The Commonwealth'
B. E. HILLIARD, - - Editor.
Published Every Thursday.
Entered at the Post-Office at Scotland
Neck, N C .as Second Class Matter.
THURSDAY. APRIL 19, 1900.
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DEMOCLA TIC STATE TICKET.
For Governor CHARLES B. AY
COCK, of Wayne.
For Lieutenant Governor W. D.
TURNER, of Iredell.
For Secretary ot State J. BRYAN
GRIMFS. of Pitt.
For Treasurer B. R. LACY, of
Wake.
For Auditor B. F. DIXON, of
Cleveland.
For Attorney General ROBERT D.
GILMER, of Haywood.
For Superintendent of Public In
struction WILLIAM S. TOON, of
Robson.
For Commissioner of Agriculture
SAMUEE L. PATTERSON, of Cald
well. For Commissioner of Labor and
Printing HENRY B. VARNER, of
Davidson.
For Chairman of the Corporation
Commission FRANKLIN M'NEILL,
of New Hanover.
For Corporation Commissioner
SAMUEL ROGERS, ot Macon.
For Judge ot the Tenth District
W. B. COUNCIL, of Watauga.
For Electors-at-Large DAN HUGH
M'LEAN, of Harnett, and LEE S.
OVERMAN, of Rowan.
For Delegates-at-Large to the Na
tional Conventional JULIAN 8.
CARR, of Durham ; E. S. HALE, of
Cumberland ; WALTER E. MOORS,
o! Jackson ; THOMAS A. JONES, of
Buncombe.
STATE DEMOCRATIC EXECU
TIVE COMMITTEE.
FIRST DISTRICT.
B. B. WINBURN, of Murfreesboro.
W. P. ROBERTS, of Gatesville.
W.jG. LAMB, of Williamston.
SECOND DISTRICT.
T. W. MASON, of Northampton.
L. V. MORRILL, of Greene.
M. J. HAWKINS, ot Warren.
NATHAN O'BERRY, of Wayne.
THIRD DIS1RICT.
I. A. MURCHISON, of Cumberland
DR. J. M. FAISON, df Duplin.
. E. M1VER, of Moore.
THOMAS DANIELS, of Craven.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
E. C. BEDDIN GFIELD, of Wake.
R. H. HAYES, of Chatham. .
J. R. YOUNG, of Vance.
WILEY RUSH, ot Randolph.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
B. 8. ROYSTER, of Granville.
J. S. MANNING, of Durham.
J. J. NELSON, of Guilford.
R. D. REID, of Rockingham.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
DUNCAN M'EACHERN, of New
Hanover.
G. P. PATTERSON, of Rowan.
W. H. NEAL, of Scotland.
HERIOT CLARKSON, of Mecklen
burg.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
C. W. BOSHAMER, of Iredell.
R. T. PICKENS, of Davidson.
PAUL B. MEANS, of Cabarrus.
W. H. WILLIAMSON, of Yadkin.
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
B. N. HACKETT, of Wikes.
CLYDE R. HOEY, of Cleveland.
J. P. LEWELLYN, of Surry.
W. C. ERW1N, of Burke.
. . NINTH DISTRICT.
WALTER MOORE, of Jackson.
W. T. LEE, ot Haywood.
J. L. C. BIRD, of McDowell.
J. Y. JORDAN, of Buncombe.
V Now Is The Season when the email
dot nllee himself with : green truit,
which inyanbly leads to cramps, diar-
rnoea or - dysentery, xi parents are
prudent.they will have a bottle of
Paik-Kill.es. ready for euch summer
emergencies. Avoid substitutes, there
is but one Pait-Killer, Perry Davie',
Price 25c. and 50c.
DR. BLASiNGAME RESIGNED.
Dr. J. C. Blasingame, president of
the Baptist Female University in
Raleigh, has resigned, and his resigna
tion has been accepted.
AWonfirlUDlMonrr.
The last quarter of a century records
many wonderful discoveries in medicine,
but none that bare accomplished more for
hunanHy fhan, thatsterling old household
remedy, Browns' Iron Bitten. , It seems to
contain the very element of good health,
ad neither man. woman or child can take
K without derivlor the greatest benefit,
THE STATE CONVENTION.
The State Democratic Convention
held in Raleigh last week was said to
be the greatest m the history of the
State. A full account was furnished
by our special correspondent In Ral
eigh, but there are other matters of
interest which crowd out the details of
the convention. Elsewhere will be
seen the nominees, who are all able
and tried men of unblemished Democ
racy, and the voters of North Carolina
will take very great pleasure in put
ting them in the offices that control
the State's interest. Hon. C. B.
Aycock's speech of acceptance is said
to have been one of the fiaest ever de
livered m the State. H's powers are
to be an inspiration for the Democracy
of North Carolina, and there is no
doubt of our yistory at the polls in
August.
SENATOR TRAVIS' LETTER.
In another column we print a letter
of Senator E. L. Travis, of Halifax, to
the News and Observer, which gives
unanswerable argument in favor of
Mr. Claude Kitchin for Congress from
this district. We have no comments
to offer on Senator Travis' letter, for it
is replete to the fullest in- the claims
which Halifax Democracy makes for
Mr. Kitchin' nomination for Con
gress. We only ask a careful reading
of the letter, and with this we belieye
the claims for Mr. Kitchin will be
engtheced. Senator Travis has
been renominated to the State Senate
for the next term, has been re-elected
county chairman, is chairman of the
Executive Board of the State peni
tentiary ; and his words will have full
weight wherever read.
COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
The State Board of Elections met in
Raleigh last week and appointed the
Election Boards for the respective
counties. The following gentlemen
were appointed as the Board of Elec
tions lor Halifax county : .
T. L. EMRY, Weldon.
J. B. RICKS, Enfield.
W. F. BUTTERWORTH, Scotland
Neck.
The State Board of elections is com
posed of the following: Franks, of
Swain, Republican, and Johnson, of
Sampson, Populist, and all the other
era Democrats : Walter H. Neal
(chairman), ot Laurinburg ; J. D. Mc
Neill (secretary), of Fayetteville ; R.
D. Gilmer, ot Waycesville ; W. B.
Pollard, of Winston ; William G. Lamb,
of Elizabeth City; J. W. Franks, of
Swain ; J. H. Johnson, of Sampson.
The county Boards of Election are
required to meet not later than the
first Monday in May, when they will
organize by electing one ot their num
ber chairman and another secretary.
The county boards are also directed to
divide their respective counties into
election precincts and fix the place of
polling in the election precinct. The
boards of election may also alter or
establish entirely new precincts by
giying twenty days' publication of
such intention.
THAT THROBBING HEADACHE.
Would quickly leave you, If you
would use Dr. King's New Life Pills.
Thousands of sufferers have provea
their matchless merit for Sick and
Nervous Headaches. They make pure
blood and strong' nerves and build up
your health. Easy to take. Try them
Only 25 els, Money back if not cured.
Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co. Drug
gist. DEAD ON THE DECK.
Morning Post.
New Bern, N. C, April 16. Special.
There was a double killing Saturday
afternoon at Swan Quater, Hyde county.
The trouble began between a negro
and Captain .McKinney, aboard a
schooner. The negro fired at McKinney
five times, but McKinney was protect
ed by the mast. The negro then re
loaded his revolver and attaoked Capt.
John Flowers. Flowers shot the negro
through the breast, near ' the heart,
lhe negro then seized Flowers, got his
head under his arm and shot him
through the brain, killing him instant
As Flowers fell to the deck the negro
also fell across him dead. Captain
Flowers lived at Aurora.
"Yielding to the persuasion of my
dealer, I changed ehill tonic and tried
Roberts, and found it the best I ever
used, and shall continue its use." W.
H. Corprew, Jamesviile, N. C, to the
Roberts Drug Co., Suffolk, Va., August
14, 1899. 25c. per pottle. Look for
he red cross.
A BIG STRIKE.
The telegraphers connected with
the Southern Railway went on a strike
last week tinder the direction of W. V.
Powell, of Chicago, the head of the
Order ot Railway Telegraphers. There
has been considerable excitement in
some places along the lines of the
Southern, but as both sides claim the
victory, It is hard to tell the result.
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KITCHIN FOR CONGRESS IX THE
SECOND DISTRICT.
Senator E. L. Travis in News nd Observer, nth.
Halifax county presents for nomina
tion for Congress, in the Second Con
gressional District, Mr. Claude Kitchin,
one of the most gifted men she has
ever produced.
Halifax feels that by her long record
of faithfulness, her almost superhuman
efforts in support of the party in every
crisis, particularly her wonderiul
achievements in the last and most
desperate struggle, she can lay a better
claim to this nomination than any
other county in the District.
Years ago she was cut off with the
"Black District," and abandoned as
being in too helpless a condition to
help. Bat nothing can discourage the
Democrats of Halifax. To them there
are no impossibilities. With their in
domitable pluck, they fought their
own way out of that condition, and,
athough hampered by the largest ne
gro vote of any county in the State
(about two to one), tor the last fifteen
years, she has so regularly placed -herself
in the Democratic column that
she has become one of the surest bul
warks of Democratic strength. In ev
ery crisis, the Democracy of the State
turns to her with full assurance that
she will prove a pillar of strength, aDd
she has never failed in any emergency.
From the banner county of the Re
publicans, she has fought her way
through difficulties and over ob
stacles that would have appalled any
other people, to very near the banner
county of Democracy, which goal she
will reach in one more fight.
But it was in the desperate struggle
of 1898 that she signalized herself ;
not alone by her achievement, but by
the resolute and uncompromising way
in which she stood firmly by the prin
ciples of the party, under the most
appalling cloud that overhung any
county in the State. She was one of
the first counties in the State to hold
her convention, and although menaced
by a Republican majority of 2,300,
passed resolutions unequivocally op
posing compromise with any other
party, and instructing her delegates to
tne State convention to vote against
fusion.
Fighting the battle on this Hue, in
spite of the fact that the enemy was
entrenched behind its own partisan
machinery with innumerable offices
to dispense, and had Steptce bench
warrants on demand, ehe elected the
Democratic county ticket, without a
single compromise, from constable up.
by a majority of 1,500, and gave the
State ticket over 10,00 majority, a gain
of 3,800 votes. Counting the major
ity she had to oyercome and the ma
jority she gave for the State ticket
she did twice the work of any county
in the State.
Her vote and hsr majority for the
State ticket exceeded that of any
county in the District. Indeed, leav
ing out Wayne, her majority for the
state ticket was as large as all the
other counties in the District com
bined. Having four times the ma
jority to overcome, she beat even
Wayne's majority.
Having for a number of years been
the banner county of the District, and
destined soon to hold the banner of
the State'; having led the District in
1898, and not having been represented
on the State or National ticket in
twenty years, we feel that we can justly
claim this nomination.
The man we present deserves the
nomination upon his own merit?.
Ever since his arrival at manhood he
has been one of the most enthusiastic
and effective party workers I have ever
known. As a leader, he is courageous,
tactful and discreet, never, under any
circumstances, countenancing the com
promise ot a principle believing it is
better to go down with the right than
to forsake it and succeed. It was
mainly due to his leadership, and to
the courage and pride with which bis
eloquence inspired our people, that
Halifax county took such an uncom
promising and bold stand in 1898.
And I have no doubt but that the
publication throughout the Slate of
our strong, resolution, enminir tmm
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(and strength.
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when all other means fail. H
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the largest negro county in the State,
together with a very able letter of Mr.
Kitchin's on the subject of fusion,
had a great deal to do with the un
compromising stand taken by the last
State convention, which th9 result
proved to be so wise.
Mr. Kitchin was a member of the
Committee on Platforms and' Resolu
tions of that conyention, by whom the
question of fusion was settled, only
after two days' debate. Mr. Kitchin's
work on that committee, a's the leader
of the fight against compromise,
stamped him as one of the wisest coun
sellors of the party.
Very .Jew men in the State entered
into the'last campaign with so much
zest and determination as did Mr.
Kitchin ; and none rendered more
valuable service, or did more effective
campaigning.
As chairman of Halifax county, I
was in a position to appreciate the
worth of his work in that county, and
I have no hesitation in saying that
Halifax could not have been carried
without him. - ' .
All of his time that could be spared
from Halifax county, he spectrin cam
paigniog in other parts of the State,
and wherever ho spoke be aroused the
greatest enthusiasm and elicited the
highest praise. Hardly any speech made
in that campaign created such nn
bounded enthusiasm7and inspired the
people with sush a fixed determination,
both locally and generally, as did bis
speech in Richmond eounty. It was a
speech of such force that, although it
applied entirely to local politics, the
Washington Post considered it of suf
ficient merit to deserve a lengthy re
port in its columns. And the striking
way in. which it presented the cocdi
tions in Nortn Carolina, so attracted
the attention of that paper, that it pub
hshed several articles upon the subject
that were of incalculable help to us.
There are very lew men in the State
who can equal Mr. Kitchin as a cam
paigner, tie 19 a 1 olienei speaker,
logical, eloquent and strong. He is a
well rouuded, level beaded man, of
splendid intellectual power, wnose
high ' character and , irreproachable
nabits command the respeet and con
fidence of all who know him. In his
intercourse with others he is pleasant,
genial and open, readily getting ac
quainted with those -he meets, and
quickly gaining their esteem and
friendship. If fie it elected to Ccn
gress, tio man whom North Carolina
may send there' will take a higher
stand, nor bo a greater credit to the
State than he will. He will make his
District and his State proud of him..
The coun ty to whom the nomination
is due, puts forward a man who in
every way deserves it. The right
time, the right county, and the right
man have come together. The united
Democracy of Halifax county asks this
nomination for Mr. Kitchin, and is
determined to put forth , its utmost
eSorte, In every honorable way, to
secure it. Yours truly, ! -
E. I,. Travis.
If troubled with rheumatism, give
Chamberlain's Pain-Balm a trial. It
wlinot cost you a cent if it does t o
good. " One application will relieve the
pain, It also cures sprains and bruises
in one-third the time required by any
otbe treatment. Cuts, burns, frost
bites, quinsey, pains in the side and
chest, grandular and other swellings
are quickly cured by applying it.
Every bottle warranted, frice, 25c
and 50-ets, at E. T, Whitehead &Co.'e
Drug Store, - K
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ROUXDLAP BALES MADE COT
TON HIGHER.
Wherever the American Cotton
Company's Roundlap presses were op
erated last season higher prices pre
vailed for cotton, whether baled round
or square. In order to get cotton,
square-bale buyers were obliged to pay
msre than the market prica, and more
than cotton was selling for in neigh
boring towns where there was not a
Roundlap plant. In some cases the
premium paid by square-box ginners
in competition with Roundlap gins
during the greater part of the season
was as much as hal.f a cent per pound
above the price ruling at other old
style gins in the same county. The
inevitable result followed. Cot
ton (and the owners' trade with it)
was drawn for long distances to Round
lap points to the profit of ths entire
community, and at the expense .of
towns that did not enjoy the advan
tages of round-bale competition.
The effect of such object lessons has
been a demand for Roundlap presres
for next season which will tax the full
capacity of The American CottOD
Company's works, running day and
night.
Health for ten cents. Catcaret
make the bowels and kidneys act nat
urally, destroy microbes, cnie headache
biliousness and cons'lpation. .All drug
gists. . -
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL
CONVENTION- IN SECOND DIS
TRICT. The Convention for the Second Con
gressional district is called to meet in
tha city oi Goldsboro, on the 24th day
of May, at 1 o'clock p. in., for the pur
pose of nominating a member of Con
gress and an elector, and for the trans
action of euch other business as may
come htiore it.
W. A. DUNN, Chain
JOHN D. GOLD, Secretary.
iaa.
Dont Hcgkct Vast Llrtr.
Liver troubles quickly result 5a scrfo is
complications, and the man who neglects Lis
liver ha? litr!e rc;rard for health A bottle
of Browns. Iron Bitters taken now am liien
will keep the liver in perfect order. If the
disease has developed, Browns' Ircn l.ittr rs
will cure it permanently. Strength an J
vitality will always follow. is. use.
Browns Iron Bitters is sold Ly all dealers.
DELEGATES TO NATIONAL
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
The delegates to the National Dem
ocratic Convention for the Second Dir.
trict are: " r -.
L. Harvey, of Lenoir, and K. BT.
Speight, of Edgeeombe ; alternates, B.
H. Staneil, of Northampton and H. G.
Williams, of Wilson.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bsugfit
Signature of ffigZfc
CHAIRMAN SIMMONS.
Hon. F. M. Simmons has been again
elected Democratic Stale Chairman.
He is one of lhe strongest and ablest
managers the Democratic party has
had in thU Btnte; and he will have
stardywork done in tbis campaign;
The One daw caMrkiM.' -
" 'or cold hi the head and aote tfc mat n itm.
motf Chocolate iiiiS2.8?23f?Je?i
Common Sense
Will tell you to go to drug
store for medicine, grocery
store for groceries. Why? Be
cause they deal exclusively in
. their line and buy cheaper.
Why not use the same com
mon sense when you want
Hardware,
Builders' Material,
Or anything else in our line, as
we are the only
Exclusive
Hardware Dealers
In the county, which puts us on
the ground floor, and, this ben
fit we will give our trade,
200 Barrels
Best Rock Lime
Just received. At Bottom.
Everybody says we beat the world oti
Sash, Doors and Blinds.
Futroll-Hardy Hardware Go.
Scotland Neck, N. C.
S. F. Padgett
RICHMOND,
Wholesale Produce
Wft also earrv in stock theifinest El
gin and other Western Creamery and
Daisy Butter at .Lowest market price.
Our New Press.
This it a cut o
the handsome, up
to-date Book and
Job press which
we have just in
stalled in The Com
MOKWEAI-TH office.
It is the latest and
most up -to - date
Chandler & Price,
manufactured at
our special order
in Clevefand, 0
7 .Per Cent Investment.
WITH TAXES PAID BY COMPANY,
OFFICIE8 :
g COUPON CERTIFICATES,
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.-
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third percent, per annum free of taxes on .:t
cost, and a profit of nearly twenty per cent, at maturity, making a total of m re
than seven per cent per annum. This is one of the safest and best Investments
on tbesmarket. Loans made on residence property on eight years' time, l or
further particulars, address,
. MECHANICS AND INVESTORS UNION .
2-15 George Allen, Secretary, Raleigh, N. C.
What?
TL CI , "WW a .
and everything in the line of Millinery
that Scotland Neck has ever seen. The
Automobile rosea in all mh-nrtn tha U -
test flower and the ''Miss Hobbs' hat
that Is so becoming to all.
Where ?
At Mrs. W. H. White's millinery
store, where you will also find a nice
lot of silk waists and elegant neck
wear. Vine Hill Fcmalo Academy,
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C.
After the holidays ibis institution will
resume work on
January 2, 1900.
Then will be a favorable time for
new pupils to enter.
Tuition per term $7.50, $10, $12.50
and $15, with languagesother than
hKll8i'eitra Mu8,c 15. Art $15 to
o r.r,oard '"onto," four weeks,
$9 ; Friday night board $6.
Excellent instruction in all depart
ments. Addrees, ,
LW.BAGLEY,Prin.
Ju$...t.
Three thousand
six hundred and
o"7 yards ine
Received s" a.s!it
A Zm ih aitlogs less
XLLU. in..
than THB RKOIT.
LAR WJIOLfi
8ALB PRICES.
10P1J, lSehv- i -
& Co. ,3 s,
Virginia.
Commission Merchants.
Specialities : Butter and Eggs, Ton
try and Early Vegtables, Fruits. Your
consignments solicited.
The CoMttti
WEALTH is now
admhably equip
ped for Book Miid
Job work, rnd
promises prompt
and strict atten
tion to all cla.?.-cs
of work nt
Give us your i.ext
J
order.
Work neatly
and cheaply d
TEN-YEAR $100 with 0 Scmi-An
June end December at Commercial and Farmer
Bank of Raleigh. Secured by first mortgage on
resident property worth nearly double tbeamonnt
of loans, with principal payable ten years nfier
date of issue, are being sold for a cah payment
of $85.00, which gives to the owner five and one-
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Largest sale of any lard i n
the world. Stamped with
the approval of the United
States Government.
PaO
wins
Silver Leaf
ard
Grateful housekeepers
know that they can depend
on its purity just as they can
on the invariable quality of
Swift's Premium Hams and
Break&st Bacon.
Silver Leaf Lard is sold in
all first-class groceries.
Swift and Company
Chicago
Sc isOttifl
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