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The Commonwealth. B. B. HILLIARD. . - - - Editor. Published Every Thursday. Entered at the Pott-Office at Scotland Neck, N. C, an Second Class Matter. THURSDAY, FEB. 25, 1897. THE CRIMINAL COURT. The people of Halifax have been subjected to a great hardship and gross injustice this week. The Injustice lies in the failure of the criminal court to hold session this week. A large number ot jurors and witnesses were at the court house on Monday ready to do their duty to the State, but there was no judge to hold court. This is a great injustice to the tax payers of the county ; for a conservative estimate will place the extra cost to the county at $1,000. It is an injustice to the thirty prisoners in jail waiting for trial. We do not attempt to say who is to blame, for under the circa instances we can not locate the fault. As we under stand the statute creating the court two years ago judge Meares' term expired with the convening of the Legislature. xi mat is irue me .Legislature ougns 10 have known it and ought to have made provision for the holding of the court. However it is, Halifax county has been imposed upon and every citizen of the county has to bear his part of it. . And yet we are told that this is legis lative reform ! TEACHERS AND PARENTS. The training of children at home is one of the most important duties of parents. Taken in all its bearings it is as important that parents properly train their children as it is that they furnish them good clothes and wholesome food. -The training of children in schools imposes grave reponsibilities on teach ers ; and the proper training of children in school -involves some things that perhaps few teachers carefully consider. "Nemo's" letter to The Common wealth this week is packed to full of useful hints to teachers and parents that we urge every parent and every teacher who may see this paper to read it carefully. He discusses Education from a standpoint of child-study that ought to claim the attention of parents and teachers, and offers suggestions that are worth remembering. Indeed that one article is worth the subscrip tion price of the paper for one year. Read it on first page. SPRING HOPE NEWS. (Correspondence to In Com mox wmith. ) Spring Hope, IS. C, Feb. 20, 1897. Mr. S. L. Lamb, one of our oldest citizens and one. of the pioneers of the town, died a few daysago, after a pain- ful illness of several weeks. His re- mains were followed by many friends to his old Dlace about four miles from town, where his body was buried. He leayes a wile and several children to mourn his loss. He was a good ciiizen He commenced business here when the town was first started and continued in business until about the 1st ot January, I when he sold out on account of bad health. Mrs. I. E. Norman and daughter, Miss Nannie, have returned from a visit to relatives and friends at Raleigh. Miss Maud Unchurch has gone to attend school at Louisburg. Mr. J. J. Spivey is out again attend ing to business, lie has had a severe attack of the grip. Yourcorrespond-1 ent is also just recovering from an attack of the grip. It has been very severe in town and surrounding coun try. -. ." Mess. B. N. Harper and C. M. Griffin, young men of good business qualities, have associated themselves together in business and occupy the house formerly occupied by Mir. Harper, which they are having repainted. Mr. R. E. Copeland, who conducts the sales stable here tor Edwards & Bros., of Wilson, is now kept busy sell- ing mules and horses. Mr. Edgar Matthews, of Ringwood, has accepted a position in the drug department of Woodard & Copeland. Now fc Then. Dr. S. T. Nicholson, a son of old Halifax, is one of the most energetic and successful citizens of Washington, N. C. When he puts hands to things I Senate. Among the most interest KmAM tt,. i-f f 1 ing transactions of the day were: Bills- Washington Fair which will come off next week. See the advertisement of It on next page. The opening address will be delivered by Hon. John H. Small of Washington. Halifax people will be glad to go and see the charming town ot Washington Don't daly with rheumatism. Puri fy your blood and cure it at once by taking a course of Hood's Sarsaparilla, THE LEGISLATURE. COBTZKUSD FBOM STJtST PAGE. round legislation ; that somebody was to blame for this ; that something wrong had been done ; that the clerk should have held the bill. The speaker was called on by Mr. Duffy and Mr. McKenzie for a ruling and said that after, the bill had come from the senate and passed the house a motion lodged to reconsider was void and could not stop enrollment. Bills were passed as follows : To levy a special tax to Duua a bridge over Roanose river in Halifax Northampton counties. The bill to make railway passenger fare Hand 2 cents per mile was lost by vote of 57 to 54. THIRTY-SEVENTH DAY THURSDAY, FEB. 18. Following are some of the bills and resolutions, introduced : By Senator Rollins, to provide for the representation of North Carolina at the Tennessee centennial, providing for the appointment ot a board of managers, composed of nine members, including the governor and the board of agriculture, and appropriating f 10, 000. Senator Grant offered a resolution that the president of the senate appoint a committee of seven to investigate the memorial ot the president and directors of the North Carolina railroad relative to the lease of said road to the Southern railway. The bill to establish a reform school for young criminals in the state came up again, and the bill passed its -hird reading ave. 86 : noes. 10. The bill introduced by Senator Alex ander to fix 1S99 as the time when the act ratified a few days ago allowing live stock to go at large in Halifax county three months in the year, shall go into effect, caused considerable de bate. Senator Clark said his venerable mother had sealed his lips by entreat ing him not to oppose this bill. One senator stated that while at the state farms a few days ago he saw droves oi hogs and cattle feeding on growing wheat at the state farms and found that people had turned them loose as soon as they heard Senator Clark's bill had become a law. He de clared Senator Clara's bill the most outrageous and unjust he ever knew and said the people of Halifax were up in arms about it. A negro senator named Person tried to defeat Senator Alexander's bill and a populist said Clark's bill had been presented to the negroes during the campaign and that 2,000 votes were secured by it. The bill passed 40 to 45, House. Following were some of the House transactions : " A bill by Mr. Lyle, to require the attendance of all children between 8 I yea f age at school. By Mr. Dockery, to designate holi- days (legal) to be : January 1st, Janu ary 19th, February 22nd, May 10th, May 20th, May 30th, July 4th, first Monday in September, December 25th and all Saturdays from noon until mid night. By Mr. Currie, to allow Lumberton to vote on sewer bonds. By Mr. Hileman, to require cotton mills to pay their employes the second Saturday night following their employ- ment and making it unlawful to longer withhold their wages, the offenses to be a misdemeanor and the penalty a fine or imprisonment. The bill to require railways to give the railroad commissioners and their clerk free passes, also to give the com mission jurisdiction ot telephones and street cars came up, Mr. White, of Randolph, offered an amendment to strike out all the first lotion (which requires free passes to be given) and the amendment was adopted yeas, 50 ; nays, 46, The bill as amended then came up on its third reading and passed 61 ; nays, 33. Bills passed requiring county corn- missioners of each county to meet on the first Monday in June and revise the jury lists. A resolution which had passed the senate came over proposing to adjourn from next Tuesday until Thursday in order to visit the Newborn fair. Mr. White, of Randolph, opposed the resolution and moved to table it. The motion to table was lost, and the resolution passed its second reading veas, 50 ; nays, 49. There was applause at this. To allow, the people of Lagrange to I vote on the question of license or no license. I To incorporate the town ot Roanoke I Rapids, Halifax county. I To allow graduates of Asheville nor mal and collegiate institute to teach in any publio schools without examina- I Hon. I thirty -eighth day- Friday , feb. 19. By Senator Maultsby, to regulate the sale of liquor in Columbus county. By Senator Clark, to regulate chal- I lenge of jurors. By Senator Parker, of Alamance, for protection of newspapers for ; public tion of news in good faith. Its text is as follows : Section 1. Whenever a publisher of a newspaper in the conduct of busi ness as publisher of news, shall in sucn newspaper make a false publication, Injurious to the reputation of any per son, which, if true, would be of such public interest as would justify its publication In such newspaper as pub lic news, it shall be the duty of the person thereby injured, by such publi cation, by himself or agent, to notify said publisher or his agent that said publication is untrue and demand pub lication of a correction, and if said publisher shall upon such demand in good faith publish, without delay, suit able and ample correction, calculated and intended to repair the wrong, 'and shall on demand state the name of his informant or the source ot his infor mation, the same being a credible per son or a credible source ; then and in that case no action shall be maintained against the publisher of said newspaper for damages because of said injurious publication ; provided that nothing in this act shall apply to statements pub lished in any newspaper over signature of any person as a card or an advertise ment. Bills disposed of : To provide for school building for deaf and dumb. This carries an appropriation of $20, 000. In a message from the house came the bill to prescribe terms upon which foreign railroad corporations pball be allowed to operate railroads and trans act business m this state. This bill is the famous North Carolina railroad amendment bill. Senator McCaskey demanded the roll call. The bill was referred ayes, 26 : noes, 24. House. Bills : By Mr. Docjcery, to amend The "Code so that in case a mother be dead in heritance shall rest in her issue and representatives of such as be dead. Also to amend The Code by adding that in case of death of such child without issue his personal estate shall be distributed among the issue of such mother or representatives of such is sue as may be dead, this act to apply to existing unsettled estates. By Mr. Gallop, to allow the free pas sage of fish in Currituck Sound. By Mr. Chapman, to prohibit the sale of liquor, beer or wine outside the lim its ot incorporated towns or cities. By Mr. Hauser, to prohibit the set ting of nets and fish traps in Content- nea creek. By Mr. Hancock, to increase the ap propriation to the state guard from $6,000 to $16,000 annually and the an nual allowance to each company from $100 to $200. The senate bill was taken up, to stimulate local taxation for schools, by allowing the state board of education to use as much as $20,000 to rural dis tricts which for three successive years vote to tax themselvesr gilts to in sums of $50, 75, and $100 a year. Mr. Dixon, of Cleveland, said this was an excellent bill, and it passed its several readings. To amend charter of Springhope Nash county. The bill making appropriations for the maintenance ot the three insane asylums was taken up. It gives $100,- 000 to the Western hospital at Mor- ganton, $63,000, to the asylum at Ral eigh and $43,000 to the Eastern hospi tal at Goldsboro. Robeson and Dur ham counties are transferred to the asylum at Raleigh. For the purchase of an electric plant at the Eastern hos pital $2,500 is allowed. Mr. Hauser offered an amendment to make the appropriation to the Morgan- ton hospital $90,000. Mr. Abernethy offered an amend ment to make it $80,000. Mr. White, of Randolph, populist, of fered an amendment making the ap propriation to the Raleigh asylum $55,- 000 and to the Goldsboro $40,000. The- debate was long and warm be tween the republicans and populists. Mr. Sutton, of Cumberland, who was in charge ot the bin, demanded the previous question. The amendments were all overwhelmingly voted down and the bill passed. At night session bills passed : The bill to appropriate $5,000 annual ly for the training of colored teachers was explained by Young,- who said it was drawn on the lines suggested by Dr. Curry and had the unanimous ap proval of the committee on education To work the pnblic roads in North ampton by taxation. To establish a dispensary in Bladen county. ' THIRTY-EIGHTH DAY SATURDAY, - FEB. 20. Senate. Bills introduced : To allow express matter to be trans. ported on Sundays. To incorporate Elizabeth college for the education of white females at Charlotte. . To prescribe the liabilities of rail roads in certain cases. (This is the "fellow servant- bill." Every senator was in favor of the bill and without any remarks the . bill unanimously passed and Is now a law. Afternoon. Bills passed : To better secure the enforcement of criminal law. This gives the board of county commissioners power to employ local counsel to assist the solicitor in capital cases. The bill was taken up to-amend sec- "Don't stop me: 1 am going to Whitehead's Drug store for Dr. David's Cough Syrup. My baby has the Croup, It euros Couehs, Bronchi tea and all I Throat and liver troubles. . tions 1199 and 1200 of The Code so as to give a prisoner the right - to ten peremptory challenges and to give the state the same number. Senator Parker, of Alamance, spoke at length in support of the bill, saying the law. now gave the prisoner the right to twenty-three peremptory hallenges, whereas the state has only four. The amendment proposed gives the state an equal right and places both prisoner and the state on an equal footing, by giving each ten peremptory challenges. Senator Ray opposed the bill, saying it was not good to undo law that had stood for ages simply because some people think miscarriage of justice has happened recently in a certain county (Durham). If any advantage is to be had, the prisoner should certainly have it, because the state always has the smartest ana shrewdest lawyers, besides being backed by the treasury of the state. Senator Anthony favored the bill, saying the prisoner has far too many advantages over the state. SenatarSmatbers thought there were altogether,, too many challenges allowed the defendant and he favored a reduc tion in the number. Senator Scales offered an amend ment to strike section 2 of the bill out. This would leave the defendant ten peremptory challenges and the state the same number as now, (four). The amendment was adopted. The bill as amended passed its second and third readings. House. Bills introduced : By Mr. Candler, to provide a dispen sary for Asheville. By Mr. Hileman, to pay solicitors $200 per months after January 1st next. By Mr. Hileman, to provide that the treasurer shall collect from all persons or corporations doing banking business understate license 1 per cent of the capital stock which has actually been paid in by the stockholders and that he shall use this fund to pay guarantees of any loss to the state. Banks which refuse for ten days to pay this 1 per cent shall be closed and a receiver shall be appointed. By Mr. Harris, to incorporate the Scotland Neck Training and Industrial school.- By Mr, Pool, to pay surveyors for surveying lands in dispute $5 per day instead of $2. The house took -up as the special or der the bill of Mr. Sutton, of Cumber land, as follows : That from and after ratification of this act it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to manu facture, sell of give away any cigarettes ot any kind or character whatsoever called, in any cover, whether paper or otherwise, or any thing as substitute therefor in any form, in the state of North Carolina, or for any person, cor poration or firm to sell or give away the same in this state, whether manu factured in this state or elsewhere, That any person, firm or corporation who shall violate the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misde meanor and upon conviction shall be fined or imprisoned or both in the discretion of the court. Mr. Sutton spoke with intense earn- estaess in support of the bill and said the committee had stricken out the part forbidding the manufacture of cigarettes ; that this was a compromise the best that could be done and that thus amended the bill was favorably reported. He had read as part of his remarks a letter from Dr. R. H. Lewis, of Raleigh, showing the frightful effects of cigarette smoking and said this ter rible vice cost the lives of 200 persons in North Carolina annually, that Dr Murphy, of the Western hospital, had told him of persons made insane by smoking cigarettes. He grew pathetic as he told of the death of his own son from cigarette smoking. He said Iowa and Tennessee had passed such a law, Mr. Lusk offered a substitute. Mr. Sutton called the previous ques tion. lhe call was sustained., The vote was on Mr. Lusk's substitute and was yeas, o ; nays, oi. its text is as follows: That after ratification of this act it shall be unlawful for any one to sell or give to any minor any cigarettes and it shall be unlawful for any minor to use or - smoke cigarettes and any minor, found so smoking cigarettes shall -be competent witness to prove from whom he received such cigarettes and evidence eo given shall not be used against such minor in any prosecution against such minor tor violation of this act. That any one who sells or gives to any minor any cigarettes or any minor found smoking cigarettes shall be guilty of a miede- meanor and ; when convicted shall be fined not more than $10 or imprisoned not more than thirty days. The substitute thus become the bill, then came up on the third reading. xne vote on me loiio. reading was yeas, 66 ; nays, 28. On motion of Mr. Sutton, of Cumberland, the - vote was clinched. 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New goods received almost daily, WILSON ALLSBROOK. 11 18 tf Why will you buy bitter nauseating tonics when Groves Tasteless Chill Ton ic is as pleasant as Lemon Syrup, Your druggist is authorized.) refund the money in every case where it fails to cure. Price,50 cents. JOHN SKIP WITH. BOOT and SHOE-MAKER, Groceries AND CONFECTIONERIES. One Door North of Stern's, Main St. 57 ly - Scotland Neck. N. C. A Clearance Sale ! WE ARE NOW HAVING A OLEARANCE SALE OF SEM tad DOLLARS WORTH OF GOODS NE W, FRESH AND CLEAR. For the past three months we have recejj ed thousands of dollars worth of goods from some of the northern firms and manufacturers. We have sold lots of these goods and have Several Thousand Dollars Worth to sell at and below cost. The owners of these goods would rather lose money on them than have them returned. We give a few prices : Floor oil matting 1, 1, 2 yds wide, 12, 15, 22 cents. Floor straw matting 7, 9, 12 cents. 41 doz. window shades on spring rollers 15, 18, 22 cents. Carpet part wool 7, 10, '19 cents. 3 yd lace curtains 50, 60, 75 cents per pair. 75 $2.50 ladies' capes $1.25. 250 pre ladies' shoes 45, 60, 75 cents. Ladies' and girls caps 7, 8, 12 cents. Ladies' andgirl's sailor bats 1, 10, 15c. Curtain poles with brass fixtures 17, 20, 22 cents. Ladies' wrappers, full sizes 50, 75. 90 cents. Blankets 20, 35, 50 cents ; quilts 45, 50, 75 cents. We have lots of other goods to close out for less than cost to manufacturer. For the next 60 days we will pay freight on all goods bought from us at one time amounting to $5.00 and over. Orders by mail receive our best attention. If you are looking for bargains come or order at once. H. C. SPIERS & DAVIS, " Weldon, n. C. Feby. 16th, 1897. 2-18-3m. SALE OF LAND. By virtue of a judgment of the Superior Court of Halifax County rendered at March Term 1896, in the cause of Minnie V. Butts vs. Geo. W Mornss and others, 1 will on Monday the 1st day ot March, 1897,at 12o'clock M., at the Court House tn Halifax sell to the highest bidder at public auction for cash, that tract of land in Halifax county, in Enfield township, whereon , G. W. Morriss resided in the year 1896, containing two hundred and twenty-five acres, which was devia ed byL Lemuel H. Mornss, deceased, to the children of Geo. W. MomT Halifax, N. C. Commissioner. January 36th, 1897. 2-4-4tT m Jf W.L Douglas $3 Shoe. Stvlfeh. durable, serfect fittta?. Endorsed by over 1,000,000 wearers. V. L. Douglas $150, H00 an $530 Shoes are the productions of skilled workmen, from the best rnatoialoot sible at these prices. Also $2-50 and $2 forMenT$S0,$2and$i.75Boys ded tocorrespond wtth prioeaoftheahoea. If dealer cannot aupply yon, write CAtnlog free. W. L.DOUGLAS,Brockton,HiM. sols r E. SHIELDS, 2 25 tt Scotland Neck, N. 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