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ADVERTISING IS TO BUSINESS -WHAT STEAM IS Machinery, That Great Pkopellinsi Power. THAT CLASS OF READERS THAT YOU Wish yoiir Advertisement TO REACH is the class who read this paper. PROFESSIONAL. Qr. w. o. Mcdowell, Office North corner New.Hotel, Main Street, Scotland Neck, N. C. "Alwavs at his office when not professionally engaged elsewhere. D R. A. C. LIVERMON, OFFiCE-Over J. S. Bowers & Co's store. Office hours from 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to 1 o'clock, p. m. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. jjAVID BELL, Attorney at Law, ENFIELD, N. C. Practices in all the Courts of Hali fax and adjoining counties and in the Supreme and Federal Courts. Claims collected in all parts of the State. II A. DUNN, ATT ORNE Y-A T-L A W. Scotland Neck, N. C. Practices wherever his services are required. D R. W. J. WARD, Surgeon Dentist, Enfield, N. C. Office over Harrison's Drup Store. DWARD L. TRAVIS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, HALIFAX, N. C. 'Money Loaned on Farm Lands. H OWARD ALSTON, Attorney-at-Law, HALIFAX, N. C R. C. A. WHITEHEAD, DENTAL Surgeon, gr Tarboro, N. C. SCOTLAND NECK STEAM DYE WORKS Moukxing Goods a Specialty Get price list. Address Scotland Neck Steam Dyeing Co. 1-24-1 v Scotland Neck N. C BRICK ! HAVING INCREASED MY FACIL ITIES I AM NOW PREPARED TO FURNISH DOUBLE QUANTITY OF BRICK. gXTAlso will take contract to Cfurnish lots lrom 50,000 gjZfor more anywnere wumn 50 miles of Scotland JNecK Can always iurnish what you want. Correspond ence and orders solicited D. A. HADDII7, 1-10-95-ly Scotland Neck, N. C. mention this paper. jSAAC EVANS, GENERAL CARPENTER. A specialty of Bracket and Scroll work of all kinds. Work done cheap and every piece guaranteed. 7 ly Scotland Nww- V. C. Warning To Trespera! C7"ALL PERSONS are notified that trespassers upon the lands and timber of this Company will be prosecuted. It would be well for those of whom tim ber has been bought to examine their contracts before cutting anything. The law is strict and can be iound in Acts of 1889, chapter 168. The Com pany has instructed its attorney to see that it is enforced. The N. C. Lumber Co. a 09 Tillery. N. t 6U VIA - ' n u HI E. E. HILL.IARD, Editor and Proprietor. , "EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Sx.oo. VOL. m Sew Series Vol. 1. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1896. NO. 46, THE EDITORS LEISUEE HOUBS, Points and Paragraphs of Things Present, Past and Future. It is said that the wholesale betting which always accompanies a Presiden tial election, is quite light this year, Is it because the election gamblers are afraid of losing their money because the chances seem to be too strong for Mr. Bryan, or because the morals o: the country are improving? Let us hope that it is both. Tne New York Herald recently pub lished a statement that Spain will aban don the struggle wijh Cuba if the re bellion Is not put down by next March. Spain has already lost 200,000 of her 0 best troops in the struggle and the insur gents seem to be as determined as ever. It has for quite a while been thought only a matter of time when Spain would be compelled to relax her grip on Cuba by reason of sheer exhaustion ; and whether the reports are true or not as to the time ot ending the struggle, if the Cubans hold out it will come sooner or later. At the Health Conference in Char lotte two weeks ago, there were some very interesting facts brought out about fever in milk. One case was cited where the cow had been kept in a lot where there were all kinds of filth and garbage which the cow had access to. The oth er was where a cow was put in a dirty pasture through which ran water from a sewer, which water the cow drank month after month ; and those who drank milk from these cows had ty phoid fever. The Commonwealth has more than once called attention to the fact that there is great danger in drinking, im pure milk. Dairymen ought to be very careful to keep all food for the cows pure and the milk clean. Things that are at first regarded as a joke" often take a serious tarn at which all concerned are rejoiced. Not ong ago much was said and printed about big and high hats in theatres, but when the agitation first started ew, if any, supposed it would effect any relief for those who had to sit be hind the tall and broad head gear of the fair listeners in front. But now it develops that the crusade is bearing fruit, and it is given out that fifty per cent, of the women who go into thea tres in New York remove their hats. Those who are pushing the crusade ex pect to see the day right soon when women who want to be respected will not keep their hats on at the theatres. This may move into other places of public gatherings. In 1868 Virginia Penny of Boston published "Think and Act," a book containing a serie3 of articles on the work and wages of men and women. The author took the ground that in America woman's sphere of labor was too circumscribed, and that she was ca pable of much work which sentiment and other weaknesses denied her. Sharp contrast was drawn between the possibilities of women, by reason of ed ucation, in the United States and France, where all vocations are open alike to men and women. It has been more than a quarter of a century since the book we refer to was published, and many changes have been wrought in our educational and industrial systems. Formerly it was exceedingly difficult for women to get into the great universities; but now they are pushing into them, and soon they will be admitted as freely as the male sex. Twenty-six American wom en have entered Berlin University. Cambridge and Oxford, in England, have not yet removed the restriction against women entering those institu tions, but it is thought they soon will do so. There are strong and influential insti tutions in the United States that are willing to admit women to full and thorough courses with men ; and this fact broadens the field for woman's work that the author of "Think and Act" did not see nearly thirty years go- . Written for Thi Com moxwealth. A LETTER FROM JAPA1S MANY CUEIOUS CUSTOMS. The Japs Work Backwards. IX. There are lots of queer things in Ja pan. The Japanese customs are just the reverse of ours. They hitch their horses in the stalls by their tails in stead of their heads ; their locks are on the jamb instead of the door. The newsboys don't cry "papers," but have bells on their girdles to attract the people's attention. When they address a letter, they put the countiy first, the State or province next, then the city street, number and the name last o all, which when you come to think oi it, is a very sensible thing. A Jap anese carpenter has the blade of his plane fastened edge upwards in the top of his bench ahd (shoves the board or plank across it. He pulls his saw to wards him instead of shoving it from him. The women, when sewing, keep the point of the needle from them all the time, the eye of the needle being on the point and the thread is not cut from the spool until the seam is finish ed and is drawn along through each stitch. They use paper thimbles oiled and waxed, instead of metal ones. When you buy a few yards of cloth from a merchant, he always unrolls the whole piece and cuts it off of the in side end in order that you may not take the part that is faded or shop worn. A tailor mates the lining of a garment first and cuts out the cloth from it as a pattern. A Japanese book begins at the last page and reads from right to left and the lines run up and down the paper. At nearly every house you will see a buntain and a large basin of water with gold fish in them. They build the roof of their houses first upon the ground, it Is then raised and the walls are placed under it. The walls are usually of a braided bamboo, plastered inside and out and are' covered with clap-boards or a heavy coating of stucco. Wooden houses are seldom painted but the natural color of the wood is allowed to ripen. The stucco houses are always painted black and the sur- ace is polished so that it shines like a new stove. Articles upon the bill of fare in the hotels and restaurants are numbered and you order by number instead of name. This is a great advantage to people who do not understand their anguage or know how to pronounce it. The police and railway officials carry paper lanters properly marked with their names and number printed on them. There are no eating houses along the railway lines, but tea is served out at every station with neat little wood en boxes filled with rice and other dish es with a pair of chop sticks slipped through a card by which they are fast ened. The tea is very cheap, only two cash a cupful, that is about 2-10 of one our cents. Every Japanese is required to report at the police headquarters whenever he changes his residence or his em ployer or occupation. The police is to know the whereabouts of every per son in the empire. All the arrivals and departures at hotels and tea-houses are to be reported to the police. No stranger or native is allowed to travel through the country unless he has a pass-port. Messengers and newsboys always run at the top of their speed when on duty. You can get a hot or cold bath for five cents and laundry work is only fifteen cents a dozen. The little children at the large kin dergarten and primary schools wear brass tags, upon which their names and numbers, and street of their residence are inscribed. It is considered by Japanese trades men a great advantage to them in seek ing the patronage of tourists ana curio hunters to have an American or English name. I will give you a few which are in large print on apiece of plank which hangs over their door as a sign : "Whiskey Boy," who is the leading jeweler of Yokohoma ; "George Wash ington," who is one of the best pho tographers in the country; "Jlandy Andy," he is a barber. These are verv rich men and they live on Mam street in the city of Yokohoma. - In going along this street one sees famil iar signs like "The Dew Drop Inn," "Sailors Snug Harbor," -'The Last Chance," and "Happy Hollow," hang ing over the entrance to Japanese places of business. There was a Japanese liquor dealer once who applied for a sign to hang over the door of his place and this is what the American (whom he asked) gave him for his sign : "Sin and Sor row Sold Here." Some of their advertisements are . . Ci 1 amusing. .Ataiior announces, - owl ish Suits at a Very Moderate Price." Another informs the public of "Special Attention given to Clerical and Sport ing Suits." All who have American names are well off and are more res pected by all the natives. Japan is a beautiful country. , Jg C. T. CUBBIE. iMONW: (Written for Th Commonwealth.) THE VISION. Yes, perchance it was but a fancy, Or it may have been a dream ; But it taught a life-long lesson And I ne'er forget the theme. Twas just when the shades of evening Had vanquished the setting sun ; I sat alone in the gloaming, When work for the day was done. I was worn, and sad, and weary, And unto myself I said : "Life for me has been so dreary, Would, ah would that I were dead ! Surely life is not worth living, There is naught but sorry here, Clouds without the 'silver lining' Gather round me everywhere. "How can life be worth the living Bow'd beneath a load of care? I have darkest shadows always O'er ray pathway hear my prayer "IS 1 , viive me sunsnine, sunsmne ever, Give me all that I desire, Give me rest, with flowers to cheer me, Then of life I shall not tire." Gathering round me in the gloaming, Came a band of snirita fair : And their voices sweet and mellow, ell like music on the air : "Mortal, cease this vain repining, All is ordered well for thee ; In the darkest hour remember As thy days thy strength shall be. Thou wouldst have the sunshine al ways, Sunshine all amlxed with showers : Foolish one ! hast thou forgotten Rain must fall to brine' the flowers? Thou wouldst have the sunshine al ways, 1 Not a cloud must cross thv skv? Then the flowers, the birds,! nay, all things, i For thy selfishness must die. If God gave thee all thou asked for, That of life thou didst not tire : Thou wouldst find that He had cursed thee, Cursed thee with thy heart's desire. Learn contentment, peace will follow, lhen the sun will shine for thee : Think of self no more, 'tis promised, 'As thy days thy strength shall be.' Selfish mortal, thank thy maker That for thee it is allowed, Sunshine now and then to mingle With the dark and sombre cloud. Henceforth cease thy vain repmings. With contentment cometh rest, Learn that God in dealing with thee, Knoweth what for the is. best." That was all the vision left me, But within my weary breast, Peace her silver wings had folded There to dwell in perfect rest. From my heart the load had fallen, All the earth seemed bright and fair : t rom that hour I've found a blessing In each burden that I bear. That for me it is allowed, Sunshine now and then to mingle With the dark and sombre cloud ; Never more my heart grows troubled, Je er by care am I oppressed, For I know in dealing with me, God knows what for me is best. -A. E. Robinson. Brandon, Miss. j What We 'Seldom See. Selected. A young man of 21, who doesn't think he is able to give his elders a good deal of information about things in general. A doctor who will tell his patients the truth when there is nothing the matter with them. A politician who likes to define his views until he knows what will be most popular. A carpet in a ladies room that has not got a threadbare place in front of the mirror. A boy that doesn't brag about what he is going to do when he is a man. A man that doesn't brag about what he used to do when he was a boy. A man guilty of a mean trick who doesn't try to make himself believe he had an excellent excuse for doing it. A single woman who ever gets past 30. ANOTHER SMART WOMAN. My husband is poor but proud and he does not want me to work ; as I have nothing to do I get restless, and after reading in your paper Mrs. Rus sell's experience selling self-heating flatirons I concluded I would try it. wrote to J. F. Casey & Co., St. Louis, Mo., and they treated me so nicely that 1 felt very much encouraged. As soon as I got my sample iron I started out and sold 8 irons the first day, clearing $12. I have not sold less than eight any day since, and one day I sold 17. 1 now have $225 clear money, and my husband does not know 1 have been working, bnt I am afraid he will be mad when I tell him. Have I done right or should 1 quit work and leave him to struggle alone? an Anxious Wife. You are doing just right, your -husband should be proud ot you go right ahead and show, tne world what an en ergetic woman can do. That self-heating iron must be a wonderful seller, as we hear of so many that are succeeding selling lU Wanted-An Idea P5 TOST ft Writ JUllfl W AVVAMU WUM m W- rwui awn uAUat ot two kndnd LaYtmttr- . T A UNION, of RA LEIGH, N. C, J. C. DREWRY, PRES. B. S. JERMAN, TREAS, GEO. ALLEN, Secy. Have opened a branch for sale of In vestment stock and for making LOANS ON SEAL ESTATE IN SCOTLAND NECK. J. A. Pittman, President ; S. B. Kitciiin, Vice-President ; M. A. Smith, W. H. Allsbrook, K. Allsbrook, Directors ; Jas. L. Harriss, Sec'y & Collector. SThis Company has been in op eration over three years, has a fine sur plus, and is PREPARED TO MAZE LOANS wherever 100 or more shares of stock are held. A payment of $3.25 per mo for 100 months will mature $500 stock, including Guarantee Fund Benefits. For further information address GEO. ALLEN, Sec'y, 10 22 3m Raleigh, N. C HOW THE DIPPER SAVED THE FARM. Father was sick and the mortgage on the farm was coming due, I saw in the Christian Advocate where Miss A. M. Fritz of Station A., St. Louis, Mo., would send a sample combination dip per for 18 two cent stamps, and I order ed one. I saw the diDper could be used as a fruit jar filler : a plain dipper ; a fine strainer ; a funnel ; a strainer funnel ; a sick room warming pan and a pint measure. These eight different uses make the dipper such a necessary article that I went to work with it and it sells at very near every house. And In four months I paid off the mortgage I think 1 can clear as much as $200 a month. If you need work you can do well by giving this a trial. Miss A. M. Fritz, Station A, St. Louis, Mo., will send you a sample for 18 2 cent stamps. Write at once. John G. N. 10 22 13t THE NEW HOOK SPOON FREE TO ALL. I read in the Christian Standard that Miss A. M. Fritz, Station A., St. Louis, Mo., would give an elegant plated hook spoon to anyone sending her ten 2 cent stamps. I send for one and found it is useful that I showed it to my friends, and made $13.00 in two hours taking orders for the spoon. The hook spoon is a household necessity. It can not slip into the dish or cooking vessel being held in the place by a hook on the- back. The spoon is something housekeepers have needed ever since spoons were first invented. Anyone can get a sample spoon by sending ten 2-cent stamps to Miss Fritz. This is a splendid way to make money around home, Very truly, Jeanette S. GEO. L. PARKER, Rail Road Watch Inspector. HIGH GRADE 11 ALWAYS OX HAND. Bridal Presents in Sterling and Plated Silver of Elegant Designs. A FULL LINE OF THE - Best Spectacles and Eye Glasses. EYE-SIGHTTESTED FREE. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. 9 24 tf Notice. In pursuance of an order of Court made in the special proceedings enti tled Amos Cherrv vs Lew Cnerry and others, now pending in the Superior Court of Halifax county, l win on tne 21at dav of November. 189G, sell to the highest bidder in the town of Scotland .Neck, that store house and lotinAvhlch Albert Hill is now doing business, be ins: lot No. 12 on Block 46 according to the plot of said town. Said sale is made for the purpose of partition among the devisees of the will . of the late Wiley Cherry. This 19th day of Oct., I9b. Claude Kitchix, 10 22 4t. Commissioner. i EAST PI i- Horn Paini Cares CORNS. BUNIONS and WARTS SPEEDILY and WITHOUT PAIN FOR SALE Br ALL DRUGGISTS. LXPPUAN BBOTBEBS, Prep'rs, Llppoian'c Block, SAVANNAH, CUt. UJanted-An Idea Who can think of Mm impl thing to patent? DMt Mmi! thrr mif brine TOU CTrtta JOHN WSDDEKBUBJf 00 Ffetaat Attor- no The Davis rrr r u ROCKY KIOURiT, N, C. I desire to say to the Tobacco Growers of Halifax and ndjoininj counties, that I am better prepared than ever, to get yra the very HIGHEST MARKET PRICES for your tobbacco. We have plenty ot Tiuycrs, and with more Ihnn SEVENTEEN YEARS EXPERIENCE in the Warehouse business, I do not hesitate to tell you that Rocky Mount is the market and the Dayis Warehouse the place, to sell your tobacco. GIVE ME A TRIAL AND rROMPT ATTENTION 9'10 JEWELRY SILVERWARE!!! WATCHES AND CLOCKS PUT IN PERFECT REPAIR. We have engaged the seryices of Mr. J. D. Ferry, from the Chicago Watch Ma kers' Institute, where he took a thorough course, and is prepared to do ALL KINDS OF REPAIRING And Engraving. His office is at our show window in front. AH work" is guaranteed. C7-GIVE HIM A CALL E. T. WHITEHEAD & CO., 4 25 tf Scotland Neck, N. C. Judicial Sale. By virtue of the power contained in a decree of the Superior Court of Halifax County, N. C, rendered at March term 1896 of said court in the action entitled Minerva Pittman against John T. House and his wife, Francis A. House, I shall sell at the court house door in Halifax, for cash, on Monday the 23rd day of November, 1896, the real estate described in the complaint filed in said action, situated in said county of Halifax and described, as follows, to wit : One tract of land lying in and around Palmyra, bounded by the lands of William R. Cherry and others, containing one hundred and seventeen acres, more or less : and an other tract of land lying on the Palmy ra and Tarboro road, containing two hundred and forty six acres, more or less, situated in said county. Both said tracts of land are now fully described in said complaint, and in the mortgage from said J. T. House and his wife, Francis A. House to N. J. Pittman, recorded in the office of the register of deeds for Halifax county, N. C, in book 76 A, page 92, to which reference is made far a particular des cription of said realty. This Oct. 9, 1896. Henry Johnston, 10 15 6t. Commissioner. -TO- I am prepared at my new quarters j to serve my old Friends and customers from North Carolina with the best Tonsorial : Service. You get a QUICK AND EASY SHAVE, -AND YOUR HAIR CUT AT ANYTIME CT"Eemembering your liberal patron age in the past l nope to receive it still. No. 62 Roanoke Avenue near cor. ot Avenue and Main Street, Norfolk, Va. DOLISON WHITEHEAD. NOTICE ! Tn niirsn.mee of an order of Court made in the special proceedings enti tled Amos Cherry vs Levy unerry ana nt.hprs. now nendiusr in the Superior Court of Halifax county, I will on the 17th day of October iyo, sell to the hiahAst. bidder in the town of Scotland Neck, that store bouse and lot in which Albert Hill is now doing business, be ing lot No. 12 on Block 46 according to t.hA nlot of said town. Said sale is made for the purpose of partition, among the devisees of the will of the late Wiley Cherry. This 14th day oi sept. io. Claude Kitchin, 9 17 5t Commissioner. i IF YOU ARE HUSTLER YOU WILL ADVERTISE YOUB Business. Send Your Advertisement in Now. Warehouse, I WILL PLEASE YOU. GIVEN TO ALL SHIPMENTS. Your Friend, Buclmer Davis. English Spavin " Liniment removes all'Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and and Clemishes from horse. Blood Spavin Surbn, Splhup, Sweeney, Ring worm iifios, Sprains, and Swollen Through, Coughs, E(c. Save W) by use of one bottle. Warrarted the most wondrful Blemism Cure ever known. Sold bo E. T. Whitehead fc Co., Druggists, Scotland Neck, N. C. 10 1 lv. FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS An Olo and Well-Trtkd Remedy Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over fifty years by mil lions of mothers for their children while teething, with jterfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrho'a. Is pleasant to the taste. Sold by Drug gists in every part of tho World. Twenty five cents a bottle. Its value is incalculable. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and take no other kind. (II) 9 20 ly WANTED A gentleman ol stand ing to represent Combined Contract comprising two of the largest invest ment and life insurance companies, in America. Address Thns. A. P. Champ lin, Sup't. First Floor (Rooms 12 (o li) McGill Building, Washington, D. C. LIEF IN SIX HOURS. Distressing Kidney and Blndder dis eases relieved in six hours by tho "Xkw Great South Amkiucan ICipnky Ct'RE." This new remedy ih a great surprise on account of its exceeding promptness in relieving pain in tho bladder, kidneys, back and every part of the urinary passages in male or fe male. It relieves retention of water and pain in passing it almost immedi ately. If you want quick relief and cure this is your remedy. Sold by E. T. Whitehead and Co., Druutrisl!. Scotland Neck. N. ( Designs sent to any address FREE. In writing lor them please give age of de ceased and some limit as to price. All work'warranted strictly first-class and entirely satisfactory. 3 1 ly Work Delivered at Any Depot. MENTION THIS PAPER. S. R ALLEY, raOTAPHER, Tarboro, JJ. C. HEW STUDIO OVER JOHN BATTLE'S SHOE STORE. . SIDE ENTRANCE. WILL BE GLAD TO HAVE- ALL MY FRIENDS AM D PAT RONS CALL AND SEE ME. Reasonable Prices AJSD All Work Guaranteed First-claw. G27 tf 'vV'-.'r
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