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VOL. XXII. lew SeiiesYoI. 9.
JlDITOHJS JEISURE
OBSERVATIONS OF
With the multitude of cotton factories in North Carolina, it is rather
strange that so few of them are in the
Why is it So?
State, but
are looated elsewhere. Halifax county
of cotton, and the estimated crop for
all this county there is but one cotton
With a good mill or two at every town
better all the time In the eounty and
of using the money which Is spent
cotton. It seems strange that here where there is so muoh ootton produced
there should be so few mills for the manufacture of It. Cannot those who
have money in the varlons counties in
Invest it in cotton mills? To do this
community in which suoh mills should
money is here and the only thing needed for this work is some vigorous
efforts for it. Why not have the mills?
txtt
With the great number oi free rural
the length of time these have been in
tion whether
Rural Deliveries and
Beading
are taking
Newspaper
habits of the people : and they generally
the readiog is done by the people in the
paper man was saying a few days ago
country who do not read at all, and many who do read are very Indifferent
about what they read. He said he was asking a man in the country to
subscribe to his paper. The countryman said that he already was taking
one paper and he reckoned that was
the newspaper man about what paper it waa the countryman said he did
not iust remember. And ao It ia. There ia more of thia indifference about
reading In the country than one who does not make observation would be
lieve. Some cheap advertising sheet from the Weat finds its way Into a
home now and then and frequently the man who geta it feela like It is
about all the paper he needs. Someone will say that such oases are rare.
Well they are not so rare as one might suppose. Sometimes when a solici
tor for subscribers to a paper aska a man
has as manv papers sent him free as he
the rural districts utilising their opportunities for reading? Perhaps in
anme olaces they are, but we should say
Almost any and every man in the country can take a weekly paper he can
get it without much trouble, and aurely
Itli
Hometimes it becomes rather fashionable for politicians to speak of the
treed for money in certain quarters by
antagonize.
The Greed for Money
doubt is
wish to use it in any such way ; but
times convinoes one that the greed for
do not bare to go to the great cities of
find this condition. It is all about us,
of our homes, and is a part, sad to say,
An not wish to be pessimistic in our
fer to look on the bright side of everything, candor compels us to say that
the greed for money has taken a hold
mnnitv that Is fearful to contemplate.
thing else ii given a seoondary consideration to money. It is money,
monev. money all the time. If a young man who has been away from a
ftommunitv a doxen or more years, or
community, the chief and uppermost question concerning him Is, how
r.nh monev has he made ? What Is he worth ? Seldom, if ever, does any
one make inquiry concerning the man's
or whether he has done any good in
by the money he has made. This great greed lor money has grown so
twi that In many communities it is thwarting its own purpose. For
instance, some individuals become
n.nnratlve work and want to make
a good, and safe and helpful enterprise
mnnltv. Bv turning loose a little of
tbe enterprise they would not only make it possible for their own interests
to grow, but would help others as well.
womea a boomerang which returns
r.h varv nersons who love the almighty dollar so well. Men ought to
be men and rise above the littleness
causes them to display.
tttl
tu vrinA or sicken, but
cleanse and strengthen the stomaob,
it a Kv.ta TMm is the unlver-
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F0IYSH0;iETTAn
Commonweal
(6-18)
Jlouxs,
PASSING EVENTS.
eastern part of the State. Eastern
Carolina produces most of the cotton in the
somehow the most of the cotton mills
produced in 1904 about 22,000 balea
1905 was about 17,000 bales ; but in
mill and that is at Roanoke Rapids.
the price of ootton would be a bit
the county would get the advantage
in employing operatives to spin the
this part of the State be Induced to
would be to help materially every
be located. The cotton ia here, the
delivery routes In the country and
operation, it is an Interesting ques
or not the people along these lines
advantage of these conveniences.
men frequently discuss the reading
reaoh the conclusion that moat of
cities, towns and villages. A news
that he finds many people in the
enough. Upon being questioned by
to take his paper,he answers that he
can read. But are the people In
that in most cases they are not.
the cost of the paper Is little.
certain interests which they wish to
It is rather a catohy phrase and no
sometimes overworked. We do not
careful observation of the spirit of the
money is truly a reality. And we
the North, West, East, or South to
even at our own doors and in many
of the llfe.of many of us. While we
views, and while we would greatly pre
on many people In almost every com-
Health, morals, religion and every
even not so many, returns to his old
intellectual or moral deyelopment,
the world. He ia sized up, as we say,
so grasping that they Jose an idea oi
it all themselves, and so throttle many
which would do good in their com-
their money to encourage ana ne.y
Then the greed lor money onen
with doubled force lor disadvantage
that the gnawing greed for money
Ail old-time Cousih Syrups bind the
Ks.-ia Thia in wrong. A new Idea
aa advanced two vears ago in Ken
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Remedy acta on mucous memoraues
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whoomne cough, etc. hoi Dy x-. x.
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"EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO.
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 15,
I Man Figures That Ha Wasted 75,
000 Hours in Fifty Years.
I San Francisco Chronicle.
I am 60 years old
I have been at work more or less
regularly, since I was 20, and part of
the time between 10 and 20 years of
age
I am a failure, a mediocrity rather,
whioh probably is as bad, if not worse,
than an utter failure.
Some times, vears ago. I used to
kick and blame others because I was
not a brilliant success. In fact, with
tout boasting, I should have been a
success. I am quite clever, I know
my business, I can sell snuff, and can
hustle as bard as any one. I am a Not tbe happy and sad, for the swift
fairlv faithful worker and have the I fltlnr
. j a
experience and have bad the backing. I
ienuvo laueu, i
lne day x was ou years oiu l maaei.T . .. , , . T
, , . , ,,, , No, the two kinds of people on earth I
some calculations based on solid, sober
I mAnn.
facts, simply to show them to my boy,
. ' T , . , .
who is growing up, I hope, at least, to
be a bit different from his lather. I
had found out several years before why j
I bad failed, and I made these calsu
lations to make it plainer to him. Per
haps the figures may help some other
young fellow.
Plainly, as I found out after blaming
I everything else, I was not a fairly suc
cessful man because I wanted too much
I .1 m A
In fact, I wasted over eight years of
I
tlme out of 50 available for work in
which I should have been doing seme
thing to advance or improve myself
I was and am moderately well fixed
It I bad availed myself of that time
which I wasted carelessly, and added I
the results to tbe small things that I
have achieved, my family would have
bad a little more than my life insur
ance to depend on.
These are the figures that I prepared
tor my son : houbs
Overslept 10 minutes a day for 50
years 3,050
Wasted hunting lost things 20
minutes a day for 50 years.. 6,100
I Talking uselessly 30 minutes a
a day for 50 years 9,100
Waiting for cars ten minutes a
day for 50 years 2,440
flmnbincr nTOPKal HO minutes a
day for 45 years 8,190
TX0.f.m.'.n.Dr 1380
Li,,...,. , ... ,n
uaras. Diiiiarus. uuui. eio. u i
minutes a day for 40 years. . 7,280
' ... .
Horses, dogs, babies, etc., 40
minutes a day for 50 years.. 11,150
h in i
Barrooms, so minuies a a ay ior
40 years 9,720
Plain loafing, 45 minutes a day
for 50 j ears 16,425
Total waste in 50 years 75,285
One of Lincoln's Homes.
The old log building that from 1831
to 1836 was the home of Abraham
Lincoln is fast falling into decay on
tbe homestead, two mues irom tne
village of Petersburg, III. The only
attempt to keep the house from tumb-
ling down bas been to prop it up wun physician and one should be in attend
poles at one end, not so much to pre- anCBi but occasionally a Bimple remedy
serve the historic structure as to pre- wni heiD wonderfully in the first stages
vent its ialling upon tbe Horses ana
cattle which it now shelters. Ail
around are piles of cobs and barnyard
litter.
John D. Hofing now owns the farm
The building was once a widely
known tavern, kept by Bowling and
Nancy Green. There Lincoln resided
in the five years he made New Salem
his headquarters. The two-mile drive
from Petersburg to Salem is along the
banks of the picturesque Sangamon.
It was at Salem that Lincoln wooed
Ann Rutledge, whose untimely death
caused even bis strong mind to give
away temporarily. The grave in Oak-
wood Cemetery is visited by many
tourists. It is marked by a plain gran
lte boulder, taken from a nearby stream
On the rough side Is carved the
name "Ann Kuueage ". xnat is an-
. a am. C 1 1
but it tells of a story of devoted love
t.H tw Heath, vet
lUHb lin UV w jv. mJ J
never wholly lost. The memories that
oluster about that grave will never fade
Lincoln always maintained that the
spirit of Ann Rutledge was constantly
near him and was his inspiration nd
support in the years that followed.
New York World,
One would think the laxative idea
in a cough syrup should have been ad
vanced long before it was. It seems
the only rational remedy for Coughs
and Colds would be to move the bowels
and clean tbe mucous membranes of
tbe throat and luogs at tbe same time
Kenney's Laxative Honey and Tar,
does this. It ia the Original Laxative
Cough Syrup, tbe best known remedy
for Coughs, Colds, Croup, Whooping
Cougb, etc. Tastes good and harmless.
Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
There are two kinds of people on earth
today.
Just two kinds of people, no more, I
say.
Not the sinner and saint, for 'tis well
understood
The good are half bad and the bad are
half good.
Not the rich and the poor, for to count
a man's wealth
Yon must first know tbe state of his
conscience and healtb.
Not tbe humble and proud, for in life's
little span,
Who puts on vain airs is not counted
man.
UJlUg JUWIO
Bring each man his laughter and each
man nis tears.
I. , j ,
Are the people who lilt and the people
I v, i
Wherever you go, you will find the
world's masses
Are always divided in just these two
classes.
And oddly enough, you will find, too,
I wean,
There is only one lifter to twenty who
lean.
In wnlfn class are your
1mm (La lAarl
Are you eas-
ing tbe load
Of overtaxed lifters who toil down the
road?
Or are you a leaner who
lets Others j
bear
Your portion of labor and worry and
care?
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in Harper's
Weekly.
Onions for Pneumonia.
The lollowing remedy is going the
rounds of many papers and said to be
a good remedy for pneumonia :
"Take six or ten onions, according
to size, chop fine, put in a large spider
on a hot fire, then add tbe same quan-
tUV o! ! meal and vinegar enough to
form a thick Dflste. Stir thoroughly,
letting simmer five or ten minutes.
'."""Tr?
to cover the lungs and apply to the
w . - -
chest as not as tne patient can bear.
...
In about ten minutes apply another,
anj thus continue by reheating the
poultices. In a few hours tbe patient
will be out of danger.
It has been said that this remedy has
never tailed to effect a cure. From
I three to four applications usually are
all that are needed to start the perspir
ation freelv from the chest. The remc
dv is said to have been originated by a
New England physician, who achieved
great success through the application
0f simple remedies.
Pneumonia is a disease which calls
J for tne constant care of a competent
or in the absence of the family doctor.
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Teach her that 100 cents make one
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Teach her hOT to wear a simple
m nil in draw and to waar it like a
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Teach her bow to sew on buttons, darn
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Teach her to dress ior health and com
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Teach her to arrange the parlor and
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Teach her to love and cultivate flow
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Teach her to have a place for every
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Teach her to say no and mean it,
and to say yes and stick to it
Teach her to have nothing to do
lth Intemperate young men
I ...
I sn - a. t . . J a a aw a a k
"aon ner 10 pay regani tu tu ur-
aoter of those she would associate with
and not to how much money they
have. Detroit News.
"What a lovely collection of odd
cups !" exclaimed a guest, peering Into
the china cabinet. "Did it take you
Ion to cat so manv?" "Ob. no," said
a D r -
tbe hostess. "Those are samples of
tbe sets we have bad in the last two
years !" Detroit Free Press.
Art Dealer Here !s a lovely little
woodland scene for only $2,250. Old
Magnate That? Nonsense! I know
where that waa painted. Why, 1
oould buy the whole farm for $1,500
Somerville Journal.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $i oo
1906.
O. 11
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jj f S Threatened ;
j. Catarrh
A v J of the :;
i .rfvA f Lungs
v I'S " 1 By Taking j
: M-1P Pe-ru-na! '
jj
Mrs. Mary Mair, 423 College Ave., E. Pittsburg, Pa., writes : j
,.i i r t.mA m vrv Mfvfre cold
the doctor tor some time, but Ms medicine did me no good.
"Having read in the paper some testimonials of the value of Peruna, ! de.
elded to try H, and at the same time wrote to Dr. Hartman for advice. I took
five bottles of Peruna and am now entirely cured.
"Before taking Peruna I was so run down that I could do no work and could
not stand on my feet. My head ached and I could not sleep-l would JP
mod cough. In the morning, on rising, 1 would cough for at least ten mn
utes. I was alarmed.
"But. thanks to Peruna, I am now enjoying good health. I would not be
without Peruna. I keep It in tbe house
has a cold.
A NEGLECTED cold is generally
the first cause of catarrh.
Women are especially liable to colds.
These colds occur more frequently dur
ing the wet, sloppy weather of winter
and spring than any other time of the
year, oiten mey
WOMEN SHOULD
are not considered
serious and so arc
allowed to run on,
or they are treated
BEWARE OF
CATCHING COLD.
in such a war as to only palliate the
symptoms, while the cold becomes more
deep-seated and the patient finally
awakens to the fact that she has a well
developed case of catarrh.
Bv reason of their delicate structure
the lunss are f reqnently the seat of a
cold, especially if there Is the slightest
weakness of these organs. The treat
ment of catarrh of the lungs is also
more difficult and discouraging than
catarrh of any other organ or tne Doay
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which settled on my lungs.
went to'
ana give a 10 my jnuc "Y'ln
-MRS. MARY MAO.
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It would be wise, therefore, to guard
a-a$ast it by every precaution possible.
lVrtina has been found the most re
liable of all remedies for coughs, cold
and catarrh, by reason of the fact that
it goes at once to the; very seat of tha
trouble.
it searches out every crevice, every
duct of the body. It quickens and equal
izes the circula
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thus relieving the
PE-RU-NA
THE REMEDY
FOR CATARRH
OF THE LUNGS.
congested mucous
membranes. Itex
erriscs a healine
and soothing effect upon the mucous
membranes, no matter wnetner sney
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Sold by druggists in every part if tbe
world. Twenty-five cents a bottl. Be
sure and ask for Mrs. WmsIowV Sooth
tnc Syrup.
Tbe reason Dr. Dade'a Little i-ier
j Pills give periect satisfaction is 1 ia to
their tonic effect on the liver. 1 hoy
Inevet gripe E. T. Whitehe.il A- :.o.
' ScotUnd eck, Leett'j Drug ' .re
Jlobgood.
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