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if . 7 tod Advertising TT COMMONW: Good Advertisers Use these columiw for resulte.' . w m w v i If If II I Is to Business what Steam is to H M Machinery, that great propelling pver. This paper gives results. JL JE1L An advertisement in this paper will reach a good class of people. , C. S1Aii3Y, Editor and Proprietor. 'Excelsior" is Our Motto. Subscription Price $1.00 Per Year. VOL. XXVI. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1910. NUMBER 42. ; t 1 EAh o You Get Up With, a Lame Back? dney Trouble Makes You Miserable. I A Imost everyone knows of Dr. Kilmer's ;r:;ip-K" ot, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy, be cause of its remark- able health restoring L properties. Swamn- Root fulfills almost 1 coming rheumatism, pain in the back, kid- tpN.fl and every part of the urinary passage. It corrects inability to vater and scalding pain in passing it, ! effects following use of liquor, wine r, and overcomes that unpleasant ir; .- it v or Deintr compelled to co often V . the day, r.iid to get up many ..s iunng tne ni&tit. i . -mpRoot is not recommended for ihing but if you have kidney, liver i l!er trouble, it will be found just r -i-.L-av you need, it has been thor- testcd in private practice, and has hvc i so successrui mat a special ar- tuement lias been made by which all icrs of this paper, who have not al ly tried it, may have a sample bottle t i roe oy mail, also a book telling rc ,;nout twamp-K.oot, and how to rf , -"t it vnn nsnrf L-iH. t or bladder trouble. L.:: writing mention Idnig this generous in this paper and ad vour address to 1 - : 1 O. y-A rvllIUCr OC 0.. Horn. lnn.R.,t. lrhamton. N . V. The reTii1nr fift-vrft & one-dollar size bottles are sold by druggists. Don't make anv mistake i remember the name, Swamp-Root, L Kilmer s bwamp-Koot, and the ad tss, Binghamton, K . . , on every bottle. Elliott O. Clark Attorney at Law I 1 1 .1 : l' -. M .u t i : i iiaiuaA, nui in idiuillld. 4. fa'-. llSlfelllilli I PAUL KITCHIN, Attorney at Law, I Scotland Neck, N. C. )actices Anywhere. IS. SMITH & WIMBERLEY, Physicians and Surgeons, " ,:l Scotland Neck, N. C. j Office on Depot Street. r : - 1. fl. C. LIVERMON, Office up stairs in White head Building. hours from 0 to 1 o'clock and 2 to 5 o'clock. ILL H. JOSEY, eneral Insurance Agent, Scotland Neck. N. C. F. A. UIFF, OITICIAN Scotland Neck, N. C. Taps pvnminpH FREE. Broken tises matched and frame3 repaired. I glasses strictly cah. R. R. L. SAVAGE OF ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. ill hp in Scotland Neck. N. C, on e third Wednesday of each month the hotel to treat the diseases oi e Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat, and fit as-;es. A. DUNN. R. C. DUNN. Enfield. N. C. Scotland Neck, rx. C k A. S R. C. DUNN, Attorneys -at law Hand Neck, North Carolina. Practice together in all matters tn railroad Iraciice. Money loaned cn approv- .s.-curitv. More Reasons why you should purchase your glasses of us: 4. Our prices are reasona ble, consistent with the best quality of our goods. 5. Our interest follows you after leaving our store; we keep your glasses adjusted at all times and are pleased to serve you in any wav possible. 6. We grind our lenses on the premises, and can there fore fill your orders quickly and accurately. Tucker, Hall & Co., 53 Granby St., Norfolk, Va. Catalogue on Application. Everything Optical and Photographic, I See COTTON FUTURE CONTRACTS VOID. The Law of North Carolina Permits no Recovery in Such Cases. Edgerton vs. Edgerton, Johnston County, No Error. Walker, J. Judge Walker writes the opinion in the case of Edgerton V. Edgerton a hich arose as to the right to recov er under a contract about cotton. A contract was made between the two parties to this suit for 100 bales of cotton weighing 45,000 pounds, whereby the defendant agreed to sell to the plaintiffs this amount of cot ton, delivery to be made in Septem ber, October, November and Decem ber of this year. The contract was in writing and was signed on the 9th of June, 1910, and the contract specified a price of ten and one-tenth cents per pound. In addition to terms, there was a stipulation that if either party failed to perform the contract then he should forfeit and pay to the other the sum of $500. The defendant refused to carry out the contract and when sued for the sum of $500 alleged that this was a gambling contract, that it was not intended that any cotton should be actually delivered, al though so stated ;n the contract but that the contract should be discharged by the payment of the amount gained by the one or lost by the other, to be determined by the rise or fall of the market price of cotton, the maximum a mount to be paid not to exceed five hundred dollars. Judge Walker in the opinion for the court states that the sole dues tion involved in the case is whether it is a gambling contract and void, or whether it is a valid contract under which there may be a recovery. The opinion states that the form of the contract is not conclusive in deter mining its validity, when it is assailed as being founded upon an illegal consideration and as having been made in contravention of public pol icy. If under the guise of a contract of sale, the real intent of the parties is merely to speculate in the rise or fall of the price and the property is not to be delivered, but only" money is to be paid by the party who loses in the venture, it is a gambling con tract and void. The true test of the validity of a contract for future de livery, is whether it can be settled only in money and in no other way, or whether the party selling can ten der and compel acceptance of the particular commodity sold or the party buying can compel the delivery of the community purchased. The essential inquiry in every case is as tp the necessary effect of the con tract and the real intention of the parties. The question as to whether the parties actually intended to deliyer the cotton or were merely betting on the price of cotton and clothing their bet with a written contract was submitted to the jury and they found that there was no intent on either side to actually sell or buy cotton. The court therefore held that this was essentially a contract of wager and is void without regard to the amount of the stake, or wheth er the amount is certain or uncertain. There can be no recovery for failure to carry out such a contract. "With your kind assistance," said the young man in the parlor scene, "I will now do my great transfor mation act." "So be it," murmured the dear girl. Whereupon the gas was lower ed and the big leather rocker was transformed into a spoonholder. Newark Star. Nature makes the cures after all. Now and then she gets into a tight place and needs helping out. Things get started in the wrong direction. Something is needed to check disease and start the system in the right direction toward health. Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with hypo phosphites can do just this. It strengthens the nerves, feeds famished tis sues, and makes rich blood. FOB SALE BY ALL DETTGGISTS fiend 10c.. name of paper and thtd ad. for our beautiful Savings Bank and Child's Sketch-Book Each bank contain a Good Luck Penny. SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl St. New York mm Yf 1 A GREAT ADDRESS. Hon. Claude Kitcnin at Rockingham Last Friday. As handsome as a picture, with a clear, clarion voice, Congressman Claude Kitchin of the second dis trict talked Democracy at the court house here Friday morning. The hall was comfortably rilled. Mr. Kitchin was introduced by Hon. W. S. Thomas, chairman. The Rocking ham band furnished the "lively airs' for the "love feast." Congressman Kitchin termed his remarks a talk rather than a speech. He is one of the State's strong men and he preaches Democratic doctrine from the ground up. His speech consisted largely in a forcible discus sion of State issues and he compared the records of the two parties in such a manner as to make the Re publican brothers want to go away back and sit down. Their record with the Confederate soldiers, the schools, the asylums, the peniten tiary and wherever they had touched was exposed in all its rotten awk wardness. The Democracy's care of the com monwealth and its attendant bless ings was forcible presented. He told of the coming triumphs of the party in the nation how the people were coming into their own and made Democratic hearts throb as coming events are casting their shadows before them. Republicans are on the run every where. Don't let's let them take root in North Carolina. Republi canism is a sinking ship. Let her sink. Rockingham Post. Conveniently Absent Minded. A subscriber to The Scottish Chief had his feelings hurt by reading some editoral remarks on Mr. Mc Leod, and forthwith gave the editor a piece of his mind, including: "Do me a favor by stopping your paper at once. For I would not allow it in my fowl house any more." If any man wants to call his own home a fowl one, it's none of the editor's buisness. What is his buisness, how ever, is indicated by the three sug gestions to the writer that "if he had thought to have sent the $1.80 he owes the Chief, his letter would have had a better ring." But these neonle who get mad and stop their paper are generally conveniently ab sent minded Charlotte Chronicle. Democratic Textbook. Judging by the number of requests that have reached Democratic head quarters for the Democratic text book for 1910, this publication has found great favor with Democratic workers. Authorities have pro nounced the book to be the best work on the tariff now in print. Those who desire a copy of the textbook should write immediately, before the supply is exhausted, write to Mr. F. F. Garrett, treasurer Nati onal Democratic Congressional Com mute, Washington, D. C. Mr. Church Whew! how it's rain ing. Lend me your umbrella, dear, I've got to run over to the vestry meeting. Mrs Church But why not that umbrella you've been carrying all the week? Mr. Church What! to the vestry meeting? Why, that's where I got it. Catholic Standard and Times. . hnn.duTurz, T MAN7 TO ZNGAQE YOU . -r ' TO C OLLEC OF NORTH v THE EVENT OF THE SEASON. Coburn's Greater Minstrels Will Fill a Spare Date Friday, Oct. 21. ! Without doubt the largest Theat-j rical Company ever seen in Scotland j Neck will appear for one perform- j ance, Friday, Oct. 21st at Madry4s ' Oprea House. The reason for such a large and expensive company appearing in such a small town is that they wish to fill a few dates into Fayetteville for fair week and Southern cities. The same performance as given at Raleigh and Northern cities will be given upon the Madry stage. ' The Raleigh Evening Times, in criticising, has the following to say: "Big applause from a little audi ence greeted Coburn's Greater Min strels at the Academy of Music last evening and the greater part of the applause was well merited. It was a clever performance. "The balcony was well filled on both sides, but down stairs only a handfull of the regulars were pres ent. However, this small crowd was a most enthusiastic one, and the efforts of the singers, dancers, come dians, etc., were received with pro longed applause in every case where the act was deserving of the ap plause. Owing to the fact that for some inexplicable reason the house did not provide its patrons with pro grams, the names of the artists are not known to the writer, but it can be said that the soloists, yodlers, quartette and comic songsters, were exceptionally good, and their work heartily applauded. "The second part of the perform ance, including the novelties and spectacular acts, was on a par with the first part and all in all, it can be said without any fear of contradict ion that Coburn's Greater Minstrels pleased its Raleigh patrons and that a much larger house was deserved." IT GROWS HAIR. Here Are Facts we Want You to Prove at Our Risk. Marvelous as it may seem, Rexall "93" Hair Tonic has grown hair on heads that were once bald. Of course, in none of these cases were the hair roots dead, nor had the scalp taken on a glazed, shiny ap pearance. Rexall "93" Hair Tonic works scientifically, destroying the germs which are usually responsible for baldness. It penetrates to the roots of the ha'r, stimulating and nourish ing them. It is a. most pleasant toilet neccisity, is delicately perfum ed, and will not gum or permanent ly stain the hair. We want you to get a bottle of Rexall "93" Hair Tonic and use it as directed. If it does not relieve scalp irritation, remove dandruff, prevent the hair from falling out and pro mote an increased growth of hair, and in every way give entire sat isfaction, simply come back and tell us, and without question or fomality we will hand back to you every pen ny you paid us for it. Two sizes, 50c. and $1.00. Sold only at our store The Rexall Store. E. T. Whitehead Company. Mr. Lushington This here paper calls Mugtown a strong old o' tem perance, w'y, comin 'orae from work ter-dav I passed fourteen pub- f vi'oi k Hmes. wot d'yer call that Mrs. Lushington A miracle! London Sketch. T My -OLDINW CAROLINA ..n MORNING TWILIGHT. An early thrush acclaims the light, The wide, low billowing day, O'er dews and grasses chill with night, Upcasts its foam of gray. Now end the darkness and its dreams, The broken moon is low; Like petal-drifts on glassing stream;'. We watch her sink and go. t And like a dryad to her tree The morning star hath sped Vanished ere one had thought to see The path whereon she fled. Hark low, as here we stand, the wards Of woodlands newly green, The pine's innumerable chords Are touched by hands unseen! Hearing, the forest seems forlorn And all the air a sigh Uf things that seek a vastors morn, And find it not, and die. O tranquil hour! the haggard rocn Shall make a ghost ot thee, Soon to be memory's, and soon Not e en of raemorv. George Sterling, in Harper's Mag azine. Brains Not Needed. The following ancedote was le- lated by Manager Lavelle, of St. Pat rick's Cathedral: "A farmer had come to New York from the country to have a look at its sights. One night he' got home very late and a burglar stopped him in Central Park and put a pistol to his head, saying at the time: "Give me your money or I'll blow your brains out." To which the farmer replied: "You may blow my brains out if you wish, but I certainly shall not give you my money, because from what I have seen so far you can very well live in New York without brains but certainly not without money." New York Press. Good Way to Use Hyomei for Catarrh. Besides breathing through the in haler a few times a day, many ca tarrh sufferers write that they find inhaling HYOMEI (pronounce it high-o-me) from a bowl of steaming water each night before retiring a great aid in curing stubborn cases. Try it; it's yery simple; gives quick relief and makes you breathe easier. Fill a bowl half full of boiling wfltpr- nour into the water a tea- spoonful of HYOMEI, cover head and bowl with a towel, and breathe through no?e and mouth the pleas ant, medicated, antiseptic and heal ing vapor that arises. This method relieves that stuffi ness at once, and makes your head feel fine. You can get a bottle of HYOMEI at druggists everywhere or at E. T. Whitehead Company's for only 50 cents. Ask for extra bottle HYO MEI inhalent. But bear in mind that a HYOMEI outfit which includes inhaler and bottle of HYOMEI costs $1.00. But, as stated before, if you al- ronrlv own an inhaler, a bottle of HYOMEI costs but 50 cents. HYOMEI is guaranteed by E. T. Whitehead Company and druggists everywhere to cure catarrh, sore throat, coughs, colds, asthma and croup, or money back. Try it on that generous basis. Stomach dosing never cured ca tarrh, and never will, HYOMEI di rectly reaches the inflamed mem brane, kills the germs and soothes and heals the inflammation. Write for free trial bottle' of HYOMEI to Booth's Hyomei Co., Buffalo, N. Y. A Poor Weak Woman As she is termed, will endur fcravcly and pitsr.-ntly agonies which a strong man wouid ;;vc way und?r. The fact is women are more patient ... ..i t!.ey ought to be under such troubles. Every woman ought to know that she r.viy oWain the most experienced medical advice free of d.arp.ff and in absolute confidence and privacy by writing io the World's Dispensary Medical Association, Ii. V. . Pierce, M. D., President, Buffalo, N. Y. lr. I'lcrrs has been chief consullir.sj physici-"u oi t!:e l?v. IIl ,' Hotel and Surgical Institute, of BuflaJo, N. Y., fur many years and has had a wider practical experience in the treatment of women's diseases than tny other physician in this country. His medicines are world-iair.ous for their cstonhing efficacy. The most perfect remedy ever devisctl for weak ami deli cistc women is i)r. I'icrve's Favorite Prescription. IT MAXES WEAK WOMEN STRONG. c:c:; women wet.Lm, The many and varied symptoms of woman's peculiar ailments are fully set forth in Plain English in the People's Medical Adviser (1C1.S pages), a newly revised and up-to-date Edition of which, cloth-bound, will be mailed free on receipt of 31 one-cent stomps to p;iy cost of mailing only. Address as above. 9 m aary s upera noiise, Friday Night, GR EATER: An All "White Company PRESENTING AN ENTIRE NEW PROGRAMME ELECTRICAL SCENIC PRODUCTION ,Aivrr ALL THAT IS NEW Hi MINSTRELSY CLRVHR COMEDY. SPARKLING MUSIC. DANDY DANCING. STARTLING NOVELTIES. SWEETEST SINGERS IN MINSTRELSY. DON'T FORGET THE STREET PARADE AND BAND CONCERTS. POSTED : i All the lands formerly owned by j The North Carolina Lumber Com-j i. u u- pany, against hunting fishin- or trespassing of any Kind. Halifax Land Co. S. F. Dunn, Ajrcnt. rail it.: ii r ir I Xsr.cr.ni Hardy Hardware Comp'y, . ..... n-ilw KTlmaaFaeh of Heaters Prices $3 and up. "THE HARDWARE HUSTLERS." Monuments & Gravestones ft In all First Class Varieties of Marble and CJranite. Largest Stock in the South. I Remember, we pay the freight and guarantee safr V1 ivory. rAs we employ no Agents the item of cor.) missions Is ; i t in Li cluded in our prices, lhis enable an to use a t.;v .i r u at:e of material and to finish it betw than otherwl.. this - worth considering? When in Norfolk cuM i; i us. W You will find !" you are buying, and will get it quickly. t- October 21st. Tin Work ! 1 - lam prepared to do all kinds of iTin and Slate Koofinjr, Luttenn j jnj Kopair Work. At your service's j tin ami w KU anywhere. I L. M. I'.AKNRS, 3-1 0-4 1 Scotland Neck. N. C. 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