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VOL. XXII. New Series Vol. 10.-6-18
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1908.
NUMBER 48.
Business
Bond in Your Ad. Now.
pen as Well as Men
i Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.
y trouble preys upon the mind, dis
ar.d lessens amunion; ceauiy, vigor
and cheerfulness soon
-' ffO disappear when the kid-
O1 ',.),':" or diseased.
jv-TZ- Kidney trouble has
rt
that it is not uncommon
,'! for a chili to be born
V.- s . . ... ....
M vJr atthctea witn weaK Kia
i neys. If the child urin-
--" ates too often, if the
fcalds the flesh or if, when the child
f an ace when it should be able to
.''the passage, it is yet afflicted with
tine, depend upon it, the cause of
Jculty is kidney trouble, and the first
iould be towards the treatment of
mportant organs. Thi.? unpleasant
Ms due to a diseased condition of the
i and bladder and not to a habit as
eople suppose.
ien as well as men are made mis-
jwith kidney and bladder trouble,
Mh need the same great remedy.
did and the immediate effect of
S'Root is soon realized. It is sold
'ggists, in fifty-
mri (ins nonar
You may have aig
Dotue Dy man -r3Sfc-
so camphlet tell- nomo of swaum-noot.
I about it, including many of the
nds of testimonial letters received
Bffecers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer
..Binehamton, N. Y., be sure and
o this paper.
?t make any mistake, but re
fer the name. Swamp-Hoot, Dr.
jr's Swamp-root, and the address
imton, N. Y., on verv bottle.
PROFESSIONAL.
i o. f. smith, m. d.
jys1cian and surgeon.
Scotland neck. n. c.
Formerly Occupied by Dr. Hassell.
X H. JOSEY,
SNERAL INSURANCE
A N D AC E N T,
X Scotland Neck, N. C.
J. P. WIMBERLKi,
? OFFICE BSICK HOTEL,
SCOTLAND NECK. N. C.
'
. & ALBION DUNN,
f ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
I Scotland Neck, N. C.
tice wherever their services are
Jed.
W. MIXON,
Refracting Optician,
in.MiKEE. Jeweler, Engraver
- ,
Scotland Neck, N. C.
A. C. LIVERMON,
I
Dentist.
V-Over New Whlthead Building
'hoars from 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to
)ck, p. m.
Scotland neck,n.c.
Iard l. TRAVIS,
)rney and Counselor at Law,
i HALIFAX, N. C.
Money Loaned on Farm Lands.
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JVas never so large, and
W variety it is unexcell
ed. It also includes other
I Precious Stones
i-'
combination with the
Diamonds, making OUR
JTOCK the most attrac
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efore our customers.
An up-to-date line of Cut
lass, Silverware, etc., ex-
ibited the year round.
E. T. Whitehead & Co.,
Xmas
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"Wedding
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OBSERVATIONS OF PASSING EVENTS.
Livery
Buggies
Harness
Whips
B o b e s
JEWELRY
DIAMONDS'
BATCHES
Our
Stock
MADE happy for life.
' Great happiness came into the home
I of S. O. Blair school superintendent, at
St. Albans, W. Va. when his little
daughter was restored from the dread
ful complaint he names. He savs :"My
little daughter had St. Vitus' Dance,
which yielded to no treatment but grew
I steadily worse until as a last resort we
SATURDAY
NIGHT TALKS.
'A BT F. E. DAVISON,
UCTLAND VT
iww rem TO?v (W xfv.. iW
leaned the Ter?PS
Many Winters By
A traveling man was saying on the streets in Scotland Neck a few
days ago that the privilege of selling intoxicating liquors in Winston-
Salem makes it a prosperous town. In a ord,
Here's the Secret. that tbe whl8key busjnes8 there is what keeps
it prosperous. He was mistaken. Here's the secret taken from a paragraph
in the Charlotte News : "The correspondent of the the News at Winston
Salem states that 1,000 wagon loads of tobacco were brought into that city
In one day this week. That is the sort of hustle in business that is to be
seen all over North Carolina."
t n I
The cotton crop this year has been a great disappointment, and the
situation is pretty clearly stated in this paragraph from the Wilmington
Meseenger : "Cotton manufacturers and cotton
Farmers Heavy Losers. buyer8 eay lhat the preM!ntcrop is the poorest
thev have handled in many years. An unusually large proportion of tbe
cotton put on the market is off grade. This is due, to a large extent, to
the scarcity of labor, much of the cotton having to stand so long in tbe
fields after it has opened because the farmers can not get pickers. The
southern farmers are lo-ing thousands of dollars daily because of this state
of affairs."
1 I I
Newspaper readers remember how the smart cartoonist plastered Mark
Hanna with dollar marks and made almotit every picture of him in the
papers ridiculous with such representations.
The Dollar Mark. This wm polltics to be Bme and tbe wor!d ac
cepted it as a clever stroke by the cartoonist in showing up Mr Hanna in
an unfavorable light to his opponents. But the dollar mark may well apply
to men closer to us than Mark Hanna was, and m other things than politics.
As was said to the writer recently, some men size up all others by the
money they can make or handle or command. It was suggested that cer
tain persons size up others by an interrogation point and a dollar mark
together, (?$) meaning, "How much money can he finger?" And there Is
no doubt that such is the case with many people. It was said by one who
was expressing reerets that more people did not hear Prof. Middleton's
great lecture at the graded school two weeks ago, that if Superintendent
Wilson's personal Invitations to the parents of the town to attend the lec
ture had been stamped with a dollar mark (!) perhaps more people would
have turned out to hear the lecture. We do not say it because it is a pat
phrase or because it may please or displease certain persons to see it in
print, but with deep regret at the painful fact, we say that the people ot
almost every community are becoming commercialized. And a level-headed
man said recently that tbe bands will burst if taxed much more and
there will be a lamentable explosion. Really, it is time to call back to the
spirit of other days when people laid less store by the almighty do'Iar and
saw other things in life and in men besides the ideal indicated by the dol
lar mark. When followed to its last analysis there is something mighty
wrong in the dollar mark spirit, for Solomon said nearly three thousand
years ago : "He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye."
Hit
The Progressive Farmer has recently done a good service to the farmers
by reprinting from Watson's Magazine some articles by Tilden Sempers
which clearly expose the frauds In the many
Good Service lo ihe gtock food Qa thQ market- Xhe stdtement is
Farmers. made thai, there are nearly one hundred and fifty
of these "condition" foods on the market, and by the results of various exper
iment stations it is shown that they are altogether fr&uds. Not more than
five per cent, of these stoclc foods, it is claimed, is other than wheat feed or
something that the farmer has all about him, and this five per cent, ot
mineral or vegetable addition is often harmful to stock rather than helpful.
Then the robbery that is practiced against the farmers m these stosk foods
Is something appalling. It is shown that these foods are sold for from
$800 to $1,000 per ton, some selling as high as $1,600 per ton, and one or
two actually reach the price of $1 per pound, or $2,000 per ton. It shown
further iu the discussion that iD much of the poulrty fool sand is a large
component part sand which the chickens can pick up at will. Some tests
have been made with sheep and steers and hens, and the tests showed that
the sheep and the steers and the hens all did better without the "condi
tion" food than with it. All ot which go63 to show that men are continu
ally humbugged and do not take time to count the cost in such things.
To be sure, the local dealer who sells thes9 stock foods to the farmer
thinks, as the farmer thinks, that the sleek, fat cow or the fine feathered
hen shown in the picture on the package are realities, and that the barn
yard scene is also a reality somewhere, and so they accept what the agent
for the food3 ?ays as reliable. When the agent who sells the stuff is gone
the dealer, quoting him, says to the farmer, "Just touch the button and
the food will do the rest," meaning that whoever feeds it to his stock or
poultry will heve such as Is shown in the picture on the package. We tay
again that while the local dealer really thinks he is doing the farmer a
favor by selling these ''condition" foods, there is little doubt that there ia
great fraud in the manufacture of such foods, and it Is well enough to ex
pose it. The old saying that plenty of rubbing will make the horses look
well holds good yet. The independent farmers of the long ago sail you
must rub your horee a plenty to make him look well "Rub him inside
with the corn," they said, "and outside with the cob? and he will ba sleek
and fat." Tbe same common sense applies to tbe other stock and the
poultry.
PILATE'S WASH rASINT.
Dec. 2, 'OG (Luke 23:13-25.)
Ono of the most dramatic scenes
that ever transpired in a court o
Justice was that wherein the Roman
governor Pilate yielded , tn the de
mands of the rafih seeking the lite
of Christ. The Hli!t UUd clipperj-
pnlMctau, goaded to decision by an
attack upon his political ambition,
called for a basin of water, and bath
ing his hands in the pretence ot tho
human wolves crying out for blood,
he washed away all bereonal com
plicity in the crime, and then signed
the death warrant.
The act of rilate was f alm. clear
headed, deliberate, cakuiatli) bru
tality. All men execrate Judas, who
betrayed his Master, for- tl.e price of
a slave, but he acted a;; he did be
cause he was incapable of r.c.!ing
from any higher level. Pilate v.-as a
man Of clear conception, of largs
education, of higher organization.
He had come to great prominent:?
through natural and acquired abil
it;'. TIo v; a -3 not a fanatic, be va.:i
not blinuid nor infuriated. He knew
that hs had before him an innocent
inan. lis knew that th ene:r.!cs oi
Christ we:e infamous. J3ut he v,as a
politician first, last and all the time,
and the moment tbe mob lanced him
with the threat "If thou let thi:
man go, thou art not Caesar's
friend," he sold Christ rather than
to lose his own political prestige.
His reputation at Rome was mere tu
him than conscience or character
He knew that da mas hi- complaint;
against him had already gono up t:
Caesar, and tho thrr.wt that the;
Using
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' 4 1 Attribute my
Age io the Use?
1 of Pe'fti-na,"
would arc us?
Of ta:u;";s tae par
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 so copiously from Mr. Tacket's
lungs that death seemed very near.
He writes :"Severe bleeding from the
lungs and a frightful cough had
brought meTat death's door, when I be-
.ni,!nT rr K'inu'rt New Discovery
tried Electric Bitters; and I rejoice to for CorJ9Up,.ion with the astonishine 1 of it : the
say, three bottles effected a complete j re8Uu that after taking four bottles I j "je nowada3
cure." Quick sure cure for nervous com- was completely retored and as time nas
plaints, general debility, female weak
nesses, impoverished blood and malaria.
Guaranteod by E.T. Whitehead & Co's.
' drugstore. Price 50?.
proven permanently cured." Guarante
ed for oore Liunus, ougun auu vuiUO
at E. T. Whitehead & Co's drug store
Price 20? and $1.00. Trial bottle free.
of a man who claime:! U bo a rival
cf Caesar, was the fatal stab. And
the coward, hypocritical, venal gov
ernor bribed, not in his hand nor i i
Ills head, but in his political ambi
tioa dramatically washed his haud
cf the whole matter.
There is year politician, a full
length portrait. Do not confound
politics, and statemai-ihip. There U
nothing a politician will not do to
hold his job. He is usually a ve
neered expert who has r.o conscience
to be disturbed or waipod, all njovcl
qualities he looks upon as a gambler
looks upon cards, to be skui.led, and j
played according to the e:;egencic3
of the game, who can play it any
way because the card? are marked.
To' win in the political struggle lv3
will cut the throat of his best, friend,
and smile while he is doing it.
Among his office furniture Pilate'.?
wash basin holds a prominent place,
and whenever he has, by the hands
of others, done a particularly dirty
job he washes his fingers with invisi
ble soap in invisible water, winks hi3
eye, and says, "Well, I am not re
sponsible. It was the committee, or
the caucus, or the convention."
How mean Pilate looks when you
get him under the microscope. And
how large other men look by con
trast. Politics is the science of gov
ernment, and it need not he a cess
pool. It ought to be true tnat, the
voice ot trie people is lihj uc ul
God, but it is not except occasicn-
lly. The voice of the people in
Christ's day was "Crucify Him:
Crucify Him!" That was the voice
cf the pit, of anarchy, of lynch law,
of assassination. And he who should
have stood as a bulwark of good gov
ernment against- it, bent UK3 a
reed before the storm, and to save
his own political head, and hold lm
place at the public trough, allowed
the blood of an innocent victim to
bespatter the judicial ermine. Wash
his hands, Indeed! There was not
water enough in the multitudinous
seas to cleanse the stain.
This theme is of practical import
ance to the times in which we live.
What this age demands is men Gf
nerve; men of unflinching loyalty;
men who cannot be bribed or bro
ken; men who can be Ueteateu, dui
who can not be compromised; men
who cannot be frightened by threats,
nor wear the collar of a boss; men
who will not crook the hinges of
the knees, that thrift may follow
fawning; men whom the newspapers
cannot bombard out of their rugged
independence; men who can see the
interests of the whole country, as
well as the little section they repre
sent; men who will not keep silence
in tho presence of great iniquities
thongh countenanced by their con
stituents. Statemanship, in all countries, can
point to such men. When the angry
passions of the mull'taac nave rissu
about them, they have held their
God-given position, though like
ocean billows, gnawing at the base
and rolling over the tops of the
lighthouse, the steady light shines
on, before, during and after the
ttorm. These are the beacon lights
that conduct the world to liberty.
To dodge responsibility, that was
the aim of Pilate. How much of that
snirit there is in the world. Things
are done by committees, by trustees,
bv boards of directors, by organiza
tions, that no man would uare to Go
alone, and each man washes his
hands and says, "My responsibility
Is so small It is practically nothing."
But he deceives himself. When evil
is done, every man is bound to pro
test against it, and if he does not do
It. and allows it to go on, he Is guilty
of the whole transaction, come to
re are a good many
people nowadays who use r uate s
wash basin. Do you?
ooou- " V , r . F . -1. J . .
Mr. Isaac Brock, 117 icars uia i.asi uiruuiuy.
TSAAC BROCK, a citizen of MclLen-1 y
JL nan county, Texas, nas iim-u
cars. Yot many years be resided at
Bosque Falls, eighteen miles west of
Waco, but now lives w ith his son-in-law
at Valley Mills, Texas.
Borne time ago, by request, Uncle
Isaac came to Waco and sat for his
picture, holding in his hand a stick
cat from the grave of General Andrew
Jackson. Mr. Brock is a dignified old
eentleman, showing few signs ot ue-
HIS iamiiy uimu ia buh
r-renitude
preserved, and It shows that the date of
Lis birth was written 117 years ago.
Feruna is sold by your local druggist
Born before the United States j
were formed. ;
Saw 22 Presidents elected. i
Pe-ru-na has protected blm
from all sudden changes. ?
Veteran ot four wars. I
Shod a horse when 99 years
old. I
Always conquered the grip wnn
Pe-ru-na.
Witness In a tend suit at the
age of 110 years.
rtoiiaxrfK Pe-ru-na the greatest
remedy of the age for catarrhal I
troubles.
IN speaking of his gMd health i&sl
extreme tdd aire, Mr. iirork suys:
"After a man has lived in tlx? world
i; bng as I have, lie ought t h;tv
f miidonta great many things by ex
perience. X ibink 1 liavo dono eo.
"One of the ibtngs I have found
out io my entire saHsteciten Is the
proper thing for ailments th.it
ere due directly io ihe effects of
the climate. For 117 yarn, .' have
vlthstocd the chaugeatis cl'mtz
of the United States.
"Ihavo always been a very healthy
man, but, of course, f ubj et to the af
fections which are duo to pr.dden
changes in tho climate and tempera
ture. During my long life-1 h.ivo known
a great many remedies for coughs, coldd
and diarrhoea.
"As for Dr. Ilcrtmn's remedy,.
Pcruna, I have found it io be tho
best, if not the only, reliable rem
edy for these affections. It hzs
been my standby for r.inny yenrj,
and I attribute my good health
and extreme old age to this remedy.
"It exactly meets all my require
ments. It protects m'.' from tho evil ef
fects of sndden changes; it keeps me in
good appetite; it gives i. c utrength; it
keeps my blood in good circulation. I
have come to rely upon ii. almost en
tirely for the many little things foe
which I need medicine.
When epidemics of la grippe first
began to make their nppearaiico in thi
country I was a sufferer from this
disease.
"I had several long shes with
the grip. At first 1 did not know
that Peruna was a remedy for
this disease. When I heard that
Is irnrsne wss epidemic catarrh, I
t tried Peruna for la grippe and
found it to be Just the thing.
In a later letter, Mr. Brock writes:
'I am well and feeling as well as I
have for years. The only ining mas
bothers me is my sight, ir 1 could sea
better I could walk all over the farm,
and it would do me good. I would not
bo without IVrnra."
Yours truly,
When old ago comes, it brings with
it catarrhal diseases. Systemic catarrh
is almost universal in old people. Thi
explains why Peruna has become bo
indispensable to many old pooplu.
Uuy a bottle to-day.
North Carolina, Scotland Neck Towu
Hulifax County ship.
H. I. ClarK
V9
The Cable Company.
The defendant abivo named will
t;ke notice that a summons m the
nhove entitled action was issued against
ihe said defendant on the :5rd diy of
November, 1'JoG, by J. E. Shields, a
justice of the ponce of Halifax county,
North Carolina, for the turn of ten dol
lars, due said j.'ainlilf for services ren
dered in making tho Mi'e of one pi-mo,
which summons is returnable, before
said justice at his r-llice at Scotland
eck. N. C , in sa!d county and town-
' . . r r-w I
ship, on the dra aay oi ueetrinour,
19UG ; and eaid defendant will Juril-.tr
take notice that a warrant of attach
ment ws issued by the ca'd justice on
the 3rd day of November, 190(5, against
tne property of said defendant wb'ch
warrant is returnable before said jus
tice, at the time and place above
named for the return of the summons,
when and where the defendant is re
quired to appear and answer or demur
to the complaint, or the relief demand
ed will be granted.
This the 3rd day of November, 190o.
J. V. SHIELDS,
Instice of the Peace.
ll-84t
PEANUT
PICKED WITtt THE
BENTHALL PICKER
bring hand picked prices. No sterns. No
trash. Will not break the shell. Absolute
success. We are
BOOKING ORDERS NOW DLIUERV.
No peanut raiser can afford to be without it.
Wrile for prices, etc.
BenthaU Machine Company,
Suffolk, Virginia.
5-31-Gra
To Repair County JaH
Sealed Bids.
Whereas, Tbe grand jury of Halifax
county have recommended certain Im
provements and repairs to be made to
the jail in Halifax county :
Now, therefore, to that end tbe clerk
of this Board will advertise for sealed
bids for masing of taid improvements
And renalrs to said iail, said bids to be
aant to T. W. fencer, clerk to this
Board, at Halilax, N. C, on or before
tbe first Monday in' Decamber, 1900,
and will be opened by said JJoard on
eaid'day at 12 o'clock m said Uoard
reserving the right to reject any and
all of said bids. The bids will be made
for putting in thorough repair, trood
and safe, all the cells on the firt iloor
of said jiil'and to thoroughly repair
eaid first floor.
By order of tbe Board of Commis
sioners of Halifax county, N- C.
T. W. Fenner, Clerk.
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MONUMENTS TND GRAESTDKES
WE PAY THE FREIGHT, T
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(Established 1848.)
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It's unsafe to bury the dead past
better cremate it.
ManZan relieves instantly the pain
caused by those blind,' bleeding, itch
ing and protruding piles. It is put up
in collapsible tubas 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.
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Leggett's drug etore, Hobgood.
English Kitchen,
On American and
European Plan.
Established 1890.
A nice Roast Beef Dinner ior
25c. , .
Fish, Oysters and Crabs in
season. .
We also have a few nicely
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A sweifle for Constipation, In'lip'e'ition. Live
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