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McDuff, Va.—“I suffered for several
Sears,” says Mrs. J. B. Whittaker, ot
its place, “with sick headache, and
stomach trouble.
Ten years ago a friend told me to try
Thedford’s Black-Draught, which 1 did,
and I found it to be the best family medi
cine for young and old.
I keep Black-Draught on hand all the
time now, and when my children feel a
little bad, they ask me for a dose, and it
does them more good than any medicine
they ever tried.
We never have a long spell of sfck
ness in our family, since we commenced
using Black-Draught.”
Thedford’s Black-Draught Is purely
vegetable, and has been found to regu
late weak stomachs, aid digestion, re
lieve indigestion, colic, wind, nausea,
headache, sick stomach, and similar
symptoms.
It has been in constant use for more
than 70 years, and has benefited more
than a million people.
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Burdens of a bad back are
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Get rid of them.
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bad kidneys—
For lame, weak and aching
backs;
Lots of grateful endorsement!
to prove their worth.
Mrs. Susan Alexander, Main
St., Batesville, Ark., says: “I
suffered from a dull ache in the
small of my back and had dizzy
spells and blurring of my sight.
I always felt tired and languid
and could hardly get up in the
morning. Doan’s Kidney Pills
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endorsement of Doan’s Kidney
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Church Society Meets.
1 he \\ Oman’s Missionary So
ciety ot the Methodist church
met in their regular weekly
meeting in the church' parlors
Monday, the president presid
ing.
The ladies of the church have
begun in earnest to carpet the
church and are trying to raise
the funds by the club plan. The
carpet will cost about $500. the
main auditorium to be covered
with cork carpeting about one
half inch thick and will probably
be placed in the next two (
months.
The officers of the Woman’s
Missionary society which in
i eludes both home and foreign
, work were recently elected for
the year 1914 and are Mrs. W.
E. Bevens, president; Mrs. F. ;
R. Suits, vice president; Mrs. j
Edgar Williams, second vice j
president; Mrs- Etta Kelly,
third vice president; Mrs. 0. W.
W, Scarborough, fourth vice
president; Mrs. S. M. Stuckey, j
recording secretary; Mrs. Sam
uel R. Phillips, press corres
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Tea Dan-sart For Miss Watson.
Mrs- W. A. Billingsley gave a
tea dan-sart Saturday afternoon
in honor of Miss Bessie Watson,
who was the week-end guest of j
the hostess.
The affair proved a delightful
innovation, and from three to ,
six the beautiful home was i
thronged with the happy party
who enjoyed the informal danc-1
ing until late in the afternoon.
At beautifully arranged table.
a spring luncheon was served,
concluding this new and most
enjoyable affair.
Those present were Misse.
Bessie Watson, Hortense Hite,
Lizzie Irby, Kate Harder, Kath- (
erine Morris, Leah Jones, Lucy
Bailey and Mrs. Roy Hinkle;
Messrs. Tom Harder, Allen
Martin, Wylie McMinn, Albert |
Bevans, Charles Minor and |
Carl Hirsch.
State’s Annual Stock Show.
The Second Annual Conven
tion of the Arkansas Stock
Growers’ Association will be
held in Little Rock, February
16-19. The President and Secre-,
tary Have already given out the
official call for this meeting.
At the same time I will hold a
Stock Show and a school for
stock breeders, at which lectures
will be given by the best experts
in the country. Every subject
of interest to a stock raiser and
feeder will be discussed. Silos,
Ensilage, Dairying, Breeding,
Hogs, Stock Feeding and other
problems that confront Arkan
sas Stock Raisers will be dis
cussed by authorities. The Fa
culty of the College of Agricul
ture will assist in the Instruc
tion, and the U. S. Department
of Agriculture will Have several
lecturers on the program. There
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will be three lectures each day
from 1 o’clock until 1 and two
lectures each night from 7
o’clock until 9. This school will
be of value to every farmer who
feeds and raises stock.
The Stock Show will be free
to every farmer who comes. The
show stock will be cared for
while in Little Rock at no ex
pense to the owner. If you have
not entered your blooded stock
yet. write the secretary at Lit
tle Rock. There will be a great
show of blooded stock. Every
kind of registered animal in Ar
kansas will be represented.
Among them will be one $1000
Jersey Heifer and two $800 Jer
sey Heifers, two $1000 Hereford
Heifers and five of the best
stallions in the country. Every
class of fine bred hog will be on
exhibition. The show will be
worth the trip to the meeting.
You will be surprised to see the
variety of the finest blooded
stock in Arkansas.
You are urged to attend this
meeting. It is an opportunity
to familiarize yourself with the
types and breeds of the best
stock and learn how to handle
them. At the present time there
is no new enterprise of so much
importance to the Arkansas
farmer.
The Secretary of Agriculture
has furnished an expert on Dai
rying and on the Silo. Crops
for Ensilage will be discussed by
men who have made a life’s
work of the subject. The school
will be for farmers who want to !
know something more about
stock and the show will be for
the further benefit of these far
mers.
Make your plans to attend
this meeting of the stock grow
ers. It is not necessary that
you be a breeder of high class
stock. Come and you will enjoy
the work.
JOHN H. PAGE,
Commissioner of Agriculture..
Enforcing Ten Hour Law.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb- 3.—The ef
fort^#f the State Labor Com
missioner, J. C. Clary, to enforce
the ten-hour statute against
saw' mills and planing mills of
the state, is causing a great deal
of discussion.
Mr. Clary is today holding a
conference with a number of the
mill men of the state at the Ho
tel Marion for the purpose of
considering the application of
the act to the wood-working in
dustry of the state. The act is
said to be working a great hard
ship on the mill-men of the
state, as it has been construed,
as it forbids working over-time
even with consent of the labor
er, and for increased pay.
That the act does not apply to
L m am/]
UVUUlUg llliliU U11U AM* w
tories is the opinion of Attorney
General W. L. Moose, who has
written Dan T. Cutting, presi
dent of the Lumbermen’s Club
of Eastern Arkansas, at Helena:
“Your letter has been received
in which you ask whether or not
Act No. 49, passed in 1905, pre
scribing the ten hour law for
saw mills and planing mills ap
plies to other woodworking
plants such as Heading mills,
stave mills, veneer mills, and
furniture and chair factories.
“In asmuch as the statute is
a penal statute, I think it should
be strictly construed, so as not
to include any other plants ex
cept saw mills and planing mills.
Unless the other mills you men
tion were operated in connection
with saw mills and are consider
ed a part of the plant, I think
the act would not apply to them.
In construing a statute of this
kind words should be given their
ordinary acceptation and a head
ing mill or furniture factory
could not properly be designat
ed a saw mill or planing mill.
Besides, the act, having speci
fied saw mills and planing mills
A PHYSICIAN'S DIAGNOSIS 01
KIDNEY TROUBLE. |
A Seemingly Common Diseast
which Becomes Fatal through
Neglect and which May Be
Readily Cured by Prompt At
tention.
More thnv two-thirds of the annual
death rate, phvsieiaus claim, is directly
traceable to kidney disorders.
Interested by this remarkable asser
tion and desiring to acquire a better un
derstanding of the origin of the disease,
a prominent physician was recently in
terviewed as to the symptoms of such
troubles. -
“To what do you attribute the great
destructiveness ot kidney disease?” was
asked. ——■»*•' - «"*
“The hold which the disease gains in
the body before the victim becomes aware
of his true condition, and the rapidity
with which it eats its way into the vita! i'
organs.”
“Would not the proverbial ‘ounce o)
prevention’ check the progress of tli«
disease?”
“There is no doubt of it. The trouble
is that victims of this disease mistake
'he symptoms for some trifling ailment
fn the stomach or bowels; therefore they
do nothing to arrest the course of the ‘
disease until it is well advanced.”
“What is the origin of kidney trouble? ’ 1
“Almost invariably bud digestion, fol
lowed by torpid liver and a constipated
ti il.it »
“What are the symptoms?”
“Headache, dizzy spells, sluggish
brain, restless nights, pale or sallow
skin, bad breath, lack of appetite, heart
burn, sour belching, backache or tender,
ness over the kidneys, nervous weak
ness, dark rings around the eyes, tired <
feeling, too much or too little urine, and
sediment in urine.”
ITS EFFECT ON THE HEART.
“In what way is the heartaffected frorr. 1
kidney trouble?” i
“In all cases the heart is disturbed,
though in many instances the palpita
tion does not become alarming until the
disease has advanced to a serious point.
A severe heart throbbing and nervous
trembling is noticeable, especially aftel
a little bodily exercise; the victim fre
quently imagines he has heart disease."
HOW TO CURE IT.
“What is the proper course of treat
ment for kidney disease?”
“First, to get rid of uric acid and othei
poisons in the system. This can be done
by stimulating the bladder and bowels
so that they will act more freely. The
suffering kidneys must be strengthened,
the liver and stomach toned up and the
digestion improved.” r
Prickly Ash Bitters is a remedy that
answers these requirements completely.
It is not only a system tonic and regu
lator, but its healing and restorative in
fluence will build up the weakened kid- ,
neys and urge them to a better perform' |
ance of their duties. It gives strength |
and tone to the liver, stomach and heart i
and promotes harmony of action through <
out the body.
M, W. Burr, village blacksmith and respected
titizen of Starks, La., aays: "Iwa.it abled with
kidney and liver disorder tor 18 y* * I was in ,
continual misery until I began t.ring Prickly |
Ash Bitters which has entirely cured me, and 3
am now a strong, healthy and hearty maa. 1
give it to my wife and (our children and they ar'
in the test of health, too. I (eel that Prickly Ask 1
Bitters vb the best remedy on earth and thai :
everybody should keep a bottle at home." <
Get the genuine with the figure 1
“3” in red on front label.
Sold by druggists. Price (IDO,
CITY DRUG STORE,
SPECIAL AGENTS ,
would naturally be supposed to
exclude any other kind of mill
except the two mentioned.
“I am giving you this opinion
unofficially because the law does
not require me to advise private
persons.”
Dried Fruits An Economical And
Valuable Diet
Special to Independent.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 3.—
I Fresh fruits are divided into two
classes, “flavor fruits” and
“food fruits,” acccording as they
are valued for their flavor or as
a food, according to the Office of
Nutrition Investigations for the
United States Department of
Agriculture. Those that are 80
per cent or more water fall un
j der the "first classification (ap
: pies, pears, peaches, and most of
,our common fruits), while those
| containing less fall undqr the
latter (bananas, grapes, and
figs). The food value of a pound
of dried fruit is, of course, much
greater than that of a pound of
fresh fruit. A pound of the lat
ter will yield an average of a*
bout <> ounces dried, Vut the a
mount of water in tlie original
fruit is no guide to the fo< \ val
ue of the dried product.
The main cluing* which tal es
place during drying i - the los- of
water, but other change- also oc
cur. Very often the right de
gree of heat, produce.- changes
not unlike those which occur
during ntural ripening on the
plant.
In some cases the crude fiber
which forms the basis of the
plant structure is reduced in a
mount or softened. Much of the
starch is changed to some form
of sugar. The change in flavor
is due partly to the proportion
ate increase of sugar from loss
of water and to absolute increas
es from chemical changes. . „
To determine which of the two
fruits is more economical, not
only must the cost per pound be
known, but the amount of bodily
fuel that makes for energy and
protein (muscle building materi
al) a pound of each would sup
ply. One must also consider what
expense is required to prepare
each for the table. Grapes com
monly cost less a pound than,
raisins, but a given sum spent
for grapes will buy a smaller a
mount of nutritive material,
since the proportion of water is
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IIlUCIl tllcUl in tilt; XCIIOIJIO.
On the other hand, low-priced
fresh fruit is sometimes as eco
nomical as a somewhat cheaper
dried fruit, since the latter would
require sugar and fuel to make
it ready for the table.
Attention should also be direct
ed to the extent of inedible mate
rial.
Bunting Thoroughly Tested,
In verr truth a modei*J battlv«ht|
does, In modern phrasing, cany some
Bunting. About 1160,000 la spent D»
the United States navy for flags each
year. Every case of bunting costs the
government I BOO; every roll coats
•11.36. The bunting oomes from Ha*
mu:husett*. Every place Is subjected
to the most severe test. It meg
weigh five pounds to every forty yaadg
and stand the weight test of seventy
pounds to two square Inches. It tl
steeped hi salt water tor six hoof*
and then exposed to the son tor the
same period of time. If after this
treatment It continues to be bunting
gg * distinguishable oolor It Is pm
Hmn< M tar orrrtoe. -»
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Uncovered Family Group.
An interesting discovery was re
cently made In Edinburgh In tha
course of the demolition of the old
chureh buildings of a parish ohurch
In Roxburgh Place. A vault contain
ing the remains of Lady Glenorchy, a
member of the Rreadalbane family,
and the founder of the original church*
was laid bare.
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Professor Recited Badly.
One day a college professor, going
to hla class, came across one of hla
students who had Just fallen down,
Asking hla how he fell, the student
replied, "Notwithstanding." Tailing
the anecdote a short time later tha
professor said: "I met lfr. Junior the
other day, and he aaade a very bright
remark. Ha had Just fallen down, jam
know; and, whan I asked him how It
happened, ha said, ‘Nevertheless.’ •
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Impoverished nerves destroy many
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your nervous system in good con
| iition, as the nerves are the foerce
I r( all bodily power. Mrs. Roaa
Bonner, 8*5 N. 18th St., Binning*
ham, Ala., says:
"I hive been suffering with n«rr«
oms prostration for nine or ten
years. Have tried many of the beat
lectors in Birmingham, but they all
•Tiled to reach my case. I would
feel as if I was smothering; finally
1 'vent into convulsions. My little
girl saw
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in:.- began to take It. I continued
:o » * it for some time and now I j
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