North Carolina Newspapers

IF YOU ABE A HUSTLER roc v, in ADVERTISE YOOE Business. rr ttt7 ra BUSINESS - WHAT STEAM IS TO Machinery, r.tvi G?.S4T Propelling Power. H M E. E. HIL.L.IARD, Editor and Proprietor. "EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $i.oo. VOL. XIX. Sew Seiies-Yol. 6, (6-1 8) SCOTLAND NECK, N. CM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1903. NO. 50 Sehl jToi e Advebtiskmekt in now Commonw: Then it's probably too late. Sou neglected dandruff. If you had only taken our ad vice, you would have cured the dandruff, saved your hair, cl and added much to it. If not entirely baU, now is ycur js opportunity. Improve it. I have V-.-.ir Vior for over 40 Ki t.i ci .-! -i 2:v"-! li;ir. due, 1 tliiiilc U t v t.j Aj r -vr Vh-.ir." 'rvi.U:;;u n;ivf ahi:avv eu- Helleville, 111. .1. C. AYEtt CO., 7 0TfM IVToca Wtmt Y5s Eat ? Tea can eat whasvsr an ? whsaover you V.r.9 !? you take Kod?l. f3y tha us of this rsmeiy ctsorisrei dijrssUor: and diseased eirnf-cas arc so campi-staly restored to healih, and the full p;"fcrrr;nc3 of their functions naturally, ?h-5Ji;h foods as would t!? one Into a dcub-tc-knot are eaten without even a "rumblinj" aad with a posi tive pleasure and en'cynent. And what Is more these foods are assimilated and transformed Into the kind of nutriment that is appropriated by the biood and tissues. Kodol is the only digestant or combination t chgestants that digest all classes of focd. In addition to this fact, it contains, in aimUative lorm, the greatest known tonic ar.d reconstructive properties. Kodol cures Indigestion, dyspepsia and S disorders arising therefrom. Kodci Digests What You Eat Makes the Stomach Sweet. EctJ'es cn!y. Regular size. $ 1 .00. holding 2J5 time the trial size, which sella for SO cents, frirsred by E. O. DeWSTT & CO., Chicago, lib E. T. WHITEHEAD fc CO. HAIR 5AL.3AM SfgiSit's 3; V Cleanse and beautifies the hafc , rz&7- Promri?! luxuriant erowth. ?Ci-" J6aiGvcr Falls to Heatore Gray t ..t-e-rgl HaU- to its Youthful Color. F.0E-i2 Cures sraip di.'ensea & hair ialiicz. 3 4 5 3 IS Also sea sickness and v,fejr&fii3 Travelers Kr.nsea. diz- All, UtAUAUSIliS ciTect on braic or hen . Jiic. 25c aud oyc a bottle. i'HOFlSfcsIOAAL. n v. A. v'. LiVSRMON. 31 IP Dentist. .f; ::.iver Mew Wb itbead Building J:nee hoars from 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to ' clock., p. in. SCOTLAND NECS, N. C. .7. P. WIMBERLIflx, or FX 7 a BUIOK HOTEL, B. II. S-firir. rifTTASX H. SMITH -i r-im5 vr.7-4 t-law. Statoa I'r. vc-Tv!er & Oattsr bridge o , i -i v ..... f i t t o a if e yJ r-L a w. P.-tc;i jos -,vh',ovor bis sorvices are e-r;;rr.i l)7 Mil) L. TliAVf, -.tarn'H' aid Oiniiselor at Law," rf ALT FAX. N. O. (Jjf Money Loaned o-n harm. Lands, j ESTABLISHED IN 1865, CHAS M WA'jSH Etiam M&;ble id U WORKS, jS'-j Sycamore St., PETEEsBUXib, Va. M ia n3Qt9, Tombs, Cemetery Curb ing, &c. All work strictly first class and at Loweat Prices. r iron crrticTTCTT TPOV a FENCING, VASES, &C. Designs sent to any address free. In writing for thein iilfifiO give age of de enei aad hantit as to price. I Prep-iy Freishton all Work Conyare our Worfe frith that o cur Competitor?- Hair Vigor winir h awri'i ai uiti Tdte Laxative Bromo SW; Seve MBSoii boxes soM input 12 montf. , jEISURE DITOr'S OBSERVATIONS OF The following bit of news was sent out from Indianapolis some days sgo : "If you could get anything for mo I wish you would sell me," eaid an old negro Old Man Wanted to Be Sold. baen tramping all over the country, was tired and hungry and would work for any one who would clothe and feed him. The woman took him at his word and he was placed on a stool In the middle of the room. The bid ding was far from being spirited and the sale dragged along for twnnty minutes when the negro was knocked down to H. W. Shay, a commission merchant, for $2.39. The negro left with his new master and appeared well satisfied. tut The fleecy staple has not reached that price in -many, many years, but President E. S. Peters, of the-Texas Cotton Growers' Association, sent out Cotton at 15 Cents. message : The agricultural department report estimating thacrop at 9,962, G00 bales is not only conservative, but is over rather than under the indi cated yield. I would therefore earnestly urge all growers of the staple not to part with their bovdings, except at their real value, which is not less than fifteen cents a pound, the figure I have repeatedly predicted would be paid. Let future markets alone and allow no middlemen and speculators to fix the jprice of the fruit of your labors. This is the opportunity of the Southern planters. If their ia to be a corner, let them conduct It them selves and reap the benefits." tttt ' With cotton selling at 12 cents the farmers have been in most excellent spirits for two or three weeks, and truly they are to be congratulated on the good turn Of course, The Effect cf High Pricss. not prices will remain so good even for this season, and more so for next year. Certain logical results follow high prices for farm produce, and one of the first of these is the raise in farm wages. With cotton at the present high pru5r farmers may expect to pay considerably much more for labor next year, fori! the price keeps up until planting time the cotton crop will be planted and expenses reckoned on the basis of high prices next year. So with the high prices the farmer has to consider the increased price for wages, and will do well to make careful calculations on results. It is well to have high prices, but the high prices change al the base of calculations for profit, and our farmers will do well to bear this in mind. t t t t "The growth of manufacturing and of towns Is desirable and deserves to be fostered, bat the mudsill of North Carolina's greatness rests in a pa The Rural School. days ago in an editorial discussing the rural schools of the State. No truer thing has been written or spoken at any time in th9 history of our State. Truly town prosperity is all right and desirable If we can see the prosperi ty of the rural districts moving along wilh it ; but town prosperity is a bit dangerous if it has to come by depopulating the rural districts. It has been for a decade or more that one seldom bas seen a new and well tended country home in anything like a dozen miles of a town ; but it is gratify ing to see that such a state of affairs is changing. Because of ths revival of education in the country, the general effort for good roads and the pros pect cf more general free rural delivery routes, the people are becoming more content to live on the farm3 and thus keep up the good life of the country. As schools In the country are improved people will feel less in clined to move to town to find good schools, aud thus many good people will remain in the country. General intelligence in the rural districts is a thing greatly needed. tut While The Commonwealth does not seek to give any free advertisement, it is willing to bestow what free advertising there roay be in printing the fol lowing from the Norfolfe Virginian-Pilot, for it Bemenftexinff the Poor 8hows a beautifui consideration on the part of a Children in the City. rJch Srm in NorloIk for tha poor children of the city. The Virmian-Pi!ct a few dsys ago contained this item : "The Hub Clothing company will give a free Christmas dinner for the poor children of Norfolk, Portsmouth and Berkley. C. L. Fine, local manager of the company, has secured the Armory? and the good things will be spread on tables in tbe big auditorium. There will be plenty of room for every boy and girl in the three cities, and the Hub company is determined that no one will have excuse for going away hungry on the happy day. The dicner will consist of turkey, ham, potatoes, cranberries, mince pie, apples, oranges, bananas, nuts and candy. A box of candy and nuts will be glyen each one of the little guests to be enjoyed later at their homes. A large nnmbcr of ladies from th-3 various church societies of the three cities have volunteered to assist at tbe feast and see that the youngsters present have a good time in filling tbe aching voids m their systems. The preparations for the event and the sweeping invitation that has been issued to thousands of the young folks point to one of the biggest and tbe happiest arid the merriest Christmas dinners ever giyen in Norfolk. Superintendent Ashley, of the Union mission, bas offered his services to The Hub in the present worthy enterprise. Mr. Ashley will distribute tickets among tbe children -who expect to enjoy the clothing company's hospitality. Tickets, however, may be had either from Mr. Ashley, of the mission, or from Mr. Fine, at The Hub's Norfolk store, or from the ladies of the various church societies, whose names will be announced later. The Hub company desires to eee, and expects to see, at tbe spread every child in the three, cities whose pa rents may be unable financially to provide a dinner for their families on Christmas day. Every one who acceptstbe company's invitation is nromieed a good dinner and a jolly time. A full brass band will be in at tendance to render lively strains while the hungry boya and girls are caus ing turkey and pie to disappear from the festal board." To Cure a Cold in Vns ISMiy OUrS PASSING EVENTS. to one of the women who was manag ing the Marion county Woman's Christian Tem perance Union rummage sale. He said be had the following a few days ago : "I would like to convey to every cotton grower of the South this which prices have taken in their favor. it is all speculative as to whether or triotic, intelligent, successful rural population." So said the Raleigh News and Observer a few Cures Grip ia Two Days. every COX. 25C Only Fool: Ms to Crime. ; New York American. A MAN in this city not long ago "held up" another man and robbed him of $ 12. Tbe robber arose for sen tence In court on Tuesday last. "Seven years in Sing Sing," said the Judge. The man fell to the floor in a dead faint. Seven years cut of one's short span of existence is surely a tremendous price to pay for $12. Nobody but a ool would put himself in a position where such a price could be exacted. even nours in a ceil wouia be a horrible experience to the ordinary man, seven days maddening. But think of seven years in prison ! It is because we read so often of these sentences to long terms in the penitentiary that we are familiarized with them, and so fail to realize their terrible significance. Let your imagination present m de tail what it would mean to you to be ehut up in jail for seven years and then you will begin to have some un dsrstanding of the imbecility of those who deliberately enter upon eourses which always ha ye accompanying them the probability, if not the certainty, of such frightful punishment. Wo read of "cleyer" f Drgers, burglars and th8 like. Are any of them really clever? . One of lha.'1cleTerest" counterfeiters in the world was recently released from a Californian penitentiary after serving eight years. That was not his first, nor second, nor tbid incarceration. iill told, half his lifetime has been passed behind the bars. What "clever ness 13 there In such a career? A one-time broker was arroeted in Wall street this week for the crime of beiag too dangerous a character to be at large ampng the innocents of the street. Years ago he abandoned stocks for bank robbery, and has bean in jail in England, France and his own country longer in jail than at liberty. Whst trace of cleverness is there in a life so spent? A few months ago four young men of Chicago grew tired of working for a living, and took to robbery. The country has been ringing with the ex ploits of these "boy bandits." Though they murdered eight men in their "hold-ups," their gains in money were not much more than their wages as honest workers would have been. And now, when manhood with all Its joys should be opening to tbem, their only prospect is a shameful death on the dows, Wa3 any cleverness shown, in the choice made by the "boy bandits" be tween honesty and crime? The truth is that the ordinary crimi nal is always lacking in mind. He feels immensely superior in shrewdness to the honest people around him, re garding them as simpletons. He may be endowed with plenty of rat-like cun ning, which be and others are apt to mistake for intelligence. But in cold fact he is the stupidest of men, since he is destitute of imagination, tha in tellectual faculty which enables one to picture In p.dvance the consequences of acts to which one may be tempted by the lure ot immediate advantage. It is because h-3 is without imagination that the criminal has the courage to do things from which a man with Imagi nation must shrink, for with the eye of magination the prisoner's dock, the judge and the jury and tha prison are seen. The criminal never sees them until they are actual, present facts, in stend of mind pictures of the future. Hence the callousness cf the "bov bandits," which seems so astonishing to those who have given httie thought to criminals. A week or two of cell life will begin to do for them what im agination would haye done had they possessed it. They have to bear the gallows being put up before it is made Vivid to their dull apprehension that hanging is the law's penalty for mur der, and that they have thrown their ivea away like fools. The folly of crime needs to be lnsiet- ed upon more than If Is. Its wicked ness goes without saying. The most nreterate criminals will admit that crime is wrong, but the foolishness of it only experience can beat into tbe beads of such among them as possess the rudiments of common sense. The chief of police ot one of our large cities states that it is not uncom mon for professional thieves to reform when they reach middle age not of ten because their moral nature awak ens, but because they arrive, alter When you want a pleasant purgative try Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They are easy to take and produce no nausea, griping or other - d.sagreeable efTucts. For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co., Scotland Neck, and I Leggett's Prog Store, Hobood. - ID IMC II ILLJ ATARMHAL TUBE, Catarrhal Diseases are Most Prevalent In Winter. IS THEREN0 WAY OF ESCAPE FROM THEM? Pe-ru-na Never Faiis to Cure Catarrh Wherever Located. There are some things which are as sure as fate, and can be relied on to occur to at least one-half of the human family unless means are taken to prevent. First, the climate of winter is sure to bring colds. Second, colds not promptly cured ars eure to cause catarrh. Third, catarrh improperly treated is sure to make life short and miserable. Catarrh spares no organ or function of the body. It is capable of destroying eight, taste, smell, hearing, digestion, secretion, assimilation and excretion. It pervades every part of the human body, head, throat, stomach, bowels, bronchial tubes, lungs, liver, kidneys, bladder and other pelvic organs, That Peruna cures catarrh wherever located is attested by the following tes timonials sent entirely unsolicited to Dr. Hartman by grateful men and wo men who have been cured by Peruna: Systemic Catarrli. Mrs. M. K. Bousch, Richmond, Va., Writes: "I had catarrh all through my system for two years and could get no relief. I was advisad to try Peruna and 1 have taken five bottles of it and am vreH and better now than I have been for years. I can advise any one who has catarrh of any part of the body to tiike Peruna. My little girl who is eleven years old had catarrh, but was cured by Peruna. Before I began to take Peruna I was sick all the time, but now I am entirely cured, and all praise is due Peruna." Mrs. 51. K. Bousch. Catarrli of t"ic Nose. Mr. Herman Ehlke, 952 Orchard street, Milwaukee, Wis., writes: " I am entirely cured of my catarrh of the nose by your Peruna. My case was a severe one." Herman Ehlke. Catarrh cf tle T3.ront. B. H. Kunyan, Salesville, O., writes : " I suffered with catarrh of the throat for five years. I was induced to try Pernna. I have used five bottles and am perfectly well." B. II. Itunyan. i Catarrh of The Ear. Mr. Archie Goclln, 1S8 Beech street, jTitchburg, Mass., writes : j u Peruna has cured me of catarrh of f-IH! t ni Mill UU tha middle ear. I feci better than 1 have j nj r-,.lia of your i -for several years." Archie Godia. j uar u scud as ev:r."-I much jail life, at ths conclusion ttat the business of stealing does not pay. In all our citie3 there are youths am bitious to be thought "smart." They feel themselves too smart for humdrum industry and commonplace honesty. To tbem a sober, hard-working, plod ding, home-loving young man is a con temptible and ridiculous slow-coach a "jay." Exhortations to such youths on the sinfulness ol dishonesty are wasted, but if it can be borna In upon them that tfcey, and cot the young men of regular lives, are the fools, they may be tided over until addod years bring them eense. It is not a high appeal to make, of course .but then hiirh annealu wnnM go over the beads of these youths. If an appeal to vanity and self-interest will avail, then the appeal justifies eelf, Happily, 'considerations of self - infer - est have nothing to do with keeping most men honest. Conscience, which is the basis of self-respect ; a shrinking from dirt because it 13 dirt ; a loathing for the baseness of dishonesty ; a pride in being clean-handed these motives keep the Jjands of the vast majority clean. But the small minority from among whom the criminals come are not merely tho morally weak, but tbe men' tally deficient, and upon these ought to be pressed with all possible empha sis the truth that only fools take to crime. BILIOUS COLIC PREVENTED- Take a dose of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as soon as the first indication of the dis ease appears and a threatened attack may be warded off. Hundreds of peo ple use the remedy in this way "wilh perfect success. For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co., Scotland Neck, and Leggett's Drug Store, Hobgood. The Judge You say your wife struck you over tbe head with a plate. Bas tus Yes, sir. Judge But your head doesn't 6how it. Bastus But you done oughter see dat plate. Life. MOTHER GRAY'S SWEET POW- Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children's Home in Now York. Cure Fevenshness, Bad Stom ach, Teething Disorders, move and reg ulate the bowels and destroy worms. Over 30,000 testimonials. They neyer fail. At all druggists, 25a. Sample FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le ill LC u wa i " " 1 ' ...,-. Catarrh of Tho 'Lcitga. Mrs. Emilia Kirckhoff, Ada, Minn writes: "Through a violent coll contracted last winter, I became jifilicted with ca tarrh of the nose, which in n sh;rt tinv affected my lnjijts. I took Peruna which cured me thoroughly. I now fool better than 1 have for Emilie Kirckhcff. forty years." Mrs. Catarrh of the XHafhTer. Mr. John Smith, Sit S. Third street. Atchison, Kan., writes: " I was troubled with catarrh of the urethra and bladder for two years. At the time I wrote to you I was under t h" care of my homo doctor, and hn-l been for four months. "I followed your directions but two month?, and can say Peruna cured mc of that trouble." John Smith. Catarrh of The Head. Mr. 1. R. Ramsey writes in a recent letter from Pine Bluff, Ark., the fol lowing: " My eou, Leon Hanisor, f.-tr yews of : age, suffered with ecfarrh if th:? . xor c";-htc-ca or twenty Ask your Druggist for a iree I 'own a Almanac for 1004. Lctrnirg and- Wcr!:. Cincinnati Enquirer. The establishment of iiKtiiuiions of learning for his benefit is not tbe way to bring the colored brother out properly. Of course, he should have tho means of learning how to read and wiife. Ho should also have instructions in other branches that come somewhere with in tbe definition ol "common-school ! education." What he is in greatest need of is a tituat'.on r.nd encourage ment to wok. The r ;m3 is true of many thoucauds of white men. Higher I education ha3 carried a great many j young men out of their environment, and they have teen made usslres j members of society. The university is not the panace i !or all deficiencies. To plain and hom-!y about it, it is 1m- j possible to make a silk purse out oi a ! sow's esr. Moreover, tbcrebr.n (o be a tremendous contingent of "hewers of wood and drawers of water." Th3 de- .j. i ere is a thousand times greater than It is for men wilu a knowledge ot Greek roots. Ann. r.n t.hft BYflrDfl. thfi wood and water workers are a great deal tbe most rtpefu! members cf society. KODOL DYSPEPSIA CURE. Digests all classes of food, tones and strengthens the stomnch and digestive organs. Cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Stomach Troubles, and makes r!ch, red blood, health and strength. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure rebuilds worn-out tis sues, purifies, strengthens and ev;ee!ens 1 the stomach. Governor G. W. Atkin son, of W. Va., says : "I have used a number of bottles of Kodol Dyspepsia Cura and have found it to be a very ef fective and, indeed, a powerful remedy for stomach ailments. I recommend it to my friends." Sold by E. T. White head & Co. Diner Waiter, there is a slight mis take. I ordered a spring chicken and a bottle of 1884 pommery. Waiter Yes, sir. Diner You haye brought me some pommery of last spring and a chicken of 1881 Christian Register. A FRIGHTENED HORSE, Running liice mad down the street dumping its occupants, or a hundred other accidents, are every day occur rences. It behooves everybody to have a reliab'e Salve bandy and there's none las good as Bcculen's Arnica Salve. 1 Burns, Cuts, Sores, Eczema and Piles, dasappear quickly under its soothing effect. 25s, at E. T. Whitehead & Co Catarrh nf TI;n IijJntyi. Fetor J . lrngr,It nwk-y. P;C, V-U : "1 lMtik!h-.-t ! ..mpcrh-cUycor.-.Jo! uarrn or uu Ki:ijK-vsi lv ivriuia. 1 have no trouble cf P. J. 173! gor. Cttarrh of 'JTIi" Stomach. A. W. fJr.ven, of Jlavinion.!, Ip.I., writing to Dr. Ilarlman, Rnjv: "I am well of catarrh of the stomach after fluffering two years. I havo ikon fivobotlh.rs of IVrtina and ono of Mana !in and I fed like a new man now.'' j A. W, Craves. IVlvln Catarrh. Miss Kallo Loch 3;iu, Lafayette-, Ind., j v, rii5 ; ! "I h?.:l pelvic catarrh, :i' in the ah j dome i), )ack, had ctomwh i-rouM.- :n heiuh.cho oauwed by catarrh. J foli.vyod your directi" ?j3: took Peruna ;v;,d M.uiu lin according" ; ions, and how happy I fctu flint 1 n;n rclir-vd f sucii : h a dislrcssinis Lochrnan. ;tnr:li Mr. ir?2iry j-iuu; wri to;;: "The doctor saii Th: Thiwflf", .. h Ueiv.!, in t., I had catarrh o? bowels and I Uni his rncdk'in h'i!. with no icli'jf. I was gcilbig t,wo :.li tho time. " Before I had taken a half botlhi of Peruna I felt lili a new Man." Hen - y Entzion. If you do net receive prompt and crd iafactory rendi from the use of Pcrnu::, write at cue? to I Jr. Ifarliiini', givi.yr ; full statement of you? '"ae and he wil 1 i bo pleased toKivo you I As valuable ad vice gratis. Address Dr. Hart -nan, President of i The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus;, O. Cautions. The great millionaire philanthropist thoughtfully studied the face of the university president who bud called upon him to secure a donation. "I am airaid that what I m;iy give for your educational institution will not amount to a great deal," said the philanthropist. "I asuro vou, sir," said the educa' j t0f that every aolljir of Jt L.0 wisely expended In the cause ot pro moting public education." "Oh, that's all right," said the jhil anthroplet. But what ln thinl-.Itc: fcbout j, thsKt your publicity lvir:::i u not in very good shape." Not until tLen did the i!iiu-r;:v .r3.;i'Jy'il rtfa'1.e how lar bslsia-i lm modern uutbtdd of U!!.ver?y I.e really was. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE Taking when you take Grove's Tado less Chill Tonic because tho formula is plainly pi m ted on every bottle sbosv ;ing that it ia Mm ply Iron and tui::ino n tasteless form Jo Cure no pay. "I am sorry, doctor, th: t you were unable to attend the supper last r i.;ht. It would have done y on good to have been theie." "It ht s aady done ne good, madsm. I have just prescribed for three of the participant. A COSTLY MISTAKE. Blunders are sometimes very expen sive. Occasionally life ihelf is th9 price of a mistake, but you will never be wrong if you take Dr. King's New Life PiMs for Dyspepsia, Dizziness, Headache, Liver and Bowel troubles. They ars gentle jet thorough. 25c. at E. T. Whitehead & Co.'s Drug Store. "The publishers told Arihur that he would have to rewrite a good portion ol his 1 00k before they could bring it out" Humphrey : ,"I should think they would have bad him rewrite some of tbe bad portions." Kansas City Journal. FIGHT WILL BE BITTER. Those who persist in closing their ears against the continual recommendation of Dr. King's New Discovery for Con sumption, will have a long and bitter fight with their trouble, if not ended earlier by fatal termination. Head what T. It. Beall, of Beall, Mies., has to say : "Last fall my wife had every sym tom of consumption. Hhe took Dr. King's New Discovery after 1 very thing ele had failed. Improvement came at once and four bottles entirely cured her. Guaranteed by E. T. Whitehead & Co., Druggist. Price 50c and f 1.00.