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The Commonwealth. E. E. MILLIARD, - - - - Editor. Published Every Thursday. Entered at the Post-Office at Scotland Neck, N. C, as Second Class Matter. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1897. REPUBLCANS DISAGREE. Mr. R. J. Shields ot Hobgood was here a few days ago and said he had recently heard two prominent Repub licans saying as unpleasant things about "passing events" in North Caro lina as the Democrats can say. And if one could get at the bottom facts concerning the Russell adminis tration, it would be easy enough to find rank disagreement amongst the Repub licans all through the State. For in stance, Superintendent Smith of the penitentiary is to be only a figure head not much of a figure and not much of ahead, to be sure.) and that insti tution is to be run, in fact, by an execu tive committee. The news has come put from Wash ington that Senator Pritchard and Congressmen White are seriously dis agreeing about the appointment of postmaster for Kinston. White wants a colored man appointed and Pritch ard does not. The truth is, President McKinleyls getting a little out of rap port withjthe colored contingency of the Republican party South. He is beginning to learn that too many ap pointments of colored men will not be best for him and his party generally and the colored people, true to the bar gains to which they have agreed, desire una armosi aemana these appoint ments, for appointments is what they have been working for so many years. And thus the discord grows. But it is" none of our fight. While this fight is going on the people are getting tired mighty fast ; and they will be ready by the next election to say, "Give us rest." - . And we believe there will be mighty upheaval in North Carolina and the South generally, swinging the gooa people back under the rays of good government ; but it will not do wj o-i jjjj h in ib vYi muu i enoru UBt us .... ' y x .0. 4 . L- 1 : L . rr . . . get to the work now and continue for a solid year, and we shall win again t AlS ... vi uub wjiijg we may wen be assur ed ; and that is, that our enemies wil . not desist until another campaign fought. 'TWAS PRINTED AS 'TWAS WRIT. 18 brother JtfiHiard, of the Scotland Neck Commonwealth, evidently does not read the proof sheet of his adver tisements as closely as he expects .his reaaers 10 ao alter the paper Is printed, or he would not have allowed so funny a tlnrr a tUi . ... . o oa;a(ic ms attention in ni8 last issue we find the following yv anted, a colored man of small lamny, u any, to work on farm with some education." Henderson Gold Jjeaj. Brother Manning, in his criticism I s m m oas paia J. he commonwealth quite a compliment. He not only reads this paper's editorial utterances and news items and general reading, but the ad vertisements as well. TllA n 1A.i 1 rMIn a 4 X IT 1 a . u wAjpiwisomciiir w wmcn ne re- terrea and reprinted was sent to The. Commonwealth by our agent at En field with instruction to print it exactly like it was written, which we took good pains to do. The editor of The Commonwealth has been asked in Scotland Neek since the advertisement appeared if he is -.responsible for the English of his ad vertising columns. We reply that we are not when instructions come to "print it as 'tis writ." - After all, this awkwardly worded ad vertisement and the - comment upon it show how closely people read adver tisements Advertisers need hot longer fear that their advertisements in The Commonwealth are not read. If newspaper man as far away from Scot land Neck as our Brother Manning in Henderson reads the advertisements in these columns when he has bushels o1 newspapers to handle and read every nay, much more do the read them. This is clear we think we shall have to subscribers logic; and put up our prices Tor advertising space. sena em in tney'u surely be read Yellow fever still rages in New Or leans. i Some sporadic cases have de veloped oat of the fever district one at .Atlanta and .one in Cincinnati. Cboup Quickly Cubed. Mountain Glen, Art. Our children were suffering with croup when we re ceived a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It afforded almost instant relief. F. A. Thornton. This cele- iwated remedy is. for tap by E. T. tithead Co, HALIFAX -COUNTY FINANCES. Ex-Chairman Brown Answers Chair man Harrison. Some time ago the following letter by Mr. Thomas N. Harrison, Chairman of the county Board of Commissioners in Halifax county, appeared in an af ternoon paper in Raleigh, which-fetter was dated from Littleton : : There appeared aneditorioal state ment in the News and Observer sever al days ago reflecting upon the man agement of the present Board of Coun ty Commissioners of Halifax county. whereupon I made a short statement of facts requesting the publication of the same by that paper tha"t the truth might be known ; but for some reason, unknown to me, it has failed to appear n the columns of that paper. It should be the desire a newspaper to do justice, not to pervert facts and smoth er truth. I now Bend you a copy ot the statement,and ask its publication as bllows "TheNews andObserver's statement that the county script was at a discount on the streets was true, but a moment's re flection would have convinced you that that unfortunate circumstance could in no wise be charged to the mismanage ment of the present Board, who came into office in December last. As chair man of the Board it will only be nec essary for me to submit the following report of a committee appointed to as certain the state of the county's finan ces, which report was made out at our January meeting.' The books are still open for the inspection of the public and your informant. I trust that you will do me the favor to publish the same : Outstanding claims aggregat ing $10,910.07. "A very small percentage of old tax es due the county have been paid to and imbursed by the present Board) and a portion of the receipts have been paid to cancel the unlisted indebted ness of the county not embraced in the above statement. It is the aim and hope of the present Board by economy and good management, to adjust and liquidate the debt of the county which they found to exist when they came into power, and for which they should not be held accountable. I wilhnow state further that under the present management the county has been saved the payment of $749.06 found open on the books which had been paid, and vouchers cancelled Also collected from ex-Register of Deeds $484 due on marriage license. Very truly yours, "Thomas N. Harbison." EX-CHAIRMAN BROWN ANSWERS. Mr. R. W. Brown, who was Chair man Harrison's immediate predecessor as chairman ot the County Board Commissioners, made the following re ply in last Sunday's .News & Observer Halifax, N. C, Oct. 5, 1897. Editor News and Observer : Recently Mr. T. N. Harrison, chair man of the present board of Com mis sioners of Haliiax county, published a statement in the News-Reporter purport ing to defend the management of the "fusion" board of commissioners of this county and explain why Halifax county script was at a discount. Mr. Harrison takes the JNews and Observer to task for refusing to publish his statement and charges it with perverting the facts and smothering the truth - about the matter. A knowledge of the whole truth will show Mr. Harrison hlmsel to be guilty of that fault, and the fail ure of the News and Observer to pub lish his statement was very probably on account of its unwillingness to publish perverted facts. Mr. Harrison tells the truth after a iashion, but iie does not tell the whole truth. In fact, he tells a very small fragment of it, and that is so cunningly chosen and stated that it makes an en tirely false Impression. He states that when the Democratic board went out last December it left the county indebted $10,910. Now, that is partly true. They did leave outstanding bonds, unmatured, to the amount of $7,847.26 only, but nothing else. Why did he not 'state the whole truth, giye the nature and correct amount of the indebtedness, and say that not one cent of it was then due?. That it was divided into ten payments running over a period of five years, and that the first oi these payments did not become due until nearly twelve months thereafter? If he did not wish to pervert facts why did he so state this indebtedness as to make the impression that it was past due, and the Democratic board had failed to meet it, when in fact the Democratic board paid up every single cent of county indebtedness of every description that was due up to and In cluding the last of its service, and in addition paid over to the "fusion" ad ministration $700 In cash? He still further perverts this much strained fact when he " offers ... It as an excuse for the failure of the present board to meet the current expenses of the county in such a manner as to con vey the false impression 'thai they had had to pay it, or at least a portion of it. He well knows that this indebtedness, even if past due; could not impair their abili ty to meet current r expenses, un less they had paid something on it. They have not paid a cent of it. There fore it has' drawn nothing from -'. the fund with which they should have met current expenses, and has no bearing upon the lact that the county script is I at a discount. The truth is that they have not paid any of the indebtedness nor met currentexpenses either. Peo ple holding jury, tickets and county orders for witnesses fees and other jsYivvt Avrutnoaa Y a cta Kaon onlnop aTtYnt. wuu.j wjWuow?.b6v.u6Uv,u. (ha atraata Vmnfinr on mo Ano fi Aia- I . . . . . . in x oe I Miini thaiT omnt. at fwvm ill tn vf mar I cent., and much of the time even the Keepers of the county home and jail have had to get private persons to cash or discount their county orders that the inmates of those institutions might be provided for something that has not been known in this county since the Republicans were in power in the 70's, Mr. Harrison claims to have had to pav a portion of revenue on the "un- listed indebtedness" of the county. We do not understand the phrase unless it . AnoAa kn ho..- I uiwuo vuiicub cAouooa, ilsuu wjojt uavo i not had to nav. nor have thev uaid one cent upon any obligation or liability made or incurred by the Democratic board. The much-talked-of indebtedness of the county above mentioned arose as follows : In 1896 the Democratic board contracted for the building of thoroughly tire prooi. omces lor tne clerk and register of deeds, fitted up with the most modern steel roller shelves and files ; and a fire proof jail, fitted with the best steel cells and the most improved sanitary, arrangements, of which the county stood in great need. . These buildings are second to none in North Carolina, and are a great credit to the county. Their cost was about $8,500, which was divided into twelve installments, two of which were payable in the fall of 1896, and of the remaining ten two were to be paid each fall for five years. The Democratic board paid the first two installments (the only ones payable during their ad ministration) in the fall of 1896, leav ing no other payments due on Baid eon- tracts until the fall of 1897, nearly twelve months after the fusion board took control of the county. In these ten deferred payments alone consists the entire indebtedness so much flaunt ed by Mr. Harrison. They amounted to $7,847.26 and no more, including all interest that will accrue up to maturi ty of each payment less than $1,600 per year for the five years. Outside of these bonds the Democrat- ic board did not leave one cent out- standing against the county in other words, upon retiring, they paid up ev- ery single claim oi any Kind that was due and turned over to the "fusion board $700 in cash. For several years prior to 1896 the Democratic board had reduced the tax es for county purposes 3 cents property and ten cents on the poll be low the amount they were authorized to levy, because tne county expenses did not require the full levy. With this reduced levy tbey paid every claim and expenses against the county soon as presented. No man ever wait- ed a minute or was put off for the pay- ment of any county order during the Democratic administration. They were accepted as cash at face value anywhere, In 1896 the full levy was restored in order to meet the cost of said buildings, its object the improvement and perpet The experience of the Democratic uity of the forests of the state, their board in those years, and in 1896, de- monstrated that the authorized regular levy was sufficient to meet the current expenses of the county and also make the payments'on said buildings as they become due. Yet in less than two months after the county was put in charge of the fusion board with $700 to start on, all expenses and all matured indebtedness paid, and no indebted ness to become due in nearly twelve months, the new board had procured the Legislature to pass a bill authoriz ing them to levy a special tax and county orders were at a discount on the streets. Mr. Harrison lays claim to a great achieyement in saving the county $749, open on the books for which the county held "cancelled vouchers' These were merely accounts-allowed to various parties by the board to whom the clerk of the board had issued coun ty orders, but Inadvertently omitted the marc"iseued'ragainst the amounts on the minutes of the board. There was no probability of these parties making any attempt to have these orders issued again, and even if they had, the county was certainly well lortlned against danger with the cancelled vouchers in hand. It would have been a very incompetent treasurer that would have paid a duplicate order witu mownjiuai in nis nanus can celled. He also mentions collecting $484 from the ex-register of deeds on mar riage license. As a matter of course, it being the end of his term, the register had to make settlement of all public -uuLmya received aunng nis term, as any other officer. " There was nothing to do but count the licenses issued and credit him with the amounts he had paia and tnus . ascertain the balance due by him. This was done and that balance paid in five minutes after the account was stated and approved by the Board of Commissioners. But I do not see that these two last items bear upon the question of the county criDt being at a discount, ex cept to show that 4he new board should have been $1,200 more able to pay county orders; Yours truly, .-- B. W.BROWN, Ex-Chm-Co. Com'rs. L. TRAVIS, former Co.,Attor. STATE GLEANINGS. ANOTHER v BANK FAILURE. The National Bank of Asheviile closed last Friday. This is the third bank failure in Asheviile. - : . OUTLAW CAPTURED. Alex. Gilmore a colored outlaw of - -w-w ha ; been captured. He was charged with I murder and had boasted that he would not be taken alive. REMANDED to jail. J. B. Barnes of Rocky Mount, charg ed with criminal assault on Miss Yar- boro, after a preliminary hearing before Justice Joyner of Rocky Mount, was remanded to iail to await his trial at i Superior Court in Nashville. His bond was placed at $3,5000 but he .nnlJ M .n. i . . On k A uuuiu wju giio i l. uu oajo vliu iuvr- naut. A WHTTffTSrRL ASSAULTED. . Miss Lilly Cole was brutally assaulted at TlooVintrham Sntnrdav mnmintr hv colored man named Flacke. Miss Cole was attacked en her wav to the podee cotton Mills where she was at WOfk. It was at an early hour before 6 o'cldCt. Two men were arrested and carried tojhe young lady for identifi- cation before the right man was caught. There was strong talk of lynching. AN ALLEGHANY MURDER. Elkin Special to News & Observer 21st: "Alleghany county was the scene of another murder. Yesterday aternoon at i 0.cJock a man named jonnson snot ana instantly killed a I T 1 t i m - a . 1 man named Murphy and dangerously wounded the latter s brother. Johnson was placed in jail at Sparta last night, A rHoncrreAnnarii'. in votrawl . ! ren corn was tne cause oi tne murder. This makes three murder cases for the next term of Alleehanv court, whfoh does not convene until next March. A GAINST THE LIQUOR JJIAN;. : The State Superintendent of Public Instruction, in reply to an inquiry wrote : "A man who is engaged in manufacturing and selling of spiritu ous liquors has no business in the school room to form and mould the characters of our boys and girls. Such J a man is not likely to carry out section A chapter 169, laws ot 1891. He wl11 not 1)9 lltely to tel1 pupils that the business was not destroying only the bodies, but also souls of men. No, sir ; do not grant a certificate to any such man." STATE FOREST SOCD-TY. Raleigh Special to Wil. Messenger 21et The North Carolina. Forestry Society was organized to day at the state fair.. It starts with twenty mem- 1 r -r a a - . pers. w . jreiiy, oi .uartnage, was as elected, president ; C. A. Schenck, of Biltmore, vice president, and W. W. Ashe, secretary. The forest products of the state are among the most impor- tant sources of income, amounting for the eastern counties alone, to more tan $12,000,000. The society has lor protection from fires and their renewal. The next meeting will be held at New Berne during the fair, when addresses will be delivered by State Geologist Holmes, and other members. SUICIDE OF MISS EDWAEDB. Rutherford College special to Char lotte Observer 23rd : About 9 o'clock this morning Miss .Kosa Edwards, the beautiful and ac - complished daughter of Rev. T. H. Ed- wards, was drowned in Johnson's mill pond, one mile from Rutherford Col lege. : Miss Rosa was the teacher of the public school, and had left her home ostensibly to go to her work. But she never reached it. The keeper of the mill saw her pass up the unfrequented pathway to the pond, and expressed his wonder where she was going. ' He saw her walk briskly up the pathway A 1 "'-' A - m ' . a unui sue came to wnere a part oi a former dam afforded a walk into the middle of the pond. This, as was evi denced by her tracks, she had taken to the end, and had there made the fataTT plunge. Her body was recovered with in a few minutes of the drowning, and while there was some slight beating of the heart, all efforts to revive her prov ed futile. -The girl was about 19, of prepossessing appearance and manner, well educated, and of pronounced piety. If it was suicide, as the circumstances strangely suggest, there can be no reas on found for It but one that is the loss of sleep, sitting up for weeks with her dying stepmother, may have unbal anced her mind. It ; is ' a very strange axuur, ana jar. jsuwards nas tne sym pathy of our people. The theory of suicide was confirmed later to-day by the finding of a note near where Miss Edwards entered the water. The note was: "Worthless. No one to blame - but Rosa Edwards." 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. .remaps you nave 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 mond, Va. ENDORSES THETCOMMON-WEALTH. Mb. Editor . I read with pleasure your editorial in the last issue of The Commonwealth, as wj mo i8iw. "A it NkT jMAAa " I It is entitled to thoughtful considera tion. The negro Is here and we are I compelled to look the question in the face and decide what is best, not only tor the white'people but for the negro. It ought to be evident to any man of m average intelligence that the two races cannot govern the country. The negro on account ot his former condition cer tainly is not fit for it, and all attempts to experiment with him as an ofhcer will be failures. If the eastern section of the State is to be dominated by negroes, then indeed is the condition of its people depiorawe. i ou nguuy eajr - . . . i that there is no animosity against tne negro by our people ; a Deuer leeung I flArAtOfOra hR nTOValled. 1)6808, W- l - - - where in thegtate. -They ieel kindly towards him but are not willing to i Ulm llLOmCB OVer WU1WJ UWUIO. xwj iv '. Lii- rrt.AM I 9 L An tMA1i AAA lnloHAV re8MU "im " x"7 " ' T 1 n iMgww, uwxw inferior in everything that constitutes teue mannooL What future the Almighty has in store for him time will tell. Until that lime comes let every eood citizen stand shoulder to shoulder in retaining white supremacy. If there are any who wish to make the experiment of letting him rule con jointly with the whites, let them try it further North we of this section want none of it. : I hope, Mr. Editor, that you will continue to advocate this doctrine and long may you wave. X. I -The most severe storm in a long time 1 swept our coast Sunday and Sunday i i At Norfolk it was very severe. I w I L- -la-f-i- -1wa I - Wown down' Ail the buildings on Cobb's Island, including the summer cottage of Rev. stroyed. Tom. Dixon, were de- NO CURE NO PAY That is the way all druggists sell GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC tor Chills, Fever and all forms of Malaria.- It is simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless form. Children love it. Adults prefer it to bitter nau seating tonics. Price. 50c. 6 17 ly. A heavy express train plunged Into Hudson river at Garrison, N. Y., on the New York Central railroad Sunday morning. About twenty persons were killed. For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co., Scotland Neck. N. C. Savage, Son & Co., COTTON FACTORS and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Norfolk, Va., Oct. 26, 1897. WE QUOTE COTTON QUIET. Good Middling. . ........ Strict Middling.............. Middling... , 5 11-16 j Strict Low Middling.... Low Middling Stains peanuts dull. Fancy Strict Prime . 2 Prime... 24 Spanish 6C Black Eye Peas, per bag. 1.50 Es:gB, per dozen ............ v;.. 15 Black peas, per bushel.......... 50 January contracts $5.94. This! If You do Camp and Andrews will get your money, lor They have Best Lisle Thread Ho siery for 10 cts. form erly for 25 cents. BUTTERMILK SOAP 5 cents a box. Regular price 9 cents. CARPET TACKS lc. paper. GOOD WRITING PAPER 3c. quire. ENVELOPES 1 cent dozen. CAUP&AKCr.EWS, 1014U. Scotland Neck, N. C. Call at M. G. COOKE'S .--;- :-, for Oysters. . Served in any style. Sold raw by the measure. Lemons 12c. per dozen. Fresh Oat Meal, Rice and Grit. -.r,7" HS81 ScdaCrackers! Have just received nice line of Ayer's I Sarsaparilla I The Remedy with i a Record. j I, 50 Years of Cures WflMmOHEUES AND FRUITS 10141m. S. B. HARRELL, ESTABLISHED 1887. PERQUIMANS CO., N. C. S. B. HARRELL & CO. Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants SPECIALTIES : COTTON AND PEANUTS. Reference : Norfolk National Bank. Mention I. P.LEE & CO. Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants. 28 ftOTHERY'S WHARF, NORFOLK, VA. jy-Large Wareroome, Ample Storage on Produce C'Orders for bagging, Ties, Twine, - articles, Tilled Mention this paper. Seed WHEAT, BYE, OATS. r-WCdS Glri Acs Lime BRICK WORK, PLASTERING, AGRICULTURAL. PAQ1 WOttl Hay, Grain and Feedstuff pf all grades, Prices quoted on application. Prompt shipment. THE SH00P-W1THEKS CO.. 4 30 ly. ' SutTOLK, Virginia. Established 50 When writing state caress al ll--S-----l" The Oouper Marble Works, 159, 161 and 163 Bank Street, NORFOLK, VA. Before ordering an Iron Railing, write for our Illustrated Fence Circular. Its free, and tells all about a fence mn a fo) AaJ a iri ls, o U For tlie Highest Market Price. Which is still strong and active, especially on good wrappers. We have ample floor space. No crowding, - and perfect light. With Nat. Smith for auctioneer, and a courte ous and emcient corps of help, we are aexw mined to leave no stone unturned to please ' all who call on us. Very truly, Your friends, -.: ; : - BOYD & YUU. SACRIFICE SALE ! THIRTY During which time we will offer our entire stock of CLOTim G, B00W, SHOES, DRY GOODS, HATS, CAPS, 'NOTIONS, LADIES' and GEw FURNISHING GOODS, CAPES, JEWJL.ERY and all other kinds of gw carried in our store at cost and below f We have decided to sell o'jrentire during this 30 days and we are going lomnhnt rnn -an mir J-1 u opportunity by without taking some mnnav that. w U1K j is. t """"J WO MUi UUU YUU UU 1 b. 1L f f T .7 wiuiug, xou want wain ior ouc. a pair. CAPES We tO $5.00. It ifl imnnaalhlo tnw . on us ana see for yourselves. We hnv wmte, rea and gray from 18c. to 25c. We AniAikt 9o ,8 Sacrffice Sale won't last njf 1091, Ladies, every day, be the first one to come and we will save you 50c. on each "l,w e will buy from us. Don't wait to et more monev, but come with what you d one dollar will go s long way in our store during the great Sacrifice hale. Your Ears, Please. Your Hats retrimmed for 50 cents. Curling Tips, 10 cents. New Goods Coming - and Prices Down. Heanwhiie . I'm sellins-. C W. HAliRELL rERQUlMAXs CO Y p NOS. I, 3 AND 5 COMMEBf-F NORFOLK vn, U . this paper. 9 30 3m. capacity, Liberal Ad v 'an. if desired, and other needed ordered to be held Peanut and Grain Bags at lowest price. 1) 30 6jm. CRIMSON CLOVER, RED TOP, TIMOTHY. WHITE ASH, RED ASH, POCHAHONTAS LUMP, SPLINT, BLACKSMITH. Flour, Bricks, Sewer and UbimnevPin. Years aud Still in the Lead with the Largest Stock of AND General Cemetery Work South, Finished and Ready for Immediate Delivery, ATLOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. Artistic Designs Free by Mail, of Marble and Granite Work. age of the deceased and limit as to price. that never disappoints the buyer. TO ltu lyj lyj i&j DAYS ONLY! to do it. It is a fact that we will be I w noV vnn not tO let SU" interest in it. You want to save . x . i n ..u fToro art D0t IO III L ICirifBL LllUli DUliU U""" ... a n t..r.rv some DianKeia ncc fn ui have a complete line cl tncra i""" r.ii -11 U tinaa nf nnr pntirC stOCK- flannel hnnt. 00 yards of tin the best. price V 111 - I October longer than 30 dnys commencing J. SCOTLAND 'ECK' C' Pepsinagogue cures dyspepsia, Tones P the heart and steadies the nerves. Makes oia people strong. TaK for several moot rairoo a Rthma. II H rn crcri at rlnfifi ttd 50 cents ) tZg) na n n (7 n n rift r3 14 " a maii