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THE C OnjIOMWEALT II, 7 1 Scotland Nek. N.C Scotland Neck, b. a MB iMONWBALTH An uneonuromising Democratic Jour nal. Pubhsled every Thursday morning. Advertising Bates x J. B. MEAL, Manager. 1 inch 1 week, 1 " 1 month, tl.06. 2.50. Subscription Rates ; E. E. HILLIARD, EditO 'THE LAND WE LOVE." Terms : $2 00 per year in Advance. Contracts for any space or time may be made at the office of The Common wealth. Transient advertisements must be paid for in advance. 1 Copy 1 Year. 1 6 Mmths, $2 00. 1.00. VOL. I. N.C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22,1883. NO. 25. THECOHNONWEALTH. I For Dyspepsia, Costiveaeii. Sick Headache, Chroaie Diar rhoea, iTaundice, Imparity of the Blood, Fever and Ague, Malaria, and all Diseases caused by De rangement of Liver, Bowels and Kidneys. SYMPTOMS OF A 'DISEASED IJVEK. Bad Breath ; lain in the Side, sometimes the main is felt.under he Shoulder-blade, mistaken for kheumausra: ftieral loss of appetite; Bowels generally costive. sometimes alternating with lax; the head is trott&ed with pain, is dull and heavy, with eonsiderabl loss of memory, accompanied with a painful senation of leaving undone something which ought to h-ve been done; a slight, dry cough and flushed fit sometimes an attendant, often mistaken for conumption; the patient complain of weariness anddebility ; nervous, easily startled: feet cold or burnng, sometimes a prickly sensation of ths skin exiss; spirits are low and despondent, and although satsfied that exercise would be bene ficial yet one cn hardly summon up fortitude to try it in fact, ostrusts every remedy. Several of the above synntoms attend the disease, but cases nave occurred wien but few of them existed, yet examination afte death has shown the Liver to have been extcusvcly deranged. It should be wed by all persons, old and young, whatever any of the above synptoms appear Persons Traveling or living in Un healthy Localities, by taking a dose occasion ally to keep the jver in healihy action, will avoid all Malaria, Blious attacks, Dizziness, Nau sea, Drowsiness, Depression of Spirits, etc. It will invigorate lib a glass of wine, but is no in toxicating beverage. If Tou havi eaten anything hard ot digestion, or fel heavy after meals, or sleep less at night, tate a dose and you will be relieved. Time and Doctors' Bills will be saved by always keeping the Regulator in the House! For, whatever the ailment may be, a thoroughly safe purgative, alterative and tonio can never be out of place. The remedy is harmless and does not interfere with business or pleasure. IT IS TCREI.Y VEGETABLE, And has all tie power and efficacy of Calomel or Quinine, without any of the injurious after eiiects. A Governor's Testimony. Simmons Liver Regulator has been in use in my family for sotre time, and I am satisfied it is a valuable addition to the medical science. J. Gill Shorter, Governor of Ala. Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Gs., says : Have derived some benefit from the use of Simmons Liver Regulator, and wish to give it a further trial. "The only Thing that never falls to Relieve." I have used many remedies for Dys- repsia. Liver Affection and Debility, but never ave found anything to benefit me to the extent Simmons Liver Regulator has. I sent f'om Min nesota to Georgia for it, and would send further for such a medicine, and would advise all who are sim ilarly affected to give it a trial as it seems the only thing that never fails to relieve. P. M. Jannby, Minneapolis, Minn. Dr. T. W. Mason says: From actual ex perience in the use of Simmons Liver Regulator in my practice 1 have been and am satisfied to use and prescribe it as a purgative medicine. JBTake on'.y the Genuine, which always . has on the Wrapper the red Z Trade-Mark and Signature of J. H. ZEILIN & CO. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. WE KEEP ON HAND A NICE STOCK OF CLOTHING ! and full line of STETSON'S HA TS, Also one of the best assorted Stocks of CUSTOM and HAND-SEWED S H O E S in the South, which we will sell at GKETLY REDUCED PRICES lor the next sixty days to make room for SPRING GOODS. Orders by mail Dronmtlv filled J. P. (JLLLLi, Raleigh, N. 0. Jan. 25, 21 tf. ssEas CUES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Bent Cough Bynip. Tauten good. ISi TJie In lime. . boiq Dy aruggisu. s 4 GENERAL DIRECTORY. SCOTLAM IVECK Mayor W A.Dunn. Commissioners Noah Biggs, J. R. Bal lardf R. M. Johnson, J. Y. Savage. Meet first Tuesday in each month at 4 o'clock, P M. Chief of Police-C W. Dunn. Assistant Policemen A. David. W D Shields. C. F. Speed. Sol. Alexander. Treasurer R M Johnson. Clerk J Y Savage. CHURCHES : Baptist J. D. Hufham. D. D.. Pastor Services every Sunday at 11 o'clock. A. M., and at 7, P. M. Also on Saturday before the first Sunday at 11 o'clock, A. M. Prayer Meeting every Wednesday ;"6"" uuuuay ccnooi onaaDoath morn ing. Primitive Baptist Eld. Andrew Moore. rastor Services every third Saturday "fining. Methodist Rev. C. W. Bvrri. PC(a Services at 3 o'clock, P. M. on the second and fourth Sundays. Sunday School on oauuam morning. Episcopal Rev. II. G. Hilton, Rector. services every hrst, second and third aunaays at 10 o'clock, A. M. Sunday fcchool every Sabbath morning. eeimg oi mble class on Thursday j,..- wc icsiuenceoiiur. tr. ta. omith uaptist (colored,) George Norwood, xastui. OKrviCeS eVfirv fourth KnnHatr A . .1 . . . J ii o ciock, a.m., and 7, P. M. Sun- uay ocnooi on Sabbath morning. o COUNTY. superior uourt Clerk and PrnW., iuage jonn l. liregory. Inferior Court---Geo. '1 . Simmona T 1 t m " Register of Deeds J. M. Grizzard. Solicitor A. J. Burton. bhentt R. J. Lewis. Coroner J H Jenkins. Treasurer E. D. Browning. Co. SuDt. Pub. lnstrnrtinr. Tl P. Keeper of the Poor House John Ponton Commissioners Chairman, Aaron Pres- i oiernng Johnson, Dr. W. R ooa, John A. Morfleet, and M w nuehead. o. . ..... oupenor Court Every third Monday ... vu sm) aepteiuoer. . Infprini. fist.-. T ii , - . n V ult x-vtry uura Monday in February, May,Augmt and NotwW uag ot iurri CourtT. K. Hill. n Eras L si u SHADOW OF THE WOEKINGMAN. Behold the swiftly flying boat ! in onninns miirht it steams along ; With graceful lines and power ul frame. It proudly Dears us nvmg uiiuug. Todstant lands it ploughs its way. And to the many wealth doth bring Its tidings from the absent friends ; Are welcome as the smiling spring, it. cleave the restless wave, . i i ..u ,.nn'o .-na.o 'torill snail Anu Know uiu vtrau o " " "i But, cast o'er all, can you behold The shadow ot tne worKingmau r See. on the locomotive rusn With headlong speed o er iron roaa, Like living, breathing monster, whom Some unseen powers onwaru goau, TVirnncrh cities, towns, and shady dells, nvr o-iirfflinsr streams ana wooaiann o-lades It speeds you on with clang and roar ; Ay, 'neath the mountains' gloomjj sri 21 clcs With ease it quickly bears along Pilgrims of every tribe and clan ; But o'er each fleeting view dost see The shadow of the workingman ? rvmo 0-a7. linon this mishtv pile. The spire of which in cloudland dwells; Kissed by the setting sun's last ray, j As gently chime the distant bells , Come view its grandly massive walls, It's pillars, halls, and arches true, Which are so neatly, deftly wrought Without one flaw to meet the view, O'er all this blended strength and grace, As round it zephyrs gently l'ant Can you not see. in outline bold, The shadow of the woriiingman ? Jo seek the lofty mountain height, And there behold the glowing scene The forest, field, and waving grain, The rippling lakes, the meadows green; Each beauty of the prospect view, All thronged with useful, busy life, Where once the gloomy wilds were seen. Where savage revels once were rife. Go. look upon all earth's broad face, Replete with art and nature's plan ; And there, in bold relief, you'll see The shadow of the workingman. OLD YEAR CELEBRITIES No. 5. Darwin and His Work. For The Commonwealth. In this brief sketch of th latt Charles Darwin I propose to treat, only of some personal traits, of his .nethod of work, ami the general liaracter oi nis researches, wimoui in y effort to set lorth his doctrines as a scieutL-t. Any account ot him n the coulmns of a newspaper, how- ver carefully prepared, could not bt otherwise than imperfect Could I nly incite the readers of this shor. aotice to seek the trui.li in the realm )f nature, the purpose of this sketch would be amply served. A scientist properly has to do with acts: he reasons troin the Known u, the unkuown. Froui the half-erased track on the sand of the beach he nfers the presence of the animal chat placed it there. From the broken fragment exhumed, it may be, from its co ver ins; of eartu, he constructs. ihe perfect lorm that he speaks its original anatomj'. Facts first ; then principles. When the young Darwin at the age oi twenty-two was ap pointed naturalist to the Heagle anu started on his five years' vovagt around the world, he then began thai ; series of observations which gave trnn tne tacts ana turnisuea tne data from which resulted conclusions that have revolutionized all modem scientific thinking. This voyage was his scientific schooling prepara tory to the great work of original in vestigation. He here had favorablt opportunity for studyi lg nature in a new and strange laud. .New forms of life were seen on every hand. New creations everywhere appeared. HU observations were both minute and extensive, and these yere the germ out of which grew the products oi his lonsr and laborious life. Aside rom things of more permanent valut to science, as a result of this journey Mr. Darwin wrote one ot the most instructive an intertaining books oi modern travel. It is with the "Origin of Species" that Mr. Darwin' name is most gen eral ljT associated, a book abou. which, perhaps, more has been sai.-. and less really known than an other product of the century, llardh a newspaper is to be found that ha not in some way commented on the Darwinian theory. Many with crit ical examination, or even without capability for such examination. nave discussed the theory and dis missed it with sneering ridicule. Presented thus in its most grotesque phase, popular opinion has been largely shaped and led to erroneous onclusions. As 1 restricted my sell in the outset. I am excused lrom telling here what the true theory is Hut I may say that however original the hypothesis of evolutions may be, certainly prejudice is not a new agency at work. When Copernicus made his revelation, be was pu down as a heretic and magician When Newton made his great dis . a uovery unuer tne apple tree, he wast denounced as an atheist and workei oi evu. Ana wnen Darwin tells us that man is evolved, well the age it better civivized and toleration for bids the pillar or guillotine. Whatever be his concluson, it v not to be doubted by anycandio mind that Darwin was a lover ol truth ; aud he sought to present truti as nature seemed to reveal it to him. He studied with reverence as well a witb diligence: and was never, dog nefore the "Origin of Species" had been published ; but it remained for Darwin to produce the chef cVouvre und become the immortal exponent of the new system of science W hat ever may be thought of his "Descent of Man," the debt which science owes to its author must ever remain great, into what domain of nature has his eagle eye not pierced ? Geology, Zoology, Botany, Biology have all become debtors to his labors aDd ge nius. He has broadened the horizon of scientific thinking to all men and added new light to the n odern sky. The remains of Darwin now rest in the great Abby where sleep those who have won England's fame.' It is fitting that he should take his place by the side of Newton, as hit "Origin of Species" goes on along side of the Principia to fulfill the mission in en lightening mankind. And so truly were his days spent in labor that he may fitly be said to rest. His time was extended beyond the limit of or dinary man and all strictly devoted o the object to which he was wed in .j,arly life. As a worker he is almost without a parallel. It is but a frag ment of his labor to say that he spent .wenty-nine years in studying for .md writing the great work which has already been mentioned. His patient udustry is little less apparent in tlie .'act that he continued a series of ob servations on the unattractive earth worm (Lumbricus terrestris) over a period of forty years, aud then w rote its biography. As a patient toiler in the realm of science, as a cautious sifter of na ture's evidence, Darwin will remain model to all coming men ot scien tific study ; and while they follow in the lines he has wrought, Jittle hope is left that they will surpass him for many years to come, unless it be in iearninjz that The works of God are fair for naught Unless our eyes, in seeing, See hidden in the thins the thought Thatnimates its being.' W. H. Osborne. THE THIRD ERA OF THE REPUBLIC. "Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and trouble therewith'" BY A LAWYER. The very term ownership implies a species of slavery. The. power of million dollars is much greater con trolled by a single owner than dis tributed among "a million persons. An ounce of mustard seed shot dis charged from an ordinary fowling piece is perfectly harmless at . a dis tance of two hundred yards, however expert the marksman. The same luantity of lead moulded into a bu'- let will, if accurately directed, kill a nan a mile off. The power of united lollars is illimitable. In the politics if this country it is beginning to be perceptibly felt. There are United tates Senators who owe their elec- .ion solely to their wealth. When a najority of that body is constituted upon the basis of wealth, the laws will be made to subserve them. No -nillionaire feels himself thoroughly squiped who does not own at least me great newspaper. The Press of Sew York keeps Mr. Gould and Mr Vanderbilt out of the United States Senate : but money will buy almost iny newspaper and then ? Already we have witnessed a daring attempt x purchase the Presidency. Money s fast becoming the controlling ele nent in politics. Add to that the idditioual fact that there are six men n the country who can in one day ix the price of the wheat it has re luirea the labor ot six million men me year to produce, and you will jegia to enquire "Where are we lrifting ?" a few yars ago the tovernment was calk-d on to break ip a combination of unscrupulous ;am biers in gold ; and a little later o shoot down the rioters in a large ity goaded to desperation by the ,vrannv of a rich corporation. The ost of production no longer regu ates the price of oil or ot bacon or f wheat. Ten men, no one of whom jver eats an ounce of pork, and who, iltoffher. could not possibly eat ten housand pounds in a year, will buy md lock uo a sufficient quantity to brce the price up to ten dollars oarrel 10 as many days. Does any n in his senses suppose the time 1 not come when this will produce olution ? The cost of transporta- ji is regulated more by the whims. jealousy and avarice of the rail- r officials than by the labor and erial expended , in transporting vengers and freight. he selfishness of the very rich is plete. Can any one point to a le act of Mi. Vanderbilt calcu 1 to increase the happiness of basses of America ? To all this rould doubtless reply, "You have right to obtain wealth." is is another way of saying, me, help U8 destroy the liberties the people." Freedom is the est of all growths. Man relin- hes power last. The issue be en the people and the Aristocra- O; Wealth must sooner or later be t. It will be the severest test to ich our institutions have been sub- ted. If postponed until wealth has corrupted the people, the fate of Home is repeated ; if until the poor have plundered the rich, the story of the downfall of Greece is retold. One or the or the other of tbese condi tions will be fulfilled unless the cause which has always, and will always, produce these unhappy fates is removed. This can only be done by removing the temptation to plun- ier aud the means of oppression, ihe time to do this is befo.e the evil becomes so great that it is beyond the power of peaceable remedy, when neither side has the upper hand to any great extent, and when both can be heard. It does not follow because certain theories cannot be reduced to ractice at one time they are impos sible to eecute altogether. A peo ple highly civilized in a time of pro found quiet can do much that those n a period of revolution or an age of ignorance will fill to do. What method then can we adopt to limit the power of wealth which will prove satisfactory and success ful ? In order to place a limit to the power of wealth it is necessaty to fix a sum beyond which no man's pos sessions shall go. The most practica ble step ever taken in this direction is the law forbidding Entails. The acquiescence in such a law is proof of its wisdom. The rapidity with which enormous fortunes are made, coupled with tbe power of de vising them, has seriously impaired the usefulness of the law against en tails. Let us suppose another step s taken in the same direction, and the right to bequeath or convey by deed of gift more than one hundred thousand dollars to a single person or association of persons, is denied. n case of intestacy limit the portion of each heir, or distribute to the same amount. Let the lesidue escheat to the government to be used for edu cational a .id other humane purposes. This restriction should be subject to the right of any one iu his life time to convey his property by deed tor any ot ihe purposes to which the government might apply it after death. Would such a law be more than a tax on incomes or an inheri tance tax on a large scale ? Let us examine and see how it would work. It would not destroy nor impair to any appreciable extent the incentive to labor and to accumulate. This is a quality inherent in some persons; in fact, in all who amass by their own exertion large fortunes. A man could then accumulate as much as he can now. The only differenee is it would be distributed sooner and more wide- y. The elder Mr. Vanderbilt did uot add a dollar more to his riches because of his children ; nor Mr. Gi- rard a dollar less because he had none, If it were profitable to take out of the world our possessions nine-tenths of us would do so. Ex perience shows that tbe majority of rich men virtually disinherit their children leaving them the bare use of the money whicli is bequeathed to grandchildren whom very often they lave never seen. They are prompted to this course by a grasping desire to exercise control even after death. The same tyrannical spirit prompts most men to make a will. I assert that the fact of a limit of one hun dred thousand dollars to each bequest hereafter to be made would not short en the pace of avarice an inch in a year in the entire land. Knowing that beyond a certain amount every cent accumulated would certainly escheat to tbe government, men would in their lifetime and under their own supervision contribute largely to the happiness of their fel lows. It is impossible that Mr. Van lerbilt was prompted by affection to disinherit all of his children but one His object was to preserve his estate intact in the hands ot one person trusting that his beneficiary would imitate his example. The late James O. Johnson, the contest over whose will became celebrated, gave as reason for disinheriting his next of kin that there were so many of them his property "if equally divided would be scattered to the four winds of heaven." It should be maae im possible for a fortune of as much : as one million dollars to be hanaea down in such a way. The right to dispose of property by will is, artificial,- not natural. By adopting some plan similar to the one proposed, we would vie with each for the gloiy of becoming the greatest benefactors of the human race. It may be said : "This plan does not limit" the power of wealth while a man lives, and after all there is the great danger." I con tend that if the power to devise was limited, and ihe power to convey by deed of gift limited, and the sum to be inherited limited to a great ex tent, all riches above those sums would be distributed almost as ranid- ly as accumulated. We are creatures of habit. Whoev er has read Mr. Pre scot t's charming work, "The conquest of Pern." has been forcibly moved by the beautiful system of the government of the Incas. It was as nearly perfect as the nature of man will admit. True civilization is cultivated simplicity. Bismark is an educated animal. The philanthropist Howard was a fallen angel. The unborn can be ed ucated to any system. Beyond this Era of our Republic, f it survive it, all is peace and all is glory. Once a blow is struck by a united American mob against cam- tal, a standing army will be required to protect tne fruits of labor. Where then will be liberty ? Farmer and Mechanic. HOW RUSSIAN GIRLS ARE COURTED. Love is the same the world over, but "courting" is managed very dif ferently in different countries. Rus sian courting, among the middle classes, s peculiar. The first Whit sunday after the young girl is ac knowledged by her mother to be of marriageable v ears, she is taken to the Petersberg summer garden to join the "bridal promenade." This consists of the daughters of the tradesmen walking in procession. followed by their parents. Up and down they go, pretending to chat with each other and to take no notice of the young men the tradesmen's sous, dressed in their best clothes who walk in another procession on the other side. However, every now and then some young fellow slips out of his proper rank and adds him self to the line of girls on the other side, speaking to one particularly. The paiehts of the girt join in tht conversation in a few moments, and soon they leave the promenade and are joined by the parents of the young man. loreneraiiy, the oia ioiks have talked it well over before, but on this occasion every one pretends to be surprised. On the next day a female confidante calls on the girl s parents and requests her hand. This granted, all the relations on both sides meet and argue about the por tion to be given with the girl. If this is not satisfactory, all is at an eud ; if it is what is expected, the be trothal takes place. The bride and bridegroom kneel down upon a great fur mat and the bride takes a ring from her finger and gives it to the bridegroom, who returns the gift by another. The bride's mother meanwhile crumbles a piece of bread over her daughter's head, and bier father folds the image of his daughter s patron saint over his future son-in-law's well-brushed locks. As they arise the brid maids sing a wedding song. The guests each bring forward a present of some sort. Wine is handed about, and some one says it is bitter and needs sweeten ing. Upon this the bridegroom kises the bride the sweetaess being sup posed to be provided by this kiss salutes the company and takes his leave, on which the bridemaids sing a song with a chorus something like this : Farewell, happy bridegroom, But return to be still more happy. Courting time has now begun. Every evening the lover comes to his ladv's home wLh a present, which is always something good to eat geneaally cakes or sugar nlums. He makes love under rath er awkward circumstances, for the bridemaids sit about the betrothed pair in a circle, singing songs descrip tive of tueir happiness. The last evening of the courtship is enlivened by the presentation of the gifts of the bridegroom, which must include brushes, combs, soap and perfumery. On receiving these the bridemaids instantly carry the bride away and wash her, dress her hair and perfnme her pocket handkerchief. 4. Thus touched ub she returns to the Rorananv. aud the bride's father gives his future son-in-law the mar- O . .... i 1 nage portion, which ne tanes nowe with him in a neat bag. The next morning he returns for the lady herself. She receives him with her hair unbraided and flowing down her back, lhey are married by the cermonies of the Greek Church, and the old lolks never go to the wedding dinner. Those eternal bridemaids, whom they must hate by this time, are there, however still on duty, and the evening closes by the bride kneeling down and pulling off her husband s boots, to prove her intention to be an obedient and submissive wife. Gnod-natured bridegrooms gener ally bide jewelry or money in their boots, which the bride mar take possession of as balm for her pride. After the wedding day the parents begin to give feasts, and keep it up a week, and it is not until all this is over that the "young couple" see those blessed bridemaids take the;r departure. Thev-are then compelled to kiss them, thank them, and give them each a present. Cottaae and Farm. TREASURES OF THE CATHEDRAL OF MEXICO. The largest, most elegant, most costly, and in every way the finest church building on the American continent is the Cathedral of Mexico. It is three hundred ?ears since this immense building was begun, and more than two hndred years since it was finished ; yet it dees not bear the appearance of old age, although near ly all the material in it, except the imported metals and precious stones, were centuries old when Columbus first sailed across the Atlantic, for it was largely built of the stones of the Aztec temple that stood upon precise ly the same site, and which was de stroyed by Cortez. Sixty-two life size statues serve as chandeliers, and everything else is in the same grand style" The choir is surrounded by a balustrade of gold, which was manufactured in China, and weighs more than twenty tons (not all gold). In the middle of the high altar is placed the tabernacle, supported by'eight ranges of stucco colonnades, in the first two ranges of which stana the Apostles,Evangelists and principal Saints, and in the third rank a group of angels, among whom appears the Holy Virgin. There are six chandeliers, and a cross, whose body and pedestal are inlaid with precious stones ; a cross of goli filigree ; six boquets of pre cious stones ; four more chandeliers, twenty chalices ; six gold cruets and stands ; a pyx of gold weighing 104 ounces, covered with 1679 large dia monds, 132 rubies,-143 emerals, the whole mounted on eighty-four ounces of gold ; two golden censers, the prin cipal one a yard high, ornamented with 5,882 diamonds, and the other with 2,653,106 amethysts, 45 rubies and 8 sapphires, and containing 704 ounces of gold ; 11 lustres of 24 branches each ; 2 pairs of large chan deliers ; 5 perfumery pans, six feet high ; 3 statues and a large number of gold and silver bouquets. The statue of the Assumption, dat ing from 1510, and the most valua ble piece in the Cathedral is now missing (without doubt it went to part of the expenses of some of the countless Mexican wars). It was made of gold, and the ounce value of the gold, containing nothing for the wood workmanship, was $1. 086,504 ; it was covered from head to foot with precious stones. The large censer, and" a large portion of the jewels were given to it. The Cathedral was damaged by an earthquake in 1526, and a great gold lamp 23 feet high was sold to pay for the repairs. The lamp was nine feet in diameter, had 54 branches, and cost $71,342. One of the builders of the Cathe dral said to the architect : "Build us a church which will make posterity believe we were mad," and he did ; but we prefer the higher and truer Catholic spirit in which they worked who put up our Old World sanctua ries of whom it is written : "They dreamed not of a perishable home who thus could build," The Lamp. LIVING FOR A WIFE. In many of the Greek islands, the diving for sponge forms a consider able part of the occupation of the in habitants, and it has been done from the most remote antiquity. Hassel quist says: "Himia is a little and almost unknown island, directly op posite Rhodes. It is worth notice. on account of the singular method of the Greeks, inhabitants of the island, have to get their living. In the bot tom of the sea the common sponge is found in abundance, and more than in any other place in the Mediter ranean. The inhabitants make it a trade to fish up this sponge, by which they get a living far from con temptible, as their goods are always wanted by the Turks, who use an incredible number of sponges at their bathings and washings. A girl in this island is not permitted to marry before she can give proof of her agility by taking them from a certain depth." In other islands the same custom prevails, but with reserved application, as inNicarus, where the father of a marriageable daughter hpstows her upon the best diver hr suitors. "He that can stay the longest in the water and gather the most sponge marries the maid." Fireside at Home. Colds vield to onions like magic, hut Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup is a still better and by far more agree- ahlft means of curing a Cold or Cough. You can buy a bottle for 25 cents at any drug store, and we are sure it will do the worn every time. . NOTICE. WE have one hundred town lots for sale in this town. Some of them are very desirable. This is a rapidly growing town, and persons wishing to secure good places for residences and bus iness stands, and to make good invest ments, will do well to call on us. KITCHIN & DUNN. July 5th, 1882. NOTICE! PERSONS wishing to buy, sell, lease, rent or exchana'G real est.ntA anu. where in this vicinity, will do well to communicate witn us. Wof Terms moderate. KITCHIN & DUNN, Attorneys-at-Law. Scotland Neck, N. C. June 29th. 1882. NOTICE ! BY mutual consent the firm known heretofore as Edward Shields & Co., has this day been dissolved. I will continue the business at the same place, will pay all claims against the firm and collect all that are due to the old firm. I desire to thank my friends for their past patronage, and ask a continuance of the same, promising that I will do all in my power to please them. EDWARD SHIELDS. Scotland Neck, N. C. Jan. 29, 1883. 22 tf. Administrator's Notice. HAVING qualified as Administratix, with the will annexed, on the estate of Mrs. Tabitha Savage. I hereby notify all persons having claims aginst said de cedant to present the same to me, or my attorney, R. II. Smith, Jr., on or before the (ith day of February, 18S4, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted will make payment at once. This Feb. 6th. 1883. NANNIE SAVAGE, Administratix. 23tf By R. II. Smith, Jr., Att'y. PUBLIC LAND SALE ! BY virtue of a decree of the Superior Court for Halifax County, granted on the 12th day of Febuary 1883, in the case of C. W. Dunn, administrator of Theophilus Bland, against Elizabeth Bland and others, I shall sell for cash in the town of Scotland Neck, on the 10th day of March 1883, at 12 o'Clock, a par cel of land near Hobgood's Fork in said county. Beginning at the mouth of Mill Branch, thence up said branch 108 poles to a sweet gum, Bland's corner, thence North 25 J East 125 poles to Staton's line, thence North 78J West G8 poles to the beginning, and containing sixty one and one-half acres. Terms ; One-half cash, balxnce in twelve months after day of sale with in terest. Title reserved. C. W. DUNN, Adm'r of Theo. Bland. Kitchin & Dunn, Att'ys. Feb. 14, 24 4t. THIS PAPER KCWSPAPEB ADVERTISING BtTBEAO (10 SprUOQ Srivl UE17 Y0IUL Up With the Times I NEW GOODS RECEIVED DAILY, Every Article a special ty. LATEST STYLE SILK FRINGES, TRIMMINGS, 4 C. TO MATCH. ZEPHYER AND OTHER FANCY SHAWLS AND CLOAKS. Men's and Boy's Clothing. Hand and Custom made BOOTS 1 SHOES TRUNKS AND VALISES. Fresh Confectionaries- Patapsco and other brands of Family Flour. Agent for the celebrated Econo mist Oil Cooking Stove. Remington im- roved Sewing Machines, and the great lectric Magnetic Battery. f-WILLNOTBE UNDERSOLD Thanks to our patrons for past favors M. D. ALSBROOK, Scotland Neck, N. C. PROFESNIONAL CARDS. W. H. KITCHIN & W. A. DUNN, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS-AT-LAW- -(: o :)- Office on 10th Street, first dooi above Main. lOI.ISO WHITEHEAD, TONSORAL ARTIST. : - Main St., Near 10th. I KEEP a first-class house and sharp razors. The patronage of my old customers and the public generally so licited. Satisfaction guaranteed. Give me a call. Br. R. M. Johnson, - 1ft $ qnial -Office over Bryan A Whitehead' Drug Store. , - ' ... v r -' Scotland eck . u Ottie hours from 8 ti o'leki
The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Feb. 22, 1883, edition 1
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