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ommonw: YOU WIIX ADVERTISE YOUR Business. o Send Youe Advertisement in Now I B. MILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. "EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $i.oo. VOL. XV. New Series Vol. 3. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C THURSDAY, AUG-UST 10, 1899. NO. 32 i - : : . . i : I C i '. - .; r Til vT YOJ t our AiTf;HI-4ejr.eiil ro LKACIJ -5 WP.i' .1 S lul:-, X. l-?c-3 ir. do? auses ilis oil glands uccoras more -uses of Mthc scalp and steps .".:- Ir.a from coming out, : ; i a -wu-ii say si Aysrs Flair Vigor vill i:ure!y make hair grow on heads, provided only ..sre Is sny life remain ir.g in the hair bulbs. It restores color to gray c r vhlte hair. It does not v o this in a moment, as v ill a 'hair dye; but in a rhort time tlis- gray color if gradually disap pears and the darker color (. ynuth takes its place. cul;i you Hie a copy :? -co!; cn the Hair :i-d Scalp? It is free. r nr. c-vt:MTi a"!: "hppSta ' ?!; t i'ror- The- of tbe Vigor Address, Dii. .1. C. AYETt. liOTreli, Haas, L PROFESSIONAL. P . 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I Prepay Freight on all Work. iruKTIOK THIS PAPKB. 31 lv cure.! at hor,;e wxiiv : -i v iiA out naJn nook of par . ....4 H TK ff THE EDITOR'S LEISURE HOTJBS. Points ana Paragraphs of Things Present, Fast and Future. About 17,0C0 men will soon be add ed to our army In the Philippines, it is said, under the present system of recruiting, But m they can do little aggressive work before the end of the year by reason of the rainy season, itt-cems almost foolish to place s many new men in that climate, mam of whom will doubtless die before the rainy season ehall have passed. Wh should we continue the war anyway? It ought to stop and the differences between the Filipinos and our people ought io be settled iu some other way. The Sr'hi, n galoot trusts hua beeu eu t -re l into t,!re:ii!y by all classes of peo- n:'-. Not only the pO'--r and moderate - to-do people of the ccuntr. iv? t ikvui up ths cry aji'.ost th em. b'if many vie!' people a:? well. And L '-vajider ! ihin the trusts floun!, and hLow no signs of uneasiness. Tbeir power truly is gigantic and then m.luence octopus-like ; but- on the principle of "eternal vigilance tho price of liberty," it would seem that after awhile the trust powers must giva way to the condemnation heaped up on them by the people. When a millionaire turns to author ship, it goes without saying that he does so purely from a love of literature. Such is toe cr.se with Dr. W. Seward Webb, of Vermont. He is son-in-law of of the late Wiiiiam H. Vanderbilt. ,nd when one contemplates the real pleasures in literary work, it is a won der that more rich people do not turn fit tent ion to it. In it ono' highest ideals are always before him and bis best and purest thoughts are called for it. Then to one who can have no cares for a subsistence, but has a com petency already, it would seem a most inviting field of thought and endeavor. Such stories about the treatment of convicts as were told in the Xews and Observer a few days ago upon the in terview with an ex-convict, are cer tainly shocking to contemplate. A colored man said that on the North ampton farms near Halifax, he was compelled to work in tbe cold last winter until his bands were frozen and be lost his fingers. Another said bis heels became frozen and rotted off. All this sounds barbarous. To be sure the convicts are not entitled to any picnic considerations all the time ; but they aie entitled to more humane treatment than the report referred to indicated. 'The point of .view is generally dif ferent with different individuals. At a banquet in Norfolk-in 1816 Commo jrw e Decatur is said to have giyen tie famous toisst ; -'Our country 1 In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be right ; but our country, right or wrong !'' Hon. Carl Schurz in the United States Senate in .1872 said : "Our csnntry, right or wroug ! When right, to be kept right ! When wrong, to be put right." A recent writer observes that in the former ut terance a soldier spoke ; and in the lat ter, the statesman spoke. We think the application is appro-' priate in our war with the Philip pines. Some men say now, "Our coun try right or wrong 1 But our conntry ! , We do not say so in the case of tte war with the Philippines. We be lieve our country is wrong in this war. Tbe Filipinos were our allies against Spain, and when Spain's rule was brok en with their aid, American guns were turned against them because they ask- ed independence. -But some influence i at work in this country wnerery the Administration is urged on to "ex pansion ;" and the poor Filipinos are being slaughtered and the American soldiers are also being butchered on hi the whole thing is a disgrace to the civilization of which we so loudly and proudly boast. Proof oTthe pudding' 1166 in tte eating oUt. Prpoi of ROBOTS' TASTELESS CHILL TONIC lies In the taking of it. am wvrmNO tf it falls to cure. 25 cents per bottle if it cores. Sold steictly THE NESnp-RIGH. SOME MEN RICH, YET HONEST. He is to Eeep Others and Will. BY G. GR0SVEN0R DAWE. Written for The Commonwealth. The New Man Bich. Despite what Borne of us may feel prompted to pay, in our haste, regarding the sin of be ing rich, our sober thought convinces us that it is possible for some men to grow, rich and yet remain honest at least we think that it could be so with ourselves were any such good fortune to come our way. It would indeed be a great sanity if, before judging others?, we would get into the habit of placing ourselves in their positions. It woul.l save the w:rld from much that is harsh and heart-breaking and unworthy in emi.;i.-m.- It. often hr.ppsm that a man with n sort of second sight, either cultivate 1 or natur;..l, can s-se in his rnir.d'.i eyo the value of an idea or of neglected lar.d, and can develop it so that on the uu.si-Jo ana on tne uat, wtiere men never lived before, there shall arise tba walls and tbe marts of a city. And we will declare therefore that even if v.e have hitherto denounced a3 robbery that which was enterprise and fore sight, we will not any more blind our selyes to the fact that the more complex our civilization becomes the more fre quently will one man see the broad opening for effort where the broad eye of another feels only an adamantine wall of ditficulty and of fruitlessness. The new man rich recognizes the righteousness of the old statement thst "to whom much is given ci him much shall be required" a truth that hf3 been understood, more or less, since men first began to ally themselves with other men, but whose greatest power and whose greatest beauty is blossom ing forth in these ending days ol a great century. The influence of the new man rich is felt, in the social life of the day. For he it is who can found libranes, can endow hospitals, can of fer the nucleus of museums and can support the modern idea of shining the light of university training and univer sity thought into the dark places of crowded cities. He understands that wealth brings with it a burden, unrecognized by those who have no wealth. The heaviest load js to know how to administer it with out doing harm to others. If he should say to himself, "I have no right to any more than I can spend for my need," which after all is all and then should go out on the street to scatter his coin hither and thither he could not pos sibly find a way of doing more harm ; for the brutish and the brutal would always get more than tbe needy ; so that tbe products of his genius would only tend to create deeper discontent in those who could not scramble and deep er degradation in those who fought, and grabbed, and gained. Again, if he should be confronted with the problem that was placed before a certain rich young man, "Go, sell all that thou hast and give to the poor," the new man rich would also be "sorrowful." For whatever may have been the grade ot the poor in a ssmi-pastoral country like Palestine, we know full well that not all tbe submerged tenth can lay li e blame upon misfortune exeerjfc the mis fortune of yielding to their own pas sions aud whims and poor judgment. The new man understands very well that if he vere to so divide his prop erty, the result to any one individual would be so small as to provide no one with a permanency and yet at the same time sufficient to stop the wheels of in dustry because ot the scattering of capital. The new man rich sees clear ly the insincerity or at least the heed lessness oi those who would persuaue the poor that capital is the natural enemy of the laborer ; for it is asking us all to believe that the progress of this country, and of the world in iact, could have been made just as well by clinging to the old ox carta ; that the machinery of the day . would all have been possible simply by the use of the old anvil and the hammer, and that thts hungry mouths ol the millions could have been fed by still swinging the old-fashioned scythe with its home made snath or by still trampling out the harvests by the none too clean feet of the unmuzzled ox. Capital has made such changes possible. . : "What then shall the new man rich do? Without taking away bis cap ital from any of the enterprises that utilize labor and therefore keep roofs over the heads of the needy and make of the laborer himself the creator of new Th Kiwi Yen Km Ahwys Bag demands to keep other labor employed, he shall regard himself simply as a steward, entrusted with more ability, and, therefore, set tor the up-hftiog and for the benefit of the day he lives in. His giving, whether administered by himself or by some one paid to see that the causes are worthy, shall cheer many a disconsolate home, hring new hope into bruised hearts, and pauper ize none. He shall interest himself in those things that make the lives of all men more hopeful, more useful. And thus disposing of his wealth by simply making opportunities for the young to study and perfect themselves, or the toilers to live in the atmosphere of high thought, he robs wealth of. the harm that would come from a spend able cash diyision and imparts to it only good by making of it a ladder by which ambitious students and eager workers can climb to heights other wise uuattainable. In relation to his own children the new man rich is cnrefnl to see that they do not for one moment despise la bor, since capital interacts are one. He parses on to his children the same feeling of responsibility that he liira- seti has ne makes them understand that the opportunity before them 13 to bring the greatest good to the greatest number, and if they fail in this they fail in every thing that is worth reckoning as suc cess in this world. And he lays down one broad principle for their guidance in spending inoney upon themselves the wealth that takes the manhood from a man, that makes him hard and heartless towards others, that makes virtue a commodity, that gives false ideas of superiority, that pipes heed lessly while others suffer : such wealth is a crime and against it there shall arise envying and hatreds until the needs of the poor become threats, and the threats acts, and in the acts a so cial retrogression whose blame shall he at the door of the rich. Admiral Dewey's "7smont Homa. The National Magazine for August contains a delightfully interesting sketch of Admiral Dewey's Vermont home and his early boyhood days. The writer says : "From his very early days Dewey seemed to have a genius for command, which was shown qui;e as much in the willing acquiescence oi his playmates and his own unconscious assumption ot leadership, as in his fondness for warlike plays. It should not be under stood from this that he was rough or harsh, for he was quite the reverse. When he was only five years old his mother died. His sister Mary was then little .more than three, and ever after that, until he went away, his sis ter was his favorite playmate, for whom his care was as gentle as it was unceas ing. The times when she has repre sented an entire army, of which he was general and the minor officers com bined in one are probably many. One instance in particular has been told of often in the family. Just back of the State House rises a tremendously steep hill, even now almost barj of houses. One winter George was given a book in which there was an account of Hanni bal crossing the Alps. The story made a great impression upon him, and as soon as an opportunity offered ha start ed out as Hannibal, with his little sis ter as the army, to cross the Alps, that range of mountains being represented by the hi II back oi the State House. 'Just how7 far they went I do not re member to Lave heard, but the diffi culties of the modern attemrt. in the way of cold weather aud snow, proved sufficiently serious, so that the whole army, exclusive oi Hannibal himself, was sick in bed ior a week afterwards." The soothing and healing properties Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, its pleasant taste and prompt and perma nent cures, have made it a great favor ite with the peoDle everywhere. For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co. A Nimhle Dame of 79. The Oxford correspondent to the Norfolk Virginian Pilot wrote recent ly as follows : "Granville" county boasts of a lady of 79 years, of distinguished revolution ary ancestors, and whose sons still fill positions of public trust in Virginia and North Carolina, who, from the ground, without assistance, easily mounts a horse sixteen hands high. Her children, grand-children and great grand-children watched tbis remark eble feat as she cantered away for recre ation, after havingsewed on a machine tbe greater part of the day." You assume no risk when you buy Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. E. T. Whitehead & Co. will refund your money if you are not satisfied after using it. It is everywhere admitted to be the most successful remedy in use for bowel complaints and tbe only one that nev er fails.- It is pleasant, safe acid re liable. - v - - A GREAT SESION. GREAT IN ITS SIMPLICITY. Earnestness is ?ower. Rev. J. E. Hutson in Religious Herald. Having long desired to hear some really great preacher preach a redly great sermon, I, at last, in a dream, which seemed to be other than a base less fabric of the night, had uiy a". most despairing wish gratified. I saw it announced in a daily i ?f er published in this city that a preacher, who was spoken of as a "modern Boan erges," was to preach in an open field near the suburbs of the city. I hasten ed to the place, and found that the preacher had just stood up on a large stone bulging from the hillside, and was standing with his right hand stretched forth, as if to say, "Be quiet, and I will "speak." In a few monieis 10,000 people grew hushed and s 1 emn. The preacher's opening sentence w:is the text quoted by the U re Dr. Jeie miah Bell Jeter just before he passed oyer the river of deatu : "The Lord reigneth." This text, being the dying words of one of the grandesl preachers of the nineteenth century, at once laia hold with "grappling hooks of steel" upon the hearts ol all, and then follow ed such a sermon as I had not dreamed to be possible. Tb3 preacher made not more than a dozen gestures during tbe forty min utes that he took to tell m of the cer tainty, the power, the wisdom, the not ice, the mercy, and the eternity of God's reign, and not oftener did ho raise 1 is voice much above the pitch of his opening sentence. Three times he emphasized a particular word by lower ing his voice and pausing after it. Sev eral times he threw out a short, preg nant sentence, like "God's justice pre supposes his mercy," in a tone which rose above its piedeoessors as a shi; rides above the waves of the sea. Once he thundered forth a single word which stood among all preceding and succeed ing words as the Alps tower above the meanest hills. He was vindicating God's justice in his government and requirements of men, and suia : "The service ol God is pleasant, but it is more than that ; the service of God is wise, but it is more than that ; the ser vice of God is politic, but it is more than that ; the service of God is hon orable, but it is more than that ; the service of God is reasonable, but it is more than that ; more than all I have named. Hear it, O ye sons of men the service of God is rightL And te- j cause it is right, self evidently right, there is left no excuse for any who fail to serve him." That one word "right," as that preacher rang it out, still re verberates through my soul, like what I haye conceived of the impression which the trump of the last day will produce. So loud, so solemn, so pro longed, so thrilling it was, that every iace t-eorr.el to look an "Amen" to it. And when one, an old, venerable-look ing man, audibly repeated the preach. er's text, it was caught up by one and another until ihe words, "The Lord reigneth," murmured by a thousand voices, was like the surging of the sea. When this mighty wave of gufcduod feeling had practically subsided the preacher lilted his eyes to heaven and said : "The Lord reigneth ! let the earth rejoice. The Lord reigneth ! let the people tremble. Ameu." And then, lifting his hands In benediction, he added : "May the Lord reign now. henceforth, and forever, in all our hearts. Amen, and amen!" , It remains to be said that thsre was nothing new in the sermon. We h&ye all heard and read all that w;.s advanc ed. But there was in the preacher's face and manner a conscious ambassa dorship ior Christ which invent ed what he said with divine tenderness and authority. At times he seameel to recede from view, and become "a yoice crying in the wilderness" a voice with out a body. This vision has suggested to me (hat all humor and sentimentalise! in tbe pulpit are but wretched substitutes for genuine earnestness. .Nothing is more contagious than earnestness, and cer tainly it is more congruous to the pul pit than anything which conduces to levity. The preacl er who is dead in earnest has no need to resort to the "tricks of the stage" to hold the atten tion of his hearers. - Richmond, Va. T nviT any gldeD opportunities LvOl. have been lost by those who suffer from rheumatism. By takinsr Rhenmflcide now thev will be permanently and positively cured. Hote is a wonderful thing.:. One little nibble will keep some men fish ing all day. ten tte yf m m m nm ways iThe tad Yoa Haw Always Bought AT JESUS' FEET. Lord Jesus, life is hard, as Thou det-t know, And hours of peace and rest are very ra re ; But it is sweet, alter the toil and woe, To nes'le close to Thee with thoughts of prayer. If Thou wilt lay Thy hand upon my head, I shall arise refreshed and eomfortel. Dear Master, I am sitting at Thy feet : I would not miss a look or lose a word ; The hour is very holy when we meet ; I fair, would see and hear none but the. Lord; I lon-to lay aside joy, grief and fear. Ana only know and feel that Then a' t near. The world's dicordant noises evermore Clanj round about my ears -'and weary me, There were rough hands, ungentle hearts before That troubled me, but now I come to Thee. O, Jesus, quiet me with tender speech. While U to Thee my wistful arms I reach. In life's bewildering strife and eager rush I lo.-c to much of Thy sweet gentle ness ; 15ut in the peace and solace of this hush, Strengthen and soothe me with Thy blessedness ; Give to me what Thou wilt ; here at Thy side, Whate'er it be, f shall be satisfied. London Christian World. The Tcngns's Mighty Potency. "Mow the'tongue is a&biald lifted up for attack against the wrong ; now it is a spear whose tharp point is turned agninst the right," writes Rev. Newell Dwight Jliliis, D, D.. in the August Ladles' Home Journal. "The sword hath slain its thousands, but the tongue iis ten tlx. us nids. Of the children Of sympathy, it may ba said, the tongue sends forth healing balms and cordial s ; but of envious men it is trua that the 'poison of asps is under their lips.' Fur, as oi old, so now, the tongue is a hand wherewith we lift men up, or a mrtce wherewith we strike men down. With this instrument we bless God, with it we curse men. No other member car ries such power ; and nothing taxes tuna like the skillful handling of the tongue and its bridling, even as the charioteer lifts the reins above his well trained steeds. From the tongue gushes forth comiort like a cool, sweet spring ; tne tongue is a harp, piling up masses of melody ; the tongue isa fruit ful bower, full of bounty and delight; the tongue carries a glow, warming tl.e soul like a winter's fire ; it sends foi th sweet songs to be sung in camp and, wept oyer in cottage. Out of woris the tongue weaves for the hero an ar mor against all enemies." Poor "Wagon Roads Expsnslvo. Farm, Furuace and Factory. Poor wagon roads are an immense drain upon the farmers ol this country. Carefal inquiry by the United States Agricultural Department has shown that the average loud hauled by iho American farmer is 2,002 pounds; the average length of haul is 12.1 miles; average cost of hauling a ton to mar ket, $3.02, or 25 cents per ton per mile. Careful inquiry through consuls in tho principal European countries shows the average cot of hauling one ton per mile to be as follows : In England, 10 cents; German, 8 cents; Belgium, 9. ; "Italy, 7A, and Switzerland 6 to 8 cents. General average of all of these European countries being 8 G cents p?r tra per mile. The difference is due sadinly to our" poorly made dirt roads. In Europe, a farmer hauls three or iour tons at a lo:-.d ; iu the United States, he hauls a ton or less than a ton a lcatl. During the ci y ii war, as well as in our late war with Spain, diarrhoea was one of the raott troublesome diseases the army Lad to contend with. In many instances it became chronic and the old siildiers sti!l suffer from It. Mr. Dayid Taylor of Wind llidge, Greene Co., Pa., is one of tae&e. He use3 Chamber lam's Ooiie, Cholera aud Diarrhoea Eemedy and says he never found any thing that would give such quick re lief. It U ior" sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co. One of the hardest things in life to do is to toil iu the tread-milt of duty with no prospect of an early cessation of tne toil. Yet this is the experience of a majority ol the real workers in this world. Life flows on Iu one unbroken current, and the sameness becomes monotonous. We should consider the toil of a lite as we consider toil the of a day. We work through the long hours with the expectation of going home at nightfall to enjoy the pleasures o! the fireside, and then to fall into the arms of sleep. Just so should we toil faithfully and cheerfully through the yeara with the expectation of entering at nightfall into the joys of the eternal home. Baptist Standard.' .it TLt;J 1-.. II ii fa . . a. i Bean the 9 im wnu naw wwajs nOQD( ftgwrtmre 0 Paying Double Prices for everything it aot pleasant, is it ? But that's what yon ar i doing, if you don't buy here. Did you think it possible to buy a $50.00 Bicycle for Ci8.7sT Cat- Price, $18.75. alogue No. 59 tells all - aDOUl DICyclCS, BCWIBg ? Machines. Organs and Pianos. Y What do you think of a fine 3 suit of Clothing, made-to-your-i measure, guaranteed to fit and 5 erpreg jiaid to your station i for $S-5? Catalogue No. 57 t shows 33 samples of clothing and shows many bargains in ? Shoes, Hats and Furnishings. ? Lithographed Catalogue No. ; 47 shows Carpets, Rugs, Por j tieres and Lace Curtains, in V hand-painted colors. We pay y freight, sew carpets free, ana j furnish lining without charge. A m 1 11 What do you X-MESiS-r think oV aoiia uaic Dry-air Fam ilv Refrieera- tor for 3.95? It is but one of Over 8000 bar gains contained in our Gen eral Catalogue of Furniture and Household Goods. We save you from 40 to 60 per cent, on everything. Why buy at retail when you know Price, $3.95. you want? Address this way , J oiust wmcn catalogue do fjULVJS HINE3 & SON, Baltimore, Md. Dept. 900.1 WiLM!'iGTO:UWEtDOf(R.R. AND BRANCHES. AND ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COM FAN Y OF ,OUTH CAROLINA. CONDENSED SCHKDULE. TRAINS GOING cOUTII. i DATED S .: July 31, I sax 6S oS sad 6 5 . . ................... ......... ........ ......a.. A. M. I". M. P. M. A. M. P. If. Leave Wi'lilnn 1150 4:1 Ar.ltOfk.yMt-. 12 55 10 :ii Leave Tailoro! 12 i!l COO Lv. iiockv Mt. ...1 on "i'd'm 6 ir. '"(Tin is'ii I.cavo WilHon 1 5S 11 14 7 10 6 20 2 4 Li-n-VB Sel'ti.1 2 55 Jl r, Lv. Faj (Hli'villi- 4 Jilt 120 Ar. Florenre 7 25 S 15 V. M. A. M. - ......... ...... Ar. Ooliinboro 7 50 Lv. iollr;bn-u 7 01 lit Lv. M ufriiolia, s 00 4 28 Ar. Wilmington; 9 40 5 60 I. M. A. M. P. M. TRAINS GOINC NORTH. 1 i" .-a 1 . -a !a CIS 65 2 A. M. r. m Lv. Florenr'o !! 40 7 4.-. Lv. I'ti.vei.On-ilie 12 20 11 45 10 54 11 :1 Lou Sal ma Wilson 1 &i 2 :15 Arriv; A. M. P. M. A, M. 9 45 It 1 12 30 Lv. AV .niiiittou Lv. A'afrnolid Lv. ;uldsbor:j 7 00 8 34 15 9 45 1'. M. 2 .15: A. M. 11 :u 12 07 P. M. 10 38 P. M. 1 1 1 St Leava Wilnon Ar. Hooky Mt, Arrive Tnrlioro Leavo Tarburo Lv.' iiocky Jit'."" Ar. Weldou 5 43 0 15 3 30 11 35 7 04 12 21 4 :i2 P. M. I 1 MO1 iA. M.t P. M. finally except Monday. Daily ex cept Sunday. Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, Yadkin Division Main Line Train loaves ihnington, 9 00 a. m., arrives Fayeiteviile 12 15 p. in., leaves Fayette villij 12 25 p. m., arrives Sanford 1 43 p.m. Bediming leaves Sanford 2 30 p.m., arriyea Fayetteyille 345 p.m., leaves I'ayetteville 3 50 p. m , arrives Wilmington G 50 p. m. , Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, DennetUville Branch Train leaves Dcnnettsville 8 15 a. m , Maxton 9 20 a. in., Red Springs 9 53 a. m., Hope Mills 10 42 a, m., arriyes Fayetteville 10 55 a. tn. Returning leaves Fayette villo 4 40 p. m., Hope Mills 4 55 p. m., Ivcd Springs b 35 p. m., Maxton 6 15 p. m., arrives BennettsviJIe 7 15 p. m. Connections at Fayetteville with train No. 78, at Maxton with the Caro lina Central Railroad, at Red Springs rtith the Red Springs and Bowmore Itai'road, at Sauford with the Seaboard An Lino r.nd Southern Railway, at Gulf with the Durham and Charlotte Railroad. Train on the Sc tland Neck Branca Iload leaves Weldon 3 :35 p m., Halifax 1 : 15 p. in., arrives Scotland Neck at 5 :08 p. in., Greenville (3 :57p. m., Kins ton 7 :55 p. m. Returning leaves Kmston 7 :50 a. m., Greenville 8 :52 a. ra , arriving Halifax at 11:18 a.m.. Weldon 11 :83 a. m., dailj' except Sun day. Trains on Washington Branch leava Washington 8 :I0 a. in. and 2 :30 p. m ., arrive Parmele 9 :10 a. m. and 4 :00 p. m., returning leave Parmele 9 :35 a. m. and G :30 p. m., arrive Washington 1 1 :00 a. va. and 7 :30 p. to., daily ex cept Sunda'. Train leaves Tarboro, N. C, daily except Sunday 5 :30 p. m., Sunday, 4 :15 p. m., arrives Plymouth 7 :40 p. m., 6 :10 p. m., Returning, leaves Ply month daily except Sunday, 7 :50a.m., and Sunday 9 :00 a. in., arrives Tarboro 10:05 a. m., 11 :00 a. m. Tram on Midland N. C. Branch leaves Goldsboro daily, except Sunday. 7 :05 a. ro., arriving Smithfield 8 :10 a. tn. Returning leaves Smithfield 9 :00 a. m. ; arrives at Goldsboro 10 :25 a. n , Trains on Nashville Branch Ieaxe Rocky Mount at 9 :30 a. m., 3 :40 p. m , arrive Nashville 10 :10 a. m.,4 :03 p.m1 Spring Hope 10:10 a.m., 4:25 p. m Returning leave Spring Hope ll :00 a. m., 4 :55 p. m., Nashville ll :22 a. m.t 5 :25 p. m., arrive at Rocky Mount 11 :45 a. m., 6 -.00 p. m., daily except Sunday. ' Train on Clinton Branch leaves War saw for Clinton daily, except Sunday, 1 1 :40 a. m. and 4 :15 p. m. Return ing leaves Clinton at 7 :00 a. m. and 2 :50 p. m. . Train No. 78 makes close connection at Weldon for all points North daily, all rail via Richmond. H. M. EMERSON, Geu'l Pass. Agent. J. R. KENLY, Gen'l Manager. T. M. EMERSON. Traffic Manager. . on its merits by . : lUTlAYfcltebMd & Co., Druggist. tteabn nat FREE.-