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1 i i ..7T , , .-ai...j:.- aj.aWB mifci :rr:r. vttu-; -v. - -y - . n gp Good Advertising Geo;.' AI- HI a T t I to Bimcm what Staom is to Machinery, that great proiielling power. This paper gives results. P E. C. H1LLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. 'Excelsior" is Our Motto. VOL. XXIII. New Serici Vol. 11.--6-18 SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1907. NUMBER 50. COMMONWE DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK ? Kumcy Trctrtlc Hakes You Miserabk Almost everybody who reads the ne-.. papers is surs to know of the wonder, v tn cures made by '. 3 ; ni-t.c freat inc. " tcenth ctn'.urv: ri iL I ! !' 1 covered after years -ff fnr;::;j icntifw research 1 ! t --J -v- - 5 ur. M-rr.er, the en nt r.t kidney ?nd r-.'.-. iianu-.iv sue r.e back, hid.: and Bright': it al ir. p oip:!y ct bladder, nno a-.-:d 1 E i: --.i- .V. i- Dr. Kih- 1 c. -.. -.nip-Root 5.-, r.:l rc - ' .(,'cai it you nave ki. .sj, t.vcr or biacc troub.ti it will be feu: tae rerr 'Ay you need. It hz.r: bf-en teitc -5 many viyc, hi hrpit.i! wc-ik, i:i priva .. p.-ct;9pfiter. the helpiess too pocr topi Y't-1:? r'Jc: : r. r.s proved co successful . c .'.- case, that a special arrangement h. I madi by which all readers of thispac who have net already tried it, may have sample bottle sent free by mail, also a boc idling more about Swamp-Root and how t i;r,d out if you have kidney or bladder troubk When writing mention reading; this generou ana vour address ti .gfrTrwirw??- " K7' ' t --'I C r. Kilmer St Co., Bir.g hamton, M. Y. The reguiar Titty cent and Homeor 8-arot-no dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists. Don't make any mistake, but re iv.ember the name, Swamp Root, Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the add res-Bin-hamton, X. Y., on evcrv bottle. Land Surveyor Scotland Neck, X. C. ll-2S-tf 0. P. SMITH, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, Scotland Neck, N. C. Office in the New Rank Building. )R. J. P. WIHBERLEY, Physician;and Surgeon, Scotlauilkeck, N. C. Office onppot Street. )R. A. C. LIION, J)g!g'p5& Office, upstairs in Yhii Office hours from !) to 1 o'cht. and 2 to 5 o'clock. jj.W. MIXON, "Watch Maker, Jeweler, graver, Scotland Neck, N. C. Eji jm McBRYBE W5i5, Attorney and Counselor at Law, 21f-221 Atlantic Trust Building Norfolk, Va. Notary Public. Bell Phone 374 gDWARD L TRAVIS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Halifax, N. C. Money Loaned on Farm Lands yiLL H. JOSEY, General Insurance Agent, Scotland Neck, N. C. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Ole&ntet and bmatifie the hair. rromrt. a iaxurmnt growth. Nevrt Fails to Ktstoro Gray Cure. ju.nl. xo i . s xpu(diui ;oior. ralp (liKi li hair lolUug. i )e.aud il.(K)tti Druygitla f Day & Hedges, Livery Buggies Harness Whips Robes Tarboro. North Carolina KBLLthe COUCH! IAN0 CURE the WITH w mmwm VC15 af??is an,. Ai rial 6 Uia l.i?OLi,,r Trial aotdo f tee sS - ' ALL li :iTjARAyrriii;a satisfaoiosym mm DYSPEPSIA TABLETS RelteVe tnti.tfpn and 8 to math Trouble THE EDITOR'S LEISURE HOURS. Observations of Passing Events. Admiral Evan3, in command of the United States fleet in Hampton Roads, announced that every ship would sail on the morning of December 16, so Christmas ia a Strange Land. 2 J; that part of Uncle Sam's sailor mas eve ashore, and part Christmas pounds of turkey, and an unusually prepared. So, while we are eating I)? enjoying an American repast of like nature; while we are at our usual Christmas diversions, they will be engaged in American sports; but it will ;ot be an American Christmas, for the atmosphere will be different. It vill not be home. They will know nother's heart is filling, in imagination, a vacant seat at the Christmas board; that, when she serves each member present, she thinks of the son in a strange land; that when, on Christmas morn, the usual greetings are interchanged there's one for him a silent one from a father's heart. Our boys are on no mission of war, but they serve their country faithfully md they deserve a silent greeting from us all on Christmas morn. Almost at the very time Representative Clayton of Alabama, is agitat- ! i ig an anti-third-term bill, and about repeats ! Lie Matter of a Third Term. election, he accept a third term; that he will continue to follow the precedent set oy Washington; that the spirit, if not the letter, of that precedent pre ludes him from another election. This determination on the part of the President comes as a thunder-bolt to the political world. Thousands oi" conjectures had been made as to our President's action in case of pressure, ind but few had given him credit for sincerity in declining re-nomination. mong Ihis number Mr. Bryan was foremost, for he has said that doubt is nothing more than a reflection on Mr. Roosevelt. Since Mr. Rooseyelt's iacond declaration, Democratic politicians, in their efforts to display acumen, have expressed various opinions, many saying that this determi nation has been caused by the President's knowledge that he would fail of election. This is hardly true, for of all Americans, Roosevelt would be most certain of election. He vould certainly get their votes. Then ments of politicians, and give Mr. Roosevelt credit for the sincerity of ; ordinary man, wmcn would torbid his j Ir. Clayton's anti-third-term resolution, its passage woaWi c-er tainly tk. io harm and might do much good in Now that another year has rolled tag, we are looking toward that day The Joy of Christmas. We have long since bst the sweet deiu.-io.-i, and Santa has changed i. ' U:v big-hearted old man, with ovei-iiowiwg pockets and jingling 'U , in. aver figure of our Lord on the Cross the impersonation ! -a:i ifiee. Oar joy now is but the reflection of the joy of our child- r.i a.s they gather around the ChrL-nias herthstone and revel in goodies, ''"se origin they know not; and, as we thank God that His unseen hand ;j enabkd Santa to fill their stockings, we realize that the joy of child-.ood-receiving has been changed to the joy of giving and seeing others re rdWc. Therefore, as we picture, in our imagination, the Christmas joys of ur ow.i lit tie circle, we should not forget the orphan's homes near by. Those .'tu,i.ir 'Uja; ts will, perhaps, on that day forget that the world is gay, and : ) ; : ti irr;i -elves in the recollection of the time when they too stood at fond i'-cnU' knees and ate of Santa's goodies. So, if we would fully realize ir.e joy cf that day's blessings, let us each one look to the Lord who has commanded us "to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction," and lo as He has bidden us. There is no joy save in self-forgetting. Every reat system of ethics has been founded on charity, and it is still the source of all good. Let us, for one day at least, try to approach, as near as human beings are allowed, real joy as taught by the All Wise. The "New York American" gives liscussion of self-murder, in which The Cause of Self-Murder. die man who regards, for a moment, the impulse to self-pity is about to enter the road to suicide. With this realization, the first promptings s iould be wilfully and persistently put down. No doubt the suicide often believes himself a sort of hero, his act an act of bravery. Such an idea is the delusion of an unbalanced mind, for the suicidal thought itself i3 but t ie manifestation of insanity. This idea, when once implanted in the mind of a man will do much to save him from the suicide's grave. We quote: "The act springs from self-pity. And morbid self-pity is danger ously akin to insanity. If persons feeling the suicidal impulse realized that it was a symptom of that most fearful of visitants madness they might be protected from themselves by the counter impulse of saving their minds. Surely any intelligent person, experiencing a sense of aber ration, would hasten to do something to fight it down and overcome it. But the unfortunate suicide, blinded by self-pity, does not realize that the destructive impulse is a mental danger signal, as pain is the signal of dan ger to the physical body. Physicial pain seems fiendishly cruel at times. It is a ravening thing, affecting the innocent and guilty alike. But it is the means of preservation. Pain and fear are vital necessities for the preservation of life. It seems paradoxical to say that the ur ging' to e!f destruction can be a saving quality, bur. tho-e i tv doub that many have felt it. foivbt it. and. hi ibMincr it off. hnve overcame the trouble behjnd it. To cvv-omo the one it is r.ereary to overcome the other. j:-lf. .iU.-!.;i;:d vupu:: i.--. ;ii iruli'-a ion that the emotion::- have beei porniil ici c: drag th- "r.ic'-t o insanity. Immediate diversion k- neeevry. A vi-it to Uh t!.'.-.itor, it ride out iulo the eountrx , a brisk walk may be en .e.'4-h lo restore oif-concrol. Even in the rahhi of the most poignant grief or disappointment no person wishes to do an insane thing. The sui eku ..Joe- n t realize that the impulse is mad. and dies deluded. It should be taught that self-destruction, is madness. That would be more effectual in preventing it than the religious dictum that it is a sin. By resisting the temptation the victim of unhappiness proves to himself that he is sane and sound, and thereby gathers strength against the unhappiness it- Orino Laxativy Fiuit Syrup, the new Laxsitive, stimulates, but does H8t irritate. It is the best Laxative. Guaranteed or your money back. E. T. Whitehead Co. a3to reach the harbor of the Port of Spain, Trinidad, on the morning of December boys will be allowed to spend Christ day. They carry with them 40,000 elaborate Christmas menu has been our Christmas dinner our sailors will that, far away across the waters, a to introduce it, President Roosevelt the statement made on the night of his declaring that under no condition will has the confidence of the people and let us disregard the foolish com going back on his wont. A.-s hr the future. by and another Christmas is approach of ,-vi ..'a---, -.vith the anticipation of a J great deal or pi.,-..-. To us who are no loneer childicii Ci;; ; :tri:a,a is not what it once an intensely interesting psychological is set forth the theory that the act springs from self-pity, and that morbid self pity is dangerously akin to insanity; therefore A marvellous preparation containing the most healing ingredients. Hol lister's Rocky Mountain . Tea relieves when all else has failed. 85c. Tea or Tablets. E. T. Whitehead 4 Co. The Mission of the Flames. (By WillCarleton.) The Christmas Eve had steeped once more From off the sunset's gilded cars, And on her dark-blue dress she wore The priceless jewels of the stars. Oh, Queen of all the nights was she By many grateful souls caressed! And most of all by those whom He Took once within His arms and blessed. The temple smiled with youthful And twice three hundred hands were there, To take the gifts that hearts employ Carasses of the heart to bear; And on the altar's cushioned soil, Where many happy eyes could see, There loomed that growth of play ful toil And toilsome play a Christmas tree. In gloomy streets not far away, Two foemen fought each other's life: It was the last of many a day Of fancied wrong and frenzied strife. Each cursed the other with his heart,' And planned a death-bed o'er and o'er; Aad each, to do its murderous part, The grim five-bladed dagger bore. O Christmas birthday of the joys Of peace, that every bosom craves! Why on thy eve should Passion's voice Call yet his muster-roll of slaves? We know not: oft the brightest star In God's sweet heaven secure and high, Is dimmed by clouds from near and far That f.i a stoi m to bruth thm Now from tre feaat of joy there came A sudden shout, a wailing cry: The temple's roof is thatched with flame! Huge treasure-torches gleam on high! Now, heroes of the human race, If such there be within this call, Arouse and clear the child-strown place, Before yon gilded frescoes fall! The swift response was strong and brave, As ever could be said or sung: Men fight like men themselves to save, They fight like fiends to save their young! Through smoke and flame the newly brave Strove as the unleashed whirlwind strives. And to an hundred parents gave The present of their chrildren's lives. No stronger two than those who late Had lurked each other's blood to claim! Last ones they were to leave gate That hung on hinges forged of flame. Cursing they met each other's view Looked at each other's arms, and smiled Then met scorched hands in friend ship true; For each had saved the other's child. Opportunity's Reply. (Walter Medone in Home Magazina.) They do me wrong who say I come no more, When once I knock and fail to find you in; For every day I stand outside your s3 S Sk And bid you wake and rise to fight ! and win. Weep not for precious chances pass ed away; Weep not for golden age;? cr. il it wane; Each night i burn the record,-? of the day-- At sur.rise erery soul is born again. uigt'i like a boy at splendors that! nave fled; i Lo vrnr.sneu joys oe Diina, ana deaf and dumb; My juagmema seal me aeau past . . , , 1 j 1 J 3 4.1 4 A A I Witu its uuau i But never bind a moment yet to nnma 1 A DANGEROUS DEADLOCK, that sometimes terminates fatally.is the stoppage of liver and bowel functions. To quickly end this condition without disagreeable sensations, Dr. King's New Life Pills should always be your rem edy. Guaranteed, absoluteiy statiafac tory in every case or money back, at E. T. Whitehead Go. 'a drugstore. 25c.- Where North Carolina Was First (News and ObMrver.) At the recent meeting of the Daughters of the Confederacy, rep resenting all the States where there are chapters of thia organization Mrs. I. W. Faison, president of the North Carolina Society, in making the report of the work of North. Carolina, took occasion to give a brief summary of how North Car lina has led in important historic! movements. From her admirable report the following extracts, which will be of general barest, are taken: ' "History shows that Korth Caro lina stands first in whatever she un dertakes. North Carolina has many historic facts for which she hr m nev er been given credit by some. Situ ated between Virginia on the one hand and South Carolina on the other, and always a very modest State, Bhe did not proclaim these f act3 as the other two States, who have made the welkin ring, as it were, of their deeds of valor. For every fact that they can give we can give one better. A few of these are: 1. First soldier killed in battle at Bethel was Henry L. Wyatt, of North Carolina. 2. The first settlement of Ameri ca was made in 1585 on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. 3. The first white child born on American soil was on thia island. 4. North Carolina had the first "tea party" at Edenton and Wil- mington, soTr.etvne '.efc; e the ? .1 ? J hi ioaioi?, iVlafi., and ver not uised ia Intiintis as they wera. but boldly proclaimed that thty would not be taxed unjustly, and threw the teaoverboad. She declared her independence of the British crown in Charlotte, Mecklenburg county, N. C, May the 20th, 1775, more than a year before it was declared in Philadelphia, Pa. 6. But the grandest of all, North Carolina was "first at Bethel, farth est at Chickamauga and Gettysburg, and last at Appomattox. 7. Out of &' voting population of 115,000, North Carolina sent 125,000 men to the field; more than one-fifth of the men furnished by the South ern States. 8. It was in the hour of the last march of our troops that General Lee said: "God bless North Carolina." 9. In the late Cvban war the first man killed in the army was Lieuten ant W. E. Shipp, of Charlotte, N. C; in the navy the first man killed was Worth Bagley, of RaJeigh, N. C. 10. North Carolina's troops placed the first American flag on Morro Castle, Cuba. 11. Arlington Cemetery, as we now know it, was formally establish ed in May, 1864, and it is stated that the first interment therein was that of George L. Reinheart, a Confeder ate soldier of the 26 and 23 North Carolina Infantry. 12. North Carolina was the first State to break ground for a building at the Jamestown Exposition and had the biggest day of any State during the whole time of the expo sition. 13. North Carolina was the first State to endorse the building of Beauvoir, the U. D. C. building of Virginia. 14. North Carolina's governor, R. B. Glenn, and Judge Long have the distinction of being the first to ! discuss the much mooted question, jthe rate law, and declaring again f or State's rightS Nursing baby? It's a heavy strain on mother. Her system is called upon to supply nourishment for two. Some form of nourishment that will be easily taken up by mother's system is needed. Scott s Emulsion contains the greatest possible amount of nourish ment in easily digested form. Mother and baby are wonderfully helped by its use. r A a. Y ALL DRUGGISTS: 50c. AND 51.00 4444444444444444444444 ASOhfj otGHX (P. L. FUnton, in News an Obeoer.) T What will the bells o' the NewYe - ring us? ' What will the days o,' the New Year bring us? Sorrows an d sighs, And weeping eyes, Gardens of bloom and brighter skies, A rose o're a grave where a dead rose lies Many Nmih ir,,!iiu wi,i-n know What will the N'w Year bring us? j this. U j Read what one lin to say about it: What will the bells of the New Year I . iM,s-x,'11i' 5!f '"n Ucou-. f -2U ring US? North Tryon Stiv.t.. organist at th What will the voice of the New Year ! ''"''"l1 Olum-li. charlotte, N. :., sing VUit j ' I used I'oan'f! Kidney PilU Sonj;s to cheer i 1111(1 tlly ll:lV( 1,,'IU'fU''1 than The hearts to bear. ; iiiytljiny .!s. ! ,ver tried. Inhumed Garlands over the thorns we wear ! t!" "m Mt a ,,,""Ji r'to,v 1,11,1 ,,,0,n And love to ds& awav woh tMiorm5'k"kl""1 kidneys which have- These wil' th vr llcohol and Insanity. (Southern Farn Mag-Mine.) A report of the results of a care ful and systematic investigation of th' connection between alcohol and in sanity made in France during the P ast year divides the patients in the 1 various public asylums for the in- sane into three groups, namely, those j affected by simple alcoholism;second- j ly, cases of alcoholism complicated j to a greater or less degree with de- i gmeracy or mental debility; and! t'nirdly, all cases of mania, intermit- the abuse of alcoholic drinks has been a definite contributing cause. The first of these groups includes ' 9 987 man 1701 - i . i i- j 2,287 men and 721 women, a total of 3.008. The second jrroyp .owH-e, ... M-.-i- .:, i :;: ;. . p .,; . Trv- , :, ;,; men -mu 1.1 h tvf .-,..,.. :i .-..,.: or Hi. Ti.ti ; 13.;.' ir : , ; ;s A th;- Whole n-enof. -f ,.:..!.;-..;-- .-. French asylum (,r the in-.-.n ;'. all cause on January 1. i .m 'i, ; 71, 547, it follows that the otsu- f j insanity due more or less exclusive! v to alcoholism formed 13.6 rer cent, of the entire army of victims of men tal alienation who have become bur dens upon the benevolence of th State. Another interesting fact reveale;! by the investigation i, the important roie wnicn nas ueen p'aved in drama of degradation by absinth, i which has been fitly called the curse i of the youth of France. Of the 9,932 j the United' Slides to know what. v'o cases of alcoholic alienation, 4.8S2, aro doing--We arc curing Cancers, or approximately half of the whole ' Tumors H,1(1 Chronic Sores without number, owe --their degradation iojSttt? absinth and trie two or three order j islaturc of Virginia so-called "ape ratifs" which in this! r-IA..r'nra rcr, country form the customaiy tipples j E CJA!U"EE CURES at cafes and drinking bars. Theseri- j KFI I AM HftSPITAf ous element in these statistics is that ! ICLLiili llldi II they reveal an increase during the 10 years from 1897 to 1907 of 57 per cent, in the number of insane in 30 department of France. The nation al league against the abuse of alco hal is now orgaized and actively pursuing a cru3ade against intem perance and the sale of absinth and other noxious liquors. Stop Grumbling. (Selected.) Get up two hours earlier in the your regular profession. Mind your own business and with all your might i let other people's alone. Live with- ! in your means. Give away or sell youraog. bo to ued early, iall; : i t 1 I -wm less of your own peculiar gifts ar,d!S virtues and more of those of your ' friends and neighbors. Be cheerful. Fulfill your promises. Pay your debts. Be yourself all you would see in others. Be a good man and stop grumbling. A WOMAN'S BACK. The Aches and Fains W?!! Disap. r! 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