Good Adverbiing Commonw: Good Advertisers Use these columns for ro&iilta. An advertisement in this paper Is to Biiu3 what Steam is to Machinery, that great propelling power. This paper gives results. n IT 11 STa TTu H M Li 1 will reach a good class of people. t. E. KILLMRD, Editor and Proprietor. 'Excelsior" is Our Motto. Subscription Price $1.00 Per Year. VOL. XXIV. New SerieiVol. 11.-6-18 SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1908. NUMBER 40. eal: M rO YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK ? y. iincj Trouble Makes You Miserable. Almost everybody who reads the news- i-s sure to know of the wonderful l cures made by Dr. i j, Kilmer's Swamp-Roc: j the great kidney, live Li and bladder remedy. s- It is the treat nW: Cal trinrnnh nf -J -f. V iiliit. ,! teenth century; dir- I . covered alter years c' Vl' scientific research l L'r. Kilmer, the em; nent kidney and blac cer specialist, and i? ;CCSSSful in tlrnmM',. : , , . , . . 1 "V '"'i v.- Lick, Kmiwy. b.adder, uric acid trou . : .-. i i3: igr.'s Disease, which u the vers: : f kidney '.rouble. Dt. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec-n:r...-r.ded for everything but if you have kid , !v. cr bladder trouble it will be found j: .;r; :-. :m dy you need. It has been tested i:'-i:iy v. ays, in hospital work, in privaia i among the helpless too poor topur ... ; r.'lief and has proved so successful in . ciy c.i.-e that a special arrangement ha t-y which all l eaders of this paper .o h.: o net already tried it, may hava a r-r'-' 1 se:': fr?3 by mail, also a book ''bc-ut Swamp-Root and how to i;.out if y.u have kidney or bladder trouble, wrii.r.grr.eniicn reading tbistrsaerous is p-sner and Gslfr fiftv cent and n.imof sS,, t. ,-. iMiijr iviJfc, :i;-r ciz?s are r.ild by all good druggists, 'ii't make anv mistake, but rr- n!er tho name, wamp Rort, I)r M. 'r's Swamp Root, and the addres. 10 :ifi i:i :n t n, . 1., on every bottle. 2 R. MILLS La L.vxn Surveyor Scotland Neck, N. C. 5-14-tf OR. J. P. WIM3ERLEY, TjivsrciAx and Surgeon, Scotland Neck, N. C. Oflice on Depot Street. j)i. L C LIVERMO.N, DENTIST. Oilico up stairs in White head Building. Oilier hours from 0 to 1 o'clock and 2 to o iclock. W. MLXON, Refracting Optician, "Watch Maker, Jeweler, En graver, Scotland Neck, N. C. J McBRYDE WEBB, Attorney and Counselor at Law, 210-221 Atlantic Trust Building Norfolk, Va. Notary Public. Bell Phone 7'50 fDWARD L. TRAV3S, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Halifax, N. C. Monoy Loaned on Farm Lands VILL H. JOSEY, General Insurance Agent, Scotland Neck, N. C. r:-35 HAIR BALSAM IST wKflNevtr Fails to Bestore Gray IS'iW--i it1- to it8 Youthful Color. ?v ---Byn Cam realp dn-are. ft hir tailing. estloE Our Guarantee Coupon If, after tisin? 9 i.oo bottla of Kodol, you c.Vi Jioncsllj eajr It Las not bennfited yoo, wo v i.l rotund jmut mcneV. Try Kodol today oa tl.is f ,uf an6. Fill out and sijjn tha follow itt, present h to ttie dealer at tha time 0! t-nr-h-ise. Hit fails to aaHsfyyon return the I--'c trj the dealer from whom yon bought it, and wa wlil refund your money. Tlwt Etato Sign hero Digests WhatYouEat CutThlaOut- And Makes tha Stomach Sweet E. C. DeWXTT At CO., Cblcaso. III. by E. T. Whitehead .Co. New Market. 'fM I am prepared to serve 'C 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. T. 13. HILL. Main St., next to Prince's Stables. in th vo-r address to f'TSgiSffSt, . Kilmer a. Co. .Bint-;- s';KS ffigtSpSa :r.tcn, N. Y. The K,iigiaiaaf3 Kodol For Indie l-2-lim UEAVEY AUGUST RAINS DAMAGED SOIL Damage Over Half Million Dollars by Erosion During Rains. (Joseph Hyde Pratt. State Geoloclat.) The heavy rains during the last of August not only did an enornmous amount of damage to crops.bridges, railroads, and roads, but, according to an estimate made by W. W. Ashe, Forester of the North Carolina Geo logical Survey, the upland farming lands of the middle portion of the State have been washed to an ex tent of more than half a million dol lars, the damage being heaviest in those sections where the country was most hilly and the rainfull most concentrated. This estimate, which is based on the amount of soil which was shown to be in the wTater of the rivers dur ing the floods, indicates that more than 1,500,000 tons of soil were wash ed from the hills of the Piedmont during that one week of rain. About one-fifth of the solid matter which causes the muddiness of the water during floods is humu3, which is washed chiefly from the hillside farms. At two dollars a ton, which is probably less than the cost of re placing it, the loss to the farmers of the State only in the impoverishment of their soils exceeds $500,000. This is a loss which is much underesti mated or entirely overlooked by the farmer because it Is a loss which takes place so constantly. In the ag gregate, however, it is not so enor mous that it is one of the chief , if not the chief reason for the poverty of so many of the red clay hillside farms, and it is keeping them de pleted of the humus or manural portion of the soils. This is a loss to which northern soil are not nearly so subject on account of the lighter rainfalls and their more general character. The rainfall at Raleigh and at many other points in middle North Caro lina was 12 inches in four days; at points in upper South Carolina 15 inches fell in two days; while more than 4 inches fell in one day at many places. Such concentrated precipi tation, tropical in character, does not occur in the farming regions of the northeast. It follows that if the farmers of the South wish to pre serve their hillside lands they must not only use every possible means of preventing erosion which are used at the North but additional means as well; not only deep plowing and cover crops Due terracing as well; not hillside ditches, but level ter races. There should be no land lying idle without a crop of some kind on it to protect the soil. All land which is not in cultivation should be pro tected from washing by keeping it in timber. In North Carolina there are about 1,000,000 acres of idle farming land which should be planted in timber if for no other than to prevent it from washing, but the timber will make a good investment besides, as it will be growing all the time without any cultivation, and will soon be large enough for posts, barn poles, arid even small saw logs. For any in formation about how to plant old gullied fields in young trees, write the State Geologist, Chapel Hill, N. C. Snortage of Small Coin. In its Spetember circular the Na tional City Bank of New York says: "Somewhat contrary to expections there is an early and strong demand on the treasury for small bills, par ticularly one dollar silver certificates. The ability of the department to sup ply the latter is about exhausted. These certificates can only be issued against free silver dollars held in the general fund or in exchange for silver certificates or treasury notes of 1700 of the larger denominations. The free silver has fallen from $4,043,000 at the beginning of August to $765,- 000 at the end of the month. Ihe demand for the one dollar certificates is nmbablv due in part to the reviv ing retail trade and crop moving and ... i i.i in r,nrt. to the fact that the silver aoi Inr i! r.o lonerer transported at the nvn r.r h3 rrovernment. As ex- press charges average on the whole R4 npr SI .000. taking shipments num the mints at Philadelphia and San Franekeo at both extremes into nnnaiflpration. it is apparent that the certificates are likely henceforth to supplant in favor the actual com, u f muh that nortion of the public UUU which has been accustomed to the use of coin, at least with the Danns which are required to pay transpor tation charges., DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the famous little Jiver iu Thev are small, sure, safe pill Whitehead Company. finld bv E. T. Things Trying to Down You. (Success Magaalne.) Did you ever think how many things in your experience are trying to thwart you, to keep you from what you are endeavoring to do? How every one of your weaknesses, mistakes, and blunders, every poor piece of work that goes out from your hand, every slipshod effort, is trying to down you; every deceived customer, every questionable act, trying to thwart your ambition? Many eyes are watching you, and every slip or break you make is set down against you. Every quarrel, every injury done to another, every slighting remark, every falsehood, every hard bargain, every reflection upon others' motives, is a handicap to your career. "Little things," you say? Life is made up of little things. In every establishment there are employees who are kept back by some little, foolish sensitiveness. They are touchy and crotchety, and there are certain things you can never talk to them about without causing an explosion. They may be very strong in most things, but they have some little weakness or sensi tiveness which keeps them in mediocre positions when they have the general ability which should win their rapid advancement. I have in mind a young man of most remarkable ability who had jumped forward by leaps and bounds for years, until he began to develop some very cranky traits, partially due to his unusual success. Now he "has become so cranky about his work that, in spite of his brilliancy, it is a very difficult thing to get along with him. He is headstrong, touchy; he can not bear to be criticized; and it is very difficult to tell him anything, for he is one of the kind who "knows it all." The result is that although h works as hard as before he has re ceived a great check in his career, and he cannot understand why he does not continue to advance as for merly. It would be useless for any one to try to tell him that his unbearable crankiness was the cause, for, having a colossal idea of his own importance and perfection, he would not believe it. Many brilliant young men and young women are seriously handi capped in the same way. They de velop such disagreeable, cranky, touchy qualities thst '.t is Ve?y diffi cult to get along with them. Most employers think that it does not pay to try to utilize a person's brilliant qualities when surrounded with too many thorns. They prefer a little less brilliancy and more agreeability and amiability. The firm with which the young man referred to is connected rarely has a conference or a directors' meet ing which does not bring out some very disagreeable experiences with him. His associates say he often gets angry and leaves the meetings, slam ming the door and abusing every one. They realize that he is a great power intellectually; but they dislike him so thoroughly that they have been obliged to check his advance ment in the firm, at the head of which he would have stood long ago but for the disagreeable qualities he has developed. Instead of helping him along, everyboJy feels like holding him back. Tne ""Dream Month." (The Commoner.) October is called the dream month of the year. The promise of seed time and harvest has been fulfilled, the fruits of field, garden and forest gathered and garnered, and the hus bandman feels that nature has re paid him for the long, hard months of toil that lie behind. Then come the still days, the golden sunshine, the hazy, smoke-tinged atmosphere, t.hp. balmv airs scented with the pungent fragrance of ripened fruits and foliage. Falling leaves strew the pathways and choke the streams, while tree and shrub and vine are clothed with brilliancy of coloring no painter's brush can rival. The gorgeousness and glory of the sun rises and sunsets are wonderful, and neither brush, pen nor word can im prison their subtleties of tint and shade Woods parties are now at their best, and the patter of the rip ened nuts, the purple of the wild grapes and the late fruits that in vite the frost touches for ripening, all invite the family to outings, the pleasures of which no other season of the year can rival. Foley's Kidney Cure will cure any rnse of kidney trouble that is not be yond medical aid. E. T. Whitehead Company. HIGHER STANDARD. Many Advertisements Turned Down Which Were Formerly Accepted. (American Press.) "You may be surprised to learn," said Mr. Sunman, literary editor of the Chicago Record-Herald, in an ad dress in that city on newspaper work, "that the process of editorial selec tion is applied to advertisements al most as rigidly as to news matter. The last few years have seen a mem orable change in this respect. The paper with which I ani best ac quainted has within the last year re fused hundreds of columns of ads. meant to exploit various get-rich-quick schemes. In doing so it de liberately sacrificed many thousands of dollars. "These advertisements were most ly respectable looking announce ments of large gold mining and simi lar enterprises which were pretend ing to be about to pay 20 or 40 or 100 per cent dividends to those who in vest in the stocks thus offered for sale. Many reputable papers print ed them, but any experienced busi ness man could see that such prom ises were false on their face and that the enterprises were merely genteel swindling schemes for luring away the money of unsophisticated inves tors. So the ads. wrere refused at the counter, as they deserved to be. "Likewise there is a large class of obnoxious medical advertising that cannot get into our best papers at any price. Questionable announce ments of midwives and self styled specialists, where there is reason to suspect malpractice are refused,even though they consist of nothing but the bare name and address of the ad vertiser. In short, the honorable newspaper tries to protect the bank account as well as the morals of the homes into which it goes. This idea of loyalty to the interests and tastes of its readers has come to be the guiding aim of a good newspaper." Are Babies Morar? "We do not expect paternal feel ings in a child of five," says Dr. Woods Hutchinson in October Wom an's Home Companion. "Why, then, should we expect any other of those race-regarding impulses which we term 'morality?' Even to appeal to the 'better feelings' of a child of eight or ten is often almost as irra tional as the celebrated apostrophe of the ehiotional Irish barrister, who in the fine frenzy of his peroration whirled upon the judge with the thrilling appeal. 'Sirr, wasyouiver a mother?' To appeal to a child's better nature, while excellent, in moderation, often does little more than make a hypocrite out of him before his tim?. He has got your hair, and his mother's eyes and voice, and some of your little tricks of manner and temper now, and he is just as safe to develop your superb self-control and civic devotion and consideration for others if you will only give him time and set him a good example. Meanwhile preaching to him that he should possess these qualities will expedite matters precious little1, and unless backed up by example, not at all. Remember that life and growth of all sorts are but response to en vironment, and new responses can only occur as opportunity is afforded for them." Good Advice to Negroes. (Charlotte Observ"-.) Roanoke, Va. looker T. Wash ington in an address before a mixed audience on the Roanoke fair grounds to-day, urged the negroes to remain in the country and till the soil for a living. He declared that the trifling negro gets his living at the back door of the white people. He said that one man cannot hold another man in the ditch without he remains there with him and that no man can lift another man without elevating himself. Washington will visit his birth place near Roanoke to-morrow. He was born in a dirt-floor cabin on the Burroughs plantation 49 years ago. His mother belonged to the Bur roughs family. Washington named himself when he left the Burroughs farm, at the age of 8 years. This will be his first visit to the scene of his childhood since he left there 41 years ago. Many people who knew Washington when he was a boy met him here to-day. A Healthy Family. "Our whole family has enjoyed good health since we began using Dr. King's New Life Tills, three years ago," says L. A. Eartlet, of Rural lloute 1, Guil ford, Maine. They cleanse and tone, the system in a gentle way that doeis you good. 25c. at E. T. Whitehead Company's drug store, What Might Be. (W. Dalton Clark.) If every one was kind and sweet, And every one was jolly, And every heart with gladness beat, And none were melancholy; If none should murmer or complain, And every one should labor, In useful work and each were fain To help and cheer his neighbor, Then what a blessed world 'twould be For you and me, for you and me. And if, perhaps, we both should try That glorious time to hurry; If you and I, just you and I, Should smile and never worry; If we should grow, just you and I, Kinder and sweeter hearted, Perhaps in some near by-and-by. The good time might get started. Then what a blessed world 'twould be For you and me, for you and me. A TraveHe7with rsulTcase. (Youth's Companion.) Among the returning Americans who landed, on day in September, from an Atlantic liner, was a woman who had spent eleven weeks in Eu rope. Hers had been a memorable journey, for it had shown her how much or, rather how little bag gage a woman need carry when go ing abroad. Chance promoted the discovery. Starting somewhat unexpectedly from her Southern home, she was delayed on the way. She had no time in New York to provide herself as she had planned, and she sailed with nothing but her suit case. Her entire equipment, including what she wore and what she packed in the suit ca6j was one brown silk Eton dress, one brillian tine petticoat, one silk shirt-waist, one lace waist, four white linen waists, one small hat, one pair of tan shoes, three union suits, one brown veil, six handkerchief s, six collars, thre pairs of gloves, an umbrella and a rain coat. This, in her opinion, was all that was needed for one who travelled to see rather than to b seen yet ac-1 i. , coraing lo uiose wnu uiu tee nci when she landed, she was pleasant to look upon, even after her outfit had had more than two' months' wear. "I travelled through England, France, Germany, and down into Italy, and I was comfortable every minute," she explained cn tho pier. "When others were worrying over packing their trunks, I was enjoying myself. I ruined my gown climbing Vesuvius, and had to buy another, but that is the only change I made in my wardrobe." Now that it has been demonstrat ed that a woman can make a tour of Europe with S.W her bftlongings in a single hand-bag, it is likely that hus bands will muster up courage en ough to suggest that wives may spend a two weeks' vacation or make a wek' visit without a trunk and two or three satchels, not to' tnn tion several paper parcels. A Word About Clothes. (Hezekiah lJutterwort.fi.) Do clothes make a boy? One time I knew a boy who was made by his clothes. I will tell you. He had a chum at school :hose parents were poor, and who wa3 obliged to dress coarsely and plainly. He could have offered his intimate friend better clothes, but that would have wound ed the heart tht he loved. What should he do? His friend dressed coarsely, but neatly. He resolved that he would wear exactly such clothes as his friend could afford and dress as nearly like him as poss-ble. His parents liked his sense of broth erly kindness and his true heart. The act was a lesson. It taught him the nobleness of self-sacrifice. As he grew older he seemed to think but little of his own gratification a true mark of a gentleman. He loved oth ers more than himself. This caused him to be beloved, and when at last the people of his city and state want ed a man for a position of the very highest trust and honor, they select ed him. Clothes make nothing but clothes as a rule; but they show character, and a ten-dollars suit may be used to express as much character as one that cost fifty dollars. It is neatness and care, and taste, that make good clothes; they also make boys not the tailors. Do you see the princrple? Do not let anyone tell you that something else is just as good as De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills be cause there isn't anything just as good for weak back, backache, rheumatic pains, inflammation of the bladder, or any Kidney and Bladder disorder. A week's trial will convince you. Sold by E. T. Whitehead Company. The story of Mrs. Matilda Warwick, of Kokomo, lljlnd., as told below, proves the curative ru'operties of II that well-known female remedy, Wine of Cardui. M Mrs. Warwick says: 13b "I suffered from pains in my head, sltoiildcrS limbs, side, stomach low down, dizziness, chills, ner vousness, fainting spells and other female troubles. I was almost dead. Thrpo dor'toii dwl not lirlr mo. jts.L iaL, j- Luurk jaiuiu, aiiu v.jui mu nrst DOllie OD &i tained relief. Now I am cured. But for OarduL would have been dead." 4 AT ALL DRUG- STORES Impatient Susie. "Oh, I can't thread this needle, ma," Was little Susie's cry; "Just as the thread i3 going through, The needle winks its eye." Oct. Woman's Home Companion. Don't use harsh physios. The re action weakens ihe bowel", leads to chronic constipation, (let Doan's I'e gulets. They operate easily, tone the stomach, cure constipation. "When they take women away from th co-educational college," said the speaker, "what will fol low?" "I will." cried a voice from the audience. Success Magazine. No home is so pleasant, regardless of the coiilfcr! that money will buy, as when tb- entire family s in pcrfi ct health. A bottle of Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup costs ."0 cent It will rurc .CV0J7 C'listipatlo rnemoer oi tne lamiiy oi , sick headache or stomach trouble. E. T. Whitehead Company. "Do you want employment?" "Lady," answered Plodding Pete, "you riiesns w:ll. but you can't make work sound an more invitin' by usin' words of three syllables'." Washington Star. Kntlce to Our Customers. We an? pleased to .';:;no!i'e tb.it Foley's Honey and Tar for coii'u.-,-colds ami lung troubles is not affected by the National J'ure Food and Ding biiw as it contains no opiates or other harmful drugs, and we recommend it as ;l safe remedy for children and adults. E. T. Whitehead Company. "Mr. Jinks, we want you to de cide a b?t," "Happy to oblige, I'm sure." "Was the" !a?t slertion some thing classical, or was it the orrhes tra tuning up?" Washington Her ald. Bdrils, bruises and scratches, big and little cuts or iI f-t -uiythiiig re quiring a salve, are best and (ti!"Uest soothed and healed by DeWitt's Car bolized Witch Hazel Salve. The best i-.lro for piles. Be sure vou get De Witt's. 5yW 7 v- T. 'Whitehead Company. Was Maud bright enough to get the Duke at a bargain?" "Not only bright enough to gdt him at a bar gain, but after six months' time to get him exchanged." Judge. A Card. This is to certify that nil drugget." in million-zed to refund vour money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure your cough or cold. It stops the cough, heals the lungs and prevents serious results from a cold. Cures la grippe cough and prevents pneumonia and consumpiiuii. Contains no opi ates. The genuine is in a yellow pack ... i ....... it t1 ni.:., age. Keiuse sunsiiimes. cj. a. i head Company. Mother (as she whips Tommy) This hurts me more than it doesyou. Tommy Wow! How do you keep from hollerin', then? Wow! Ouch! Judge. Hive.-, eczema, itch or salt rheum sets you crazy. Can't bear the touch of your clothing. Doan's Ointment cures the most obstinate cases. Why stiller. All druggists sell it. "I'd rather be ignorant and happy than wise and miserable," cried the philosopher. "Happy man!" exclaim ed a bystander. Cleveland Plain Dealer. In most cases consumption results from a neglected or improperly treated cold. Foley's Honey and Tar cures the most obstinate coughs and pre vents serious results. It costs you no more' than the unknow n preparations j and you should insist upon having the j genuine in the yellow packages. E. I T. Whiteheud Company. ! 1 i M au J 1 j m I J31 elp Yoa Try Cardui. $3.80 To Ric'imond, Va., and Return VIA Atlantic Coast Line. Account Virginia State Fair Oc tober 5th to 10th. Tickets on suit! October 2nd to 10th inclusive, limited to October 12th returning. For further information call on ticket agent or write W. J. Ckau;, P. T. M., T. C. Whitk, G. P. A., 10-1-21 Wilmington, N. C. ;POSTKJ3 HAVING leased from the owners the NICHOLSON TKACT OF LAND, thereby acquiring exclusive control, 1 hereby give notice to all persons NOT TO HUNT, TRAI' Oli TIJESrASS in any manner or form, under penalty of the law, on thi.s tract of land as described below and known as the Nicholson Land: Tho extreme eastern part of the original Clark estate and bounded on the west and north by Gunus' Gut. on the south by Clark's ('anal and Roa noke River, on the south and east by Roanoke River, J. Davis Reid's and Mike Hardy's land, containing eleven hum 'red acre::, more or les . i-l 7-1 lil J. P. FlJTRKLL. Ut? SPECIAL OFFER: Wl Jl tt IlWMt i T.irr.lp. 7 b; riUl.l : '.-. Write 'io-i.-ty; Miil'n 'M Piper. i4 to dvc r; c mil rckirc nr.'! r icci". I'.il. fl X-vv litKtrvttv-ft- Itei.ut.iul t- V .. ... . . v V'- 6SV REJoseyCo Undertakers' Supplies. Full and Complete Line. Coffins and Caskets Burial Robes, Etc. Hearse Service any Time N. B. Josey Company, Scotland Neck, North Carolina S I'KBLLthc couch A.VD CURS THE LUNGS Or. King's WITH oovery rna Roughs PEICB Kn A l 00. tUt) 5 Trial Bottle Free AKP M.L THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES. i GUARANTEED 8ATI8FAOXOH5ri OS HONEY REFUNDED. d mm a mm &rv. !!w Pes 'iiSi ki I ! 'i