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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21
Gave Skin to Save Brother.

Devotion on the part of Sam Ber-
man, of South Norfolk, to his broth
er, Harry Berman, will save the lat
ter from being q cripple.
Sam gave several inches of his own
skin that it might be grated on the
leg of his little brother, who was the
victim Of street car accident. He
remained at St. Vincent's Hospital
for a couple of days and has expert
enced no unpleasant effect for the
sacrifice he made.
1t was a delicate operation that
the physicians performed on the
brother of the injured lad, but Sam
took his medicine ''like man" and
Harry Berman will come out of the
hospital completely recovered after
close race with death.
Harry's nerve saved him from
probable death after lockjaw had set
in following the trolley accident that
befell him several weeks ago at
Main and Commerce streets. The
lads left leg was torn when he was
taken to the hospital. Lockjaw soon
developed. Young Berman was
grimly determined to ward off death
and he won out, of course assisted by
the careful treatment he had receiv-
ed at the hands of his physicians and
the hospital attendants.
After Harry recovered from lock-
jaw he was placed in a rolling chair.
When he tried to walk again he
found that the leg was so stiff that
it panied him. 1t looked as though
he would be a cripple. The doctors
thought that if a strip or two of skin
could be grated at the place where
the flesh had been torn away, it
would overcome the threatened
difficulty.
Sam came forward and manfully
volunteered to give up his cuticle.
The operation was performed. Sam
has gone home and the skin grated
on Harry Berman's leg seems to be
taking" nicely.
1t was said at St. Vincent's Hos
pital yesterday that Harry would be
able to go home in South Norfolk
very shortly. y.-Norfolk Virginian-
Pilot.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21
81. D." Gives, and Raises Oil.
Charlotte Eews.)

John D. Rockefeller has made &
princely gift of $32, 900 900 to edu.
cation but it looks as if it were 90.
ing to cost the public high. They
are going to have to put up the stuff
IN the long run, apparently. 1t is to
come out of their coal oil lamps and
stoves.
simultaneously with the announce
ment by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., of
the proposed gift by his father of the
amount named just above, to the
General Education Board, came the
notice to the oil dealers and consul
mers all over the country of an ad-
vance in the price Of oil which would
net the great Standard Oil Company
about $4,000, 900 additional in a
single year. AS John D. Rockefeller
will get the greater part of this in
creased revenue, it can be seen that
it will not be long before the general
public will have made upto him the
entire amount of his gifty 1t is es-
timated from the figures at hand,
that fully $12, ,400,OOO of the addition
al annual tax must come from the
humble homes of the working class
using oil as an illuminant and for
oil stove.
Notice of the advance ii the price
of Standard Oil products was receiv-
ed by dealers on Thursday, the same
day announcement of the great gift
was made. Although the advance
quoted to wholesalers is one-half cent
a gallon on oil for domestic use, the
public will actually pay the Rookie
teller monopoly one cent additional. |
Gasoline and turpentine, in the pro-
duction of which the Standard is as
big factor as in domestic oils, share
with the other products of oil in the
general demand of the Rockefeller
for greater revenues. AL
together the average additional cost
IF all Standard Oil products to the
more than 80,000,OO0 people of the
United States will yield to the Rookie
seller monopoly an average of so
cents per capita, Or $4,000, 900 per
7ear additional, to reimburse the
richest man in America" for his
outlay under the program # philan-
hrOpic effort.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21
Cotton and lis PradHcts.

You get up in the morning from g
bed clothed in cotton you step On q
cotton rug; you let in the light by
raising cotton window shade, YOU
wash with soap made partly from
cotton oil product; you dry your
face on a cotton toWei; you array
yourself chiefly in cotton clothing
, the silk IN which your wife dresses
is probably mercerized cotton: at the
breakfast table you do not get away
from King Cotton; cottolene has
probably taken the place of lard in
the biscuit you eat, the beef and
mutton are probably fattened Oh
cotton seed meal and hulls; your
improved olive oil" Is more likely
from a Texas cotton farm than an
Italian villa; your "butter" is proba-
bly, product Of southern cotton
seed; the coal yoi hfarn may have
been mined by the light of cotton
oil lamp; the sheep from which your
woolen clothing came may have been
fed on cotton seed; the tonic you
take may contain an extract of cot
ton root bark; the tobacco you
smoke not ttnEiEely grew under cot
ton cover and is put iih in cotton
bag; your morning daily is printed
on cotton waste paper and even in
Oriental skirmish it tells how the
contending forces were clothed in
khaki duck, slept under cotton tents,
cotton was essential III the high ex-
plosives which were used, and wheh
at last war had done her worst, sur
gerry itself called it into requisition
to aid the injured and the dying .-.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21
NeighbGrS Get Fooled.

Il was literally coughing myself to
death, dnd had become too weak to
leave my bed; and neighbors predicted
than | would never leave it alive; but
they got fooled, for thanks be to God, !
was induced to try DIR. Kings New Dis
cOvcry. 1t took just four one dollar
bottles to completely cure the cough
and restore me to good sound health, -
writes Mrs. Eva Uncaphcr, OF Grover
town, Stark Co., Ind. This King OF
cough and cold cures, and healer OF
throat and lung, is guaranteed by f.
I. Whitchead & Co. Druggists.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21
Exhibits OF CdrOlindS at jamestown EX.
position.
{ Richmond News Leader.J

North Carolina wants to put her
best foot forward at the jamestown
Exposition; and if the Legislature
votes the additional $4,000, which
we think it will do, the old State will
for once make creditable represeIii-
tatlon of her resources and accom-
plishments to the world The South
Carolina Legislature appropriated
$40, 900 for sn exhibit and that State
is to have booth at jamestown.
The Charleston Post says it is to be
decorated with palmettos, mosses,
sheave5 of rice and other character
lstlc vegetation.
South Carolina the Post says,
will be able to show the very finest
long staple cotton grown in the
world. 1t comes from Major Julian
Mitchells plantation on Edisto. Pc
cans from Major Horibeck's grove
will be sent to Jamestown to repre-
sent the largest pecan grove in the
United States. From Charleston's
vicinity will come the only tea plants
grown in America. Both Mr.. Shep-
pard and the American Tea Growing
Company will send on specimens Of
their plants. Samples of phosphate
rock will go from Charleston
North Carolina can show palmetto
from Smiths Island, moss and rice
from Wilmington, but it has no pc
cans to speak Of, and of tea, it has
none. But it has all sorts of textile
and can show more
Of homemade furniture
than any State in the Union.
1t can show gold, silver, iron. cop
per and almost all the known gems,
one that is found nowhere
else in the world. In hard woods it |
will take the prize over any State.
Yes, if North Carolina puts her best
loot forward at Jamestown the world
S for the first time going = get an
dea of the real grea mess OF the Old
North State.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21
THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS.
Observations of PASSING Events

SOMEONE has
and passing thought would much good
Dr., vo,, n III; n thought. We grant
truth of the claim that sides to
almost question: when
it,
we'll for ourselves the other place
the light question from all sides really this the onv
which
should absolute right inst
make This done and the question from his
viewpoint well conclusion
than learning what his
premises
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21

Nothing will relieve Indigestion that
is not thorough digestant. KODOL
digests what you eat and allows the
stomach to rest-recuperate - grow
strong again. KODOL is a solution of
digestive acids and as nearly as pos
sible approNimates the digestive juices
that are found in the stomach. KODOL
takes the work of digestion off the di-
gestive organs, and while performing
this work itself does greatly assist the
stomach to a thorough rest. In addi-
ton the ingredients of KODOL are such
as to make it corrective of the high
est efficiency and by its action the
stomach is restored its normal activity
and power. KODOL is manufactured
in strict conformity with the National
Pure Food and Drug Law. Sold by
z. L. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21
Let That Dollar Circle
Around.

WHILE honest wishes adver
semen that makes false statements and
Hon while
cisms of patent medicines, there is a les
to be learned from the medicine with
they get hold of something which they believe
proceed to tell the public what this They
dozen hundred the columns
daily and weekly
before the public all the They brings
reward The that something
that worthy his his
and life that thing INCREASINGLY the
their success coned with the
of what they offer
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21

Your money refunded if after
using three-fourths 60 of a tube
of ManZan, you are dissatisf-
ed, return the balance of the
tube to your druggist, and your
money will be cheerfully re-
turned. Take advantage of this
offer. Sold by E. T. White
head & Co., Scotland Neck,
Leggett Drug Co., Hobgood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21

Uutil recently there was pattner-
ship existing between two darkcy
black smiths in an Alabama town.
The dissolution Of this association
was made known by 4 notice nailed
up5I the door Of the slnithy, which
notia1 ran as follows: "The kopard-
nersiii2 heretofore resisting between
me and Nose Jenkins is heerby re-
solved. All persons owing the firm
will settel with me and all pers ons
that the firm owes settel with Nose"
-Harper's Weekly.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21

ManIan Pile Remedy put up
in convenient, collapsible tubes
with nozzle attachment SO thai
the remedy may be applied n
the very seat of the trouble,
thus relieving almost instantly
bl eeding, itching or protruding
piles. Satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded. Sold by
e. Il. Whitehead q Co., Scot
land Neck, Leggett Drug Co,
Hobgood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21
Rising From the Grave.

a prominent manufacturer VIM. \,
Fcrtwcll, OF Lucama, y. c., relates 4
most remarkable experience He says
After taking less than three bottle OF
Electric Bitters, feel like one rising
ffoni the grave. My trouble is Bright :
disease, in the Diabetes stage. | fully
believe Electric BittcrS will cure me
permanently, for it has already stopped
t;1e liver and bladder complications
which have troubled m for years. ;"
Guaranteed ut +. T. Whitehead {: Co,
DRUGGISTS. Price only 30.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21
For Over Sixty Years

Mrs. N';'r,Iow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for sixty years by millions of
mothers ior their chihrcn while tcrth-
in%, with perfect success. 1t suothc,s
tn" child, soltcns the gums, allnys all
pain, cures wind collie, and is the hest
remedy for Dianhop 1t will relieve
the poor little sufferer Immediately.
Sold by druggists in every part Of the
world. twenty-five cents II bottle. BE
sue and ask lur 5'Is. Wiu..oN' Sooth-
ing Syrup.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21
No Cotton Without Mules.

It is noted by the Daleville, I la,
Courier that cotton can't be grown
without mules and that it would be-
hoGv" the farmers to raise more
mules. 1t says that a mule will ring
about ten times az much as Il cow
and cost very little mc"e to raise.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21
Hunting for Trouble.

I've lived in California 90 years, and
am still hunting for trouble in the way
of burns, sores, wounds, boils cuts,
spralns, or a case of piles that Buck
lon : Ar1ica Salve won't quickly cure, 3"
writes Charles Walters. Of Allegllany
Sierra Co. No Use hunting, Mr.. Wal
ters; it cures every ease: Guaranteed
at E. Z. Whitehead & Co.'S drug store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21

A LIQUID cold relief with laxative
which drives out the cold
a copious action of the bowels,
a healing principle which fingers in the
throat and stops the cough-that IS
Laxative Cough Syrup.
Safe and sure in its actions; pleasant to
take; and conforms to National Pure
Food and Drug Law Contains no
opiates. Sold by f. T. Whitehead &
Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21

FROM time to time have insisted this few
and of them money idle
~ 7, nu c;, single especially true of per-
od whe what money they get to some
else. We insist again, anddo so onlv in
the hope doing good the money ought to paw it out
settling his debts he dollar
ed discharge onedoar obligations makes
the en-dolar multiplying times over IF
and him then
D. and the circle which dollar large and %
nifcant If the State would live one
the financial condition Of people considered good
Put dollar on the rounds it's
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21

First Card Shark How did you
happen to let that greenhorn skin
you? Second Ditto-He told me he
was going from Detroit to Chicago,
so let him win as far as Ypsilanti.
He got off there.-Detroit Free
Press.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21

Use little KODOL after your meals
and it will be found to afford a prompt
and efficient relicf KODOi nearly APP
proXimates the digestive juices. 1t
digests what you eat. 1t is sold on a
guaranteed relief pain. Sold here by
f. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21

1t is not so much the being exempt {
from faults, as the having overcome
them, that is an advantage to us; j,
being the follies Of the mind, as with
the weeds Of a field which if destroy
ed and consumed upon the place
where they grow, enrich and i'm
prove it more than if none had ever
iprung there. Swift.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21

Doctor the increasing deafness Of
your wife is merely an indication of
advancing years, and you can tell
her that. Husband Hum. Would
you mind telling her that yourself
doctor?- Washington Times.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21

said things North
Carolina Legislature afraid of yaler
..o,. r.v;o n. dogs does take
" lawmakers, believe, but sometimes they
attention things of far less than bill dogs
last weeks of this correspondent signing
Payer advocated of working public
that
oar would at least half enough
system working the roads guard
willing
his protecton if dog hunting ought to
willing dollar for the of hunting dog
guard nothing but
of the family then willing
dollar for the privilege of having such
believe
will unconstitutional to dogs but should like
would be industry but
mainly would bring the roads applied
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21

Sillicus-I always get mixed on
the use of shall" and will" Cyni-
cus-Oh, wait till you get married
and you will discover a man says, Il
shall" and woman says Il will. -
Philadelphia Record.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21

Pm thinking Of going abroad, !"
said Miss Nurich. SO am | replied
Mrs. Poorman. Nonsense. You are
not aswell equipped for going abroad
as am Perhaps not, but, Pm
quite as we'll equipped for thinking.
PHILADELPHIA Press.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21

and cheerfulness soon
disappear when the kid
neyS are olt Of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become SO prevalent
that it is not uncommon
fer a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. If the child urin-
ateS too Oftap Is tho
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21

LAST of the Progressive Farmer contained editorial
Constitutional which soemny
White yters Must Resr upon the white voters of the State Here
~ rho..... ~ "The Constitutional Amendment of a
far-reaching That no
might be disqualified by of terac this amendment
that for eight to might and under the grand
father and that when might
registered the end of his The
The that will within eight
There been speculation
would be extended But there need be
upon point In Democrats controlling
Legislature discussion voted the amendment
they the Constitution. After
who himself for the high privilege
and The time will be
educational suffrage qualification and
the And this is we'll With
educational facilities white boy worth his salt learn
To the shess
would of them anyhow while the
advantage his school, by the
would help nobody worth the helping would
ignorance
race"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21
women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis.
Ccurages and lessons ambition; beauty. woo,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-21

urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child
reaches an age when it should be able to
control the passage, it is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause Of
.he difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. 7,:is unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis-
cable with kidney and bladder trouble
and both need the same great remedy
The mild and the immediate effect Of
oWannp=Root is soon realized. 1t is sold
s:at = ''s55'z.5' :5a oas in aoisr 5'iis1
sample bottle by mail ssssssss:. as Is sssgEEgg
frAe, also pamphlet tell Home Of swamnRoot
ing all about it. including many of the
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured In writing DR.. Kilmer
Il Co.. Binghamton N. Y, be sure and
cention this paper.
Don't make any mistake. but re-
memher the name, Swamp Root, DR.. /
kIImcr'> swamp Root, and the address .
Bmghamton, y. y, on every bottle.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-01
The Nile of 1907

Writing from Cairo, Consul General
L. NJ. Iddings states that the letting of
Nile water on the lands in previous years
took place on August y, but that it will
be a poor Nile" this year; that is, there
will be less water than usual, owing to
lighter rains in -Abyssinia and the upper
Nile country. 1t is not expected that
this will make much difference with the
Egyptian crops, however, owing to the
storage of water at Assouan and by the
Esneh, the Delta and the Zible barrage.
The area of land in upper Egypt which
will get no water Spoiled SharakD and
will therefore pay no tax will be con-
siderable and slightly cut down the reve-
nue. of the state. There will also be ex-
ira trouble and expense in handling the
basin water.-Daily Consular and Trade
Reports.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-01
STEAL GIRL IN LONDON.
Terrorists Believed to Have kidnapped
Daughter of Russian Princess
Police Are NonpluSsed.

LONDON. Oct 29.-Barbara Laponk-
hin. daughter of Alexander Laponkhin,
former governor of Reval and whose
mother is Il Russian princess, has dis
appeared in London and all the resources
or the Russian embassy and Scotland
Yard are being employed to trace her.
Miss Barbara, who IS Is years old, was
visiting London with her younger sister
in charge of an English governess, Miss
Russell. The trio went to the Aldwych
theater last Thursday and on coming out
Barbara became separated in the crowd
from her companions and has not since
been seen.
Since Miss Laponkhin disappeared the
goyerneSS has received 4 note in a
handwriting which she recognizes as
Barbara's, saying that she had been
kidnapped outside the theater and is now
Il prisoner in the cellar of Il house in the
northwest part of London. the address
of which she was unable TO ascertain.
The girl added that she was wounded
and suffering so severely that she in
tended to poison herself.
NJ. Laponkhin has been director of
the police department in Russia and
Miss Russell suggests that the revolu-
tioniSts planned the kidnapping of Bar
bara with the object of bringing her IA
Their within their reach. He is now on
his way to London.
The Russian officials here are inclined
to the belief that the girl was carried
off for purposes of blackmail. The po-
lice are nonpulsed. They say they are
unable 70 imagine how woman IS
years old could be carried off against
her will in the crowded precincts of a
rhparpr
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-11-01
COUNTERFEITED LABELS.
Important Arrest by Detectives at San
Francisco, Cal.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Oct. Is
\ counterfeltlng scheme of gigantic pro-
portions has been unearthed in San
Francisco by detectives sent here by the
Charles II. Fletcher company of New
York and the T. \. Stuart company #
Marshall. Mich. These concerns are the
manufacturers of Fletcher's Castoria
and Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. These
goods have all extensive sale all over the
world and an arrest here yesterday dis
closes a scheme of counterfeiting which
for magnitude and careful planning has
but few rivals. The prisoner is the local
manager for large dealers in slot ma
chimes with branches all over the United
States He had associated with him a
man who has Il large printing establish
ment here. Their plan was TO make alb
sJute counterfets of all the labels,
wrapp ne. etc. which is used by the
Fletcher and Stuart companies and food
the country with spurious preparations.
They attempted to reproduce the work
here. but found they could not have GER
tain parts of the finer work done here. so
he sent plates, etc, TO HildeSheim, Ger
many H,Ie the fine Italian hand of ne
ccunterfeit;ng was supplied. When
finished the labels, etc, printed both here
anil in Germany were shipped to Troy,
\. Y, where the goods were to be put
up. 1t would seem that the proprietors
of these preparations learned of tite
scheme last February and have had de-
tectives on the case both here and in
Germany and succeeded in Selling all the
counterfeit labels and also the plates
from which they were printed before the
consrirators got possession of them, con-
sequeutly Lot a package of the counter
fcits had Teen put on the market. h.
counterfeit plates from which the labels
were printed were made in this city
The printers have both confessed TO thef
a. . = IL ri u nS-t a
against the real conspiratorS of wn)ns
lie mar 81 ested is the ringleader. ise
has always borne an excellent reputation
He was fol merry alderman at TROY.
y. his former home Criminal pros
BUTTONS wall follow duplicating Seyera
we'll known people in the east for thtf
connection with the case. A represent;
tive IF the prosecuting companies -: ..
here today that it had cost over $1,000
10 run down these conSpirators.