Newspapers / The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, … / Jan. 5, 1905, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
ADVERTISING IF YOU AREAHUS1LL1 roc win ADVERTISE roos Business, 1ST til 1M0NW Trvrr" BUSINESS vVHAT STEAM Irf TO Machinery, E. E.HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. "EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE fi.oo. Thai Great Propelling Power VOL. XXI. Sew Serics-Vol. 7. (7-1 8) SCOTLAND NECK, N. C-. THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1905. NOl Skwi focR Advertisement in k-o EAL 1 Ayers Losing your hair? Coming out by the combful? And doing nothing? No sense in that! Why don't you use Ayer's Hair Vigor and Hair Vigor promptly stop the falling? Your hair will begin to grow, too, and all dandruff will dis appear. Could you reason ably expect anything better? aici s a i an . ip;i i ia n icak success Willi U me. Mv hair was falling out very badly, but 8 the Hair v Igor stopped it and now my hair is ail right." W. C. Logsdon, Lindsay, Cal. ?I 00 a bottle. All ilruSRists. J. C AVER CO., for I.nwell. Mns. Thin Hair PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Cleanse and beautifies the hair. Promote a luxuriant growth Never Fails to Restore Gray' Cores scalp diseases ft hair falling. J0a,and$l.l'Qat Dniggieta PROFESSIONAL. p 11. A. C. LIVERMON, Dentist. OFFics-Over New Whithead Building Oilice hours from 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to 5 o'clock, p. m. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. D R. J. P. WIMBESl.Uk, OFFICE BBICK HOTEL, SCOTLAND NECK. N. C. JOHN G. DANIEL, Attorney-at-Law, Halifax, N. C. . Practices wherever his services are required. Special attention given to collections and prompt returns. E DWARD L. TRAVI&, Attorney and Counselor at Law, HALIFAX, N. C. JfiF Money Loaned on Farm Lands. effiily Grasp of Grip Pros trated Me. Dr. Miles' Nervine Built Up My Shattered Nerves and Gave Me an Appetite. Of the millions of people, who today suffer from nervous or heart weakness, a large per centage trace the cause directly to deadly LaGrippe. It is a germ disease, and makes a direct attack upon the nerves, putting an extra strain upon them at the time their vital ity is at the lowest ebb. If LaGrippe has left you w:th a shattered nervous system, with loss of appetite, lack of energy, insomnia, frequent headaches and morbid tendencies, you should strengthen the weakened nerves with Dr. Miles' Kervine, It will undo all that grip has done, bring back appetite, rest and restore the nerves to their normal activity. "I want to write this testimonial for the benefit of those who have suffered from that dreaded disease LaGrippe. I suffered sev eral weeks with it, and nothing I tried seemed to benefit me in any way, shape or form (I suffered almost death) and finally my daughter recommended Dr. Miles' Nervine to me and I can truthfully say from the first day I felt better than in weeks. It gave me relief, built up my shattered nerves and gave me a splendid appetite. I cannot speak too highly of it and want to say, each and every one who has suffered from LaGrippe will find instant relief by getting a bottle of Dr. Miles' Nervine. Insist on having it and take no other. It is simply splendid. Hoping this will benefit some poor sufferer I remain," Mrs. George B. Hall, Jackson, Tenn. AH druggists sell and guarantee first bot tle Dr. Miles' Remedies. Send for free book on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address Lr. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind, Dai k Heflps, Livejry Buggies Harness W h i.p s Robes , North Carolina. KILL COUCH and CURE the LUNC8 w Dr. ling's Nov; Discovery CONSUMPTION Price OUGHSi 50c $1.00 )L0S Free Trial. rata i DITOr'S JwEISURE JioUIS, ! i . ...... . ... ,. , OBSERVATIONS OF PASSING EVENTS. t There have been many suggestions from one place and another about what to do under the present depression from the low price of cotton and Bather too JPast. to be rather precipitate. Some one has suggested that cotton enough be burned to do away with the surplus now on hand so that the price of what should be left might be better. Acting upon this suggestion some Georgia farmers a few days ago made bon-fires of cotton bales and created consi derable excitement in their community. Doubtless if a great part of the cotton now being held in the South should be burned the price would go higher as a result ; but we do not see the wisdom in this course. It would have the same effect on the cotton market if the cotton should be held un til the price advances. This the farmers could do and produce other crops. Then when the price should advance they would have the cotton to supply the demands without raising any mora. It is folly to burn cotton now and then raiee more right away. tut The Charlotte Observer recently io.iud itself somewhat embarrassed by a mistake which its types made. It tells Its own story thus : "At a Shams Upon the Typs. State some name of Anchlses was on the stand, and an Interested auditor of the pro ceedings, a doctor, turned to a store-keeper and guager sitting next him and asked him If that witness was a descendant of the eld Anchises whom Aeneas bore from the flames of Troy upon his shoulder. The store-keeper "and guager said he really didn't know : that he had never 'beared' of it be fore ; and the doctor said afierwards that that was the last time he would ever try a classical joke on a revenue officer. Thinking, the other day, to be very smart, we wrote of the immigrants coming to this country that thev are like Jeremiah's figs thegood very good and the bad very bad. It appeared in the paper 'Jeremiah's pigs and the next mall brought uh a postal card from a Presbyterian pieacher in Alamance county, wanting to know more about them. We are minded at present to never try another Scriptural reference on a linotype machine." t t t t Eviry year the Hub Clothing Co. cf Xorlolk gives a free Christmas din ner to the poor children of the city. The Commonwealth last year printed Frea Dinner for 1050. erosity displayed is so commendable. The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot of Dec. 27th gave the following interesting account of the event : "More than one thousand boys enjoyed The Hub Clothing Comyany'a Christmas dinner served at Armory ball yesterday afternoon. To be exact 1,050 hungry mouths partook of the bounteous repast. In numerous re spects it was one of the most remarkable events of the kind this city has ever known. Never before haye such extensive preparations been made for a public Christmas dinner and never before have so many representatives of the rising generation gathered together upon the same occasion and for a simlliar purpose, and never before has any event of whatever description been more thoroughly enjoyed by thoss present. "Messrs. Joseph and David Wurtburger, of Baltimore, owners of The Hub Clothing Company, came to Norfolk especially to attend this Christmas din ner, and they, with manager C L. Fine, seemed to enjoy the occasion fully as much as the hungry youngsters. If it was their intention to disperse Christmas cheer and sunshine among the little fellows who are unable to enjoy such good things at home, their purpose was more than fulfilled. The dinner was spread upon the table in the spacious auditorium, there being more than one hundred men and women on the floor assisting in the serving of food. The gallery was filled with spectators who looked on at the concourse of urchins engaged in making turkey and pie disappear as if by magic, and enjoyed the exhibition to the fullest degree. It is doubtful, however, if they derived as much pleasure from looking on as the 'kids' did In taking part in the actual proceedings of the afternoon. When the army of young Americans, accompanied by large and healthy appetites, lined up on Brewer street, heard the call, announcing that 'dinner was ready,' there ensued a wild-scramble for the hall. One had only to take a hurried glance at the crowd to see that the charity dispensed by The Hub would go to the class for which it was designed. It was evident that the little fellows bad not much comtorts at home. Some of them were actually barefooted, and scarcely ten per cent, of the entire number possessed such luxuries as overcoats. All of them were ill-clad and showed signs of hav ing bad a strenuous tussle with hard times. Rev. C. 8. Blackwell, D. D , pastor of the first Baptist church, asked the blessing over the eumptuous dinnea An address by Mayor James G. Riddict followed. The mayor ex pressed pleasure at seesing so many eager and happy faces before him, and he took occasion to give his young auditors some good advice, Noting that they bad made an indiscriminate scramble to get at the tables, Mayor Riddick warned them in future life againct being too eager to get ahead of one another. Then the guests proceeded 'to get on tbe outside' of the splendid turkey dinuers. After the dinner came a vaudeville performance. The scenery for the stage settings had been procured tram the Granby theatre and the effect was very appropriate and pleasing. Edward Barnes, the ragtime pianist ; Herman Nowitzky, the Punch and Judy performer ; 'Great De Varde,' the contortionist ; Harry Lee, the magician ; 'Mobile' and 'Alabama,' tie blackfased burlesquers, and Fordham Morgan, the Santa Claus. After the dinner was over Mr. Fine found that a great deal of fool was left, so be had put up at least four hundred extra packages for those at home who could not be present for various reasons a little sister, perhaps, or a sick brother, or mother too poor to provide the family with a Christmas feast. In addition to this, a large'quantity. of food was turned over to the superintendent of the City Mission, who will serve a dinner with it at the City mission today. Several hundred packages of candy re maining were distributed equally among the Jackson Orphan home, the Turney Home for Boys, the Norfolk Female Orphan asylum and St. Mary's .orphanage." NO MORE STOMACH TROUBLES. All stomach trouble is removed by .... nf'Knaol Dvsnepsia Cure. It ItAJU - ft . gives the stomach perfect rest by di gesting what yon eat without the stomach's aid. The food builds-up the body, the rest restores the stomacn w health. You don't have to diet your sell when taking Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. J. D. Erskine, of Allen vine, ... . t -nffarnd heartburn ana stomach trouble for some time. My sister-in-law naa ine sam was not able to eat for six weeks, v be lived entirely on warm water. Alter Ainu two bottles of KodoT: Dyspm Coreebe was entirely cured. bh now .V r to restore the price to a reasonable figure ; but the action of some farmers In Georgia seems session of a United States court in this years ago a government witness ol the the account of it, and we do so again this year, not to advertise the Hub but because their gen TONIC TO THE SYSTEM. For liver troubles and constipation there is nothing better than DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the famous little Pills. They do not weaken tbe stom ach. Their action upon the system- is mild, pleasant" and harmless. Bob :foore, of LaFayette, Ind., saysr'No use talking, DeWitt's Little Early Ris; ers do their : work. All other pills I,haye used gripe and make me sick in the stomach and never cured me. Da Witt's Little Eaily Risen proved to be tbe long sought relief. They are si no ply perfect." Persons traveling find Liitle Early Riser tbe most reliable remedy to oarry with them. Bold by E. T. Whitehead & Co. THE THBEE... L . By MauriM Sily ia Collier's Weeks. I saw three walking and of all I loved The Second best, the likest unto me. Tbe First had fellowship with brutes and on His brow was stamped the brand of hate and sin. '' No pain or penitence was in his eyes ; No dream of higher things was io his heart. He knew no law but Fell and never gszed i Above the nabe. Withraveviag hand he struck His climbing comrade down and snatched tbe prize Of Life at cost of others' pain. He drained The oup of pleasure with a swinish zest, Despite his brother's thirst, whom from the feast He dashed aside with gnashing, snarl- - ing greed- I could not love this First, that never knew A throb of softness nor the kindly pang Of pity -eyen tho' I saw In him What once I was. For he was Yes terday. But ah, the Second ! How my heart went out To him I He walked an upward way. yet oft He fell, but rose a little higher on For every fall. Upon his face were many tears, The tears of sorrow for tbe ill he did. Yet still he evil wrought. But in his eyes 1 saw the paiu cf weakness in his heart I beard a prayer for strength. He fixed his gaze Upon the skies, yet oft his glances roved And wavered to tbe earth. An! many , times He ate tbe bitter ashen fruit when sweet Was near at hand and often chose tbe road rr noarllo&a naln wban Klnsm mA pathways stretched Before. And so he staggered, stum bled, fell ; And rose and groped and clung and climbed ; and loved And hated, 6lgbed and emiied and cursed and prayed And sinned and sobbed and fcuuered and aspired. And him I knew fur what I am To day. Tbe Third was nobler than the highest dre )tn Of all I longed to be. Upon his head There fell the light of utter good. He went Serene and whitely in a way that had No thorns or stumbling. With a gentle band He helped each climber to a higher place And with compassion's tender touch he balmed Tha wounds of fulling. In bis heart There was No thought of ill, for all desire was gone And only Love's divine absolving left, That pardoned every weaker' fault. He saw The lower, yet he chose the higher, path . And longed to see all feet set fast therein. He trod the earth yet looked upon tbe stars. And this bright, purged, winged walk er was Tomorrow what 1 might be but was not. CURED HIS MOTHER OF RHEU MATISM. "My mother has been a sufferer for many yearr from rheumatism," says W. H. Howard. of Husband, Pennsylvania. At times she was i n ib e to move at all, while at ail times walking was painful We pressed her with a bottle of Cham brlain's Pain Balm and after a few appli- c jiion-!ebe decided it was the most won derful pain reheyer she had ever tried, in fact,she is never without it and now is at all times able to walk. An occasional application of Fain Balm keeps away tbe pain that she was formerly troub led with." For sate by all Druggists. . Mga- mm " 1 - Gunner So she has relused you on account of your poverty r uuyer She has, indeed. Gunner Perhaps there is another "Richmond in the field." Guyer No; there is another rich man in the fia'd. Chicago News. CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REME DY THE BEST MADE. In my opinion Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best made for colds, says Mrs. Cora Walker, of Portervillb, Cali fornia. There is no doubt about us being the best. No other will cure cold so quickly. No other Is so sure a preventive of pneumonia, sio otner is so pleasant and safe to take. These are good reasons why it should be preferred m any plner. rne iaci is him yw pTe are satisfied with any other after once having used this remedy. For sale by all Druggists. Possible, purchaser What ia the title of this painting? Artist That la A Ship in a storm." Possible pur chaser It's wonderfully effective ana striking. Would h'm would you mind telling me which Is the storm ? Chicago Tribune. COUGHS AND COLDS. All couebs. colds and pulmonary complaints that are curable are quickly cured Jty One Minute Cough Cure. Clears tbe phlegm, draws out the in flammation and heals and soothes tbe affected parts, strengthen j the Jungs, r-r-r ri.. lA-m sura Tie Tfiliranto's Story. Charlotte News. A friend of the Newt furnishes tbe following interesting story : Several years ago about a half a doxen telegraph rperators on a division Of the Southern Railway quit (he key rather than sit in a lonely depot in a country town and all through the dead hours listen to the Morse signals being transmuted over the wire by what they believed to bo tbe spirit hand cf a late deceased train dispatcher. - The dispatcher managed one end of the wire for a score of years. He was at times irascible, but was popular with ihe men under him, and was referred .-l 'jt mi . .. fa io Dy mem as "tne oia man." tie was stricken with feyer and died, bis te- mains being interred In tbe family grave yard at the opposite end of the one night wire from where he bad been serving. One night several weeks after "the old man" had answer ed his list call, the boys along the line were surprised to hear the dead dispatcher's private wire signal "YT" ring out seyeral times on the sounder on an Idle wire. This wire not being used between the suns, one end was taken out of the battery every evening and left to stand open, thus turning its portion of the current to snother wire running paralled with it. The first night the signal "YT" was heard it caused the operators along the line to think of their dead superior. The next tiiKht about tbe same bour 12 o'clock the open wire closed and the letters "YT" were repeated a dozen times in quick succession. The night men started from their chairs and in fancy could see the form of "the old man" standing close by. On the third night the same thing happened. Short ly after the midnight hour the open circuit closed and then was beard again the "YT" not a dozen times but fifty. The letters were perfect, and the writ ing on the wire sounded very much like that of a departed dispatcher, which was familiar to every telegraph er In that section. Night after night this "YT" business kept up always be ing heard between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock. The operators felt very queer and firmly believed that it was "the old man's" ghost. One day t he- operator" along the line decided to meet at a certain station on the divi sion and talk tbe matter over. At the meeting one of the fellows stated tbat be had often heard the dispatcher say that be would be with tbe boys even after he had shuffled off tbe mortal coil be would haunt hem until Gabriel sounded the trombone. That settled It, so far as the night men were con cerned. They then and there signed a declaration tbat they would resign If "YT" was heard any more. Tbat very night just after the clock hands met at tbe top of the dial, the sounder on the open wire began clickiug off "YT" and kept It up for fully five minutes. Tbat was the limit. Next morning the boys wired tbe resignations to the superintendent and asked for immediate relief. Tbe rea son assigned tor the sudden action was whispered about and tbe railroad peo ple found it impossible to fill tbe va cancies. Special electricians and line men worked on tbe puzzle for months, but every night the "Yl" could be heard at the hour when the ghosts are wont to stalk through the land. The wire cbiefa sat by tbe switchboard at one end and watched tbe needles on the galvanometer, trying to measure the distance and catch the mysterious operator. A chief constructor walked every foot of ground over which the wire ran, climbing' every pole to make tests, and always found tbat the ma nipulator was further west. Finally the spirit sender was located at tbe depot in tbe town where tbe dead dis patcher bad been buried. When the constructor reached the office at tbat point be found tbe ofhee dark and de serted, but up in tbe depot loft there was an awful racket. The linemen climbed to the attic and traced the wires through a long groove and found in a narrow place that rata bad gnawed an insulation off tbe wires and left them bare and almost touching each other. The mystery was no longer a mystery. Tbe agent at the depot work ed on his books and reports every night until 12) 'clock, at which bour be put out the lights and went home. Then the hundreds of rats in tbe building would meet and hold high carnival. Tbe linemen took up a position in the attie and remained quiet. In a few minutes they beard an army of ro dents approaching, and in single file they passed through tbe groove. Every time a rat crossed the wires the In struments in the office would tick. It would be better said just here that tbe letter "Y" in telegraphy is made wiih Bsantae ytttalisiYNRmill A VENERABLE PAST0 CURED BY PERUN Pe ru-na Is a Catarrhal Tonic Especially Adapted to the De clining Powers of Old Age. In old age the iiitiooiis membranes be come thickened and partly lose their function. This loads to partial loss of hearing, smell and taste, as well as digestive dis UirbulU'eri. Pcruha Cof rects all this by its specific operation on all the mucous membrane of the body. One bottle will convince anyone. Once used and Pcrnna Incomes a life-long stand-by with old utm young. Strong and Vigorous at the Age of Eighty-eight. Rev. J. X Parker, ITtiea, N. Y., writes : In June, 1001, 1 lost my sense of hear ing entirely. My hearing had been somewhat impaired for several years, btlt hot po much effected but that 1 could hold converse tvilh my friends; hut in June, r.tol, my sense of hearing left mo .o that 1 could hear no sound whatever. 1 was also troubled with rheumatic psin.i in my limbs. I commenced taking Pe ru ii a and now my hearing is restored as good as it was prior to June, 1001. My rheumatic pains are all gone. I c annot Bpeat too highly of IVruna, and now 1 Ask your Druggist for Free two d.ta, space and two dots, or thus .. .. Now, enry time Mr. Rat went through the groove be step pad on the open wire, brirg'ng it in contact with the button wire, which was charged with current. His front feet would make the first two dots, then there was a space until his two hind feet made the other two dots There was tbe letter "Y." The open wire was connected with a b ittery at the opposite end and every time it hit the bottom wire there was a complete circuit, and tbe sounders in every office along the line which was 150 miles long were bound to respond. That is all very plain isn't It? but how about the letter "T"f That is simple enough too. The letter "T" is made with one dash. So, you see, after making the letter "Y" with bis feet, Mr. Rat necessarily had to drag bis tail after him and in pulling It arrOM the top wire a perfect dash was tho re sult, and there is the letter "T" or thus : , which completes the private signal of the dead dispatcher "YT." Of course it will be understood tbat tbe num ber of signals depended upon the num ber of rats tbat passed through the groove each night. Honored at Home. Rev. Parker Holmes, Pastor of the 1st M. E. Church South, Hickorv, N C, says: "I have used Kidale's Stomach Tablets for indigestion and regard them as a perfect remedy for this disease. I take pleasure in recom mending them to all sufferers from in digestion. Use lty dale's stomach Tab lets for your stomach trouble and you will join Dr. Holmes in Ibis Strong endorsement. These tablets will digest the food your weak stomach cannot, and thi s nourish tbe body and prevent the pai tial starvation, from which all djspej tics suffer and which causes the loss in flesh and strength all dyspeptics experience- These tablets relieve all dis agreeable symptoms at once. They will increase vour strength and . flesh, almost from the first day 's n.-e aid will soon restore you to perfect health. . T Whitehead & Co. "Why do those men look so al ire ed?" "They have just read in their morning papers that the woman who had five husbands is free aguiu.' Cleveland Plain Dealer. CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REME DY ABSOLUTELY HARMLESS The lault of giving children medi cine containing injurlouseubatacces, i sometimes more disastrous than the disease from which tbey are stiff iring. Every mother should know that Cham berlain's Cough Remedy is perfectly ate for children to take. It contains nothing harmful and for concha, cold WffifiM MMmSm when I lH ' M'y&fVM Kliti I vcrv I tl U you h Luiii:fw" it ag-ir i "for ptrh .il l iteMSBp$'' a MnPflffn I I f'ot Mali:f5i-a!'ji-U I SS years old can pax it has liivtlor r.iy whole system. 1 eanitu! but :, dear Doetur, that you jimM feel hr.nkful io the all ivi:i?: Vi .her you have been iHTttiil ted to ive, y voiir tihill lo such ;i bless! s in ave leen to sntTeri:!-; luimau'i y.w Ilov. J. K. Parker. A ClGhop'o Letter. ' T. II. Lomux, I. I, Plshop 2nd i'ist. A. M. M., of Charlotte, X. , ., rites . 44 1 recommend your I'e.-u::;i. to , ho want a strengthening J-iii" r.iid a cry effective remedy for all catarrhal com plainls." T. II. Iiomax. If you do not derive prompt and sj iia factory results from, the use of IVv.mik, write at once to Iu Hart man, givh a full statement of your case, ai d ho v ill be pleased to give you hi:s valuable .id vice gratis. Address Dr. Ilartman, Pieshlen cf The Ilartman anitarium, Cohur:Li:.J, Ohio. Peruna Almanac for 1 004- Apples and Brut; t iris. Raleigh Timet. A well-known phyticbtn, who hx for some time held to the theory g'veti In tbe caption cl thi Hem, has been telling the Evening Times about if With the view of learning tie opin ions of other medical men concen.'in the efficacy of tbe habit of eating j -pies to destroy tho tnte for lirjor he ha correfponded with many n ed ical men living m various Steles. Ha received replies Irom all but ihree. From a large majority Rine ans trs that they had never known a sa ybere a person was accustomed Io 'ho free use of apples and wai a drr ok ard, nor had they ever known of a drunkaid who was pecustomed to tho daily use of apples. From a personal observation, cover ing a period of more than 25 yetrt, the physician says he i;ever has kn- u.i . single instance where a permn v h t a as a free user of apples acquired 'h iquor habit, nor has he known r 1.00 addicted to the free use ol liquor w :o was fond of app'ej. Danger in Cold Weather. There is danger in cold weather V cause it produces conditions favor-. o to the development of those germ en eases known as LaGrippe, 1'neumnMu, Bronchitis, Consumpt'on, etc. Th o iiseases are contracted whi'e bo nucous membrane of the throat : n t tings is weakened by inflammation -ulting Irom a cold. It is dangprut oo negloct even a slight cold. Hr!u ature to ward IT di-rx ry Rydale's Elixir. This modern scient, Pus remedy can alwjjs be relied 0:1 in I! diseased conditions of the throat n .-d lungs. E. T. Whitehead & Co. The Minister : My dear madam, let this thought console you for your hus band's death. Remember that otl er anl better men than he have go::e, the same way. Bereaved widow : Tl.ey haven't all gonehava they? Tits Hi. speedyre"lief. A salve that heals without a scar U DeWitt's Witch Huzel Sulre. remely effects such spetdy relief. It draw out ii fUmmation, soothes, cools and hea's all cuts, buns ivA brurcs. A sure cure for Piles and skin diseaK'r. DeWitt's is the only Witch Hb;1 Salve. Beware of counterfeits, tfc'y a e dangerous. Sold by E. T. White head Co. CASTOR I A Tor Infanta and Children. Tt) KbiYc3 H3Y3 Akrcjs B::ght Bears the rf M ff "
The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 5, 1905, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75