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Good Advertising Commonw: Is to Business uli.it Steam is to .Machinery, that great propelling 1 lower. This p;1 per gives results. Good Advertisers th Use these columns for results. An advertisement in this paper w ill reach a g to 1 r!as of peon e. E. V:. HJLLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXIII. New Series Vol. 10.--6-1S 'Excelsior" is Our Motfo. Subscription Price $1.00 Per Ycer. NUMBER 18. SCOTLAND NECK, N. G, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1907, EAU -2L JL JllJL DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK ? THE EDITOR'S LEISURE HOURS. The Conquered Banner. luney Trouble Makes You Miserabl: I Observations of Passing Events. Mmost everybody who reads the nevs ipjrs is sure to knowcf the wonderful .-v : cures made bv r.r i Kilmer's Swamp-Root' !! the great kidnev. liwr ih. and bladder remedy. ii is tne treat merfi. Some farmers are in danger of being misled by the statement now and then that the demands for cotton are so great there can scarcely be too Don't 08 Misled. much Produced- This kind of talk may lead t( the conclusion that there is no need to keen car triumph of the nine- i tne cotton acreage down. There is great need to kpon th ,rM -X- w-iCV AJVVll i tecnth :l covere v uio- i rn. o lYtr. "o i is if i.!;J scientific research hv ! sunnlv and dpmnnrl romilof att.-xi. .1, . . . . , .i . t. Dr. Ki'mrr ,":' " "s n u" vv "n xne acreage . held down and nent kidney and biad- j od Price for the cotton produced, the f armers will be in better condition c.er specialist, and i: i fm- tl,fl , 1 j .1 . , . . . . ' .. v,wv,l&J ucvuic uo raising nome supplies. ' r;' -cessru, m promptly curing kidney, bladder, uric acid trou- : ; '"V1, - f1 ' 3 D!c,eass- which is the worst K-t" cf kidney trouble. Father Rs an. Furl that Banner, for 'tis weary, Round its etaff 'tis drooping dreary: Furl it, fold it, it is best; For there's not a man to wave it, And there's not a sword to save it, And there's nrit one left to Jave it In the blood which heroes gave it, And its foes now scorn and brave it; Furl it, hide it, let it rest! Present Tendencies in the South. Or. Kil .er s Swamp-Root i not r. dd for everything but if you have l-.id -'J ways. in hospital work, in priv? " among (he helpless too poor to pur ,a nas crove a special iuccessiui in arrangement has The exceedingly late spring and the frequent heavy rains have so thrown c: ,de.r,tub!f " wi b'e nd i Armers back in their work that they are in danger of making the mistake .--e ---a. 1 L has been tested I j? i .-, Don't PlOW Wet Land. piowmg tneir lands wniIe too wet. Some times a farmer who is prudent and wise in most things seems to lose the power of restraining himself and hurries his land wnen it is altogether too wet. Land so plowed will be the entire season. Better wait a day or two longer and stav a with the work for some time than to put the land in such had condition by plowing it while it is too wet. While almost every man who works on a farm knows this, many will disregard it and forget that they did disregard it, and then will wonder at the end of the season why the crop was not better. l,lv r,irv Z 7iTT ""3 paper plows into his ' - "r "-r-a-y ni.d it, may have a I . c i-o...e sent f.eo by mail, also a bock I injured for mere about Swamo-Rnnt o.-i ,.,. I . . . . utify.uhavekidney'orbladdertroublc I blt behmd 1 writing mention reading this generou? I Ki.mcr t Oc.Bir.tr- llffui; CkisaLestJ r-'.iar i.v.y cent and Home of swaniiHnoot :.ar sizes are sold by all good druggists. ':; t 7)1:1 C11 :inv niisif.-il-n I.,. le an v mi or 1 ne n.nnie. Swainji Il.x.t, Dr iM i'- Swamp Koot. an,l the addres '-!,:,l,,:"n- Y.. on every lott!(. f P. SMITH. M H Physician- axd Surgeon, Scotland Xeck, N. C. ' in t!ic NVw Dank HuildiiiLr. In last week's issue of The Commonwealth was Look Out for Sharpers. )R. J. P. WIMBERLEY, Physician and Surgeon. Scotland Xeck, X. C. Otlice on Depot Street. fi. C LtVERMON, DEXTIST. k-..' uj stairs in White head Btiildincr. Miice hours from '.) to 1 o'clock au l 2 to o oVloolc. told how a man from North Carolina was taken in by a man in Norfolk who posed as the owner of a great building and sold it to the North Carolinian who paid $800 cash and was several hours finding out that he had been duped by one of the gold brick type. This was only one instance which shows how the unwary are imposed upon. And doubtless many similar tricks will be played on various un suspecting persons before the Exposition is over. There are sharpers o v""' tuc "' win Keep a look-out for them. They study their business very carefully and are so plausible that some times good people are caught by them. One cannot be too careful in great crowds and the less money he carries perhaps the better. m. v" t Is IX0N, 1 lK FR ACTING Yufcl) Maker graver, Scotland Xeck, X Optician, Jeweler, En- C. T McBRYDE WEBB, LVlToRVF.Y AND CoTTVSPT.OT? Law, --'-21 Atlantic Trust Building Xorfolk, Ya. N'otarv Public. Rell Pbnnp.17a l)VMb L. TRAVIS,' ttoj:nev and Counselor at Law, This is the season of college and high school commencements and many good and wise things will be said by the commencement orators. There Commencement Time. iS sometimes a disposition amongst certain per sons to "make light" of commencement orators and speak of their efforts as "spread eagle" speeches; but those who sneak in this way know little of the work it requires to prepare such addresses; la this time of much public speaking there are many good and wise things expressed, and one who assumes any considerable share of such work is of- i ten "put to it," as we say, to find something to say that some one else has not already said. To say something new that is impressive and to say it in an attractive and impressive manner is not an easy thing. So, after all, the commencement orator is not so much to be envied, especially by those who are not willing to work hard; nor should his efforts be made light of if he does sometimes scatter a little star dust in our eyes. If those who are addressed by commencement speakers would only cherish and remem ber and practice the good things they hear, it would be well that so many such addresses are delivered. Take that Banner down! 'tis tatter ed; Broken is its staff and shattered, And the valiant hosts are scattered Over whom it floated high: Oh, tis hard for us to fold it, Hard to think there's none to hold it, Hard for those who once unrolled, it Now must furl it with a sigh! Furl that Banner furl it sadly; Once ten thousand hailed It gladly, And ten thousand wildly, madly, Swore it should forever wave- Swore that foemen's swords could never' Hearts like theirs entwined dissever, And that flag should float forever O're their freedom er their grave! Purl it for the hands that grasped it, And the hearts that fondly clasped it, Cold and dead are lying low: And the Banner it is trailing, While around it sounda the wailing Of its people in their woe; For though conquered, they adore it - Love the cold, dead hands that bore it, Weep for those who fell before it. Pardon those Who trailed arid tore ' it, And oh, wildly they deplore it, Now to furl and fold it so! Furl that Banner! True 'tis gory, Yet 'tis wreathed around with glory, And 'twill live in song and story Though its folds are in the dust! For its fame on brightest pages, fenned by poets and by sages, Shall go sounding down the ages Furl its folds though now we must! Furl that Banner, softly, slowly, Treat it gdntly- it is hof ; For it droops above the dead; Touch it not unfold it never, Let it droop there, furled forever, For its people's hopes are fled. S. C. Mitchell in Kind Words.) LITERATURE, Ifgr?at literature springs natur ally out of intense and virid experi ences, it may confidently be expect ed that the South will increasincrlv prodded works of o-ld-va!ue. The history of the South during the last half-century has been unspeakably tragic. Our people have passed tnroug:i the fires of affliction. In the decade prior to the Civil War there was the fiercest contrnvprsv going on as to the fundamental rights of man. Then came the war with its common sacrifice ad uni versal heroism. Succeeding that crisis was the bitterness of defeat and the sore trials of reconstruction. ending about 1876. Since that date the problems arising inevitably from the presence of two cliverwi race's on Southern soil have taxed the wis dom, patience and statesmanship of our men. Thus the South has been forced by crucial experlendcs to dpa! with reality. Having had hard work to do, its ability has bean cor respondingly developed: TUom i? 1 e compensations in sor row; there are moral uses of defeat; there is an active element in suffer ing. Hence it is that out of the or deals through which the South has passed we may look for a literature that is responsive to reality and in terpretative of the deeper impulses President Fdwin A. Alderman, the late Dr. Charles D. Mdver, former Governor Aycock, Dr. John L White, President W. L. Poteat and Professor Edwin Minis, calls up in the mind a fine array of talent ex trcswive of what is most potent in Southern enterprise. j The school of novelists in the re-! prt South have either reverted to ! the creative eraS of Quoen Elizabeth j and of the American Revolution or ! sought to vivify the fierce passons of th? period of the Civil War and its aftermath. It is y'Ct too early to 1 venture a word as to what will abide 1 in the literature cf this type. Suffice i it to say that the works of two ' flic'hrfloM women. Miss Mary John- ston and Miss Ellen Glasgow, have riveted in turn the attention of the ' reading public, while a Tennessee' authoress, "Charles Egbert Crad-I dock," has mads a real contribution ! to Amp'rie'afi Ut.prr?fnv hv ftif fmref ing the life of iho people in the low- j tion has given rise to such dialect studies a those of Joel Chandler Harris, of Atlanta, and Dr, Thomas Nelson Page, of Virginia, each in imitable of its own order. The fact that literature is gather ing fresh energy in the South is s-p parent from the growth of large publishing houses such as those of Nashville, Richmond and other read ing cities, while the flouiishing con dition of high-class journals like the We I rust octors D If you are suffering from impure blood, thin blood, de bility, nervousness, exhaus tion, you should begin at once with Ayer's Sarsaparilla, the Sarsaparilla you have known all your life. Your doctor knows it, too. Ask him about it. Tnless ttiorn f dailr nctlon of Mia hnirrli aelic, iiilimimir, miuti-a. !v.T.epsia. himI iIiiih I ic venting II, r SiirsiipnnlU f roin .ii.iin; ila Lest work. Avrr'a ie hvur nil:. Act ucnlly, all vcKeliiuio. 9 Mw: by J. O. Ayor Co., Lowell, MB3. AUo znftnufacturora of ? iu;r vifioa. Cl'KE. KRV PECTORAL. i ers ss we hara no ee?rpta ! Wo publieh the furmu'aa of a'.l our medicines. 0.U on St. stirring in our people, battling with I Sew"ance Review and the South At- Seeing Opportunities. difficulties greater by far than any other portion of Christendom is at present forced to encounter. So deep lias been the sorrow since the Civil War that the S"outh has largely remained silent.but out of its intense suffering there are bound to spring lessons of universal import which will find a voice somehow. "The Present South," by Mr. ,agar Gardner Murphy, of Mont lantic Quarterly tns-k evident the purpose of our people to give fro? and earnest utterance to all the forces making for wholesome public opinion. In the realm of poetry, oratory and editorial writing the South at this time has many shinirg examples. In eloquence, particular ly, there are voices among us at this time that ring with as true and high notes of pympathy, course, faith (Xt w Or'nan i I V;iyime.J St. Peter settin' at .he gate1; Nigger pasin' by St. Peter up and sez to him. "How did you com;? to diiV" "G: ax do man whut holt dejui A-pintin' at dat n.os'; Gj ax de dog whut licit my fr ot An' wouldn't turn hit lo-sel" gomery, Ala., is a first-hand study : an(I inspiration as ever n:r.J j t'.em- TilE cry of "Help!" has gone up from the mills all season, not that the mills are seeking financial aid, their trouble being of another character. LMo: Halifax, X. C. Loaned on Farm Lands toil! H. J0SEY, ' i knkka l Insurance Agent, Scotland Xeck, X. C. ay & Hedges, Livery uggies larness Whips Robes Tarhoro, North Carolina "Come Over and Help Us!" They have been crying to the planter for cot ton wherewith to fulfill their rnntmeta frv manufactured goods which are in enormous demand. While the planter Tea iiiiqqets Bur-y Iicd!oii9 for 8027 Poop's. Chlicu Health and Eesevred Vigor. f.r Or n.-.-.iTv.tior!, In-iif-C'tion. Live ..i;i.-v TrouWos. l'inipl-M. Kcim, Impure K'M'ti, Sluttish Hou-fls, IlPiiJiidir I' .-nrn-. Ir s Kncky Mountain Tea in tab in. .:. cent a xx. fi-tui:io tnada by -nrit n,t,.r. Company, Madison, Wis NUGGETS rC3 SALLOW PE0PI P 'Tf - M . H '.. LUNGS m 1 Lnn t ! :j T v. tl-IH- - V.'!TK HoriisuryiPTiO'i 'JGHS and 50c & $1.00 free Trial. ail CHKOAT and or MONEY L-.am , , . . CwiCl-i 6YRUP IPtll I HP! is kindly disposed and is not inclined to ignore a call for pressing aid in an axtremity, he is bound to feel some comfort in being able to command 5uch good figures for his product. The cry is so loud it is heard all the way across the water and it is still distinctly heard even in the far south. The Cotton Journal. With the outlawing of bucket shops and the removal of speculative in fluences generally, is bound to come a new era of improvement of general The Effect Of Paid Dope. farming co"di;ions- . Pf dope crisscrossing in papers and free circulars, which has been for the most part accepted as friendly and authentic news by the produc er, has been most demoralizing and has kept the grower's head in a con- 1 J-o 9 a - 1. m,.t ins. c 5 5 rv"? V5 stant whirl as to the actual condition of the market, not to mention the fact that the market itself, by virtue of such confusing and conflicting in formation and advice, cannot be kept normal and natural. With the pass ing of fictitious and fanciful literature, the producer, the spinner and the market generally are bound to be greatly benented. ihe botton Journal. Youth's Companion. A man of many millions, who is known also as a practical arid gener ous philanthropist, appeared recent ly in a New York police court to de fend his chauffeur, who had been ar rested for fast driving. "I am afraid you men of ease and luxury care too little for the rights and comfort of the poor," said the judge. "I hope that is not true in my own case," replied the philanthropist. "In the first place, I am not a man 'of ease and luxury.' I work every day work as hard as any one in the city; and whenever I see a chance to relieve suffering I do it." "I think you do," the judge admit ted; "but there are many things in plain sight which the rich do not seem to see. Let me make a sugges tion to you: induce your fellow mem bers of the Automobile Club of America to set aside one day in the week on which they will place their cars at the service of the hospitals, so that the invalids and convalescents may have a ride in the park.". "I will put my auto at the service of any invalid you name to-morrow morning," was the prompt answer, "and I'll bring the matter before the club. I cannot tell what they will do, but my machine will always be at the disposal of any invalid who wants it." It was an unusual and an interest ing colloquy. There is much unjust assumption that rich men are idle and devoted only to pleasure. There is also much justice in the judge's statement that many of them do not seem to see things that are plain to other people. The art of usefulness in the world is not merely having the power and the inclination to do, but the ability to see opportunities to do and this applies as well to those of moderate, even of limited means, as to the wealthy. Snrinir Winds than, tan and cause j Improper action of the Kidneys freckles to appear 1 mesalvo uaroomeu rauwuiu kuuh;, iuiiiui,itui.-uiiiitiii. applied at nitwit will relieve that burn- "Pincules" is a kidney remedy that will iiU sensation Nature's own remedy relieve these diseases. Pleasant to take lil-e a poultice and draws out in- and guaranteed to give satisfaction or II -..ii mi tion E T. Whitehead V. O., lliuiH7iiui... ivrireimeiyuusB stTitl-m.l Neck. Licsrarett I'rug j v., uwir Hobood. j land Neck, Leggett Drug Co., Hobgood. For Oyer Sixty Years Mrs. Winslow.s Soothing Syrup has been used for sixty years by millions of mothers for their chidren while teeth ing with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cure wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoae. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Twentv -five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow.s Soothing Syrup. Guaranteed under the Food and Drug Act, June 30th, 1906, Serial Number 1097, of formative influences in this region that well deserves the widespread attention which it has received. Mr. Murphy is a publicist of rare power, discerning the real tendencies in Southern life arid trying fo give them direction in a truly construc tive way. His is a book abounding in sane views upon vital issues. "Th Ris of the New South" is a still more recent work by an eriii nent historian, Mr. Philip Alexander Bruce, of Richmond, Va., which at tempts to register the progress made since the reconstruction period closed. All the qualities of the scientific interpreter were shown by Mr. Bruce in his two earlier volumes on "The Economic History of Vir ginia in the Seventeenth Century." The bane of Southern historical writing has been the too-present de sire to set off to advantage Southern events in contrast with things in New England. We must learn that Southern dates have significance, altogether aside from the question of priority as to the origin of settle ments or colleges or constitutions in other portions of the Union. The orderly development of the facts in the life of a nascent people are of supreme value in themselves, and are not to be enhanced by any dis paragement of another series of somewhat parallel achievements. The volume of Mr. Bruce on the progress of the South thrills the heart with the courage, tenacity of purpose, and resiliency of spirit ex hibited by the people of Dixie since 1876. He clearly shows that the life of the South today is being wise ly interpreted in terms of industrial ism and education; that the process of demonstration is making rapid "And so," St. Peter poz to him, "You was kotche l in d? ac".'" Dat nigger turnt an' locked at him An' spon's: 'H'it Is a fac'!" "Down in de d-?ep den you mus' go, Ftr stcalin' uf d.it her!" The nigwer scratch his haid riht hard; St. Peter had him don! But 'dock'y liflin' up hi arnw He flop 'em on hi.s pidos, An 'zactly like a rooster crow Three times out loud he cries. St. Peter inins his haid wid.shamo , lie 'mcmbered uv his sin An' grabbin' up a gront bi key, Ho let dat nigger in! Vnnderhil Eczema tare. Our little l.oy 'i.nl m-zciiui fur II vo years," write." X. A. Adams, 1 lem iel ta, I'a. "Two of our Ijtmic doctor :'u i,t: (a' war hopeless, his liiiijrs U-ing a; focted. We then employed other doc tors hut no benefit resulted. !y eliaiH-o we read about Electric l!it t 1. ; liou-lit a bt le and soon noticed imiiiovcini 1.! . We coiitinui'd this medicine iiiitil .-rvi v al bottles were fl-d, win 11 our bov v. a : who went up to the mourners' bench I completely cured." iv-.tof nil blo.,.1 was a certain very black Jim, and his I '1",,.li '"-i " body huiMin- he.dt I. lOOHf. llini Mil I C"1 ill It. 1. li:i!!- ..! I 1 ! -1 , ecivtto iie;u-u 1:1 earner penous 01 o:r history. . The Unpardonable Sin. Kew Yolk Hcralil An old negro preacher of southern Georgia had been given a fine fat ! 'possum by some of his admirers and was keeping it in a barrel', feeding it heavily to still further increase its weight' He had decided to have it killed the next da?; when, to his rage, it was stolen in the nigtit. Shortly afterwards a revival meet ing was being held, and among those grief seemed inconsolable. "Dat'sall right, mah brudder!" the old man shouted. "Don' matter what yoU done, the good Lawd gwine fergibe you!" "But Ah's been powerful mean," Jim declared, weeping. Isyo, stole chickens!" the old man demanded. "O, wuss dan dat!" "Good lawd! he'pdispo' nigger!" the old preacher entreaten. "Isyo' used a razor?" "Wuss dan dat!" "Isyo' yo' ain't dono killed no body?" "Wuss dan dat!" "Den hyah whar we tangled!" the old man shouted, laying aside his coat. "Degood Lawd kin fergile h'vtly well yo' ef he wants ter, but Ah's gwine skin yo' alive! Yo's de varmin dat stole mah 'possum!" head & (;.' I)ni' More '( Ic A recent Chicago irc destroyed the manuscript of an author named Sincliar, who had just written ar.ov el based on the Harry Thaw cr. When fire gets V doing good service like that it's a s!iam2 t-j send in thj alarms. Wilmington Star". R!y Best Friend. In using a cough syrup, why not yet the best? One that conies highly ivc omended is Bees Laxative Cough Sy rup, contains Honey and Tar and is superior to other Cough syrups, in many ways. Children always like it he- strides in every quarter; that our i cause it contains no piates, is a laxa- , , .. .. I tive and is guaranteed to give satisfac tion or your money refunded. Try it. people are ardently national in sen timent and keenly responsive to world-movements. Mr. William Garrot Brown, of Alabama, has made an enlightening study of the "Lower South," to which he has brought delicate sym pathy and kindliest appreciation, as was to be expected of an author springing right out of the bosom of our section. "The Rebuilding of Old Commonwealths," by Dr. Wal ter H. Page, born and reared in North Carolina, bristles with the rugged qualities of independence, aggressiveness and sinewy thought so characteristic of the people of that hardy and progressive State. It is surprising, when you come to think of it, what a vast amount of creative work, in many different realms of activity, the Old North State has been doing within the past two decades. Simply to mention leaders in public opinion, such as Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co., Scot land Neck, Leggett Drug Co., Hobgood. Every now and then the dove of peace looks as if it were going to de velop a set of spurs. Washington Star. A Narrow Escape. G. W. Cloyd, a merchant, of Plunk, Mo., had a narrow escaje four years ago, when lie ran a jimson bur into his thumb. 1 le says : ' 'The doctors wanted to amputate it but I would not consent I bought a box of lUicklen's Arnica Salve and that cured the dangerous wound." Hoc atE. T. Whitehead & Co. Druggists. Alexander I'.cntoii, who lives 011 Rural Ilnute 1, Fo:t Edward, X. V., says: "Jr. King's New I i-cov ry i iny best earthly friend. It. cured me of asthma six veins ago. It h.is a!s: per formed a woiidcrliil cine of incipient consumption for my son'. wife. Tli first bottle ended the terribn' cough, and this acc mp!i; !, t lie ot hcrsynip toms left one by one. tint il she was i"v- Dr. King's .Ww Discovery . power over co'igus and colds is simpiy marvelous." No it her remedy hasever eiiialed it. Fully guaranteed by E. 'J'. Whitehead & ( 'o. Duggi.-ts. .. :.iid $100. Trial bottle fi.ee. "What are you crying for, my lit tle boy?" "Boo-hoo! Pa fell downstairs!" "Don't take on so. He'll get better soon." "Sister saw him fall all the way. I never saw nuffin'!" Answers. Don't Fay Alimony to be divorced from your appendix, There vf!I be 110 occasion for it if you keep your bowels regular with 'v. King's New Life Pills. Their action i; so gentle that the apji"ndix never l.rs cause to make the least complaint. Guaranteed by E. T. W h'ihead A Co., Druggists, L'"c Try them. 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