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ADVEBTISING :s to BUSINESS AVilAT STEAM IS TO Machinery, 0 lHAT GREAT PROPELLING TOWE. 1HAT CLASS OF READERS THAT YOTJ tf'ish j our Advert isement frO REACH 'is the class who read this paper. If it was only health, .we might let it cling. But it is a cough. One cold no sooner passes off before another comes. But it's the same old cough all the time. And it's the same; old story, too. There is first the cold, then the cough, then pneu monia or consumption with the iong sickness, and life tremb ling in the bslsnce. I vscns the grasp of your cough. Tbe congestion of the throat and lungs is removed ; all in flammation is subdued; the parts zt2 put perfectly at rest and the cough drops away. It hs no diseased tissues on jFhijb to hang. " Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Plaster daws cut inflammation of the lungs. Africa Free Remember we h&VS a Medical Depart ment. If V'-n have any complaint Trhat ever and desire tiie best medical advice tnn can inssi'oly obtain, write the J.Tstor fi-elv. Von will receive a prompt rrp'v. without cost. AJdress, DfU J. C. ATER. Lowell, Mass. PROFESSIONAL. RR. A. C. LIVERMON OmcE-0 tiie Staton Building. t ace hours from 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to i o'clock, p. m. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. J. T. WIMBERLEx, crncE hotel lawrexce, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. B. JOHNSON, AT TORNE Y-AT-L A W, Windsor, N. C. Practice in all Conrta. Special at" teation given to Collections. pTt. W. J. WARD, Burgeon Dentist, EXFIEIJD, N. C. OSee over Harrison's Druf Store. UJ A. LUXN, Hi IT TO II X E Y-A T-L A W. .Scotland Neck, N. C. Practices wherever his services are pWABD L. TRAVIfc, Attorney and Connselor at Law, HALIFAX, N. C. Money Loaned on Farm Lands. pUX v. MATTHEWS, A TTORNE Y-A T-L A W. "Collection of Claims a specialty. WHITAKERS, N. C. fcapare our Work with that of our Competitors, f ESTABLISHED IN 1865. CHAS M WALSH J I km Ml) d teits fil WORKS, jJ Sycamore St., Petersburg, Va. foments, Tombs, Cemetery Cnrb- v.-j -vv. JXtl worn Binutiy mou- c!ai and at Lowest Prices. tlUkl.? FrRISH IRON UCWB. VASES. &C. jj'ns eent to any address free, In eaaj u,en piease give age of de fillip t Wit CilCPPD pecttraB 1 uiiin as to price. 1 prepay Freight ojl all Work MENTIOH this paper. 311v V m E. E. HILL1ARD, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XV. New Series Vol. 4, THE EDITOR'S LEISURE HOURS Points ana Paragraphs ef Things Present, Past and Future. The Sunday train ought not to be run, perhaps, but it la like the Sunday newspaper. As long, as the public de sire them and they are profitable to their owners they will quite probably continue. It would be better, no doubt, if everybody would rest on Sun day, but we may hardly hope to eee it at all. Good old Indian corn, one product which The Commonwealth regards very highly as a sort of stand-by with the farmer, is valuable in more ways than most of us have an opportunity of witnessing. A press clipping says : "Corn oil, extracted from the grain, is In extensive demand. -It can be produced more . cheaply than most vegetable oils. It can be used as a low grade table oil, and is a fair lubricating Ml. Faint mixers employ it quite gen erally, and aleo manufacturers of fibre and shade cloth. There are five re fineries of corn in the United States which'use between 10,000, 000 and 20. 000,000 bushels of corn and corn waste. Besides the output of oil, the refineries have made nearly thirty other differ ent qroducts from the corn. The people of the State are get ting sick and tired of the peniten tiary scandals. To many of the good people of the Stale it brings a blush ol ha me that one of the State's most im portant institutions is the subject of so much unpleasantness. It begins to lock like North Carolina will be adver tised abroad by the mismanagement of the penitentiary, the ill-treatment of s convicts and the general harangue ank- hubbub that are kept up all the time. It is something to be wondered at that the good people of the State are to be nauseated by the matter so much. It is calling forth the protests of the Christian ministry in the State. Dr. Hufham, of Henderson, contributed a strong and forceful article in Sunday's News and Observer. "Money-worship in high places is to-day as blind as any heathen idola try." Such is the declaration made in a paragraph in the National Maga zine. It is a conclusion arrived at from some observations made concerning the prevalent mania ol measuring . every thing by the money standard. In many places and under many circumstances men are welcomed according to the size of their bank account. "The hab it of putting the cost mark on every thing is absued," continues the writer ; and then the apt incident is ci ted of how the little girl idolized by the wealthy father who measured every thing by its money value who said to him : "Why do you always tell peo ple of what everything costs, and why do you always show people things that cost money ? Don't mamma and I cost money?" The Dismal Swamp Canal recently opened for navigation is of more im- portace than many people tnins. a company of one hundred and more capitalists and business men irom Baltimore and other places, recently passed thorugh the canal to make in vestigations. TheiNortois virginian Pilot in a column article gives some yery interesting facts about the canal. Among others things it says : "The Dismal swamp Uanai is one oi ihe nnnfitinsr links of inland water ways between the Chespeake Bay and the sounds of North Carolina the Alhemarlo and PamllCO Sounds. The vast importance of this new link arises from the fact that it enaDies snipping tr avoid the dancers of Cape Hatterae and the dreaded Diamond Shoals. "From Norfolk, north along the At lantic coast, as far as the New England States, coastwise navigation is easily possible, as there are comparatively slight menaces to navigation, irom Norfolk south, however, ine great uau gersofCape Hatteras are a constant menace to navigation, ana mi vcbj passing this point must keep well out to sea to Insure safety. Now, the Dis mal Swamp Canal enables this danger affords a short, safe MJ UD Utvw - route from the Chespeake Bay to Albe marle and Pamlico sounds ana puiuis South. . . . j "In addition to the coastwise iraue Cheaspeake Bay and its connections North and the Dismal Swamp Canal and its connections South the sounas and rivers flowing Into em piwuv si.,r.H trair.rw.iv of some 2,500 miles covering almost as much territory as the Mississippi river. XTHOUSAND TONGUES Could not express the raptu- of An- , v when she found that Dr King's New Discovery for Consump- Hon naa cuuii).v - . , hacking cough that for many years had mauB - . . heIp dies ana "r--. r-it rai Mn now -crsss I feei nice bouu one who t. Whld iC0.Drug Commonweal SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1899. A SAVAGE BATTLE. Sea and Land Lions Have a clous Encounter. Fero- Blfif Ball Sea Lion Stands Hla Ground Against Two California Lions and a Bloody Fight Follows. A contest of a novel nature, in which a giant sea lion and two large California lions fought, occurred the other day on Bog- island, at the entrance of Tomaies "bay, opposite Tomaies, Cal. The fight "was witnessed by two men, who assert that they never again expect to see a contest rivaling it in courage and brute force. Lewis Johnson is the only person liv ingjjn Hog island, where he conducts a chicken farm. Samuel Short, of To maies, went to the island to buy seme chickens. On a reef extending off from the island is a sea lion rookery. While the two 'men were bargaining over the chickens an unusual bellowing and com motion among the sea lions attracted their attention. All the sea lions dived into the water except one immense bull, who stood his ground. Suddenly two California lions, which had swum from the main land, climbed upon the reef and attacked the sea lion. .With a roar the bull met the charge, and in a trice the water was churned, into a foam, which soon turned crimson from the blood of the animals. The contest lasted nearly 20 minutes, and neared the end when one of the California lions tore a nipper from the sea lion. The big bull caught hold of one of his opponents and dragged him into deep water with the intention of drowning him, but grew weak from loss of blood and let loose his hold. Lewis then ran for a gun and returned just as the two panthers resumed the charge. One of them was shot, but the other escaped to the mainland. The sea lion swam slowly out toward the ocean, and probably died from loss of blood. Lewis now has the panther skin and the sea lion flipper as souvenirs of the fight. The panthbr was badly cut about the head by the teeth of his adversary. COMES BACK FROM THE DEAD. Valuable Mare Spends Msrht In River at New York and Is Rescued After Belns Given Up for Lost. Lady Woodford, owned by John Ilo gan at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., last year, was standing in front of St. Bartholo mew's eye and ear clinic, New York city, the other day at 11 p. m., hitched to a light rubber-tired wagon, when an automobile buzzed by.. The mare jerked the wagon in the air and started down Porty-second street. Down the. hill be low First avenue the animal dashed to ward the river. It reached the pier, turned the wagon around, and plunged into the water. The wagon was de molished and Lady Woodford, save for the harness, was free. Lady Woodford sank from sight. Mr. Hogan hunted along the river front without finding" a trace of the mare, and decided that he had lost $1,000 worth of horseflesh. Watchman Peter Quinn, on the pier at the foot of East Twenty-fifth street at nine a, m. the next day heard a snort in the water and saw a big head and pair of bright eyes floating about. It was really Lady Woodford, and the animal was all but exhausted. It had been in the water all night. The men tied the mare to a float and put a plank under its head. Then they poured a big drink of whisky and ginger down its throat. Engineer Michael Sheehan, of the steam derrick at the foot of the pier, and the watchman hoisted the animal out by the aid of the engine. ADOPT A NOVEL DRINK CURE. Women of a West Virginia Town Improve Its Moral Atmosphere. A fow vpars ae-o the oil vlllasre of Warerly, In the interior of Wood coun ty, gained considerable notoriety De cause, having no lock-up, drunkards were punished by being piacea in an iron gas tank, which was closed up and rolled over the hills by the resi dents. The owners of the tank took It from fha villa o- recent lv. and the women irathered and suggested that the men - . , - i i. . t i arm themselves wim nau-ga.uuu sun i guns with which to souse every man found on the streets intoaricated. The mo,. Virtprl and scoffed at the plan. Thereupon the women purchased the "squirts, nliea tnem wun jce wain, work. Whenever a drunk en man is seen on the streets each-wom an takes a cold-water shot at mm. xne moral atmosphere of Waverly has been greatly purinea since me suueme started. Protected Against Rohhcrs. Wealthy Samuel De Voe, who lives in Spotswood, N. J., has taken a new meth od to guard against the loss of his wealth. Alarmed by the recent bank robberies at Perth Amboy, he has taken all his cash from a local bank and re moved it to his home. Recently he called at the bank and tore in half all his bonds. One-half he left in the bank j v,ot- T,oif he took home. Thus, auu v 1 he says he is secured against loss by J FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS. y Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has nam! for Wr fitty years by mil- lions of mothers for their children while ofithinsr. with perfect success, it aoothes the child, softens the gums, allays alt pain, cures wind colic, ana is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It wi 11 relieve the poor little sufferer immedi ately. Sold by Druggists in every part If the world. Twenty-fivef0cen bottle. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrop,and take no other kind. 4r21-ly "EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. FOR THE HOUSEWIFE. .Some Dainties for the Lunch Basket That Are Easily Pre pared. Where luncheons have to be prepared daily it will expedite matters to choose a drawer or shelf on which to keen all kthe nice boxes, wrapping paper, twine. corks, wide-mouthed bottles, old linen napkins or paper ones, and a pair of scissors. A warm iron will press out crumpled wrapping paper to look like new. Paraffine paper may be bought at any confectioner's, and will keep the different articles of food from becoming disagreeably familiar. Old boxes may be relined with two pieces of paper twice the length of bottom and sides. For children whose hands are full oi books a basket flat on one side, with a strap to carry it, like a knapsack, will be found a great convenience. The sandwiches dispensed of, which are always the essential in the lunch basket, other things may be added to suit individual taste. On a real country picnic a nicely browned chicken pie is a valuable addition, or a panul of crisp fried chicken. Plain boiled eggs or deviled eggs are also in order, while a dish of pork and beans will always have a following. Olives and pickles disappear as If by magic; while a box of crispy tarts with a thimble opening in the upper crust, through which the currant jelly beams alluringly aA- the spectator, is as difficult to close, once opened, as Pandora's luckless box. An exceedingly dainty and delicate addition to the lunch basket when the purveyor has time at her command to "fuss" is a salad of orange, walnuts and celery moistened with "mayonnaise and the top covered with cress. Cut the crown off of an orange, scrape out the center, and fill with the salad. Kaw tomatoes are always nice at a picnic, likewise baked custards in little dishes. Many people like buttered gingerbread, and a nice rice pudding is not to be despised. Heal old-fashioned appetiz ers are herrings or the Yarmouth bloat ers. Washington Star. UNNATURAL DEFORMITIES. Some That Are Brought On by Hurt ful Habits and Self Neglect. Unnatural deformities are those that are preventable, and which are brought on by one's self through ignorance or indifference. Of these, a bent spine heads the list. In growing girls, round shoulders are a common manifestation of a bent spine, which later may de velop into a permanent curvature, or by the contraction of the chest, and the crowding of the lungs and other inter nal organs, pave the way to consump tion and various other ills. In the early stages this deformity can and must be overcome, if the health and beauty of the future woman is con sidered. Practice breathing exercises throw the shoulders well back and breathe deep and full through the nos trils, thus expanding the lungs and chest; sit erect and stand erect, with the head well thrown back and up. Gymnastic exercises which develop the muscles of the back should be prac ticed dally, and one's pride should be called into play. As an additional re minder to keep erect, a simple light brace, not a straight jacket, as some of these braces are, should be worn. Flat foot is another of the unnatural deformities; it is easily remedied by proper treatment, as are nearly all de formities of the feet. To compress the feet means permanent discomfort and danger. Headache, nervousness, dys pepsia, varicose veins and pimples may all be, and often are, traced to the wear ing of tight, badly fitting shoes. Corns will not form on the feet if the stockings are smooth and the shoes easy-fitting. The nails should be at tended regularly after the bath. They should be cut square ; pointed toe nails are the cause of ingrowing nails. One should never sit with the legs grossed over one another; yet it is a position frequently assumed by the ma jority of women. It Interferes with' the circulation, and may cause varicose veins. American Queen. A Pretty Bit of Economy. Silk shirt waists that have passed the cleaning period and are worn at cuffs and elbows accumulate bo rapidly that their disposition is a problem to the thrifty woman. What to do with the six or eight useless silk waists hanging in her closet at the end of the season needs reflection. One ingirdous econo mist who has small daughters trefully rips up the waist, washes, turns or "gas olines" the silk, according to the proc ess it will stand, and then uses the ma terial for guimpes for her little girls' dresses. Sometimes the full fronts and the uppers of the sleeves will piece to advantage and line a little jacket for jthe child, or the fly fronts of one for herself, or the freshest parts of a good taffeta waist may be utilized as a bod Ice lining. Philadelphia Press. Batter Fritters. Put two cupfuls of. flour into a bowl. Add to it one cupful of cold water, the yolks of three eggs, one tablespoonful of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of olive oil or melted butter, and one level tea spoonful of salt. Beat this mixture thoroughly and add the whites of three eggs, beaten stiff, and one level tea spoonful of baking powder. Have the lard smoking hot, and drop the batter into it by the spoonful. When brown remove with a skimmer, drain on pa per, and sift over them sugar and cin namon mixed. N. Y. Tribune. On the 10th of December, 1897, Rev. S. A. Donahoe, pastor M E. Church, South, Pc. Pleasant, W. Va., contracted a severe cold which was attended from the beginning by violent coughing. He says: "After resorting to a num ber of so-called 'specifics,' usually kept in the house, to no purpose, I purchas ed a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which acted like a charm. I mnat. fthAPrfullv recommend it to the public." For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co. MILES IS PLEASED. Successful Tests of Throwing of High Explosives as Projectiles. Can Be Fired from Any Itlad of a Gun and Thrown Any Distance with Sufficient Force to Pene trate Common PZate. Maj. Gen. Miles said of the recent tests at Sandy Hook of high explosives as projectiles: "The purpose of these tests was to ascertain the force and power of new explosives, the effect of concussion as well as the power of breaking pro jectiles into fragmentary pieces. The possibility of throwing high explosives through armor plate was also tested with safety, and the fact was dem onstrated that projectiles containing high explosives dan be thrown long dis tances, ten, 12 and 14 miles in fact, as far as It is possible to throw any pro jectile from any kind of a gun. Each trial and test thus far has been entirely satisfactory. All of these tests were made at the Sandy Hook proving ground under the supervision of Maj. Frank Heath, and they have demon strated that projectiles containing the most destructive high explosives can be thrown any distance with sufficient force to penetrate armor plate." Gen. Miles and the other members of the board of ordnance and fortifications visited Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth These two forts are types of fortifica tions which have been recently equipped with all of the modern appli ances for coast defense. "It has taken many years," said Gen. Miles, "to bring a fort like Wadsworth into perfect condition, where all oi these modern appliances can be op erated as one system and utilized to the best possible advantage for harbor and coast defense." Gen. Miles spoke with much satisfac tion of the practical headway that had been made in the experiments at Sandy Hook with heavy ordnance and the newest and most powerful explosives. He said that very valuable results had been attained. The details of these re sults will be carefully embodied into of ficial reports to be submitted to the war department. NAVAL VESSELS. Report by Admiral Hichborn SIiotts 47 Craft Under Construction and Some Nearly Completed. Admiral Hichborn's periodical re port of the progress in the construc tion of naval vessels shows that on the first of the month there were 47 naval craft on the list, and with the exception of three torpedo boats every one of these vessels is actually advanced be yond the laying of the keels. The eight big battleships stand in this order of progress: Kearsarge, at Newport News, 95 per cent.; Kentucky, same place, 92 per cent.; Illinois, same place, 70 per cent.; Alabama, at Cramps, 90 per cent.; Wis consin, at Union iron works, 77 per cent.; Maine, at Cramps, 12 per cent.; Missouri, at Newport News, 1 per cent.; Ohio, at Union iron works, C per cent. The four monitors range from 2 to-22 per cent, advanced towards completion. The cruiser Albany, purchased from the Armstrongs in England, is record ed at 85 per cent. Of the torpedo boat destroyers, the Lawrence, building by the Fore Eiver Engine company, stands nearest completion at 43 per cent., while the Bath iron works lead in the torpedo boat class with the Dahl gren at 98 per cent. The submarine boat Plunger stands at 85 per cent., failing to show any advancement re cently. A HIGH SPITE WALL, How One New Yorlc Family Proposes to Get Etch with an Incon siderate Neighbor. Miss Eliza A. Thorn and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Norrie formerly were Fifth av enue (New York) neighbors, noted for exclusiveness. When Miss Thorn moved away from her brown stone residence, No. 375, last spring, the Norries, in No. 377, understood the Thorn house would be leased to a German count, who would spend the season in town. Their cha grin was great when they learned that the place had been leased for a long term of years to a dealer in furniture and imported bric-a-brac, and that a four-story extension, occupying the en tire rear yard of the property, was to be erected. Mr. Norrie has now in structed his architect to design a wall, the plainer the better, that will shut off the view of the nine windows that the building will contain. It will be three feet thick, four stories tall, and about 20 feet long. NEW TELEGRAPHY TRIUMPHS. Oklahoma Man Sends a Message Sixty Miles Without Wires Predicts Telephone Without Wires. Teter Pearson, an Oklahoma man, has invented a system of wireless telegra phy which he claims is perfectly suc cessful. A few days ago he sent ames sage to his agent in a little town GO miles away. He later received a copy of the message by letter through the post office, exactly as he sent it, includ ing a mistake in the sending. He says that it fully demonstrates the sound ness of his theories, and he fully be lieves that the time will come v. hen people will converse through the air as they do now through the medium of the telephone. He has already dis tanced all competitors in his line,. SO miles being the limit reached by them. - Are Ton Wsk5 Weakness manifests itself hi the loss of ambition and aching boacs. The blood is wateny; the tissues are -wasfinfif thedcor is being opened for disease. A ioiiie of Erowns' Iron Bitters taken in time will restore your strength, soothe yonr nerves, make your blood rich and red. Do you more good than an expensive special eoursc of medicine. B.rowns' Iron Litters is scld hv all driers. L6 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $i.oo. NO. 43. PREPARE FOR NEXT CENSUS Director W. R. Slerriam Talks Appointments of S9,0OO Enumerators. of In an interview W. R. Merriman, di rector of the census, said in reference to the appointment of enumerators: "Our next great undertaking and any branch of a work which must reach every nock and corner, farm and cabin in the United States, is great is that of selecting about 50,000 enumerators for taking the twelfth census. We are strenuously trying to prepare for a complete and reasonably perfect cen sus. The burden of the work of gath ering the materials for it, however, will fall on the enumerators. "In any important line of private business, preliminary'training is re quired of those charged with conduct ing its details. Lawyers and doctors study before they practice their pro fessions, and mechanics are required tc serve thorough apprenticeships before asking for journeymen'-s work or wages. So, in my view, those who de sire to act as census enumerators should take up the study of census laws, sched ules and statistics, thus familiarizing themselves as far as possible with the actual details of the work. In this way they will be prepared on the first of June next, like a great and well-drilled army, to begin their labors understand ing and harmoniously from ocean to ocean, without, after that day, requir ing further orders or instructions. "While I shall not undertake to se lect enumerators without consulting with the proper census supervisor as to the qualifications and experience of ap plicants, I would like to suggest that all candidates adopt the course I have in dicated, and thus help to insure at the threshold of the twentieth century the most perfect census in the history of the republic." INDIANS WANT TO SERVE. American Redmen Anslonn to Go to the Philippines to Do Duty as Scouts. It has been seriously proposed to the war department to enlist a company of Indian scouts for service in the Phil ippines. The proposition comes from ' a nephew of Senator Tillman, but the ! first lieutenant is to be no less a per-1 sonage than "Hole-in-the-Day," as he is known In Minnesota, or Chief Wood bury, as he calls himself in English. He was at the white house with Col. Till man, and said as he was leaving: "I can raise a magnificent company of Chippewas in 24 hours, and the'v would make the finest scouts on the fnce of the earth. We think the govern ment ought to give us this chance. It would be the greatest treaty with the Indians I know of. The Chippewas are natural fighters and can hide behind a leaf. "I predict that in a month's time in the Philippines they could steal upon the insurgents with the ease of snakes. They love excitement and danger, and would be loyal to their oaths. 1 believe they would dojnvaluable service in the Philippines. "I am willing to take second place in the company. I think noncommissioned officers of experience could be secured in the tribe. Many of the Chippewas served in the United States army when there were Indian companies in some of the regiiiients." RAISING CATTLE IN TEE EAST. Editor Jolm Itennon, of the Organ off Retail Butchers' Association, Snys It Can Ro Made Profitable. Those who are oppdsed, secretly or cpenly, to the effort being made by re tail butchers of New York city to fight the beef trust by building an independ ent abattoir of large proportions and operating it on a cooperative plan have argued time and again that the move ment of the beef slaughtering trade to the west has been a material one nnd that all efforts to bring it east again must be abortive, because nrtiticlal and unnatural. ' John Bannon, editor of the national organ of the Retail Butchers' associa tion, scouts this theory and declares that the construction of a large abattoir in New York city would be a great in centive to the raising of cattle in the east. The western movement of the cattle slaughtering business, he asserts, is the work of the Big Five alone. There are hundreds of thousands of acres of tine grazing land in the eat on which no ca?tle are now raised solely because there is a poor home market for them. Many of the cattle that are raised hi the east, Mr. Bannon declares, are shipped to Chicago, then slaughtered and shipped east again for consumption, two freight charges being paid on them, when only one is necessary. A SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION. Many Floral Specimens Cro tight Baek from Alaska by California University Professors. An expeditii-Yi of four University of California professors, consisting of Dr. W. B. Setchell, Dr. William Lynn Jep son, Dr. A. A. Lawson and L. E. Hunt, has just returned from Alaska. The ex pedition was undertaken to explore the coast of Behring sea, with a view to studying the botany of these regions. The field is one which has previously been untouched by scientists, so that the results obtained by the party of Berkeley men are likely to prove of con siderable importance to the scientific world. A very large number of speci mens were secured and will soon be ex amined and classified. "I wish to express my thanks to the manufacturers of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, for having put on the market such a won derful medicine," says W. W. Maesin gill, of Beaumont, Texa?. There are many thousands of mothers whose children have been saved from attacks of dysentery and cholera infantum who must also feel thankful. It Is for eale by E. T. Whitehead & Co. IF YOU ARE HUSTLER YOU WILL ADVERTISE Teas Business. Sekd Your A p veet j sf. n; 1 1. t ik Now. 5 0crJTV- NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. millS MODERN SCHOOL of Short A hand and Business Training ranks among the foremost educational institu tions of its kind in America. It pre pares young men and j'oung women for business careers at a email cost, and places them in positions free. For further information send for our Illus trated Catalogue nnd new publication, entitled "Business Education." J. M. Ressleu, President. WiLMiNBTQfi &-WELDQN R. R. AND BRANCHES. AND ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAlLIiOAD COMPANY OF v SOUTH CAROLINA. COXDSSrfEO SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING cOUTII. dated" EHf f JnWsoa. o 5 , c o- -J A. M. I'. M. V. M. A. M. P. M. Leave Weldon 11 50 9 43 Ar. Uocky Mt. 12 55 10 G Leave' Tarboro 12 21 C 00 Lv. itocky Mt. ...t oo "io'sfi "(fiii " is'i'o "i'l iii ' , Leave Wilson 1 6S 11 14 7 10 6 20 2 40 Leave Selma 2 55 11 57 V Lv. Fayetteville ijW 1 10 Ar. Florence '"7 25 3 15 P. M. A. M. Ar. lioldNlioro 750 Lv. (ioltlsl)oro 7 01 3 21 Lv. Slai;u(lia 8 0!) 4 26 Ar. Wilmington 9 40 5 60 P. M. A. M. P. M. TRAINS GOING NORTH. el jo! ol o'l :': A. M. P. M. Lv. Florence 0 40 7 45 Lv. Fayetteville 12 20 9 45 Leave sSelma 1 50 10 54 Arrive Wilson 2 35 Jl 31 a. m.' p'. 'm. '.7'ii'. Lv. AV .ninfrton 7 00 ! 45 Lv. .VtlKnolia S :!4 11 19 Lv. Golilrtboro 5 15 9 45 12 30 p.'m" XV" m'. i'V'm". i". "m". Leave WilHon 2 sr. 5 43 11 si loss 1 II Ar. Uocky Mr, 3 30 0 15 12 07 11 35 1 63 Arrive Tarboro 7 04 Leave Tarboro 12 21 LvV Kooky M t. " 12"o : Ar. Weldon 4 32 1 Oo! . j P. M. A. M.'P. M. y 4 t Daily except Monday. IDaily ex cept Sunday. Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, Yadkm Division Main Line Train loaves 'Wilmington, 9 00 a. m., arrives Fayetteville 12 15 p. m., leaves Fayette villa 12 25 p. m., arrives Sanford 1 43 n. in. Returning loaves Sanford 2 30 t. m.. arrives Favetleville 3 45 n. m.. I. 4 J - leaves Fayetteville 3 50 p. m.,cnivcs Wilmington b OU p. m. Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. Rennettsville Branch -Train leaves Bennettsville 8 15 a. m., Maxton 9 20 a. m.. Red Springs U hi a. m., Hope amis iu 42 a. m., arnyes jayetievuie 10 55 a. m. Returning leaves Fayette ville 1 40 p. va., Hope Mills 4 55 p. m., RedSpringg b 35 p. m., Maxton 6 15 p. m., arrives Bennettsville 7 15 p. m. Connections at Fayetteville with train No. 7S, at Maxton with the Caro lina Central Railroad, at Red Springs with the Red Springs and Bowmore Railroad, at Sanford with the Seaboard An Line and Southern Railway, at Gulf with the Durham and Charlotte Railroad. Train on the Rc -Hand Neck Branch Ro 1 1 leaves Weldon 3 :35p m., Halifax 1 : p. m., arrives Scotland Neck at 5 :0S p. m., Greenville 6 :57 p. m., Kins- ton 7 :55 p. m. Returning leaves Kmston 7 :50 a. m., Grecnyille 8 :52 a. ra., arriving Halifax at 11 :18 a.m., Weldon 11 :33 a. in., daily except Sun day. Trains on Washington Branch leave Washington S :I0 a. ro. and 2 :30 p. m.t arrive Parmele 9 :10 a. m. and 4 :00 p. no., returning It a a Parmele 9 :35 a. va. and G :30 p. m., arrive Washington 11:00 a. m. and 7 :30 p. m., daily ex cept Sunday. Train leaves Tarboro, JN.t;., daily except Sundiiy 5 :30 p. m., Sunday, 1 :15 p. m., arrives Plymouth 7 :40 p. ;n., 0 :10 p. m., Returning, leaves Ply mouth daily except Sunday, 7 :50 a.m., and Sunday 9 :00 a. m., arrives Tarboro 10:05 a. m., 11 :00 a. m. Tram on Midland N. C. Branch leaves Goldsboro daily, except Sunday. 7 :05 a. m., arriving SinithfieJd 8 :10 a tn. Returning leaves Smithfield 9:00 a. m. ; arriyes at Goldsboro 10 :25 a. n , Trains on -Nashville Branch ca9 Rocky Mount at 9 :30 a. m., 3 :40 p. m , arrive Nashville 10 :10 a. m.,4 :03 p.m , .Spring Hope 10 :40 a. m., 4 :25 p. ro . Returning leave Spring Hope 11 :00 c. m., 4 :55 p. m., Nashville 11 :22 a. m. , 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 dally, except Sunday, 11 :40 a. m. and 4 :15 p. m. Return ing leaves Clinton at 7 :00 a. in. and 2 :50 p. m. Train No. 78 makes cloec 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. Vine Hill FemaleAcademy. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. FALL TERM OPENS SEPT. 5, 1899, With a full corps of Teachers. . Literary Course, Art, Music, both Instrumental and Vocal. Expenses Moderate. Write to L. W. BAGLEY, A. B., Pri n., 8-I02m Scotland Neck, N. C. Subscribe to The Cosimko wealth. ii "1 Store.