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Good Advertisers LOMMONWK A I ,TH U-fP is to Lt piopeiimg Mi! to. Use then? columns for resua. An iuKviiijoiiunt in this paper will re-.u li a good class of people. 0 'Excelsior" is Our Jlotto. Subscription Price $1.00 Per Year. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1909. NUMBER 51, Ian ar3 luade Miserable drier Trouble t . .4 uv.ou tlie mind, . -p.-inbilion; beauty, . ;;;or i.'.id cheerful nc:;s soon disappeai v. tkekidiieysar.. cwK of order or dis- Kiilnoy trouble hap becor.io so prevalent t'i'it it is not uncom mon for a child to be K-rn cfnicted with v. ..ak kidneys. If the ., :i. if the urine scalds i tho cliild reaches an 1 c al to to control the '.i. tcd with bed-vct-. thee huso of thedifH suUW. and the first .!s tiic treatment of This unpteesant . -.-:-.?ed condition of ','u'i'T and not to a ': suppose. :.-.n are made miser 1 bladder trouble, . :m'.o great remedy. immediate effect of or. realized. It is sold tv- -a ?, i.vr all 2ggg$Hg - il.u.a n! S'.vainp-Ront. "i" the thousands of testi r.ived from eufferers ..imp-Ivoot to be just the '. In writing Dr. Kilmer '.t "., N. Y., be sure and ; ". Don't make any r. !! - inber the name. Dr. :.-.-Rcot, and the address, Y., on every bottle. liiTCHIN, ii:xi-:v at Law, ;c.)tl;ind Xeck, X. C. Ay v where. r N and Surgeon,, X. C. d Neck, TV not Street. . LiVERMGN, DHXTIST. i.i v- stnirs in White head Building. .-- .:; - from 9 to 1 o'clock "-.id 2 to ) o'clock. ,;:;) L TRAVIS, f.v and Counselor at Law, TTjlifax, X. C. T. v..ed on Farm Lands CHRISTMAS. LONG AGO. It was long ago that the angels sang To shepherds who watched their folds, And Lhe lowiy hills of Judea rang With songs that are never old. , When they told of a Saviour born that day In the town of Bethlehem, Of the manger bed where the Christ-child lay, Who came as the Lord cf men. And the mighty dome of the vaulted sky Their rapturous songs did fill, As they sang of giory to God on high, And to all on earth good will. Then the wise men came with their strange, glad news, Like guests to a royal feast, Saying, "Where is He, the King of the Jews, Whose star we saw in the east?" By its radiant light divinely led, They brought Him offerings meet; And worshipped Him then in His manger bed With their gold and incense sweet. They gave Him the gifts of loving hearts, And the gifts of loving hands; They had labored to gain in distant marts, And brought from their native lands. CHRISTMAS NOW. In The quiet hush of this Christmas night, The song of the angel band Seems wafted down on ths tremulous light, That shines from the heavenly land. As we join our notes to the angels' strains, They sang in the "Long Ago:" As the songs, which rang o'er Judea's plains, Ring now as they did before. Let us bury our strifes in love to God, And let peace our bosoms fill, And giving ourselves to the blessed Lord, To each other give good will. As the wise men brought to the infant King Their gifts with their prayers and praise, Let us our richest offerings bring With the songs of love we raisj. As hungry, as needy, as sick, as poor, Or stranger in sorest need, He is not on earth as in days of yore, How then can we do this deed? There are men and women in want tonight, And children who cry for bread. There are homes where is neither warmth nor light, And hearts that are filled with dread. In His name let us seek each needy one, And to them His offerings bring; For such deeds of love to His poor thus done Are done unto Christ our King. So, during the whole of the Christmas-tide, With His love we shall be blest, And ent'ring our homes, lie will there abide Forever a loving guest. -Rev. E. A. Wingard, D. D. NO STAR TO GUIDE. The Possibility That Escaped the Wo men of Bethlehem. A Christmas Vampire. JOSEY, l Insurance Agent, N. C. .1 -v 1 "PA INKER'S ; arj.l foantiiirt the bait. Id y.t Youthful Color. . r. .'. ;- i-'.'r iv.Kisz- ' " Pi; I "V as CHRISTMAS :!'A'TS changed af lic holidays to suit w (';: ;r at no extra Raising Gourds lor Pipes. Uncle Sam is sending out a circu lar to show farmers how they can raise gourds 'and make pipes for smokers at a profit. The gourds do not grow as rapidly as the gourds of ancient times, but it is claimed that they can be produced in almost any part of this country from seed that is supplied by the government, with the directions for planting and for making pipes. The fad comes from South Africa, where the gourd is called the calabash. Boers made pipes of the gourds for many years, but the world took little notice until after the Boer war when the English began to import them. Later the demand spread to the United States, and now there is i large market for the pipes at $8 to $12 each, according to the circular of the department of agriculture. The Boers tried to monopolize the seed of the gourd, but a large sup ply has been secured, and there is nrospect that the crop will become general. It is claimed that the rourd pipes color like meerschaum and are highly appreciated by smokers. As no two gourds .are ex actly alike, each smoker has a pipe of special pattern, and as the sizes vary so much the work of preparing them is done by hand instead of ma chinery. Worcester Telegram. The Christmas of Charity and Kindness. T (juF?eed. : ? Hal! & Co., t Expert Opticians, nW St., Norfolk, Va. on Application. 'mm TO ' - ',',4. aw !nd af 'juildinq ? Send : c tiu;;ainq maieriaU. sash, -.': f.i r !-. jrt. man!t!s. paints, qas : !.-x::-es it. ill 9 r .ountain Tea Nuggets i Kedicine for Eaby People, j.iiiloa Roalt'a and Eanewed Vigor. :. ', i r Constinat ion, In'tiRestlon, Live i , ',' 'i'l'oablfex Ilmples. Eczema, Impure . '. : 1 liK-rtth. S'luf'sh RowpIs, Iealacho , ,"; ' u;-. It's llo!k'y fountain Tea in tab- , " ' :-nt a box. Ocnniws mads by rr ."'"" "u''(i Company, tiailiaun, Wis J-DhN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE This is the trade mark which is found on every bottle of the genuine Scott's Emulsion the standard Cod Liver Oil preparation of the world. Nothing equals it to build up the weak and wasted bodies of young and old. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS Send ,0c, nam. of pap and thUad beautiful Savings " ." " bank contains a our Sketch-Book. Each Good Luck Fenny. SCOTT & BOWNE. 409 Pearl St.. N. Y. The smile of Christmas is on the faces of thousands who are planning pleasant surprises and making gifts for their loved ones. It lightens up the household and puts the commun ity in a better humor. The shops are in their holiday garb, and the red and green of the season are fes tooned around the whole city. For the prosperous and those in good cir cumstances Christmas is the most joyous time of all the year. But to the very poor, to the idle, the unfor tunate, the penniless, the gayety all around them only increase by con trast their sense of poverty and misfortune. Can't you do something to help those less fortunate than yourself? Can't you bring the Christmas smile to some sad face? The tendency with most of us is to confine our holiday efforts to our own familiesand friends with "a word of strife shut out, a world of love shut in." But our activities should be broader than this. We would enjoy our own good things more, would increase the pleasure of our possessions by sharing them with the poor and needy. That slender mother who is working hard day and night to support her little children, would appreciate more than words can tell noc only food and confections, but the" visit that shows her that there are still friends '.left in the world. That old man, bent with the weight of years and suffering, would treasure the small est gift that showed that there were still kind hearts around him. The little children who have no Santa Claus to bestow his bounty upon them will laugh and clap their hands in glee when some Lady Bountiful comes laden with wonderful toys and sweets. Charity and kindness give a sig nificance to Christmas that it lacks for the selfish and thoughtless. Com fort for the sick, aid for the poor cheer for the downcast, joy for the children you can give them all and they will return to you increased manv fold in the enhanced enjoy ment of a holiday that is rich in good deeds. Baltimore Sun. The child born in the stable of Bathlehem, "because there was no room for them in the inn," was her aled by angels to the shepherds and by a starlto the wise men; but no voice told the mothers of Bethlehem of the wonder which was happening in their town that night. Suppose some gentle woman, had met Joseph and Mary on that Won derful Day, as they entered the town, and had said to them: "Our streets are full of homeless stran&er. Come you and abide with me!" By that simple act of hospitality, her name would have been written high, high among the names of earth's happiest folk. "Blessed is she," we should have cried, "to whose home the Christmas joy first came!" But the women of the Judean town did not know to throw wide their doors and bring in the world's gratitude and love, says the Youth's Companion. So the Child was laid in a manger, and oblivation holds the names of all the women in Bethlehem who slept that night beneatht he wings of won dering angels. Had they but known! Year by year, for 19 centuries the story of the night at Bethlehem has been told and retold. To-day no household in Christendom, in town or village or on distant prairie can plead the ignorance in which Bethle hem then lay. If the door is shut on the Christ-child to-day, it is not from lack of knowledge, but from churl ishness or indifference. The Christmas spirit speaks in many voices. The sprig of holly or the plum pudding, the tree laden with gifts or the cheer for the lone ly these are all the world's way of saying to the Mother and the Holy Child, -Abide with us!" Barred out alike from cottage and palace and inn in Palestine, the Hope of the World renews his appeal each Christmas-tide to our modern Chris tian world. Bv the very pathos of the first Christmas, the heart is sof tened and prepared to give him wel come. To-day there is no heralding angel or guiding star. No ear may hear His coming, Rut in this world of sin. Where meek souls will receive Him still, The dear Christ enters in. A fool there was, and he made a gift (Even as you or I.) He bought it with taste and care and thrift (For a lady hia friends thonght rather swift) And when he gave it, the lady sniffed, (Even as you or I. Oh, the judgement and taste and time we waste On the gifts at Christmastide; Which we give to the lady who isn't pleased (And now we know she could never be pleased And never be satisfied.) A fool there was, and he gave his cheque (Even as you or I) For a necklace of pearls without a fleck (And it didn't the least suit the lady's neck) And she never thanked him a single speck! (Even as you or I.) Oh, the chink we lose and the think we lose, On the things we buywith pride, To give to the lady who never is pleased (And now we know she can never b-i pleased And never be satisfied.) The fool wa fleeced to his last red cent. (Even as you or I.) She threw him aside, when his goW was spent, (And noboby cared where the lady went.) And the fool gave way to loud lament (Even as you or I.) And it wasn't the loss, and it wasn't the dross. The reason that same fool cried; It was coming to know that she never was pleased (Seeing at last she could never be pleased And never be satisfiee.) Carolyn Wells, in Smart Set. (Rp Makes "w the most nutritions L food and the most dainty and delicious f Absolutely Piti& y J X No fretting over the biscuit Ml V dL making. Royal is first J aid to many a V cook's success ytJmK Didn't Know What He Had. The Frying Pan. For several years there has been war waged against the frying pan as the cause of all diseases of body and cantankerous conditions of mind pre valent amongst the sons of men. From the time when the first frying pan was brought from Virginia by the first settlers of this country up to a recent date, there was no appen dicitis, no pellagra, no nervous going to pieces, no sallow, grunting dys peptics going around in a miserable condition. It was men fed from the frying nan that fought at King's Mountain, Cowpens and Yorktown. The Pres idents that did things in the first half century of the country's history took their game, pork, beef and fish as they came hot and juicy from the rving pan. Shall the country give up fried chicken, fried fish, light puffy fritters and melting pancakes, just because a few people, who never saw a real frying pan, are preaching against it? Spartanburg Journal. There are a great many people in the world who do not appreciate what they have but are always look ing for something they deem better that belongs to somebody else. Things far away attract them but they have no eyes for the beautiful already in their possession. This was never better illustrated than in the following item in the last issue of the Burnesville (Yancey county) Eagle. "A friend came into our office the other day and asked us to write an advertisement for him for the sale of his farm. When we read the no ticetohimhe said: "Read that a- .. . i j i i gain. Alter a seconu reaumg n said. "I believe I'll not sell; I've been looking for a place like that all mv life and didn't know until now that I already had it." We already have most of the bless ings of life thaare good for us, or we need only to stretch out our hands and reach them, but our eyes are so strained to catch the vision of some far-off objct that we lose the blessing that is at hand. The lesson in this Yancey county incident ought to be learned and to be helpful to all. News and Observer. The symptoms of kidney trouble are urinary disorders, weak back and back ache, rheumatism and rheumatic pain and twinges, pains in the groin, etc There is nothing as good for kidney and bladder trouble as De Witt's Kid tipv and liladder Pills. You may de pend upon them to give entire sat isfac tian. They are antiseptic, act promptly and soothe pain. Sold by E. T. White head Company. "Your boy i3 in college, isn't he?" "Yes." " "What business or profession will he follow when he leaves college?" "Crippled beggar on a street cor ner, I believe, will be the only thing! he'll be fitted for; he's on the foot ball team." Houston Post. Foley's Honey and Tar is the best and remedv for children. A. naiuov vv.'ft-- the first symptoms of a cold, give as directed, and ward off danger of croup, bronchitis, sore throat, cold in the head, and stuffy breathing. It brings comfort and ease to the little ones. Contains no opiates or other harmful drus. Keep always on band, and ire- fuse substitutes. Sold by all Druggistst Emplover What we want is a night watchman that watches some body who can sleep with one 'eye open and both ears, and wno is not afraid to tackle anything, bee: Anrliant T see. boss: I'll send me wife round. Alty Sloper's. Alone inTawm at Midnight unmindful of dairpnees, drafts storm or cold, W. J. Atkins worked as night watchman, at Banner Springs, Tenn. Such exposure gave him a severe cold that settled on hi3 lungs. At last he had to give up work. He tried many remedies but all failed till he used Dr. King's New Discovery. "After using one bottle" he writes, '"I went back to work as well as ever." Severe colds, stubborn coughs, inflamed throats and sore lungs, hemorrhages, croup and whooping cough get quick relief and prompt cure from this glorious medi cine. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free, guaranteed by E. T. Whitehead Co. "Don't you think my poetry re sembles Tennvson's?" said the con fident young writer. "It does," answered Miss Cayenne; in the capitalization and the ar rangement of lines into varying lengths." Washington Star. A Creed. To be earnest; to be strong; b make light the way with song; Slow to anger; quick to praise; Walking steadfast through the days, irm of purpose, sure of soul, ressing onward to the goal, Upright, even, undismayed, Sure, serene, and unafraid. To be patient; to be kind; b be purposeful, and hud Sweetness all along the way; oathe to judge, but firm to say Fruth with unrelenting tongue By nocavil veered or swung 'rom the right; and to endure lopeful, helpful, clean, and pure. To be gentle; to forgive; True to life and glad to live; To be watchful and to be lich with boundless charity; To be humble in success. Stroner of heart in bitterness, Tender, gracious thoughtful, good In our man-and-womanhoou. To be smiling; to be glad For the yesterdays we ve hai; To be grateful all the way For the beauties of today; To be hopeful and to see In the days that are to bo, Bicrerer. better, broader things. Robes of purple, crowns ot kings A Chinese Juke. There was a man in Ch'angan who was very fond of giving dinners, but the food given was atrocious. One day a gue.t threw himself on his knees in front of this gentleman and said, "Am I not a friend of yours?" "You are indeed," replied Ids host. "Then 1 must ask of you a favor," "Well what is it?" inquired his host in astonishment. "Never to invite nie to dinner any more!" cried the guest, at which the whole party burst into a loud roar of laughter. North China Herald. Cleanliness is the first law of health, inside as well as outside. I't Holli-- ter's Koeky Mountain Tea !' yi-nr in ternal eleanser, then your organs will be pure and elean, your health good, your system right. Start tonight. I'.. r. Whitehead Co. A sprained ankle will usually disable the injured ierson for 1 1 1 r or four weeks. Thi i due to lark of proper treatiii nt. When Chanilx ilain's Lin iment is applied a elite may be elli eted in three or lour days. ThN liniment i one of t he hi st ami )iiot leiuai kaUe preparations in u-e. Sold by 1. T. Whitehead Co. Hubby And what looks more awkward than to see a woman .stej- j ping of! a street car? , Wifey I can tell you. ; Hubby-What? I Wifey - Why, a man washing ' dishes. Philadelphia Bulletin. a.l- ea ll tf von are -lillering from li!iotiiie eon-tipat ion. indigestion, ehnniie l aelie, in(-t one eerit III a Nwtil S'-lld to ( hai ibell.lill MedieilH-Co., I e Moines. Iowa, with vmir name and ad-dres-s plainly on the l.i. k, and they will foiward a tiee srinple of Chamber lain's Stomaeb and Liver Tablets. Sold bv K. T. Whitehead Co. The eruptions of Vesuvius greatly increases the fertility of the ground in the vicinity. The Ladies Aid Society of the Presbvterian church will have a sale of fancy work and serve refresh-. A young girl, alone and very beau- men ts in the hotel building on Thurs- j tiful, came out of the Park street day, afternoon and night Dec. 9th. J subway station the other day while The public is cordially invited. ' ! it was raining. After she had stood . ! a few momenta looking anxiously at i 1 th mm a voiiuir man came up ana .said, "Can't I offer you my umbrel- h in esc rt?" "Do cigars ever contain rope "No. That's just a pleasantry of the pokemakers. As a matt.-r of fact, hemp is too expensive to put in the cheaper brands of cigars." Lon don Mail. "I thank you," said the girl; "I will take the umbrella," which she did. -Boston Record. Many persons find themselves affect ed with a persistent cough after an at tack of influenza. As this cough fan be promptly cured by the use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, it should not be allowed to run on until it becomes troublesome. Sold by E. T. Whitehead Co. 14 The first thing for a'man to do to gain a woman's trust is not to merit it. New York Press. Rich Men's Gifts are Poor beside this. I wnt to go on record as saying that I regard Electric Bit ters as one of the greatest gifts that God has made to woman, writes Mrs. O. Rhinevault, of Vestal Centre, N. Y., "I can never fo'get what it has done for me. " This glorious medicine gives a woman buoyant spirits, vigor of body and jubilant health. It quickly ; cures Nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, headache, backache, fainting and dizzy spells; soon build up the weak ailing and sickly. Try them. 50c. at E. T. Whitehead Co's. Get Wei If you are sick, you wish to Ret well, don't you? Of course you do. You wish to be rid of the pain and misery, and he happy again. If your illness is caused by female trouble, you can quickly get the right remedy to get well. It s Cardui. This great medicine, for women, has re lieved or cured thousands of ladies, suffering like you from some female trouble. E CRM 1 If J rLnityA 4m sWW M Fop Women's Ills J Mrs. Fannie Ellis, of Foster, Ark., suffered a-ony for seven vaqtq T?Pd her letter about Cardui. She writes: "I was sick for JW i seven years with female trouble. Every month I would. very nearly with mv head and back. I took 12 bottles of Cardui and was cured. Cardui is a God-send to suffering women. lry it AT ALL DRUG STOKES
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