- , I STATE GLEANINGS. NEWS FROM VARIOUS PLACES. Happenings of a Week. KILLED WITH A CLUB. The Kins ton Free Press tells of the killing of William Green by Hardy Hudgins in Craven County a few days ago. The men had been drinking too much. KILLED WITH A GUN. Greenville Reflector : There was a general row on the Greene place, near Quinerly, Thursday night before Christ mas, in which Hardy Higgins struck Will Greene on the head with a gun, injuring Greene so badly that he died next morning. KILLED BY A FALLING SHELTER. Special from Goldsboro to the Wil mington Messenger of the 29th alt., says : ed at "A large shelter being erect- the cotton yard here to store cotton, collapsed this afternoon, kill ing two negro workmen Abram Faison and Willis Mable. Several white men fell with the building and it is said that one of them named John son is seriously hurt, several were slightly wounded. Removing the braces caused the accident. DISMAL SWAMP, Elizabeth City Carolinian : The work on the Dismal Swamp Canal is rapidly progressing. The old locks at South Mills have been taken up and are being replaced by one 40 by 328 feet, which will accommodate vessels of 39 feet beam, drawing 10 feet of wa ter. Work will soon begin at the Cul pepper lock, taking it out and let the dredges come down in the low level toward South Wills. A new bridge will be built at New Canal one that will turn both ways. NEW TRIAL FOR LEE. f The Tarboro Southerner says this : Christmas was a happy day for Wil lis Lee, who has been in jail under sen tence of death for murder since the Spring term of the Criminal Court, Cn that day his attorneys, Messrs. Gil liam & Gilliom, received a telegram from Raleigh annnouncing that the Supreme Court had granted him anew trial. We do not know the exact grounds upon which the court bases its action, as no copy of the opinion has been received. The case will come up for trial at the February term of the Criminal Court. FOUL MURDER IN CRAVEJT. The New Berne Journal tells of a foul murder about 16 miles from New Berne. It says : "Christopher M. Oxley, a citizen of this city, well thought of by his friends and neighbors, was struck down by an iron weapon in the bands of Jack Jones, a man of very dark character. "Oxley was working at the Landing, employed in cutting wood for W. B, Ellis, ol this citj. Jack Jones lives in that neighborhood and the two men had a quarrel during the day. They however, had made up, and to show that all ill feeling had passed, the two shook hands. "Oxley walked away a short distance after the friendly understanding and took out his tobacco from his pocket and proceeded to fill his pipe for solace of a smoke. "But Jack Jones was only waiting his opportunity. He saw that Oxley was deceived by his show of friendship, As his. victim was engaged in forgetful preparations for a smoke, Jones crept upon him and dealt Oxley a murderous blow upon the back of the head with a heavy hand-spike, used for canting logs. Oxley sank to the ground with out a word. "Mr. Oxley was fifty years old and an honest, hard-working man, but given to drinking. He was well thought of by his employer, Mr. W,B. Ellis, with whom he has been engaged for a num ber of years. He was born near Grif ton, Pitt county, and leaves a wife and two daughters. Also one brother liv lng near Grifton. "Jones is a married man. He is brother to Chas. Jones, who drowned his wife at Fitch Kettle, this county some years ago, under circumstances oi peculiar atrocuy. Alter the woman had sunk in the stream, her husband sat upon the bank and whittled a stick until ne was sure sue wouia not reap pear. ' Sentenced to be hanged, he was commuted to life imprisonment, and later escaped from the penitentiary. Our Grandmothers' Remedy. Cough medicine will not cure con sumption, but Dr. David's Cough Syrup will cure the cough which, if neglected will end in consumption. Pure pine tar, hoar-bound and wild cherry-Our grandmothers remedy. Notice. Having qualified as administrator oi the estate of J. i. Spier, deceased, a persons having claims against said decedant are hereby notified to present same to me on or before December otb 1898. . This Dec. 1st., 1897. CLAUDE KITCHIN, 12 9 6b ' Administrator OLD PEOPLE'S CHEISTMAS GIFTS. They Should Carry a Year's Bright ness into the recipient's Life. In the Christmas Ladies' Home Journal Edward W. Bok wrote that he would not be surprised if the dear old ladie- of our land should rebel at the customary presents which people send them at Christmas time," gifts that are severely practical, and ever a reminder I of their Years. "I wish at this Christ- mastide," he continued "every young eirl misrht brine her mind to hunt out some aged saint, and bring new bright- ness into that life by some holiday thought or attention. A bunch oi bright flowers can bring a year's sun- shine into a sunset life. Let the gift be ever so simple ; the attention ever so small ; but let it be bright ; let it be suggestive of cheer, of hope, of fresh- ness, of youth something that will bring the sparitle to the eve, the tinge of color to the cheek. It will be a I double Christmas lor you : a fresh, new Christmas for the old, while to you, my girl, it will mean more than you I think. We always gain more tnan we give by associating with old people. I The poorest old lady in the land is rich I in knowledge for a young girl. It al- ways does a girl good to come in con tact with an old lady. The girl may be the most brilliant college graduate who ever addressed a valedictory to her class, but in the comfortable chair be- fore her site one who has learned from experience what the girl has learned rom books. As a man takes off bis hat to a woman, so I think a young girl should always bow with respect to an old lady. Let our young girls think over this with the approaching holi- This land hunt brought him in con days, and seek to throw a bright ray of tact with Mr. E. B. Higgs, cashier of sunshine into some old lady's life. Let the Bank of Pitt County vho became every girl who can, see to it that it interested in the plausible talk of the shall be no longer said that young peo-1 pie care very little for old people these days. There are hundreds ol dear old adies in our land whose lives would be engthened by some fresh, bright Christmas thought from the hand and heart of a young girl. Fors many such it would be a new Christmas ; a sunrise at sunset."- BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE. The best salve in the world for Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refnnced. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by E. T. WHITEHEAD & CO. Wise Words. Selected. I Among the wisest words ever spoken by Mr. Moody were those spoken at his mother's funeral, when he told how this good Christian woman made her boys go to church regularly. I -Ana u aia not turn us against go- ing to church," said Mr. Moody. It 1 1 a a l 1! seiaom aoes, any more man senamg boys and girls to school turns them against education, or requiring them to practice on the piano turns them against music. There is a good deal of loolish senti- ment on this subject of "turning chil- dren against church going." About the surest way to do that is to turn them over to their own devices on Sun day until they are past the age when habits are easily lormed. They will be turned agianst church going pretty ef- fectually by that time. "Train up a child in the way he should go," is old fashioned advice : but somehow the moderns have failed in their efforts to improve upon it." A stimulant is often needed to nour ish and strengthen the roots and to keep the hair a natural color. Hall's Hair Renewer is the best tonic for the hair. Sold by E. T Whitehead & Co. Hark Twain's New Story. Mark Twain's new humorous story, which he is writing in Vienna, is to go I to the Ladies' Home Journal, which I magazine has also secured F. Marion i Crawford's new story, which is a tale of the unreal, with the strikingly canny title of ''The Dead Smile." A January thaw is always more pro ductive of colds and coughs than a January freeze. Then is the time Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is needed and proves so extremely, efficacious. Ask your druggist for it, and also for Ayer's Almanac, which Iff free to all. For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co. Tons of False Teeth. About 4,000,000 false teeth are liv in tho TTnitotfi States, while one ton of eold and tbiee tons ot silver and platinum, to tbe value of $100,000, are used in stopping teeth. Ex. Dr. Shields, an eminent physician ot lennessee, says: i regard Ayer's sarsaparuia as we oest Diooa-meaicino on earth, and I know of many wonder ful cures effected by its use." Phy sicians all over , the land have made similar statements. For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co. An Tok Weak! Weakness manifesto itself in the loss of ambition and aching bones. The blood is watery ; tne tissues are wasting the door is bemgopened for disease, A bottle of Browns' Iron Bitten taken in time will restore vour strength, soothe your nerves, make;yoar Mooa rich and red. Do yon more' good than an expensiTe special coarse of medicine. Brown' Iron Bitten k soli by all daalam FORGER ARRESTED- PLAYED A BIG GAME BUT IS FINALLY PULLED. Greenville Reflector. There is an old saying that it is a long lane that has no turning. Equally true is the assertion that it is a lucky thief who can continue to ply his game and keep beyond the clutches of the law, Last Julv a large, robust, handsome looking man stepped off the train at Greenville. When he gave his name aa H. H. Harding he was remembered las a voung man who left Beaufort countv twentv vears aeo to seek his fortune in the great west, He repre sented that he was a member ot the Colorado Construction Company with headquarters at San Francisco, that his company has built railroads in this and foreign countries, and that he was then en route to Cuba to look alter some work for which his company had contracted with the Spanish Govern- ment, and took advantage of the op' portunity to once more visit his native section 01 Worth Carolina by coming this way. He spent some days here and proved of very pleasant manner, a fluent talk er and an interesting narrator of in cidents connected with his extensive travels. Nor did he mind letting it crop out that he had made his fortune in the west and had his barrel. He let it out also that his company want- ed to purchase 5,000 acres of tobacco land in Eastern North Carolina for the purpose of locating a colony, and he had an eye to prospecting for that while sojourniug in this quarter. stranger and in turn undertook to interest him in some Halifax county lands. Harding sought Mr. Higgs several times at the bank and had long talks with him. Finally he divulged the secret that be was a little short of easy cash, having been on the road for some weeks, and wanted to deposit a check with the bank, get a few hun dred dollars on it and leave the balance here to his credit, but Mr. Higgs was too shrewed to be taken in that way. While Harding never got any money here, he got something else that later served his purpose as well, for he slipped a package of blank cash ier's checks on a New York bank of which the Bank ot Pitt County is a correspondent. Before leaving he notified Mr. Higgs that he was going to Washington, N. C, tor a few days at which place he would like to re ceive a letter giving some additional information about the Halifax lands and if satisfactory he would return here to take an option before proceeding to Cuba. Air. Jilggs wrote the letter as prom- ised, and armed with his autograph i.m l 1 1 -w-t i . ana tne Diane cnecKs warding was ready for business. Here the land matter ended, yet nothing wrong was suspected until one day an inquiry came from the New- York bank about a certain check drawn by Mr. Higgs in favor of H. H Harding. Mr. Higgs having drawn no such check at once discovered Hard ing's game and advised the New York bank tnat it was a forgery. The mat ter was kept quiet in the hope that Harding might be located and arrested. Nothing more was beard at this end for sometime until Harding put' in at South Omaha, Neb., and got off one of the checks on a bank in that city He skipped before the forgery was de tected. Next he showed up in Seattle, Wash., where he put up an $8,000 check on a bank and got $3,000 on it. As soon as the Seattle bank discovered that the check was a forgery they de- A - 9 A - A TT - terminea to nunt n.iraing aown no matter what the cost. The cashier of the bank with a deputy Sheriff got on his track, followed him over into British Columbia and finally arrested him in Regina, in tbe North West Territory. Harding fought the extra- un-ldition, but they managed to have him held in prison until the proper requisi tion can be obtained to have him brought back across the line and tried, The cashier ot the Seattle bank wrote Mr. Higgs at once from Regina advis ing him of Harding's arrest, and there was not a happier man in town than he was when the letter reached him Monday, The Bank of Pitt County has lost nothing by Harding's iorgeries, but their blank checks being in his posses- elon nas caused them trouble and an novance. i 'he State that gets Harding in its penitentiary can use his knowledge of railroading to adyantage by putting him to work. He Is able bodied enough to do heavy work and carrv a hull anA chain at the time. Do doubt h la a forger Gf long standing, FOR 0"VER FIFTY YEARS Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over fifty years by mil lions of mothers for their children while teething, with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colhc, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea, it will relieve the poor little sufferer imme diately. Sold by Druggists in " every part of-the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle- Be sure and ask' for 'Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no other kind. . 1 21 ly. The oue true blue blood purifier David's Sarsaparilla. The one true blue blood purifier David's Sarsaparilla. The one true blue blood purifier David's Sarsaparilla. The one true blue blood purifier David's Sarsaparilla. The"one true blue blood purifier David's Sarsaparilla. Largest Stock of and UNDERTAKERS' SUPPLIES in Eastern Carolina. Orders by mail and wire Solicited. N. B.JOSEY, 7 15 tf. Scotland Neck, N. C. R. E. L. PITT, TARBORO, N. C. BICYCLES OF ALL KINDS ON HAND. Iver Johnsons, Pitsburg, $100. $75. ecialty in repairing. All parts furnished for any bicvHe manufac tured. PLUMBING AND ST RAM FITTING AT LOWEST PRICES. 6 25 ly fine Sill Female tabq. INCORPORATED 1812. A BOARDING & DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, FULL CORPS OF TEACHERS. Next Session begins August-30. Careful instruction 5a every depart ment. Music department under skillful musician from New England Conservatory of Music. Elocution and Physical Culture under a student from New England Conservatory College o: 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 Nw.V. N. f! NOTICE. By virtue of power in me vested by that deed of trust which was executed to me by A. J. Jones and bis wife Mary, which is duly recorded in the Register's office for Halifax county, in Book 85 on page oia, l shall sell for cash at auction in the town of Scotland Neck on the first day of January, 1898, the property therein described, to wit That land near Hobgood Fork bounded by the lands of R. W.Hymap the Bland land, W. T. Jones, and the road leading from Hobgood to Scot land Neck and containing twelve acres. more or less. ' - This Dec. 7th, 1897. W. A. DUNN. 12 9 4t. Trustee Letter, JSote and Bill Heads Envelopes, Statements, Cir culars, Blanks. Posters, Dodgers, Business Cards, Ship pine Tags, . o m CO Visiting Cards, Labels, Receipt JNote, (Jheck and Draft Books, and in fact anything you want in the printing line, you can get at COMMOHWEALTH OFFICE WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF TYPE-WRITER PAPER. -o- WF.DDING INVITATIONS, BALL AND SUPPER, TICKETS. m m 50 Write for our prices before plac ing your order elsewheie. Farmers' Monthly Pay Roll Price one cent each. T SATISFACTION GUARANTEED EVERY TIME. JOB P11TE ! Atlantic coast Line. W. & W. R. R. AND BRANCHES. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. trains going south. Dated Sept No. 23. No. 60. NO. 41. Daily. A. M. 23, '97. Daily. Daily. A. M. P.M. Lv. Weldon 11 50 9 44 Ar. Rocky Mt.12 52 10 6M Ar. Tarboro, Lv. Tarboro, 12 12 Lv. Rocky Mt. 1 00 Lv Wilson 2 05 Lv Selma 2 50 Lv Fayetteville 1 15 Ar Florence ? 55 10 39 11 18 107 3 14 5 45 No 47. Lv Wilson 2 13 7 35 Lv Goldsboro, 3 10 9 35 Lv Magnolia 4 16 8 29 Ar Wilming'n 5 45 10 00 P M AM TRAINS GOINO NORTH. No 78 No 32 Daily Daily Lv Florence 8 45 8 30 Fayetteyille 12 20 10 33 Solma 1 UU Ar Wilson 1 42 12 22 AM P M No 48 No 40 Daily Daily v Wilmington 9 35 7 00 Lv Magnolia 10 02 8 30 jv Selma 12 01 y o Ar Wilson 12 05 9 oo AM P M No 78 Daily P M No 32 Daily p M 11 35 12 11 No 40 Daily p M 10 23 11 05 Lv Wilson 1 20 ArMockyMt 2 17 Ar Tarboro Lv Tarboro 2 23 12 12 Lv RockyMt 2 17 Ar Weldon 3 32 12 11 101 A M Train on Scotland Neck Branch road eaves Weldon 4.10 p m., Halifax 4.28 p m, arrives Scotland Neck at 5.20 p m Greenville 6.57 p m, Kinston 7.55 p m. Returning leaves Kinston 7.50 a m, Greenville 8.52 a m. Arriving Halifax at 11.20 a m., Weldon 11.4U a m, dailv except Sunday. Trains on -W ashmsrton Urancn leave Washington 8.20 a m, arrives at Par- mele 8.50 a m. returning leaves Parme- le 9.50 a m., arrives Washington 11.25 a m. Dailv except Sunday. Connects with trains on Albemarle and Raleigh Railroad and Scotland Neck Branch. Train leaves Tarboro. via Albemarle & Raleigh road Daily except Sunday, 5.30p m, Sunday 3.00 p m, arrive Wil- liamston. 7.18 p m., 4.2U p. m., ny- mouth7.35 p m, o.20 p m. Returning leaves Plymouth, Daily except Sunday, 7.30, a. m. Williamston 7.30 a m., 9.58 a m. Arrive Tarboro 9.50 a m. 11.20 am. Trains on Southern Division, Wilson and Fayetteville Branch leave Fayetto- ville Branch leave Fayetteville 3.30 p m, arrive Rowland 7.11 a m. Return ing leave Rowland 7.35 a m, arrive at Fayetteville 9.19 a m. Daily except Sunday. Train on Midland, N. C, Branch leaves Goldsboro, daily except Sunday 6.00 a m, arrive Smithfield 7.30 a m. Returning leaves Smithfield 8.00 a m, arrive Goldsboro 9.30 am. Train on Nashville Branch leaves Rocky Mount at 6.20 p m. arrives Nash 7.15 pm., Spring Hope 7.40 p m. Returning leaves Spring Hope 8.00 a m., Nashville 8.35 a m. Rocky Mount 9.15 a m., daily, except Sunday. Train on Clinton branch leaves War saw for Clinton daily except Sunday at 6.20 p m., and 11.15 a m. Return ing leaves Clinton at 8.20 a m., and 3. 10 pm connecting at Warsaw for Clin ton, daily, except Sunday at 6.20 p m, and 11.15 a m. Returning leaves Clin ton at 8.20 a m., and 3.10 p m.. con at Warsaw with Nos. 41, 40, 23 and 78. Trains No. 57 South lound and 14 North will stop only at liocky Mt, Wilson, Goldsboro and Magnolia. Train No. IS makes close connection at Weldon for all points North daily. All rail via Richmondmd daily except Sunday via Bay Line, also except Sun day, with Norfolk and all points north via Norfolk. JOHN F. DIVINE, J. R. KENLY, General Sup't Sup't Trans. T.M.EMERSON, Gen'l Pas. Agt. NORFOLK & CAROLINA R. R. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. Dated May 16, 1897. Daily ex. San. South Bound Trains. Daily ex. Sun. North Boun Trains. Stations. No. 103 No. 49 P. M. A. M. No. 48 No. 102. P. M. A. IP 2 10 8 40 Lv Norfolk Ar. 6 00 2 25 9 00 Pinners Point 5 35 2 50 9 29 Drivers 5 11 3 05 9 44 Suffolk - 4 57 3 43 10 18 Gates 4 23 4 02 10 38 Tunis 4 05 4 30 11 00 Ahoskey 3 45 4 45 11 14 Aulander 3 31 5 25 .11 57 Hobgood 2 54 5 50 12 20 Ar. Tarboro 2 35 10 5 9 30 9 84 8 51 8 31 8 15 9 33 7 58 7 19 6 55 Ar. L,v. 5 57 1 25 Rockv Mount 2 o5 6 30 P. M. P. M. P. M. A. M. No 23 carries pullman parlcr t Norfolk to Rocky Mount and connects with A. C. L. Train 23 for all points south. No. 103 connects at Hobgood for all eastern Carolina points, also at Rocky Mount with A. C, L. train 27 for all points south. No. 78 carries pullman parlor car Rocky Mount to Norfolk and connects for all points north. For all information schedules call on or address G. M. SERPELL, J. R. KENLY, tienl Manager Sup't Trains. 1. M. JUMJEKSON, Genl Passenger Agent Pretty Wall Papers ! 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C AND TOMBS AND GENERAL MARBLE AND GRANITE WORK AT Lowest prices. Write for designs and prices. T. R. HUFFINES, 1 Rocky Mocnt, N. C. j i (Mention The Comrromvenlth.) 3 11 tf. ; Clipping AND Washing. We are prepared toclip your horse or wash your buggy at the following prices : Clipping Horse entire $2.50 Clipping Mane and Legs, 50 Washing Horse entire, 50 Washing Buggy, 25 Washing and Oiling Harness, 25 Good work guaranteed. PITTMAN & GRAY, Liverymen, 7 15 tf. Scotland Neck. N. C. White Cor. Main and Tenth Streets, Wm, Bool:, Shccs Mar 7 ly. f fcnn z?rm wms fit ' MONDMEwTS FaU A. McDOWELL, President. FRANK P. SHIELD'S, Cashier. A. B. HILL, Abs't Cashier. ft ScotM id fiat, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. SOLICITS THE ACCOUNTS OF BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESS FIRMS. io 10 lv The NORFOLK STUDIO. UNDER THE P. M. TAYLOR; - ; ' U Main Street, of Photographic Work and Crayon, A- Parteb and Water Color Portraits. 1 ' ' 1126tf For CASH Only. I am prepared to furnish brick in any quantity", but POSITIVELY I WILL FILL NO ORDER EXCEPT FOR CASH. Good Brick on Hand all the time. D. A. ESADSrS", 1-10-95-ly Scotland Necfc, N. C. MENTION THIS PAPEK. SCOTLAND NECK STEAM DYK T,V0RS Mourning Goods a Specialty Get price list. Address Scotland Neck Steam Dyeing Co. 1-24-lv Scotland Neck 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 tf the vmm lilij UilUUiill. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, FINE CONFECTIONS ! FRUITS, ETC. First Class G-oods a specialty. HAY, CORN, OATS, COTTON SEED 1 MEAL, HULLS, &c, in Car Lots, j CLOVER AND GRASS SEEDS. ; 5 6 tf. Compare our Work with that of our Competitors. ESTABLISHED IN 1865. CHAS M WALSH km Marble d Emits WORKS, Sycamore St., Petersburg, Va. Monuments, Tombs, Cemetery Curb ing, &c. All work strictly first class and at Lowest Prices. I ALSO FURNISH TROX FENCING, VASES, &C. Designs sent to any address free. In writing for them please give age of de ceased and limit as to price. I Prepay Freight on all Work. MENTION THIS PAPER. 3 1 ly & Pauill, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. HAVE RECEIVED FULL LINE OF DRESS GOODS, TAYLOR, K li Winter Ms, clothing, Dry Goods, , Eats, ii i hi litis o! M-m MANAGEMENT OF - of North Carolina, Old No. 156) Norfolk,. Lowest Prices in the Cilv.