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VOL. XVIII. New Series
EDITOR'S LEISURE HOURS.
pBSEIyATIONS ON
Christmas Casualties.
Four boys have died of lock jaw in Norfolk
and quite a number of deaths and serious accidents have been reported in this
State. Christmas pleasures are not always guarded as prulently as they should
be, and the accidents which have marred the joys of the season should serve as
a suggestion to parents to be as careful about the sports and pleasures of their
boys as they are about their support and training.
Business Activity.
year that has just closed. Business of al'
most every kind has nourished and there seems to be no falling off, even
through the holidays and the new j ear changes. Dunn's Review of Trade a
few days ago said that the interruption of a holiday and taking of inventories
and other disturbing elements incident to the closing of the old year had not
made things dull in trade circles. It is stated further that the new year has
begun with every prospect of exceptional activity in all branches of business
There are reasons to balieva thai the ye ir 11)03 will b3 a go d one, and so aU
can strike out with a good hope for a prosperous year.
FOR
has
As to the Fenitentiary.
tax payers of North Carolina. The finan
cial management of the institution has been a matter of great concern, and
there have been many criticisms hurled against it because of what was consider
ed bad and incompetent management. Mr. Nathan O'Berry, of Wayne county
one of the directors of the penitentiaty.gave out a few days' ago the statement
that the penitentiary is out of debt. He said that the earnings of the State's
prison since the present board of directors took charge, oyer and above expen-
jsea are $40,288.41, and the institution
The people of North Carolina gladly receive this information, and it is to be
hoped that the State's prison will never again become the subject of so much
adverse criticism. The present management is to be highly commended and
the people of the State will be glad to make the proper acknowledgement for
their good service.
d:
R.
Fifty Tears in the
Ministry.
son
try
ly retired a lew days ago by offering his
has been serying for several years.
On the night of December 2Sth, the
quely interesting exercise in-the Methodisf Protestant church in Henderson.
It was arranged by the various ministers
held in honor of Dr. Hutham. Appropriate resolutions were passed concern
ing Dr. Hufham and his work. The speakers on the occasion were Rev. Jesse
Page, of the Methodist church, himself
Rey. J. H. HenderlKe of the Presbyterian church ; Rev. J. S. Williams, of the
Methodist Protestant church ; Rev. L. Johnson, corresponding secretary of the
Baptist State Convention Mr. T. M. Pittman, of Henderson ; Prof. J. T. Alder
man, of Henderson, and Governor C. B.
Dr. Hufham himself responded to the
ha work. The news correspondent from
never shown Btich honor toany man before, living or dead.
New Tear Besolntions.
ihe News and Observer, so nearly expresses The Commonwealth's idea on the
subject, we give it for our own :
"We pity the man who began the New
Year resolutions. No man, except the few who are pertect n mere are any
such, ought lopass the mile stone without resolving to celebrate the New Year
by a noble purpose to mako his life a
professions of "turning over a new leaf," mtde without due reflection in public
and forgotten in a day, have tended to give disrepute to New Year resalutions
Because the tboughtlessaake resolutions they do not keep there is no reason
why the earnest men and women should
helps all men to resol ve to do belter
keep them, if they honestly seek to live
desires to be, that he already is, in part
in this world. It is by overcoming tbe smaller vices that men gain strcnglh-to
overcome the greater temptation to wrong-doing. It is by putting down self that
men become noble and good.
u 'We rise by stepping stones of our
To higher tnings.'"
, -To Oetg a Cy m
Vol. 5.
ASSING YENTS,
THERE have been many serious casualties
rcpoited'as a result ofChriBtmas hilarity.
PERHAPS the country has never had a year
of such wonderful business activity as the
years and years the State penitentiary
been a subject of much interest to the
does not owe a dollar.
J. D. HUFHAM, pastor of the Hender
Baptist church, has been in the minis
for nearly half a century. He formal
resignation to the church which he
last Sabbath in 1902, there was a uni
of the Gospel in the town and was
a friend of Dr. Hufham for fifty years ;
Ay cock.
speeches with reference to himself and
Henderson wrote Jhat Henderson had
pHE NEW YEAR has but just fairly com
I menced and it Is still in order to think of
new year resolutions. The following bom
Year, without making worthy New
greater blessing to the world. The loud
not solemnly make good resolutions. It
even those who lack, the strength to
up to them. Whatever a man earnestly
at least. It is by aspiring that men rise
dead selves.
SCOTLAND NECK, N.C., THURSDAY, JANUARY
Why Stand Ye Idle?
Greenville Reflector.
Young man, go to work. Why
stand ye idle all the day? This is not
the day and generation of dudes.
Neither shall a man reap better than
he has sown. Go to work do some
thing be something. Don't lie in
wait for your father's hard earnings all
your life. Don't rob your sister of the
advantages which she should have by
consuming your father's substance,
while you sleep until 9 o'clock and
growl like a hungry heathen because
your mother don't - keep breakfast
warm for you. God hasn't given you
the special privilege' of being the
"gentlemen" of the family. But He
has given you health and strength.
The fresh, swift-running blood of youth
courses through your veins. There is
a place for yon something for you
to do. Find it, and when you find it,
do it with all your might. Make your
life worth something to yourself and
the world. Scorn to be a drone, an
idler, an excresence upon society.
Have you reckoned the care and pains
which were used to rear you to man's
estate ? Uould you count the sorrows
that have come to those who bore you
because of your presence in the world?
The bitter tears of your mother, the
heartburnings of your father have
you ever though of theso? If you
have, how can yon continue to dishon
or them by squandering the days with
corner, loafers and growing older day
by day in laziness and general worth
lessuess? Go to work, use your heart
and head, hands and brain, and with
steady purpose and unshaken faith
worn out your own niche in the limit
less gallery of the world's triumphant
endeavorers.
Astounding Facts.
Selected.
Mr. Nelson, the most distinguished
q! English actuaries, after long and
careful investigations and comparisons,
ascertained by actual experiences tbe
following facts : -
A total abstainer twenty years old
has the chance of living forty-five
years longer, or until eixty-four years
old. A moderate drinker has the
chance of living fifteen and one-half
years longer, or until thirty-five and
one-hall years old.
A total abstainer thirty years old
has tbe chance of living thirty-six and
one-half years longer, or until Bixly-six
and one-half years old. A moderate
drinker thirty years old has the chance
of living thirteen and one-half yeara
longer, or until forty-three and three
touths years old. -
A total abstainer forty years old has
the chance of living twenty-eight and
one-fourth years longer, or until sixty
eight and one half years old. A mod
erate drinker forty years old has the
chance of living eleven and two-thirds
years longer, or until fifty-one and one
half years old.
CAUTION!
This is not a gentle word but when
you think how liable you are not to
purchase tbe only remedy universally
known and a remedy that has had tbe
largest sale of any medicine in tbe
world since 1868 for the cure and treat
ment of Consumption and Throat and
Lung troubles without losing its great
popularity all these years, you will be
tbanklul we called your attention to
Boschee's German Syrup. There . are
so many ordinary cough remedies
made by druggists and others that are
cheap and good for light colds per
haps, but for severe Coughs, Bronchi
tis, Croup and especially for Con
sumption, where there is difficult ex
pectoration and coughing during the
nights and mornings, there is nothing
like German Syrup. The 5 cent size
has just been introduced this year,
Regular size 75 cents. At all druggists
o
Euan th
BigaBtnxe
at
ihs Kica Yon Hare Wways
E3 ay
ia Two Days.
cn every
Passing of the Colored Member.
Richmond IJispatch.
In the next House of Representatives
as in the present one, there will be no
negro member. The suffrage amend
ments to the constitutions of a half
dozen Southern States which from time
to time returned a "colored brother
have practically eliminated the Afro
American from politics, at least from
an elective office. Henceforth there
will be no blackbirds in tbe political
J pie. (This, too, notwithstanding the
l fact that about one-eleventh of the to
tal population of eighty millions of the
United States are negroes. . Perhaps
the strangest feature in this connection
is the fact' that where tbe colored man's
vote does his party the most good he
has the least influence and the least
power. But for the Fifteenth Amend
ment Indiana would unquestionably
be a Democratic State, and Ohio and
Illinois would be extremely doubtful,
whale should the solid negro vote be
cast for tbe Democratic party instead
ot for the Republican 'party in these
Stales they would unquestionably be
Democratic. It is thus that tbe negro
controls the balance of power, but he is
too poor a politician to obtain any re
turn for what he does to keep his Re
publican brethren in office. He and
his race vote as a unit and destroy tbe
influence they would otherwise wield.
The man who will probably be
pointed to for many years to come as
tbe last rtegro iu Congress is Gaorge
H. White, of Tarboro, N. C, who, af
ter serving two terms, retired at tbe
end of the Fitv sixth Congress to be
succeeded by a white Democrat, and
tbe constitution of the State has since
made it impossible for a man o! his
color to be elected at least not until so
far in the future that it is useless to
consider it.
Hon. W. W. Xitchin or B. B. Glenn,
Esq;., May be Elected Senator.
Richmond Dispatch,
The situation in the North Carolina
senatorial contest is now an interesting
one. There are six strong aspirants in
the field for the honor, which is to be
awarded by election by the General Ae-
sembly without the intervention of a
primary. Of these Hon. Cyrus B. Wat
son and Hon. Lee S. Overman are said
t3 be strongest, but even they are with
out the necess uy majority of the mem
bers. Tbe other avowed candidates
are Julian S. Carr, Locke Craig, ex
Congressman S. B. Alexander and
Judge W. A.Hoko. If when the )Ul
lotin begins it bscomes appareat that
none uf the canJiJates na-ned can win
and a deadlock is in proapecf, it is said
thatW. W. Kitchia, Esq.. or R. B.
Glenn, Esq., will bo urged as "dark
horses." Mr. Kitchin is one of the
most eloquent and thoughtful speakers
in the house of Representatives and has
acquired considerable influence in Con
gress, where he has served several
terms. Mr. G?enn was at one tima dis
trict attorney for the western district
of the State.
IT KEEPS THE FEET WARM
AND DRY.
Ask to-day for Allen's Foot-Ease, a
ponder It cores Chilblains. Swollen,
Sweating, Fore, Aching, Damp feet
At al! druggists and shoe stores, 25 s.
WANTED.
We would like to ask, through the
columns of your'paper, if there is say
person who has used Green's August
Flower for the cure of Indigestion,
Dyspepsia, and Liver Troubles that
has not been cured and we also mean
their results, such as sour stomach,
fermentation of food, habitual c tive-
nes, neryaus dyspepsia headaches, des
pondent fee'ings, sleeplessness in fact,
any trouble connected with tbe
tomach or liver? This medicine has
bean sold for many years in all civiliz
ed countries, and we wish to corres
pond with you and send you one of
our books free of cost. If ' you never
jM August Flower, try a 25 cent hot-
& t. We have n6ver known of its
uihng. If so, something more serious
is the matter with you. The 25 cent
Jze has just been introduced this year.
Regular size 75 cents. At all druggist
' ; Q. G. GRaasyWoodbury n. J,
8, 1903.
0. 53
BISHOP HANDY
SAYS
take great pleasure in acknowledging the curative effects ot
Peruna. At the solicitation of a' friend I used your remedy and
cheerfully recommend your Peruna to all who want a good tonic
and a safe cure for catarrh." JAMES A. HANDY.
Prominent members of the clergy are giving Peruna their unqualified endow
ment. These men find Peruna especially adapted to preserve them from catarrh
of the vocal organs which has always been the bane of public speakers, and gen
eral catarrhal debility incident to the sedentary life of the clergyman. Among
the recent utterances of noted clergymen on the curative virtues of Peruna is the
above one from Bishop James A. Handy, D. D., of Baltimore.
OTHER NOTABLE CURES.
A Husband Escaped the Pangs
of Catarrh of the Lungs.
Most Cases of Incipient Consump
tion are Catarrh.
Edward 8teva.
Mrs. Edward Stevens of Carthage,
N. Y., writes as follows :
" I now take pleasure in notifying you
that my husband has entirely recovered
from catarrh. He is a well man today,
thanks to you and Peruna. He took six
bottles of your medicine as directed, and
it proved to be just the thing -for him.
His appetite is good and every thing he
eats seems to agree with him. His
cough has left him and he is gaining in
flesh, and seems to be well every way."
MRSi EDWARD STEVENS.
Any internal remedy that will cure,
catarrh in one location will cure ft in
Never fool with a "dead" live wire ; j
the business end of a wasp, or
woman's private opinion. Life.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS A BOX
is the value H. A. Tisdale, Summer
ton, S. C, places on DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. He-says : "I had tbe
piles for twenty years. I tried many
doclers and medicines, but all failed
except DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
It cured me." It is a cocr.bination ot
the healing properties ot Witch Hazel
with antiseptics and emollients ; re
lieves and permanently cures blind,
bleeding itching ana protruding piles,
sores, cuts, bruises eczema, salt rheum
and all skin diseases. . E. T. White
bead & Co.
The language of God's chosen ones
is not strange to us. In tbe bard path
which theyhave trodden we can follow
afar off ; we go from strength to
strength in their footsteps, and know
not yet what we shall be.
EVERY BOTTLE OF CHAMBER
LAIN'S COUGH REMEDY WAR
RANTED. We guarantee eyery bottle of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy and will re
fund the money to anyone who is not
satisfied after using two-thirds of the
contents. This is the best remedy in
the world for la grippe, coughs, colds,
croup and -whooping cough and is
pleasant and sale to take. It prevents
any tendency of a cold to result in
pneumonia. E. T. Whitehead & Co.,
Scotland Neck, Leggett's Drug
Store, Hobgood, N. C.
Listen to the Ssaall Voice ! It may
be heard above the roar and dm of the
busiest thoroughfares. It is the music
of heaven singing in accompaniment
and allurement and beseech ment with
iu every human soul. Listen to tbe
Voice! Obey the Voice! Wdhci 51.
SherrilL
The crowned heads of every nation,
The rich men, poor men and misers
All join in paying tribute to
DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
H. Williams, San Antonio, Tex , wiiics :
Little Early Ris3r VilU are the b;t 1
ever need in my family.; I unbesitat-
ingiy rec mmenu mem w ever, j ,0,t At lMl we u,t,d liilliackv j,: j j
They cure Constipation, Biliousnc, SulfLar, and after three or four appii
Sick Headache. Torpid Liver, ,Cdiion6 lllt.re W(S improvement, and
dice,- Malaria and all other liver t Jn lhre week$ jt w,s ent jrcy Curcd.
troubles. E.T. Whitehead Co. j u. Lamb,
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v euro i;oia in neaa -?
..nnnit'i rhnpnlnirs Laxative Quinine, e&iy
it tsM aal cuick to twe cold h bead -;d sow
ttjraat.
3ksi oup. Advertise msm j f v
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any other location. This is why Tcruna
has become so justly famous in the euro
of catarrhal diseases. It cures catarrh
wherever located. Its cures remain.
Peruna does not palliate ; it cures. ,
Mrs. Frederick Williams, President of
the South Side ladies' Aid Society of
Chicago, 111., writes the following words
of praise for; Peruna from 973 Cuylor
avenue, Chicago, 111.:
" My home is never without Teruna,
for I have found during the past six
years that there is no remedy that will
at once alleviate suffering and actually
cure, as Peruna does. Four bottles com
pletely cured me of catarrh of the head
of several years' standing, and if my
husband feels badly, or either of us catch
cold, we at once take Peruna, and in a
day or two it has thrown the sickness
out of the system." Mrs. Frederick
Williams.
Mrs. W. A. Allisou, of 750 Sheffield
avenue, Chicago, 111., is the Assistant
Matron of the
People's Hospi-j
tal. She has the
following to say
about Peruna:
"I have had fre-
quent opportuni-'
ties to observe the i
wonderful c u r a-
t i v e effects of
Peruna especially
on persons suffer-
Mrs. V
Allison.
ing with a conjestod condition of 'Win
head, lungs, and stomach, generally
called catarrh. It alleviates pain and
soreness, increases the appetite and so
tones up the entire system that tho
patient quickly regains nlreugth and
health." Mrs. W. A. Allison.
If you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to Dr. Hartni.in, giving a
full statement of your enfio and he will
be pleased to give yon his valuable ad
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartmau, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
"He's in love with himself." "He'll
aJneyerfsel tbe pangs of jealousy."
$100 REWARD .$100.
The readers of this jwpcr will be
pieased to learn that there la at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure In all its stages, and
that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Curtis
the only positive cure known to the N
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a con
stitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally.acting directly
upon the blood and raucous surfaces of
tbe system, thereby destroy icg I ho
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up
the constitution and assisting nature lu
doing its work. The proprietors havo
so much faith in its curatijo powers,
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Asdre?s, F. J. Ohcnncy & Co., Tole
do, O.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are (be best.
Some af the "Lily Whites" in Ala
bama and North Carolina have become
red with anger. Richmond 'limes,
Dem.
Cttour.
Tbe peculiar cough which iudlcait
croup, is usually well knoRU to tLo
mothers of croupy children. No lime
should be lost iu the treiiiinent of n,
and for this purpose no medici .e i;is
received more universal approval tt.au
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Do
not waste valuable Ursc in cxpeiiiuciii
lng with untried remtdie , m tiuuitr
iiow highly they may ba recoai tee tid
ed, but give this medicine as directed
and all mptoms of croup wiii o.ncit
ly disappear. Fur sale by E. T. White
head & Co., Scotland Neck, N. V.,
Leggelt's drug store, Hobjood, N. C.
Opportunity to do. good is the great
est preferment which a humble mind
dotbrde$ire.
MR LAM 11'3 CERTIFICATE.
My little smi h.:tl betn troubled with
Ringworm on bin baud kr a e.r
We tried various Jt!a;ealts with r.o ci-
!...! Vr-l- V t. n.t v7 liH'W
jsiilsams from the Nortfcei a Wood
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