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XBTn BUSINESS f WHAT STEAM 13 TO Machinery, TirvT Geeat Propelling Power. H H E. E. HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ! VOL. XIX. New Series-Yol. 6.(6-18) SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1 903. IS n 4 1 You can hardly find a home 3 without its Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Parents know what I it does for children: breaks herry Pectoral up a cold in a single night, wards off bronchitis, prevents pneumonia. Physicians ad vise parents to keep it on hand. " The best eonph medicine money can buy is Avr s Cherry Pectoral. For the coughs of chiluren notninp could possibly be better." JACOB Shcll, Saratoga, Ind. ; :.v..5Pa..?l.P0. J. C. ATER CO., All nrusgists. for UUWU i.owen. Masj. 1 Throat, Lungs ii iniiTTTMnawn imm Aysr's Pills greatly aid the Cherry Pectcral in breaking up a cold. Do Yoti Enjoy What You Eat? Yon can eat whatever and whenever yon like if you take Kodol. By the use of this remedy disordered digestion and diseased stcmacas 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 even a "rumbling" and with a posi tive pleasure ana enjoyment. And what is more these foods are assimilated and transformed into the kind of nutriment that is appropriated by the blood and tissues. Kodo! is the only digestant or combination of digestants that will digest all classes of food. In addition to this fact, it contains, in assimilative form, the greatest known tonio and reconstructive properties. Kodol cures indigestion, dyspepsia and all disorders arising therefrom. Kodol Digests What Yon Eat Makes the Stomach Sweet. EvlJ'es only. Reeular size, $ 1 .00. holding 2Ji ttmeS) tha trial size, v.hich sells for 50 cents. Frirared by E. O. DeWITT CO., Ohicage, lb E. T. WHITEHEAD & CO. PARKER'S HAIR 3AISAM Clctnwi and beautifies the hair. Promotes a luxuriant erowth. tiVV-J?8 - - ." -Restore Bray APUD1NE O Also sea eickncss and Travelers Nausea, diz- fca mid ALL HEADACHES cSect on brain or hea . inc. 25o and 50c a bottle, (Liquid.) , i'BOFESBIOSAL. ffli.A. C. LIVE Rij'GN, St. ( Fics-Over New Whithead Building O-ilce hoars from 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to o clock, p. m. . SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. J. P. WIMBERLlfii, OFFICE BEICK HOTEL, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. E. II. SMITH. STUART H. SMITH gMiTII & SMITH, A TTQRNE YS-A T-LA W. Statin 3!d'g, over Tyler & Outterbridge Scotland Necjlc, N. C. VJ A.DUNN, U I A T G 3 N E T-A T-L A IF. Scotland Neck, N. C. Pi-toiice? -wherever his services are rDWARD L. T&AVIb, t Attorney ani Ooanselor at Law, HALIFAX, N. C. Money Loaned on Farm Lands. ESTABLISHED IN 1865. CHAS M WALSH km Marble &ii Me WORKS, Sycamore St., Peteksbttho, Va. a 4 Monuments, Tombs, Cemetery Curb ing, &c. All work strictly first clasrand at Lowest Prices. I ALSO FtTRHTSH IROJT FENDING, VASES, &0. Designs sent to any address free. In writing for theuc pieae give age of de eas l and hoiit as to price. I Prepay Freishton all Worfc Compare oar Work with that o our Competitorp- Td Laxative uromo sjwi. DITOr'S jlEISURE jOUIS, OBSERVATIONS OF Farmers and others who have stock cannot make a better and more profitable investment than to properly house and feed their stock during the cold cows are Good Investments. with no shelter and bet littlbe-idhij; ; and sometimes where they have a shelter at all it is nothing more than a few boards or planks propped up against a fency corner a poor protection indeed from the winter blasts. XtXl There has been general observation for some time that farm labor is scarce and it seems to grow scarcer. To some this seems unaccountable ; Abmt Scarcity of Labor. butiUa not 80 onaccountable' atter a11- For two or three years the lumber interest has been lively, and the saw mills have drawn heavily from the labor on the farms. Because the lumber market has been good mill men have been able to pay better prices for labor than farmers, and so much of the labor has drifted from the farms to the mills. Things will change a little when most of the timber is consumed, a condition which seems to b8 yery near at hand. nn Principal N. J. Beer of a certain school in New York City Is now about eighty years old, has been a teacher for sixty years and principal of the Says Teachers are Lacking. some of hia utterances about teachers and the teaching of the present day : "The caliber of the teachers of today doesn't begin to be what it was fifty years ago. Boys were better fitted for life by the teaching of fiity years ago than they now are. They perhaps knew fewer things, but those they did know they knew well." He thinks that men and women are entering the professions because it offers peouniary advantage rather than beoause they feel fitted for the work. tut The advocates of the Watt3 liquor law which has taken all whiskey dis selling out of the unpoliced districts into the incorporated First Chance for Prof. country distilleries. The Chrigtmss season has usually been a time for much of such disorder in the county. This is the first chance for proof of what the advocates oi tha law con ended for. If the number of cutting scrapes, homicides and the lik a shall be lessened by the operation of the law it will be a great triumph in its favor and a great relief to the people In the country districts who heretofore have had no protection against such disorders. And from the very nature of the case the law cannot fail of good effect. tut The Charlotte Observer has learned the following which is some thing neiv. and it seems to be good " 'The Village Improvement Society' Praiseworthy Work. cieties are composed largely if not entirely of ladies, and it is the duty of tbe mmbers to look after and report upon the condition of the streets, with a view to having them kept clean ; to see that the lota back of stores are kept clean of waste paper and other refuse ; that vacant lots are rid of tomato cans and such other rubbish as usually encumbers them, and that they are made presentable ; in a general way to cooperate with the munici pa1 authorities for tbe promotion of public tidiness ; and to encourage the getting out of trees and the hotter care of lawns and front yards. All of these objects are most commendable, and these societies should be counte nanced and assisted where they exist and organized in smaller towns where they are not already. There are numbers of pretty towns in North Caroli na the streets of which are disgracefully untidy, whereas they could be kept clean at trifling cost. The other objects of these societies are prai3P-worlhy, but if they did no more than give their town clean streets they would justi fy themselves." t t t t No subject more interests the farmers ot the Stuth now than the cotton question. The Manufacturers' Record recontly addressed a letter to a Vital Factors in Cotton Production. decline in tha fertiiitv of the soil? (3) is there lack of farm labor? To these questions the Record prints many interesting answers. Here is the ans wer of Hon. S. L. Patterson, Commissioner of Agriculture for North Caro lina : "I do not see in the near future any danger of a permanent decrease of the cotton production in the South. There must be a reversal of pres ent conditions before such danger becomes imminent. Among these con ditions I would note especially the higher prices that have obtained during the past few years, the increase of manufactories, and the efforts, thus far unsuccessful, of producing cotton in other countries. Referring to your epcific questions "1. While the production of cotton.like that of all crops.may be improv ed by the careful selection of seed, I am not aware and do not belieye that the best seed is sold to the oil mills and inferior seed reserved for planting. Tbe tendency "seems to me to be rather in the other direction. In this con nection I : y say that this department is endeavoring to show by tests actually ma le the advantage of selecting good seed for all crops. . "2. I am of the opinion that indications point to a greater sense of the necessity of conserving the fertility oi the soil and the more intelligent ef forts to do this. The tptimony comes to us from various sources of the purpose of farmers to Improve their soil by a more intelligent use of fertil izers and rotation of crops. "3. Undoubtedly the question of a sufficient supply of reliable farm la bor is a serious one. The rapid development of various industrial enter prises has drawn largely upon the supply of farm labor. This can be part ly comreasated, however, by the increased use of labor-saving machinery. . : . m. f i i i But the cotton crop is one requiring r which cannot be supplied by machinery may be necessary to hold the necessary labor, but tne aimcuify presents it eeif to the farmer of the risk of the next year's crop selling at prices very much lower than those of the preceding year. But for all this the cotton planters will manage in one way or another to meet the difficulties pre sented, and with favorable seasons will continue to produce as large crops In future as the last several crops have been. Notwithstanding serious ob etacles to be encountered, I regard the future outlook of agriculture in North Carolina bright and promising." To Cure a Cold in Oas PASSING EVENTS. winter weather. In many instances allowed to stand in the open all night same school for fifty-three years. He has recent ly given out his opinion that not more than one teacher in ten is really fitted to teach. Here are towns, claimed that it would be effective in do ing away with fights and homicides around the is an organization which has recently taken root in several of the towns in this State. These so number of persons in the South asking their opinion on three points : (1) Is there any dete rioration in the quality of seed? (2) is there any certain amount oi manual laoor A decided increase in wages in TtooDayt ca every Efly The Christmas Spirit. Carolvn Wells in Atlanta Constitation, To-day from East to West Hushed is tbe traffic's roar ; And kneeling nations, blest, Incarnate love adore. Spirit of Christmas, may we see afar Thy guiding star. Thy star, which, as we slept, The orient renewed, Shall teach us fx accept Our gifts of gratitude ; And we shall giye, illumined by thy light, Our gifts aright. Tbe gifts of loom and field, Tbe gifts of heart and mind, Shall, through thy spirit, yield Tha peace we fain would find. Fulfilled of thee, our hearts ishall cherish then Good-will to men. Destruction cf Forests.- Newport News Press. Those who are studying the import ant subject of deforestation in the Unit cd States note that pine and cedai trees are rapidly being consumed for the purpose of supplying trolley and telegraph poles, and at the present rate oi consumption it will not be a great while belore the vUible supply will be exhausted. Tbe foresters looi to catal- pa to till the place of pine and cedar in this particular. The catalpa flourishes in a great many places in this country and has the advantage of growing very straight, and attains tbe needed size in from sixteen to eighteen years. The time required for cedar and pine is more than double this. Some one in discussing the matter declares that the Egyptians would not have built such magnificent structures of brick and stone if wood had been plentiful. The professional optimist may find In this statement some conso lation for the passing oi the material which has made poesible the comforta ble housing of persons in moderate meari3. Unrortunateh', a number of thrifty, industrious aud deserving per sons are unable to e:ect stone and mar ble palaces, and to these the cheaper product of the forest has been a boon. No doubt coming generations will be largely composed of a similar class, and the deforestation crimes of tbe present generation will fall with terrible effect upon generations yet unborn. It has passed into an axiom that the nations which house their nobles In marble palaces house their peasauts in mud hovels. The disappearance of timber as a building commodity might pro duce such conditions in America. All Overworked. Austin Statesman. As a matter of fact, not only is too much stress giyen to the literary and logical equipment of teachers, too little given to the sociological and psycho logical equipment, but teachers are overworked. Our schools are over crowded, our teachers overburdened with pupils. Nor is it quite eertain that the curriculum 13 not overburden ed with studies and too much mental activity demanded in too short a space of time. No provision to speak of is made for lectures and the development of the moral nature. The schools are made too much like engines with which to stuff the mind with a given amount of information to be commit ted to memory without regarlT to its ability to digest and assimilate. They work too much on the principle of a sausage etuner, win en must put eo mush mest in each skin whether it bursts the receptacle or not. Indeed, many a child s mental and physical health is sacrificed to the grind of the school mills all because there is no method by which instruction can be suited to the needs and abilities of tha pupil. RECTOR OF ST. LUKES. asbbusnhasr, ontario, testifies to the Good Qualities of Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. Ashbumham.Ont., April 18, 1903. I think it is only right that I should tell you what a wonderful effect Cham berlain's Cough Remedy has produced. The day before Easter Iwas so distress ed with a cold and cough that I did Jnot tink to atIe to take any duties mo next nay, as my voice was almost choked by the cough. The same day I received an order from you tor a bot tle of your cough remedy. I at once procured a sample bottle, and took about three doses of the medicine. To my great relief the cough and cold had completely disappeared and I was able to preach three times on Easter Day. I know that this rapid and effective cure was due to your Cough Remedy. I make this testimonial without solic itation, being glad to have found such t a Uod-eent remedy. Respectfully yours, - ii. A. IjANGFCLDT, M. A., Rector of St. Luke's Church. To Chamberlain Medi sine Co. . For sale biExTJ3&UA-Ala- IniTTTn riTin n i i n i u : u l i ij u What it Means to Ifcn Everywhere. A Gracious Message to the World. Selected. "Blow bugles of battle, the marches of peace ; East, west, north and south, let the long quarrels cease, -Sinjij the soug of great joy which the angels began, Sing of glory to God and of gDod-will to man." 91T ORN is on its verge on the Bethlehem hills. The shepherds In the fields have watched their flocks throughtbe long night, when to the ever recurrent miracle of a new day is added another manifestation oi Power Divine. As the dawn lightens tbe east, tbe men be come aware of a marvelous vision. An angelic host floats above them. They fill the heavens with light and song, and through them is vouchsafed not the least of those revelations which as sure us that "God's in His heaven. All's right with the world !" "Glory to God in the highest," they sing, "and on earth peace, good-will to ward men." The o!d earth ha3 been rpinning "down the ringing grooves of change" for God knows how many centuries, j and in their dim, dumb way men had worshipped some power above them since "the first man stood God con quered wnn ins tace to neaven un turned," without realizing the truth re vealed in that message, that the ser vice of man for man is the worship of man for God, and that there is more merit in the Divine sight in one kind ly act, one moment of eelf-sacrifice, than in a thousand meaningless songs ot praise. Nearly two milleniums have sped since tfty message, and the world has yet but half learned the lesson. Ar.d yet therejhas been progress, and in that progr?es lies our hope. The world fc day dees not let Christmas pass un noticed. Putting aside questions oi doctrine, ot theology, we may recall ODe fact ; today, as yesterday, the kings and the peasants, the gentle r.nd the simple, the wise and the ignorant, cen ter their eyes upon a Babe in a Man ger. Today tbe world waita in silence to bear those aDgeld sing. Today, if on nojother day, men listen, pause and heed. Whatever may be thought of His claims, of His teaching?, at least Jesus is the dominant figure in the world on Christmas Day. Today the rudest and the roughest, tbe most irreverent and tbe most indif ferent, look with awe upon tht sub lime spectacle, a mother and her new born child ; look with a touch of rev erence which none is so low that be may not feel. The clamor of tbe world is still. Its strife is hushed. Tis Christmas morning onc9 again, and we are as little children by a cra dle, which, though swallowed by a fu ture cross, is become a shrine a throne. There was an ancient custom in the days when the right of priyate war was zealously maintained, that all quarrels should be held in abeyance during the Christmas season. A "Truce of God" was proclaimed by tbe Holy Church, 1 and he who broke it, lor whatsoever came, was deemed a recreant to his manhood and to his religion. The custom fell into disuse, but it has come back again. For one day at least there is peace and good-will among men. To at there ehould l e even one day when such principles ob tain is a reason for great congralu'a tion. That there should be but one day is a cause for profound sadness. Our religion is too often assumed at tbe church door and put off at the ben ediction on one day of the week. Just so the spirit of peace and . good-will of the Christmastide comes, like Christ mas itself, but once a year. It is slip ped on like a new and comfortable garment, worn for a day, and belore we have become accustomed to it, it is cast aside and forgotten. The day af ter, we awake a3 we were before. Tbe interlude o! comity and kindness has made no change. We ring tbe belis and we raise the strain, We hang up garlands everywhere, And bid the tapers twinkle fair, And feast and frolic and then go On certain days in Latin-American countries the people have religious representations and proces-i sions in which the parts of the saints are assumed by the men present. " -"'J ( that one of these for the moment filled me piace 01 an ancient wortay in wnose honor tbe demonstration was being m TPinHir.0- himAif k 7- - iiorevsr muuua wiiu ibb giaa aocia- the conduct cf one thp spectators, inl.,. e.4 n 11 i n m ir i n -n A n n l o 1 1 A o mg the saint, and would be meted out t more of sadness tbe story. We . J . saint" on Christm till we get through." And thisbrinKS to u the dominant thought of this little Christmas preach ment, our spasmodic compliance with the great command of the aDgelic song, our intermittent observation cf the spirit of Christmas. This, then, b a plea that it may cot be for a day only, and that it may not be for chll dren ODb' that we keep the graat holi aayoi tne world, with peace ou earth and good-will toward men. It is natural that we should wish that joy might be unalloyed cn this day,and it ia indubitable that unalloy ed joy may be had only by those who are beginning life, not by those who haye experienced i's trouble?: there fore the rpirit of Christmas, which i to commemorate the birth of a Child finds its sweetest manifestation in the verdant heart, the youthful mind, the happiness of children. As for cursive?, there is eyer t touch of sadnesa la our gTeo, We twins the cyprets with the laurel. The mind goes back to other days when we were children ; we recall . those no longer here we fain would see again. Thr vanished band is extended on each re curring anniversary, the lorging of the stilled voice deepens ever. But It is not so with our children. T'here are no clouds upon tbeir sunshine Let us make them happy. But is that all? Can we do more? Are there no little children besides those whose ieet patter through oui own halls, those who clusto &rouud our own hearth, whose laugh rings ont under our own roof tree, wh'ru wt can make hapfiy? Are thefa no little children who have hot the advantages that our own enjoy with whom we. can share what ws have on this day? Y. And that all? Are there no others of larger gro.v.h to whom we may extend I he g-r: 1 feeling of the sweetest d.ty of the -' Are there no rankling difTt-rr ces t: j we may compose? No ancient enriii-tie'- that wc can dissolve? No tun ing hatreds that we can fc'ak'i in kisid nesa? No jagged breaks that wc cui knit together? No lives riven asur:drr, no lovers parted, no friends tsverel, that we can help to make one egaiu? Can we not begin on this Chnitmas Day, that "Truce of God," which shall banish all that is selfish, mean, narrow, and ignoble; which shall pave the way for that profound alliance between men and men which is yet but a dream, a hope? Shall there not be in augurated a brotherhood as eternal as the message, as overwhelming as tbe revelation ? Men and the world have mightily ad vanced in nineteen hundred years since those angel sang in the morning. And we shall continue to advance while creation endures. Tbe lw ol life is upward. But we can ro-ke the advance faster, bring the desired end nearer, and so help the great consum mation, if we will but try. The world is full of discord. Arms in band, nation confronts nation upon many far flung frontiers ; combinations face combinations with war the watch word within many a natural border ; ower holds and oppresses those who would diminish it ; aspiration grasps at opportunity ; weakness assembles desperately striving, fain to enjoy that which it now repudiates. Private war 4 still waged. Men are beggared, wo men shamed, children cursed, in the present strife of trade, commerce, labor, eapital, speculation, politics. The world is still unkind. There is need o! a nsw proclamation ot the old yet ever marvelous story : Peace on earth, good will to men today, tomorrow, forever. "Every reform," said a great modern philosopher, "was once a private opin ion." When the man who holds It hss communicated it to another man so that it becomes his private opinion, the reform is ultimately assured ; which is but another variation of that Cniid grown to manhood, "Where two or three are gathered together in my Name, there am I in the midst of them." "Be kindly affectloned one to n other" on Christmas Day, and on all the days that shall follow after. Let the proclamation cl the herald angels rina a resting place in your ceart, ana do you ,glT3 lo th8 graC:0U8 message a host of tongues," so that Hot only the heavens, but the earth itoelf. will . - . ....... . mm CON'UIIESSMAN Dl'JUiAN. Congressman Irvine iMinmi of J:vek son,"C, i'le-lo(l to tho ImI'I y-wcoml Con gress as a Democrat, in a recent lottot from Washington, D. C, eays : " desire to join with my many friends In recommending your inval uable remedy, Prvr.s, to anycas in need of an invigorating tunic, and whose system is mn down by catarrhal troubles. Pcrnna is a permanent and effective cure for catarrh e.r.d I voi.d advise all who am irfficied with this disease to try this remarkable rem' edy." Irvine Dungar. Everybody is subject to catarrh. J runa cures catarrh, acute- or clironlo, wherever located. Hon. Thomas flahau of Ohlesipo, mem ber of. tho Kaliouul Committee f the Democratic party, vrid s.si. follov s: " I was afllieted with catarrh fur four teen years r.ml though I tried m;uiy remedies and applied to f;evcr:il doctors I was not able to Hurt a. ur. I took Peruna for twenty-two weeks nnrt am now entirely cured." Thomas G.Uian. If you do not dcrivo prompt and Fatis factory results from tho use f I'cii'.na write at once to Dr. Ilarl i.i-iii, pivins 5 full statement of join- ea -o sinrt lie will he glad to give you his vahiiiblo advice tree. ' Address Dr. IT.irtnian, President of tho Hantaan Sanitarium, Columbus, O, Ask your druggist for 11 lino Peruna Almaiiac for IflOf. A Slcdo?. t.omlon Tit Bits. "3ce hero!' .1id (he "You 6peak of tli3 briile city editor, a being 'led to the altar.' " "Yes, eir. What of it?" replied tho reporter. "What of it? Why. it's nonsense. There was neyer a hi lie yet who couldn't find hor way th?.re, no matter what were the obstacle.'?." A COSTLY MISTAKE. Blunders are sometimes very expen sive. Occaeionally lifo itself is the price of a mistake, hut you will never be wrong if you take Dr. Kind's New Life Pills for Dypesia, iiizzine, Headache, Liver and Dowel troublrs. They are gentle yet thorough, ti-'c. it E. T- Whitehead it Co.'s Drugstore, Maid There's a man at the door, mum, an' Mrs. Bluff (entertaining several ladie.) But I tol l you to say was not at Lome to any other c:l!e:fi. Maid Oi told him that, nviai, hut ho nays he'd not a caller, hut acvlicctor, mum ; nn' he won't go vay. BILTOUS COLIC PKEVKNT K! TaV? a doa of Chitnberl.jln's ' ! Cholera and Pi.-.ri hTa Kennedy aj soon as the UrsL njdic:i'; .u of t'.e ' ease appears l u t'ne tic.f.t aUacU may be warded off. Hunrirew.s ol peo ple use the remedy io lbi9 r.ay with perfect Et'ceera. For ! E. T. Whitehead & Co., Scotland Xcck, and L?ggett's Drug Store, Hobgo-jcl. Mies Passay Im having j ..st tl o loveliest gown made. It's 'line Muo cloth, with oM ro& trioim'ug. Don't you think that v. ill he becoming? Alias SpeiUs Yes ; the "o'd" rose will be especially appropriate for you. A FIXIGflTEXED HOUSE, Running lite mad down the street dumping its occupants, or a hundred other accidents, are every d.iy occur rences. It behooves evrj body to have a reliab'e Salve handy and there's none as good as BuckIcu's Aruic-i ,'-!; I ve. Burns, Cuts, Sores, Erzrrsa and Piles, daaappear quickly under its soothing effect. 25c, at E. T. Whitehead Co., Dru,? Store. Mies Bella Koxa You deliberately cut me the other day, cidn t you ? Mis Kadley Well er really,! didn't mean to Mis? B:lla Kczs No, I suppose you couldn't help cutting any body ; you've got uch hatchet-face. KODOL DYSPEPSIA CUKE. Digests all classes of food, toi;cs :ir.d strengthens the stomach and di.tiva organs. Cures Dyspepsia, IudiiO-ition, Stomach Troubles, and makes rich, nJ3pepsia Cure rebuilds worn-out lis- 8aeg, purifies, strengthens and sweetens the stomach. Goyeruor G. W. Alkin- 80n ?f w; ,ya , says : "I have used a number of bDttIe8 of Kodol Dyepepi vuro ana nave iounu. it 10 ie a very ei feptive and, indeed, a powerful remedy - r- - -' ---- -- - y
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