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Good Advertising Gom Good Advertiser Is to Business what Steam is to Machinery, that great propelling power. This paper gives results. Use these column for roauft. An ad vert foment in this paper will reach a good class of jwople. E. E. MILLIARD, Editor sad Proprietor. 'Excelsior" is Our Motto. Subscription Price $1.00 Per Year. VOL. XX!V. New Series Vol. 11.--6-18 SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1908. NUMBER 7. 1VIU1N W JkAJLJLH DO YCU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK ? nidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. Almost everybody vho reads the news I.pers is sure to know of the wonderfa cures made by Dr. ; Kilmer's Swamp-Root, j the great kidney, livei and bladder remedy. s-. It is the rreat rr.edi- cal triumph of the nine ll teenth century; dis covered after years o scientmc research b Dr. Kilmer, the erni nent kidney and blad e'er iipecialist. and i: wonderfully successful in promptly curing lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou bles and Bright's Disease, which is the vorst form of kidney rouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swcmp-Itoot is not rec ommended for everything but if you have kid ney, liver cr bladder trouble it will be founc just the remedy you r.eed. It has been tested i:i no many ways, in hospital work, in private practice, among ths helpless too poor to pur chase relief and has proved so successful in every case that a special arrangement has been made by which all readers of thin paper v.-ho have not already tried it, may have a rumple bottle sent free by mail, aiso a book idling more about Swamp-Root and how tc find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this DaD&r and ?.--' rend your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing hamton, N. Y. The regular i:tty cent and Jiome of Swamp-Root dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists. Don't make any mistake, but re member the name, Swamp Root, Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the address Binghaniton, X. A., on every bottle J R. HILLS Land Surveyor Scotland Neck, N. C. ll-2S-tf 0 F. SMITH, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, Scotland Neck, X. C. Office in tlie New Rank Building. . J. P. WIN&E&LEY, Physician and Surgeon, Scotland Neck, N. C. Office on Depot Street. R. A. c uvrsmoN, DENTIST. Office up stairs in White head Building. OfSce hours from 9 to 1 o'clock and 2 to 5 o'clock. 9 W. MIXON, REFRACTING OPTICIAN, Watch Maker, Jeweler, En graver, Scotland Neck, N. C. J McBRYDE WEBB, Attorney and Counselor at Law, 219-221 Atlantic Trust Building Norfolk, Va. Notary Public. .Bell Phone 374 gDWABD L. TRAVIS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Halifax, N. C. Money Loaned on Farm Lands iLL !!. JOSEY, General Insurance A gent, Scotland Neck, N. C. EgBfra3$g PARKER'S WmBm HAIR BALSAM f'JfWWyaCleuiirs and beautifies the htit IrtHS.,S- VromHf a lnx'iriant growth. ti;SH .JMevcr FailG to Kent or 9 Gray K!54i-,S3a to ita Youthful Color. SS;55?vS4asa Cures '''alp dianuct hair tcllini sey lerfokers' Supplies. Full and Complete Line. as- off ins and Caskets Burial Robes, Etc. Hearse Service any Time N. B. Josey Company, Scotland Neck. North Carolina SIMPLE REMEDY For LA GRIPPE. La grippe coughs ave dangerous, as thoy frequently develop into pneumon ia. Foley's Honey and Tar not only stops the cough but heals and strength ens the lungs so that no serious results need be feared. The genuine Foley's Honey and Tar contains no harmful drugs and is in a yellow package. Re fuse substitutes. E. T. Whitehead & o. m r Co IHE EDITOR'S Observations The people of the State are already more or less familiar with the brutal hazing that occurred at the A. & M. College in Ral That Brutal Hazing. 3rnor Glenn felt called upou to write to president Winston and arge him to see to it that such brutal practice be suppressed. The use of silver nitrate to blacken a boy's face was altogether culpable, if considered only from the possible danger in the project. This and other brutalities practiced have caused the people of the State to revolt in their feelings against the inde cencies, and many are of the opinion that the guilty persons leserve not only expulsion but criminal prosecution. And in all justice to right and the good name of North Carolina, noth ing less than the full penalty of the law should be meted out to those young men who forgot to if gentlemen. People often sometimes it is well said, but lit 1 J I 1 iiiouia rememDer tne same time to De gentlemen, ut course trolic and fun belong to young life, and that young life .vhich does not to a reasonable degree relish such is abnormal in some way; but brutality and cruelty are not a part of the aaturai flow of innocent and harmless fun. Some people get very much frightened now and then about 'party disintegration." They say that if such and such a thing NO PartV DISllltearatl0n S one n -or Carolina it will endan- ' ger the interests of the Democratic party. Many professed such fear when it was urged by strong prohibitionists that the extra session of the Legislature pass a State prohibition law, and perhaps some have been disturbed oy the bill passed by the Legislature submitting the whiskey mestion to a vote of the people. But if the Legislature had passed a State prohibition law we have no idea that it would :iave produced any party disintegration. If such a law had oeen passed and any Democrats had desired to cut off party affiliation with prohibitionists they could have found no more lesirable affiliation in the Republican party, for many Republi cans would have supported such legislation as strongly as the Democrats. And if the State goes prohibition on the 2Gth of May, which we believe it will do, the solidity of the Democratic party will be in no more danger than it has been at any time iince the party came into power. While men honestly dilfer n many questions that come before the people, there is no foundation for any fears to the Democratic party's safety be cause it has submitted to the vote of the people the great moral ueotion of prohibition. Advices come from various quarters that many manufactur ing concerns are on the road to recovery from the panic and covering From the Panic. wiU p0 so he min? ihf usual force of employes. 1 his is grati fying intelligence and should have a good effect towards restor ng confidence for 1908. Thus far a great many persons have looked out upon the prospects for this year with gloom and head. But now that some here and there are taking heart again, it will be easier to bring the whole people of the country ;o believe that this year may, after all, be as good as any other ear. The truth is, panics are strange things and have strange 3ffects on most people. Many a man who has regularly receiv ed his accustomed wages during the past six months, and .vhose home has been as full of comfort as ever in his life, has joined in the refrain of the panic pipers and has done his little best to swell the great roar of complaint which has struck terror to many another person whose condition in life has not been changed an inch by the hard times. Most people are alarmists at some time about some things, and perhaps more people can agree to be alarmists on financial matters than on ray other subject. People should be very slow to raise a panic alarm at all and surely not until there is really danger close ahead. There seems to be no good reason why the country should not continue to prosper and maintain the good feeling which should spring up from abundance of earth-products and plenty of profitable labor. Let us forget to cry out "hard times," but the rather say, "We are all doing pretty well, thank you." Discussing the preservation of our forests, and the great ca lamities that threaten our country as a result of forest destruct- Prcserving The Forests. haps $100,000,000 annually. Removing from river beds soil found there only as the result of trees destroyed is a large part of the immense project of the Lakes and Gulf Canal and other waterway improvement. The soil which is used to clog our watercourses is taken from places where it means prosperity, and our fertile area is diminished by about one hundred square miles per year. Wantonly Ave are converting gardens into des erts by destroying forests, and then, too late, struggling at great price, with irrigation, dams, and reservoirs, to buy back fertility. By the Appalachian Mountain Range the water flow of twenty-two States is affected directly. Of all the others the welfare is concerned with no less certainty, as industries which lie at the root of prosperity depend on the abundance of timber and on the general virtue of the soil." While the foregoing refers io forest preservation on a large scale, the principle holds tin; very nook and corner of this country. The denuding of the forests is making it easy for the floods from heavy rains to wash away the soil and thus make poor many great stretches of land which would otherwise remain fertile to yield good re turns for the labor of the soil-tiller when he clears away the forest growth and reduces the soil to a good state of cultivation. Let every man in the country who owns forests, from one acre to a thousand, carefully guard their protection against any who would uselessly cut away the growth; Few persons who own forests at all have the proper appreciation of their use and value. A Ring's Dyspepsia Tablet after each meal overcomes indigestion, dyspepsia and other stomach ills. Two dsys' treatment free.. Ask our dealer. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co. LEISURE HOURS. of Passing Events. eigh a few days ago. Such was the cru elty and brutality of the matter that G ov- maintain the proper demeanor say that boys will be boys, and while boys are being boys they J 1 v M ion, Collier's says: '"Catastrophes like the Pittsburg flood cost the country per Pinesalve Carbolized acts like a poul tice, draws out inflammation, and poi son. Antisepitc, healing. For chap ped hands, lips, cuts burns. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co. Osiy a Thought Now and Then. (Up-to-Date Farminsr. Watch for the little jobs that can be done now as well as next spring-. Uncle Threadbare says it is time enough to do them when they have to be done; but Neighbor Thrifty thinks it is better to do them now while otner worK is not pressing These people are friendly, but they never could agree. How many little patches are there on the farm that are neither paying rent nor taxes nooks and corners that you can't well get to to culti vate them? If yoi can't connect them with a pasture lot, give them a permanent seeding of some sort that you can turn to account. Land is too valuable to allow it to be idle. And this is a good time to have an eye to the farm animals that are not paying for their keep. Every animal kept should pay its board in growth, in the production of young, or in present or prospective service. It is a lqsing game to keep boarders that never pay. In the midst of freezing and thaw ing and heavy rains ditches are apt to form, and in a single winter and spring may make such headway as to do permanent damage. Unlucky fur rows left open, or mole runs may start them. Old straw, grass, waste hay, or small bmsh or chunks thrown into them may check the wash and save valuable land. It is bad policy to cultivate poor land when the means are at hand to make it richer. A friend of ours puts in almost every workable day in the winter clearing up barns, stables and lots in a thriving village, and hauling the manure to his farm nearbv. He does not cultivate so many acres as his neighbors, but he makes more stuff. Many farmers do not clean up their own lots, though they may have land that greatly needs fertilizing. Much valuable pasturage is lost for lack of suitable fencing. Farm fencing is a serious problem. The woven wire fence with iron posts solves the problem, Lut it is as yet, beyond the farmers' reach. The next is the woven wire fence and good wood posts, but this is beyond the majority of farmers. About the best fence at moderate cost is of good, solid posts, well set 1G feet apart, with four or five wires tight ly strung upon them, nine inches from the ground, and nine, twelve and fifteen inches apart, and with a good stake driven midway between the posts, and the wires firmly nail ed thereto. Or the posts may be twenty feet apart, and two stakes driven between the posts. This makes a reliable horse or cattle fence. If four wires, it is nearly four feet high, and if five wires it is just five feet high. People Vho Talk Down Thsir Business (Youth Companion.) Some men are pitched to a minor key. They probably do not realize it; but there is a downward tendency in their thought and conversation. Everything is down business is poor, prospects dark. They are always seeing snags ahead. They see ten dencies in American life which are sure to undermine our democracy and end in revolutions. Nothing is as it used to be when they were young. They cannot get any more decent help. Everything is in a de plorable condition. It is a most unfortunate thing to get into such a mental habit. I know some of these people. Their letters are always pessimistic. They go through life like a tornado cloud, carrying blackness and threatening disaster wherever they go. Everything depends upon the way we look at things. Near these, ca lamity howlers we find people living practically under the .same condi tions, who see beauty and increasing goodness, and an upward trend in civilization elsewhei-e. What an untold blessing to form early in life the optimistic habit of seeing the best instead of the worst! Think how much more those get out of life who are always courage ous, hopeful, always grateful for every good thing that comes to them, and who have a great faith in the goodness of human nature and in the honesty of most people! NEIGHBORHOOD FAVORITE. Mrs. E. D. Charles.of Harbor.Maine, speaking of Electric Bitters, says: "It 13 a neighborhood favorite hc-re with us. it deserves to oe a ia voriie every where. It gives quick relief in dyspep sia, liver complaint, kidney derange ment, malnutntion.nervousness, weak ness and general debility. Its action on the blood, as a thorough purifier makes it especially useful as a spring medicine. This grand alterative tonic is sold un der guarantee at Hj. 1. Wintenead & Co.'s drug store. 50c. Our Premium. Some weeks ago we announced that soon we should be able to offer a nice premium to cash-in-advance subscri bers and to those who pay up arrears and renew a year in advance. We have the contract now com pleted and our premium is The i American Farmer, published at In- j uianopolis, Ind. See our advertise ment of the combination elsewhere. The American Farmer is a most i valuable paper for the farmers, and I carries splendid literary excellence j for all readers. J You get both The Commonwealth I and The American Farmer for $1.00! This is an exceptionally fine offer, and it will pay any one who wishes 1 such reading matter as the two pa- j pers contain to take advantage of it. j Remember the conditions: All! new subscribers who pay $1.00 in ad- i vance get both papers one year. I All who are in arrears with The! Commonwealth and pay up and pay $1.00 in advance, get both papers a year. Eyesight. (Selerted.) j Milton's blindness was the result j of overwork and dyspepsia. One of the most eminent American 1 divines, having for some time been I ! compelled to forego the pleasure of ' reading, has spent thousands of dol- i lars in value, and lost years of time, ! in consequence of getting up several j hours before day, and studying bv artificial HgHt. His eyes never got well. Multitudes of men and women have made their eyes weak for life by the too free use of the eyesight, reading small print, and doing fine sewing. In view of these, it is well to observe the following rules in the use of eyes: Avoid all sudden changes between light and dai-kness. Never begin to read or write or sew for several minutes after coming from darkness to a bright light. Never read by twilight or moon light or of a very cloudy day. Never read or sew directly in front of the light of window or door. K 0 v,o V nut U 1.11V, llllb X (Ail . from above obliquely over the left shoulder. Never sleep so that on the first waking the eyes shall open on the light of a window. Do not use the eyesight by light so scant that it requires an effort to j discriminate. Too much light creates a glare, pains and confuses the sight. The " ' moment you are sensible of if an effort to distinguish, that moment cease and take a walk or ride. As the sky is blue and the earth green, it would seem that the ceiling should be a bluish tinge, and the carpet green, and the walls of some mellow tint. The moment you are prompted to rub the eyes, that moment cease using them; A Lessen From the Dutch cf Pennsyl vania. (W. F. Masscy. in Progressive Farmer.) Up in Pennsylvania, where I have been lecturing to the farmers this winter, the Dutchmen will keep four heavy horses on a fifty-acre farm, growing crops that are not near so profitable as cotton when well farm ed, and they have comfortable homes and big farms that cost more money than several farms of the same size would bring in the South. But the ! Dutchman never thinks of breaking 1 hi- u v: ia.nu wiui une iiuiotr, iiiuugu ins one borse, tnougn ms horses are big ones. But he always j has a sod to turn for his corn, and he feeds stock and makes manure, and covers that sod with manure be fore he plants his corn. Though his land is hilly, I saw no gullies there, for when he breaks a sod there is some fibrous matter to hold the land together. And when he plows that sod he rides on the plow, and when he cultivates the corn he rides on a two-horse cultivator. He rides on his mower and binder, of course, and rides on the manure spreader. And when he puts the four horses to a wagon on the road he saddles one of the wheel horses and rides and drives the team, and on those little farms one man's labor counts for far more than one man on a cotton farm in the South. Grippe i3 sweeping the country. Stop it with Preventics, before it gets deeply seated. To check early colds with these little Candy Cold Cure Tablets is surely sensible and safe. Treventics contains no Quinine, nolaxatvive, nothing harsh or sickening. Pneumonia would never appear if early colds were promptly broken. Also good for feverish child ren. Large box, 48 tablets, 25c. Vest pocket boxes 5 cents. Sold by A. C. Peterson. 1 Absolutely ST I i Pure OCWWi. ' pr From Grapes, I the most healthful M of fruits, comes the fi chief ingredient of r pi it LPE II W:Slla Tlic only baiting poivder fig ggpll made from Royal jM $7V2f$i Grape Cream JtWfx tf! "Tartar J? 'ita S V ... - ( N'V'X StrS Jit j 1 Casts a little more than the injurious dura Ini ! Mlr- tSv M 01 phosphite of lime powders, but with -'fesWll iSlSJBliKCl P-oyJyouoresureofpure.hcalthfulfood. LItUe Things. (Kind Words. Just a smile may gladden the whole live long day. Just a frown may overcast the sunshine and brightness. Little things, are they not? But, do you know, little things count most? "Trifles make perfec- j tion, and perfection is no trifle," de clares Carlyle. A hasty word of reproof to the child who spills his milk at the break fast table may destroy the pleasant ness for every one present. It may affect, unconsciously, the day's duties for every member of the family. When I was a child at school, I ing the home lives of the various pupils by a hundred little things vis ible. The "last minute" pupil, breath less from haste, her books all awry with a dozen sheets of paper "helps" thrust between the leaves; her yesterday's handkerchief still in I evidence, and her own toilet hastily 1 1 i... : 1 , wa? "e,T, ! clu'mmi' 01 ine same Kinu 01 nomu. In fancy, I could see the disordered j room she had left; the drawers of the dresser half open, 'and in a con gested state from an overstock of ribbon, laces, collars, letters, and "scraps" that will pile up rapidly, even in a well-ordered home. It was not always the case, for there are exceptions to all rules, but often such pupils were lowest in their classes. For it is a good rule to go by, that our environments make or unmake us. The pupils with neat dress, well-brushed hair and teeth, snug-fitting shoes, and clean handkerchiefs, seem to draw confidence from these little details to themselves. It gives an added strength to one's faculties. One can feel, "Now, I know I am all right; let me make my day's lessons so." And can, therefore, give entire at tention to study. In other phases of life the iilus- itration is equally strong. L.ite is made up of little things no one of . . . . ... whIeh ia too trivial or unimnortamV. fn affT:n frt . - . t At nome or in scnoo;, in DUSinessigood when he uses these pills. i.'.jc at or social life, the "little count. things" SUFFERING & 'DOLLARS SAVED E. R. Loper, of Manila, X. Y., says: "I am a carpenter and have had many seven; cuts healed by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It has saved me sudbring and dollars. It is by far the best healing salve I have ever found." Heals burns, sores, ulcers, fever sores, eczema and piles. 2-5c at E. T. Whitehead & Co., druggists. Nell "Cholh'e Saphedde says he has half a mind to " Belle "I don't believe it." Nell "But you don't know what I was going to say." Belle "I don't care. Chollie Sap hedde hasn't half a mind to do any thing." Philadelphia Record. A weak stomach means weak stom ach nerves, always. And this is also true of the Heart and Kidneys. It's pity that sick ones continue to drug the Stomach or stimulate the Heart and Kidneys. The weak nerves, not the organs themselves, need this help. This explains why Dr. Snoop's Restor ative has, and is promptly helping so rnanv sick ones. It eoes direct to - the j- x a 1 cause of these diseases. Test thia vital ! truth and see. A. C. Peterson. In Winter. Let the tired acres sleep. For they deserve to rest, While man his restless vigil keeps. And Nature frozen teardrops weeps- All working for the best. Stelle. THE JlMi'I NC OFF FLACK. '('oiiMiiiiptiiin h.-t.l nii'iii itsgr.-ispjnnd I h;ul almost readied the jumping off place when I was advised to try Dr. Kind's Xew Discovery; nnd I want to say ri,.:lit now, it saved my life. Improve ment i."'':H) Willi the l!r-t bottle, and after taking one dozen bottle I wan a well and happy man again. "says (Jeorp Moore, of (iiimeslaml, X. C Asa reme dy for entiglis and colds and healer of weak, sore lungs and for preventing pneumonia Xew Discovery is supreme. r0c and $1.(10 at K. T. Whitehead fe Co., druggists. Trial bottle free. Mollie When you spoke to father did you tell him you had $G00 in the bank? George -Yes. Mollie And what did he say? George He bor rowed it. -Sketchy Bit3. It- will be nnnceees.--.-iry for you to go through a painful, o.ensive operation for 1'iles if you use .ManZan. Put up in a collapsible tube with nozel, ready to apply to the soreness and indamma tion. For any form of Piles, price, fiOe, guaranteed. Sold by E. T. Whitehead i Co. It has been announced that Sena tor Tillman is to write a book on the race question. How his enemies will rejoice of that report is true. Wil mington Messenger. THIS MAY INTEREST YOL'. Xo one js immune from Kidney trouble, t'o just remember that Foley'g Kidney Cure will stop the irregularitioa and cure, any case of kidney and blad ber trouble that is not beyond the reach of medicine. E. T. Whitehead tfc Co. Did you ever sign a paper without first reading it? No, but I once answered a hypo thetical question without knowing. KEEPINC OI'EX IIOl'SF.. Everybody is welcome when wo feel good; and we fed that way only when our digestive organs are working prop - .. J'K ? " -8: atc. 1 u; "''i" V . ton,!U' V . ",VT amJ 1 ' ' II V li; 1 ' 1 I V i il. I fc? 'J H lull Is I Iv I I' II V 1 1 1 1 V .. . . . . . E. T. Whitehead t Co.'s drug store I am weary of being a bachelor girl. Well, cio you know any fellow who's tired cf being a spinster man. Kansas City Journal. If yon have eatarrl this repulse ili.-case. rid yourself of Ask Dr. Shoop 01 uacme. is., to man you tree, u trial box of his I)r. Shoop's Catarrh Remedy. A simple, singly tct-t, will surely tell you .1 catarrh truth well worth your knowing. Write to-day. Don't sutler longer. A. C. Peterson. When the trusts get a hearing they never ta.'k loud enough to be heard. DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is best f r cuts, burns, bruise and scratches. It is ( socially pood for piles. Sold by E. T. Whitehead k Co. The man who pays his coal bills always has money to burn. LA GRIPPE AND PXEUMOXIaT" Folev's Iloncv and Tar cure la crippfl - w . - couchs and Drove nts pneumonia. Ke fuse any but the genuine in the yellow ' package. E. T. Whitehead & Co.