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VOL. XXX.
Peculiar After Effects-
of Grip , this Year.
Loaves Ki neys ; iaWeaken
ed (Vmditio'iiJ.
Doctors in all parts of the country
have been kept busy with the- epi
demic of g'ip which has visited so
many homes. The symptoms qf grip
this year are often very distressing
and leave the system in a run down"
condition, particularly the kidneys
which seem to suffer most, as almost
every victim complains of lame back
and urinary troubles which should
mt be neglected, as theoe danger
signals often lead to dangerous kid
ney troubles. Druggists report- a
large sale on Dr. Kilmer's Swamp
Root which so many people say soon
heals and stregthens the kidneys
after an attack of grip. Swamp
Root is a great kidney, liver and
bladder remedy, and, being an
herbal compond, has a gentle heal
ing effect on the kidneys, which is
almost immediately noticed in most
cases by those who try it. Dr. Kil
mer & Co., Binehamton. N. Y., offer
to send a sample size bottle of
Swamp-Root, on receipt of ten cents,
to every sufferer who request it. A
trial will convince any one who may
be in need of it. Regular size bot
tle's 50 cents rnd $1.00. For sale at
all druggists. Be sure to mention
this paper.
ClIAS. 1. Staton,
Attorney-at-Law,
Scotland Neck, N. C.
Practices wherever his services are
required.
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Physician and Surgeon
Scotland Neck, N. C.
Office in the building formerly
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EXPECTED TO BEfOME FLOOR LEADER.
Glaode Ktchln
Regarded as Logical '
Successor to Underwood.
Claude Kitchin, of Scotland Neck,
N. C, is a man people will hear a
good deal about in the next few
years if hejbecomes chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee of the
Hbuse of Representatives and that
seems fairly well assured.
Chairman Underwood announced
months ago that if not elected Sena
tor from Alabama'lie wou'd retire
from public life. When Underwood
leaves the House Kitchin is slated to
succeed him as" majority leader. A.
Mitchell Palmer, of. Pennsylvania,
was his most formidable opponent,
and now that Palmer has declined to
ba a candidate, Kitchin seems to
have a clear field.
The chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee is more than the
leader of the mnjority, "the floor
leader of the House." Under the
new rules he has become, in fact,
more powerful than the Speaker
himself. Perhaps the present con
dition Is due in some degree to Mr
Underwood's compelling personali
ty, but whoever occupies the Ways
and Means chairmanship not only
wields great influence, but is proba
bly the strongest man in Congress.
It follows that the personality of the
man who is to occupy the position is
of interest to the entire country.
YOUNG AND A BORN FIGHTER.
Mr. Kitchin is a born fighter and
revels in debate. Like Underwood,
he has specialized on the tariff, and
it was his strikingly able speech in
the final debate on the Pa.vne Aid
rich tariff bill that brought him into
the public eye as one of the most
promising young members of the
House for he is still young, oniy 45
years old March 24 next. Kitchin is
from Nor.h Carolina and represents
the Second district. And it ,-s inter
esting to note that this is the same
iistiicc i epif seuieu ears ago by
Senator F. M. Simmons, chairman
of the Senate Committee on Finance,
who piloted the tariff bill through
the Senate and shared honors with
Underwood.
That district is in the eastern sec
tion, which produces the shrewdest
politicians in North Carolina, when
toe people have a natural aptitude
for politics, as they have on tht
Eastern Shore of Maryland. And
C aude Kitchin comes of a family of
politicians. His father, William H.
Kitchin, one of the "old Romans"
f the Allen G. Thurman type, rep
resented the district in Cengress a
generation ago. Captain "Buck''
Kitchin, as he was familiarly known,
was a power on the hustings, a fa
mous "rough-and tumble" debater,
and a man of sterling qualities,
SONS TOOK TO POLITICS.
When his sons grew up they took
o the law and politics as naturally
as a duck takes to water. Willism
W. Kitchin, the elder brother and
his father's namesake, was the first
to go to Congress. He had movd to
loxboro, where he was practicirg
i l j t n
aw, ana representee! ior i yeais
the great tobacco manufacturing
district, the Fifth. C'aude remain-
d in the old home county, Halifax,
and eventually was elected to Con
ress. So there were two brother.
in the House at the same time, rep
resenting districts in ditterent sec
tions of the State.
The vouncrer brother began his
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! to accept drugs or alco-
3 holic mixtures when nature
craves nourzsnmeni io repair
the wasted body and restore
the vigor of health.
For forty years the best phy
sicians have relied on the whole
some predigested nourishment
in Scott's Emulsion whichis totally
free from alcohol or opiates.
Scott's Emulsion sharpens
the appetite renews blood
nourishes nerves strengthens
bones and restores the courage
of health to make life bright.
' Scoit' Emulsion sets in action
the very forces that promote health;
it is Dure, rich strength. i3-so
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SCOTLAND
service with the Fifty-eighth Con
gress, 12 years ago. William retired
&1 years ago and became Governor,
served his term of four years and
made the race for the Senate against
Simmons, but was defeated. Claude
has remained steadily in Congress
and has developed with the years.
HAS A TASTE FOR TARIFF.
He was soon recognized as a young
man of more than ordinary ability,
a gifted speaker and a hard worker,
who did not hesitate to'tackle the
most intricate problems. He has a
taste for the tariff and was one of
Champ Clark's lieutenauts in the
days wh'n the Democrats were in a
hopeless minority and there seemed
little chance of ever getting the
tariff revised downward. And
Kitchin was one of those who thun
dered continually against the dicta
torship of Speaker Cannon and was
entitled to rejoice at his overthrow.
When the Payne-Aldrich bill was
introduced, at the beginning of the
Taft administration, Kitchin was
f ound to be one of the best-equipped
men on the Democratic side. He
knew a lot about the tariff, enter
tained very decided views and was
consulted by Clark and Underwood.
His chance came in in the closing
debate on the Republican bill, when
he gave Sereno Payne and Speaker
Cannon, the Dalzells and the For
neys a scoring they did not forget.
While some other Democrats were
willing to bargain and "get what
they could" in the way of protec
tion for their own districts, Kitchin
scorned all compromise, took a stand
in favor of -tariff for revenue only
mcL denounced all those who were
"dealing with the enemy."
RAISED ENEMIES IN DISTRICT.
He raised up some enemies for
himself in his own district, for he
opposed the tariff on lumber, which
many of his own people strongly
favored. From that time on he has
been one of the most trusted lieu
tenants of Underwood, and while he
did not-shine so conspicuously in the
d.-bate ijiver the Underwood-Simmons
bill as did some others, be was
one of those who did the hard work
on that measure and probably got
less credit than he deserved.
When Underwood retires he will
be the ranking member of the com
mittee, and both by service and his
oundnesrs on the tariff is regarded
as well quipped for the leadership.
Hie is a thorough "Underwood man,"
but at the same time a firm adher
ent to the Wilson policies. He has
itood by the administration cons-ist-
ntly and his friends are sure he can
he depended upon to stand by the
President.
NEVER BELIEVED IN T. R.
Mr. Kitchin has strong likes and
HiSiiKes ana aoesn c mina saying
1 l-t 1 1 A ' 1 "
right out in meeting" what he
thinks. He never be'ieved in Mr.
Roosevelt, and back in April, 1904,
atacked him in a speech that went
the rounds of the country. General
harles H Grosvenor had made a
speech eulogizing President Roose-
elt as the worthy successor of Mc-
Kinley. Kitchin showed where
Grosvenor had described Roosevelt
vhen Governor of New York as a
"brilliant, eratic and curious sort of
nan," and he described Roosevelt's
filling of McKinley's place as the
aothill taking the place of the moun-
ain, the owl's screech taking the
-i- j- t- i :
O-ace OI tne lorao s sympnumes,
the minnow taking the place oi
the whale." He raked upRoose-
velt's denunciation of Jefferson
Davis as an arch-traitor, his re-
nark in a book that throughout the
Southern character there ran a
streak of coarse and brutal barbar-
i-m . ana vei in one oi ins uuuk.s
1 - C 1 1 1
Conolel Kooseveit aeiiDeratny
t.anphes and advocates lynching lor
the stealing of a rag-tail Texa
He laughed at the Republican;
.vho. as he said, allowed the Presi-
ient to treat rhem as if they were
herd of cattle," and said Mr.
Roosevelt looked upon Congress as
'his great ranch," with the Repub
lir.ans as his "round-ups. He read
from Roosevelt's "American Ideals'
quotation denouncing Genera
c i J
Grosvenor as a cnampion oi iou
overnment and dishonest politics,'
and then, turning to urosvenor
said. "Read that and then read your
speech defending the President, and
tpll the House that you feel like 30
cents."
Kitchin is a fiery speaker when
stirred up, and he goes for his op
ponents with hammer and tongs,
Though the North Carolinian may
have tamed down a little with long
service, Republican Leader James
Mann cannot expect to be handled
with kid gloves when he gets out his
nike and thrusts it at the minority
NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1914.
If Mann is itching for a fight, Kitch
in will give it to him.
SEVEN LINES OF BIOGRAPHY.
Mr. Kitchin's autobiography in
the Congressional Directory takes
up only seven lines in the book:
"Claude Kitcnin, Democrat, of
Scotland Neck, was born in Halifax
county, near Scotland Neck, March
24, 1869; graduated from Wake
Forest College June, 1888, and was
married to Miss Kate Mills Novem
ber 13 of the same year; was admit
ted to the bar September, 1890, and
has since been engaged in the prac
tice of the law at "Scotland Neck;
never held office until elected to the
Fifty-seventh Congress; elected to
Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth,
Sixty-first and Sixty-second Con
gresses, and re-elected to the Sixty
third Congress."
That's all; but it reveals that .he
was married as soon as he got out of
college and that his active life has
been spent in practicing law and in
the House of Representatives.
Mr. Kitchin is a man of ettractive
personality; tall enough, big enough,
with the warm-heartedness and
good humor of the typical Southern
er. You know he is from the South
the minute you hear him begin to
speak. He comes of sturdy old
Scotch-Irish stock and i3 a man of
the people, thoroughly democratic.
GIVES IMPRESSION OF YOUTH.
Though now in middle life, he is
so vigorous that he gives the impres
sion of abounding youth. And his
infectuous smile betrays the keen
sense of humor that keeps bubbling
up. But he has force, as well as
fire and wit, in his oratory. He is a
hard student and when he gets up
to speak generally knows what he is
talking about.
Few who heard his speech on the
Payne-Aldrich bill have forgotten
that terrific exposure of the fraud
and sham of Republican "revision"
of the tariff, or his denunciation of
the Democrats who were dealing
with Payne and Aldrich, which cul
minated in his utter rejection of
protection for his own people when
he exclaimed: "I want no stealing
tor JNorth Carolina. -
-J. W. J., in
Baltimore Sun.
Governor of Virginia Signs Act
Richmond, Va., Feb. 18 Despite
the claims of the opponents of the
measure that it failed toge a con
stitutional majority in the Senate,
Governor Stuart today signed the
enabling act.
If petitioned by one-fourth of the
men who voted for Gevernor in No
vember, the executive will call a
state-wide election on September 24
of the present year. If a majority
of the voters cast their ballots for
state-wide prohibition, Governor
Stuart will proclaim the State dry
on and after November 1. 1916.
It is understood that in the event
one-fourth of the voters who balloted
in November petition for the elect-
on, opponents of the state-wide bill
will institute legal proceedings and
seek to restrain Governor Stuart
rom calling the election because of
the alleged unconstitutionality of
the measure.
Should the election be held, all
persons who voted last November
as well as those who vote in the
coming spring elections, will be elig-
ble to vote on September 24.
The pen with which the enabling
act was sierned will be highly treas
ured by the Anti-Saloon League, It
is a gold pen belonging to the Rev.
Dr. W. Ashbury Christian, pastor of
Union Station Methodist church
Dr. Christian wrote his "History of
Richmond" with the pen. When
tbe enabling act reached reached
Governor Stuart's office Monday,
Dr. Christian took the pen there
nd asked that it be used in the
pvent the bill was signed. Lrovern
or Stuart mauired if he should use
the nen in case he decided to veto
the measure, Dr. Christian replied
tnat in the event of a veto that Sen
otor Lesner, of Norfolk, a strong
opponent of the enabling act, be al
lowed to furnish the pen.
A Winter Cough..
A stubborn, annoying, depressing
cough hangs on, racks the body,
weakens the lungs, and often leads
to serious results. The first dose
of Dr. King's New Discovery gives
relief. Henry D. Sanders, of Caven
dish, was threatened with consump
tion, after having pnemonia. He
writes: Dr. King's New Jjiscovery
ought to be in every family; it is
certainlv the best of all medicines
for coughs, colds or lung trouble."
Good for children's coughs. Money
back if not satisfied. Price 50c. and
and $1.00. At all druggists.
H. E. Bucklen & Co:,
Philadelphia, or St. Leuis.
I NEED YOUR ROSES NOW
I do not plead a broken heart,
My life knows much of bliss;
And yet at times the hot tears start
Because of joys I miss.
Oh, do not leave the tender things
Unsaid till o'er my brow.
Death's wing its warning flings,
I need your roses now.
If I should take the journey far
Your tears would fall like rain,
And out beyond the evening star
Your soul would call in vain.
But walking closely by your side,
How little you allow,
For human failings none can hide
I need y?ur roses now.
Oh, life would brighten everywhere,
If half the love were shown,
In tender, sympathizing care
That gleams in costly stone.
The honor you too late would give
Give now, I care not how,
For you and you alone, I love
I need your roses now.
The Family Altar.
Marshals Not to use Passes
Washington4 Feb. 17. United
States marshals cannot appear for
railroads and ride upon passes in go
ing to and from their work or in
serving subpoenaes for the govern
ment. This was made plain to Mar
shall W. T. Dortch, of Raleigh,
when he wrote to Attorney General
McReynolds and advised him that
he was attorney for the Southern
railway and that he was using free
transportation in his visits through
out the State.
In a letter to Mr. Dortch the at
torney general made it very plain
that the government was able and
willing to pay transportation for its
marshalls and advised Mr. Dortch
not only to give up his pass but to
resign as local attorney for the
Southern.
The attorney general also wrote
Senator Simmons with reference to
the matter. Senator Simmons ad
mitted tonight that he had received
a letter from McReynolds protesting
against his appointee using free
transportation. It is believed Mr.
Dortch will tender his resignation
as attorney for the railroad, sepa
rate himself from the "annual" and
continue as marshall.
The fact that Mr. Dortch was us
ing free transportation probably
would not have been known in
Washington had not Dortch himself
told the department of justice. His
letter was one seeking information
as to whether he could continue to
be attorney for the railroad and use
free transportation while at the
same time act as United States mar-
shall. The reply from McReynoldg
was to the effect that Dortch must
discontinue the practice at once.
Parker R. Anderson, in Greens
boro News.
Senator Gore Exonerated
Oklahoma City. Okla., Feb. 18
United States Senator Thomas P.
Gore today was exonerated of the
charges of improper conduct by a
verdict in his favor returned in
District Court here in the suit for
$50,000 damages instituted by Mrs.
Minnie E. Bond, of this city. The
verdict was returned at 5:40 p. m.,
ten minutes after the case was given
to the ju-y. Only one ballot was
taken.
"We find" the jury stated in the
verdict, "the evidence submitted by
the plaintiff entirely insufficient on
which to base a suit; the said evi
dence wholly exonerates the defend
ant, and had the defendant, at the
conclusion of the plaintiff's evidence
announced that he desired to intro
duce no evidence and rested his case,
our verdict would have been the
same in that event as now returned
by us, in favor of the defendant."
Dr. Hardy Defeated.
Kinston, Feb. 18. At 1 o'clock
this mnminer it was announced that
Dr. C. Banks McNairy of Lenoir,
had been elected to succeed Dr. Ira
M HarHv as sunerintendent of the
School for the Peeble-Minded. The
vntp is understood as being seven
for Dr. McNairy, five for Dr. Hardy.
Dr. Hardy in a statement imme
diately after the report was known,
said his interest in the success of
the institution would not be abated.
To combat Hog Cholera
Washington, Feb. 16 A $500,000
campaign against hog cholera and a
horse disease called dourine, is to be
financed by a bill passed by the
House today and which already has
passed the Senate. ,
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the world celebrated for its
great leavening strength and
purity, it makes yonr cakes,
biscuit, bread, etc, healthful, it
insures you against alum and
all forms of adulteration that
go with the low priced brands.
Mr. Kitchin has Eight Vacancies
Representative Claude Kitchin
has eight postmasters of the presi
dental class to name before May 31,
and declared today his intention of
naming them and getting the mat
ter entirely out of the way before
February 1. The offices with the
date of expiration of the term of the
present postmasters are as follows:
Snow Hill, March 7: Whitakers,
March 7: Tarboro, March 7: Scot
land Neck, March 24: Wilson, March
24: LaGrange, April 4: Weldon,
April 21: Kinston, May 31.
There are a number of candidates
for each of these offices, but several
who started have dropped out as
the race proceeded, and the matter
has now reached a point where Mr.
Kitchin has decided upon the most
desirable candidate at most of the
offices and will make known his
choice, and forward their reco
mendations to the postoffice depart
ment so as to get the matter out of
the way. George H. Manning.
All He Needs
We talked with a man the other
day, a curosity, we thought, for he
declared he had all the money he
needed. Not all he wanted, but all
he needed, and he went about his
business with an air that suggested
it. When you get in that frame of
mind, figure out what you need,
and turn on the brake, you will live
longer ond die much happier.
Everything.
The man who sees more beauty in
a sunset than a sunrise is not likely
to be a farmer. He will be a man
who never gets upin time to see
the sun rise. Farm and Fireside.
February is making haste to jus
tify the expectations of the almanacs.
If You are Subject to Colds
This Editorial will Interest You.
A Great Majority of People Get One or More Colds Every
Season and It is of Vital Interest to All to Learn How to
Avoid and Believe Colds Quickly, Since Colds are Said to
be Contagious.
Some people think colds are only caught through exposure. Thii in
return is contradicted by the fact that Arctic explorers are peculiarly free
from colds. It is more generally accepted that colds are the result of civilized
life, due to super-heated rooms and a very rapid change in temperature which
causes the nerve centers to be depressed, and still more largely due to con
tagion ene member of a family imparting a cold to another by sneezing or
coughing.
A cold means nothing if relieved quickly. That such a purpose may be
accomplished, a quick aid to a cold is an essential. A remedy especially
devised to relieve colds quickly is PER. UNA.
PJSRUNA contains such ingredients that have an especially beneficial in
fluence upon the inflamed mucous membranes and the quicker these mucous
membranes are given the benefit of a remedy like PEKTJNA. the quicker the
relief and the less contagion.
A neglected cold may become a serious menace to one's own life, and far
worse, may endanger one's family.
We insure our homes against fire, our lives against death. Why should
we not insure ourselves against oolds if possible by having a medicine in the
family chest that can be used at once 1
PERTTNA is a reliable household remedy for colds and should be in every
home, for there should be a desire to combat a cold as quickly as possible.
This is enlightened hygiene.
People who are feeble and run down are more subject to colds than per
sons in normal health. Such persons need outdoor life and PEBTTHA to help
build up a strong constitution. If you have a poor appetite that is often a
warning that you probably need a tonic like Peruna for Peruna aids the
digestive organs. When your appetite is fair and work and exercise do net
quickly tire you, your susoeptibUity
Ptxtoas who object to liquid
NUMBER 8.
OUR MOTTO. "OTHERS'
Lord help me live from day to day.
In such a self-forgetful way.
That even when I kneel to pray,
My prayer shall be for OTHERS
Help me in all the work I do;
To ever be sincere and true,
And know that all I'd do for You,
Must needs be done for OTHERS.
Let "self" be crucified and slain,
And buried deep and all in vain
May efforts be to rise again,
Unless to live for OTHERS.
And when my work on earth is done
And yet my new work in heaven's
begun,
May I forget the crown I've won,
While thinking still of OTHERS.
Others, Lcrd, yes others, .
Let this my motto be,
Help me live for olhers,
That I may live like Thee,
C. D, Meigs in "Our Dumb Ani
mals." Will Gevelope 20,000 Horsepower
on Roanoke
A bill has been introduced into the
United States Senate to allow the
construction of a dam across the
Roauoke river at a point where it
forms a dividing line between War
ren county, this state, and Mecklen
burg ,county, Va. This dam is to
develope about 20,000 electric horse
power which is to be transmitted
to Norfolk, Petersburg and Suffolk
and 'perhaps to some intermediate
places. The dam will be of concrete
and about a quarter of a mile in
length, and the development will
cost something like a million dollars.
Raleigh Times.
It is a man's rikht
It is his duty to act.
to giumble.
to colds rtiminisiies very muen.
meoiemes can now odhub
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