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VOL. XXVII.
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1911.
NUMBER 8.
;od Advertising
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; Atiornsys-at-Law,
tland Neck, North Carolina,
f MONEY TO LOAN.
Jlliott 15. Cl.Alilv
I Attorney ot Law
flicjiifex, North Carolina.
1 - -
PAUL riSTOilN,
Attorney at Law,
Scotland Neck, N. C.
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V DUNN. K. C DUNN.
Jcotland Neck, N. C. Enfield, N. C.
A.&R.C. DUNN,
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)tland Neck, North Carolina.
rac'ice together in all matters
fept those pertainim? to railroad
jetic-3. Muiioy loaned on approv
gecurity. C!;ir!:. M. D. Thurman D. Kitchin, M.D.
jhor.e Ho. 1. Phone No. 3-i.
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Physicians ami Surgeons
& Omoes in Brick Hotel ,
1 Office Phone No. 21.
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Physician and Surgeon,
! Scotland Neck, N. C.
i
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n. O. F. Smith
I Physician and Surgeon
co in Planters & Commercial
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OF ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. .
I b? in Scotland Neck. N. C. on
i third Wed 12-day of eah month
;hi hotel to treat the diseases of
fSt Ear, Nose, Throat, and lit
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DENTIST.
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Office n: stairs in White-
I'r'r head Building.
Ice hours from 9 to 1 o'clock
1 a? id 2 to n o'clock.
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OITICIAX
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Sye examined FREE. Broken
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JYa daM ki.ids of lathe sn-1 rnn-p-f
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;l e eyes, giving perfect vision
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PAYS DEATH PENALTY.
Granville lounty Brute is Electrocuted
In Ihair at State Prison.
Raleigh, Feb. 15. Nathan Monta
gue, the negro whose fiendish crime
of criminal outrage upon Miss Mat
tie Saunders and murder of her and
her father, J. L. Saunders, and little
niece, Irene Overton, in Granville
county, and the . burning of the
Saunders' home and bodies of his
victims to cover his crime, stirred
one of the biggest sensations of the
year, paid the death penalty in the
eiectnc cn?.ir at trie btate s prison
this morning at 10 o'clock. Monta
gue made a full confession, admit
ting that he perpetrated the foul
crime in all its revolting details with
out the aid of an accomplice. For
merly he had claimed that two other
negroes, who have been in the pris
on for some weeks Lonnie Bridgers
ard Alvin Cook were with him and
that he merely stood by while the
others undertook to rob the house.
He says he helped about the house
December 19th, at cutting wood and
other work, and made his plans for
his attack on Miss Saunders. Some
time after supper he was told by Mr.
Saunders to go home. He refused,
a quarrel followed and he knocked
Saunders in the head with a chair,
then killed the little girl with the
chair and pursued Miss Saunders
into the . yard, where he completed
his crime of assault and murder,
bringing the body back into the
house and pouring oil about the
house to burn the place.
Among the witnesses of the elec
trocution were Hart Overton, father
of the little girl murdered, and
Willis Saunders, brother 'of the
young lady murdered.
MONTAGUE CONFESSES.
Raleigh, Feb. 14 Nathan Monta
gue, the negro who killed J. L. Saun
dtrs, Irene Overton, Saunders'
grand daughter, and Miss Mattie
Saunders, Saunders' daughter, whom
he as-au!ted, then setting fire to
thsir home in Granville county last
December in order to conceal his
crime, and yvho will be electrocuted
here at the State prison tomorrow
morning, today made a full confes
sion. He says that he went to the
Saunders home on the evening of the
trauedv to see about killing some
hogs. While there he chopped some
wood, and while so engaged Miss
Saundets cime out and carried it
into the house. He then planned
:he crime. Words passed between
Sautiders and Montague when the
r'armer told the negro to go home.
The neuro then grabbed a chair and
struck Saunders over the head, kill
ing him. He then killed the grand
daughter. Miss Saunders ran out
into the yard and he followed and
seized her. He says he had to cut
her with a knife and beat her into
insensibility before he could accom
plish his purpose, after which he
dragged her body into tha house
and fired it.
When her child is in danger a wo
man will ri?k her life to protect it.
No yrcat act of hero;sm or risk of
is ne. eSrary to protect a child from
cro"p. Give Chamberlain's Couirh
i'temedy and all danger is avoided.
For sale by all dealers.
The automobile being out of or
der, the head of the family took the
children out in the old family car
riage behind a nag that was in peed
f exercise. When the horse began
to 'snort and cavort, the younger
-vy said. "Pop, you'd better shut
ff the cunent and fix him. He's
missing fire." Everybody's.
This
is the trade-
mark which H
is found on
every bottle
of the genuine
Scott's Emulsion
the standard Cod Liver
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world. Nothing equals
it to build uo the weak
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young and old.
rCS. SALE BY ALL DRUGGIST
Send lCc, name of papey and this ad. for
cur beautiful Savings Bank and Child's
S'-ictcIi-Dook. Each bank contains a
Cood Luck Fenny.
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Torrens System Facts.
The Torrens system of land titles
is one whereby the State has a par
ticular piece of land surveyed, then
has the title examined by the State's
attorney, and then issues a guaran
teed title in simple form (which
may be transferred practically with
out cost) like the stock certificates
of a corporation. This certificate,
carrying the State's guarantee, puts
a period to all examination of the
titles, and therefore saves expense
?nd simplifies all transactions in
land. Originating in New Zealand
the Torrens system has rapidly made
headway all over the world, especi
ally in new countries. Its simplicity
and utility are assurance that we jn
North Carolina should adopt it now,
and shall surely adopt it at no dis
tant date. The question is simply
how long we shall pay the vexing
costs of the old method and still suf
fer a degree of uncertainty; or how
soon shall we begin to save the cost
of having titles examined over and
over again, every time there is a
land transaction of any nature.
Under the Torrens system the new
deed or certificate is instantly trans
ferable for sale or for uses as collat
eral. Its use temporarily for collat
eral involves no publicity, any more
than the stock certificate of a cotton
mill or any other corporation does.
Bankers and building and loan peo
ple want it because it saves costs
and simplifies loans on real estate.
Farmers want it because of the no-
publicity feature. The Torrens sys
tem insures the title beyond ques
tion, and yet there are no mortgages,
mortgage records or mortgage costs.
Being purely permissive, it is never
compulsory; if any one would rather
keep in the old rut there is nothing
to hinder him from doing so. These,
in brief, are the principal outlines
of the Torrens system. Charlotte
Observer.
"Stick ta The Farm.'
" 'Back to the farm' is futile, be
anpe on-' ffo'-ures come back, but
'Stick to the farm' is good, because
all that is or can be springs from the
soil."- This sentence, attributed by
Harper's Weekly to Theodore N.
Vail, president of the great tele
graph and telephone consolidation,
may not be absolutely true in every
case, but in its general meaning it
is. The men needed on the farm are
not the derelicts or the drifters, but
those able to guide their own course.
It may be a good thing to bring boys
and men from the towns out to the
farm; but it is a far finer and more
valuable thing to train the young
men now growing up in the country
so that they will love the farm and
make it pay, to educate them for
leadership in the great work of re
making our rural life. The story of
the country boy who went to the city
and made a great success has been
rold a thousand times; let us show
the strong, energetic country boy
that he can make just as great a
success in the country. When we
do this these boys, born to be lead
ers of men,, will not feel that they
must go to town to seek their for
tune, and country life will be finer
nd better than we have ever dream-
d. What is your community doing
to make its brightest boys and girls
tick to the farm ? Raleigh (N. C.)
Progressive Farmer.
The Blue Back.
We are rather glad to see a move
ment cropping out for the restora
tion of the old "blue back" speller.
A Teacher, in The Salisbury Post,
cites a number of instances of bad
spelling and says the present method
of teaching is responsible for it. He
asserts what is known to be a fact
that the students brought up on the
new methods cannot spell many of
the ordinary, every-day words. The
Post itself, observes that "the old
blue back has never been improved
upon, although others have succeed
ed in the schools, but it has come
back already, in some counties and
wnen common sense rules the edu
cational boards of the State and
counties this book will resume its
place again all over North Carolina."
In spelling contests, where blue
back spellers take part, it will be
observed that they are generally the
winners. The blue back comprises
the best system of spelling yet de
vised. It is old fashioned, but it
beats them all. Charlotte Chronicle.
English Girl You American girls
have not such healthy complexions
as we have. I cannot understand
why our noblemen take a fancy to
your white faces.
American Girl It isn't our ' white
jfaces that attracts them, my dear;
it's our greenbacks. '
USE MODERN METHODS.
Are You Trying to Farm Without Having
Sufficient Power?
As a general rule, we believe that,
notwithstanding the greater first
cost, it is cheaper for a man to do
his work with improved and elabor
ate than crude and simple imple
ments. The most expensive plowing
is not that done with a big gang and
a gasoline engine, but that done
with one little mule and a one-horse
plow. It is cheaper to use the bind
er and the threshing machine than
the sickle and the flail.
That is why we believe it is to the
interest of the farmer to unload just
as many as possible of his tasks on
the machine; why we have urged
him to get the stumps out of his
fields and fill up the ditches and use
bigger plows and harrows and culti
vators and more harvesting machin
ery; wny we nave aavised him . to
put the burden of just as many as
possible of the tasks in and about the
home upon various machines the
pump, tne cream separator, the
washing machine, etc. instead of
upon his wife and children. And
since to run all this machinery power
of some sort horse, steam, gasoline,
electric is a necessity, we would
insist again that no reader make the
mistake of trying to run his farm
without sufficient power. Many im
plements which might be used to
advantage on their farms, many
farmers must wait for because they
can get along fairly well without
them, and because they have not at
present the money with which to buy
them; but we doubt if it pays any
farmer to "economize" in power.
The insufficiency of the work stock
on most Southern farms makes the
cheapest and the most effective
farming impossible, and along the
same line we would call attention to
the many exacting and wearisome
tasks on the average farm which
could be done with a small gasoline
engine to the great relief, as well as
to the financial benefit, of the farm
er and bis family. Titre are some
farms where by taking advantage of
a water power now going to waste,
an electric motor could be made to
do economical and wonderfully use-'
f ul service: but on most farms the j
gasoline engine is propably the best
source of power for the doing of
numerous "odd jobs" and for some
of the steady ones. We do not be
lieve it is too much to say that every
well-equipped farm should have an
engine or motor of some kind; and
that this power should be considered
along with the question of more
team force. Raleigh (N. C.) Pro
gressive Farmer.
Quickly Cures Coughs, Colds and
Catarrh.
If you, dear reader, could spend
an hour looking over a few of the
thousands of testimonials that we
have on file, you would not go on
suffering from catarrh, that disgust
ing disease that will surely sap your
vitality and weaken your entire sys
tem if allowed to continue.
You would have just as much faith
in HYOMEl as we have, and we
have so much confidence in its won
derful curative virture that it is
sold the country over under a posi
tive guarantee to cure catarrh,
croup, sore throat, coughs and colds
or money back.
No stomach dosing when you
breathe HYOMEl. Just pour a few
drops of the liquid into the inhaler,
and breathe it in.
It is mighty pleasant to use; it
opens up those stuffed-up nostrils
in two minutes, and makes your
head feel as clear as a bell in a short
time.
Breathe HYOMEl and kill th-
cat&rrh germs. It's the only way
to cure catarrh. It's the only way
to get rid of that constant hawking,
snuffling and spitting.
A complete HYOMEl outfit, which
includes a bottle of HYOMEl and a
hard rubber pocket inhaler, costs
5.00 at E. T. Whitehead Company
and druggists everywhere. If you
already own a Hyomei inhaler you
can get an extra bottle of HYOMEl
for 50 cents.
"We have used HYOMEl in our
family for the cure, and breaking
up of coughs, colds, sore throat and
catarrhal affections, and can say
that it is a grand remedy worth its
weight in gold." Mrs. John Cooper,
South Wayne, Mich.
A piece of flannel dampened with
Chamberlain's Liniment and bound
on to the effected parts is superior
to any plaster. When troubled with
lame back or pains in the side or
chest give it a trial and you are
certain to be more than pleased with
the prompt relief which it affords.
Sold by all dealers.
Mrs.' Annie Wilcox Alien.
This estimable woman was the
daughter of the Rev. Thomas and
Mrs. Martha Wilcox, of Brinkley
ville, N. C. The sterling qualities
of head and heart possessed by her
father, and the brilliant intellect
and many accomplishments of her
mother were reproduced ' in their
daughter. The home of her child
hood was ideal. Situated in the
midst of a community where wealth,
culture and a liberal hospitality
abounded, it became the centre
where a large circle of friends de
lighted to gather, and where the se
rious conversation of congenial
friends was interspersed with flashes
of wit, bits of brilliant repartee and
tender words of a loving fellowship.
In this delightful home, herself the
centre of the community's admira
tion, the youthful Annie was reared.
Nature lavishly endowed her with
many rare qualities of head and
heart. She was not only an ardent
studenf of books, but was also a
close observer of men and of current
events. Her mind was well stored
with useful knowledge, and her
brilliant conversation indicated her
familiarity with a large range of
polite literature. Her strong com
mon sense was manifest in her con
duct; and although her language
was often poetic in the highest de
gree, she could and did live a real
life and conversed in the most matter-of-fact
way about common affairs
of every-day life.
Mrs. Allen's conversational powers
were remarkable. She did not de
sire to monopolize conversation, but
her friends had a way of provoking
her to talk, and even strangers soon
became aware of her colloquial pow
ers and delighted in them. I do not
think I ever knew her superior in
this respect. Some years ago, while
the inmate of a hospital in Balti
more, her conversational powers
made her the centre of the entire
institution.
She was an accomplished musician.
Her natural musical talent and her
memory were so great that t he play,
ed the most difficult pieces, without
the music, after hearing them one
time. Her memory was so perfect
that she had no difficulty in accur
ately reporting conversations, ser
mons, and addresses not only imme
diately, but after a long interval.
She possessed the gifts of a poet, and
wrote verse3 that were greatly ad
mired by those who were so fortun
ate as to hear them. Her poetic
language has been compared to that
of Milton for its sublimity ard to
Goldsmith for its striking simplicity.
Mrs. Allen was not only a woman of
brilliant mind, but she had a noble,
loving heart. She was, of course,
devoted to her many friends in her
own life circle, but she was at her
best in her tender sympathy and
practical helpfulness to the poor
and needy, the sick and afflicted, the
suffering and sorrowing. She will
be missed by all, but these will miss
her most.
For a long time Mrs. Alley's health
had been failing. Occasionally she
vould rally, and hope would spring
up in the hearts of her loved ones to
be quickly blighted by the return of
the relentless destroyer. During
the whole of the past year, her de
cline was so steady that her friends
lost hope, and while they continued
to do all in their power for her re
lief, they knew that the end was
near. The devotion of her husband
and sons wras beautiful indeed, and
during the last month of her life
they only left her bedside Ions
enough to take the necessary refresh
ments. They went with her as far
as they could into the mysteiious
border-land, and only yielded her up
when she passed through the gate
into the beautiful city of God.
She met her husband, Mr. Joseph
John Allen, in 1869. He soon learned
her worth, and sought to win her
heart and hand. She and Mr. Allen
were united in marriage cn the Gth
of December, 1874, and for thirty
six years they lived together jn holy,
happy wedlock. They were devoted
lovers to the end of her life. He re
alized in her King Solomon's por
trait of the perfect woman, the ideal
wife. Her loving husband, her de
voted sons and daughter-in-law and
her devoted and heart-broken broth
er, Rev. A. G. Wilcox, have the sin
cere sympathy of their many friends.
She was a devout Christian, a con
sistent member of Louisburg Bap
tist church, a devoted wife, mother
Sedentary habits, lack of outdoor
exercise, insufficient mastication of
food, constipation, a torpid liver,
worry and anxiety are the most com
mon causes of stomach trouble.
Correct your habits and take Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tallets
and you will soon be well again. For
sale by all dealers.
it? and dldiik&Ms.
The only Baking Povjder made
f rom Royal Grape Cireasa cf Tartar
No hizdng or fretting over
thebiscuit-maMng. Royal
is the aid to z&zny a
cook's success.
Royal Cook Booh 800 Receipts Free. S&rJ Itezte and Address.
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and sister. She lived an active,
blameless life, and dying, said, "I
l;ave nothing to take with me, not
even a grudge." She died on De
cember 14th, 1910, and was buried
at 4 p. m. on Christmas day, in
Louisburg cemetery, in the midst of
a large concourse of those who had
known and loved her. A number of
old family slaves showed their love
for her by voluntarily assisting in
her burial.
Good-bye, dear friend, until wc
meet in a fairer world than this.
T. J. Taylok.
State Primary Law.
Mr. E. J. Justice, who returned
last night from Raleigh, stated that women for more than fifty years,
he felt quite sure that the General ; Try it to day. For sale by all drug
Assembly would enact a State-wide la''s
primary law, requiring that all par- . "You can't see my husband. He
ties in the State nominate their can-! is not at home."
didates on the same dav. The first!
Tuesday in September is being men-
tioned as the date on whice the pri -
iiiary shall be held. One bill has
been introduced, but it is believed
that a second bill, having a broader
application, will be substituted. Mr.
Justice stated that nearly every
member of the Legislature was in
favor of a State primary. Greens
boro Telegram.
THERE'S NO GISK.
u Tbis Medicine Bees Net t?ccl!t
You Pay Nothing.
A physician who made a specialty
of stomach troubles, particularly
dyspepsia, after years of study per
fected the formula f rr m which Tlcx
all Dyspepsia Tablets are ma.;.
Our experience wua Resell Dys
pepsia Tablets ki..ds u. ! U-!kve
thtt.T) to be the s.,.c::ttTt ren-.tdy
known for the relief t i" s.cuU' itw.'i
gfstion and chr.n:c iyj
Thiir ingredients are sooihisv ,! -
healing to the inflamed m"ribrar.e:e
of the stomach. They are r.cli m
pepsin, one of the vre:ites: ui:Htc
aids known to medicine. The i
lief taey afford is almost immediate.
Their use with persistency and regu
larity for a short time brings about
a cessation of the pains caused by
stomach disorders.
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets will in
sure healthy appetite, aid digestion
and promote nutrition. As evidence
of our sincere faith in Rexail Dys-
pepsia Tablets, we ask you to try:
them at our risk. If they do not J
.. .,,
give you entire satisfaction, we wul
return you the money you paid its
for them, without question or for
mality. They come in three t-izes.
prices 25 cents, 50 cents and
Remember you can obtain
only at The Rexail Store.
Whitehead Company.
$1.C0
them
E. T.
"Won't you try a piece of my
wife's angel cake?"
"Will it make an angel of me?"
"That will depend on what kind of
a life you have led."
This Is An Easy Test.
Shake Allen's Foot-Eace in one
shoe and not in the other, and notice
the difference. Just the thing: to
use when rubbers or overshoes be
come necessary, and your shoes ssern
to pinch. Sold Everywhere, 25c.
Don't accept any substitute. Sam
ple FREE. Address, Alien S. Olms
ted, Le Roy, N. Y.
Mrs. lien was in tears; one of her
little ones had been sacrificed to
make a repast for a visiting clergy
man. "Cheer up, madam." said the
rooster, comfortingly. "You should
rejoice that your son is entering the
ministry. He was poorly qualified
for a lay member, anyhow." Bos
ton Transcript.
Saved L'cr Own Life.
Lebanon Jet., Ky. Mrs Minnie
Lamb, of this place, says, " I believe
I would have btfn dead by now, had
it not bjt-n for Cardui. I haven'tjhad
one of those bad spells since I com
menced to use your medicine."
Cardui is a specific medicine for the
ills that women suffer. Cardui is
made from harmless vegetable in-
OTrdif'nts 'It it n saff rlinKl m4.
I icine. Bureewtfullv uspd hv RnflWimr
Uut madam, 1 want to see him
the worst way."
, lo cee h;m vou'( better sit right
! there on the steps until he comes
! from the club." Houston Post.
Agent Madam, have you a piano?
Housewife Yes. '
Ar,ent I am selling an attachment
which I am sure
Housewife We have one.
Agent What make is it?
Housewife Sheriff's.
Accidents will happen, but the best
regulated families keep Dr. Thomas
Eciectric O'l for such emergences.
It subdues the pain and heals the
hurts.
Elsie (aged seven) Ma, I want
n penny. Mother What for derr?
Elsie I asked Bertie Jones to pre
tend we're getting married, and he
says he won't do it unless I have a'
dowry!
Falls Victim ta Thieves.
S. W. Bends, of Coal City, Ala.,
has a justifiable grievance. Two
thieves tstole his health for twelve
years. They were a liver and kidney
trouble. Then Dr. King's New Life
Pills throttled them. He's well now.
Unrivaled for Constipation, Malaria,
Headache, Dyspepsia. 25c at E. T.
Whitehead Company.
A healthy man is a king in his own
right; an unhealthily man is an un
happy slave. Burdock Blood Bitters
bui!d up sound htalth keepa you
well.
mis Got TipTpp Advice.
"My wife wanted me to take our
little boy to the doctor to cure an
utriy bo'l," writes D. Frankel, of
Stroud, Okla., "I said put Bucklen's
r"1;ftwi!VCi m t"' She, didf 8?: an,d,
it cured the boil in a short time."
Quickest healer of Burns, Cuts, Corns
Bruises, Sprains, Swellings. Best
Pile cure on earth. Try it. Only
25c at E. T. Whitehead Company.
He who continually imposes on
his friends scon wonders what has
become of them.
Tortured for 15 Tears.
By a cure-defying stomach trouble
that baffled doctors, and resisted all
remedies he tried, John W. Modders,
of .Moddersville, Mich., seemed
doomed. He had to sell his farm
and give up work. His neighbors
said, "he can't . live much longer."
"Whatever I ate distressed me,"
he wrote, "till I tried Electric Bit
ters, which worked such wonders
for me that I can now eat things I
could not take for years. : Its surely
a grand remedy for stomach
trouble." Jus,t as good for the
liver and kidneys. Every bottle
guaranteed. Only 50c at E. T.
Whitehead Company.
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