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SCOTLAND NECK, N. CM THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1906.
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The old cold goes; a new one
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of a weak throat, weak lungs,
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breaks up the taking-cold habit.
fj It strengthens, soothes, heals.
Ask your doctor about it.
The best kind of a testimonial
"Sold for over sixty years."
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PROFESSIONAL.
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ILL H. JOSEY,
GENERAL INSURANCE
AND AC E N T,
Scotland Neck, N. C.
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SCOTLAND NECK, N. C.
WA. A ALBION DUNN,
I ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Scotland Neck, N. C.
Practice wherever their sarvices are
required.
a W. MIXON,
Rekractixo Optician,
Watch-Maker, Jeweler, Encraveh
Scotland Neck, N. C.
R. A. C. LIVERMON,
Dentist,
OFFiCE-Over New Whithead Building
Office hours from 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to
o u 'clock, p. m.
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C.
DWARD L. TRAVIS,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
HALIFAX, N. C.
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
than sleep and rest. If these are denied you,
if you rise in the morning more tired than
yhen you went to bed, there is an affection of
the nerves plainly present. 1! your heart is
weak, or there is an inherited tendency in
that direction, your weakened nerves will
soon fo affect your heart's action as to bring
on serious, chronic trouble. Dr. Miles' Ner
vine is a nerve tonic, which quiets the nerves,
so that sieep may come, and it quickly re
stores the weakened nerves to health and
strength. Dr. Miles' Heart Cure is a great
blood and heart tonic which regulates the ac
tion of the heart, enriches the blood and im
proves the circulation.
"Some time ago I was suffering' severely
with heart trouble. At times my heart would
seemingly stop beating and at others it would
teat loudly and very fast. Three to four
hours sleep each night in ten months was all
1 could get. One week in last September I
never closed my eyes. I got Dr. Miles' Nervine
and Heart Cure at a drugstore in Lawrence
burg, after spending 8300.00 in medi
cines and doctors in Louisville, Shelbwille,
rrankfort, Cincinnati and Lawrenceburg,
and m three days have derived more benefit
irom the use of your remedies than I got
irom all the doctors and their medicines. I
think everybody ought to know of the mar-'f-
1 ,s P,'nver contained in your remedies."
w . II. lIuGin;s, Fox Creek, Ky.
Al1 clr!'!:'sts sell and guarantee first bot.
k ' 5 Remedies. Send for free book
l?r mToU ar,d IIeart Diseases. Addres
Ur. MUes Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind.
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JlDI TOIL'S jEISURE jOUFS,
OBSERVATIONS OF
The Raleigh Times makes the following editorial observation on manly
merit : "There is always room at the top. The Sun tells of a young man
Merit Wins in America.
waiter in a restaurant, for a few dollars a week and such tips as generous
people were willing to give. Now he has been appointed manager of one
of the most famous hotels in the city at a salary ol $25,000 a year. Every
waiter, of course, cannot do so well, yet the case shows what can be done by
proper effort and when a man has the determination to prove his mettle."
till
The expressions of Theodore Price, the great cotton man of New York,
about the coming cotton crop, may proye to be a hurtlul influence. He
has given
will need
Better be Careful.
South twelve million bales. This declaration following the final report of
the Census Bureau that the present crop was less than eleven million
bale?, may have a tendency to cause farmers to be a little more liberal in
their cotton acreage. But this should not be the case. Acreage should be
held down below what it was in 1901 ; and if this is done aud there should
be good demand for a 12,000,000 bale crop, the price will be all the higher
next fall and the co'ti farmer all tha more independent for his small crop.
Hold down the acreage, no matter what Mr, Price says.
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There is no telling what new thing we may expect any day. The Gas
toaia Gazette, which is inclined to the old ways, and The Commonwealth
Something New Again.
with our contemporary that we quote it as follows: "And now there's
something else new. They are trying to abolish the old smoke house,
where we used to bang up the meat, start a fire smothered with corn cobs
and hickory chip?, cIos9 the door and leave the good sweet country hams
to "cure" in wholesome smoke. A correspondent of the Progressive Farm
er wrote that paper inquiring where he could 'get essence of smoke for
meat so that it would not have to be hung up to smoke in the old way.'
And our contemporary was progressive enough to tell the correspondent
where he could get the 'extract of smoke.' What In the world is the ex
tract of smoke, how ia it used, and what are we coming to anyway?"
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Congress is considering the question whether or not the Government
shall discontinue the free destribution of seeds through the members of
Seed Destribuf.ion.
free seeds to congressmen, to say nothing of the cost of the mail service in
carrying them to their destinatio i; It seems a useless expenditure of
money and an unnecessary source of annoyance to congressmen ; for if they
do not have a bundle oi seed sent to each one of their "prominent constitu
ents, that "prominent" constituent who is overlooked is badly disturbed
about it. We remember to have heard a citlzsn of this congressional dis
district exprers disappointment that Hon. Claude Kitchin had not sent
him his accustomed package of seed. Some people come to think about
that little bundle of seed somewhat like the negroes in reconstruction days
thought about their "forty acres and a mule." And the whole business of
sending out free seed through congressmen carries about as much benefit to
the public as there was reason in the promise to the negroes about the
"forty acres and a mule."
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Somewhere we have recently read what a professional man bad to say
concerning the effect of electricity on the American people. The learned
An Eye-glass Nation.
blind, or quite so. He said that electricity used in a thousand ways and
places to which it was a stranger but yesterday, will dull and dim the eye
sight of the people of America befora the century closes. Electricity in
the store, In the office, in the home, on the streets, in cars every where, is
already having such effect upon the yervous make-up and the eyesight of
the people that America may even now be called an eye-glass nation. And
come to think about it, who &hall say that the learned Doctor's predictions
may not partially, if not wholly, come true? There is no doubt that the
use of art'.ficial light has already wrought hurt and harm to the people of
all the civilized world. Ia thousand! and thousands, and still thousands
on thousands of places, people do by glaring and unsteady electric light, or
by glimmering and taxing lamp light, many things that were formerly
done by daylight or were not done at all. The age is impatient and we
cannot be content with toiling through the light of the day and resting
until the light comes again. Then thousands and thousands of persons
daily reverse the uses of light and darkness by using artificial light by
which to work or revel at night and do their sleeping during the hours in
which God gives day light by which they might toil or study. We ask
again, Who shall say that the learnei Doctor who predicts national physi
cal blindness lor the American people before the dawn ol another new
century, is altogether incorrect or unreasonable?
Now is the time to guard the health
and strength of the lungs. The best
remedy to use for coughs and colds is
Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar. The
only cough syrup that does not consti
pate the bowels, but which on the oth
er band, expels all cold from the system
by acting as a pleasant laxative. Best
for coughs, colds, croup, whooping
cough, etc. E. T. Whitehead fe Co.,
Scotland Neck, Leggett'a Drug Store,
Hobgood.
FOLEYSHONEYTAR
C.wvs CnMi Pr" - nA1"
PASSING EVENTS.
who arrived in New York some years ago from
Switzerland and who secured employment as a
it out as his opinion that the world
from this year's cotton crop la the
believes in them also, is a little disturbed about
a "new wrinkle," and we so far share the trouble
that body. It costs about a quarter of a mil
lion dollars annually, it is said, to furnish these
Doctor declared that the end of the twentieth
century will find the American people almost
IN MAD CHASE.
Millions rush in mad chase after
health, from one extreme of faddism
to another, when, if they would only
eat good food, and keep their bowels
regular with Dr. King's New Life Pills,
their troubles would all pass away
Prompt relief and quick cure for liver
and stomach trouble. 25c at E. T.
Whitehead & Co.'s drug store ; guaran
teed. i
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Bearttts
Signature
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Ttu Kind You Have Always Bought
In a jeweller's window on the corner
of a much frequented street hangs a
little clock which for more than a
year had told the time correctly to
passers by. One morning, at twenty
minutes past eight, the clock stopped
running for iust twenty minutes.
School children noticed the time and
stopped "to play a little while." Peo
ple hurrying to catch the train, saw
the clock which had always been truth
ful, and walked mere slowly. Business
men and professional men hurrying
to meet appointments stopped to ex
change greetings, thinking there was
plenty of time. Wording men and
women noted the time and lingered in
the fresh air and sunshine. All were
late that morning, simply because the
little clock which they had not hither
to recognized as an influence in their
daily lives, h.d stopped running twen
ty minutes.
Draw your own lesson from th's
story. Are we sure that our lives are
running steadily on in the right direc
tion and telling "the time o' day truly
in the Matter's work?" Many whom
wj Know not of are influenced for good
or bad by our going or stopping. We
should, therefore, strive earnestly to be
faithful in all things. We cannot all
succeed, as the world counts success
but we can all be faithful in His Eer-
vice. Selected.
The Secret of Good Farming. '
C. W. Burkett, in Progressive Farmer.
We readily recognize quality and
its value in men. We call it character.
Why not acknowledge the same when
we have to do with the various phases
of farming?
Quality what is it?
The first attribute of success in all
things. It is the best seed cotton
obtainable. It is seed corn selected
from the best and most prolific stalks
It is soil well tilled, improved by cul
ture, legumes and coyer crops.
It is the cow s5th milk or heel
form, which earns a living and pays
her owner well lor her care and
trouble.
It is the hog broad over back and
shoulders d9ep in the sides and fine in
bone, legs and head. Qjality is every
phase of soil or crop or animal. It i$
tie best obtainable for our enviror
ments and conditions.
Finally; quality is th3 good farmer ;
the man who reads, who studies, ex
D3riments ; the man who believes in
his work and feele honored by it.
Quality is the good farmer.
Disrespsctf ul Looks Costly.
It is not uncommon for a lawyer in
this country to be fined for expressing
his contempt of court verbally, but
abroad barristers are held to a stricter
accountability. During a recent case
at Darmstadt one of the counsel wae
declared by the judge to havo looked
at him "in a manner highly disrespect
ful." For this offense the counsel was
fined $10.
NOW SHE HATES HIM.
She wished to break it to him gently.
"I have decided" she said, "to return
your ring."
He, however, was aresourcelul man
who did not believe in letting woman
get the better of him. "You needn't
bother"he replied. "I buy them by the
dozen."
THREE OF THEM.
Dearborn Do you know the seven
wonders of the world? Wabash-well, I
know three of them. Deirborn Only
three? Wabash Yes; I've only got
three sons, you know.
Men who couldn't organize a peanut
stand know just how the pastor should
run the church.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional rem
edies. Deafness is caused by an inflam
ed condition of the mucousmg of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
inflamed you have a rumbling sound
or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed, deafness is the result
and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be des
troyed forever ; nine cases out of ten
are caused by Catarrh which is noth
ing but an inflamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness(caused by Ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free
F. J, CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Tak Hall's Family Fills for constipation
C ASTORIA..
Bears tu -The Kind YoBjHaveAlways Bought
i
Mi ifMfif psi
-Zyi I life7 THE ! lj(MTARRHl
"Every family should know the important fact
that catarrhal diseases claim 2009000 victims in the
United States each year. In spring and summer,
catarrh of the stomach, bowels, liver, kidneys and
pelvic organs is most common."
S. B. HART At AN, M. D.
Jrfiss soma of ihs sweet things
in life - -but don'l miss
the pleasures of a box of
E. T. White
head & Co.,
Sales Agents
Scotland Neck, X.C.
English Kitchen,
On American and
European Plan.
Established 1890.
A nice Tioast Beef Dinner lor
25c.
Fish, Oysters and Crabs in
season.
We also have a few nicely
furnished rooms for our pa
trons.
317 Main Street, SorfoIIr, Va.
Day
Livery
Buggies
Harness
W hips
Robes
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H0BT8 CAROLINA
FARMERS
Need a North Carolina Farm
Paper
One ud.ipled to North Carolina cli
mate, soils and conditions, mode by
Tar Heels and for Tar Heels and at
the fara9 tima as wide awake its any
la Kentucky or Kamchatka. Such a
paper is
The Progressive Farmer
RALEIGH, N.C.
Edited by Clakexce II. Toe, with
Dr. C. W. Burkett, of the A. tt M.
College, nnri Director B. W. Kilgnre,
of the Agricultural Experiment Station
(you know them), ns assistant editor
(fl. a year). If 3011 aie already taxing
the paper, we can make no reduc
tion, but if you are not taking if,
YOO CAN SAVE 50 CITS
BY .Exmxr; Vt'U OHDEIt TO I S.
That in to s.iy, to the new Proyres
sive Farmer subscriber we will send
that paper with The Commonwealth
both imo year for $1.50. Regular
price :?2 00
Address all orders to
THE COMMONWEALTH,
SCOTLAND NHCK, N. C.
The reason Dr, Dade's Little Liver
Piils give perfect satisfaction is duo to
their tonic effect on the liver. They
nevei gr.pe. E. T. Whitehead it Co,
Scotland Aeck, Leggett's Drug r tore
Hobgood. ,
The season of Indigestion is now at
hand. Ring'd Dyspepsia Tablets re
lieve indigestion, and correct all stom
ach disorders. E. T. Whitehead it
Co., Scotland Neck, Lspgetts Drug
S tore, Uotpood
Bear the 9 ,nB fcum i"a naw always wugin
"Whj ' ycimg ma i, " Fld the ttfm
parent, "von cerla.ut'y doo'i :h:nk L
would 1 e foolish cnouuh to let u p-n-nylefs
youth hko you marry my
daughter, do you?'' "Well it tip to
you," rj'.lncd the poor but nervy
; youngster, "jl n cinch that no ndi
young man would marry a girt as
homely i-3 is '' 'Jhic o News.
To the Trustees of the Scotand thek
Baptist Church.
It is our ouruc-t w!.h todoi a'e ;i
qu.tnity of the L. A M. P. i it to oi:r
church mid every church whet:c er ic
is to be painted.
10,000 churches pointed with L it
! r.r.
i gallons h.& M. mixed with it
Ions Linseed Oil will paint a moderate
iz3d house.
Actual c.t L & M. about $1 20 per
gallon.
L. t- M. Zinc hardens L.A M. Wl.ite
Lo:.d and makes the paint near like
iron.
IJ irro.: it Pock, Montpelier, Vt ,
WriiCH, ' School house No. 1 pni;;ttd
with L it M. two coats. Utcd uiily
fiva gallons L it M. and nino g-.l.'i iis
Oil. Co-t of paint, liTAcetitsa gallon."
Sold by L T. Whitehead it Co.
Pci t land Neck.
Mrs. McCal! Sim's pruciso t th
point of recent riciiy. Mrs. AM"t:m
Is she, really ? Mr : .McCnll Oracimi-,
es.Why,if you ask Ik r low much I er
new gown it bonnet cost hlie-5nv.irlal-ly
rpplie "It cost mv husband," wf.: t
evr the j rici may happen to ,c
P.i'Iadelpl.ia Pros.
Indirection i.s much ol I it
Don't re', the hab.t. Tte a M-.m
Kodol Dvf'i-'CpsiM due after fji.tin i
vou will quit filching, iiiilli'i, pn'.i
t ititig ;m'l frovnini:. Kodol Iu-fis
what jo'l ri't atrrl makfMlliO s O iimi ll
Hwcnt. Sold l.v H. T. tViiitehea't & Co.
11 i .. o.
Dlfinfecf, clean up, scatter
and prepare for spring.
lirr.e
The New CoiiL'h Syrup the oin
that acts a mild cnihaitic on the
bowel? is Kennedy's Laxstive lf'
and Tr Tt expela all cold fiom the
tsX'tt rvi sttifa I lia 1 l t rvi i.iif ..I . i
, lhroat g It.IMiUier)l, lhft mucriUH
branes of the . bronchial ttiM'p, h m
lieves croup, whooping rough, ru-.
Childien love it. Sold by E. T.Wh m.
; head & Co. .
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University
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WftiOfcK, VA. PlUSSlDEKT