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A2VEBTISING IS TO BUSINESS -WHAT STEAM IS Machinery, -o- That Gke4i Propeixino Poweb. THAT CLASS OF READERS THAT YOU Wish your AdYertisement TO REACH is the class who read this paper. . PROFESSIONAL. B r. w. o. Mcdowell, 0:lice North corner New Hotel, Main Street, Scotland Neck, N. C. Always at his office when not professionally engaged elsewhere. D E. A. C. LIVERMON, 0 OrncE-Over J. S. Bowers & Ct's store. Office hours from 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to I o'clock, p. m. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. D AVID BELL, 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. f A. DUNN, ATT0R2TE Y-A T-L A U7; Scotland Neck, N. C. Practices wherever his services are required. D R. W. J. WARD, Surgeon Dentist, EXFIELD, N. C. Office over Harrison's Druf Store. E DWARD L. TRAVIS, Attorney and Connselor at law, HALIFAX, N. C. Money Loaned on Farm Lands. H OWARD ALSTON, Attorney-at-Law, -HALIFAX, N. C SCOTLAND NECK STEAM DYE WORKS Mocrxixg Goods a Specialty Get price list. Address Scotland Neck Steam Dyeing Co. 1-24-ly Scotland Neck N. C BRICK ! HAVING INCREASED MY FACIL ITIES I AM NOW PREPARED TO FURNISH DOUBLE QUANTITY OF BRICK. gjEF'Ateo will take contract to furnish lots lrom 50,000 or more anywhere within 50 miles of Scotland Necfc Can always furnish what, you want. Correspond ence and orders solicited. d. a. nADDiry, 1-10-95-ly Scotland Neck, N. C. MENTION THIS PAPEK. ISAAC EVANS, GENERAL CARPENTER. A specialty of Bracket and Scroll work of all kinds. Work done cheap and every piece guaranteed. 7 ly Scotland w- c- B. C. CABLISLE, FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS. Upholstering and General Repairing. A FULL LINE of METALLIC, WAL NUT AND POPLA R CA SKETS. aUo Cheap Cofini ofAU Sizes. Cab Undertaker lys! ( T T E. E. HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. "EXCELSIOR 18 OUR MOTTO. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $i.oo. VOL. XII. Rew Series Vol. 1, SCOTLAND NECK, N. CU THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1896. NO. 44 THE EDITOR'S LEISURE HOTTRS Points and Paragraphs of Things Present, Past and Future. People ought always economize as much as is possible ; but the short crop and low prices all through this section this year make it necessary to practice a system of most rigid economy. The people are growing independent by rea son of economy during the latter years, and now let them continue it awhile longer and they will be still more in dependent. Of recent years there seem to be more electric storms than formerly, and some one has observed that it may pos sibly be due to the fact that there is more "manufactured" electricity than ever before. We do not know about that, but certainly it does seem true that we hear of more storms and elec tric displays than formerly. Others say that the denuding of the forests of their timbers has much to do with the greater number ot windstorms; while others think that even the seasons are different from what they were a few dec ades ago, and the whole system of na ture's operations seems to be changing. Mr. John E. Ray, the new superin tendent of the iastitution for the dumb and blind in Raleigh, has taken charge of his work. He returned to North Car olina after an absence of several years in the West, and is greatly delighted at the progress the State has made. He says North Carolina is making progress in mining and manufacturing which those who remain here all the time cannot realize. The many facto ries which dot the railroads where a few years ago there were none, he says, is a sure sign of the growth and devel opment of the State. He says the eyes of the world are now turned towards the South. We should be glad to be able to im press young men and boys with the fact that it is worth while to study and make themselves intelligent. Knowl edge is power now as great as ever in the history of the world and it will ev er be power, increasing power as the ages roll Elowly by. We were impressed with this truth recently as we heard a man who had been a "working man' but then held a special position of trust, present certain claims for an in terest with which he was concerned. Noth withstanding he had learned to work he had not tailed to learn to think. Let our boys and young men strive to attain unto the highest degree of intelligence possible. A writer in the Sunday-school Times discusses the Sacratic question and says as a premise for his discussion that the best stimulus to thought is that which has come down to us through the ages ; and which bears the name of the greatest of teachers in ancient Ath ens. -The Socratic method as discussed is the drawing out ot the thoughts of the pu pil and leading him by artful questions to such research as will answer his own. But the writer says that in order to the successful practice of the Socratic meth od, there must be a Socrates behind it. The suggestion Is a good one, and teachers may profit by it ; for it is evi dently better to stimulate a pupil to do his own thinking than to do it for him. It is by no means all one way in the political fight that is upon the country. Talking with a friend who was on the cars a few days ago coming from Phila delphia, it was said that most people in Philadelphia favor the gold standard and they are quite sure McKinley will be elected. They seem just ascertain, our friend said, that McKinley will be elected as the people here do that Bry an will be the successful candidate. The Commonwealth warns all against disappointment after the elec- ion. We hope Mr. Bryan will be elect ed, and we stand ready to do our part to bring about the result which we all hwpe for ; but even with the election of Mr. Bryan money will not grow on bushes. We must continue to tme 1 Written tor Tu Couu ovwkalth.1 A LETTER FROM JAPAN. GENERAL GRANTS TREE IN NAGASAKI Notes of Travel. VII. I arrived in Nagasaki one beauiiful morning and after the ship had dropped her anchor, I made a yislt asiiore and seeing the whole city decorated with flags, flowers and Japanese lanterns and the natives parading the streets, I asked what the meaning was and I was told by a Jap that it was the celebra tion of a wedding. The Japanese are a very nice people and they have a de cided preference for we "Yankee" men, as they call us. This city is nicely situated with hills around the barbor and they are all cultivated. The different color of vegetation makes the hills beautiful. The boatmen haye the oldest looking boats you ever saw, with little houses built on top of them and they can glide through the water with surpris ing rapidity. The natives take a bath every morning of their life regaraless of the weather. Nagasaki has many places of interest to visit. General and Mrs. Grant planted two trees in the Nagasaki park, which are still growing and are well cared for by the natives. Now we come to Yokohama, Japan. My visit here was a very sad one, for we brought with us from Nagasaki the small-pox. We lost three on board of our ship from this disease, and their bodies were cremated and interred in one grave. Yokohoma is more like a Eu ropean city than any other port in the far east. Many foreign people are in business here. The harbor is beauti ful and is protected by "a break-water over a mile in length, that was built by the United States. The indemnity was paid to the United States in the fifties, for the murder of some of our countrymen and was refunded on the conditions that the Yokohoma break water should be built. There is much to be seen here there are fine Japan ese theatres and tea gardens, there is a number of hot springs that can be reached in one day's ride from the city. Many ancient temples and idols are to be seen in the near vicinity, among them being, "Diabutsu" a very large gold idol of some thirty feet in length of course he is not solid gold. There is a railroad running from here to Tokjo, Hahodade and other large cities in Japan. This is the only place in the east where draught ani mals and machinery are utilized to any extent. Many Japanese profes sional men are in business here, who have been well educated in the United States. The silk, paper and toy indus try is carried on here to a large extent. The inhabitants are very polite and obliging and have a great respect for all Americans. Japan is the land of flowers, but the flowers had no odor. Japan is a beau tiful country. I took a steamer one morning that was leaving Nagasaki, bound for Kobe, Japan, and her route was through the Inland Sea, and it was the prettiest sight I ever saw. Nice little towns about a halt a mile apart on each side, and all the land cultivat ed. The passage is very narrow and you could see from one side to the oth er and see the natives at work on their little farms. . C. T. Cukkie. A New Soporific N. Y. Tribune. It is said that a new soporific, to which the name pellotin has been giv en, has been discovered in a Mexican cactus called anhalonium. The na tive Mexicans eat slices of the plant, which they call "pellote." Its hypnot ic alkaloid has been separated by Dr. Hefter of Leipsic. One grain of pel lotin is equal in its effects to 15 grains of trional and 31 grains of hydrate of chloral. It is effective in quieting de lirium tremens, only in large doses. Free Pills. Send your address to H. E. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get a free sample hm of Dr. Kine's New Life Pills. A trial will convince you of their merits. These pills are easy in action and are particularly effective in the cure of rnnnt.infltinn and Sick Headache. For Main Ha and Liver troubles thev have been proved invaluable. They are tmftrnnteed to be perfectly free from ev ery deleterious substance and to be purely vegetable. They do not weax en by their action, but by giving tone to stomach and bowels greatly invigor ate the system. Regular size 25c. per box. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co., Druggist. I'Janted-fin Idea i think of MM slmpl rini.i m !: tY may whom you VAlfin wuDK&Jt7RV 00- Patent Farm Hints for October. Selected. With two good corn years in succes sion prices of corn wilt consequently be low, but a single "off year" in corn will make a great difference, as the consumption is large and a shortage in the crop is quickly felt over every por tion of the country. When prices are low it may be due to causes which will - soon pass away. At this season many farmers sell in or der to realize cash to meet obligations and to avoid storage during the winter ; hence the bulk of crops is now moving and prices will be better : latter on, as the markets will not then be so liber ally supplie. Bare spots in the pasture are obnox ious. There is but one remedy, which is to use fertilizer liberally on such places and sow seed this fall or early in tne spring, first loosening the top soil, but cattle should not be allowed on the pasture until the vacant places are well covered. An excellent mulch for strawberry plants is stable manure. Spread it around the plants on the beds if the rows are matted. In the spring the refuse may be raked off and clean straw substituted. The rains will take out the soluble partions of the manure and carry the plant food to the roots of the plants. Every farmer should keep a large flock of hens during the winter, as they can then be given the more attention than in summer. Poultry gives re turns every day in the year, and the egg basket has done more than its share in assisting to furnish the family supplies when crops have failed. Poul try raising deserves more recognition on farms than is usually bestowed. Windbreaks will be appreciated in winter, and to grow them set out a row or two of arbor vitae or Norway spruce, keeping the young plants trimmed the first year or two and then permit them to grow undisturbeb. Placed on the north side of a barn or house the thick hedge (for that is what it will be) will add greatly to the protection of the buildings. Small trees will root better than those that are larger, and the young trees will start off in growth sooner and make better trees than the larger ones. There is really no time saved in at tempting to use large, trees. They are liable to meet with some drawback, which requires a year or more for re covery, while some ot them may not thrive at all. How much an acre will produce de pends up climate, fertility of soil and other circumstances. In Switzerland an acre keeps five cows, which'are kept on the soiling system. In Japan a fiive-acre farm is considered a large one. In this country in the growing of "truck" as much as $500 has been made in a year from an acre where the land was near a large market. Farmers who have large herds of cattle are the most successful because the cattle are consumers of much that is grown on the farm, and, therefore, assist in creating a home market. Ev ery pouod of food that can be utilized on the farm to produce something is so much saved in the cost of transporta tion, hauling, etc. It is the con version of substances into articles that the market demands that enables farmers to secure profits. Corn, oats and hay are - sold to advantage when used for producing beef, butter and milk. Greek Fire. Greek fire, which had several other names wild fire, liquid fire, wet fire, and fire rain descriptive of its de structiveness, is said to have been the most destructive engine of war previous to gunpowder. Discovered by Callini- cus, a Syrian, it was first used in the siege of Constantinople,' 73-8, and at Mecca, 690. Your Boy "Won't Live a Month. So Mr. Gilman Brown, of 84 Mill St. South Gardner, Mass., was told by the doctors. His son had Lung trouble, follwing Typhoid Malaria, and he spent three hundred and seventy-five dollars with doctors, who finally gave him up saying : "Your boy won't 1 i v e a month." He tried Dr. King's New Discovery and a few bottles restored him to health and enabled him to go to work a perfectly well man. He says he owes his present good health to use of Dr. King's New Discovery, and knows it to be the best in the world for Lung trouble. Trial bottles Free at E. T. Whitehead & Co.'s Drug Store. VJanted-An Idea Wbo mb think of mm simple false to patent? THE BICYCLE. ITS POSITION AS ASOCIAL FACTOB. Among Other Things a Great Leveler. Philadelphia Record. It is quite common for persons who are not riders themselves t3 say that bi cycling is but a "craze" or a "fad" which will soon die out, and that in a few years the bicycle will be a drug on the market. In this they make a grave error, ltie wheel tias risen above be ing a toy ; it has become to many per sons one of the necessaries oi life. It is another step forward in the develop ment of mankind a long step, for it enables a man to transport himself from place to place at fiye times the distance with practically no cost beyond the original purchase price, and with out any necessity of expensive tracks or roadways. Comparatively small as to its cost, and with little expense for maintenance, the bicycle has been the means of starting a social revolutiou. In the last three years' the wheel has done more to advance the cause of tem perance than all the agitation of the twenty-five years previous. Saloon keepers claim that it has materially in jured their business ; that the music halls and beer gardens, which had here tofore been thronged on pleasant even ings, are now practically deserted ; and that while an occasional rider may drop in for refreshments, he contents him self with a single glass of beer or a bot tle of mineral water. There is certain ly truth in this statement ; for while wheeling may produce an active thirst, a steady head is necessary for safe rid ing. Cigar dealers are also complaining that their business has been injurious ly affected ; and riding undoubtedly in terferes with smoking, thus decreasing the consumption of tobacco. One of the prominent journals of the tobacco trade claims that the sales of cigars have decreased this present year a mil lion a day. As a social leveler the bicycle has been unequaled. The immense army of riders is made up of all classes, and as one watches the almost endless pro cessions that pass along the drives of Fairmount Park he is struck by the unconventionality and democracy of it all. The bank president and the clerk, the society leader and the shop girl ride side by side, each ready to extend a helping hand to the other in case of accident or to give information regard ing the direction or condition of the roads. Each feeling equal to the other for the, time being, they all try to make themselves worthy of the compa ny they are in ; and consequently there is less rowdyism or boisterons conduct than in any other form of pleasure ex cursion. As the wheel is ridden by both sexes and all ages, it naturally makes a com mon bond between the different mem bers of the family- The husband, in stead of going to the club, takes a spin with his wife. It draws mother and daughter closer together ; it makes the son the companion ot the father. Bidden in moderation, the bicycle is of immense physical benefit ; it is only the abuse that is dangerous. "Century runs" and "scorching" are dying out, and people are riding lor pleasure and not to make records The beauties of Fairmount Park are becoming better known, and the park concerts, which formerly were slimly attended, have this year been crowded. Literally Correct. Richmond Dispatch. . Lipper How wonderfully cheap clothing is getting to be ! Trousers have come down one-half. Chipper Yes, just about one-half. Since this bicycle craze they only come down to the knees. My Friends in HORTH CAROLINA ! I am prepared at my new quarters to serve my old Friends and customers from North Carolina with the best Tonsorial : Service. You get a QUICK AND EASY SHAVE, -AND YOUR HAIR CUT AT ANYTIME. Remembering your liberal patron age in the past I hope to receive it still. No. 62 Roanoke Avenue near cor. of Avenue and Main Street, Norfolk, Va. DOLISON WHITEHEAD. TrvrrTT The Davis ROCKYJttOUNT. W.rC. I desire to say to the TobaccojGrowere of Halifax'and'nd.ioining counties, that I am better prepared than ever, to get yon the veryjHIGHEST MARKET PRICES for vour tobbacco. We have plenty ot Buyers, and with more than SEVENTEEN YEARS EXPERIENCE in the Warehouse business. I do not hesitate to tell you that Rocky Mount is the market and the Dayis Warehouse the place, to sell your tobacco. "GIVE ME A TRIAL AND I WILL PLEASE YOU. "PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALL SHIPMENTS. 910 Your Friend, Buclmer Davis. NATIONAL LEMOCEATIC TICKET. FOR PRESIDENT: WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, OF NEBRASKA. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT : ARTHUR SEWALL, , OF MAINE. State Democratic Ticket. For Governor : CYRUS B. WATSON, of Forsythe. For Lieutenant-Governor ; THOS. W. MASON, of Northampton. For Secretary : CHAS. M. COOKE, of Franklin. For Auditor : R. M. FURMAN, of Buncombe. For Treasurer : B. F. AYCOCK, of Wayne. Supt. Public Instruction : J. C. SCARBOROUGH, of Johnston. For Attorney-General : F. I. OSBORNE, of Mecklenburg. For Supreme Court Judges : A. C. AVERY, ot Burke, G. H. BROWN, of Beaufort. FOR CONGRESS SECOND DISTRICT : FRED. A. WOODARD, OF WILSON. County Democratic Ticket. For the Senate CLAUDE KITCHIN. For tho House W. H. THORNE, DR. R. A. PATTERSON. For Sheriff C. W. DUNN. For Register of Deeds J. FRANK BRINKLEY, For Treasurer B. F. TILLER Y. For Coroner J. H. FITZGERALD. County Commissionere W. C. Daniel, E. W. Hyman and Whit. H. Johnston. JEWELRY SILVERWARE!!! WATCHES AND CLOCKS PUT IN PERFECT REPAIR. We have engaged the seryices of Mr. J. D. Perry, from the Chicago Watch Ma kers' Institute, where he took a thorough course, and is prepared to do ALL KINDS OF REPAIRS And Engraving. His office is at our show window in front. All work is guaranteed. 7-GIVE HIM A CALL . E. T. WHITEHEAD & CO., 4 25 tf Scotland Neck, N. C. IT. To the Editor . I have an absolute remedy for Consumption. By its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have been already permanently cured. So proof-positive iaml of its power that I consider it my duty to undtwoMtUs frt to those of your readers who have Consumrkn,ThroatBron Lung Trouble, if- they will write me their express and postoffice address. Sincerely, T. A. SLOdm.K.0. WtMrtfUatwifc 7 The Mftcriri nd Dm"" H? Hill i IF YOU ARE HUSTLER YOU WILL ADVERTISE YOtJK Business. Send Your Advertisement in Now. 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MENTION THIS PAPER. S. E. ALLEY, PH0T0GKAPHEB, Tarboro, N. C. UEW STUDIO OVER JOHN BATTLE'S SHOE STORE. SlUE ENTRANCE. WILL BE GLAD TO HAVE ALL MY FRIENDS AMD PAT RONS CALL AND SEE ME. Seasonable Prices AA'D All Work Guaranteed First-claw. 6 27 tf
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