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J. UAKTV, TtHov ;rd Vri :iel.r.
JKntered at the postofficc -it Scotland
Nck, N. C, Second-Class Matter.
Thursdav,;October 0, 1912.
We note that four pupils have
been expel!-?;! and tv-'elve suspended
on account of hazing at the Univer
sity of Norlli Carolina. This is as
the result of the de?th of the young
nan Kan'' t-t the beginning of the
session of tre college. Let all the
hazers be expelled.
The Progressive candidate for
Governor, Iredell Merges, of Wil
mington, made his opening- speech
in Raleigh Friday night. Among
many other things he said that he
wanted it understood that he was in
the race to stay, if ho only received
one vcte and that his own.
Halifax Coanfy Uzb Formed a! Univer
sity. On the ISth of September the stu
dents of the University of North
Carolina from Halifax County orga
nized a club as id customary with
the counties. Peing composed of
Halifax county boys the club is
known as the Halifax County Club.
The purpose of this club is to get
pli the boys from Halifax county to
gether so as to get acquainted with
each other and to foster closer
friendships among themselves.
A motion was passed that a copy
of this be rent to every paper in said
county to lit its people know the
number of boys she has at the Uni
versity to represent her. Ten men
responded to the call for a meeting
for organization and elected the fol
ing officers:
R. H. Parker, president; C. T.
Smith, vice-president; L. P. Meyer,
secretary and treasurer; A. M. At
kinson, business manager.
The roll is as follows: C. T. Smith,
P. L. White, of Scotland Neck; P.
Evorcit, Palmyra; R. B. House,
Thelma; A. C. 7oiiicoffer, Weldon;
D. L. Pod, C. A. Boseman, L. B.
Jleycr, R. II. Parker, A. M. Atkin
son, of Enfield.
Darccn Class Elects Officers.
The BaptisL Buraca class on Sun
day morning elected the following
officers to serve ti e coming tlx
months:
President L. L. Cherry.
Vice-president--!!. L. McDowell.
Secretary W. T. Pendleton.
Asst. Secret: ry -C. B. Parks.
Treasurer PoVr t C. Josey.
Asst. Treasurer N. I-igs Eryan.
Press Reporter F. J. Proctor.
Teacher V. II. McDowell.
Sir. L i i:srdiag, Elector.
M'-c Pem crctis convention of this
dis.rict, held in Elizabeth City last
K--, r-minated Mr. Albion Dunn,
of (.'r jonvH'o, as presidential slector
of ti. di,- r"c'. Recently Mr. Dunn
tendci ed Id; r-iglaCion to the dis
trict c "Recti iv v committee and at a
called meeting :.; the committee in
Elizabeth Ci.y kiit Wednesday, Mr.
F. C. Harding, of Greenville, was
chosen to fi ll the r-.can-y.; - Green
ville Reflector.
HAVE YC - J EVER
7 A KEN CALOMEL?
Next Time D-ju't do It, It's Danger
ous. Try Dodtoa's Liver-Tone
1: .-lead It's Safe.
You ought to know what a dan
gerous and uncertain drug the
chemical, erl-mcl, i. Perhaps you
know cove ! d people who have been
salivated by what thsy thought was
a very light dose of camel.
Next time you have an attack of
biliousness, or wh?n your liver has
gotten siugish, come to E. T. White
head Compi.n.'b drug store and ask
for a botUe of Dodson's Liver-Tone.
.You will find it a pleasant tasted
liquid and a perfect substitute for
liquid and a perfect substitute for
calomel in cv.ry respect and with
out the dangerous after-effects, of
calomel.
Dodson's Liver-Tone gives the
liver just the amount of gentle stim
ulation it needs to induce it to do
its; work properly and thoroughly.
E. T. Whitehead .Company's drug
store will give you your money back
any time Dodson's Liver-Tone fails
to prove itself a perfect substitute
" for calomel.
CASTOR I A
Per Infants and Children.
Tha Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
The People Should Support Gov.
Kitchin. "for U. S. Senate.
K -t before in many years has it
been of Mich vital importance to tire
Democracy of our country Lo send a
real Democrat to the United States
Senate. The cosily experience with
reactionary, non-progressive and go
between Democrats of the Cleveland
administration has taught its terri
ble lesson, our party's power over
thrown for two decades and the
eii'oits of our true Democrats
brought to naught, except to re-organize
the party and bring us xtce
to face with a situation which means
success or a repetition of the Cleve
land administration. A careful con
sideration of each candidate's Dem
ocracy and fidelity to party pledges
is highly important, and the elimi
nation of the near-Democrat a stern
necessity, and all the more so if they
have the scent of the Aldrich-Pen-rose
contamination which is gad to
every true Democrat that loves the
teachings of Bryan and Wilson.
Wilson's clear insight to party
danger, with his bold and positive
denunciation, defeated Smith in
New Jersey for United States Sena
tor because he knew well that Smith
with a few others of the same stripe
and odor fad caused the overthrow
of the effectiveness of Cleveland's
administration.
Bryan has already pointed the
finger of warning at F. M. Simmons,
of North Carolina, and demands his
defeat for re-election. Bryan's
Commoner, August SO, 1912: "The
Commoner does not take part in
contests between Democrats except
ing where a principal is involved.
In North Carolina where Senator
Simmons is a candidate for re-election,
a principal is involved. He is
not a progressive and it is a mystery
to the outside world why a State
like North Carolina has tolerated
him so long."
We thank Bryan, W. W. Kitchin
and the leading Democratic journals
of the 'country for exposing the un
faithful record of Senator Simmons
and for teaching us what his Repub
lican votes meant to us, and hurl
back at the Senator with contempt
his fabrication of excuses for dis
loyalty and broken pledges, his sham
brittle for the farmers' substitute to
the reciprocity bill falls flat when
we unearth hi.-; cut and dried policy
with the leading Republicans, his
line up with them against our faith
ful worker.
1 trust that not a voter by the 5th
day of November but will have fub'y
informed himself of the Senator's
record, punctured as it is at almost
every important point by Republican
voting, a record that he fears to
meet the opposing candidates and
defend. The people are not so
blind, nor will they support a neai
Democrat when the genuine is at
hand. Not,-one dot can any one
bring against W. W. Kitchin's pri
vate or public record, unless being a
real Democrat is one.
R. P. Byiid.
IVAKE CP SOYS.
par'is World's Famous Shows Circus
Hippodrome acd Meoessrfs -To
b3 Here Tuesday, ec. 3!!?.
AH day Tuesday the busiest man
in town was the Advance Agent of
John II. Sparks World's Famous
Shows. He was like a wili-o-the-wisp,
now here, now there, making
contracts and arranging for the
coming of the great circus. Large
quantities of provisions 'were con
tracted from our merchants, and
the grounds known as the Bali
Grounds were leased from Mr.
Kitchin and he was several times
heard to make complaint that the
grounds were hardly large enough
to accommodate the show properly.
The Sparks Shows as they will ap
pear here this time are tripled in
size, and now rank among the lead
ing circuses of the country. It is
claimed to have a solid train of
twenty monster railway cars, almost
four hundred people and over two
hundred animals, both foreign and
domestic.
The show employs over fifty peo
ple in the department of publicity
alone and from now until show day
the country for twenty miles around
will be given a thorough billing and
if the weather is at all favorable
Scotland Neck will have to entertain
an immense throng on that day.
Paint and Not.
? Paint was never before po high as
!a?t year and this: fbout $2.25 a gal
lon Devoe and. a half-dollar less for
trash.
What is trash?
It looks like paint and pretends to
be paint, but isn't worth painting.
It costs a painter's day's-work to
put-on a gallon of paint, good or
bad; and a painter's day's-work is
Jj3 to pi.
Add that to the price of a gallon.
That is the cost of a gallon. Devoe
is $5 or $G a gallon; and trash a half
dollar less.
But Devoe is all paint and more
too; you add oil to it; a gallon is 5
or 6 quarts of perfect paint for the
painter's pot. But trash is three
quarters two-thirds or half paint;
you pay a half-doliar less for nobody-knows-what-it-is.
10 gallons Devoe is enough for the
average job; it takes 14 to 20 gal
lon of trash. And the wear same
way. Unfortunately, they look
al ke when first put-on.
Devoe.
E. T. Whitehead Co. sells it.
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(Political Advertising.)
To The Commonwealth:
In reply to the statements
of Mr. It." P. BrreUet me say
that Mr. Simmons in his
speech at Charlotte on Sep
tember 12th, stated his rea
sons for not having a joint
debate with any Democrat,
fie said he con Id conceive of
nothing1 more harmful to the
party than for the Demo
cratic Governor, the Demo
cratic Chief Justice and a
Democratic Senator to meet
in joint debate against eacli
other, each engaged in as
sailing and seeking to dis
credit the record and official
conduct of the other and
that, for himself, he would
not engage in the business
of attacking the character
or the official record of any
Democrat holding high offi
cial position.
Mr. Simmons is not' en
gaged in defending his record.
His record netnls no defense.
He stands on his record,
squarely. He is engaged in
campaigning for the Demo
cratic ticket. State and Na
tional, as hehas always done
in everv campaign, lie lsjueiernumiumi lu muim u
doino- his dutv as a Demo- -'iUldi(!at) (lo(:s uo an?e
crai. Dili ne uiues nonce
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that Governor Kitchin hasj'm his speech which he intend
in a d e certain statements j ed to deliver in Raleigh upon
no-jiinst him. These state- mterimr the campaign he
ments Mr. Simmons has em
phatically declared to be
false. For instance, Govern
or Kitchin says that Mr.
Simmons cae.t some protec
tion votes in the Senate1.
Mr. Simmons says that the
statement that he voted for
protection is false. Govern
or Kitchin says that Mr.
Simmons cast 10 undemo
cratic votes .and cites the
votes cast for amendments
to the reciprocity bill. Mr.
ginimons says that those
votes were democratic and
not undemocratic votes. lie
says that Governor Kitchin
and his friends conceal the
facts as to what those votes
were about, because they are
afraid of them and to deceive
the people. One of these
votes was to put cotton bag
ging and ties on the free list:
another was to put wire
fencing on the free list; an
other was to put farm imple
ments on the free list. All
were to put things ot farm or
household use on the free list
or to greatly reduce their
d
uties. Mr. Simmons asks!iat is Governor Kitchin
' it is undemocratic to vote! fing aoont. If every
, Al . i body wants Simmons, who
i put these things on the; wnilt,H Kitchin 'f
if
to put
free list or to greatly reduce !
uteres
Growing
In the Great Prize Voting Contest Inaugurated
by The Commonwealth.
The candidates and others inter
ested in The Commonwealth Voting
Contest will soon have the opportu
nity of seeing the piano which is to
be given to the lady having the larg
est number of votes. The company
of whom we are securing the pir.no
writes us that it will be shipped at
once. When it arrives the fact will
be announced so that you may come
and look it over.
To own a magnificent $400 Up
right Piano will be the privilege of
some lady in this section through
The Commonwealth contest. To
secure some of the other big prizes
offered will be the privilege of other
young ladies in the contest and work
is required to win, that's all.
The Commonwealth offers this
great opportunity to its readers and
t'riends. It's yours. Votes are
coming in to this office by the hun
dreds and the contest is just three
weeks old.
The keys to the ballot box, which
is now installed in the sanctum, will
be in the hands of one of the judges,
who will have charge of locking and
unlocking the ballot box at the time
of the count. The judges will be
honest men of good standing in the
community, and will have charge of
the prizes.
Nothing is more talked about in
this community at present than the
great prize voting contest inaugur
ated by The Commonwealth and
votes are in great demand. The
town and country are being scoured
for them and the merchants who are
giving prizes are continually being
asked for coupons.
Many people are willing to help
their friends in this contest and are
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their duties; and so Mr. Sim
mons declares that the
charge that in giving these
votes he gave undemocratic
votes is false.
Mr. Byi'd says that, there
was no new evidence in the
second investigation ofLori
mer. Mr. Simmons says
there was. In the first in
vestigation the evidence cov
ered TOO pages, in the second
8,700 pages. The evidence
in the first investigation
mentioned only four men
who were possibly connected
with any alleged corruption.
In his report on the second
investigation Senator Kern
said that the evidence was
broader and more far-reaching
than on the first, and
that it established conehi
sivelv that at least ten votes
were corruptly cast for Lori
mer. Governor Aycock did not
say that Mr. Simmons ought
to be defeated, but he did
say in effect that he would
like to have the office him
self, lie said, "I hope you
know this determination (his
out of anv antagonism to
" ,!
said that he had nothing to
say against Mr. Simmons.
the claim that Mr. Sim
mons is out of line with his
party on the tariff is shown
to bo false because at the
session in 1900 he was par
ticularly asked by his party
in the Senate to take a lead
ing part, and at the session
of 1012 they made him then
leader in tariff matters, and
as such he did lead, and made
a glorious and successful
fight and passed Democratic
tariff bills through the Sen
ate, which the Pre id ent ve
toed. And he says that if
he is re-elected, and the next
Senate is Democratic, he will
be the chairman of the Fi
nance Committee and the
tariff leader of the Demo
cratic party in the Senate, or
he will resign in twenty-four
hours. Rut, says Governor
Kitchin, the Fxeeutive Com
mittee is for Simmon.-'; the
State Convention was for
Simmons; and if lie .-hall re
sign Governor Craig will at
once re-appoint him. Well,
if the Committee is for him,
and the convention was for
him, and the people are for
him, and if the Democratic
Governor will re-appoint him
(m case he should resign)
S.
A. Ashe.
only waiting to be asked. The first
candidate to ask, of course wili be
the one to get the assistance of
friends. Those who desire to en
large their count should get out
among their friends and make their
wants known.
The prizes that are offered art
surely worth the small effort re
quired. Let each contestant show
the people that she hao the determi
nation to succeed in anything she
undertakes ana that she is out to
win.
The list of prizes and rules and
regulations will be found on another
page of this issue.
First count in contest will be made
October 22nd, at which time $10 in
gold will be awarded to the contest
ant having the largest number of
votes at that time.
I The Commonwealth has mailed
letters, rules and regulations to all
contestants to date, but if there are
! any who have failed to receive them
1 if they will kindly call at The Com
monwealth ofhee they will be sup
plied. Those who do not fully understand
the rules and regulations of this
contest may call or write this office
and we will be pleased to go over
tbe proposition with them.
Remember to have your friends
trade with merchants who are giving
coupons.
Get bufiy and vote for your choice.
The contest will be conducted square
ly and no partiality will be fehuvvn to
any one. Do it now and help some
one reap the benefits of this liberal
offer.
Watch every issue of Tne Com
monwealth for important announcements.
Daily
(Folil'c.l Ai'.vcrti. in.T.)
Handbills are out signed by a tem
porary executive committee calling
for a mass convention of the Pro
gressive party of Halifax county, to
meet in Halifax on Thursday, the
10th day of October, to organize the
parly and nominate a county ticket.
' Don't use harsh physics. The re
action weakens the bowel, leads to
chronic constipation. Get Dean s
iiegulets. The operate easily, tone
the'stomaeh, cur.': constipation.
t 2 & 0 9 & O fr $ O
O - -, e
Shower Bouquets of
.lioFOH and Lilly of the t
Valley; also plain Pou-
quets. Hoses, Oarna-
tions, Violets ami otlnr
seasonable Flowers.
i Fi ( mil Desigi i s a t sh or t
notice. All orders receive
I prompt attention. c-
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FLORIST
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Raleigh, North Carolina.
Sale For Taxes.
I will on Saturdny. Oct. 5, 1912,
sell to the highest bidder for each
in front of the Scotland Neck Bank,
the following described property
to satisfy taxes and cost for the
veai 11)11 :
Mrs. D. M. Prince estat-?, one lot
on Main street (stables). $7.75.
J. D. Stewart, four lots (S. 15.
Kitchin Mill and Ice Plant), $2-1.03.
G. H. Joh: ton,
Citv Tax Collector.
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THE LANDS OF
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are POS 1 iiD against hunting of every
description and trespassing cf any kind. If
lj found upon these premises with axe, dog
or Fun vou will be arrested snd orosecuted
to the full extent of the law. Don't ask
2
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is my noicQ or
Duke s Mixture Presents"
Among tbe many valuable presents now given away
vwith Liggett & Myers Duke's M ixturethereis something to
enit every taste and in this ell-pleasing satisfaction the
presents are exactly like the tchscco itself. For all classes
cf men like the selected Virginia and North Carolina bright
leaf that you get in
f, th3 ffm0!:S ld t0fcacco be Popar
than ever-for It is now , Limtt & Myers leader, and
is equal id qua.ity to any granulated tobacco you can buy.
;JSiVaVCn t Srn,iCd Duke,s M5xture with the
vlCll tliCre ,s no bettfr.value anywhere
pet a book of ciparctte 7Vtpen I'Stttt. yU
T. Now Afc-t tlia Free Presents
nt, cos. you not one penny ."5?
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INSURANCE
of s!l kinds written.
Why insure in companies that
may wish to pay and can't? I
re-present the strongest and
incst liberal companies in
America. Life and Accident,
Mutual Benelit and National.
THIS ITOMI3, Assets over 31 million.
THE CONTINENTAL., Assets over 24
million.
THE PHILADELPHIA UNDERWRIT
ERS. As:::ts over 2i million.
THE FIDKLITY-PIIENIX. Assets over
lb mrnnn.
THE GLOBE AND RUTGERS, Assets
over 5 million.
Should you wish insurance
of anv kind see me. Will see
that loss is paid , unless by fraud
$3.85 to Raleigh and Return
t including admission into Fan
Grounds. The North Carolina State Pair
October 15th to 18th.
On account of the above occasion
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
offers the i-bove attractive round
Lrip rate to Raleigh, thereby afford
ing the public opportunity to take a
pleasant and cheap trip to Raleigh
where the largest Fair in the State
will be held.
Balloon Ascensions, Wild West
Show. Poultry Show, l-ecord break
ing Harness and Running Races, etc
Tickets on sale for all trains Octo
her 12th to 18th, inclusive, and lim
ited returning to reach original
starting point not later than mid
j night, October 21st. Children be
tween 5 and 12 years half price.
Go see and be seen.
i W. J. Craig, T. C. White,
I Pas. Traf . Mgr. Gen, Pas. Agt
! Wilmington, N. C.
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tn.Taydesirbfeprcsent8for
women and cbildrenfino
t-' tsz4 fountain nona 1 rr V IT
Sy f""! Mujkrciins,
Blove9 and etc.
As a special offer
September and October
only, we tail! sgnd you oar
. ..u nataioeae or
present, FREE. .!. . JZa
oauie aDd address on a postal.
Coupons from Pike's Mixture mat
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from fOUR ROSES UaTn'n,,
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