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LIVERMON, Dentist. h'i.-s-Over New Whithead Building P'i.'C hours from 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to k t-i' s. p. m. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. R. J. P. WIMBERLE i , OFFICE BRICK HOTEL, SCOTLAND NECK. N. C. lOHX U. DANIEL, Attorney-at-Law, Halifax, N. C. Practices wherever his services are juired. Special attention given to llectior.s and prompt returns. A 111) L. TRAVIb, Attorney and Counselor at Lair, I HALIFAX, N. C. j& Hony Loaned on Farm Lands. Almost Unnerved Me Heart Pains. Short of Breath. Faint and Languid. pr.Miies'Heart Cure and Nervine Cured Me. It has been five vears since I was cured of earttr ub!e by jour Heart Cure and Nerv se. i i I am just as sound as a dollar in iat f.rrjan today. For several years I had eer. ..ifer'nsr with mv heart. Breathing P'i b-C' .'r.e short nnrl difficult at times. f ort, .-harp pains about the heart, sometimes fc m; ai.;ed with Buttering would make e f--1 faint and languid. The least excite ment ,r mental worry would almost unnerve Pe- 1 felt that the tron hie was crrowinv t'.ie time, and after trying many : i'eb i r?cribed by physicians without u:z relirf, I was induced to eive your rme-lies a trial. I was relieved the second lay. A after taking three or four bottles all '-)-L;n5 were removed and have never BOWS'l s;""5 of retllrninor" Rv. GkO. W. iRACoi k, Chincoteague, v a. rhich so closely resemble those of more corn ier! nervous disorders as to frequently mis- ..:e attending physician. Often in cases t ,5t2rt tr-.ubie the stomach. kidnevs.liveror ecoine affected. Airain the svmrjtoms lav thoe of weakened nerves, as tired i'-'y excitable and apt to worry without se. if you have the least susoicion that fur heait is weak study your symptoms and K'ntheusef.f Dr. Miles' Heart Cure, the feat heart and blood tonic, without a day's Ail (Irur-ficfc coll .nJ -...fx. Cnt Knt- e Ir. Miles' Rpmf1i.c iTA tn.r hnnlc p Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address -liles Medical Co, Elkhart, lad. )ij k Heips, Livery Buggies Harness W h i p s Robes , Norm Carolina. kill the cough CURE the LUNG8 WH Dr. ling's n6r7 Discouory rrip fONSUMPTIOM Price rUn I OUGHSanii 50c A $1.00 WOLDS Free Trial. i arioro DITO'S JEISURE jOUlS, OBSERVATIONS OF The Louisiana Boll-Weevil Commission has called a National Cotton Convention to meet in Snreveport, La., December 12 15 to consider the m.t. ix boll-weevil situation as it effects the cotton crop Still After the Boll Weevil., .. . .,.. , . in the boll-weevil section. Many experiments have been made but none has completely solved the boll-weevil problem. It was at one time suggested to stop the cultivation ot cotton in the boll weevil districts in Texas and Louisiana and thus drive the pests back to the Rio Rrande river, and place cotton again on a normal basis. This seems impracticable, it is said ; and so other things will have to be consid ered. Much has been done to relieve the situation by forcing the cotton crop and securing maturity before the weeyil makes its attacks. It is a great problem and may in the end affect the cotton conditions in the fcSouth more than we now think. t t t t The Charlotte Observer some days ago told about Theodore H, Price, the New York cotton bear, and some other gentlemen meeting in Charlotte to test a cotton Try It On a Week Say. picking machines, but none has turned out altogether ' satisfactory. The Charlotte Observer said that "Sunday morning the gentlemen drove out in to the country south of the city, preceded by a large box which had come by express. It was learned that the box contained a new cotton picking machine and it was sent here to he teated in the cotton fields near by." The statement whs made that the machine would not work satisfactorily and that Mr. Price was disappointed because of having spent so much mon ey on such experiments without success. It will be observed that the test was made on "Sunday morning." Now, if they had taken Monday or Tues day, or some other day than Sunday, perhaps they would hare bad better success. S oppose t he v try a week day next time. t X X I The New York Sun, as quoted by the Manuiacutrers' Record, recently said : " 'Optimism,' as a Southern gentleman especially Interested in this development to The Sun The South is Bich. South.' It would be as astonishing as it would be ungrateful if there were , not such a prevailing sentiment. The cotton crop in the last five years has exceeded in value the five preceding crops by a billion dollars, and the cot ton crop of the South is now bringing about $650,000,000 a year. Even in 1S90 the total value of aU Southern agricultural products was only $773, 00,000; this year it will exceed $1,700,000,000. Add to these the manu factured products and the output of the mines, and the total value is now increased to $3,500,000,000, as against only $1,100,000,000 in 1880, though meanwhile the population has increased only about 60 per cent. The South is no longer dependent on the West for its corn, but is raising its own supply, with the consequence that the enormous sum which it obtains from its cotton will hereafter remain in the South." t XX X The following from the Merchants' Journal applies well to every town that wishes to keep'step with good progress : "Keen nn the annearance of vour town. At- The Towa's Appearance. tractive 8treetg appearing buildings, signs arranged well, all go to add a charm to the plar- One of the things that often gives strangers to a town a bad im press J is the loose manner in which storekeepers and others take care of their taces. Often not a sign about the place is to be found to designate the character of the business carried on, and this can only be known by a peep through the open door. The windows are too often arranged in such a manner to give a little knowledge of the goods bandied. Daring the sum mer time awnings hanging low over the walks, so the passer-by must stoop to avoid them, are found In many places. Just a little care is needed only to improve along these lines. An attractive sign does not cost much and Is a good investment for the money. Cleanliness in front of business places makes a good impression. In fact, many strangers will not enter a store If the outsidejappearance indicates slovenliness and careleasnessThe up-to-date merchant will alwavs be found with a well cared for establishment. It is quite often you can tell the business importance of a man in the com munity by the appearance of his store. Make your business places as at tractive as you can. It may cost you a little money, a little extra labor.but it will pay you in the lone run." tut The Commonwealth knows nothing at all about the rules and regula tions which govern physicians in the practice of medicine. When we . think we are sick enough, or that any member of Pay Of Physicians. the fan,Uy ls B-ok en0ugh to need a physician, we send for him and when he presents Waybill we try to pay it. But the fol lowing from the last Issue ot the Biblical Recorder may be Interesting read ing. We do not know whether.tbe same rate of charges by the physicians of Wake obtains all through the State, and bo in reprinting what the Re corder Bays we are making no charges against physicians ; but as there is a peculiar relation between the physicians and all classes of people, we think it may be of interest to some. The Recoader says : "The laborer Is worthy of his hire, and any man that can make it should have a good income. Physicians are a worthy and valuable class, and de serve well. But we venture to raise the question are not physicians charging too much? If you will consult the income tax records for Wake county, you will find that a larger percentage of physicians list large in- class. The charge in Raleigh is two comes than any um dollars per visit; one dollar if you consult the physician, and five dollars for a night visit. Now the State gives physicians a complete monopoly in .w. nf medicine. Others may practice the 'healing art but the lXJU jiiovihw jA,mn whn SUte lets the pnysiciauouow and it will prosecute a man practicing medicine without their permleBlon. To tbU Tone Cannot object since it gives the ignorant some protection To this one cam. j true tbat the State glTe8 physicians inn For if tbe state should give any one a monop- ITunTZZJ therefor -must obligate itself, while pro tine the people from imposwrs, on one hand, to also protect them from tectmg the people worn pu- importers but are quite arable to The tempS. of monopoly as any othe. mortals. Of r- H to saidtoatpbyBician-domuch charity practice, etc., etc. WUmJ .r t rdo ihiai.no reason whatever why they should be per Granted that J"JL We do not say that we have reached muted to charge more freely aired; PASSING EV&NTS. picking machine. Mr. Price is said to have invested some $30,000 in various cotton and informed with regard to it said yesterday, 'reigns throughout the weI1 good 8ldewalk8f olean shall enease in -their profession: Nursery fihymas for 1904. "Fra" Elbert Hubbard went to his cupboard To find his poor readers a thought : But when he got there the cupboard was bare, And so the poor readers had naught. Bye, bye, Baby, grunting, Bryan's gone a-hunting. To fetch a nice, new skin To wrap tbe Party up in. Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, Booker, man ; Pat it and make it as fast as you can ; Koll It and roll it, and mark it "B. T." And bake iu tbe oven for Teddy and thee. A poor little judgie, With luce all tear-smudgy, Was eating election-pie ; He put iu bis thumb, But drew not a plnm And said " What a small boy am I !' There is a man in our town, and he was wonderous wise He lumped in a Bryan-bush and scratched out both of bis eyes : He wandered 'round in luckless plight lor eight long years and then He jumped in a Parser-bush and scratched 'em in again. "Where are you going, my dear Cortel- you?" I T'T1 CVrklnf. ..fn.lrinfi f kit TmioI. f .a. you." "What is your fortune, my good Cor- telyou 7" 'My place was my fortune I know things a few." I Democracy has lost her sheep. And doesn t know where to find em : Let Dave Hill alone, and they'll come home, Bringing tome more behind 'em. T. D. Pendleton. Richmond, Va., Nov. 9. The Bine Back. Rev. J. O. Atkinson in Christian Sun. As a rule when one article of use goes out of style another and better one takes its place. But this rule Is frequently broken and we know it to be broken for tbe worse in one instance at least. We refer to that in which Webster's blue back speller was ruled out, and-up-to-date nothing approach ing its equal has come to take its place. Just say what you will, the blue back is without a rival in merit at least, if not now in popular favor. For our part we deplore its untimely taking off and for one would most conscientious ly and willingly vote for its reintro duction Into our schools. And to our thinking ninety per cent, of the news paper men you meet would vote the same. Tbey are not teaching spelling in any sort of eane and sensible fashion in the schools any more. The conse quence ia that three fourths of the col lege graduates that emerge from the i classic walls and undertake to write a piece for print, misspell in a manner that is fearful. They can quote Shakespeare andMilton and Dante to make your bead swim, but tbey can not spell words in common, everyday use. If you believe tbey can, try tbe next half dozen college graduates you meet. But worse than this. Enquire of the next seven or eight year old school boy you fee about his studies. Like as not be is already studying geography, arithmetic, several readers and pencil tablets, and, may be, pedagogics, and cannot spell ab, nor ub, nor cub, nor tub if his life depended on it. I am not guessing about this ; I know it to be a truth. The foundation is not there. And that is tbe whole secret, a sad lack of foundation. And in our educational system today you will find this trouble. There is not proper foundation. A dead and strenuous rush 1b being made to go through the ! boo, complete tbe grade, finish the work, get the diploma. The blue back speller is needed again. It gave a foundation in spell ing and reading at least. And these I acquirements are the foundations of a great many other useful and valuable ! ores. THE GOOD OLD WAY. A severe cold or attack ot Ia griippe is like a fire, tbe sooner you combat it tbe better your chances are to over power it. But few mothers in this age are willing to do the necessary wors: required to give a good old-fashioned reliable treatment sued as wouia ne administered by their grandmothers, backed by Boscbee's German Syrup, which was always liberally used in con nection with tbe home treatment of colds and ls still in gieater household favor than any known remedy. But eyeu without the application of tbe old fashioned aids German Syrup will cure a severe eold in quick time. It will cure colds in children or grown people. It relieves tbe congested or gans, allays the irritation, and effecti vely stops the cougn. Any cnua wui take it. It ia invaluable in a house hold of children. Trll size bottle, 25o ; regular size, 75c For sale by E. T. Whitehead & CO. CONSUMPTION CAN BE A The Following Letter From a Thank ful Woman Tells Its Own Story. Mrs. Mary E. Iloljllt, irH ClintonJ avenue, Minneapolis, Minn., writes: "My sen suffered for three months with catarrh ot the bronchial tabes which' threatened to become very serious. Th doctors advised that lie seek a more fairnrnrilflplim.fft l.nnl Peruna as a specific for lung trouble he decided to give it a trial before l.e left his family for an expensive J .-jriiey among strangers, for six mont! he used it faithfully and found that the trouble gradually disappeared and bless ed health took its place." In two months he was perfectly well and able to per form his duties. You have Indeed a grateful mother's thanks." Mrs. Mary Hoblit. Newfoundland Dog Supply Very Short, Selected. The demand for Newfoundland dogs has been so great of late that a dealer in this city declares tbe supply has been exhausted, tbat he is unable to obtain a single thoroughbred specimen. He wrote a short time ago to tbe American Consul at St. Johns, N. F., asking him at what price he could ob tain thoroughbred dogs there. The Consul replied tbat be bad made an investigation and found 'that New foundland pups cculd be bought at $10 apiece. The dealer prepared to give an order for ten young dogs. Before sending, however, he received informa tion from tbe Consul tbat further in vestigation demonstrated tbe fact that there was not, so lar as be could ascer tain, a thoroughbred Newfoundland dog in the whole island, all having been crossed with hounds and other dogs. The Consul stated that he learned tbat the only person known to possess a pure breed of Newfoundland dogs was a man in Pennsylvania. The dealer wrote to the latter, only to be told that the demand for his dogs was much greater than he could supply, and tbat orders had been placed which precluded any more for several years. "It is well known," said the dealer, "that the smooth breed ot Newfound-! land Is extinct, but that tbe other varieties are so nearly as to render the. obtaining of one practically an impos sibility has come upon me in the na ture of a surprise. The smooth New foundland has a rather small bead and was white in color, with white spots. The breed desired now, which I have been endeavoring to obtain, is the very large sort, with broad muzzle, bead raised, noble expression, waved or curly hair, and busby curled tail ; black and white In color, though to a lees extent and is about as difficult to obtain." FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for sixty yean by millions of mothers for their children while teeth inar, with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and la the best remedy far Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer , immediately. Sold by druggists in eyery part ot the wwld . Tweoty-fiye centa a bottle. Be I II - cSPfiw Hundreds of Women Cured of the viJPi rfssptl First Stages of Consumpt on xWj Beautiful Girl Saved From Dread Consumption "V X wa.aw. VIIVCVI IUI W 14 1 VsO r .i. Miss Amelia fcas It is the praise of thos. who have been cur.! by Teruna that makes this remedy fo ixipular and 6o extensively used. No s.lvtrlisement could have accomplished this result. IVruna cures the first stages of con sumption by removing the cause, which is chronic catarrh. The catarrh having been cured tlio cough and other dis agreeable symptoms ceae. Obituary Notices. Rich Square Times. One of the most unpleasant duties we have to perlorm in connection with the publication ot a newspaper is to decline to publish long obituary notices and resolutions oi respect, free of charge, especially for or about those who never gave the paper any support. But few, if any, except relatives and immediate family connections read obituaries and resolutions ot respect, and to fill a paper with them from week to week would soon cause tbe paper to have no readers ; and without readers and paying subscribers none but subsidized papers can live. The Roanoke-Chowan Times is de pendent entirely upon the receipts from subscriptions and advertisements for support, not a dollar from any other source has ever been paid to it We are willing to publish free ol charge obituaries and resolutions of respect sent by our patrons provided they contain not over .two hundred words, after that limit is reached to print the remainder at ball a cent a word. We would not deny tbe living tbe pleasure of seeing in print the kind things friends say ol the loved ones who have passed away, but to do the most good for the living we must have readers and to secure and retain readers we muft print a paper that is ' entertaining as well as containing matter for the improvement ol the mind. This paper speaks to more than five times as many people every week as any minister in this or adjoin ing county ,and we wish tor its influence never to grow less. After .111 ex perience of thirteen years we leel that we know more about what a 'ocal paper should be than we did when we first started in tbe business. We have been waitiug tor a long time for an opportune time to say this for a time when we had no ur gent request to publish a long obituary notice tree as in writing we have uo reference to any particular case. We wish to scatter as many flower' in the pathway oi the living as pes sible, to carry suLshine into e'fry home tbe paper visits, and our idea ol the best way to do this is to speak t-f the present and future, of the living more than the dead. 7 c 1 CURED intjk: FIRST STAG EG. Miss Amelia Weymer. Appleton, Wis., writes: "Early last summer I contracted a cold wlu !i seemed to hr.ng on to me and could not foe shaken off. From the head It went to the throat, and the: affected my lungs. My mother felt very anxious and as we had used J'eruna In the family before, she advised me to try It. I was somehow very op posed but was persuaded to try Peruna. Using it one day convinced me that It was no ordinary med icine, within a week I was much better and In tut weeki I was well, and I felt much stronger and In much better Health generally. I was perfectly sat- fcsuiM irviit ine use or i eruna. Weymer. t CATARRH CAUSES CONSUMPTION Pc-ru-r.a Never Fails to Cure Ca tarrh Wherever Located. THE medical profession has so thor oughly prejudiced the mini! ,f tho people against patent medicines that it With great reluctance that uiivono can be persuaded to try ?u h a rem til y at first. In nearly everyone of the thousands of remarkable cures that IVruna ban made the patients hnl to !e persuaded by friends very stron:;'y befuro they could lay aside their prejudice against it. A largo multitude, of course, hold out against the persuasions of fricnd3 and die simply because they have allowed their minds to be poisoned against this very excellent reined y. , lint fortunately there is another largo m altitude cf pcoplo -who are able to shake off their prejudice and try IVruna before it Is too late. These people .1:0 rarely disappointed. They rencrallj- try olher remedies at the lieginning of their troubles. They allow a cold t develop Into catarrh of the head. They cllow catarrh of the head to graiiiially lu-como catarrh of the throat. They still keep using the doctor's medicine, or f-oiint other ineffectual remedy. The catarrh stealthily spreads down the bronehi.il tubes and rcael.es the lungs. 1' very!. ! then becomes alarmed. 1'ailh ia tho doctor begins to disappear. Thepatient reaches a state of mind in which he is willing to try almost anything. A bot tle of Peruna is sent for. The first week it r duces a derided change for tho better. A few week:-' continued treatment cures t(j patient. Then another happy man or woman is added to the long lii-tof people who aro praising IVruna. If you do not derive prompt niid satis factory results from the use of IVruna, write atonce to Dr. Hurt man, giviir a full statement of your cose, and bo '.rill be pleased to gi vv you hfs valuable k:1 vice grat is. Address Dr. llarlinan, IVesidelit of The Hartma'i Sanitarium. Columbia Brain Area. Richmond Ncws-Lcadcr. And now it is the distribution of talent 'or brain, in the United Stales that has been charted, alter the fas-lion of maps,'ehowing the distribution of corn, wheat, minerals, Democrats, Republican?, etc. Tbe draftsman or diagramist and writer in this ca e gives us tbe benefit of his labors iu PubHn Opinion. His chart, be claims, pre sents the birth rate oi talent in each State. Taking New England as a whole, be finds that out of every 100.000 births, fifty-four are those of pers ma ot talent. New Hampshire is accorded tbe highest rank in intellectuality, its birth rate of talent being Mx;y h.t.r. The rate of Rhode Island, (he lowest of the New England States, is ihirtv three, exceeded slightly by Mew Yotk, which is credited with thirty-four. Pennsylvania, wilh twenty eight, drops below Delaware, which stands at thir ty. The rate given to New Jersey is twenty, and Virginia outranks all the ' Southern States, her figure? (-bowing twenty-.even. J Leaving the Atlantic coast States until the Mississippi is reached, a marked decline in intellectuality r r talent is exhibited, and beyond the Mississippi the ruling rnn v-y low until tbe Stales bordering the Pucilic are struck. In these the ratings grad ually rise, but do not attain to the lev el of the East. To find the fraction 11 lustrating tbe degree of intellectuality for each State, for the numerator the number of persons born in the Stale and living in 1900, as included in a di rectory of persons "prominent in pub lic life, tbe arts, science and literary pui suits," is taken, and for the denom inator, tbe number of persons born in . the touts and living in the State in 1900, is employed. The chart and the writer's comments and deductions are interesting, but hia accuracy may be come another story when tbe wounded pride ot States and sections that have been ranked away down fi ids express ion in challenging it. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. 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