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The Commonwealth. E. E. HILLIARD Editor. Published Every Thursday. Entered at the Post-Office at Scotland Neck, N C ,ts Second Class Matter. THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1S09. THIS PAPER ONE YEAR FARM JOURNAL FIVE YEARS. PAY UP AND GET BOTH PAPERS AT PRICE OF ONE We want to get 500 new Eub?criber3 to our paper, and are going to do it If we can ; we tnerefore continue our arrangement with the Farm Journal by which we can send The Commonwealth one year and the Farm Journal 5 years, both for $1.00. And we make the same offer to all old subscri bers who will pay all arrearages and one year in advance. You know what our paper is and the Farm Journal is a gem practical, pro gressive a clean, honest, useful paper full of gumption, full of sunshine, with an immense circulation among the best people everywhere. You ought to take it. NEED MAIL FACILITIES. The Commonwealth is informed that there is a large territory in Hall tax county without proper mailing fa cilities. -The territory ia bounded by a line from Halifax to Weldon, South Gaston and Aurelian Springs. There are good citizens of the coun ty who have no post office nearer than eight or ten miles. Some of the citi zens in the territory mentioned say their mailing facilities are so poor They cannot even take" a newspaper. They are entitled to better facilities and The Commonwealth suggests that some one in that community circulate a pe tition for the proper mail route, and - ti 1 J 1. A 'i Artnl f tt Z LUilJit baciO nuum WO uiuivmihj in gettirg the mail advantages which they are entitled to. SUPERIOR COURT IN SESSION. Superior court is in session in Hah ifax this week with Judge Starbuck, ol Winston, presiding. There is a full docket for the week and a number of visiting attorneys have been engaged in the court. Judge Starbuck is the youngest Jndge id the State, and perhaps was as young a Judge when he went on tbehench in 1891 as ever seryed the State in that capacity. His rather youthful appearance is at great discrepancy with his ready rulings and knowledge of the law. He has won the esteem and confidence of members of the bar, suitors and wit ne&sess. He is one of the best and read iest Judges that have been ia Halifax court, notwithstanding he is so young. Added to his ability Judge Starbuck is quite courteous and agreeable to all who meet him, and be has pleased the people of the county well. CALL OF DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION AND PRIMARIES. The Democratic Executive Com mittee o! Halifax county have called the Democratic County Convention for said county to be held in the town of Halifax on Thursday, the 29th day of March, 1900, for the nomination of County officers; and the ' selection of delegates to the State and Congression al Conventions. The primaries for the selection of delegates to the County Convention have been called to be held in the several precincts of the county on Fri day, the 23rd day of March, 1900, at such hours as the respective precinct Committees may designate. This 24th day ot February, 1900. E. L. TRAVIS, Cn'm Demorcratic Ex. Com. of Haliiax County. Nicht Sweats, loss of appetite, and impoverished blood, colds, la grippe and general weakness are frequent res ults ot malaria. - Roberts' Tastelss Chill Tonic eliminates the malaria, purifies -your blood, restores your appe tite and tones up your liver. 25c per bottle.: Insist on having Roberts. No other "as good." " AN OLD MAP. Kinston free Press. Dr. Hi 0,: Hyatt has had framed and loaned to Kinston Library a map of eastern North Carolina that wa made in 1729, being 171 years old. It pre sents a very interesting study. The spel ling of n-ames'of towns, rivers, ete , is different, in majority of instances from the style of the ptesfent time. It seems that at' that time only the extreme eastern porton of North Carolina had been explored. The Neuse river is put down as running only a short distance above "New bourn." Kinstun is not on be map. If troubled with rheumatism, give Chamberlain a Pain-Balm a trial. It wll not cost you a cent if it does no good. One application will relieve the pain, It also cures sprains and bruises in one-third the time required by any other treatment. Cute, burns, frost bites, quinsey, pains in the side and ebest, grandular and other swellings are quickly cured by applying it. Every bottle warranted. Price, 25c and 50 cts, at-E. T. Whitehead & Co.'s Drugstore. . OUR RALEIGH LETTER. STATE PRIMARY TO SELECT IT. S. SENATOR. a committeeman's good advice. Raleigh, N. C. March 5, 1900. Only little more than one month remains before the Democratic State cnventioa will assemble in this city. During the next few weeks the pre cinct primaries and county conventions in a'l the counties will be held. Considerable of the space ot these letters has, up to this time, been natur ally taken up portrayal ot the political conditions, and incidentally the views of a number of representative Demo crat (most of them the most prom inent rrfen in the party and sincere workers for its best interest and suc cess) anent the outlook, the ayailability and prospects of the more prominent c indicates, have been incorporated. This has been done faithfully, and the friends of each of the candidates, have been freely quoted. It was done, first, for the informa tion of the people, the great mass of Democrats in the country and the small towns, who not being active politicians rely principally upon their home pap ers for correct information ; and, second in jastlce to the splendid men (all of them) who aspire to nominations for places on the State ticket. This duty having been discharged-to the advantage of the party and in the interest ot the Amendment and white supremacy, it is to be hoped, and as intended there will now be less political discussion to indulge in through these letters, beyond keeping up with the progress of events and the develop ments of the campaign. PEOPLE IN HEARTY SYMPATHY WITH PRIMARIES. There is one feature of the campaign however, which I have been requested by members of the Democratic State Committee and other prominent party leaders," who have the best interests of the party at heart, to call special atten tion to at this particular juncture. This matter relates to the free expres sion ot opinion and preferences of the rank and file ot Democratic voters, and the selection of delegates by them to the county and State conventions who will faithfully and unerringly represent their views and wishes, in proporf'on to the strength of every proposition or question of party policy. This can only be done through the primaries and county conventions and a fair, representative State convention can be secured in no other wcy. I cannot present this matter more forci bly than by using the language of one of the members of the Stata commit tee, as addressed to me this we ek. Said he : WILL OF THE PEOPLE MUST BE RE SPECTED. "There has never been a time in the history of the party when it was more important to ascertain the wishes of the great mass of voters and adopt and pursue the policy and nominate the candidates whom the majority fa - vor. "Not only should the counties send delegates to the State convention to yote for candidates for Goyenor and other State officers in proporton to the strength ot each candidate in each county ; but there is another and just as important matter (if we are to have harmony and good will and good work in this campaign after the State ticket is nominated) which demands atten tion. "I have seen nothing on the subject from county chairmen, and have noted no reference to it In the reports I have read of the few county conventions held so far and I say plainly that many Democratic voters are interested in it as much or more than in the selection ot candidates for Governor and other State offices. It would be a serious omission if not a fatal blow to let this matter go by default, and it is time, high time, that attention was directed to it. AS TO STATE PRIMARY FOR V. S. SEN ATOR. "I refer to the question of whether a State primary of the Democrats of North Carolina shall be held toexoress their preferences as to whom the Legis lature shall elect next winter to succeed Butler in the U. S. Senate. "This is a matter which the candi dates for Senator have not agitated much, because of the suggestion that the Amendment should be. first disposed of so far as preference for Senator is concerned. "Rut it should also be understood that the matter is to come before the State convention on April 11th, and will possibly be disposed of at that time. "It is known (or it ought to be known and well understood by voters) that the State committee at its last session in Raleigh evidently favored the primary (at Jeast a majority ol the committee men did, and doubtless because they understood it to be the will oFthm'r constituents), and the question was re ferred to the State convention, with instructions that in calling the State convention it should beexplictly stated in the call that this, matter would then come up for the plain reason that the people of all the counties should be no The One Day Cold Cure. Cold in head and sore throat cured by Ker mott's Chocolates Laxative Quinine. As easy to take as candy. Children cry for then." tified of the fact, and remember it in selecting delegates to the State con vention. "If a county convention, or a major ity of the delegates to a county con vention, desire that a State Primary on the selection of a U. S. Senator shall be held in order that the entire Dem ocratic party and every voter in it shall have a voice in this important matter then that convention should in naming delegates to the State convention, select only such men as are known to favor that plan. "If the county is divided on this subject then let a fair and just propor tion of Senatorial Primary men and Anti-Senatorial Primary men be elected delegates to the State conven tion according to the strength of the two sides, as manifested in the town ship primaries and the county conventions. "We cannot be too careful to see that the will ot the people (the white Democrats of the several counties and the State as a whole) is respected in this matter. "It would certainly not contribute to the success of the party to state ticket or the Amendment for the State convention to refuse to a State Primasy tor U. S. Senator, if the maj ority ol the Democratic voters of the State desire such a primary, or vice versa. QUESTION SHOULD BE SE1TLED RIGHT. "It is equally plain that (laying aside the individuaity of all the aspir ants for the Senatorship) the good ot the party and the chances of the suc cess of the Amendment will not be advanced by the smothering, and keep in? in the background this State Pri mary plan until it is too late to carry out the will of the voters ot the party, the only result of which would be to give opportunity to a few politicians to defeat the plan in the State convec tion, or so hamper it that it would not furnish a free and full expression of the wishes ot the Democrats of the State. "I say that, if there are any such 'wire-puller' (and there may or may not be), we are not doing the party a service by keeping this feature ot the Senatorial question in the background longer. The individuality of neither of the candidates is involved in calling a State Primary. It only assures us that the most popular and satisfactory candidates will be selected be he Mr. Simmons, Gen. Carr, Maj Waddell Gov. Jarvis, or whoever be may be. The only feature of the Senatorial matter which any of us haye ever be lieved should be deferred was the en dorsement of either individual candi date by the conventions. And I see that in one or two counties the conven tions have done that. "The Primary plan of electing Sen ator has proved so universally satisfac tory i n bouth Carolina and the many other States where it has been tried, that certainly a great many Democrats In North Carolina favor it, and it is our Dounden duty to ascertain it a majority do, and if so then it should be ordered. "Not to do so under such conditions would be disastrous to the. party, and would endanger the success of not on ly the State ticket but the Amendment as well. I ereatly fear it would, and therefore I hope the editors of all the county papers will at once take up this matter and fully acquaint their readers on the subject. By doine so they will perloim a valuable party service." MM A8B WUliS Ask your physician this ques tion, "What b the one great remedy for consumption?" He will answer, "cod-liver oil." Nine out of ten will answer the same way. Yet when persons have consumption they loathe all fatty foods, yet fat is neces sary for their recovery and they cannot take plain cod liver oil. The plain oil dis turbs the stomach and takes away the appetite. The dis agreeable fishy odor and taste make it almost unen durable. What is to be done? This question was ans wered when we first made SCOTT'S of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypo phosphites. Although that was nearly twenty-five years ago, yet it stands alone to day the one great remedy for all affections of the throat and lungs. The bad taste and odor have been taken away, the oil itself has been partly digested, and the most sen sitive stomach objects to it rarely. Not one in ten can take and digest the plain oiL Nine out of ten can take SCOTTS EMULSION and B jest it Thafs why it cures so many cases of early consumption. Even in advanced cases it brings comfort and greatly prolongs life. 50c. and St 00, all druggists. ITT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York. SCO' mom At Futrell-Hardy Hardware Company's. Meat Choppers at cost, and a bargain in every one. If you are an up-to-date farmer you will show your wisdom by buying your wagons from us. If you like a nice ride when you have an opportunity you should let us sell you a Buggy. Our Harness also is a fine article for the money. A shining opportu nity glitters before you in our John Premble line of Pocket and Table Cutlery. This week's SC OTLAND NECK, N. C. WANT TAR HEEL HAM CORN BREAD. AND FoftT Casey, Wash., Feb, 22, 1900. Dear Mr. Editor: Well, here we are buried, eat off, so to speak from the rest of the world, away np amongst the enowclad mountains, the beautiful Northwest of this glorious country of ours. Of course, we are T811 801,1 nd faithful and loyal bomiera neam me grana oia scars ana stripes, that proud, liberty-inspiring banner of a heaven blessed nation. You may well believe that we appreciate the honor it conveys and feel consrain- ed to explain like the ancient warri ors of the Roman Empire, whose con ception ot greatness and earthly glory was to have been a Roman : "We are Americans ;" And again we oannot but be convinced, that good old Uncle Sam feels quite safe and per fectly at ease, knowing that hia fertile soil, his honor and welfare are so jeal ously guarded and protected from a pos sible intrusion and insults of foreign, antagonistic hordes. Spain knows that Auginaldo is aware of it and for the rest of the world well, so far as they are concerned, the time has arrived, when we need but say "Get off the eartb ;' But as we rather desire to give you and the dear readers of your valuable paper a friendly, warmhearted greeting from the three Tarheels' of the far, far away, let us drop eulogizing and the dangerous subject of politics and branch off into a more conventional and perhaps more welcome theme. It is evening and the radiant sun Is just setting behind the gigantc range of roey-hued mountains, which glow in the departing solar light like huge peaks of sparkling gold. What a grand ! awe inspiring panorama. We are sitting here on the veranda of our new ly finished barracks and are stru ck with the grandeur and magnificence of God's sublime creation. Puget Sound on which our post is siuated, is tonight wonderfully calm and silent. Some times, in fact, it is not an uncommon occurrence, this water becomes exceed ingly stormy and boisterous, so much so even, that shipping has to be tem porarily suspended and outgoing vess els seek the safe refuge and retreat of some quiet haven. Port Townsend, a oity, wh?cb was once in the height of boom, and has the advantage of an un commonly beautiful, spacy harbor, lies directly opposite from us, wbileSeattle, the Queen City of the Northwest, is on ly 30 miles up the sound and Victoria, B. C, 60 miles, but laying in the oppo site direction. Excepting perhaps the continuous heavy fall of rain and the somewhat lonesome character of the p'ace itsell, we are able to state, that lire here is indeed agreeable. Al though in the middle of winter, we have had but very few cold days. That in itself is of course an advantage not to be despised. The army-grub, alas, is still the same and consists chiefly of hash, slum in full dress and overcoats. These expressions may be somewhat foreign to your readers, but we have no doubt that they can be duly en lightened and will be able to find the proper definitions in Webster's una bridged. Well, as we sit here In silence, smok ing our pipes, filled with red old North Carolina weed, thinking of one thing and another, our thoughts wander ln- Cure Cold In Head. . .frmoti Chocolates Laxative Quinine, easy na qmcK 10 core cold in bead ana throat. worn The Crowning Wonder is that we offer you daily the Greatest Bargains ever seen in Hardware in Scotland Neck. A great tip in Stoves both Cooking Stoves and Heaters. Our Heaters are offered at Cost and our Cook Stoves at reduced prices to make room for our large stock of the far-famed "Buck" Cook Stoves which will arrive in a few days. Bargains may be suggestive of what will in the future voluntarily through infinite space and and each of us heaves a long and wist ful sigh and we declare, as in one ac cord, that we would indeed be gladly willing to give the whole caboodle, mountains, Puget Sound and even our beloved army-grub for but just one hour of good old home fun and a plate of fried ham and cornbread way down in the old North State. And so we close by raising our caps and combin ing our voice? which ring out right merrily into the cool refreshing even ing breezes to a rousing, reverberal ing cheer for 'Home, sweet home' and a speedy return to our cherished tarbeel country, while from tl e distance is wafted to our ears the soothing, inex pressibly sweet strain of : "Down upon the Suwanee River." Yours, heart and soul, Waldek, Bell & Turner. to every elderly woman when an im- ?rtant functional change takes place, his is called "The Change of Life." The entire system undergoes a change. Dreadful diseases such as cancer and consumption are often contracted at thiauxoe. VJfiza cfCarctui strengthens and purifies the entire system, and brings the sufferer safely over these pitfalls. Its effects have been wondetfuL It is good for all menstrual troubles, but is especially recommended at this time. Ask your druggist for the famous Wise ef Camui. $1.00 a bottle. For advice la cases reauirinsrcttecial directions, address the "Ladies' Ad visory Department," The Chatta nooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Term. THOMAS JT. OOOnSS. Trndn. HTIaa.. wyai "My sister stafferedlrora irregular and painful menstruation and doctors could not reliara her. Win of Cardul entirely cured her, and atep helped mr mother through the Chance of life." The "Brunswick." A NATIVE GROWN PECAN. The finest flavor, large size, thin shell and good shape. Plant your waste lands in Pecans, they will make you a good living in a few years, and be a fortune for your children. ( A nev er failing crop.) PRICE OF TREES. Each. Doz. 30 to 40 inches 30c $3 00 20 to 30 inches 20c 2 00 10 to 20 inches 10c 1 00 PRICE OF NUTS. 1 doz. by mail postpaid $ 15 5 doz. by mail postpaid 10 doz. by mail postpaid " qq t . TH08. F. BAGLEY, Wilmington, N. c.. Sole Agent. ( is- ) Dffls be offered you by FUTRELL-HARDY 7 .Per Cent Investment. WITH TAXES PAID BY COMPANY, OFFICERS : TEN-YEAR $100 COUPON J. C. Drewry, Pres. J. S. Wynne, Vice-Pres. B. S. Jerman, Treas. J. N. Holding, Atty. Geo. Allen, Secretary. C. G. Latta. W. S. Primrose. w o o Seen third per cent, per annum free of taxes on first cost, and a profit of nearly twenty per cent, at maturity, making a total of moro than seven per cent, per annum. This is one of the safest and best investments on the market. Loans made on residence property on eight years' time. For further particulars, address, MECHANICS AND INVESTORS UNION, 2-15 George Allen, Secretary, Raleigh, N. C. UNION CENTRAI LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, CINCINNATI, OHIO. JOHN M. PATTISON, President. This Company still keeps its prs-eminence as having the lowest Death Rate and the Highest Interest Rate of any Company. It makes the Safest Possible Investments, and the Largest Returns to Policy- HOLDERS. In 1899 it Maiatained its LOW DEATH RATE, STEADY INCREASE IN KEW BU3INES3, LOW RATE OF EXPENSE, LARGE ANNUAL INCREASE IN ASSETS, HIGH RATE OF INTEREST , LARGE ANNUAL INCREASE IN SURPLUS, GAINS Gain in INCOME, Gain in SURPLUS. Gain in INTEREST RECEIPTS, Gain in MEMBERSHIP, Gain in ASSETS, Gain in AMOUNT OF INSURANCE. Gain in AMOUNT OF NEW BUSINESS, Total Insurance Written in 1899, $37,390,014.00 Irwin sleaiL 190CT $22,703,174,36 Total Liabilities, $20,457 296.36 feurplus 4 per cent. Standard, $3,245,878.00 ED. K. Milliard, Agent. Scotland Neck, N. C. Carey J. Hunter, state Agent. Baleigh. N. C. MES. JOE PERSON'S REMEDY. AT ONE TIME I WAS A GREAT SUFFERER WITH DYSPEPSIA, AND WA3 ADVISED BY FRIENDS TO TRY MRS. JOE PERSON'S REM EDY. I DID SO AND FOUND GREAT RELIEF, AND HAVE NEV ER SUFFERED WITH IT SINCE. I CONSIDER IT A BLESSING TO MOTHJSJRHOOD MRS. P. B. WHITLEY. WILLIAM8TON, N. C. Oct. 6, 1899. cored at home with out pain Book w ttculart ent rnA' BTfLi! All these great offers of which we tell through The Com monwealth are Bona Fide and every week they are verified by the purchases made by our customers While we are care ful about our state ments we like to prove them up with real busi ness transactions. And we make bold to say that we believe we are making some re volutions in the Hard ware Business and our customers are reaping the benefits. you HARDWARE CO. with 20 Semi-An- CERTIFICATES, mm co,,Pons ;f ' each. Payable in June and December at Commercial and Farmers' Bank of Raleigh. Secured by first mortgage on resident property worth nearly double the amount of loans, with principal payable ten years after date of issue, are being sold for a cash payment of $85.00, which gives to the owner five and one- IN 1899. $570,3.18.0."; $42:1,407.70 $128,:;o2.oo 7,!M! $2,05 l,fl700 $15.5S3,S0S.il $274,.25.h "Wewill keep con stantly on hand a good lot of Stock to select fr nx, and will give you Bottom Prices and most favorable terms. BISSS & JOHNSON. Mis aMfcui V
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