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D AVID BELL, Attorney at Law. ENFIELD, X. 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. T V. A. DUNN, ATTORXE Y-A T-L A W. - Scotland Neck, N. C Practices wherever his services are required. JR. W. J.'WARD, Surgeon Dentist, Enfield, N.' C. Office over Harrison's Dru?: Store. pWARD L. TRAVIS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, HALIFAX, N. C. t&lloney Loaned on Farm Lands. JOWARD ALSTON, Attorney-at-Law, LITTLETON, N. C. JJft-C. A. WHITEHEAD, UCN I AL Tarbobo, N. C. SCOTLAND NECK STEAM YE WORKS MorRxrxG Goods a Specialty 064 Price list. Address UutUSD Xeck Steam DYErNs Co. "" ly Scotland Neck N. C New and Pretty Sil verware he largest arew;rr smPment ol silver- inn . -wttiv Aini hm - i irantra esen " AUU Jeuy and Mother pretty tSSS ED E. E. HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XIII. New Series Vol. 2. THE EDITOR'S LEISURE EOUBS Points and Paragraphs of Things Present, Past and Future. TTTl -1 - ... v nen we reaa 01 suiciaes 01 young men who commit the rash act because of unrequited love, we feel sorry that they did not hear at the Red Spring's Sunday-school Chautauqua Rev. Mr, Brown's lecture on "Courtship." These unfortunates ought to have heard his declaration that there are "fifty thou sand others as good as she is drying up on the bush now." And now railroad rails are made o paper in Russia and Germany. The seemingly impossible is coming to pass all the time. , Inyentive genius and skill keeps step with the age, or rather calls time lor the age. The century ahead of us must be full of wonders that would stagger us. It would be a daz zling kaleidoscope to us if we could pull back the curtain and get one glimpse into the beautiful and inviting future. mmmmmm e. And now the prediction that was made years ago seems to be coming true that eggs will be manufactured very like the hen egg. The Phila delphia Inquirer said recently : "Some time ago it was announced that a Chicago man had inyented arti ficial eggs, and now comes the state- mentThat a company for their manu facture has been incorporated, and that its headquarters will be in the neigh borhood of Beayer Falls, in this state, It is said that the cost of production will be 4 cents per dozen, and that the product will be largely shipped to the English market, where the prices are from 35 to 40 cents per dozen." A remarkable preacher is reported in a Kentucky paper. His name is Tice Spear. He is eighty-seven years old and has been preaching sixty years. He walks to all his appointments, car ries his effects, for the most part, in a valise, preaches simply for the good of the cause, has never solicited a dona tion ; and as a consequence has never received more than $250 for his preach ing. His career must be more striking than that of the beloved Elias Dodson of considerable fame in this State. After all, what a world of good a man must have done who has worshiped at no other shine than that of the desire for holiness for sixty years ! One of the wonders of the age, es pecially to the people of the South, is the mysterious growth of the pension list. Thirty-two years from the end of the war it is given out that the pension list has nearly two hundred and fifty thousand more names than there were soldiers actually engaged in all the armies of the government at any time of the civil war. The Norfolk Virginian gives the figures of the New York Sun that the army of pensioners is now between 30 and 40 per cent, larger than the fighting army at any time during the war, and that we have paid $3,000,000, 000 in pensions since the war, two- thirds as much as it cost to carry on the war. All this is a monstrous im position upon the tax payers of the country. It is worth while for young men to have regard to their opportunities. So many fail to see the opportunity in time ! For instance, if a young man is hired as a salesman tr to do any other kind otwork in a good mercantile or oth er establishment, it is his opportunity. The fact that a young man gets em ployment under a good, and sale, and reliable man, means that his opportu nity is as much superior to other men as is his employer superior to theirs. All a young man has to do to make a grand success under such circum stances is to stand by his duty to his employer in everything. This done, and his future is bright and will grow brighter ; but these things disregarded, and he will neyer rise and will never amount to much. Opportunity not only knocks at every man's door, but it keeps knocking. Let the young men of the land heed while they may. Subscribe to. The conimonwealth. SCOTLAND A CANOE ADVENTURE. IN EASTERN CAROLINA. Many Tears Ago. I. BY "SAND AND GRAVEL." It is well to confess in the beginning that I always had a liking for adven ture, but especially for adventures that kind which seemed difficult of ac complishment, and if there was one which no one else dared undertake alone because of the supposed hazard attending it, it was this that had charm for me, and I craved to under take it. Such an opportunity offered itself to me when I was quite a young man and was sojourning in the eastern part of North Carolina, where creeks, rivers and sounds are so numerous, and the light cypress canoe is found everywhere. A map of those eastern counties wil show that near the Southern border o: lyrreu county there are two rivers bearing the name of Alligator. One is called Great Alligator, the other Little Alligator. These streams are of no great length, but as they draw near to the Albemarle Sound, into which they empty their waters, their width and depth are considerable. No one, however, has been able to assign a valid reason for calling these two rivers Alligator, and it is left for the ingenuity of the modern - explorer to find out what can have suggested the name, since no alligator has been either seen or heard of in air that scope of country from the days of Walter Raleigh until the present. Great Alligator river has its source m the county of Hyde, the great corn producing sec tion of North Carolina, and after running a serpentine course, bearing North-eastward for some thirty or forty miles, empties into Albemarle Sound, receiving on its way the waters of Little Alligator, and .widening out at its mouth to the extent of at least a mile. The nature of , the country is such that a stream whose width at its mouth is more than a mile may be only a few miles in length, and where it enters the sound spreads out in rivalry of the Hudson, the Potomac or the James where "these three rivers open their mouths to take in the navies of the world. I am merely guessing at the distance when I assume that about half way, by the course of the stream, between its mouth at Albemarle Sound and its head in Hyde county, is Gum Neck anding. And Gum Neck landing was to be the point of embarkation. The project had been reyolving in my brain or some months. Some of the people to whom I had spoken of the intended adventure gave it as their opinion that it would be hazardous, for I was to go alone, and without any knowledge of the way. One gentleman who had tried in Vain to dissuade me from my purpose, urged me to make my will be fore setting out and bequeath to him my buggy and valuable clay-bank mare. He may have been serious, but to me he was as one that mocked." That man lived long enough to realize that such a will would not have increased his earthy store. Never having" been one foot. of the way between Gum Neck and my destination in Hyde county, nor having even been at the Landing" itself, the whole trip prom ised to be a novelty, and I wonder to this day how I came to plan and per sistently carry out such an adventure. only learned from the citizens of Gum Neck that I would have to paddle my way the distance of sixteen miles up the Great Alligator river, when I would find the mouth of a canal, through which the excess of the waters ot Mattamuskeet lake found an oulet into the river. Along ona bank of the canal ran a rather rough road-way, which led to the village of Fairfield, on the shore ot the lake, five miles dis tant. Fairfield was the point I was aiming to reach. As I was to set out at-about 8 o'clock in the morning, ,1 was duly informed that at a distance of nine miles on the way up the river I would come to a little "settlement" called "Kilkenny", and if I reached that place early inthe afternoon it would give assurance of mv ability to finish my journey before night fall. This I regarded as a piece 6f valuable informa tion, as I carried no watch, and was not likely to meet many persons on the way. It was a clear, cloudless morning in June, when Col. Charles McLees, a kind friend, with buggy and horse, conveyed me from his house to the HT onflinir." T do not remember that To make the hair grow a natural col or, prevent baldness, and keep the .ftln healthy. Hall's Hair Renewer was invented, and his proved itself suc EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1897. the Colonel had ventured to make any discouraging remarks about my trip. and as he was a man of fine judgment I may have been encouraged by his silence, when his simple belief may have been that, after going a short dis- stance and seeing how small a speck was in that broad and deep river whose banks were hung in dense cypress and long moss, my heart would fail me and I would come back. But with the kind offices of the Colonel I was pres ently seated in a canoe of the ordinary build, armed with a paddle, and carry mg a cloak, an umbrella, and a single lunch for dinner. Just aero the riyer from where I set out there was plainly to be seen a schooner of the coasting trade, taking on its cargo of cypress shingles for some northern port, but the contrast, even at a distance of some six hundred yards, made my little canoe seem more like a feather than a solid craft. The swell of the river. when I had fairly gotten to about the middle, awakened such disparaging thoughts that I was soon in a senous mood, and put myself as completely at the bottom of the little craitas possible, which both reason and instinct taughn me was the safest place. The begin' ning of my experience threw me at once into a semi-dubious state of mind, and my thoughts ran on at a high rate ot speed. For one thing I was not provided.' There was a fork in the river which I had not seen from the place of starting, and as it came into yiew I called back to Colonel McLees, "Which way?" "Take the left." This I did, and it was just in time, tor the Colonel would soon have : been gone home. Just here another thought haunt ed me, for some one had told me the river in some places was" seven ty- eet deep ! A slight tremor crept over me again and again as I thought of myselfjand my frail canoe dancing above such dark and mysterious depths, and my breathing, even, was quiet and cautious. But what a relief it was to find that the volume of the river was constantly growing less ; and with this decrease in the size of the river did my anxiety also decrease, and .the VinnA gain strength of reaching my destina- tion in safety. I have already said that a part of my outfit was an umbrella, but the reader can hardly imagine to what use this article could be put. But I did find a use for it, and a use which I could not have anticipated. I should say, by way of explanation, that the waters of Great Alligator are so sluggish that there is really no ap preciable current, and in ascending the stream in a canoe the tide seems no obstruction. But after propelling the canoe for several miles I discovered that moderate breeze had sprung up be hind me, and it occurred to me that by sirflliui, cautious handling of the umbrella I might bring it to do me valuable service while I rested. My calculation was correct. With the umbrella partially opened and kept well in hand so as to avoid any sudden blow, I soon found it a charming ad junct, and the little craft would spin along like a Muscovy duck. Then was the time to sing : O, boatman, on the river deep, With paddle for propellor, Lay down awhile the tiresome thing, And hoist your good umbrella. Still I can see, and will remark here, that an umbrella in the hands of an incautious and inexperienced water man at such a time might easily land him among the eels and catfish. But with the. aid of paddle and breeze I presently found myself at the noted place, "Kilkenny," nine miles from the . point of starting. "Kilken ny," at that time, consisted of a small farm, situated on an elevated - piece of ground, on the left bank of the river, and on landing and walking up to the modest looking farm house I saw no person and heard no human voices. I could only guess from appearances that the entire family had come in from tne held at noon, had eaten the mid-day meal and gone back to their tasks: "Kilkenny" was the only human habitation at that time for a distance of twenty miles, as one goes up from Gum' Neck toward the head of Great Alligator. On the right bank of the river a pine tree of no small interest was pointed out to travelers. It was known as the "Baptist Pine." The story of this tree seemed to be well authenticated. The reader should know that for a distance of over twenty miles along the . course of Alligator river there are only small patches of earth here and there, and very few of What You Would Like to Hear. What you would like to hear of a medicine is that it will - either cure you, or you will get your money back. Perhaps you have never heard it. Then you have never bought a bottle of Dr. David's Chill Tonic the one chill cure that is warranted to cure or money refunded. Inquire of your druggist or write to the Owens & Minor Drug Co.. Rich them capable of bearing up a man's weight, so that landing places are rare ly to be found, and in case a man found it necessary to take up camp by the way, he could hardly find a broader footing than the root of some tree, to which he might cling and "wish for the day." It was during a severe snow storm many years ago that a Baptist preacher, with his family and house hold goods, was making his way down to Gum Neck Landing. Night having overtaken him at a certain point on the river, he resolved to go into camp among a cluster of trees which came into view, supposing he would be able to find a space where his little brood might huddle together for the night. But when the little boat had been thrust in among the trees and made fast by its ropes, it was found that firm ground was not there, and the little group could only keep them themselves above water by holding fast to the sur rounding trees, or by returning to their home in the boat, while the storm swept down upon them. The preacher himself succeeded in kindling a fire against one of the largest pine, trees, and thus some warmth was secured for his family until they succeeded in get ting away. In process of time the tree died, but for a long time it stood there with its bare arms and scathed trunk, and was pointed out to pilgrims up and down the river as "The Baptist ine." Now, whether this was a Mis sionary Baptist Pine or a Primitive Baptist Pine, I failed to learn, but it must have called forth an abundance of perseverance of the saints to "hold the fort" through that long night of wind and snow. Continued next week. Allowing Others to be Mistaken. Ladies' Home Journal. There are two kinds of mistakes ; mistakes of moment and trivial mis takes. Undoubtedly the best service which one friend can render another is to save him from a mistake liable to be serious in its results. In such an act ies true friendship. But in these days of criticism, when we are apt to criti cise everything and everybody, we are all too apt to correct mistakes which are absolutely trivial and not worth correcting. And yet in calling atten tion to them we often hurt the feelings of our best friends. Not one of us, even the most good-natured, likes to have his mistakes pointed out. We may ap pear not to mind corrections, and ac cept them with a smile. But it is hu man nature-to smart under correction, although some of us may be clever enough to conceal the smart. Hence, the fewer mistakes we call attention to in others the better. Two-thirds of the mistakes we mate are trivial. Their correctiou is unimportant. Why, then, notice them ? Yet some people do, and do so constantly. A person speaks of having done a certain thing on Thurs day, when in reality it was done on Wednesday. If no-important point is involved why call attention to the mis take? What good does it do to have the exact day set right? It is a matter of no importance, so why insist upon correcting the trivial error? Staunch rlendships have often been pricked by this needle of useless correction. It is a great art this art of learning to allow others to be mistaken when the mistake unimportant. Few learn it, hut those who do are among the most com- 'ortable friends one can have. Thomas Jefferson's Monument. Selected. An exchange points the following at the critics : "On Thomas Jefferson's monument stands the following inscrip tion : 'Author of the Declaration ot A- merican Independence.of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia.' Not a word about his havirfg been Pres ident of the United States !' What an omission ! Suppose this monument, one or two thousand years hence, should be dug up among the ruins oi America, and transported to Germany what a sensation it would make ! Would they not straightway revise American history, and affrm that the anthor of the Declaration of Indepen dence and President Jefferson were two very different persons, as established by monumental testimony? What It Means. When we advertise that we will guar antee Dr. King's New Discovery, Elect ric Bitters, Bucklen Arnica Salve, or Dr. King's New Life Pills, it means that we are authorized by the propriet ors to sell these remedies on a posistve guarantee, that if purchaser is not satis fied with results, we will refund the purchase price. These medicines have been sold on this guarantee for many years and there could be no more con clusive evidence of their great merit. Ask about them and give them a trial, Sold at E. T. Whitehead & Co.'s Drug SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 9i.oo. NO. 36 ANOTHER TALK Tt LADS IN LOVE. NEMO'S THIRD ARTICLE. Some Rambling Thoughts. BY "NEMO. (Copyrighted by Dawe & Tabor.) To young men in love. Some day, when you have toiled for her awhile longer, and gathered a reasonable amount of worldly goods for her pro tection and comfort, she will place her hand confidingly in yours in the pres ence of witnesses. With her "I will she will forswear liberty. Her wistful eyes will be raised in tender love to wards yours as she makes the greatest sacrifice of her life : for that Is what it is, as you will appreciate if you stop to think. What will those eyes see in A A rmm . m m your a. nero. sne mints you are one, If she is loving you for yoursell alone ; and I am presuming she is. You are to her a knight, a cavalier, a hero bold ; she glories in your strength or your kindness, or some qualityjthat makes her esteem you above all others. Though a hundred men pass befoie her in review, they are waved aside to their own disparagement, when she compares them with you. Just as ar dently as you admire her does she ad- mire you ! But is she only dreaming of your heroism and goodness? The dream is one so beautiful for you to consider, that to awaken her to a dif- erent reality will be cruel pain. If you are shrouding your real character and deceiving her as to your motives, try now to open your soul, wide to the qualities she loves. Let them rush in until you are possessed by them, so that she may never have before her eyes the sorrow and distress of an illu sion. Be what she thinks vou are : and while she will still remain .the more powerful to mould and the greater in heart (how true !) she will nevertheless look up to you as though she were the lesser. What a sweet offering of in cense to your proud and happy spirit that will be ! Deception as to goodness and nobility until both become habits ot the soul, is worth the effort of carry ing on, and when fully attained will make the life together a growth in the sweetest graces of humanity. V MY KNIGHT. Why do I love him, my noble Knight? Is it because oi his visage bright Or his strong right hand and his bound ing health Or his costly garb and his worldly wealth? Is it because of his wooing sweet Or the gifts that he flings at my favor ed feet? Is it because of the noble race, Whence he boasts his lineage proud to trace? Ah no ! 'tis because, for the love of me, He has cheerfully donned his panoply : Stalwart and brave beyond compare, But gentle and kind to his lady fair. Clad in an armor oi truth is he, With the stainless shield of purity, And a sword unsheathed to uphold the right. That's why I love him, my Knight, my Knight ! You smile at the old fable about the greedy dog that dropped a bone in or der to snatch at its reflection in the water below. Beware ot similar fool ishness ! In the present state of your feeling you admire the beauty, the goodness, the modesty, the attractive ways of the woman of . your choice. You look up to her and she can raise you in all that is worthy. The prog ress of 1900 years is being enjoyed by you ; the ages during which woman has grown, under the influence of a vir gin's son, from a creature of utility to the Jew and a creature of pleasure to the Gentile, into a radiant help-meet that draws out ot man more fully the divine possibilities of his nature ; these ages are epitomised in your love. The gain to you from her devotion is, in a measure, like the gain of the world from her dear sex since the Christian Era. Just as we expect her influence to keep the world continuously prog ressing, so may your gain keep on growing as you come to a fuller knowl edge of her. O, greedy one ! Is this not enough? You are a better man because she loves you before marriage. This is the substance now in your pos session. Will you forget it all and rush through the gates of love as though the Creator had from 'all time planned to form this particular wom an for your particular pleasure? If you do, the shadow alone will be yours. Not one complaint has ever been made by those using Ayer's Sarsapa rilla according to directions. Further more, we have yet to learn of a case in which it has failed to afford benefit. Bo say hundreds ot druggists all over, the country. Has cured others, will IF YOU ARE HUSTLER totj wnx ADVERTISE YOUB Business. 0 - Send Your Advertisement in Now. See the young life as a stately ship rid ing Over the sea like a water-bird glidine. Will she wait till the levin of pasiou is shed, Or follow love's pole star so pure over head? Carelessly trimmed a light hand on the tiller, The billows and surges of evil days fill her. She drifts to the depths that are lulled. by the dead ; Though the pole, star of love shines so pure overhead. The helmsman, half blinded, his fears ever hightemng, Is waiting the flash ot the fuxcated- lightening. Vainly he trusts by its fire to be led, When the pole star of love shines so pure overhead. Shattered and scorched by the guide he awaited The helmsman lies dead on the vessel ill-fated, Alas for the victim by passion misled. Who trusts not love's pole star so pure overhead. V Next week's letter will be the last in this line of thought for the present, al though the subjects not by any means exhausted. I need to emphasise that these articles are direct appeals from, my young heart to yours. A saner, better idea of marriage, so fateful in its influence on the generations of the twentieth century, is what we all need. So bear with me in what 1 have yet to say concerning Our relations- to the women we love. No.lL Polished Solid Oats-Drawer Chiffonier, t& inches high, SOX inches long, IS inches deep. Itia v. oil, constructed and has good locKs on each drawer. Special price (Otdors promptly filled). 03.39 Our success is not accidental. It la the reward of 48 years of honorable business. Our experience in the Fur niture and Carpet business is yuurB for the asking. Our immense illustra ted catalogue of Furniture, Oil Cloths. Baby Carriages, Herrlgerators, Bedding, Springs, Steel Bedo, etc., is free to all who write for It, and we par all post' age. If you ask your local dealers' advice you will not Send for our cata logue, as he will lose a customer. If you consult your pocket-book and want double valuo for ynnr dollars, you will deal with tbo manufacturers. Bend your name on a postal now. Julius Iliiifis ft Snn BALTIMORE, MP; JUST LOOK ! GOODS MUST BE SOLD. We have been rushed witb trade, ; selling goods at a profit. We expect a big rush during August, because we are going to throw several thousand dollars worth of goods on the market at and below cost. Many of these goods were bought at two-thirds regular prices, and We are Going to Sell Them, for Just What They Cost Us. In order to get the pick of these goods our adyice is for you to come at once. We give a few prices : Several hundred yards floor matting to close out at 5, 6 and 7c. Very wide percale at OC. 39 styles dress, goods 3, 5 and 8c. Men's fine straw hats for half regular prices. Ladies' hats, ribbons, laces, si Ik minis going for almost nothing, Men's collars, late style, 4ac. , per dozen. Ladies' shirt waists 15c. each. Lambrequins, 2 yards long, fancy colors, 8c. each. Ladies' vests 3 for 10c. Ladies' Oxfords, must be sold at some price. A large lot lace curtains, prices will surprise you. Think about it 1 yard wide silkoline drapery,' fancy flowers and colors 4 and 5c. Did you ever bear the like, very wide mosquito netting tor 3 and 4c. per yard. Duck dress goodB, white, black and colors 7 J and 8c. Window shades and curtain poies closing out stock on hand for less than ever before. Seyeral hundred yards white dress goods 4 and 5c. Some of these goods worth 10c. A large stock boys pants 15 and 20c. We have lots of other goods to close out during this month. REMEMBER WE PREPAY FREIGHT ON ALL GOODS BOUGHT AT ONE TIME AMOUNTING TO f 5.00 AND OVER. H.C. SPIERS & DAVIS, August 5, 1897. Weldon, N. C. flUDSO M'S ENGLISH KITCHEN, 187 Main St., NORFOLK, VA. Is the Leading Dining Room in the City for Ladies and Gentlemen. Strict - ly a Temperance Place.. All meals 25c. y Hudson's Surpassing Coffee a Specialty. 1 16 ly OLD NEWSPAPERS FOR SALE. 40 cents per hundred. ,-' t -. E. T, White" a .V j, cis cessful. mond, Va. Store. ' cure you. - . A - t, fit
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