STOMACH
IE1MOKS WILL BEL? KITCPaS.
HELPFUL VORDS
Majority of Friends Thought Iff.
Hughes Would Die, But
One Helped Him to
Recovery.
Pomeroyton, Ky. In interesting ad
vices from this place, Mr. A. J. Hughes
writes as follows : "I was down with
stomach trouble for five (5) years, and
would have sick headache so bad, at
times, that I thought surely I would die.
I tried different treatments, but they
did not seem to do me any good.
1 got so bad, I could not eat or sleep,
and all my friends, except one, thought I
would die. He advised me to try
Thedford's Black-Draught, and quit
taking other medicines. I decided to
take his advice, although I did net have
any confidence in it.
I have now been taking Black-Draught
for three months, and it has cured me
haven't had those awful sick headaches
since I began using it.
I am so thankful for what Black
Draught has done for me."
Thedford's Black-Draught has been
found a very valuable medicine for de
rangements of the stomach and liver. It
is composed of pure, vegetable herbs,
contains no dangerous ingredients, and
acts gently, yet surely. It can be freely
used by young and old, and should be
kept in every family chest.
Get a package today.
Only a quarter. jg
TS3 Entire Stale D
Limit
Stale Delegallpn Will go The i F Citi - of Scotland
it far lisads Klic&Ia. .
isecK.
The Habit of Saving.
Habit is the deepest law of human nature. It is cither
our supreme strength or our most miserable weakness.
It will make or break us. Our whole scheme of civilization
arose from our habits. A baby born today, in one or two
score years will be the victim or triumph of his habits.
And you, also, through your habits, are moulded from a
pulpy baby into a successful man or a noble woman. Now, of
all habits, the habit of wasting' is the most ruinous, and the
habit of saving is the most precious. You can waste your tal
ents, your time, your strength your whole life if you do not
form the habit of saving the profits of your labor.
This habit of saving is not an easy habit to form. But
once formed it replaces the old fear of the future with confi
dence. It creates ambition and provides the mind with the
elation of independence. To spend all we earn seems to be as
natural as breathing until we grow so wise as to reflect that
we will stop earning long before we stop breathing.
The habit of saving is real pleasure when it is once acquir
ed. Indeed, there is a real fascination in it, just as there is in
watching crops grow in the field. But it is not in holding the
habit that there is difficulty, for if it is once formed it is likely
to have a permanent and beneficial effect on the character.
The difficulty is in creating the habit.
It has been said that "an early and provident fear is the
mother of safety," and this fear will cause the wise to protect
themselves with an armor of defense and no armor is more
secure than the saving habit.
Out of the saving habit will grow other habits that are cal
culated to add elements of strength to your character. You
will learn the habit of self-denial, of self-reliance, of prudence
and of making- your own life-plan. This is the essence of free
dom. No security is felt by the expenditure of every dollar of
income by the wage-earner. But greater earning power is
created by the saving habit, and thus there will he more power
of enjoyment, a wider sphere of mental and physical consump
tion, and, what is most important of all, there will be more to
save.
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Washington. Oct. 11. An effort
is to be made to smooth out all the
tang-led factions in North Carolina
incident to the senatorial campaign
last year. Since Senator Simmons
has accomplished everything his
friends said he would and has done
none of those thinsrs which his
enemies declared he would do, both
the Kitchin and Simmons factions
are going to forget the past and re
unite for a solid Democratic party.
This became evident here this
week when it was found that Senator
Simmons is willing- to do any thing
in his power to help Claude Kitchin
in his efforts to be chairman of the
powerful ways and means committee
to succeed Oscar Underwood, of Al
abama. Not only Senator Simmons,
Represenatives Page, Godwin, Webb
and in fact every member from the
delegation are willing to go the lim
it for the second district congress
man. There will not be mnch of a fight
against Kitchin. The fight being
made against Mr. Kitchin, for the
most part is such an effort as was
directed against Senator Simmmons
when the senate was recognized.
Such men as Luke Lea, Owens of
Oklahoma and and a few inexperienc
ed and self-styled "progressives"
tried to oppose Mr. Simmons. They
were not seriously cousidered. In
the case of Represenative Kitchin,
A. Mitchell, Palmer and Robert
Henry, who are candidates for every
job that turns up from a small com
mittee assignment to membershio
in the President's cabinet, want to
chairman of the ways and means
committee. Neither will be serious
ly considered by house leaders when
the time comes to select a successor
to Oscar Underwood.
Claude Kitchin has two things in
his favor: First, ability and second,
he ranks for the place. Probably a
number of congressmen (those at
the bottom of the ladder) would like
to break down the seniority rule,
which allows the man next to the
chairman to succeed the chairman
when a vacancy occurs. But the
the trouble with these fellows is
some time they hope to be just
where the man now is whom they
want to distroy. Hence, the senior
ty rule will prevail for many years
to come. And, unless all signs fail,
Mr. Kitchin will be made chairman
just as easy as Mr. Sirnmoi.s fell air
to the finance committee. As a
matter of fact there is not another
man on the ways and means com
mittee near so competent to hold
Underwood's place a-; Kitchin; this
is recognized by all who have watch
ed the proceedings in the Ho ass
since the tariff bill got under way
with a Democratic majority.
The fact that Senator Simmons is
chairman of the finance committee
in the opinion of house leaders, will
not bear upon the subject one way
or the other. The same argument
will apply should Representative
Webb be made chairman of the
judiciary and latter on Senator Over
man, by reason of his rank, should
stand for the same assignment in
the Senate. Both Webb and Over-
Is your back lame and painful?
Does it ache especially after ex
ertion?
Is there a soreness in the kidney
region?
These svmptoms suggest weak
kidnej-s.
If so there is daneer in delay.
Weak kidneys get fast weak.
Give your trouble prompt atten
tion.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys.
Yous neighbors use and recom
mend them.
Read this Scotland Neck testi
mony: Mrs. T. F. Gray, S. Main Street,
Scotland Neck, N. C, says:
"My experience with Doan's Kid
ney Pills has convinced me that they
are a remedv of merit. Mv back
tnd head ached severely and I had
dizzy spells and other symstoms of
kidney complaint. Finally I pro
cured a supply of Doan's Kidnev
Pills at E. T. Whitehead Company's
drug store and it did not take them
long to remove my trouble."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents, i oster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's
and take no other.
man are li vely t be chairman of the
judiciary in the house and senate
before amthsr year rolls around.
Broad thinking men will not attempt
to take away the rights of senators
anu represenatives
come from the s'.ate.
because they
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roof at a very moderate cost a roof that will last as long as the buildinn
and never need repairs. 4
For Sale by
T. W. RUSSELL" Scotland Neck. N. C.
Monuments & Gravestones
Largest Stock in The South.
When in Norfolk call on us. You can see what
you are buying and get it quickly.
Satisfaction Guaranteed on Orders by Mail.
We pay the freight and guarantee delivery
We have no canvassers, agents or branches anyl
wnere and no commissions must be added to our
prices. This means a saving to you of from 15
to Z5 per cent on your purchase.
The Couper Marble Works,
(Established 65 Years )
264-268 Bank Street. Nof oik , Virginia.
PLANT
SCUPPERNONGS
(NORTH CAROLINA'S GREATEST FRUIT )
A SURE CROP FOR A SURE MARKET
We will mail you a booklet on Arboring and Care of Scuppernon-a nro
vided you own or consider planting a vineyard. '
SOUTHERN PINES GRAPE NURSERICS, Southern Pines, N. C.
(Largest Produces of Scuppernong Vines.
The day of harsh phy.-ics is gone.
People want miid, easy laxatiw.
Doan's regulets have satisfied thous
ands. 25.1 at all dru:r ftores
Live Australian Freaks.
A calf, somewhat of a freak of na
ture, was born on T. O. Ware's farm
at Little Akaroa. Australia, recently.
It has five legs, the extra one work
ing In a socket In the breastbone. The
calf is thriving:, and Is strong and
healthy. Another freak, a lamb, is re
ported to have been born at Rat
Point Station. It has three earg and
eight legs. . It did not live.
Avoid Sedative Coagb Medicines.
If you went to contribute direct! v
to the occurrence of canillarv bron
chitis and pneumonia use cough
medicines that contain codine, mor
phine, heroin and other sedatives
when you have a cough or cold. An
expectorant like Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is what is needed.
That cleans out the culture beds or
breeding places for the germs of
pneumonia and other germ diseases.
That is why pneumonia never re
sults from a cold when Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is used. It
has a world wide reputation for its
cures. It contains no morphine or
other sedative. For sale by all
dealers.
A Rising Mac.
He's willing and prompt, a de
pendable chap,
The busiest man in the store.
He does what the boss requires of
him,
And always a little bit more.
He doesn't spend time looking up
at the clock,
To see how soon he can quit,
He's full of ambition, and willing to
work,
And some day he's going to be It.
He's bound to go up, for if he should
leave
The whole shop would notice the
loss.
He makes himself useful from morn
ing till night,
And so he stands high with the
boss.
He works just as if it were all for
himself,
Not waiting in sloth to be led.
The business to him seems already
his own.
And some day he'll stand at the
head.
Sumerville Journal.
....... . .
The KLid "Sou Have Always Bought, end wLWoIj ls V
ia uso for over SO years, lias homo fho hiu-Cr
and htt-s been jnao.o (! . l
Tbe Appropriation Mad
8.
Dest Form of Prayer.
V7hen the hearts cf raca and -omen
are filled with heaven.'y love, a
power -which makes for righteousness
constantly emanates from them.
Those v.'ho pray withe their livos of-
J i r .a
ier me mon effective prayer
M:ougfe they do not utter
Chauneey Giles.
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A GeaUe and Effective Laxative.
A mild, gentle and effective laxa
tive is what people demand when
suffering from constipation. Thous
ands swear by Dr. King's New Life
Pills. Hugh Tallman. of San An
tonio. Tex., writes: "They are, be
yond question, the best pills my wife
and I have ever taken." They never
cause pain. Price 25c at druggists
or by mail. IT. E. Bucklen & Co.,
Philadelphia or St. Louis.
.3 rv . i r
to bo
Stork Pa-tlr.!
There seems
Inity between t
Iy of Frank
Jiclison City, in ten years the
ird has brought 1.? babies, including
hrea pairs of tv!.-:s, and one set of
sr'o Dc-rr.IcHe.
an especial af
Ic aad the fam-
ofcfci, a miner at
rlplets.
as.
Ten of the children ara Hv-
CLron'c Dyspepsia.
ine ToLowing unsolicited testi
monial should certainly be sufficient
to give hope and courage to persons
afflicted wii.h chronic dyspepsia: "I
have been a chronic dyspeptic for
years, and of all the medicine I have
taken. Chamberlain's Tablets have
me more good than anvthing else,"
sajs W. G. Mattifcn, No. 7 Sher
man St., IiornellsviMe, N. Y. For
sale by all dealers.
Eczema spreads rapidly; itching
almost drives you mad. For quick
relief, Doan's Ointment is well re
commended. 50c at all stores.
There Aro Othsrs.
In our adolescent Inexperience w
Cherished the notion that hotel ckrka
and book etore attaches were the
most conspicuous of the unintelligfmts.
Yesterday, however, u talegraph oper
ator objected to our using "juxtapose"
In a night letter. "We don't allow
code words." said he. And-for th life
of us v.-e couldn't thini of a snappy
Domeback.
Eczema and Itching Cored.
The soothing, healing medication
in Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment
penetrates every tiny pore of the
skin, clears it of all impurities
stops itching instantly. Dr. Hob
son's Eczema Ointment is guaran
teed to speedily heal eczema, rashes,
ringworm, tetter and other unsight
ly eruptions. Eczema Ointment is
a doctor's prescription, not an ex
periment. All druggists or by mail
50c. Pfeiffer Bhemical Co., Phila
delphia and St. Louis.
Beauty Hint.
Red elbows, says the Evening News,
are happily a thorn which mar be re
moved. Saw off the red elbow3, soak
them in a bleaching mixturo of un
slaked lime, steep them in carbolic
acid, and they will never trouble yea
again. Cold faet may be treated sim
ilarly. A Marveloii Escape.
"My little boy had a marvelous
escape," writes P. F. Bastiams, of
Prince Albert, Cape of Good Hope.
"It occurred in the middle of the
night. He got a very sever attack
of croup. As luck would have it, I
haTl a large bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy in the house. After
following the directions for an hour
and twenty minutes he was through
all danger." Sold by all dealers.
Saturday night just before mid
night the state concurred in the
house measure to make an appro
priation of approximately $70,000 for
feeble-minded school situated just
without this city. It was a long, hard
fight and was won only through the
persistancy of friends of the propos
ed institution. Notablv among
these were Dr. Hardy the superin-
tendent'of the institution and Hon.
N. J. Rouse, who devoted practically
the whole of last week to pressing
the passage of the measure carrying
an adequate appropriation. Besides
there were several other Kinstonians
who showed an active interest. For
the fidelity to the cause these gen
tlemen deserve the thanks of the
community in which the new institu
tion is to be located. And not only
are they due the thanks of the com
munity but of the whole state of
North Carolina. The state needs
the institution and needs it now;
and the appropriation makes it pos
sible to proceed to a speedy opening
of the same. There is considerable
work to be done out there yet before
the equipment will be adequate.
But with no undue delay and a
great work for the social uplift of
the state will begin. Kinston Free
Press.
- a mm wiiti ,;:'..-.- ...
All Counterfeits, Imitations sutd ' JKst-n.-:-s--M!"
Experiments that trifle vHIi fi!idcii(bi!;;. r;!;;
Infants and Cliildren Experience :;ai:v i:V
. .L
What is CA
Casloria in a liarmlws jsulstitirie for Cr:v o:r.
jrorie, Drops and Soothing Syrupe. It i ; 5l!-p. -t,
contains neither 3pi-j:m, Morphine ioi' ci:;.-r X.iy.
substance. Its iyo is its g;iar:??tf o. 2t Ic;--rovs V,
and allays lv-isIuK;ss. It outers l"i:iv!,;a.
Colic. It relieve Teething1 Tvr.vMz?,, nrrc;; C-- .1
and Flatulency', It assimilate:; tho Fo;:;I, iviruiate.-;
Tho Cbildro
Panacea Th 3lolherr.-i i'v-c;.:!
af?'" M ?,
t!.
; m
II:-!
e r r. n si
Bears tb.e 3ignatu?o of
Need c! Speed.
Dr: "Mrs. Brown has sent for
me to go to see her boy, and I must
go at once."
His wife: "What is the matter
with the boy?"
Dr: "I don't know, but Mrs.
Brown has abook on 'What to Do
Before the Doctor Comes,' and I
must hurry up before she does it,"
Puck.
Woman loves a clear, rosy com
plexton. Burdock Blood Bitters is
splendid for purifying the blood,
clearing the skin, restoring sound
digestion. All druggists sell it.
Price, $1.00.
Banana SWn Law In Brazil.
During Soutbwark inquest, ia
"Which it was suggested that an old
man bad slipped on a banana Bkln, a
Juror said ha had been In Brazil, and
thare If a policeman saw a person
throw a banana or orange skin on the
roadway that person wa3 at once ar
rested and fined cr sent to prison.
London Daily Graphic.
Eye Water Before cr After.
"I thought that in the flfteen years
of my practice of medicine," said a
physician, "I bad answered almost
every possible 'fool question; but a
new one was sprung on me recently.
A young man came in with en in
flamed eye, for which I prescribed
medicine to be dropped into the eye
three times a day. He left the office,
but returned in a few minutes, poked
his head in the doorway, and asked
'Shall I drop thia in the eye before
mals or after?' "Everybody's Mag-
Th KM You to
Always Boiii .
Years,
in Use For Over 30
THE CCNTAUH COMPAKV, TT MUBHAV STRICT. NEW VO.". CITY.
ft'ho is Tills Mbl
Last year I did not want to em- j
harass my best girl to make her pro-
pose to me. ro asked her to be my
wife, and she said: "I would rather ,
be excused." And I, like an idiot,
excused her. But I got even with j
the girl. I married her mother. :
Then my father married the girl, j
Now I don't know who I am. When ;
I married the girl's mother, the'
girl became my daughter, and when !
my father married my daughter he '
became roy son, when my father
married my daughter she was my
mother. It my father is my son
and my daughter is my mother, who
in thunder am I? My mother's
mother, who is my wife, must be
my grandmother, and I being my
grandmother's husband, I am my
own grandfather. Ex.
No,
Wood's High-Grafr: Secc
Crimson Clover
Tho K"ng cf cf! Improver, '
also mak-s splendid fs!!,
winter and oprlng grazing,
the earliest green teed, cr
a good fcsy crop.
CRIMSON CLOVER will increr.it j
the productiveness of (he J.tnd rnort ;
than twenty times as much .le Vir ..
amount spent ia comrr.tru.i! tci',::nt.
Can be aown by itelf or at tV.o lft 1
working of ccrn, cotton or o da cui'i'.
ted crops.
Vc are headquarters for
Crimson Clover, Alfalfa, j
Winter Vetch, and all
Farm Seeds, !
Write for tsrices and De;crip!VC j
ebout all sccdo for fall sowing. j
T. W. WOOD 0 SONS,
SeeSsmen, - RIcl.iror.d, Va.
Thi3 is a prescription prepared especially ,
for MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER, i
Five or six doaes will break any case, and j
if taken then as a tonic the Fever wiil not I
return. it acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c
For croup or sore throat use Dr.
Thomas' Eclectic Oil. Two sizes,
25 and COc. All drug stores.
otice.
North Carolina "( In Superior Court,
Halifax County J Nov. Term, 1913.
Lizzie Davis, Plaintiff
vs.
Ben Davis, Defendant.
The defendant above named will
take notice that an action entitled
as above has been commenced in tb.e
Superior Court of Halifax county
for the. purpose of obtaining a d
vorce; and the said defendant will
further take notice that the is re
quired to appear at the term of the
Superior Court of said county to be
held on the twelfth Mondav after
the first Monday in So.pt ember, at
the court house of said county, in
Halifax, North Carolina, ar.d answer
or demur to the complp.ir.t in said
action, or the plaintiff will anplv to
uie court lor tne re hef rtpmnnflwi in
said complaint.
This 23rd day of September, 1913.
S. M. GARY,
. Clerk Superior Court.
A. Paul Kitchin,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Having qtuMi d ; ;
upon t i c ff.';:tv el T. j'.
son. di-ct-sui, .'.'tie li'-'
ty, North Y-iv, 1 ) ;t.
ill persons l.-.viii'.' c!; .::
Said estate i iiV Si.-I"lt i.
verified, to the ur! ! :'
mcrt within one v:ir fr.:
of thi notice, i r .-:;! !.. ;
I I' r j,
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1 lu :
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pleaded in b;;" "
All persor s I: l---
plos'-fo inak'i iir.:)!-.-o'.i'- i.--"-11
This September '.h,
A-!...;..'..-'t-":r;;-
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Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It itops th
Cough and Headache and worka off the Cold.
DrtitpLita refund money if it fail to cure.
. W. GROVE'S sigaatuxe on each box, 25c,
Women Who Get Dizzy.
Every woman who is troubled with
fainting and dizzy spells, backache,
headache, weakness, debility, con
stipation or kidney troubles should
use Electric Bitters. They give re
lief when nothing else will, improve
me neaitn, adding strength and vig
or from the first dose. Mrs. Laura
Gaines, of Avoca, La., says: "Four
doctors had given me up and my
children and all my friends were
looking for me to die. when my son
insisted that I use Electric. Bitters.
I did so, and they have done me a
world of good." Just try them.
50c and $1.00 at all druggists or by
mail. H. E. Bucklen & Co., Phila-
ueiyuia or oc. JjOUIS.
WHENEVER YOU HEED
A GEIIEByirjM GROVE'S
The Old Standard Grove's Ta5tfoe utt r , .
Valuable as a Gene, al TTLluil fl""
Drives Out Malaria, Enrich, tt. a j ?n'h Liver-
You know what you are takinr who ' w r
as the formula is printed on everAaSl Tovfa Tasteles3 chill Tonic
tonic properties of QUININE and IRON tTJ? U contains e well known
tonic and is in Tasteless Form. It h ' " " str..n? as Wrongest bitter
Weakness, general debility 'a " " no elaal Malaria. ChUls &nA
Mother, and Pale. Sickly Children SET' Te9 life or to Nursing
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Farmers, Stock-rahers end n'n'f '
use. Speedily relieves Sp ici '
ney, Harness Sores and (jd,:f, -
Boils, Slrains and Lameners in tit '
Caked Udder and Son Tcuti in C ;
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SAFE AND SURE-
Bemg made of oh it soaks do1
straight to the bone, fcani
and saves suiTering. Ci'y i:' j
ments can soak througH nusc.e
tissue. Alcohol liniments evnpo
before they can be absorbed by t..
flesh besides they are dangf '
when used near a fire r ;?f
Mexican Mustang Linirr.c .i-; '
burn even though a lighted rr.
be applied. Mexican MutlangU-;
iment is THE SAFE aa wchas
SURE-TO-CURE remedy.
COMMENDED KY A FAKMFB.
GKnES-.jn .?. fi
As lonpr no as I can ror.icti.lx r I t-
waj-skctpitin my house :tu i il '"
family get injurvd in ar.v C.y,
sprains, cuts, bruises, and. in ia-l.
accidents that hanen I alv.-aysi:sf
tanr Liuimcat. Oa my horses a :":,
I never think of using: any t hi nil
far cheaper than tloctots' il' 'j
mend it to all farmers ; it will -families
and also their horses ami
in condition. Verv trulv yoiii ,
FREE
ra,J 7x9. Hv V :
hanJndM of thouManJt of thi fmu ll - -
Even lover of hona vanti one.
LYON MFG. CO., .
... m rk I X
21 South Fifth St, BROOKL 1 1, i
we mean it. 50c.
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