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The Commonwealth. E. E. HILLIARD. - - - - Editor. Published Every Thursday. " Entered at the Post-Office at Scotland i Keck, N. C, as Second Class Matter. THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1896. BADLY MIXED. The political situation in North Car- olina. and all over the Union for that matter, Is truly a study for one who has any aptitude for unraveling such KnoiS. xwusseix ueuiaros no uvu - pnmA1nwn. which is evidently not -what the Populists haye counted upon, The Populists know full well that they cannot elect the ticket they have nom- inated by themselves. If Russell sticks to the race for the Republicans nt.htift fnr the Ponulists. it is not a matter of a moment's calculation to aee that either Watson or Russell will be Governor, and Guthrie's vote will not be more than a sprinkle. What will they do? Do the Popu- lists want free silver and eood eovern- ment ? If so, why did they not endorse Bryan and Sewall for the national ticket and Watson and Mason for the State ticket? Place seems to be a stronger incent- ive to many than the principles of free silver or the principles of anything gige Tom Watson's "where am I at?" question certainly applies to the poli- ticians now. CONCOMITANT EVILS. A few days ago while busy at our desk we were disturbed by sounds of a human voice floating into our window laden with harsh words of profanity, We stepped to the window and looked out on the streets ana saw a man par- quence ag did his speech at Chicago ; tially intoxicated talking to some col- but it wouid have been out of the ordi ored men near him. He did not seem nary COUrse of human affairs for it to to be angry with them, but seemed to be speaking to them about some one ese I we tumea to our wort ana tnea to forget the face, the voice, the intoxica- tion and the profanity ; but they come back now several days after and suggest tne concomitant evils oi drunkenness and profanity. Drunkenness is admitted by all sen- sible people as not only a great evil of morals and manners, but also a great drain on physical manhood and a chan nel through which one's earnings are squandered for naught. Profanity is also regarded by all sen- sible people as a great evil of morals and manners and also a most despica ble example to set before the young. 9 The two evils often go hand in hand. Most generally the man who gets drunk will swear, but not always will the man who swears get drunk, but generally one is not surprised to hear a drunken man swear. It does seem that the thousands of object lessons of personal injury would deter men from drunkenness, and a re would deter j gard for good manners them from profanity. 'SOUTHERN LITERATURE." Such is the title of a handsome little book by Louise Manly and published by B. F. Johnson A Co., of Richmond, -Va. I ine houtnern school boy ana school girl, as well as the older student, has . never known enough o! the productions J ot boutnern autnors ; ana "Soutnern I Literature" is designed to stimulate to a more general and thorough knowl- edge of Southern writers. It is a comprehensive review of the I -productions by Southern writers with extracts and criticisms. It covers the I field from 1579 to 1895, giving the names of the best Southern authors and extracts from their writing to show the I student their style. It also contains an I his schemes well. Capt. Kitchin de appendix with a full list of Southern I clared that he lett the Democratic par- authors. I The book is very handy for schools J and academics and its general use will I be a means of impressing pupils in our J schools of the importance of studying J the literature of our own people. J Among the authors referred to in the I book, from whose writing extracts are I taken, are several North Carolinians, I among them Zebulon Baird Vance. I "Christian Reid," Francis L. Hawks, and others. The Commonwealth commends it to those of our teachers who wish to ac- quaint their pupils with facts and styles in Southern authorship. - I Disease attacks the weak and debili- tated. Keep yourself I healthy V and strong by taking Hootfs Sprla. I MR. BRYAN NOTIFIED. Mr. W. J. Bryan, Democratic nomi nee for President, chose New York City as the place where he should receive the formal notification of his nomina tion. Maflison Square Garden was the place, and the gathering was the larg est of the kind ever seen in that great city. The meeting: was held Wednesday nigni oi last ween., mm. twelve to fifteen thousand people pres- ent to hear Mr. Bryan s speech of ac 1 x- i - minutes to deliver it. Mr. Bryan read I . - X most of the speecn trom manuscript and while it was a great speech, much more logical ana argumentative tuau I 1 3 lL.M . Uia speech which so electrified the Chi cago convention, it was not received with so much enthusiasm. The pub- "c Jiaa expectea anomer aispiay oi ei- oquence, but were disappointed; lor there were few passages in the entire I - . . 1 i j. speech that coma ne caiiea eloquent Aud perhaps this was better. Mr. Bry a new that the speecn wouia go out ..... . I 1 1 1 J A 1 I ne wrwi mrougu me new spapeis and that millions of people would be reading muun a iw uuura uum iuc I me ne pronounced his last sentence And doubtle&s he prepared the speech with that fact before mm, ana so wise ly chose to make it a sort of campaign I document of facts on the great finan clal question to which he and the Dem ocratic party are committed. The great- er Pt of the speech was devoted to the silver argument of the financial prob lem, and the arguments were well and strongly presented. There has been some effort on the part of the New York papers not in sympathy with Mr. Bryan's silver views to discount his speech because it did not bristle with dazzling bursts of elo be gucn Madison Square Garden, with the pUDlic waiting two or three weeks, was a very different place from tne convention hall in Chicago with the thermometer of enthusiasm already al- most bursting ; and it will be better in the campaign that Mr. Bryan's speech was sucn t was in jfew York, for it la a Qf text fcm wnich - those less posted may preach the free-silver doc j rine with more force. POPULI ST STATE CONVENTION. The Populist State Convention was held in Raleigh 13th. Congressman Ha"y Skinner ol nvifle s chair- man and Hal Ayer secretary. The convention made the following nominations for State offices : For Governor, W. A. Guthrie, of Dur ham ; for Lieutenant-Governor, Oliver H. Dockery, of Rockingham ; for Treas urer, W. H. Worth ; for Secretary ol State, Dr. Cy. W. Thompson, of Lenoir county ; for Superintendent of Public Instruction, Chas. H. Mebane: for Auditor, Hal. W. Ayer, of Raleigh ; for ustce ' tne Supreme Court, Walter A. Montgomery ; for elector, Z. T. Gar rett ol Vance. There was a strong fight over the nomination of Attorney General, and Zeb. Vance Walser was the principal name for the place. The selecting of Attorney General, one Justice of the Supreme Court and one elector, was I ' left to the Executive Committee. Hal. Ayer was elected chairman of the Slate - Executive Committee, The convention was not harmonious Senator Butler completely dominated, and there were none to kick against the boss rule of Butler except Col. Har- T Skinner and Capt. Kitchin. They both kicked against Butler's thumb- screw power and the willing obedience of the convention to his wishes ; but it was all of no avail. Butler had the convention in his pocket and worked ty on account of "boss rule" and he finds it stronger in Senator Butler than be ever saw it in the Democratic party. Col. Skinner was equally displeased with Senator Butler's summary way of dictating things, and expressed him- sell quite vigorously on the subject. But all the same Senator Butler has bis thumb on the Populistic pulse in North Carolina. Think it Over. Have you ever heard of a medicine with such a record Of cures as Hood's Sarsaparilla? Don't you know that Bloood Purifier, has'proved, oyer and ovex again, tnat it nas power to cure, even alter au otner remedies tail 7 If "Tt confidence that it will do you good. v s Hood's Pilto assist di"rc?i.J25c. - ADVERTISING SALOONS. We have been requested by a few of our patrons to drop a certain advertise ment from the columns of the Dis patch. If we were publishing a tem perance organ or prohibition paper the ad. would never have appeared in it but as a matter of business our columns are open to the public for the advertise ment of any legitimate business, and we hope that more good than harm J may come to all parties concerned by this course. At the same time we are sorry it it offends any of our patrons, A newspaper does not necessarily en dorse the business of every advertiser in its columns. We do nothing more than the secular press generally, and the ethics oi the Dispatch is not set above the average. We would not be understood1 as attempting to vindicate either side of the temperance question Lexington Dispatch. We do not question the right of the Dispatch to publish advertisements whatever character it chooses. That is a matter for it to decide. We ob ject, however, to its statement that "we do nothing more than'the secular press generally." We do not believe there are two dozen secular newspapers in North Carolina that would insert a sa loon advertisement. The Times does not wish to pose as a "holier than thou" paper, but we wish to say that we would not insert an advertisement of a bar room or beer saloon at any price. And we believe that a large maiontv of the secular press of the State occupy exactly the same position Concord Times. The Times expresses our sentiments exactly. There are a great many papers in North Carolina that do not publish saloon advertisements, the Reflecter be- ins amonsr the number. Greenville Reflector. The Lexington Dispatch recently in- serted a bar room advertisement in its columns and some of its readers "kick ed." The Dispatch says that it does noth ing more than the secular press gener ally when it inserts such advertisements, The Dispatch is simply off when it makes this statement. Very few of the secular papers of North Carolina adver tise for saloons. Many of the editors would not, ad vertse for saloons at any price. We are giaa to say tnat tne .n quirer has not been "tempted" with such an advertisement. Monroe En quirer. The Commonwealth joins the Times, the Enquirer and the Reflector in con demning the statement of the Dispatch in saying the "secular press generally advertises for saloons. This paper has never advertised for saloons under tha management of the present editor, and it never will. We have no personal fight or grudge a&ainst any saloon keeper, but we are so thoroughly con vinced that the liquor evil, over-shad- ows all otner evils we couia not end It any countenance in the matter of admitting such advertisements into our columns no matter what price should be offered. A saloon could not buy space in this paper for a thousand dollars a column for each insertion. APPRECIATIVE BRETHREN. Concord Standard. At a meeting of the editors of the State at Morehead City last year, a moyement was inaugurated to present to Mr. John B. Sherrill, editor of the Concord Times, the popular and effi cient Secretary of the Association, with some token of their appreciation of his great efficiency and uniform, courtesy. A committee was appointed to purchase the gift. It was composed of Josephus Daniels, E. J. Hale, and W. C. Erwin A few weeks ago a beautiful silver ser vice .was purchased, and on Thursday, July 6th, Mr. ana Mrs. Sherrill were theehappy recipients of same. It is a very handsome silver tea service of six pieces, comprising coffee pot, tea pot, sugar bowl, cream pitcher, slop howl and waiter. The design is beautiful in its simplicity, the pattern following closely the old Colonial style. Engrav ed on the waiter is the inscription : "Presented to Mr. and Mrs. J. B Sherrill by the N. C. Press Association, July 15, 1896." A sad accident occured m Oxford Wednesday of last week. William Royal Hobgood, son of F. P. Hobgood, president of Oxford Female Seminary, was killed by a young man named Ed munds. A number of persons were out shooting bats, when Edmunds' gun went off over his shoulder and killed young Hobgood, who was about six feet from him. Deceased was a young man of exemplary character, -and would havfe graduated from Wake For est College next commencement had he lived. You anj) Your Grandfather Are removed from each other by a span of many years. He travelled in a slow going stage-coach while you take the lightning express or the elec tric car. When fie was sick he was treated by old fashioned methods and given old fashioned medicines, but you demand modern ideas in medicine as well as in everything else. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the medicine of to-day. It is prepared by modern methods and to its -preparation are brought the skill and. knowledge of" modern science. Hood's Sarsaparilla acts promptly upon the blood and by making pure, rich Wood it cures disease and establishes good health. ' . ST A TE NEWS. A boiler explosion at Troy Monday killed rive men '--'.and injured four others. Mr. B. N. Duke of Durham has do nated $500 to fhe Odd Fellows Orphan Asylum at Goldsboro. The directors of the insane asylum at Raleigh nave deeided to make ad ditions to the male department of the institution to cost $19,000. Policeman Blackwelder of Charlotte has worn the uniform forty years, and the Observer of that city proposes that he be retired on a pension for life.' The crop bulletin gives a very dis couraging crop report of the State. It dow looks like crops have been con siderably cut off all over the State. The Confederate Monument erected in Windsor by the Bertie County Con federate Veterans Association, was un veiled last Thursday. The oration of of the occasion. was delivered by Hon. Thos. W. Mason. The Populist, a paper published at Lumberton, says that Rev. C. H. Mar tin, Congressman from that district, ought not to be requested by the peo ple to give up the gospel ministry to which God has called him. The paper suggests that the Populists ought to nominate some one else in Mr. Mar- fir,'a rjan0 Mr. William H. Hayne, of Augusta, Ga., son of the beloved Paul Hayne, is in North Carolina spending some time at Blowing Rock. Mr. Hayne's poetic powers are inherited, and the Charlotte Observer hopes that "the sublime seen- ery of the 'Land of the Sky' will in spire him to awake the strings of his clear harp In divers tones." Capt. Junius W. Goslen, editor, of the union JiepuDiican oi Winston, ieu as he stepped from a street car Monday, his head struck the stones on the side walk and he received injuries from which he died in about three hours He was the leading editor in the Re- puuiicau party m me omie. i i : l : i n a i opcuisti w iuc uuiu y lustuu a lew aays ago saia Mrs Susan Walker, a widow lady of this city, has been an invalid for six years, suffering with spinal disease. To-day she astounded the members of her family by getting out of bed and walking without assistance. Mrs, Walker has great faith in prayer and she tells her friends that she had been unusually earnest in her supplications to God for the past few days. She be lieyes her walkipg is simply an answer to her prayers." Two men, Rufus Hackney and An- thony Harrington, were in love with the same girl near Carthage. She gave Hackney $25 to keep for her. Meeting J 1 niiC 111111 iU1 tuc muuBv- 1V wiu i i,,l l: t 4 1 tt. ,.u I her he had lost it. His rival, Harrington, coming up at that time ordered Hack- npv tr cive nvpr the Tr,vir tn fha criTi Hi J . ... . , a txt rm IH lrlll nlm H QVnmr i-vwk I cesieu mat ne oau iosi n. vvnereupon Harrington drew a long knite and cut him about the neck. Hacknev ran into the woods. Harrington pursued him, killed him, returned and told the fifirl what he had done and made his escape. -Headers oi tnis paper may remem ber that some months ago we publish- an account of strange noises at a cer tain point of the Central Carolina rail road not far from Wilmington. The railroad experts had vainly tried to ascertain the cause, but could not. The Greensboro Patriot has printed the following in regard to the solving of the mystery ; "A section of the Carolina Central division of the Seaboard Air Line, near Wilmington, N. C, has attracted much interest among railroad experts for some time by reason of peculiar noises made when trains passed over it. The section is about six miles long, and the passage of trains over the rails was ac companied by a squeaking and grind ing noise, the cause of which has only recently been discovered. On account of the mysterious sounds this section of the track had the reputation of be ing haunted among the residents of that section of the State. Recently Vice President St. John, of the Sea board Air Line, had the track careful- y examined ny experts, and it was 'ound that owing to defective measure ment when constructed the guage was slightly out of the standard, and that the rails were not in line with the bal- ance of the tract. Th sit mile Tmvo been relaid, and since then the noise 18y- y6 o1 tbe counties represent has ceased." - ed No free tuition except to appli CURES NERVOUS TROUBLES AND INDIGFSTION Mr. W. T. Nelson, president of the T iT-i J 1.1 , I .vwnu iinuuuiu uau&, UJ. o Ui;KSUJJ . I - oiiix. oajro . X- ui iuuigeiiiun ana ner vous trouble, I would rather give up any remedy than King's Royal Germe- tuer. As a nerve tranquizer and restor ative, it is all that can be desired. It is not a narcotic in any sence, but rro- duces the happiest jeffects upon the dis ordered nervous system. I con&ider it an invaluable remedy, and have for several years been recommending it to my friends." LVanted-An Idea Who can think of some simple vi sviuo UUUS9 I cPrS: ftnltur tA tksmftAnft I 3Ooo3sae I Makes life misery to thousands ol people. It manifests itself in many different ways, like goitre, swellings, running sores, boils, salt rheum and pimples and other eruptions. Scarce ly a man is wholly free from it, in some form. It clings tenaciously until the last vestige of scrofulous poison is eradicated by Hood's Sarsaparilla, the One True Blood Purifier. Thousands of voluntary testimonials tell of suffering from scrofula, often inherited and most tenacious, positive ly, perfectly and permanently cured by Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Cov Lowell, Mass. Be sure to get Hood's and only Hood's. , . are the best after-dinner flood S FlllS pills, aid digestion. 25c Notice! By virtue of power in me vested by that Deed of Trust which was executed to me on the 26th day ot June, 1895, hv vV. f! Pendleton nnri his wife. Jii. llan pendleton and his wife, Charles W Lawrence and W. E. Lawrence, I shall sell for . cash at auction in Scotland .Neck, on the 5th day of September, tate, to wit : that land in the village of reenwooa iormeny Deionging to w. ! f Amanda Ferrall. tne Roman Catholic church lot, and by the public road which passes the residence of the late D. Edmondson, and containing about four acres. This August 11, 1896. W. A. Dujtjt, 8 13 4t Trustee. LITTLETON HIGH SCHOOL -AND- I College Preparatory Course. Com morpial fVmrBA Punmnnchin Slinrf- hjmcl and Typewriting, BOARD VERY CHEAP. Opens Aug. 25, '96. Address L. W. BAGLE Y. Prin., 7 9 2m Littleton, N. C. CHOWAN MURFREESBORO, X. C. The Next Session Begins Wednesday, September 2nd. Besides the regular preparatory and collegiate departments; Music and Art, a Normal department has been added for the especial training of those who have teahlnc l n yiiw. TinrL--L-iori n rr stenography and Typewriting have al " " r e so been added. Experienced and ex- cellent teachers have been secured buildings nave been put in good repair d,uu lUO UCiUliUlUlUCSl UL WD piukc lis . 1 i unnm jjnoseu.. auuic iui terms, ew;,, REV. W. O. PETTY, Pres., or REV. SAM'L SAUNDERS 7 1f5 2m Associate. 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I feel glad tnat l was lucicy enougn to get f. r. tr., ana i heartily recommend it to my friends and the public generally. Yours respectfully, A. M. RAMSEY. The State of Texas, I,, . County of Comanche, ( Before the undersigned authority, on thia day, personally appeared A. M. Ramsey, who, after being duly sworn, says on oath that the foregoing statement made by him relative to the virtue of P. P. P. medicine, is true. A. M. RAMSEY. Sworn to and subscribed before m this, August 4th, 1891. J. M. LAMBERT, N. P., Comanche County, Texas. CATARRH CURED BY P. P. P. (Lippman's Great Remedy) where all other remedies failed. . Woman's weakness, whether nervous or otherwise, can be cured and the system built up by P. P. P. A healthy woman is a beautiful woman. Pimples, blotches, eczema and- all disfigurements of the skin are removed and cured by P. P. P. P. P. P. will restore your appetite, build up your system and regulate you in every way. P. P. 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Gentlemen: We sold last year, 600 bottlon rf SItOVK'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC nnd bnvo bought three dross already this year. In all our ex perience of 14 years, in the drug buaiuesa, bnve never sold an article that gave such universal en lis. taction as your Touic Yours truly, Abnly.Carr &C0. For sale and guaranteed by E. T. WHITEHEAD & CO., 7 4 Cm Scotland Xeck, X. c BARGAINS 1 -AT- Mrs. White's. For the next 30 days I will yell all trimmed hats and fancy ribhons ;it cost. Mils formerly sold at 2.jc. and Kk: now offered at 1 5c. and 2"c. C. B. Corsets at 85c, former price .fl. Call and see me before purchaMiij,' elsewhere. Very respectfully, MRS. W'.ll. WHITE. WE DYE TO LIVE! Compere & Son, Parisian Dye Works, - AND RENOVATING, 107 Church St., and 107 Main St., NORFOLK, VA. 'Factory ,500 Church St. . 12 Jim JAMES DINWIDDIE, M. A., (Universitv of Vircinia) I'liiicinal. Norfolk, Va. 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