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Good Advertising I to 5wii what Sfceem is bo Maohinery, that great propelling nower. This paper gives results. Good Advertisers MMONWEAL Uae these eolumna for An advertisement in this paper will reach a good class of people. E. n. HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. 'Excelsior" is Our Motto. Subscription Price $1.00 Per Year. VOL. XXIV. New Series Vol. 11.-6-18 SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1908. NUMBER 28. Co Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys. rniisalthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. a.:; the blcod in your body passes through ; v r kidneys once every three minutes. i ne Kiar.eys are your blood purifiers, they fil ter out the waste or 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 neoftA ;..-c-.ey trouble. K. troubls causes quick or unsteady ,,r- .--mis. and makes one feel as though : t.id heart trouble, because the heart i; -.veVv.crklr.g in pumping thick, kidney r ' biood through veins and arteries. 1; v.icA to be considered that only urinary v::.:sreto be traced to the kidneys, t'u: w modern science proves that nearly s'i cr-.stitutional diseases have their begin i i kidney trouble. lived are sick you can make no mistake y-.- f:rs: doctoring your kidneys. The mile ani ih extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy U s;.;n rra!::ed. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures cf the most distressing case and :s sold on its merits bv a:! druggists in f ifty rer.t ar.d one-dollar siz .k Y.- i r.av have a arij bottle bv mail tinm. .. r- . fr. a'.r-o pamphlet telling you how to fine cut i: have kidnev or bladder troiihl :n his paper when writing Dr. Kilmei Einchamton. N. Y. 't make anv mistake, bnf. tp. & C 1 ri-'i!! or the name, swamp Root, Dr K liiit i 's Swamp Root, and the address B n.'hiiuit n, X. Y., on every bottle. L R. MILLS Land Surveyor Scotland Xeck, X. C. o-14-tf p J. P. WIMBERLEY, Physician and Surgeon, Scotland Xeck, X. C. Office on Depot Street. )R. A. C. LIVERMON, DEXTIST. Office up stairs in White head Building. Office hours from 9 to 1 o'clock and 2 to 5 o'clock. t W. MIXON, Refracting Optician, Watch Maker, Jeweler, En graver, Scotland Xeck, X. C. I McBRYDE WEBB, Attorney and Counselor at Law, 219-221 Atlantic Trust Building Norfolk, Va. Xotarv Public. Bell Phone 7G0 WARD L. TRAVIS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Halifax, X. C. Vicncy Loaned on Farm Lands ILL H. JOSEY, General Insurance Agent, Scotland Xeck, X. C. y vj 1'rorm tet Iazurmot growtn. -t, jra if ana nwuniei we dux. New Market. fiflljf I am prepared to serve 'C-iw my customers and the public generally with the very best of fresh Beef, Pork,. Sausage, &c. All orders filled promptly, and every customer's wants regarded. . J. IX HILL, Main St., next to Princes Stables. l-2-2n PAIN &.the fl-raln anywhere, hu iti not. "as usuaii? , . pa,n 18 Mood pressure nothing rov6 it hi,.. 1 ''ast; so. says Dr. Snoop, and to x osii laiiy B ifni pt,n ls blood PJ-eMurw-cothinf W-etlled a 1 ttie Pinlt That ?MWrt; . shoP Headache Tablet J's "fleet sVhan?811"! awB' r" Pf" center. f'U skiew u n' P'eas'nsrly delightful. Gently. ,. ely' " Ufely equalizes the blood Circ ' 5r5e' w MxJ Pressure. youMr 8feno,ls with women, same cant. nWstion-b',,MS- r9Stlf;. neryus. If a blood S'nty. fnf: r., a,Presure- That surely ls a tlnWinut ,p? Headache Tablets stop to2'wnatuibilhe,blet mply distribute Rruiwi v.l0O(1 Pressure. "miw yon, , T Pressure. - "'.ana imin s rei rea. ana Pu.Uood U1f?urse it does. Ifi con- Shoop's Headacho L Tabltn THE EDITOR'S LEISURE HOURS. Observations of Passing Events. Perhaps political enthusiasm in otner things except that its PnllHral FnTh!ifm tnan in various we say, and it really gives them courage many times to press on and do their best, whereas they might lose hope and fail witnout it. it is well for those who "wade deep" into the wave of enthusiasm for the friends of their political choice, to make effort to keep it up after the more listless and less serviceable ones tall away and seem to forget their ardor for the men they have helped to select. A long pull and a steady pull is what is needed in political contests believe that in a large measure ic taices well-measured enthusiasm to do the best and most telling work. The enthusiasm of those who iust shout because others shout and clap because stantial kind. Uive us the man who believes something and who stands by it because he believes it is the best thinff he can believe. In the State Democratic Convention at Charlotte, every inter est ave way for four days to The Convention Hot Satfs- No other factory from the delegates until that question was settled. And under the circumstan ces, the race for that honor being so intense, it was not to be expected that the delegates would pay heed to much else until that question should be settled. that course, but after the Governor, was named there seems not to have been quite so much consistency. The delegates com menced to leave and the balance of the work of the convention was done by a largely reduced delegation. We believe the papers stated that on Monday morning, after the convention had adjourned over from Saturday night,there was not a single secretary present at the opening of the convention. A private letter from a gentleman who was present and deeply interested in the proceedings says: "The convention plan must go. It is demoralizing and if continued it will certainly destroy our party." The desire for State-wide legalized primaries tn the same day is pretty general, and a large majority of the voters of the State now feel that it is the only satisfactory plan. The following notice of a Farmers' Institute has been received and we gladly give it space in'this column: The annual Farm r4nn... inm..i !i ne ers' Institute for Halifax county will be Farmers Institute July 28. held at Scotland Neck Xuesav July 28th, 1908. There will be two or three speakers present, fur nished by the State Department of Agriculture and probably one from the United States Department of Agriculture in addi tion to local speakers. These institutes are for a free and in formal discussion of every day farm problems and no farmer can attend and take part in these discussions without receiving more than enough benefit to pay for the time spent. Under the present management of the Farmers' Institutes no attempt is made to lay down hard and fast rules for farming and no lec turer at these institutes is expected to discuss or recommend any practice which he himself dozens of farmers in this part successfully at this time. The be selected from among the State's most successful farmers; the workers in our State Department of Agriculture; the United States Department of Agriculture and the faculty of the North Carolina College of Agriculture. Do not forget the date of this meeting and see that your neighbors know of it and attend. The farmers of the Scotland Xeck section and in other sections of the county should attend this meeting and get all the bene fits possible. TJrT in manv derades. if ever dignity in agricultural pursuits by the people o o ro a an Why Not the Farm7 South. Really, the work of a sure- pnnno-h farmer is cominer to be there is less prejudice against the farmer's life as .a calling or vocation than ever before. Th"e truth is, there is no work or profession more noble in its influence and development, and many young men, even, who a few decades ago would have spurned it, now look upon it with favor. Some young men get an exaggerated view of things in their early life which is hard to changer For instance, many young fellows who are about to start out in life, just as they have completed their school course, it may be, look at the young farmer and then at the young mer chant and draw comparisons. Several things enter into the comparison. The young merchant perhaps lives in a more at tractive home than the farmer; he perhaps wears a little finer clothes than the farmer; it may be he looks a little more "spick and span"-and his hands are tender, well-shaped and fair to look upon, while the farmer's are sun-tanned a little rough, it may be, and his general appearance not so -band-boxy Well, it is all ritrtit for persons to look well when they can and when t is absolutely necessary; but a little difference in the appear ance of a man's dress or a little sun-burn on his hands and face should not discount the great and high calling which he fol lows There is nothing under the canopy of heaven that is nobler in its essentials than the life of a farmer and the man o woman who would discount a man because of the evidence on person that he lies in God's open air and health-giving sunshine is of small calibre, and their opinions are not worth the consideration of those against JJ j" a 0rV. riuse Glorious are the fields, glorious are tne tit rtZlZ tcoh with Nature and g,or- ious is the life of a real farmer One application of ManZan Pile Rem f, oil forms of piles, relieves pain. CUjr, " - , sooths, reduces inflammation, sorenes s,Ms and itching. Price 50c. ww- ko give satisfaction. Sold by i. is not different from enthusiasm waning sometimes is felt more other things. It makes the aspirants for office feel eood. as as well as in all others. We enthusiasm runs this world; but others do so, is not of the sub the nomination for Governor. candidates could get a hearing There could be no objection to has not done successfully or that of the State are not also doing institute lecturers this year will before, have the interest and been so carrefully considered regarded as a profession, and Sick Headache and Biliousness re lieved at once with Rings Little Liver A rosy complexion and clear eves result from their use. Do not gripe or sicken, liooa ior au we i. ilv. Sold bv E. T. Whitehead Co. ; SOME THINGS TO DO. Many Things to be learned by The American Boy Graduates. CAPABLE WORKERS NEED NOT BE IDLE (The American Boy.) wnat a great and spienaia army of the very flower of the land all the American boy graduates would make if they could by massed together one great company. I suppose that a good many of them would resent the imputation that they are stil boys, and it is really time that the should "put away childish thiners" and begin to see and feel as men fee! and see. Now comes the time of testing, and we have no shadow of doubt that some of them will meet this test bravely and well. The next few years will prove whether they are made of the right stuff or not the stuff of which the real men of the world are made. All this educa tion has been nothing but a develop ing of the natural powers of the boy and a strengthening through the de velopment of his character. If this character-building process has been omitted the most important part cf your education has been sadly neg lected. There's just no use talking, boys, if you lack character you lack the most essential element in the achievement of the only kind of suc cess worth having in this life. And you want to set it down on the tab lets of your hearts that money is a secondary consideration when it eomes to making a success of one's life. One trouble with our Ameri can Doy 01 today is tnat ne has an idea that money represents the high est standard of success. Recent de velopements'm the great world of finance have given proof of the fact that it is a standard so low that it has brought some who haveacheived this kind of great success down to the dirt itself in the estimation of the great mass of the American peo ple. Just take note of the fact that the men our nation has always de lighted to honor have never been men of great wealth. .Some have been prosperous men, but it is ft r the things growing out of the nobil ity of their characters that they hold such a high place in the esteem cf their countrymen. The American boy graduate will do well to bear in mind thtt he must now pull off his coat and d a lot of mighty hard work if he ia to do all that the world expects of Mm. Why not? You have used all the brawn and muscle of yours at football and baseball and rowing snd other "stunts" of strength long enough. The school and college "gym" didn't develop all that muscle of which you are so proud just for foctball and other games requiring muscle. It developed it for the purpose of help ing to make you more capable of pushing to the front in the real work of life. And there is plenly of work for you to do. The willing worker and the capable worker need not be idle for long in our land. But if you j have not learned any regular trade or profession while you have been in school you must do as the Bible says and "whatsoever thy handfindethto do, do it with thy might" Don't dawdle. And don't complain. If your work does not "suit" you keep at it just the same until ycu can find something that does "suit" you. Every American boy graduate should start out in life determined that he will not actually "loaf" a single day while he liees. The "loafer" is about as poor a spicemen of humanity as any country can pro duce. You can find work of some kind to do if it is of a no more cash producing kind than studying at home or working around the house. Don't wait for something to "turn up." A great, strong man who has been idle for - months told me only the other day that nothing seemed to "turn up" for him. The shores of time are strewn with the life wrecks of men who have sat in idle ness waiting for something to "turn up." You'd better run an elevator or do something for fifty cents a day than to sit in idleness waiting for someone to offer you a job. And the American boy graduate must learn to posses his soul in pati ence. Get that get-rich-quick non sense out of your head, and don't be vain enough to think that somehow or other Nature has been so gener ous in her gifts to you that you are ready to begin at the top instead of at the botton of the ladder. You kown that Franklin said that "he that can have patience can have what he will," and another wise man who knew just what he was talking about said: "There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste, there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with pati ence." ine troupie with so many of vou boys is that you are too impetuous too eager to"arrive," too anxious to "get there" at a single bound. You can't do it. A lot of your lalent powers are still to be developed even if you have a diploma, and nothing on earth can develop them but the slow-moving process of learning by doing. You have been learning by reading and study for lo these many years, now you must begin to learn by doing. Daniel Webster was just right when he said: "Knowledge does not comprise all that which is contained in the large term of edu cation. The feelings are to be dis' ciplined; the passions are to be re strained; true and worthy motives are to be inspired; a profound religi ous feeling is to be instilled, and pure morality inculcated under all circumstances. All this is comprised in education." XT 11 ji . ixow an mis is nor, comprised in the education the young graduate has thus far received. A Dart of the rest of it must come as a life ex perience. Take note of the fact that the best men of all ages have believ ed in God and have tried to impress upon the young the beauty and the duty of this belief. There is an old proverb that says that "a man de void of religion, is like a hosre with out a bridle." Religion is a mighty good armor, boys, and you should start out in life with faith in God and a willingness to obey His will And so we wish all the great and splendid army of American boy graduates God-speed in their honest efforts to be true to themselves, to their country and to their God. A Peculiar Well In Florida. (Selected.) In their investigation of the wells and underground waters of Florida the geologists of the United State. Geological Survey have noted many interesting things. Among these is a well at Welaka on St. Johns River. from which two kinds of water are obtained. The well is 309 feet deep. The ength of the casing is 110 feet. The well was first drilled to 160 feet, and rom this depth ordinary "sulphur" water was obtained. The drill was then carried to a depth of 309 feet, where it encountered a strong min eral water, having a disagreeable, salty taste. In order to use both kinds of water an inner tubing was run nearly to the bottom of the well. Both this and the outer casing were connected with pumps, so. that ordi nary water and mineral water can be pumped at the same time. A avorite joke played on visitors ii to give them a drink of the waker wa ter in the first glass and to replace it with the brine in the second. Not more than a half a dozen wells of this kind are known in the coun try, but there is no reason why simi- ar wells can not be obtained in re gions where the waters in the upper strata differ from those lying deep er. In these investigations of the wa ters of Florida the Nation aud State surveys are cooperating and much valuable information has been gath ered during the winter's work. The Discovery of Bret Harte. (Atlantic) A copy of the Overland Monthly had fallen into my hands, and I was exceedingly interested in a sketch, 'The Luck of Roaring Camp," by an author whose name 1 had never before heard. I asked Mr. Fields to read it, and he cared more for it even than I, being much older and wiser, and he very soon dictated a letter to Mr. Harte, begging him to send something to the Atlantic. The reply, which came in due time, I think, not only expressed a willing ness to become a contributor, but spoke of the writer's probable de parture from California. I cannot say how long it was before the Harte family reached Boston and became the guests of Mr. Howells in Cam bridge. 1 only know that it was the time when every man was quoting from "The Heathen Chinee" and generally carrying the verses in his pocketbook. There was, I thought, a good deal of curiosity felt about the office as to the sort of man the suddenly popular author would prove to be. He was found good looking and exceedingly well dress, extreme ly self possessed, with a gracefully friendly and even effectionate man ner to the new business and literary acquaintances of his own age in the establishment, with whom he speedily became intimate. "You get a good many kicks from dissatisfied patrons, don't you?" "Yes," replied the facetious laun dryman, "but we get more cuffs. Kansoe City Timee. ABOUT CARD-PLAYING. Few Persons Investigate the Root-Prin ciples Involved. THE ASSOCIATION ALWAYS DANGEROUS. The Messenger of Hope, organ of the Thompson Orphanage at Char lotte, N. C, and edited by Rev. W. J. Smith, formerly rector of Trinity Church in Scotland Neck, prints the following from the South Carolina Times: Comparatively few persons inves tigate the root-principles involved in the so-called "border line" practices and amusements. Yet the only sat isfactory way of determining one's attitude toward such a practice is to do so on the basis of the underlying principle which is there; any other basis of settlement is likely to be temporary, therefore unsatisfactory and unsafe. A New York reader, noting with approval a recent edi torial statement of the root trouble with the theater, seeks similar infor mation on card-playing. She writes: "I should like to get an opinion fully as positive concerinng the fundamental objections to, or the underlying benefits of, card-playing as practiced at the present time." There are two fundamental objec tions to card playing, which would seem to outweigh heavily any bene fits that it may offer. The two are: Its recognition of chance as an im portant factor; its association with a gambling, dissolute element of so ciety. Most games of cards are based. upon chance as the leading factor. rather than skill. There is, of course, plenty of opportunity to use skill in playing the cards which chance has given one; but there is a well-recog- j nized, sharply defined line of dis tinction between cards and checkers, chess, tennis, bowling and the like. The latter are Barnes of skill: the former is a game of chance. And the practical question for young people and adults alike to consider is this: Do I want to cultivate, in my amusement an element chance, or luck which has no recognition by sensible, successful people in any other branch of life; or shall I make my amusements contribute to my general efficiency by their cultivation of skill? And when parents are con sidering the question of their child ren's amusements at the most im pressionable time of life, the choice of these two opposing tendencies. hoice and luck, as tendencies of life to bo encouraged and developed by the children's games, offers food for pretty serious thought. Cards and card playing are pecu- iarly associated with gambling, drinking, dissolute elements of so ciety. Probably no other form of game has this association to any such degree. The chance of luck ele ment makes a strong appeal to those human being3 who have little to do with honest effort and clean, high- class skill as their chief asset in life. nasmuch as cards have been appro priated, therefore, by the worst and owest elements of society, do we want to open our own home to a de bauched amusement? Do we want our Doys to Decome aaepts, in tne home, at a game which, in college or out in the world, win mane it easy and tempting for them to get in close association with men whose life and practices are wholly un worthy? Even if the amusement were inno cent and harmless in itself, its asso ciations are the logical outcome of its inherent unworthiness; and the combination of these two facts is sufficient, in the minds of many, to put the game clean over the border line and into the realm of practices that are beyond debate. Pinules for Backache, little golden globules, easy and pleasant to take. Act directly on the kidneys purify the blood- and invigorate the entire sys tem. Beet for backache, lame back, kidneys and bladder. 30 day?' trial $1.00. Guaranteed. Sold by E. T. Whitehead Co. An engineer on the 'Frisco road, according to a newspaper printed in Perry, Kas., dropped a wrench from his locomotive, and stepping out of the cab to search for it, got lost in the high weeds along the line, and after half an hour's trudging found a fisherman, who piloted him back to the railroad. Baltimore News. Get my "Book No. 4 For Women." It will give weak women many valua ble suggestions of relief and with confidential medical advice is entirely free. Simply write Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. The book No. 4 tells all about Dr. Shoop's Night Cure and how tl.ese soothing, healing, antiseptic suprori tories can be successfully applied to correct these weaknesses. Write fcr the, book. The Night Cure is sold ty A; C. Fetenon. -' - In the Hay-Lolt. (Annie L. Muzzey. in Youth's Companion.) 0 sweet, still noontide of the sum mer day, in the cool harbor of this fragrant bay Flooded with billows of the new mown hay. Engulfed among the perfumed waves Hie, Catching dream glimpses of the sea- With phantom cloud-ships passing softly by. Across my vision,inher loving quest. The swallow skims and rises to her nest, Brooding her fledglings in her tawny breast. From orchard - boughs the catbird, mocking, flings A challenge which from bob-o-lin- coln brings A trill of glee as thro' the air he swings. . Far off the bleat of lambs upon the hill Blends with the whirring of a dis tant mill Half-glad, half-sad. like mingled good and ill. But underneath the sounds afar and near A flow of silence that I btrd to hear Hath finer message for my inner ear. Soft on the scented reeds of new- mown hay The fairies of the grass field faintly play The airs they sang to buttercups in May. And all the year their elfin notes shall tell Of secret haunts where sleeping grass-roots swell With life no frost nor scythe of death can quell. Thro endless time, whatever winds may blow, One happy and eternal truth I know: The grass may wither, but the soul shall grow. "Generally debilitated for years. Had sick headache, lacked ambition, was worn-out and all run-down. Bur dock Blood Bitters made me a well woman." Mrs. Chas. Freitoy, Moos up, Conn. "Figures don't lie," remaakedthe man who utters aphorisms. ''That's true so far as mathematics is con ceaned," answered the campaigner. "But in politics a back number is liable to prevaricate some." Wash ington Star. During the summer kidney irregu larities are often caused by excessive drinking or being overheated. Attend to the kidneys at once by using Foley's Kidney Cure. E. T. Whitehead 'Co. The Lady Look here, you said that if I'd give you your dinner you'd mow the lawn for me. The Hobo I'd like to do it ma'am, but I gotter teach yer a lesson. Never trust the word of a total stranger. Cleve land Leader. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup acts gently ujxm the bowels and there by drives the cold out of the system and at the fame time it allays inflam mation and stops irritation. Children like it. Sold bv E. T. Whitehead Co. "Poor man!" said the kind lady. "How did you go blind?" "Well, mum," answered Tired Treadwell, "de foist lime dat I no ticed it was when I was out lookin' fer work." Chicago Record-Herald. PeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is good for cuts, burns, bruises and scratchen. It is especially good for piles. Recom mended and "sold by E. T. Whitehead Com pa n y . Brigg: They say the French are deteriorating. Griggs: I know it. The last time I was over in France I couldn't ever make them understand their own language. Life. Stimulation Without Irritation. Tbrit is the watch ward. That is what Orino Laxative Fruit Symp does. Cleanses and stimulates the lowrls without irritation in. any form. L. 1 . Whitehead Co. After Arthur Dany became an ex pert knife-thrower from practicing on his wifr, she sued him for di vorce. (Isn't that just like a vro nan?) Montgomery Advertiser. WAR AGAINST CONSWMPriON. All nations are endeavoring to check tVio ravages nf consumntion. the 'wliit plague" that claims so many victims each year. Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds perfectly and you are in no danger of c onsumption. Do not rifck your health by taking some unknown preparation when Fo ley's Honey and Tar is safe and certain in results. The genuine is in a yellow package. E. T. Whitehead Co. K C. 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