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IF YOU ARE AHUMU1 9 JSINESS V . i A. i i TEAM IS TO- Machinery, -ADYEKTli i Business E. K. HIL.L.IARD, Editor and Proprietor. "EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE tfi.oo. ki Great Propelling Tower VOL. XX. New Scries-Vol. 7. (7-1 8) SCOTLAND NECK, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1904. NO 51 SKSL OUR AdTERTIPEMEHT IN TI Commonwealth - y Acer's For hard colds, bronchitis, jasthma, and coughs. of all iinds, you cannot take any thing better than Ayer's i; Cherry Pectoral Cherry Pectoral. Ask your town doctor Jf this is not so. IT ..OA. ITA ,1 1 w uasa it. iic uuuciaianus hy it soothes and heals. I had terrible coneh for weeks. Then T Itmik Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and only one Itottie completely cured me. Mrs. .1. B. D'axfobtb. St. Joseph, Mich. 5e-.Wc.Sl.0O. J.ciTntcn.. .Coughs, Colds u will hasten recovery by tak g one of Ayer's Pills at bedtime. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Clause, and tteantifiea the hair. Promote, a luxuriant growth. Sever Pail to Bestore Gray Cure acalp dimue. 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"Mt trouble bef an with catarrh and I hare always supposed it caused the trouble I have experienced with my heart I had the usual symptoms of sleeplessness, lost appetite, con stipation, palpitation of the heart, shortness of breath and oain around the heart and un der left arm. My mother suffered in the same way and I sunoose mine was an inherited tendency. At one time I was in agony. I suffered so severely and became so weak that my doctors said I could not live thirty cays. At this time 1 had not slept over two hours a night on account of nervousness. The least exercise, such as walking about. would bring- on palpitation and fluttering of the heart so severe that I would have to give up everything and rest Nerve and Liver Pills cured me of constipation and heart symptoms disappeared under the influence of Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure. I am in better health than I have been m twelve fears and I thank Dr. Miles' Remedies for it. think they are the Grandest remedies on earth and I am constantly recommending them to my friends." Mrs, L. J. Cantrkll, waxanachie, lex. All druggists sell and guarantee first bot tle Dr. Miles' Remedies. Send for free book on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address w allies Medical Co, EUtnart, ind. Day Oeilps, Livery Buggies Harness Whips E o b e s North KILLthe cough and CURE the LUNGS r. ling's WITH Now Discovery FORQ F0NSUMPTI0N Price OUGHS anci 50c & $1.00 Free Trial. )LDS Surest and Quickest Cure for all THROAT and LUNG TROUB LES, or M01TEY BACK. i jiDITOF'S JEISURE jOUTS.) OBSERVATIONS OF Sometimes when looking for a clipping of poetry for this-paper we have been surprised at bow little poetry tbe ayerage newspaper prints. . Some- . times we have opened and scanned a dozen ex- So Little Poetry. " changes before finding a single selection of poe try. It is a little strange that papers do not print more poetry, for nothing more delights one who la fond of sentiment or of beautiful expression than a well written poem. It gives us the thought in an attractive manner and thus pleases as well as instructs. -We have no doubt that if the readers of ordinary newspapers were to cast a vjte most of them would say they like a nice little poem in every paper t t I t The Greenville Reflector gives the following sensible suggestions by way of Christmas advice to those who make presents : "There should not About Thoso Gifts. spend money for other things. Presents that are useless cost just as much as useful ones. The best present is tbe one that gives the most pleasure for the longest time. When these two qualities are combined with small cost, you have the ideal Christmas present. Nothing makes such a combi nation better than books. The latest novel, the artistically illuetrated poem, the latest book of travel, In holiday garb, delight the mind and please the fancy of young and old." t t 1 I Elsewhere we print in this issue a selection which directs attention to the practice which some people fall into of living lies rather than telling Llying a Lie. counted in the number thus characterized than are willing to admit it. Many people are willing to make impressions by appearances that are not altogether true and which if they had to declare in words they would hesi tate to do. This thing of one person or one family trying to keep up with another person or family in appearances has caused many a life to ba cloud ed with disappointments which would not have come had every one been willing to live within his means. ttxt The Supreme court has decided that the Atlantic Coast Line shall make connection with the trains of tbe Southern Railway ot Selrxa. The trains Must Mate Connection. about twenty-five minutes. The Corporation Commission made an order that the Coast Line should make the connection, but when the case was heard beiore Judge Brown, he decided against the Corporation Commis sion's order, the.Coast Line contending that to make connection would be at a loss. The case was carried to the Supreme court and has now been decided that the Coast Line shall make the connection. The company Is given until the 10th of February to make the connection. ; it try Oh, bow it does hurt some folks to work ! The tendency to despise work is one of the hindrances in the way of a prosper! ty that would come How It Does Hurt! gether a wrong conception of labor. The Creator has made men with dif ferent endowments. Some are endowed especially for mental attainments, while some are endowed more particularly for physical excellence. It is therefore as honorable and as praiseworthy to fell the forests, canal the meadows, follow the plow, drive the team and the like, as it is to pertorm the work of an accountant, to sell goods across tbe counter, do the work of a professional man in the office or to sign checks of credit as a bank presi dent. All honest labor Is honorable and he is foolish and hurtful to the world who would set a-going any influence that places a discount upon hu man toil. t i t t The Rich Square Times states a question between the farmers and the country merchants as follows : "Farmers blame the country merchants for HOW AbOUt It, Mr. tfae demoializad condition of labor on the farms. Merchant? Almost without exception the farmers we have talked with on the subject say that the country merchants have revolu tionized tbe methods of farming. Asked to explain they will tell you that the merchant will sell any one a horse or a mule on time at a profit of from 100 to 300 per cent., corn, hay and provisions at about 100 per -cent, profit, making, it easy for anyone to begin farming on his own account, and the temptation to have a horse and buggy (ana one can buy a buggy on time) to drive at will is so great that but few resist it. In the fall If the new farmer can pay only one-half of his . account the merchant has made a good profit and has a good customer for years to come. This is the farmers' view of the matter. What has tbe merchant to say on the subject ?" I 11 t At the Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg, Va., there has been serious trouble of late. As we understand it, there are several hundred students at the institution ; and there being dla TronblelnaSchOOl. aatiBfaction am0ngst the studeDlB with Com mandant Johnson, they hanged him in effigy. The faculty thought they caught two young men while engaged in the disorder, and dismissed them. This enraged the Junior class and perhaps some of the other classes. The 'Junior class notified the faculty that they would leave if the two young men in question were not reinstated. This the faculty refused to do. The class which had treated with the faculty kept good their threat, and about one hundred and thirty-five students left for home. The matter has been widely discussed by the press of Virginia ; and the general feeling is In favor of the position of the faculty. It seems to be a question whether the faculty or the students shall rule tbehool and the faculty proposes to do the ruling. Since writing the above it is learned that the students have been allowed to return to the institution. A PLEASANT PILL. No pill is as pleasant and positive as DeWitt'a Little Early Risers. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are so pleasant and effective that children, delicate ladies and weak people enioy their cleansing effect, while strong people say tucy Sold bv Ev T. J 5,0 7 - are the best pill sold WbitAbA?(l A Cof PASSING EVENTS. is no reason why Christmas presents be bought as judiciously as you would lies. When we come to think about It, it is pos sible that more people could and should be oyer the Coast Line from Rocky Mount going .south missed connection with the Southern at Sel- to some people who will never see it until they discard such feelings. Some people have alto AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE. For sprains, bruises, burns, scalds and similar injuries, there is nothing so good as Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It soothes the wound and not only gives instant relief from pain, but causes tbe parts to heal in about one- third the time .required by the usual treatment, Sold by all Drnrgistg. , "STOP, LOOE AND LISTEN." The Highest PriC3 Ever Paid for a Pew Words The Railroad Saved Money. Philadelphia North American. It has been said on good authority that tfae highest price ever paid for a writing was given a lawyer in this immediate community. A certain railroad company had lost enormous sums of money through damage suits instituted by those injured In grade crossing accidents. This company h,d been most particular in tbe matter of erecting signs at each crossing, but In jury after Injury decided that these were of small moment, since the warn ing they conveyed was to "look out for the cars" or '-look out for the engine," and in almost every instance it was proyed that the damage was done by that part of tbe train not mentioned. So in desperation the railroad company commissioned a lawyer of wide repute to compose a sign that would "hold" in court. After some days tbe following sentence, written on a large sheet of paper, came from the man learned in the law : "Stop, Look and Listen I" Following this came a bill for $10, C00. So when you hear some long tongued individual boasting about the dollar a word Mr. Kipling gets, or the surprising eum paid Richard Hard ing) Davis for articles describing the war he didn't see, dissmlss the being as a dealer in ant hills, for the lawyer aforementioned got a check for the amount named, and so far as history' enlightens us, no one ever before re ceived so much as 1 2,500 a word. Before tbe end ot a year the lawyer was informed by the president of the road that the new sign had saved many limes Us cost. And the point I am especially desirous of making in regard to this sign is its Immense value to men and women generally, not only in the matter of saying hie and limb, but in the highest sense oi getting out of 'ife all there is in it. Stop, look and listen. How many of us do any one of the three ? We rush, are blind and close our ears, then we sue tbe world ior damages. Do we get tbem? Pneumonia Season. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Tbe pneumonia season is now upon us, and It will be well for everybody to take precautions against contracting this terrible disease. Tbe Chicago Tribune says that for the week ending tbe 17ih instant tbe number of deaths n that city from pneumonia was eighty per cent, greater than for the corresponding week a year ago. Med ical science has been able to reduce tbe death rate in many diseases, but the Tribune says that that of pneu monia has steadily Increased. While n 1860 pneumonia claimed four out of eyery ten thousand Chicagoans and consumption twenty-five, in 1900 twenty lives were lost to pneumonia for eyery fifteen to consumption. As precautionary measures, our Chicago contemporary recommends the follow ing, which it claims to have gathered from the bulletins of the Health De partment and from other authorita tive sources: 'Do not overheat the house. Most people habitual ly dwell in apartments; the temperature of which is from three to ten degrees too high. "Wear light underwear and heavy overcoats rather than heavy under wear and light overcoats. "Avoid mingling with crowds when extremely tired or when food has not been taken for a longer interval than usual. Avoid becoming chilled when overtired. "Admit Into all rooms where you live and work plenty of sunlight and fresh air. 'Keep warm when indoorr, even if it is necessary to build fires in seasons when Jt s unusual to do so. Avoid indoor chill and dampness as much as possible, ; For this reason be careful to remove the chill before moving into apartments freshly prepaied or' calso mined. - .'. " ; "Be careful during variable weather. Where there is continual cold or constant warmth the disease is little known. "If you have an attack of the grippe be unusually carelul about your diet anl about exposing yourself to tbe weather. Negleoted colds develop into pneumonia with startling rapidity. "Take plenty of exeieise in the sun- ight and fresh air. As good .nursing is practically the only cure for pneu monia, so good living is praotically the only preventive." Whnn von want a pleasant laxative take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver tablets. For sale by all Druggists. O Tin Kind Yob Haw Ahwys Bought Bears the Slpatae ft BALLAD OF THE WORLD'S FIBST - XOYE SONS. Frank L. Stantoa, in Sunny South. -I It was tbe world's first Chmtmas day, Far away -far away ; And a fair Babe too fair to say Within a manger-cradlj lay : A dream God dreamed, that made tbe gray, Lost world leap lovelier in tbe light : God thought a Star into the Night ! It blazed ot all bis stars to gem, And led my soul to Bethlehem. '-- - II My soul looked in, but to behold Great men lay princeliest gifts of gold Before that cradle strange aod wild, As though a palace domed the Child ! Strange wonder to my Soul that saw Tbe heaven-sweet face there in tbe straw. Will not the world such couch condemn For such a Cbild, at Bethlehem ? Ill I, standing like an outcast thing, Heard yet ten thousand voices sing Above me and around ; and ever, Flowing like a celestial river, A chorused cadence of "A King I " And that one Star high-blossoming In the flower-field of heaven, streamed down Until its light became a crown ! A crown no earth-kings would condemn For that Babe's brow, at Bethlehem ! IV No gifts bad I, from lordly lands : I sought the King with empty hands But kneeling in His presence sweet I laid my soul's lore at His feet. And ppake a etrange, far voice to me : "WhPn comrs the King to Calvary, Thy luve His richest gift shall be !" The golden gifts faded from my sight : And in unutterable light My soul seemed lost!. ...and still I heard That voice speak yet one other word : "Peace and good will,and Love to reign, And Love to die and live again ! Though Stars before tbe king should fall Who givetb Love, hath given all ! " VI So sang the heavenly hosts of them, Earth's first Love song at Bethlehem ! Opposed to Wilcox's Pardon. Charlotte Otoervei. New York, Dec. 14 Friends of J is. E. Wilcox, who Is serving a 30 t ears term in the State prison at Ra'elgb, N C, for the murder of Ella Cropsey, ere making an effort to procure his pardon from the newly elected Governor of tbe State and the girl's relatives in this city are aroused. That Wilcox's lamily has strong political influence causes tbe Cropsey s to fear tbe young murderer may be freed. Andrew C. Cropsey, a lawyer of this city, and uncle of the murdered girl, is about to go to North Carolina and do all he can to keep tbe murderer of his beautiful neice in prison. "Tbe mere thought," said Mr. Cropsey today, that Jim Wilcox may get out of jail when be has put in only one year of the 80 he was sentenced to serve, is enough to drive me distracted. If ever a man deserved to be hung it was that fellow. That he killed mv niece wan proved twice. Now Jim Wilcox's friends are working hard to get him pardoned. I will appeal to Mr. Glenn's sense of right and justice and if necessary we will get up a petition containing thou sands of names of people living in the vicinity of Elizabeth City protesting against the release of the murderer. If Jim Wilcox serves one day less than 30 years for his crime there is no such thing as justice." If you haven't time to prepare Hoi- lister's Rocky Mountain Tea, it is now made in tablet form also. Get a pack age already to use. Makes you well ; keeps you well. 35 cents. E. T. Whitehead & Co. This Topsy Turvy World. Selected. - This is a topsy turyy world. One man is strnggling for justice and an other is fleeing from it. One man is saving to build a house, another is try ing, to sell his "for less than it cost." One man is spending all the money jhe can make in taking a girl to an enter tainment and sending her flowers in the hope of eventually making her his wife, while bis neighbor is spending the gold he has got to get a divorce. One man escapes all the diseases man is heir to and gets killed on the rail way. Another goes everywhere with out getting hurt and dies of whooping cough. Such Is life ! Fight Will be Bitter. Those who persist in closing their ears against the continual recommend ation of Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption, will have a long and bit ter fight with their troubles, if not ended earlier by fatal termination. Read what T..R. Beall, oi Beall, Miss., has to say: "Last fail my wife had every symptom of consumption. She took Dr. King's Hew uiscovery alter everything else had failed. Improve ment came at once and four bottles en tirely cured ber. Guaranteed by E. T. Whitehead A Co, Druggists. Price fo jmv) fl.W, TrjaJ boft)e- tree. LIVING A LIE. Those People Who Dress or Live Beyond Their Means, Succccs. v Dressing or living beyond one's means is nothing less than absolute dishonesty. If you are trying to do what you cannot afford to dr, vou are living a lie ; if you are wearing clothes that you cannot afford, they are per petual witnesses against you. They are labeled all over with falsehood, it your jewelry, your carriages, your furs and your costly gowns tell me that you are rich when you live In a poverty-stricken home and when your mother is obliged to make all sorts of sacrifices to enab!e you to make this false dis play, you be just as surely as you would if you should try to decieve me by your words. Tbe consciousness of being well dressed and yet owing for it, of riding in carriages which one cannot afford, or ot patroniz.ng expensive hotels and restaurants which one cannot by any stretch of imagination or sophistry af ford, is destructive to self respect, to truth and honesty and to manhood and to womanhood. You cannot afford to wear lies or to eat lies any more than you can afford to tell Hps. There is only one possible result up on character of falsehoods whether act ed or told, and that is perpetual deteri oration and demoralization. No one can live a lie or act a lie without be ing dishonest. When a man sacrifices his honesty he le the mainspring of his character, and he cannot te per fectly honest when he is lying by fre quenting costly hotels or restaurants, by wearing expensive clothing or by extravagant living when he cannot af ford it. The Giving of Gifts. . Selected. The custom of giving presents at the New Year is older than our modern custom of Chris-tmas gifts. In tbe middle ages it was the common usage i i churches to display boxes for espe cially liberal alms-giving, in honor of tbe season. Parents gave their . chil dren, masters their servants and em ploei s their apprentices small Bums of money to put in the box. By and by the money came to be given in tbe form of tips. "Boxing ;day" in Eng land is still tbe day following Christ mas. The boxes very scldjm remained in tbe bands of tbe recipients. Usual ly they were pasted on to parents or sweethearts. A FRIGHTENED HORSE, Running like mad down the street, dumping tbe occupants, or a hundred other accidents, are every day occur rences. It behooves everybody to have a reliable salve bandy and there's none as good as Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Burns, Cuts, Sores, Eczema and Piles disappear quickly under its soothing effect. 25c. at E. T. Whitehead & Co.'s Drug Store. Origin cf the Christmas Tree. Selected. The Christmas tree is supposed to have originated in Germany, but such is not the case. In reality tbe Christ mas .tree is from Egypt, and dates from a period long antecedent to tbe Christmas era. Tbe palm tree is known to put forth a shoot eyery month, and a spray of this tree with twelve shoots on it was used in Egypt as the time of tbe winter solstice as a symbol that tbe year was ccmpleto. Egyptian affections of an early dale still linger with the Christmas tree. The first Christmas tree was introduced into;Endand and thence Into America by some German merchants who lived in Manchester. FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup ha been used for sixty years by millions of mothers for tbelr children while teeth ing, with perfect success. It soothes tbe cbild, softens tbe gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will relieve tbe poor little sufferer immediately. Sold by druggists in eyery part ot tbe world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for Mrs. insl ivV F c c tl lng Syrup. "God save the young men from stylish women," says Vicar General Fox, of Trenton. Might substitute "old bankers" for "young men." Washington Post. A CERTAIN CURE FOR CROUP. When a child shows symptoms tf croup there is no time to expeiimpnt with new remedies, no matter how highly tbey iray be recommended. There is one preparation that can al ways be depended upon. It hss bjen in use for many years and bas never been known to fail, viz : Chamber- Iain's Cough Remedy. Mr. M. F. Compton, of Market, Texas, says ot it : 'I have used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in severe cases of croup with my children, and can truthfully say it always gives prompt relief," For sale bv all L)rrpfflatT PE-RU-NA NECESSARY TO THE HCiVf:. A Letter From Congressman White, e? North Carolina. " r:X HON. GEORGE II. Wr.llZ. CongroHsniHii (Ji'oro lli nry hiic, of Tarlwro, X. '., 'writes Iho f.l!v iir let ter to J)r. II:irtin:in coiw-iTiiii'.i; lVruna: House of Uepivsentntivi f-, Wash his U: J, J-V!. I, l.Xfi. Pcrnna MeJieir.o ('., '.lni:!i".i::, (.: Gentlemen cm more than : atls fled v. !th Peruna, end titn! U to I art excellent remedy for the and ca tarrh. I have used it in i::y family and they ell j tln r.:a in reconinicisdinj it aa an excellent rer-r :dy. Very reroei if::l.'.; "Geor-rj Wk-'e. If you have cat nrrJi writ- ' It. Jlaii man, .'ivi:! a f'i'1 f :i i i;miI of your ease, a::;l ho -win i'-!oa.--cil 1 yeti his valuable a.! ioc T:itl:. AV.rc-BS I:-. llarlrrtrn, l'r-.u!' l I Tha lifirlii'.an Ia:i:Jarit:,n, (o!uiiil.u., O. Ask your druggist for free Peru i: a Al manac for 1915. Famous Hymns. A valuable contribution (o K.-.creJ literature is promised in The Jh-tinro-tor in a series of papers on tha tami!i hymns of the wcrld, which bejtins in the January number wnh ".Ttsiu, Lover of My Soul" one of lha uiot perfect heart songs of ('! c-. TLo greatest hymns, turh as thi. havo a universal appeal ; churches may cilTtr as to creeds at.d convention?, bnt tLr.- exalted expressions of Christian l and hope are common to all. The story of bow they came to be written cannot fail to bo absorbingly interest ing ; it is especially eo in the casrt ut Charles Wesley's noble compofciiit n, whose origin, as related in tliirf paper Is shrouded in romantic incidents. A feature of tbe ertiele scarcely Icks in teresting is a number ol anted te Irom noted churchmen showing t'e power lor good that the hymn b wielded throughout the world. This article as well as the rest in the mii-f. has been prepared by Allen Sulixr land, and is effectively illustrated. Dfinffor in Cold Wntliii There is danger in cold weather be cause it produce-) cuoiti'itiH f,vor;.l j to the development of tboe ,erm cr eases known as LaGrippe, rnetimo... i, Bronchitis, Consumption, etc 'fba-e diseases are contracted vLi'e t ho mucous membrane ol he throat and lungs is weakened by infhtrimatlon re sulting from a cold. It is dungeroiiH to neglect even a nligbt cold. IMn iinhira Irk r.r r Cf t i .nun hr l!4!IM' ' R daIe.d Ehx5r, Thlfl moVcr Heienffia remedy can always uo rencu on i.i rn diseased conditions of ti:fi threat m lungs. E. T. Whitehead it C. The Mormon practice A divorci.i persons after death seem to Ik? is much wasted effort ns Fending Demo crats to tbe electoral coller" . W -. U Ington 1 oft. REVOLUTION IMMINENT. A sure sign of approaching revo't and serious trouble in your snterr. is nervousness, sleeplessness or stoni ieh upsets. Electric Bitteis will quioklv dismember tbe troubleomo caa-es 1 1 never fails to tone the stomach, rrg'i late the kidneys and bowels tim(iiii the liver and clarify tbe blood. Hurt down systems benefit pajticn'arly m 1 all the usual atteLdinx aches v,- i.ili under its searching and thi ro'JKh eflWi iveness. Electric Bitters is only and that is returned if it d rsi:'t v-v-j perfect satisfaction. (J iura teed by M. T. Whitehead A Co , I .ri p i.ts. "Is efce really to ant-to. rati:?" ;!, yes." "What mekes jcti to unc o It?" "Because she' o very olite to everybody. Detroit Free l'reps. CASTOR 1 For Infants and Children. Th3 Kind You Have Always BougM Bears the Signature of
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