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si C0UL1 WALK ABOUT RIGHT UNDER OLD SOL i THE WEARY WAY And For Three Summers Mrs. Vin cent Was Unable to Attend to Any of Her Housework. I Pleasant Hill, N. C "I suffered for three summers," writes Mrs. Walter Vincent, of this town, "and the third and last time, was my worst. , 1 had dreadful nervous headaches and prostration, and was scarcely able to walk about. Could not do any of my housework. , 1 also had dreadful pains in my back and sides and when one of those weak, sinking spells would come on me, 1 would have to give up and lie down, until it wore off. I was certainly in a dreadful state of health, when I finally decided to try Cordui, the woman's tonic, and I firmly They Were In Blaring Sunlight, Yet Cast No Shadows. Every one knows that when a per bou stauds iu the full sunshine his body casts a shadow which will be I'ither short or long, according as the mm is high iu the heavens or near the horizon at sunrise or sunset. A believe I would have died if I hadn't little thought will bring it home to the taken it. ! reader that, obviously, if the sun is exactly vertical over a person s neaa, After I began taking Cardui, I was there can be no shadow. greatly helped, and all three bottles re lieved me entirely. I fattened up, and grew so much stronger in three months, I felt like an other person altogether." Cardui is purely vegetable and gentle- acting. Its ingredients have a mild, tonic effect, on the womanly constitution. Cardui makes for increased strength, improves the appetite, tones up the ner vous system, and helps to make pale, sallow cheeks, fresh and rosy. Cardui has helped more than a million weak women, during the past 50 years. It will surely do for you, what it has done for them. Try Cardui today. Write to: Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Ladies' Ad visory Dept.. Chattanooga. Tenn., for Special In structions on your case and 64-page book. "Home Treatment for Women." sent in plain wrapper. J-65 Daily Becoming- Less WVari sonie to Many in Scot land Neck. Fa'r warning to all persons! We, t ! T KEEPING RESOLUTIONS. i fl. . l- I... t ,.1 the undorsighed do hereby forbid ,g BuJ. to make one and any and all persons from hunting , '.y break it is demoralizing. It is with gun or dog on our lands under ; V easier to keep a resolution if it penaltv of the lay. We will try to X is made a few days before put- adjoin the lands of the N. C. Lum ber Co.. J. C. Branch, Noah Biggs, Balfour Dunn ond others. Signed Will J. Partine, Henry Weeks, E. 11. Weeks. L. W. Bai n hill, J. F. Luwrence, L. E. DeBerry, C. E. Pope, W. B. Barnhill, Reuben. Clark. t 2-15 : ting into eaeet. i.very nerve oi - the body seems lo brace itself X for the abstinence. To break off j- an objectionable habit without any preparation is a mistake. Denial may be easy for a few C hours, but the grip almost in- Notice. variably returns. f i i AS DIES THE YEAR. By virtue of power vested in me by that Deed of Trust executed to me on the 23rd day of December, 1912, by Henry Lock art and his wife Josephine. I will- on Saturday, the 7th day of February, 1914, sell to the highest bidder for cash, at pub lit auction, in the town of Scotland Neck, N. C., the following lots or parcels of land lying, being and situ ated in the county of Halifax and State (.f North Carolina, and more fully described as follows: It being lots Nos. 6 and 7 in the di vision if the lands of Isaac J.Smith. deceased, according to the plat and survev by Prof. L. R. Mills, which ; mav be seen by reference to the Alld over him la" a wan whita ail- fVi.,;1 r.,..,.f nf .v.! '9 down the mattock and ply the Ill H I no 1 ' 1 1 w i O 1 L 11. 1 ULUI U I the Clerk s ohicein Halifax in rec ord of Speci al Proceedings, Vol. 8. Page 316, and in the Register of Deeds ..ffice. Book 236 at Page 138, and contfning 19 acres. i Time of sale 12 o'clock. Plact of ; sale: In front, of Burroughs-Pitt-j man-Wheeler Go's store. ! This the Hrh dry of Juni.a'y. 1914. j ; A. Dunn, Trustee. I The eld year knocks at the farmhouse door. October, come with your matron gaze From the fruit you are storing for win ter days. And prop him up on the granary floor. Where the straw lies thrashed and the corn stands heaped. Let him eat of the bread he reaped. He "Is feeble and faint and can work no more. Weaker he waneth and weaker yet. November, shower your harvest down, Chestnut and mast and acorn brown. For you he labored, so pay the debt. Make him a pallet he cannot speak And a pillow of moss for his pale, pinched cheek. He is numb to touch; lie is deaf to call. December, hither with muffled tread Ai;l gaze on the year, for the year is dead, But the problem is to determine when and where this shall be the state of things. As regards the "where," that must evidently be at some place on the earth in the tropics, and the "when" must be the hour of midday. To gee these two things to concur by prearrangement is a matter of no small difficulty. But as a matter of fact they did concur on a day in February, 1913 namely, the 13th, when a scientist, W. B. Gibbs. was in mldocean in latitude 13 degrees south, the sun's declination being also about 15 degrees south. A photo, reproduced in the London Strand, represents Gibbs and another man standing bolt upright on the deck facing one another, and clearly shows the absence of any sign or a lateral shadow in other words, it proves that the shin was in such a latitude that the sun was vertically overhead and that the time was noon, when the sun was at its highest alti tude as between east and west. Ex change. SAVE YOUR APPENDIX. This Mysterious Organ May Prove to Be a Valuable Gland. The appendix is not a useless organ undergoing degeneration, as has been hitherto supposed, but is a valuable gland, and persons should think twice before having it removed. This is a part of a report presented to the French Academy of Sciences by Dr. Perrier. Another well known French scien tist, the late Dr. Lucas-Championnere, warned the medical world some years ago that the appendix probably was undeserving of present day contempt, yet he was unable to establish the possible function of this small and mysterious organ. Dr. Perrier's report is based upon studies made by Dr. Robinson. The latter collected the mucous secretions from a large number of appendixes re moved at the hospitals and prepared a serum which, on being injected into animals, was found to stimulate tbe"1 contractile movements of the intes tines. Dr. Robinson, therefore, was convinced that the appendix cannot be cut out without seriously interfering with intestinal action, although he recognizes the necessity of operating when the gland is gangrenous or oth wise diseased. Paris Cor. New York Sun. With a back that aches all day, With rest disturbed at night, Annoying urinary disorders, 'Tis a weary way, indeed. Doan's Kidney Pills are especially for kidney trouble. Are endorsed by Scotland Neck citizens. L. Wilkinson, Scotland Neck, N. C, says: "I have used Doan's Kid ney Pills, obtained from E. T. White head Go's Drug Store, and have had -ood results. Th;s remedy re lieved rre of lame and aching back and also regulated the passages of the kidney secretions. I recom mend Doan's Kidney Pills whenever I can." Price 50c alkali dealers. Don t sirnp'y ask for a kidney remedy tret Doan's Kidiey Pills the same that Mr. Wilkinson had. Foster Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. HE POSES IN THE ALPS. The ppnoe. And deep in the clay let his clay be laid And snownakes fall at his funeral. l'hus may I die, since it must be, My wage well earned and my workdays done, And the seasons following one by one, to the slow, sweet end that the wise fore see. Fed from the store of my ripened sheaves, Laid to rest on my fallen leaves And . with snow while souls to weep for me. Alfred Austin. SMG'JLO USE For r.- ftsms of AND KIDNEY TR0U81ES. 11111 f STOP TK lmtjjsS ismatism Swssson anamnestic Cnra Co. &C-lS Vtf. Ixmv St., CH!C.1IK "MC oo-o c oxc-oo-o O 000-000 6 Classy Printing ! It's plain that all print ing is n -f crood printing. It's gr-tU-d. Just a little alteration sometimes will change the appearance of the entire job. Let us suggest the change in your next job and put it in the "classy" line. Printing i3 our business, and we want to fchow you how 'Will w l.-rtn'iT it Will you give us the opportu- $ ty? We'll see. j Satisfied customers are 6 our best representatives, and when you want job printing done let us make you one. THE COMMONWEALTH, Scotland Neck, North Carolina. ooootc-ooooooooooooooco FOR STOMACH TROUBLE John W. Skillen of Sidney, Ohio, Has Found a Remedy. Experts declare that the reason stomach disorders are so common in thi3 country is due to hasty and care less habits of eating. Stomach troubles and run-down conditions usually go together. John W. Skillen of Sidney, Ohio, says: "I had a bad stomach trouble for years, and became so weak that I could hardly v,ralk or do any work. My appetite was poor, and it seemed impossible to get any relief. Since taking 'Vinol' I find a remarkable im proveni2nt in my health, my digestion is much stronger, and I hare gained in weight. I would not be without iVinol." Vinol makes weak stomachs strong because it strengthens and tones up the weakened, tired and overtaxed nerves of the digestive organs. Vinol is easily assimilated by the weakest stomachs, and is deliaious to the taste. Try a bottle of Vinol with the un derstanding that your money will be returned if it does not help you. P. S. Stop scratching, our Saxo Salvo stops itching. We guarantee it. E. T Whitehead Company Scotland Neck, N. C. Making a Present. Lady Jersey was in her time one of the leaders of fashion, and her house was tbe resort of politicians and oth ers. With her lived her daughter, Lady Clementine Viliiers, a handsome and clerer girl. The custom had been established that all friends should give the latter a present on her birthday, and the.e presents were set out in an antechamber. Among these fviends was Lord Brougham, then an old man. He caltod on a birthday, but had for gotten what the occasion was, and had j brought no present. Seeing a mass of I presents laid out, he seized one of j theni and took it in as his present, i rightly counting that the young lady would not remember that it was one that already had been given to her. And very proud he was of his pres ence of mind. Bat, then, he was an ex-lord chancellor. London Truth. Dear Old Shepherd" Who Does It For a Consideration. Nearly every adventurer upon the Alps nowadays carries a camera. It is a sign of the times. People have become obsessed with the importance of realities, and the camera is the only possible agent to enable you to show realities to your friends. It is not of much use to tell them about some strange sight or of some curious con fomation of nature you may have met in your climb. You must show it to them. A feature of the Alps today is the number of worthies who earn their bread by means of the camera. There is an old man at Grindelwald, for in stance, who makes quite a comforta ble competency by standing in front of his chalet when visitors laden with cameras are coming up the side of the mountain and blowing upon a tre mendous horn. "How very quaint!" exclaims the unsuspecting tourist. "The dear old shepherd is calling home the cbws." The dear old shepherd, however, is a man of sound business principles. He doesn't drag his antiquated instru ment about his house for the fun of the thing. Neither does he perform upon It for the benefit of his flocks and herds, for he owns none. But he will tell you frankly, when you ask him to stand "quite still," that he will very willingly pose in whatever man ner you like, but you must first pay him a couple of francs for his trouble. That old man is probably the best known character in the Grisons and the hero of many local tales. Wide World Magazine. WOMEN W tHE MIDDLE AGES. They Held Office and Could More Than Hold Their Own In Trade. Women in England have always shared in the industrial life of the na tion. Curiously enough, writes Mr. A. Abram in "English Life ana Manners In the Later Middle Ages," a statute of 13G3 that ordered men to keep to one trade left women free to practice as many as she chose. In a few instances, at least, women in the later middle ages discharged du ties and held offices that do not fall to their lot nowadays. There are allu sions to women burgesses in the rec ords of London and other towns, and if women married aliens they could naturalize them. Women did not shrink from engag ing in foreign commerce. They ex ported goods to France, Spain and oth er countries. A widow, Margery Rus sell of Coventry, is mentioned in no less than three different existing docu ments. Her business must have been on a fairly large scale, for she was robbed of merchandise worth 800 by of Santander. in Spain. In order to recoup herself for her losses she obtained letters of marque that empowered her to seize the goods be longing to countrymen of the offend ers. Margery apparently took more than was due her, for two Spanish mer chants lodged complaints agamst her. She was ordered to restore both ships, but one of the Spaniards declared that she had refused to do so, although he had a commission directed to the ex chequer. If Dame Margery Russell was a type, women traders of the mid dle ages were well able to look after themselves. ORIGIN OF PERFUMES. BUTT AND HIS BANKNOTES. "Occuit" Information. A. Henry Savage Landor may deny on geological grounds the existence of any 'lost Atlantis,' but there are among the theosophical and other oc cult fraternities people who will cheer fully draw you a map of the vanished land and give you a description of its people, their manners and customs. The information is obtained by va rious mystical methods "revelations," clairvoyance, etc. Some years ago it was discovered by similar "occult" means that at the north pole itself the temperature was so mild that a "green island" existed there a kind of arctic arcady. It was all very interesting until Peary, the explorer, came on the scene and but cold fact is always so unromantic! London Chronicle. Sow Red Clover Seed early in the Spring on your Wheat and Fall-sown Grain. " It's the best time to sow. Wood's Trade Mark Brand Red Clover is the best American-grown seed, of highest percentages of purity and germination. Write for piices and samples, mailed free on request. Wood's 1914 Descriptive Catalog gives best time and methods of seeding Grasses and Clovers, and also tells about all the best farm and Garden Seeds. Catalog Mailed free. Write for it. Conscientious About It. "Mr. Glizzard," asked the caller, "are you carrying all the life insurance you can afford V" "No." answered the man at the desk; "I can afford more, and I had expected to take out more, but from a note I got from my employer this morning I have begun to suspect that I'm carrying a good deal more than I am worth." Chicago Tribune. Isaac Was a Great Orator, but Was Careless With rv'oney. Some amusing anecdotes are told of Isaac Butt, the famous Irish orator, in "The Life of Old Dublin," by Mr. James Collins. The author recalls the fact that Butt was very careless in re gard to money and repeats a reminis cence which he heard from the late Judge Adams: "Poor Isaac Butt was a inau of splendid genius, but, as all the world knew, careless to the last degree in money matters. I was in Youghal when the election petition was tried there, and Butt was counsel for Mr. Weguelin. At the close of the trial Mr. Butt was handed his check, run ning to several hundred pounds. The moment he got it he went over to one of the banks and cashed it. "Butt was staying at the house of a Youghal gentleman, and in the morn ing he put his hand in his pocket and found the money was gone. I shall never forget the hullabaloo that fol lowed. Consternation, suspicion, bed lam swept through the house. And In the middle of it all, just as the police were being summoned, the young son 3f the house turned up with the miss ing banknotes. "It had been a windy night, the win dow shook in the loose frame, and Butt, annoyed by the noise, got up, stuffed the first wad of paper he could find between the frame and the case ment, went to bed again and forgot all about It" Used at First to Kill the Odors of Burning Flesh. In the good old times the use of per fumes was originated to counteract the offensive odors arising from burn ing flesh which was being offered as a sacrifice. For this reason incense was always burned in the temples, and from that burning comes the literal significance of the word Incense, which means "through the smoke." Arabia has always been the land of perfume, the "scents of Araby" being classic. Lady Macbeth refers to "all the perfumes of Arabia" in her sleep walking" agony when she fancies she cannot wash the smell of Duncan's blood from her hand. While Arabia has most of the fame, it Is undoubtedly a fact that to Egypt belongs most of the credit, for the art of perfuming was practiced there to its fullest extent. Even the embalmed dead were saturated with spices and scents which have retained their de lightful aroma after thousands of years. It was from old Egypt that the Greeks and Romans learned the use of the still for extracting perfumes from plants and flowers. To this Ro man love for perfumes no doubt as much as to her own habits was due the fact that Cleopatra's barge was so overwhelmingly scented. Shakespeare describes it with: Purple the sails and so perfumed that The winds were lovesick with them. Philadelphia Record. i mLlw urn- z&2 Strong Serviceable, Safe. THE most reliable lantern for farm use is the RAYO. It is made of the best materials, so that it is strong and durable without being heavy and awkward. It gives a clear, strong light Is easy to light and rewick. It won't blow out, won't leak, and won't smoke. It is an expert-made lantern. Made in various styles and sizes. There is a RAYO for every requirement. At Dealers Everywhere STANDARD OIL COMPANY Washington. D. C Richmond, Va. Norfolk. Va. (New Jersey) BALTIMORE CH&rlotte. N. C Charleston. W. Va. Charleston, S. C. I Shipped Quick from Richmond LJ!ff-l i. 1 -".'4a4! RUBBER ROOFING Direct to user only one small profit added factory cost. 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Little Robert (escaping from the j usual watchful care of his nurse, "Aunt Mandy Sanderson," negress of j 300 pounds or more, black as anything human could be, and a complete an tithesis to the refined, gracious and delicate grandma of sixty, whose grief her grandson would try to assuage) "Please don't cry so, grandma," he pleaded, as he passed his little hand over her gray locks and with bound less sympathy in his tones. "I'm sure you can get another husband very soon. Why, even Aunt Mandy Sander son had seven of them!" New York Sun. Fashion Note, "So you've decided not to get that new gown that you had ordered from your dressmaker?" "Yes; she's so busy that she couldn't have it done for at least three weeks, and by that time it would be out of f ty le." Chicago Hecord-Herald. GREENSBORO GREENSBORO. N, C. Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Touch Type writing. Penmanship. Write for catalog T. W. WOOD G SONS, Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va.. The water tlepbaiH is a newly dis oovered animal round in central Asia. Family Affair. She Are they happy together? He Well, he stas's in every evening. She Then they must be. He But she goes out. Judge. Fortune displays our virtues and our vices as light makes all objects appar ent. La Rochefoucauld. inspired Famous Hymn. "Jesus, Lover cf My Soul," Is a hymn around which many tradition! and sacred associations cling. The story connected with its origin may be legendary, but if is no less beauti ful. Its author. Charies Wesley, wa Bitting at I113 desk by an open win dow when a bird pursued by a hawi flew in. The bird was savei, for tb hawk feared to follow it. The Incl fient inspired Wesley to writs hi famous lines. AN INCESSANT COUGH. Continued Dropping of Mucus into my Throat. A severe cough is always a grave symptom. It may not indicate or ganic disease of the lungs. Even though the cough is a functional dis turbance it is of sufficient gravity to demand prompt attention. The dropping of mucu3 from the back part of the nose into the throat Indicates nasal catarrh. Sometimes this goes on a long time before the patient pays any attention to it. It Is stated on good authority that mu cus dropping into the throat in this way is apt to excite catarrh of the stomach. At any rate, the condition ought to be corrected as soon as pos sible. Mrs. Bourland, of Frankston, Texas, found after using Peruna that not only did the incessant cough disap pear, but the dropping of mucus into the throat had also ceased. Read what she says: "For twenty-three years I was a constant sufferer from chronic ca tarrh. I had a severe misery and burning in the top of my head. There was almost a continual dropping: of mucus into my throat, which caused frequent expectoration. My entire system gradually became involved, and my condition grew worse. I had an incessant cough and frequent at tacks of bilious colic, from which it seemed I could not recover. My bowels also became affected, causing alarming attacks of hemorrhages. "I tried many remedies, which gave only temporary relief, or no relief at all. I at last tried Peruna, and in three days I was relieved of the bowel derangement. After using five bottles I was entirely cured. "I most cheerfully recommend the use of Peruna to any one similarly afflicted." People who object to liquid medi cines can now obtain Peruna Tablets. Took It Like a Philosopher. One day Mrs. Jones rushed into the library to her husband with hasty steps and a wild look of excitement. "Oh, John, oh, John!" she exclaimed, with a lot of emotional thrills. "Norah made a mistake and tried to light the kitchen fire with gasoline!" "Gasoline, eh?" calmly responded John. "Did she set it started?" j "Did she get it started?" cried the amazed Mrs. Jones. "It blew her out the kitchen window!" "That's all right, my dear," returned the philosophical Jones. "It was her afternoon out, anyway." Philadelphia Telegraph. Not Very Funny. "I did my best to be entertaining," said the young man in a voice of sor row. "Did yon succeed?" "I'm afraid not I recited Hamlet's soliloquy. She looked at me reproach fully for several seconds and then ex claimed, 'I don't think that's very fun ny!'" London Telegraph. It Would Be Proper. "Would you," her inquisitive friend asked, "speak to a man without an In troduction?" "Well, I might. If, for instance. I were to squirt my grapefruit juice in his eyes I should certainly ask his par don." Chicago Record-Herald. Fashion's Poor Slave. Willie Paw, what is a slave to fash ion? Paw A man who has a wife and some grown daughters, my son. Cincinnati Enquirer. An error gracefully acknowledged Is n victory won. Gascolgne. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stops the Cough and Headache and works off the Cold. Druggists refund money i it fails to cure. . W. GROVE'S signature on each tox. 25c. 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