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4 4.1 6" If i v.t. i (' il i 1 1 1 . 5 ' ,V ' 1 in r.a! MEL USERS. : c , , ii- iH- It- a 1 1-i THE COMMONWEALTH. Published Every Thursday BY J. C. Hll'I'Y, rdttor a nil Proprietor. Entered at the postoffice at Scotland Neck, N. C, as Second-Class Matter. MEMORIAL DAY. Graves Decorated tt'ifr Flowers.- -A3- J r o f ,. Kin J Thursday, May 10, 1912. D1NKER SERVED BY THE DAUGHTERS, May v.-ss fittin; riy DELEGATE-AT-LARGE. We note that, the name of Major E. J. Hale, cf Fayettevillc, will be presented to the Democratic State Convention for election as one of the four Delegates- at-Large to the National Convention in Baltimore. May this honor be confered upon Major Hale, for he is in every way qualified to represent North Carolina at the Convention. Deatb of Stonewall Bryant. By request of the bereaved com panions I send you for publication a notice of the death of our clear little friend, Stonewall Bryant, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Bryant, of Scot land Neck, which occurred May 8, 1912 He was confined to his bed but a few weeks previous to lvs death, during which time a murmur was never heard to escape his nps All that loving hands could do avail ed nothing. Thus dea' h enters upon our threshold and plucks away our brightest and best. What a sad dis rensation of Providence! The once happy home is sadly bereaved and a seat is forever made vacant wmcn was filled by one who possessed that patience and fortitude which ever bows submissively to the will of God. How much our little friend is missed words fail to express. Light that shines befcre men that they seeing his good works glorify his Father which is in heaven. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. He is gathering them from the storms that toss and the waves that beat into that realm of eternal bliss, where sicknes?, sor row, pain and death are felt and feared no more. Sleep on, dear Stonewall, in thy tomb, That calm and peaceful sleep, WThere nothing can come to disturb Or cause thy soul to weep. We know, dear Stonewall, thou art gone, Thy loss we deeply feel, But the one that caused us all to - : mourn, Can our sorrows heal. We would not have the back In this vain world to stay, Where pain and sorrow, grief woe. Forever do prevail. We feel to know you are at rest, Singing around thy throne, Where we some day hope to meet When all are gathered home. Your stay on earth with us was short, Your days was numbered tew, But the Lord knew best for us all, And did as he saw fit to do. . We loved him, yes we loved him, But angels loved him more. And they have gently called him To yonder shining shore. The golden gates were open, A gentle voice said Come! And with farewell unspoken He calmly entered home. Carrie Leggett. Tl-.pi Trr.ih C and appropriately observed by me Buck Kitchin Camp of Confederate Veterans, assisted by the Daughters of the Confederacy, and the day was one of pleasure and crjjoyrr.tni. to the old soldiers present who w-.ue the gray. The exercises cf tr.e uay commenced at 10 o'clock, when uie members of the Camp ami omsis who cared to do so, were taken to the cemetery in carnages, bnirgi, ontmnrlilp3. whClN? t! graves n 1 t 4h,A of the soldiers who touRiit ui ".- rp.ttHl Wltn ir. psnsp were aecoit flowers. Returning to town tr.ey stopped at the graded school, where the further exercises were held in the large auditorium. Commander W. F. Butterworth n,! 1-.. mnoiinof to Order t'.V-d TC- quested Rev. N. C Yearby. pastor of the Methodist church, to lead in prayer. A special choir composed of Misses Anna Kitchin, Cornelia Josey, Kate Tillery, Gertrude White head, Messrs. C. T. Lawrence, L. H. Kitchin and Gavin Hyman, with Mrs. W. R. Bond at the piano, ren dered several selections. .There were two recitations, one by Louise Allsbrook and one by Lee Braxton On the rostrum were Mrs. II. I. Clark, president of the Daughters, Mrs. J. S. Bowers, vice-president, Mis Cornelia Josey, sponsor, Prof. i t v.. T T P. Ailron. Kev. IN. . ieaisv, j-. E. Ambon, and Commander W . F. Butterworth. Next came iho address of the oc- Ashby Dunn, one ct by Mr. nd Mr. Dunn casion our own boy bv Prof. J. B. Ai spoke with ease and tnrillecl ms u dience with eloquence and his sen tences were filled with iood lor thought and reflection. We wcn.u like to publish the entire speech, but since we cannot dr so for the lack of space we give our readers a few extracts and general outline c-i what he said. In his introductory remarks Mr. Dunn said: "Standing here before the com whose name we speak with rever ence, one whose life calls to higher nn.l holier livincr." He was refer- ! ring to the wcrnen of the Confoder j acy! "Those women," he said, "who ! pr-u'nrrd the hardships, suffered the suspense and bore the loss of those trvinf time a;:;d the days that fol lowed with that patience end forti-, ' tudo that has ever marked tnemui.u lifted them to places high and en during and given them a holy of holies in our hearts." He remembered the great women of history, tracing briefly the lives and deeds of a few of them, but he said thrt th? women he remembered most were those quiet, gentle spirits, those brave, true women who lived their lives in unselfish lrvp nntifnt endurance, brave hope- -?,,lr Tvaihmfr nrul watchinfT With that suspense that only loving hearts j can know, yet working ever, per forming the duties that came to hand, meeting the "eternal every day" with a courage born only of a perfect and beautified character. What lives these women must have lived before the war, else how could they have enjoyed that old time courtesy, that typical Southern chivalry wlr'ch the men of those days rendered her. How nobly they must have lived, how true they must have been to their womanhood. "When the dark days came, when the flower of Southern manhood went forth from their homes to battle for the protection of the homes they had left, and man's re sponsibility had fallen upon the shoulders of women, with what gen tleness and sadness, yet with what strength and courage did they say their words of parting, take, up the burden that was inevitably theirs to bear, and with heads bowed down with grief, and with loving hearts ! filled with fear and suspense, went about their daily tasks. The col- I dier on the field of battle was bless- Calomel is a form of Mercury, and T It Clf'VS III LliC UHUic.ii tm its Effect is Terril As k Your Doctor. ible. ea; Any physician will tell you that ercury if it remains ia the body, ill soiten and rot the bones, a dis- dectors call necrosis oi the bones. Calomel is a form ot mer cury, and to keep clear of danger it'sa safe plan to take no calomel at all, especially as there is a better remedy. Both children and grown people will find a perfect substitute for cal omel in Dodson's Liver Tone, a pleasant, vegetable tonic that in duces the liver to act and which never has any bad after-effects. In fact Dodson's Liver 'lone win ao everv thing that calomel does with out any of the dangers of calomel. A large bottle cosls only fifty cents, and E. T. Whitehead Co's.. drug store will refund your maney if you arc not satisfied. Fix up the old chair by applying a c?at of Campbell's Varnish Stain. You will be surprised and delighted with the effect 57ou can produce. The cost is only a trifle and it is a pleasure to do the work yourself. Ask Josey Hardware Co. for a color card. Kr. Bryan Presented With Gifl. V---' frC lr.- ii j..V!.-.-.V- - f-i- V ie ;;; iSniiiupiiS Wm'MiM' 1 liidor 1 POUCH SHAPES fA & -J i i I ocrs. Windows, 1 v: m . ed with the excitement and continu- 31 .--.1-1 o J1 0-,3 i liildl.s f endlec-s struggle, the longresslcnal convention Called. Windsor, N. C. May 6. The Con gressional Convention for this, the Second District, is called to meet in Rocky Mount on Tuesday, the 4th day of June, at half past one o'clock, for the purpose of nomm: a candidate for Congress, and lor the consideration of the usual business. By -order of the committee. A. S. Roscoe, Chairman. Democratic Primaries. The qualified Democratic vottrs : of Halifax County are requested to meet at the voting places in their re spective townships on -Saturday, May 18th, 1912, at 4 o'clock p. m. r for the purpose of electing delegates to the Halifax County Convention to be held at Halifax on Saturday, May, 25th, 1912, which convention will elect delegates to the State and congressional conventions. Each township will also elect an executive committee of five members, the chairman of which will be a member of the County executive committee. The County executive committe will meet at same time and place the County convention is held to elect a chairman for its ensuing two years E. L. Travis, Chm'n Halifax Co. Dem. Ex. Com. A Metal and Seed. White Lead and White Zinc made from the Metals Lead and Zinc are niements. Linseed Oil is pressed out of Flaxseed. A little Oil mixed with these pigments constitutes the L. & M. semi-paste Paint. It's made so that by adding 3 quarts of Lin seed Oil to a gallon of L. & M. semi paste 12 gallons of ready for use Paint is produced at a cost of $1.57 per gallon. Anybody can mix the Oil with the L. & M. in five minutes. It saves from $5 to $25 in painting a house. Call on Hardy Hardware Company, Scotland Neck, N. C. rades of my fathers, an hMr to all that you and they have given, look ing into the faces of those who are joint-heirs with me of the priceless heiitage we enjoy, knowing that we are met here with a common love, for a common purpose a love for V man nnrl mnmPil of the COHicd- ItLlK, Uli LW v eracy, and a purpose to pay honor to their lives and commemorate their immortal deeds, 1 can but feel that this is a glorious gathering, a happy meeting. "Three generations are represent ed here this morning the father, the son, ane the grand-son. As first on our lips, so first in our hearts is the father. As grand-son I come last, but I desire to say for myself o,i flic, o-mnd-flf.nfhters and the other grand-sons represented here, that though last we are not least, for when it comes to loving a Con federate veteran and his faithful helpmate 'our hearts are as big as anybody's. "To-day throughout the length and breadth of our State a grateful and a loving people are commemor ating the deeds of a brave and noble ancestry." The speaker discussed the signifi cance of memorial day, saying that love and tears, struggle and bloou shed, an unconquerable spirit in the lives of our fathers had given us the day. and without them it would not have been. He also stated briefly the conditions that prevailed in the years preceding the war. Next he discussed the right bf the Southern States. to secede, showing clearly and beyond a doubt that they had that right. Mr. Dunn told the members of Camp that they were among that number who went forth to battle and to die, if need be, that right might triumph; how that it was through the purest motives of un selfishness that they offered their lives so freely to the cause they held sacred; that they had much to lose and little to gain, yet, hearing the call of duty they answered, hearing its voice of command they obeyed. Theirs was to live and to labor if God so willed, to do and to die if He decreed otherwise. He traced the record that the Confederate soldiers made, and em phasized the splendid and singly glorious record made by the soldiers from North Carolina. Faithful in the beginning these soldiers were faithful in the end; first at Gettys burg they were last at Appomattox; they bore disaster and disappoint ment, but they never bore defeat; they faced overwhelming odds with a steady arm, a keen eye, a sure aim, faced them in all the habila ments of war, but they never wore the white feather when they faced any man. "Yet not to you is all the glory," continued Mr. Dunn, "for there is another we remember to-day, one constant move, but the women at home could only wait and watch, fearful ever for the lives of loved ones, knowing never what the next news would be. Thoy did not shrink, they did not fall down be neath their load of responsibility. As they had loved in the bright and happy days, so now in the daik and stormy days they continued to love and pour out their lives for love's sake. Oh, men of those days, their faithfulness was your strength, their love was your joy, their prayers were your protection. Was there ever a time when they were not a part of your lives, and when your lives were not sweeter and better because of them? "When the ashes of devastation and desolation had darkened a land which had shown bright under God's blue dome, when homes vhose halls had rung with merry laughter, childish prattle, and all the sounds grief and abject want, the women of the Confederacy had not been heard to say, 'It is enough, we can stand no more," but with brave and loving hearts they met the changed conditions unshrinkingly, and wont ing hand in hand those who had re turned, together, out of the ashes of ruin, they raised aloft a new and a resurrected South." In closing Mr. Dunn said: "Ask me to point you to the brave souls of earth, forgetful of the Caesars, the Shakespeares, the Gladstones, the Washingtons, I will point you to that countless host of women who met the 'eternal every day' bravely and unshrinkingly, in courage and cheerfulness and patience, attending to every duty that came to hand trusting ever in the God they loved and glorified. Oh, mothers of men you have left us a priceless, a sacred a perpetual heritage. May we prove true and worthy children of thine." The old enmity is forgotten, the hands of two brave peoples have joined in the clasp of eternal friend ship. The heroism of those times, and the heroes and heroines that made such heroism possible, can never be forgotten. They are our perpetual heritage. Mr. Dunn expressed a desire that a monument snould be raised on the graded school campus to the men and women or the Confederacy, saying that nothing could be more fitting than that those who toiled so faithfully together in life should be honored together in death. s At the close of the address crosses of honor were conferred upon Messrs. M. D. Allsbrook, T. E. Aus- bon, Hope Bell, Wiley Briley, W. T. Joyner, W. F. Staton, Dudley Whit aker, and Capt. R. R. Cotten. An nouncement was made that no more crosses can be conferred after No vember 1, 1912. . j The Daughters had prepared a ' nice dinner for all the soldiers pres ent, and such a repast it was bar becue, ham and bread, pickles, cake and good hot strong coffee. It was a day long to be remembered. The Washington Daily News in giving a report of the closing exer cises of the public schools of that city makes the following reference to an incident that our readers will be pleasad to read, since it is about one of our own boys. The News says: "Just before the exercises closed Mr. John Lewis Payne mad suitable resolutions as passed by the John H Small Debating Society, j he pop?: iar and efficient principal, Mr. P. Q Bryan, who lias so acceptably filled the position for the past two years is not to return to Washington next year but will locate in Oxford, N. C, to practice his profession, the law. The resolutions in words of feeling expressed regret at his goir g and wishing him every success in his profession and new home. VYhi'S this act came romewhat as a sur prise to Mr. Bryan, what followed Mxeen Screen a Porch Shade ce Cream Wafer Coolers Ice Picks. r- I In fact anything Store ijitarcly .i . 11 j. -J v? . i mat is SOiQ m a m si uass r can be found in our Store. Com&5 The Hardware Hustlers.' ;- was a greater. Mr. Chas. Meekins then stepped to the ront of the ros trum and in words of ornateness and fitness in behalf of the teachers and student body of the school pre sented Professor Bryan with a hand some gold watch fob suitably en graved. For a minute or more Mr. :3ryan could not respond and when he did, it could be readily seen that words were inadequate to express lis deep appreciation." A banquet was given after the ex ercises at which Professor Bryan acted as toastmaster. J THK HO.MK !" PfKK DniGS" Expensive Looking Cut: Glass. We know that the unusual articles in our stogk show more for the money than ether offer ings. Our large and well as sorted stock is YOUR UNSQUS: OPPORTUNITY You begin to realize what our long buying experience means when you compare our values and prices with others. 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