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SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1913.
NUMBER 9.
Suable Suggestion.
I
ortant to Every One.
os c ) -c .-ded by physicians
ie ki n 'vs should have more
ion a.s they control the other
to p r-.:markab!e degree and
y?n nlui amount if work
i-i i :x the poison? and waste
f.-u;n the system by filtering
K31
Su tho winter months especi
jrhei we live an indoor life,
nty. shou'd receive some as
L when needed, as we take
f-ri-e, drink less water and
jrc rici heavy food, thereby
i the kidneys to do more work
fatur- intended. Evidence of
ftroi if. siiidi as lame back,
y to h d urine, smarting or
jt t s. .-dust sediment, sal
rnipi xi m. rheumatism, may
or irregular heart action,
you h t your kidneys require
ime-'iately to avoid more se
toubi ferb ! medicine containing no
s or opiates has the most
iluence. An ideal nerDai
ml that has had most re
de success as a kidney and
remedy is Dr. Kilmer's
Knot.
fmay receive a sample bottle
)mp-Root by mail, absolutely
(Address, Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
fanton, and mention The Corn
kith. r
;. C. LIVERMON,
DENTIST.
Office up stairs in White
head Building.
I hours from 9 to 1 o'clock
i and 2 to 5 o'clock.
I. A. 1. Morgan
physician and Surgeon
Scotland Neck, N. C.
5n th hnildinff formerly
y Dr. J. P. Wimberley.
ias. L.. Staton,
mm - - m. m
ATiorney-ai-Law,
tlnnfl Neck. N. C.
les wherever his services are
required.
Ksiiby Bonn
ey and Counselor at Law
Scotland Neck, N. C.
es wherever his services are
required.
to loan on approved security.
. L. SAVAOE
OF ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
in Sjotlan I Neck. N. C, on
a-d Wednesday of ea?h month
notel to tivat the diseases of
fl t i xt mi a. i Cm.
b, t,ar, lvjse, lnroai, ana ut
. O. F. SMITH
pysician and Surgeon
In The Crescent Pharmacy, Inc
Scotland Neck, N. C.
THE PEOPLE'S
pek Remedy
ii ran teed to keep your
I in a healthier and bet-
bndition.
THE PEOPLE'S
pek Remedy
Immteed the BEST Egg
ucer and Disease Pro
ve. Every Paekajie of
bove Remedies sold on
poind (iuarantee, baek-
rtson Grocery Company.
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
Clcanac and beontifts tha halt.
Promote a lnzuriaat fronts.
Vtvtr Fail to Bcatore Oram
air o a tosuiui tvuni
ntvpnta nair rnuinc-.
ULBSU
0V 13 tho tim? tr aat tnt
iwering Bulbs to bloom next
a t .
iiir, aiso to pot or box some
it m m m
iinem ior torcmg in the
pse. I have received a large
lection of Imported Hys
ns, Daffodills, Narcissus
I many other varieties at
sonable prices. Place also
ir order for Roses, Carna
Js and other Choice Cut
;wers, Floral Designs. Palms
Jerns. Send for price list.
STEIN METZ
I FLORIST
Jlaleich. JArtVi foniu
vnrie Madrr, Local Agent,
r
uwuana iNecK, . t.
The Oxford Orptonajja Appropratnon.
A petition is being circulated in
this community asking the Legisla
ture for an increase in the annual
appropriation by the State to this
institution from $10,000 to $20,000.
We sincerely hope the Legislature
will pay no attention to this demand
which is preposterous. Pressure
will be brought to bear on the
ground of sympathy for the poor
orphan and unthinking members are
liable to be swept off their feet.
Here are our reasons for opposing
this proposition: First The Ox
ford Orphanage is not one whit more
entitled to an appropriation from
the public treasury than is the Odd
Fellows Orphanage at Goldsboro or
the Pythian Orphanage at Clayton.
They are all taking care of the home
less of the State. They are doing
it equally well. It may be said that
the Oxford Orphanage does not con
fine itself to the children of Masons,
but opens its doors to all. It need
not do so. The Baptists have a
larger Orphanage than the one at
Oxford to take care of their own
children, the Presbyterians also hare
an excellent Orphanage to look after
their own, as have the Methodists
and Episcopalians. And we happen
to know that the child of a Mason
does have the first and best chance
for admittance into the Oxford
Home, which is perfectly paper, but
which destroys the argument that it
is open to all.
Secondly The Masons, like the
Odd Fellows, get the glory of main
taining their institution. They do
not deserve it like the Odd Fellows
and the Pythians do, because it is
not true that the Masons maintain
the Oxford Asylum. They contrib
ute a srrall part of the current fund
but they control the institution and
claim it as their own.
In the third place, it is unfair to
the people that they be taxed to
support an institution when three
fourths of these same people are
supporting by voluntary offerings,
the children that crowd their own
denominational Orphanages.
The Oxford Orphanage takes care
of 350 children. The denominations
and Pythians and Odd Fellows take
just as good care of 1,000. Why
should the State lavish its money on
the or e, and give not a cent to the
other?
We are not complaining tl.at we
do rot receive the State's bounty.
We would not have it. But we do
pros est against the gross discrimi
nation the State makes in favor of
the Oxford Orphan Asylum. Chari
ty and Children.
Puts Tr e fcnurs Spreader Firs!.
No farmer who has never owned
or used a manure spreader can have
any adequae idea of iti real value
or what a luxury, so to speak, it is
to own and operate one of these ma
chines. With a spreader it' is so
easy to haul out the manure and
spread the same very evenly all over
the field, and to do so when it ought
to be done, as fast as it is made and
a load accumulates and there is a
field ready to receive it. I think
more about the value of farmyard
manure, and it helps me to conserve
and to accumulate more of it than I
did before I gt a tprtade Fur
thermore, manure can be made to
go twice as far, and will do twice as
much good is that sprtad by hand
with a fork. Jordan B. Wells, in
The Progressive Farmer.
AGED PEOPLE
cannot properly masticate solid
foods and digestion is often
upset they do not receive the
needed nourishment to make
strength and preserve health, but
if aged people everywhere could
only realize the trength-u-ttdning
noumhment in Scott'
Emaltion they would take it after
every meal. .
It possesses the nourishing ele
ments of cod liver oil, the vital
powers of the hypophospliites of
lime and soda and the curative
qualitiesof glycerine, all so perfectly
combined that nature immediately
appropriates them to create
strength nomith the organs and
build the body. It relieves rheuma
tism and ailments due to declining
years. It adds to the span of life.
Refuse substitutes for SCOTTS.
Scott & Bowse, Bloomfield. N. J. 12-63
OLD HICKORY CHIPS.
Short and Pithy Saylogs cn Subjects
Past and Present.
A whole lot of republican office
holders are preparing to give up
their jobs during Lent.
My, but that Diaz tribe certainly
is striving hard to keep Mexico in
the family!
Kansas City is wrestling with the
problem, "Are stocking ads im
modest?" It depends a good deal
on what's in 'em.
Lent has come so early this year
that some men will be able to carry
their New Year resolutions right in
to March.
If Gov. Wilson ever had any desire
to add "Thomas" in front of
"Woodrow" he will quickly loose it
when he sits down to sign the White
House mail.
The "Ga. Cyclone" says that when
Wilson rides down the avenue on
the 4th, he will pass 57 saloons.
However, thousands of other men
won't pass 'em.
According to official statistics
twenty women to one man in Denver
drink liquor. Little by little the
fear that the suffragettes would vote
to close the saloons is dying out.
Gen. Rosalie Jones says that the
greatest menace which confronts
the hiking suffragettes on their way
to Washington is a thaw, but they;
will be more fortunate if they don't j
meet with a frost. !
Another far west flourishing in
dustry has received a setback, Ne
vada's divorce mill, it is reported, is
soon to reduce its output.
The Mexico way is to arrange one's
own time for inaugural ceremonies.
After all of the rest of the politi
cal prognosticators have told us just
who will constitute Mr. Wilson's
cabinet, we would like to hear from
Mr. Wilson himself.
Turkey is giving the world a strik
ing demonstration of what it costs a
nation to commit an error of judge
ment. The Washington anti-saloon league
idea is that it has made Congress
take water.
Castro has been trying to get an
interview with President-elect W;il
sn! American politics has strange
allurements for almott every gente
man who has just arrived from
abroad.
Reluctance about testifying be-!
fore the Pujo Investigating Com-;
mittee seems hardly justiffeJ by the :
experiences of eminent financiers ;
who has hitherto been in personal I
attendance. j
The brief chrt during the inaugu-1
ral ride alor g the Avenue will hard
ly suffice for the communication of
ail the valuable suggestions Mr. j
Taft might be able to give his suc
cessor in the White House. j
There is no doubt that the people
of the United States would feel most ;
kind towards Mexico's government
if Mexico would only get one. j
The popular desire for a little
farm by the roadside on the part of
a number of statesmen should not
be mistaken for an impulse to take
to the tall timber. v j
Japan's riots are a reminder that j
even an era of great righteousness .
may have its troubles. !
A peddler in London who hawked J
five-pound notes about the street,!
offering to fell them at a penny !
each, could s?Il only two, owing to
Vic suspicion of the public. Yeti
almost anybody can sell stock in a
wild-cat corporation that promises
to pay a dividend of 50 per cent. i
The question of safety for thei
lives and property for American citi-1
zees looms up as mucn inure unpun- (
ant than any differences which the j
Mexicans may be engaged in agitat- S
ing among themselves. I
Polar explorations continues toj
claim a toll of human life that might j
persuade even sciencu to question!
whether it is worth while. j
Gen. Rosalie Jones is the fortunate
commander who. leads her puffra-;
gette troops not to battle, but toj
scenes of triumphal ovation. (
If an era of simplicity can be at-:
tained which will simplify tariff de-;
bate the republic will be eternally j
grateful.
The problem in Mexico, "W;hatj
shall we do with the Diaz family?" j
The dantrer was not serious but ,
the country must breathe easier
since the electoral college completed
itwoik without any s'ormy protest
from Col. Roosevelt.
Democrats after office have sought
carefully the man who has most in
fluer.ee with Woodrow Wilson. His
name contains 13 letters, 3 of which
are W's.
Furthermore Gen. Rosalie G.
Jones plan of campaign may have a
salutary tendency to correct the
high-heeled-shoe situation.
Overdoing the Baby Act
It was an excellent ,point which
Congressman Kitchin made the other
day at one of the tariff hearings.
The ways and means committee was
as usual, listening to the same old
plaint that American manufacturers
cannot compete with foreign manu
facturers without protection because
we pay such high wages in America.
As it happened, it was the cotton
people who were chanting this old
refrain when Mr. Kitchin brought
them up sharply by calling attention
to the use foreign manufacturers
are right now making, in neutral
markets, of precisely such state
ments as these American gentlemen
have been making.
As everybody knows, the cotton
men and other American manufact
urers do compete largely on equal
terms, in countries like China with
European manufacturers. Yet here
they are declaring their inability to
compete on equal terms for their
own home market. According to
Mr. Kitchin, their confessions to
this effect are being advertised in
Manchuria and elsewhere as evi
dence of the inferiority of American
goods when sold as cheaply as Ger
man and other European products.
There is nothing whatever the
matter with such reasoning as em
ployed by European manufacturer?.
If it is true that our manufacturers
must have protection to sell goods
here at home then how can thev
possibly sell in Manchuria or South
America products quite equal to
those of European prices equally
low?
Fortunately, there is the fact that
tney do compete successfully in such
foreign markets. It is a fact which
will have to be recognized, not
withstanding their doleful protests
to this and other ways and means
committees. Harper's Weekly.
Ucccnsmutional, By George.
The sweetest morsel to North Car
olina tongues is the word "uncon
stitutional." Many reasons there
be for thU. It fills the mouth com
fortably. It sounds good. It serves
where other excuses fail. It is
a s'ifer harbor in times of rrgu
mentative storm. It is ancient and
has prestige. Many of us who
wouldn't recognize the constitution
in broad day light on the public
highway can say "constitutional"
with all the gusto of Joe Bailey, who
stood guard over the national in
strument in Congress for a quarter
of a century. It is not surprising
that we should go slow in plotting
any changes in the good old docu
ment. But times change and with
the times conditions likewise change.
No Aintrican constitution was in
tended to shield a wrong and when
changing conditions brinr this effect
about it is time to change the con
stitution, not only for the purpose
of correcting the specific wrong,
but for the sake of tha constitution
itself. There may not at any time
be a need to tear up the old docu
ment, but there may often be the
need of repairing it. When that
time comes and is known of a!l men,
neither our reverence for the in
strument nor the fear of change
should ftand in the way. The con
stitution needs some repairs, par
ticularly in the matter of its re
strictions upon taxation. State
Journal.
If Congress can prevent the Wash
ington hotels from orousine neoole
- o - s ;
during the inauguration, why can't j
it prevent the trusts from gouging
them all the time?
MRS. W1.1 ARCHER
Tcll3 Mothers What To Do For
Delicate Children.
"Sly fourteen-year-old daughter was
veryAhin and delicate. Sha had a
bad cough so that I became very much
alarmed about her health. She wai
nervous and did not sleep well, had
Try little appetite and doctors did
not help her. Having heard so much
about Vino!. I decided 10 give it a
trial It has helped her wonderfully.
She can sleep all night now without
coughing cuce; in fact, her cough is
gone. Her appetite Is greatly im
proved and she has gained in welg-it.
Vinol is a wonderful metlieino. end I
will always beep it in the house. I
vrish every mother kner rrhct YInol
vrill do for delicate children." Urs.
Wm. Archer, 223 Broads;-, Loss
Branch, N. J.
This decliciou3 cod lircr end iron
preparation without oil is a woaderfel
body-builder and strength-creator for
both young and old. Ve promize
to give back your money in every
such case where Vinol does not
benefit. This shows our faith in Vinol
P S. If you have Eczema try out
Saxo Salve. We guarantee it.
E. T. Whitehead Company
Scotland Neck, N. C.
Tb3 State ficdiy Scbcol Convention.
The Thirtieth Annual State Con
vention of the North Carolina Sun
day School Association will be held
in Creensboro April 22-24. The In
ternational Sunday School Associa
tion will rrovide two speakers for
this Convention, Franklin McElfresh
Ph. D., of Chicago, Superintendent
of Teacher Training in North Amer
ica, and Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner,
Newark, N. J., Su peri n ten eent of
the Elementary Division. These
great leaders insure a feast of good
things for the Sunday School peopl f
of all denominations of the entire
State, in addition to the splendid
home talent which will be used.
Hon. Jeter C. Pritchard, of Ashe
ville, is President of the Association;
Hon. R. B. Glenn, Winston-Salem,
W. H. Sprunt. Wilmington, and C.
W. Tillet. Charlotte, are Vice-Presidents.
The General Exectutive
Committee is composed of thirty
representative men of the State.
The duties of the Central Fxecutive
Committee is to direct the work of
the Association, and the members
are as follows: W. A. Harper, Elon
College, Chairman; N. B. Brough
ton, Raleigh, Vice Chairman; Dr. C.
W. Byrd, Greensboro; G. H. Miles,
Greensboro; R. M. Phillips, Greens
boro; R. G. Vaughan, Greensboro;
G. T. Stephenson, Winston-Salem;
A. E. Tate, High Point; Geo. W.
Watts, Durham.
A Great Difference.
Fifteen years ago, before the
Spanish war. there were 25 regi
ments of infantry in the army, all
stationed in the United States.
Since that time five regiments have
been added to the army, but with
these only sixteen are available for
service in this country and around
which an army could be built in a
sudden emergency. Of the infant
ry regiments four are stationed in
the Phillippines, six are to be sent
to Hawaii, three to Panama and ore
will remain in Alaska. While the
sixteen regiments may be sufficient
to garrison the different posts where
they are stationed, they are not suf
ficient to form tatical units where j
officers may gain experience andi
where soldiers may be trained. The-1
chief of staff of the army has recom- j
mended an increase of two regi-i
ments of infantry and six batteries
of fit Id artillery in order to bring
the military strength up to the point
where it will partially meet the re
quirements of the service.--Washington
C rresp ondence.
VUns First Honor.
Chapel Hill, N. C. Feb 22. A
telegram from New York this week
announcing that the law class of the
University of North Carolina had
won first State prize in the nasion
wide mock trial contest of "The
Case of Jennie Brice" r s instituted
by Everybody's Magazine, scored a
distinct triumph for the eight able
attorneys that ferreted out the no
tifying murder tiial on which the
serial story appearing in the maga
zine was based. Additional to the
high honor of winning the first St ate
prize in the union-wide contest, the
class of the University was awarded
a sum of $100 00 for the ability dis
played in conducting the trial. The
attorneys in the case were: J. W.
Hester, of Hester; J. W. Morris, oi
Tampa, Fla.; W. F. Taylor, of Fai
son; G. W. Ward, of WaynesvMe;
W. L. Warlick, of Newton; L. A.
Sw;cegood. of Salisbuiy; J. J. Hen
derson, of Mebane. and H. E. Stacy,
of Shelby. The'presiding j udge w a?
Professor P. H. Winston, of the
University la.v faculty; court re
porter, S. R. Winters.
Read It to Your Keitjtifcor
A. L. Bixby, writing in the Lin
coln (Neb Journal, a.v: Some
men hirb r the foolih notion thut
one is greatry honored in tre hold
ing of a public office, whether qual
ified to fill the place acceptably or
not. The on'y honor is that wr ich
one earns ifl the faithful perfor
mance of his duty to those he suites.
One may break into the legislature,
or obtain a certificate of election to
congre-s (under false pretenses) and
return home smeared heavily with
obloquy, and where is the honor and
glory to him, in haying been trust
ed on'y to betray the confidence re
posed in him. The honorable ran
deserves consideration for what he
is, and not f r what has been d h
for rm by his indulgent neighbor.
'Dr. Thomos- Eclectic Oil is the
best remedy for that often fatal dis
easecroup. It has been used with
success in our family for eight years.
Mrs, L. Whiteacre, Buffalo, N. Y.
ROYAL
Baking Powder
is the greatest of modern
time helps to perfect cake
and biscuit making. Makes
home baking pleasant and
profitable. It renders the
food more digestible and
guarantees it safe from
alum and all adulterants.
Snort News Items.
Uncle Joe Cannoi retires from
congress on the 4th of March.
The fchools of Onslow county will
have a joint commencement this
year, the date being fixed for March
2Sth.
A bill has been introduced in the
legislature to issue four per cent
State bonds to meet the deficit of
the State Treasury.
Nhere will be a bauquet in Ra
leigh Feb. 28th in honor of Senator
F. M. Simmons, Governor Locke
Craig and Joe Daniels.
Company D. of Louisburg, 3rd.
regiment, North Carolina national
guard, has been detailed as an escort
to Gov. Craig in. the inauguration
of President Wilson.
Congressman Claude Kitchin from
the Second Corgrcssional district
has secured appropi iations for post
office buildings in his district as fol
lows: Kinston $20,000, Tarooro $15,
000. It has been reported tl at Judge
Boyd of the Western District would
resign next year on account of his
reaching the age limit, but the
Judge says no, for he is yet a young
man.
The Jarvis coun'y bill to form, a
new county out of portions of Har
nett, Sampson, Cumberland and
Johnston with Dunn as the county
seat ha3 been put to sleep by the
legislature.
Ta inters Should Cc-rperatr.
We are preiclitg cn-cpen.lion
among the farmers, which is well.
There is no finer opportunity for
'o operation than in the purchase of
commercial fertilizers. If a neigh
horhood will give an order for lfO
or fer 1,000 tons, the manufacture! h
.vill name very low prizes, especially
if it is a cash sale. And why rot a
cash sale? It is to pay for tome
rime, and with the abundance of
noney in our bank? seeking ) rns,
ha farmers should be ab'e to co-05 -erate
afain and borrow rm ey, f
necessary, to purchase for cash, and
get the benefit of the cash discount,
which is much more than the inter
est charged on the loan. T. P. Par
ker, in 1 he Progressive Farmer.
Don't Taa Believe It.
Some sav that chronic constipation
cannot be cured. Don't you believe
it Chambe lain'rf Tab ets have cured
others -why not you? Give them a
tria'. 1 hey cost 'only a
For sale by all dealers5.
1 t T 0
Serviceable, Safe.
THE most reliable lantern for farm use
is the RAYO. It is made of the best ma
terials, so that it is strong and durable
without being heavy and awkward.
It Rives a clear, strong light. Is easy to light and rewic!:.
It won't blow out, won't leak, and won't smoke. It u
an expert-made lantern. Made in various styles and
sizes. There is a RAYO for every requirement
At Dealers Everywhere
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
i -
( Incorporated
Nawark. N. J.
THE GAME OF GOLF.
It Is a V.ry Serioua Matter With th
R.al Scot Enthusiast.
In Fife nnt the Lotuiaua every od
plnys golf uieu of leisure, working
men and loafers, the last -las produc
ing the finest players. Many of the
Scotch towns Imve public courses, and
even where they are private tlie arti
san clnhs may use them ou generous
terms. Says Stewart Dick In "The
Tagenut of the Forth
"There Is something very Scotch
about the Scotch golfer. He seems to
suit the leisurely and contemplative
game. 'Keep your eye on the hall.'
'Slow hack' and .yc be up are writ
ten nil over Mm. As a nation one
would say the Scotch were profession
al, the i:nilish amateur, golfers, for
there should be nothing dilettante
about the game of golf.
"How serious a matter it is may le
judged from the old story of the Scotch
minister. Kmerglug after a hot and
unhallowed strife in the bunker. Id
profane words still echoing in his ears,
lie mops hi heated brow and exclaims
bitterly:
"'Ah maim gie it up! Ah maun pie
It up!'
"'What?' cries his partner in con
sternation. 'le up gowf?'
" 'No.' he replies, with sublime scorn;
gie up the meenistryl"
"This is the real old gulfing uplrlt
which still survives round the shores'
of the Forth."
The Peacock at Home.
The real homo of peacocks or pea
fowls is in India. There they were
and are hunted, and their flesh In used
for food. As the bird :Ive in the
same region as the tiger, r3BOOok bunt
ing is n very dangerous sport. The
long train of the peacock Is not its
tall, as mauy suppose, but Is compos
ed of feathers which grow out Just
above the tail and are called the tall
coverts. Teacoeks have been known
for many hundred years. They are
mentioned In the ltiblc. Job mentions
them, and they are mentioned, too, in
I Kings x. Hundreds of years ag in
Home many thousand peacock were
killed for the great feasts which th
emperors made. The brains of the
Kncoek were considered a great treat,
and many had to be killed for ft single
feast.
The Myetery of Sleep.
It Is impossible to give any precise
explanation of the phenomenon of
sleep. Yet many theories hare hfcn
advanced. Legendre has shown by
fairly conclusive arguments that It I
due "neither to "brain pallor," nor t?
Intoxication by carbonic acid, nor to
the presence of narcotic substnuces In
the blood, llioories that have been In
turn advanced. Legendre iutlmnte
bis preference for the view that sleep
is not the result of fatigue, but Is aw
inherited I instinct designed to protect
the organism against the ill effect ut
fatigue. Harper's.
Give II era a Chance.
If the members of the Legislature
cond acted their own business as th y
' do that of the State the State would
V VI1VI1I e Ul l I JUL Wi l laV m." W ,V.
quarter, j Le much j.oorer than it is at presents-Durham
Herald.
Strong,
la flaw Joracr J
' Baltimora, MJ.