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DeWITT OO., Ohicago. lib E. T. WHITEHEAD & CO. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM CleanMs and b-aatifie the hair; Promote luxuriant Rowth. Mever Pail to Beetore On Carta scalp diaeaw a hair falling. 0g,nndl.J0at PrnggMta " INDIGESTION P TT J J? TVmmediateiy by V U 1 Xi lthe use of Hicks' at drug stores. Capudine PROFESSIONAL. LIVERMON, Dentist. QR. A. C. OFFicE-Over NewJWhithead Building O'Rce hoars from 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to o'clock, p. in. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. 11. J. P. WIMBERLEk, OFFICE BRICK HOTEL, SCOTLAND NECK. N. C. A. UUNN, ATTORN E Y-A T-L A W. Scotland Neck, N. C. Practices wherever his servicea are emired. R. II. SMITH. STUART H. SMITH JJU1TH& SMITH, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Stat en Bld'g, over Tyler & Outterbridge Scotland Neck, N. C. I) WARD L. TBAVIb, Attorney and Connselor at Law, HALIFAX, N. C. f IF Money Loaned on Farm Lands. CIAUDE KITCHIN. . A. P. KITCHIN. KITCUIN & KITCHIN, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Prntice wherever services are required Office : Futrell Building. Scotland Neck, N. C. ESTABLISHED IN 1865 CHAS M WALSH Im Marble d Mt) WORKS, . Sycamore St., Pbtbbsburo, Va. 1 l imoQta, Tombs, Cemetery Curb in?, Ac All work strictly first- class and at Lowest Prices. I ALSO FURNISH IBOW 1 FENCING, VASES, &C 1 Dosigns sent to any address free To writing for them plenic efift age ofAo;. e : i 1 1 ail limit as to price. -' ' - t Prepay FrejsMrs til VOL. XIX. NewSeries--Voi:6. i wuflwa mh avav&JU. ...... 'i"ttiinttntif iiiiirtmt-Tii i i 1 1 1 1 jlDITOIJS JlEISURB JJoUIS, OBSERVATIONS OF Williford Roseboro, the 20-year-old negro who murdered Mrs. Beaver on July 30th, was hanged at Statesville last week. . The county commis Befased Eis Body. moment the surging mass on the outside tore away the canvas and per "haps two thousand people witnessed the execution. His mother and other relatives would not take charge of the dead body and it was sent to Raleigh tor dissection. The price of cotton promises to be gojd this season. With especially good prices for any product there comes a peculiar danger, and that is the A Sanger. a few years ago, it takes considerable prudence and forethought not to spend the money too freely. Just a little care in these things will be good for the people, for it may turn out next year that prices will not be as good as they are now, and it Is always well to have a little ahead if possible. Since the Hamlett episode of giving Booker Washington and his com pany breakfast in the white folks' dining room other things have occurred in the State it. The last It Will Not Work. two negroes at a hotel in Wilmington for lunch and lodging. Upon hear ing their request the proprietor unceremoniously sent them out. It will not work anywhere in the South, and the colored people as a rule know it. Here and there one may try it now and then, but the colored people know that there can be no social privileges with the whites. t t I J - The question of proper wages for various classes of laborers in North Carolina, has been claiming attention of late. Editor J. W. Bailey, of the Wages in North Carolina "The average farm labor is negro labor. In the report of the N. C. Bureau . of Labor we find that the average waeie of farm labor in North Carolina is $15.62 per month. This is the lowest claes of labor and the lowest wage paid in the State. Women on the farm receive an average of $9.65. In fully half the counties an increase is reported. In nearly all of thenfit is reported that labor (negro) is unreliable. We judge they get as much as they are worth. A slave used to be valued at $1,000. Six per cent, inter est is $60.00. The negro collects $180.00 three times that." From all parts of the State there comes the gratifying news that the va rious schools and colleges have opened well. Perhaps never in the history .... . of the State have so many students matriculated Pine School Openings. . ' in the various institutions of- learning as have already matriculated, or will matriculate, this year. There bas been a grad ual moving up in educational interests in the State lor several years, and with a continuation of such a movement for a few years longer the illitera cy of North Carolina, which bas been a subject of much comment for - many years, will be a thing of the past. It is indeed a pleasing contempla tion, and those who manage the good educational institutitions of the State may well feel gratified that they baye labored so persistently to bring about such improvement. No people in all the land do more for the public good than iae faithful teachers and those who aid them in their great and noble work. ' i t t X A special from Americus, 6a.. of 10th said: "Unless ,a general ram comes, and that quickly, the cotton crop of this section will be vastly re- duced from former estimates. Already the loss Cotton Needs Bain. SU8tained by tne protracted drought is enormous ' and this is being added to as each day passes without needed moisture for' -the parched plant that lies limp and wiltering under a blazing September sun. Vast damage has already resulted and the end is not yet. In some localities here there bas been no rain in many weeks. The growth of the plant is checked, forms have fallen off, the leaves are turning yellow and bolls opening prematurely. Even a general rain now would not repair halt the damage wrought already, but would relieve the situation very ma terially. Even the smaller crops show very perceptibly the "effect of the parching sun, but the greatest loss is sustained in the damage to cotton. Already the loss sustained will reduce thecrop several thousand bales, it is eaid." , 4 X XX When Senator Ben Tillman, ot South Carolina, was out West a while ago, he was the subject of considerable comment because he had some rail road passes in his pocket. The following impli- ' Another BaUroad FaSS. anotbeP senator In rather an' embarrassing way : "While going from this city to South Bend, where he was to speak before the State Bankers' Association, United States Senator Beveridge 7 stopped at Fort Wayne and had luncheon at the railroad restaurant. After . he had eaten he went through his pockets nervously and then announced to the' waiter that he had no money. He said tht he was United States Sen ator Beveridge. The waiter grinned and said that had been tried on him before'and that it would not work. He placed himself between the Sena tor and the door in such a way that he clearly indicated that the bill must be paid. Manager Hubbard was called, but when the Senator explained who he was the manager looked at hfs guest with the slouch hat and no waistcoat with evidentsuepicion. The Senator finally took out his rail road pass and succeeded in convincing the restaurant man that he was ; really Indiana's Senator." The Atlanta Constitntion addithat perhaps the meat humiliating part of it all was the fact that the biggest statesman in th9 country was unknown so near home. I " (6-1 8) SCOTLAND NECK, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER PASSING EVENTS. sioners, according to law, ordered and arranged lor the execution to be'priyate, but at "the last tendency to extravagance. With one bale of cot ton bringing more money than two bales brought which S3ems to have grown out of we have noted was the request of Biblioal Recorder, gives some interesting statis tics on the subject. Of farm labor he says: ...... . '" Plans Por Beclaiffling Thousands of Acres. of the Bichest Barm Lands in the State. " RoEnoke-Chowan Times.! A gentleman with a calculative turn of.mind dropped into the Times office the other day with a plan to reclaim thousands of acres of the richest lands in the State and bring them into culti vation. He easily demonstrated the feasibility of the plan, and according to his calculations, one-fourth of the crops raised on the lands thus reclaim ed would soon pay the expense ol turning the overflow waters of the Roanoke into another channel. His proposition is to turn the over-1 flow waters of the Roanoke into Uraba swamp and through it and Potocasi creek into Meherrin river. We have beard it asserted by students ol geology that the waters ot the Roanoke once flowed through this swamp. But of the plan. The great Uraba swamp has Its rise within a few bun dred yards of the majestic Roanoke. During the large freshets the waters of the Roanoke, it is asserted, lack only a few feet of overflowing and running into this swamp. A canal 15 feet deep trom its source to tha river, and from 15 down to 10 feet deep where the swamp empties into i'otecasi creek near Woodland, a distance ot about 15 miles, would be sufficient. The creek is deep enough except at a few places, but would need clearing out, after which it "would be navigable for boatp, giving a large section of fertile country water transportation. ' Our friend im pressed us with the fact that it was not proposed to drain the Roanoke this way, but simply the overflow which is so disastrous to tbe crops in the river lowlands. The water thus turned into tbe Urn ha would not overflow an acre of cultivated land, and would flow through the land (canal) and not over it. In proof of the feasibility of this plan it was pointed out that it is 75 miles nearer to tidewater through tbe proposed canal thsm by tbe Roanoke. It would be a great advantage to tie health of this section to drain tbe Uraha swamp. About six years ago an appropria tion was made by Congress to make a survey of Potecasi creek from its mouth where Uraha swamp empties into it, with a view to opening it to navigation, but from some cause not known the survey has never been made. THE DEATH PENALTY. - A little thing sometimes results in death. Thus a mere scratch, insignifi cant cuts or puny boils have paid tbe death penalty. It is wise to have Buck len's Arnica Salve ever handy. It's the the best Salve on earth and will pre vent fatality, when Burns, Sores, Ul cers and Piles threaten. Only 25c. at E. T. Whitehead & Co.'s drug store. Edyth When I refused Charlie night before last he threatened to blow his brains out. Mayme Well, he didn't. He proposed to me last night. Edyth Indeed ! Then he must have got rid of them in some other way. Chicago Dally News. END OF BITTER FIGHT. . ''Two physicians bad a long and stubborn nght with an abscess on my right lung," writes J. F.Hugbes.of Du pont, Ga., "and gave me up. Every body thought my time had come. As a last resort I tried Dr. King's New Discovery lor Consumption. Tbe ben efit I received was striking and I was on my feet again id a few days. Now I've entirely regained my health," It conquers all Coughs, Colds and Throat and Lung troubles. Guaranteed by E. T. Whitehead & Co. Nell Yes, we're engaged, but I took my time about accepting him. Belle Indeed? Waited until he actually proposed, did you ? Philadelphia Ledger.: $100 REWARD $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only poesitive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constutional disease, requires a consti tutional treatment. -Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting direct ly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of tbe system, thereby destroying tbe foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors baye so much faith in its curative pow ers, that they offer One Hundred Dol ht for any ease it fails to cure. Send tor list ot testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO. li " Toledo, O C5TSoId by all druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the bes . Orfe CDC- 1 - Z? ; &4A4AczAff xJ I lily crowpowt. Mil XL' L-Jr ACD. BEAUTIFUL WOMEN Lay Sermon to Toting Hen. Charlotte Observer. Some time ago I read of tbe case of a young man who had gone trom one city to another, starting out to make his way in the world, tbe most mo mentous time of any young man's or young woman's life. He was bouyant and full of young life, but hitherto had been abstemeous and not given to dis sipation, nor frivolity, nor to rquan dering his time. But, alas, changing cities and circumstances and places too often the case changed bim ! This young man bad an plder friend and associate and companion in tbe home city who had always been a help and a stimulus and a corrector to and for him. The first young man, in the distant city, alack and alas for human nature and temptation, did not remain as he had been. Freed from admonition and home and reproof and. warning and re- straint, he joined clubs, went todances, kept late hours ; and of business week nights, be would spend every spare, legitimate moment from business (be was a clerk) in frivolity and waste ol bis precious time. Things went on this way for a long while. One day his home companion paid bim a visit, and in conversation and and joy of talking with him, the conversa - tion, of course, naturally turned to tbe young man's hopes and work and pros pects. How was be getting on ? How did he like bis work ? What use was he making of his spare time? And many other interrogations, perhaps, of a like nature. And the last question was a hard one lor the young man o answer to his companion. But he told him all. From reproof and persuasion and warning, from that moment, began a blessed change in that young man's life. ; Needless frivol ity was eschewed, given up, fore-gone, and the reading . of good books and -study and care and training of mind and soul took their places. Happy POTENT PILL PLEASURE. I ' The pills that are potent in their action and pleasant in effect are De Witt's Little Early Risen. W. 8. Pbil- ' pot of Albany, Ga( amy : "During a bilious attack I took one. Small as it was it did me more good than ealomel, blue-mass or any other pills I ever took atjd at (be came tme n f-f-ss4 era r' '7 Lf'tln Eirly 17, 1903. -, -1 WHO USE PE-RU-NA. i exchange! The end? Instead of a profligate, a nobody, libertine, a de bauchee, mayhap, this young man,' by good eeope, by right use of precious spare time from business.. cares, did a Kreat work to and for mankind while Hying, left his impress for good and right living and good example and "his works do follow him." The application? Here : I venture that there are at this time hundreds of young men and oung women in your city, ar.d every town and city, starting cut as this young mn did. Thi por lay ser monette, written for love nr.d cre for them and lor all will they read these simple words, and of this young man, and will they begin a change from tbr senseless squandering of precious tTto to the conserving and saving and right use of tbe same? I would that tbe question wou'd burn its way into their minds and souls as they read, ns J hope j many will read. ' The profligate and cqn.n.dering. way . to use time -is the wrong way. The young man spoken of for unate'y saw it in good time and changed to the right way. Will I? Will you? William Sheuium.. DEWITT IS THE NAME. ( When you go to buy Witch Hazel 1 Salve for the name DEWITT is on evev box. lne wire, unadulterated Witch Hazel is u?ed in making Dk- Witt's Wiich Hazel Salve, which is the best sal re lor cuff, burns, Irnis, boils, eczema, and piles. The jxipular lty of De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve, due to its many curef, has caused numer ous worthless counterfeits to be placed on the market. Tbe genuine bears tbe name of E. C. DeWitt & Co., Chi cago, t old by E. T. Whitehead fe Co. . "Language was given for tbe con cealment of thought," quoted tbe willy citizen. "That is perfectly correct," answered Senator Sorghum ; "if every man voted tbe way he talks we'd have all kinds of reform in no time." Washington Star. - SUICIDE PREVENTED. The startling announcement that a preventative of suicide had been dis covered will interert many. A run down system, or despondency invaria bly precede suicide and something has been found to prevent tbMt condition which makes suicide - likely. At tbe first though of sell l destruction take Electric Bitters. It being a great tonic and nervine will strengthen the nerves and build up the system. It's a great Stomach, Liver and Ei t r;iUtor;;in tbeS SEjri fOVBi ADTKKTiH M in How HEALTHY WOMEN Praise Pe-ru-na as a Cure and Preventative of Catarrhal , Disorders. Miss Elizabeth TJber, No. 67 Baasett street, Al bany , N. Y., writes : " have mlwayt dreaded the tall and winter because ot my extreme liability to catch cold, when catarrhal trouble would quickly develop through my entire system which It would take weeks to drive away. I am thankful to say that since I have taken Peruna, I do not have any rea son to dread this any more. Last tall when I suffered with my old trouble I took Peruna and In nine days was completely cured and since that time, It I have been at all ex posed to the damp, wet or cold weather, I take a dose or two ot Pe runa and It throws out any hint ot sickness trom my system. I rladly Indorse It "Miss Elizabeth Vber. Mrs. Wm. Dowey, Saranao Lake, N. Y., is second cousin of Admiral Dewey. In a recent letter she says: "Peruna Is the most valuable of any remedy that I have ever used for coughs, colds, etc I cheerfully rec ommend It as a certain cure If used according to directions." Mrs. Wm. t Dewey. 1 Miss Rosa Gerbing, a .popular f society -woman of Crown Point, Ind., . writes : i Last winter I took a lone drive X In the country, and being too thtngly t clad I caught a bad cold which settled 1 on my lungs, and which I could not I seem to shake off. I had heard a t great deal of Peruna for colds and 1 catarrh and I bought a bottle to try. f am pieasea tnet I did for it brought T speeay reuet. it only took, two bot tles and I consider this money welt spent. " You have a firm friend In me. and I not only advise Its use to my friends, but have purchased several bottles to give to those without the means-, to buy, and have noticed without exception that tt has brought about a speedy -cure wherever It has been used. " Miss Rosa Uerbinir. To negleot a cold is to invite chronic catarrh. As soon as anyone discovers the first symptoms of catching cold he should at once begin the use of Peruna according to directions on the bottle, and the cold is sure to pass away with out leaving any bad effects. Unless this is done the cold is almost sure to end in the second stage of ca tarrh which is making so many lives miserable. If Peruna was taken every time one has a cold or cough chronic catarrh would be practically an un known disease. If you do not derive prompt and satis factory results from the nseof Peruna, write at once to Dr. Ilartman, givinj? a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to giro you bis valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Ilartman, President of The Ilartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. Too Much Publicity. Cleveland Plain Dealer. They have a .weighing machine with phonographic and megahponic attach ments at a New Jersey resort where you drop a penny in the slot and pres ently bear your weight announced in tones of startling volume. This is a somewhat unpleasant snrprite for the fat people and not especially pleasant lor the very lean. When tbe large ai d evidently strong minded woman drujis her little husbaud to the FCales and then steps on the platform with a firm ness of tread that makes the apparatus jingle she is not at at all pleated when the megaphone roars forth, "Two hun dred and thirty-three!'' Nor is ehe any more delighted when tbe wizened husband is greeted in stentorian tones, Ninetyeven !" Bui it is loads ol fun for the lookers on. . FOR OVhR SIXTY YEARS Mrs. WmslowV Soothing Syrup has been used for sixty yean by millions of mothers tor theli children while teeth ing, with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens tbe gums, alias all pain, cures wind colic, and is tbe best t remedy for Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately. Sold by Druggists in ever part of the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be ure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow'a nothing Syrup, and take no other "He married a widow, young, beau tiful, wealthy and without a relative on earth." "Jove ! Luck like that la bettor than a license to steal !" Lile. PUTS AN END TO IT ALL. A grevious wail oftimes conies as a, result of unbearable pain from over taxed organs. Dizziness, Backache, Liver complaint and Constipation. But thanks to Dr. King's New Lfe Pills they put an end to it all. They are gentle but thorough. Try them. Only 25c. Guaranteed by E. T. Whitehead A Co.'s drug store. "What is tbe outlook for a newspa per in this town?" "Finest In the world. Editor's up a tree, hldin' from the sheriff, and sees over the whole country !" Atlanta Constitution. Mrs. Mollie Allen, of South Fork, Ky., rays she bas prevented attacks of cholera morbus by taking Chamber lain's Stomach and Liver Tab'eta when she felt an attack coming on. Such attacks are usually caused by Indirect ion and these Tablets are just what la needed to cleanse the ptotnaeh and ward off the approiching attack, At tack ot Wliou colic niav b? prevented mmy. f FW a by . E. T.
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