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iood Advertising COMM Good Advertieers ' Use those columns lor A:i advertisement in tUis paper Is to Bufciaaes what Steam ie to M .cainery, that great propelling . .. . . f r. This paper gives results. ff T7 Ti H K -a. Ji- will roach a good da of people. E. MILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. "Excelsior" is Our Motto. Subscription Price $1.00 Per Year. v'OL XXIV. Nw Scries Vol. 11. -6-IS SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1S08. NUMBER 39. ONWEAL jvuT-wVork Weakens Your Kidneys. i-irucaltiiy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. the blood in your body passes through , , ur kidneys once every three minutes. i ne kidneys are youi Lit Ihe waste oi ipurities in the blood. 8 re sick or out r, thev fail to H,-. tneir work. Fains, aches andrheu matism come from ex cess cf uric acid in the blood, due to nc.-lfrt.,l trouble. r, ..::.: tr..-ub!-3 causes quick or unstead . ! i :.ts, and makes one feel as though . , ;.i heart trouble, because the heart it . ..vrking in pumping thick, kidney" -: .-r. d blood through veins and arteries. J to b3 considered that only urinary :..-s v-cre to be traced to the kidneys, , :-. - modern science proves that nearly . " .. ;-.s.'.:tutional diseases have their begin :.v; n kidney trouble. ;: v;u a.-e -;ck .u can make no mistake ,Vst d.x---;rinr your kidneys. The mile -..i hj extraordinary effect cf Dr. Kilmer's . . arnp-Roct, the great kidney remedy i -, realized. It stands the highest for Its r jcsful cures cf the most distressing cases :s soli cn its merits ffc'lC' - -1 XS'f n fifty- (g4ipSfe .-. You may have a : : ; bottle by mail Home r f 3nmp pix t. f:1?, alro pamphlet telling you how to fine . . .f ; ou have kidney or bladder trouble. ;.,;r.;cn this paper when wilting Dr. Kilme: C;. . Elr.chamtcn. N. Y. i'm't make any mistake, but rc .!.. ti'.i'fr tho name, Swamp Root, Dr k":! : ( !- Swamp Root, and the addres. !;:n,'lianiton, X. Y., on every bottle. L R. MILLS Land Surveyor Scotland Neck, N. C. o-14-tf j)!!. J. P. WIKBERLEY, P n v ? i c i a xm nd Surgeon, ; - -- - A' ' Oiliee on Depot Street. Ql ). C UVERFION, DENTIST. ilj1 Office up stairs in White &Z& head Building. Oiliee hours from 9 to 1 o'clock and 2 to 5 o'clock. II V. NIXON, He Refracting Optician, Watch Maker, Jeweler, En graver, Scotland Neck, N. C. ? licBRYDE WEBB, 'J . Attorney and Counselor at Law, 219-221 Atlantic Trust Building Norfolk, Va. Notary Public. - Bell Phone 700 DTORD L TRAVIS, Attorn by and Counselor at Law, Halifax, N. C. rdony Loaned on Farm Lands ViLL H JOSEY, Oeneral Insurance Agent, Scotland Neck, N. C. PARKER'S fiSif. rjr':&2sJ( jCImdk mid beaotiflef the b. rd CurvH flp durnsca Si hsir tailing. Inflammation of the blad der, urinary troubles and backache use DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills A Week's Trial For 25c E. C, DeWITT & CO.. Chlcaao, III. 1 by E. T. Whitehead Co. arket. I am prepared to serve 1 my old customers and the public generally with the very Lest of fresh Beef, Pork, Sausage, &c. All orders filled promptly, and every customer s wants regarded. I. IX HILL, Main St., next to Prince's Stables - -Mm ter c- " ' ofordc r : v. .1 mJJ - JjfaBovft Fat lit to Kefitoro For Weak kidneys 1 .1 I j I NewM NEVER RETIRE IN UGLY MOOD. Always Take a Pleasant Thought to Bed With You. MENTAL DISCORD AN ENEMY TO HEALTH, (Success Magazine.) Psychologists tells us that the men tal processes which are active in re tiring continue far into the night. We have all dreamed of continuing an evening's experience during sleep, enjoying again the songs we heard, the play we saw. This shows how important it is not to retire to rest in a fit of temper, or in an ugly, un pleasant mood. We should get our selves into mental harmony, should become serene and quiet before re tiring; and, if possible, lie down with a smile on the face, no matter how long it takes to secure this condition. Never retire with a frown on your brow; with a perplexed, troubled, vexed expression. Smopth out the wrinkles; drive away all th'e enemie? of your peace of mind, and never allow yourself to go to sleep with an unkind, critical, cruel, jealous thought toward any one. It is bad enough to feel inimical toward others when under severe provocation or in a hot temper, but you can not afford to deliberately continue this state of mind after the provocation has ceased. You can not afford the wear and tear upon your nervous system and your health. It takes too much out of you. Mental discord dries up the spirits, ages us prematurely, shortens life, and ruins our happiness. It does not pay to indulge in violent temper, cor roding thoughts, mentai discord in an" forTi l ife is too short, too pre cious, to spend any part of it in such unprofitable, soul-racking, health destroying business. Be at peace with all the world at least once every twenty-four hours. You can not afford to allow the en emies of your happiness and your manhood or womanhood to etch their miserable images deeper and deeper into your character as you sleep. Many of us with crotchety, sour dispositions and quick tempers some times have very hard work to be de cent in our treatment of others. But we can, at least when we are alone, when we get away from people who nettle and antagonize us, smooth out. the wrinkles and forget all injuries; we can quit harboring unpleasant thoughts and hard feelings toward others. It is a great thinr ' form a habit of forgeting and i , iving at night, of clearing the mind of all happiness and success enemies. If we have been impulsive, foolish, or wicked during the day in our treatment of others; if -we have been holding a vi cious, ugly, revengeful, jealous atti tude toward others, it is a good time o wipe of the slate and start anew. It is a blessed thing to put into prac tise Paul's exhortation to the Ephesi ans: "Let not the sun go down up on your wrath." It ought to be the deliberate cus tom in every home to make the even ing just as pleasant as possible, and see to it that no member oi the tami- ly retires in an unhappy mood. "An evening happiness bath, a bath of love and good-will toward every liv ing creatujre, is more important than a water bath. We should take special pains to erase the memory of all unfortunate experiences of the day, all business or professional troubles and anxie ties, in order to retire in a placid, peaceful, harmonious state of mind; not only because of the necessity of rising refreshed and invigorated in the morning, but because the char acter and disposition are effected by the condition of the mind upon fall ing asleep. Mental discords prevent sound sleep and leave poisonous waste in the blood, and this in turn dulls and impairs the brain action. Many business men suffer so much torture at night that some of them actually dread to retire because of the long, tedious, wakeful hours. Financial troubles are particular ex aggerated at night. Even many op timists suffer more or less from PeWhouldefall asleep in the most cheerful and the happiest possible t r.f mind. Our minds should be filled with lofty thoughts with thoughts of love and helpfulness thoughts which will continue to cre ate that which is helpful and uplift ing which will refresh the soul and help U3 to awake in the morning re freshed and in superb condition for the duy'3 work. . If you have any difficulty in ban ishing unpleasant or torturing thoughts, force yourself to reau some good.inspiring book-something that will smooth out your wrinkles and put you in a happy mood; something that will make you see the real gran deur and beauty of life; something that will make you feel ashamed of petty meannesses and narrow, un charitable thoughts. After a little practice, you will be surprised to see how quickly and com pletely you can change your whole mental attitude so that you will face life the right way before you fall asleep. You will be surprised also to find how serene and calm, how wonder fully refreshed and rejuvenated you will be when you wake in the morn ing, and how much easier it will bo to start right, and wear a smile that won't come off for the day, than it was when you went to bed in an ill humored, worrying, or ugly mood, or full of ungenerous, uncharitable thoughts. Humor Is a First Aid to Housekeeping. (Biblical Recorder.) Marriage may be a battlefield and not a bed of roses, as Robert Louis Stevenson says it is, but if that is true the participants can wear an al most invulnerable armor if the do mestic campaign is well studied out, with careful attention given to little things, says Henlen Gorinne Ham bridge in the October Delineator. For instance: the Mere Man likes to sit down with his pipe after dinner, and he likes me to sit down with him and talk over the day's triumphs and worries. At first my housewify soul rebelled at having to let the dishes "set" for an hour or so, and I could see my grandmother shaking her finger at me through the magic rings of smoke; but now I have come to like this period devoted to the di gestion of the day's doings and of dinner as well as the Mere Man does, and there is no clattering of dishes, or the realization that his wife is working, to disturb his pipe of peace. All the joy I find in my home, however, is not by the highway of the kitchen, though they say that road leads straight to a man's heart. We do not live by bread alone, praised be Allaht The woman who a3 soon as olie ia married closes lier I J 1 1 . II . ...L-JI. ? 1 neart anu uram 10 an outside inter - acfa rill or lilro A IiVa ir1 in clinf-l u . o ill iiuj iiilv 11111.1. vi i vi , ill iii -a b i.. ,-, . , mi who never reads a book or news paper, whose sole topics of conversa tion are picked up from neighbor hood gossip must in the end weary herself and all those about her. Not that she may never "talk pleasantly and smartly of common things," but that she must know something of better things. Of all the professions open to wo men that of home-making is the greatest. The woman behind the coffee-urn can be greater than the man behind the gun, but how often she goes looking for power far afield when it lies in her very hand! The realization of these things does not come in a day, nor in many days. They grow up out of the black soil of failure, and while they may not be rare exotics, they are certain ly good field posies for the every-day picking. It is a problem to do one's house-work and find joy in it, and into its solving one must bring brain as well as brawn. Above all, must one cultivate a sense of humor. The woman who laughs when her cran berries roll over the kitchen floor, who sees humor in a frozen water- pipe, is magnificent. One may not need to have the song on the lips or the rose garden in the kitchen, but it. is necessarv to have both in the heart to "sweep a room as by a law divine." Burns, bruises and scratches, big and little cuts or in fact anything re quiring a salve, are best and quickest soothed and healed by DcWht's Car- r.i;-ofl Witch Hazel Salve. The best salve for niles. Be sure you get Pe WJm-.'s. Sold bv E. T. Whitehead Company. Self-mastery is the highest demon stration of the reality of spiritual life Onlv a diviuely inbreathed onirir can control the passions of human nature. "My child was burned terribly about the face, neck and chest. I applied nr. Thomas' Eclectnc Oil. Ihe pain noised and the child sank into a rest r.,i Kim ." "Mrs. Nancy M. Hanson, Hamburg, N. Y. Clara W hat kind of face powder Hn vou use? Maud Why do you r-VmrliA Snnoner savs it's the asiv: vuo'"- i best he ever tasted. Life. A Healthy Family. r, n.linlP fnmilv has enjoyed goo health since we began using Dr. King's New Life Pills, three years ago say t A Bartlot. of Kural Jtouto 1, Cull r ' .i -T;n Thev cleanse ana tone IVru': " t.! wav that do 25c. at E. T. Whitehead Company's drug store. Say Nothing. (Selected.) If you cannot speak good of the oth ers on earth, Say nothing, If your words can't replace melan choly with mirth, Say nothing. Ere you start out exposing the sins of a brother. Consider a while, are you harming another? Your words may be piercing the heart of a mother. Say nothing. There are too many gossipers now in this life, A gabbing. . They are chiefly the cause of most of the strife, By blabbing. And they think there is nothing left for them to do, No work to be done; only trouble to brew, But their talkative tongue at the last they will rue, Most certain. In the battle of life it is truly your part, To hustle. And do but the deeds that will light en some heart, While hustling. So forth with your gladness and ban ish the tear, By planting a hope in the plae of a fear; And your name on the tablet above will appear, eternal. The Power ot Love. Selected. Tourgenieff, the Russian writer, says: "I returned home from the chase and wandered through an alley in my garden. My dog bounded be fore me. Suddenly he checked him self and moved forward cautiously as if he scented game. 1 ganced down the alley and perceived a young sparrow with a yellow beak and down upon its head. It had fallen out of the nest (the wind was shaking the beeches in the alley violently,) and lav motionless and ressleso on the i , ' with its little unfledged , , v t nn "1 I . , j wings outstretcned outstretcneu. me aog ap proached it softly, when suddenly an old sparrow with a black breast quit ted a neighboring tree, dropped like a stone right before the dog's nose, and with ruffled plumage and chirp ing desperately and pitifully, sprang at the opening mouth. "She had come to protect her lit tle one at the cost of her own life. ler little body trembled all over, hier voice was hoarse, she was in agony sne orterea nersen. ine dog must have seemed a gigantic monster to her. But in spite of that, she had not remained safe in her ofty bough. The dog stood still, and turned away. It seemed as if hough he also felt this power. I hastened to call him back, and went away with a feeling of respect. Yes, smiles not! I felt a respect for this heroic little bird and for the depth of her maternal love.. Love, I re flected, is stronger than death and the fear of death; it is love that sup ports and animates all. Birds Save Forests. (Selected.) That no factor in the problem of conserving the land, water and forest resources cf this nation equals that which nature has provided in the feathered wild life of the continent, is the opinion expressed by leading observers today. Following the con ference of Governors in Washington, officers of the National Association of Audubon Societies have decided to offer the co-operation of their or ganization in this great work. While the value of the birds to the farmer, orchardist and planter has for years been recognized, their importance in preserving the forests is not general ly known. According to a recent re port of the Government, insects alone cause an annual los3 to the trees of the country, estimated at over a hun dred million dollars. On the oak alone, four hundred species of insects which are sought and consumed by the birds of the forests, the experts of the Biological Survey have discov ered. On the willow 186 such species constantly attempt its destruction,on th pine 165, on the hickory 170, on the birch 105and on the elm 80. A Card! This is to certify that all druggists are authorized to refund your ihoney if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure vour cough or cold. It stops the cough, heals the lung and prevents enrinn results from a cold. Cures la- grippe cough and prevents pneumonia and consumption. Contains no opi ates. The genuine is in a yellow pack- iage. Refuse substitutes. 1. White-' j head Company. "WHO IS JOHN W. KERN?" A Question That Is Very Intelligently Answered. AN OLD FASHIONED AMERICAN CITIZEN. (The Albany. N. Y.. Daily Pres3 and Knicker bocker.) "Who is John W. Kern?" asks Willie E. Corey, the multimillionaire steel magnate who gained notoriety by marrying Mabelle Oilman, the actress. In the first place. John W. Kern iz an old fogy. He has such old-fashioned notions that he despises a man who would divorce his wife and the mother of his children in order to gratify an insane passion for an act ress. John W. Kern is one of those back numbers who places hohor above dollars. He would not sell his soul for gold, even though the devil offered him all the yellow met al there i3 in the bowels of the earth. He has remained a comparatively poor man all his life rather than en ter a combine td rob the people and drive competitors out of business. He never, so far as we have been able to learn, either founded a pub lic library or endowed a college. Having lived an up-right, whole some, God-fearing life all his days, he has never felt the necessity of ap ologizing to his maker or offering penance in the form of lucre for his sins. William E. Corey is about as sharp a contrast to John W. Kern as could be found within the boundaries of the United States, with the possible exception of James S. Sherman, the other candidate for vice-president. No man who holds dear the honor of this country can -contemplate the possibility of James S. Sherman bo coming through an act of Provi dence,' the President of the United States without shuddering; whereas if John W. Kern should be called upon to step into the highest office he would grace it. "Who is John W. Jern?" asks the faithless nabob who cast off his faith ful wife, the woman vho had brav -ly shared his days cf poverty and had struggled with him to build up his fortunes, as a man throws away a lemon after he has squeezed all the good out of it. Such impertinence deserves no answer,-were it not for the sake cf calling attention to the brazen effrontery of men of Corey's stamp who had, through the medium of protected monoply, grown to be the greatest menace that confronts this nation to-day. Anarchy can be stamped out by force, but the insi dious evil imposed upon this long suffering people by whom President Roosevelt designates very forcibly as "male factors of great wealth," is even more to be dreaded than an archy. "Who is John W. Kern?" Why, a plain, honest American citizen of the highest type, an unpretentious, clean living man, yet of scholarly attainments and commanding intellect. Had that purse proud Pittsburg millionaire read John W. Kern's masterly reply to the apology of James S. Sherman, he would have no need to ask, "Who is John W. Kern?" Investors' Paragraphs. (Success Magazine.) The guarantee of bank deposits plan recently had a test as to its workability in our new State of Okla homa. A bank at Guthrie failed, it being the first failure under the new law, which provides a guarantee to the depositors by the State. The banks deposits amounted to $38 .(M), and the fund wa3 callled upon for $22,000. Every depositor was paid in full within ten days from the time the bank closed its doors. The State banking department is liquidating the assets of the bank to reimburse the fund for the outlay. There was little or no excitement over this failure, except that caused by the most unusual circumstance of depositors getting their money al most as quickly as would have been the case if the bank had been solvent and they had wanted their money. We hear of no runs on other banks in that locality, no failures of bus! ness houses, nor suicides of indivi dual depositors, and it does appear as if the friends of this plan for national banks are really advocating an amendment to our national bank that is worthy of most serious con sideration. Notice to Our Customers. We are nleased to announce that Foley's Honev and Tar for cough colds and lunsr troubles is not a fleeted bv the National Bine Food and Dru Ti'aw as it contains no opiates or other harmiiu a s a sa adults. drugs, and we recommend it e remedy for children and E. T. Whitehead Company. What Siiiiiiiern Boys Should be Taught, j (Manufacturers' Record.) cord as a means of getting informa tion for the boys in our debating so ciety. It is fine." This extract from a letter from II. B. Smith, Superintendent of the! Greenville Public Schools of Green ville, N. C, a subscriber to the Man ufacturers' Record, carries a sug gestion which, we believe, might with advantage be adopted in every other school in the South. In the training of Southern boyp, what is more important than to teach them to know their own coun try? What is more important than that they should grow up with some knowledge of the attractions and re sources of the South, and thus be prepared as they reach manhood to take an active part in Southern up building to their own good and to the benefit of the South, and to do it intelligently by reason of the train ing which they got in their school days? The Manufacturers' Record is con stantly in receipt of letters from school boys and college boys asking for specfic information about South ern questions and Southern resources for use in their debating societies. Might it not be well for the superin tendent of every public and private school in the South to follow the ex ample of Professor Smith and use the Manufacturers' Record the world-wide accepted authority on the South as a means of giving to the boys of the South the opportunity of knowing what is taking place in their own country? The Greatest Blunders of My Life. (American Weekly.) Here are some "Blunders." writ ten down by five hundred men, and to be found in the Crerar Library: The greatest blunder of my life was gambling. When I left my church and moth er. My greatest blunder wls when I first learned to smoke. When I "left school before I was past the fourth grade. Did not stick to my trade. Was to fool away my time when at school. Not keeping my position, but grew slack in my work. Reading worthless books. Thinking that my boss could not do without me. Refused a steady position with a good firm. Would not hearken to the advice of older people. Not saving money when I was young. Beating someone out of money. Did not stick to anything. Careless about religous duties. Did not take care cf my money. The greatest blunder ot my life wa3 not accepting Christ and thereby avoiding many 'sorrows caused by serving Satan. A Scherae That Failed. The Commoner. Having read in the daily newspa pers of large orders given to man ufacturing, firms contingent on the election of Mr. Taft, we concluded to make a bluff. Calling upon the tailor we select ed a fine piece of goods, and without deigning to inquire as to the price we let the tailor take our measure. This finished we started oat of the shop, but the tailor said: "We require a deposit with all oruers. Turning haughtily to the knight of the needle and goose we exclaim ed in thunder tones: "If Mr. Taft is elected I will come in and pay for the suit the morning after election. If he is defeated I shall not need it." Our family doctor says that with careful nursing he will oe able to reduce our head sufficiently to let our hat stay on. The tailor's iron landed before wecould dodge. te Widening Hallo. Charlotte Observer.) The Wall Street Journal takes oc casion to remark that the commer cial ratio of silver to gold at last of ficial accounts was 38.08 td 1. At the beginning of 1007 it was 50. to 1. In terms of silver, at least, gold is evidently not being depreciated by large output. No home is so pleasant, regardless of the comforts that money will buy, as when the entire family ia in ierfcct health. A bottle of Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup costs oO cents. It will cure every member of the family of constipation, sick headache or stomach trouble. E. T. Whitehead Company. DANGER IN DELAY. Kidney Diseases Are Too Dan erous for Scotland Neck People to Neglect. Tin great danger of kidney troul! 1 - t th'y "t a fini' hold lxf(ro tlio . H i v iv.yi'e. 'hem. jicaith in raudally uiulcrtuindod. , T$ackache, headache, nervousness, lamcnes, Sore ness, lumbago, urinary trouble. dropsy, diabetes and Bright's diseaKo tollow in merciless succession. J)on t neglect your kidneys. Cure the kid neys vvith the certain and safe remedy Doan's Kidney fills. Mrs. Bisco L'ittmaii, f Walnut sb, Tarhoro. .N. 0., says: For soiui1 tinirt my back was very weak, my kidneys did not act as tin y should, I sulh-rcd from severe pains through my loin.-. My husband procured a box of Doan's Kidney l'ilis for me und I used them according to directions. They entirely banished the pains from my back, re stored my kidneys to a natural condi tion and since that time I have felt letter and stronger in every way. I have great confidence in Doan'.s Kid ney Bills and willingly recommend them for the benefit of other KiU'erern." For sale by all dealers. Price .rOe. Foster-Mil', urn C.,Bull'alo.Ncw York, Pole agents for the United States. Remember the name DOAN'S and take no other. Champagne on the 101150. (WorM's Work.) In the Congo the extravagance of the average white man is astounding. 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