A IF TOU AhE AhUMLth V roc WILL ADVERTISE TOOB Business, Common w TTVlTTr BUSINESS SVHAT STEAM IS TO Machinery, Thai Grkat Propelling Power c E. E. HILLIARD, Editor nd Proprietor. EXCELSIOR" .3 OUR MOTTO. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $i.oo. VOL. XXI. New Scries-Vol. 7. (7-1 8) SCOTLAND NECK, N. CM THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1905. NO 15 SEITt fOtTB ADVERTIBf MINI )K li t The lA-uers 9t Your doctnr will tell vmi th - - - J liiiiJ) puiv, w tun, VUU9 1. 11 11- rir.n hfffimP Ctrinn onrl nrall v" - ' - """fi aii4 well Small doses, for a few days. 2 '"V saparilla I The change is very prompt and very marked. Ask your doctor why it is. He has our formula and will explain. "When 13 years old, for many months no . nt t!ioui;tit I rouM live because of thin blood. , nr !. a tew weeks, Ayer's Sarsaparilla com plete;? restored me to health." Mas. K. JJrcKMissrEit, Vineland, J. : -:.0i a borrl. for J. C. AVER CO., Lowell. Mast. 3 I .hrlHitAn w v iiV A A VIA CII c usness, constipation prevent re csv. Curo ts.ij'ie with Ayer's Pills. -- fc f""ys PARKER'S ; HAIR BALSAM "i'-JbJplClciaff. and beaiuific. the hit ' " ' y- Froaict'g a luxuriant enrsrth. -" -553 2v? r 9 Restore Gray I Cures scalp diseases & hair jailing. PROFESSIONAL. p,R. J. P. WIMBERLEk, OFFICE BSICK HOTEL, SCOTLAND NECK. N. C. :iS A. ALBION DUNN, , rj ATTORN EYS-ATLAW, Scotland Neck, N. C. rVr.ct'ce wherever their services are re ! Mired. W T. 31IX0X, Refracting Optician, W.-th-Makee, Jeweler, Engraver, Scotland Neck, N. C. r.. . C. LIVEEMON, K Dentist. 0 : :--e-ter New Whithead Building 0 2 hours from 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to 5 -"clock, p. m. SCOTLAND NECK. N. C. r)WA xlD L. TRAVIS, accrue j and Counselor at Law, HALIFAX, N. C. I" .'Ijufj Loaned on Farm Lands. At 70 of Heart Dis ease Contracted during Civil War Veteran Grateful. Dr. Miles' Heart Cure Effected Cure. TT, cart nissase is curable, but m people or r ' v?." cfd r.g-e it does not readily lend itself t. r iinar- treatment. There is, however, : pe i-;r all sufferers ia Dr. Miles' Heart f which v-e know from watching hun '' " is of cases and from theiettersof grateful f .borers, v.ill cure where all else has failed. T: h tv t only a wonderful cure for weak and ' -.:.! heart--, but it is a blood tonic, a reg ' r r f t! e heart's action and the most f : :' trt-2trrient ever formulated for im i '-'y:'-vZ "ic circulation of the blood. T'-jrir:? the Civil war I contracted heart t - ' se, and in 1596, while living in the grand ''it v.n -,f Lexington, Vsl, I grew so much " -. I left there with my wife to visit my r -'r-in -law, Mrs. T. A. Kirby, at Roanoke, .. Wiiiie I said nothing to anyone I never c : ectcd to live to return to the dear old t vri. Qa reaciiinjr Mrs. Kirby's she insisted i ! " :.!(! try Dr. Mi.es' Heart Cure. I pro c rv 1 a few bottles of it, al-o the Nervine " ' n;c. After using- one or two bottles, I t ' - i ics no improvement, and I despaired t ? e ver being better, but my faithful wife in on keeping it up, which I did. Im I 'Avraent soon began in earnest and I took ' r. i f.fteen or s.xteen bottles. I was re f r. 1 to perfect health and while I am 70 j ' olJ, I am comparatively a boy. You s r. are a benefactor, and I cheerfully recora n.r. i Dr. Miles' Heart Cure to suffering manity. J. L, Slaughter, baiem, Va. A; Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind. a! k Helps, Livery Buggies Harness Whips Robes Tarljoro, Norm Carolina. Cored A;! draggists sell and guarantee first bottle Dr. Miles' Remedies. Send for free book or, . rvous md Heart Diseases. Addres Dr. Miles Medical Co. Elkhart. Ind. Paint Your Buggy for 75c. to $ 00 win Devoe's Gloss Carriage I'-itU. It weighs 3 to 8 ozs, more to tfi? r'ut than others, wears Ioager and B'ves tdois equal to new work. Sold b " E. T. Whitehead A Co. F0lEY3iaE:iEYCuE3 I TOFF'S jEISURE JloUIS, OBSERVATIONS OF The Roxboro Courier evidently thinks that first Monday drinkers drink less in a prohibition town than in a dispensary town. It speaks of the Will Watch the -.Difference. first Mondays since the saloons closed. We will watch with interest what effect the dispensary will have on the first Monday crowds hereafter. Per sons can then make comparison, if there is room for any to be made." tttx Elsewhere in this issue is a selection from the Elizabeth City Tar Heel which gives account of an unusually bright and praiseworthy boy, and we hope the will read That Young Foreman. speaks of him as follows : "That is a good sermon on tte 'youngeai and smallest newspaper fore man in the United States, which we copy from th. Flizahath City Tar Heel. He is a hoy tvho simply attends to his business ani ?et airing. He attends to his bah bnca:iv-3 he wants to would riijsr do u tnan not. We hazard the opinion that he was never a clock-server, and was never afraid he would do his work so well or do so much of it that he would earn more than his wages. Lawrence Homan, foreman of the Elizabeth City Tar Heel linotype newspaper office, is a good example for lots of boys not doing half so well." t t t t One does not have to go far to see boys loafing away their time rather than being engaged in some helpful and wholesome employment. It mat- Loafing Boys 'er8 D wnat tDe fiQanc'al or social standing,every father is wise to give his boy some regular du ties, some kind of employment. It is worth much to the boy and is a most excellent example for others. In some respects it seems that the old time idea of regular employment for boys has passed out. There never has been conceived a truer saying than that :An idle brain is the devil's work-shop," and if fathers and mothers would have their boys trained in the best way, they will give them work of some kind. To be sure, they ought not to be treated as slaves, but it is well for every boy to meet stern duty ; and the way to do it is to make out some duties and see that he meets them. One some times feels that the go-easy plan of life is taking too strong a bold upon the people of this time. Isn't life becoming too easy, anyway? tttt It is surprising to note how much incorrect speaking one hears in ordi nary conversation. One sometimes feels like saying that much of the time Bad Grammar. studies is wasted. This bad grammar that one hears is not confined to those who have not had educational advantages. Many persons who have had college training are woefully careless and negligent in the use of lan guage. Perhaps more violence is done to good grammar in the improper use of the parts of irregular verbs and the forms of contracted words than in any other way. For instance, the form of the present tense of the verb "sit" for the past tense is one of the commonest errors one bears. Two ladies are in conversation about some other lady and something like this is heard : "Why, Miss Blank was not at church yesterday." "Oh, yes she was I know, for she sit just in front of me." Now why in tbe'name of all that is reasonable will any one use the word "eit" in such a sentence in preference to "sat"? This is only one of many words which are hacked and battered up by careless conversation. In the contractions "don't" is used a thousand times for "doesn't" and"aint"or aren't for isn't". The Common wealth does not propose to run a grammar school, but Insists that as much care ought to be used in ordinary speaking as in ordinary writing. And now, carele:3 talker, suLpore you should find a doaen or two of these errors in every coluoaa you re id in a newspaper, or e-.u or two on every page you read in a book wiiat would you thiii of ft? at Mb. Richard H. Edmonds, of the Baltirrore Manufacturers' Record, re cently wrote for the Youth's Companion the following about cotton : "We are steel interests cotton King The Future of Ameri can Cotton. has a right to dispute their claim to supremacy. Few have ever quite un derstood or appreciated what it means for our Southern States to hold a practical monopoly of the world's cotton production. Destroy corn and you could find a substitute. Destroy wheat, and other grains would furn ish bread for mankind. But cut short the South 's cotton crop by one half, and the financial and commercial world would stagger. Cotton, the South's crown of glory, is the one staple which enters into every civilized life ; it is needed in the palace of the King as well as in the humblest but of the peasant ; it is the glistening sail alike of the royal pleasure yacht and the ship of commerce ; it is the basis of the greatest manufacturing in dustry of the world, employing more than two billion dollars of capital, and annually producing an equal amount of manufacture! goods, or $300, 000 000 more than the primary forms of manufactured iron and steel ; it is the dominant power in commerce ; it brings to us from Europe an average of one million dollars every day in the year. And yet how little do we show our appreciation ot it. We gin it with the gin made by Whitney more than a hundred years ago ; we compress with, machinery a century old we waste its substance and destroy its vitality ; we even sell its test seed' to the oil mills and plant the inferior. Then we wonder why its viril ity has been weakened and its product les ened. But a better day is dawn ing The ablest scientists are seeking to improve the quality of the seed and the method of cultivation, and experts are working on better machinery to gin and clean and compress cotton." MR. KIRKSEY'S RECOMMEN DATION. Mr. Kirksey writes :-I give a posi tive guarantee with every box of y dale's Stomach Tablets and Liver Irij lets I sell, and have never been asked to refund the money in a single ins tance. I have used these tablets in my family with Kile's Kirusey, Morgan N. O. IgJJj. Tablets are prepared by' Remedy Company, Hickory, Tho authorize every der ln their preparations to g""?"66,',, PASSING EVENTS. matter as follows : "We alluded to the fact a short time since bow sober the people were who came to town on boy readers of The Commonwealth it carefully. The Gastonia Gazette spent in the study of grammar, rhetoric and the like is lost and the money expended on such accustomed to count the iron and as the greatest of all industries, but Cotton it may justly be called CHEATED DEATH. Kidney trouble often ends fatally ,but by choosing the right medicine, E. H. Wolf, of Bear Grove, Iowa, cheated death. He says : "Two years ago I had Kidney Trouble.which caused megreit pain, suffering and anxiety, but I took Electric bitters, which effected a com plete cure. I have also found them of great benefit in general debility and nerve trouble, and keep them constant ly on hand, since, as I find they have no equal." E. T. Whitehead & Co , druggists, guarantees them at 50c. FOIEYSEOIIETTAa Youngest and Smallest in the State. Elizabeth City Tar Aeel. A little man he is ouly sixteen and not bigger than a minute but manly in his ways, stepped into the editorial office ot this paper Saturday and noti fied the writer: "Mr. H you can only have seventeen inches for your 'Glances' next week." That meant for me to cut my coat according to my cloth. This diminutive youngster.who gave me the instructions about how much space was left for my column, is Master Lawrence Homan, foreman of the newspaper composing room, auto crat of the depar Insert over which he holds sway. I want to make a little sermon with him for a text. Lawrence Homan is the youngest and smallest newspaper foreman in the United States. He came to the Tar Heel office two years ago last October as "devil." He was clean-up, galley boy, messenger and later press boy, a: .$1.25 per vsek. .Now he is foreman and earns almott a r;nV ?fsy. Listen to his duties : He bandies all the type which is s-'sfc on the linotype; he "makes up" the paper and sets all the advertisements and corrects the proofs after being read by the editor. He does this all himself, and does it quick ly, accurately and well. He is business like, prompt, polite, sensible, and yet when he gets out among his compan ions he is a boy, through and through. Ever sioce Lawrence began earning a dollar, he began contributing his wages to the support ot his home folks. With his increased responsibilities and salary be continues this practice. He does not spnd his earnings for cigar ettes or like harmful frivolities. Many men have struggled all their lives aod never accomplished as much as Law rence woman, tie nas a trade now, andknows it well. He is independent now of the woll which in later years would howl at his door if he bad spent his youth carelessly. There are boys, older than this one, who are neither giving a good account of themselves in school or out of it. They are to be seen around tbe street corners puffing at a e.gar or cigarette stub, whenever opportunity affords They will be men after awhile, and will haye a living to make. They will not be qualified. , LAST HOPE VANISHED. When leading physicians said that W. M. Smilhart, Pekin, la., had in curable consumption his last hope va nished ; but Dr. King s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, kept him out of bis grave. He says: This grea specific completely cured me, and saved my life since then, I have used it for over 10 years, and con sider it a marvelous throat and lung cure." Strictly scientific cure for Coughs Sore Throat or Colds ; sure preventive of Pneumonia. Guaranteed, 50c a"d $1 00 bottles at E. T. Whitehead & Co's. drug store. Trial bottles free: "It was simply a question of veracity between us," said tbe oldest inhabi tant. "He said I was a liar, and I said he was a liar." '-Huh !" rejoined the village past-master. "That's the first time I ever beard of either of you telling the truth." Chicago Dally News. A DARFDEVIL RIDE often ends in a md accident. To hs. accidental injuries, nse Bucklen's A nica Sa!v. "a deep wound in my foot, from an accident," writes Theo dore Schuele, of Columbus, O , "caused me great pain. Physicians were help less, but Bucklen's Arnica Salve quick ly heated it." Soothes and heals burns like magic. 2fc at E. T. Whitehead & Co , druggist. Mo trains "Just from Ireland are you?'' asked Mrs. Hiram Offen, of tbe applicant, "and were you trained across the water?" "Shure, ye must know betther nor that, ma'am," replied the girl. "I was shipped across." Phil adelphia Press. A TRIED AND TRUE FRIEND. One Minute Cough Cure contains not an atom of any harmful drug, and it has tern curisg Coughs, Colds, Croup and vVhocping Cough so long that it has proven itself to be a tried and true friend to the many who use It. Mrs. Gertrude E. Fenne, Marion, Ind., says: "Coughing and straining so weakened me that I run down m weight front- 148 to 92 pounds. After trying a number of remedies to no avail, One Minute Cough Cure entirely cured me." Sold by E T. Whitehead &Co. She Had. He Betore proposing, Miss er Gertie, I wish to know if you have anything in the bank? She Yes, Mr. Poorman, I have a sweetheart there, and we are to be married next week. Pick-Me-Up. Keep your bowels regular by the use ot Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. There is nothing bet ter. For sale by all druggists. Kodof Dyspepsia Ccio mm Are the Peculiar Ills Brought on by Catarrh (Pe-ru-na is a Tonic Especially Adapted lo Their Mrs. Louise West'orook, No. 9 East Columbia St., Detroit, Mich., Secretary nt the West Side Lotus Club, writes : "For several years I suffered "ivith leucorrlioea and painful menstruation, which v. as followed by general debility, until I was but a wreck of myself. Thanks to Peruna I am a well woman to-day." Louise Westbrook. Miss Jessiemene "Westlarid, No. 767 Beaubien Ave., Detroit, Mich., District Mistab Johnsing Can't yo' gib me no hope, Liza? Miss Jackson J nee and fo' all. Mi tab. Johnsing, I tells yo' I won't be no man's cullud eupple- ment. Pluck. ZTHE RIGHT NAME IS DEWITT. ! , , , , I DeWiti's Witch Hazel Salve coJs( soothes and heals cuts, burns, boils, bruises piles and all skin disaases. K. 1 of rheumatism and sciatica are quick E. Zickefoo-e, Adoipb, W. Va. says:) ly relieved by apyhing Chamberlain's "My little daughter had white swelling so bad that piece after piece of bone worked out of her leg. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured her." It is the most wonderful healing salve in j the -vi.rld. Bc-ware of counterfeits, j doid by E. T. Whitehead & Go. i I've been figuring' on of 'in aiHomocite 7 T a; liife- git. ' .'-! COf', i t to !LT. ..irr.-i- j tion. Puffer Mechanical or surgical ? I Indianapolis Star. MANY CHILDREN ARE SICKLY, Mother Gray's Sweet Powders tor Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, break colds in 24 hours, cure feverishness, headache, stomach troubles, teething disorders, and destroy worms. At all druggists, 25c. Sample mailed tree, Address, Allen C.Olmsted, LeRoy, N . "This awful extravagance of yours most stop. You've saved absuliely nothing for a rainy day !" "Oh, yes I have, dear, I've saved a beautiful r iny-day-skirt !" Harper's Bazar. Everything you eat will taste good and do good if you take Ring's nf pepsia Tablets. Sold by E. T. White bead & Co., Scotland Neck, and Leg gett's drug store, Hobgood. By an Outsider : "Valuable member of society is he not?" "No ; really val uable men have not time for society." Houston Post. A TWICE TOLD TALE. We wish to repeat what we have said once before in these columns that Elliott's Emulsified Oil Liniment is tbe best liniment ever produced for use in tbe family and on animals. Best for rheumatism, lameness, stiff ness and soreness of joints or muscles. Best for bruises, contusions, sprains and swellings. You get a full half pint for 25 cents and get your money back if it does not do all it is recom mended to do. E. T. Whitehead & Co. Recl Dyspepsia Ccro TRY! P 6 1! CI) ! Deputy ot Detrt.H Independent Order of Good Templars, writes as follows : " Peruna lias been a blessing lo me and gladly do I indorse it. I'or two years I suffered with catarrh of the jtomach. I lost flesh and grew thin a:ul emaciated, nervous and exhausted, eo that I could neither work or enjoy life. I began taking Peruna and cau now eat an.l enjoy everything I eat. I lir.vc been, well over a year now." Miss Jessiemene WestJaud. "The man I marry will have to be a man of brains." I see, dear, you have set your mind cn being one of tbote dreadful bachelor girl s." Houston ( Post. KUEUJIATIO fAlKS QUICKLY RELIEVED. ; The excruciatiug paius characteristic j Paiu Balm. The great pain relieving ' power cf the liniment has been te surprise and delight of thousands of , suffers. The quick leliei from pain i which it affords is aloue worth manv times its cost For sale by all druggists. I 1 le fast young man is ail right if he tbe I la going in tbe right direction. Philc find. ' delpina Record. FOR A WEAK DIGESTION". No med:c'ie can replace food but Chamberhiiti's Stomach sad Liver j Tablets v:i!l Lip nu to cget jour It i:- rot the qu. ? Mty of food ; taken that gives suc n aid vigor t the system, but the amount digested and assimilated. If troubled with a 1 weak digestion, don't fail to give these I Tablets a trial. Thousands have been j benefited by their use. 1 bey only cost a quarter. For sale by all drug gists. She I'm thinking of changing my name, vv nat would you suggest 7 He Mine. She All right Cleveland Plain Dealer. It Is difficult to cure a cotigb or Ire 3 yourself from tbe discomforts of a cold unless you move tbe bowels. Bee Lax ative Honey and Tar acts on tbe bowels aud drives ail cold out of tbe system. Then comes its soothing FORGET ABOUT YOUR STOMACH, effect and strengthening influence uptn . . . . , the throat aud lungs For Croop, " four d,C8? ifl bad h Whooping Cough, Colds, and all Lung orf&n of your body are not fed at d aud Bronchial affections, no remedy ia nourished as they should be. lUey equal to tbe original Lax-five Honey grow weak and invite disease. KodU and Tar. Sold by E. T. Whitehead te , Dyspepsia Cure digests what you .,t, Co , bcotland Necft, and Leggett's drug . cure ingestion and all stomach store, Hobgood. j troubles. You forget you have a m a w v .stomach from the very day you begin a. 1. t v. -j a. , taking it. This is becau-e it gets a Stella-Jack said 1 was the eternal re8t8recuperatefl .nd gradually Kr,.w feminine. Eellt How mean of him BO strong aud healthy that it troubles to refer to your age Brooklyn Life. you no more. E. L. Babe .ck, Am- herst, Minn , says : "I have taki-n a You can apply ManZan inside, right great many remedies for iudic-i:oii where the pain is? It Is put up in , but have found nothing equal to collapsable tubes with nozzle attach- j Kcdol Dyspepsia Cure." Kcdol ment for introducing it. ManZan digests what jou enrt. cures Idiges stops pain instantly and cures all kind J tion, Dvpepsii, Sour Stomach, Iielch of blind, bleeding, itching and pre- Ing, Heartburn and all iStomicb trading piles. Sold by E. T. White- Troubles. Its preparation is ti e temlt head & Co., Scotland Neck, and Leg- gett's drug store, Hobgood. DolVltPo Gafvo of the Pelvic Organs.1 Peculiar Diseases.) Catarrh Is a very frequent cause oi that class ot diseases popularly known r.s fcmzlc ircakness. Catarrh of the pelvic organs produces such a variety at disagreeable and irritating symp' toms that many people in fact, the majority of people- have no Idea that they ere caused by catarrh. A great proportion of women havo some catarrhal weakness which tins been called by the various doctors rl:a has consulted by as many different names. These women have been treated and have takenjtzedicir.es, with no relief, simply because the remedies crs not adapted to catarrh. It is thrc rgh a mistaken notion as to the real nature of the dlzcascs that these medicines have been recommended to them. if all the women who are suf ferity with er.y form ot female week na: a would write to Dr. Hartman, Co!'jm bus, Ohio, and give itim a complete description cf their symptoms and the peculiarities of their troubles, he will immediately reply, with complete di rtciions for treatment, free of charge. 'ffea'th and Beauty," a bonk written especially fsr women, sent free by Dr. tlartman, Columbus, Ohio. Miss Alir-o Dressier, of No. 1313 North nryant Ave., Minneapolis, Minn., write as follows concerning Peruna: "I was Hiiffering from catarrh of tho throat a:id head. One o" t:iy college friends, who was visiting in, asked 'no to try IVrtina and I did so and foi:iut it all and more than I bad expected. It not only cured ni of the catarrh, but restored me to perfect health." Alice Dressier. Miss Mamie Oroth, Platleville, Vv'ls., writes: "1 have for ievcrr.1 years FtilTcml With frequent backache and would for several days have ; p!: King ;;e: ;)-i; h s. Several cf my friend. ni! vised T.i. U t ::1; Vn::i:i am! I a.-'ke:! my physici.Mi what bo thought e-f U. lie r o;n mended it fl'id so I lock it and am entirely without p:::;i of any kind now." r.i'amie (Jro'.'i. In a recent letter from No. 2 Orant Ave., Denver, Col., Mrs. lua L. Oregory writes: "Some six years ago my husband suf fered with rcrvous prostration, ami advising with a friendly druggist h'i brought home a bottle f I'eruna. Ilia health was restored from its use, hid appetite was increased and restful slecj came to him." Ida I,. Gregory. Miss Florence Murphy, No. i;7('.'J Second Av.'., .Seattle, Wash., writes: 'l suffered for over a year with female I roti hi?, and although I tried sever, t pliys.l.'iajis none of them seemed to ! e able to help me permanently. " It only took a l:lt!o over three ixM t '.. t of I'eruna to make me well and strong I never have baekaehe,he:ul'U'heor bear ing down pains a:iy moro." i'lorcnu Murphy, "Well, this is a put up job, all right ' paid the man, as he struggled under his wife's direction to hang the pic ture's on the parlor wall Somerville Journal. FRIGHTFUL SUFFERING RE LIEVED. Suffering frightfully from the viru lent poislons or undigested food, C Grayson, of Lula, Miss , took l)t. King's New Lile Pills, "with the re sult," he writes, that I was cured." A l stcmich end b wl disorders give way to their tonic, laxative properties. 2"o at E. T. Whitehead & Co's. drug store, guarauteed. Dasbaway I'm afraid I'll never gat my ring back from that girl. Clever ton Why, I thought she was a pencil. Dasbaway She is c!iagstone vi-iiet; . Judge. WON A NAME OF FAME DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the famous little pills, have been m da famous by their certaiu vet lurm'e-H and gentle action upon the Howe's and liver. They bava no ei 11I for bilious ness, constipation, etc. They do not weaken the stomich, gripe, or mke you leel sick. Once usad alwiys pre ferred. Thiy strengthen. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co. "Pop." "Yes, my s n." "What is . n optimist?" "An optimist is a mm who believes that even thaig ooies to him who waits." "And if he wait and nothing comes, nhat is be, pop?" "Why, Le's a fool !" Yonkeis States man. of msny years of research. Sol i by E. T. Whitehead t Co. Kodol Dyspepsia Curo :ro K?po2 s, CoWs aad Croc