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x - - - j?t ADVERTISING 187 BUSINESS W HAT STEAM IS TO Machinery, o IF YOU ARE A HUSTLED rouwux -ADVERTI8E ' too Business. E. E. HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. SUBSCRIPTION PRICR fi.oc. NO. 30 Ok eat Propelling Power VOL. XIX. lew SeriesVoI. 6. (6-1 8) SCOTLAND NECK, N. CU THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1903. COMMONWEALTH. MW . mm -m mtw m-m 4 j - - : 1 " 11 1 1,1 1 " " " 1 " - . . 1 . : i : U j I, . . J. Hair Falls I tried Ayer's Hair Vigor to nop my hair from falling. One- la'.f a bottle cured me." J. J. Baxter, craiawooa, ill. Ayer's Hair Vigor is Sertainly the most eco ornical preparation of its und on the market. A ttie of it goes a long way. It doesn t take much of to stop falling of the air, make the hair grow, I hk;tore color to gray 131 T. SI.M a battle. A If vour t list cannot supply von. kra r.s one aoiiar ana we -will exrtresa ton a bottle. Be sore and give the name in ext I jour nearest express office. 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All work strictly first class and at Lowest Prices. ' ' USD FURNISH IRON CIN6, VASES, &G. Mgns sent to any address free In g for them pieahC aie age of de an l ii mit as to price. 'repay Freiehton all Work 15 Ed are our Work dti fel 6 pDITO'S J-yEISURE J O U 1S , OBSERVATIONS OF Mr. Ashlky Horns, of Johnson county, recently gave utterance to the opinion that the cotton crop of this country cannot be large again. Scarci ty of labor and .The Future of Cotton. tracts with other influences enter into the chances against a large cotton crop any more'. The present outlook for cotton is that it will be a good price the coming season. The first bale of the year was sold in New York a few days ago at twenty-six and a half cents per pound ; but of course we can not hope for anything like that price' for the crop. There is every indica tion, howeyer, that the price of cotton will rule high this year, and a little" prudence in selling will almost certainly secure good prices for all. Of course no one can tell what will be the yield of the cotton crop in North Carolina this year ; but whether it be large or small, the price will almost certainly be good. " A correspondent writing from Thomasville to the Charlotte Observer says that the wheat crop is short about half in Davidson, notwithstanding the fjtct that it is one of the largest wheat raising Poor "Wheat Crop. WUntie8 in the state. The Thomasville Roller Mills has this year purchased 27 car loads of wheat from the West and the North. The total number of bushels purchased was 24,770 at a cost of $22,077.61. Including the home raised wheat the mills ground 54,000 bushels during the past twelve months. ' The wheat crop in this State has generally been short, we believe, but that should not cause farmers to neglect to plant again. Farmers can make no better crop than wheat. The amount of money sent out of North Carolina for flour every year is immense and a reasonable acreage by every farmer who has lands suitable for growing wheat would greatly reduce the amount sbipijed to the State. Besides a bread crop wheat is also good for horses. We clip the lollowing from the Atlanta Journal which ought to be in teresting to those who have kept up with the number of Iynchiags in the , " country : "Justice Brewer, of the United States Lynching i8 alnraer. gapreme court hag declared in his private capac ity that lynching Is murder. Every man who has a hand in a lynching is a murderer; and can be held by any court in the land for the crime of mur der in the same degree as if he had committed the deed individually. This declaration ough. to bring the public mrnd tu a pause In . .iio present lynohing crisis. It is from the yery highest source of authority in this country and while it conveys no new definition of the act of lynching it re moves much ol the false light which has been thrown about thatuiiorrld crime by the constant practice of it. Men have come to regard lynching as really justifiable because it has become so common and is allowed so oi ten to go without punishment. Now that Justice Brewer, from his emi nence in the publio esteem and confidence, has said it is plain, unvarnished murder, it does seem that men will listen to his voice and come to realize the truth of what he says." The Rocky Mount Motor makes the following observation : "There were two colored excursions to Rocky Mount this week and both put large crowds of colored neoDle on our streets. There Wisdom Of tho Amendment vart The deportment and good behavior of the excursionists was excellent. What a comparison to most of the colored excursions that were run during the political ascendency of the fusionists including the colored politicians. How tranquil the conditions generally nd few, if any clashes between the races, compared to those times. Every 'day instances arise which prove the wisdom of the' constitutional amendment and Jim Crow law." It may be added that the constitutional amendment has not been felt yet In all its tendencies for good to our people. It will be many years before its full fruit ion will be enjoyed. All ought to be glad that the amendment was passed, for if has already brought'about conditions that make both races happier. If the amendment were annulled today it would not belong before excur sions and everything else of the kind in North Carolina would be bad and boisterous. We do not mean that all the colored people in the State are bad, but in all such crowds as go on colored excursions there are some who are ready to raise a diBturbanceJwithout provocation, especially if they have a little whiskey to drink. The farmers' convention In Raleigh last week was rather a notable occa sion. There has been no such meeting in the State before, and the wide interest that was taken in it by the farmers Farmers' Convention. throughout the State, indicates a growing desire to push to greater success the grand and noble work of tilling the soil. . There were many useful and helpful suggestions given out in the conven tion which will do great good. Every farmer in the State ought to feel the influence of that convention. While only a comparatively small number of the farmers of the State could attend the meeting, still those who eould x not attend ought to get some benefit from It. Besides items of interest and addresses published In the papers, the farmers who did attend have" gone back to their homes torput into execution the new ideas they have gath ered, and as they come in contact with their.neighborfarmers they will tell something of what they have learned, and these same neighbors will in turn tell their neighbors, and so the influence of the convention, will con tinue to spread until. another meeting of the kind is held Such meetings are helpful beyond calculation, and it is good for the agricultural advance ment of the State that the farmers are showing such interest in them. Nothing needs improvement In North Carolina more than our agricultural interests, and the State will feel nothing more sensibly than an improved condition of agriculture. Let every one who can, give encouragement to higher and better things for the tillers of the earth, for after all the farmer must furnish bread to all the world. " . r-n - - . r , . v PASSING EVENTS. the uncertainty of holding con those who can be hired and many nAt.lM,hu f,et in thif( connection. Grass and Hoot Crops. Southern Cultivator. . -r "" I have always been interested in cat- tle.but this interest has been Intensified of late, writes C. F. Hunnicutt. : And to raise cattle brings up at once the sub ject, how best to leed. tnemr we So'jtherners have much to learn here. Take the case oi grass : We have but few pastures worthy of the namej while with Bermuda we can have as fine as anywhere in the world, we should not only have a patch of Bermuda here and there, as in most cases but the whole pasture should be so thickly sodded with it that the hoof of the cattle would leave no impression apvti it. We have an acre or two like this, and itjyields naore.feed than ten acres of average pasture, lne majority oi pastures we see constitute' the most barren and grasslees spot on the prem- iaaa Xn larmar ennld gnand' the wel 1 th. winter hktr than hauline J - " I ijermua roots ana seiwijg ww m at - j .ii gall spots and gullies In his pasture, Soon it will be a thing of beauty Austead ofan eyesore. Tnen in the winter when the cold I haa killed the grassJiow best can we I supply its place? Many say by the silo, but I believe we can do so more cheap- ly !with turnips and potatoes. We, South, know the value of turnips, not feed alone, but with hay and other feed. Upon the same dry feed, our cows gave one gallon of milk per day more wnen given six gallons turnips and tops. I do not know how they could have been increased so much at same cost. My I stock would not eat turnips when there was other green in abundance, but let frost come and kill the grass and they will eat all thev can get. I saw in the I Breeders' Gazette that in England they niso nnttiA to weiffn i wo tnouBauo i ... . . t ' j I nonnds at three vears old. that were I nnvArferl anvthine excent fcrrass and ik.l. iWt.n.nnsi.Hnff nl tnmiiw KJfvBf AWTO VVUBiOWaiBf va eu.aaiv 1 .nn kaafa Onr fixnfirlftncB with ' beet has not been satisfactory, but we cat miiw notatoes and turnips on land that - i has raised one crop such as wheat, oat , . I rye, crimson clover,-etc. This make- quite an Item with us. We, South, want our land to he idle. -Land, llkt people, is better for more work, if the work is Only done right. We are glad to see so many becoming Interested m raising cattle. Let us all remember there can be no true success without nlentv of feed. There can be no hue I m - 1 cattle that is not well fed, and there I can not be much profit in them unless we raise most of this feed. Words of Wisdom. The earnestness of life is passport to the satisfaction the only of life. ar Parker. a . Une tnorn oi experience is worm a wilderness of warning. James Russel Lowell. Let us cherish a sober mind and take for granted that in our best perform ances there are latent many errors which in their own time will come to light. Gladstone. The comfortable and comforting peo ple are those who look on the bright side of life, gathering its roses and sun shine and making most that happens seem the best Dorothy Dix. Demand of every common thing of life, whether it be your body or your money or your daily experience, that it shall bloom into fine results in your own soul and In your influence on the world. Philip Brooks. The truest liyes are cut rose-diamond fashion, with the many faces adhering to the many planed aspects of the world about them ; and society is al ways trying irrBome way or another to grind us down to a single flat surface. Oliver Wendell Homes. In our higher and happier moods, 1 think we ail have visions of the truth that we never are nor can be paid lor our best save only In the doing of it. Our finest devotion is never recom - pensed in terms of the market. It never can be. We give ourselves and find in return our larger life. Freder - ick L. Hosmer. The man who spends his years on earth in shallow enjoyment or selfish ease, careless of the world's sorrow and Indifferent ot its sins, blind to its finest beauties and most tunning ixageaies, moved by no great love, actuated by no high hope, stirred by no holy en- thnataam. ia iffnnrant nf all true lite. C.J. Perry- For a lazy liver try Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They in vigorate the liver, aid the digestion, regulate the bowels and prevent bilious attacks. For sale by J. x. wniteneau & Co , Scotland : Neck and Leggett's Drug Store, Hobgood. iaTevoOtra, every FLOOD OF MIGRATION. EABD TO UANAQfi If ALL. A Hillion a Year. Charlotte News. That is the high-water mark that the tide of immigration has reached this year and there are indications that it will go yet higher. This would not be so alarming except for the character oi I the immigration that is coming in. If it were the old immigration from England and Germany proper and Ire land it would not be so bad. But the bulk of it is from the countries of Eu rope that are far 'ess easily assimilated and that it will take several generations to comb aown into average American i citizens. y. From the German Empire there i iama tn m 40.000 riffnnlfl. from Enz-I anH 9R0no. from dan 46.000 and -r i iu ruiri mi n J. I irum ireiauu av,uuu. iuew uj au ur sirable immigrants, the Irish soon learning how to govern us, and the others being excftllert and law-abiding citizens. But we have from the Rus- slan Empire the enormous total of 136,000 immigrants, an increase of 28,- 000 oyer that of last year, from Austria Hungary 126,000, an increase of 84,000 and from Italy 230,000, an increase of 52,000. Besides these there are 30,000 Asiatics of all breeds. How in the world is America going to assimilate these people Into the body politic? One of the "open secrets", about the recent movement in the North for Southern education, was the admission that here and here only in America was the dihb Anelo Saxon stock to be 1 found. Perhaps our own people do . . . . not flnnreciflte now lew lore i en Daren i-1 nee we have in the South. In North 1 Carolina, for instance, there are only! 1 9Q3 fsairrn knta inhokifonli a-r.H I ijUVJ lUlOig'i iwuaMi .auvu u w nnlv 8.398 of fomi?n narentuce. Tn South Carolina the corresponding fig- - i ures are 5.000 and 11.000. In New York, on the other hand, the foreign knm .hi naai-lir tam milltnna anil" thai I -kit vf fn;m nMT.mk r. I and a hatf milflons, while tk2 native white of native white stock are less than a hundred thousand more. In Pennsylvania one-iourtn as many at the native white population are foreign born and a million and a half are the children of foreign parents. J he na- tive white population of North CaroM I aa, of native white parents, is half as larcrA the imi nonulation in New York State and is larger than that of most Northern States, the other .x- ceptions being Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, Indiana and Illinois. ' ia tho fa1 hnna of ihn Sonth . ? If the negro question is a Southern problem, the immigration question is still almost wholly a Northern prob - lem, and moreover we believe that the South as a whole would infinitely pre - fer the negro population to the "Goth and the shameless Hun" which with the Italians are beginning to make up the larger part of the population of I the North. Health as a Duty. Woman's Home Companion. A wise man who cnoae to pose as a tool once sa'd that "health is the pri mary dutv of life." Yet the majority of us do not consider health a duty. It is a gift from God, a piece of good luck, what you will, anything but a reaulrement laid on mankind. We exact of a man that be be kind, that he honest. If be is not either of these he more shame to him : but if he is unhealthy we count him unfortunate, and let it go. It would be better to regard health as a duty. We inherit some of our trouble, to be sure, but Nature ia on our side, fighting for health, and most of our illness Is brought about by our own indiscretion. J Let Qs shoulder the new responsibility. 1 we should live wisely and temperately j n gji things, neither overeat nor over drink : we should keep away from in 1 tTiMnts. and ahove all. we should not -iiow ourselves to worry about any- thintr. because that harms us physical - i- M weii mentally. We should re- eflrri -n ct that is likely to interfere wjth 0r well-being with as much ab horrence as we would a lie or. a theft, wntCD i8 a blow at character. ; This is fa Dart ot wisdom ; It is also the part Tf . m.n tinV hm anil I more easily yield to temptation ; all the! moral and mental rest .Inevitably on the physical, and with good health to bis aid one it able to face with forti tude all the various problems of life. ., a ea a ' " FOR ECZEMA, " Pimples, Danruff, and all skin diseases, use Hancock's Liquid Sulphur. In such casss a Scale Eczema, and sores pt am nature, when the skin becomes arv and harsb. you - should use Har cock's Sulphur Ointment in connection With the Liquid. A few applications hi Haneoek'a Liquid 8nlphur will cure Die worst eases of Prickly Heat For by XL T. Whithead & Co.-; ; - IT DOESN'T COST MONEY. It doesn't cost money, as many suppose. To have a good time on earth ; The bent of its pleasures are free to all those Who know how to value their worth. The sweetest of music the birds to us ting. The loveliest flowers grow wild, The finest of drinks gushes out uf the spring -..., All free to man, woman and child. No money can purchase, no artist cn paint, Such pictures as nature supplies Forever, all oyer, to sinner and saint, Who use to advantage their eyea. Kind words ai.d gld looks sud smiles cheery and biave Cost nothing no, nrthing at all ; And yet all ibe wealth Monte Crlsto . vao maae no aucn p.roun .... To bask in the sunsbiue, to breathe the pure air Honest toil, the enjoyment of health, o - - S.t .l.lok.. ronuhinirtha nlAaa. ures we share Without any portion of wealth. i Communion with friends that are tried, true and strong, To lov and be loved for love's sake In fact, ail that makes a lile happy and long Are free to whoever will lake Selected. The Greatest Compliment. Selected. One wet, foggy, muddy day. a little girl was standing on one side of a street in London, waiting for an opportunity to cross over Those who have seen London streets on stieh a day, witb their darkness, wet and mod, and have watched the rush of cabs, hansoms, omnibuses and carriages, will not won- I. ale-ajai a J der that a little gin snouio oe airia ia mnl.il h. aiv Ihmn.h aiiftri a nanPI 88 that. Some of the pas ers-by looked care- I68S. 80018 W6r6 In na.tP, SDO she did until at tali and not fln-i the one she sought, length all aged man, father van, ana oi grave aepew, came waia . I. . .. . t .j i l:. ng uown ne Btreei. ixjoKing iu me faCO She 86 e filed tO See in him the OU6 for whom she had been Waiting, and vhweni to- h4m and whimpered I timidly: Please, sir, Will you help me over?" The old mn euw the little girl safely across ibe street. When be afterwards told the story, be raid That little girl's trust was the great est compliment I ever bad in my life That man was Lord Shaltsbury.. He received Donors st toe nanus oi a m m . . a a a nig" nation ; he was complimented with the freedom of the greatest cuy th S10 ; be received the honors conierrea oy royalty ; nut toe KrrlD.. 1 a . . a . 1 J t 1 1 1 Ia enaea compliment ne ever nau in ma mo I - . . . 1 wen tnat uiue uuanown B. a... him out in the jostling London crowd 1 and dared to trust him, a stranger though he was, to proteet and assist 1 her. Some Old Time Droughts. Selected. The following statement oi dry sea sous extending back to the days of ibe pilgrim fathers has been compiled and is well worth preserving : In the summer of 1621, twenty-four days in succession without rain. In 1630, forty-one days without rain In 1657, teventy-five days without ran. In 1674, forty-five days in succession without rain. In 16S8, eighty-one days without rain In 1694, sixty-two days. In 1705,'Iorty days. In 1715, forty-six days. In 1718, sixty-one days. . In 1730, ninety-two days In succes sion without rain. In 1741. seventy-two days. In 1749, one hundred and eight da a without rain. In 1762, one hundred and twenty three days without rain. In 1773, eighty days. In 1791, eighty-two days. Since then we have had some 12 or 1 15 droughts of from 20 to 40 days duration. The dry siege of 1901 is still 1 fresh on the minds of our people. It will be seen that the longest I droughts vnat ever oocurreu in Amen - 1 ea was in the summer of 1762. No rain leu worn too nm w w u first ot September, making 123 days without rain. Many of the lnbabl I tanta sent to England lor nay ana grain: BRUTALLY TORTURED. A case came to light that for persist- ent and unmerciful torture has perhaps never been equaled : Joe CKiobick,ot Colusa. Calif, writes. "For 15 years endured insufferable pain from Rheu matism and notbini relieved me thoneh I tried everything known. came across Electric Bitters and it's tbe greatest medicine on earth for that trouble. A few bottles of it complete ly relieved and cured me," Just as good for Liver and Kidney troubles and general debility. Only 50 cents. Sat isfaction guaranteed ty, B. T. White bL& Co, drcslsts. y 1 KIDNEY TROUBLE CURED. General Health Greatly . Improved by Pe-nwsU Mrs. M. J. Danley, Treasurer of th Rebecca Lodge, I. O. O. F., write from 124 First street, Nn Minneapolis, Minn, t I was afflicted for several years with kidney trouble which becamo quite ser ious and caused me considerable anxiety. mpent hundred of dollar trying to bo cured, but nothing gave me ny oermanent relief until I tried Peruna. It took less than three months and only ten bottle to effect a permanent euro, but they were worth more than aa many hundred dollars to me. I am full y restored to health, know neither ache nor pain and enjoy life." Mrs. M. J. Danley. This experience has been repeated many times. We hear of such case nearly every day., - i Mrs. Danley had catarrh of the kid neys. As soon as she took the right remedy she made a quick recovery. A Prominent 0rathern Ladjr'a Letter. Miss Laura Hopkins, of Washington, D. Cn niece of Hon. E. O. Hopkins, one of the largest iron manufacturers of Birmingham, Ala., writes the following letter commending Peruna. She says : "lean cheerfully recommend Peru na for indigestion and stomach troublt and asm good tonic "Laura Hopkins. Peruna cures catarrh wherever located. Peruna is a specific for the catarrhal derangements of women. Address The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio, for free book on catarrh written by Dr. B B. Hartman. Fowder and Guns. Cassier's Magazine. There is abundant evidence that the origin of gunpowder ai.d artillery goes far back in the dim ages of the past. The Hindoo code, compiled long be fore the Christian em, prohibited tbe making of war with cannons sud guns or any kind of firearms. QuintusCur- tius informs us that Alexander the Great met with fire weapons in Asia, and Philostratus sa s that Alexander s conquests were arrested by the use of gunpowder. It is also written that those wise men who lived in the cities of the Ganges "overthrew their ene mies with tempests and thunderbolts shot from the walls." Julius Africanuii mentions shooting powder in the year 275. It was used in the siege of Con stantinople in 668, by the Arabs in 690, at Thesealonica in 904, at tbe siege ot Belgrade in 1073, by the Greeks in na val battle in 1008, by tbe Arabs against the Iberians in 1147 and at Toulouse in 1218. It appears to bave been Rec ently known throughout civilized Eu rope as early as 1300, sud soon there after it made its way iuto England, where i was manufactured during the reign of Elizabeth, and we learn that a few arms were possessed by tbe Eng lish in 1310 snd that they were used at the battle of Crrcv in 1346. Same Elsewnire. Greenville Reflector. One of tbe first thing a stranger in Greenville notices is the lack of man nersor rattier the presence of bad manners, ot a great many people who frequent public places The stranger es a group of girls just home from college, perhaps, gathered at a soda fountain or walking on tbe street. He observes with palnfol diegust that thev talk loudly, laugh immoderately and walk and stand in anything but- a dig nified manner. It is also noticed that Miss and Mr. are rarely used among tbe younger men and women. "Hayo, Bill," tbe girl says between a snicker and a giggle; "Hayo, Mary," tbe youngling answers. We do not worship "tbe good old times," but we would like to see tbe present generation pi 18 and 20 year olds acquire some of tbe gentility, grace and dignity ot other days. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARC Takiog when you take Grove's Taste less Chili Tonic because tbe formula is plainly printed on every bottle show ing that it is simply Iron and Quinine in tasteless form. No Cure, No Pay. 50c. An electric eel in life. must lead a eliock- No man or woman in the State will hesitate to speak well of Chamberlain' Stomach and Liver Tablets after once trying them. -They alwxj 8 produce a pleasant movement of tLe bowels, im prove the appetite and strengthen the digestion. For sale by E. T. White head A Co., Scotland Neck, aitd Ik jT?U' JDrca Stors, tlobgool. .: i , t MRS. M. J. DANLEY. -.
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