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Sato . .... j IFYC'J AtEAllOSTllIl roc win ADVERTI8E Dimness -WHAT STEAM 13 TO - Machinery, Sr TOCB Business. , 0 ... 1 E.E. HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. - "EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ti.OO. VOL. XVniJSew Seiics Vol. 5. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THUBSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4?, 1902. Th vi Great Propelling Tower. NO, 35 SESt foe AnVERTISEWr.il ! l G0MMO) EA I-I ? 1 -4 1 fC3 . 1 V Half- SicM " I-first used Aver's Sarsaparilla 3 in the fall of 1848, .Since ihcn I ... . -it H oave uxen it ever 141 -. a blood - nurifvin end nerve- H strengthening medicine." S. T. Jones, Wichita, Ksns. If you feel run down, are easily tired, if' your nerves are weak and your blood is thin, then begin to take the good old stand ard family medicine, Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It's a regular nerve S lifter, a perfect blood 1 builder. SLNaMtle. AUdnnhte. U Ask Tonr doctor what b thinks of Ayer's RarunKrillaU P knows all about this ermnd -old family aoK "na. Follow bis advice and J. C. ATEB CO., IOTreU, MOS9. Dyspepsia Cure Digests what yon eat. This p-eparatioti contains afll of the digestants and digests all kinds of food. It gives instant relief and never fails to cure. It allows you to cat all the food you want. The most sensitive stomachs can take it. By its use many thousands of - dyspeptics have been cured after everything else failed. Is unequalled for the stomach. Child ren with weak stomachs thrive on it. First dose relieves. A diet unnecessary. Cures all Stomach troubles Prepared only by E. C. DeWitt & Co., Chicago The $L bottle contains 2H times the 50c size. PKOFESSIOSAL. R. A. C. LIVERMON, D Dentist. OFFiCE-Over Jiew Whithead Building. Office hoars from 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to I o'clock, p. m. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. 0 R. J. T. WIMBERLiEl, 55TIGE HOTEL LAWEESCE, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. D It. II. I. CLARK, ; Office formerly occupied by Claude Ritchin. Main Street, Scotland Neck, N.'C. w. A. UUNN, A TTORNE Y-A T-LA W. Scotlajtd Neck, N. C. Practices wherever his services are eauired R. H. SMITH. STUART H. SMITH. JJM1TH & SMITH, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. . Staten Bld'g. over Tyler & Outterbridge Scotland Neck, N. C. E DWARD L. TBAVIb, Attorney and Connselor at Law, HALIFAX, N. C. 'Money Loaned on Farm Lands. X CLVUDE KITCHIS. A, r. K1TCHIN. KITCHIN & KITCHIN, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Practice wherever eervicesare required. Office : Futrell Building. - Scotland Neck, N. C. Compare our YYDrk with that of our Competitors. ESTABLISHED IN 1865. CHAS: II' WALSH Stem Ihatits WORKS, Sycamore St., Petersburg, Va. Monaments, Tombs, Cemetery Curb , ing, Ac. All work strictly first class and at Lowest Prices. - I ALBO YOBHISH IROV Ftr::rT5 vases, ac.I-ii 'Designs sent to any address free; : In -writing for theifl Uense rUb age of de ceased ana uaut as to price. i TEE EDITOS'S LEISUEIJ HOURS. Points and Paragraphs of Things Past', Present and Future. The schools and colleges in the State are beginning to open their fall session, and there is evidence already ,nf a good opening for many of them. And truly there seems to bo- no reason why all tlie schools should not be. well patronized this year, for there is a fair prospect in most parts of the State and prices promise to be good. The price of tobacco is high and there iS proir.L-o of a good price for cotton. These things, together with the general1cre yival of interest in education through out the State, give hope for much advancement along educational lines during the coming year. . One has only to make observation about railroad depots, post offices, and other places where the floating crowds collect, to find explanation !or cigar ette smoking, profanity and genera' ill behavior amonget the small' boys '.'.of Ihe towns and villages. It is ' an n; palling contemplation that small boys of tender age are allowed in some places to collect almost in droves around such places to listen to the rough arid vul gar jokes and hear the profanity of men who engage in such talk. Tbe place for such boys, black and white, is at home engaged in some sort oi em ployment, or narmiees play. It is a 3reat mistake on the part of ent3 to allow small boys to go at day or night ) and their "going at par will will oftlimes sets them on a downwaid course that is hard to check in the after years ' Vance Spicy, the convict murderer who has been sentenced to be hanged October 3rd for killing Millard Moore, i fellow convict at tha Caledonia State farm about four weeks ago, gave out in bis own testimony at Halifax the cause fo'" his first step into 1 the career that must soon end at the ; gallows. Being asked how he came to kill his uncle, for which crime he was serving sentence in the penitentiary, he ans wered :. "We were drinking together, and got into a fuss." And there we have it the first cause lor moat of the crime in the land is" found in drink. And yet the people of the country say that the liquor traffic is all right so long as it is controlled or properly taxed. Long ago God said to a murderer: "The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground." And is uot every citizen who by word of ac tion sanction1 the business which causes human blood to flow, more cr tess responsible for it? ' ' When shall there be i check to it ill? . , Who will not join in a crusade of influeoce against it? ' That is sad news from Manila con cerning the spread of the cholera. Since the present outbreak there have been 27,929 cases in the provinces there and 19,640 deaths. By reason of the econrge agriculture in the Phil ippine Inlands is said to be badly crip pled, Governor Taft estimating the irea in cultivation this year at half that of an ordinary year. The following bit of news sent out from Chicago a few days ago is at least unique : y "Friends of William Craig, who, is said to be a relative of Andrew. Car negie, and a man of wealth, who lives In Carnegie, Pa., filed a petition be fore Judge Tuthill to-day,' in which the charge was made' that Craig was being unlawfully detained by Frank Wing in tLe latter's saloon - at 2130 State street. It is charged that he "has been de tained at the saloon for three days and that he has squandered $2,000 a day during that time. . His - friends fear that he will dispose of his fortune if he is not properly cared fon 'A writ of habeas corpus, command ing the presence of both Craig " and Wingtielore the court, was is'sned.",' SENTIMENT FOB DIVISION OF TAXES- - Whites For ; Whites, Slacks , For V Blacks. (Grecii1Ilc Roflectoj-.) The almost unanimous vote by which the resolution declaring for tbe distribution of. the public school mon ey according to the taxes paid . by the two 'races adopted by tha county convention Thursday, is significant, and shows how rapidly this sentiment is spreading. Many men are becoming oufspo&en in their disapproval of a law that will not permit them to tax themselves for the education of their own children without having to pay an ecjual sum ior the benefit of an in ferior race that has so far, with here and there individual exceptions, proven unworthy and unappreciative ot what the white people have done towards educating them. There is a general tax levied by the State, the fund aris ing from which is divi ded between the races, the . monies arising from fines, penalties, forfeitures, liquor licenses and such being distributed in the same way, yet if the white people, who pay about 97 per cent, of tbe taxes5 wish in any town, community or district to levy a special tax upon themselves to make longer and better schools for their own children, thay are not per mitted to do so unless the.special taxes they pay are also divided between the races as are the general taxes. People are beginning to look upon such a law as unjust, and the tendency of feeling is toAvard3 a constitutional amendment that will change it. The recent decision o! the Supreme court upon the Greenyille graded school bill has largely increased this sentiment. TherS has besxi a rjr&etice among county school boards to appor tion the school -money between the races so as to keep the echools for each open the same length of time, and as it costs more to conduct the white schools they received a larger portiou of the money than the colored schools. ' But the Supreme court says thi3 is contrary to the law and that they must he apportioned per capita. Such a distribution of the funds would keep che negro schools open twice as long as the white schools and be an unjust dis crimination against the latter. Yet this is the law, according to the opin ion o! ths Supreme court, and it is no onder tbere is a desire to change it. Ths 014-Fashioned Mothar. Fauuie E. McDonald In Sunny South. Yes, she was an old-rashioned mother, She was bent and wrinkled and gray ; She had borne with brave eniurance The burden rr.il boat of the day. Year3 ago she was young and graceful, Her laus;h like music rang, And in the summer twilight Sweet lullabies she sang, As upon her mother besom Lay golden heads sosmall, Whila she dreamed that in the future Their ioye would repay her all. Tall and fair grew the daughters, With girlhood's winsome grace ; But mother had somehow dropped tehind And fallen out oi the race. So long nad she worked m silence At length they'd forgotten quite, That in their hearts and the household She had either place or right. Ah ! not 'till the hands are folded And the heart has ceased to beat, And God's deep rest has been given To the tired bands and feet, Did they think of her patient toiling, Did they speak the words of praise That might have lightened the labor If spoken in other days. Years passed on with their changes, They found that neyer another Could take the place of that lost one,' The dear, old-fashioned mother. Ah, me 1 there are many mothers Who through long weary days Toil for her own unceasing : With no word ofjove and praise. The words that would thrill with gladness Too often are left unsaid .'Till the rest of death has fallen On heavy .heart and head, And at'last they learn the lesson '- That on earth there is no other To fill the place of that truest friend ; 1 God elves us'bnt one mother. -Wife of the funny - rnau Ob, Bob, the tiaby has swallowed his rattle. "Well, he ought to Jiavea rattling good tiroe.', Life. Hr. Rockefeller's Advica. Presbyterian. .., s John D. Rockefeller is one of the most envied man in the world by those who imagine that everything consists in millionaire station and possessions. Others who know of ;his generosity in giving away millions of dollars, as well its of -fits power to acquire them, wish they were favored with an equal ability in both directions. . Recently he has given utterance to some wholesome and timely words to a Sabbath school class of which his son has charge, which indicate on his part a sound mind, and a Christian's insight of char acter and nobility, and which at the same lime are worthy oi consideration by the rising generation. He first states how he came to acquire the habit of giving. "When," he eaid, "I was fourteen or fifteen years old, T did all I could to help a little parish pay oat a debt of about $2,000 on a church to which I belonged. It was one of the keenest pleasures of my life. It was tbere I acquired the taste for giv ing and for influencing others to give." As to money making, he remarked: "This is indeed a time ior the indus trious young man to take advantage and to make his way in. But the ac quisition of money is not the greatest thing in the world. Success is not measured in terms of money. Money is only an incident in this life. You young men, who are laying the founda tion of your' cbaracter'here, may never come into the possession of great riches but you may have that which is great er than gold; or railroads, or fleets of steamships, and that is the satisfaction of having a splendid character. I say that a man who is without great prop erty may be richer in the possession of a Christian spirit." - -Miss Helen Gould to Visit Norfolk. Norfolk, Va., August 29. Helen Miller Gould will visit Norfolk in Octo ber. The visit here is in the interest of the Naval Young Men's Cnristlan Association, which eight or nine weeks ago was established "pa Church street near Bermuda for the benefit ot the jailors and marines from this, the larg est naval training station . Fifteen hundred men are now here. It having been demonstrated in the past two months that the present fodr story structure and its equipment are inadequate Ior the demands of the na val Young Men's Christian Association here, it is believed that the visit of Miss Gould to Norfolk will result in the erection in this city of a large, handsome and convenient building for the work on the order of the fine one that has been provided for similar work in Biooklyn, N.Y. The Greatest Slanders of Life. In the Crerar Library, Chicago, is a book in which 500 men, out of work, haT e written of "the greatest blunders of their life." It is a collection made by Dr. Earl Pratt. Here are some of them : 1. "Didn't save what I earned." 2. "Did not as a boy realize the value of an education." 3. "If 1 had taken better care of my money 1 would be better in health and morals." . 4. "Did not realize the importance of sticking to 0n9 kind of employ ment." '. '- 5. "The greatest blunder of my life was when I took my first drink." , G. "One of the greatest Blunders of my life was not to perfect myself in one of the lines of business I started out to learn.". ' 7. "My greatest blunder was when I left school in the Fifth Grade." 8. "The turning point in my life was when, at tbe age of fifteen, I ran away from home." ; 9. "Spent my money foolishly when I wa3 earning good wages." 10. "When I let myself be misled into thinking that I need not stick to one thing." - , II. "Self-conceit and not listening to my parents.'' 12. "Was to fool away my time when at school." USE ALLEN'S FOOT EASE, A powder to.be shaken into tbe shoes. Your feet feel swollen, nervous and hot, and get tired easily. , If yon have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen's Foot-Ease. It ; cools the ,feet, and makes walking easy. . Cures swol len, sweating feet, ingrowing mJIs, blis ters apd callous spots-. Relieves corns and bnnions of all pain and gi yes rest and comfort. Try' it today. Sold by all druggists andebce stores for 25c. Don't accept apy substitute. Tt 1 package i FREE. Address", Allen 3. Oliastsd, Le Boy, N. Y.. FARLT AFFAIRS. SOMETHING ABOUT GRASSES. Southern Farm Surplus. Southern Farm Maazfne of Baltimore for Sep tember. As long as it dominates in cotton- growings tobacco-raising and rice cul tureand there ought to ba no reason why that should not be forever and as long as it demonstrates its ability to raise practically every crop that may ba grown in the codntry, the advantage enjoyed in the virtual monopoly of the first condition should not lead us to continue to sacrifice the addition,.! advantage it might enjoy4 in rais ing its own foodstuffs and feedatnffs if, indeed, it might not have a surplus ot such products for sale. Generally speaking, such a surplus is rather a distant contingency. One of tne great drawbacks upon the South, scantiness o't population, is gradually disappearing with the influx of thrifty immigrants. It lias created temporary economic embarrassment, becoming quite stringent now and then , in the competition fofan adequate labor sup ply, between manufacturing industry and agriculture. The farm has some times been sacrificed for tile factory j and vice versa, and railroad construc tion aud mining operations have drawn largely upon nsarby fields. Bat ad justment will come about with a great er tiss of improved machinery in agri culture and the introduction, of which there is a reasonable promise, of new labor-saving machinery In the cotton and the corn, releasing a vast amount of labor into other lines of farming ana tnto manufactures, and Bringing niar to solution a problem which has been something of a bar against desirable immigration to th South to the extent justified by conditions of soil and cli mate and the price and poductivity of lands, and has at the same time pre vented tbe South from making the best use of the muscle at hand. Fall Seeding of Grasses and Ciovsrs- In North Carolina the best months for sowing grass and clover seeds are September and October. Teese are als the best months for seeding vetcbes, oats and rye. Wheat should not be sown until after a hard frost, in order to escape the Hessian fly. Oats should be soaked fur ten minutes before sow ing in a solution of 4 pound of Formalin in 25 gallons of water. This will pre vent loss by 6mut during the following spring. During these fall months every unoc cupied field should be seeded fed Crim son clover or one of the vetches. Crim son clover, especially the native grown seed in hu!l, if sown upon a Bermuda or crab grass sod or among p3a iues without covering in, will give a certain catch, and every dollar spent In the fall for the seed should return at least five in the spring. The clover will fur nish good grazing from Christmas un UL April, then if stock is taken off the clover will make two tons per acre of hay by May 10th. The stubble and roots will enrich the soil lor the follow ing crop of corn, cotton or "tobacco. Tobacco growers in particular are warned that the large amount ot pot ash and nitrates leit in the sail by this nrop, unless the laud is protected by a growing crop, will be largely washed away bv spring. Farmers who intend to sow ciover seed this fall are advised to procure their seeds, or at least samples thereof, before September 1st and have them tested for quality at the department of agriculture before sowing. The clover, lucerne and grass seeds sold in North Carolina are often, of very poor quality, even though sold at a high price. Clo ver and lucerne are apt to be infested by the seeds of a destructive parasite, Cu3cuta-trilolii, Che dodder or love vine, which soon ruins the meadow. Farmers should take no chances, but learn what they purpose to. sow before sowing it. Gerald McCarthy, Botanist, N. C. Deptf. Agriculture. TAKE CARE OF THE STOMACH. The man or woman wbesa digestion is perfect and whose ttomach performs its every function is never sick. Kodol cleanses,-' purifies i and sweetens the stomach and cures positively and per manently all atom ch tvoubles, indi gestion and dyspepsia. It is tbe wonderful reconstructive tonic that is makiag so many sick people well and weak people strong by conveying to their bodies all of tbe nourishment in the food they eat. Rev J. H. Holliday, of HolJiday, Miss., writes : KodoI has cured me. Icot sider it the best remedy I ever used frr A valiant and stimach troubles. I .... .v,, was given up by physicians, saved inyt. life. Take it after E. T. Whitehead & Co. . Kodol meals. 551 :) if I ,. 1 . i . All UMIHIIV ' - J LffUIL IflBM UOUU. Drowning at Ocean View. it V irginian-rilot, Aug. 29. The very "humorous habit "of rock ing the boat just tjr fua" and to sc.-ir one of the passeucrj still contir.ua.-, and claimed a victim yesterday at Ocean View, a ycung man from Rich mond, named Redd Fusttr. At an early U'jnr yesterday' morning Charles BWk and" Fueter left Norfolk lor Ojean View, where they had been camping for several days. On arriving at Ocean View they wan l.vo fiahar men, went out rowing in a boat. Ii appears that Beck 'a companion thought thdy vuulJ--b.iye snie fun with him and they began rocking tbe boat. What with rocniug tbe b-ai and the waves tbe bjat was overturned near the place where, Mr. Matthews was drowned a tew days ago, and all went into the uat3f. The -fishermen clung to the boat, righted it and gut into it. Beck t-a ) that Foster had gou3 down. When he came up Beck went to his assistance aud Foster grabbed him about tbe neck. Beck, wh( u a weak and sickly youui man, feit bin-self being dragged down and broke away. He swam to the boat and clung to it, awaiting another chance to get to Faster, but was uuable to lead the latter ussUtance and Faster sank lor tbe last im e. Beck cla:m th u his companions had been diiukiug, bat the accident seems to have been caused by their rocking the Lust. A Man Whose Joint3 Are Valuable. (Bhicago Record Heritid.) - Mr. Waiter Wcntwortb, ot Boston, has struck a new line of business that seems, in his'case at least, to have all the pleasing features of a little gold cilric w!thortt any of the disagreeable assessments. Mr. Wdritwbrtb: is, or was, a contortionist. Physicians liaVe marve'ed at his ability m tbe way of unhinging himself. He is -scventy jeafs old now, and keeping straight, but he used td be able to bend bis body into all kinds of queer shapes and tie himself into wonderful Knots. A good many years ago By. C we, of Detroit, bought Wentworth's body ior $100. to 'be delivered to him after his death. The doctor wished to me tbe skeleton as a curiosity and to show how tbe human joints can be manipu lated. Dr. Cowe died not long after buying Wentworth, however, thus leaving the latter on the market again. He next sold his body to Dr. H. L Wifdor, of Brooklyn, again receiving $100, and stipulating that the doctor personally was to claim tbe body alter Wentworth's death. Da WiMer died a few days ago, hence he will not be able to fulfill his part of tbe contract, and Mr. Wentworth is now looking around for another purchaser. We promptly obtain U. 8. and Foreign Dl 1 free report on mtentahi litr. For free book . 1 HowtoSecureTninC MIMfC write 1 Patents and I IIHUfc- JHIIIVU ts Where shall I educate my daughter? tt Send her to VINE HILL FEM AL ?fiH7 It has just closed its ir ojt prosperous session. cal education, or prepare? wv!I tn college classes ART Departments are excei L1:.:. Write for catalogue. L. W. June 17, 1902. S6-19-3m fTEETHING Wm.Si. W. BirrrrdrjMMiM miMM Mrrrn - - I ant as packac aae n W.avnortana UU NERVES GAVE WAY PE-RU-NA CURED. tfh A 1 '"'""fii;' " I Miss Asracih Braily, Cor. Sec. lUi nols -Woiaan Alliance, had Hciitlac'ie, KuiLatltc end Sciioiis Ir.discfilion. Mift? A. Brady, tWrosponding .Scra tary Illinois Wmiraa'tt Alliance, writes from 2725 Indiana avenue, Chicago, 111.? ''Last year from continued strain In litersr' wor!c I lcs:i:a very much ex haustcd, 'my nerves yctmcd to glvt way, and 1 had 'backache, IzcnoaciH and serious Indigestion. t'Ons of my friendfs suggested that try Petuna. It certainly acted like magic on my system. j "Within ten days I felt new lite and health given me; aud by taking an 00 iasional dose off and on w hen I feel extra tired, l keep my system in per feet order. ' 'MISS A. BRADY. Mrs. Fanny Klavailatch r, Sum mltsvillo, X. Y., writer r.rt follows; "For three, months I suffered with pain in tho back ami in (lie region of th kidney, and lull pressing rendition la the abdoition, and" other Kyniptonis ot pelvic catarih. "But after Uihinp two bottled of Peru Ha I am atirely -well, better than I over was." Mrs. Fanny K lav .Ida t sober. Send for 'lTeai;)i and Beauty," writ tr.it especially for v omeu lj" Ir. S. I!. ITnrt man, Presidcht Ilartmaa oaiiiturium, Columbus, O. Temporary la sanity. Selected. The youthful attorney tccure-J a ver dict In favor of tho Ii!shtnanc'iargo 1 with murder, on the ground of tem porary insanity. 11c did not meet hi client again for scvoiat m inti., when the following remark.-! were exclningcd between them : "Wei!, Pat, isn't it about tirna you gave me that extra $200 ?" "Faltb, an' what two hoon.l.-od Is tbot?"' "The two hundred you promised if I saved that worthies? nec!: of your.." "Sure, an' did Oi promise that? 'Oi don't ramimber." "Why, Pat, you promised it to me." Pat scratched his head for a minute, and then with a ernilo oullawol the claim with the remark : "Oh, well, but ya know Oi w.is crazy thin.'" 50 YEARS' . EXPERIENCE Trace Marks rFff?tM' CopvniasTS Ac. AtiTftiie sonrtlns a nkctoh iid floncrint ion mm nntokly nsMfrtnIri our opinion f rco wlii-Micr n invention Is pronnbly piiteiCnblc. rutnnr.iiitfi. , tlonBtrictlTConO(lcntiiil. Hatidtiook on Htiicntl entfree. Oldest vizenvy forf ecuriuu patontx. PatnM taken through Muhti ft t'u. rscclvl tptcial notice, without chnrtfo, lu tbe scttnnrtc nmnm A handsomelr lllntrtratpd wonkly. '1 crius, as a X 4Co."jHcw York It afford. a practi- jt mumi; ana 7 BAG-LEY, Prin. Scotland reck, X, C. W POVDERSA vmmi wmr Tr;ZJTZ,iZfkTUl mmm4 - i 1 -vv?: BACMBEP N . 1 J
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