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I Good Advertising Is to Business what Steam is to Machinery, that great propelling power. This paper gives results. COMMOI Good Advertisers Upo frhene columns for" results. An advertisement in thi paper O will reach a good dass of people. rnvTr u u. Jo -a jl E. E. HILL1ARD, Editor and Proprietor. 'Excelsior" is Our Motto. Subscription Price $1.00 Per Year. VOL. XXIII. New Series Vol. 11.-6-1S SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1907. NUMBER 37. WEAL. Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys. Vnncalthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. A!', the blood in your body passes through vvur kidneys once every three minutes. TL - 1 J nn rt i nc Kianeys are your f Qlrfi blood Purifiers, they fil- ma Impurities in the blood. If they are sick or out of order, they fail to do their work. Pains, aches and rheu matism come from ex cess of uric acid in the blood, due to netlept.H Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady h?sr: beats, and makes one feel as though the,- had heart trouble, because the heart is ever-working in pumping thick, kidney-pc.-vned blood through veins and arteries. 1; used to be considered that only urinary ti ;.:l'lcs were to be traced to the kidneys, bu: r.ow modern science proves that nearly aii constitutional diseases have their begin nir in kidney trouble. you are sick you can make no mistake bv t'.'rst doctoring your kidneys. The mild a:-,.i the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is seen realized. 11 sianas the highest for its wc.-iierful cures of the most distressing cases ar .i is sold on its merits bv a ! druggists in fifty ce:.: "d one-dollar siz-f- You mav have a cir-'s bottle bv mail iTm o. t.. fre-. also pamphlet telling you how to find cut if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Me-.:icn this paper v;hen writing Dr. Kilmei & Co , Binghamton, N. Y. I n't make any mistake, but re in lii' or the name, Swamp lioot, Dr. Ki':ii Swamp Root, and the address Ii ii;ii:imton, X. Y., on every bottle. Q P. SMITH, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, Scotland Neck, N. C. Otli in the Xow Dnnk Building. pR. J. P. WlflBERLEY, Physician and Surgeon, Scotland Neck, N. C. Oiliec on Dciot Street. pR. A. C. LIVERMON, DENTIST. OlTicc up stairs in White head Building. Oflicc hours from 9 to 1 o'clock uim 2 to o'clock. H.W. MIXON, Refracting Optician, Watch Maker, Jeweler, En graver, Scotland Neck, N. C. J NcBRYDE WEBB, Attorney and Counselor at Law, 2i;-221 Atlantic Trust Building Norfolk, Va. N-.tarv Public. Bell Phone 374 DWARD L. TRAVIS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Halifax, N. C. Money Loaned on Farm Lands WILL H- JOSEY, Gexekal Insurance Agent, Scotland Neck, N. C. PARKER'S m HAIR BALSAM Cleuiici and heaatific Ibe hjur. lroifu.t. A luxuriant ffrolfth. Uever Fail, to Hestcro Grey iat. to Its xouiaiui voior. C'rei tea'.p rfiaranea hair falling. We, and 4 IPO at DmpftoH Day & Hedges, Livery Buggies Harness Whips Eobes Tarboro, North Carolina HOLt.lSTE.rV3 Reeky fountain Tea Nuggets A Eirv Mhdidrift for Bnsv Pantile. Briagj (ioMsa Health and Beneired Vigor. '!jLiKrF P.fit. r..., . XKTa GCLOEfJ fi'JGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE KSLLthe cough nd CURE the LUBMC8 wiTHHr Ffinor'o Mia iu v New Discovory FOR fOUCHS tW. a -acr wk.uo inn piui... IMP ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES. lHARANTEED SATISFACTORY I 'A MONEY REFUNDED. r 1 "J",cifl0 for Constipntlon, Indipeitlon, IJw n, , In7 Troublos. Pimples. Eczema, Impure nn 1 T. , '-tiilll, rMtiPKIbri ijOWflH, utwi"- on 1 Iinok-,,. lt.s RfK;ky Mountain Tea in tab- THE EDITOR'S LEISURE HOURS. Observations of Passing Events. There are few men in North Carolina, after due deliberation, who will dare say that the Southern Cotton Association has not done great good in The Cotton Association. fhif State and throughout the South. And yet it is hard to get the farmers themselves to take interest enough in the Association to give it decent support. If the farmers could be induced to be thoroughly loyal to the Association, others would take more interest and it would not be so hard to keep up the work. The truth is, the whole land is dependent upon cotton, but so few people realize it. When the price of cotton is good other things do well, but when the price of cotton is low other things feel it and suffer. Every branch of trade is either directly or indirectly dependent on cotton. When the people wake up to this it will not be so hard to maintain the Southern Cotton Association. Collier's Weekly thinks well of Governor Glenn's attitude towards the negro and under the above heading has the following to say of him: GOOd FOP Glenn "The Governor of North Carolina is among those who have recently struck the right tone in handling the negro question. Congratulations. He declares that black and white alike shall be punished when they do wrong, encouraged when they do well. Colored people, he says, should be helped to make the best of themselves. Cooperation will do most. The Sheriff in Booker Wash ing's community telephones to him when a crime is charged or suspected against a nego, and the guilty man is found and turned over to the offi cials. Several of the Governors are doing well the Governor of Alabama among the number. And it is to be despair, that two-thirds of the lynchings of negroes have no relation to assault, and that in twelve months, about two years ago, there were more actual or attempted criminal assaults the negroes in the United States. The It is better not to see them as more The short story of High Point's development told in a clipping elsewhere from the Charlotte News, is a most striking one. It should be a lesson to Th cr nf usK Dt every town in North Carolina. When one be- 111c oiuij ui my 11 ruiui. gins to wonder why one town makes more de velopment and more rapid strides than other towns of similar situation, it will be easy to locate the cause if investigation is made in the proper direction. Generally it is not because the remarkably successful town has superior advantages over thcother towns; it is not because the successful town has so much more money than other towns; but it is simply because it ha3 more energy and will to do things than the other towns. Unanimity of purpose amongst the citizents of any community may lead to great things, and will lead to great things if properly directed. There is noth ing to be made by reading the remarkable accounts of what other towns and communities have done and wondering how they have done it. The reasonable and sensible thing for every brains and money and muscle together about our own affairs will do us much more good than guessing or sur mising about the affairs of others. High Point has succeeded because it has been sending something away all the town. The town or community make things and sell them like High There is a story current that a fairly prosperous farmer became dis satisfied with his home and talking it Eastern Carolina's Great Possibilities. for them. Some time afterward the newspaper and found an advertisement of an almost model home. The farm was described, with its good and pastures, excellent water, plenty of good fruit, etc. He was very much pleased with the home as it was described in the advertisement, and call ing to his good wife he said: "Here is an advertisement of the very home we want." He communicated with the real estate dealer and to his great surprise he found that the beautiful and desirable property advertised was his own home with which he had become so dissatisfied. And so it is with Eastern Carolina. Many of our people think and say that they are not satisfied with this great and wonderfully "blessed section of North Car olina, when the truth i3, there is no other part of the State comparable to it. A gentleman of fine intelligence and careful observation of this and other parts of this and other States, said to us a few days ago that East ernCarolina has wonderful resources, "But," said he, "the people are just simply asleep and do not make effort to utilize their advantages." And we believe it is true. People talk about the garden spot," but this irentleman is of the opinion that Halifax county lies well in the belt of "warden SDots." and believes that the ert themselves in a manner commensurate with their opportunities and the resources of this section and fortune will smile on them with rich nlenteousness that will bring independence to ad. If these things be true, I . and they are, why cannot our people it, seize the opportunity and make the Mothers with little children need no merer fear croup, colds and whooping cough. Bees Laxative Cougn syru tastes good. It ivories ou ui through the bowels, cuts the phlegm, clears the head. For young and old. Guaranteed. Secure a doimou u. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co. .-.n Viaf unmarried lie wny a y V;"iao" she women are usually girls? bhe Possibly ior me .w0V' married men are mostly boys. HEALTH IN THE CANAL ZONE. The high wages paid make it a mighty temptation to our young artisans to jo n the force of -MJSJ-ed to construct the Panama Canal. Many arc restrained however by the fear of fevers and malaria It , is the knowing ones those who he. "J Ek-ctricBitters who go there without this fear, well knowing they from malarious nfluence with Wectnc llvS and kidney troiihles Guaran teed by E. T. Whitehead & Co., drug gists. 50c. remembered, by those who too easily in Chicago than there were by all negro problems are hard enough. hopeless than they are." town to do, is to put energy and and go at something. Being busy the time that brings money back to that would have similar success must Point has done. over with his wife, they decided to sell the farm and buy a better one one more to their liking. So they employed a dealer in real estate to advertise their home and sell it good farmer casually picked up a handsome dwelling, fine fields, good people only need wake up and ex all through Jastern caronna realize .... . n rt f most of it? Occasional headache, belohing.bad taste in the mouth, lack of appetite and slight nervousness are sympotoms of in digestion which, when allowed to go uncnred for. will develop into a case of lvsneisia that will take a long time to get rid of. Don't neglect your stom- fh. At the hrst indication 01 iroiiDie fnL-n smnethiner that will help it along in its work of digesting the food you eat. Kodol for ind igdstion and dyspep sia will do this. Kodol will make your fl fin vnn cood and will enable you to enjoy what you eat. bold Dy i. Whitehead fe Co. The difference between men in that you know some better than others. LOST AND FOUND. Lost, between 9:30 p. m., yesterday and noon to-day, a billious attack, with nausea and sick headache. This loss was occasioned by finding at E.T. White head & Co.' s drug store a box of Dr. King's New Life rills, the guaranteed cure for billiousness, malaria and jaun dice. 25c. GIANT PUZZLES THEM. Capital Physicians Study Patient 7 Feet 8 Inches Tall. (Special to Baltimore Sun.) Washington, D. C. Unusual in terest has been aroused among med ical and surgical men of Washington in the case of John Turner, a giant, of 25 N. street southeast, who has just been ordered discharged from the public ward of Providence Hos pital. This is his last night at the institution. Although Turner was undoubted ly the tallest man in Washington and ranked with the giants of the land he spent over four months in the public ward of the hospital without the pub lic obtaining the slightest inkling that he was undergoing treatment. By reason of Turner's recluse sort of life, few persons, even in his own neighborhood, seem to have ever known of his existence. Turner is a native of Prince George's county, Maryland, and his true height, as calculated by physi cians at the hospital, is 7 feet 8 inch es. His head bumps against the wall of the ordinary dwelling ceiling, and he had to stoop to pass through many of the hospital doors. Turner is only 30 years old, and the physicans do not know whether he has finished growing. An interesting discussion has arisen among the fraternity as to whether Turner's case is one of true giantism or one of abnormal enlargement of the bones. Some physicians say it is a case of true giantism. Others de clare just as firmly that it is not giantism, but acremegly. The for mer group is headed by Dr. Charles C. Marbury, of 1121 Fourteenth street northwest, who was in charge of the patient. The other group is headed by Dr. D. Percy Hickling, of 1403 Rhode Island avenue. Included in the latter group is Dr. William S. Thayer, of 406 Cathedral street, Baltimore, an associate pro fessor of Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Thayer is understood to believe thecasetc.be one of "acremegly." This case was brought . to his atten tion by Dr. Marbury, and he became deeply interested. The case, in spite of the fact that nothing has been made public about his existence, is well known to the leading medical and surgical men of Washington, and will be the subject of both monograph and discussion be fore the local medical society during its weekly sessions. Splendid X-ray photographs of the bones in Turner's body were taken while he was at Providence Hospital. Similiar pic tures, in addition to a number of other photographs of varying kinds, were taken by the War Department's surgeons in the Army Medical Museum, to which institution Tur ner was taken for observation and scientific purposes. Many physicians contend that there is no reason why a giant should not be just as healthy and normal as a man of normal height. They contend, too, that there is no reason why a dwarf should be necessarily abnor mal in its bodily functions. Others are inclined to believe that giantism has a baneful effect upon certain bodily organs and that it weakens them. Most of the neurologists be lieve Turner's case to be one of plain acremetrlv: that is. an abnormal growth of the bones after the man has attained the age of an adult. Sometimes the bones become larger from end to end, but in most cases that have been studied the enlarge ment generally occurs near the joints. To cure a cold first move the bowels. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup acts gently on the bowels, drives out the cold, clears the head. It's pleasant to take and mothers highly recommend it for colds, croup and whooping cough. Guaranteed to give satisfaction or mon ey refunded. Equally good for young and old. Sold bv E. T. Whitehead & Co. Mr. Boastful I wonder how . it would seem if I could have all the money I have given to charity piled on a plate before me. Mrs. Boast fulI think you could still distin gusih the plate. Your skin should be clear and bright if your liver is in normal condition. Rings Little Liver Pills acton ths liver; and headache, constipation and bilous ness disappear. Trice 25 cents. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co. The prayers of the truly righteous . it t f go to Heaven on tne teiepnone oi sincerity.- It comes put up in a collapsible tube with a nozzle, easy to apply to the sore ness and inflammation, ' for any form of Piles; it soothes and -relieves pain, itching and burning. Man Zan Pile Remey. Price 50 cents. Guaranteed. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co. A Lost Chord. (By Adelaide Anna Proctor.) Seated one day at the organ, I was weary and ill at ease, And my fingers wondered idly Over the noisy keys. I do not know what I was playing, Or what I was dreaming then, But I struck one chord of music, Like the sound of a great Amen. It flooded the crimson twilight, Like the close of Angel's Psalm, And it laid on my fevered spirit With a touch of infinite calm. It quieted pain and sorrow, Like love overcoming strife; It seemed the harmonious echo From every discordant life. It linked all preplexed meanings Into one perfect peace, And trembled away into silence As if it were loth to cease. I have sought, but I seek it vainly, That one lost chord devine, Which came from the soul of the or gan, And entered into mine. It may be that Death's bright angel Will speak in that chord again, It may be that only in Heaven I shall hear that grand Amen. Earth's Population. (New York World.) The question as to the number of human beings that ever lived on this globe, is, of course, unanswerable, authorities on this subject differ so widely. The Bible places the date of creation at about 4000 B. C, Latter-day geologists figure anywhere from 10,000 to 100,000 years, and John Fiske, one of the most eminent authorities, gives good reasons for supposihg human beings to have existed for half a million years. To-day we estimate the earth's population at 1,500,000,000--a very generous estimate. One-half of this population is female. Experience tables show that there are three generations in every century. From these slender data it is but a simple nialheriaticai calculation in progression toward the year in which the first pair of human beings ap peared on earth. Upon this hy pothesis the year 5000 B. C. brings us down to about three million peo ple. If we accept and from this point retrace our steps to the present day say 1900 A. D. we arrived at the conclusion that a total of 72,- 000,000,000 human beings have been born to date, of which number only about 1,500,000,000 are alive to-day. Had every individual body been preserved in a casket measuring on an everage 6x2x2 feet, all could have been buried in Oklahoma's area of 38,700 square miles, and a liberal allowance of space for paths and driveways been left. Or all the cof fins could have been dropped into Lake Superior without endangering the inhabitants of its shores on ac count of a possible tidal wave. The present living population of 1,500, 000,000 persons can find standing room on Staten Island, in New York harbor. In the State of Texas you could place each man, woman and child seventy feet apart, giving each 4,900 square feet of land room sufficient for house, cattle and vegetable gar den. Within the limits of these United States each living human being to day could have 65,000 square feet, or they could be placed 225 lineal feet apart. The next time you hear anybody talking "overpopulation" you can shut him up by telling him that you can packed the whole lot 1,500,000. 000 people in a box measuring 2, 000 feet each way. If real coffee disturbs j'our Stomach, your Heart or Kidneys, then try this clever Coffee imitation Dr. Shoop's Health Coffee. Dr. Shoop has closely matched old Java and Mocha Coffee in flavor and taste, yet it has not a single grain of real Coffee in it. Dr. Shoop's Health Coffee Imitation is made from pure toasted grains or cereals, with Malt, Nuts, etc. Made in one minute. No tedious long wait. You will surely like it. Get a free sample at our store. W. T. Tyler. The eyerage man heaps enough coals of fire on his enemy's head to burn him up. That hacking cough continues Because your system is exhausted and your powers of resistance weakened. Take Scoffs Emutsion. 8 It builds up and strengthens your entire system. It contains Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites so rfw 3 prepared that it is easy to take and easy to digest. Q A ALL-DRUGGISTS: 50c. AND $1.00 NORTH CAROLINA'S SECESSION ORDINANCE. Prepared by Judah P. Benjamin. (Raleigh Time, Cth.) "Let me tell you a little story," said Col. John Nichols to a Times man this morning. "The story," said he, "may not interest many of your readers, because few of them were living here when the occur ances of which I speak took place. Some of the older citizens of the state will remember the facts. "On May 20, 1861, the convention called for the purpose passed the or dinance of secession, and North Car olina took her place with her sister states in the Southern Confederacy. Hon. George E. Badger, who was one of the delegates from Wake county, offered a series of resolu iions looking to the separation of the state from the Union. Hon. Burton Craige, a delegate from Rowan county, and who was credit ed with being Governor Ellis' per sonal representative in the conven tion,, offered a substitute for Mr. Badger's resolution which was adopted. "There was much speculation as to the author of Mr. Craig's resolution or ordinance of secession. The his tory of this instrument was known to a few, but I have never seen any publication of the facts and circum stances of its preparation. My in formation came to me in a confiden tial'manner at the time, and from a source that I believe was strictly re liable. "A few days before the convening of the state convention, May 20, 1861,' Governor Ellis sent a trusted young man from Raleigh to Mont gomery, Alabama at that time the capital of the Confederacy with a sealed package to President Jefferson Davis, with'the strict injunction to deliver it in person to Mr. Davis,and await his reply. On Saturday before the convention met this young man, the confidential messenger of Gov ernor Ellis, returned with a sealed, package and delivered it to his Excel lency. That package contained the ordinance of secession, prepared by Judah P. Benjamin, and which was adopted by the state convention. "Now to the point. That young man was a gallant young North Car olinian, and had been a medical stu dent, though I am inclined to the belief that he had not graduated, but did valuable hospital work during the war. At the closeof hostilities he left the state, and has traveled much and been employed in various avocations. Misfortune overtook him and unable to longer battle with the world for a support in his enfeebled age, he wandered back to his native state, and is now an inmate of the Soldiers' Home. The eye that once sparkled so brightly has grown dim; the strong arm has been weakened, and the brisk, elastic step is now tottering and unsteady. "Is not this a case where the Daughters of the Confederacy might bestow a little of their abundant sympathy and bountiful charity?" Then Colonel Nichols added: "This is a true story. There is no fiction about it." Don't worry about your kidneys when you can obtain SO days treatment f Pineules for .$1.00. Those little glo bules bring relief in the fiit dose. Backache, lumbago and rheumatism vield quickly. Jf not satisfied your monev refunded. This is a fair offer you can't lose. Sold by K. T. White head & Co. When you want to keep a secret confine it to half a dozen friends They'll keep it going the rounds. Orange, Va.. Observer. To check a cold quickly get from your druggists some little Candy Cold Tablets called Treventics. Druggists everywhere are now dispensing Preven ties, for they arc not only safe, but de cidedly certain and prompt. Proven tics contain mio Quinine, no laxative, nothing harsh nor sickening. Taken at the "sneeze stages" Preventics will prevent Pneumonia. Bronchitis, La Grippe, etc. Hence the name, rrevon tics. Good for feverish children. 4S Preventics 25 cents. Trial boxes 5 cts. Sold by A. C. Peterson. Hewitt Are you in favor of cap ital punishment? Jewett-I think cap italishs should be punished. Judge. Can Cancer Be Cured? It Can. We want every man and woman in the United States to know what we are doing We are curing Cancers, Tumors and Chronic Sores without the use of the knife or by X-ray, and are endorsed by the Senate and Leg islature of Virginia. WE GUARANTEE OUR CURES. KELLAM HOSPITAL, No. 1615 West Main Street, Richmond, Virginia. 5--?;-'7-iy 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 Administrator's Notice, Having qualified as the adminis trator upon the estate of Mrs. l'attie F. Hamlet, deceased, late of Halifax county, N. C, I hereby notify all persons having claims against' the estate of said deceased to present them for payment to me on or be fore the 7th day of August, 190S, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make im mediate settlement. U.C Ham list, Administrator. K-lC- Ct v . Administrator's Notice. Having qualified as administrator of the estate of Rom 11. Bryan, de ceased, late of Halifax county, N. C. this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or be fore the 22nd day of August, 1908, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons in debted to said estate will please make immediate settlement. This August 20, 1907. G. W. Bryan, Administrator. 8-22-Gt We Keep on Hand AH Kinds all the Time. Also Complete Undertakers' Outfit. Hearse Service any Time Day or night we are ready to accommodate our friends and the Public Generally. M. Hoffman & Bro. Scotland Neck North Carolina DCf Wood's Grass Clover Seeds. Best Qualities Obtainable and of Testod Germination. Fall is the best time for Bowinpr. You rest and improve your lafiifi, and rest yourself, by putting fieJto down in permanent grasses and clovers. Write for-Wood' Descriptive Fall Catalogue, tcllinp host kin-is to how, quantities to bow per acre, and Rivinsr full information about all seeds for fall -plantinp, both fot the Farm and Garden. Catalogue mailefl free on request. T. W. VOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, - Richmond, va. TM Largest Seed Hiase In Thi South, OP 4 if . Hi if s lit 0' I. ! - -.1 1M I!' In! 3i m
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