IF YOU ARE AHUSILEH IOC Will ADVERTISE rocs Business, Commonw: IBI BUSINESS . WHAT STEAM IS TO Machinery, Thai Great Propelling Power HI E. E. MILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. "EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.00. VOL. XXI. New Series-Vol. 7. (7-1 8) SCOTLAND NECK, N. 0., THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1905. NO 17 8EKI Ol'R ADVKP.TiFr mkist jn kcit 1 g M It ?5 You know the medicine that makes pure, rich blood Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Your mother, grandmother, all your folks, used it. They trusted arsaparilla it. Their doctors trusted it. Your doctor trusts it. Then trust it yourself. There is health and strength in it. " I suffered tprrfbly from indigestion and thin biood. I found no relief until 1 took -VyiT's Sarsapnrilla. Four bottles perma nently cured iie." -nuts. x. j. uini, ait. juseo, 2. Y. 51 .iw a r:-rr! AM urncririsf. J. C. AVER CO., Lowell. M:iss. for .- Icfi Blood .vers Pills are gently laxative hey greatly aid the Sarsaparilla PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Cleanses and fceatifiea the hair. Ir-jnic! a laxur rrowlh. IS' ever Fails to latere Gray Cures ealp diiteases & hair failiivr. 50;, and $ I AH) at Druggists PROFESSIONAL. r.R. J. r. wimberle. OFFICE BllICK HOTEL, SCOTLAND NECK. N. C. A. ALBION DUNN, lit ATTORN EYSATLAW, Scotland Neck, N. C. l'r ict'ee wherever their services are rc-;i;ire-i. 3 W. MIXOX, r 3 S Retracting CmciAS, "aivii-Maker, Jewelek, Exgraver, Scotland Neck, N. C. f a. C. LIVERMON, gl Dentist. 0. i .K-0ver New Whithead Building J L-o hours from 9 to 1 o'clock; 2 to 5 'clock, p. m. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. r AYARD L. TRAVIs, . liorney and Counselor at Law, HALIFAX, N. C. i-j" Money Loaned on Farm Lands. Did Not Close For a WeeK. Heart Trouble Baf fled Doctors. Dr.Miles'He&rt Cure and Nervine Cured Me. There is nothing; more necessary to health i'.an sleep and rest. If these are denied you, ' y u r.is in the morninjr more tired than en you went to bed, there is an affection of '.a nerves plainly present. It your heart is -:. or there is an inherited tendency in ::-t direction, your weakened nerves will s-'Oil o affect vour heart's action as to bring -n serious, chronic trouble. Dr. Miles' Ner ' :e is a nerve tonic, which quiets the nerves, io v.iv.t sieep may come, and it quickly re s' r.s the weakened nerves to health and r r-n-th. Dr. Miles' Heart Cure is a great ' ; and heart tonic which ret':'!ates the ac i T: of trie heart, enriches the biood and im ; .-ovfcs the circulation. "S me time ao I was suffering severely v.-'th heart trouble. At times my heart would seemingly stop beating and at others it would L'-at I-.udiy and very fast. Three to four h 'urs sleep each night in ten months was ail i c'.uld get. One week in last September I r.e-ercioscd my eves. I got Dr. Miles' Nervine and Iieart Cuie at a drugstore in Lawrence after spending g 300.00 in medi cr;e and doctors in Louisville, Shelbyville, rrrv.ikfort, Cincinnati and Lawrenceburg, a-d in three days have derived more benefit from the use of your remedies than I got from ail the doctors and their medicines. I ti.::ii-: evervhnd v o-rir tn know of the mar- v i ous power contained in your remedies." . If. ItlTlUr q V,.-r f'wl-. K V , - J All dni!jjisis sell and guarantee first bot-l-- J r. M.irs' Remedies. Send for free book cn Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address Ir. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind. lay & Hedges, Livery -Buggies Harness Whips Ii o b e s felio, Norlh narnlina. ,ye laint Your Buggy for 75c. t0 i 00 wit Devoe's Glosa Carriage I'si'nt. It weighs 3 to 8 ozs, more to tl' pUit tbaa others, wears longer and gi os a alos eqaal to new work. Sold bv E.T. Whitehead St. Co. EysittE:iEYCons DITOr'S JEISURE jOUIS, OBSERVATIONS OF Mr. George T.Angell, editor of "Our Dumb Animals," of Boston, a paper which every owner of horse, mule, cow, goat or dog ought to read, College Hazin fia8 tha u''an Hawthorne's article on "college hazing" in Munsey'a Magazine for March, ought to be widely read by authorities for Protestant colleges. Mr. Angell thinks that Catholic institutions need not concern themselves about it, as he has never known them to tolerate hazing. Hawthorne's article tells of cases of hazing that resulted in great injuries and sometimes death. Mr. Angell refers to his own attitude on hazing when he entered Brown Uni versity as a student in 1842. He says that he had his door eo securely barred that it could not be broken down suddenly, and gave out notice that he would shoot the first hazer that came through it and as many more as he could. And he escaped all hazings. Kececently he wrote to the president of Brown University asking if the armor on the door is there still, and the reply was that It had been removed twenty years ago ; and the writer added that it is not needed any longer, as there Is no hazing at Brown University now. It ought to be stopped at all institutions. ttlt It is often the case that the sunshine after a storm is all the brighter because of the lowering clouds and the thunder-peals which accompanied Sunshine after Storm. the bMndlng Hhtaln 8uch be the case concerning the tilt between Virginians and North Carolinians over the Appomattox affair. The Richmond Times Dispatch wants a love-feast now. Here is its proposition, which is beau tiful in SDirit : "We have had a bout with our North Carolina friends concerning the claim which they set up for their soldiers in the war between the States. But the making up is so sweet that we are glad of the tilt. It is very like the traditional lovers' quarrel as well as we can remember. The Charlotte Observer, the Charlotte Evening Chronicle and the Raleigh News and Observer all speak us fair, and we return the greeting with in terest. The brethern of the North Carolina press are very pleasant to us, and we wish that we knew them better. Prompted by that desire, we make a proposal. We move that the North Carolina Press Association and the Virginia Press Association hold a joint meeting next summer. Why not? It matters not to us whether the meeting be held on Virginia soil or on North Carolina soil, just so the brethren get together in neigborly intercourse. As for that we might meet in one State this year and in the other State next year, for we feel sure that if the brethren did but come together once they would like to repeat the experience. What say the North Carolina brethren, and what say the Virginia brethren to the proposal?" tut President Daniel J. Sully of the Southern Cotton Corporation, has sent out the following advice to the cotton planters of the South : Mr. Sally's Advice. acreage very considerably. You have surprised the world by the manner in which you have held your cotton. Surprise it again by cutting down your cotton acreage. Do not be led astray by the present steadiness of prices. Three causes have contributed to bring about this rise of more than a cent a pound : First, the urgent demand arising from an unprecedented consumption. Second, your courage and wisdom iu making the buyer meet your terms. Third, the belief that you would cut your acreage to such an extent that the supplies from this crop and the growth of 1905-1906 would make a commercial crop no larger than the world needs. The first two causes lose their force the moment it is known that there is a prospect for a moderately large crop next year. Even if the mills take 12,000,000 bales during the current season, this would leaye carryover of 1,500,000 bales. Hence the necessity of a smaller crop this year. Do not let any rise in prices between now and the end of the planting season deter you from reducing your acreage. Such an advance would be merely anticipating that you were making the decrease which your friends have advised you to make. If the June report of the government shows that you have failed to make sufficient reduction, the only persons who would be gainers by the advance would be the speculators who sell out their futures at a profit. The price of cotton you produce will be regulated by the actual, not the expected reduction. In this matter of acreage reduction hear in mind three suggestions : Don't depend on your neighbor to do the reducing. Don't rely on bad weather to cut down the size of the crop. Don't put a large acreage into cotton simply because it Is too late tD plant corn or other diversified crops. It would be far better to let part of your land lie idle than to mn the risk of raising a crop so large as to make possible another period of low priced cotton. I am making this appeal to you because I regard the next few weeks as critical to the South, and because I believe that every man who is interest ed in the welfare of the South should urge the importance of a reduced acreage. MR. KIRKSEY'S RECOMMEN DATION. Mr. Kirksey writes :-I give a posi tive guarantee with every box of 3 iale's Stomach Tablets and Liver lab ,ets I sell, and have never been asked to refund the money ma 1 wgto -I tance I have used these tablets in with best results W L. KirKsey, Morganton, N. C Iggtoj Tablets' are prepared by the Radica Kemedy Company, Blokor who authorize every dealer preparations to g?ntMtle;verellbOX virr .t-i- miuiiftine they sen. or totue 01 J.,..(i tr Co. PASSING EVENTS. If you wish to wla your battle and obtain a fair price for your cotton, you must reduce your 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 me great 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, 6ince, as I find they have no equal." E. T. Whitehead & Co., druggists, guarantees them at 50c. KiMSHc;nrrTAa A LINCOLN STOSY. When Lew Wallace First Met the Third Bate Lawyer. Mary H. Krout in Harper's Weekly. A few uneventful years Lew Wal lace spent in Covirjgton were distin guished by one important event. It was there that be saw Abraham Lin coln for the firstr time. The Indiana bar bad even then some brilliant and notable men among its members, and a case of extraordinary interest had called them together at the fall term of the circuit court. In relating the circumstances General Wallace said : "During the session we were in the habit of gathering at the old tavern in the evening after the adjournment. It was a brilliant company, whose talk was well worth hearing. One evening there appeared suddenly in our midst a tall, ungainly man, homely of visage and rather shabbily dressed. He did not intrude himself, but sat on the outskirts of the company, neither prof fering opinions nor taking sides in the controversies that occasionally became pretty warm. No one seemed to know anything about him, and when I asked a friend who he was be replied care lessly, 'Oh, that is some third rate law yer, a man named Lincoln from some where in Illinois,' Odb evening, how ever after he had been there some time," General Wallace continued, "something moved him to speak, and then he began to talk. We all sat spellbound. "I have never," General Wallace said, "beard anything that approached' it the logic, the wit, the pertinent anecdote, that poured out in an un ceasing stream. He talked thus fcr three solid hours. Some one said, 'Whoever that fellow iB, We shall hear from him again some day.' It was my first meeting with Abraham Lincoln," he said, "and the prophecy that we should hear from him again, it mutt be admitted, was abundantly verified." LAST HOPE VANISHED. When leading physicians said that W. M. Smith art, Pekin, la , had in curable consumption bis last hope va- ni!.hed ; out Dr.-King s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, kept him out of his gruve. He says : "This grea specific completely cured me, and saved my life since then, 1 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 and 1 00 bottles at E. T. Whitehead & Co's. drug store. Trial bottles free. ' Yes," said the man who occasion ally thinks aloud, "that's why so many marriages are failures." "Why is it?" quiried the party with the rubber hab it. "The average young man thinks a girl would rather be loved and pitied than dressed and fed," explained the noisy thinRer. Chicago News. A DAREDEVIL RIDE often ends in a sad accident. To heal accidental injune.-, uae Bucklen's Ar nica Salve. "A deep wound In my foot, from an accident," writes Theo dore Scbuele, of Columbus, O , "caused me great pain. Physicians were he'p less, but Bucklen's Arnica Salve quick ly healed it." Soothes and hoala burns like mngic. 2c at E. T. Whitehead & Co , drngfeist. She Couldn't Help It "Why in the world," asked the beautiful voung widow, "have you promised to marry him lUyou on't love him?" "Oh, I just bad to. He was desperate. 'Hum. Said he'd go and shoot or drown him self, I suppose." "No. lie said he'd go and propose to you " Chicago Record-Herald. A TRIED AND TRUE FRIEND. One Minute Cough Cure contains not an atom of any harmful drug, and it has been curing Coughs, Cold-, Croup and Whooping Cough so long that it has provtn itself to be a tried and true friend to the nvy whou.e it. Mrs. Gertrude E. Fenne, Marion, lnd., says : "Coughing and straining so weakened me that I rr.n down in weight from 148 to 92 pounds. After trying a number of remedies to no avail, One Minute Cough Cure eutirely cured me." Sold by E T. Whitehead & Co. Old Man "Young man, if you a! ways look where you are going yon will never make a misstep." Young Man "Ordinarily I do consult a rail road map before 1 start." Philadel phia Telegraph. RHMTMATIO PAINS QUICKLY RELIEVED. The excruciating pains characteristic of rheumatism and sciatica are quick ly relieved by apylying Chamberlain's Pain Balm. The great pain relieving of the liniment has been the surprise and delight of thousands of suffers. Tne quick relief from pain which it affords is alone worth many times its cost For sale by all druggists. CXcdcl Dyspepsia Csto Tar Heels Ahead. The Charlotte Observer some diys ago clipped the following from the Rock Hill (S. C) Herald : "Two North Carolina brothers named Abernatby came into thiscountv last summer and located at the Jones Mill, formerly known as GarrinonV Mill. At that point there is an old dam that was well in ruins. The strangers, however, re-built the dam. put in a balf-dczen or more traps, and now they are daily reaping a fine rewaid. They catch from 400 to 800 pounds of fish red horse, carp and suckers and sell them on the Rock Hill and Fort Mill markets at 10 cents per pound. Last Thursday they dis posed of about 900 pounds, and each day since they have had large sup plies on this market. "While our own people were asleep, these North Carolinians came into our midst and inaugurated an industry that nets them from $30 to $75 per day. That is a big thing, and only serves to show the many ways yet un developed by which money may be made, if we are smart enough to take hold." Everything you eat will taste good and do good if you take Ring's Dys pepsia Tablets. Sold by E. T. White head & Co., Scotland Neck, and leg gett's drug store, Hobgood. "Why does he wish to marry ber?" "He says people should marry their oppo.-iles." "Why, they are both d ;rk." Yes ; but he hasn't a cent and she has a million dollars." Pittsburg Post. You can apply ManZan inside, right where the pain is? It Is put tip in collapsable tubes with nozz'e attscn ment for introducing it. M.icZan stops pain instantly and cures all kind of blind, bleeding, itching ai,d pro truding piles. Sold by E. T. White head fe Co., Scotland Neck, and Leg sjett's drug store, Hobgood Dusty Rhoades "Willie, dis paper says dat you should boil all de wa'er you drink." Weary Willie " Vell, dat ain't such a hard job." Philadel phia Telegraph. - - HOW'S THIS ? We offer One Hundred Dollar- se ward for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO , Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 veirs, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financiaMy able to carry out any obligation; made by his firm. WALDING, KlNNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken inter nally , acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cants per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills lor consti pation. "I know why women laugh in their sleeves." said little Elmer. "Why, dear?" asked ber mother. "Because that's where their funny bone is" Chicago News. THE RIGHT NAME IS DEWITT. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cocls snothes and heals cuts, burns, boils, bruises piles and all skin diseases. K E. Zickefoose, Adolph, W. Va. says: "My little daughter had white swelling so bad that piece after piece of bone worked out of her leg. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Save cured her." It is the most wonderful healing salve in the world. Beware of counterfeits. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co. "Green Guzzles is rather shallow, is be not? Brown You wouldn t think so if you had ever invited him to drink with you. Cleveland Leader. MANY CHILDREN ARE SICKLY. Mother Gray'a Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children 8 Home, New York, break colds in 21 hours, cure feyerishness, headache, stomach troubles, teething disorders, and destroy worms. At all druggists, 25c. Sample mailed free. Address, Allen C. Olmsted, LeRoy, N.Y. "So your wife has given up the study of tbeosophy." "Yes, she decided that one astral body would be of no use. Unless she could be at a tea, a progrees lye euchre party, a meeting of the sew ings circle, a matinee and a department store at the same time it wasn't worth worrying about." Washington Star. A TWICE TOLD TALE. We wish io repeat what we have said once before in these columns that Elliott's Emulsified Oil Liniment is the best liniment ever produced for use in the 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 la recom mended to do. E. T. Whitehead 4 Co. " -0000000000000000 MISS JULIA -00-CHOOCCH00C0000OC CK 111 ft recent letter to The Periins, Mei'.i cind Co,, Miss Julia- Marlowe of Nov.' York City, ha th3 following to hay of Per una: Iam glad to write my endorse ment of the great remedy, Peruna, is a nerve tonic. I do so most heartily "--'Julia Marlowe. Nervousness Is Very common amony women. Thia condition is due to anemic nerve centers. The nerve centers arc the reservoirs of nervous vitality. These centers lccom0 Mcwlloss f;r want of proper nutrition. This is espv?ia-lly true in the ppring season. Kvery spring si host of invalids are produced as the di rect reeul t of weak nerves. This could lie eiiKily obviated by the nse of 1'cruha. i-'critua Mrikcs at the root of the difficulty bv correcting the digestion. Di-restion furr.ishea nutri- QUEEN Of A $10,000 forfeit if we cannot produce the original fetter and signature of above testimonial which well demonstrates its full g?(w.iieii?s;s. ' J. pan is said to have sect of women : He "VTe m:ist economize. Sti; who never speak," we are informed by pise, darling, that you try your hand the Chattanooga Times. It would be worth a sisrht to see mi Easter L t shied into the mid-it of a bur oh tf them, Wilmington Star. Keep your bowels regular by Iho ' use ct Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. There is nothing Let-1 ter. For sale by all druggists. "Talk is cheap." "It is evident i u never bad a lawyer to talk to you." Boston Traveler. FOR A WEAK DIGESTION. No medicine can replace food but Chamberlain's Stomach aud Liver Tablets will help you to digest your food. It is not the quantity of food taken that gives strengin ai.il vigor to the system, but the amount digested and assimilated. If troubled with a weak digestion, don't fail to give these Tablets a trial. Thousands have been benefited by their use. They only cost a quarter. For sale by all drug gists. "I never knew befoie be was a relig ious crank." "Nonseuse ! he isn't." "He certainly is. He got me in a corner the other day and asked if I was prepared to die." "Of course He is an insurance agent." Philadel phia Ledger. It Is difficult to cure a cough or lree yourself from the discomforts of a cold unless you move the bowels. Bee Lax ative Honey and Jar acts on tne bowels and drives all cold out of the svstem. J ben comes its sootning effect and strengthening influence upon . the throat and lungs. For Croup, j Whooping Cough, Colds, and all Lung ..r.A Rrrrhial nff Ml.lnn. nn rpmedv Is t equal to the original Laxative Honey aud Tar. Sold by E. T. Whitehead te Co .Scotland Keck, and Leggett's drug store, Hobgood t "I don't like that Charley Titewad, chirped Miss Giggle ; "why he says he's actually afraid to eat ice cream. 'Fraid of germs, the gorge! I like brave men. ;You ain't afraid to tat ice cream, are you George?"' And what could George do but. buy? Pilte Pitlsburg Post. IN A TINCH, USE ALLEN'S FOOT EASE. Shake into your shoes Alien's Foot Ease, a powder. It cures Corns, Bunions, Painful, Smarting. Hot, Swollen feet. At all Druggists ana Shoe Stores, 25c. - 3-30-6t Bean the Eujnattr iTttt Kind You Haw Always Bocgtn A ,r fir tfS 3COC-CCCOO. t 1 MARLOWC. XKO0KM COCOOC-O OOOOOCKKKK O Lion for the nerve a-nicr?. I'roer'y di :;'sU (l foe 1 furiiilu's thee reservoir if :if.. with vitality vi hlvh leads to slro'i;:, .steady lier cs, tht:s nourishes life. IVruua is iu f.reat favor amorg vt, :ueil, : -;: eially tlio.- vim have Voea-uti'-.s t'i::t are trytu;c t the nervous sys tem. iVruua furiii.-hes the lasting iit-viyoratlo-i f t t!i! nerve? that Mich peo ple -. i.;ueh r.ei d. Thousands of tenll :::oi;:;:!s women i:i all parts of '.ho l::l; d tates are Ik in;; recciviil every year. :m: !i unsolicited evideiieu iwely I'Toves that IVruua is without r.'t equal as a nerve tonic aud a vital in vigoralor. Buy a bciiie of Peruna today, if you do not receive all the bene fits from Peruna that you ex pected, write to Dr. liariman, Co I'ttmbus, Ohio. ' at making your o.vu cloihcs?'' Sim "Oh I (Jaor;A. de ir. I i.e.ver could do tli.U! Suppose I l-egm by trying i : male yours?' I'luli. ddphu Ii.qu.rcr. FRIGHTFUL SUFFERING RE LIEVED. Suffering frightfully from the viru lent poislons of undigested food, C. (. Grayson, of Lti'a, Miys , took Dr. Kind's New Lite I'tlls, "with the re sult he wiites, that I was cured." All titonneli and ti vpI disorders give way to their tonif, InXilive properties. 2"m at E. T. Whitehead t Co'd drug htoio, ,u iratjttcd. Her Papa So you want to murry my daughter, do you? Her Lover -Yes, sir. Her Papa What are yonr prospects? Her Lever She is willirg, if jou are. rhilade'phia Telegraph. WON A NAME OF FAME. DeWitt's Little Early Riser', tM famous little pills, have beou in dd famous by their certain yet harmless and gentle action upon the bowels ai.d liver. They have no equal for bilious ness, constipation, etc. They do not weaken the stomach, gripe, or make you leel sick. Onca used always pre ferred. Th?y strengthen. Sold by E. I. Whitehead & Co. GunDer -Harfcer ha9 nn original way ot making progress through the crowds m the shopping district " Guyer What is it? Gunner Why, he carries an automobile horu nuri. r his coat and w hen h? toots it every one jumps out of his way for teu feet ahead. Atlanta Constitution. FORGET ABOUT YOUR STOMACH. If your digestion is bad the vital organs of your body are not fed nt.d nourished as they should be. Hey grow weak and invite disease. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat, cures indigestion and ail stomach troubles. You forget you have a stomach from the very day you begin takiug it. This is because it gets a rest recuperates and gradually grown so strong and healthy that it troubles you no more E. L. Babcock, Am herst, Minn , says : "I have taken a great many remedies for indigestion but have found nothing equal to Kcdol Dyspepsia Cure." Kcdol digests what you eart. c tires Indiges tion, DvFpepsis Sour Stomach, Belch ing, Heartburn and all Stomach Troubles. Its preparation is the ici-ult of many years of research. Sold by E. T. Whitehead fc Co. Kodol Dyspepsia Ccro ,CoWandrMip.