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If You Are a Hustler YOU WILL Advertise .... Y o u K .... Business Send in Your Ad. Now. Commonwea: TTATTTr H K MACHINERY That Great Propelling Power. E. E .HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. "EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $i oo VOL. XXII. New Series Vol. 106-18 SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1906. NUMBER 47. ADVERTISING TO EUSitfESS WHAT STEAM IS TO Ml DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK ? KUney Trouble Makes You Miserable. Almost everybody who reads the news papers is sure to Know ot tne wonderful cures maae Dy L'r. Kilmer's Swamp-Root. the great kidney, live: and bladder remedy. e It is the creat medi- T?jS cal triumph of the nine- i teenth century; dis covered after years of scientific research by ur. Kilmer, the emi nent kidney and blad der specialist, and is vonderfully successful in promptly curing hm back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst f:: of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root fs not rec ommended for everything but if you have kid ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found just the remedy you need. It has been tested in so many ways, in hospital work, in private practice, among the helpless too poor to pur chase relief and has proved so successful in every case that a special arrangement has been made by which all readers of this paper who have not already tried it, may have a sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book telling more about Swamp-Root and how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper and fC-'T"" srnd your address to Dr. Kilmer &. Co., Bing hamton, N. Y. The regular fifty cent ana Home of swamp-Root. dollar sfaes are sold b.y all good druggists. Don't make any mistake, but re member the nance, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-root, and the address Biughamton, N, Y., on every bottle. 1 " 1 " - 1 - ii PROFESSIONAL. O. F. SMITH, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURCEON. SCOTLAND NECK. N. C. Office Formerly Occupied by Dr. Hassell. UILL H. JOSEY, it GENERAL INSURANCE AND ACENT; Scotland Neck, N. C. D R. J. P. WIMBERLE i , OFFICE BRICK HOTEL, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. WA. & ALBION DUNN, I ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Scotland Neck, N. C. Practice wherever their services are required. W. MIXON, Retracting Optician, Watch-Maker, Jeweler, Engraver Scotland Neck, N. C. D R. A. C. LIVEKMOS, Dentist. OfFiCE-Over New Whlthead Building Office hours from 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to 5 o'clock, p. m. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. E DWARD L. TRAVIh, Attorney and Counselor at Law, HALIFAX, N. C. Jf(mey Loaned on Farm hands. Livery Buggies Harness Whips Robes , North nariiliia, KILLthe cough and CURE the LUNGS r. ICing's WITH New Discovery forC CONSUMPTION Price OUGHS and 60c & $1.00 Free Trial. OLDS Surest and Quickest Cure for all TTTPrtlT n t TT-vrn rmrTT-D CbjLXV. UUUW AAVWWAJ LES, or MONEY BACK. HOLLISTEF.VS Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets A EiBy Medioina for Easy People. Brings Golden Health and Eenewed Vigor. A specific for Constipation, Inrlipostion, Live Pnd Kidney Troubles. Pimples. Eczema, Impure Wood, Bad Breath, Sluprtfish Bowels, Headache and Backache. It's Rocky Mountain Tea in tab let lorm, 35 cents a box. Genuine made by molester Druo Company, Madison, Wis GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PE0PIK ManZan relieves instantly the pain caused by those blind, bleeding, itch ing and protruding piles. It is put up in collapsible tubes in such a way that it can be applied where the trouble or iginates, thus stopping the pain imme diately. Try one bottle and if you are not relleyed, your money will be re funded. Try our free offer. E. T. Whitehead & Co .Scotland Neck, Leggett's drug store, Hobgood. Lf& Ik J! U V E 1 DaY & mm, I TOIL'S J-EISURE JioUFS, OBSERVATIONS OF The Washington correspondent to the Charlotte Observer gives account of the development of waterways in North Carolina, and says the follow'ng Roanoke Improved. to 1231,180.14. The channel obstructions have been removed, and a channel depth of 4, feet at mean low water over the protected width has been provid ed between Hamilton, and Weldon. Vessels drawing 10 feet can now go as for as Hamilton, and beyond that point to within a short distance of Wel don, four feet can be carried at mean low water." Hit The New Orleans Item quotes from the Evansville Indiana Courier on the question of selecting a Southern man for vice-President. Mr. W. Voice From Indiana. the Evansville Courier's remarks. This paragraph from that paper is striking : "The Courier would like to see the barriers down. We should like to see the time when a man born South of the Mason and Dixon's line is not barred for any office which his qualifications entitle him to. If the Democratic party can show the courage to rise above sectionalism, Mr. Tebault deserves utmost consideration." t I i Sometimes very trifling circumstances have led to remarkable discover ies. An item that has gone the rounds tells about the origin ot the balloon. The First Balloon. To prevent the heat lrom escaping she drew the strings together at the top of the skirt and tied them. As the garment dried it became lighter and as the heat increased the 6kirt finally moved and rose in the air. The laun dress was so surprised she called in the neighbors to witness it, and among the number was Mongolfer of Annonay. He went homo with "something to think about' and from studying this incident came the invention of the balloon. nit Over one hundred million dollars was sent out of the United Stated for luxuries during the fiscal year just ended. MoBt of it, except ior tobacco, was S6nt to Where the Money Goes ing to the Over 40 million dollars' worth of diamonds and" other precious stones; about 40 million dollars' worth of laces, e1gings,emuroideries, and ribbons ; aboat 7 million dollars5 worth of - feathers, natural and artificial; over G million dollars' worth of champagne ; and the remainder miscellaneous articles, such a perfumeries and toilet articles, smokers' articles, and opium for smoking. If to this is added the value of tobacco, cigars and cigarettes Imported, the total will reach 125 million dollars. This grand total of 125 million dollars, including tobacco and cigars in this class, is more than double the imports of similar articles a decade ago, the total for 1S90, for the articles above named, having been 51 million dollars, and in 1906 125 millions." u u "Make it easy" would be a fitting motto to furnish people with which to greet persons ot whom they ask or seek a job. The tendenoy with most people is to The Tendency to Ease. tion of people of this country are losing much of their will power for hard work and with this the muscular hardness to endure it. In the early days of our history men took delight in being able to endure hardships and to do things that called for manly vigor in strength of body and purpose of mind. It is different now. When you hire a man to cut a pile of wood he wants it to be soft wood and in the sun on the south side ot the wood shed where the wind can't striae him. If it is some other job than cutting wood like conditions of ease must accompany it to make it attractive and then it is not attractive. A like disposition to look for easy things clings to almost all persons, of the white and colored races alike. It does seem like most people are looking for easy places and easy jobs and are unwilling to take any other kind. Are our people losing the snap and disposition for manly toil? Are we not trying to get away from the Bible edict of long standing, that in the sweat of the face shall man eat bread? t t t T The Danville Register speaks in the following complimentary manner of North Carolina's display at Jamestown : "North Carolina, It seems, is to have more year than The sum Aorth Carolina at Jamestown. which will be devoted to a building of handsome finish and proportions as planned, and the other half to the display of articles. That the Old North State should take this prominence in a celebration of the third century of the founding of British settlements in America is precisely right and propsr the due of a State which receivedjita first permanent settlers from Virgin ia and whose earliest colonists were swallowed up in the wilderness, merg ed, it is believed on historical evidence, with an Indicn tribe now residing within the Carolina borders, but which for a time were residents ot lower Virginia. Ever one of the sturdiest of American Commonwealths, in the front line in war and in peace, North Caroliua will stand side by side with Virginia in the great ter-centenary of the British colonization in America. No State has greater resources and she perhaps excels all the rest In the variety of products. At least, for some time, that has been the proud boast of a people usually ranked among tLe most modest." A YEAR OF BLOOD. The year 1903 will long ba remember ed in the home of F. N. Tacket, of Alliance, Ky. as a year'of blood ; which flowed eo copiously fromMr. Tacket's lungs that death seemed very near. He writes :"Severe bleeding from the lungs and a frightlul cough had brought'mejat death's door, when I be gan taking Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption with the astonishing result that after taking four bottles I was completely retored andas time has proven permanently cured." Guarante ed for Sore Lungs, Coughs and Colds, at E. T. Whitehead & Co's drug store Price 20? and $1.00. Trial bottle free. PASSING EVENTS. of Roanoke river : "Total expenditures on Roanoke river to June 30, 1906, have amounted G, Tebault, of New Orleans, a good business man, an orator and a scholar, is the subject of A French laundress wishing to dry a skirt quick ly placed it on a basket frame work over a stove. Europe for articles as follows accord records of the Bereau of Statistics : look for an easy job. It is a ques great moment whether or not the ample space at the celebration next any other State except Virginia. appropriated is $30,000, half of MADE HAPPY FOR LIFE. i Great happiness came into the home of S. O. Blair school superintendent, at St. Albans, W. Va. when bis little daughter was restored from the dread ful complaint he names. He savs :"My little daughter had St. Vitus' Dance, I which yielded to no treatment but grew i steadily worse until as a last resort we ! tried Electric Bitters ; and I rejoice to .' say, three bottles effected a complete I cure." Quick sure cure for nervous com plaints, general debility, female weak nesses, impoverished blood and malarfa. Guaranteod by E.T. Whitehead & Co's. drug store. Price 60. Tho Words of the Brown Leaves' S:cg. Atlanta Constitution. Dd you bear brown oak If aves singing Under the wintry sky? Do you know what they sre saying To us -the pnseerE-bv ? Their spring and summer are over, Gooe is the glorious fall. "They aro dead," says (ha world, "and listless, Without any beauty at all.', But the little dried leaves are wlsar ; They're cheery night and day ; They are never too old to be singing ; No sky is ever too giy. "O men and wooden immortal," Tbey whisper to us low, "Have you, ton, outgrown your beauty, Your ability to grow? "Do you count yourself as ui-elets? Is there no work to do? No ears that long for the music? Are ali your dieams dreamed through ! "We are brown and stiff, and losing Our hold upon the tme. But we rustle all the louder, With more than summer glee. 'Th s'ronger the blast, the greater the need. For our sweet, cheery singing, With a tijkling song w-3 shall go ere long Down to the brown earth winging. "But this we say as we fly away, Immortal souls, we pray, Be never too old or too heart-cold. To ting as long as jcu stay " L. M. Dialogua Batwaan ?wj Palms. Jennie Outlaw Grady Travis, Halifax, N. C., in T lie Heme Companion. "What do you think oi the affair this morning?" interrogated one sweep ing Palm of its graceful neighbor as they were being jolted along a village street in a cart. "Angela never looked more beauti ful ; she was superb ia her wedding roha a k Paris," declared the other en thusiastically. "But she was excited though, any one oould see that, and when tho minister asked 'Wilt thou have this man to be thy weddad husband ; wilt thou obey him, tfee,' sha tremulously answered 'I do. Now 'I do' is appli cable only to present time ; and, there fore, Angela has a prfSet right to dis obey whenever it suits her fancy to do ho. And one would have believed Reno vulcanize! ; I feared once he was going fo fall. But then he didn't." "I tell you," said the other, "on such occasions, I always enjo7 watching the guests more than anything else. Did you notice fat old Mrs. Blouat? She came bouncing in, attired in green s'lk and ppangled collar and flirted into the paw with an air that said 'Isn't this the warmest d7 of the year'' juat as if it had been July instead of December." "It amuses me, now," said the first, "to even think of Mies Ellum wbo en tered right in her wake ; tall eneugb, yet Ler height accentuated by a plain long coat that fell within twelve inches of the hem of her ekirts." "Poor little Bes3ie Fiim soon follow ed, and her thin little limbs were none too heavily burdened with clothes, beautiful or ugly. O that the well-to- do in the small towns seek out some poverty-striken one and relieve them with nec383aries rather than adorn their own persons beyond reason ! If instead of the lace collar the little one bad been provided with a warm garm ent, would it not have been a cup of water in Ilia name !" "That's just what I think every time I eee our Tommy (that's the boy hired to run errands and water the flowers) with his pinched face while the mem bers of our family revel in luxury. I love wealth ; but thoe who have it think so little ot the one that suffers." "Yes, yea. But my ! what a rough place that was! '.Vo never go out this way without being dreadfully shaken up. Yes, wa must always be present." 'How could there be a wedding without ns?" said the other. "I was not allowed to be brought out before this morning ; bo much daugcr of tak ing cold, you know." A Hour stomach a bad breath, a pasty complexion and other consequences of a diiorderd digestion are quickly re moved by the use of King's Dyspepsia Tablets. Two days treatment free. E. T. Whitehead & Co., Scotland Neck, LegcettV Drug Store, Hobgood. Rn'bbsr's Icciease In Value. Jl ibber is steadily Incieasiog in val ue owing to the growth of the automo bile, bicycle and electrical Industries, says the New York Times, and this year's crop lor tba whole world is es timated at 75,000 ton, valued at $120 000 000. Are you troubled with piles? One application of ManZan will give im mediate relief. E .T. Whitehead & Co., Scotland Neck, Leggett'a Drug Store, Hobgood. I SATURDAY NIGHT TALKS. BT F. K. DAVISON, RUTLAND VT. m ; maim1 ' t i mvi jjjrrzrrn SINNING WITH A CAKT ROPE. Nov. 23, '06 (Isaiah 5:11-23.) The average person prefers a lul laby to a tocsin. The world has gar lands for flatterers, and gallows for those who will tell "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.' Hand ub a Bedative, and we will accept It with thanks, prescribe a tonic and we change our physician. Wink at our defects, be blind to our Iniquities, excuse oar shortcomings, palliate our vices, saddle our wrong doing upon others, pnd you will bs counted among our friends, but, tell us our faults to our faces, ho'.d us responsible for our misdeeds, refuse to allow us to shift upon other shoul ders the blame for our sins, and w; cut vo ir acquaintance. Give us mir rors that show no blemishes, anl friends that always agree with us, and let our lives flow peacefully along, and life will be worth living. Not r.f thought the old prophet Isaiah. He believed in knowing the worst and being prepared for it. He believed in calling things by their right name?: He thought cancers should be cut out, not moistened with rose water. He took the grojnd that a rascal in the church was worse than a rascal out of the church. He ypr no muzzle. He had no job-lot principles. He did not keen his hand on the pulse of public opliiio'n, nor take his cue from an easy-goins bishop, nor subscribe to the tenets of a sect, nor slavishly follow the beck of an ecclesiastical "machine." When he saw iniquity, in church or state, and he saw plenty of It, he thundered against It. In the twelve Verses of this short section of one of his addresses, his words of indigna tion reverberate lik crashing thun der. Woe! woe! woe! ltd denounced the monopolist, the time-server, the "prudent" teachers, the men who $aid that "prosperity" was every thing, and that "Sunday-school poli tics" was played out, the priesthood that called evil good, and good evil; the victims of alcohol who were swinish in their thirst, and he did it publicly, consistently, persistently, until those who could not answer him turned upon him and assassina ted him. But he kept himself straight with tho Almighty. And he lives to-day more potential than even Millions of people will read this speech pf his to-morrow, thi3 speech in which Ii3 iln'inibers tha field guns of the Eternal's bdttfiofl against iniquity, and will unani mously declare that he was right. WJ can afford to compliment a man who has been deSrJ fOQO years. It is eminently proper to hang gar lands on the tomb of those who are In no danger of coming back. Our fathers executed them, and we at tempt to make reparation by build ing monuments to the memory of the martyrs, and pronouncing eulogies concerning their virtuous lives and heroic deeds. But their ears do not hear it, and their broken hearts do not thrill. We are generations too late. For it makes no difference aovj whether we agree Or not. The more important find practical question Is. How do we treat the Hv ing men who dare to antagonize and denounce the evils of the present day? Do we stand with those who fedy. Let well enough alone! You can't stop it! Ot", do we encourage the men who refuse to say "Peace, peace, when there is no peace?" That is a more'lmportant question than to discover the meaning of a Hebrew word, or settle the question Whether there were two Isaiahs. Certainly there is need enough for the man who has the "woe," mes Bage. The evils that existed in the prophet's day were infants in the cradle, to-day they are giants stalk ing abroad. Like the infant Her cules they climbed out of the cradle to strangle the nation in Isaiah's day, they are better able to do it now. There is no state capital where they are not located; there is no legislature where their lobby does not work. With bludgeon or with ballot, they secure their ends. The church recognizes the encroach ments of evil. What minister is there who has not been waited upon by a -weak-kneed committee, pray erfully pointing , out the results to the cause if certain pew-holders should take offense at the parson's plain speaking. No muzzle! Oh, no, not for the world. But the pastor sees a great light, and shifts to some less burning issue. The real, genuine prophet never polls his congregation. He reports things as he sees them. He takes no advice from man as to what he shall preach. He speaks the language of his God, not of office-seekers, the cabinet, the committee, the pol icy follower, the machine manager. He was called to blow a trumpet of alarm, not to play a jewsharp at an old ladies tea party. Life to him is real. He takes things seriously. He believes that the only way to rid the world of its evils is to investigate them, analyze them, turn them in side out, show them up, incessantly call attention to them, and keep at it until his breath stops, natur ally or unnaturally, or the evil is overthrown. There are not many such people in history. Isaiah was one of them. There are some now living. What do you think of hand ing bouquets to the dead Hebrew prophet? Do you applaud or hiss the living reformers? It's unsafe to bury the dead past better cremate it. EX-GOY. OF OREGON USES PE-RO-NA IN HIS FAMILY For Colds and Jk Finds It An Excellent tA Remedy. Capitol liulldlng, Salem, Ore A Letter From the Ex-Governor Of Oregon. The Ex-Governor of Oreeon is an ardent admirer of Peruna. Ho keeps it Continually in the house. A letter received from him reads, ai follows : State o' Oregon, Executive Department. ) The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. Deat Sirs I have had occasion to use your Peruna medicine In my fam ily for colds, and It proved to be an excellent remedy. I have not had oc casion to use It for other ailments. Yours very truly, XV. M. Lord. It will be noticed that the Governor says he has not had occasion to use Peruna for other ailments. The reason for this is that most other ailments begin with a cold. Using Peruna promptly to relieve Colds, he protects his family against other ailments, This is whateveryother familyin the United States should do. Keep Peruna in the house. Used Pe-ru-na In the family EUht Years. Mra. Josephine Gillen, 345 Morris St., POrtiahd, Or., member Patrons of Husbandry, writes j "Peruna has proven itself of pnch un told value to us that we are glad to gt v it due praise. We have had it in the home for more than eight years. "It restores health in a few short weeks, takes away headaches and back aches, increases the appetite and re stores lost nerve force. It is a specific tot colds and catarrh." Every family should be provided with copy of Dr. Hartman's free book no "Cnronic Catarrh." Address Dr. a. H. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio. "Fertinii Is cold by your local drug gists Buy a bottle to-day." Tone the liver, move the bowel, cleame the system. Dado's Little Liv er Pills never gripe. E. T. Whitehead A Co., Scotland Neck Leggett's drug store, Hobgood. PEANUTS PICKED WITM TME BENTHALL PICKER Tinner hand nicked nrices. No sterns. No trash. Will not break success. We are BOOKING ORDERS MOW FOR FALL. DEL1UERV. JNo peanut raiser can afford to be without it. Wriie for prices, etc. Eenthall Machine Company, Suffolk, Virginia. 5 31-Gm MONUMENTS AMD GRAVESTONES JEWELRY DIAMONDS WATCHES Our Stock Was never so large, and for variety it is unexcell ed. It also includes other Precious Stones in combination with the Diamonds, making OUR STOCK the most attrac tive we have ever placed before our customers. An up-to-date line of Cut Glass, Silverware, etc., ex hibited the year round. E. T. Whitehead & Co., Xmas Wedding Presents. Presents. To Repair County Jail Sealed Bids. Whereas, The grand jury of Halifax county have recommended cerufn Im provement and repairs to be uud( to the jnil in Halifax county : Now, therefore, to I hat. m! the cleric of thij Bourd will i.dvcui e for coaled bid for ma . ing l Kai l itupruvftneiii and repair to sail jail, sid l.irt to be 3nt to T. W. Fenner, clerk to Ibw Board, at Haiifat, N. C, on or before the first Mond-iy in December, 1(J, and will be opened iy aid L'oard on ea'd day at 12 o'clock m . aid Boani reserving the right to rtject any aui .til of said bids. The bids will be made fur putting in thorough remir. grJ pnd safe, ail the cell on the firt-t il .r' of xaid jsil and to thoroughly repair xaid first floor. By order of the Board of Comn'.5 sioners of Halif ix county, N. C T. W. Kknxeu, CL-rt. 10-18 li, North Carolina, I Scoi'uud NcckTown Hiilifnx County ship. 11. I. Claric Tho Cable Company. The defendant l -vo named will take u( tiee tht a summons in ilia bove entitled action wa i.iued agaiut he said defendant on the :ird d iv of November, l'.KO, by J. K. Shield, it justice of the peace of Halifax county, North Carolina, lor tho ruin of ten dol lar, due said u'aiutiff lor hit vice ren dered in making the e;iio of o oe pixnn, which summons i reiu'nable, beforo said justice at hi cfli 'e at Scotland Neck, N. C , in sid count v and town ship, on the .'Ub day of December, V.h (! ; and sai;l defeuditnt will further tke notice that a warrant of attach ment whs issued by the eaid justice on the 3rd d iy of November, P)(M, against t lie property ot h. ii-1 defeniant whicli U'arr iiii id rnf 11 run l.o licf'tru unlit iiiu t!c, at tho li'ije and (!.ce above ! nu'r;id for I he return of ti n summon, when and where the defendant is re quired to :i p ur Mid answer or demur to the ccm.'lsiiiir. or the rtlicf demand ed will be granted. This the y.d day of November, 1IK)(. J E. Siiiki.df, Justice of the Tcaco. 11-8-44 "L vo is blind, you know," quoted 1 e witli the curl. li u clor blind, at least," rejoined the fussy bachelor. "A married friend of mine tells me be used to thiuk Lis wife's complexiou wa genuine." Chi cigo News. the shell. Absolute WE PAY THE FREIGHT, AND GUARANTEE SAFE DELIVERY LARGEST STOCK IN THE SOUTH Illustrated Catalogue Free. THEOOUPER MARBLE WORKS (Established 1848.) 159, 161 and 163 Bank Street, NORFOLK". VA. HUDSON'S English Kitchen, On American nntl European Plan. Established 1890. A nice TCoast Beef Dinner ior 25c. Fish, Oysters and Crabs in season. We also have a few nicely furnished rooms for our pa trons. 347 Main Street, Norfolt, Ya. WANTED :-by Chicago wholccalo and mail order bouse, assistant inana ger (man or woman) for this county and adjoining territory. Salary $20 and expenses paid weekly ; expense, money advanced. Work pleasant ; position permanent. No investment or experi ence required,. Spare time valuable. Write at once for lull particulars and enclose eell-addressed envelope Addrcps GENERAL MANAGER, I'M E. Lake St., Chicago