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COFER LIQUOR CO., Lc HIGH GRADE WINES AND LIQUORS. Special Attention Given t Hail or Phone Orders VT. Gai Otd Chart r_ Znbh Sharwood. 6 years old.... Hone Oo ver Top lusa Kemtactj Slxasght. I I Pur. ora. ? years . ?ow Boas Corn. la Com. JO. Jocky .?SJ We guaraaUe oar -goods to stand ti for tne aar Make up a Trial Order from the above Partial Lis The Coier Liquor Company, Inc. MAIL ORDSR 1* 2314 Waihin^lon Atc Bell phone lt Newport News, Virginia. aAxe You Nervous? What makes you nervous? lt is the weakness of your wtitution, which cannot stand the strain of the hard work : As a result, you break down, and ram your entire nervous i keep this up! Take Cardui, the w-roan's I Cardui is made from p pegetable iagredteflts lt acts gently on the womanly organs, ?tad t*. | -jper wort*, lt re'.tves pain and restores h*- ', by poiag to the smsce of the trouble and building up the bodily strength. CARDU1 Woman-sTonic Mn Grace Portoer, of Man, W. Va., took CarduL it what she says about it: "1 was so weak and I could not bear to have anyone near me. I had ?pells, and I tost flesh every day. The first dom mt Cardui helped me. Now, I am entirely cured of the anSnt-h* spells, and I cannot say enough for Cardui, for 1 Ioktw ft saved my Hfe" It is the best tonic for women. Do you suffer tram any of thc pains peculiar to women? Take CarduL lt wal help you. Ask your druggist W nat Ar Lsmmf. WHO WILL GET THE 115 IN GOLD ON THE 23 OF SEPTEMBER THE SECOND COUNT IN THE GAZETTES PIANO CON? TEST WILL OE HELD NEXT MONDAY AT 8 P. M. Interest in The Garette's pop? ular voting contest is now at fever heat, and the contestants and their triends are hustling tor new subscri? bers and rent wals in a manner that -ry interesting. They realize that tbe one who wins the beautiful piano will get a prize worthy of their efforts and they are doing all they can to see that their favorite candi date comes home ahead. That capital prize is certainly worth a lot of hustling goes without sa** r.?. You will have to hurry to get your tt in as the second count in this great contest comes off on Set the bonus vc I i good only until then. Don't wait. Keep right on hus tiing because, whi'.e you are laying some one e'se may be worr and getting the new subscribers that you might have had if you had kept going. $10 dollars in gold to the contestant making the greatest gain I the first count, $5 00 in gold to the contestant making second greatest gain. The ballot box closes JU o'clock and the cour.' take p ace a*. - At the same time don't forget the coupons. Every time you get forty of them you can get ar. extra bonus of 500 It does not ::rrencewhc r co*.: pons all come from one merchant o: not as long as you bring them in, ic I bunches of forty. It never pays to step even te gel your breath. Just Keep on going. Your friend* will see that you are doing your bes! to win and will all turn in and help you. Nothing comes to him who waits and the ones who do the hustling arc rewarded in the end. The second count will be made oe Monday evening, Sept. 23 by thi judges. Do not forget the pr -uer I chants are going. If not fortunate .gh to sc * piano you may ' receive one oi the merchants' prizes J and ?- orth working f cr Be .d that the ballot b the second count it ' ck p. m. on Monday Sept le sure and have your votes all in b-j c so that you will have a fai to show what your standlni <- is. :ew days the follow oonuses will be given and may b withdrawn at any time. Kemembei these are p ? the largest bc l . be given for thes scriptions during the contest, s j get busy and get subscriptions whi! es are big and you will count for the moss. Here a the bonuses. For every seven new sub' we will give 10,000 extra votes, ma a total of 14.200. For every seven renewal subscri tions we will give 8.000 ext: making a total of 11,500. For every seven back subsc i we will give 6.000 extra votes, ph {ing a total of 8.800 Subscriptions turned in for t ! fust count will not count for th | bonuses. Tbey will count same for the piano at the fir. but these bonuses are good only subscriptions brought in from t until the offer is withdrawn. For every 40 merchants' coup ? brought to this office and countec the publisher or his assistants, a t j us of 500 extra votes will be gi a total of 1.500 in ali. These coupons may be coll? trom any and all merchants who in the contest. Remember and have your fri trade arith the merchants who ng the coupons. They are able tradespeople. The following are the enter pr merchants who give coupons: G J. Person. J. F. Randolph W. A. James H. Stone. Lane & Christiar. York Furniture Co. Old Dominion Variety Shop. The following is the result of thc first count. Miss Theresa Parsley 46.100 Miss Margaret Jones 4.*.625 Miss Virginia Johnson.20,925 Miss Emma Pilkington.14.725 Miss Eleanor Simonson .. .12 Miss Martha Leath.10.575 Mrs. Henley Sweeney. Jr. . . .5,371 Miss Inger Scheie. 85A Miss Virgie Jones. 7! Miss Agnes Morecock . 2! The judges in this contest are S. L. Graham." assistant cashie ot the Peninsula Bank. P. K. Savage, cashier of the Bani of Williamsburg. T. H. Geddy Clerk of the Court! The following young ladies hav been nominated in the contest. Tbe are authorized to accept money fe subscriptions to The Gazette an give a receipt therefor: .amsburg. Va.?Mrs. Charl* Lanier. Mrs. Floyd Ayerr. Jr.; Mt! May Arnold. Miss Ingie Scheie, Mi< Morecock. M.ss Margan e, Miss Rosa Emory. Miss Be: sie Barlow. Miss Marjorie Dan Miss Margaret Jones. Miss Marti Leath. Miss Emma Pilkington, Mi: e Powell, Miss Louise Ir.ma: M.ss Theresa Parsley, Miss Virg Jones, Miss Virginia Hitchens, Mi: Near, Miss Elva Gilley, Mr ... iweeney. Jr. Toano, Va.?Miss Julia Carlto Mrs. C. M. Cowies. Miss Anne Cai Geddy, Mrs. J. M. Gedd Marston, Miss Louise Tyree. Mi Etta Wilkinson. Mrs. Nan Hankin Mrs. Dr. Gatewood. Norge, Va.?Miss Clara Kind Miss Clara Gulden. Mrs. Boyd Hem Miss Ruth Jerson, Miss Aoderso Miss Helen Connoughtcn, Miss Vi a Johnson. Providence Forge. Va.?Mrs. VV. Gilliam. Miss Lucile Robertso Miss Sallie Christian, Miss Jerdoc Miss Ellen Barnes. Lightfoot, Va.?Miss Gertrui ea, Miss Mabel Christophersc rsa Gulden. Magruder, Va.?Miss Eleanor . monson. Miss Ruth Handsf ord. Mi I .nia Norment. Miss Rosaliex Curtis. Lee Hall. 1 Miss Sydney Smith. Yorktown, \ Miss Fannie Nance, Charles Ci Va. Miss Iva Amnions, Barnett. Va. Miss Dorris Lewis, Grove, Va. c o Miss Eva V. >ft,\ le Miss Bess Deans, ^Bmns jHa'.l, ic Miss B. T. Vaiden, Ruthv rc Miss Elva Stagg. Barnett, Va. H Bessie Leal, Jamestown. fe - k- An article that has real m should in time become popu ?r. 1 Tnat such is the case with Cham! es. Iain's Cough Remedy has been tested by many dealers. Hen ins oae of them; H. W. Hendrick; ik- Ohio Falls, ind., writes. "Cham Iain's Cough Remedy is the bet! -Jae coughs, colds and croup, and is ne best sealer." For sale by all deal the mt. KILLPOIS on For Bad Blood owl ocs I by >on ven zted i are rr. d*. are -*ing Home Portraits Mr. < >'.viMis, who li making pt-Otogrfipha io >_;*ilU-ry ii.*xt to Tba G-sU ??tii<?* ??vi-ry Sat unlay, ill thfm futinv J^iv?- tri* v-. tinn ikintf HOME \ THAI I i lioirn il. writ>- or t*-l?'p,mr I unil muk poiotnMnti E. L. OWE1 TELEPHONE 82 y e d is ? ,s rt h a. .a. *s r.. ?e ss 5. r.. y ss ss s. e. r. B X P D e. ic ft, :i ss ft a ty a Va ?/a. Va erit lar. aer at s is ion, ber I for my lers. ANNUAL SETTLEMENT Itenilsed Tepori of tte Receipts and Dbbaraemeots of tho Ireamrar, 8 & Hankins, of-Mm City Of Williamsburg. RECEIPTS Balance in hand at last settlement. Amt of levy for 1911. Capitation tax from auditor. Delinquent 1910 lands paid before sa'e. " sold to other than the Commonwealth. 90.10 1456 65 Less 10 per cent, treasurer's commission. 54.07 C. & O. R R. lot val. $750 00 less 5 per cent, commission 5 per cent, per.altv added after Dec. 1st. on $4,103 91. Overdrawn J noe 30th. 1912. DISBURSEMENTS Poor orders R VV Mahome & Co. April 2 July 3 Feb May J une Mar. Jan. Aug Nov Dec. Dec Feb. Feb. Mar July April 20 - JA ** ?' '? une Mar. 3 RT Casey & Sons July 16 Lane & Christian April 19 ?* ?' 4 1 2 31 1 5 2 2 Pure Food Grocery Co 10 Mrs. Z G. Durfey Mrs T J Stubbs. . . 26 Miss Celia Powell, Treas Jan. Sept Nov 20 5 Mrs W H Braithwaite PeteT Booth May 22 J S Weeks. April 13 Feb. 1 Dec. 23 May 1 Nov. 22 Aug 31 Dec. 3 Easter Jackson June io Coi C. Pope. May 4 April 19 Earnest Lomax, July 1 1910 VV Walker Warr, sheriff Oct. 1 " . Jan. 1 1911 . April 1 Sept. 3U Dec. 31 " . Mar. 30 1912 June 30 " June 30 1910 D J King. Health Ot: Oct. 1 M $ UT 10 204 44 123 00 sOS $11,40 0 50 2 00 4 25 4 25 4 00 10 50 2 00 00 50 00 1 25 3 35 2 25 6 50 50 1 75 50 25 Jan. 1 June 30 Sept. 30 Dec Mar 1911 31 " 30 1912 June 30 April 1 1911 J T Binns. Com. of Rev Sept. 30 Dec 31 " Mar. 30 1912 June 30 " Sept. 30 1911 J R Jackson, Jan. at C. H. Dec. 31 " Mar. 30 1912 Oct. 1 1910 Jan. 1 1911 Sept. 30 " Dec. 31 " Mar. 30 1912 June 30 April 1 Jan. 1 April 1 June 30 1 T H Geddy. Clerk 1909 E W Warburton, Mayoi 1910 1911 .?0 N 31 " 30 1912 Jan June 30 Sept Dec Mar. June 30 " June 30 1910 N June 30 1911 April 1 " Dec. 31 " Mar. 30 1912 June 30 " June 30 1910 F 1 " 1 1911 L Henley, Attorney R Savage, Clerk Oct. Jan April 1 June 30 9 1 5 500 1 50 1 50 1 00 37 50 37 50 37 50 37 50 37 50 75 00 56 25 56 25 12 50 12 50 12 50 12 50 12 50 12 50 12 50 900 900 900 9 00 900 10 10 20 00 20 00 ? 75 00 56 ^5 25 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 75 00 37 50 37 50 75 00 56 25 56 25 12 50 12 50 12 50 12 50 12 50 Continued on page seven. When in need of any kind of Printing Give usa call before you place _your order._ METAL SHINGLES ? L4 the tettt will hoi* ?OR. \*> io ? an IL Roofs Put On 26 Yean Ago are aa good aa oem, ted have ?ever Beaded repaxa ??-* ocver aeed stteahnn el aay kind, ex? cept an occaaiootal coat of psiaL Fire preal Das"! ?ead aaa Oswsrssht Mets! Steanes. We kees local \V i ullini sises* eisrjfU-s.be* * tty* rrrnt m avast far usi-fiii. grimm amt WI |inai**dai corntKaicr tm al roofing company L^tnaaaj-proof or ia iso! lae etd wmtu