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The Commonwealth. E. E. HILLIARD, - - - - Editor. Published Every Thursday. Entered at the Post-Office at Scotland Neck, N. C, as Second Class Matter. THUBSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1897. WHO SHALL BE EDUCATED, AND HOW? The public school question recently agitated to some extent in Nortb Caro lina, has caused a good deal of thought along educational lines. It has done that much good, and we believe no other ; and we greatly fear that even that good is not sufficient to meet the enormous expense the election was to the State. As to the Constitutional four months school that has been so much discussed, The Commonwealth believes that there is money enough paid in taxes tor public schools in North Carolina to have it now. The bother is, the free school interest is greatly abused and kicked around by incompe tents and those who care nothing for it until the money is wasted, in large measure, and the children get very lit tle good from it. We believe that the most careful and intelligent men in every district ought to be the school committeemen, re gardless of politics. This done and the free school accounts properly kept and the money judiciously and conscien tiously expended, and we believe we could now have the four months schools about which so much has been said. We farther believe - that, with the possible four months school for which we are provided by our present school system, and the opportunities thus offered the children of the State being utilized to the fullest extent, our entire population might soon become educated. The truth is, many a man who is ready to cry out against the State be cause his children are not educated, does not send them half the time to the free schools within a mile of his door steps. And, then , another hindrance to the better education of the children and youth of the land, is hard-down carelessness, and in many cases down right laziness. There's many a boy al lowed to fish, hunt, scamper about, hang around cross-roads or street cor ners listening to smutty jokes and feed ing on the scum of neighborhood scan dal who ought to be at home studying a book. In many cases these shortcomings of the .children and youth lie at the door of the parents. This indifference and carelessness on their part as to where the boy is or what he is doing, saying or hearing, begets the same spirit of indifference in the boy and he drifts on this tide until he soon gets so far down the stream that he cannot get back or at least does not care to come back. For years we have preached the gos pel of great possibilities for any boy or girl in this country who really desires to make the best of life possible. Giv en a strong right arm, common sense and a determined will, and any boy or girl in North Carolina may become at least intelligent, no matter what the in Vlronments are. There may be some exceptions, but only , enough to prove the rule. 1 interests, as well as about many other of our interests is, we need shaking' up to a sense of individual- responsibility and individual capacity, haziness has such a hold upon some, extravagance and love of show on others, that the real possibilities of life are shut out ; a sickly feeling of dependence takes the place which invincible determination - ought to occupy ; and the whole land goes moaning and groaning because North Carolina is not "The Happy Valley." a We are not guessing at these things. We speak what we know and what we have seen. The few examples we have of careful parents and determined chil dren are scattering, we know ; but there am nnnnvh tn nmva i.: "Let us wake up to the possibilities that are in us and about us, and then shall we be able, as a people, to make the most of the opportunities that are already ours. It is always gratifying to receive testimonials for -Chamberlain's Colic; Cholera and ., Diarrhoea Remedy, and .when the endorsement is from a phy sician it la especially to. "There is no more satisfactory or effective remedy than Chamberlain's Colic. Chftlm and Diarrhoea Remedy," writes Dr. R. E. Robey, physician and pharmacist, of Onley, Mo. ; and as be has abed the Remedy in his own family and sold it in his drag store for six years be should certainly know For sale by " E. " T. Whitehead & Co., Scotland Neck, NC. THE WOMEN PROTEST. Everyman in the State ought to read the article in Sunday's News & Observer, written by Mr. O. W. Black- nail, of Kittrell. He has struck a key note of truth that is seldom touched. It is a fact that the white women of the South do live in mortal dread of assault and outrage. And the women of North Carolina for ten days have been whispering pro tests against their sex, in its purity, being subjected to the double out rage that was heaped upon Miss Nannie Catlett in Henderson, by being compelled to go into open court and detail before the curious crowd the particulars of a crime whose heinous ness the English language is too poor to express. The fair sex of purity pro test silently, but powerfully, against their sisters passing through such ordeals any more ordeals whose ques tions and answers were too shocking to go into print. This whole thins; must stop. The crime first ; and if the crime does not stop, there ought to be a way of getting at the truth without drag ging a trembling girl into courts to be subjected to a second outrage. Can the Legislatures take cognizance of the matter? DIRECTOR CLARK PROTESTED. In the session of the Directors of the State penitentiary in Raleigh last week Mr. E. T. Clark of Weldon protested against T. W. Babb being made chap lam to the convicts on the farms along the Roanoke. Mr. Clark disliked Babb's record, as does every other decent man, and by his protest kept him back. Mr. Clark offered protests against other extravagances by the peniten tiary authorities. We do not agree with Mr. Clark in politics, but we com mend him for his protests offered in the interest of the State. COMMISSIONERS TO BE PROSECUTED. State Superintendent Mebane has giyen it out that the commissioners of Halifax county must be prosecuted for not providing for an election in the county on the special school tax. We do not know how it will be, but we think it will be a difficult matter to locate the irregularities in this county by reason of which no election was held. However, that may be, we opine that if the commissioners in every county in the State had done as Hali fax commissioners did, North Carolina would be somewhere in the neighbor hood of fifty thousand dollars better off than ft is. MR. NOLLE Y FOR MAYOR OF THE MONUMENTAL CITY. A "Reader" in theBaltimore News of 20th offers the name of Mr. M. J. Nolley as the Democratic nominee for Mayor of that city. He says : "It the Democrats desire a strong candidate for Mayor, one that could unite all the factions, why not nomi nate Mr. M. J. Nolley, with Hodges Bros.? This would be a recognition of the great body of commercial travelers, and would insure a clean business adminis tration. Mr. Nolley is not only an able speaker, but is well versed in political economy, would bring to his support a large body of Christian people and would reflect credit to the city." The Commonwealth is too far away to take any hand in Baltimore politics, but personally we should be delighted to see Mr. Nolley 's ability and worth thus recognized by his city ; and thou sands of people through the South, where Mr. Nolley Is so well and favor ably known, would congratulate the city of Baltimore if he should be nomi nated and elected its Mayor. A SPLENDID EDITION. The Kinston Free Press published an industrial issue August 18th, and was well done in every respect. It was eight-page and every page was filled with historical matter of Kinston and Lenoir county with a large and ; hand some advertising display. There were over fitly cut-prints, giving many pretty views of business bouses, farms, manu factories, besides handsome prints oi many ot the business men of the town It was a handsome paper, showed en terprise in Editor Herbert, and will be worth much to the town and com munity. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy always affords prompt' relief. -For sale by E. T. Whitehead Co-, Scotland Neck. xi.g. 7 BOSTIAN BRIDGE WRECKER. The whole State remembers-ohe aw ful wreck that occurred at Bostian's bridge near Statesville a few years ago, in which a number of persons were killed. The Statesville Landmark says : "J. A. Hand and Bird Shepherd, the two penitentiary . convicts who hare been Indicted in Iredell Superior Court for causing the disastrous wreck at Bos tian's bridge in 1891, were sent to the penitentiary from Alexander and "Ire dell counties respectively. Shepherd was from Cool Spring township. Hand was sent from Alexander for man slaughter in lsVJz. ills sentence was ten years. "Two white men from Lenoir coun ty, who had been in the penitentiary, say that Hand and Shepherd confessed to them that they caused the wreck at Bostian's bridge and also told them where they hid some money which they took from the passengers. These two witnesses were before the grand jury last week and it was on their testi mony that the bill of Indictment was found. It is said that the place des cribed by Hand and Shepherd as the hiding place of the money has been ex amined but no money was found there. MILL STATISTICS. The following special from - Raleigh to the Wilmington Messenger gives the mill statistics of the State : State Labor Commissioner Hamnck to-day completed his compilation of mill statistics and says there are 206 cotton. 17 woolen and 2 si lie mills, total 223, with 1,030,000 spindles and 23,000 booms. Gaston leads in spindles, hav ing 113,000, Mecklenburg having 84, OOa and Rutherford 80,000. There are mills in 47 of the 96 counties. In the number of factories Gaston leads with 22, Alamance having 20, Randolph 18, Mecklenburg 16. Rutherford has the largest mill, with 74,000 spindles and 24,00 llooms. Surry county has one third of all the woolen mills. The mill employing the most operatives is the Henrietta in Rutherford, which nas 530 men, 665 women and 345 chil dren. This mill company has lately purchased the Forest City mill and is putting in 12,000 spindles and 400 looms. YOKES BUTLER AThD BRODIE. The Charlotte Observer yokes Sena tor Butler and the rapist George Bro- die together as flippant handlers of the Scriptures. It says : Somewhere in the New Testament a judgment is pronounced upon those who pervert the Scripture and turn it to their own use. We are frequently struck with the flippancy with which the name of the Master is employed by hounds trying to justify their mean ness, a late instance being that of a United States Senator, making speech es In North Carolina, glorying in the fact that he is a calamity-howler, and saying, by way ol justification, that "Christ was a calamity-howler." A later instance is afforded by the case of the negro Brodie, convicted at Hender son last week ot a most atrocious crime and sentenced to be hanged in a few days now. In a special to the Raleigh News & Observer of date the 20th. it is said that he made a full confession Tuesday night, saying that "it was ex actly as the girl stated on the stand ; the special -concluding with, these words : "He says he has no harm against anyone ; that Christ was perse cuted, and that he did not expect any thing better." Here are two cases exactly of a kind Brodie confesses his crime, but forgives his "persecutors," upon ' the ground that Christ was persecuted. The Sena tor confesses "his guilt in appealing to the base passions ot the people, and claims warrant for doing so in the ex ample of Christ, who, he says did the same thing. We do not mean to be too hard on Brodie. He has as much ground to stand on as has Butler. RINGWOOD NOTES. (Corieepondence to The Commonwealth.) Ringwood, N. C, Aug. 28, 1897. ... Fine showers Saturday night much needed. - - Tobacco curing nearly over, and the result good. - : Fred Moore lost a barn and contents Friday by fire, making 4 barns and one pack house in a radius of 4 miles this season. Mrs. E. B. Perry and daughter, Miss Pattie, are visiting Mrs. L. D. Johnson Rev. Mr. Williams being sick, no services in town Sunday. Some should remember "if we had no defects we would not be so ready to point them out in others." "Fortune does not change men it unmasks them." "Some men's worst enemy is their mouth." "Nemo" grows more interesting and should be read by all and especially the young. G. E. M. Whe a person begins to grow thin there is something wrong. The waste is greater than the supply and it is on ly a question of time when the end must come. - : J - In nine cases out of ten the trouble is with the digestive organs. If you can restore them to a healthy condi tion you will stop the waste, put on new flesh and cause them to feel bet ter in every way. The food they eat will be digested and appropriated to the needs of the system, and a normal appetite will appear. - Consumption frequently follows a wasting of bodily tissue because nearly all COnSUmDtives hnvfc inrticaafimi The Shaker digestive Cordial : will re- ewre me stomach to a healthy condi tion' in a vast maioritv rrt raoM Rot. one of. their books from your druggist ana learn about this new and valuable remedy. When the children Tf ami Coat-, CM give themlLAXoL; it j palatable. - 9 DOTS JFROM WILM AMSTON. v : Williamston, N. C, Aug. 23, D7 Mrs J. M. Sitterson who has been very sick for quite awhile is rapidly improving. Mr. Dennis Simmons and Miss .rat tle Biggs are spending awhile at Tate Springs, Tenn. Mr. Paul Salsbury of Haseell spent Sunday here, the guest of Mr. John Lamb. The family of Rev. A. J. Parker are summering at Nags Head. Rev. G. L. Finch returned from his vacation on Friday last and filled his pulpit on Sunday morning and night. ENFIELD NEWS Correspondence to The Commonwealth.! Enfield, N. C, Aug. 23, 1897. The greatest excitement of the week was our popular Mayor went hunting and got lost and when his partner came home without him and night came on many were fearful that something dreadful had happened to him, but he came in late in The night. Mrs. Knight and her daughters, Mrs Aarrington and Louise of Rocky Mount after spending some days here with many friends returned home to-day. Large tobacco sales at good prices last Friday. Rev. E. E. Rose will fill his pulpit next Sunday morning and night. L. State of Ohio. City of Toledo, Lucas County. 88. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F, J. Cheney & Co., doing businessinthe City of Toledo, County and State afore said, and that said firrawil pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLABS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of Dec ember,; A. D. 1886. SEAL A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and muc ous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O Sold by Druggists, 75c. i oxford,;, c. The next Session Opens Sept. 1, 1897. CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. Piano, Organ, Violin, Mandolin, Vo calization taught. Prof. Jas. Riggs Director ; Miss Margaret Robeson, Vo calization ; Miss Carrie Hobgooa, Piano, Charges for annual session Board fuel, lights, full English Course, Latin French, Physical Culture, $147.50. For particulars apply for catalogue. 8 5 lm. ' F. P. HOBGOOD, Pres. TILLERY Dining Hall, FOR WHITES. Meals at all hours for 25 cents. JACOB D. HILL, Tillery, N. C 3 25 tf Clipping AND Washing. We are prepared to clip your horse or wash your buggy at the following prices : Clipping Horse entire, . . $2.50 cupping riane and Liegs, .50 Washing Horse entire,... .50 Washing Buggy................ .25 Washing and Oiling Harness,.... 55 Good work guaranteed. PITTMAN & GRAY, Liverymen 7 15 tf. Scotland Neck, N. C Tine 1 Femle May. INCORPORATED 1812. A BOARDING & DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, FULL CORPS OF TEACHERS. "Next Session begins August 30. Careful instruction in every depart ment. Music department under a skiiitui musician from New England Conservatory of Music. Elocution and Physical Culture under a student from New England Conservatory College of Oratory and Emerson School of Orato ry, Boston. Terms very moderate. For further particulars address the principal, MISS LENA H. SMITH, 7 15 tf. Scotland Nnlc- N". C. - Subscribe to The commonwealth. s I I iBHtCoawhSyrapb TaatwQood. Vml 1 i A. i T; - ' AYER'S PILLS "Havlngbssn subject, for ye, u TOnstipatlon, without ?ng5S tod much relief, I t last ed Ayera pills, and testify that I nVivlw?2 "Havlngbsen robtecV for years, to rers fills, auu lesmy " -rc ... two years pass A , ?I , W Row. these pills every night." G- W.mw MAN, 26 Kast Main St., Carlisle, Fa. CURS CONSTIPATION. For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co., Scotland Neck. N. C. member This ! For the next thirty days, 1 will sell my entire stock of Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats at a Sacrifice. Shanes nsuallv sold for 50c., 75c.. and $1.00, now going at 25c., 40c., and 50 cts. Job Lot of Ribbons at cost and below. This-lot includes Persian and Dresden ' effects, also Satins, Satin edges, etc., More Notions than ever before. MRS. W. H. WHITE. Norfolk FOE YOUNG LADIES. Before selecting a school for your daughter, send for our catalogue. No other school in the country, offers the same advantages for the money. Special teachers in all departments. A. P. PIFER, Principal, 6 24 to 9 1. Norfolk, Va. PEACE INSTITUTE. ,r,,Y?grIdle8' .Raleigh, N. C. Excellent buildings and beautiful grounds in a Healthful Location with splendid climate. Stands at the very front in Female Educa tion. Thorough in its Courses. High in its Standard. Unsurpassed in its high moral tone and in its intellectual and social influences. Twenty-one officers and teachers. Very reasonable prices. Send for catalogue. -7 8 2m. T BINITY COLLEGE Next Session Opens September 8, Three full courses of study. Large number of electives. Two full chairs in English. Women admitted to all classes. One Hundred and One ThousandDollars added to the endowment during the present year. Only male literary college in North Carolina tbat is located in a citv. The best business course offered in the state. Send for album and catalogue Address JNO. C. KILGO, 7 15 2m. Durham, N. C. Pianos Organs, AND SMALL Musical Instruments. Prices Low and Goods the Best. Write for prices before purchasing, T. R. HUFFINES, . Rocky Mount, N. C (Mention The Commonwealth.) 3 11 tl Largest Stock of COFFINS. CASKETS and UNDERTAKERS' SUPPLIES in Eastern Carolina. Orders by mail and wire Solicited. N. B. JOSEY, 7 I5 tf. . Scotland Neck, N. C GREENSBORO FEMALE COLLEGE, NORTH CAROLINA. The Fifty-Second Session of this : College begins WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8th, 1897. Advantages of College and Conserya j uueiw at moderate cost. A Faculty of Specialists ! AMPLE EQUIPMENT. - A PLEASANT HOME. Catalogue on application. - ' . xl ' College Eollins Institute, BOTETOURT SPRINGS, VA. For 175 Young Lady Boarders. The largest and most extensively equipped in Virginia. Eclectic courses in An cient and modern Languages, Litera ture, Sciences, Music, Art and Elocu tion. 30 officers and teachers. Situa ted in Valley of Va., near Roanoke. Mountain Scenery. 1200 feet above sea level. Mineral waters. 55th ses sion opens Sept. 8, 1897. For illustra ted cotalogue address Chas. L. Cooke, Supt., Hollins, Va. 712m CHOWAN Baptist - H - Institute MURFREESBORO, N. C. Established in 1848. THE NEXT SESSION Opens ept. 8, 1897, and will continue 38 weeks. For information, rates, etc., address at Murfreesboro, N. C, JOHN C. SCARBOROUGH, Pres. C. B. F. Inst, 7 22 to 10 1 Vine Hill Male Academy. , SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. Buildings and Appointments Modern, . 'A THOROUGH ACADEMY. Hunt Li LIBRARY AND READING ROOM, Baseball, Kootball Tennis, etc. SCOTLAND NECK. N. C. Buie's Creek Academy , AND COMMERCIAL SCHOOL Prepares for college or business. Highly endorsed ty collide I're-itoti and hundreds of public men. Military feature. One ot the best Ymm Courses in the state. Shorthand, typewriting and telegraphy. Valuable library. Two excellent literary societies. Ideal country location. Saves money and morals. $25 to $50 pays all expenses five months. Two hundred nml twelve stud ents from thirteen counties and two states. Excellent new Luildinj,'? :uid furni ture. FaM term opens August 2nd, 1897. For catalogue, containing te monials, cut of buildings, etc., address J. A. CAMPBELL, v 7 8 lm. - roe's. Harnett Co., X-C TEACHERS WANTED Over 4,000 vacancies several times as many vacancies a.-i member?, have more members. Several plans ; two plans give free registration ; 'lp hvr nlfliis ana i teachers. xjulchkus jjukeau, oy-vi uearDorn iirmw, AArijIW liaaa I. JT' - o .1 T ,".'.) nil Iff. fee reaistem i.n hnf.h nfFSM 7 ! i . y - - w - - JL Highest Market Priam T.mn -i f v National W - " vuii xvciiUlUB. XVCit;i w.' 3 18 6m THE CHEAPEST PLACE TO BOY YOUR EilD S. MEYER, 7 29tf. II I I III , Hill,,, miiiii'iii, ,, KM-ir'-' Great Reuoval Sale op Furniture Stock of FtSiV1 expense ot moving, we offer o kiIT.U ndMATTIIfG at crime cost, send u- )olir rLlL7. Furniture ehean. Call at KERN'S. 90 and 92 0W3 NOTICE State or Xo,-U' - Superior Court, Mnv tI'?' R. L. Joyner, M.ir0flman ' J'' man, partners trading Sv uB &Bro. " -ttofiauj ST- J' .J3'ner and wife i-, Noah Biggs and li. jr atf ners traainsr as Hi, V. t .nson. ran. Henrietta Runt. w JOUllS0I, H SuhL the wlc ulK,ve p. . , the MflV tornW .l'11111 I will, on the Uth da v of !C(H 1897 m the towr.ofseoi? sell for cash to the hh-W hhu tract nflnnd , ...!...'' : 1 Wdller, (I,,. Wil wucn tiiesaid n- Joyner now resides, knwu a, 1 'l tract of the said t. J0VnL S ing the lands of 11. L. Vaughan and others, cout-iini l mm-o ' ""Willing Sfift o ,A . CLAUDE KlTrm. wniijgio, Laundry NotiT I am agent for the Oak Citv s( Laundry at Raleis:h. All ,u. at my store will he ,nt off on TW .morning and returned onFndavS? nrsi-ciass worK t'ii:ir.in o. a 12 lm. Vit., Soils, Brary Ample cSpaee for Fall Term Begins September 1st. For Particulars and Catalogue address PRINCE & WILSON, Supte 7 It! I S. W. Cor. Main a 3d Sts., Louisville, Ky. President and Manaje- TROTTER BROTHERS, r GENERAL iiission -:- Merchants. POULTBY, EGGS, BUTTER AND ALL COUNTRY l'RODL'CK. Wholesale Dealers in Fruits and Vegetables. and Commercial Agencies. Xo. 24 Roanoke ce Dock-,OKrOL ROODS IS AT THE BARGAIN : I Manager. . .- r Agt., oi - i
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