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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27
The Prohibition Wave.
(Raleieh Evening Times.)

In view of the fact that North Car
Dina is soon to vote On prohibition,
the following facts in regard to the
dry" sections of the country will
be of much interest to our readers:
Kentucky is famous for It's Blue
Grass whiskey and has 500, 600, 900
invested in distilleries, all but four
teen of its 119 counties are wholly
dry" and Of the fourteen only four
are wholly "wet." In Tennessee
whiskey can be sold legally only in
Nashville, Chattanooga, Memphis
and one smaller city. Georgia has
become a prohibition state. Alaba-
ma is dry" Thirty-four Of the
forty-seven counties Of Florida are
dry" and Governor Broward is
leading a campaign for state prohi-
bition. A similar campaign is being
waged in Mississippi, where sixty
eight out Of seyent-five counties
have adopted prohibition, South Car
Dina has repealed it's dispensary law,
substituting local option by counties,
and a movement for state prohibit
ton has been started. A large part
o. North Carolina has no saloons,
and the state will vote on prohibition
May Is.
Virginia has seventy-two dry
counties out Of 118. West Virginia
thirty out Of thirt-fiye, Maryland
fourteen out Of twenty-five. About
half the towns of Delaware went
dry" at the recent election. Ar
kansas has sixty out of seventy-five
counties dry and many towns in
the others. Missouri's local option
law has driven the liquor traffic
from forty-four counties. In Texas
147 counties are reported absolutely
''dry" and Only forty-seven totally
wet" Oklahoma and Kansas are
prohibition states. Minnesota has
1913 dry" towns, Indiana $50, Wis
consin $50. In Ohio, LAO out OF
1,276 towns are dry and sixty PEI
cent. Of the municipalities. Massa-
chusetts has 25O dry and 100
"wet." towns. Connecticut has
ninety-six' dry towns out Of 176, ans
every saloon must be conducted by
it's actual owner.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27
Having a Good Time.
Selected-)

(Se!ected)
The following from the Ohio State
Journal is worthy of persual.
How often one hears one say: II
don't want my child to pass through
the lot that was mine when l was
young. l want him or her to have
good time while they are young
the days of their youth will pass by
soon enough" This seems a very
generous and kindly program, but
it has spoiled thousands Of hopeful
youth. There is middle way that
steers clear Of the rough expert
ences Of ones struggling life, and,
likewise, of the extravagant and
luxurious career Of wealth--a pleas
ant, kindly, sober way, which teach
es that q true life is made up of
more of sacrifice and self denial
rather than catering to ones appe-
tites and fancies. Pursuing the lat
ter course means disaster to the
child, nine times out of ten, and
yet we see loving parents indulging
their children in this fatal choice,
apparently unconcerned about their
certain fate.
The idea is this-there is no sue
cess in this world unless at some
point restraint plays an important
part. To give loose reins to a child's
career is the surest way Of making
him a failure-a dismal failure
This world is full of such instances.
A child should not be INDUCED un-
less there is q corresponding sacrifice.
The father who complains that his
child must not repeat his early hard
experience seems to forget that
that hard experience was the foun-
dation of his own fortune; he would
not have been a success in business
but for the self denials he had to
practice when he was boy. 1t is a
disaster to be raised on a silver
spoon, if that silver spoon is never
to give way to an iron one, to re-
mind the youth that there is Sc
verer aspect of life than the one he
is used to, and which should have
the effect of bringing stern reality
into his every dav habits.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27
He that will conquer must fight.
Greek.

AT times when you don't feel just
right, when you have a bad stomach,
take something right away that viii as
sist digestion; not something that will
stimulate for a time, but something
that will positively do the very work
that the stomach performs under or
binary and normal conditions, some
thing that will make the food digest.
To do this you must take a natural di-
gcstant like Kodol for Dyspepsia. Ko-
dol is scientific preparation of vege-
table acids with natural digestants and
contains the same juices found in a
healthy stomach. Each dose will digest
more than 5000 grains OF food. 1t is
sure to afford prompt relief; it digests
what you eat and is pleasant to take.
Sold by f. L. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27
The Need OF Seif-GGntrGI.
(Selected.)


Dear friends, the great crisis OF
life come to US at long intervals, the
great trials are infrequent, and ca
lamities occur only now and then.
But every single day we have oppor-
tunities to use self-control, to keep
back the hasty word, to repress tbs
hysterical outburst over a trifle, to
restrain our expression Of annoyance,
of surprise, or Of resentment. The
habit Of self-contrcl must be formed
little by little, day in and day out,
as the years drift by. If we have
acquired this, when the eXtraordi
nary demand arrives we shall have
the means to meet it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27
THE JUMPING OFF PLACE.

Consumption had me in It's grasp; and
| had almost reached the jumping OF
place when | was advised to try DR..
Kings New Discovery; and ] want to
say right noW,it saved my life. Improve
ment began with the first bottle, and
after taking one dozen bottles | was &
we'll and happy man again. says George
Moore, OF Grimesland, n. c. As rene
dy for coughs and colds and healer o.
weak, sore lungs and for preventing
pneumonia New Discovery is supreme
SOC and 81, 90 at E. T. Whitehead &
Co., druggists. Trial bottle free.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

Stop that tickling cough! Dir, Shops
Cough Cure will surely stop it, and with
perfect safety. 1t is so thoroughly
harmless, that Dr.. Shoop tells mothers
to use nothing else even 10 young ba-
hics. The wholesome green leaves and
tender stem of q lung healing noun
famous shrub furnish the curative pro-
pertics to Dr.. Shops Cough Cure. 1t
Gains the cough, and heals the sensi-
tive bronchial membrane. No opium,
no chloroform, nothing harsh used to
injure or suppress. Demand DR.. Shoop'
Take no other. A. c. Peterson.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27
CHRONIC CONSTIPATION CURED.

One who suffers from chronic consti-
patton is in danger OF many serious all
ments. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup
cures chronic constipation as it aids di-
gestion and stimulates the liver and
bowels, restoring the natural action OF
these organs. Commence taking it to-
day and you will feel better at once.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup does not
nauseate or grippe and is very pleasant
to take. Refuse substitute. Z. 7.
Whitehead & Co,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

Everything taken into the stomach
should be digested fully in a certain
time. When you feel that your stom-
ach is not in good order, that the food
YOU have eaten is not being digested,
take a good, natural digestant that will
do the work the digestive juices are not
doing. The best remedy known today
for all stomach troubles is Kodol, which
is guaranteed to give prompt relief. 1t
is a natural digestant; it digests what
YOU eat, it is pleasant to take, and IS
sold here by E. T. Whitehead q Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27
Begin the Day With God.
(Seiected.)

If you cannot otherwise secure the
morning watch with God, rise little
earlier. You may already have to
rise with the sun or before it. New
ertheless, set your alarm clock III
teen minutes earlier still, and gain
the regular time for your morning
devotionS. A day begun with ear
nest prayer will be less hurried, less
worried and less Wearisome, than
one in which you trust TO your IN
aided strength. Our weakness needs
to be sustained by the help God
sends. They that trust in the Lord
shall be as Mount Zion, which can
not be removed, but abideth for
ever"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27
NElGHBORHOOD FAVORITE.

Mrs. E. d. Charles. Of Harbor, Maine,
speaking OF Electric Btters, says: 1T
is q neichborhood favorite here with
us" 1t deserves to be q Gavolte every
where. It gives quick relief in dyspep-
STA, liver complaint, kidney derange-
ment, malnutrition, nervousness, weak
hess and general debility. It's action on
the blood ASA thorough purifier makes it
especially useful as spring medicine.
This grand Alternative tonic is sold I'M
der guarantee at Z. T. Whitehead &
Co. s drug store. soc.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

When the baby is cross and has yon
worried and worn out you will find
that a little Cascasweet the we'll known
remedy for babies and children, viii
quiet the little one in short time. The
ingredients are printed plainly on the
bottle. Contains no opiates. Sold by
r. T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

And what looks more awkward
than to see woman stepping off a
street carr" bantered Mr.. Gunner.
y can tell you," answered Mrs.
Gunner, quickly, WHAT" "Why,
a man washing dishes. "-Chicogo
News.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27
Remember The I3MG-pC
take no other.

"Do you know" asked the spinster
aunt, severely, why they call our
present condition a state Of single
blessedness?"
Il know one reason" replied the
rebeIious niece, defantly. Because
I'm blessed if | stay in it. "-Balti-
more American.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

Bert Barber, of Elton, Wis, says
Il have only taken four doses OF your
Kidney and Bladder Pills and they have
done for me more than any other medi-
cine has ever done. l am still taking
the pills as | wont perfect cure"
Mr.. Barber refers to DeWitt's Kidney
and Bladder Pills. They are sold by
f. T. Whitehead &, Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

Il trust this may be read by many
sufferers from Kidney and Bladder
trouble" writes Mrs. Joe King, OF
Woodland, Tex. Il suffered four years
and could find nothing to give even
temporary relief. Our druggist at last
induced me to try your so days treat
ment OF Pineules for 81. This one bot
tie has cured me and money could not
buy the value it has been to me- Guar
anteed. Sod by E. t. Whitehead &
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27
HERE IS RELIEF FOR WOMEN

Il you have pains in the back, Urin-
airy, Bladder or Kidney trouble, and
want a certain, pleasant herb cure for
woman's ills, try Mother Gray's AUS
TRALIAN-LEAF. 1t is safe and
nevcr-failing regulator. At Druggists
or by mail 80 cts. Sample package
FREE. Address, The Mother Gray
Co., Leroy, n. Y.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

To stop that pain in the back. that
stiffness OF the joints and muscles, take
Pineulcs. They are guaranteed. Don't
suffer from rheumatism, bacKache, kid.
ney trouble, when you get 80 days
treatment sor $1.OO, A single dose al
bedtime proves their merit. Get then
to-day. Sold by L. T. Whitehead &
Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING
THE NATIONAL PURE FOOD AND
DRUG LAW.

We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung troubles is not affected
by the National Pure Food and Drug
law as it contains no opiates or other
harmful drugs, and we recommend it
as It sale remedy for children and
adults. E. Y. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

"The widow has promised to mar
ry me-" Sure she promised to-"
"Of course l am! What do you
mean?" 81 thought perhaps you
couldn't tell promise from a
threat. "-Houston Post.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

There are fifty thousand different
kinds Of Democrats in North Carroll
ma and only one kind Of a Republican
the latter being an easy guess
Concord Tribune.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

Bees Laxative Cough Syrup for
coughs, colds, crup and whooping cough
grows in favor daily with Young and
old. Mothers should keep it OH hand
Jor children. 1t IS prompt relief TO
Group. 1t is gently laxative, driving
the poison and phe!g;n from the system.
It is q simple remedy that gives I'M
mediate relief, guaranteed. Sold BY
+. T. Whitehead 4 Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27
SUFFERING & DOLLARS SAVED

E. s. Lopor, OF 3IariIla, n. y, says:
y am carpenter and have had many
severe cuts healed by BuckIon's Arnica
SaIve. It has saved me suffering and
dollars. 1t is by far the best healing
salve | have ever found" Heals burns,
sores, ulcers, fever sores, eczema and
piles. 25c at Z. T. Whitehead & Co. ),
IrlmoistS.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

Foley's Honey and Tar cures the
most obstinate coughs and expels the
cold from the system as it is mildly
laxative. 1t is guaranteed. The gen
nine is the yellow package. E. 7.
Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

isn't your opponent a favorite
SOM" asked one Ohio politician.
No." answered the other. He
isn't favorite son. He's more of
teachers pet, whom the real fellows
want to lick. Washington Star.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

lungs Little Liver Pills wake up lazy
livers, clean the system and clears the
skin. Try them for biliiousness and
sick headache. Price 25c. Sold by E..
L. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

Prosperity is like a ram under a
country church; every time it gets
up it bumps its head.-Nashville
American.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

Neighbor-And what did the doc
tor say?
Old Man-'E said, mo more medi-
cine, but if We take little walk of a
marnin' on the common and get The
air, mebbe you'll live to be oXyge-
marian. "--Philadelphia Inquirer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

There is some suspicion that the
Governments finds fning the Stand
ard Oil Company waste of time and
money Washington Star.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

Harsh physics react, weaken the
bowel cause chronic constipation.
Doan's Rogulets operate easily, tone
the stomach, cure constipation. 25c.
Ask your druggist for them.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

Suffered day and night the torment
OF itching piles. Nothing helped me
until I used Doan's Ointment. 1t cur
ed me permanently. Hon. John R.
Garrett, Mavor, Girard, Ala
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

Health Coffee" is really the closest
Coffee Imitation ever yet produced.
This, the finest Coffee Substitute ever
made, has recently been produced Icy
DR.. Shoop OF Racine, Wis. Not a grain
OF real Coffee iii it either. Health Col
fee is made from pure toasted cereals,
with malt, nuts, etc. Really it would
fool an expert-who might drink it for
Coffee No twenty or thirty minutes
boiling. Made in a minute says
the doctor Howard Grocery Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

The Democratic national conven-
ton hall is going to be fireproof, and
it will need to be windproof, Also
Philadelphia Press.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

Accidents viii happen, but the best
regulated families keep DR.. Thomas
Eclectric Oil for such emergencies. 1t
subdues the pain and heals the hurt.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27
See Yourself Go By.

Strickland w Gillian, in Success Magazine)
Just stand aside and watch yourself
go by;
Think of yourself as che, :" instead Of
a."
Note closely as in other men you
note,
The bag-kneed trousers and the seedy
coat.
Pick flaws; find fault; forget the man
is you.
And strive to make your estimate
ring true.
Confront yourself and look you in
the eye
Just stand aside and watch yourself
go by.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

Doctor-Ras your husband had
any lucid intervals since | was here
last.
Wife-Well, this morning he kept
shouting that you were an old fool,
and he tried to break the medicine
bottles. life.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

1t is useless to try to establish uni
versal peace as long as people will
get married. Turner'S Falls Report
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27
WHAT THE KIDNEYS DO.
Their UnCeasing Work Keeps Us
Strong and Healthy.

All the blood in the body passes
through the kidneys once every three
minutes. The kidneys filter the blood.
They work night and day. When
healthy they remove about 800 grains
Of impure matter daily, when I'M
healthy some part OF this impure mat
ter is left in the blood. This brings
on many diseases and symptoms
pain in the back, headache, nervous
ness, hot dry, skin, rheumatism, govt,
gravel, disorders OF the eyesight and
hearing, dizziness, irregular heart,
debility, drowsiness, dropsy, deposits
in the urine, etc. But if you keep the
filters right YOU will have no trouble
with your kidneys.
Mrs. Geo. f. Edwards, living on
Eighth St., Scotland Neck, \. Essays:
Il suffered terribly from backache, ac-
companicd by sharp, shooting pains
through my kidneys. These organs
were very irregular, and caused me
considerable annoyance, by their too
frequent action, as | was unable to rest
we'll at night. | used several kidney
remedies but received no relief until
l began taking Doan's Kidney Pills,
They banished the pains and lameness
in my lions, and strengthened my kid
neys. That tired, langish feeling has
disappeared, and am able to rest bet
ter at night | have 10 hcsitancy in
recommending Doan's Kidney PILLS.
For sale by all dealers. Price SOC.
F0stor-Milburn Co. Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember The namc-DCANS
& ErsrC N nfs,pn
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

We thought Mr.. Hearst had retir-
ed, but it seems that he is yet on the
list Of standing candidates.-Durham
Sun.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

Use DeNitt's Little Early Risers,
pleasant little pills. They are easy to
take. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

New York gets great joy because
the police dogs are honest. Give 'em
time. Baltimore Sun.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27
"Do you find your automobile eI-

penslVe.
Rather. I can get oil and repairs
on credit, but there are the fines and
the interest on the mortgage on my
house. They all call for cash. -
Philadelphia Ledger.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

He that won't plow at home will
plow abroad. irish.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-27

He that will not be counseled can
not be helped.-German.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-04-29
Third District Convention

WATERvILLE, April % Especial The
repu blicans of the third cor OCCASIONAL dis
trict met in convention here to-day.
Eliery Bowden, of Winterport, was
chairman. T. F. Mahouey, Of Ellsworth,
was the secretary from Hancock county,
F. !. Hodgkins. of Lamoine, vice. presi-
dent from this county, and S. W. Nor
wood. of Southwest Harbor, was the Han
cock county member of the committee on
resolutions.
Of the total of 81 delegates to which the
conve alton was entitled, 209 were present.
Hancock county sent forty-one of the
eighty-three to which it was entitled.
Ellsworth had six of its seven delegates
present.
E. c. Burleigh, of Augusta, was renomi-
mated for congressman. j. +. Nelson, of
Waterville, made the nominating speech
Among those seconding the nomination
was l.. B. Deasy, of Bar Harbor.
Forrest Goodwin, of Skowhegan, aud
Byron Boyd. of Augusta, were cleo ed
delegates to the national convention. o.
w. Foss, of Hancock, and Charles E.
knowlton, OF Belfast, were elected alter
mates.
The delegates will go to the convention
uninstructed, but it is generally under
stood they are for Taft for President.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-04-29
Keith,s Theatre, Boston

Houdini is proving at Keith's this week
that he is the greatest drawing card vaude-
vile has ever known. His new feats, par
ticularly the one in which he is submerged
in big galvanized iron can, are the most
perplexing he has yet done in Boston, and
he promises still more mysteries for the
coming week, the last, by the way, that
he will play in Boston for several years.
A capital surrounding bill will include
the Gilmore sisters, Kate and May. COM
ediennes, in 1.-THE Actress and the Maid; ;
Goleman's troupe OF trained cats, dogs and
pigeons; Patrice, soubrette, in her play
let, "a New Years Dream;n Mareena,
Nevaro and Mareena, in an acrobatic COM
edy turn; Clifford and Burke, blackface
entertainers; Henry d. Gardner, in new
monologue OF stories and songs; the Five
Musical Spillers, in Q ''hurrah" instru-
mental act; Brandon and Wilton, dancers !;
Jeanre and Ellsworth, in q novel concep-
ton. and new kinetograph pictures.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-04-29

An East brook correspondent writes:
.sNoticing in THIS AMERICAN OF April s
the article stating nat the last wolf IN
Maine was seen in Hancock county sixty
three years ago, ! an prepared to state
that wolves have been seen much later
than that. l myself have seen them in
packs of six or eight at one time, and
watched them play like kittens, not more
than forty-three years ago. Fifty-two
years ago last fall the late Henry y. Butler
shot and killed one on Birch Hill, East
brook Ferty-four years ago he killed, by
poisoning, eight wolves. From 1906 to 1865
wolves killed many sheep and calves IN
town. several times killing or mutilating
whole fioeks so they had to be killed. L
have often been kept awake nights by
their howls. but have not seen or heard
any for forty years.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-04-29

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh 10 q
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
to cure it you must take internal remedies.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not q quack
medicine. 1t was prescribed by one Of the
best physicians in this country for years, and
is q regular prescription. It is composed of
the best tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly ON the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination
wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send
for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY a CO.. Toledo o.,
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti patton.