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Value OF Good Roads.

In an address by John Craft, OF
Mobile, 1t was stated that the cost
TO the farmers of the South is fifty
cents per bale of cotton for an aver.
age haul of eight miles.
III there were good roads the cost
would be reduced to sixteen cents q
bale. Estimating a crop at million
bales, this would mean a saving OF
$4,000 annually.
1t costs under present road condi-
tions twenty-five cents to haul ton
or fertilizer a mile. With good roads
the cost would be eight cents ton.
Il have studied for some years the
problem of working convicts on our
public roads, said Mr.. Craft, land
they have proved to be the most eco
nomical road builders TO be had. The
convict has long passed the expert
mental stage for road-maklng"
Judge Eve, of Georgia, who has had
twenty years of experience in work
ing convicts as road builders, says:
They are the. best and cheapest
road-builders.
While working convicts not a sim
gle overt act was committed. or a
single child, woman or man molested,
or one dollars worth of property dep
related on
Mecklenburg County, n. c., has
the finest macadamized roads. and II
is being done with convict labor. 1t
costs an average of twenty-five cents
vict labor, when it is managed on
business principles.
AS for the convict himself, statis-
tics show that sixty per cent. of those
who are worked in the open air, prop
erly fed and guarded. return to their
families and cease to be a charge or
menace TO the State, while of those
who are kept in prison or worked
in mines, at sawmills or other SINH
lar places eighty-five per cent. be-
come hardened criminals.
Nor do I think it right to put the
honest wage-earners in competition
with convict labor, or the manufac-
turing industry in competition with
the one that hires cheap convict
labor.
Indiana has about 1900 miles of
good gravel roads. 1 remember when
Indiana was considered one of the
illiterate States of the Union. To
day she is prosperous, and her people
are no longer ignorant, but the State
is dotted with finest schools and col
leges.
Massachusetts spends more money
than any other State on her public
roads. New York has just voted to
issue s5O.OOO,OOO for her roads to be
used in the next ten years. New
Jersey has fine roads, which are the
best investments the State has. Mis-
souri, is agitating a bond issue of
$25, 100000 for her public roads.
The province of Ontario. Canada, has
10000 miles Of good roads. and from
that phenomenal improvement has
been prosperity to its farmers.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-10
ALMOST a SOLID SORE.
Skin Disease From Birth-Fortuue
Spent on Her Without Benefit
Doctor Cured Her With Cuticura

Il have cousin in Rockingham Co. who
once had a skin disease from her birth I'M
I'll she was six years of age. Her father
had spent fortune on her to get her
cured and none of the treatments did her
any good. Old DIR. c. suggested that
ne try the Cuticura Remedies, which ne
I'D When he commenced TO use it the
'uld was almost IN a solid scab. He had
f~d IL about two months and the child
as well was there when they com
enced 10 use your Cuticura Remedies
4 stayed that week and then returned
pine and stayed two weeks and then went
>5trk and stayed with them two weeks
longer and when 1 went home 1 could
hardy believe she was the same child.
r i skin as soft as Laby's without
Accar on it. have not seen her in seven
Y N years, hut have heard from her and
alc last time heard from her she was
tES. Mrs. w. p. lngle, Burlington, N. c.,
,fc e I6, 1905"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-10
DiSagreeabIe Traits.

Don't try to be boss 1t is one of
the surest and most direct routes to
unpopularity, yet many women travel
thereon to their own undoing
1t is each individuals prerogative,
upon reaching years of discretion, to
shape his own affairs. Wise is the
woman who keeps this ever in mind
and grants as we'll as exacts this
privilege, she 1t is who numbers her
friends by the score and whose do
nestle life is most serene
Your bump of executive ability
may be abnormal In size. but take
warning and confine it to the man
agement of your own business.
Don't distribute it gratuitously
among your friends, unless. indeed,
you desire to get rid of them.
Never fear, due honor will be ac-
corded you by the devotees who wor-
ship at the shrine of each>and who
are ever on the lookout for additions
to the ranks
On the other hand, If your family
tree is but mere dwarf, your friends
few and your fortune conspicuous by
its absence. no amount OF Boosting
VIII deceive people; for truth has a
way OF leaking out and reacts upon
one at the most unexpected moment.
Don't be free distributor OF 3D.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-10
A Lucky Cnhmnn.

Paddy O'Connor, go-as-you please
cabbie. who gets a fare at the Wal
jrof-Astoria when the other cabs are
too busy to get 1t, got a fare last
night. He was elected to drive Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Stanton, guests at
the hotel, to the Princess Theatre,
which he did with eclat, and then
drove up Broadway as far as Fortieth
Street, dropped his wagon pole, and
went to sleep.
The cabby was slumbering peace
fully when he was aroused an hour
later by two men frantically crying:
Here it is, here it isi' They emer-
ged from the inside of his cab, held
up gold mesh purse studded with
diamonds, and astOnished Paddy.
Drive us to the Tenderloin Sta
tion," they cried, and Patty whipped
up. When they got to the station
they found Mr.. and Mrs. Stanton
The gold mesh purse belonged to Mrs
Stanton, and the purse being worth
$3.50, not counting the cash inside
Mr.. Stanton figured that $25 was not
too much reward for Paddy, seeing
he hadn't discovered it. Paddy pocket
ed the reward gratefully, and was
followed forth by the two men who
woke him up. Paddy was liberal
with them, and ali three made re-
pOicing.-N. Y World.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-10
Not a Two.Headed Snake.

A full grown adder may measure
two feet in length and about six
inches around the thickest part OF Its
body. It's movements are sluggish,
and of course the universal idea pre-
vaiIing among the natives OF this
countsy that it is capable of trans
ferring it's head from one extremity
to the other once every six months Is
due simply to superstition. The fact
in that the tail of this snake does
not terminate in a point, as with
ophidians generally, but is stumpy
and resembles the head so much that
it is difficult for an observer situated
at a distance Of a few yards to dis
tinguish the one from the other.
hence the story Of its being two
headed. the failacy pr which no In
teiligent observer couac fail TO detect.
The Pioneer.
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N8 FR1ZLS 1N
AEAsS1oME0

Red roses go delightfully."- with
sable hats.
Messaline makes a dainty slip for
the gown of marquisette.
Lace and gauze sleeves figure in
any number of the dressiest toilets.
1t takes handful of vulture feath-
ers to carry out the milliner's idea
of beauty.
The fans encrusted with jewels are
among the dainty accessories Of the
debutante.
Embroidered Japanese kimonos
give the picturesque grace of man.
darin's wife.
Blue and silver are artistically
combined in some of the beautiful
hats of the season.
Narrow fiounces are little seen ex-
cept on crepe, mousseline de sole,
radium or other very thin skirts.
The evening head dress construct
ed in wreath shape is usually worn
with a low arrangement of the hair
Gold tissue is introduced freely
into the little evening hats that are
more headdresses. by good right,
than hats.
Garlands of ribbon flowers joined
by wavy lines of ribbon are an ex-
tremely dainty trimming for a child e
party dress. =
Brooches, buttons. belt buckles and
the like are being made of crystal
under set with shimmering butterfly
and dragon fly wings.
A novelty for demi-toilette wear is
the blouse coat of silk, soft satin or
lace, made with a basque of varying
length falling below draped belt.
Heavy black chiffon is more used
for wells now than nuns yelling, al
though the later is still employed
when taste or practicability calls for
1t.
The reception gown of chiffon
cloth combined with velvet is one of
the handsomest and most becoming
toiiettes in the wardrobe Of up-to-
date women
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Safe. Sure and Speedy.

has so fully and unquestionably met these
three prime conditions as successfully as
Allcock's Plasters. They are safe because
they contain no deleterious drugs and are
manufactured upon scientific principles of
medicine. They are sure because nothing
goes into them except ingredients which
are exactly adapted to the purposes for
which plaster is required. They are
speedy In their action because their medic
inal qualities go right TO their work of
relieving pain and restoring the natural
and healthy performance of the functions
of muscles, nerves and skin.
Allcock's Plasters are the original and
genuine porous piasters and like most
meritorious articles have been extensively
initiated, therefore always make sure and
get the genuine Allcock's.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-10
Passing of Rings.

A fashionable manicurist Is re-
sponsible for the statement that
fewer married women wear their
wedding rings nowadays.
"Of the several dozen patrons who
frequent our establishment in the
busy season every day not one in six
or seven of the matrons is so dis
tinguished." she asserts.
1t is true that the heavy solid
band of former years has been dwin-
ding away to a fragile circle. But
can it be, as the manicurist main
tains, that it is passing away alto
gether as finger ornament, and that
its sole use is coming to be only to
be carefully preserved with other
interesting relics and keepsakes?
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-10
More Malaiiies,

We delight nowadays in new mala-
dies, and the two newest recruits to
the list are the "motor-eye" and the
collar headache" A possible rem
edy for the "motor-eye''-w is
caused by that organs inability to
grasp the rapid pictures placed be-
fore it on motor trip-may be the
coming craze for ballooning. AS for
the "collar-headache" - which is
caused by the steel stiffeners in lace
collar bands-a West End physician
recommends a return to the old form
of stiffening by means of interlinings.
woman.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-10
Eeware of OIntments For Catarrh That
Contain Mcrcury,

rs mercury wilt surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely dcrangethe whole sys-
tenn when entering 1t through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable ply
sicians, as the damage they will do Is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure manufactured
by +. j. Chenev h Co, Toledo, o., contains
no mercury, and Is taken internally, acting
directly upon tho b God and mucous surfaces
ofthe system. In buying Halls Catsrrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken in
te' Dally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by +.
J. Cheney Go. Testimonials free
Sold by Druggists; price, 75c. per bottle
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
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along without worrying much until
dropsy set in. My feet and ankles
swelled up. my hands pulled and be-
came so tense I could hardly close
them. had great difficulty in breath
ing. and my heart would fiutter with
the least exertion. could not walk
far without stopping again and again
to rest. Since using four boxes of
Doans Kidney Pills the bloating has
gone down and the feelings OF dis
tress have disappeared"
Sold by all dealers. so cents
box. Foster-Milburn CO., Buffalo,
V
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-10
How Country Girls May Make Money.

Think of the possibility of the
woods. If you live where the "fir
balsam" grows. you can make pill
lows OF the tips of the branches.
Then the holiday season is very near.
when there is a demand for wreaths.
ropes of evergreen and many such
things which are to be gathered in
the woods. If there are birches near
you, the bark can be made into fancy
articles. There are many things
which may be done by any one for
tunate enough to have access to the
woods.
OF course, the next question is,
Where can sell such things? They
can be sent to the nearest city on
commission. Churches in nearby
cites might be solicited for order,
and very likely many wreaths might
be sold right in your own little town.
Orders perhaps could be obtained
through women's exchanges.-Ne
Haven Register.
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He Knew A Secret.

The mother had taken her young
est hope, aged but 5, with her when
she went to do certain errands, never
thinking that his bright eyes would
discover nor his sharp ears hear what
she said to the clerks.
That evening at the dinner table
the tiny boys elder sister greeted her
father wide-eyed. Daddy" she said,
Santa Claus has my doll. He want
ed to do something to it to make it
prettier and he came and got it,
deed he didn't" responded the
3-year-old. blithely; mamma looked
it to the dolls hospital to have some
turls put on it. / know 'tause L went
wild her"
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Woman No Longer Lone.

Lo. the lone woman.
But she is no longer lone
She is independent of noble Mr.
Man.
She need not even starve till res
cued by him.
She may even consume the best the
bill affords
With other women she is seen at
post-theatre suppers.
She travels around the world alone.
spreading prosperity.
Ye canny business man, be he
restauranteur. hotel man or railroad
er, has learned that entertaining Mrs.
Blank and maid. or Mrs. Dash, the
Misses Dash and governess, pays.
Women's rights workers, take no.
tice, instead of laying rights and
wrongs before the mobiles of all the
sexes. just demonstrate to this august
body that lit will pay.
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NEVER TIRES
OF the Food That Restored Her to
Health.

my food was killing me and
didn't know the cause, writes Colo.
young lady: For two years I was
chin and sickly, suffering from indi-
sgestion and inf1ammatory rheuma-
lol~m.
I had tried different kinds of diet.
OIliving and many of the rene
recommended, but got no better.
lily, about five weeks ago,
oNA suggested that / try Grape
Nu>SDend J began ct once, eating it
wit little cream or milk. A
change for the better began at once.
To-day am we'll and am gaining
weight and strength all the time.
I've gained 10 lbs. in the last five
weeks, and do not suffer any more
from indigestion and the rheumatism
is all gone.
II know 1T is to Grape-Nuts alone
that ] owe my restored health. I
still eat the food twice a day and
never tire of it." Name given by
Postum Co. Battle Creek. Mich
The flavor of Grape-Nuts is pecu-
lar TO itself 1t is neutral, not too
sweet and has an agreeable, healthful
quality that never grows tiresome.
One of the sources of rheumatism
~ overlooking the system with
haterial, the result Of imperfect
n and assimilation.
bon as improper food is aban-
and Grape-Nuts is taken regu-
digestion is made strong. the
do their work OF building up
red blood cells and of carrying
fkho excess Of disease-making
rom the system.
Hlt Is a certain and steady
-. ynormal health aud mental
There's reason" Read
hook. ''The Road to Well
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Passing of the Old Maid.

Old maids are dying out In a
few years time the typical old maid
OF our youth will rarely be seen, and
a hundred years hence she will prob
ably be dead altogether. The term
odd maid" is now seldom or never
heard; the expression bachelor girl
has taken its place. and many and
happy are the bachelor girls in Brit
ain to-day, with their independence,
their little homes. and their own
well-arranged lives.-London Queen.
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"The Blood is The Life.'

Science has never gone beyond the
above simple statement of scripture. But
it has illuminated that statement and
given it a meaning ever broadening with
the increasing breadth of knowledge.
When the blood is ebad or impure it
is not alone the body which suffers
through disease. The brain is also
clouded, <he mind and judgement are
Objected, and Aany an evil deed or impure
Thought Np0~be directly traced to the
impHrsRy OF the 6fc0N Foul, impure blood
can be made pure by the uSe- of DIR.
cRriches and -pnIifeS The blood thereby
curing, pimples, blotches, eruptions and
other cutaneous affections, as eczema,
letter, or salt-rheum, hives and other
manifestations of impure blood.
o o O O O o
In the cure of Scrofulous swellings, en-
larged glands, open eating ulcers, or old
sores, the Golden Medical Discovery "has
performed the most marvellous cures. In
cases of old sores, or open eating ulcers,
it is we'll to apply to the open sores DIR.
Pierce's All-Healing Salve, which pos
sesses wonderful healing potency when
used as an application to the sores in con-
junction with the use of "Golden Medical
Discovery" as a blood cleansing consti
tutional treatment. If your druggist
don't happen to have the "All-Hcaling
Salve" in stock, you can easily procure 1t
by inclosing fifty-four cents in postage
stamps to DIR. R. v. Pierce, 663 Main St.,
Buffalo, N. Y, and it will come to you by
return post. Most druggists keep it as
well as the "Golden Medical Discovery"
O O @ O O O
You can't afford to accept any medicine
Of ai7,leaolOt composition as substitute
for Golden Medical Discovery" which is
a medicine OF KNOWN COMPOSITION,
having a complete list of ingredients in
plain English on its bottle-wrapper, the
same being attested as correct under oath.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-10

A Birmingham firm which makes
a speciality OF hand whistles has a
metallic design reputed to carry"
distance of two miles, which has re-
Gently been adopted by the police
force in many of the large towns.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-10

In an Atlanta cemetery one tomb
bears at the top: Helen Vance, wife
of Harold Vance, 1854. 1 await you"
At the base of the inscription some
one has written: He took his time"
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Nothing But The Truth.

Before we were married." said
the extravagant wife, you declared
your willingness to go to the ends
of the earth for me-"
Yes, and that is exactly what l
have DONE" replied her husband,
sadly. 81 haven't a foot of real es-
tate left. News.
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s US: For over
three years 1
suffered with a
dropsical condi-
ton without be-
ing aware that
it was due to
kidney trouble.
che early stages
were principally
backache and
bearing down
pain, but I went
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-10

FITS, st. Ttus' Dance: Nervous Diseases per-
manentlyc cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve
RestoTer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free.
DR.. H. R. Kline, Id. 1891 Arch St, Phila., Pa.
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Started In For Himself.

Acquaintance-Wer you ever
buncoed?
Skinfiint-Was 1? Why, I was
buncoed so many times that it taught
me the game.-Detroit News
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- f-amparing the human body ana
Eattisteam engine in a lecture at the
ca,s ll0ingmens College, Prof. Osler.
- .. one differeDtiating feature was
while the engine had only one
s,,re, and large one, the human
consisted OF myriads of little
ks-that is. cells. Milk was
tf0 original food of man. 1t con-
tanned the four things that were nee
essary as food-fat, curd. sugar and
salt-all dissolved in water. DR..
Weir Mitchell once showed him
a robust-looking patient and he
= remarked, He looks as il he had
been LIVING on the fat of the land"
No." replied MIR. Mitchell, ION
the fat of the cow" That
kSpatient had a five years milk diet
n except on Sundays. when his wife
INSISTED on rice pudding. If vege-
Ttarians would eat their vegetables
Hand say less about it they would do
Rwell. Many vegetarians were not as
E&robust mentally as physically.
lcohol was quite unnecessary. If
Osf~e beer and spirits could be
~hed into the Irish Channel, the
81 q ash Channel, and North Sea for
4 W:r, people in England would be
\ ditely better off. If" he con-
led, ION the second day you
lped all the tobacco into the sea
- aA6-be good for you and hard on
z& GE-I .OudOn NJ
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40 cure a Cold fin One Dar

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money IL it fails TO cure
z. w. Groves signature is ON each box. CSC.
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Itch cured in so minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion; never fails. Sold by Drug
gists. Mail orders promptly filed bv DIR.
E. Detchon Med Co. Crawfordsville. Ind. 81.
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A Wooden God.

''They say the Chinese women are
idol worshipers."
well, so are Americans. | know
woman that just worships a stick
of a nl"-DetrOit News
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrupfor Children
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25ca bottle
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Don't hope to please others if you
can't please yourself
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OF all men sailors suffer most from rheu-
matism.
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gec9g sg
V22g(ANSY

vice. There is no market for it. It's
very cheapness kills the demand
New Haven Register.
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The whole world loves to get the
laugh on a lover.
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A woman thinks another is ugly un-
less she says so.
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BaIzac Said u Women.

4e man who can govern a woman
DNM rovern a nation.
~ man who can love deeply is
Ma Z utterly contemplate.
man full of faith in the one
bots is but a novelist's fancy
ana al .en a woman pronounces the
lsufferiIH = of a man but twice a day,
] bega e may be some doubt as to the
pae<=-are OF her sentiment-but three
r. times.-Houston Post.
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You can always tell a man of good
leeds by the way he tells you.
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Piles Cured in @ to II Days.
Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure anv
case OF Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrudino
Pilesin 9 to days or money refunded. b0c.
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The Heart Was Badly Affected When
tho Patient Began Using
Doan's Kidney Pills.

Mrs. Elizabeth Maxwell. OF AIS
West Fourth ST.. olympia. Wash,
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