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y ;v.. c.-- scod Advertising '4 --. , . Good Advertisers rr ommonw: ra Tr to llusiness what Steam is to Machinery, that great propelling power, 'i'lii? p.uvr give? rosnlts. these columns fur result. An advertisement in this paper ht$ will reach a goodi-I.i!-s tl people. :. H5LL5ASD, editor end Proprietor. "Excelsior" is Our flotio. Subscription Price $1.00 Per Year. NUMBER 19. V. 1 . XXV. New Series Y!. II. -6-l SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1909. 5 Wdl as "5R 3?3 Ms EtoVt ! ww 13-S B!rj;!er Mis. e preys tirv.m the mind, ?s-.n s ambition ; beauty, vigor and cheerful ness soon disappear when the - Kidae s are out of order or ills cased Kidney trouble has V V bcoVu: c prevalent ' ,-1- t-m :? iS 1:ot nncon:- i . i ; : men icr a child to br I i torn Uiiicted Witt r.-T"' " Vv eak kidneys. If the vintcs too often, if the tirice scalds -?- sb, or if, when the child reaches an - vbca it :-hcui l be able to control tin it is yv.-t afflicted with bed-wet-g, defend t;pmi it, the cause of thediffi- lV i:i kidney trouble, and the first p saould be tor .se ir.sr'-'rtatit'.-r .rds (i:e treatment of '.nr. This unpleasant ;-uHe is due to .1 diseased condition of . and bladder and not to a 'i.'.'it as most people suppose. V omen an v. il as men are made miser :.Me with kidney and bladder trouble, tid both need the same preat remedy. The mil l and the immediate effect of 5-aicp-Roet is ; c; on realized. It issold 'V urua:istp, m lutv- .v-iit and Ie bottles on-tloilar You mav have a sam 1 . de bottle t C2UI.IIMU. umphlet telling all tl?gfJ$p man ir also a . i ."raw oi swasip-Koot. who found Swamp-Root to be int the ' remedy needed. In vvrltiu- Dr. Kilmer j & Co.. Binshamton, N. Y.,'be sure and mention ii.idi r. Don t make anv -t;-:-i .i. but remember the name. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address. .oir.ghamton, Y,, on every bottle. mOn DUNN A tti i n xi' v an i) Counsellor ai Law, Scotlntvl Xeck, X. C. i racticcs wiicrcvci' are required evvices' ; i j. P. and Surgeon, Scotland Xeck, X. C. O:!'.'.- on T: pot Street. r V DEXTJ8T. np tnir3 in White '!.. ;l l rbii'ding. TiOlil 9 tO 1 O'clock 2 to 5 o'clock. an;! SB, v-.cn Counselor at Lvw, n tie Trust Building -foik, Va. JJeli rhone 7hV ir an V o, .ttot::csy and Counselor at Law, Halifax, X. C. "fonr- Leaned on Farm Land? Witt U. JOSCY, ' r f n k r l Insurance Agent. Scotland. Xeck. X. C. '5 A Pi t C f.'-' 5 "A s A .1 HA At i'i. -; ' ; r 3 ft In ' i f i : rtr-vO i. : - F tn K f t . 'vo Gray '3 e 3 J a 1 y X.) ? 4 ,j V- ICS. uit ana LomDteie Line.i; -:..-r-&C j m " -Cr" A (T olfe " HklS and aSkSlS j vaial Robes, Eic. r 1 I . I imA WWm N. 3. Joey Company, 1 Xeck. North Carolina f- fl I k. v. 5 '.'V.-V'-; i-5ajS' mounting many oi the thousands of testi- i umt "10" enumy witn lviarcn, iy nioalal letters received from sufferer; ; 09. amounted tn 2.194 million dollars 08c!ine !n Trad8 01 Foreign Countries. Trade conditions in practically all sections of the commercial world !hov a decline, measured in valuer of merchandise imported and export - ed, as compared with those of a year ago. The latest figures received by the Bureau of Statistics of the De- partment of Commerce and Labor show thsf hnth imnnrta and ovnArtc " . -i iau ueiow tnose oi last, year in a very j large proportion of the countries for ; which it has statements. The Bureau of Statistics receive? reports of the monthly or quarterly j imports and exports of practically I all the commercial countries of the world, and is thus able to compart trade conditions in the last month or ! the accumulated months of the year with corresponding periods of pre ceding years. These figures show, as above indicated, smaller sums as the total value of the imports of ? large proportion of countries, and ; in most cases a decline also on the I export side. The imports of the Unit ed Kingdom, for example, in the i: il.. i: :lL tit i -i r o ono -ii- n ' a-amst 238 milllons m the corres" ponding months of the preceding year; and the exports of domestic ; products in the gains months amount ; ed to 1,343 million dollars, against ; 1,552 mill ons in the corresponding months of the preceding year. Im ports into Germany in the twelve : months ending with December, 1908, ; amounted in value to 1,980 millior : dollars, against 2,082 millions in tht- preceding twelve monthsjthe exports in the same period amounted to 1,- 607 million dollars, against 1,630 millions in the preceding twelve IVUOOia SllllL ciiii.- i in imports, the figures for the twelve months ending with December, 1908, being imports 385 millions, against ; 361 millions in the preceding twelve ' months: though exports show a de cline, being 483 millions in the twelve months ending with December, 1908, against 511 millions in the preceding twelve months. Austria shows a slight decline in i uoi.ii imports anu expor U, the figures i : for the month of January, 1909, be- j ' rng imports 39 million dollars.against 10 1-2 millions in the preceding Jan- uary: exports 32 3-4 millions, against 33 millions in the corresponding month of the preceding year. Bel gium shows an increase in imports for the two months ending with Feb ruary, 1909, their value being 105 million dollars, against 98 millions in the corresponding period of the preceding year; but a decline in ex ports, the figure being for the two months ending with February, 1909, 69 million dollars, against 73 1-2 mil lions in the same month of 1908 The A ustralian Commonwealth shows for the twelve months ending with December, 1903, imports 239 millions, against 252 millions in the preceding twelve months; exports 301 millions, against 340 millions in the preceding twelve months. Brazil shows a drop in both imports and exports, the im ports for the twelve months ending with last December being 173 mil lions, against 197 millions in the pre ceding year; and the exports 215 mil l:ons in 190S, against 264 millions in 1907. Canada shows also a decline in both imports and exports, the figures for the eleven months ending with February, 1909, being imports 254 millions, against 322 millions in the same months of the preceding year; and exports 224 millions, against 229 millions in the corres- j ponding months of the preceding ; year. shows a slight increase in .:z llliUI IO, ports, but a mariteu decline in ex ports, the imports for the twelve months ending with June, 1908, be ing in round terms 97 millions, against 96 1-2 millions in the preced ing twelve months; exports 97 1-2 millions, against 110 3-4 millions in the preceding year. India also shows a decline in both imports and ex- Prt? the value of the imports in the ten month3 ending with January. UX.'OJjeing 358 million dollars.against 367 millions m the corresponding period ot tne preceameyeai.eApui 1 n . 1 1 . j against 471 millions in the corres ! ponding months of the preceding j year. Japan for the two months end ing with February, 1909, shows imports 33 millions, against 47 1-2 millions in the corresponding months of the preceding year; exports 28 millions, against 25 millions in the corresponding months of the preced ing year. Mexico shows a decrease inboth imports and exports, the im ports being.in the seven months end ing w ith January, 1909, 43 million dollars.against 71 millions in the cor responding months of the preceding year; exports 65 1-2 millions, against 73 millions in the same months of the preceding year. Switzerland shows also a fall in both imports and ex ports, the figures for the twelve months ending with December, 1908, being 306 millions of imports, against '323 1-2 millions in the preceding twelve months; and exports 200 1-2 millions, against 222 1-2 millions in the preceding twelve months. France and Italy show increases on both the import and export sides. The imports into France in the two months ending with February, 1909, were quoted at 216 1-2 million dol lars, against 203 1-2 millions in the corresponding months of the preced ing year;exports 167 millions, against 145 millions in the corresponding months of the preceding year. Italy for the month of January, 1909, shows imports 51 millions, against 44 mil lions in January, 1908; and exports 28 millions, against 26 1-2 millions in January, 1908. This fall in the value of imports and exports of the principal coun- tries of the world is probably due in part to lower prices of the principal articles forming commerce. While it can not, of course, be said that 1909 prices ,are lower in every article than those of 1908, the figures of the Bureau of Statistics indicate lower prices in foreign countries in many of the principal articles forming our own import trade, and also a fall in price cf certain important articles of our own export trade. The tea im ports of the United States, for ex ample, of which the average va' "em the countries whence imported was! reported by the Bureau in March, 1908, at 17.7 cents per pound, and in March, 1909, at 14.7 cents; coffee in March, 1908, was valued at 8 cents per pound, and in March, 1909, at 7.9 cents per pound; rice in March, 1908, at 2.9 cents per pound, and in March, 1909, at 2.6 cents per pound; sugar, not above No. 16 Dutch stan dard, in March, 190S, at 2.32 cent? per pound, and in March, 1909, 2.23 cents per pound; potatoes in March, 1908, at 72.9 cents per bushel, and in March. 1909, at 41.9 cents; cotton clothes, bleached, in March, 1908, at 15.5 cents per yard, and in March, ! 1300, at 1A.G teaiij hops in March, 1908, at 25.5 cents per pounds, and in March, 1909, at 18.5 cents; raw cotton (chiefly Egyptian) in March, 1908, at 21.4 cents per pound, and in March, 1909, at 15.7 cents; Manila hemp in March, 1908, at $144.57 per ton, and in March, 1909, at $119.1S; jute and jute butts in March, 1908, at $47.04 per ton,and in March, 1909, at $44.85; sisal glass in March, 1908, at $133.10 per ton, and in March, 1909, at $106.92; goatskins in March, 1908, at 26.4 cents per pound, and in March, 1909, at 24.4 cents; raw silk in March, 1908, at $3.61 per pound, and in March, 1909, at $3.53; and clothing wool in March, 1003, at 24. 3 cents per pound, and in March, 1909, at 21.1 cents per pound, these prices being in all cases those of the wholesale markets cf the countries whence the articles wei'e imported. On the export side, among the principal articles of export from the United States raw cotton shows a drop from 11 cents per pound in March, 1908, to 9.5 cents per pound in March, 1909; steel rails dropped from $32.88 per ton in March, 190S, to $28.42 in March, 1909; pig iron dropped from $18.28 per ton in March, 1908, to $15.60 in March, 1909; cotton cloth, unbleached, from 7.2 cents per yard in March 1908, to 5.8 cents in March, 1909; canned sal mon from 9.6 cents in March, 1908, to 8 2 cents in March, 1909; rosin from $4.04 per barrel in March, 1908, to $3.90 in March, 1909; tur pentine from 53.8 cents per gallon in March, 1908, to 42 cents per gallon in March 1909; crude mineral oil from 5.4 cents per gallon in March, 1908, to 3. 9 "cents in March, 1909; re fined illuminating oil from 7.1 cents in March,19oS, to 6.5 cents in March, 1909. "I hate Brown. He was my rival and almost won the woman who is my wife." Well, what of it. He didn't succeed?" "No; that's why I hate him." Boston Transcript. Won't Slight a Good Friend. "If ever T net1;! a cough medicine again 1 know what to get," declares Mrs. A. L. Alley, of Heals, Me., "for, after using ten bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery, and seeing it-s excel lent rc.-'ults in my own family and oth ers, I am convinced it is the best medicine made for coughs, colds and lung trouble." Every one who tries it feels jnst that way. Kelicf is felt at once and its quick cure surprises you. For bronchitis, asthma, hemorrhage, croup, la grippe, sore throat, pain in chest or lungs it's supreme. 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by E. T. Whitehead Company. HATTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST. Wfeat is Transpiring hi North Carolina and Other States. State Chairman Adams loses out in his race for internal Revenue Com missioner. The Municipal elections through out the State generally resulted in victories for Democracy. Ex-Governor Glenn continues to make reputation for himself and his State as a platform lecturer. Judges McPherson and Phillips of the Federal Bench in Missouri will be impeached during this session of Congress. Dr. Zollicoffer of Weldon, is win ning a name for himself and his county by his work in the laymen's movement. The Governor has granted pardon to Major Martin who stole sixteen thousand dollars worth of State bonds during the Russell Regime. Mr. Roosevelt is going after the big game as he has gone after every thing else. He now has six lions to his credit. Holding the champion ship in the district in which he is stationed. Ahoskie, the first town to take the step in Hertford county has recently voted bonds for the erection of a high school building, and has also voted for the imposition of a special tax. It is pleasing to note this sign of educational progress in that dis trict. Last week in Rome Lieutenant Calderara, one of the pupils of the Wright brothers in Aerial Naviga tion, while making a flight with the Wright machine, was perhaps fatal ly injured. He had ascended in the machine to a height of 100 feet when suddenly the motor stopped, the car standing stationary for a minute.then dropped like a shot. The car was completely wrecked and Calderara seriously hurt. The agitation for good roads is be ing begun in all sections of the States Many sections of the State have al ready taken active steps in the move ment that has been instituted for the improvement of our public high ways, and it is hoped that ere long visible results may be effected. Not only in this, but in other States is the campaign for good roads being waged, and when the farmers and general public come to realize their importance it will not belong before an improved system of pulic high ways will traverse the length and breadth of our whole country. Last Thursday, May Gth.Chairman Norman E. Mack, of the Democratic National Committee, issued the first number of his magazine, the Nation al Monthly. Among the notable contributors to the first number are John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, and Governor Hoke Smith, of Geor gia. Mr. Mack, in an editorial de voted to the discussion of party af fairs, says: "While I have pronounced views on questions of party policy, and propose from time to time to give expression to them, I do not propose to enter upon a campaign of dis agreement. What the party wants now is more issues on which we can agree, fewer on which we disagree. Because we have met with reverses within the past forty years, we must not accept the expression that Dem ocracy is inherently weak." At one time it was thought that the f-pecial session of Congres that is being held to revise the tariff laws would adjourn sometime between the 15th of June and the 1st of July. The consensus of opinion now is.how ever, that the session will continue for a time longer, and the real tariff revision bill remains to be framed in conference. Whatever influence President Taft feels that he can bring to bear upon the conference for the passage of a satisfactory bill will be exerted. The President desires and hopes that the revenues from the new tariff bill, what with economies in the administration of government, will be sufficient to avoid all deficits. If this should not prove to be the case, he will favor a graduated Fed eral inheritance tax. In no aspect of the case, docs he favor an income tax. Should he find that an inheri tance tax would not meet all the re quirements, he would favor the im position of an excise tax on the divi dends of corporations. Good Roads a Question ot National Importance. The report of the Country Life Commission, appointed by the Pres ident of the United States to consid er the condition of the farmers and recommend remedies for existing de ficiencies in country life, was submit- ! ted to Congress on February 9th, 19- 09, together with a message from the President. While the Commis sion purposely avoided endorsing any particular bill now before Congress, it does make certain specific recom mendations. On the subject of high way improvement the Commission makes the following statement and suggestions: "The demand for good highways is general among the farmers of the entire United States. Education and good roads are the two needs most frequently mentioned in the hear ings. Highways that are usable at all times of the year are now imper ative, not only for the marketing of produce, but for the elevation of the social and intellectual status of the open country and the improvement ! of health by insuring better medical j and surgical attendance. "The advantages are so well un derstood that arguments for better roads are not necessary here. Our respondents are now concerned largely with the methods of organ izing and financing the work. With only unimportant exceptions, the farmers who have expressed them selves to us on this question consider the Federal Government is fairly under obligation to do the work. "We hold that the development of a fully serviceable highway system is a matter of national concern, co ordinate with the development of waterways and the conservation of our native resources. It is absolute ly essential to our internal develop ment. The first thing necessary is to provide expert supervision and direction and to develop a national plan. All the work should be co-operative between the Federal Govern ment and the States. The question of Federal appropriation for high way work in the States may well be held in abeyance until a national ser vice is provided and tested. We sug gest that the United States Govern ment establish a highway engineer ing service, or equivalent organiza tion, to be at the call of the States in working out effective and econom ical highway systems." The report and recommendations of the Commission are highly valu able, as its careful investigation, in cluding personal visits to all sections of the country, and correspondence with 550,000 residents of the country districts as to the most pressing needs of the farmers for the im provement of their condition, show? that public sentiment is unanimous in favor of better roads as a practi cal means of supplying existing defi ciencies in country life. In his message to Congress accom panying the Commission's report the President summarizes the conclus ions arrived at by the Commission, and states that as the result of its investigations the following three great general and immediate needs of country life stand out: "First, effective co-operation among farmers, to put them on a level with the organized interests with which they do badness. "Second, a new kind of schools in the country, which shall teach the children as much outdoors as indoors and perhaps more, so that they will prepare for country life, and not as at present, mainly for life in town. "Better means of communication, including good roads and a parcels post, which the country people are everywhere, and rightly, unanimous in demanding." The satisfaction of the first two of these needs will be greatly facilitated by the adoption of a system of im proved roads extending through ali the farming sections of the country. Bad roads are the chief obstacle to co-operation among the farmers.ar.d improved roads will make co-operation possible. The need for a ne.v kind of coun try schools cannot be met so long as our dirt roads, which at certain sea sons are almost impassable, prevent the attendance of the farmer's chil ren at centralized schools where they could have all the advantages of a graded school in connection with a high school. Central schools of this kind are now being established in some sections of the country, where goood roads permit of the pupils of an entire township being transport ed to them daily from their homes, and with the extension of improved roads this school system would be- i w niiwiwim in i i i i i m am Ibsolutely Titre Renders the food more wholesome and su perior in lightness and flavor. The only baking made from Roy, Irape Cream come general. It can thus be seen that of the three reforms which in the opinion of the President have been shown to be urgently desirable, road improvement is the most im- portant, as it would aid in making the others practicable. r, . , . . , . A, 1 hat highway improvement is the . 1 . , . mo ;t important economic reform has , ., , long been urged by the farmers.who through their principal organization, the National Grange, have been per- sistently agitating for the adoption of a policy of Federal aid fcr good road construction and maintenance. The declaration by the Country Life Commission that the establishment of a fully serviceable highway sys- j tern is a matter of national concern, absolutely essential to our internal development, should serve to hasten the enactment of legislation provid ing for the creation of a National Highways Commission, and making liberal appropriations for carrying on its work. The loming of the llirlsf. It appears that neariy all of the phophecies of the Bible for the "Time of the end" have been fulfill ed, as have also been those of the books of the other great religious systems: "Knowledge increased," "Ends of the earth brought togeth er, ""Gospel preached to ail nations," "Every man's hand against brother," "Famines, pestilences, earthquakes! in divers places," "Natiem against nation, kingdom against kingdom," "Changes of times and seasons," "Running to and fro falling avay of belief of God," "False Christs and prophets," and the fulfillment of the predictions for such things as battleships, bullets, automobiles, in cubators, threshing machines, water meters, electricity, telegraph, trusts, streets of cities filled with boys and girls, etc., etc. We are warned that his coming would be silently "As a thief," that it would come in so subtle a manner , that "If it were possible it would do- j ceive the very elect," that it would i come upon all silently "As a thief," J that it would be even as a -Snare I upon all them that are upon the whole surface of the earth" and finally that caution and the query: "Wheiefore, let him that thinkelh he standeth take heed lest he fid!," "When the son of man cometh, will he find faith upon the earth." Could it be possible that history may have repeated itself and He be upon the earth now, in humble and obscure way, as before? Were we to hear of a Holy Soul most likely in the East, as before how might we satisfy ourselves whether he was the Christ or the anti-Christ. Work and Works. III I I ii HMm y Yoimg Sister" 5f.il writers Airs. Marv Hudson, P iny advice, which was, to fj staying with me and was in jdui helped her at once. It Will 1 m f" rL wf -. LV.A km mh S 61 "Last spring," Mrs. Hudson continues, "I was rack of pain. The doctor did no good, so I began 111 a reikis, ui paiu m to take Cardui. The first dcHe helped me. l am in better health than in three years." f Everv crirl and woman needs Cardui, to cure ff irregularity, falling feelings, headache, backache and i similar iemaie xrouuies. I scientific. Try Cardui. AT ALL DRUG STORES iA powder of Tartar. j Protection. j j Fence our Europe rivals out; i Keep the duty steep; j Save our honest workingman From foreign labor cheap. ,, ... . , , . ,, Build a tali old tariff wall, rr) 1 , I hus produce a dearth . , , ., , . ,. And make the honest workingman pay Twice what things are worth. ' When his cheeks are thin with want And thinner is his calf'.' Fill his place with an immigrant Who'll do his work half. Newark Evening News. If (.n expect to git tii'- original Carbolicd Witch llii.d Salve, yu nni.-t lie -ire ii i-; iVWitt's ('iirbuliotl Witch Ilael Salvo, it is g.od for cuts, bums ;ii id bniir-cs, ;iiiI is csh-, i illly good for piles. Iit l'lise substitutes. Sold by 11. T. Whitehead ('mupany. "Peculiar woman, my wife; very literal. Why, the pin money I give her, she invariably spends for pins." "Urn! Overstocked, aren't you?" "Oh, no, you see there are hat, hair, neck, shawl, safety, clothes and roll ing pins. When this list is exhaust ed, I've no doubt she'll have us din ing on terrapins." Boston Tran script. Mops 1 ii niche iii two minutes : toot h ache or pain of burn or scald in live minutes; lio;iieness, one hour; nius cleiiclie, two hours; sore throat, twelve hours lr. Thomas Kelert ic nil, mon arch over pain. "The ollice should seek the man," remarked the idealist,. "Perhaps." answered Senator Sorghum; "but an office doesn't get much encourge ment in prowling around seeking anybody. It fact, it has to roost high to keep from being grabbed off the perch." - Washington Star. Mot disfiguring skin eruptions, scrofula, pimples, i;i-la s, etc., are due to impure blood. I'mrdock lllo-'d Hitters is a cleansing blood tonic Makes you clear-eyed, dear -brained, h ear-sktnneii 1. "She says he is not such a good catch after all." "She says that, eh? He must have dropped her." - Louis ville Courier-Journal. Hundreds of thousands of people use Uoliiier's ICocky Mountain Tea as a family tonic. If taken this month it will keep the family well all spring. If it faiN get your money back. .".". K. T. Whitehead Company. "I'm weary of being a bachelor girl." "Well?" "Do you know any fellow who's tired of being a spins ter man?" Kansas City Journal. of Eastman, Iiss., "toolc take Cardui. She was terribleanisery, hut Car- d ns n A? By HiJl 9 J 30 Help You Now I .V RV1 anuu i; bait-, iciwuiu, in 1 inn - 1. .? .1 4 t V ' HI I U I :1 - 1 . I .'1 ii-' 1 '4 p i 'I I 1' 'J- ;'. i V K" 'A 1 ml -i f. M V 1