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BE ASSISTED BY A CONCERT Anti-Tuberculosis Society Hopes to Raise Funds for Hospital Through This Venture. (Continued from Page One) o it shows what we have done in the way of education." With reference to the establishment of a hospital it was the opinion of the medical men present that there would be no objection to making it an adjunct to the Reid Memorial hospital. That is, that it could be erected on the same ground, and operated successfully through certain arrangements with the management of the former. But however that might be, the establishment of such an institution is regarded as imperative. The medical societies of the county, the churches and the philanthropic organizations are all agreed as to this. Miss Esther G. White stated that, in order to start a fund, she would turn over the surplus of a concert to be given under her auspices in the Murray theater the first week in January, after all expenses were paid, to the association, if agreeable to the latter. Miss White's offer was accepted and the members of the organization stated they would take the matter up with : the public. The accomplishment in other cities in the state was pointed out, EvansTille, in instance, where in a short time a sum of $15,000 for a tuberculosis hospital was raised by popular subscription. The sum of $130 was reported in the I treasury. . Don't waste your money buying strengthening plasters. Chamberlain's Liniment is cheaper and better. Dampen a piece of flannel with it and will relieve the pain and soreness. For sale by all dealers. Advertisement. The Masonic Calendar Monday, Dec. 2. Richmond Cominandery, No. 8, K. T., Stated Conclave and annual election of officers. Tuesday, Dec. 3. Richmond Lodge No. 196 F. & A. M Stated Meeting and annual election of officers. ' Thursday, Dec. 5. Wayne Council, No. 10, 1L & S. M. Stated Assembly and annual election of officers. Friday, Dec. 6. King Solomon's Chapter No. 4, R. A. M. Called ConVocation. Lodge will open promptly at 5 o'clock p. m. The Past and Most Excellent Master's degrees will be conferred. Lunch" at 6:30 in the banquet room after which the Royal Arch degree will be conferred. Saturday, Dec. 7. Loyal Chapter, No. 49 O. E. S., Stated Meeting and annual election of officers for the ensuing year. THE ART OF FELTING. It Was Developed Long Before the Weaver Was First Known. Felt is a fabric formed without weaving by taking advantage of the tendency of hair and wool to interlace and cling to each other. Antiquarians state that the art of felting was developed long before the weaver was first known. Felting antedates the Chrls'tian era by many centuries. . Authorities state that the felting quality of hair or wool results from the natural structure of the material. The hair of most animals is noticed to be more or less notched or jagged on Its surface. This Is the more apparent when an examination of the material is made by the aid of a microscope. In some animals there appears to be a set of barbs on the hair, and these barbs are so placed that the tip of each points to the end of the hair. It follows that when a number of hairs are pressed together those which lie In the opposite direction to each other will Interlock with the barbs of the hair surface and resist an effort to tear them asunder. When the hair has a natural tendency to curl the interlacing process which is called felting is more easily accomplished. Although the felting property is possessed by wool in a special degree, other animals have it in their covering. This Is true of the goat, ox, hare, rabbit and beaver. New York Sun. Early Manuscripts. The type of letters in early manuscript was the same as that of those used on the earlier metal plates and wax tablets. All letters were capitals. Minuscule, or small lettering, as opposed to the majuscule, was invented in the seventh century. Before its invention there was no spacing between the words. There was no punctuation unless possibly ome mark between sentences. ' When cursive writing came Into general use, about the beginning of the tenth century, the art was practiced by only a few highly trained scribes. This continued all through the middle ages. The scribes were artists, and they carried their art to a high degree of perfection. Many of the manuscripts of that period are very beautiful specimens of handiwork and mm perfect as print. . ...... . ..

What Good Roads Mean to Farm Profits

BY ISAAC L. TOTTEN. Although much has been said in the columns of the Palladium during the past few weeks regarding the good I roads movement which has been start- j ed in Wayne county, I believe that too much cannot be said on this subject; consequently, I will devote this space today to a few remarks regarding our public highways. In the first place, I do not believe that it is a part of the farmers' business at all to occupy his time building roads. As the editor of this paper i says, "The construction and maintain- j ence of highways is an industrial art, j and this work must be done by ex-1 perts. The average farmer knows little of the science of road building, still the county has instructed the upkeep of its expensive highways to his care." Very few farmers in this county have the time to work on the roads, and it is a very difficult job to get many of them to work out their road taxes. Every farmer in this county knows full well what good roads mean to him from a profit standpoint, and it is not because he is negligent that he does not get out and do more road work, but it is because he hasn't the time. It is a fact, of course, that it is to every farmer's advantage to know how to construct and maintain a good road, bed, but the work of road building proper should not be left to him. It should be under the supervision of those who have, through study and experience, found out how to build roads that will make the transporting of farm articles as economical as possible. Of course, the farmer is not the only one who travels the rural highways, 1 but good roads really mean more to j him from a profit standpoint than it does to others. Under the most favorable conditions it sometimes costs more to place certain farm products upon the market than it does to produce them. The following is an extract from an article written by C. H. Claudy: "But here are some figures which are under the established facts; they minimize rather than emphasize the true conditions. There are more than 200,000,000 tons of farm products hauled over the roads of the United States every year. The average distance the mean of the great and the least from farm to market, is 9.4 miles. The average cost of hauling in the United States is from twenty-three to twentyfive cents per ton per mile. The average cost, on the good roads only, of this country is from ten to twelve cents per mile. "Multiply 9.4 (average distance) by twenty-three cents (average cost per ton per mile) by 200,000,000 (minimum tonnage hauled), and the result is the tidy sum of $432,40,000 spent yearly in hauling by the farmers of this country. If the cost of hauling were cut in half, they would save $216,200,000, which would build nearly 100,000 miles of good roads all by itself!" Thesie figures show us an amazing fact, and they seem almost incredible; yet, when we take into consideration some of our own experiences right at home, we can readily see that Mr. Claudy's figures are not beyound the bounds of reason. A few weeks ago 1 had charge of moving 3,000 bushels of onions to market. The distance from the farm to the market was four and one-half miles. Half of that distance was over a dirt road which was in a very bad condition, making it impossible to haul more than forty bushels to the load. And, owing to the bad road the teams could not make only two loads a day. It cost four dollars a day for each team; that made a cost of five cents a bushel just for hauling a distance of four and one-half miles. If there had been good roads all the way to town it would have been an easy matter to have hauled between eighty and one hundred bushels per load and the teams could have made three trips instead of two. I do not make this last statement without knowing what could have been done. It was done by some farmers who lived even a greater distance FREE TO ASTHMA SUFFERERS A New Home Cure That Anyone Can Use Without Discomfort or Loss of Time. We have a New Method that cures Asthma, and we want you to try it at our expense. No matter whether your case is of long standing or recent development, whether It Is present as occasional or chronic Asthma, our method is an absolute cure. No matter in what climate you live, no matter what your age or occupation, our method will certainly cure you right in your own home. We especially want to send it to those apparently hopeless cases, where all forms of inhalers, douches, opium preparations, fumes, "patent smokes," etc., have failed. We want to show everyone at our own expense that this new method will end all difficult breathing, all wheezing and all those terrible paroxysms at once and for all time. This free offer is too important to neglect a single day. Write now and begin the cure at once. Send no money. Simply mail coupon below. Do It Today. FREE ASTHMA COUPON. FRONTIER ASTHMA CO., Room 482C, Niagara and Hudson Sts., Buffalo, N. Y.: Send free trial of your method to

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from the market, and who had good roads from their farms all the way into town. On the basis of hauling eighty bushels to the load and three loads per day, and figuring the cost of hauling at four dollars per team per day, the cost of hauling over the gocxTroads was a little over a cent and a half per bushel. Placing the cost of hauling as high as two cents a bushel over the good roads, there was a saving of three cents a bushel, or that much profit If you prefer it in that sense which is the correct way to look at it. The three cents a bushel on three thousand bushels would have been $90. Think of it! Ninety dollars on one email job of hauling. That is only one instance; and if we would add to that the amount which others would have sav ed in one locality, we would have enough money to build a goodly ! stretch of the best kind of a road. Just before I began writing this I saw a handcar with several section hands going down the railroad track near my home, and the thought came to me of the difference in the way the railroad companies look after their road beds and the way in which the farming public look after their road beds. The railroad companies, the greater portion of them, at least, do not stop when they have constructed their right of way, but they have men at work continuously replacing defective rails and ties and doing other work that keeps their tracks in good repair. Time is a very important factor to the railroad companies, and it is also a very important factor in every line of business. By keeping their tracks in good condition it means that the railroad companies can make better time in transporting both freight and passengers, and it also means the lessening of accidents. I believe that it is just as important to keep a band of men at work continuously on our roads as it is for the railroad companies to keep men continuously at work on their road beds. At first glance, this idea may seem unreasonable, yet when the subject is looked at from the proper standpoint, and when we consider what we now lose because of poor roads, I cannot see that there is any room for argu ment against this plan. When roads are neglected after they have once been put in good shape, it shows that there is a lack of good business judgment somewhere. Good Reason. Mr. Crsfeht (to vicar's wife) Why Is your husband always asking for money, money, money? Vicar's Wife (wearily) I presume it's because be never gets any. Unkind. "Mighty mean man I's wiikin fer." "Wafs de mattah?" "Took de lalgs off de wheelbarrab so's 1 kaln't set town an' rest" New York World. A WEAK WOMAN . AND HER STOBi In Flora!, Ark., Lives a Lady Whc Feels That Her Strength Was Restored by Cardui. Floral, Ark. "I must speak a gecu word for Cardui," writes Mrs. Viok Baker, of this place. "About a month ago I was in very bat1 health. 1 was so weak and nervous tlia I was not able to do my bousework. "My husband bought me one bottie of Cardui, the woman's tonic. 1 took it according to directions and now 1 am it good health. "I think Cardui is a fine tonic for weal women." And you are not the only lady wh thinks so, Mrs. Baker. Thousands, like you, have written t tell of the wonderful benefit Cardui hz been to them. Cardui contains no minerals, or othe: powerful drugs. It contains no glyceru or other mawkish-tasting ingredients. It is just a pure, natural extract, o' natural vegetable herbs, that have bees found to regulate the womanly function, and strengthen the female system. All druggists sell Cardui. See yours about it. N. R Write to: Ladles' Advisory Dept. CTia nooga Medicine Co. . Chatl 2r.ooca. Tenn., for Spe. Instructions. andC4-px,;e bock, 'Hone Trenirr 'or WoBf " '"'" in r'.-.ir. v .-n recucGet i Ar in winter? Then you a oetter arop m and see this fan-irate Dr A Reed Cushion Shoe. Tt'c th ideal shoe for winter for the soft cushion insole pot only makes walking delightful, b,ut keeps your feet dry and "warm as toast." Coma in tomorrow we hara a full Una of styles and leathers to pick from at reasonable prices. Rccd CI100 HBP1 zsz Shoo Fell m an's Shae Store 724 Main St. Folger P. Wilson Henry J. Pohlmeyer Harry C Downing; Harvey T. Wilson FUNERAL DIRECTORS Phone 1335. 15 N. 10th St. Automobiles, Coaches, and Ambulance Service. -

BEING HELD Congressman Gray and Applicants for Postmasterships Hold a Meeting in Richmond Today. (Continued from Fage One.) to appoint them. I hope this dinner does not bring Mr. Beck bad luck." Everybody smiled and Mr, Beck remarked that if any one could "tell auy stories" about him he hoped they would do so, and the newspaper man took his departure, believing more firmly than ever that Mr. Beck is to pull down the prize plum that grows on Mr. Gray's political tree. There seems to be no genuine opposition to the appointment of Mr. Beck, who has worked hard for his party and has more or less successfully kept out of the factional feuds in this county. Applicants Present. Applicants for three post masterships in Wayne county that become vacant in 1914, and an applicant for the Centerville postoffice, concerning whose class Representative Gray was doubtful, assembled in the Jefferson club rooms this afternoon and made formal application for the positions by signing prepared forms. Each applicant pledged himself not to become peeved if he did not get the plum, and the fortunate applicant also stipulated that he would devote his whole time to the office. Exception to the latter stipulation was made in the small offices. The number of applicants for the Richmond office came as a distinct surprise to many. It was believed that Charles Beck and Webster Parry were the only aspirants. Laurence Handley, connected with the local office, had applied, but when he learned that Frank P. Wilson, also a clerk, was an aspirant, he withdrew in a gracious speech. William Haberkern, a local saloonist, also withdrew before the applications were signed. There were many

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applicants for all the positions, and it was the opinion of all that Represent ative Gray will have to exercise tremendous tact to keep from creating sore spots. An outward feeling of harmony was present. After Gray, in a long speech, had outlined the reasons for the course he had adopted, the applicants said they were satisfied with the arrangement. Congressman Gray said there was only one manly course for him to pursue and that was to assume the responsibility of the appointments him self. "I have refused to take the advice of trusted friends and make the apiwintment without considering the. merits of all candidates. 1 expect that the disappointed candidates will show me the same consideration I have shown them." He said that he refused to make the appointments before the election and announce them if the election went Democratic. "I am opposed to a special election for the purpose of naming postmasters because the law provides no safeguards, although I shall vote for a law by which the people may eiect their postmasters. "I am opposed to letting the county organization appoint the postmaster for that would put its members under the suspicion of playing in favor of certain men. Hence I have resorted to the scheme I have outlined to you." The representative assured the applicants that he had made no promises and that he would not put himself under obligations to any candidate. APPEAL IS TAKEN TO CIRCUIT COURT An appeal was taken today from the decision of Justice Morgan to the Wayne circuit court by the defendant in the case of Mary J. Wolfer versus Frank G. White, complaint for damag es, alleging unlawful detention of real estate. Justice Morgan held for the plaintiff. The complaint alleges that White rented a house at 314 South Thirteenth streelr.beIonging to the plaintiff, and that the term of tenancy expired October 1. The monthly rental was $H. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant refused to vacate the residence when requested. BOARD TO MEET The board of county commissioners will meet Monday morning in regular session. A number of important matters will be brought up before the board.

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CONTRACTOR WANTS-' TO BOILD HOUSES Informs South Side Improvement Association of a Scheme to Use Lots. At the meeting of the South Side Improvement association last Tuesday, a contractor from Anderson presented a proposition to build houses on the lots belonging tc the association According to the contractor, whose identity is being withheld, the lots could be utilized for building purposes at this time better than at a future date. The association referred the

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