Good Advertisers .
Use these ooluinno fur results.
An advertiomeiit in this paper
will re.uh a good class f people.
ommonw:
iJu-ukh w hat Steam i to
lV. that groat piopelling
, per gives results.
iditor md Proprieier.
Excelsior" is Our Motto.
Subscription Price $1.00 Per Year.
NUMBER 49
-.. r
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1909.
4&
c
iEALTH
w
;:r,5:i
. iv n
iiiJ
ov5 SfO
REWARD OF POLITENESS.
R''
'do
tfesbaeJ by OYer-Woik
h!-u-s Make Impure Bioo-.'.
unhealthy kidneys are re
r.u.ch sickness and suffering ,
, therefore, it' kkine.
' 0 t.ouljle is permitted t. -Oil--"
)i continue, ferious re
s'-nits are most likei
to follow. Your other
organs may need at
tention, but j our kid -ys
most, becaust
thev do most and
should have attention
. zX. Therefore, when
u---: v.--ak or out of order,
-,v .nul !i - quickly your en
. .';'(. - to i a:ul liov.' every organ
u its duty.
or " feel 1,-r.diy," begic
"re it kidney renicuy, Dr.
va.i-v.-I?.t. A trkil will con
,n iU;!;re:U merit.
! a:i.l i'lttiieuiate effect of
ocl, the great kidney and
.;:i'.-:lv, is suon realized. It
;.i:;hi-t because it? remarkable
ri?!. properties have been
L .r.: .-. '.:; 'h" the most distress-
I: von need a medicine you
it free, el.o a
I; t telilU? VOU Home o 1 awauip-Koot.
:li;u out if you have kidney or
r tt'HiMe. Mention this paper
writing to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
niton. N. V. Pon't make any mis
::t remember the name, Swamp
iivl don't let a dealer sell you
;;::g in place of Swamp-Root if
u wi.l ue (li?appoiuteu.
! Not Always Wfcal is Expected by Those
Who Fce!i5 Soora.
PAUL KITCHIN,
Attorney at Law,
Scotland Neck, X. C.
Practices Anywhere.
piTl P. W1MBERLEY,
Physician and Surgeon,
Scotland Neck, N. C.
Oiiko ou Depot Street.
p. A. C. LI VERNON.
DENTIST.
Office up stairs in White
' bead Building.
Oitice hours from 9 to 1 o'clock
and 2 to 5 o'clock.
I McBRYDE WEBB,
-Vttorxey and Counselor at
Lav. .
21'.i--J21 Atlantic Trust Building
Norfolk, Va.
Notary Public. Bell Phone 760
"Sometimes," said Mr. Mac
Whackleton, "w entertain angels
unawares, and, then again, some
times we entertain people who turr
out to be far from angels, as witness
l what may happen to us when we
try to be civil to somebody in a
; street car.
! "Here are two persons sitting
comfortably side by side with ample
i room, the two occupying the space
; of about two persons and a half, and
' and then in comes another passenger
j who stands up in front of these two,
! holding on by a strap. Then pres
! enlly these two move along a little a
I way from each other, making a lit
i tie space between, enough to give
the newcomer room to sit down on
i the edge of the seat, making not the
j most comfortable sitting place in the
j world, but one better than none.
! "The new comer, he or she, as the
ea?emay be, accepts the seat thus
offered and for a minute or two sits
in it quietly, well forward, without
crowding or incommoding the two
persons who had thus been polite,
and then the stranger begins crowd
ing back until he has wedged him
self in between the two persons who
had made room for him and got his
back against the back of the seat,
now making the situation uncomfort
able for all three. But the new
comer has not yet got through with
what he has set out to do.
"Now he manages to get one shoul
der in back of the shoulder of the
person sitting at one side of him, so
displacing that person, and then the
newcomer gradually but firmly in
serts his other shoulder back of the
shoulder of the person on the other
ide and dislodges him from his seat
nfl- with tlifl result that now the
person for whom room had been
made sits with his or her, as the case
mav be, shoulders both back against
the back of the seat, thus occupying
full seat space, while the two
ire now both forced forward and
made to sit uncomfortably on the
edge ol the seat.
"It is occurrences like this that
.nake us slow to entertain people, be- j
Tbe Fiddle in the Choir.
The Evening Day.
North Carolina can boast of one
editor who has the right sort of mu-
in Vilu o-mi1 Win nnmp is Arebi-
cause they make us so doubtful as to ! dald Johnson and he presides over
1 ill ..1 m.v t n.. . I - 1 t T
wnattney win turn out to De. iNew j Uhanty ana unuaren. tie is an au-
;ork Sun. imirer a devotee of the fiddle,
known in polite society as the violin,
and he wants more of the fiddle in
the e.hoir. He aerrees with David
The Heart of a Friend.
"Broken friendship," says a wri
ter in an exchange, "like china, may
be reDaired. but the break will al
The bright star in the west there j
nights is Venus, the brightest of all
the planets. It is the nearest to us j
of all the planets. It is the nearest '
to us ofeill the heavenly bodies ex
cept the moon. It it nearly the size
of the earth, benig 7,700 miles in d:
ameter. Its density is about the
same as the earth's, slightly greater.
that the Lord should be praised on There are signs of an atmosphere,
stringed instruments, and if he had but thei-e cannot be much. It is al-
his way and could secure them, he ways presents the same side to the
. .. .... . t
And it is a bit of real j would have a dozen fiddles in the sun and, it shows to us phases like
ways snow.
truth and wisdom. Friendship is a
precious thing too precious a trea
sure to be carelessly DroKen or
choir of the church at which he wor-
shins. "Sineers." he says, "know
the value of the violin skillfully
thrown away. The world handles ! played and the wonderful help it
gDWMD L. TRAVIS,
attorney and counselor at
Law,
Halifax, N. C.
.Money Loaned on Farm Lands
Vfll H. JOSEY,
General Insurance Agent,
Scotland Neck, N. C.
1 PARKER'S
igy'frgd HAIR BALSAM
i V-at fc'.i Tfils to Bestore Cray'
-v , V-r s'3-Viii- to its Yeu-.thf-il- Color.
the word "friend" lightly; its real
true, deeper meaning is forgotten
and the acquaintance of an hour or
the chance comer is designated by
the term which in itself bears a
wealth of meaning. Your friend is
the one who appreciates you your
faults as well as your virtues who
understands and sympathizes with
your defeats and victories, your
aims and ideals, your joys and temp
tations, your hopes and disappoint
ments, as no one else does or can.
It is your friend to whom you turn
for counsel, for comfort, for praise;
he may not be as learned as some or
as wise as others, but it suffices that
he understands you, and even his
quiet listening gives strength and re
newed courage' Blessed is the man
or woman into whose life has come
the beauty and power of such friend
ship. Prize it well. Do all in your
power to keep such a friendship un
broken. Avoid the break, for when
it somes it cannot be easily mended,
and the jarring note mass the har
mony symphony. It is not alone a
question of forgiviness; that may be
full and complete. It is the hurt in
the heart that will not readily heal
and the confidence that will not fully
come back! The Pilgrim.
that of the moon. It presents a
smooth surface, across which are
irrpcmlar and peculiar markings. It
r.pvpr seems to cross the sky. hke
renders. We reioice to see the king Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, because
of instruments coming into its own. it is between the earth ana tne sun
I .... . .
For manv vears it has been in the It will rise higher in the sky unti.
hemrl r,f tbe rlevil because of the Dec. 2. and then sink slowly to the
prejudice of good people against its west, and thereafter rise above the
use. Whv is it not lust as consistent sun as a morning star
to tear out the floors of our houses Venus is the planet of love, and
and adont sawdust because ball- there is no sight anywhere that
rooms must have floors? Our col- so starts the tender emotions as that
1 mnmon ara moornif vincr Ibe rf Vfrm3 Rllt if this should not
violin in the music course, and our happen, gazing at the beautiful orb
... . . , ,
eirls are learning to master this for a tew moments taKes one s muu-
delightf ul instrument. It seems a ghts so far from earth that he feels
nitv that a bright girl who has pre- that there is an upper world, indeed,
rerl berself to tilav a violin is 1 and that it is very fair. Umo State
W sva. w m I -
sometimes rudely denied the Journal
rlnaiire she could and would ffive
the congregation by some brother A Crazy Man S Humor.
who has no more music in his sou 1
than a mule has." That is coming Some tine ago a man at Ypsilanti,
"If wishes were horses "
"What's the use? There would be
still o-reater oDDortunities for losing
nnw n iuu seai. fcuo.ee, w imv- .i.i . D . . -
persons who had politely made way j money. "-Montgomery Advertiser
The central committee on census
work appointed by the local authori
ties to draw plans for the taking of
the federal district, has completed
arrangements for making an accur-
U1CU1 ..mm. w I ' J - - d LC CZllIi:Cil; ' i 111- JliHUkVtLUU' -' '
it pretty strong, but our good bro- Mich., became crazed on the subject the cap;tai amj outlying towns an
ai : 4-n -,ioli-fr it bv tbe Vivrmntiom aTid wfls sent on a 1 1 .1 j...
uiw is iuucu k.j , - j i ui j jiivi.o... i anu nas ueciueu lo uuijuuk. ii vmn
.Royal Baking Powder Is the
greatest of time and labor
savers to trie pastry cook.
Economizes flour, butter
and eggs and makes the
food digestible and healthful
Makes most healthful loed
No alum no lime phosphctes
The onlv baking nowder made
from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar
TAKING CENSUS OF MEXICO.
President Diaz and Other Men ct Prom
inence Will Help in VVcrk.
was sent on a j u 4w.;fiP,i nrmoint
reluctant admission that "if the ha- Michigan Central tram to an asyium.
die makes some good brother to off- When the conductor asked for tick-
end no fiddle should de played," for ets the crazy man began telling 01
"harmony is necessary outside as his hypnotic powers.
well as within the choir." Here is "I'll hypnotize you," he said.
a noble soul willing to surrender its "Fire away," replied the conduc-
appeciation of the fiddle rather than tor.
give some oia rooster cause 10 reuei Q man maje several passes be-
A Young Naturalist.
The little hoy was looking at a fly
trap -one of those green, woven
wire, sugar-loaf shaped affairs into
which the flies crawl at the bottom,
and from which, they never find any
way of oseape. It was half full of
the buzzing inserts, and others stil'
were entering.
"I've found out cni' thing al out
Hies, anyhow," he said.
"What U tlrnt. I5. nny?" aaked his
mother.
"I've found that they don't know
e'""" .. - t i;
against this appearance 01 woriui- f , conductor's face.
ness in tne cnurcn. viiynow, uc , . , ,,
w nt n hint, to other "Now you are hypnotized,"
pbnrrmions of the fiddle. He has said.
sowed the seed, as it were, even if fhe conductor looked the part
he does glance asKant at uie cu8 best he could
ot tne crop. ne nas lunicu
fiddle and passed it along to those
who can play it tne siy sinner.
Charlotte Chronicle.
nent persons in every town to take
..i.i t,a ,u!ciiiit r.f I how to talk to each enner.
any names being left off the lists. "How do you know that.
In former years it has been the ex- "1 n't you suppose those ft.es on
perience of census takers that a the msule of that trap know that
large majority of the natives refu,-, they're caught and car ,t get out?
ed to give the names of all the mem-'f oourse they do And if they
bers of their household for fear that ;couM talk tu one another, lon t you
they might be recruited in the army. ; 1'!" (l ic.iuie .., ... .
L, ti iii 4 J onto b- to jro awav and not try to get
The government has decided to . "T-1 v nZn
appoint prominent pers.ns ,s census in? Of course they would, rhey
tlL in order that the actual mini-', -v-uhln't b.? mean enough to want
"You are a conductor." the hypnc-iber of inhabitants of the republic ; their friends to be trappoi just nc-
t oimi v. uiiij'-io-
he
as
a. is. Wk &k f
yUUUU w w w w w w v w w --r
Q
O
O
O
O
O
T'S FURNITURE OR
m IF
m
S tttt m o n o
"
YOU NEED THE
O -
o
...OUR... I
1 GLASSES.!
Scotland Neck furniture Comp'y
Can supply you in Up-to-Date Styles and Lowest Prices.
We have some SPECIAL VALUES in the following :
2-inch Post I5ri?s lseds tuat
m sell for $25.00, our pneo
$19.00
Make All the
World Seem
1 Rl
4
1GH lt--K
o.inoh Post, White Enamel
Beds, worth $15.00, at
$12.50
O
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
tist said.
"That's right," replied the victim.
"You're a good conductor," went
on the hypnotist.
"Right again," said the conductor.
"You don't smoke, drink or swear
V 1 A
at passengers. You are nonest.
You turn in all tickets and money
you collect from passengers. I n fact
you do not steal a cent."
"That's right," asserted the con
ductor.
The hypnotist eyed him a moment,
then said:
"What an awful fix you'd be m if
left you in this condition!" Kan
sas City Star.
Atlantic Waterway More Important
Than Panama.
We Guarantee our FELT MATTRESS at $12.50 equal to any $15.00 felt Mattress, g
Made to Suit
YOUR EYES.
Tucker, Hall & Co.,
The Expert Opticians,
53 Granbv St., Norfolk, Va.
Catalogue on Application.
$23J0r7',SU. $7.00
Rockers and Dining Room Suits at Attractive Prices.
: 7, a a I Fvamine The W. J. Loth Stove Company's Stoves
Doublo (linns Door TQ QQ ExandeCg7s. They are all Guaranteed.
Wardrobe ;.t $J.WV
o
o
o
o
o
The Atlantic Deeper Waterways
movement is Drogressing with an ear
nestness of purpose and intelligence
of zeal that leaves no room for doubt
r,f its final success. It means a
great deal both in a commercial and
a military sense, and m our judge
ment its accomplishment will be
worth very much more to the coun
trv than the auixotical and costly
Panama Canal experiment. Internal
waterways development, conducted
on a errand national scale, will tre
mendously enhance the wealth, hap
piness and power of the people ot
the United States, and put this nat
inn unapproachably ahead of all oth
.V". '
ovnatinns of the earth. Unlike the
Panama experiment, the work is en
tirely feasible, and the money expen-
it will remain in this cour-
UCU VI 1 - - - -
tr in ceaseless reproductive poten
tialitv. Public sentiment is behind
it, and Congress should lose no time
in loosening the national purse
strings in its behalf and support
Petersburg Index-Appeal.
may be secured within a close mar-o-in
of accuracy.
President Diaz will personally take
the census of the block on the north
side of Calle de Cadena, where he
lives; members 01 me camm-i win
perform a similar duty in their re
spective neighborhoods; the arch
bishop of Mexico will take the cen
sus of population in his own quarters
and an effort will be made to have
all prominent citizens accept the ap
pointment for their neighborhoods
generally in order that confidence
may be inspired among the natives
and the figures may be as accurate
as possible.
But in interior Mexico an uphill
task is in store for the authorities,
and the majority is bent upon thwart-
intr the census work, being formed
of illiterate peons and farm laborers
who are still afraid of compulsory.
military service.- Mexican Herald
cause they were,
ion.
Tin- next time o:ie of the children
-:it li cold. :ie jt something that will
p:-oni'lly :md freely but gently move
the how i !s. In that way the cold will
;it on-'f he driven out of the system.
Kennedy".-: laxative Cough Syrup
moves the LoweN j.iointly and freely,
yet gently, and the same time heals ir
ritation and .-top- the cough. It is '-pi-eially
good fur children. Sold by I.
T. Whitehead ..
"P.e patient, old man Remember
Job."
"Job he hanged -he never had to
hear a taunting feminine voice say,
'The line is busy.' "Montgomery
Advertiser.
A sprained ankle will usually disable
the injured person tor three or tour
weeks. This is due to lack ot proper
treatment. When Chamherlain's Lin
iment is applied rt cure may bet (1 ctcd
in throe or four days. Thi liniment i
one of the best and nio.-t remarkable
preparations in use. Sold by P.. 1.
Whitehead Co.
"The motto of our party is,
the rascals out!'
"Well, I guess your party
turned out more rascals than
other."- Cleveland Leader.
Turn
has
any
Here is Relief lor Women.
If you have pains in the back, urina
ry. Madder or kidney trouble, and
want aeeitiin, pVa-ant herb cure for
woman's ills, try Mother Cray's Aus-tialian-l.e:;l.
It is a safe and never
failing regulator. At druggists or by
mail "o ct -. Sample package H;i I .
AiMr. ss, The Mother (lia 1eUoy,
New York.
Farmer Smallseed Listen to this,
Llviry. This paper says that they
have found in It.i'.ian prisons the pet
rified remains of some of the pris
oners.
His Wife - Do tell! Them
be them hardened criminals we hear
about.- - Harper's Weekly.
mus
o
o
HOLltSTER-3
Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets
A Easy H6dioiaa for Busy Peoplo.
Ericga Golden Health and fienewed Vigor.
A, s,?T-mc for Constipation, Indigestion, Live
'"'ue7 Troubles, l'imr.les. Eczema, Impure
' ' ''7. Breath, Klurji'jh Bowels, Headache
-;.nf ki-orm. It's Rocky Mountain Tea in teb-
'-'i-iii, 35 cwits a box. Genuine made by
Sl' duster Drug Company, Madison, Wis
COLDtN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE
Our Couches, Book Cases, and Floor Coverings cannot be
excelled for the price. In fact we have everything for the home g
at Lowest Prices. All Suits reduced 1 0 per cent.
Yours for business,
o
o
o
o
o
Sc
otland Neck Furniture Comp'y
a
o
D THE HOME OUTFITTERS.
00000000000000000000000000000000000
Big Trees in Mexico
A cypress tree near Oaxaca, Mex
ico, is believed to be the largest in
circumference of any in the world.
It measures 104 feet around the
trunk at a height of 130 feet, and 27
people holding hands can just reacn
around it.
The tree has stood for many cen
nart of its trunk has com-
l,UlIV,-, " X -
menced to decay from sheer old gge.
One person of a statistical turn oi
mind has estimated that the tree
and its branches must weign some-
i:w i fon tons. Wild wonu
tiling jin-c -i,""-
Magazine.
Health depends, as nature shows,
More on the interior than most sup
pose. Keep your system from impurities free,
By using Hollister's Rocky Mountain
Tea.
E. T. Whitehead Co.
Woman's Friend
Nearly all women suffer at times from female
ailments. Some women Buffer more acutely and
more constantly than others. But whether you have
. . - ft A 1
little pain or whetner you suner intensely, you
should take Wine of Cardm and get reliei.
Cardui is a safe, natural medicine, for women,
prepared scientifically from harmless vegetable in
gredients. It acts easily on the female organs and
gives strength and tone to the whole system.
JAKE E All o) u
J 3a
The Woman's Tonic
Hfv VomftWallaeo. of Sansrer.' Tex., tried Cardui. She writes:
i"Cardui'has done more for me than I can describe. Last spring I
txraa 5ilrpn -critb female inflammation and consulted a doctor, but to
Sno avail, so I took Cardui, and inside of three day.:, was able to do
my housework. Since men my irouuie nas ncci- le.mut-u. ij xu
AT ALL DRUG STORES
i