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Good Advertising Is to Business what Steam is to Machinery, that great propelling power. This paper gives results. COMMONWEA Good Advertisers Use these columns for rascrJts. An advertisement in this ipr will reach a good class of pcopl. E. E. MILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. "Excelsior" is Our Motto. Subscription Price $1.00 Per Year. ; i V3L. XXIV. New Series Vol. 11.--6-1S SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1903. NUMBER 20. The DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAKE BACK ? "iiney Trouble Mafces You Miserable. A!rr.'T.t evrybc;5; "iO r?ads the r.: p-i's is sure to know of the venderft. :: i . cures mr do by D. ' -r-r(;'y I u Kilmer's Swamp'-Rco; "jlf' !: the croat kidney, , . . ..' ' and b'adder rernedr. f it is the great l.iedr jXj cai triumph cf the nir.c ! -ii teenth century: c':r , ; )!;' ! 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'"f.t" YrtJ gity is; - j 'tgijj ):!:'. cer.t ar.u TTcmsot 8'am12nnr. cer.t :' &ii Ocd drurj-is-s. nvike any mistake, but re the name, Swamp Knot, Dr Swamp Root, and the addres. Ion. X. Y on every, bottle. R. MiLLS Land Surveyor Scotland Xeck, X. C. .l-H-tf , -J. r . il irik . i.. 1 . i. ' ' I'jiysiciax and Surgeon, Scotland Xeck, X. C. JC' on Depot Street. hi!. A. C. UVERflON, DEXTIST. r&fi& head Building. :ice hours from 9 to 1 o'clock anl 2 to .! o'clock. Refracting Optician, Vv'atch laker, Jeweler, En- ti raver, P-cotland Xeck, X. C. riconVDS WESB, rc-RNBY AND COUNSELOR AT Lav.-, 221 Atlantic Trust Building Xorfolk, Va. 'vy PnUio. Bell Phone 7Gf tj::::ey and Counselor at Law, Halifax, X. C. r. y Loaned on Farm Lands 'ir.vr.p.AL Insurance Agent, Scotland Xeck, X. C. r-v-l HAIL? BALSAM f .a-- - - - '. - "t'i'Ato wJ btautiilos tne tuur. j Zi'.". ss'i ''"c.a'i ft hair inlnu I lipi 1 -i ifa YoutkJill Color. Pi! r "- T i am prepared to serve iv cH customers and the o;iblic generally with the v:r hr.sl of fresh Pork, msage, &c. All orders filled promptly, and eveiy r . Werner's wants regarded. -J. "D. HILL, Main St., .-cxt to Prince's Stables. 5 ma ' i hd ffg r.i ite t i-i r.. -ai v t'v tj i4 . . tt.1 fcJ 63 T, m V : J 6r " l':,r ' f , , .. V i.". bi'l a symptom of. and not 'i-'a-.i'. Wu think of Dyspepsia, J:!-.:ji-rtioues roul dis;a:8, yet y,r.:. only of a certain specifio 'tiiintf ('!;;. I t V !" -t rst correctly lefl Dr. Shoo -I )t row very popular Stomatl ''' ' 6 H':storative. Going direct 'i rvi-s. alone brought that success ''i-opari t his K.tnriitive. With- -Ur. lav " tl.. or t k -t; ;t"i highly vitalprinciple.no !! isnm.-nts were ever to be had. vs. bloating, biliousness, bad ' ciilnrn.. inn t fir Tw CVtrr.' t;"Ui ar;,l ti. ' '; , '"'''Is "r Liquid-and see for your. tfi-n; win (i0. We soli ad cheer- oop s THE EDITOR'S LEISURE HOURS. Observations of Passing Events. The unanimity with which the congressmen in the various districts in Xortli Carolina have been nominated as their own nnr, Ponpcor.i,M successors speaks well for them. All uuiiu m,pn.aci;iuw?;o. , ., . . , the while this paper has favored return ing congressmen for several terms at least, unless tbey prove untrue to the trust reposed in their constituency. It takes a acquainted with his duties and representative member of the spects the greatest deliberative a member of that great Xational attends closely to his duties and ests of the people whom he represents we see no need of being in a hurry to turn aside and place hands of another. We do not wish to be understood as advocat ing for any one a life-tenure in office; for we do not believe that a public office belongs to any man; and so rotation of office is a fair thing, and we believe it should be practiced. Generally there are as good and capable men left in the ranks as are chosen for positions of trust. We did not start out to discuss long or short terms of office, but to make note of the high com pliment which the people of North Carolina are paying their congressmen by nominating them as their own successors. Recently wo wrote for this habit of keeping busy. There The Habit cf Saving. persons should form the habit of saving. In order for one to be an industrious person all through life it is important that the habit of doing something be formed in early life; and in order that one may make savings from his earnings, it is quite as im portant that the habit of saving be formed in early life also. Parents can do no more helpful thing than to induce their chil dren to make their little money in whatever way they can and then lay by a part of it as a special saving. It may not be necessary for a boy to put his dollar in the bank, though this is a good plan; but he does well to save as much of his earnings as he spends. If a boy does not quite understand how his little money will be safe in the bank and would prefer to have it where he can see it now and then, let him put it away in his trunk, or in some secret drawer, or in some jdace for safe keeping; and the boy who forms this habit of laying by a part of his earnings for emergency, will be apt to come to manhood's estate much more independent financially than the. boy who spends all his money as fast as he makes it. Whether one makes much or little let him save a part of it. certain point a tiny electric device Dr. Edward Everett Hale, who writes regularly for the starts the electric motor which cir Woman's Home Companion, gives some most interesting ob- 'culates the cooling liquid. As soon servations Proper Ului.fi should cover from the fatigue incurred by the exercise and effort of the day. We quote him: "You have no right in a given day to incur more fatigue than that for which the sleep of the next night will give full recovery. Unless each night recovers the ground lost in the exertion of the day before you are commit ting suicide by inches, and you have no right to commit suicide at all." Few people have taken time to think how much harm they do themselves by not sleeping enough. The great sleeper is not necessarily lazy, as some may think; but is only follow ing nature's requirements, it may be, to make up for the loss of vitality incurred by some toil. We remember that Rev. Wil liam Brunt, one of the greatest and best teachers at whose feet we ever sat, said to us once that all great men have been great sleepers. Dr. Hale thinks so and urges that people sleep enough to replace what is lost "every day by exertion. Some people seem to think it smart to do without sleep, but the wisest men do not think such persons smart at all, but very foolish and unwise. By all means all people should sleep enough. Sir Wil liam Jones is aptly quoted by Dr. Hale: "Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven; Ten to the world allot and all to heaven." There is good encouragement to hope that the extremely tight times will soon change. Evidences are seen in many quarters that business conditions are Improved l0ndi!IC3S. improving. We note the following in teresting statement in the current number of American Industries- "The return to full-time operation by a number of New Eneland cotton mills has been the latest sign of return of gen eral trade prosperity in that section. Most of tho mills which hav- resumed full-lime schedules have been running on half or three-quarters time for several months past and the resumption U bailed as an indication of the beginnings df a general return ofu l capacitv production. Some of the mills which have not et resumed full-time have increased their hottrs of operation, arr l the Borden mills at Fall River, most of those at Bed ford and the Knights, Goddards, Lippitts and others of the i t irnducers in Rhode Island are now running on full argest pioduceis 0Kreemcnt that business is greatly ?" wantilllv improved, although estimates as to the pres ent volume o acxuai nf hiVrreat sell ins lines facturer, one in the trade, said the oliioaj for goods is better .fc .g tm0 thftt pnces have goods business J knQWn g0ods which formerly suffered so hat e ot t Qne sold for twelve cents o .. off the eighth cents, and we are now certain that the bed prices in order to that an upward trend has set rock jtn the fight against making contracts to oducVg Bcrt Barber, of Elton Wis says: "Ihavo only taken four doses or hu i T!iM".r Pills and they them by the people who make up man some time to become fully the demands of his work as a American Congress, in some re body in the world. And while Council fills well his position, carefully looks after the inter the interests of the people in the column some observations on the are many reasons why most per sons should ail the while keep busy, and there are fully as many reasons why all on sleep. He says that one sleep enough every night to re Trices are better, for demand HERE IS RELIEF FOR WOMEN t t Tr ia n. pate ami iu-m-i- SntoV: 'At Drugs' or by i 1 50 c?nts. Sample package kkk address. The Mother Gray Co., Le- If von have pains in the back Lun--rv H'iuMer or Kidney trouble, and w,nt a certain, pleasant herb cure for "'.nC iE-'tri Mother Gray', Aus- Ths IceIsss Icebox. (Electrical Kevrs.) Throughout the tropical and tem perate zones the Iceman is king and lord-over-all during the hot summer months, but now it is an open secret that there is rebellion in the king dom and electricity has opened a way to freedom and independence. The tyranny of the ice-wagon and the monumental summer ice sched ule must go. This is not another Celestial "tong-war' but an electri cal development which will be her alded with great delight by everjT householder and also with great con sternation ana regret by the ice trust. This is an age of horseless wagons, houses without chimneys, wooden stoves and wry not the iceless ice box? A new automatic artificial re frigerator has been invented which works independent from the iceman and his diminutive sample of crystal hzed germ-water. This entirely up- to-date machine produces its own coldness. The new refrigerator is operated by electricity and works automati cally. In place of ice a "cooling liquid" is circulated by a small mo tor-driven pump. The scheme for keeping the refrigerator cool is the same as used to make artificial ice. With the motor-driven pump am monia is compressed to the point - at which the gas liquifies (for pure ammonia is a gas) and the heat gen erated by this compression is ex tracted with water jackets. This liquid gas is conducted to the cooler through a pipe and allowed to ex pand in a coil. Of rourse as the ga expands it absorbs just as much heat from its surroundings as was generated in compressing it. This lowers the temperature of the inter ior nearly to the freezing point. From the expansion coil the gas i? conducted back to the compressor ready for another cycle. The beauty of the electric refrig erator is that it works absolutely automatically and with the perfec tion of economy. When the temper ature in the "icebox" rises above a las the temperature drops to the de sired point the same device, called a thermostat, stops the motor. The automatic devices control the appar atus indefinitely and there is nc waste of electric power. So simple is the new refrigerator that it re quires practically no attention ex cept an occasional oiling of the elec tric motor and the compressor. In many cases the amount former ly spent for ice would pay for the new refrigerator and the amount saved by keeping vegetable, meat, milk and dther things in the icebox will more than compensate for the cost of keeping a private ice plant. The "iceless icebox" finds its greatest field of usefulness in meat markets, hotels, fruit stores, cream eries and in all wholesale and retail houses where perishable goods are handled. Wear CoHcn Clothes. (Charlotte Chronicle.) The Winston-Salem Journal ar gues sensibly for a more general adoption of cotton clothing for sum mer wear. It says that a man from the far South expresses surprise that cotton and linen suits are so little worn in this section. In Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi es pecially, cottcn and linen suits are the rule and not the exception. They are much more comfortable than any weight of woolen suits, are neat and washable. Another thing, the cotton suits, ten times as many of which are worn as of linen, are a Southern product and their general use throughout the South would mean not only a greater de mand for a strictly Southern prod uct, but would mean that the mil lions of dollars which now go out of this section every summer for wool ens would remain at home, enriching to a certain extent every class of citizens in this section. It is to he hoped for these reasons that the wearing of cotton and linen suits (most of which are made partly of cotton) will become more general in this section. The world no doubt misses a great deal of comfort that might come its way by the exercise of more sensible ideas in the matter of summer cloth ing. The young women are taking the lead in this dr-ess reform and are now nearly all cotton girls. The men will have to come to it. During the summer kidney irregu larities are often caused by excessive drinking or being overheated. Attend to the kidneys at one by using Foley's FARM WHOSE CROP IS TIMBER. What an Ohio Farmer is Being in Tree Planting. ALL TEIS IS WORTH TSMEIKG ACOUT. (Fcrc-st Service.) In every state of the Union there are many tracts of so-called agricul tural land, which, owing to their hilly character, poor soil, or numer ous boulders, are not suitable for farming. The owners of such tracts are often at a loss to know what to do with them. Without question, the best use to which land of this kind can be put is to plant it with trees. One of the fundamental principles of forest economics is, that soil which i3 not good enough to make the growing of cereal crops profitable should be devoted to the production of wood crops. This does not mean that trees grow better on poor soil than on fertile soil. They will, of course, grow better on fertile soil. But, in proportion to the money invested, better returns are secured from trees planted on the less valuable land. Most of the cone-bearing trees, and many hardwoods as well, will thrive in soil of medium fertility. All trees, however, do not thrive on poor, sandy 'ridges, or on hillsides where the soil is thin. Black walnut, hardy catalpa, and white oak, for their best development, require a deep, fertile soil, well watered and well drained, and it is not advisable to plant them where these require ments are not met. An Ohio farmer is solving the problem of what to do with the worn-out farm. He own3 an old homestead of sixty acres, which he is desirous of keeping in the family. lie does not live on the place, how ever, and farming has been a losing proposition. He has, therefore, de cided to plant the entire tract with trees. He has already planted 3;"," 000 Norway spruce, set three and one-half feet apart each way, on an area of about eleven acres. These trees will be cut, as they become large enough, for Christmas trees. Chestnut seedlings willbe planted in the spaces left by the removal of the spruce, and it is expected that they will begin to come m bearing when the last spruce is cut. In ad dition to the spruce, hardy catalpa, black locust, elm, boxelder, and sycamore have been planted. It is planned to put the entire sixty acres in forest within five or six years. The owner is wise in planting sever al k:nds of trees instead of confining himself to one species. His forest will be producing six or seven kinds of lumber, chestnuts, and Christmas trees, at the same time. World Gicsicg Better. (Raleish Times.) He is a hopeless pessimist who does not see that in the one feature alone of looking out for the helpless little ones, not merelv to see that they have better food and treatment, but that some wholesome pleasure comes into their narrow, humble lives, abundant signs that the world is growing very much better. The fresh air outings for tired mothers and little folks who almost have rea sons to weep for being born, the va cation schools and playgrounds, the hospitals and homes, the charities that distribute milk and ice, the country weeks for those unfortuna cs who would never otherwise know what the country is. all these are in dications that the world can be gen erous enough when its attsntion is properly aroused. Prefiiable Farming cn Four Acres. Monroo Enquirer. Mr. W. E. Funderburk, of Mon roe, made on his farm, two miles south of town, 576 1 2 tushels of oats, 285 bushels being reaped from four acres of land. On the same four acre field Mr. Funderburk made last year $248.20 worth of cot ton and cotton seed, at an expense of $81.60, or a net profit of $166.60. The oats just threshed, the Apler variety, are worth 75 cents per bush el or more, but at 75 cents per bush el the crop is worth $214.75 and was made at a cost of $29,. making a net profit of $184 75, to say nothing of the straw, which is worth several dollars. Mr. Funderburk has sown the four-acre patch in peas. JUST EXACTLY RIGHT. "I have used Dr. King's New Life ) Tills for several years, and nna tnem just exactly right," says Mr. A. A. Felton, of Ilarrisvillfl, N. Y. New Life Pills relieve without tho least dis comfort. Best remedy for constipa tion, biliousness and .malaria. 25c. at W; T, Wh4toWJtJfl rime wtnrp ' Wlien I has a Boy. (Eugene Field.) Up in the attic where I slept When I was a boy a little boy! In through tho lattice the moonlight crept, Cringing a tide of dreams that swept Ov'er the low red, trundle bed, Bathing the tangled curly head, While the moonbeams played at hide and seek With the dimples on each sunbrowr. ed cheek When I was a boy a little boy! And, oh, the dreams, the dreams I dreamed When I was a boy a little boy! v For the grace that through the lat tice streamed Over my folded eyelids seemed To have a gift of prophecy, And to bring me glimpses of times to be Where manhood's clarion seemed to call, Ah, that was the sweetest dream of I was a boy a little boy! "d like to sleep where I used to sleep, When I was a boy a little boy! For in at the lattice the moon would peep, Bringing her tide of dreams to sweep The crosses and griefs of the years away From the heart that is weary and faint t-day. And those dreams should give me back again The peace I have never known since then When 1 was a boy a little boy! FiJie Fruit. r.ich Squaie Timer-. We can grow very fine apples and other fruit in this part of the State, though one would hardly believe it by seeing the average lot brought to our iwikets for sa!e. est of the apples we fee cn our markets are poor stock small, speckled, knotty, and show signs of having been in a hail storm just before ripening. This is for lack of proper attention. Mr. Albert Vann, a good farmer living in the vicinity of Rich Square, has some as fine apples r.s we have seen anywhere. They arc large, smooth and well flavored, so muth above the average as to attract at tention. When asked how he man aged to grow such fine apples, Mr. Vann replied that he pruned, fertil ized and cultivated his orchard, and in the proper season sprayed his trees. He has a spraying outfit that cost liim enly about twelve dollars, and in the spring sprays his trees three l ime s. As a l esult cf i his care and attention he has fine fruit. Others can do as well by following his example. Our people in this part of the State can make a "living with so little effort that many do not look after the little things on the farm. Enough goes to waste on the average farm in this part of the country to make up a good bank account. Get to Farming Ttiere Never Was a Belter Time. Cotton Journal. The trend of thought in nearly every vocation now is based on life in the country. People who have hitherto had an aversion to country life because of the trials, privatif nj and almost hope-Iesa ef forts to succeed there, are now full of enthusiasm and becoming possess ed of a strong desire to farm. This attraction is being aroused because of the fact that agriculture is once more getting on its feet, and will in tho future demand and receive its share in its profits made from the wealth it creates. Naturally 'there is no place so attractive to the aver age human being as the country. If the time has come, and we believe it has, when satisfactory profits can be made once sgain by Southern farm ers, so that independence and right eous prosperity will be conspicuous in the country, the trend of thought and travel will be away from the towns and citie3 and back again to the farm. Discontent will be dis placed by peaceful satisfaction. We confidently believe that the tide has turned for the better and happier days for the men who provide the food and raiment for the world's population, and that the cottcn growers of the South especially for all the years to come will enjoy a degree of prosperity unknown on the farm for the past thirty years. De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve is good for cuts, burns, bruises and scratthc. It is especially good for piles. Recom mended and sold by E, T. Whitehead Tcs Edison Concrete House. (American Industries.) Few inventions could have such widespread effect at once upon do mestic architecture, the building: trade, and the housing conditions of working people as the devising of R new, quick and inexpensive method of constructing dwellings suitable for the housing of those who cannot pay high rents. This, however, i3 just what Mr. Edison proposes in his plan for es tablishing the new industry of "manufacturing"inexDensive houses out of concrete, poured in one piece by the use of enormous moulds. The idea if carried to commercial success, is certain to prove the most revolu tionary innovation in building con struction since the introduction of the steel-frame office building. It will be a step forward in the utiliza tion of the methods of cement con struction which goes far beyond any thing yet attempted. The use of concrete in house-bui'ding is already established successfully in this coun try and abroad, but nothing like the proposed plan of pouring dwelling bouses in moulds, as one would pour a flooring or a pier, has been even suggested before. Nevertheless Mr. Edison is confi dent and enthusiastic over the suc cessful development of his plans, which he belevcs will, in effeit, re duce to a minimum the two prime elements in building construction, those of time and cost. Tho novel feature of the project developed by Mr. Edison consists in the use of moulds a3 a means of holding the concrete structure in form during the drying process. The moulds arc to be composed of cist iron plates. The details of their dimensions are undetermined but it is expected that the plates will vary in thickness from three-fourths inch to seven-eighths inch. It is the in ventor's expectation that it will be found possible to construct two !i-u.-cv' 't. -lonth with sn.e t.ct of moulds and to secure variety of de sign it is proposed to have six sets of the forms made, at an estimated aggregate cost of about $105,000. The size of the building which Mr. Edison proposes to erect on these terms is twenty-one feet by forty nine feet, with a height of thirty five feet, not including the cellar. The walls are to be twelve inches thick, decreasing to eig.t inches on the second story. The roof will be six inches in thickness and the floors and partitions uniformly four inches ihiough. Get my 'T."ok No. 1 For Women." It will eive w-tk woirun iiiany vtihm lil.; Mipgestiona of relief and with confident ial mcdii-al iidvhre.is entirely free. Simply write Dr. Shoop, Raeine, Wis. The hook No. 4 tells all about Dr. Sljfiop's Niht Cure and how these soothing, hesdmg, antiseptic suppori tori ran he rniccessfully applied to roipvt thine weaknesses. Write, for the book. Tho Night Cure is gold by A. C r ters..n. Nan--What broke off the engage ment between Richard Short and Milhe Long? Fan She wanted to put off the wedding on account of financial stringency, r.r.d he insisted on hav ing it immediately for the same reas on. "Philadelphia Inquirer. "Genejylly ! biiitntod for years. Had Kick b iid.-. he, lacked ambition, jiis woiii-out nd nil run-down. Bur dock Dlood Hitters made me u well wonvut." Mrs. Chas. Freitoy, Moos up. Comm. The most expensive publication, with the least income, in New York city is the City Record, which will cost New York $1,171,500 thi3 year. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup acts gently upon the bowels and there by drives the cold out of the pysteni and at the Fame time it allays iiiHitni mation and i-tops irritation. Children like it. Sold by E. T. Whitehead Co. Out of a total of 307.157 workers in clothing factories in Great Britian. 197,320 are women, ths female tail ors numbering 40,072 to 13,981 men. Stlmulatica iUiiioiit Irrlialicn. That is tho watchward. That 13 what Orino laxative Ki nit Syrup doen. Cleanses and Ktimu'ntes the bowels without irritation in any form. E. T. Whitehead Co. The Australian government will erect five wireless stations along its coast. WAR AGAINST CONSUMPTION. Ail nations are endeavoring to check the ravages of consumption, the "white plague" that claims ko many victims each year. Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds perfectly and you are in no danger of consumption. Do not risk your health by taking eomc unknown preparation when Fo ley's Honey and Tar is safe and certain in results. The genuino is in a yellow I :3 1 A ! I ' 1 1 1 i : L i l i ' ; t' I 1 i estorative yYf!nTw.--E.-T.- Whitehead Co.. Boy, N. Y. D. P T. Whitehead -
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