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. 1 . ADVEBTISINQ tB7 U SI NESS . WHAT STEAM IS TO Machinery, 0 Thai Gee it P2opellinq Power. IF YOU ARE A HUSTLER en rou witt ADVERTI8E i TO0 Business. 7st Thnrs& " that famous North-:.rw d Mrs. W. H. Stroud have rw--' E.B.HILLIAKO, Editor and WoprietoiiTTj "EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Si.oe. VOL. XIX. New Series-Vol. 6. (6-1 8) SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1903. NO. 19 4rsi oua Aivvck ricK m mi in iow A h AT flTTT7Tn A TTVlTTr I II II III XX I I l-rY I II II I I I I iav- .am. m m ar .mw m m a a a a n E ful, and the gray hairs began to jf creep in. I tried Ayer's Hair Vigor, 5 and it stopped the hair from com- ine OUt and restored the fnlnr " is Mrs.M. D. Gray, No. Salem, Mass There's a nleasure in offering such a prepara tion as Ayer's Hair Vigor. ii gives to an wno use it such satisfaction. The hair becomes thicker, longer, softer, and more glossv. And vou feel sn secure in using such an old and reliable prepara tion. $1.C0 a bottle. All dretei. H send us one dollar and we will express C yon a bottle. Be sure and give the nanus j of your nearest express office. Address, i J. CAVER CO., Lowell. Mass. j- A12JU Dyspepsia Cure Digests what yon eat. This preparation contains all of the digestants and digests all kinds of food. It gives instant relief and never fails to cure. It allows you to eat all the food you want. The most sensitive stomacns 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 fcy E. C. DeWitt & Co., Chicago The $U bottle contains 2K times the 30c. siae. E. T. WHITEHEAD & CO. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Cleanse, and beantifiea the bait Promote. a. lnxuri.n4 f in.lh. Hever Fall, to Beaton Gay nnir w AVUUUB. volar. Cures ccalp ditcasea & hair falling. 0c,and tl.Wrt Drnggtaa PB0FESSI05AL. ! a. A. C. LIVERMON, Dentist. OiFicE-Over New Whithead Building Office hours from 9 to 1 o'clock 2 to o 'oioek, p. m. ' SCOTLAND NECK, 1ST. C. pR. J. P. WIMBEELEx, ii OFFICE BRICK HOTEL, SCOTLAND NECK. N. C. DR. H. I. CLARK, OFFXCE BRICK HOTEL. Main Street, Scotland Neck, N. C. Uj A. DUNN, 111 A TTORN E Y-A T-L A W. Scotland Neck, N. C. Practice wherever his services are enuired. R. II. SMITH. STUART H. SMITH JJM1TH& SMITH, A TTORNE YS-A TLA W. Staten Bld'g, over Tyler & Outterbridga Scotland Neck, N. C. DWABD-L. TBAVIb, t Attorney and Connselor at Law, HALIFAX, N. C. g) Money Loaned on Farm Lands. CLVUDE KITCHIS. ' A. P. KITCHIN. KITCHIN & KITCHIN, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Pr.totice wherever services are required Office : Fatrell Building. Scotland Neek, N. C. ESTABLISHED IN 1865. CHAS M' WALSH 1 WORKS, M itt-neat3, Tombs, Cemetery Curb ing, &c. All work strictly first class and at Lowest Prices, -ft I Af,SO FDRWI8H IRON FFNillNfl. VASES. &C. Deigns sent to any address Tree i n writing for theiH I '.are lve,-a.ge of do- e -..1 ani limit aa w pnwr a pay Frelshton aU Wpr R .M pDITOr'S JEISURE JioUIS, OBSERVATIONS OF Rev. P. R. Law makes some editorial observations in the Lurcberton Robesonian concerning the real prosperity of the South that are worth re- OttT Beal Strength Peat'DS He says: "The attention of the states- men of the South is called by every instinct of patriotism to effect such a revolution of life in the rural districts as will make them so attractive they will check migration to the towns. Tne purest, travest, strongest, most intellectual, and most thoroughly informed men and women of the land are to be expected from the country. The best tillage of cur lands is necessary in order to the greatest progress and pros perity. We cannot afford to rent out our lands to move to town. The tenant-cannot feel enough interest in lands to develop them, and it is along the line of such tillage is enriches land that the most successful farm-. ing lies. We need the brains to cultivate our lands that are needed to fill the office of the chief magistrate of the State. There are sections of the South where the lands are equal to the best, which are practically depopulated by the removal of the most intelligent classes to the towns to be corrupted and enervated by the life lived in them." Nothing pertaining to the product of Southern farm lands so interests the Southern farmer, perhaps, as cotton. Notwithstanding the many di Cotton Prospects. the farmers that 11 cent cotton for July does not mean 11 cent cotton for the farmer, the Atlanta Constitution closes an interesting editorial as fol lows : "When the cotton growers ol the South by a large majority can 'corner the market' on their own behalf by being independent enough in cash and credit to hold their crops at their own will, then a large share of the advantages now monopolized by the exchange gamblers will pass from them forever. If the Southern planters can only have a few more years of good prices like those of the past tbre srn. those of them who have wit enough to dodge flying bricks will be In such financial condition as to es cape the compulsion of selling their crops at opening prices; The present promise of cotton conditions throughout the world warrant the conclusion that the crop now going in will be none too large, and that it can be made to open the market at between 8 and 9 Cents per pound, and, perhaps, more. It would be wrong to accept predictions that cotton will be 10 or 11 cents in the fall, but it is reasonable to believe that with careful cultiva tion, meanwhile economy in living, and a clean crop to market, the cot ton gjowers of our section will go to the ginaimd warehouses with a golden harvest next fall." Something out of the usual is transpiring in Alamance county. Recent ly there was an election in nine townships of the county on the proposition .to levy a special tax to establish graded schools laaySchoolCommittee. mn oQt of the nine yoted for 8Chools In one township a lady will be one of the school committee. Commenting ed itorially concerning the school situation in Alamance,- the News and Ob serve, among other things, says the following: "In Sylvan township, in which only five votes were cast against the graded school tax, Miss Eula Dixon, of Snow Camp, is to be one of the members of the school commit tee. She is the second largest tax-payer in the county, succeeding as the active manager ot her father's large business upon his death two years ago. She is a successful and progressive farmer, last year graduating in the special course in dairying at the A. & M. College, and she is president of the Sncw Camp Woolen Mills. Miss Dixon takes deep interest in public education and was, in every proper way, active in securing the adoption of the school tax. It is against her will that she was put on the school board, but he will serve. There is no reason why women should not serve on every school board in the State. They are better fitted for this most important work than men and would make better school officials. There is hardly a school district in North Carolina where a sensible and progressive woman would not serve if called upon to do so, and with benefit to the schools. Ala mance has led in this school reform. Let other counties follow !" " In a series of articles in The Cosmopolitan on making a choice of a pro fession the fifth is on teaching by Rev. James C. McKenzie. It is pointed out in the Interesting and able paper that the Teaching as a Profession true teacher fa to have a place alI hia own Jn this country and there is shown a brighter side to the life of a teacher than is generally seen in that profession. Albeit the writer places before such a teacher a yery high standard. He quotes Professor Munsterberg. who gives the following standard for the true and real teacher : "No one ought to be allowed to teach in a grammar-school who has not passed , through a college or a good normal school ; no one ought to teach in a high school who has not worked, after his college course, at least two years in the graduate school ol a good university ; no one ought to teach in a college who has not taken his doctor's degree In one of the best universities ; and no one ought to teach in a graduate school who hs not shown his mastery ol methods by powerful scientific publications." To be sure, this is a stand ard all too high for the ordinary person ta look to before he commences his work of teaching, and yet It shows how the profession is regarded and what may be expected of the teacher in high places. In another, view of the subject the writer says: "The highest intellects, the choicest spirits of our age, may well turn to the profession of teaching for the f ullest, happi est and most rewardful places open to the educated men ol the country." The writer concludes : "We may rest assured that when our railroad bridges have been built, our tunnels driven, our great mergers established, our New World civilization will turn to the teacher for new light and leading. Our immense material prosperity is bound to flower out in the not distant fu ture in more general interest in the things of the spirit. Then a new day will have dawned, not only for pure art and literature, but also for the high service to which were devoted Socrates, Arnold, Taylor, Hopkins, Way land, Jewett, McCosb and Jesus of Nazareth." -.- , : 7 PASSING EVENTS. versities of other crops, the cotton crop in , the South is the graat money crop. After warning Put-Off Town, Did you ever go to Put-off Town, Where the houses are' old and tum bled down, r And everything tarries and everything drags, J With dirty streets and people in rags? On the street of Slow jives Old Man Wait, And his two little boys named Linger and Late, With uncleaned hands and tousled hair, And a naughty little sister named Don't Care. Grandmother Growl lives in this town With her two little daughters called Fret and Frown ; And Old Man Lazy lives all alone, Around the corner in gi'reet Postpone Dia you ever go to Put-off Town To play with the little; girls, Fret and Frown, Or go to the home of Old Man Wait And whistle for his boys to come to tne gate? To play all day in Tariy street, Leaving your errands for other feet? To stop, or shirk, or linger, or frown, is tne nearest way to this old town. ' - Selected. The Home-Hade Ball. Youth's Companion. The grown-up boys of. sixty were standing in iront of a window in which were displayed all sorts of games and sporting goods. There were several boxes full ot base balls which ranged in price from ten cents to a dollar and a half.? "Our young fellows have too much of their fun ready-made for them, ''said one. "Look at those base balls, which my young friend of ten or fifteen, with his allowance of seyeral thousand dol lars a week," the other grinned, more or less, buys by the dozen, throws around and loses. I doubt if he has eo good a time as I did. Ever make a baseball?" "Hundreds of 'em. Hundreds of 'em. Do you remember how we used to watcn ior oia rubber boots so we could use the heels?" ' "Yes indeed ! Real rubber they were then, too. Made a fine core. If you didn't start with a good core, the other fellow's ball would bounce higher. A fellow was pretty poor stuff that couldn't bounce his ball over the shed." ''And mother used to give us the yarn, in at never seemed extravagant to her, although maybe she objected if we spent a nickel for candy." "I used to get enough yarn to make a ball from my old Aunt Emma, as pay for holding fiye skeins." "Did you put hard twine on the out side before you put on the cover?" "Yes.Fine, hard twine or small fish line. That was a little more expen sive, but well, I made great balls?" "So did I. My brother taught me to cut the cover from eld boot tops. Quarters, you know pieces shaped like pieces of orange peel." Yes, I've made 'em that way, too, but sometimes we cut the leather in two dumb-bell shaped pieces like these in the window there. Then we sewed 'em with wax thread," "Say, I'm going to tench that boy ol mine to make a base ball. There sre some things absolutely necessary to a liberal education. Good-by !" "Good-by ! 1 suppose 1 shall see you at the directors' meeting at four ?" An Artist's Training. Kind Words. . Rosa Bonbeur used to say that her youth was one of poverty ; then she would add some droll stories aboiit the family method of regulating its finance. The studio was a collection of odds and ends, and Monsieur Bonbeur knew how to turn that disorder to account. When he received money for his work he would take a handful of coin and throw it at random about the room. Then in times of stress, when there was apparently not a farthing left in the bouse, the entire family would set to work searching in nooks and corners. Sometimes they would find afive-iranc piece, and that warded off staryation. To perfect hersulf in her study of ani- mals jroung Rosa spent days In a slaughter-house. The men were perplexed at seeing a young woman there, and some times made it disagreeable for her. But good Monsieur Emile, butcher of great strength, announced that whoso ever annoyed her would have to reckon with him. Then she was able to work undisturbed. QUICK ARREST. J. A. Gulleee. of Verbena. Ala., was twice in the hospital from a severe case of piles causing tumors. Alter doctors and ail remedies failed, Buck len's Arnica Salve quickly arrested furlber inflamation and cured him. It 'conqners acbes and kills pain. 25c at E. T. Whitehead & Co., druggists' every THE WRONG NAME. BETTER NOT USE IT. "Growing Pains." Youth's Companions. A striking illustration ot the evil which ill-considered words may do is furnished by the title to this article. Many a ebild who suffers repeatedly from pains in the muscles or joints, sometimes so severe as to cause a limp or actual lameness, is allowed to suffer until permanent harm Is done, simply because the mother believes the trouble is only "growing pains," to which no attention should be paid lest the child be made a weakling. ThArA ATA nn "crrtvarirttr nalna " w jvr.U5 wuct Growth is a normal process, and like other normal processes is carried on m health without pain or discomfort. Pain, no matter when or where it oc curs, 13 always a danger-signal, a cry that something is wrong, and its warn ing must not be silenced by calling it names. This is not to say that every little ache or pain, in child or adult, should be noted with apprehension and studied as to its origin and significance. That would he to create a race of "molly coddles." The human machine is very nearly, perfect, and if properly cared tor should run without jolt or jar. But it is put to very hard usage, and cannot ba kept under a glass case ; so sometimes the bearings may n ed a little oil, or a speck of dust may et between the cogs, and then there is a jar or a scraping, in other words, a pain. But this is nothing ; Boon the temporary obstruction in the self-oilers gives way, the mete is shaken out of the wheels, and everything runs smoothly again. It is the persistent and recurring pain that calls for atten tion ; and such are the so-called "grow ing pains. There are two sorts of pains which are more commonly than otners called ' OrTia-i n r rtalna " r4 1 rr tsx - j- lAn,i. . injury of he chiM. The first of theee is felt chiefly in the knee. The child is usually thin and pele, and is likely to be tail for bis age. Perhaps be limps at times without being conscious of pain. The suffering is freauentJv worse at night. Ths trouble maybe a beginning of hip disease. The other common variety of "grow ing pains" is seen in healthy looking, well-nourished, and red-cheeked, active children. In such cases the pains are usually in the muscles of the arms or legs, although 'sometimes in a joint. These are very often, if not always, rheumatic. A child should certainly not be en couraged to run to its mother with every little ache, but when it is evi dently suffering from severe, persiit ent, or frequently recurring pains it should be examined bv the doctor. Hard Times. Selec.ed. We have heard the cry of "hard times" until it has become ahold song. It seems to be perfectly natural for some people to growl. Nothing is ju-t right. We always feel sorry for a man of this kind. He is generally a dys peptic. He complains about the weath er, it is too hot or too cold, too wet or too dry. If be is a farmer his crop, though abundant, is never satisfactory. If the seasons are favorable and his and is at its best, be is like the old gentleman in the West who bad a per fect crop but was a great complainer. Two of his neighbors approached him to see if he would make any complaint. When they spoke of bis excellent crop he said : " Yes, it is good, but it is hard on the lani, I will not be able to make anything next year.', We can always find daik places if we look for them, and on the other' hand, we can always find light places if we ook on the bright side. The way to keep hard times Is to talk depressingly. Talk everything down instead of up. Never say anything about the signs of prosperity, but talk and write about every failure. Make long speeches in trying to estrange labor and capital. Try to incite one class against another. Pay strict attention to every demagogue that goes upon the platform. By fol- owing the above directions you can not fail to have hard times. A SURE THING. It is said that nothing is sure except death and taxes, but that is not alto gether true. Dr. King's New Discov ery for Consumption is a sure euro for all throat and lung troubles. Thou sands can testify to that. Mrs. C. B. VanMitre, of Shepherdstown, W. Va., says, "I had severe 'attack of Bron chitis and for a year tried everything I heard of, but got no relief. One bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery then cured ma absolutely." It's Infallible for Cronp. Whooping Cough, Grip, Poen m )uu ni Consumption. - Try It It's Knaru:red by E. T. Whitehead & Co., drukt. TtM bottles free. Co ,t '-v.,- : . A PROMINENT COLLEGE MAN. One of Indiana's Useful Educators Says: ml rcci .ivine Mr. John W. Meng, 54 Jefferson Ave., Indianapolis, Ind., Stats Rcprosctitatlva ef Indianapolis Business College, writes: " firmly believe that I owe my tine health to Peruna. Consisnt travel and change of food and water wrought havoc with my stomnch, and for v.oribs t Buffered with indigestion and catarrh ot the stomach. I.'clt thM the only thin to do was to give up my occupation which I felt very reluctant to e'o. Scctr.?. an ad. ot Peruna as a specific tor catarrh I decided to give it a trfaf, and rzzd It faithfully for six weeks, when I found that my troubles hud si! dtesnpcarsA and I seemed like a new man. I have a battle of Peruna hi mvgrip o'Athi time, and occasionally take m tew doses which keeps we in excsHc'nt hsalib. " John W. Meng. THE most common phases of summer catarrh are catarrh of the stomach and bowels. Peruna is a specific for summer catarrh. Hon. Willis Brewer, Representative in Congress from Alabama, writes the following letter to Dr. Hartman : House of Representatives! Washington, D. C. The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O. : Gentlemen 'I have used one bottle of Peruna for lassitude, and I take pleas ure in recommending it to those who Yankea Dcodlr. Kind Words. By many nations has the air of Yan kee Doodle been claimed. It is said in an exchange that it was first sung as a vintage song in the south of France, and in Holland the reapers were uted to lightening their labors with its liFely strains. On the other hand, fome claim a Spanish origin for this song. x The tune was first sung in England in the time of Charles I, and after the uprising headed by Cromwell, the Cay aiiers used it to ridicule the Puritan, who was said to have ridden Into Ox ford on a small horse,, with his eicgle plume fastened into a knot, which was derisively called "Macaroni." Yankee Doodle was introduced in America in June, 1755. When Braddock assem bled the colonists near Albany for nn attack on Fort( Niagara and Frontenac, a British army surgeon, Dr. Richard Shuckburg, seeing the "old Continen tals in their ragged regimentals" recall ed the picture of Cromwell on the Kentish pony, and writing down the notes of Yankee Doodle, gave them to the uncouth Continental band as the latest martial air from England. The joke became apparent twenty-five years later, when to the music of Yankee Doodle, Lord Cornwallis surrendered to the3e fame Continentals. DR. WJMBERLEY'S CERTIFI CATE. This is to certify that I have used Hancock's Liquid Sulphur in my prac tice and have tested it sufhcieutlv to know it to be a remedy of great merit, Have used it with curative results in cases that nothing else would . benefit. J. P. WlMBERLEY, M. D. Scotland Neck, N.C., Oct. 27, 1902. "Truth is strangeY than fiction," der dared tbe man who quotes. "Yes,' said the cynic, "truth is a good deal of a stranger in this world we see it so seldom."- Baltimore Herald. HOW TO WARD OFF AN ATTACK OF RHEUMATISM. "For years when spring time came on and I went Into gardening, I was aure to have an attack of rheumatism and every attack was more severe than the preceding one," says Josie McDon ald, of Man, Logan county, West Va. "I tried everything with no relief whatever, until I procured a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and tbe first application gave me ease, and before tbe first bottle was used I felt like a new person. Now that I feel tbat I am cured, bnt I always keep a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm in tbe house, and when I feel any symptoms of a re turn I soon drive it away with one or two .applications cf this - liniment.'' For sale by . T. Whitehead & Co., 8eotiand Neck, art hr Va ; Vrvz u new man. need a good remedy. A a tonic It 1.? ex cellent. In the ehort tir.io I hwe c it it has done inn a greet dealer good." Willis Brewer. If yoivdo not derive prompt and fs( !. factory result from the uuc of l'ermia, write at onco to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and lso will bo pleased to give you hia valuable ad vice gratis. Address Dr. nartman, President ol The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. "Gcoa Per Her." Boys and Girls. An aged truckmen in New Ywik city bent under the weight of a Lir roll f carpet. Ilia hook fell from his juie band and bounded into the gutter r,:it of reach. Twenty idle clerks and t!' s men saw 'the old man's r rec'icament and smiled at his lock of b&wildermont. No one ventured to help him. A fash ionably dressed young woman catna along, took in the situation at a glance, and without looking to the right or left, stepped into the gutter, picked up the hook in her dainty-gloved finger?, and handed it to the m m with a smile. The idlers looked at each other and at the fair vounfj woman. The eld truckman, in a violent effort to express his thnnks, lust his hat. It rolled into the giillcr where the hook had bees. Thia w:is aim .-.ft too much for any wom.-in, young or p.int young, but this New York girl wiw rqu.al to tbe occasion. Into the gutter she trip ped ngain and got the soiled hat. When she banded it to the truckman, a hap py emilo was seen to piay about her lips. "God bless ye, miss," the old man said, as the fair maiden turned her bacR on the idlers and went on her way. Everyone needs a good blood purifier in the spring. Rheumacide is recog nized as the best whsrevcr Known. Refuse all substitute?. Does not injure the digestive organs. A superb laxative and tonic. At druggists. - Mrs. Newrocka Why, those are genuine antiques ! Mr. Newrocks. j They look to 'stuff. Puck. tne like second hand When you want a pleasant phj'sic try Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They are easy to take and pleasant in effect. For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co , Scotland Neck, an1 Leggett's drug stre, llobgocd. She I noticed every time they cheered or yelled, the speaker took a long drink of water. He Yes, he was trying to help them drown his voice. FOR TWENTY YEARS I have suffered with Eczema on my hands and by using One Bottle of Han cock's Liquid Sulphur I have lourd great relief. J. H. Hardkn, Spring Hill, N.C. Wanno Why do you call that boy of yours "Flannel"? Duzno But be just naturally shrinks from washing. Baltimore American. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARC Taking when you take Grove's Taste lees Chill Tonic because the formula Is plainly printed on'every bottle show ing tbat it Is simply Iron and Quinine la trr'ra fscm. No Cure, Ho Pay. i7-' C njarcrT-fV'