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I 1 Good Advertising I to Business aliat Steam is to Machinery, tliat great propelling I ver. This paper gives results. COMMONWi Good Advertisers Use these columns fr results. An advertisement in this paper will reach a good class of pouplc. E, E. HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. Excelsior is Our Motto. Subscription Price $1.00 Per Year. VOL. New Serie. Vol. 10.--6-IS SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1907. NUMBER 19. sal: Vonen as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon ihe mind, dis courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor ana cneeriulness soon born : kid- " 1 V. j i ' T.eVS. !th rh M nrln. ates too often, if the :ir.i scalds the flesh or if, when the child rr-cnes an ago when it should be able to . -:i-:rcl the passage, it is yet afflicted with !:-c-d-v.-etting, depend upon it. the cause of r.e d.fneuhy is kidney trouble, and the first .r.ep thouM be towards the treatment nf hesa imjrrtant organs. Thta unpleasant; .! j'. to uuc io a aiseasea condition of the ...;eys ana bladder and not to a habit as i1"-si pf su-pose men as well as men arf. miAo - cole with kidney and bladder trouble, b-th need the same great remedy. . ne in:id and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold hv druggists, in fifty- :nt and one dollar fSs-1 You may have a PlS&N P-aiw-ft -imple bet tie ty mail m&&ggt2 also pamphlet tell- nom swaun. iit. ing all about it. including many of the thousands of testimonial letters received ?rom sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer y. Cc, Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and ncntion this paper. l"ti't make any mistake, but re- r t ho name, Sv:inm Root. "Or. Kilmer's Swamp Knot, and the address Bindianuon. N. Y., t.n evcrv bottle. Qa P. SMITH, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, Scotland Xeck, N. C. ' )!;: ''' hi tbo Xew Bank Ruilding. )3. J. P. WiMDERLCY, Physician and Surgeon, Scotland Xeck, X. C. OfrVo on Do pot Street. A. C LIVERNON, DEXTIST. tffS 'llieo tip stairs in White-'-UirO head Building. "mice hours from 0 to 1 o'clock - , 1 o - - ' H W. M1XQ.N, Pkfr a cting Optician, '.Vatcli Maker, Jeweler, En graver, Scotland Xeck, X. C. McBRYDE WEBB, Attorney and Counselor at La.y, 2i;i-22J Atlantic Trust Building Norfolk, Va. Notary Public. Bell Phone 374 FDWARD L. TRAVIS, Attorney and Counselor at Lav.-, Halifax, X. C. Money Loaned on Farm Lands !LL H. J05EY, i ene i'.al Insurance Agent, Scotland Xeck, X. C. MM eoaes, Livery Buggies A. vYhips Robes Tarboro, North Carolina I'-tij i tvJ'J.fi.Cs.JJ I C-l t.iiyyClO L Ba7 Mcc-.icins fbf Bc:7 Peop-e. 3:1; Csidoa Health and r.nre-red Vigor. A f,r C'niv-'i'V.tion. In-liro'tion. Live , 1 Ki.im- Troviii:"-. j'i:;pi .(. I: o:n i, Impure I. l"i 1 Brvafl;, nVlsrsisti Ke.vels, Ilra.Iachf I i5.;-!;-teTW5. It's Rocicy Slor.ntain To:i in tab ! ' f":-i!i, :n cent a bo.r. O-msino rxado by ;"W i.srErt Iar Company, Mulisou, "wis t:0LDE;j riUGGETS SALLOW PEOPI p with he fi ar e I HiW HlS8gf a . . va r n j ONSUMPTiON Price iH 6 GUGKSand 59c & $1.00 Free Trial. n tHar?.atce'l for all THROAT and ZMSai -XROUIiliSS, or MONEY mr3V$ LAXATIVE HONEMAR S'M liV h 'gtrvr diseased. ''iU$tt&CbtZ- Kidney trouble has ' 'l4":,'Hd become so prevalent Ai-v yf l that it is not uncommon V tor a child to be v VA c; 1 r' afflicted with weak J . i - W A , I ii U CiossoOT sad ilancy Bee oq tmg 8iS THE EDITOR'S LEISURE HOURS. Observations of Passing Events. In Cumberland Superior court some Webb which had been on the docket a Settled it Quickly. tween a father and son and did not propose to try that case. He said they ought to make up the matter and stop fussing. Soon counsel for either side were in conference and the case was settled without going before the court. The Stanley Enterprise wisely remarks of it: "Folks get mad over trivial things and spend lots of money to no good end. There are hundreds of cases that come up in every county that should be settled out side of courts. May Judge Webb's action be a lesson unto others." The extremely cold weather and almost a failure in the strawberry crop in the Wilmington and Chabourn A Second Crop of Berries. T!r ' least m fiJSt fT It has been generally remarked that the loss to that part of Eastern Carolina wa3 very great, reaching perhaps into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. But a recent report which has gone out from that section is more encouraging. It is said that the vines have taken on a fresh growth since the serious effects of the frost, and a new crop of berries will mature. This will greatly make up for the loss sus tained by the cutting off of the early prices for the second crop shall be as so heavy, after all. LEIUTENANT-Governor J. Taylor Ellyson, of Virginia, said in Washing ton some days ao that the time has come for the South to name a man Thinks It Can be Senator Daniel. and" would surely carry the South. Mr. Ellyson says that ve have passed so far away from the Civil War people are laying aside prejudices which once were strong factors in keeping up sectional strife. Now the North admires Lee and the South admires Lincoln. And this being so, the people of the North would be willing to support a great and good man like Sena tor daniel. Mr. Ellyson was sanguine in his expressions for Senator Daniel's candidacy, and many people in the South will heartily agree with him, and doubtless many in the North as well. A level-headed farmer of this community some days ago was speaking of the means of securing good pric?3 for cotton, and he said that he be lieved that about the Honi3 Supplies. chat if farmers had all the home supplies needed they could get along with very little else, and if cotton should rule at low prices they need not sell at all until prices should go higher. There is good sense in what he said, and indeed with plenty of home supplies farmers would be independent about selling their cotton or anything else. Since December 23, 1887, the lay from which the present management of The Commonwealth dates, it has been urged through these columns that the farmers make a mistake by not raising their home supplies; and we quite agree with our friend that this would be one of the most effective means of getting good prices for cotton. If the farmers of the South would raise plenty of home sup plies they could hold their cotton until the price goes high enough to suit them. A gentleman of broad and careful observation said yesterday that all over North Carolina, all over everywhere else, as to that matter, you may find crowds of walking corpses. In fact, he Walking Corpses. . . . , , . . . , ... d said that about half the people are walking about dead. They are aimless, lifeless, thoughtless, purposeless, hopeless, helpless in fact, count for nothing but to fill up space. We heard the re mark and did not question the correctness of the statement, neither did ,ve agree. We just heard it and waited to think of it in quiet. And hav ing thought more about it, we are inclined to give more credit to the statement than at first seemed reasonable. There is an old saying that with men generally failure is the rule and success is the exception. We relieve, however, that it depends largely on what one regards as success. If one regards success in the light of much of this world's goods, then the rule for most men is failure; but money is not the only proof of real success in this life. Many men have made great success who have had little of this world's possession. One of the "reatest and best thinkers of all time said that he did not have time to make money. And so, while the statement that half the people are walking corpses may be taken with a grain of salt, it is nevertheless true that more people belong to that class than would be willing to admit it. A a:ood deal is said in various places tigers in prohibition territory. The Blind Tigers and Their Helpers. a misdemeanor makes himself a principal and is punishable alike with the man he aids in doing the unlawful not the man who buys liquor from law a principal along with the seller? abetting the seller in the unlawful act. to such an extent that that offense other party without his participation bvP been the position taken by this state, who, a few days ago, fined wh?kpv from a blind tiger in a prohibition town. If the supreme court were to uphold thia position and all w i, ovrminle set them in that case lVV ' x i'licit traffic in liquor. Men would be much more chary in patronizing blind timers if they knew they were liable to indictment as well as the man who made the sale. The inauguration of this practice by the courts would have wonderful effect in decreasing nrin Winds chap, tan and catise j Improper action of ti e. Kulnejs f Lhn n,,i M-ir l4esalve Carbolivexl e? uses backache; lmnbago.Ilhcuni.Usm. frtr r 7.,, ht vi i'rdieve that burn- "FineuW is a kidney remedy that will applied J.,"htI14'g own remC(iy relieve these diseases. Tleasant to take TSMrw n-iVvi'tic-e and draws out in- and guaranteed to give satisfaction or Acts like a pou.tuo .u r & Q money refunded. "Relief in every dose" Jlanimation. K- ' Co. ,old byy E. T. Whitehead & Co., Scot Scotland ISeck, X.W o ,W Neck, Leggett Drug Co., Hobgood. Honood. i days ago a case came before Judge long time. It was Pope against Pope, a father and son at law with each other. Judge Webb said he had never tried a case be generally unfavorable spring caused crop by the frost and cold; and if the good as the first, the loss Will not be for President. He thinks Senator John W. Daniel, of yirginia, is the man, and believes he would create much enthusiasm in the North the raising of home supplies is only means of doing it. He said money - making and getting together and by various persons about blind Wilmington Messenger some days ago printed the following editorial which is quite suggestive on the subject: "A man who is present aiding another in the commission of deed. If that be good law, then is one who sells it to him in violation of He certainly is present aiding and In fact, he is an aider and abettor could not nave oeen committed Dy me directly in the transaction. This one of the superior court judges in a man twenty-five dollars for buying the superior court judges were to fol- there would not be near so much tne megai u-aum m nguia. Never Forgets His Own. Selected Do you think that the Lord for gets you Because you must fight or pray; And reap th sorrow harvest You've sown from day to day? Do you think that He lets you suffer And never heeds your moan? Ah, no! for the dear Lord Jesus Will never forget His own. Do you think that because your heart aches With a bitter, cruel pain, And your life's sweet, happy sun shine Is shadowed bv storm and rain, Arid the music is hushed and silenced Till you hear but the undertone, That the dear Lord Jesus forgets you? He never forgets His own. j Do you think that because your loved ones Are lying cold and still Where you cannot hear their voices Or work their careless will, And the struggle you've made to gether Must be fought alone, That the dear Lord Jesus forgets you? He never forgets His own. Do you think that because the sor row All human hearts must know Has come to you or the darling You loved and cherished so, And things you want have Vanished, The things you would call your own, That the dear Lord Jesus forgets you? He never forgets His own. And we're all His own dear children And He holds us all as dear As you do the wayward baby Who creeps to your hearts so near; And if we will only listen We can hear His tender tone; "Oh, rest in peace, My children, I never forget my own." Negroes Make Baltimore Democratic. A special from Baltimore to the Raleigh Evening Times May 9th says: The negroes of Baltimore are re sponsible for the election of the Democratic ticket, and Brownsville is the cause of it. The statement is made by many people that the negroes refrain from voting and that this accounts for the slump in the Republican calculations. It is probably true that some negroes did not vote, but those who did go to the polls were Republicans, and they voted for a Democrat as a protest against President Roosevelt's action in the Brownsville case. Every one of these votes counted two for the Democratic ticket. The Brownsville case has certainly proved a Godsend to the Democrats of Baltimore. Diligent inquiry among Republi can and Democratic polls reveals that many of the shrewdest of them are already re-casting their pro grams on account of the attitude of the negroes in yesterday's election. Everybody in Baltimore knows that the negroes were angry over . the treatment of the colored soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, but few political leaders were prepared to believe that the colored vote would be swung from the Republican to the Democratic party in consequence of the Brownsville affair. That this has occurred, however, is too mani fest to be disputed. Now the ques tion arises whether the negro vote all over the country will be affected as it has been in Baltimore. If it should be, the calculations of Taf t Republicans in Ohio may have to be revised, as there is a colored vote of 50,000 in that state. In using a cough syrup, why not get the best? One that comes highly rec omemled is Bees Laxative Cough Sy rup, contains Honey and Tar and is superior to other Cough syrups, in many ways. Children always like it be cause it contains no opiates, is a laxa tive and is guaranteed to give satisfac tion or your money refunded. Try it. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co., Scot land Neck, LcggettDrugCo., Hobgood. The Austrian Oil Trust has collapsed. It is ronsense for the effete em pires of Europe to attempt to copy after us. Chicago Inter-Ocean- For Over Sixty Years Mrs. Winslow,s Soothing Syrup has been used for sixty years by millions of mothers for their ehidren 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 Diarrlioae. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Twenty -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. MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES. A Great and Glad Day for the Confederate Veteranns. CAPT. LAMB'S GREAT ADDRESS. Under the auspices of the Buck Kitchin Camp of Confederate Veter ans and the local chapter of the Un ited Daughters of the Confederacy, memorial day exercises w6re held in Scotland Neck Friday, May 10th. The day was beautiful and invit ing and a large concourse of people gathered in the town to witness the xercisr.1 At 9:30 o'clock the old soldiers gathered at the camp in Main street hotel and from there went in proces sion to the cemetery according to the program printed in these column? last week. At the cemetery exercises were held, Rev. G. W. Phelps offering prayer. The graves of the Confed erate soldiers were decorated with flags and flowers, and the procession returned to the graded school audi torium, where the main part of the exercises of the day were held. The auditorium was filled to over flowing. Mr. W. F. Butterworth, commander of the Buck Kitchin Camp, called the audience to order, and prayer was offered by Rev. G. T. Lumpkin. The children of the graded school sang with spirit "Car olina," and also "The Bonny Blue Flag." A beadtiful duet was rendered by Mrs. W. R. Bond and Miss Lizzie Hyman. Hon. Claude Kitchin was called to introduce the orator of the occasion. He said: "Confederate Veterans, ladies and gentlemen I not only speak words of politeness and kindly feelings, but words of simple truth when I say that it is a genuine pleasure to me to introduce the speaker of this oc casion. He was one of the first men I met and knew at Washington, and was also the first acquaintance and friend of my brother, W. W. Kitchin, in Congress. Col. Lamb, if not the most popular, is certainly one among the most popular men at the nation's capital, and one of the busiest men there. I present him as a soldier, a statesman and a Christian gentlemen in every respect. Capt. John W. Lamb, of Richmond, Va." CAPTAIN LAMB'S INTRODUCTORY RE MARKS. Capt. Lamb was happy in his open ing remarks and fairly captured his audience at the start. His first re marks were in part: "Members of the Buck Kitchin Camp of Confederate Veterans of Scotland Neck, ladies and gentle men: I am deeply grateful for this occasion and for the flattering intro duction by my young friend. The best thing we can do in this world i3 to help our fellows. This was the spirit breathed forth in the beautiful invocation at the cemetery a while ago; this is the spirit that sends the gospel to all the world. In this spirit rest the heart and hope of all reforms, in morals, society, educa tion and along political 'lines. This is the spirit of the Buck Kitchin Camp of historic Scotland Neck. In this spirit I meet you and greet you on this occasion. In this spirit I hope to speak to you to-day, my comrades of forty years ago." Capt.Lamb related how he first met Hon. W. W. Kitchin in Washington as the latter, almost a beardless youth, entered the United States Congress, how they first met on the Sabbath and went to church together that day as they often did afterwards. He paid Mr. Kitchin a high compli ment, saying, "If the question were asked, who is perhaps the most pop ular man in Congress from the Southern States? I should answer, W. W. Kitchin." "I am coming to North Carolina and to Scotland Neck again, and I am coming to your State capital when W. W. Kitchin is made Gov ernor. And when he shall have been the Governor of your proud com monwealth it will be said by your people that North Carolina never had a better chief magistrate." He spoke of the late Capt. W. H. Kitchin, whom he met in Washing ton, told how they canvassed three counties in the interest of Hon. W. W. Kitchin. He spoke further in high compliment to the eons of Capt. Kitchin, and said their mother is more fortunate than the mother of Gracchi. Entering upon his address which had been carefully prepared, he Of all the fruits there are in the land, That grow on bush or tree, I would give up the choicest ones For Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. E. T. Whitehead & Co. earnestly asked the attention of the young people; Almost breathless attention was given trie splendid address from first to last. No analysis would do it and the speaker justice, so it is given in full. . THE ADDRESS. Memorial day has grown into an Institution in our Southland. The old Confederate naturally becomes reminiscent when in the presence of his comrades he recalls the sacrifices and conflicts of forty years ago. The features and forms of those who stood shoulder to shoulder with him in the conflict, or fell by his side, come before his mind's eye as dis tinct as the scenes of yesterday. This is a day bi Cadness to him,not unmixed however with the proud recollection that he was an humble factor in one of the grandest struggles for self government that has ever occurred on earth. The writers and speakers of the South owe it to our dead leaders and the noble men who followed them to vindicate their action in the eyes of mankind, and prove to all the world that those who fought for the South were neither rebels nor traitors. For this reason my comrades, and thi older people here, will indulge ma while I present somp views not new to them but intended for the rising generation. Those perhaps who studied Barnes' and Fiske's his tories. We do not meet on memorial oc cassions to discuss the abstract ques tion of the right or wrong of the conflict that was waged with such fury forty years ago. The historian of the future may probably declare that upon the strict construction of the Constitution one side was right, and owing to the changed conditions of National thought, the other side was right. The North Carolina sol dier did not discuss even the expedi ency of the question after the Old North State made its choice. Our comrades who sleep beneath th3 sod di2d for the right as they saw it. While memory holds its pl ace you and your sons and daugh ters will pay the homage of grateful and loving hearts to their heroism, as annually you strew their graves with flowers, and teach your child ren to lisp their names and revere their memories. The necessity for the war was written in the history of the Colo nies, in the climate, soil and produc tions of the different States; on the flag of the first ship that brought slaves to North America. The splen did eloquence and patriotism of Henry Clay and others delayed it the madness of a few on both sides hastened it. Two questions had to be settled: The right of secession and chattel slavery. We will show that the right of secession rested with the South, while slavery was an incident of the war and would have ceased in time without so drastic a measure. The Southern States exercised a power that had been claimed from the adoption of the Constitution. The proceedings of the convention which framed the Constitution as well as those of the States that rati fied, together with the debates, go to show that at that time there was little difference of opinion as to this question. Had the framers of the Constitution declared their intention to create a supreme central govern ment, to bind the States beyond all power of withdrawal, it would never have been ratified. The States of New York and Virginia, possibly others, inserted in their resolutions of ratification a declaration that the powers vested by the Constitution in the United States of America might be resumed by them when they should deem it necessary to prevent injury or oppression. Early in the nineteenth century the doctrine of secession, character ized as treason and rebellion in 1861, was openly advocated in Massachu setts. The famous letter of Col. Pickering, a member of Washing ton's cabinet, written in July 1804, shows that he believed that the doc trine of secession had the approval of New England as well as New York and New Jersey. In 1811 the admission of the State of Louisiana was violently opposed in Congress. During the debate Mr. Quincy, of Massachusetts, said, "If this bill passes it is my deliberate opinion that it is virtually a dissolu tion of the Union; that it will free the States from their moral obliga tions, and, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some definitely to prepare for a separa- Artists have no trouble securing mod els. Ihe famous beauties have uiscam ed corsets and have become models in j famous little pills. Xiisty, sick head face and form ninoe taking Hollister's j ache or biliousness may come on any Rocky Mountain Tea.35c Tea or Tablets, time; the cum is nn Early Riser. Sol I E. T. Whitehead & Co. j by E. T. Whiteh.-ad & Co. j tion, amicably if they can, violently j if they must." J He was called to order. The point j of order was sustained by the Speak er of the lion!. From this decision an appeal was taken and the Speaker was overruled. Here was an open contention of the right of seceession by a Massa chusetts representative and a deci sion by the House that ft was a law ful matter for discussion. The proceedings of the Hartford Convention of 1814 are familiar to these school children here. I need not recite their famous resolution. The New England states in 1944 threatened a dissolution of the Un ion. In that year the Legislature of Massachusetts adopted this resolu-tion:- "The Commonwealth of Mas sachusetts faithful to the compact between the people of the United States according to the plain mean ing and intent in which it was under stood by them, is sincerely anxious for its preservation; but that it la determined, as it doubts not that the other states are, to submit to undel egated powers in no body of men on earth." It further declared that the project of the annexation of Te::x- unless arrested on the thresh -hoM may tend to drive these to a dissolu tion of the Union. Prior to the Louisiana purchase the settlers on the Mississippi river who were harrasst'd by the Span iards, petitioned Congress, saying, if Congress refuses us protection; if it forsakes us, we will adopt the mea sures which our safety requires, even if they endanger the peace of the Union, and our connection with the other stateB. No protection no rd legiance." You see the right to cede was advocated by the North and West and threats to avail themselves of this right were made1 by Northern Legislatures, leading statesmen and petitions to Congress. Through fifty years of our history this discussion continued and the elo quence of Webnter and the logic of Calhoun were exhausted while no satisfactory conclusion was reached. Finally, when the Southern States, for grievances that are fresh in oi:r memories, and far outweighed all the fancied evils that New England suffered, or all the trials the Missis sippi Valley settlers bore, withdrew from the Union, and reasserted their sovereignty, they were coerced by Federal powers, and falsely repre sented, not only to the world, but to our own children, as traitors and rebels. The question of the justice of our cause having been so completely es tablished why should our people ad mit, as we know th'jy sometimes d ;, that it was best after all that wo failed in the attempt' to establish a separate government? Does the fact of failure prove that we were wrong and our enemies right in the conten tion? Was Providence on their side, and were we fighting against the fiat of the Almighty? If so, why? Were religion and character on th side of the North? If America had to suffer the penal ty of violated law, were we ef the South .sinners above all others? In the conduct of the war which side exhibited most of the Christian i-nd least of the brutal character? To a-;k these questions is but to answer them. In the "Confederate Secession" a work by an Englishman, the author draws a deadly parallel between the methods and aims of the two peo ples, and sums up the matter with these significant words: "All the good qualities were on one side and all the bad on the other." Let us discuss the old superstition that heaven is revealed in the imme diate results of "Trial by Combat." We know that the Christian civiliza tion of the first centuries went down in the darkness of mediaeval times; we know tht Paul was beheaded and Nero crowned and Christ cruci fied. Our defeat was but another instance of "Truth on the scaffold and wrong on the throne." The North succeeded because they mustered over 2,555,000 men and had the world to draw supplies from; while the South failed because she only mustered 600,000 and was confined to her own territory fcr supplies. Northern writers and speakers have attempted to show that the South plunged this country into des perate war for the purpose of per petuating slavery. Do the facts of history sustain this contention? The Continued on Second Page "Here's to your health and liiippi ness" DeWitt's Little Early Risers If j -1 4 V 4 5d 4' 4 4f I III J , 1!
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