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tood Advertising he Commonwea: , Good Advertisers 1 8 to BivmiM4 what Steaui is to Use these columns for resultt. An advertisement in this paper .0 will roach a good class of people. Machinery, that great propelling i -: . T'l'r pper gives" results. IS. IHLLiAD, Editor and Proprietor. "Excelsior" is Our Motto. Subscription Price $1.00 Per Year. nr j : J .1 .''if X XXV. New Serie. Vol. 11.-6-18 "lTI JWiM.TBfcl F g"t ?g.usg of Many Sudden Deaths. a disease, prevailing in this . dittigcrt.tis because so elecep- ri-ii. ,'v live. Aiuiiy suutlen ."'J.Sj by it heart dis- v eapc, ptieiunonia, heart failure 01 roj.Ie:;v arc oftei. th- rou'it of kid :: disease. Ii i i.l:!-v trouble i v. cuioauvarce-l"!'hcv-pois n . hij,- csittit-ib o 1 C Y i . ;.i t-r.!n 1- :.. c t. calmer. of , ;ct vc-rrecto hi.'- .. -hig pain in pr . v l i:;ricarni:t m i.d to go often th: -t r.p many times ' Ul and immediate -. ... ,-rt.rit kidney rr: i . ;-.::;ds the bight health rest v;'l convince an "C.r.t to take : ' s in fifty-ecu. Yo:i ins v ": 'ok that tt " - mail. A '. ' :to':' . oKLLOR A'! i ,A W, i NVek, X. C. s whpri'ver services are required. Physician and Sukgeon, I Scotland Xeck, X. C. I I Olfii-o on Denot Street. I : IDR. A. C. L1VCRM0N, 1 DEXTIST. 'S5jr OllW up stairs in White . :K"y-. head Building. n.fp hours from 0 to 1 o'clock and 2 to 5 o'clock. " j lc3RYD ti :;.VHY AND CoUNSELOK AT LaV, 21 -ill .'vtbirtic Trust Buildintr Xo -folk, Va. - I;--!! Phone 70c 'A' i H "'ii ' --TltANCE Ai- 'i -I Nck, X. C. .'4 ! '" .i i yi niilz Line. Chinas and Caskeb Burial Robes, Etc. H .arse Service any Time N. B. JoseyXompany, Sir t 1;i.mi Xeck. Xorth Carolina CILLthe COUCH CURE the LUNGS lr King s ,&iAr-.-.ifjsa PRICE J ' ' O - C 3 T?bl Bottle Free ' ".11. "i ?. " T aud LU'iG YRHUBLE3. ----r--j & An Uld-Fashioned Woman. No clever, brilliant thinker, she, ! With college record and degree; She has not known the path of fame; The world has never heard her name; j Sie walks on old, long-trodden j ways ; The valleys of the yesterdays. ; rr : 1 l.r i i 1 ' LH'iue is utri iviiiyuuia, luve is ner dower; She seeks no other wand of power To make home sweet, bring heaven j Te.ir i wm a smile and wine a tear : id do lier duty day by day he i own quite place and way. ".;::(! her childish hearts are tvvin- : d some reverend saint en si -rined; f. 'lowing hers, the childish , e'e z ideals true and sweet, '. ! purity and good h'e-t motherhood. . her faith unshadowed j 1; j the world in good and ill; i ii her creed are brave and! : ne, j . '....men as pure as pearls of dew, j :. lilt: aoi i.ci is mu aivi yiilliu, i . :rk and glad endeavor spanried. j is sad old earth's a brighter place j d for the sunshine of her face; j Ier very smile a blessing throws, , i ltd hearts are happier where she j goes, ; ' f . I-1AM 1.1 111 vV r V . 1 j-v -n M X crpntle. elear-eved mpsspnerpr. :. whisper love-thank God for her!! trv,i-.cr,Q ! Not Much Happened. A gentleman having been away r'rom hoine returned. His negro ser vant met him at the train with a carriage. The gentleman got inte r.he carriage and they started for iome. ' "Well, Sam, what is the news?" "Dey ain't no news, sir, only the !d dog's dead." "The old dog dead? That's bad. 'low did he dio?" "Ah doan' know, sir, lessen he got roo much roasted horse flesh." "How did he get the roasted horse desh?" "Ah doan know, sir, lessen 'twa? vhen the barn burned." "What, the barn burned? How lid that happen?" "Ah 'spects it caught from the louse, sir?" "What's that? The house burned, oo? How did that happen?" ' Ah doan' know, sir. Some say candle tipped over on the corpse i l -t the house on fire." "Tl c corpse! Who is dead?" "Your mother-in-law, sir." .1 v mother-in-law? How did she II, sir, dey do say it was de whit killed her?" -hock? What shock?" wife ran awav with the : : !!, Sir." firijln cf the Hen. .did. The Lord make first, ! J.-hf: - in.de hen or de egy?" - . ob cose de egg come . - -at de hen comes from de '. i. ' see yar, Brudder Johnson, L)i(i made de egg" fust, he'd . : t o make an incubator to hatch it, wwmill to get de wood fo' de in h-itor, a tin mine for de tin, a win ! r glass factory fo' de glass, a cot- n mid f o' de cotton battin', a drug '. de thermometer to tell de tem terature, besides gettin' de permis ion of some walkin' delgate to op rate dem industries an' takin' chances on de eiggs hatchin' at dat. To, no, Brudder Johnson, de Lord Ion simply made de hen fust an' ah reckon he didn't make a colored man fo' a year or two after." Exchange. ( hildr-n especially like Kennedy's .;!XMiive Conjrh Svrnp, as it tastes learlv a- 'ooil as maple sus;ar. It not nly heals irritation and allays inflatn nntion, thereby stoii)ing the cough, '.ut it also moves the bowels genth mil in that way drives the cold from he system. It contains no opiates. , by K. T. Whitehead Co. Hunker Halloa, Ricketts; when is your marriage to Miss Flite com ing ( ff? Ricketts It has been inde finitely postponed. "What's the trouble?" "Oh, she married anoth er fellow." Tit-Bits. I'll Bbfure the Bar. N. H. Brown, an attorney, ef Titts field, Vt., writes: "We have used Dr. King's New Life Tills for years and find them such a good family medicine we wouldn't he without them." For chills, constipation, Biliousness 'or sick head ache they work wonders, 25c. E. T. Whitehead Co. SCOTLAND WAITERS OF GENERAL (MEREST. What is Transpiring in North Carolina I and Other States. ! I in answer to the invitations sent j out by Governor Kitchin several! Jays ago to the governors of the! thirteen original States to attend the j .'elehrntinn at Charlotte Mav 90rh I the following have written that pre vious engagements prevent them trom coming: Governor Eben S. Draper, of Mas- sachusetts;Governor Claude A. Swan- : son, of Virginia; Governor Austin L. j Crothers, of Maryland; and Govern j or Hoke Smitn, of Georgia. At a meeting in Raleigh last week i of the new board of directors of the i State's Prison the following officers j j A ere elected : j ; Superintendent, J. J. Laughing- I house, of Pitt county; salary $2,500 j j - - annum; prison clerk, T. W. Fen- j ; ne: of Halifax county; salary per: annum $1,500; prison physician, Dr.1 I. G. Riddick, of Youngsviile; salary j ?75.00 per month. ! On last Thursday Messrs. Nor- i A'ood, Doughton and Hoiderness vis- j ted the State farm, for the purpose jt inspecung it. Ine farm is located i iear Tillery in Halifax county, and j ontains 7.200 acres. Over one hun j ired and eighty mules are workeo j n this farm, and, at present, tht ! lumber of convicts there are about j three hundred. It is said to be tht j oest conducted and most thorough! 'QPP farm in North Carolina. The salaries of the superintendent ana cierK, prior to tne meeting oi the board of directors, was $3,000 and $2 000 respectively. The reason iven for the reduction was that ierei-ffer the earnings of the peni tentiary cannot be as large as they nave been during the past two ad ministrations; since the counties are using more convicts on their own roads than ever before, and the number sentenced in the State' pris on is growing smaller every year. The probabilities are that Wash ington, N. C. will soon have in oper ation a system of street railway ars. Supplies, consisting of poles, piles and other equipment are arriv ing daily, and actual work, it is un lerstood.will begin during the great jubilee week, and the work will be rapidly pushed to completion. It it the purpose of the company in :harge of the construction to have the whole system completed and the cars in operation by the first of Aug ust. Mr. J. P. Cook, of Concord, chair- nan of the Board of Directors of the j Stonewall Jackson Manual Training! School was in Raleigh last week on j business connected with the school, j and while there he reported that one cottage with accommodations for j thirty, is now completely filled with bevs sent to the reformatory. Two cottages have been completed, though the furniture is yet to be placed in . second cottage. The board meets n . not her week to devise plans for ur.ure building. Beginning yesterday the Confer nce for Education in the South will continue through Friday, the 16th. r, is being held in Atlanta, and its orogram presents some very inter esting and instructive subjects. The following is a partial list of the sub jects : "Educational Progress of the Year in the Southern States", Supt. Joyner, of North Carolina, presid mg; "The Agricultural and Indus trial Educational Movement in the South"; "Public Taxation and the Negro Schools" by Coon, of North j Carolina; ."Education and Rural Needs"; "Women's Work for the j Rural Schools"; "Educational Or ganization;" "The State University in the Service of the State;" "Co operation of the National Govern ment in the Betterment of Rural Conditions". When Rubbers Become Necessary and your shoes pinch, Allen's Foot Eae, a powder, to he shaken into the shoes is ju-t the thing to use. Try it for Breaking in New Shoes. Sold eve rywhere, 25c. Sample free. Address, Mien S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Don't accept any suhstit ute. - They Met at. Luncheon Baron Ilengelrnuller, the Austrain Ambas-I sador, was making conversation at a dinner part3 "Did you ever visit the Selkitks?" "Oh. yes, indeed," replied his neighbor airily, "I have tnken lune'heon with them many times." Sa'urdav Even in y Post. "Had ilvSpesia or indigestion for years. No appe-tite, and what I eliel eat distressed me terribly. Burdock Bloewl Bitters cured me." J. 11. Walk er, Sunbury, Ohio. NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL Buying at Home. Without any thought of sentiment or suggestion that we owe allegiance to any one, the cold, hard truth is that the retail merchants of our home town are the best business friends we have. The retail merchant conducts a school of commerce for our educa tionand the tuition is free. Every man, woman and child gets the ben efit of seeing in the home town about everything that is of real impor tance. In the store of the retail merchant samples of goods adapted for use in the community are dis played and a skilled person is at hand to explain the use and advan tages of such things. I This educational work is too com mon for us to appreciate, but take away the influence of the retail store and the wheels of commerce would soon slip and begin to run backward, because human progress is only pos sible where the people have an everj day opportunity to see things and make actual comparisons. Suppose the home town container! nothing more attractive than tht odorous railroad "stock yards" and the lonesome, ungainly grain eleva tor, what a dreary old place it woulc be. Take the retail stores out o1 a town and what have you left? It is well to remember that the tidy house-wife only sends away foi i dress after she has satisfied her self fully as to style in texture and olor schemes by repeated visits to the local stores which is only an other evidence of their value. Tht thrifty man must know exactly what ne wants before he invests anj Tioney in goods heneversaw. Where lid he get this necessary knowledge? He got it by vears of education at the retail stores. Fellows, let us give the home mer chant credit for what he has dor.e md is doing for us. He is a teacher vhose school is open to us twelve months in the year. He keeps us nformed about the progress of tht world by bringing its latest and bes ftV"ings to our door. While we ar ceupied with our own work hi searches the world over for thing: hat will add to our comfort or pro it and keeps them on display so wt :an see them whenever we choose md become educated to their value ind use. He protects us againsi 'raud and deceit. He stands for the quare deal. You never ordered a $10 lightning rod of your home merchant and thei found your note for a thousand dol lars in the bank next day as a result. You never paid him $60 for a range that warped out of shape in si months without your wife getting the money back. He never charged vou $75 for a "tailor" buggy that vou found out afterward could be bought anywhere for $00. No, the home merchant is just like you. He lives where he eloes busi ness and his success depends on mak ing a friend of you and your neigh bor. Like you, he has to "make good." The retail merchant is now the one great f rctor in o ar commercial sys tem and this is true solely because he renders us better service than we can get elsewhere. Take him away and our home town is gone; take our home town away and we deprive our children of the retail store, which is the greatest single educational factor in modern life. No, it cannot be. The retail mer chant will continue to abide in out dffections so long as we value out nomes, because the average Ameri can citizen is proud of his town (he always tells how close his farm is t it) and he secretly despises the meth od of peddlers and the peddler sys tem is now known to be the legiti mate father of the whole catalogue house business. Frank D. Blake. "What happens when an irresisti ble force meets an immovable body?" "Dey divide de gate money," an swered the newest member of the class. And the professor let it go i.t that. Washington Herald. Words to Freeze the Sen). "Your son has consumption. Ilis case is hopeless." These appalling worels- were spoken to Geo. K. Blevens. a leading merchant in Springfield, N C. by two expert doctors one a lung. spe cialist. Then -w as shown the wonder ful lower of Dr. King's New Discovery. "After three weeks us," writes Mr. Blevens, "he was as well as ever. 1 would not take all the money in the world for what it did for my hoy." In fallible for coughs anel colds, it is the safest, sure, t cure of elesperate Lung disease's on earth. E. T. Whitehead Co. Guarantee satisfaction. Trial bot tle free. 15, 1909. THE VALUE OF COWS. Big Difference Exists, as the Follow ing Record Shows. A cow testing association of Ontario took the records of two cows for seven months to illustrate the comparative value of the two belonging to a dairy farmer, and here are the records: THE MOST PROFITABLE COW. Weight of milk 5.DS5 lbs. Weight of fat. .. isti lbs. Yield of cheese.. 5')!t ibi Value of milk $55.$; Cost of feed (7 months at $3).... 21.00 Profit ..$:;4.93 THE LEAST PROFITABLE COW. Weight of milk 2,793 lbs. Weight of fat 110 lbs. Yield of cheese 272 lbs. Value of milk $27.90 Cost of feed (7 months at $3).... 21.00 Profit $ ti.no Commenting on these two records touching the comparative value of the two cows, the Farm and Dairy of Can ada says: It will be noticed that one cow gave practically just double the amount of milk in seven months that the other cow did. Does this indicate that she is worth just twice as much? By some it will be claimed that is worth more than twice as much because she did not eat twice as much as the second cow, although she gave twice as much milk. When, however, we look at the profit of the one cow compared with the profit of the other, we find that the first cow gave five times as great a profit as the second cow. Does this mean that she is worth five limes as much? If it does not, then how much more is the first cow worth than the second cow? These figures all go to -show that the main profit in keeping cows lies in the amount of milk they can bo in duced to give above the actual cost of feed. The greater amount of milk the cow gives above the cost of feed, the greater is the proportion of clear profit in handling her. In the ca;e of the second cow here referred to, it will he noticed that while the first cow give twice as much milk as the second sow, she yielded five times the profit. This was because once the cost of feed had been deducted, all the milk she produced above the cost of her feed represented clear profit. For instance, it is infinitely more costly to keep five cows, each yielding a profit -of f 6.90, than it is to keep one that alone gives a profit of $31.90. By keeping one cow instead of five, the feed of four cows is saved as well as the labor of milking and attending to them, and the space they occupy in the stables. A HOG HOLDER. Contrivance for Securing the Animal for Ringing. Here is a device which the farmer can readily construct for himself which will prove a time saver when it comes to handling the hogs for ring- The Hog Holder. ing. It can be placed at the end of a narrow runway or chute into which the hog can he easily driven from the pen. Then without any urging ho will insert his head in the Iiola as offering the likeliest chance of esca. e and the farmer can work the lever and there you are. Try it. STOCK MOTES. Quality and type are not so essen tial in feeding aged steers as in feed ing calves, provided tbe purchase price is proportionate. Pigs will root more in spring when the ground is soft than at any other time. Feodhig regularly with coal, charcoal, ashes, other mineral mat ter and tankage will reduce the root ing ine-lination. Rings should be used in extreme eases. Sows farrowing in the spring should he provided with extra dry shelter and bedding. Pigs and other baby ani mals can endure considerable cold pro viding they are kept dry. Keep the colts and calves thrifty and growing at this period. They need a variety and abundance of feed at this season to put them in shape lor best growth on summer pasture. Keep up the grain ration. An occa sional feed of oats and wheat bran will help. Linseed meal is good for young stock, loosening the bowels and furnishing protein for development of muscle. Thumps in Hogs. Overfeeding with insufficient exer cise is claimed to give hogs th thumps. Sleeping around a straw stack under damp straw or in too warm a room with poor venlilation will bring it on, or aggravate it when once con tracted. Young, fat pigs seem to be more susceptible to it than older ani mals. It is very likely also that care less inbreeding weakens the vitality of pigs and causes them to contract the malady. Thumps nearly always prove fatal in connection with pneu monia and other lung troubles. The thumping in the animal is caused by violent beating cf the heart. A light heart Uvea. long. v - - - - - t V ju. fjr kjaigj ?Sr OZ3 NT m A) DESTROYING MITES. Do Net Let These Robbers of the Poultry Get the Start of You. Mites in t he poultry hou'p are a t-reat menace to profitable poultry raising. They do not go well with sur--fpssful results iu this branch of fann ing. Getting i id ol ihtin, however, is more easily said than done. The .Mich igan experiment station says the best ay Is as follows: (Mean coops perfectly, then apply thoroughly whitewash, or snmo other f (he prepared insect ieiith's. He sure lo ?i!l the cracks and crevices, as tiieso '.re the hiding placets where mites will V found hiding during the day. Iniin -til thp litter and add new. A spray pump may be u;:i fur applying Die in secticide, as it drives the luudd into 'hfj cracks and i evict's b 'U-r tlitfi can he dune with a brush. Whiif wash can be applied with a hru.-i1. doing iapid and effective work. Mi'f differ from the body lice in that they suck the blood from th fowl's body, while Hf-- hne Piling mouth parts and live on- the skin and featheis, causing intense itching and annoyance. Mhos live on the fowl's body at night only, hiding in the cracks and crevices dur ing the day. They appear red when gorged with bieiod in their bodies. ROOST FOR POULTRY HOUSE. Simple in Construction and Easy to Keep Clean. To make the roost thown iu the accompanying illustration, says the Prairie Farmer, use four pieces of 2x3, 5 feet long for the frame. Cut each end at an an gle of 45 elegrees and hinge over the top with S Inch strap hinges. On these lran.es nail seven 2x2 strips 7 feet leni for the roosts. Beginning at the top. nail them 15 inches apart as indicated at B. Fig. A shows the end section with the support, v hhh is a piece of 2x3, 3 feet 4 inches long, and the stay brace, which is a piece 1x2. 3 feet 4 inches long. It also indicates how one side can be raised when the floor is cleaned. Jack Was her father violent when ' you at-ked for her hand. Tom -Was; he! Great Scott, I thought he would j shake my arm off. - Iioston Tran- j script. I i "My cocaco's cold," sternly an-; nounceel the gruff old gentleman to his fair waitress. 'Tut your hat; cn," she sweetly suggested. New York Observer. "I'm gunning for railroads," an nounced the trust-buster. "Then come with me," whispered the near humorist. "I can show you some cf the tracks." Southwestern's Hook. Westend Let's go in here and ; have something to eat. Murrayhill - But I'm not hungry. Westend ; You will be by the time the waiter brings the order. New York Herald. The Value of Good Digestion Is easy to figure if you know what your stomach is worth. Kodol keeps the stomach at par value, by insuring good digestion. Kodol insures good digestion by I absolutely duplicating matures normal process, in perfectly digest ing all food taken into the stom ach. While Kodol is doing this, the rtomaeh is restingand becoming strong and healthy. A strong and healthy stomach guarantees a sound and active brain. The man with a sound stomach a stomach that is doing for the body just what Nature intended it to do is the man who is always prepared for any emergency. He is "there with the goods." The man with a sick stomach, is a man sick all over. When the stomach is irritated by undigested food, the blood and heart are di rectly affected. Then dullness un natural sleepiness, sick-headaches, vertigo and fainting spells, and even serious brain trouble develop. Kodol will prevent these. Spurring the stomach and brain NUMBER 15. The most highly refined and healthful of baking powders. Its constant use in almost every American household, its sales all over the world, attest its wonderful popularity and usefulness. 'Salvation am Free.' The colored parson hai just con cluded a powerful sermon on "Sal- 1 vation am Free," and was announc ing that a collection would be taken for the benefit of the parson and his family. Up jumped an acutely brunette brother in the back of the church. "Look a-year, pahson," he inter rupted, "ye)' ain't no sooner done itelh'n' us dat salvation am five dan j ye' go jish in us fo' money. If sal ivation am free, what's de use in pay j in fo' it? Dat's what I want to Jknow. An' I tc'l yo" p'intcelly dat I' ain't gom' t gib yo' nothin' until I find out. No 1 "Patiepce, brudder, patience," said the parson. 'Tl! 'iudicate: S'pe.se ye' wa; thirsty an' come to a river. Yo' could knee! rigrit down an' drink ye.' 1,11, couldn't yo".' An' it wouldn't cost yo' nothin' would it?" "Oh cose n,t. Ihit's jest what I "Dat water would be free-," con tinued the parson. "Hut s'posin' yo' was to hah dat water piped to yo' house? Yo'd have to pay, wouldn't yo'?" ! "Yas, suh, but - " ; "Vnl, brudder, so it is with salva tion. De salvation am free, but it's de bavin1 it piped to yo' dat yo' got to p?y fo'. Pass ie hat, deacon, pass de hat." Her Word. A little girl of 1 years was heard repeatedly murmuring a long word. Her father, thinking to please her, told her the meaning of it. She burst into tears. At last, with her moth er's assistance, the father learned the reason of her grief. "It was my word that I put myself to sleep with, and now you've spoilt it." From "An Englishman's Castle." He Oil, please. Miss Jeanne , do not call me Mr. Durand! She (coy ly) -Oh. but our acquaintance is so short. Why should I not call yeu that? lie Well, chiefly because my name is Dupont. - Modern Society. Constipation causes headache, nat'. sva, dizziness, languor, heait palpita tion. Drastic physics gripe, sicke-n, weaken the bowel and don't cure. Doan's Kcgulet act gently and clue constipation. '." cent. Ak your druggist. "Papa, what is a safety match?" Mr. Henpecked (Ieoking carefully to see if his wife is within hearing) A safety match, son, is when a balel headed man marries an armless wo man. -Sketchy Hits. Kodol cures uyspepsia. to special effort by 'tonics" and "stimulants" doesn't cure anything. or accomplish any good. Neither de;es dieting. Indigestion and the serious ailments which it induces can be averted and eorrected only by natural means. Kodol supplies this natural means. It performs the stomach's work for it just as the Momach. should perform it while the stom ach takes a little rest, "for the stomach's sake." Our Guarantee Oo lo your 1rnjrj:i-t today atil p't a dol lar lm! 'J'l-u iiiH-r ,vm have iis?U the emir coiitrutM of tlie bottle if u can lioiK-stl.v say. thiit it i'.-'S iiwt done you any pooil. vrlimt tlie lHltle to the ilrnjfKist anl lie v.iil wfmid. your immey iiliout queH tion or lel:ty. NV wiil then pny the druir jrlst lor thn lxittlo. Don't hesitate, a'l drupp-istK know that our pnarantee in (rood. This offer apn'ir lo th tars" bottle only and to b'lt out; in a family. The larpe bot tle contains l.uics as euro aa the fifty cent l-ottie. Kodol is prepared at the labora tories of K.C. DeWitt &Ce .Chicag".
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