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Fit IS 4 CaZo 1:1 1 Good Advertising I to BwKca what 3tun i to Machinery, that great propelling powr. This paper gives results.- Commonw: Good Advertiser If u Ti 0 H H Uo thoM columns tor : ' it An advertiMment in this paper .0 will reach a good class of poplr Ml E. E. MILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. 'Excelsior" is Our Motto. Subscription Price $1.00 Per Year. VOL XXIV. New Serie.Yol. 11..-6-18 Ml SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1908. NUMBER 27. 7 fjoosands Have Kidney TroHbls and Never Suspect it. Vrovaloncy (if Kidney Disease. K : t tv !)!c tk) n-t realize the alarm. j increase and remarkable prevalence nf T-ir1n licaita While kiunevdis most com moii diseases- that pre vail, they ar almost the la recognized by patieiit and phy sicians, irko tou- t(nt thcmselot ," "'. ring lie eject, while the orij ;7.-. undermines the system. What To lo. :c is cmv.iV.: I. in the knowledge sr i expressed, that Dr. Kilnier iir.-Iioot, ti" trre;.l kidney roinedv, '.s every vi: h in curing rheuiiiatisi'i. in ;h'-' back, kidneys, liver, hladde: c:y i t of the uriuarv passage, .irc.-ts innii!itv to hold vales '. iitrr pain in passing it, or had foiiowin use of liquor, wine o: :d overc lines that unpleasant nc li'.;g compelled to i;o often .:ts i:ie ii.iy, aiw to t ui) i:;ai;v nr'n,': tii ni.-.dit. The mild anil ri '-.i'.in.-irveiTeet of Swamn-Rool s ( !i realized. It stands the highest wonderful on res of the most dls cr If you need a medicine h:i:'.d have tho best. Sold by drug in ;.i'.y-ce::t and one-dollar sizes, ii may have a sample bottle and a : it. lxth scr.t free (glSpjdHSS . "dross Dr. &EHjijHV?H :!. Y. When Homo of Swamp-Hoot. :s.::tin this paper ami don't y m.ist.ike. hnt remember the r. Ki'.mer's Swarm-Root, and rohamton, N. Y. R. filLLS Land Surveyor Scotland Xeck, X. C. ."-ii-tf J. P. WIMBERLEY, Physician and Surgeon, Scotland Xeck, X. C. OilieO on Depot Street. m. 1. C. LIVERMON, DENTIST. Oilice up stair-3 in Vvhite 'Utxi head Building. OiTice hours from 0 to 1 o'clock and 2 to o o'clock. j j W. .MIXON, Refracting Optician, Watch Maker, Jeweler, En graver, Scotland Xeck, X. C. I NcftRYDE WEBB, t Attorney and Counselor at Law, 2i 0-221 Atlantic Trust Building Norfolk, Va. Norarv Public. Bell Phone 700 pr?w;o L. TRAVIS, Attop.ney and Counselor at Law, Halifax, X. C. Money Loaned on Farm Lands vpi U. JOSEY, (d:xK!!AL Insurance Agent, Scotland Xeck, X. C. " PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM --.'X v'T -. ".1 i'r-T.ic ; laxtir-aat prowth. V--'.'-- V-t 'fiat . to"!ts Vouthful Col,r. -'.-"!'--'Jir'rf'-'' Cures srs'p & hair tailing, I -r I an prepared to serve ' my old customers and the public generally with the very best of fresh Beef, Pork, Sausage, &c. All orders filled promptly, and every cusomer's wants regarded. 1 u X HILL, '-lam St., next to Prince's Stables. t - ..... Mi-iimiunt. suppository remeuy, wuuo iri rt1 ::,';'--.'t'raUva is wholly en Internal treat. Ui i-torativo reaches throughoat the all , , fx-King tno repair ot au uerv e-i I. ; v'"13wp- ItsoothHEBoreandinflam-6- h.'"'"A -'r!i. hf-als local weaknesses and ei'n'n, whil,; tn'J Restorative, ease3 nervous li-iiti l'!v"!' wntiwea vigor and ambition, fiV-V1' -t"i tissuns. bringing about renewed I ..,!,,, !- v'K'-r. and energy, lake Dr. fihoop a to th,'?. .''i't,'1,'t!50r Liquid asa general tonie i . vuiu t or positive local help, use as well . vSRoop's ig'ht Cure new Market Weak Women To wivik a n,i jvUing women, there is at least one yay to he'r.. Hut with tlmt way. two treatments. ...t f'.saWnml. One ia local, one is consttto uoi.:..., ,, tift are j,nportanti both essential. ih. y-ywy Njght Cure is the Local, i.'- .-noou 3 lo irative. the Constitutional. i r.r. r,.u,,.Tl)r K)loop.g sihtCnre is a topical A. C. PETERSON. THE EDITOR'S LEISURE HOURS. Observations of Passing Events. Too often people have comforts and pleasures at home which they seek elsewhere. For instance, main- a person jroes away Rest 2t IlaiPa tlie to get A. l T 1 t . . d,L a great; aeai less cost and which would be really a more gen uine lest man he gets away irom home. Of course with many persons the better food which they get at the costly hotels maKes consiueraoie dillerence. irom the care of business or work, induces an improved condi- tion of the system, and they pnere ai sucn ana sucii a resort. 1 .1 1 1 1 it . 1 . coiuu ue naa at, nome wim Halt Some one has remarked that nected with a great State political convention. And it is even nt,..t r jsj. so. In such conventions there are al- ways worthy aspirants who must, from the very circumstances, sustain defeat and disappointment. But that is a possibility counted upon by each candidate in the very outset of a contest, for each one knows that only one per son can be named for the same office. Even that, however, does not prevent the final sting of defeat. But in a contest like th e one over the nomination for Governor in the late Democrat ic Convention in Charlotte certain features largely make amends for the hurt sustained in defeat. Mr. Home and Mr. Craig went away from the convention and back to the people at home with a proof of devotion and esteem on the part of their friends and supporters which nothing else on earth could have given them but the four days' balloting for the covetad place of honor. So, after all, there is a compensation in defeat; and what was true of Mr. Home and Mr. Craig was true also of many others who were candidates for other offices. Such con tests leave one entrenched in the good opinion of his friends more securely than before, and, as Mr. Craig said in Charlotte, they are largely paid for the contest in the gratifying know ledge that their friends are true and oftentimes more loyal than they had supposed. It has often been urged in this column that more attention be paid to country life and the pleasures that come from good Making tb& Country At tractive. in fine country homes. ideal life on earth, and making the country attractive is coming more into the thought of the people generally. The last issue of the Littleton Times-Herald printed the following well-timed observations: "There is no greater work, in our opinion, in any field of action than that of making the the country so at tractive to our young people that they will not wish to go to the towns and cities to live. There is nothing more hurtful to the young of this generation than the demoralizing influences and disintegrating forces of a great city. To keep the country people from moving into the cities, to retain them in the coun try, much has to be done, the work of which has only had its beginning, but in this a good start has been made, intellectual ly, materially and industrially. An intellectual transformation is certainly taking place among the rural pejple. Xothing in dicates this more clearly than the rapid spread of rural free de livery of mail and of telephone systems. A very intelligent man who travels over a large scope of country says that tele phones are found in, at least, seventy -five per cent, of the country homes where he goes. For the rearing of great men and women there is no place on earth that even approximates the advantages of the Christian country home, and there are three great movements which are rapidly revolutionizing the country and making it attractive to thousands who hitherto have been turning their faces toward the city rural routes,tel ephoncs and good roads." There was great general rejoicing throughout the State amongst Hon. W. W. Kitchin's supporters when it became known that he liad been nominated for Mr. RltCtlin Honored at Governor by the State Democratic con- Uome. v ciuitni) feeling even amongst those who -j.- X 1 4.1. didates. It was quite uaimm mat mo fcujn , home town, should have given him a royal welcome on his re turn from the convention. He went home covered with honors, and his welcome was indaed hearty. The Roxboro Courier says the following of the welcome accorded him: "It was learn ed Mondav evening that Hon. W. W. Kitchin would return home thatevening on the 7 o'clock train from Durham Ar rangements for his welcome were hurriedly perfected, and when the train pulled in about three hundred people were at tiie depot to greet him, they had flags and banners, with one laro-e banner bearing the inscription 'Person County's W el come to Hon. W. W. Kitchin, her favorite son.' The proces sion marched from the depot to the court house the carnage wh?ch was decorated, in which were Mr. and Mrs ki chin teadine the procession. At the square the crowd gathered and veu t m cl and eloquent address of welcome was delivered by Vr G Winstead, which was responded to by Mr. Kitchin in u' i speech. There was nothing elaborate in a short but deling speecn this reception, it couiu in which to P-Par - t their townsman cty by the great Dem been conferred upo ' We dict that when the 4th ocratic party of nd the people of this county will day of November comes , ar the W him the b5 t show their appreciation of this honor oyj majority they have .ever isZry tat the for it is no small honor fo it to g county had furnished a uov, nation of ManZan Tile Rem- edy for all forms of piles, relieves pain, sooths, "reduces inflammation, soreness and lining. Price Me C.uamnt erf to give satisfaction. Sold .bj E; 1. Whitehead Co. sP"ngs or tne seashore in summer rest which could be had at home . This, with the absolute freedom say great is the water or ahnos- JUany times an equal result v the cost. there is always a sadness con country homes. Happy indeed is the lot of the young men and young women who have the good fortune to be reared The country is the finest place for an aim hxlj i. o supported one of the other can- t nonnlo rf T? Ct V 1" O r f VllS - s honor which had c;..i, TToonrhft and Biliousness re i f with Rinars Little Livt-r iievcu i v... ----- - Tills. A rosy complexion and clear . if fmm their use. Do not gripe or sicken. Good for all the fam Uy. Sold bv E. T." Whitehead Co. ROMANCE OF ELECTRICITY. Reads More Like Fiction Than Fact Wonderful Growth. Its DISCOVERED KAKSf CENTURIES AGO. (Electri: News.) Deep in the vellum-bound ancient volumes of many an old bookstore lies hid the romance of Electricity. It is a story so old as to be lost in the obscurity of the mystic East and so interesting as to read more like fic tion than fact. From the electric light in the library reading rcm and the elec tric cars rumbling past the building the story of eleetr city can be traced back through the tenturies until the tiny thread is lost; in the great Em pire of China thousands of years ago. Long before anj records in books the superstitious people of the East bowed down to the magical powers of the lode-stone. The name "Elec tricity" goe3 back - twenty-five cen turies and is derivtd from the Greek word "electron," meaning amber. This amber came from the north Baltic countries and was extensively used in the arts and for ornamental purposes. It was one of the old Greek philosophers, Thales, who dis covered in polishing his amber stylus that the fossilized resin possessed the mysterious pover of attracting light bodies when rubbed. Thales argued that the amber possessed the secret of life but he failed to explain the magnetic attraction. The learning of the Greeks was adopted by the Eomans and Pliny, the elder, wrote considerable of this strange property of amber. He said the stone was rubbed into life by his fingers. The Romans con tented themselves with this knowl edge and arrived no further towards a solution of the problem. While they believed Jovs hurled his im mortal thunderbolts in just anger over some fancied wrong they little knew that their Ember ornaments contained the secret of the light ning. The grpat Caesar was awed and astounded at the strange lights which on certain nights played ghost like about the spiked helmets and spear points of the Roman legions. Those ancient minds believed more in ghosts and immortals than in science. They little understood na ture and attributed all such phe nomena to the actions of the gods. The static electricity shining in "St. Elmo's light" upon the steel spear points of the army and the masts of each trireme in the Roman navy was translated as a message from, the gods in assurance of victory. Fortunately electricity was neither forgotten or neglected when the great Roman civilization passed away and the Dark Ages succeeded. The next record of electrical experiments is recorded in the seventeenth cen tury when Gilbert, the Englishman, studied the electron and the mag net and wrote his famous book, "De Magnete," which was the beginning of a new era in electric science. Gilbert told little that Thales had not known but he paved the way for a new scientific development. Guer icke, a Prussian, invented the first crude electric machine. His simple device was a cylinder of sulphur mounted on an axle and turned with a crank. By whirling this cylinder and pressing a silk cloth against it frictional or static electricity was produced. This machine gave a con siderable quantity of electricity and stimulated further experiments. Though many properties of the mys tic force were discovered little other progress was made during that century. The next century brought discov eries which filled all Europe with excitement and nearly every book printed during that time contains articles on electricity. The glass electrical machine invented at this time consisted of a large glass cylin dar or disk revolved on an axle and rubbed with leather. This machine produced a large, brilliant spark. DeFaye, a Frenchman, sent a spark through a cord 1,300 feet long and suspending himself from a silk cord was charged with electricity. When his friends approached him they were astonished to see a large spark leap from hi3 body to theirs. Mus schenbrock tried to store electricity and produced the Leyden jar, named after the city where it was first used, and received a shock which nearly knocked him to the floor. The Ley den jar brought alarm and terror to ail who saw for the first time the great power of electricity. The books say that Louis XV held an au dience with this jar of stored elec tricity and that his royal arms were jerked nearly from their sockets, which mystified him greatly. Then our own Benjamin Franklin stepped to the front and proved with his kite that electricity from the friction machine and, the lightning from the clouds were the same thing. He was the greatest electrical scien tist of the age and the history of electrical progress dates practically from that day. He constructed a battery of Leyden jars which was little short of the lightning itself, shocking animals to death and set ting fire to tinder. Franklin's experiments were re peated in Europe and he was honor ed as being, the greatest scientist of the age, Up to thi3 time static electricity was the only kind known. Tn-rlay two kinds of electricity are recog nized, the static electricity which is motionless and takes the form of dis charges from one body to another, and electricity generated by chemi cal means. The next world-astonishing development in electricity was the discovery of the chemical battery which gave a steady flow of current. A man named Galvani, a professor of anatomy at Bologna, in 1790 was experimenting with an electric machine. . By chance some frog legs were lying upon the same table, having been ordered by a phy sician for Galvani's sick wife. A spark jumped to one of the frog's saddles and it twitched as though with life. Galvani followed up the experiment thinking he had discov ered the secret of life, which was the topic of all scientific study and research in those days. In the course of his experiment Galvani hung the frog legs on a cop per book with the toes touching on a zinc plate. This also caused the legs to twitch, evidencing an electric current. But it remained for Volta to show that Galvani had created an electric battery. Volta constructed his "voltaic pile," composed of alter nating sheets of copper and zinc separated with a cloth moistened with an acid solution. This gave a continuous flow of electricity and scientists dropped their experiments with the friction machine to take up the study of the cell battery. They thought then ihat the body was nothing more or less than a voltaic pile and that life was a manifesta tion of electrical energy. Personal ity and emotions were spoken of, and written of, in electrical terms. Powerful batteries of as many as a thousand cells were constructed and it was noticed that the new machine eave no brilliant sparks but a steady flow of current of a power so mys terious and threatening as to beheld in silent dread. When the poles of such a machine were grasped it wa3 as though the victim wes held in the grasp of a giant and his body was convulsed and tossed about. By its action water was decomposed, carbon and metals melted, chemistry was revolutionized and scientific re search extended. Galvani and Volta were followed by a coterie of brilliant men, and the names of Oersted, Ampere.Davey and Wollaston became known throughout the world. In 1820 Oersted discovered the relation be tween magnetism and electricity. By his experiment it was found that the galvanic current deflected the magnetic neodle. After this principle we are able to measure the amper age and voltage of the constant cur rent. In 1S31 Faraday discovered the principle of voltaic induction, which gave rise to the faradic, or alternat ing current. Then followed the dy namo, based upon this same prin ciple, and electiicity began to as sume great commercial importance. The telegraph, the telephone, elec tricity as a source of power, the arc and incandescent light, the electric motor car, the X-ray, wireless tele graphy, the electric furnace and many important discoveries have fol lowed. The future of electricity promises more for thi3 world than any other thing. rinules for Backache, little golden globules, easy and pleasant to take. Act directly on the kidneys purify the blood and invigorate the entire sys tem. Best for backache, lame back, kidneys and Madder. 30 days' trial $1.00. Guaranteed, bold by i. 1. Whitehead Co. And yet it isn's the price of porter house steak that bothers us so often as the lack of it. Indianapolis News. Get my "Book No. 4 For Women." It will give weak women many valua liln siipcr-stions of relief and with confidential medical advice is entirely free. Simply write Dr. bhoop, Kacine, Wis. The book No. 4 tells all about Dr. Shoop's Night Cure and how these soothing, healing, antiseptic suppori torics can be (successfully applied to correct these weaknesses. Write for the book. The Night Cure is sold by A. C. Peterson, v PROTECTING THE TIMBER. Louisiana's Forest Law Proposed by Governor Blancnard. PROTECTION ESSENTIAL TO PROSPERITY. (U. S. Forest Service.) If the legislature of Louisiana passes the forestry law proposed by Governor Blanchard of that State. and said to have the support of the largest timber owners, it will be the most advanced step yet taken Ly any State to regulate timber cutting on private lands. By the terms of the proposed statute the cutting of trees under twelve inches in diameter four feet from the cround will not be permitted. The law does not ap ply to those who, in good faith, wish to clear the land for agricultural purposes, or who need the timber on the ground for roads or ditches, or in case an owner or tenant who uses the wood for domestic purposes. The lumbermen will be required to fell the trees in a way to cause least damage to young timber, and the .refuse must not be left where its presence will invite fire or other wise endanger the small trees. The penalty provided for violations of proposed law is a fine of $25 to $100 for each offense, and imprisonment may be added. Each tree wrong fully cut will constitute a separate offense. The proposed law not only delimits offenses and names penal ties, but also sets forth the reasons why such a law is thought advisable. Timber is becoming scarce, it says, and ought not be needlessly wasted. Forest destruction will carry with it other evils besides dearth of wood. It will cause destruction, soil erosion, and increase floods and droughts, to the damage of the whole people. The forests ought not be wholly cut down, the proposed law further says, because they assist in obstructing disastrous tornadoes. The Supreme Court of Maine re cently ruled that that State may lawfully restrict the clearing of privately-owned forest land, if the pub lic woula be injured by such clear ing. Louisiana's proposed law goes still further in the same direction and follows the lines of the opinion rendered by the Maine Supreme Court. It is worthy of note that the two States which are first to take this advanced stand in forest protection are fifteen hundred miles apart and have forests not at all alike in character, different soils, climates with few points in common, crops of wholly different kinds, geography and topography of oppo site extremes, yet each realizes the ; immense importance of its forests and how essential their protection is! to the continued prosperity of its people. What De Wanted To S3y. (Success.) "Hello!" "Hello!" "Hello, confound you ! What do you want?" "Is this 6445?" "Of course! Why don't you go ahead and talk?" "Oh, you needn't get mad about nothing." "Well, my time's worth money! I can't stand here all day jabbering 'hello' to somebody !" "This i3 about the first time I ever used a telephone, and " "Did you call me up just for prac tice?" "No, of course not." "Did you call me up to tell a funny story?" "No, I" "Well, why don't you go ahead then with your business?" "You don't give me a chance. As I was saying " "There you go again! Say, how long are you going to keep me stand ing here?" "You can sit down if you want to!" "I'll sit down on you if this is supposed to be a joke! Who rre you, sir!" "My name is Brown. I move J in directly opposite you a few weeks ago." "Well, Brown, I'm sorry I have spoken so harshly to you, but I'm not feeling up to the mark to-day. Hope you will pardon me." "Oh, certainly." "What wa3 it you wished to say to me?" "Why, I wanted to tell you that j your house is on fire." A Certain Cure for Aching Feet Allen's Foot-Eas?, a powder; cures Tired, Aching, Sweating, Swollen feet. Sample sent Free, also sample of Foot Ease Sanitary Corn-rad, a new inven tion. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le- Boy, N. Y. Of Myself. This only grant me that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high, Some honor I would have. Not from great deeds, but good alone; The unknown are better than ill known Rumor can ope the grave. Acquaintance, I would have, but when 't depends Not on the number, but choice, of friends. Books should, not business, entertain the light, And sleep, as undisturbed as death, tne nigiiv, .. My house a cottage more Than palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With nature's hand, not Art's, and pleasures yield Horace might envy in his Sabine field. Thus would I doubt my life's fading space, For he that runs it well twice runs his race; And in this true delight, These unbought sports, this happy state, I would not fear, nor wish, my fate; But boldly say, each night, To-morrow let my sun his beams display. Or in clouds hide them ! I have lived to-day. Abraham Cawley. "Generally debilitated for yrar. Had sick headache, lacked ambition, was worn-out utid nil run-down. Bur dock Blood Biltors made me a well woman." Mrs. Chas. Freitoy, JIoos up, Conn. "Officer," said the police magis trate, "what is the charge against the prisoner?" "Having an infernal machine in his possession, your honor," replied the policeman. "Anarchist or chauffeur?" queried the magistrate. Nevvsbook. During the funnncr kiduej' irregu larities are often caused bv excessive drinking or being overheated. Attend to the kidneys at once by using Foley's Kidney Cur". K. T. Whitehead Co. Country Grocer That was a fun ny label on the bottle you gave me, Doc. It Rays, "Take Well Before Shaking!" Doc That's right, Si. The bottle contains ague cure. Puck. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup act? gently upon the bowels and there by drives the cold out of the system and at the same time it allays inflam mation and stops initiition. Children like it. Sold by 10. T. Whitehead Co. The rain drove folks to cover. Descended in a sheet, And the end-seat hog moved over Into the middle seat. Washington Herald. DeWitt's Witch Ifa;xl Salve is good for cuts, burns, bruises and scratches. It is especially go-d fir j iles. Recom mended and sold by K. T. Whitehead Company. 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