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SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1911.
NUMBER 34.
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PAUL EilTCKiN,
Attorney at Law,
Scotland Neck, N. C.
Practices Anywhere.
NEWS FROM HALIFAX.
Finest Melon Crop In Years Average
Cotton Crop Other News.
A. DUNN.
Scotland Neck. N.
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... Halifax, N. C, Aug. 22. Water
r. c. Dunn ! melns this season have been decid-
c. Enfield, n. c. edly more plentiful and much better
A. Ii.. C DUNN, in Quality and size than for a num
Attorheys fr Lw j ber of years, and in most cases the
otlanJ Neck, North Carolina. ; price has been fair. One of our
Practice togetuer in all matters inends informed us a few davs aso
that from two hundred hills he has
already marketed between sixty and
seventy-five dollars worth, while
many have been given away and
eaten by the family.
Mr. Chas. H. Dickens, who has
charge of the J. H. Durham farm,
one mile from town, renorts the
; finest melon of the season, weighing
sixty-one pounds, and states that
thirteen people tried to make way
with it and really left the rind and
seed.
Halifax county was largely repre
sented here Monday and Tuesday,
and no doubt the crowd will be large
all the week. We talked with a
good many about crops, and from
many we learned that the cotton
crop especially will not be so good as
was expected a few weeks ago. Of
course some were agreed that it
would be above the average, while
! others contended that it would not
xoont those pertaining to railroad
aetice. Money loaned on approv
al soeurny.
Dunn Dunn
Attorncys-at-Law,
Scotland Meet;, North Carolina.
3IOXEY TO LOAN.
Elliott 13. Clariv
Attorney at Law
Halifax, North Carolina.
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Thurman D. Kitchin, M.D.
Phone No. 131.
'LARIv & IvlTCIIIN
Physicians and Surgeons
Offices in Brick Hotel
Office Phone No. 21.
m. i. P. WIIMBERLEY,
Physician and Surgeon,
Scotland Neck, N. C.
Oillce on Depot Street.
Oifjoe ir
O. IP. Smith
?! ajid Surgeon
Planters & Commercial
Bank Building
Scotland
N. C.
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SAVAGE
OF ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
in Scotland Neck, N. C, on ; S?n.'
i Wednesday of each month
iotol to treat the diseases of
zlar, Nose, Throat, and fit
j be above the ordinary.
' Mrs. Edgar N. Ricks and her four
sons, of Mount Olive, came last week
to visit Mrs. H. B. Furgerson and
Mrs. D. C. Fenner.
Miss Lucy Butts returned Satur
day from West Point, where for
several weeks she has been visiting
i relatives and friends.
j Mrs. Edward Gilliam and little
who for some time have been
visiting Mrs. George Gilliam, left
for their home in Gastonia last Sat-day.
winter goods. Miss Nell Nelson ac
companied them and vill take in
Atlantic City before her return.
Mr. and Mrs. Will E. Fenner and
Master Julian Baker, of Rocky
Mount, have been visiting several
days Mr. and Mr3. J. H. Fenner.
Miss Agnes Norman, of Littleton,
spent last week here .the guest of
Misses Alice, Lizzie and Mary Hale.
E. W. Foster, of Greenville, spent
the week-end with his family. ,
Misses Ida and Bessie TwisdalKl
have returned from' a visit to Spring
Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Marshall, of
Clarkton, have been here several
days to see Mr. and Mrs. Robert H.
Daniel and Miss Ursala.
Mr. Nicholas Shearin, of Pinner's
Point, came Monday to visit his
father, Mr. Geo. W. Suearin. "
Miss Alice Hale left for Littleton
Saturday to visit the Misses Nor
A FINE, HONEST BOY.
How Sam Kept His Reputation and
Got The Money.
Th
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man.
W. F. C.
Five Dangers.
DENTIST.
.- V Office upstairs in While
' .. .i'V.?- head Building."
uaice Tioiirs from 9 to To'clocir
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2 to 5 o'clock
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Butts, of
Rosemary, have been here several
days to see Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Butts.
John H. Fenner, Jr., of Rocky
Mount, spent the week-end with his
father, and mother.
Mrs. E. N. Ricks joined her hus
band here Monday on "his '.way to
j New York city to purchase fall and
If our government is destined to
be enduring it must do away with
the following obstacles:
Divorce, which strikes at the root
of the family and society.
The imperfect and vicious system
of education which undermines the
religion of our youth.
The desecration of the Christian
Sabbath, which tends to obliterate
in our adult population the salutary
fer of God and the homage that we
owe him.
The gross and systematic election
frauds.
Lastly, the unreasonable delay in
carrying into effect the sentences of
courts and the numerous subterfuges
by which criminals evade the execu
tion of the laws.
To one of the five obstacles or
vices I have just enumerated may be
traced our insatiable greed for gain,
the co-existence of -colossal wealth
with abject poverty, the extrava
gance of the rich, the discontent of
the poor, our eager and impetuous
rusbingth rough life agver other
moral and social' delinquency. Car
dinal Gibbons.
John McEnroe tells of a little col
ored boy on the "hill" who took a
pocket-book to the principal of his
school.
"I found this in the hall, Mr.
Chalks," he said. "It's got a dollar
bill and fifteen pennies in it."
"Leave it here for a few days,"
said the school man.
"But what if nobody belongs to
it? Do I get it for mine?"
Yes."
The colored boy went away, and
few hours a little Italian boy
rapped on the principal's door.
"I lost my mother's money," he
said sheepishly. "I brung it to
school and now I ain't got it."
"Was the money in a purse?"
"Yes, sir; a leather purse."
"How much did ydu have?"
"A dollar and fifteen cents."
"Can you describe the money?"
"They was, now let me see they
was a half dollar, and, now, two
quarters, and a dime and a nickel."
"A pocket-book was found to-day,
but you have not described the
money," said the principal. "I am
inclined to think you are a little
rascal. I believe that you and the
boy who found the money are work
ing in collusion and that he put you
up to come here. You ought to get
together better on your facts."
The little Italian denied every
thing and made his escape.
A week later the principal turned
the treasure over to the colored boy,
no other claimant having appeared.
"You are a fine, honest boy, Sam-
my. said Mr. naiKs. xou win
enjoy the mone3r much more now
than if you had spent it without try
ing to find the owner."
Yes, sir, replied the virtuous
Samuel, modestly.
Next day a truant officer over
heard a conversation between the
colored boy and the little Yiddisher.
"Did you honest find a pocket
book, Sam?"
"Yes "
"And you took it'to Mr. Chalks?"
"Sure I did," siid the darkey.
"But I got the money changed first."
Newark News.
The Gourd.
Old Man Pearsall, of Rocky Point,
who came into the Press Convention
at Wrightsville, last year, toting a
jug of prehistoric wine dug from an
Indian mound, which he intended to
present to his friend, Josephus Dan
iels, has sent to The Wilmington
Star a clean, well-headed water
gourk, "to be used as a mascot to
keep off hookworm, appendicitis,
anthrox, trichinosis, pellagra and all
those other ailments that people
didn't uster to have when they drank
out of gourds." Colonel Pearsall,
discussing on the gourd, says, "This
member of the cucurbitaceous fami
ly ia of remote antiquity. The
prophet Jonah had a fine one grow
ing over his 'shack' and a worm
stung it and it withered, leaving'
poor old Jonah with the hot sun
broiling down upon his head. In I
old times 'before the war,' there
were all kinds of uses to which
gourds were put; the most impor
tant were the salt gourds no fami
ly was without one the soap gourd,
the milk gourd, the grease gourd
for lard (they raised bushel gourds
then), the dip gourd, but the gourd
I thought the most of then was the J
cider gourd. It held over two 1
quarts and hung over the cider bar-1
rel, and you could drink and drink, '
and nobody cared how much you j
drank. There weren't any chills or
fover then, especially when the cider j
got hard." Doesn't that make one
hark back to barefoot days on the
farm? We have often shocked our
friends by expressions of our bad
taste, but it is a fact that any day
we would rather reach down into a
pebbly-bottomed spring with a long
handled gourd, than to pull a bottle
of extra dry out of a basket of crush
ed ice. Charlotte Chronicle.
SCHWAB TOLD SECRET.
She I'm afraid, Tom, dear, you
will find me a mine of faults. He
Darling, it shall be the sweetest la
bor of my life to correct them. She
(flaring up) Indeed you shan't!
Boston Transcript.
Baby won't -suffer five- minutes
with croup if you apply Dr. Thomas'
Eclectic Oil at once. Acts like magic.
How Great Steel Magnate Acted When
Telling of Trust's Birth.
Chas M. Schwab yesterday pro
claimed himself the father of the
United States Steel Corporation. It
was in his brain that the giant com
bine had birth, and it was the finan
cial genius of J. Pierpont Morgan
that gave it sustenance.
This was told by Mr. Schwab to
the congressional committee investi
gating the steel trust. He declared
it was the first time he has ever told
of the genius of the corporation. As
its first president he helped nurture
it into lusty strength. That it was
not a trust he protested with an earn
estness bordering on eloquence. Al
though now at the head of the com
bine's most powerful rival, the Eeth
lehem Steel Company, he had not
not one word of criticism to make, j
Mr. Schwab's attitude was aggres
sive, his manner was frank, and at
times he turned upon his inquisitors
and shot questions at them which
they could not answer, or at least,
did not. Judge Bartlet wanted to
know why, if the cost of production
in the United States was no greater
than in foreign countries, Germany
could land its steel in Pittsburg
cheaper than the domestic product,
but he failed to find out.
"If Germany or some other for
eign country should invade this mar
ket with cut prices would you meet
the cuts?" he asked.
"Undoubtedly we all would,"
quickly replied Mr. Schwab. New
York American.
Operation Thought Sure.
Ferris, Tex. In a letter, from
this place, Mary Kilman, says: "I
was confined to my bed for three
months, with womanly troubles, and
during this time suffered untold
agony. The doctor said an operation
was inevitable. I tried Cardui. Now
I am well, and able to do a great
part of my work." Thousands of
ladies have testified to the benefit
obtained from Cardui,- the woman's
tonic. It prevents unnecessary wo
manly pains, and builds up woman'j'
strength. It is a true tonic. It will
help you.
STOP
and think how important it is
to have your glasses fit correct
ly. Investigate the reputation
of your optician, for much de
pends upon your eyes.
We Invite Investigation.
We have complete grinding
plants at all our stores, and
duplicate accurately and
promptly the most difficult
lenses.
Remember,
all our meii are experts and we
absolutely guarantee you en
tire satisfaction.
"Make Us Your Opticians."
Successor to TUCKER, HALL & CO.
Opticians of The Best Sort
53 Granby Street,
NORFOLK. RICHMOND. ROANOKE.
F. A. RIFF,
OPTICIAN
Scotland Neck, N. C.
Eyes examined FREE. Brokm
lens3s matched and frames repaired.
All gla3se3 strictly cash.
W. E. NARKS & BRO.
Scotland Neck, N. C.
We do all kinds of lathe and ma
chine work, repair engines and boil
ers and run a general repair shop.
Horse-shoeing a specialty.
HAIR BALSAM
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Some of the People Who Use and Recommend
MAJESTIC RANGES.
N. Biggs, Mrs. W. O. Lawrence, G. W. Bryan, J. A. Kitchin,
R. E. Hancock, Mrs. M. A. Shields, G. C. Weeks, N.B.Josey,
R. C. Josey, Rev. O. L. Powers, J. M. Tillery, W. E. Smith,
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J. C. Mullen, W. L. Harrell, G. K. Moore, and many others.
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each Majestic Range bought During the Demonstration Week only.
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No Ware Given After
Demonstration Week
JOSEY HARDWARE COMPANY,
THE PIONEER HARDWARE DEALERS
Scotland Neck, North Carolina.
One Week Only.
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Demonstration Week
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