Surprising,
Wha
it
SCodoi Wi
Fnr von. wnen vcu need it.
I it.
lect Indigestion, the mors you
can restore Good Digestion.
And, of course, indigestion if neg
lected long enough, brings on seri
ous diseases in which Kodol cannot
benefit you. Some of these there
Is no help for at all.
There are, in fact, very few ail
ments which cannot be traced di
rectly to impure blood. And im
pure blood is always due to a dis
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Use Kodol and prevent Nervous
Dyspepsia.
Kodol will effectually assist Na
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dol removes the cause and the
effect quickly removes itself.
When it is recalled that Apo
plexy, Heart Disease, Cancer and
even Consumption are due to
poor digestion and poisons thus
transmitted to the blood, and
throughout the system the impor-j
tance of maintaining good
diges-
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E. T. Whitehead Company.
Asne's "North Carolina.'
No more gratifying testimony to j
the awakening of the new South has
been offered than the great output in
recent years of valuable and inter- j
esting historical books. Traditional
reticence has been overcome in the
publication of family memoirs of the
older period and of important remi
niscences for later days, while the
formal historian of institutions and
of local events has heen busy at work.
In the mass cf historical production,
however, the new "History of North
Carolina," by Mr. Samuel A'Court
Ashe (Charles L. Van Noppen,
Greensboro, N. C.,) of which the
first volume is before us, stands
apart. In scientific method, in im
partiality of judgment and in so
briety of language it is fully up to
all modern requirements and can
hold its own with any product of the
colder North.
The first volume ends with the
close of the Revolution. The first
chapter avoids all controversy re
garding the first settlements by pre
senting the documents in the case
with a brief but adequate commen
tary. All legends are stripped from
the lost colony of Croatan and only
the known facts are offered. From
the real settlement on the author
continues to present the ascertained
facts without bias, with the citation
of authorities on the margin. A sig
nal example of his fairness will be
found in the account of the Mecklen
burg Declaration of Independence,
which, however unsatisfactory to ex
tremists on either side, sums up the
case as sane observers must see it.
The references throughout are to or
iginal authorities. It will be inter
esting to observe the application of
Mr. Ashe's method in the second
volume, which will deal with more
immediately controversal matters.
The "History of North Carolina"
reflects honor on the State whose
glorious story it tells, on the author
and through him on Southern schol
arship. New York Sun.
There are many imitations of Do
Witt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve
DeWitt's is the original. Be ture you
get DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel
Salve -when you ak for it. It is good
lor cuts, burns anu onuses, and is
especially good for Tiles. Sold by E.
T. Whitehead Company.
Thoughtfulness.
Mr. Saphedde I like to be differ
ent from other people.
Miss Caustique That is very con
siderate of you. I dare say the other
people appreciate your thoughtful
ness. Philadelphia Record.
Every Woman will be Interested.
If you have pains in the back, urin
ary, bladder or kidney trouble, and
want a certain, pleasant herb cure for
woman's ills, try Mother Gray's Australian-Leaf.
It is a safe and never
failing regulator. At druggists' or by
mail 50 cents. Sample package Free.
Address, The Mother Gray Company,
IxsKoy, N. Y.
Sunsbine Pbilosoiiby.
"Whatever the weather may be,"
says he,
Whatever the weather may be,
It's the song ye sing,
And the smiles ye wear,
That's a-making the sun shine every
where." James Whitcomb Riley.
Weston, Ocean to-ucean Walker,
said recently : "When you feel down
and out, feel there is no use living,
just take your had thoughts with you
and walk them oil'. Before you have
walked a mile things Avill look rosier.
Just try it." Have you noticed the
'increase in walking of late in every
community? Many attribute it to the
comfort which Allen's Foot-Ease, the
antiseptic powder to be shaken into
the shoes, gives to the millions now
using it. As Weston has said, "It
has real merit."
o
But the longer you neg
will suffer before Kodol
We knew what Kodol would do
before ever the first bottle was
sold. If we did not know just what
it will do, we would not guarantee
it the way we do.
It is easy for you to prove Kodol
the next (or the first) time you
have an attack of indigestion. And
you will certainly be surprised at
the results. It is perfectly harm
less. There can be no harm in trying
something that may do you a great
deal of good when it costs you
nothing if it doesn't.
Our Guarantee
Oo to your drnggiM, toil:iy and pot a dol
lar buttie. Then after yon h.'ive used t lie
entire contents of the bottle if you can
lmnestiv suv, that it. lias not done you any
p-ood, return the bottle to the drupirlst and
lie will refund your money without ques
tion or delay. We will then pay the drujr
; i-t for the bottle. Don't hesitate, all
.li upists know t hat onr fruarantee is pood,
'j liis olt'er applies to the larjre bottle only
mm.I to bnt one in a family. The larjre bot
tle contains iVi times as much a the fifty
cent bottle.
Kodol is prepared at the labora
tories, of E. C. DeWitt & Co.,Chicago.
"Bob" Writes Again.
Aurelian Springs, N. C, May 24.
Mr. Editor: In our neighborhood
a man who in 18G1 shouldered his
musket and followed Lee from 1861
until the 12th day of May 1864 when
he was taken prisoner and held until
the close of the war. Since then he
has raised four boys. One has died
leaving the old confederate soldier
three fine boys; and now in his de
clining days, he has been made
s-vl by seeing the youngest boy, who
became 21 years of age some time in
IJX'iS debarred the privilege to regis
ter and vote. Our honorable regis
trar says "No, you can't register."
Mr. Editor, it seems to me that I
have heard it said, "No white gentle
man would ever be disfranchised."
Though perhaps I am mistaken as to
that. This reminds me of a little in-
, i i
liuenl whica occurred some years
back. A colored fellow failed to
work on the road when ordered to
do so. He was tried and committed
to jail. The darky sent for Mr.
Moore who was then a prominent
attorney in Halifax. Mr. Moore
said to the negro, "George what are
you doing in jail?" "I'm here be
cause I failed to work the roads," he
said. "Why George, they can't put
you in jail for not working the road."
"But, Mr. Moore, I'm in here and the
trouble with this negro is he wants
to know how to get out, "said George.
Now the trouble with these two boys
is if they are not disfranchised how
shall they get to vote.
Mr. Editor, it did not take us long
to get rid of the negro vote, and if
other sections get along as fast as
this one we will not be long in get
ting rid of these young men who are
just becoming 21. Especially those
who had no granddaddy. Well,
what next? I will have to wait and
see.
"Bob."
Nations! Movement For Better Roads.
Richmond, Va., Special The In
ternational League for Highway Im
provement began its convention here
Friday. Mayor Richardson made
the welcoming address and Governor
Swanson, Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson and a number of other prom
inent men made addresses.
Delegates from all over the coun
try were present. President John
A. Stewart, of New York, stated
that the object of the organization
j was to arouse the country to press
upon Congress the necessity for
establishing a national plan of good
I roads and carrying it out with a lib
eral appropriation. A letter from
President Taf t was read expressing
hearty approval of the object of the
convention.
Final draft of a bill to be present
ed to Congress for approval, provid
ing for an appropriation of $1,000,
000 for a survey of a system of
national roadways.
Nothing Liberal About it.
Wilkins I understand you are giv
ing your son a liberal education?
Ilobbs Liberal! Not a bit of it!
They don't give anything away at
the college where he is. I have to
pay for every plaguy thing he gets.
Boston Transcript.
A Thrilling Rescue.
How Bert B. Loan, of Cheny, Wash.,
was slaved from a frightful death is a
story to thrill the world. "A hard
cold," he writes, "brought on a des
perate lung trouble that baffled an ex
pert doctor here. Then I paid $10 to
$15 a visit to a lung specialist in Spo
kane, who did not help me. Then I
went to California, but without bene
fit. At last I used Dr. King's New
Discovery, which completely cured me
and now I am as well as ever." For
lung trouble, bronchitis, coughs and
colds, asthma, croup and whooping
cough it's supreme. 50c. and $1.00.
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by E.
T. Whitehead Company.
The Value ct Good Roafls.
Hon. William Sulzer, representa
tive in Congress from the tenth dis
trict of New York, recently made
the following address in the Nation
al House of Representatives:
"Mr. Speaker:
"Good roads mean progre?s and
prosperity, a benefit to trie people
who live in the cities, and an advant
age to the people who live in the coun
try, and it will help every section of
our vast domain. Good roads, like
good streets, make habitation along
them most desirable; they enhance
the valuation of farm lands, facili
tate transportotion, and and untold
wealth to the producers and consum
ers of the country; they are mile
stones marking the advance of civil
ization; they economize time, give
labor a lift, and make millions in
money;- they save wear and tear and
worry and waste; they beautify the
country bring it in touch with the
city; they aid the social and the reli-
1.1 1 i" 1 "1 J 1
gious ana tne educational anu tne
industrial progress of the people;
they make better homes and happier
hearth-sides; they are the avenues of
trade, the highways of commerce,
the mail routes of information, and
the agencies of speedy communica
tion;they mean the economical trans
portation of marketable products
maximum burden at the minimum
cost;they are the ligaments" that bind
the country together in thrift and in
dustry and intelligence and patriot
ism; they promote social intercourse,
prevent intellectual stagnation, and
increase the happiness and prosper
ity of our producing masses, they
contribute to the glory of the coun
try, give employment to our idle
workmen, distribute to the necessi
ties of life the products of the fields
and the forests and the factories
encourage energy and husbandry, in
culcate love for our scenic wonders,
and make mankind better and broad
er and greater and grander.
"The plain people of the land are
familiar with the truths of history.
They know the past. They realize
that often the difference between
good roads and bad roads is the dif
ference between profit and loss.
Good roads have a money value far
beyond our ordinary conception. Bad
roads constitute our greatest draw
back to internal development and
material progress. Good roads mean
prosperous farmers; bad roads mean
abandoned farms, sparsely settled
country districts, and congested pop
ulated cities, where the poor are des
tined to become poorer. Good roads
mean more cultivated farms and
cheaper food products to the toilers
in the towns; bad roads mean poor
transportation, lack of communica
tion, high prices for the necessaries
of life, the loss of untold millions of
wealth, and idle workmen seeking
employment. Goood roads will help
those who cultivate the soil and feed
the multitude, and whatever aids the
producers of our country will in
crease our wealth and our greatness
and benefit all the people. We can
not destroy our farms without final
decay. They are today the heart of
our national life, and the chief
source of our material greatness.
Tear down every edifice in our cities
and labor will rebuild them, but
abandon the farms and our cities
will despair forever.
"Mr. Chairman, the far-sighted
wisdom of Julius Csesar built from
the imperial exchequer the magni
ficent roads that lead in all directions
to eternal Rome. The great Napo
leon Caasar like built the roads of
France that center in Paris from the
general funds of the government;
and the French roads have done mere
than any other single agency to en
courage the thrift and increase the
industry and insure the contentment
of the people of France. Caesar and
Napoleon were the great road build
ers of ancient and modern times.and
the foresight and their judgment
and their work demonstrated the
beneficent results that follow like
the night the day the building of
great government highways."
Value of Peas and Clnvcr.
All over the South there are splen
did opportunities for the profitable
use of the pea for the feeding of
stock and the improvement of the
soil, and with cow-peas and crimson
clover, sandy land in the South can
be brought up to the production of
two bales of cotton per acre while
making a profit in the feeding of
live stock. Even if the crop is not
saved as hay, the land will receive
great benefit, and the farmer like
wise, if the live stock are only hogs
feeding on the peas and enriching
the soil, while making profit in the
bacon produced and cured on the
place. I have lost none of my en
thusiasm for the pea, for the longer
I live the more I am convinced that
this "clover of the South" has a still
greater future before it for the
Southern farmer. Will you not let
it help you make money this year ?
Progressive Farmer.
Some men who talk loudest about
the country having an "elastic cur
rency," wouldn't contribute more
than a rubber band to get it.
A Call to Arms.
We want the tariff cut in two,
We want an untaxed right to buy,
We want no favors for a few
Paid by the people you and I.
We want the strictest justice done,
Hew to the line whatever betides,
Be fair, be just with every one.
But don't disturb the rate on
hides.
This tariff is no local fight,
It needs but statesmanship and
sense
To bring us out of dark to light
And level this high tariff fence
We want no tariff levied by
A few pet interests with pull,
Strict justice is our only cry
And don't disturb the rate on
wool.
We have paid tribute far too long
To well-fed infant industries.
The principle is wholly wrong
To fat such greedy things as these.
Lay low the wall, let commerce grow,
Until our pulses thrill and feel
The blood of life, let traffic flow
And don't disturb the rate on
steel
To arms, to arms! The people need
New chamDions to fight their
cause,
'Tis time we checked this horrid
greed
Of men for self-made tariff laws
Be strong, be just, be true.be brave,
Ye men who sit in Congress' hall
Fight on to glory and the grave,
But don't disturb OUR rates at
all.
J. W. Foley in New York Times.
Dinah, crying bitterly, was com
ing down the street with her feet
bandaged. "Why, what on earth is
the matter?" she was asked. "How
did you hurt your feet, Dinah?'
"Dat good fo' nothin' nigger (sniff'
ing) done hit me on de haid wid a
club while I was standin' on de hard
stone pavement." Everybody's
Johnny, said the teacher, can
you give us a definition of the word
speculation? Let us suppose, for ex
ample, that your father has $500 and
that he desires to buy several thous
and bushels of wheat he never ex
pects to really see or possess. What
does he do?" "He loses his $500."
Chicago Record-Herald.
Adam ana eve were moving.
"Thank heaven there are no neigh
bors to see we haven't any furni
ture," she cried. Thus she extract
ed a crumb of comfort. New York
Sun.
"Why these moans?" "Here's i
couple gets married after an ac
quaintance of 24 hours." Cheer up.
Think of how many couples don't get
married after an acquaintance of 24
hours." Pittsburg Post.
As soon as a man discovers that
he isn't a high-browed genius in any
particular line, he becomes a lot
more valuable to the community
and more comfortable to his family.
It's like this: A true friend is one
who doesn't insist that you shall be
made over again, according to his
plans and specifications. Jack Ap-
pleton.
If you have learned not to worry
you have probably learned how to
work out each day's problems with
out thinking of to-morrow's.
Cheapest accident
Thomas' Eclectic Oil.
and heals the wound,
sell it
insurance Br
Stops the pain
All druggists
Hubby And what did the doctor
sav? Wifey He said, "Put outyour
tongue." Hubby-t-And then? Wifey
"Overworked."
Bill has won her pretty maid,
A June bride the is to be;
Her peachy-cream complexion will not
fade
Because it's Rocky Mountain Tea in
laid. E. T. Whitehead Co.
yy uax s da anomaly: . man
who wears long hair and a velve
coat and hates notoriety." Cleve
land Leader.
H You are a Trifle Sensitive
about tiie size of your shoe's, it's some
satisfaction to know that many people
can wear shoes a size smaller by sprink
ling Allen's Fcot-Ea.se into them. .Tu.
the thing lor I 'a tent Leather Shoes
and for breaking new shoes. Sol
everywhere, 25 cents.
To buy advertised things is coming
to be a hxed habit of the people
and its a profitable habit, too. -
Sometimes you may be told tht.
there are other things just as good as
DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Tills.
That isn't so. Nothing made is as
good as DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder
Pills for any ailments of the kidney
or bladder, which always result in
weak back, backache, rheumatic pains,
rheumatism and urinary disorders. A
trial of DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder
Pills is suflicient to convince you how
good they arc. Send your name to E.
C- DeWitt & Company, Chicago, for a
free trial box. They are sold here by
E. T. Whitehead Company.
FAIR EXCHANGE.
A New Back for an Old One-How
It Can be Dene in scor
ia nd Neck.
The back aches at times with a dull,
ndescribabte feeling, maKmg ju
i. l . . t .ii rirfr nmns
weary anu rcsuess, ,
shoot across the region ol the Kiunejs,
and again the loins arc so lame to
stoop is agony. No use to rub or ap
ply a plaster to the back in this condi
tion. Ycu cannot reach the cause.
Exchange the bad back for a new and
r . i.1 .1 Y. "!.- WW 1 -
stronger one. ncoitaiui
lents would do well to profit by the
oUowing example:
J. Frank Powell, West Tarboro, N.
C. says: 1 suiierea irom a in;
attack of lagrippe which left my kid
neys dfsordercd. Standing so much
dining the day greatly aggravated the
pains in my hack and frequently I was
forced to sit down, a uuu su-ih- m iuw
my loins kept me in almost constant
misery, and whenever I attempted to
stoop or lilt enarp, sn j, t.i...
larted through me. l at jengm pio-
cured Doan's Kidney Pills, and can
they gave ine relief in a short
- . i e t .K
t me. 1 have not sunereu irom nach.-
ache since ami my kidney s have been
normal. I am pleased to recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills to other sutlerers.
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Fostor-.UUourn o., uuuaiu,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other.
Ella Her face speaks for itself.
Stella Yes; and it is pretty plain
talk. Chicago News.
The prlnciDal trouble with wild
oats sowing is that somebody always
has to help reap the crop.
"Does your son profit by vour ex
ample?" "Thunder no! Why, he
wants to eet married. New York
Herald.
Those who follow that part of
themselves which is great are great
men, and those who follow that
which is little are little men. Men
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Pretty l
Vioting
Pays !
That's The Kind We Do.
Letter Heads !
Note Heads!
Bill Heads!
Envelopes !
Statements !
Business Cards!
Invitations!
Posters, etc. !
Anything in Printing
At Lowest
Prices !
LET US PRINT FOR U.
THE COMMONWEALTH,
Scotland Neck, North Carolina.
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We Do All Kinds
OF
MACHINERY
REPAIRING !
And Iron and Brass Foun
dry Work.
Sell Engincs.lJoilers.Saw Mills
carry a full line of Mill Supplies.
Prompt Service.
Raleigh Iron Works Company,
120 West St., Raleigh, N. C.
We Keep on Hand
urial Cases!
.'?t..''Tc-wwrWBs
All Kinds all the Time.
Also
Complete
Undertakers'
Outfit.
Hearse Service any Time
pay or night we are readv
and the Public Generally
M. Hoffman & Bro.
Scotland Neck; North Carolina
WHEN IN
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Id make
O- o nnint. to call i
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see our Latest Cre
ations in the Ait
of Photography.
Every day we are
pleasing people
who have never
before had a good
Photograph of
themselves by any
other Photograph
er. Easter-tide is
a convenient time
to give us a trial
while you are nice
ly "rigged."
S. R. Alley,
Main St.. Iewia Build ir.g
WPP
j Tarboro, N. C.
Everything in
Pbatofcrapfcy
i repair or rxrnait any kind cf bu.Idir ? ier.i
ttj far e-jr C.W410PJI sf bvifdinq mattriali. sssh.
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