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IF YOU ARE A HUSTLER too Will ADVERTISE IO0 Business. EAMTHL E. E. mi.lA-K , :. irsd Proprietor. "EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE i.co. That Great Propelling Power. VOL.XIX New Seites-Yol. 6. 8) SCOTLAND NECK, N. C., THURSDAY, AUG-UST 20, 1903. NO. 33 our AovKKnsKiusur m Now SVSBTXSINQ 18T 8USINESS WHAT STEAM IS TO x Machinery, D E r ir " Mv bair came out bv the hand. ful, and the gray hairs began to creep in. I tried Ayer's Hair Vigor, and it stopped the bair from com ing out ana restored the color." Mrs. M. D. Gray, No. Salem, Mass. There's a pleasure in offering such a prepara tion as Ayer's Hair Vigor. It gives to all who use it such satisfaction. The hair becomes thicker, longer, softer, and more glossy. And you feel so secure in using such an old and reliable prepara tion. SI.M a battle All If your druggist cannot supply yon, send us one dollar and we win express von a bottle. Be sure andgive the name of your nearest express office. Address, J. C. AYER CO., Lowell. Mass. Do You Enjojr What You You can eat whatever and whenever you like if you take Kodol. By the use of this remedy disordered digestion and diseased stomachs are so completely restored to health, and the full performance of their functions naturally, that such foods as would tie one into a double-bow-knot are eaten without eves a 'rumbMng" and with a posi tive please and enjoyment. And more these food- 2re-- transformed tnto th a it, is apprcpriate'd by tno w - - r : Kodol ts the onlydigeS -. , . of digestants that will digest all classy -food. In addition to this fact, it contains, in assimilative form, the greatest known tonic and reconstructive properties. Kodol cures indigestion, dyspepsia and al disorders arising therefrom. Kodol Digests What Yon Eat Makes the Stomach Sweet. Bottles only. Regular size. $ 1 .00. holdlnc 2K tins the trial size, which sells for 50 cents. Prepared by E. O. DeWITT A CO.. Ohieaco. tt E. T. WHITEHEAD & GO. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Claaam and beantiffea MM Wever Fail to Beatoce Grmyl PnmntM a lnrariant CTMFth. Clues Kaip diaraacs Jt hair falling. i -- --- CrT P P Thimmediately by U XI JJ Uthe use of Hicks' 10c. 25c. 50c ; Capndine at drug stores PROFESSIONAL. p It. A. C. LI VERMON, Dentist. OFFicE-Over Hew Whithead Building Office hours from 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to o'clock, p. m. , SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. K. J. P. WIMBERLEx, OFFICE BRICK HOTEL, .V SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. w, A. DUNN, ATTORN E Y-A T-L A W. Scotland Neck, N. 0. Practices wherever his services are euuirod K. il. SMITH. ST0AET H. SMITH g.MlTH & SMITH, A TTORNE YS-A T-LA W. , Staten Bld'g. over Tyler & Outterbridge Scotland Neck, N. C. DWARD L. TRAVIS, Attorney and CMinselor at Law, UALlrAA, JM. t. iJlfMoney Loaned on Farm Lands. CLVUDE KITCHIN. A, P. KITCHIN. KITCHIN & KITCHIN, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Practise wherever services are required Office : Futrell Building. . Scotland Neck, N. C. ESTABLISHED IN 1865 CHASM-WALSH'; Lferilj isi Nil r WORKS, Sycamore St., Pktebsbueo, Va. M vi i nots, Tombs, Cemetery Curb ins, &c. All work strictly first class and at Lowest Trices. I ALSO FURNISH IRON- FENCING. VASES. &C. Dosigns Hent to any afldress free In writing for thetn iileaiiO Rl Ke ea I It oiit as to prlee. I Prepay Fretehtoa all TO G a.ura oar Wart'tlt lSl II O'JSaL l ATIONS OF As r m in appeared on tl a C )D8titution stated some days ago that caterpillars bad ;30t! )n plant in Georgia. They can do much damage and Caterpi:arsi.!p The Georgia far: ere promptly used Paris green to destroy them. : : ' I ' tUt ; : V . " , The following 'from the local news columns of the Charlotte Observer shows rather a snj gnlar condition of crops in that section : 'Prof. J. G. . -f Baiid returned last night from Big Steele Creek, I where be attended the annual picnic of the peo ple of that esctio yesterday. He says the entire section of country from Steele Creek chui-.jfi to t ort Mill, 8. C.,is absolutely dryno rain haying falleu since J tine x.xt. ' The crops are in an awful condition and the corn crop will not fornUb. enoegh to last a month. The people around there are very much dial ;arlened. Above this, in the Dixie and Lodo sections, there has beeu a& fci undant rainfall and the crops are in good condition." ? ' t t t t . ' ' The frequency of iailroa.1 wrecks is enough to cause the more cautious to be afraid of railroi-i travel. On some lines wrecks are so common that Eailroad Wracks. .The wreck on Saluda tnoun tain a few days ago' was a most frightful one. i heavy freight car rut Rsy down the mountain side and killed the fire iian and engineer. Tfre reason given fof the wreck is that vtbe engines were so heavy they come, not :e controlled. It is stated that . the railroad authorities will diajvmi:lg! i, U9e 0f such heavy engines down such eteep grades. Truly something CUg;it to be done to lessen the number of rail road accidents, for their refute have come to be appalling. . tt i t - There is always a differ: ce ?tween the mind-bent of children reared in the town or city ami - For Country Child; be so t',f tue I'ue makes In World's Work:. 'Our educational and the country s6hoo2 finds it second-hand, iJi-fUUnff A XOxaUMtlva. i - - - . . - .- -. -. To this fact more than to any other, perhaps, is due the backwardne. - of od u cation In agricultural states. The school has not takes uId on farm life. -1fl.i , soi'S, animals, insects, flowers, the weather, the forests and the .(iT--. 2'lr - fhinrp u" i. t-" rl., ' ' t babittort jof,.eub - jectff unfamiliar and. uninteresting to the country-bred child. All rural education has been hacked and hewed to fit the Procrustean bed of the city model. This is a severe indictment of cur present methods, but it is not a whit too severe. To ficd proof you have only to examine the text books in. use in our rnral schL-. ...--'.Apparently they have been written solely for city children, aonsauS Siif.btera o? clerks, merchants, bankers and traders. They do not even seg t" iho -Urroet's child the possibilities of science and training in agrlcul'i' w rtli.0a the contrary, the natural and Jom cal infereoce from our geneivw sePtrje of rural instruction is that education is not indispensable to toe farmer, but iattrteJtrd-"--Uiefly for the com mercial and protessions ? clafea." .--"V Georgia has the dmuticnon of beiug the first State in the Nation, so iar as we are now advised, of nelly whipping a white woman convict. Mamie A Bevcltln Cruelty, f Cr:st' 8 youn &1rI inlhe eorR,a state pri8" on, for forging the names of some prominent women ot Savannah on c dersf r which she got diamonds, is the victim. J" She was arrested, tried tjnd sentenced to the State prison. She was deli cate and upon being onired by the prison warden's wife to go to the field to labor she was somewhat' insolent. It seems that the warden's wife-gave,., way to her passion and insisted that the girl be whipped. This the warden did,stripping the girl to' the waist it is said and giving her forty laefles,and lac erating her back most jr ruelly. The civilized world will condemn the cruelty ; and if the detail are il l overdrawn Georgia is branded by the acts of one of the State's public servants with a shame that will not fade out in many years to come. Gove,, nor Tarrell promptly and properly took steps to have the whole matter investigated, and every humane person will hope that such cruelty wiijl be severely punished. In'a strong editorial about the matter the Atlarjta Journal says : . , Such an octrage cjn a defenceless though criminal woman should not be permitted to pass wifhout an indignant protest on the part of the peopl9 of Georgia. All over the world where the name of woman ..is revered, every X. where except In ba baric us countrico, that such an occarr Christian cU atic We are witling tc! admit all that can she was ju&Uy convicted and imprisoned ; that she vf&a insubordinate to her keeper, that sne wo jild yield to none of the ordinary persuasions to good be havior, and all that! but still it was an outrage that she was flogged. There were, doubtls, Otfer means of restraining her and conquering her with such as bav$.teen rised in reformatory bouses, but whether there were or not they. bo right to take this woman of frail constitution, at thirty years ot g vhen womanly sensibilAty Is at its highest development, and nog her,! men. weid a refractory dug. That it nps&y-i: by authority ol the State's servants makes it worse ;that it was oo J. presence of a coaseU'ig pbysicisn who was to be judge wbethi she oct! itaKj the xv.lui e-tiak?,'uk?3 ft all the more aston ishing soi js;gvatiB(. Acfninrt tbf perpri5r ibis singular, this unique peiftoWiair f. wtuki um no harsh words for thow who applied the lash iout"Jas did i"as thoem under authority." We wonig leave tbem when Maotist left his mother who eonspired with his uncle tor the mur der of2ftthr' be oxen and to those thorns that in their bosom lodge to goad and stlg them.''' . But so far as the act is concerned it should' be forever itjwobaVid and rendered impossible for the future. There are many reasons why XhU woman should noc have been'whlpped, and to have been "be ' tba words of Sir Peter Teazle : "Beat you I The man who ay bis V:utMr a woman save in t ie way of kindness is s wretch whom 'twere ,-jtS, J iary to name a cowara. TT EISURE TIOURS, J PASSING EVENTS. farmerd will do well to look after them and do what they can against them when they appear. one can hardly feel safe when he takes a .seat on t.h& train for a trip of any distance.however short. , . country. Text books that are vcountry. coi cv? j-. -an. Mr. Clarence H. the fjiowmg t-briBfyatioj-Jir ppor iyetem has been asade by city -people. nnmeaeured thousands wiii wonder ace could have taken place in a land that ' boasts a be said against the prisoner, that tT.0z70 fM&?$a S3 Bcsr How Ifilbnrn, toe Blind Chaplain, Won Eis Jpurs. L. A. Banks in Everybody' Magazine. The death of William Henry Mil burn, for many years fomous as "The Blind Chaplain," recalls the romantic and heroic . incidents connected with his first ejection as a Chaplain of Con gress in 1845. When Milburn was twenty-two, a very slight figure, his left eye entirely blind, his right eye having but one little transparent point not so big as the bead ot agrin, giving him but a glimmer of the outer world, he was traveling by Ohio River steam er from Cincinnati to Wheeling, W Va. He w thej catirely unknown to the world except to the little band of circuit riders among whom he bad been preaching in the backwoods for a year. To bis great delight he found on the steamer a large number of Con gressmen of both Houses, who were on their way to Washington for the open ing of a session. Milburn expected a great profit from their conversation, but was soon shocked at their profan ity, their gambling, andjtheir drunken ness. : The Ohio River was low, and iog coming on, they were detained ove. Sunday. At breakfast a committee o passengers invited Milburn to preach and a congregation of three hundred persons assembled. At toe-close ' a brief sermon, to the astonishment ol all, be bowed to the men before him, and said : "I understand that you are members of the Congress of the United States, and as such you are, or should be. the representatives, not 4nly of the politicafbpinions, but also of the intel lectual, moral and religious condition of the people of this' country. As 1 had rarely seen men of your class, I felt, on coming aboard, this boat a nat ural interest to heir your conversation, and to observe your habit. If I &w to judge thWatipn bj you, I can come i, no otber conclu&ipn thNu-jt it it Cutiiposed of . profano ..pf&rer, i- pTayers and drunKarae. , ?!po. .next should be an intellectna? forelgne; on this boat, traveling through the coun try with the intent of forming a we,'! cvcyrlared and unbiased opinion as to the prjctical-;W)tfc4.i3,a.fff free in stitutions seeing you and learning your positions, what would be his con clusions inevitably that our experi ment is failure and bur country is hastening on to destruction. The Congressmen were a plucky lot, and ro admired the nerve and sincerity of the young preacher, that they at once bestowed a purse upon bim, and on arriving in Washington secured bis election as chaplain. He held the po sition for fifty-eight years. Farmers' Meeting. Mr. J. W. B, Battle, president of the Farmers' Central Protective Associa tion has sent, out the following letter : "There will be a meeting of the North Carolina Farmers' Protective Alsociaf iom of the. State, at Rocky Mount, ".., on Friday the 21at day of August, 1903, fo-r the purpose ol considering the present deplorable situ ation of the tobacco Interest of the State. . ' " "In this matter every banker and merchant and land owner as well as tobacco grower, is interested. The sit nation J8 threatening and requires in star t" attention. Unless immediate action is taken the result will- be to sacrifice the entire tobacco crop of the Stale. ;WH1 you not give one day of your time towards. relieving the situation ? If so, we beg that you will attend the meeting at Rocky Mount on the 21st inst. At this time we hope to submit for your consideration practicable and businese-like measures to meet the present conditions. We need and ask your interest and cooperation, and feel that we have the right to expect it of yon. We have invited the - bankers and inercbantof the tobacco growing section of the State to meet the farmers at Rocky Mount for ; conference, and have the assurance ot a large gathering. Please advise me if we may expect you to attend. Very truly, .... J. W. B. BATTLE, Prest. FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS. - Mrs. Wioslow's Soothing - Syrup has i been used for sixty years by millions of mofJbersior their children while teetb I ing, with perfeet success! It soothes the child, softens the gums, alias all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best t remedy for Diarrhoea. It will relieve . Sold by Druggists in, ever part of the , world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sore- and ask for 'Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and' take no other Jt Ttoo tc.CSa Prohibition . : ; : Reduces Taxes. (Charlotte Observer. Aug. 14th,) To the Editor of the Observer : I noticed in your issue of Sunday, August 2nd, a communication from Mr. J. D. McNeill, of this city, under the caption, "Does Prohibition Prohib it?" List the outside world may tako it that by their silence the friends f our prohibitory law acquiesce in tb statements and conclusions of Mr. Mc Niell's article, I have ventured , this reply in their behalf. The facts upon which Mr. McNeill proceeds to condemn our law as a fail ure are that, according to The Fajette vl lie Observer, the Fayettevillt letter o the Charlotte Observer and to The Wilmington Messenger, all of Juh 27th last, there were 12 or 14 case of "drunk and disorderly " of that date, and that there were 42 prisoners in our county jail, 25 of whom are in camp working the public roads, and 17 in jail awaiting trial, five for murder. Surely no intelligent person would pass judgment on the merits ol any law by one day's results. To ascertain wheth er prohibition is any improvement over saU on.s,compare the results for one year under both systems. Here i what Mayor McMillan said on October 4th last : "There has beeu a decrease in crime sincesaloons were abolished, and a still furthsr decrease since our pro hibition law has been in operation, especially of those crimes due to drunk enness. I am satisfied the decrease will average fully 50 per cent." Mr. McMillan has been an acting justice of the peace for 15 years, a city alder man for over 20 yeaw, and mayor for nearly 2 years. Oa October 3rd last M r. W- II. Flowers, for 15 years con aecuti ye! y chief of police, said : "Thsre has been a great decrease in crime since saloons were abolished, epecialh i of those crimes supposed to be caused by liquor, a decrease of fully 10 per cent." On the same day Major A. A MeKethan, serving his second term as clerk of the Superior court, said this : "I s bnve - crfifully..examine4.1becTim insl records of this office, and beg to state thai I find for the past several years a gradual decrease in crime in the county, and a very large decrease in such cases of crime as could be traceable to drunkenness or the use of whiskey." Numerous magistrates throughout the town and county give similar evidence. I am convinced that a comparison of the records from last October till now will show up equally well for prohibition. One swallow does not make a summer, and one day's, bad record does not prove prohibition to be a failure. Mr. McNeill omits to- mention that at at our Fourth of July celebration, of which he was the efficient general chairman, and at which there was an enormous crowd, estimated at from 5,000 to 10,000 people, there was not a single arrest for drunkenness, veiy little drinking perceptible, and but one case of disorderly conduct reported. The same is true ol our celebration last year, and of the immense crowd at the last circus here. I challenge any a!oon town to show a similar record, under similar conidtions. As to the jail statistics, 25 of the 42 prisoners mentioned were sentenced to the roads for misdemeanors, and em brace all classes of prisoners, including tramps. Like Mecklenburg, Cumber land 'county has caught the "good roads" fever, and instead of letting of fenders off with payment of cost in petty offences, or sending them to the penitentiary for feloniee. we have been sending most of thorn to the roads. Of the seventeen in jail awaiaing trial, some are Federal prisoners, some are insane awaiting ti asportation to the asylum, and the remainder, probably eight or ten,-are to be tried at our next criminal term of the Superior court the last of this month. We have not bad a criminal term of court since the last of April, or nearly four months, and this is no an abnormal number of prisoners, surely, or a county of 29 249 population. - , V ' I may say in conclusion, and by way of parenthesis, that many of the high license advocates once declared that prohibition would Injure business, yet the last property Assessment In this county showed an ihcrease in values of nearly a million dollars, and the com missioners of the county have in con sequence reduced the tax rate 20 cents on the $100. Q. K. NIMMOCKS. Fayotteviile, N. C, Aug. 11, 1903. , When you. want a t physic that is mild and gentle, easy to take and cer tain to act, aiways Chamberlain's .Stomach and Liver Tablets. For sale hy E T. Whitehead & Co., Scotland Nrli, 'd LegKStt's drug store, Hob- TRUE n How a Young Wife and Beauty. W. E. Bireh, Afton, Va., tea extensive fruit grower of that plaoe, writes the following letter .to the Peruna Medicine Co., ox Columbus, Ohio. We print the letter in toll: x Afton, Vs., Jane 4, 1900. The Ferttns Medicine Co., Columbus, O. : Gentlemen "The country is so flooded with patent medicines of every kind that ue worthless and humbug, that I for one, am glad to be able to say I have found one that is everything and more than is claimed for it. 'My wife was very much run down and out of sorts in every way. . She had a pelvic disorder which left her very weak, nervous and no appetite at all. "One day I happened to be at my father's store, S. A. Birch, Coresville, Alb county, Va., and noticed your medi cine he had there for sale. " 1 thought it might help my wife, so I brought a bottle of it home and within a week she commenced to. est and now she is hungry all the time and not half the medicine has been taken. We both agree that it beats any medicine to bring on an appetite and to put the nerves in good shapw that we have ever had any thing to do with. Wo had our family doctor to prive hei nedicine and he did all Lie could, but she did not improve the The British Cotton Supply. Selected. . The very interesting question to American planters, the supply of the British cotton markets with cotton other than that fom the United States, India, etc., is discussed in a late num ber of the South African Exporter. It s sys : "The depotKleoccvof the Lancashire mills on the Souther u Stales of Ameri ca for a mippiy of raw cotton will soon be modified. For some time past business-like experiments have been in progress to ascertain the possibility of growing marketable cotton in some of the central districts of Rhodesia (in Africa). The results are absolute, Rhodesia will grow firs t class marketable cotton from either Indian, Egyptian or indigenous seed. Samples of Rhodeeisn cotton have been dealt with by a Liverpool cotton bro- ker, and it h?5 bn found that Ibey will be able to command the highest J prices on the Liverpool market for white cotton. A syndicate : has been ' formed to embark sn cotton growing in Rhodesia for the British market. It is to engage in the enterprise under special advantages. The cropping of some of the varieties is continuous, and j during the harvesting period - of the. crops there is an - ample, even over whelming, supply of native labor avail able on the spot. The cotton crop ma tures just when the native mealie crop is ending, and is ready to be picked ex actly at the season when the nctlve, . j . .. . ... having gathered bis own, has nothing in particular to do. He plows after the September rains and gathers in hie hnrvflsf. from March till th middle of April, while tbe cotton ripens in May. There appears no difficulty in the way of securing a permanent African cotton supply, or in other words, there is noth ing to operate against the syndicate ob taining a perfect success. Of the eco nomic value of such a market to the country we need say nothing. It is obyious." - PUTS AN END TO IT ALL. A grevious wail oftimes comes as a result of unbearable pain from over taxed organs. Dizziness, Backache, Liver complaint and Constip tion. But thanks to Dr. King's New Life Pills they put an end to it-all. They are gentle but thorough. Try them. Only 25c. Guaranteed by E. T. Whitehead & Co.'s drag store. The first lucifer match was made in 1829. ... TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab-j lets. All druggists refund iiie money ; if it fails to care. E. 7. grove's ig. STORY. Regained Her Health least. She has con sumption in her fam ily and she was in such bad shape; so run down, nervous, weak, and could not eat) that I had begun to get very uneasy, but your medicine made an entirely new woman of her. I believe she eats and feels better now than she has for years. " bare not the tllghtest doubt but that your medicine has saved her from a long apell ot sickness, if nothing more. All my family had begun to get uneasy, but, of course, she did not know It and I nave only Just told her of It since she has Improved so much. I had no Idea It would do halt what It has and don't think there Is another medicine made that will begin to com pare with it."W. E. Birch, Fruit Qrower, Afton, Alb county, Va. If yon do not derive" prompt and satis factory results from the use of reruns, write at once to Dr. Ilartman, giving a full statement of your caso and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad vice gratis: Address Dr. Ilartman. Pridnt of The Hartmaa Sanitarium, Columhua, O. His Reward. Youths' Companion. It was Donald's first yenr at nliool and he came home one day a very ho ber boy. "Mamma," he said, "the teacher said if we do it again we'll all have to stay after school. I just don't know what it is, if we whisper or don't study, but anyway it's something like that, and when she told un, we all cried together." "Well," said mamma, "you need not feel badly, because I dou'i suppose you'll have to stay," and she gave Donald a reassuring smile. . . "Why?" he askeci "Because you have too much sense. It must be a very stupid boy who will play and whisper in school and then have to stay in and study in play time." Donald seemed satisfied with this hopeful view of the case, Two days after, his mamma aw him coming up the etreet holding his head high he fairly leaned over backward, He came in and hung up his hat. "Ho! Some boys may like to play and whisper and get kept in, but I've got sense! AH the boys but me got kept in. We can't tell j et which it was, whisper or not study, but It was one of them, and I was stiil and worked, and here I am !" POTENT PILL PLEASURE. The pills that are potent in their action and pleasant in effect axe De- i Witt's Little Early Risers. W.S.Phil- ; of Albanv Q . During ft . bilious attack I took one. Small as it . was it did me more good than calomel, blue-mass or any other rills I ever took aud at the same t'me it ef fected me pleasantly. Little Early Risers are certainly an ideal pill." Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co. Kerosene was first used in li igbting in 1826. THE DEATH PENALTY. . A little thing sometimes results in death. Thus a mere scratch, insignifi cant cuts or puny boils have paid the death penalty. It is wise to have Jbu k Ien's Amies Salve ever bandy. It's tbe the best Salve on earth and will pre vent fatality, when Burns, Sores, Ul cers and Piles threaten. Only 2V.. v.V ET, Whitehead & Co.'? drug j,tore. The first steel pen was made in 18:J0. EAT ALL YOU WANT. Persons troubled with indigestion or dyspepsia can eat all they want il thov will take Kodol Dyspepsia Cnrc. Fli remedy prepares tbe stomach for tt o reception, retention, digestion and as simllation ot all the wholesome food that mav be eaten. And cmahiAa t ha a. gestlve organs to transform the nn e into the kind ot blood that gives health a strength Sold by E. r. , White- our SZT"
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