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Therefore, when ir Limeys arc weak or out of order, i tv.ii undcr.-t'.md how quickly your en ; iy U affected and how every organ t.) f.v.l to do i.s duty. ou aii : ick or " feci badly," begin .uij; th-; gre:vt kidney remedy, Dr. 'si'.er's !:v:i:np-?-oov. A trial will con ice you o its gre.;-.t merit. L'ha mild and im:::edii.tc effect of vasnp-Rect, the great kidney and .l.lcr lemedv, is yocii realized. It elands the. "highest because it:; remarkable I;..-.:1th rctur::;;' t-roj-ortics have been 5f ro ii thousands oi the most distress- ii iii. ;.ii it lii'juicuie you U'.l J; :"0 l.ie -e.H ..--.i f rr.,iS- u ui..ir!j;!;"" I have a fan;i;!i bottle tIfjS33ffiJ by M'anii' lil free, also aSBSM net teu;nsr you ii.. ot &v.mn-n.c,ot. how to una out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this naner tvhen writing to Dr. Kilmer & Co., f rinhamton, N. Y. Don't make any mis Stake. lr.it remember the name. Swamo- Ji)'.'t, f.ud don t let a K . : .. .1 c :r sell vou tio;::eLiior.j in .u c in a:np-Roct if you do you will b disappointed. pL5!0N DUNN Attokn'ev and Couxseddor Lav., Scotland Xeck, N. C. TVad ices wivorever services are required. . . -: Yu i'siciAN and Surgeon. Scotland Neck, N. C. Oilis'o on Depot Street. )8. I. C. LIVERMON, DENTIST. fg, Oft'ce upstairs in viiite- Vv'v head Huilding. o f foyi to 'bo L- and 2 to 5 o'clock. McBRYDE WEBB, Attorxfa' and CoUNSEbOR AT 'jl'j-221 Atlantic Trust Building 'i Norfolk, Va. , ft -Kotarv Public. Bell Phono 700 it o , f Attorn y.y and Counselor at LAYvr, I Halifax, N. C. Jlloney Loaned on Farm Lands toILL H. JOSEY, General Insurance Agent, Scotland Neck, N. C. PARKER'S I g "iWrZ'OiCMiif- and i.c:.i:iin-s the ha.r. ; I Pjrroii-. luxur-ast prowth. j I . . . -"'-i -.., v r V&tla Kcrtcro Gray; S . ?"'; - t.',-'J Xiai.- to i's Youthful Co!.v. ( Uiiclertokers' Sopplies. FmII and Complete Line. f f ins and Caskets Burial Robe3, Etc. H earse Service any Time N. B. Josey Company, S'-)tl;in.l Neck. North Carolina 5 sa r.r- V,fc Bt 1 1IOg.S tr'-imttitCTTjELi B U THROAT AND LUHC TROUSIES GVAf?ANTED SATISFACTORY Vfi? MONEY RFUNOE- N.B.JoseyCo A Common Economic Error. For many years it has been the custom of Southern farmers to make their crop upon upon the "advance system" and while this has been re garded as an economic error on the side of the farmer, by many mer chants it has been thought that it was a very profitable way of buying cotton. The farmer realized that as a mat ter of safety it was better to make the food consumed by his family and his stock upon the farm rather than to purchase it and especially when he had to promise payment out of a crop which had not as yet been made. I have been watching the phase of country life in the South for many years and have come to the conclusion that the"advance sys tem" is just as great a mistake on the part of the merchant as it is on the part of the farmer, for the fol lowing reasons: First, the merchant takes great risks, which, of course, he tries to cover by increased charges. But even though these charges are in creased, the staples of life are not such articles as a high percentage of profit will adhere to, and the mer chant is practically trading gold for a promise to pay. If the crop fails, he is obliged to carry and carry and carry and possibly may ultimately, as in thousands of cases, be obliged to take the farm, for which he has no use, and under boll-weevil condi tions, is difficult to handle profitably upon a tenant system. Under a cash system there will be a great reduction in the sales of some staple foods such as bacon, po tatoes, beans, lard, vegetables, can ned goods, hay, corn, etc,, all articles that carry low profits. The farmer is rarely a hoarder of money and if he saves two hundred dollars or more by producing all his food sup plies at home he has that much more to spend when his crop is made, and it is cash. Under a cash system the farmer will buy with his surplus more dry g'oods, clothing, shoes, furniture.etc, vh'ch there a mucn greater profit for the merchant than on staple articles of food. The merch ant can turn his money in thirty days, instead of a year. Ten per cent, clear profit returned monthly is bet ter than 120 per cent, gain received annually. Some of the farmer's in creased income goes into permanent improvement to enable the farmer to produce more and spend more an nually. Again, there is something about raising cotton, tobacco, etc., to pay a debt that saps the vitality of the farmer and affects the quality of his tillage. It really lowers the grade of farming. Ifupor41 1 her hand the merchants will jo..! with us in urging farmers to raise all their food supplies and try to produce by bet ter tillage double the crop per acre they now produce the result as it affects the merchant will be this: All business will be on a cash basis and the volume will be three or four times as large from the farmers alone. The advent of more money will bring diversified industries among the farmers and eventually will attract manufacturers to the market towns. If there are idle farms in the country, instead of calling meetings for the purpose of raising funds to secure immigration, call meetings to encourage the farmers who know the country and are loyal to it, to universally adopt the following nlan: First, provide their own food sup plies from the farm. Second.double the average product on every acre under cultivation and let each work er on the f arm by the use of better teams and tools, till three times as rnnnv arres as at Dresent not in the one crop but in a variety of diversi fied and profitable crops. This would cause an immediate demand for more land and would provide the money to pay for it. This makes every man on the farm more than six times the industrial power he now is and gives hirn a love of the farm. This is bet ter than to leave him in discourage ments and secure immigrants to come and buy him out. I should not speak so postively, on ly I have observed for a quarter of a cantury that where the Southern merchants have changed from an "advance system" to a cash system they have prospered very much more than in former years and the num ber of failures is immensely less. Of course, it is not meant that there snouldbeno credits but practically there should be little necessity for them until the crop is actually ready for the harvest, then trade becomes a' cash transaction. Or better still, the farmer can get his money from the bank and pay cash in all cases, if there is a lack of ready money. The advance system bears down upon the cotton farmer with special hardship. His crop is either sold at once or is forced to the gin and the warehouse so as to secure loans. If the cotton farmer is not forced to sail to raise money er pay debts he will store his crops on his farm and market at his leisure, which is in the interests of all parties. It appears to me, therefore, that the farmer will immediately gain when he produces what he has hith erto bought in the way of living. He is not compelled to sell his crop immediately upon the harvest. When he does sell he trades for cash. The greater amount of money he has is very helpful to the family but the stimulus to his self-respect is per haps the most important item to be considered. The merchant prospers by the greater volume of business and by the quick return of his money. It seems to me that these points should be urged upon all the people. S. A. KNAPP, Special Agent in charge Farmers' Co-operative Demonstration Work. "Uncle Remus." There is something in the life of Joel Chandler Harris which fasci nates us. Of lowly, if not obscure, parentage; facing poverty in his boyhood days, and denied the ad vantages of a college or a high school; educating himself in the scholastic atmosphere of a country home in which he made his living at a com positor's desk; drinking in the sweet inspiration of nature as he developed his mind and supported his widowed mother; leaping at an early age into the exciting arena of journalism; acquiring in a few years a reputa tion for literary genius and original insight into the mysteries and glories of "God's Out-of-Doors"; wearing through all the days of his prosperi ty as a garment an innate modesty; preferring the song of the mocking bird in the cedars to the applause of the world; going down the lane of yeais with the smile of the morning on his face and the sweetness of a simple, reverential spirit in his heart; at last gathering the draper ies of his couch about him and going to his last home, leaving behind as a soothing benediction the words of peace and hope truly, his life is full of inspiration. Dr. J. W. Lee, of Atlanta, never wielded his pen with greater power and more striking grace than in his treatment in the April Century of the life and character of Joel Chand ler Harris.- Be sure to read that article. There is a movement on foot to erect a monument to "Uncle Remus." A contribution from eve ry Southern man, woman and child would be a fitting tribute to the South's most gifted son. A Fiuc Distinction. Once upon a time there was a man who, finding himself in a finan cial jam, had to make a quick bor row. By hard vork and much elo quence he finally landed the neces sary $300, and that night he slept without nightmares. But when the time romped around for him to square up, the big gun who had accommodated him was there before breakfast. The sad tale he evolved would have brought tears to the eyes of a mackerel. To hear him talk, that $300 was neces sary instanter to keep him cut of the alms house. He wanted it so bad that he could taste it so the poor guy made another touch and paid off. "Three hundred dollars is a lot of money," said the big gun, wrapping up the wad and going north with it. "I thank you for saving my life. A few years further on, the man who had borrowed found himself long on the same amount. Think ing he would now make it work for him, he loped around to the big gun and told him he had three hundred iron men to invest; and knowing that he was the real scream as an in vestor, he wanted advice. "Three hundred dollars," said the big gun in small type. "Why, how you talk! That isn't enough to line a lady's hand purse. Avaunt, please; there are people with money wait ing to see me!" Moral When you owe $300, it's a lot of money; when you own it not. Selected. To relieve constipation, clean out the bowels, tone and strengthen the digestive organs, put them in a natur al condition with Hollister's Rocky "Mountain Tea, the most reliable tonic for thirty years. 35c, Tea or Tablets. E. T. Whitehead Company. MATTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST. What is Transpiring ia North Carolina ana Oilier States. In the summer maneuvers to be gin in Hampton Roads soon after June 16th, sixteen battleships will participate. A bitter attack on the author of a newspaper article on the floor of the Senate several days ago resulted in a personal encounter between Sena tor Baily, of Texas, and W. S. Man ning, of the New YorkTimes.author of the article. Neither- man was hurt in the affray. In the special tax election held throughout New Hanover county last week two hundred and thirty two more votes than necessary were cast for the cause of public educa tion. It was a magnificent victory, and the people throughout the State who are interested in the cause of education hail with pleasure this sign of progress in New Hanover. Some days ago in the channel of Hampton Roads, off Sewell's Point, the remains of a former Confederate soldier who recently died in Seattle, Washington, were lowered into the water in a silver casket. The burial was made by V. H. Fitzgerald, of Richmond, by whose side the deceas ed Seattle man fought in the United Artillery of Norfolk, at Sewell's Point, during the Civil War. Mr. M. C. Braswell, of Battleboro, bought some time ago the Panacea Springs Hotel near Littleton. Mr. A. J. Cook, one of the best hotel men in the State, who was with the Meck lenburg Hotel, of Chase City, before that hotel was burned, has leased j the Panacea Spring Hotel from Mr. Braswell. The lease holds good for a number of years, and no doubt un der Mr. Cook's efficient management the popularity of the Hotel will in crease considerably. The Senate last week by a vote of 50 to 33 decided to postpone until June 10th further consideration of the income tax question in connec tion with the tariff. When the in come tax bill last came up for con sideration, Mr. Bailey, of Texas, of fered an amendment to it, but it was side-tracked, owing to the oppo sition of Republican leaders. Mr. Aldrich declared that he would not agree to a vote on the income tax in advance of the schedules so long as he was in charge of the bill. A meeting of the executive com mittee of the Internal League for Highway Improvements met at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond recent ly. The convention received the hearty co-operation of the Virginia Good Roads Association as well as the hearty commendation of Presi dent Taf t and the indsorement of many others prominent in the affairs of the country. The committee ex pects to secure an appropriation of $1,000,000 from Congress to be used in the survey of a national system of highways. Three North Carolinians were present at the meeting: Cols. Beneham Cameron and John S. Cun ningham, and Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, of the University. A. F. Thomas, of Lynchburg, Va., former state senator, in an in terview sriven out last week, took Senator John W. Daniel to task for voting for protection, and called up on tbp Democrats of the State to de mand a state convention to prevent the disruption of the Democratic party in the State. Mr. Thomas said: "In effect, the senior Senator commits himself to the Republican doctrine of protection of American industries and plants himself square ly along side of Aldrich, Cannon and other leading lights of the stalwart and stand-pat wing of the Republi can pa-ty. lie turns his back upon the fundamental doctrine of equal rights to all and special privileges to none, and subscribes to the doctrine that in cases where it is needed, pro- tection is not onlv permissible, but desirable." Mr. Thomas also said that if the Democratic party named Mr. Daniel to succeed himself as United States Senator that it would give its official sanction to the posi tion he has taken. Trcufcle Makers Custsd. When a sufferer from stomach trouble takes Dr. Kings New Life Fills he's mighty glad to see his dyspepsia and indigestion fly, but more he's tickled over his new. fine appetite, strong nerves, healthy vigor, all be cause stomach, liver and kidneys now work right, i'oc. at E. T. Whitehead Company's. The Country Paper. Amid the pile of papers, That swamp my desk each day And drive me weak with clipping And filing stuff away, Comes once a week on Thursday The quaint old four-page sheet That's printed up in Pelham, A drowsy county seat. You see, 'twas up in Pelham That first I saw the light, And well, my heart grows softer And I feel my eyes shine bright; Right reverent my touch is, It spreads the columns wide, The local's what I'm seeking, The patented inside. Ah, here it is: "The County," And "Jottings," "Local News" You learn who's traded horses And who have rented pews; It tells about the schoolhouse Where we used to sit and dream, A-watching dust specks dancing In the sunlight's shifty beam. The sturdy name3 of boyhood Come tumbling through our thought Of Tom and Brick and Patsey How we loved and how we fought. The friends when years grew graver, Called now beyond our ken, In the type-lines of the paper They live and speak again. Oh, toilers in life's workshops, Are not those dream-mists sweet, Which memory cast about us When past and present meet? And so, I love that paper From the village in the hills For the old life that it wakens, For the weariness it stills. Nathaniel S. Olds, in Rochester Post-Herald. About Ex-Presidents. President Roosevelt retired from his exalted ofiiee when a compara tively young man, and doubtless looks forward to a longer lease of life than has fallen to the lot of the majority of retiring presidents. John Adams, the second president, lived over a quarter of a century after lay ing down the cares of office, but the average period of life of presidents after retirement is only twelve years ten months. The list follows: George Washington lived two years and nine months after retirement. John Adams lived twenty-five years and three months. Thomas Jefferson lived seventeen j years and three months. James Madison lived nineteen years and three months. James Monroe lived six years and four months. John Quincy Adams lived nineteen years and served in the house of rep resentatives. Andrew Jackson lived eight years and three months. Martin Van Buren lived twenty-one years and four months. William Henry Harrison died pre cisely one month after his inaugura tion, April 4, 1841. John Tyler lived seventeen years after his retirement. Zachary Taylor died in office, six teen months after his inauguration. Millard Filmore lived twenty-one years after his retirement. Franklin Pierce lived twelve years and seven months. James Buchanan lived six years and eleven months. Abraham Lincoln died in office. Andrew Johnson lived six years and four months after retirement and rerved a portion of a term in the United States Senate. Ulvsses S. Grant lived eight years j and four months after retirement Rutherford B. Haves lived eleven years and eleven months. James A. Garfield lived four months after his inauguration.' .Chester A. Arthur survived one year and eight months after retire ment, i Grover Cleveland lived ten years and seven months. Benjamin Harrison lived eight years. William McKinley died in office. Onlv two of Mr. Roosevelt's pre- decefsors returned to public life, John Quincy Adams dying whne a member of the house of representa- tives, and Andrew Johnson passing away while United States Senator Mr. Roosevelt .may also return to Washington as a Senator, but wheth er he does or not, the people of the ! country, regardless of politics or re ligion, will wish him a lease of life far beyond the three score and ten j allotted to mankind. The Salt Lake j Herald. Feel languid, weak, run-down? Headache? Stomach "off"? Just a plain ease of lazy liver. Burdock Blood Bitters tones liver and stomach, pro motes digestion, purifies the blood. I Absolutely J&? Cfra?es IveCP 1 H Pure Jfcjr the chief ingredient, &&fL ! the active principle, gggQ I rawlnsures wholesome and dell- J& I I cious food for every day Jf H in everY home l No Phosphates frWj .j '""t No Alum p.Mgr.trtv.H i-i-f The Story of a Handshake. It is said that Judson once stopped in a village on the banks of a river. Seeing a woman close to the landing place, he offered her his hand, and asked how she was. A few moments afterward he was called back to the boat, and left her with his bleesing. Judson probably thought no more about the incident; but what was the result? The woman had never be fore received such courtesy from any man. Though a princess, she had been treated as a slave. She had seen, she said, "one of the sons of God," and after this nothing would persuade her to worship the heathen gods again. She had served them ever since she was a child, but, she said, "they have never prevented my husband from beating me. This man spoke to me kindly and gave me his hand. His God must be the God." That very night she began to pray to the unknown God of the white foreigners a most touching prayer: j "Lord-God, in the heavens, in the ' earth, in the mountains, in the seas, ! in the north, in the south, in the ! east, in the west, pity me I pray. Show me thy glory, that I may know thee who thou art." Thus she con tinued to pray for five years. Then a Christian missionary came to that district. She heard the Gospel, and at once became a Christian. She helped to establish a Christian church at Dong Yahn, out of which two others soon grew. From that time Gaupung (that was her name) tried to win for Christ all she came in contact with. She had great pow er with every one, for she herself lived so near to Christ. The King's M essengers Queer Bird Homes. "Qucer Bird Homes" is the title of an article published recently in Germany by Harry Maas, ornitholo gist, in which many instances are cited to show that the tastes of birds as to their habitations vary. A swallow's nest under the eaves of a railway passenger coach he speaks of as most peculiar. Not so much bwause it wras a car, but because this particular one ' made daily trips between two places. Being on the move about half the time, it was hard to say when the swallows were flying homeward. The nest remain ed undisturbed, and a little family of three finally emerged from it. He quotes from "Kosmos," in which a nobleman relates that for twelve years a goldfinch pair came regular-1 ly to his garden and built a nest out of forget-me-nots". The habit ot the birds was so well known that a bed of the little flowers were cultivated expressly for them. In the histori cal museum of Soletta, a city in which watch making is the chief in dustry, there is a bird's nest made of watch springs. It was discovered in a tree, where it had been built by a wagtail pair. The little feathered architects used the metal for the outside and to hold the soft lining. New York Tribune. Women who are Envied. Those attractive women who an lovely in t:ce, form and temjr ate tin envy of many, who might be like them. A weak, sickly woman will be nervous am! irritable. Constipation or kidney poisons show in pimples, blotchee, eruptions and a wretched complexion. 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Suddenly and without the slightest warning there looms out of the dark ness, like the apparition of the phan tom ship, the form of the captain of the caravan. His spongy tread sounds softly on 'the smooth sand, and like a great string of linked ghouls the silent procession stalks by and is swallowed up in the night. - "Persia and the Persian Question. Soothes itching ckin, burns without a .-ear eczema, .:dt rheum, Doan'.s Ointment, sells it. Heals cuts or t'lires piles, any itching Your druggist There's something I can't get on to. Coming down in the morning you always manage to sit beside the same swell looking girl. But you never speak to her. What's the an swer?" "That's my wife. She's taking lessons in a cooking school." Cleveland Leader. We do not know of any other pill that is as good as DcWitt's Little Ear ly Risers, the famous little liver pills Hmall, gentle, pleasant and sure pills with a reputation. Sold by L T. Whitehead Company. Lawyer ( cross-examining) You testified that Miss Smy the was walk ing in her sleep. How do you know she was asleep? Witness Well, a mouse ran across the floor in front of her and she never even batted an eye.- Chicago Tribune. Mothe rs, have j tried Hdlister's Ro.ky Mountain Tea? It's . great blessing to the little ones, keeps away summer troubles. Makes them sleep and grow. 'I'm-., Tea or Tablets. L. T. Whitehead Company. Fellow Statesman Senator, that ' speech of yours in favor of the in come tax was one ot the strongest arguments I ever heard. Eloquent Senator (with some uneasiness)--You don't think it changed any votes, do you? Chicago Tribune. "I suffered habitually from consti pation. Doan's Regulet's relieved and strengthened the Imvc!s, so that tl ey have been regula; ever since." A. E. Davis, grocer, Sulphur Springs, Texas. Sporting F-ditor J ust what do you understand by the term. "Poetic Li cense?" 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