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The Washington herald., 1917-01-31
THIS MAN SAYS He
FLIRTED With THE
GRAVE FOR YEARS
Takes Dreco and Gains 20
Pounds-Let His Belt
Out -Four Inches.

"Tn tell you the truth, II I knew this
Dreco was not going to be sold any more.
1 would buy every bottle on that counter
before l left here tonight" said F. E.
Speck, Of Park Head, Md. Mr. Speck Is
a well-known -four miller.
Before I began taking Dreco I only
weighed 135 pounds Today I got on the
scales and tipped them off at 155-a gain
of exactly twenty pounds-and more than
1 ever weighed in my life. Just look at
this belt! l had to let it out four inches,
and 1t is still tight.
Several years ago I began having
stomach trouble and it kept getting worse
till l began having acute indigestion
When these attacks struck me l would
swell up like a mule with the collie and
get as limp as rag. My breath would
get short, and my pulse so weak I was
afraid my heart was going to stop beat
ing. Finally my kidneys went back on
me and I never knew what it was to be
free of pain, day or night. I was fading
away fast. and got down to where l was
almost a walking skeleton, and tell you
/ was flirting with the grave, and guess
would have been in it by now had it
not been for Dreco. I guess l was as
near dead as any live man you ever saw.
But look at me now! l am as well and
strong as ever in my whole life, and can
do as big a days work as any man.
In an the years l have been sick
have spent enough money in the drug
stores for medicine to own an interest in
one, and 1 am lucky that 1 didn't have
an undertaker's bill to pay Every time
heard of a new medicine I bought It;
that is how ever happened to try Dreco.
and that was the time 1 hit 1t right
That Is what saved me. I can actually
eat anything now, and really get
ashamed of myself sometimes. And
sleep! why I never would wake up II
they didn't come and shake me. L
haven't pain about me- and think Dreco
is the greatest medicine ever invented
Dreco is now sold and recommended
by all the O'Donnell Drug Stores, Geo.
b. Bury in Anacostia, Allen & Co., In
Alexandria--Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-31
The Town Crier

ssThe New Minister a musicai com
edy, will be presented by the Epworth
League, of Foundry NJ. e. Church,
again tonight.
The Washington branch of the Amer
icsn Pharmaceutical Association will
hold a meeting at the National COL
lege of Pharmacy. sos I street north
west, this evening at p. m.
The second of the lecture series at
the Young Mems Christian Association
by Dr. Earle Wiley and C. ]. Brain
erd will be given at the association
assembly hall this evening at Sis
o'clock.
Senator Sheppard will address an
open meeting of Oak Camp, No. 4.
woodmen OF the World, this evening
at o'clock at the headquarters Of
the camp at the Northeast Temple.
DIR. BENJAMIN r. Andrews, of Column
bia University, will talk on House
hold Budgets" before the household
efficiency forum of the Housekeepers'
Alliance on Friday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock at 1906 Twentieth street.
The Mid-CIty Citinens' Association
will hold a smoker and luncheon this
evening in Carroll Institute.
Mrs. Ida Hustled Harper will lecture
| today before the National American
Woman Suffrage Association. 1926
Rhode Island avenue northwest, at IL
O. m.
TIE Spanish-A AmericaR Atheneum will
meet this evening at Rauscher's at
8 o'clock.
The National Press Club will hold
a Congressional Night this evening at
| 9 o'clock.
The Red Circle Society. Chapter Ne,
| l. will hold its first meeting In Feb
ruary at the home of Secretary How
ell tomorrow evening at 1880 o'clock.
A lecture on the subject of Chris
tian Science, the third in the series
under the auspices of the local Chris
tian Science churches, will be de-
livered at Polls Theater, Sunday aft
! ernoon. February 4, at o'clock. The
lecturer will be Mr.. William r. Rath-
Won, OF Boston.
The officers of Mount Vernon Com
mandery. United Order of the Golden
Cross, will be installed Friday even
ing by Deputy Grand Commander W.
L. Wilkerson, assisted by Grand Com
mander ]. B. Bailey and Past Grand
Commander John H. A Fowler.
The Housekeepers' Alliance viii
celebrate Thrift Day at a meeting at
the Theodorus Bailey Myers Mason
west, Friday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
DIR. John G. Troy. of New York. will
hold Bible classes today at the Second
I Baptist Church, Fourth street and Vir-
ginia avenue southeast, at p. m, at
the Gospel Mission. at $3.50 .. m, and
at the Emanual Baptist Church at s
q. m.
DIR. Louise Quits Powell will lecture
tonight at the Portland Hotel at 8
o'clock on The Psychology of Color,
Its Effect on the Health. Mind and
| Finances-
Charles II. johnson, formerly deputy
warden at Sing Sing, under William
Mott Osborn, now secretary of the
New York State Board of Prisons. is
to address the Prisoners Aid Society
of Washington at Pythisn Temple.
| February 7.
Grace Grfswold, of the Washington
! Square Players, of New York. is to
! address the Arts Club at their club
| house Friday evening. She will tell
of The Organization of a Little The
ater," and also of one OF the latest
developments of the Washington
4 Square Players, the Theater Workshop
The address will be made in the In
terest OF the building and organiza-
ton of Little Theater for Washing
ton
The Washington herald., 1917-01-31
SPORTY SPOOKS SHOW
POLISH PAIR Peril
All Manner of Strange Stuff" Seen
by New York Folk.
Special TO Tns washington Herald.

Special 10 The Washington Herald.
New York, Jan. 3o.-Stanislaus Lysa1, OF
Newark, Is getting weary OF being haunt
ed. but Mrs. Stanislaus LysaJ is getting
wearier. She does not enjoy the consola-
tions of her spouse, for whom the neigh
borhood buys rounds and rounds Of drink
while he spills the yarn about the ghostly
manifestations in Tyler street.
After a three days revel the invisible
presences, who are said to have been
throwing furniture. stove lids and parlor
ornaments at Mr.. and Mrs. Stanislaus,
took day off yesterday and the Lysajs
are devoutly hoping that they have gone
away to spend the week in the country
and that they will never come back.
The widest yarns ever spun in an old
sailors home are outdone by the tales
now circulating in the vicinity of the
haunted house" One night last week.
the narrative runs, a flock of mysterious
footsteps ran all around the Lysays four
room apartment. and tho footsteps had
no feet attached to them.
Mrs. LysaJ thought little or nothing of
nishings. and so. the story goes. she call
ed in priest who is reported to have
seen pictures fall of the mantelpiece and
all the hairpins merrily jump out of Mrs.
Lysaj's Psyche knot
Stanislaus and Mrs Stanisiaus are
bravely holding the fort. They intend to
keep right on living in the haunted
house." they say, and IT 10 hinted that
they don't even intend to ask the land
lord to lower the rent .
The Washington herald., 1917-01-31
BOY SCOUTS START FUND.

The Boy Scout Masters Club OF the
District will start a paper conservation
campaign to raise the annual budget OF
5000 for the local expenses of the Boy
Scouts OF America
In previous years It has been the prac-
tice of the local organization to solicit
funds for the budget among the citizens
of Washington. 1t was thought, how
ever, that 1t would be a comparatively
easy task to find Sc. 900 worth of old paper
this year, since the price Of paper is sc
much higher than usual. Awards will
be made to the boys and troops for the
largest amounts of paper collected unit
May
The Washington herald., 1917-01-31
1000 BUSINESS men
open CONVENTION HERE
U. S. Chamber of Commerce Meets IN
First Session Today.
PRESIDENT TO SPEAK FRIDAY
Government Departments Exhibit Work.
Fisheries Bureau Has Display.

The nth annual meeting OF the Cham
Der Of Commerce Of the United States
win open at the New Willard this morn
ing. with 1000 or more OF the most prom
inent business men Of the country in at
tendance.
In the morning and afternoon commit
tee reports will be read, but the evening
session will be given over to a discussion
Of the railroad situation In the United
States, with respect to congestion labor
problems and unfriendly legislation.
Walker D. Hines, chairman OF the
board Of directors Of the Santa Fe Rail-
way. VIII present the case for the rail-
roads. and Charles F. Weed will present
a report Of an Investigation by the Cham
Der Of Commerce.
Preliminary to the opening Of the con-
vention today the national council of the
chamber held meeting In the ballroom
OF the Willard yesterday. and approved
the program which had been arranged for
the meeting
before the close the Chamber OF Com
merce VIII be asked by State societies OF
Washington to establish here a perma-
nent exhibit Of State products and indus
trial resources. This was decided upon
by representatives from twenty State
societies
In connection with the convention the
various government departments have an
exhibit in rooms adjoining the convention
hall at the Willard. The display shows
government activities in business, COM
merce, finance and transportation There
are complete exhibits from the Bureau
OF Standards, the Bureau Of Education,
the Census Bureau, the Bureau OF
Fisheries and others
The Fisheries Bureau Is displaying
buttons made from shell fish in this
country since the war stopped importa-
tons OF similar foreign goods, and moss
gathered from the depths OF the sea and
used by milliners, which has taken the
place Of a similar article formerly i'm
ported from France nd Germany.
The government biological stations are
displaying the latest things science has
discovered for business. The Bureau OF
Education has an "Amertcization" dis
play, urging the learning of the Eng glish
language by foreigners.
At the meeting tomorrow the speakers
VIII include Secretary Of War Newton D.
Baker, Gen. Leonard A Wood. and
H&ard Z. Coffin.
he Friday session will be held in the
Pah-American Union Building and It is
expected that President Wilson will
make an address at the dinner that even
ing. Secretary of Commerce William C,
Redfield will also speak.
Among the local men prominently
identified with the meetings are Clarence
P. King, chairman of delegates appointed
to represent the National Electric Light
Association. with Delegate John C. Nc
Laughlin. manager, commercial depart
ment of the Potomac Electric Company
and William F. Ham, who represents the
American Electric Railway Association
The Washington herald., 1917-01-31
Purely Personal

]. A. Springer has returned from a brief
vacation.
H e. Smith has recovered from an at
tack of the grip.
Mrs. Irene Elliott is confined to her
home by illness.
WILDER Conner has been appointed as a
skilled laborer in the Printing Office.
Miss Margaret e. Malone has been ap-
pointed as a copyist in the Department of
the Interior.
H. c. Thompson has left on a business
trip to Cleveland and other Ohio cities.
DR.. Robert Booth Acker has received
Service.
DR.. c. A. Morris has been transferred
temporarily to Cairo, Ill, by the Public
Health Service.
Charles Senner has received an ap-
pointment in the Navy Yard
William o. Mark has received an ap-
pointment in the Bureau Of Printing and
Engraving.
R. A. Smith. of the Navy Yard. has
returned after few days absence in
New Hampshire.
John W. Pouncey has been reinstated In
the Bureau of Printing and Engraving.
A. q. Roberts, OF the Bureau of Mar
kets, Department of Agriculture. return
ed yesterday from Chicago.
Joseph L. Kane and a party Of Boston
visitors were entertained last night al
the home of Miss Ellen Rice in T street.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-31
DYSPEPSIA GONE! NO INDIGESTION,
IGAS, SOURNESS- DIAPEPSIN

debilitating headaches, dizziness or in
testinal gripping. This will all go, and,
besides, there will be no sour food left
over in the stomach to poison your
breath with nauseous odors.
Pape's Diapepsin is a certain cure for
out-of-order stomachs, because It takes
hold Of your food and digests 1t just the
same as II your stomach wasn't there.
Relief in five minutes from all stom-
ach misery is waiting for you at any
drug store.
These large ffty-cent cases contain
enough "Pape's Diapepsin" to keep the
entire family free from stomach disor-
ders and indigestion for many months.
1t belongs in your home.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-31
SHIP SINKING EXPLAINED,

Berlin tvia sayvtlle wtreless). Jan. 80
An explanation of the sinking of the Brit
ish steamship Traterrack CTevarrack) has
just been given by the German govern
ment In reply to an inquiry from the
United States The note, which was
handed to tho American Ambassador,
saysi
The steamer was stopped by a German
submarine on November 16. The crew left
In boats, upon being signaled to do so.
The ship was then searched and sunk as
a hostile yesselS
The Washington herald., 1917-01-31
Operate on Porto Ricsu Officer

Martin Trayieso, jr., secretary of Porto
Rico. is confined to his apartment at the
New Cochran on account Of an operation
he underwent at the Walter Reed Hos
pital. eco.
Mr.. Travieso is member Of the COM
mission sent by the people of Porto Rico
to urge the passage of the Shaffroth-
Jones bill, which proposes to give the
Porto Ricans citizenship.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-31
BACK BROKEN; MAY WALK,

New York, Jan. So-A man with a
broken back used to be considered as
good as dead. But not today.
Doctors at Kings County Hospital
whitfield away four inches of Casman
Trascoma's backbone, broken In an auto
smash-up, and he's recovering. They also
UNFINISHED his spinal cord, snarled into
an 8. Casman can wiggle his toes al
ready, and Is rapidly recovering
The doctors did the same thing for
Mrs Fessie Smith
The Washington herald., 1917-01-31
Time It'll In Five Minutes Your
Sick. Upset Stomach
Feels Fine.

When your meals don't fit comfort
Cbly. or what you eat lies like a lump
OF lead in your stomach, or II you have
heartburn, that is a sign of indigestion.
Get from your pharmacist a fifty
cent ccse OF Pape's Diapepsin and take
a dose just as soon as you can. There
will be no sour risings, no belching Of
undigested food mixed with acid, no
stomach gas or heartburn, fullness or
heavy. feeling in the stomach. nausea,
The Washington herald., 1917-01-31
LEFT WAITING AT CHURCH

Allentown, Pa, Jan. 3o-Andrew Ffxel,
of Cleveland, Ohio, was so distressed over
being left waiting at the church by Teresa
zanyear that he called on Attorney John
L. Schwartz to sue her for breach of
promise.
AS they were about to wed a married
sister Of the girl informed her that she
had found that her lover was a widower
with two young children, and his mar
ried sister drew such a gloomy picture
Of her life as a stepmother that the girl
backed out, 1t is said.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-31
AMERICAN FINANCIERS
PLAN RUSS RAILWAYS
Would Build Network of Roads Be-
tween MOSCOW and the Don.

Petrograd. Jan D.-American and Rus
sian financiers and engineers are nego-
tiating with the council OF ministers with
regard to a plan to build a network of
railways between Moscow and the Don.
as well as a trans-Causacian railroad
going to Vladivostock, Tifis and along
the Volga
1t is proposed that the new railroads
after private operation for nine years,
revert to the government. The PROPOSE
ton is said to be favored by the suthoH-
ties and early Official approval Is looked
The Washington herald., 1917-01-31

Recognition of his efficient admins
trauon" of the Internal Revenue BureaI
was accorded to Commissioner William
II. Osborn yesterday by the Tobacco
Merchants Association, which represent
all branches OF the industry. An elab
orately engrossed set Of resolutions wa
presented to him.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-31
TO SAFEGUARD SHIPS.

Measures to prevent scores of wrecks
caused by overlooking vessels, par
ticularly on the Great Lakes, will be
taken today. A loadline system for
American ships, the only ones in the
world not subject to laws against over
loading, will be submitted to Secretary os
Commerce Redfeld by committee of
ship owners and builders.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-31
Dutch Market Elects Officers.

The stockholders of Old Dutch Market
at its annual meeting held in Alexandria
Va, elected the following directors D
]. Callahan. d. B. Casley. John Dolph
a. d. Marks and J. A. Whitfield.
The directors elected the following off,
GERS for the coming year: J. A. Whit.
field. president; D. B. Casley, vice presi-
dent and treasurer, and A. n. Mandell
secretary.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-31

A cream separator OF recent invention
delivers cream Of uniform consistency re-
gardless Of variations in the speed OF the
machine
The Robesonian., 1917-07-26
REULAH NEWS BATCH
Meeting CIoses-A Marriage-CrOps
Hurt by Heavy Rains-PersOnal and
Other Items

OCn6T 1CcEUS
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Beulah, July 21-Our meeting
which began Monday ended yester-
day. It was conducted by Rev. |. F.
Hedgpeth, who did some able preach
ing. Mr.. Hedgpeth proved himself
among the best of preachers.
Mr.. A. C. Flowers of this section
and Miss Hatebelle Parker of West
Lumberton We're united in marriage
Saturday. Both are highly esteemed
by all who know them. We wish them
a long and prosperous life.
We are having heavy rains in this
section which is doing the crops a
lot of damage.
Mr.. Oscar Helgren had the misfor-
tune of losing his mule Saturday.
Messrs. C. E. and Luther Phillips
were Lumberton visitors Saturday.
Misses Lillian Blake and Pauline
Flowers, who had been visiting in
this section returned home Wednes-
day.
Mr. Tommie Phillips was a Lum.
berton visitor Wednesday.
Mr.. Cheston Branch and Miss Lii.
han Rice attended preaching here
Thursday.
The farmers in this section are re.
joicing over the prices they are get.
ting for their tobacco.
Rev. I. F. Britt of the Broad Ridge
section attended services here Thurs.
day and Friday.
The Robesonian., 1917-07-26
A PLEA FOR THE CHILDREN

To the Editor of The Robesonian:
Train up a child in the way he
should 90 and when he is old he will
not depart from it. Every child
should be taught to know the true
and the living God and fea.' Him and
keep His moral law. The mother
should see to it that her children have
character like Moses and Job or Zach
arias and Elizabeth. Exodus 2:9:
"Take this child and nurse it for me
and l will pay thee thy wages" Your
children should be placed under the
care of some one who knows how to
care for them and feels the RESPONSE
bility of the child's good character.
Mothers who are not careful along
those lines are making sad mistakes S
in the training of their children. La.
ter on these little ones are to be the
leaders and if they have been train
ed and cared for by incompetent nurse
they will not make successful nurses.
They will be just like the ones who
have trained them in habits and
ways.
Mothers, we don't mean to ques-
tion your rights, yet we implore you
to be careful as to who shall nurse
your children. If you would like for
your children to become great some
day, see to it that they receive the
proper training now. Only think
twenty years from today these chill
dren will have their hands upon the
levers of the world. They will be
the preachers, lawyers, physicians and
all kinds of great leaders, for good
Or bad. Remember the mother and
the nurses are responsible for the
acts ard habits of their children. Then
mothers, see that it is important for
your children to have competent, well
trained nurses. Sometimes the cheap
est one is the dearest. Pay more and
get some reliable competent person
c. H. MOSLEY
Lumberton, N. c.,
July "a, 1917.
The Robesonian., 1917-07-26
ST. PAULS NEWS PACKAGE
stop! Look! Listen!-Fayetteville e
May Yet Get Camp-Crops and
Po;nS- -porcOraI

Cores pondence of The Robesonian.
st. Pauls, July 24-Mr. F. E. Pip
pin of Wakefield is spending a few
days in St. Pauls with his friend Mr..
Walton Fisher. Messrs. Fisher and
Pippin are two Of the loyal sons of
North Carolina who have enlisted in
the service of Uncle Sam, and to
bear arms and honor for this coun-
try in the great world war.
Within the past few days several
people have been killed by auto and
railroad accidents. The cause Of this
is carelessness by drivers, speeding
and not taking the proper precaution
when drawing near railroad cross
ing. "Stop! Look! Listen!" always
before entering a dangerous cross
ing, and much property and many
lives will be saved.
Fayetteville still has hopes for a
camp. A number Of the boys, in
cluding civil engineers, are located
between Fayetteville and Hope Mills
surveying the site. The command
er at Charleston, S. c., who has the
selection in charge, informs Mr.. N.
A. Sinclair of Fayetteville that he
will be there in the next few days
to decide on the location.
A large number of our people went
over to Parkton Thursday afternoon
to attend the funeral of Mr.. W. T.
Fisher.
Miss Anna Belle Buie of Washing
ton, D. c., is visiting relatives in
town this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. and Master
Crawford Of Raeford are guests of
Mrs. J. C.. T,entz.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Smith, Miss
Mary Gilmer Weaverly and Miss
Rosa Galloway Of Clio, S. c., are Wis
iting at the home Of Mr.. John Nc
Arthur.
Mesdames A. E. Howard, E. L.
Melton and Miss Addie Townsend
gave their Sunday school classes a
lemonade party Wednesday after
noon.
Mr.. Jesse Odom and Miss Beulah
eagle Of St. Pauls, R. 4, we're mar
ried last Sunday. We wish this
young couple much happiness.
Miss Mazelle Weston left Monday
for her home in Burgaw after spend
ing two weeks in town visiting rela-
tives and friends.
Our crops are being blessed with
plenty Of rain and general green
is prevalent in some sections. The
corn crops are very good thru this
section but cotton is not doing sc
we'll at present.
The Robesonian., 1917-07-26
Nature Needs Assistance
In Keeping You Well

in keeping the blood absolutely free
OF all impurities. This old remedy is
a wonderful purifier and tonic, and
has no equal for keeping the blood
rich and pure. It builds up the ap-
petite and tones up the entire system.
5. 5. S. is sold by druggists every
where. 1t has been successfully used
tor more: than fifty years, and people
IN practically every state testify to
its great worth. Write for booklets
and free medical advice to Swift Spe-
chic Co., Dept. E Atlanta, Ga.
The Robesonian., 1917-07-26
REGISTER NOW UNDER
THE ABSENT VOTERS LAW
Every Voter Who May be Absent from
the Stale at Election Should Reg
ister in Absent Voters Registra-
Rnnlr

Every Voter Who May be Absent from
the Stale at Election Should Reg
ister in Absent Voters Registra-
tion Book
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
Please permit me through your pa
per to call the attention CT your read
ers to the law enacted at the last
session of the General Assembly
which permits absent electors to vote:
Soldiers in the national guard, all
men who are called to serve under
the selective draft, and any other
voters who may be absent from their
home voting places at the tune OF
the next primary election IN May,
1918 or at the general election in
November thereafter, should by all
means see to it now that their names
are entered on the absent voters reg
istration book.
The chairman of the county board
of elections in each county is the reg
istrar for all such voters who wish
to register. The sheriff or any coun-
ty officer will, upon request, furnish
his name and address.
The fact that a voter is now reg
istered will not entitle him to vote
by mail if he is away from home at
the time of the primary or the gen,
eral election. He must be registered
IN the absent voters book. There
is no provision in the law for reg
istration by mail. Each person who
expects to avail himself of the privil-
eye of this law must go in person
and have his name entered on the
absent voters registration book.
There is no fee for this registra-
ton and every voter who may be
absent owes the duty both to him
self and to his State to register and
register now, for unless he does so
register in person before going awav
he will not be permitted to vote b.
mail, and, if away from home, will
thus lose his vote.
This law was enacted primarily for
the benefit of our soldiers and it is
hoped that they will avail themselves
of it's privileges.
w. S. WILSON, Secretary,
North Carolina Council of Defense.
Raleigh, N. G.
July 20, 1917.