Dragging
Down
Pains -
are a symptom of tne most Sferious
trouble which can attack a woman,
viz: falling of the womb. With this,
generally, comes irregular and painful
periods, weakening 'drains, backache,
headache, nervousness, dizziness, Ir
ritability, tired feeling, etc. The cure Is
WINE
OF
The Female Regulator
that wonderful, curaKve, vegetable ox
tract, which exerts such a marvelous,
strengthening influence, on ail female
organs. Cardui relieves pain and
regulates the menses. It is a sure
and permanent cure tor all female
complaints.
At all druggists and dealers In Sj .00
bottles.
The Editor's Song.
How dear to my heart is the steady
Nightingales In Scollahd.
.The nWilrtie ra
.Wjf IlIBi
'ftO pays in advance, without Vricts and shuns others. Scotland it
j ping a year: j does not visit; but a century ago a
Who lays d,u nis dollar, and offers ' patriotic Scotchman tried to estab-
- & '"'j , uic niguuiijsai! in wiai country
I Ana casts round the office a halo of i He commlsfliojied . H ;rJrnor ridlV
-1 . .1 U r-T ; '
1 cannot
Who never says,
afford Til"
'''Getting more papers each dav
than I read;"
But always says, "Send it, the whole
outfit likes it-
In
fact, we
to fWl'f msc niehtinerales' eees. one
shilling each being given for them.
These were well packed in wool and
sent to Scotland by mail coach.
A number of men had previously
been engaged to tflff flrVi9l fat of
M fbEih leabreasts' nests in Dlaces
i. where the eggs could be hatched in
saiety. ine robbms eggs were re
moved and replaced by those of the
nightingale, which were hatched and
raised by their foster mothers-,
When full duAanAii lha KC - :;'
jflgaies seemed perfectly at home
outwardly thank h!!T-we in- ! nrar th .;
. w.v- '".o niicic wic,y ursL saw
HOW welcome is he when he steps in
the sanctum,
How he makes "our heart," throb,
how he makps ' 'nnrovo'
We
"I SUFFERED AWTUL PAIN
in my womb and ovaries," writes Mrs.
Naomi Bake, of Webster Grove, Mo.l
"also in my right and left sides, and
my menses were very painful and irreg
ular. Since taking Cardui I feel like a
new woman ar.d do not suffer as I did.
It is the best medicine I ever took,"
t
wardly fcfrgs him
The steely Subscriber who pays in
; advance!
American Printer.
Flowers that Change tolor.
(Xew Oilean Times-democrat.)
"This bod of flowers was blue this
morning, and now it is pink. That
One was white, and it is now rose.
That one by the hedffe was yellow
yesterday, and to--tey it is purple."
trie light; and in September, the
usual period of migration, they de
parted. But the nightingales never return
ed to Scotland-. It has been suggest
ed that it was not the climate they
objected to so much as the difficulty
of acquiring the accent-.
Old time "Curl Up" Skates.
A wise puppy being told to lie
down in a certain place, will obey
meekly at the moment, and then.
waiting until his master's attention
is diverted, will slip slowly away from
his dpt; Mi? rinpfne $Afite$ jhr
ne is toid to stay is not based on a
dislike of the spot, for he will often
select it for himself but purely on
his prejudice against obedience as
such.
freedom by doing what he would con
sider a serious hardship if he were
compelled to do it. A keen zest is
added to play if it is close to the edge
of the forbidden.
Like many of thenaui?htineflBR of
hdiflanHind: (IfelrP fdf the Unpermit
ted underlies the great advances of
the race. Erect a barrier, and the
child and the man long to climb over
it. The impassable mountain, the
unsailed ocean, the mysterious law
of nature, the infinitely distant star
tHgs are o fflanv n'reeiat b a
nets to the pioneer, and they lead
him, through what we may truly call
n ftUdatMHUS diSbttedfehej to new
Worlds and new triumphs of mind
over matter.
"Why are the cows always getting
out of the pasture?" ask the school
mistress of an old farmer. "Wal, I
iily $8.98
Pew of the nrooanf -F
The swlen&r chuckled delightful- Waters ever saw a pair of old fash- ? n M T' Wd: 1
ioned "curl up" skates or know what ZTtnJ'" V'
"I call 'em mv fairv fWr ha 1 they are. but if thev a nar,Vo w I where they am t! A glorious im-
. u: i . i uiuse. wnicn enmns imm hmtp tn
man and so on, to the heights of
-
ma am, ' he said. "You see. thev i their parents or errand oar en t.a can
; change color. It's a grand idea, isn't j Probably tell thorn Rbout these old
it: it gives a garden such variety' tlme &i?pHanees for skiriimlng over
"But I didn't know that any flow- j tng ice- The boys and girls of today
ers changed their color." have quick fastening.light and hand-
i n, j-cs. inat bed you first men- 1 some spates, and m many cases keep
tioned is the mutable phlox. At sun-! them attached to shoes that are used
i isc il is oiue, ana in tne afternoon ony Ior SKating and are Dut on at the
it is pink,
"The one to the right is hibiscus
pond side.
In the old days straps for the"curl
jscandens, that moves slowly from
rnvVT? i l
ii A. LSt "orse timer ever
aiL OircrO'l fnr tlio t-;.
able also for doctors and i ffrwnteh white to a deep violet.
umses as wen. Don't forget
we cany a. full line of other
watches, jeweliy, silverware
and cut glass the year round.
.i6ui m liiuiatua ""jo okiaps lur Lllc CUT1
hibiscus mutabilis. It goes through UPS" were unknown, leather thongs
thrPP fhnncroa in fViQ Jn ...u.-i. ' Av otnnt ctn'nm J ..'ii.
I in the morning to rose at noon and j sort o "harness" to keep the skatis
; to red at sunset. ! on the feet. The term"curl upMcomes
"The bed by the hedje is the lan--! fronl the manner in whieh the for
j tana. The lantana is yellow one day, ! ward ends of the skate irons Were cuFl
! orange the next and red the third. ed- extending over the toe of the foot,
j Its changes are slow, J doubtless many of the old folks can
j "There's other flowery too, that remember when the cheapest skates
change, There's t'ho ! consisted nnlv
. onimIeo, that shifts from white to ! the foot and a strip of metal for an
iVCi'ow and from yellow to red. Jce surface. These were "cheap"in-
mere sthegladio'us versicolor that's , deed. Hartford Timej.
orown m tne morning and blue
future dtfveiopnlent! ThepUppJr, the
cow, the child, the pioneer, the man
of science alike may glory in their
reluctant and temporary obedience
to the voice which says, "Stay here!"
Youth's Companion.
" gin tninKs tnere is no use in
being pretty if you don't tell her so,
in a round-about way.
. As long as a man lives he is a dead
loss to the undertaker.
the evening. There's the coi
in
colaea
Remarkable Rescue.
E. T. Whitehead & Company
H. W. MIXON, Mgr.
Scotland Neck, North Carolina.
Jamestown Exposition,
Rates from Sctotland Keck as fol
lows: Season Ticket $4.50 sold daily Ap
ril 19th lo November 30th.
Sixty Day Ticket $3.80 sold daily
Apttl 19th to November 30th.
i en Day Ticket $3.40 sold daily
April 19th to November 30th
Coach Excursion $2.40 sold each
Tuesday; limit 7 days. Endorsed:
JNOt Good in Parlnr. CI :
Cars" oiecpnig
Through Pullman Sleeping Cars
trom Port Tampa and Jacksonville,
onda Atlanta and Augusta, Georl
Ifia .Wilmington, North Carolina
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Write for a beautiful illustrated
tolder containing maps, descriptive
matter, list of hotels, etc
;reservations orany informa
tion address
W. J. Craig,
Pass. Traffic Mgr.
T. C White,
a or i. Gen. Pass. Agt.
4-25-tf w;irv,,v.v, xi A
That tiutli is strangor tlinn fiction,
has once more horn demonstrated in
the litlte town of Fedora, Tenn., the
residence of V. Pepper. Ho writes:
l was in hod. entirely dwnblod with
' heniorrhiigos of the luna?; iiil throat:
I Doctors failed to help liie, and all liope
j had fled y,)Wn I began taking Dr.
King's New Discovery. Then instant
relief came. Tlie coughing soon ceased ;
j the bleeding diminisiiod rapidly, and in
three weeks I was able to go to work."
! (iuaranteed cure for coughs and colds
! ")(c. and $1.00, at E. T. Whitehead &
v. o. s drug store, Trial bottle free.
High Point Lady May Fall Heir to $400,-000.
Corn is King.
Who can doubt that corn is king
when, in addition to its food and feed
value, the cob is used to make alcohol ,
cider vinegar and pure maple syrup,
while from the husk is turned out a
fair article of smoking tobacco? Coal
and cotton will have to look to their
laurels. Selected.
To Mothers in This Town.
Children who are delicate' Wm.;i.
and cross will eret immediate relief fr,
Mother (Jray's Sweet powders for Child
ren. They cleanse thestomach, acton
the liver, making a sickly child strong
and healthy. A certain cure for worms.
Sold l.y a 11 druggist, L'.V. Sample Free.
Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Hoy, X.
Y- r-;()-4t
DO tOU WANT A 51.000.C0 ACCIDENT
INSURANCE POLICY
In one of the strongest companies In America
We will Issue such a policy, caylne vour famii
l70;0?lSCa1?O,0, ?Wn
$7.50 per week in case of accidental injury to
everyone who sends us 3 paid vearlv suhL-rih.r.
to THE COTTON JOURNAL. This Is the on y
wePerklt9n?tiV.?.nSttrn P-6"' Paper, published
!! AtIam"' Ca.. pries one dollar per year.
Send In your subscription and that of one of your
friends, and receive The Cotton Journal for one
rear .nd the THOUSAND DOLLAR ACCIDENT
V?. iy,?S9llmU65 years' V $1,000.00 for
Oss of llntbu.
. J f, r nn0' Bet ono of your friends to subscribe,
"jo1 -50 for your subscription and the Accident
jouM: ss?" thc cotton
,endose for which
tend me THE COTTON JOURNAL for one year
and the Accident Insurance Policy for 31,000. '
Name
Ae
Whiskey rectifiers protested
against Attorney-General Bona
parte s ruling barring the label
whiskey" on any but "straight
goods."
A prompt, pleasant, g(X)d remedy
tor coughs and colds, is Kennedy's
Laxative Cough Syrup. It is especial
ly recommened for l.abiesand children,
hut good for every member in the fam
ily. It contains no opiates and does
not constipate. Contains Honey and
Iar and tastes nearly as good as maple
syrup. Children like it. Sold bv E
T. Whitehead & Co.
Erysipelas has again become mild
ly epidemic in New York City.
"This little, pig went to market,"
doesn't amuse tonight.
;uy not wen; what's the matter, her
dear little cheeks are so white;
Poor little tummy is aching, naughty
old pain go away,
Cascasweet mother must give her, then
she'll lie hrielir
is sold here l.y E. T. Whitehead ct
Co.
High Point, June 5. A High
Foint woman is most likely to fall
part heir to an estate valued at $4,-
000,000. Her name is Mrs. Mattie
Martin Strayhorn, and she is the wife
of Mr. Ed Strayhorn.. Her old home
is In East Bend Yadkin County. She
and other heirs have been investigat
ing the matter for a year or more
and now the papers have arrived
from Washington for her signature,
which is officially drawn up. The1
distribution will occur in August.
The estate valued at $4,000,000, is in
land in Indian Territory, which was
taken up by the Cherokee Indians.
Prominent lawyers are working on
the case. Mrs. Strayhorn is one of
nine children of the direct heirs and
Miss Grace Joyner who clerks in Hen
dricks' 5 and 10-cent store, is a cousin
of Mrs. Strayhorn. Two brothers,
Messrs. Ed and Luther Strayhorn,
live here and another in Florida
Charlotte News.
Wise and Otherwise.
A coal wagon is throne enough for
a man of God, if he keeps the coal
dust out of his heart.
It is easy to win a reputation for
eloquence by tickling the ears of
empty heads with a large noise about
nothing.
Many a church would get as much
-i i i .
uobpei ana save enough money to
feed all its poor, if it would put a
phonograph in the pulpit.
Purity is the cradle of vision.
ACCOfeDiON, SUN AND KNIFE
...Plaiting...
Pinking and Button Covering.
Children's Skirts Our Specialty
ASHBY B. PYLE,
315 N. 5th St., Richmond, Va.
5-9-st Phone 2322.
HUDSON'S
English Kitchen,
On American and
European Plan.
Established 1890.
i
A nice TCoast Beef Dinner for
25c.
Fish, Oysters and Crabs in
season.
We also have a few nicely
furnished rooms for our pa
trons. M Main Street, Norfolk, Va.
Valuable Knife Free I
You
need
a good
Pccket
Knfie
1
We will
give
you one
free of
J charge.
Good Offer to Subscribers!
VFRY
E j c t m , lucr Seis a n"e tree. Every
Old Subscriber who pays up all arrears and pays One
collar in advance a so gets a Knife Free. This good
and serviceable pocket knife is made by the manufacturers
of the famous Griffon" fifl,-,r n . 1 i
.1 , , . -"v.. t, 11 i3 warranted Dy
the manufacturers free from flaws and of a temper to take and
hold a good cutting edge. This is an opportunity you do not
want to miss. We make this remarkable offer in order to en
large the circulation of The Commonwealth. The number of
these premiums is limited, so if you want one of these good
knives, better get it at once. b
Call at this office and get one of these knives, or address a let
ter with the money and two cents to pay postage to
The Commonwealth,
Scotland Neck, - - . . Nnrth r,.
N.B.JoseyCo
Undertakers'
Supplies.
Full and Complete line,
Coffins and Caskets
Burial Robes,' Etc.
Hearse Service any Time
N. B. Josey Company,
Scotland Neck, North Carolina
i .
r ZZZL
The
Keeley
Cure
Do You Know What It Does?
It relieves a person of all desire
for strong drink or drugs, restores
his nervous system to its normal
condition, and reinstates a man
to his home and business. Cor
respondence confidential
For Full Particulars. AddrU
The Keeley Institute,
I 1 t .1 n .
icuiswro, iNorth Carolina.
Largest and Best Equips
Plant in the Stan-.
Chas. Miller Waist
Quarrier and Manufacture
1 MONUMENTS,
.'. Tombs and Gravcsl;ne$
of Every Description.
I-'n-jVlit iireiniidoiijillsliii'
incuts. Si!"o deli vi TV ;:!mr
anteed. Write fr'drsi
and prices.
Sour
Stomach
Every man ought to marry a
woman wno is a good manager, be . No appetite, loss of strength, nervot.
cause few men are any good unless J ness- headache, constipation, bad breath,
they are properly managed general debility, sour risings, and catarrh
iiictiidgeq. of ,he stomach are all due to Indigestion.
I iwuui rencves inaigesuon. mis new discov
P. O.
Stat
To Whom policy is to be made payable:
Native unrest in India is giving the
British Government serious anxiety.
For Over Sixty Years
Mrs. Winslow.s Soothing Syrup lias
been, used for sixty years l.y millions
of mothers for their chidren while teeth
niR with perfect success. It soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays all pain,
cure wind colic, and is thabest remedy
for Diarrhoae. It will relieve the poor
little sufferer imniorliatoK' i.
! druggists in every part of the world.
Iwentv -five cents a bottle. Be sure
and ask for Mrs. Winslow.s Soothing
Syrup. Guaranteed under the Food
and Drug Act, June. noth, 100C, Serial
Number 1097.
Very cold and unseasonable weath
er in England has brought about a
great increase of influenza.
You can't tell a woman's age after
she takes Hollister's Rocky Mountain
Tea. Her complexion is fine. She is
round, plump, and handsome; in fact
she is young again. 35 cents, Tea or
Tablet?. E. T. Whitehead & Co.
THEOKtUlhA.A.. oVRUI
KENNEDY'S LAXATIVE IIONETTAR
Blossom end Coney Cee on twm Artfric.
ery represents the natural Juices of diees-
.w.. M uio eAisi in a neaitny stomach,
combined with the greatest known tonic
and reconstructive properties. Kodol for
dyspepsia does not only relieve Indigestion
and dyspepsia, but this famous remedy
helps all stomach troubles by cleansing,
purifying, sweetening and strengthening
the mucous membranes lining the stomach.
nr. a. s. tsaii, of Karenswood, W. Va.. says
I was troubled with sour stomach for twenty years.
Kedol cured rae and wo are now uslnr it in milk
for baby."
FOR BACKACHEWEAK KIDNEYS
THY
DeWrrrS KiDNEY and BLADDER PILLS-Sar ui Safi
Prepared by E. O. DeWITT & CO., Chicago
For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
Iron Fencings for
vkuicjv and oxuvrs '
purposes a Specia it v.
Pete:sp.ui;;, A.
J. Y. SAVAGE, Agent
Scotland Neck, North i'uv
i i i
A. C. L. RAILROAD COMPANY
PASSING I2K J H5PAUTMKXT
TRAIN EKVICE:-Inaurati,rSw Trdn; ' A?$ l!'7
.etween Weldon and k'inston V r J,a"1 wrvu.-o (.No.. 7.1 and 7-
Tri Arrmifa in Wi-rl. . .i:
EHective April 8tli, 1!)07, now train .r,ri;, -n , .
WeMon and Kin,ton, N. C, tn.i, Xos Vil an V on n T"
No. 73 Dailv Exeet.t Hundav ' " !,, UV l.e,l1,le:
8.35 A M lv. Wf.M 72 Daily Ex,,.(t Sun1 .
fAQ " iraiiax 7.:;orM 3
O ( " " ...... 1,1 X T 14 .
Monuments & Gravestones
We pay the Freight, and
Guarantee Safe Delivery.
Largest Stock in the South.
Illustrated Catalogue Free.
The Couper Marble Works,
(Established 1848.)
159, 161 and 103 Bank Street, Norfolk, Virginia.
9.08
9.18 "
9.33 "
10.02 "
10.18 "
10.50 "
ir.17 "
11.25 "
11.39 "
11.49 "
12.07 PM
12.20 "
12.35 "
Ar.
Tillerv
sl '"n.11 Hill
't'l Neck
Holipond
Oak City
Parinelo
House
(Jreenville
Wintervillo
A yd c n
(irifton
fJrainjrer
Kmston
7.10
(5.51
.40
.2
0.10
5.48
5.20
4.32
4.24
4.10
4.01
Train No. 73 will afford eonnoetC Tt' IT, 1
.......v, m
8 for Washington and info.
tion at Parmele with ti-..;., v.
No. 57 for Tarhoro and intern
ob" and 57 will he oweratfvl I.
tAVeen hirhnrn ai.,1 !" , "irooro nnil 11
No. 5 mnVZ: ""T" aS vi.ou.ly. m of :
- j j.l, ,uiniav
mivi a m : .
r t D kir V a J ... . .
, r-- . r.iwuci ,nv Ring or auue-rq .'fro
for eur (ATALOIitlt ef buildinq mjten.ls. h.
floor, blind.. hrdwr. w.nsl.PtmU. ?: J
We Keep on Ifur.d
Burial Cases!
' ' "
10.00 A M
10.21 "
10.32 "
10.5,5 "
11.03 "
11.14 "
11.30 "
11.57 "
12.25 P M .
Approved :
W. J.' CRAIG,
Traffie Mgr
Lv.
Ar.
Tarl oro
Conotoe
liethel
Parmele "
KolKTsonville"
Kyerett "
'illianiston "
Jainesville "
ryinouth Lv
follows
Xo. 57 Uaily Ex,Tt Sn
0.(K) p.,jr J
).41 "
5.28 "
5.20 "
4.57 "
. 4.45 "
4.30 "
4.04 "
3.35 "
c- WHITE,
Pn. P4lJ5.s. AjIt
AH Kinds all the hire.
Also
Complete
Undertakers'
Outfit.
Hearse Service any Time
pay or niht we ;iiv t- 'iv
and the Public i.Vh.t.
M. Hoffman & Bro.
Scotland Keck Xorth
KodnlForlndijsstic
epilation ot the heart. DiRost