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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-10
THE CH5NCE
OFDVORCE
FROM TR!S IT IS PLAIN TO Be SEEN
THAT ! OUR CHANCES OF DIVORCE
ERE ABOUT l TO Is.

If you are married, or about to be
married, the Governments latest
statistics showing the probability of
divorce may be of interest. During
the twenty-year period from 1887 to
1906 the records of all registered
marriages in the United States to-
tailed 1859, o44, and the courts
granted freedom to $50, 1904 unhappy
couples.
From this it is plain to be seen
that your chances of divorce are
about one in fifteen, so the odds are
fairly long that, if you are already
married, or later do marry, death,
and not the Divorce Court, will sever
your bonds.
Wives who seek freedom will be
interested to know that coo per
cent of all DEGREES have been granted
to wives, and that alimony has been
also allowed in two cases out of every
twenty-five.
Divorce is most frequent in the
fourth and fifth years of married life.
Actors and showmen are the most
frequently divorced classes. Com
mercial travellers come next on the
list of guilty. Agricultural laborers-
are the prize winners for matrimon-
ial eon.tmcy. Clergymen are next
desirable.
About One-third of close divorced
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-10
An Antidote For Suicide.

They tell of an Atchison girl who
thought her heart was broken. She
was so convinced of it that she be-
gan reading up on deadly poisons
and cried softly to herself over the
thoughts OF an early death. At this
juncture friend sent her a box of
chocolates. She ate one; life looked
a little brighter. She ate another;
why not put off that death till next
week? She ate third and forgot
she ever had trouble. All of which
is proof of the claim of an Atchison
physician that when people are NOR
bid or unhappy the most effective
cure is something to eat. No one,
he says, can long for death while en-
gagged in chewing something palata-
bic. The man who talks suicide
should be given beefsteak instead
of advice.-Atchison Globe. D
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-10

remarry, and divorces enjoy an ad-
vantage over widows in this respect,
due, as the unfeeling Government
ungallantly remarks, to the fact that
those who get rid of their husbands
by law are usually younger than those
who leave his removal to Providence.
Three out of four applications for
divorce are upheld by the Courts.
All of which indicates that, while
matrimonial chancds in this land of
the free are varied, marriage is no
uncertain lottery, but percentage
system based on actual records.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-10

WANTED = Success Magazine
wants an energetic and responsible
man or woman m Point Pleasant to
collect for renewals and solicit new
subscriptions during full or spare
time. Experience unnecessary. Any
one can start among friends and ac-
quaintances and build Eup paying
and permanent business without
capital. Complete outfit and in
structions free Address. ''vOn,"
Success Magazine, Room lOS, Success
Magazine Building, New York City,
n. Y. Oct. cyst
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-10
An Old Mana Ie.,on.

We met poor old man today who
Is dependent on his relatives, and
they don't like the enforced task OF
taking care of him. Had I saved
10 cents day during my younger
years" he said, 81 would have been
independent. l might have saved a
dollar a day during all my working
career and not stinted myself in the
least" This old mans experience
is worth thinking about. The trou-
Die with American men is that they
waste dimes while looking for mil
hon dollars. At the end of life they
have neither the dime nor the mil
lion dollars.-Atchison Globe.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-10
No Need 70 Hurry

The scorching cyclist was on the
road to Stratford-on-Avon. he
was bent over the handle bars, and
the beads which bespeak the strenu-
Gus toiler were trickling Of his face.
"Hi, sonny" he called to a pass
ing youth, 'fam I right for Shake
speare's house,"
"Yes, you're right, mister" was
the dreamy reply of the leisurely
youth, "but you needn't hurry.
Shakespeare's dead" = London
Queen.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-10
Couldn't Keep It.

After hearing evidence in an as
sault case between man and wife, in
which the wife had had deal of
provocation, the magistrate, turning
to the husband, remarked:
my good man, I really cannot do
anything in this case"
But she has cut a piece of my
ear off, sir"
well" said the magistrate, q
will bind her over to keep the
peace"
you can't" shouted the hus-
band; She's thrown it awavw-
Parsons Weekly.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-10
Too TrueI Too Trus,

The baby was being questioned
playfully as to his senses.
what are these for?" touching
his eyes.
''To see WITH" he answered.
"And thi<:?' touching his nose.
''To mel wiv."
E'And your MOUTH"
"0h. to eat"
'tWhat are your ears for?"
This was & puzzler, but after a
moment he said with firm convic-
ton, ''To wash. "-Delineator.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-10

duces a big-boned, welI-devels
oped, mentally energetic race.
His experiments prove that
good oatmeal such as Quaker
Oats not only furnishes the best
food for the human being, but
eating it strengthens and en-
larges the thyroid gland-this
gland is intimately connected
with the nourishing processes
of the body.
In conclusion he says
1t seems probable therefore
that the bulk and brawniness of
the Nottherners (meaning the
Scotch has been in some
measure due to the stimulation
of the thyroid gland by oatmeal
porridge in childhood"
The Scotch eat Quaker Oats
because it is the best of all oat-
meals.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-10
a LAgYza,s SLIP.
Put In Damaging Evidence Asains:
His Own Client.

Put In pamasina Evidence Aeains:
His Own Client.
It does not seem to be frequent
That plaintiff gets through the
courts what he considers a salts
factory settlement for damages for
a injury sustained when a railroad
company is the defendant. Gases
ere Of record, however, where the
attorney for the railroad has un-
consciously admitted evidence that
resulted in a verdict for the PLAIN
titf. Such case was that of Mrs.
Herkimer Of Beloit, who sued the
Missouri Pacific for $4,000 before
{ court In Kansas.
The defendants were represented
by the able and learned Waggeper,
who sought to prove that there was
q full moon on the, night Of the
accident and TO place the response
bility with the plaintiff. A messen-
ger boy was sent for and secured
an almanac of the year of the acct
dent. Examining It only to learn
that it contained the desired proof.
he offered it in evidence.
In his argument the lawyer for
the plaintiff declared that the de-
PENDANT company was the property
of certain millionaires, whom he
named, who had amassed fortunes
totaling a great number of millions
and were well able to care for his
crippled client.
Waggener was Immediately on
his feet offering loud objection
o this line of argument, claiming
hat nothing had been introduced
n the evidence to justify the state
nent.
May it please your honor, there
!, !" declared the other LAWYER. at
Is IN the direct evidence offered by
the learned attorney for the de-
Tense"
@wheres" shouted the surprised
Waggener.
1t is in this almanac. your
honor" calmly replied the lawyer.
he had studied the book, and there
IN its pages we're pictures Of the
men named. together with sketches
OF their lives. and every one of
them was rated at from $780, 00,-
900 to $150,000.0o0.
These figures evidently appeared
to the jury to be substantial enough
to award verdict for the amount
asked, and that without leaving
their seats.-New York Tribune.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-10
MEN AND THEIR NAMES.
a System That Was Used For Correct;
Connecting Them.

ConneSpn9 lnems
For Is cents at stationery store
[ bought a little alphabetically IN
dexed book that fitted comfortably
into my vest pocket. In its pages /
wrote the names of all persons /
could recall having met. Beside
each name was placed some distin-
gushing word or phase Of identif-
cation-thus:
Jones, SiIas a., black haired coal
dealer; Lamson, John, teller First
National bank; Hendricks, Hiram,
ticket agent at depot.
/ not only indexed the names, but
also adopted a cross reference sys-
tem-for example:
Coal dealer, black hair, Silas n.
Jones; teller First National bank,
John Lamson; ticket agent, Hiram
Hendricks.
By thus associating the face, name
and distinguishing words ] hoped
that I could, by a hurried and per-
haps secret reference to my book,
secure any desired name.
Every night when ] came home
from my daily parade of the streets
in search of a Job l went over the
names IN the book. In two or three
weeks, as I added names that had
slipped from me and those newly
acquired, / found no less than 200
on the list. 1 now adopted the
practice of calling every one by
name, even if / merely passed the
time of day or waved my hand in
greeting. Before this, even with
my best friends, it had always been,
HHellow or SAY
a new world began to dawn when
] put myself to the task. ! found
that by concentrating my mind on
mans name when | met him and
associating it with his face and bust
ness there was no trouble whatever.
1t gave me great JOY to ind one
night that / could remember every
person I had met during the day.
| also found that / had complete
control of all the names in my book.
Soon that little book became super
1uous. l could easily impress a new
name and face upon my memory.
Little tricks were resorted to, such
as associating Mr.. Longs height
with his name, and a common name
such as Smith, Clark or Brown was
instantly made mine by CHASING it
with the constantly increasing list
of Smiths, Clarks or Browns, thus
remembering a great many people
in groups Of dozens or more.
would visualize all these groups.
Whenever the name of Brown was
uttered the faces of all the men
knew answering to that name filed
before me. By associating the name
with the face the name popped
into my head when I saw the face
again.-Bookkeeper.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-10
Very Like n Secret,

FSThis dollar that I hold in my
hand" he said, reminds me of a
deep, dark, scandalous secret"
ooh, George" his wife exclaimed,
dropping her hands in her lap and
bending forward eagerly, "tell me
about itw
"Yes," he went on, ct reminds
me of secret of that kind, because
it's so hard to keep"
And then she refused to speak to
him for three hours.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-10
An lnsinuation.

She-How is it your sister didn't
sing tonight?
He-oh, the doctor has forbid
den her! He says she must not
sing for six months.
-She-Does be live near her?
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-10

Having waxed fat on moth balls
these many temperate moons, the
moths will now retire to their LARS
and await another crop of Oyercoats
an swallowtails.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-10

A St. Leuis man broke his collar
bone while rising IN street car to
give hisseat to woman This shwOs
that St. Louis menhave l:ttlepractice
at this. sort of thing.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-10

Tommy-Pop, man is a bachelor
until he gets married, isn't he?
Tommy's Pop-Yes, my son.
Tommy-And what does he call
himself afterward?
TomIry's Pop-Fd hate to tell
sou, my son.-Philadelphia Record.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-27
Sees Mother Grow Young.

cit would he hard t, overstate
the w'',derful charge ia my moth
or since she began to use Electric
Bitter5," writes Mrs. W. l.. Gil
patrick, of Danforth, Me. "Al-
Though past 70 she seems really to
pe grrwing young again, She
suffered untold misery from dys-
p+psia for 20 years. At las6 she
could neither cut, drink nor sleep.
d ctors gave her up and all re-
medies failed till Electric B tiers
worked sfch wonders for her
health They invlg orat=d all
vital organs, cure Liver and Kid
ney troubles, induce sleep, and
impair strength and appetite.
Only SO, at all druggists.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-27
ALBERMARLE AND STANLY COUNTY.
Gotten Mills Declare Dividends. North
Carolina to Lead The East,
stanley Enterprise, July 22.

Stanley Enterprise, July %.
A mass meeting will be held in
the courthouse Friday evening
a. $50 O'Clock, to discuss the
question of issuing bonds for the
town.
J. G. Masters, of the Albe.
marie Development Company re.
turned to the city Tuesday. Mr..
Masters has been travelling over
several States, and he says that
North Carolina is being discussed
everywhere, and that in the near
future 1t will be the leading State
east of the Mississippi River.
Tuesday afternoon at 8 O'Clock,
at the home of Mr. and Mrs, w.
7. Efrd, a quiet wedding was per.
f rmed, which united T. Ben Ross,
OF Now London. and Miss Myrtle
Brown as man aud wife, Rev. II,
A. Mccullough performing the
ceremony.
All the local mills declared a
seml-annual dividend on last
Thursday Of 4 per cent. This is a
large step forward for the Lillian
Knitting Mill, which recently in
creased it's capacity about25 per
cent, and is now installing new
machinery, Our mills are strictly
in the. first rank, aud the new mills
now under process of CONSTRUCTION
emphasiz5 the success that has at.
tended the management. Jno, s.
Eird becomes president of the
Lillian Mil, vice R. A. Crowell,
resigned. 1t may be noted that
of the $4,000 paid out as divi-
deDds, no less than one-thlrd goes
into the hands of ourhome people.
W. II. Parker of Norwood died
very suddenly Monday afternoon
shortly before 3 o'clock, He was
apparently in his usual health
that morning, and made no COM
|. plaint of feeling i'll when he ate
his dinner. After dinner he lay
down, and sometime afterwards
when Mrs. Parker went to arouse
him she found him dead. Acute
indigestion and heart trouble are
supposed to have caused his death.
He was familiary known as "Samp
Parker" The remains we're in
tered Tuesday in the cemetery
at RandalPs church. Mr.. Parker
was one of the county's we'll
known and most substantial citi-
zens and was a successful farmer.
He was about 48 years of age, and
is survived by wife and three
children.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-27
Fierce Hurricane at Galveston-Sea Wall
Saves the CITY.

Mans strength and skill were
pltted against the fury Of the
elements today and man won,
when the city of Galveston, safely
entlenched behind her impregna
BILE 17-foct sea wall withstood,
with comparatively triaing loss,
a tidal wave and hurricane equal
in intensity and destructive force
to the one which destroyed the
city September 8. 1900.
Outside the limits of the city,
where the wall had not been
reared and whore the city had not
been elevated, the waters had
their way, but the warnings of
the weather bureau had been
needed and the inhabitants had
removed their possessions out of
the danger zone.
From other cities in the affected
area come tales of narrow escapes
and much destruction of physical
property. The only anxiety ex-
pressed now is for the smaller
towns, villages and summer re-
sorts with which the gulf cost is
so thickly settled. Ii; the history
of other gulf storms it has been
this type of village which suffered
most from the waters.
In Galveston and vicinity not a
single life Is believed to have been
sacrificed but the material loss is
thought to be quite extensive.
The hurricane swept the entire
gulf coast with an intensity and
viciousness that has seldom been
equaled ID a country where de-
structive storms are not unusual.
1t had it's origin on the Atlantic
coast and swinging westward and
southwark, devastated the entire
gulf coast even as far south as
Matagorda bay,-Galeston, Texas,
Dispatch. Dist.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-27
Frost in Watauga.

FIR st a-plenty was seen in diff
forant sections Of the county yes
terday morning by those who
arose early. DR. Hodges re-
ports having written his name
in frost at Banner Elk. This Is
quite and unusual occurrence for
this soas m of the year. Old man
say they never saw frost in July
befor9 in the mountains Boone
Special, 21st, to Charlotte Obser
YER.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-27
PLANS TO BUIlD A new TOWN.
A New Town on Becky River, Between
StanIy and Ansaa, TO be Built,

Wadesboro, July Is. Several
representative men of the county.
led byIA. H. Richardson, of Anson-
Vile, are taking the initial steps
looking forward to the develop.
ment of the northern section of
the county, Mr.. Richardson Is a
large land owner and has employ
ed surveyors who have made plans
for a hydro-electric plant near
Kendall Ferry in Rocky river, Is
miles north of Wadesboro.
At this point the building of a
dam and power house which will
cost over 100000 will produc
from 5000 to 1000 horsepower.
The plans as drawn provide for
dam across the river which is only
200 feet wide at the proposed
point with high bank of rock on
the Anson county side the main
dam will extend 800 feet beyond
the river bank with abutment and
a core wall and earth dam $50
feet in length. The natural sur.
roundinge are perfect and back of
this dam there will be a natural
reservoir extending for several
miles. The line of the new South
bound railway passed within
mile of the site for the power
plant and the promoters of the
idea expect to see new and man
ufacturing centre established,
with the cheap power generated
ut the plant large cotton mills
can be operated at good profit.
The work to be done just now
Is the securing of options and the
organization of the company for
the purpose of securing the needed
capital. 1t is thought that the
entire work can easily be done by
the enlistment of local financlers.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-27

ed acr SO her body, inhicting
painful wounds with their feet.
LII the fall Mrs. Horizons right
arm was broken just above the
wrist.
Work has begun on Fred H
Conger's new home, corner Broad
and Tradd streets, and will pro-
gress IS rapidly as possible until
the handsome residence Is com-
pleted 1t will be one Of the finest
homes in StatesvilIe, modern in
every particular, and will cost APP
proxlmately SIS, 600 Including
the rooms in the basement to be
uged for the hot water heating
plant. laundry rooms, etc the
house will contaio about Is rooms.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-27
LEARNING 70 PREVENT CONSUMPTION
Country Loses Millions Yearly In Wasted
Education. 1000, 900 Die.

Over 2, 5000, 900 Of the 17,O0O,.
900 scho II children enrolled in the
| United States have durlng the
school year just closed. been syste-
matically instructed concerning
the dangers Of consumption &C.
cording to a statement issued to.
day by the National Association
for the Study and Prevention of
Tuber ;ulosis.
Besides the $4,000, 900 children
thus regularly instructed IN their
schools, the National Association
estimates that fully 900, 900 more
have received instruction at the
various tuberculosis exhibits held
in all parts of the ccunt1y or in
seperate classes and organizations.
A number of Investigations con.
Quoted in various parts of the
world show that large percent
age of the children in the public
schools have Tuberculosis bef f)re
they are eighteen. That a large
number Of them d. not die. is due
to the fact that healthy children
are able to resist the at
tack of the consumption germ.
On account of the prevalence of
the disease among children, the
National Association considers
their education to be of prime i'm
portance.
Iu Boston, q specia! commission
which recently investigated the
subject, found that over 500
school children in that city alone
had positive cases of tuberculosis.
In New York, a recent study
showed over 5000 tuberculosis
children in the schools. On the
basis of these and other investiga.
tions, it is estimated by certain
authorities that thers are nearly
1000 900 school children in the
United States to-day, will prob
ably die of tuberculosis before
thnv have an 'isd the age of
eighteen This would mean that
the public schools If the country
are paying annually about ST.
100000 for the education Of
children who will die before they
reach the age of eighteen. At
least one half of this sickness, and
possihlj three fourths of it, could
be prevented, If the municipal and
state governmeLt would adopt
batter and more hygenic methods
of controlling and teaching the
children, and if the public in
general we're alive to the need for
tuberculosls prevention.
The National Association de
clares that the best way to wipe
out consumption among the chill
dren is to educate both them and
their parents So that they will
know that tuberculosis is a com,
municahle disease, that 1t can be
cured aud that it must be pre-.
vented.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-27
To Kill Files.
vented.

The London Lancet" the lead
ing medical journal in the world
says that the best and sim
plest fy-killer is weak solution
of formaldehyde in waser(two ta-
biespoonsful to the pin). Place
in plates or saucers throughout
the house Ten cents worth of
formaldehyde will last an ordina-
ry family all summer. 1t has no
offensive smell, is fatal to disease
organisms, and is practically non.
p lis rnous except to insects.
Pyrethium powder which may
be bought at any drug store, burn
ed in the house, will also kill the
flies.
A failing time nerve 90 no longer
than the finest silken thread
takes from the Heart it's impulse,
its power, it's regularity, The
Stomach also has its hidden, or in
side nerve. 1t was DR.. Shop
who first told US it was wrong to
drug a weak or failing Stomach,
Heart or Kidneys His prescrlp-
tion-Dr. Sh oops Restorative-is
! directed straight for the cause of
these tilments-these weak and
faltering inside nerves, This no
doubt clearly explains why the
Restorative has of late grown so
rapidlayi in popularity. Druggists
say that those VITO tests the Res
torative even for a few days soon
became fully convinced of It's
wonderful merit. Anyway, dou't
drug the organ Treating the
cause of sickness is the only sens
ible aud successful way, Scld by
! Cornelison & Cook.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-07-27
Tortured on a Horse,

"For ten years I couldn't ride q
horse without being in torture
from piles,' writes L. S. Napier,
of Rugless, Ky when all doctors
failed, Buckle Arnica Salve
cured M" Infallible for Piles.
Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Boils, Fever,
Sores, Eczema, Salt Rheum,
Corns: 25,. Guaranteed by all
druggists.