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r .... i i IF YOU ARE HUSTLER si J r . .. . ; . . : ' -V,-- ' . jT ' ADVERTISING IS TO BUSINESS -WHAT STEAM IS Machinery, That Gke at Propelling Power. THAT CLASS OF READERS "that yoit Wish your Advertisement TO KEACH 13 the class who read this paper. ALL IVCr.lEt JINE-TENTHS Of all the pajn andsicknessfrom which -women suffer is caused by weakness or derangement in the organs of menstruation, j Nearly always when a woman Is not well these organs are affected. But when they are strong and healthy a woman is very seldom sick. Is nature's provision for the regu lation of the menstrual fv ion. It cures all " female troubles." It is equally effective for the girl in her teens, th-. young wife with do mestic and matsrnal cares, and the woman approaching the period kown as the " Change of Life." The--' all need it. They are all benefitted by it. For art9 In cases "requMnff special directic- . address, riving symptoms, the " --.es' Advisory Department,' Tha C: :t:anoog2. Medicine Co., Chatta noogi, Tenn. THOS. J. COOPER, Tupelo, Miss., says: My sister suffered from very irregular anu paiiuui mrn&iruaiion ana auctors could not relieve her. Win at Cardul entirely cured her and also helped my softer through the Change of Lito." PS0F2SSI0NAL. D R. A. C. LIVERMOX, mm OrncE-Over the Staton Building. OiII.;t hours from 3 to 1 o'clock I o'clock, p. m. 2 to SCOTLAND NECK, X. C. A. DUNN, A TTOItSE Y-A T-L A W. Scotland Neck, X. C. rraetice:? wherever nis services are required. V. II. Day. David Bell. DAY & BELL, -1 TTORXE YS A T LA IF, ENFIELD, X. C. Practice in all the Court3 of Hali fax and adjoining counties and ia the Supreme and Federal Courts. Claims collected in all iarts of the State. D R. W. J. WARD, Surgeon Dentist, ENFIELD, N. C. Ofice over Harrison's Dru? Store. E DWARD L. TRAVIS, Attorney and Cnnselor at Law, HALIFAX, X. C. S"-'o?(? Loaned on Farm Lands. HOWARD ALSTON, n Attorney-at-Law, LITTLETOX, X. C. FURGERSOX. ATTOBNEY-at-LAW, HALIFAX, N. C. 991y P AUL V. MATTHEWS, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. y"ColIection of Claims a specialty, ly "ENFIELD, X. C. If C. A. WHITEHEAD, DENTAL Surgeon, -,--kt-.-j- Tarboro.N. C. k Tsisps Mange We are prepared to furnish telephone wrvice to the public and solicit patron age. ' : RATES FOR SERVICE. Business Phones, $2.00 per month Residence Phones, 1.50 " " Two ol either for 3.00 " :. " It is our purpose to give good service, and to this end we ask all subscribers to report promptly any irregularities in me service. WJ Our Rigged (ontractfl Drohibit the use of phones eicept by subscribers, and we requefckthat this rule be rigidly mi I If TT Ti H M LA J ! E. E. HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XIV. New Series Vol. 3. THE EDITOR'S LEISURE HOTOS Points and Paragraphs of Things Present, Past and Future. There haa long been a question as to whether or not labor-earing machinery ia an advantage or disadvantage mankind as a whole. Some argue that the machinery puts out of employment so many persons who would otherwise be employed that the idleness it pro duces overcomes the advantage gained in time by the machinery. One of the latest inventions wil knock out the boot black. It is machine to clean boots and at the same time apply blacking and "shine" them The Brooks Locomotive Works o: Dunkirk, X. Y., has built 3,000 engines. The 3000th one was a giant the larg est in the world. Here are its dimen sions : "It is of the twelve-wheeled mastodon type, with cylinders 21 by 34 inches, drivers 55 inches, boiler 78 inches in diameter. Its total weight is 212.750 pounds, and the total weight of engine and tender 308,750 pounds. It is for heavy freight service on the Montana division of the Great Xorthern Ball- road, and will weigh, in running con dition, over 106 tons. The length of the engine, over all, is -41 feet 4 inches, and the distance from the rail to the top of the smokestack is 15J feet or 2 times the height of a tall man." It is announced that Dr. Lilienfield, ot Vienna, has discovered how to make albumen, Artificial albumen Is some thing new in the world oi science, and the statement that it can be made is at tracting' much attention. One high authority says that there is no doubt that an important invention has been made. These statements were followed by the following : Albumen is the most vital constitu ent In the human body. Its loss m excess means death. If Lilienfield,1y his science, can produce an artificial albumen which is stable, It means that t may be possible to repair the ravages of illness or to increase the strength of the weak by the subcutaneous injec tion of artificial albumen properly combined." The Patron and Gleaner in some timely suggestions calls the attention of the farmers in the Rich Square sec tion to the fact that It is getting time to make plans for the wheat crop again. Our contemporary kept preaching about the advantages of a wheat crop last year until the farmers planted much more than usual ; and it says that the'results in most cases were high ly satisfactory. The Commonwealth has for a num ber of years urged Scotland Xeck farm ers to plant wheat and add the item of flour to the volume of home supplies. Not many have done so, but we still believe that such a course would be wise amongst our farmers, and we hope to see them prepare land and plant a good crop this fall. . - This is an age of great discoveries, but the most wonderful discovery m matters political m Xorth Carolina, has been made by the Progressiva Farmer, printed in Raleigh. lbat paper recently said : "Without deny- mg that our present administration has its faults, we must say that we con sider it far superior to former ones. It is quite fortunate that the editor of the Progressive Farmer said "it is oar opinioff." Taking it in that light it discounts no one but the editor who wrote it ; but he will find himself mighty lone some in his opinion. It is the first utterance of the kind we navie seen since Russellism was laid upon the State. " For Over Kfty Years Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrtjp has hoar, used for over fifty years by mil lions of mothers for their children while t K ' narfoct SUCC6SS. It teeming, r cthRS the child, . softens the gums allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is .. - . - i AxT frr Diarrnoea. w I DO DBS ouiaj , " . . - the noor little sufferer immedi atelv. Sold by Druggists in every part . Tmani.ff.five cents a Ot ' WO wunu. " ' bottle. ' Be sure and ask for "JferTVm Blow's Socking Syrup," and take no 4-21-ly SCOTLAND GREENVILLENEGROIZEK HOW THE INFAMOUS JOB WAS DONE. A Statement of Pacts by Ez-Governor Jams Showing how Greenville was Sliced to Torn it Oyer ' to Negro Enle. - (Wllmlngtoa Star.) Raleigh, August 6, 1898. W. H. Bernard, Esq., Dear Sir : In response to your re quest for an account of how the town of Greenyille was turned over to the negroes by the Republican-Populist-Fusion Legislature I submit the follow ing statement of facts : The county of Pitt has a population of about thirty thousand people and is one of the finest agricultural counties in the State. Greenville, its capital town, has a population of about three thousand people and is a growing, prosperous town. A majority of its voters are white men, and if the people were left to select their officers by an fair or usual method they would be certain to choose competent white men. The town, however, is the home of one of the leading Republicans ot the State, and being under obligations to the negroes he planned to have the town turned over to them. And here is the way it was done : The fusion Legislature ot 1895, adopting his plan divided the town into four wards. The boundaries of these wards were so turn ed and zigzagged as to put a majority of negro voters in the first and third wards, and a majority of the white vot ers in the second and fourth wards. The first ward is shaped yery much like a large broad-axe, with a very long handle and the third ward is like the letter V. The next step in this devil ish plan was to confer upon each of the wards having a majority of negro vot ers the right to elect two councilmen each, and to restrict the white wards to one councilman each. At the town ele etion in May, 1897 the negroes ayailed themselves of the power given them by the Republican Fusion Legislature and took charge of the town. They - elected four negroes councilmen. while the white people could elect but two. Thus we had a Board composed of four negroes and two white men. This Board elected a white Republican mayor, a white chief of police, a negro assistant policeman bi the day, a negro night policeman for the night, and a negro clerk to the Board. ' The taxable property of the town is near three quarters of a million of dol- ars. The Board of Councilmen levy the taxes and order the expenditures. t may be interesting to know how those who leyied and spent the taxes ranked as tax payers. One of the negro councilmen paid 84 cents taxes on property, another 63 cents and the other two nothing. So the four negro councilmen, who controlled the Board paid $1.47 taxes on property for the support of the town. The white Republican Mayor paid 43 cents on property and the white Republican Chief of Police did not do quite so well, he paid only 30 cents. The negro clerk paid nothing and the negro watchman nothing. The negro assistant policeman paid $5.75. The nine men who. control the town, levy ts taxes and spend the money paid all together $7.75 and leaving out the as sistant negro day policeman, the other eight $2.20. The revenues of the town for the year from May, 1897, to May, ,1898, was about $5,500, of which about $2,800 went to pay salaries and fees of office or place hold ers. The white Republican mayor and the white Republican chief of police were both indicted at September term, 1897, of Pitt Superior Court for gamb ling.. They confessed their guilt in open court at January term, 1898, and were re-elected to the same offices by the negro Board of Councilmen in May 1898. The mayor has since resigned to enter the Internal Revenue Service and a better man, a Populist, has been elected in his place, but the town is still in the control ot the negroes, as they again elected four negro council- men at the election this year and these negro councilmen have in turn elected the same number of negro officials with one exception. There are numerous instances In which towns have been divided up into wards to keep the towns out of the hands of the negro, but this is the first The Rev. W. B. Costley, of Stock bridge, Ga., while - attending to his pastoral duties at Ellenwood, that state, was attacked by cholera morbus. He gays: "By chance I happened to get hold of a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea : Remedy, and I think it was the means of saving my life Tt relieved me at once' For sale "by E.T. Whitehead A Oo. i imohw: "EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. NECK, N. CU THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1898. instance, of which 1 have any knowl edge, where white men deliberately di vided up a town into wards for the pur pose of turning it over to the negroes. For one to properly appreciate the real condition of things in Greenville it is necessary for him to go there and see for himsefl. But for the forbear ace of the white people, trouble might have come long aeo. They have fully determined to be patient and forbear ing and to appeal, as they are now do ing, to their white brethren through out the State to send men to the next Legislature who will undo this great wrong and wipe out that infamous act of 1895. TBIOS. J. JARVIS. A TOWN RULED BY L07E. Neither Hone? Nor Punishment Needed in Commonwealth, Qa. New York World. The most unique settlement In the United States is the town of Common wealth, Ga, Tnere is no need for money at Com monwealth, for verything goes into tne common iuaa, and every man shares exactly alike. There are no rich people in Commonwealth and no poor people. All rork for one another, and the law and He creed of the com munity is "Love.' If a person wishes to build a house the lumber Is fur nished from the mill operated by the members of the settlement. If veg etables are wantqd the common gar den supplies the peed. xne settlement is run on tne co-op erative plan. "Lpve thy neighbor as thy self" is a that Is strictly en forced. I lwo years ago commonwealth was founded by a (few experimentalists. Xow it is a village of seventy-five fam llies. working: arjnut a thousand acres. at one time a plantation. The old faehioned homeof the antebellum time is now one of tne town buildings. Be sides this, there are several dwelling houses, a printing office, a large schoof house, a sawmill and a large dining hall. Commonwealth has its school, paper, mill and clergymaL A magazine call ed Social Gospel, Ssetting forth the leacnmgs oi me cdnmunuy, is pun Iished every month Many talented ben and brilliant women have gone Jo this little Geor gia villiage to li the law of love, Even in the schtol good work and good behavior are mforced, not by the rod, but by love, to this community there is said to be n? jealousy, no envy, no strife. This sitnple creed hangs upon the wall of evfry cottage : "Thou shalt loveihe Lord, thy God, with all thy heart, and thy neighbor as thyself, "Love worketh rj ill to his neigh bor ; therefore, love s the fulfilling of the law. "This is my coma indment : That ye love one anotner as a nave lovea you "He that loveth not bis brother whom he hath seen i cannot love God seen. And this we from Him, whom he hath no commandment havl that he who loveih God loveth his brother also." Corn Diet Hales Tall Men. Belectd. The proof that coin bread diet makes bigger men physically can be found in the rural districts of Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky, where hominy and corn bread constitute tie staff of life. A table in any of the rural districts in those states on which there is no dish prepared from com is a curiosity, and in those states men who fall below the statue of fiye fee are dwarfs. Six feet is the regulation size, and men who a -' i l i : a tower consiueraoiy auuvo iuw ueigui are accepted by tne mnabitants as a matter of course. Of course, climktlc influences must be considered wten stature is under discussion, but the food forms the basis of calculation. It is generally accept ed by men who Jave given this sub ject thought thai the six-footers of In diana, Illinois ani Kentucky as a rule were brought- up on hominy or corn bread as the maia food supply. If the crowned heads oi purope could but be convinced that com bread will result in a nation of sik-footers, the Ameri- nun farmer would hardly be able to raise corn enough to supply the Euro pean markets. You invite disappointment when you experiment. IpeWitt's Little Early Risers are pleasant, easy, thorough little pills. Thy cure constipation and sick headache just as sure as you taice them. E. Ti Whitehead & Co. Truth wears well. - People have learned that DeWitt's r Little Early Risers are reliable little pills for regul ating tbe bowels, curing constipation and rick headache. They oon't gripe. E. T. Whitehead & Co. r EAJL THE HARKSJF RANK. INSIGNIA 0? POSITION AND HON OS IN ABlfT AND NA77. How to Bead the Shoulder Strap or Collar Decorations Worn by Un cle Sam's Officers on Land or Aboard Ship Grant's . Joke on His Buttons. Cincianatl Commercial Tribune. In military service throughout the world, both upon land and water, there is a wide distinction' between the different ranks held by the officers Usually the rank of a military or navn man is obtained by long service or by appointment by congress or the pres ident. Sometimes, however, rank given to an officer because he has done something which attracts the attention of his superiors. In order to distinguish an officer from a common soldier, the govern ment has adopted various marks of rank which are worn by the officers both in time of war and peace. During the former these signs are less conspic uous, for during a battle the sharp shooters always try to pick off the of ncers, so mat tne soldiers wm nave no one to command them. If any one who reads this article should in time of peace go aboard i man-of-war or in a gathering of nava officers, he would notice a great amount of gold lace upon their uniform and see the insignia of rank upon their shoulders. But in war-time each of ficer puts away his gaudy uniform Instead of the shoulder straps the mark of rank is worn upon the collar of the coat. An admiral, the highest Officer in the navy, wears four silver stars and two anchors upon his shoulder straps or collar ; a vice admiral, three stars and one anchor ; a rear admiral an an chor with a star on either side ; a com modore, a star with an anchor on each side ; a captain, a silver eagle and two anchors, and a lieutenant an anchor with two silver bars on each side, ibere are also many petty and non commissioned officers who wear the insignia of their rank on their sleeves, running about the wrists. The shoul der straps are H inches long and inches wide. They are made ot dark blue cloth, with a border of dead gold a quarter of an inch wide, the device being embroidered inside the border. lne lowest commissioned - officer in the navy is an ensign. - He wears a single silver anchor on his shoulder strap. It is the ambition of each en sign to change his stripes for those of a lieutenant. There are many cases on record where an ensign showed great bravery during a battle, and his name was sent to Washington with a recommendation from, his commander that he be promoted. Often an ensign was sent on a dangerous mission and got his lieutenant's stripes that waj Usually, however, he has to wait till some officer above him is promoted or dies or retires, and then he moves up in rank. Every sailor and soldier knows that in time of war his superiors are watch ing him and that if he shows "himself a brave man he stands a good chance of being promoted. It is a matter of great pride to add an extra bar to his shoulder straps or to have one of the many in6ignias of rank put on his uni form. There are, besides the honor of being an officer, better pay with each additional rise in rank, more comfort able quarters and more personal liber ty. All these things make the soldiers more ambitious to gain promotion. In the army the insignia of rank is somewhat similar to that of the navy, but even in active seryice an army of ficer still wears his shoulder straps. The general is the highest officer of the army. His rank is shown by an eagle with a star on each side. A lien- tenant general wears three stars on his shoulder straps, a major general two, a brigadier general one, a colonel a sil ver eagle, a lieutenant colonel two. sil ver leayes, a major two gold leaves, a caritain four silver bars and a lieuten- ant two bars. The non-com missioned X" officers wear their devices ot ranK up on their sleeves. A general may also be distinguished by the arrangement of tb6 buttons on his coat. One of the jokes credited to General Urant was one about the buttona-on his coat. A major general wears two rows of but tons, nine in each row divided into groups of three. One day Grant was clad in a military coat much the worse for wear and from which all but three hnttona had been torn. An officer For broken sui faces, sores, insect hi tea. burns, skin diseases and especial lv piles there is one reliable remedy, DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. When you call for DeWitt's don't accept ormnterfeits or frauds. You will not h dfaflDnointed with DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.-7-E. T. Whitehead & Co. TEL SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $i.oo. NO.34 brought him word that he be9n promoted to the rank general. had just of major vveii," said Grant, pointing to the group of three buttons, 'you see, I have anticipated the order and have my general's uniform." .Besides the chance which a soldier or sailor has of becoming an officer and wearing an insignia of rank there is another thing which he works for during wartime, but this is confined principally to the navy. It is the mat ter of prize money. It is the rule of the United States navy that when the crew of a vessel captures another ship the prize is to be sold and a part of the proceeds divided among the officers and sailors. If the captured ship was equal In fighting strength to the cap tor, all the prize money goes to the victors, but if the prize was weaker half goes to the government, and the remaining half is divided among the crew and officers. in such a division the commission ed officers come in for a larger share, so it is well to be as high an officer as possible.' The commander of a fleet receives one-twentieth of all the prize money awarded to any ship in nis command. The captain of a single vessel receives one tenth ui urn money awarded to nls ves a i i . . . sel, but gels nothing from the prizes ot any of the other ships of the fleet to wnicn ne belongs. xne remaining officers and members of the crew of the vessel which has made the capture receive prize money in accordance with their rank and pay. The lower a man is in the navy the less nrize money he gets. A common sailor may get $200 as his share where if he were a lieutenant he might receive twice that sum. Manhood Must Hare Freedom. Virginian aad Pilot. Self-government is tbe only govern ment, except in one case, and that is where two different and incompatible races are forced to dwell together, and one Is easily the superior in everything of the other; in intelligence, education, wealth, manners, moral3 and physical strength. The superior race will al ways rule by virtue of its superiority, peacefully and without question so long as it governs wisely, justly and fairly, or by force when, for any reason, tbe other race resists. But where a people are one, or prac tically homogeneous, no matter what their grade, they are entitled to self- government, so long as they keep them selves to themselves ; nor has any por tion ot this homogeneous people any right, no matter what their superiority, to govern any other and inferior por tion, no matter how inferior, except by the natural and unforced influence of their superiority. If a man has a right to libertv, or self-government, he has t because of his being a man, and every other man has the same right for j the same reason : and the whole struc ture of human right falls if it be ad mitted that this or that man has great er rights than another man for any conceivable reason whatsoever. If be cause one is stronger than another I ("and an appeal to strength is the last arbitrament, the ultima ratio of argu ment), he attempts to rule that other by force, the natural, just and logical answer is force, and the weaker by re sorting to arms, or calling in friends, may over-power the aggressor, who, baing thus beaten at his own game, at his own argument, is a. self-confessed and self-delivered captive and slave. to his subduers. We find, however, on nvestigation, that no matter what one 1 may plead in justification for his mas- tery of another or others, he will never admit it to be a good plea for enslaving himself. And there we have the whole theory, system and practice of human ibertv and government. The Best fiemedy for Flux. Mr. John Matblas, a well known stock stock dealer of Pulaski, Ky.,snya : After suffering for over a week with flux, and my physician having failed to relieve me, I was advised to try Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Di arrhoea Remedy, and have the pleasure of stating that the half ol one bottle cured me. mr saie v uiw " "W 1 W. m llTLl. Whitsett Institute. Six excellent buildings : over two hundred students from thirty counties ; eieht teachers. Expenses very reason ablefrom $35 per Term up. 25 free Scholarships. Literary, Xormal, Busi ness, Art, Music, &c. Location noted for Health, Convenience and Beauty. Sixteenth year. , Xext term opens Aug. 17. Elegant 60- page catalogue free. Address PROF. W. T. WHITSETT, WHITSETT, GUIXFORD CO., N. C. 7-21-6t. Send vour orders for Job Printing to this of fice. -First class 7ork and low Dncea. v YOU TjfILL ADVERTISE YOUB Business. Send Your Advertisement in Now. P From FACTORY to CONSUMER. 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C.nma miinir If you can't come, send orders bv mail. itemember we pay the freight on all goods bought at one time amounting to $u.00 and over. We are shipping goods to almost every shipping point in this part of the State. Spring calicos 3. 3c. Curtain poles wood fixtures 22.Vc. Heavy Rugs 1x2 yds 88c. Lace curtains 11x3.1 yds 75c per pair. Hassocks 33c. Window shades on spring rollers 12A. ISc with friiitro 20, 224. Witn fringe and fancy paint ings and gilt work 25, 30c. Lace cur tain scrim yd wide 4c. Men's very wide brim straw hats 5c. Boys' fancy straw hnts 5c. Ladies' read v-made wasted skirts black and colors 98c, $1.25. White dress goods 3, 4, Gc. Unbleached sheeting 3. 4c. Several hundred yards fancy curtain dropery yd wide 41, fie. 1,450 yards spring dress goods, over 200 styles 51, 5, 7, !c. Art squares and druggets 2x2,V yds $1.68 each. We have just received a large consignment of Japanese cotton warp mattings. Regular price 22Ac. Wo offer this lot for 8, 10, 12, 15c. Heavy China mattings 0, 8, 12c. Wo aro having a big rush on mattings, and this consignment will not last long at these cut prices. All orders by mail promptly filled. H. C. SPIERS & DAVIS, . April 20. 189S. Wiclpon. X. O. Emery & Drisoll Bros., CONTRACTORS & BUILDERS Furnishers of Hull tiers' Supplies, manufacturers of Coffins and Caskets. BURIAL CASES AT ANY PRICE. ROANOKE RAPID, N. C. 2-3-6m Still Leads And Still Rapidly Selling. mar.hina tn fitted with I AUC lllll liiuii uv .v ...- anA thorMnw. th liahtet I aUU. vuBiuai ujiA,-inAw vii Liberal price paid in exenange ui au uiu machine of any make for a new All Machines sold under a guarantee and on easy terms. Scotland Xeck, X. C. E. P. Gatlin, Salesman. 7. Z4 II. . Subscribe to -The commonwealth. I 4 -I - 4 4 J emorcea. - rj-- J