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VOL. XXVI.
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1910.
NUMBER 35.
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Imzi as Weil as Rsn m filada Mis
6y Kidney and Bladder Trouble.
Kivlncy trouble preys upon the mind,,
:isccn:ragesandlessonsambition; beauty,
vigor ana clieeriul
ness pooh disappecr
when the kidneys aro
out of order or dis
eased. Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncom
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidnevs. Tftti
vhild urinates toooften, if the urine scald-;
t!it- iiesh, or jf, when the child reaches an
rcre when it should be able to control the
; .vsnge. it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-:
:ru. depend upon it, the cause of thediffi
.ilty is kidney trouble, and the first
:; p should be towards the treatment of
'.-.so important organs. This unpleasant
trout 'le is due to a diseased condition cf
he sidneys and bladder and not to a
Ita':"'t as most people suppose.
Yv'ot'ieu as well as men are made miser-.-vMe
v ith kidney and bladder trouble,
an 1 bvh need the same great remedy,
fae r.:ild and the immediate effect of
5warr p- Root is soon realized. It is sold
'ov druggists, in fift--
Ce;:t and one-dollar ggESSl
,:.:e bottles. You may 1s:i!e":2S
have a sample bottle ? ESSEEiaiSSirrsi21
h- nail free, also ag
'bout Swamp-Root, Home ofimp-Root.
including many of the thousands of testi
monial letters received from sufferers
v ho found Swamp-Root to be just the
remedy needed. In writing Dr. Kilmer
ec Co., Linghamton, N. Y.,"be sure and
riernion this paper. Don't make any
n:i?:ake. but remember the name, Dr.
Kihr.ur's Swamp-Root, and the address,
juinsaanitoa, :n. ., on every bottle.
jt PAUL MTCMN,
Attorney at Law,
Scotland Xeck, X. C.
Practices Anvwhere.
jj)R5. SMITH & WIMBERLEY,
Physicians and Surgeons,
Scotland Neck, X. C.
Oiiice on Dt-not Street.
)R. A. C. LiVERMCN,
DEXTIST.
0:lice up stairs in White
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O.ce Ii.mrs from 9 to 1 o'clock
i 2 to 5 o'clock.
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F. A. RIFF,
OITICIAN
Scotland Neck, N. C.
Eyes examined free. Broken
lenses matched and frames repaired.
All glasses strictly cash.
QR. R. L. SAVAGE
OF ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
Will be in Scotland Neck, N. C, on
the third Wednesday of each month
at the hotel to treat the diseases of
the Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat, and fit
glasses.
. A. DUNN.
Scotland Neck, N. C.
R. C. DUNN,
Enfield, N. C.
Attorneys at Law
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NEWS FROM THE COUNTY CAPITOL.
Happenings in and Around Halifax
During The Week.
Halifax, N.C, Aug. 30 Dr.Thos.
F. Jarrette, of Jarrettes, Va., was a
welcome visitor here a few days ago
Dr. Jarrette lived here some years
ago, and is always a welcome visitor
here. "
Mr. and Mrs. J. II . Fenner have
been spending several days in and
around Norfolk.
Mrs. D. M. Fields and children, of
Washington, N. C, spent some days
here recently with Mrs. C. H. Hale.
Mr. B. A. Mabry passed through
here one day last week on his way
back to Norfolk. Mr. Mabry had
been up in the mountains of Virginia,
where he had been for some time
with his family.
Miss Dilsy Terrall, of Nashville,
spent last week very pleasantly here
with the Misses Butts.
Mrs. L. C. Ousby and Miss Rebe,
went down to Shelmerdine, last week
to visit for several days Mrs. George
Cole.
Mr. Ray Parker, of Woodland, is
here this week to see his aunt, Mrs.
T. O. Vaughan.
Messrs. John House and Will
Smith, of Roanoke Rapids, were
here Sunday to see friends.
Mr. R. E. L. Reid, of Norfolk, who
holds an important position with the
Coast Line, visited his sister, Mrs. J.
F. Twisdale, west of town last week.
Mrs. Oscar Hearne and children,
with her mother, Mrs. Jerry Batts,
of Whitakers, spent Saturday and
Sunday here with Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Batts.
Miss Selma Twisdale, of Spring
Hill, is this week visiting her cousin,
Miss Bessie Twisdale.
Miss Mana Brown, of Weldon, was
here Sunday to see her sisters, Mrs.
W. F. Copped ge.
Mrs. E. J. Brown left Monday for
Washington to see her sister, Mrs.
H. J. Carraway.
Mr. John C. Livesay, of Rocky
Mount, spent several days recently
with his people here.
- Mrs. Saai. Ruth and Miss Stella
Dickens, of Weldon, have been
spending some days with Mrs. Wal
ter Stephenson.
Masters Edwin and Julian Cop
pedge are this weeknear Scotland
Neck visiting Mrs. Dolph Staten.
Mrs. J. L. Weller and children,
who have been spending some days
in Richmond, have returned home.
The following have been visiting
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Twisdale, who live west of town:
Misses Lillie Culabrie, of Rocky
Mount, and Leseie Abrams, of Nash
ville; Messrs. Bennie Rose, George
Abrams and Albert Abrams, of
Nashville.
Mr. H. B. Furgerson, Jr., left this
week for the University to enter
school again.
Mrs. W. N. Hutt, of Raleigh, has
been spending some days at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Durham,
"Cedarhurst Farm," this week.
Mrs. J. T. Gregory left last Satur
day for Baltimore, where she will
spend some little time with her son,
Mr. John Gregory, Jr. Mr. Grego
ry has an important position there
with a large concern and is doing
well.
Mr. Robert Ransom returned a
few days ago from a trip up in the
mountains. He reports a nice' time
and says the growing crop looks
mighty fine.
In a very one-sided game of ball
here last Friday, the contestants be
ing Pea-Hill and Halifax, the home
boys came out victors.
Information comes to Halifax that
two Halifax boys in far-away China
are making their mark. . Messrs.
Quinton and Arthur Gregory, who
are in the employ of The American
Tobacco Company, are really making
good in that country. We are in
formed that Mr. Quinton Gregory,
who has spent three years there be
fore going this time, has a double
raise in salary; and Arthur has made
a trip for the company that they
have never been able to get another
to make. Watch our boys, and girls,
too. They make good when the op
portunity presents itself.
W. F. Coppedge.
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Try it in a little cold milk or
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ALL DRUGGISTS
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AN IMPORTHNT MEETING.
THe Teachers' County Institute and
Association.
The writer hopes that it is not too
late to say a few words through The
CoMMONWeALTH about the Halifax
County Colored Teachers' Institute
and Association.
The Institute was held in the hos
pitable town of Weldon, August, 1st,
to 12th, 1910. The daily sessions
were held in the commodious graded
school building for the colored peo
ple. A large number of teachers at
tended each session, and seventy-nine
were enrolled.
The Institute was held under the
supervision of State and County Su
perintendents of Public Instruction,
J. Y. Joyner and A. S. Harrison.
The personal management, however,
was in the hands of Prof. John W.
Byrd, of Smithfield, N. C. Prof.
Byrd made an indelible impression
for good upon the memory of all the
teachers present. The good he has
done is ineffable. We, the the teach
ers, consider it quite an honor to us
to have one of our own race sent
among us to conduct our Institutes.
Prof. Byrd was easily the master
of the arduous task. He is affable,
practicle, proficient, inventive, and
"perfectly at home" among teachers.
The exercises consisted chiefly of
lectures and blackboard illustrations
relative to the primary work, of the
teacher in his or her school. Much
emphasis was put upon the necessity
of thorough acquaintance with the
subject to be taught, and drilled on
the part of the student.
Aside from the subjects of text
books, the question of good citizen
ship, the right kind of education,
good morals, industrial habits, clean
liness, politeness, love of service, and
many other elements that enter into
the best development of man, were
given considerable lattitude. The
Institute was decidedly a success.
On the 9th, several of the teachers
rendered a choice literary program
before an appreciative audience at
the First Baptist Church. Pcrf . Byrd
intensified the occasion with a strong,
timely and persuasive lecture.
Not only was the Institute instruct
ive; it was encouraging and invigo
rating. It is well to say that the
teachers returned to their work much
stronger and more able to teach than
before attending the lectures.
.Prof. P. W. Moor, principal of
the State Normal School at Elizabeth
City, and Prof. Jordon, of Kittrel
College, visited the Institute and
gave us some timely expressions.
Before the Institute closed the
teachers organized themselves into a
County Teachers' Association which
will meet three times a year.
The annual officers are: Presi
dent, Mr. C. P. Anthony, of Weldon;
first vice-president, Mrs. Fannie
Hunter, of Enfield; second vice-president,
Mr. L. C. Batchlor, of Heaths
ville; recording secretary, Geo. M.
James, of Scotland Neck; assistant
secretary, Miss Frankie B. Myrick,
of Ringwood; Treasurer, Miss Dollie
Johnson, of Halifax.
Executive Board C. P. Anthony,
G. M. James, L. C. Batchlor, Miss
Mattie B. Watson, F. W. Pullen, M.
W. Williams, Jr., Thad Johnson,
Miss Aurelia Harris and Mrs. Carrie
Powell.
The first session of the Association
will be at Enfield, Friday, Septem
ber, 9th, 1910, at 10 o'clock a. m.
The session will be held in the colored
graded school building. Every teach
er is required to pay ten cents for
the expenses of the Association.
Prompt attendance on the part of
each teacher is considered compulsory-
The Association adopted as its or
gan of communication The Durham
Reformer. The object of the Asso
ciation is the betterment of the
moral and intellectual life of our
people in general, and to maintain
oneness of effort among ourselves,
and to be abreast with the best
methods and means of public in
struction from time to time.
Friends who are interested in the
general education of the masses are
hereby invited to meet with the As
sociation. The teachers urgently re
quest and solicit the presence and as
sistance of Dr. A. S. Harrison, the
County Superintendent of Schools.
Respectfully submitted,
Geo. M. James,
Scotland Neck N. C.
In New York. "I'm at a loss
where to take my country cousin to
night." "He's strict, I s'pose?"
"Very. And I don't know whether
he'd prefer preaching in a theatre or
vaudeville in a church." Washing
ton Herald.
COTTON CROP PROMISING.
Conditions Good Except in Texas and
Georgia.
Memphis, Tenn., August21. Sum
mary of cotton crop conditions will
be published by the Commercial Ap
peal tomorrow as follows:
"Unfavorable reports come from
Texas and northern and central
Georgia, Elsewhere, with local ex
ceptions the crop is now in the best
state of promise of the season. The
August movement has been heavy
and the plant is thrifty and growing.
In Oklahoma, with an average of
late frost, the largest crop within
a number of years wi'l be harvest
ed. "No shedding is reported except
in the dry districts as above. The
bolls on the plant are still young and
continued favorable weather is need
ed for their proper development,
while the general lateness of the
plant in the matter of growth makes
a late frost very desirable. With
such a frost assured the gennral crop
prospects will be favorable.
"Telegraphic reports up to Sunday
night show that Texas has had a
general rainfall during the week and
that deterioration of the crop has
been checked even a limi ted and scat
terred territory comprised mainly of
the lower Panhandle and northern
and extreme western central Texas.
The heavy movement ia the South
and Southwest is the result of rapid
and premature opening of bolls.
"The crop is now nearly matured.
"Boll weevils have destroyed con
siderable cotton in Louisiana and
southern Mississippi, but elsewhere
have not been an important factor
with the crop."
Double Your Business
Sunlight.
Let In the
Suppose you knew a n an who kept
his shades drawn tight i ll day and
burned kerosene instead of letting in
the sunlight.
Suppose you knew a man toiling
along a dusty road who would not
accept a lift when tht-io was plenty
of room in the wagon.
Suppose you knew a miller with
his mill built beside a swift-running
stream who insisted of turning the
machinery bv hand.
All foolish, you say? And yet look
around you how few retailers take
advantage of the great advertising
campaigns run by food, textile cloth
and every other manufacturing line
that you can name!
Think a moment! What was the
last advertisement you read and
wondered just which store in town
would be progressive enough to have
the goods in stock so you could see
them and purchase?
More goods are sold under the
evening lamp at home than you
dream of.
Practically every live retailer ad
vertises in his local papers. But
how?
Put up your lightning-rod! Let
your customers know that you can
deliver to them the goods which great
advertssing, paid for by manufactu
rers, has interested them in.
They will get the habit and you
will get the business.
Practically every manufacturer
stands ready to help you help your
self. Ask them for electrotyper suita
ble to run in your own advertising.
Hook their trademark to your store.
Consumer demands for advertised
goods is now divided broadcast among
all the stores in town.
Use your advertising in local pa
pers to focus this demand upon your
store. And don't forget to send for
those helpful electrotypes.
Read this again, for it means
money to you. Robert Fothingham.
Delays o! the Lsw.
"I understand that you called on
the plaintiff. Is that so?"
"Yes," replied the witness.
"What did he say?"
The attorney for the defense jump
ed to his feet and objected that the
conversation could not be admitted
in evidence. A half hour's argument
followed, and the judges retired to
their private room to consider the
point.
An hour latter they filed into the
courtroom and announced that the
question might be put.
"Weil, what did the plaintiff
say?"
"He weren' athome.sir, "came the
answer.
Sate Medicise For Children.
Foley's Honey and Tar is a safe
and effective medicine for children
as it does not contain opiates or
harmful drugs. Get only the genu
ine Foley's Honey and Tar in the
yellow package. Sold by all Druggists.
BOYS, DON'T PULL FODDER.
One-Third the Value of a Corn Crop
is Lost When This is Bone.
Boys, I "know what I am talking
about," when I affirm that fully ore
third of a corn crop is lost when t .a
stalks are stripped of the blades and
laster the ears and left in the way of
the next crop. In this rough esti
mote I take into consideration the
advantage of getting the stalks off
the land and entirely out of the way.
The Agriculturalist of the Georgia
Gxperiment Station used to say that
he believed it would be sound prac
tice to cut and shock and then shed
the stalks and blades even if not used
for feeding, but only for stable bed
ding. Possibly it is a rather ex
treme statement, but it illustrates
his confidence in the wisdom of the
practice which I fully shared. It's
a great advantage to have the stalks
all out of the way of the peas, out of
the way of the plows and harrows
and grain drill, which should follow
the corn harvest. Even if the old.
dry stalks left in the field after the
harvesting, in the usual way, be cut
up and plowed down they will be of
no advantage to the immediately
succeeding small grain, little t r none
to the next spring's crop, and very
much in the way of the young cot
ton, if cotton shall follow corn. It
takes nigh twelve months for corn
stalks to mould away into unrecog
nizable moulder or dust, and until it
reaches that stage of decomposition
it can be of precious little help in
way to a crop that may be planted
on the land. Col. R. J. Redding, of
Georgia.
Fannie B. Ausbsn.
By request of her husband I write
to The Commonwealth for publica
tion: The death of Fannie B. Ausbon,
daughter of John and Elizabeth
Everett, who was born Sept. 12th,
1853 and departed this life August,
20th, 1910, at 7 o'clock Saturday, p.
m., making her stay on earth 57
years, 11 months and 8 days. She
was united in marriage to Thorn ?s
E. Ausbon, Sept. 12th, 1875. To this
union were born no children. Thus,
the husband is left alone in oM age
with no earthly comfort. Still there
is one who is ever willing to comfort
his little flock. Thine is a blessed
Saviour to whom we may flee in time
of deepest sorrow; one who stands
ready to comfort the poor and affic
ted. I stood by her bed side from 2
o'clock until 4 p. m. she passed
away, she was perfectly conscious,
and talked very bright, asked me if I
had received my Landmark; she told
me that she appreciated my coming
to see her so much; at 4 o'clock I was
fixing to leave she called me back to
her; told me she was going home; I
asked her where was her home; she
replied in Heaven I hope. Her
funeral was conducted in her home
by Mr. W. B. Strickland; she was
laid to rest in the Scotland Neck
Cemetery Sunday p. m. there to
await the Resurrection morn; when
the graves will give up their dead
and justice at last will reign.
Come my dear friends and mourn
with me
In my bereaved estate
I am bereaved as you may see
Of mv dear and loving mate.
A Friend.
Association Organized.
In Tarboro on Tuesday night Aug.
23rd. Edgecombe county anti-tuberculosis
association was organized,
says the Rocky Mount Record. The
meeting of citizens at the city hall
was well attended. Mrs. Hutt, of
Raleigh, and Mrs. Hollowell, of
Goldsboro, made interesting and in
structive addresses. Dr. Phillips
and Rev. W. A. Stanbury addressed
the meeting and impressed upon the
audience the necessity for forming
the anti-tuberculosis association of
Edgecome. Dr. Bass, superintend
ent of health, presided until the fol
lowing officers were elected and in
stalled; J. R. Pender, president;
Claude Wilson, first vice-president;
Dr. James J. Phillips, second vice
president; Dr. S. P. Bass, secretary
and treasurer. The association will
conduct an active campaign against
tuberculosis throughout the county.
Don't use harsh physics. The re
action weakens the bowels, leads to
chronic constipation. Get Doan's
Regulets. They operate easily, tone
the stomach, cure constipation.
"Your baby isn't as pretty as
ours." . . ,
"Maybe not, but it is a this year s
model." Houston Post.
Don't waste your money buying
plasters when you can get a bottle ot
Chamberlain's Liniment for twenty
five cents. A piece of flannel damp
ened with this liniment is superior to
any plaster for lame back, pains in
the side and chest, and much cheap
er. Sold by E. T. Whitehead Co.
A Clean Mm
Outside cleanliness is less than half the battle. A man may
scrub himself a dozen timer, a clay, and still be unclean. Good
health means cleanliness not only outside, but inside. It means
a clean stomach, clean bowels, cL-un Mood, a clean liver, and
new, clean, healthy tissues. The man vlo is clean in this way
will look it and act it. He will work with energy and think
clean, clear, healthy thoughts.
He will never be troubled with liver, lung, stomach or blood
disorders. Dyspepsia and indigestion originate in unclean stom
achs. Blood diseases are found where there is unclean blood.
Consumption and bronchitis mean unclean lungs.
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
prevents these diseases. It makes m man's insides clean
and healthy. It cleans the digestive organs, makes pur,
clean blood, and clean, healthy flesh.
It restores tone to the nervous system, and cures nervous exhaustion and
prostration. It contains no alcohol or habit-forming drugs.
Constipation is the most unclean uncleanliness. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pel
lets cure it. They never gripe. Easy to take as candy.
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