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BUSINESS
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Machinery,
That Great Propelling Power.
Vr te up a nice advertisement about
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The Commonwealtli.
aI1d youll "see a change in business all
around.
PROFESSIONAL.
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n. w. o. Mcdowell,
Oiikc North corner New Hotel, Main
Street,
"Scotland Neck, N. C.
S"Alwavs at his oflice when not
professionally engaged elsewhere.
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A. C. LIVERMON,
OFfiCK-Over J. S. Bowers & Co's store.
OHioe hours from 9 to 1 o'eioc ; 2 to
I o'clock, p. in.
SCOTLAND NECK, X. C.
H AVID BELL,
IS
Attorney at Law,
ENFIELD, N. C.
Practices in all the Courts of Hali
fax and adjoining counties and in the
Supreme and Federal Courts. Claims
collected in all parts of the State.
If A. DUNN,
ATTORNE Y-A T-L A W.
Scotland Neck, N. C.
Practices wherever his services are
required.
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R. W. J. WARD,
Surgeon Dentist,
EXFIELD, N. C.
Office over Harrison's Drap Store.
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DWARD L. TRAVIS,
Attorney anil Connselor at Law,
HALIFAX, N.C.
Money Loaned on Farm Lands.
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OWARD ALSTON,
Attomey-at-Law,
HALIFAX, N. C
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W ith a thorough knowledge of the
business ami a complete outfit of tools
and material, I am better prepared than
ever to do anything that, is expected ol
a first class watch-maker and jeweler.
A full line of
Watches, Clocks,
Jewelry
AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Spectacles and eye glasses properly
fitted to the eye, free of charge. All
work guaranteed and as low as good
work can he done.
Sewing Machines adjusted and re
paired. gCTLook for my big watch sign at
the New Drug Store.
W. H. JOHNSTON.
Scotland Neck. N. C. 10 6 tf
BRICK !
HAVING INCREASED MY FACIL
ITIES I AM NOW PREPARED
TO FURNISH DOUBLE
QUANTITY OF
BRICK.
gFAlso will take contract to
grrurnitsh lots from 50,000
0ST"or more anywhere within
f:F"50 miles of Scotland Necfc
Can alwavs furnish whatjQf
you want. Correspond-,
ence and orders solicited..
1-10-95-ly Scotland Neck, N. C.
- MENTION THIS PArEU.
J3AAC EVANS,
GENERAL CARPENTER.
A specialty of Bracket and Scroll
work of all kinds. Work done cheap
and every piece guaranteed.
2 7 ly Scotland Nwr.v. f!.
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E. E. HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XIX New Scries Vol. 1.
THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS.
Points and Paragraphs of Things
Present, Past and Future.
There are few more interesting women
in this country than Mrs.Harriet Beech
er Stowe. The city of Hartford, Conn.,
Js the home of this unique American
character. She is now eighty-five year
old, and while she does no literary work
she holds to'her old motto, "Trust in
the Lord and do good." Her chief work
and that which stirred the countries
more than perhaps any single hook ev
er stirred a like numrer of people in
the history of the world, was "'Uncle
Tom's Cabin," which she wrote when
she was about fort- years old.
It is always nskey to indulge much
in what is termed "joking." He who
allows himself to engage in it freelv
will, scorer or later, find himself em
barrassed by it. The faculty at Wake
Forest College have- abolished Class
Day Exercises of commencement week,
because the speakers on these occasions
have fallen into the habit ot joking
their class-mates rather roughly.
One of the best women we ever knew
and one who did much good and was
highly esteemed and greatly beloved
until he? death at a ripe old age, never
could tolerate a "joke."
Webster's "blue-back" certainly holds
a place In our midst yet. The "battle
of the books" amongst the county com
missioners throughout the State 1st
Monday in June, accentuated the fact
that the booK of the fathers is not for-
gotten.
The Charlotte Observer said recently :
"We congratulate the commissioners
of Mecklenburg county upon having ad
ded the blue-back spelling book to the
list of books to be taught in public
schools. .People may talk about it as
they like, but with its "Baker," "In
comprehensibility," the fables in the
back about the milk-maid, trie lawyer
and the farmer, and all that, there is
no hook like it. Mecklenburg is al
ways in the van of civilization."
Americ-sns are regarded as perhaps
the best natured people in the world.
To such a degree does our good nature
carry us that frequently we allow things
to pass unnoticed which ought to be
regarded as wrongs demanding redress.
For instance, it sometimes occurs that
a drunken man at a public political
meeting will interject expressions of
foolish approyal or disagreement of
what the speaker is saying, both to the
sneaker's annoyance and the crowd's
great disgust ; but as otten as other-
wise the aisturoer oi ms occasion
1 r i Z
is allowed to go unnoticed. Our good
nature says that he is ignorant and ir
responsible, and so he is let alone.
Good nature is a most commendable
quality in all men, but sometimes it is
possible for persons to be good natured
to a fault.
The New York Dispatch.thinks that
there is no need for Americans to go
abroad to see the best and finest things
in the world. In a recent number that
paper said :
"New York has purchased everything
movable in the old world worth having.
Here are the world's great paintings
and statuary. As to ruins we don't de
sire any. As to pyramids, we have lar
ger in Yucatan than there are in Egypt.
As to palaces, we have miles of them.
As to temples of drama, music, art, lit
erature and science, ours are unsurpass
ri ATr.no nf t.hft houlevards ot the
- "
world have anything like the Hudson
for a border. There isn't a clean hotel
in the old world. The cook tourists
have left their marks on all of them
Mow Vr.rVa hotels are new.colcssal and
i npom narable. In these days, the worln
for scenery. Venice
vvruv.' - .
and Rome are malarial cities, mooi
nt thfi other cities are dirty. Paris is r.
city of greasy hotels and what cooks u
had baye been Imported. Amencant
broad must have tags on them.
register and beunder iohce surveillance.
Whv eo abroad? New Yortc, tbe mag
nificent, should suffice."
m W. H. Peeks, who
makes a spooialt
Knilenev. has wit
oi
out
doubt treated and car
ed more cases than an 7
liTiiuc Fnvsictan: nis
anoceaa is astonuhuic:.
We have beard of cases
Ot ao years' stanfling
cnriu uy
him. He
publishes .
valuable
work 01
this dis
ease,fehkh
he sends
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SCOTLAND
VINE
A Most Excellent Preparatory School For
HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL.
In the dawn of the present century
a band ot citizens, prompted by a pa
ternal interest in posterity and patriot
ic love of culture and refinement, con
ceived the idea of establishing a school
of high grade, and in 1810 organized
and chartered the "Vine Hill Acade
my." During these eighty-six years it
has continued in successful operation
without a single year's cessation. Some
of the best educators in the State have
had charge of it at different times, and
from its walls have gone some of the
ablest men that have adorned Pulpit
and State.
From long-continued use the build
ings of the school had become uncom
fortable and the accommodation inade
quate to the- demands of JxurceaRAfl rwifc,
ronage. In 18S1 it was decided to con-
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struct a new building in another part
of the town. Accordingly . a modern
two-story brick structure, conveniently
and comfortably arranged with ample
recitation-rooms on the first Vloor and
and bed-rooms on the second, was erect
ed eight squares south of the old site.
Up to this time the Male and Fe
male Schools were under the control
of the same Board of Trustees, but
since 1891 the property of the Male
School has been and is now owned by
private individuals, the Superintend
ents assuming ail responsibility.
LOCATION.
Scotland Neck, the seat ol the school,
a beautiful little town of about 1,500
inhabitants, is situated in Halifax coun
ty, about midway beteen Weldon and
Tarboro. on the Scotland Neck and
Kinston Branch ot the Wilmington
legist JiSH ;-
IMONW"
"EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO.
NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1896.
HILL MALE ACADEMY.
THE SCHOOL BUILDING. ,
and Weldon Railroad.
Beginning near Hamilton, in Mar
tin county, is a high ridge, or water
shed, which runs a north-westerly di
rection between the Roanoke and Tar
rivers, parallel to the Roanoke and the
Dan, passing near the foot of the Pilot
Mountain and extending as far as the
New river in Virginia.
On the backbone of this water-shed
in the southern part of Halifax county,
about seven miles from Roanoke river,
is the town of Scotland NecK.
HEALTH.
We believe that the health record of
Scotland Neck can not be surpassed by
any section in North Carolina east of
the Blue Ridge.
The following testimonial is taken
from the last.. catalogue of the- Acade
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THE ASSEMBLY HALL.
Scotland Neck, N. C, May 4, 1896.
Messrs. Prince & Wilson.
Gentlemen : In accordance with
your request, we append the following
statement regarding the healthfulness
of Scotland Neck : Our observations
cover periods varying from six to thirty-five
years. In our judgment Scot
land Neck, in point of healthfulness, is
the equal of any town in the State, and
superior to any in Eastern Carolina.
Virulent epidemics, such as occasional
ly decimate other portions of the State
are unknown here, and sporadic cases
of these diseases are rare in occurrence,
and less often fatal than they appear in
other sections. - The town is well drain
ed, and as free from malaria as most
towns in other parts of the State claim-
; ing immunity from malarial influences.
We do not hesitate to say mat it is as i
Boys - and Young Men.
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healthful as a residence, during the en
tire year, ai any other town in the
State.
These yiews are in conformity with
those held by physicians who have pre
ceded us, including such men as the
late Drs, A. S. Hall and Simon Ba
ker, whose practice dates back to the
beginning of the century.
Respectfully,
William R. Wood, M. D.
W. O. McDowell, M. D.
J. R. Pope, M. D.
MORAL SURROUNDINGS.
The surrounding influences pervad
ing tbe institution are not surpassed
anywhere in the South.
Many have remarked during the past
year of the great intellectual, moral and
dents.
5a j
From the first'the peoplejof the'Scot
land Neck region have been firm be
lievers in the truths of Christianity
and have been very careful in the ob
servance of the duties which it enjoins.
The leavening influences of the Baptist
(Primitive and Missionary), and the
Episcopal churches, have been operat
ing in the community since the colo
nial days ; and these, together with the
influences ol the Presbyterian and
Methodist churches have so shaped the
moral and religious trend of the com
munity that it is perhaps more widely
known for its social, moral and relig
ious advantages and influences than
any other section of North Carolina.
The inhabitants are noted for their
social, moral and intellectual qualities,
and the stranger never comes and goes
without breathing a benediction upon
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the beautiful town and its good people.
WELL PREPARED FOR BOYS.
In the main building are bed-rooms
furnished for boarding pupils. Two
boys occupy a room, and every boarder
is required to room in barracks. One
of these rooms is occupied by an J n
structor, so that every boarder is di
rectly under his care and counsel.
BOARDING DEPARTMENT.
This department is under the direct
management of the Superintendents
and the Matron, Mrs. Lucy E. Mangutn,
a cultured aud refined lady, who is wall
and fayorably known both in North
Carolina and Virginia.
The Matron and Instructors sit at
the same tables with the boys. thus.
surrounding them with polite, refining
influences.
Every effort is made to render the
student-life homelike and to bring the
students under Christian influences,
and at the same time place each boy
on his own responsi bill lies.
CHARACTER OF THE SCHOOL.
Vine Hill Male Academy offers an
unusually broad course of instruction.
Reference to the catalogue will show
that the course of instruction is higher
than most schools and few high schools
in the State equal, and none surpass, it.
Graduates of Vine Hill Male Acade
my and those holding certificates oi
proficiency are not required to stand
entrance examinations at the leadine
colleges and Universities of Virginia,
North Carolina and Tennessee. Among
the institutions that so recognize the
school are Washington & Lee Universi
ty, University of North.Carolina. Wake
Forest College, Davidson College, Trln
ity College, Peabody Normal College
University of Nashville. This is
proof enough of the thoroughness of
the work done.
The Faculty ot Washington & Lee
University give nine Scholarships;
Vine Hill is recognized as being worthy
one of these.
The school has a Scholarshsp which
nava fm firm of ww OullogOi
The school offers annually a gold
medal for the best declamation. The
Literary Societies each give a gold med
al for the greatest improvement in ora
tory and debate.
The Library, tbfj Reading-Room, the
thorough Business Course and the well
sustained Literary Societies, afford ex
ceptional advantages to students.
The development of tbe physical
man is not neglected. The campus Is
large and affords ample space for base
ball, tennis, croquet, Ac.
SMALL COST.
The expenses of a student attending
this school are very small taking into
consideration the advantages " offered.
The board is good, not a word of com
plaint ; but one often hears the ques
tion "How can they afford to give such
fare at so small a cost?" This question
is answered by tbe Superintendents in
their catalogue.
On page 21 you will find this state
ment :
"Parties unknown to us must pay in
advance, or give responsible reference."
We are told that a few were asked,
during the past session, to withdraw
from school for failure to pay dues.
We are also informed by the super
intendents that this rule will be more
rigidly enforced In the future. This is
right and will be commended by all
fair minded people. It is just as impos
sible to run a school successfully with
a disregard for business principles as it
is for a merchant to succeed who
buys goods for cash, sells them and
never collects.
Old People.
Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will
find tbe true remedy in Electric Bitters.
This medicine does not stimulate and
contains no whiskey nor other Intoxi
cant, but acts as a tonic and alterative.
It acts mildly on the stomacn and bow
els, adding strength and giving tone to
the organs, thereby aiding Nature in
the performance of tbe functions.
Electric Bitters is an excellent appetizer
and aids digestion. Old People find it
just exactly what -they need. Price
fifty cents and 11.00 per bottle at E. T.
Whitehead & Co.'s Drug Store.
Two Lives Saved.
Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, ot Junction
Cit.v. HI. wvs told bv her doctors she
had Consumptiin and that there was
no hope lor her, but two noiwes ur.
King's New Discovery completely cur
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Mr. Thos. Eggers, 139 Florida St. San
Francisco, suffered from a dreadful cold,
approaching Consumption, tried with
out result everything else then bought
one bottle of Dr. King'sNew Discovery
and in two weeks was cure. He is nat
urally thankful. It is such results, of
which these, are samples, that prove the
wonderful efScacy of this medicine in
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itch on human a.irt norses ana all
animals cured in SO minutes by Wool
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DrugjriKt, Scotland Neck X. C.
11 4 92 ly.
English Spavin Uminant rtmoirtt
all Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and
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Spavin Sv-hs. Splints, Sweeney, lling
worm titles, Sprains, and Swollen
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use of one bottle. Warranted the
most wondrful Blemism Cine ever
known. Sold bo E. T. Whitehead &
Co., Druggists, Scotland Neck, N. C.
10 1 Iv.
FOR OVER FIFTY YEAKS
An Old and Weli-Tried Remedy
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty yea rs by mil
lions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success. It
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain cures wind colic, and is
the best remedy for Diarrhoea. Is
pleasant to the taste. Sold by Drug
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Twenty five cents a bottle. Its value
is incalculable. Be sure and ask for Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and take
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Sold by E. T. Whitehead and Co.,
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