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V.i il .- T k fcK3 Sc2 119 D 1 er ;al"2 bore- i .U FD anaA Si TacS kq J; s!ed with Blue Nis.rtt. bk x -"i-cuE8.'rn a V (t 4a w; J. V'1'8' for twrntT.fl9 D BY flTy f!?t i ML L !K l.'lilCTK !. rii " M'llU&BB-lB & tVERYWMPni: worth Jar. Cther ri-oti-i.-rs. wet Sx! hr Dr. J. i v rriAi ui i . , ifeK'A BRAND I ,1 "smeui6 190 I bUl if.W the Tl? how lonS "tanking. SSe"1' W TeUablc Dr' k- UinPT Dam. 4!.. ui i m - r i?$irn I - rrt to Everyone Waitlll -oi the other f - el-.-s. 10 cents . ' ' djSST A Feel In the By JAMES WHITCOMB HEY'S a kind of feel in the air to me When the Chris'mas times sets in That's about as much of a mystery As ever I've run agin. Fer instunce, now. whilse I gain in weight And gineral health, I swear They's a goneness somers I can't quite state A kind o feel in the air. They's a feel in the Chris'mas air goes right To the spot where a man lives at J It gives a feller a appetite They ain't no doubt about that! And yit they's somepin I don't know what That follers me here and there And ha'nts and worries and spares me not A kind o' feel in the air. They's a feel, as I say, in the air that's jest As blamed-on sad as sweet. In the same ra-sho as I feel the best And am the spryest on my feet They's alius a kind o' sort of a ache That 1 can't locate nowhere, But it comes with Chris'mas, and no mistake- A kind o' feel in the air. Is it the racket the children raise? Why. no! God bless 'em, no! Is it the eyes and the cheeks ablaze. Like my own wuz long ago? Is it the bleat o' the whistle and beat O the little toy drum and blare O' the horn? No. no! It is jest the sweet- The sad-sweet feel in the air. "Three Finder :am says he can one beat you playing poker with band tied." "Sam's apologizing. After seem j Sam handle a pack of cards the j bov in Crimson Gulch won t play: i :.l u: ..,m-r n thm nre- i CarUo Willi imu cA. . - ."Wr - i i :.u u;, unoiit an Ttipm i re- ! c.se conoitions. , .... 99 II' U VJfoi l T" 'iji'i'-. m&rmmim. i & t w b m -fw is just as tr-ing and VJ' f-n- ci c own nnrl nerhaps more tedious but is her strength as great? iv-,..-r. wlm are nervous ind fretful' and easily fatigued prompt ly gain strength and natural en- aitermeals because il i3 nourishment not a drug that stupefies or alcohol that stimulates there is pure, rich medical nourishment in every drop which nature appropriates to enrich the blood and upbuild the latent forces of the body. Probably nothing is more popular with phycians for just such con ditions than Scott's Emuta Avoid substitutes called .winessj ' 'extracts' ' or ' 'active principles they are. not cod liver oil. . , aniline Scott's 13-84 i m cm am 0 r iw SCOTLAND g For Santa Claus Christmas Air RJLEY Qovinor I In Per Christmas uutiii wr . - 1 wpil ilressed man in a Market street car tendered the conductor a .i.ii.,. i,;n in nfiviTKMit for tV"0 one one uuhsi " . ... ..j,-i, i.ia Hiiinsre. care- r I I I II. l-LLIl IHM ' J "J ' ' ..1,iii niirl d th; ,en cent I)ieces and ced thorn in a soparaie vr 1st of September unui lv , n,.,.n n dime." he Christmas vr,!niiiNl to his companion. 'Kvery time I get cue I keep it separate from ,nv ntl.er chamre, and when 1 get home -I deposit my dimes savings banks that they contain $10. ! , sla in one of those don't open until I am one of a addicted to the habit, and som:- very large i;hi,uj Christmas present times I am obliged to give as many as thirty or forty gifts. By not spending mv dimes 1 create a Christmas fund withoufreally feeling it. I have done this for several years and find it an ex cellent ,,lan."-rhiladelphia Hecord. Why She Shops Early. Tm going to start my Christmas shopping risbt now and got it over with," said Mrs. .Tones at the breakfast ta''Ah to aid the poor, tired shopgirl nnd help the movement for early de liveries!" her son remarked in tones of -CaSonght of that." was the disconcerting reply. "I'm going to buy ' all my presents at Smart & Co. s. and shops Hke theirs have handsome de Lons. I want all the neigh bors to see the wagons stop at my door. Last year I bought a lot ot these things at expensive shops. 'and not a wcS was delivered until after dart. I 1 the neighbors know they might Ke 2 those pay by the w res in unmarked wagons.' NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1913. yuurf i and :i I His Christinas Pie H X ' With Variations In the Style of the Poets t By CALLY RYLAND 1 tTLE Jack Hr:-.i fjai in a corner . Eating his Chri t'.ias Die. He put in his thumb and pulled out a plum And said, "What a good boy am I." H VS. if Edgar Allan Poe Had Written It. See Jack Horner in his corner With hia pie. Where's his ma? Will no one warn her? He will die! With a thumblet that is doting White he's gloating-, Bloating; gloating, He is fishing for the iloating Plum, oh, my! All his boast of being good, Careful of his daily food, Twinkles merrily within his saucy eye, eye, eye. t Robert Browning Might Have Done It. Pastry's all or nothing; it is not mere dough Pounded and pulled and puzzled over, sir. For whiteness or for lightness and this pie Was of the very stuff o' life, sir. Xone of your blundering bits of work, but Infinitely eatable. Well. Horner sat there Ruminating. 'Twas Christmas, ruminat ing time. You say, and you are right, sir. Lazily alive and open mouthed he sat. Feeling the pastry tickle at his lips. Yet scarcely knowing how to fathom it. When of a sudden oh, the fellow's keen! Occurred his thumb to him, whereupon Straightway he plunged it in the sweet. "Good boy!" quoth he, and pulled out a damp plum. t This Would Be Walt Whitman's Stylo. I sing the Christmas pie, The flour, the lard, the butter that com pose it; The richness of its stuffing. A divine nimbus exhales from it. It attracts with fierce, undeniable attrac tion. I am drawn by its breath no less than Jack Horner, who holds it upon his knees. I am one with the plum concealed in ita mammoth vastness. I loosen myself, pass freely and am at the door of Horner's Hps, sKiacking to taste its ingredients. But he does not know how to get at you, pie. He sits, sleepily considering the pose of his head, his puffed out lips, betray . ing his gluttony. Presently a fine smile comes on to his face. He lunges into the pie with firm thumb. Its crust yields. He possesses himself of its richness. Oh, young men, I would not have you sit in a corner considering pie stuffings. Be bold. You whoever you are are al lowed the eternal purports of a pie. (I loved a certain Christmas pie ardently, and it gave me indigestion. Yet out of that I have written this song.) 5 n In the Great William Shakespeare's Style. "Sweet pastry, do not scorn me, do aot gibe And frown at me with crusty surliness. I know that in your flaky depths is hid den ..... A mammoth plum, which. 'Ods my little life: . ,. I'll have it if I must swing for 't. Thus Jacques. . ' Who. thereupon, with swashing stab of the thumb. . - Smote through the crispy lid, which erst held tight. Ajid with triumphant shout. "'Ods bodi- kin' 4, good Vad I!" withdrew the sought for plum. Algernon Charles Swinburne's StyU. Here where tho world is quiet. Here upon Christmas day. With plums and a pie for diet. In a corner sat Horner, No feast was ever sweeter, No finger was ever fleeter " To yr.nk a plum with glee to A mouth that gapes alway. The Commonwealth is $1.00 a year. CHRISTMAS IN GERMANY. A Day of Cheeriness and Happiness Thoroughout the Fatherland. The Cerruan Christmas has local dif ferences in various provinces. The Christmas tree is universal, for this is its home. At many places the who! a family go to early service, at 5 or 6 o'clock, ns the custom may be. and in some parts of the country every one carries a lighted candle. These can dles, placed on the backs of the pews, sometimes make the only light in the church. At some places when the clock strikes 12 on Christmas eve the bells ring and every bouse and church .is quickly lighted up. . . x Christmas is a day "of cheeriness and happiness throughout Germany. The presents are usually simple. Men and angels and many kinds of creatures are fashioned in gingerbread. It is twisted Into many grotesque shapes, and sometimes It is guilded. Hans Christian Anderson's story of the "Honeybread Soldier" will be better understood by any one who has spent a Christmas in Germany. In Hanover, just when the candles on the Christmas tree are dying out, there will be a mysterious rap on the door and a bundle will be thrown into the room. Jt contains a little present for every member of the family and comic verses for some of them. In Oberammergau there is a mere distinctly religious tone given to the whole holiday. The Christ Child is the guardian angel of the time, lt is he, they say, who brings the Christmas tree. lie comes down from heaven on Christinas eve, holding it in his hands. Two angels bearing presents fly before him and two behind. He puts the tree on the table, rings a bell and flies away. He brings a blessing to the children that bare been obedient. To the children of Oberammergau St. Nicholas is an angel in disguise. He goes about from house to house in ragged clothes and with a bag on his back. He gives a loud knock at the door anil asks. "Are the children good?" If the answer Is "Yes" he leaves fruits and condJos. If the an swer is "No" he leaves a stick. A CHRISTMAS LETTER, i ,,tt.,fM,.tt.,f,..t,.,..,w 1 TEAREST PHYLLIS, pray remamber when you're making up the list Of your presents for December (unless I am to be missed) That I've slippers, picture brackets, smok ing sets of various types, Half a dozen smoking jackets, thirty-seven meerschaum pipes. Twenty patent "kid glove menders." col lar boxes hv the score. Of embroidered silk suspenders, forty - ThatS XcTTwas tw.ntv rva received a paperweight. Have pen wipers, inkstands plenty, paper cutters twenty-eight ; That I've Browning and Longfellow by .1 1 1 3 . 9,1193 iiuiiui eu-6TCI y muu Shakespeare black and blue and yellow; Milton till I'm nearly blind. So there's just one present only that I'm wanting in this year Of my bachelorship so lonely that's your self, my Phyllis, dear. James Courtney Challiss. Attractive Bed Sets. Bed sets, consisting of spread, pil low covers and valance, are always a welcome addition to the napery closet, and what color to select need not wor ry the donor, as the smart thing In these outfits is white scrim trimmed with eyelet embroidery or fillet inser tion, edging and motif. Blankets may seem a., homely gift to send at Christ mas time, but any housekeeper will be glad to have one in thick, soft Austra lian wool, in pale blue, rose or mauve, and bound with satin ribbon. One of the nicest things to send to a housekeeping friend is a set of towels. of extra large sized and heavy Turkish bath towels, hemmed in the color of her room and vidual initials. marked with her indi- LOVE IS MbsoStstaSy Pzspq AhsoSsetsSy ft&s no szubstltuto t Many" mixtures are offered as substitutes for Royal. No other baking powder is the same in composition or effectiveness, or so wholesome and economical, nor will make such fine food. Royal is the only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar mil KEET ifii MLElGn. Osptists Accept Invitation to CsnTeae a! OpKal. mil i3lAh3l!s!i Fcolliall. Sheiby, Dec. 13. The session yes terday afternoon of the eighty-third annual convention of North Carolina Baptists was given over to the dis cussion of temperance, aged minis ters relief and obituaries. The re ports were read and adopted. The ajjtd ministers relief fund has been increased the past year but ill larger offerings are reces?ary if the proper relief is given the ajred men. In the morning fusion the con vention promptly and practically by a unanimous vote tabled a resolu tion to ask the board of trustees of Wake Forest College to abolish football. The resolution was net discussed at any length. The senti ment was entirely too strong against the adoption. Sunday School Secretary Middle ton, speaking to the report of the Sunday school committee, urged the . organization of the distinctively Baptistic Bible classes as provided I for in the report. These classes are ! n n. . .. . . r , tiannrn:na ' tional program as mapped OUt for , I j , - , O 1 I 1 i . ; uie iuiuiu oumiiiy bciiuui wuiiv. , In the United States the Sundaj j school enrollment is le-s than 50 per . cent of the members-hip of Baptist' rliurches. In the territory of the j Southern Baptist Convention the j percentage rises to 55 per cent, but ! in North Carolina the Sundoy school enrollment i3 75 per cent of the church membership. Prof. J. Henry Highsmith, of Wake Forest College, presented the importance of the Baptist Young People's work m a splendid address. The session of the convention for 1914 will be held with the Baptist churches ot Raleigh, the invitation those churches having been accept ed. The annual sermon will be preached by Rev. E. T. Carter, D. ' D- of New Bern, Rev. G. T. Lump- kin, of Uxford, will be the alternate. The Commonwealth a year for $1 00 BLIND Ketten in New York Evening Woi Ic. NUMBER 51. fierner Sc'iooi Gains to lharlolte. Raleih, N. C, Dec. 13. The Hor ner Military Academy, conducted by the Horner family at Oxford, N. C, for the past seventy years, will be moved to Charlotte, N. C, for the past seventy years, will be move t to Charlotte, N. C. Colonel J. C. Horner, owner and principal of the institution, having accepted a prop osition from the business men of that place of $25,000 and twenty five acres of land as an inducement to have the school located in Char lotte. After the destruction of the school by fire about two months ago. Secretary Martin, of the Chamber of Commerce of Petersburg, made an effort to have it located in that city, and several very attracted propositions were made, ' but the Carolina towns, several of whicli nut in bids for the institution, suc ceeded in keeping: the rchool in their o.vn State. Collector Why haven't you paid your gas till? Consumer The light was so poor I could not read the bill." Califor nia Pelican. CATARRH OF THE PHARYNX. Clearing out your throat every day, all day. That is what you have been doing for months. Possibly years. A little mucus covers the pharynx. If you were to go to a doctor he 1 .11 j.i . m j yngiUs. If you were to look Into w fin iff i pii vf ill xnnr vftTi narr nnflF ! your own throat you would find Just j back cf the soft palate a red, lumpy, : granular appearance of Ilia back part . of the throat. Pharyngitis the doc ! tors call it. Perhap.T ho would call It, folicul.ir pharyngitis. It causes you constant annoyance. Tou r.re always making slight disturLat.eca v.'.icn scaled in an audience. Can't held your throat etilL Ctrlo';y mucus bothers you. "Worse in the morning:. A-hem! A-heni! A-hem! That is the way you are going nearly all day. Sometime 3 In tha right whoa you wake up. Tou oueht to gargle your throat with salt water every morn ing. ColJ salt water. That clears out tho throat perfectly and makes it ready for treatment. Peruna ia tho treatment Begin with a teaspoonful before each meal and at bedtime. Try it for a week. Tou will bo convinced. Of course. Peruna will r.ot entirely relieve you In a week. That 1-3 too much to ex pect of any remedy. Cut lt will bene fit you so much 3'ou will be con vinced. Yes, It will. It has done this many times. Folicular pharyngitis. Big words. Almost as bad as the disease. But if you take Peruna for one month reg ularly, you may forget that you ever had such a disease. Then you will have a perfect right to forget the big words too. People who object to liquid medi cines can now obtain Peruna Tablets. Ask your druggist for a Free Pe runa Lucky Day Almanac for 1914. Notice of Land Sale. By virtue of power vested in me by that deed of trust executed to jW. A. Dunn, Trustee, on the 29 h 'day of February, 1892, by Granville .Savage and wife. Mary, which may j he seen by reference to B Kk 96, Page 461, in the Register of Deeds' office of Halifax county. I will, on Saturday, the 17th day of January, 1914, sell at public auction, in the town of Scotland Neck, at 12 o'clock, for cash, to the highest bidder, that s tract of land he- e naf tr described, lying, being and situate in the coun ty or Hl:fx. State of North Caro lina, and tein? that tract of land , lying on the right-hand side of the ' public read leading from Green j wood to ' Palmyra, and bounded bv the lands of the late Joshua Betl and Joe Watson, ard containing im : acres, more or less, and being a por Ition of the land which the sail Granville Savage died, seizei a id ( possessed of. This 15th day ot uecember, 1913. NOAH BIGGS. Ex'r of W. A. Dunn, Trustee. S. A. Dunn, Atty. 'AT ANY PRUO Sio