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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-20
.The Blood is The Life"

Science has never gone beyond tne
aboy simple statement OF scripture. But
Il hgs Illuminated that statement and
given it meaning ever broadening with
the increasing breadth Of knowledge.
When the blood is 'bad or impure IL
IS not alone the body which suffers
through disease. The brain is also
clouded, Nhe mind and judgement are
eEected. and many an evil deed or impure
thought Su&y~be directly traced TO the
tmpHsay of the 6looD Foul, impure blood
can be made -pure by the Use Of DR.,
Pierce's Golden Medical plscoYerG II
Glr!ches and nurldes the blood thereby
curing, plmples blotches, eruptIons and
other cutaneous affections, as eczema,
tetter, or salt-rheum, hives and other
manifestations Of impure blood.
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,
1t is we'll to apply to the open sores DR..
Pierce's All-Healing Salve, which pos
sesses wonderful healing potency when
used as an application to the sores In con.
function with the use Of "Golden Medical
Discovery as a blood cleansing consa-
tutional treatment. II your druggist
don't happen to have the "All-Healing
Salve" in stock, you can easily procure IL
by inclosing ffty-four cents in postage
stamps 10 DR.. r. V. Pierce, 663 Main 81,
Buffalo, N. Y, and IT will come to you by
return post. Most druggists keep 1t as
well as the cGolden Medical Discovery"
o O @ O O @
You can't afford 10 accept any medicine
of urlknolUn composition as a substitute
for cGolden Medical Discovery which is
a medicine OF KNOWN COMPOSITION,
having 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
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-20
Young Aultman Captured.

Detective Evans returned to Washing
ton Yesterday morning from Newark,
N. j., bringing with him Rafael J..
AuItman, the 15-year-old boy who on
Friday evening stabbed and killed Ernest
Lapgley, e boy of Aultman's own age;
According to the story Aultman told
Detective Evans he and Langley were
"sky-larking" and there WAS no bad
blood or fight between them. They
were chums, he said, and often boxed
and wrestled. He said that on Friday
afternoon they met at New Jersey avenue
and E street and began playing in rather
a rough way, first by dropping stones on
each others feet. Langley, the Auit-
man boy says, took out his knife and
began to playfully stick at him, and he
in turn drew his own knife. They
closed in on each other, and the Langley
boy suddenly threw up his arms and
fell TO the pavement. Aultman went TO
his chum's assistance, he says, and
when he saw blood ooziDg through his
shirt and crowd gathering he became
frightened and ran away, going in the
direction of the Pennsylvania station,
where be took a train for Newark.
The police are inclined to believe the
bows statement. He is now at the
House of Detention and will be kept
there awaiting the verdict Of the coroner's
inquest, which was held this morning.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-20
Year without a summer.

During the extraordinary year of 1916,
according to the best records, January
and February were warm and spring
Ike. March was c5ld and stormy.
Vegetation had gotten we'll on in April,
when real winter set in. Sleet and
snow fell on seventeen different days in
Nav. In June there was either frost or
snow every night but three. The snow
was five inches deep for several days in
succession in the interior of New York,
and from ten inches to three feet in Yer
mont and Maine. July was cold and
frosty; ice formed as thick as window
panes in every one of the New Englan d
States. August was still worse; ice
formed nearly an inch in thickness and
killed nearly every green thing in the
United states and Europe. In the
spring of 1917 corn which had been
kept over from the crop of 1916 sold foi
from FIVE to ten dollars a bushel, the
buyers purchasing for seed. On May
| TO- 1885, snow fell to the depth Of {
foot in Jamestown, Va, and was pilec
up in huge drifts in moat OF the north
ern States.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-20
DRY GOODS
A Gorgeous Display of
Materials for the
Graduating Gown
and Commencement
Exercises.

25 pieces 45.inch White Wash Chiffon, fine
sheer quality, at i5c yard.
25 pieces 45.iuch White Swiss Mulls at
Csc yard.
25 pieces 45.uch Sheer French Lawns at
25c yard.
pieces of Pin Dot Swisses, white with blue
and black dots, regular price 25c, at 15c yard.
20 pieces sheer fine Pin Dot swisses, regu-
lar price 25. at Ice yard.
10 pieces Mercerized shadow-stripe COlOred
Mulls q inch wide, imported to retail at
SOC, this week 19c.
10 pieces imported Mercerized Batistes, 46
inches wide. violet, light blue, pink, corn
and black; regular price, SOC; this week 29c
yard.
Lot of White Pin Dot Swisses at 29c, 800,
Soc, 6Oc and 75c yard.
Persian Lawns, l2Ic, 15c, lSc, zoe, 25c and
SOC yard.
White India Silks, Csc, S9c, Soc, 69c and
s1.OO yard.
27.inch White Rajah, $l.0O yard.
42.ineh silk Lansdowns, white, black and
evening shades, $1.25 yard.
s6.inch All.wool Cream Flannel Suiting,
SOC yard.
42.inch Ali.wool Cream Serge for suits, 75c
yard.
5O-inch All-wOol Cream Serge for suits. 81
yard.
45-inch Cream Siclian. beautiful quality,
81 yard.
SS.inch Cream Veilings, Albatross, Serges
sicilians at So yard.
Fine Point de Esprit and plain White
Nets. 25c, zoe and sec yard.
One lot of assorted fine Val. Laces and In
settings to match at 6Oc dozen yards.
Two spe iaI lots White Fans, 25c end Soc.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-20
Civil Pensions.

The President, after an exhaustive
study of the difficult problem presented
BY the presence of many worthy but
supersnnuated employees in the execu-
tive departments, and after receiving q
report oa the subject from the Keep
Commission, has fnslly determined to
urge Congress to create civil pension
list, and will deal with this subject in
his next annual message. Congress will
be asked to appropriate a sum sufficient
to permit the retirement of all employees
who hsve served the government for q
specified time and have reached given
age on q pension which will save them
from want. He will slso urge legisls-
ton by which, beginning with Its enact,
meut, a percentage of all salaries will
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-20

CHERRY COUGH CURE-A safe, pleas.
art andeAeetual remedy for Coughs, Colds
and allafections e the throat and lungs,
Contains no morphine or other injuriow
chemicals Price, Csc. For sale by
r 8 TEAnpFATFP & SGNS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-20
NATURE SPARES
The Stricken Rose From Grief.

What a fortunate provision OF nature
II Is, that deprives the rose OF mental
suffering; for how poignant would be It's
grief to discover. In the height or us
blooming glory, that canber fed at its
heart. and that its beauty and fragrance
were doomed forever. Nature always
spares the suffering; she is a veritabie
etore-house OF pleasing rewards, for
those who seek her aid. In the years
gone by falling hair and grayness have
cast a gloom over the lives of thousands
of young women. but thanks to the In
yestigations of scientists the true cause
of hair destruction is now known 10 De
a germ or parasite that burrows into
the hair follicles Newbro's Herpicide
absolutely destroys this germ, thus
permitting the hair to grow as ma
ture intended. Sold by leading drug
Rists. Send 1Oc in stamps for sample
to The Herpicide Co., Detroit, Mich.
Two sizes-60 cents and SL00.
L, S. Leadbeater II Sons, Special Agents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-20

ARATOGA CHIPS, just received by
j. c. AILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-20

be deducted and devoted to the estao-
lisbment of benefit fund, which alter
the first few years will amount to
enough to relieve the government from
all further burden, other than the ad-
ministratiOn Of the fund.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-20
Alsxsaaorsa 0Gzeffes

PUBLISHED DA1L1 AMI a1A@-~<~ =
GAZETTE BUILDING, $40 d Sl2 PRINCE
STREET.
TERMS. Daily-l year, $500 months,
$3.50: 8 months, $1:35; month. 43 cents;
week, 10 cents. a, so
Tri.weekly-I year, $500; months, si'oo
3 months. Is cents / month. 25 cents.
Contract advertisers win not be allowed 70 ex.
ceed therspaOe unless the m is psd p1cu@ iOi
stances will they be allowed to advertise
other than their legitimate business in the
space contracted for. -.
Marriage and death notices must be paid OF
IN advance. ..A.o.
Resolutions in memonam, OF thanks, tributes
Of respect, resolutions adopted by socieLlsS ,is
Or persons, unless of public concern, wlll
nly be printed in the paper ss adyertlse'
ments. " WI
Entered al the Postofice Of ALEXANDRIA, VIZ
ginia. as second-class matter
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-20
A Hard Debt to Pay.

"I owe a debt Of gratitude that can never
h. na;d of "writes G. y. Clark, Of Westheld,
Iowa 10 "for my rescue from death, by DIR
K;nc,s New Discovery. Both lungs were so
seriousIy affected that death seemed immi'
nent. when commenced taking New Dis
coTery. @ The ominons dry, hacking cough
ouit before the first bottle was used, and TWO
more bottles made a complete cure" Moth
ing has ever equaled New Discovery Tor
coughs, colds ami all throat and lung com.
plants. Guaranteed by f. :. Lead6eater q
Sons, druggists. soc and sl.oo. Trial bottle
free,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-20

For stomach troubles, biliousness and
constiI alton try Chamberlsin's Stomach
and Liver Tablets. Many remarkable
cures have been effected by them. Price,
25 cents. Samples free. For sale by
w. F. Creighton and Gibson & Timber
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-20
M. Ruben & Sons

Ent,re WHEAT FLOUR and GRAHAM
FLOUR lust received by
POTOMAC FLOUR, choice, for eele at bf
a. 1oI ,,ound sank r. G.. HILBURH
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-20
Cali at our store, please, for free sample .

Call at our store, please, for free sample
ofnr Shoon's "Health Coffee" II real cof-
+. fss d disturbs your stomach, your Heart or
T;dnevs ISi T then try this Clever Coffee imita-
,;nn While DR.. Shoop has very closely
natobsJ .noH O'd Java and Mocha Coffee IN
na. sanor and taste. vet he has not even single
n~sUi Of S rssl Coffee in it. DIR. Shops Health
Enaas i Imitation is made from pure toasted
rains rains or cereals, with Malt, Nuts stc: = rea
TiIi surely like Health Cohee. Sold oy L. %
Leadbeater 4 Sons,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-20
Buy Refrigerators
r and Ice Chests
Of Proven Worth. Salts
faction Guaranteed or
Money Refunded.

The first cost of "The Eddy" is
lower than any other make, be-.
cause it is the most economical
ice consumer known. Slate
shelves that retain the cold longer
than any other metal, and work
manship and other material best
to be had. For so years 1t has held
its supremacy over all other
makes. Can refer to satisfied
users here. Prices $1i to $3l.
Baldwin Dry Air Refrigerators,
ranking next to Eddy in worth.
Prices 50 to $19. =
Buffalo Refrigerators, the best
medium-price make to be found.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Prices
81 to SIS.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-21
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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-21
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the matter q the estate q Will
lam J. BAlf1rt. C=c-zs-t
Notice : hereby given that all p@r-
sons holding claims against th= estate
% william Balf0-t, dec-as-c. must
present szmr Tor probate 90 the Pro
bate Court of Beaver county. Dkl4h0-
ma. on or before the 1t day % April
Isls. Or the same sill b forever barred
n l. ALDEN Atr8r.
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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-21

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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-21

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-28
CHURCH SERVICES THIS MORNING
Where the People of AmeriCuS May
Worship.

In the absence of the pastor, Rev.
R. L. Bivins, the pulpit of Furlow
Lawn Baptist church will be filled
this morning by Rev. A. B. Camp
bell.
DR.. Campbell will likewise preach
at the evening service.
At Calvary church there will be
holy communion at Z a. m. and SER
mon at II o'clock Evening prayer
at s, by the rector, Rev. James B.
Lawrence.
Rev. ]. B. Johnstone will fill the
pulpit of First Methodist church,
morning and night, DR.. Wardlaw will
preach at st. Paul's tonight.
At the Presbyterian, Rev. J. L. r.
vim will preach this morning upon
"Our National Destiny" Tonight his
theme is "The Duty of Repentance.
Rev. o. P. Gilbert will fill his pull
pit as usual at Firt Baptist church
this morning at II o'clock and again
at o'clock tonight.
At First Church of Christ, Scien-
tist, the subject of this morning will
be Love"
Golden Text: Hear, Oh Israel, the
Lord our God is one Lord, and thou
shalt love the Lord thy God, with al
thine heart, soul and might"
Deuteronomy ga and 5.
The Business Mems Christian Lea
que meets this afternoon as usual a
the city hall at 4:3O o'clock.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-28
BEAR HUNTED TO A FINISH
HUGE Animal is Killed Almost in Suburbs of Ameri
iCuS

Finally load of buckshot put
bruin out of the ring.
When exhibited in town the bear
attracted more attention than does
the real Teddy article in Washing
ton. Merchants and clerks threw
down the yardstick and sprinted with
their excited customers to the last
resting place of the defunct bruin
Fully 5000 people crowded about
the spot, and when Prof. Kelly ex-
hibits the snapshots he took of the
exciting scene not few prominent
citizens will see themselves elbowing
with the black brother from the reeds
to catch a glimpse of the thrilling
scene.
Mr.. Renew, gun in hand, was pho
tographed as he stood on the hind
quarter deck of the corpse, while
city and county officials pushed and
jostled for a point of vantage.
An old maid in the party of on
lockers wept copiously as she re-
fected upon the demise of such a
valiant hugger, even tho a bear.
Old men, who were here when the
Indians shot bears where the court
house now stands, told thrilling lies
of hairbreadth escapes, while a ner-
vous prohibitionist told sof how ter
bears and a giraffe chased him home
last Saturday night.
Later in the day, when curiosity was
fully appeased, the bears ulster was
removed and the carcass sliced into
tempting steaks.
Mr.. Renew is confident that mum
erous other bears infest the localit!
where this one was killed, and these
will be developed to good purpose
during the contemplating seasol
when mullet suppers and negro
camp-meetings interfere with work.
It's an i'll wind, and a dead bear
that blows no good.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-28
IN EFFECT ON THURSDAY
States Pure FOOD Law Will Become Operative on
August lSt.
\ SAMPLES WILL BE GATHERED OVER GEORGIA
And Forwarded office of Commissioner of Agriculture Hudson for Ana
SS.-Pure Goods is Now Demanded.

ATLANTA, July (SpecialD =
On Thursday next, August 1st, the
Pure Food Law of Georgia will go
into effect, and after that date woe
to the manufacturers and sellers of
adulterated food stuffs in Georgia. In
anticipation of this law the depart
ment of agriculture at the state cap
itol has been flooded with requests
and checks from various manufactu-
rers without the state.
These people are anxious to brand
all consignments of food stuffs ship
ped into this state properly, and
are ordering the special stamps for
this purpose, in advance Up to Sat
urday at noon almost a week before
the law becomes operative, nearly
the lawebcomes operative, nearly
81 500 worth of stamps at the rate
of twenty cents a ton, for all food
stuffs, had been ordered and sold.
P. A. Methvin, a pure food expert,
who has been appointed by Commits
sioner of Agriculture T. G. Hudson as
pure food inspector for Georgia, has
been at the capitol for several weeks
getting ready for his inspection tour
of the state.
He will start out Immediately af-
ter the first of the month and will send
a steady stream of samples back to
the office of State Chemist McCand-
less for inspection All those food
stuffs which are adulterated and not
so branded or which do not come
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-28
COMING TOBUSY MARTS
WAGON TRAIN ROLLS INTO THE
CITY
Seventy Vehicles Passed on Country
Road and All Laden With Pro.
duCe for AmeriCuS.

Americus is the Mecca for hun
dreds of farmers of Sumter and
neighboring counties, who sell their
cotton and other farm products here
and at remunerative prices. AS evi-
dence of this, a gentleman driving
out into the county yesterday morn
ing passed by seVenty-one vehicles
coming to the city, all of them load
ed with country produce for the mar
ket. When it is considered that a
dozen main arteries of travel cen
tre in Americus, radiating all sec
tions of south Georgia, the volume of
trade thus brought here can in a
manner be appreciated. The crowd
ed streets of the city yesterday re-
fiected the fine business done by mer-
chants in all lines here, and this pic
ture of prosperity enlarges with each
succeeding year. Soon now the 75,-
600 bales of cotton handled in Ameri-
Gus during the season Will follow in
the wake of the wagons now coming
with other produce.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-28
THE STING OF WEEVIL
is SEEN IN COTTON
Insect Pest is RaVaging the
Fields
MUCH DAMAGE HERE IN SUMTER
viii Result From RavageS of This
Pest. Which Stlngs the BOIIS
and Decay FOIIOwS-.AIready
Over The County.

Farmers coming TO Americus yes
Iterday from nearly every portion o.
the country report the presence oi
the dread weevii. which last year
ravaged the cotton fields here. Great
damage was done then, and even
greater loss apprehended this year,
On scores of plantations the wee
vii is doing its deadly work.
The insect crawls upon the grown
boil and stings it, making a puncture
so slight that it cannot be seen. 1t
does not enter the boil, merely insert
ing its poisoned lance.
Soon the boil begins to decay, ard
while apparently sound from exter-
ior view is in time but a rotten mass.
In this way entire cotton fields are
infested by the small but deadly in
sects which is causing incalculable
damage.
1t is stated by farmers that last
year some of their fields that prom
ised q yield of a bale of cotton per
acre did not net a bale to five acres,
as the result of the visitation of the
pest And it is greatly feared that
history may be repeated this sea-
son
Just now the crop prospect is very
promising, but the presence of the
deadly weeyil may cut the yeild down
considerably