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VOL XXIV. New Series Vol. 11.-6-18
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1908.
NUMBER 49.
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
r'lney Trouble Hakes You Miserable.
Airiest everybody who reads the news-
us is cure to know of the wonderful
cures mads by Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root
the great kidnev.
li and bladder remedy.
j u is me great medi
Tttf c&l triumnh of fh
i "1 , r ""c
icenm century; d's
covered after years of
u j 'cimnu researcn by
0 turner, the eml
rent kidney and blad
der specialist. anA I,
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: s pnd Brights Disease, which is the worst
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i v. Kilmer's Swamp. Root is not reo
c " -cd fcr everything but if you have kid
: , iiver or bladder trouble it will be found
remedy you need. It has been tested
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- bo'.tls sent free by mail, also a bock
: rr-orc aooiu bwamp-Root and how to
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s-Li your aaaress
f v. Kilmer & Co., Bing-hi-.-er,
M. Y. The
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:alor the name, Swamp Root, Dr.
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X. Y., on everv bottle.
PAUL mTCHIN
Attorney at Law,
Scotland Xeck, X. C.
Practices Anywhere.
JILG50N DUNN
Attorney and Counselor at
Law,
Scotland Xeck, X. C.
i ranices wnerever services
are required.
R J. P. WiMBERLEY,
Physician and Surgeon,
Scotland Xeck, X. C.
Office on Depot Street.
f)R. A. C. LIVERMON,
DENTIST.
OHieo up stairs in White-
head Building.
Of
V.ce hours from 9 to 1 o'clock
and 2 to o o'clock.
t W. M'XON,
11 KFR ACTING OPTICIAN,
Watch Maker, Jeweler, En
graver, Scotland Xeck, X. C.
cBRYDE WEBB,
Attorney
and Counselor at
Law,
210-22 L Atlantic Trust Building
Xorfolk, Va.
No'orv Public. Bell Phone 760
EDWARD L. TRAVIS,
Attorney and Counselor at
Law,
Halifax, X. C.
Monry Loaned on Farm Lands
WILL il. JOSEY,
General Insurance Agent,
Scotland Xeck, X. C.
A-.'C U?i to ite Youtnrul Oo!or.
J"TiCur.- r:p oiwatc fc hair lai'iog.
BJoseyCo
Ul(!erakes,
Supplies.
Full and Compleie Line.
CKins and Caskets
Burial Robes, Etc.
Barse Service any Time
N. B. Jogey Company,
ecic, Xorth Carolina
1 1
fe-'ntf-'S PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
Clw anU Uaiuifci the bate.
ma
The Football Course.
Jim he took the Football Course
Come home stronger nor a horse,
Ain't much in hi3 knowledge box,
But the muscle of an ox.
Sort of like a great big mule
That has been to a Boardin'-school-That's
my boy, my old boy Jim
Tell ye, I am proud o' him.
Ought to see Jim with the stock
Mind him reg'lar as a clock.
Bull got sassy, tried to chase
All the farm hands on the place-
Chased 'em too, all 'ceptin' Jim-
Jim just waited around for him,
Bent half backward, with a smile
Showed his dimple all the while.
Mr. Bull come rushin' 'long,
Jim a-hummin' some old song
"Down the Field," or some such bit,
I ain't sure the name of it
Then they met! I never see
Such a scrimmage! Jimme he .
Tackled low fust thing I knew
Bull was an hour comin' to.
Lot o' tramps came by one day,
Havin' "fun" along the way,
Seven on 'em bad ones Gee!
Nothin' wuss I ever see.
Fooled around till Jim come out
Just to see what 'twas about,
Waal, I wish ye'd been out there,
Jim, he walloped 'em for fair.
Tramps lined up down near the hedge
In a sort o human wedge;
Jim he grinned when he see that,
He'd that play down pretty pat.
started for 'em on the run,
Head down, back, full o' fun
Butted through the hull derned bunch
Just where eachone kept his lunch !
Sort of feel, with Jim around,
Leetle surer or my ground;
Kind o' feel if things gits hot
Jim '11 be there on the spot,
Tacklin' 'em and pullin' through;
Me P".d Marthy with him too
Kind o' think there's lots o' force
In that College Football Course.
John Kendrick Bangs.
That Virginia Judge.
Roanoke, Va., Nov. 26. Frank
Butt a painter, of Bramwell.W. Va.,
was shot and fatally wounded; Judge
Owen, police justice of Pocahontas,
Va., was shot through the lungs.and
t r n r u 4- j
liccwuwi.uiiuwuwui!, itx-eiveu
a bullet wound in a shooting affray at
trti.--rut........
x u.aUuUu tuuuj. .me nuuuiectart-
ed in Harry Matz' saloon when Butt
j t T . m n
waw1Co vroi, ui xacwen, va.,
got into a fight. Lawson shot Butt
through the lungs and neck, probab-
ly fatally wounding him. When
T.ovr ran frnm fh0 r,Un .inAJ
Owen attempted to stop him and the
latter shot the iudire through the
after Lawson and a number of shots
were fired. Carter received one of
the shots but who fired it is not
known. Lawson was slightly wound
ed. He was arrested. It is believed
Owen will recover. The trouble is
believed to have been the outcome of
a cock fight.
Sure Enough !
i "
"These stocking are so full of holes
that, they are worthless, Auntie,'
said a lady to an old colored woman,
a pensioner of the family and moth
er of marry children.
'No'm, dey ain't," replied Auntie,
i,v,i r,r.r,riQtinr thpm. '"Rastus
,aiiiuj lJii .t-.--
'
and Verbena got such DiacK laiga
dat de holes won't show, nohow, en
dem chilluns wot got yaller meat kin
wear two pairs at de same time; en
you know. Mis' Jo, dat de holes in
all dem stocking ain't gwine ter hit
in de same ptaces.-Udies' Home
Journal.
Dennis Hinnisy is
the luckiest -
divil that iver walked.
Patrick How's that?
Dennis Faith, an' he promised to
pay me tne nve uonaia c
next week an' he up an' died yes-
terday. Smith's Magazine.
-
KVorv MSB of backache, weak back,
l.ladder inflammation ana ni 'um .
.vaj .
inS i Hancerous if neglected, for sue i
i : . -i..
i. Una nM nnoriT R W
. . ; T-iir:T;,lnowoTirimad-
til nflVS.iaKCilUVHU oxi.m"
UDinu'
derPilIs.They aro antiseptic and soothe
pain quickly. Insist upon DeWitt B
xnAri and Bladder Tills. Regular
size 50c. Sold here uyi. x.
head Company.
a
The American
MISS DUPREE'S HOLIDAY JOY
8 he Recalls One Memorable Christ
mas Performance In the City
of New Orleans.
HENEVER possible, I pre
fer . spending Christmas
with my family out on
Long Inland, and unless my
engagements take me too
far awa 1 always make It a point to
w " "
r iu wi n rnirn iin iniiT n -j v
There are time8 however, in this
profession when the wish must take
second place to necessity, and from
the viewpoint of actual novelty I sup-
Pse my most Interesting Christmas
was the one I spent in the southland.
Qur routing took ug iuto New Orleans
at Christmas, and to me, who had al-
I J a! X 1( . A. A.V. . J 1
Z'loZT ZZSiy "o. S
trees in leaf and flowers blooming was
pleasing as it was unusual.
On f!hrlatmns afternoon, when oth-
era were home enjoying the big dinner
wlth the family, I was getting ready
IlOr a special uunuay iimtiuet;. 1 wtia
not pleased with myself or with a pro- ;
fesln that demanded of its members
that they labor on utiristmaa day ,
above all others and it was not with
a particularly light heart that I
dressed for my part. j
But when-the curtain went up on
the first act and I made my entrance
the welcome I received compensated
for the disappointment I felt.
It was a special matinee arranged
for the poor children of the poorest
quarter of New Orleans, and the en
joyment of those childish auditors
soon melted the disappomment out of
my heart, .
After the matinee I had arranged
with my manager that I would receive
the little folks on the stage, and the
wise man in his knowledge of childish
heart sent out a hurry order for i
nanv and ether thinsrs that make
Christmas a day of cheer to kiddies.
ai r9 fTio loaf oof tha
was cleared and l held tfie most
nniiKiial receDtlon that I ever experi- i
- i
Anrori
. but with thelr mtlo
bodies clothed in many cases In gar
-nts "1
Bent away after a handshake, each
with a y : c, :c. w-
and out-0f-the-ordinary Chrlstmases on
the road but -ae that afforded
XiiUftf l vai -
In Nw Orleans.
MINNIE DUPREE.
Eat all the good food you like. Quit
dieting You aon c nave w uiet w
cure jygpepsia. In fact you can not
cure dyspepsia, ui muwv" - -jj
bufc rather you must add strength to
the weak stomach by taking someinnis
that will digest tne iooa wmcn n-v
, rari nnt CCst. Kodol is the
bWlU,..
. todav that will do
on j -
o-nstive lUlCes IOUiiu in j .
.'u d it digests all food completely
Kodol is pleasant to take, and is guar
anteed to ge relief In any case of
stomach trouble. Sold by. E. T.
Whitehead Company
Christmas Girt
; MISS GEORGE'S CHRISTMAS
I ...
j Heppy Memory cf a Season When She
j Did Not Write One Glad
! Holiday Story.
P5GH, my happiest Chrlstmast
W$$ 1 dId not then rGalIze but
iss I jecali it now with a ra-
(Jiailt glow nf delight. It
as my first season upoii
the stage. I was only a Dovice, one
day scaring upon the buoyant wings
of boundless ambition; the next
plunged in an abysmal depth of doubt,
despair and seif-fi proclatiori. It was
a very tiny part that bad fallen to m.
The compensation was but sufficient
for the barest necessities. The route
bristled with all the horrors of the
one-night stands.
At midnight, huddled, Kiiserably
worn, dejected, and wretched, in the
waiting room of a country station,
listening in vain for the whistle of a
belated train. I confess to a mirirtpn
flood of tears. What a mockery this
Christmas day had been. Even the
tniuiea iimi buuuueu uko me iulimg
of a funeral knell. The cheerless dis-
comforts of a cheap hotel, the unsa-
Yory slatternly served travesty upon
a Christmas dinner, the cold chill of
a shabby, musty dressing room, the
added toil of an extra matinee for a
mere handful of people, and now the
hungry wait for an accommodation
train of dingy day coaches.
That was ail Christmas had meant
to me. Iowa was blizzard swept.
Mails were delayed and tangled wires
hung us'eless in gathering snowdrifts.
No message of cheer, no souvenir of
remembrance, had come to any of us.
Our hollow, half-hearted exchange of
Christmas greeting had carried n
conviction. We were only strolling
vagabonds, outside the pale of sym
pathy, debarred from the domestic
JJB ,Jl vmS, mue uiuutju ram'
oow. cnasers, wun success ever moca-
ingly elusive.
But as I recall it all now, I am sub
merged by a great wave of passion-
ate, longing regret, for I know that
,
such a Yuletlde will never come to
me again while I am upon the stage.
It was my happiest Christmas, be
cause the first and only cne, since I
began to tread the thorny and tor
tuous path of my profession, that I
have not been called upon to write a
Christmas story.
GRACE GEORGE.
Speak as you think; he what you
are; pay your debts of all kinds.
Mont fort.
Marked For Death.
' 'Three years ago I was marked for
death. A grave-yard cough was tear
ing my lungs to pieces. Doctors failed
to help me, and hope had fled, when
my husband got Dr. King's New Dis
covery," says Mrs. A. C. Williams, of
C:ic, Ky. "The first dose helped me
and improvement kept on until I had
gained 58 pounds in weight and my
health was fully restored." This medi
cine holds the world's healing record
for cough and colds and lung and throat
diseases. It prevents pneumonia. Sold
under guarantee at E. T. Whitehead
Company's drug store. 50c. and $1.00.
Trial bottle free.-
SCHOOLS AID IN CONSUMPTION FIGHT,
Children Are Taught How to Preven
Tbe Disease.
New York, Dec. As a result o
the great campaign against tuber
culosis now being carried on through
out the world, many of the public
schools in the United States are tak
ing a new departure in teaching to
the children the nature, causes dan
gers and prevention of consumption
A text-book entitled "Simple Les
sons on Tuberculosis or Consump
tion" has just been placed in the
seventh and eighth grades of the
District of Columbia. The Massa
chusetts educational authorities,
acting under a law of the Legisla
ture of 1908, are establishing courses
of instruction on tuberculosis in all
of the schools of the State. In ad
dition to these public movements
many of the private organizations
throughout the country have estah
lished, and are establishing, open-air
schools for consumptive children, it
being estimated that about two per
cent, of the pupils in the larger city
schools have tuberculosis.
The first public school for consum
ptive and preconsumptive children
to be established in the United States
was opened in Providence, R. I., last
January. The sessions were held
entirely in the open, and the bene
fits of the fresh-air treatment were
combined with the teaching and
training of the public schools.
This experiment led to other move
ment, both public and private. The
Brookline Anti-Tuberculosis Society
opened a school for tuberculosis chil
dren in July which is still successf ul-
y conducted. In Boston a school
for consumptives was opened under
private auspices in July, it being the
intention to keep it open for the I
summer months only, but so success
ul were the results of this work that
the city school authorities recently
decided to take over the work and
set aside & pdrfnanent building for
thi3 purpose. In Pittsburg a similar
school was opened in September, and
the marked benefits which the child
ren have already received from this
training have led to Its enlargement.
he Board of Education of New
York City has just granted a teacher
to the Bellevue Hospital Day Camp
for the purpose of Conducting a
school there, and a consumptive
teacher has been secured to teach
the consumptive children. This
school will be conducted on the deck
of an old ferry-boat. In all these
schools the children are kfept in the
open air all day long. Most of the
buildings used are open on three
sides and are so constructed as to
furnish unlimited supplies of fresh
air without draughts. Desks, black
boards and other paraphernalia are
provided in these schools just the
same as in the regular institutions.
The children study and recite in. the
open air, even during the coldest
weal her, and the precentage of colds
among them is far smaller than chil
dren in the ordinary public schools.
In most of these fresh-air schools
Go as Soon as You
Can To
THE
FAREWELL
SALE
of Morrisett Bros.
The prices are lowest,
the goods best and
the crowds
ARE THERE!
soapstones are provided for keeping
the feet warm in cold weather.
In addition to the specially con
ducted schools several of the states
have required that the important
facts about tuberculosis be taught
in the lower grades of public institu
tions. Michigan was the first State
to adopt measures of this kind. By
an act of 1895, the public schools are
required to give instruction on the
nature of tuberculosis and other in
fectious diseases. In New Jersey
progressive steps are being taken by
teaching the children in the schools
a set of aphorisms on consumption.
In Massachusetts a section on the
nature, danger and prevention of
consumption, is being inserted in all
of the physiologies. In this District
of Columbia a special text-book has
been provided in which instruction
is given concerning sleeping in the
open air, the dangers of spitting, the
way to prevent consumption, and
other kindred topics. Dallas, Tex.,
is the latest city to adopt the meth
od of teaching children about con
sumption in the schools, and within
a few days a "Tuberculosis Primer"
will be in the hands of every pupil in
the public schools. In North Caroli
na a seperate section on tuberculosis,
placed in all the physiologies, Is
taught to all the children. In Balti
more steps are being taken to carry
on a systematic campaign of educa-,
tion among school children by means
of lectures and circulars. Many oth
er cities of the country are following
this plan. A petition has been sent
to the Governor of South Carolina
requesting that a text-book on tuber
culosis, similar to that used in Wash- j
mgton, be placed in the public
schools. Several of the other States
are also taking along similar lines.
This movement for the popular
education of school children on the
causes and dangers of consumpt.on
. is receiving a great impetus, and
i 10 u" "ua ''J' "
j within five years the majority of
children in the United States will be
taught concerning the evils and dan
gers of tuberculosis before they leave
the lower grades of public schools
His Wish.
A gentleman standing near a jewe!
ry store in a large city overheard the
following conversaiton between two
irishmen, who were peering through
the window at a tray of diamonds and
other precious stones.
"And wouldn't ye loike tohaveyer
pickat?"
Pat replied, "Me pick, be hangfed;
It's m$ shovel Oi would loike to
have."
Kodol for Dyspepsia, indigestion,
weak stomach, sour stomach, gn on
the stomach, etc.. is a combination of
the natural digestive u!c"es found in a
healthy stomach with necessary vegeta
ble acids, and in the only thing known
today that will completely digest all
kinds of food under any condition. It
is guaranteed to give prompt relief
from any form of stomach trouble.
Take Kodol and be convinced. It will
cure your dyspepsia. Sold by E. T.
Whitehead Co.
Hubby My dear, the girl has left
the vegetables on the hall table.
Wifey Don't be so stupid. That
II 1 1 XT 7 t A.
13 my new ran nar,. wasmngton
Herald.
A Dangerous Operation
is the removal of the appendix by a
surgeon. No one who takes Dr. King's
New Life Pillsis ever subjected to this
frightful ordeal. They work so quietly
j-ou don't feel them.. They cure consti
pation, headache, biliousness ana ma
laria. 25c at E. T. Whitehead Co.'
drug store.
"Belle lost her head when Jack
proposed."
"But found it again?"
"Yes; it wa3 on Jack's shoulder."
DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel
Salve has many imitators. There is
one original, and the name DeWitt is
on every box. Best salve lor burns,
scratches and hurts. It is especially
good for piles. Sold by E. T. White
head Company.
The man who would climb the lad
der of fame mustn't linger too long
on each round of applause. Puck.
Nearly everybody knows DeWitt's
Little Early Risers are the best pills
made. They are small, pleasant, sure
Little Liver pills. Sold by E. T. White
head Company.
HUDSON'S
English Kitchen,
On American ami
European Plan.
Established 1890.
A nice Tloast Hoof Dinner lor
25c.
Fish, Oysters and Crabs in
season.
We also have a few nicely
furnished rooms for our pa
trons. 347 Main Street, Norfolk, Va.
Largest and Best Equipped
Plant in tho State.
Chas. Miller Walsh
Quarrier and Manufacturer
MONUMENTS,
Tcmbs and Gravestones
of Every Description.
.reiht prepaid on all ship
ments. Safe delivery iruar-
anteed. Write for designs
and prices.
Iron Fencinirs for feErrff
Cemetery and other iClSis
purposes a Specialty.
Peteusburg, Va.
J. Y. SAVflGtyAgent,
Scotland Neck North Carolina
WHEN IN
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Whether on busi
ness or pleasure,
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nt nur Sstudifi anil
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- -m pleasing peo
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are
p 1 e
who have never
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er. Easter-tide is
a convenient time
to give us a trial
while you are nice
ly "rigged."
S. R. Alley,
Main St, Lewis Building.
Tarboro, N. C
Everything in
Photography
We Keep on Hand
Burial Cases!
All Kinds all the Time.
Also
Complete
Undertakers'
Outfit.
Hearse Service any Time
Day or night we are ready
to accommodate our friends
and the Public Generally.
M. Hoffman & Bro.
Scotland Neck North Carolina
Weak
Inflammation of the blad
der, urinary troubles and
backache use
DeWitt's Kidney
and Bladder Pilla
A Wee
Trial For 25c
E. C. DeWITT dc CO., Chicago. III.
Sold by E. T. Whitehead Co.
WWtt-
m '
k s
ny and Bladder Right