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much toward checking and correcting
this growing evil, by liberal advertis-
ing and publishing prices, they should
not be expected to do it all. Every
newspaper should preach home trade,
every teacher should instil it into his
pupils in the school room, every min
lister should preach it from the pull
pit. The debating societies and po-
litical conventions should discuss it.
The interests of town and country
and newspaper and church, n So
ciety generally, are SO interviewer n
so identical that whatever Injuries n
will eventually injure all. When the
merchants are compelled to bring on
smaller stocks, and employ less help,
and pay cheaper rent, they are not
alone the sufferers; the whole COM
munity feels the loss. The price of
real estate is largely dependent on it's
proximity to a good town. Rents are
dependent on the amount of business.
The merchant can move to some other
town and establish himself again more
readily than can the professional mar
and many others who have built up
business through years of acquaint-
anceship and establishment of char
acter. If the farmer, or property own
er in town, want to sell out they are
the greatest sufferers-they can't
move their property to some place
where people are booming their town
and country by %patronizing home.
The remedy lies in education and
publicity. In many places that edu-
cation will come through bitter ex-
perience, but, in other communities,
where they are quicker to detect the
approaching evil, and heed more read
lily the warnings OF the press and
friends of home, they may correct the
evil more readily.
Wealth and power are c~orrupting
influences and the mail order houses
are probably not sending out as hon
est goods as they nee did. They have
learned the tricks of imitation and
substitution and how easy it is to
deceive the public. But, If the mail
| order man is honest, and his methods
of advertising legitimate in every way,
| his success is of no interest to us
and will never benefit our community
in the slightest degree. If crops should
fail or sickness render us short OF
money we could not expect him to
trust us for a dollar-we must always
look to the home merchant for credit
in times of adversely.
Who is to blame? The mail order
house? Not In the least. w alone
are to blame. The near-sighted mes-
chant who has lost trade by not ac-
quainting the community with what
he has to sell and with the fact
that people could obtain at home.
where they could personally examine
them and return them IL defective IN
any way, goods at as low . price as
any catalogue house can sell them.
every man and woman is to blame
who sends away for goods; and every
one who fails to raise his voice N
favor OF home trade. The editor nolds
the most responsible position ana
should be the leader in this move
ment.
The remedy has been outlined IN 2
| general way. We will suggest the first
steps. Let merchants buy at home
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they cannot consistently ask others to
trade with them when they do not
%patronize their brothers In trade. Inc
editors should ~patronize home, ana
even at considerable personal sacrince
refuse foreign advertising for lines OF
goods in competition with The nome
merchant. The editor deserves more
credit than he receives. Many a well.
to-do farmer or city man would think
himself perfectly justified IN q
away for all his groceries and cloth
ing II he thought he could save ten
dollars thereby on a years purchases,
but most editors forfeit many times
that much every year by refusing adj
vertising from distant firms in the
same lines Of business as his nome
merchants; and sometimes the home
merchant even then declines to ad-
vertise.
Trade-at-home clubs might be Or
ganized, with mottos something like
Club" or Il Patronize the Home Mer-
chants" or Il Buy Nothing from Mail
Order Houses" for members to dis
play. The acceptance and displaying
of such a card might constitute a per-
SO nor member.
Much of the trading away from
home is due to thoughtlessness and
ignorance of business principles.
Many persons consider only the first
cost; if they save 25 cents on a ten
dollar order by buying from q mail
order house they consider that clear
gain. They should be shown that a
merchant and his family living In
their midst, keeps up a house. pays
taxes, adds to the social features, con-
tributes generously towards public en-
terprises, etc. If by buying at home
their town gives support to several
more local merchants, creating a bet
ter home market, they get back a lib
eral percentage. Every man and WON
an takes more or less pride in local
affairs and is willing to contribute
something toward home improve
ments, if the matter is fairly pre-
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Caution.

limitations have been placed upon
the market SO closely resembling ALL
cocks Plasters in general appearance
as to be well calculated to deceive. II
is, however, in general appearance
only that they compare with Allcock's
for they are not only lacking in the
best elements which have made ALL
cocks so efficient, but are often harm
full in their effects. Remember that
Allcock's are the original and only
genuine porous plasters-the best ex
ternal remedy known-and when pur
chasing plasters the only safe way is
to always insist upon having Allcock's
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H STORY.

TT WAS in the days before they
4 had a king in Israel and when
every man was a law unto himself.
Then it was that each family and
each tribe protected it's own and each
exacted of the other an eye for an
eye and a tooth for a tooth. In those
days the law of the blood atonement
prevailed in the land, so that if one
should Stay by chance or intent an
other, the n nearest of kin of the
slain person must act as his avenger,
and take the life of the n who had
caused his death. Needless to say
that this custom in the case of acct
and injustice, and in order that just
ice and mercy might be extended to
the one who, through accident, had
caused the injury or death of an
other, the Lord directed that cities of
refuge should be appointed whittier
the slayer might fee and, if ~guiltless
of the intended murder of his brother,
should find a safe shelter.
When Joshua had made known to
the people the mind of the Lord con-
corning this thing, the question arose
as to which cities should be chosen,
and it was finally agreed that six
should be appointed, three IN the
east side of Jordan and three on the
west side. Caleb took deep interest
in the matter, and in the council of
fLa D1Iorc xrh;Db bod raat IN onnosdar
the question he said:
Brethren, thou knowest how, over
40 years ago, when the Lord brought
us to the borders of this land, the
people refused to enter, declaring
that they were not able to overcome
the giants in the land. And thou
knowest how, since our coming hither
after the long, weary years in the will
derness, that the sons of Anak, whom
our people feared, have been des-
troyed and their city is now among
the possessions of the children of Is
rael. Thou knowest, too, how it was
given to me as a heritage and how it
was only after fierce conflict that the
city was taken, so that the stronghold
of our enemies might become an
habitation for our people. Now, there
fore, because of its location and it's
history, / desire that Hebron be
chosen as one of the cities of refuge"
"What?" they asked, in surprise,
"You want to give up Hebron, which
is so strong of location, and cost you
SO much to conquer?'
"That l do, brethren" was the
ready reply, and I will tell you why.
In the silence of the midnight hour
on yesternight there came a vision
to me as / lay on my couch. In my
dream / was lifted and carried, 1t
seemed, to a very high mountain over
looking the valleys On both sides Of
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BY Endless Chain.

Speaking of the endless chain
prayer that is going the rounds" said
the woman with the cheerful voice, Il
can't see what good that a do, un-
less, maybe, it might start some poor
wretch on the road to glory, but l got
an awfully nice silk petticoat through
an endless chain one The manufac-
turers sent letters asking for five
names and a ten-cent piece. l sent
FIVE names and the ten-cent piece, not
thinking much about it, just trying
1t, and it wasn't long before they sent
me this lovely silk petticoat. 1t was
the incest sort of silk, too. AS long as
l wore 1t it didn't crock"
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scented. That is why 1 say the rem
edy lies in education.
Most mail order houses claim they
are enabled to- sell cheaper than coun.
try dealers because they buy in larger
quantities and get especially low
prices. This is often a base mis-.
statement of facts; let me cite an in.
stance: A stock man from eastern
Washington was visiting in Kansas
City. One morning, walking with his
nephew, who was a clerk in a lead
ing wholesale hardware house. he
asked where Bland & Co.'s store was
located. Don't think I ever heard of
them" replied the young man. 20,
yes, I do remember the firm; they
have no store, they have an Office in
(giving the name of the building),
but / don't see how they can sell hard
ware as low as your home merchants,
for while we sell them goods at less
than retail price, We don't give them
as low prices as regular dealers, be.
cause they buy in such small quaint.
ties, just as they get orders" The
stockman was greatly surprised, he
supposed he had been dealing with
one of the largest firms in the city.
The mail order business has devel.
oped so slowly, and works SO quietly
that few persons realize the magni.
tude it has assumed nor to what ex-
tent it is now sapping the life-blood OF
many small cities and towns. Even
now we hear the excuse given for
sending away for goods, that the mer.
chants carry such poor stocks. The
wonder is that they carry any.
1t is a fact that country merchants
sell the same class of goods cheaper
than the big city merchants, and there
are good reasons for Indifference in
rents, insurance, clerk hire, etc. The
same is equally true as to the mail
order house-it may save in rent and
in several ways over the big mer.
chants, but it pays more for advertis.
ing, packing and shipping, so that,
for the same quality of goods, the
home merchant can, and generally
does, undersell the catalogue house.
The latter makes selling goods a study
and his advertising is carefully word.
ed and weighed. He uses a few stand.
ard articles for bait, by selling them
at cost, but he adds enough to the
price of other articles, with which the
public is not familiar, to make up the
loss. Perhaps the country merchant
could not duplicate the price on these
articles while he would. be perfectly
willing to sell the whole bill orderOd
at the mail order house price.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-08
NERVOUS HEADACHES
Or. Williams Pink Pills Will Cure
Most Cases and Should Interest
Every Sufferer.

GNCIy 00DSiSfs
Nobody who has not endured the
suffering caused by nervous head.
ache can realize the awful agony OF
its victims. Worst of all, the ordin-
airy treatment cannot be relied upon
to cure nor even to give relief. Some
doctors will say that il a person is
subject to these headaches there is
nothing that car be done to prevent
their recurrence.
y Nervous headaches, as well as neu
ralgia, are caused by lack of nutrition
the nerves are starved. The only
way to feed the nerves Is through the
blood and it is in this way that DR..
Williams Pink Pills have accom-
plished SO many remarkable cures.
Mrs. Addie Merrill, of 80 Union
Street, Auburn, Me-, says: "For
years I suffered from nervous head
aches, which would come on me every
five or six weeks and continue for
several days. The pain was SO severe
that l would be obliged to go to bed
for three or four days each time. 1t
was particularly intense over my right
eye. / tried medicines but got no re-
lief. / mad no appetite and when
the headache passed away / felt as if
/ had been sick for a month. My
blood was thin and was pale, weak
and reduced in weight.
II read about DR.. Williams Pink
Pills in a paper and decided to try
them. I first noticed that they be-
gan to give me an appetite and I
commenced to gain in weight and
color. My headaches stopped and
have not returned and I have never
felt so well as / do now"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold
by all druggists or sent, postpaid, on
receipt of price, so cents per box, six
boxes $3.50, by the DIR. Williams Medi.
cine COMPANY. Schenectady, N. Y,
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-08
sERMoNETTE.

The cities of refuge appoint
ed under the direction of God
in the land of Canaan were a
type of the Christ and in some
particulars exemplify the work
which Christ performs for the
sinner.
The cities of refuge gave
shelter to the fugitive from the
avenger of blood. Christ gives
shelter to the sinner whose ad-
cersary the Devil pursues him
to the very threshold of the Di-
vine refuge.
The one fleeing to the city of
refuge was safe until his case
could be declared and he prove
his right to abide there, for If
his hands were stained with
the wiIlfuI blood of another he
was delivered into the hands of
the avenger of blood and his
life taken.
The one fleeing to Christ is
safe until his cas- is declared.
What right has he there? for
none who come to that eternal
city of refuge opened by God
for all the world is without sin.
The adversary, the Devil, comes
up to the very door and makes
his accusations. And what an
accurate accountant he is. How
he can recall the smallest de-
tail of mans life and paint it
in the blacklist colors. How he
can uncover the hidden sins
and show one helpless and I'M
done in the presence of the
high priest of the place, Christ
Jesus, the anointed One of God.
But shall the unfaiIing justice
of God cast the sinner forth and
commit him to his just deserts?
Shall sin claim her oWn and
cast Gown TO nell!
Thank God, No! For herein
is the city of refuge of the Is
raeiites far exceeded in grace
and mercy by the city of refuge
which God hath appointed. No
soul that seeks refuge therein
is ever forced to leave, for the
Christ within has but to show
the nailed hanos and the spear
wound in his side as token of
his offering for sin, and Satan,
the great aveneer, is forced to
flee.
The cities of refuge were
equi-distant and easy of access
from all parts of the land. So
is Christ. He is nigh everyone
of contrite heart. His "come"
is always sounding forth, and
his invitation is reinforced by
the comforting assurance that
"he that cometh unto Me | will
in no wise cast out"
The gates of the cities of ref
uge we're always open and the
priests in the watch towers
ready to reach forth and help
the weary and exhausted run
ner. And how infinitely more
true this is of the Christ. His
arms are always outstretched
to save. The faintest cry from
the lips of the sinner reaches
his a and instantly commands
his help.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-08

There Is more Catarrh in this section Of the country
than ali other diseases put together, and until the last
few years was supposed to be iEcurable. For a great
many years doctors pronounced 1t q local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatmelt, pronounced ft incurable.
Science has proven Cat.rrh to be a constitutional dis
ease, and therefore requires constitutional Ieatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F.J. Cheney
& Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only Constitutional cure on
the market. 1t ia taken internally in doses from 10
drops to a teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case 1t fails to cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address: F.J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold BY Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-08
Ownership Of National Banks.

The ownership of the national
banks of the United States is not in
the hands of the rich few, as is COM
monty supposed, because fully one
half of the banks have a capital OF
less than 500, 900 each. Twelve per
cent. have capitalizations of from
500. 900 to $3.50, 900, while only seven
per cent. range between $3.50, 900 and
81, 200, 900.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-08
Authors Library az He Left It.

Mrs. Lew Wallace. devoted to the
memory Of her distinguished husband,
has kept everything in the library
where he wrote exactly as he left it.
Even the book which he was last read
ing lies upon at a page as he laid it
down. The library is q large building
which the author had put up In the
middle Of the garden, with every ar
rangement for writing and with
shelves for his thousands Of books
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The Real Power

A 17-year-old boy at Worcester.
Mass, has a lung capacity Of 800
cubic ircnes. When he grows up and
goes to congress he will perhaps
learn that it is not the orator but the
speaker who affects the course Of ma
tional legislation.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-08
Demand for Freight Cars,

With 2,0o0.0 900 freight cars in use
in this country, the daily cry, the
hourly cry is More cars, more cars!"
New cars are put in service almost
before the paint on them is dry.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-08

Observe what direction your
thoughts and feelings most readily
take when you are alone, and you will
then form a tolerably correct opinion
of yourseif.-Bengel..
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-08
Trapped.

I'm sorry. but ! cant pay that bill
to-day. You see the butcher has just
been here, and"
"Yes," said the grocer. i just met
him. and he said you put him off be-
cause you had to pay me. Here's my
ii l."-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-08

There are more ways than one by
which a woman car get even with a
man. One way is to marry him, and
another is not to.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-08
A Harmless Laxative.

1t you must take a laxative, take a harm
less one. Lax-Fos does not grippe, therefore
does not ~irritate. Irritation is what does
the harm. Price SO cents.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-08

Be honest in your business rela-
tons. It pays to be honest.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-08

Don't be too sure of the man who
boasts of being sure of himself.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-08

To CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT
Take BROMO Quinine Ia blets. Drug
gists refund money If 1t fails to cure. Il. w
GROVES signature Is on each box. 25c,
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-08
A Positive
CURE
EIy's Cream Balm
Is quickly absorbed

Gives Relief at Once.
1t c~leanses, soothes
heals and protects
the diseased men,
brane. 1t cures Ca
tarrh and drives
away a Cold in the
Head quickly. Re-
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New York stock Market.

New York, Aug. 13.-The stock mar
ket opened irregular but with a majority
gains. At the end Of fifteen minutes
the market in some cases shaded slight
fractions from the early high prices.
There was a radical change in market
conditions here and in London over
night. Important buying WIS noted in
both markets on information or belief
that an important announcement would
be issued from Oyster Bay during the
course of the day. Nearly everything
traded in made proporiionate gains in
the first hour. Later the bears became
aggressive and forced sharp reaction
helped along by renewed liquidation of
speculative accounts. At the end Of the
hour the market was sgaiu strong with
prices ruling we'll above yesterdays clos
ing figures.
Between the end of the first hour at
noon renewed weakness WAS developed
aud prices at midday we're down to the
lowest points yet reached on this move.
ment for many issues. A decline 10 the
second hour of business of to 8 points
wss sustained and The improvement
noted in the early trading entirely dis
Shortly sfter II O'Clock the
market strengthened sgain and had
rally.
The market in tbe afternoon became active
and prices Of many leading issues moved up
sharply. The room was full rumoIs about
development in regard the cabinet changes.
One story had Elihu Root resigned and there
we're rumors Of other designations.
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Fighting I'm Korea.

Seoul, Korea, Aug. 19.-Desperate
fighting is in progress in the interior
between bands OF Korean troops and
attachments of Japanese soldiers sent 10
dissrm them.
While the fights are individually
small, the loss of life has been heavy
in the aggregate. The japanese admit
they have small hope of peace until
Koreans exhaust their ammunition.
The japanese captured Ksng Wha
Island, at the mouth of the Han river,
yesterday, after two days battle with
strong force of Korean troops and mob
Of civilians. The Island is the site of
several famous Old forts which, though
in ruins, furnished partial cover for the
defenders. The latter held the town
until the attacking party brought machine
guns to bear. 1t is reported that forty
Koresns we're killed aud several hun
drtd wounded. The japanese lost a
dozen killed and thirty or forty wounded.
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Effect of the slump on Newport.

Newport, Aug. 19.-Newport feels
poor today. The stock slump has hit
hundreds of families hard. The big fna-
ciers will be able to recoup their losses,
but many OF the comparatively untortu-
mates are heavily hit. Leaders in big
business enterprises are generally can
ceiling their social engagements to hasten
to New York. Many left last night and
a still larger contingent took this morn
ing trains to he near the Stock Exchange
while the present market furry lasts.
The calls on society men aud women for
margins poured 10 in an avalanche. So
ciety will feel the effect of the slump
heavily aud the latter part of the season
promises to be a melancholy affair.
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TYPHOON AND EARTH
OUAKE5.

Heavy loss of life is reported from
Central Japan because of foods, several
hundred persons having been d,owned.
The property loss was heavy.
A score OLIVES were also lost at K gag
hima, an island of Izu, in an earth
quake 6hich destroyed many houses and
sent the islanders 10 the hills in panic.
At Takigawa the ground subsidized 20
feet and large number were killed and
injured.
Ia Hiroshima province the foods were
most severe. The banks of the Seno
river gave way and the villages of YanO,
Nakano aud Oaikaita, in Aki province,
we're flooded and houses washed away
and many drowned. The city of Kure
also suffered considerably.
Great damage was also caused by
typhOon which ragged at Kobe and vi
cinity. Several lighters were sunk in
Kobe harbor The steamer Nschigawa
collided with the breakwater 1T Osaka
and foundered within FIVE minutes. Ex-
cepting one woman, those on board were
saved.
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Railroad Rates

Raleigh, N. O, Aug 1S.-The State
Corporation Commission today began Ia
earnest its investigation of charges of al.
legged Determinations by railroads against
North Carolina points. 1t is charged
Norfolk, Richmond, Lynchburg, Ros-
noke, Dsnville aid ether Virginia cities
have been favored against Durham,
Winston, Raleigh, Greensboro and other
towns in this State.
Complaints against the Norfolk and
Western Railroad were first taken up.
1t is claimed that One-third more is
charged on certain classes of freight to
the North Carolina points than TO Vir-
ginia, although the haul is from 100 to
300 miles longer to Virginia.
Complaints against the Southern, At
laniic Coast Line, SeabOard Air Line
and even the smaller systems will follow
the investigation of the Norfolk and
Western. The hearings will probably
OCCUPY over a week,
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Cabinet Meeting.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Aug. 10 --Presi-
dent Roosevelt is holding a cabinet
meeting at Sycamore Hill today. Secre-
tary Taft, Postmaster General Meyer and
Mr.. Root are in attendance.
Both Tai; and Meyer said they had
called to discuss department affairs with
the President, but none is in shape for
publication.
Secretary Taft has just finished his
summer vacation and on August IS will
leave Washington for the Philippines to
be gone until December. He said that
on his way west he expects to make a
number of speeches explaining his posi-
ton on pending questions.