returned from abroad.
The Railroad Rate law went into
effect at midnight Wednesday.
Ten new indictments on charges Of
proftiDg by secret rates were brought
in by two grand juries in Chicago
against the Standard Oil Company.
Great damage has been done in the
town Of Mazatlan, Mexico, by floods.
Another flood visited Winchester.
over six inches Of rain having fallen
from Saturday night.
Representative Maynard, Of the
Second Virginia district. declined the
joint-debate challenge Of Col. George
c. Cabell, who is maxim" a contest FOL
the nomination.
The Circuit Court at Martinsburg
w. Va, is considering the appeal O.
the Hannis Distilling Company from
the decision Of the county court on
| question Of taxes.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13
CutWorms.

Hardly any pest tries the patience
of the gardener ore than cut worms.
They we're Celia rhaxter's bette noir;
they drove her from the bed at mid
night and in the small hours OF the
morning to see If her sweet peas were
still safe. One effective remedy is
handpicking. with the aid Of lantern
by night or digging them out from
around the roots Of infested plants by
day. But this treatment requires
considerable zeal and devotion The
best method for dealing with cut
worms Is to prepare poison bait for
them. Bunches Of clover or pigweed,
pepper grass and mullen, even when
thoroughly poisoned, are attractive
to cut worms. Such bait should be
applied two or three days before any
plants have come up or before the
garden Is set out. At this time, IL
the ground has been we'll prepared
the worms will have been hungry fol
several days and will seize, the frs
morsel without examination. This is
their undoing.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13
High Grade Fertilizers,

The annual report of the Connecti,
cut Experiment station at New Hav.
en- gives some interesting facts
about fertilizers sold in that state.
There are at present legally sold
more than 2S7 brands Of fertilizers.
costing from SIS to SAB per ton, for
which farmers pay annually not far
from a million dollars. The question
of their value is therefore a live one.
The report gives one %or more anal
yses of every brand In market, with
some discussion of the relative value
of these brands. Most of them agree
well in composition With the manu-
facturers' guarantees. Occasionally,
however, an article is condemned as
very inferior, If not fraudulent, by its
chemical analysis or the results of
microscopic examination. The prices
charged for lOw-grade brands of goods
are shown to be out of all proportion
to the actual quantities of plant food
in them, and as is usually the case,
the hish-priced goods are more econ.
omical to buy than the low-priced
cheap" goods. For instance, ON the
average, there can be bought for g
given amount of money nearly twice
as much actual plant food in fertiliz
ers costing 81 per ton less. 1T is
amazing that any one can find any
q to buy fertilizers having fol
composition such as is guaranteed TO,
some OF those who analyses are here
glven,' says the report. There is
no fraud in the matter. The compo
sltlon OF the low-grade fertilizers cor
responds fairly we'll with the guaran
tees, and if purchasers can be foun,
who will pay for a ton of plant foo,
as much as would Suffice to purchas,
''hfee or four tons, the seller is NO
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13
Lawn Movers Hospital.

1a"u
G~rass-cutting machines Of every
size and shape, from tiny hand ma
chimes only six inches wide up to
pony mowers of thirty-inch blades,
meant for service on bowling green's
and lawns of manorial dimensions, are
now pouring into repairing shops for
fixing up" for the season. Most OF
them require the aid Of the mower
dentist, for their teeth" are worn
and blunt; many show signs OF severe
usage and of having been out in the
rain for prolonged periods. A thor.
ough overhaul works wonders. The
machine that looked SO disreputable
and "seedy" on entrance to Messrs.
Green's hospital" in Southwark
street, is sem home in gay fresh paint
with blades agleam and keen almost
as razors. While foreign machines
stand repairing badly, the English
lawn mower can be re%juvenated from
wear to year.-London Daily Mail.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13
GOOD AND HARD

It it remarkable what suffering
some persons put up with just to sat
isfy an appetite for something.
a Mich. woman rays: Il had been
using coffee since I was old enou,h to.
have a cup OF my own at the table.
anAl from it / have suffered agony
hundreds Of times in the years past.
My trouble first began in the form
OF bilious collie. coming on every few
weeks and almost ending my life.
At every attack for 8 years I SUI
Tered In this way. ! used to pray for
death to relieve me from my suffer
Ing. I had also attacks OF sick head
ache. and began to suffer from ca
tarrh OF the stomach, and Of course
awful dyspepsia.
For about agar I lived on crack
ers and water. Believing that coffee
was the Of all this suffering,
finally quit it and began to use
Postum Food Coffee. It agreed
with my stomach, my troubles have
left me~and I am fast gaining my
health under its use,
n wonder I condemn coffee and
tea. No one could be in a much more
critical condition than l was from the
use OF coffee. Some doctors pro-
nounced 1t cancer, others liberation,
none gave me any relief, But
since stopped coffee and began Pos.
tum am getting we'll SO fast I car
ReArtily recommend It for all who
su1er as l did" Name given by
postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich
he2q TO little book, "The Read e
WtllYill4" There's . resson,a
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13
Nervous exhaustion invites d;sease
Mc1Mo,yKoehn

Nervous exhaustion invites disease.
his statement is the positive truth.
when everything becomes a burden
ano you cannot walk q few blocks with
U excessive fatigue, and you break
OUT into pe%rsplration easily, and YOU
race hushes, and you grow excited and
shaky at the least p~rovocation. and
You cannot bear to be crossed in anv-
Ih1ng, you are in danger; yoar rye
nave given cut; you need buildinc nm
al once! To build up wo,nan's new.
GUS system and during the period OF
change of life we know OF no bet+er
medicine than Lydia e. Pinkham's Veo-
e.anle compound: Here is an Illus.
trat1on; Mrs. Mary L. Koehne. A.,
"arneld Avenue, Chicago. ILL.,. writes:
nave used Lydia E. Pinkham'sVeeetahle
onapouna Tor Years in my family and &
never disappoints; SO when I felt that 7 vac
AesEHg tne change OF life I ccfnmenced treat
. ard wsta II. took In ali about six bottles
nuo ~ CID me a great deal If coed. It sto,,ned
~ aiIzy spells, pains in NV hack and ~
n.ost iI.nes Win which I had suffered for
that II osiore taking the Compound. I feel
fo - II " had not been for this Great medicine
~ "ennea that I should not haxa hean aI;ve
and ~, IL Is Splendid for women old or vonnv
NJ surely cure all female dieo,ders ),
r,S AS Pinkham, daughter in-law of
W.. y. flnkham. of Lynn. Mass IN.
sltes oil sick and ailinp woman to 49,. -.
ner Tor advice. Her crest exn ~ W.
NV sne'F service. tree Of cost.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13
North Dakota Solves the Adultera'
ton Problem.

North Dakota seems to have found
the key to the question, How snati
we protect the people from frauds IN
manufactured products??" a plan
which is applicable to foods, beyer-
ages, materials used in the arts, etc.
A new law has recently gone into eff
feet designed to make it impossible
to deceive people into buying inferior
and adulterated paint under the Inn
preston that they are getting real
paint, viz: pure white lead and lin.
seed oil.
The North Dakota lawmakers did
not attempt to absolutely prohibit
the inferior pigments, Oh mixtures OF
pigments. They adopted the slogan,
LET the label TELL" and then left to
the people to buy whichever they
wished.
Under this plan, if any Il wishes
to buy q mixture OF rock-dust, ground
quartz and other cheap elements
which are found in many paints and
~so-called white leads" no one can
object; for they do 1t with their eyes
open. But if they prefer genuine
white lead and linseed oil, they can
be sure of getting it, for lone but
the genuine article a bear 8. label
which says pure white lead
In all other States mixtures are Of
ten sold as pure. white lead which
contain little-sometimes no-real
white lead.
1t would seem that were this same
principle applied to food, beverages
and all other prepared articles, where
deception is practiced upon the buy
er, the question would be solved. L
would leave lis free to buy what WI
pleased, but would protect us from
unwittingly buying what we did no
want.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13
Az9EjFF;ksRh&
ARpEN
Spray For Berries.

4. in fall or winter remove all
canes infested with cane borers'
orange rust and crown gall and burn.
2. In spring, before the buds swell,
cut off and burn all canes badly spot
ted with disease and spray the rest
with Bordeaux mixture, repeating the
spraying when the young shoots are
about six inches high, and again III
ten to fourteen days. Aim to cover
the young shoots with spray. 1hls
treatment is for anthrac nose, cane
blight and leaf spot diseases.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13

q strict diet, but as his medicine was
not helping me 1 began using Doan's
Kidney Pills. They helped me at
once, and soon all traces of sugar
disappeared. I have regained my
former weight and am perfectly
we'll" @
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a
box. Foster-Milbu:n Co., Buffalo,
N. Y.
The beauty of nature is simply
that of obedience.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13
Artichokes.

Artichohes are regarded as a fine
health preserving and appetizing food
for hogs. They are comparatively
little trouble to raise and are quite
productive. Every hos feeder should
have an artichoke patch, if not more
than half an acre. Plant just as You
would potatoes, and as soon as the
ground is warm. In the late sum-
mer and fall you will find you have
made a good investment. They serve
as q kind of tonic for the hogs, keep
ing them healthy and sharpening
their appetite for corn.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13
TERRIBLE SCALY ECZEMA.
Eluptions Appeared on Chest. and Face
and Neck Were All Broken Out
Cured by C~uticura.

~
Il had on eruption appea- on my chest
and body and extend upwards and down
wards, 50 that my neck and face were al!
broken out; also my arms and the lower
limbs CD far as the knees. l at first
thought it was prickly heat. But soon
scales or crusts formed where the break
ing out was. instead Of going to a ply
stefan l r,rchased a complete treatment
Of the Cuticura Remedies, in which ! had
grca: faith, and all was satisfactory. A
year or two later the eruption appeared
again. cr,y a little lower. but before it
had time to spread ! procured sEo::er
supply OF the Euticura Remedies, and con-
tinued their use unit! tho e:re was com.
p!ete. /. j. now five years since the last
attack, Aad have not seen any signs Of q
return. | have more saith in Cuticura
Remed' es or skin diseases than anything
/ know of. Lmma L. Wilson, Liscomb,
Iowa, Oct. ', 1905"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13

we have two sewing rooms, one in Graham anu o"o :"
w Burlington at which we make overalls. botn are la's0
we'll ,iohtsd and are kept comfol table in summer oy No'"
nc and in Winter by steam heat. All machines are run ny
.owor and . work is to put the work to, and gulde IL H. t"e
nach;ne All the work being piece work, your pay depenoS Il
the amount Of wo.k you turn out. 1t takes from two 20 1our
weeks to learn the work.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13

SHOES FOR EVERYBODY At 1 PRIZES.
Men's shoes. ss to ss.so. 3 H4g go s 81 s1 rs So
Missea' q Child :n's Shoes. So .26 70 $1.oo.
Try W. L. Douglas W~ornen's, Misses and
Children's shoes; for style, lit and wear
they excel other makes.
II could take you Into my large
factories at Brockton, Mass. land show
you how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
are made. YOU would then understand
why they hold their shape, fit better,
wear longer, and are Of greater value
than any other make.
Wherever YOU live. YOU can obtain W. l.:
Douglas shoes. His name and price is stamped
on the bottom, which, protects yots against FlgH
prices end interior shoes. Take no substt.
tute. Ask your dealer for W. L.. Douglas shoes
and Insist upan having theE.. g
Fast Cqfor Eyejets assd: tisa ;s!H not ayecr Grassy,
Write far f,assratsi CstA;og Of Fs:. styles.
W. l., DOUGLAS, Esft. -, REesksas'. Mass.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13

coming q burden. l
tired easily, had no
ambition and was
falling fast. My COM
plexion got yellow,
and I lost over so
pounds. My thirst
was terrible, and
there was sugar in
the kidney secretions.
NV doctor kent me on
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13
Twelve O'clock.

IF all the family wish to come, we can furnish houses in
Graham and will give all the girls work and the men can OBJ
tain work in the town where there is a great demand for labor.
If YOU want to come and will furnish US with references We will
advance you money to pay travelling expenses.
Write US and tell us at which place you prefer to work aud
when you will be here and we will secure a boarding place for
you. Address,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13
wORN TO A SKELETON.

Wonderful Restoration That Caused
a Sensation in a Pennsylvania Town.
Mrs. Charles M. Preston, Of Elk
land, Pa, says: Three years ago l
found that my housework was be-
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrupfor Children
teethin9, softens thegums, DUO SIN ! ha4tse
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13

Let not the sun look down and
saw inglorious here he lies.-Franklin.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13

breaking the law In taking
of their obtuseness Albany !Coun'
try Gentleman. .
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13

It isn't what a nan owes, but what
he pays that keeps him poor.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13

FITS. st. vitus'D Dance Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured by DR.. Hines Great Nerve
Restorer. s. trial hottie and treatise free.
DR.. II. r. Kline, Id, 931 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13

Sin is all intruder and not a ten
ant in the heart.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13
FOR ONE MONTH, WHILE O ARE LEARNING, We w!lL
pAy YOU FIFTY CENTS PER DAY, AND MORE It YOU MAXI

Graham and Burlington are pleasant towns 70 " IL "no .
49, oh,,rcboo If all denominations in both. Board and
room can be obtained in private families for from $l.1o TO S2oO
per week, so you will be more than Making Expenses fro"
the Dav You Start To Work. Our hours are snorter IMAM
those of the cotton mills and we Stop Every SATURDAY a'
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-09-13

Austria-Hungary has 1900 medical men.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-09-20
RATE HEARINGS TRANSFERRED.
Interstate Commerce Commission to
Sit at Chicago.

Washington, Sept. 17.-Hearings by
the interstate commerce commission
on the subject of import and export
rates on freight, begun in this city
last Wednesday, will be continued in
Chicago. Five members of the COM
mission, Chairman Knapp and Com
missioners Prouty, Clement, Lane and
Clark, left Washington Saturday for
Chicago. On Monday the hearings
will begin i'll the United States court
rooms. 1t is likely they will continue
for several days. The hearings in
Chicago will deal not only with the
export and import rates on cotton,
which were under consideration here
this week, but with rates on grain and
perhaps on other freight. ......s
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-09-20

she said, caught her husband by the
feet and dragged him out over the
footboard. The other, she said.
grasped her. She struggled with him
awhile. then tainted, and did not re-
gain consciousness until five hours
afterward. when it was daylight.
Mrs. Myers said that small box
containing her jewelry and purse
with some money in it had been ta-
ken by the negroes.
Story Branded as Weak.
From the very first the detectives
did not believe her story. They
doubted If negroes, intent simply up
on robbery. would stop to cut man
so terribly. The cuts indicated ma
liciousness and viciousness behind
them. Any one Of the nine across the
throat would have caused death. The
six stab wounds In the back indicated
not the work of burglar but the
fiendishness of one prompted by hat
red.
The detectives doubted that wo-
man could lie In faint for five hours
and then be SO cool and unexcited as
Mrs. Myers was when discovered
After examining the premises careful
ly the detectives held conference in
the woodshed and agreed that Mrs.
Myers herself was the murderess. The
detectives examined her hands close
ly and found dried blood beneath her
finger nails and around the edges of
them. They found that during the
night fire had been kindled in the
parlor stove and that Woman's
nightgown had been partially burned
there. The sleeves, which were
soaked In blood, remained unburned
in the stove. Upon window sill in
the kitchen, hidden behind the cur
tain and wrapped in cloth, was
found a pair of scissors. Their points
fitted exactly into the stab wounds in
the dead mans back. In bureau
drawer, with the shaving material of
the dead man, was found the blood.
smeared razor with which his throat
had been cut The detectives search.
ed further. They even took of the
backs Of pictures hanging upon the
wall. They pulled out an organ, un.
screwed the back Of 1t and found
tucked away in an obscure corner, the
jewelry and money which Mrs. Myers
said the negroes had stolen from her
Beneath a pile of blankets in q
closet was found black felt hat
which had been literally soaked in
blood. An effort had been made to
wash it before it was put beneath the
blankets, but there was blood IN
plenty upon it. With the hat was a
shirt, the sleeves Of which were
bloody, and a pair Of bloody cuns
When confronted with these things
Mrs. Myers merely smiled and stuck
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-09-20
STRANGE CASE OF AGGIE MYERS:
STORY OF A WIFE'S AWFUL CRIME

Kansas City, Mos Mrs. Agnes
Myers to be the. first woman hanged
in Missouri. or will Gov. Folk com.
mute her sentence of death to one
of life imprisonment"
These questions are being asked by
nearly everyone in Missouri. Mrs.
Myers was sentenced to be hanged
June 20. The supreme court had re-
fused her new trial. But the govs
ernor granted her a respite until
September 3.
Mrs. Myers was convicted of the
murder of her husband, Clarence My
ers. Her motive was that she might
be free to marry Frank Hoffman.
Hoffman held the husband while the
faithless wife cut nine great gashes
in his throat, face and chest with his
own razor.
The supreme court it passing upon
the case pronounced it the most afro
the state.
Frank Hoffman was sentenced to
be hanged the same day as Mrs. My
ers, June 20. The governors respite
extended to him also, and If neither
respite nor Communication Is grant
ed September 8 the guilty wife and
her paramour will both be hanged on
the same day and hour.
History of the Murder.
The murder of Clarence Myers was
the most cruel deed ever done in this
city. He was a pressman-an indus
trious, clean-lived young man, and he
idolized his wife. They lived in a
coy cottage and seemed to be happy.
One morning in May, two years ago,
the neighbors were aroused at day
light by a woman's scream. They
went out and saw Mrs. Myers lying
in the doorway of her cottage home
Her head and shoulders were upon
the porch outside the door. She wore
her nightgown and was barefooted.
Mrs. Myers told that little after
midnight she was awakened by a
noise and saw two negroes standing
at the foot of the bed. One of them