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The Commonwealth. B. E. HILLIAD, - - - - Editor. Published Every Thursday. Entered at the Post-OJice at Scotland Keek, N C ,is Second Class Matter. THURSDAY, JULY 19, 19.0. TIES TSIN TAKEN. On July 13tu the Chinese forces at Tieu Tan slaughtered heavily the forces of the allied powers, but on 14th the allied forces succeeded in making a breach in the walla with artillery and rushed in, captured tbe city and forts with a great slaughter of the Chinese REGISTER! REGISTER! White men, remember that next Saturday, 21st of .Inly, is your last op portunity to register for tha Angus! election. If you hive not registered, do not lose one single moment, but go at once and see that your name is on the registration books. A duty lies just ahead cf every white vnter in Halifax couctv and North Carolina, which, if neglected, will per haps be the means cf fastening negro domination on us for years to come. That duty is to register and vote for the amendment. IT IS BE :i T FOR ALL. From tho very first intimstion that a consti tutinil amendment would be submitted to the people for the purify ing nf th h:i!lot. in North Carolina. The Commonwealth said let us have it. There is every reasontble argu ment for it and no reasonable argu ment against it. The matter is of supreme importance considered from a racial standpoint alone. With the mixing of the white and colored races in the scramble for office, as has been the cate in North Carolina for a third of a century, no country or people on the Islcq of the earth could thoroughly prosper. The siiperioritv ol the white race is a stamp of nature imprinted by the finger of Gcd in the creation ol the races, manifested all through the his tory of the ages by the achievements of the white race. And the white race will never be satisfied to continue in the relation which it now holds with the ignorant coiored race. The passing of the amendment will eliminate such a proportion of the negro vote as to make it al Together impossible for that race to play any part in the political affairs of iNorth Carolina. Then r the stimulus which the amendment will give to education will more than compensate the State and ita citizenship for all the labor expended- for its adoption, Both the white and colored races will see the import ance of general education : and so the cause of education will be helped more than the most sanguine can im agine. And apart from all these considera tions, it is a question that presents itself to the aeli-respect ol every white man. Ever since the war the white people of North Carolina have done much for the education of ihe colored people, aud yet they have every time persisted in voting against their own interests and ours, simply to satisfy a prejudice they never would allow cor rected. And now the white people have it before them to eliminate the ignorant contingent from the right of suffrage, and they must do it. With the ignorant colored vote elim inated from our ballot boxes, we may expect a reign of peace and good gov ernment in North Carolina which our great State and its boundless resources L promise and vouchsafe to us. Do your duty white men, on Aug ust 2nd, and you will be worthy a place with your race; otherwise you will not. CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED with local applications, as they c.-m-not reach the seat ot the disease. - Ca tarrh is a blood or const! tu tional disease and in ordei to cure it you must take internal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mocoos surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack 'medicine. It was prescribed by one oithe best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly cn the mocous surfaces. The perfect combination oi the two ingredients is what produces such won derful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY A- CO., Props., Toledo, O, Sold by druggists, price 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Bmttt ?Ths Kind Yn Han Atajs Hgasta "A RANK LIE !' Correspondence to The Commonwealth. Rune;!!, n. C. July 17. At or of ihe lialeigh hotels yesterday I fell into an interesting conversation with well posted and exceedingly intelli ent "drummer'' (as most of his tribe are) from South Carolina. ne uaa just read cue of the Rep-Pop. fusion campaign circulars that Abe Aliddle ton aud Eolton issue periodically from tho Greensboro headquarters of the enemy and which, by the way, are now coming thick and fast, the State being flooded with anti-Amendment literature," most of It consisting of the most barefaced and lying of asser tions. "I sec." said he. "that these feilows assert that some while men fcave been disfranchised !n South Carolina by the law which has largely eliminated the negro vole ; indeed, if a circular I saw today is to be believed and credited, a largo propcrton of white men ( poo: white men they term them) cannot vote now in my Stato, and they point to the light vote polled occasionally as 'proof positive' of the assertion "It is a rantylie !" added the drum mer, feelingly. There is not a white man in Soutrvt'arolina, not a convict ed crimnal, t4 cannot vote, be he ever so poor er 'gnorant. And what is more,jaoy d J, vote-at the prim aries, -especial , where all ur candid ates are nominated and a poor or ig norant white man never had as much voice in the selection of candidates of the Democratic party as he has had since the negro was eliminated and primaries held for the selection of our candidates." THK "LIGHC YOTt" EXI'LIXED. "It happens to sonae campaigns that thousands of white voters of aii class es and conditions in life, rich and poor the ignorant and unlettered as well as the intelligent and educated do not go to tho polls and yote on the leal election day "But that is from choice and not irom necessity, and is easily explained "As I have said, our candidates are selected and nominated at the primaries (which all white men attend; we have no Pops and but a few hundred white Republicans ia tho State), and as the negro Iia3 been pretty well eliminated from politics and no longer can kill the votes of white men at the polls, the latter rest satisfied, after making their nominations (at the primary) and, knowing that their nominees are cer tain to be elected, do not, to a more or less extent, take the trouble to go to the polls on the legal election day and so the vote polled, apd published to the world in all the returns and tabu lated statements of the almanacs and newspapers, appears to be and is really a light one. "But if the yotea polled at the prim aries (our real election day) were used in making up the figure?, instead of those polled at the legal election, the returns would be different and much larger. "That is the whole thing in a nut shell. Every man has a voice in the election of the Democratic candidates and the ballot of the poor and unletter sd white man counts for as much as that of the bank president and the wisest man in the State. All are con tent, and you never hear any of this rot anent'poor men being disfranchised in South Carolina' at home. "It will be the same way here in yonr Slate after the adoption of the Amendment to your Constitution, for I see your State convention declared for the primary plan (already partially in use in North Carolina) and provided for the enactment of laws legalizing the same after this year. "Your enemies must be in dire straits to attempt to palm off such a transparent lie on the white people of North Carolina, for surely none are eo ignorant as o be misled by it." THE WINSTON OUTRAGE. The outrageous and high handed proceedings at Winston before a Re puIvUnn U. S. C i. r.iissioner named Becktrdite, v.i,e,- I.y it has been at tempted to punish (or' moro truly, to intimidate and browbeat) registrars of election for declining to register non resident and imported negroes, has greatly stirred up the white people of tho State where the facts are known. I know something about this Im portation of negro yotera in "Winston. The same complaint was made when the writer edited a paper there in the Fowle-Dockery campaign in 1888, and it was found to be almost impossible to purge the registration books of Dan ville and Lynchburg and other Virgin ia negroes, who were brought there, os tensibly to work in the tobacco factories (where several thousand negroes em ployed), but who remained only a few weeks just preceding the election. Then they would return to Danville, cr else where, and vote again the same yaar, often the same month. - - This is doubJess the same class of negroes about whom the iusionists are now attempting to create trouble. They are clearly imported negroes, and are not entitled to vote in Winston or any other place in North Carolina. No wonder they cannot truthfully answer Harmless, efficient, reliable' and pleasant to take is Roberts' Tasteless Chill Tonic for chills, fevers, malaria, mgnt sweats and la grippe. 25c. No cure, no pay, "The best I ever saw". is wnat tney ait say. For sale by E. T. Whitehead St Co., Druggists. the legal questions ol Teaaeooe, e.ic, demanded by the new' Jaw ana assea bv the registrars. And tno latter do rihtin retasiug to register them un less they can satisfy them ol their real homes and right to vote. WHITE MEW OF THE WEST AtROUSED. The bidding over of registrar Thomp son! by TJ. S. Commissioner Jttecicer dite at Winston Fridav has caused the greatest indignation here. It is a great big bluff, of course, and no- Jiarm will (or possibly can) come to the regis trar for doing his plain duty undetr the law, but the gigantic gall of these Fed eral authorities (Holton and Blackburn) is something outrageous no Federal officer being- voted for and the United States in no way connected with the election of August 2. Chairman Simmons, who spent nearly all of last week in Winston (to gether with Judge Shepherd and T.M. Argo, whom he tuok with him as ad ditional counsel), And who personally gave his time and talents to protect the rights ol the persecuted registrar, says that the whole transaction Is a palpable usurpation of authority, and entirely without the jurisdiction of the U. S. courts. And, he adds, wa intend to arrest and prosecute in the State courts every person who Bwear? out such warrants against regiitrars. RANSOM TO THE BESCUE. The white men of Forsyth county and adjacent territory are greatly wrought up over the so-called "trial," and they have called a big indignat ion mass-meeting to protest against such outrages. The meeting will be held to-night (Tuesday) and one of the chief speakers will be General Matt. Ransom, the old Roman of Northamp ton, who was asked to come, and who atonce wired hia acceptance. The white men of the West are at last becoming throughly aroused, and Holton and Abe Middleton's tactics, as instanced in Oie Forsyth registrar's case, has largely contributed to this result. Even Republican leaders here say Holton has made a bla mistake, and that it will make thousands , of votes for the Amendment. NO WRITE MANAFFECTED. The Bibical Recorder, of Raleigb, is as ably edited as any paper in the country, secular or religious. It oc cassionally gives opinion on matters political, and here is what it sajs about the Amendment and the disfran chisement of white men : "LET THE READER GET IT AND READ IT BEFORE HE ADVO CATES IT OR CALLS THE MAN WHO FAVORS IT A TYRANT OR ONE WHO OPPOSES IT A SCALA WAG. READ IT. THINK ABOUT IT. IF YOU FIND YOURSELF INCAPABLE OF DOING SO, DO NOT TALK ABOUT IT AND DO JSOT VOTE ON IT. WE HAVE EXAMINED IT CLOSELY. WE STAKE OUR REPUTATION FOR UNDERSTANDING PLAIN EN GLISH ON IT, THAT THE AMEND MENT IS DESIGNED TO DISFRAN CHISE ILLITERATE COLORED VOTERS, AND THAT IT WTJ-L NOT AFFECT THE SUFFRAGE OF ANY WHITE MAN. We do not see why there should be any great strife or division about this. All who lavor disfranchising illiterate colored voters ought to be allowed to vote for it, and all in favor of retaining them in the body politic ought to be allowed to vote against it. A clear understanding will make for peace." i The Kind You Have Always BwjfC WINTER VILLE NEWS. Winterville, N. C. July 17, 1900. Mrs. W. M. Dixon returned Satur day nignt from Scotland Neck, where she has been visiting several days. Mr. Dixon accompanied her xx there, but- returned Tuesday night. A.' G. Cox Mfg. Co. is keeping quite a stir around now. Tobacco flues and Tar Heel wagons give tne hustle. If the proposed Amendment to the constitution is unconstitutional, why is it that Mr. Butler and Mr. Pntchard are fighting it so bard ? Why not leave it for the courts todecide? - A. G. Cox has several small farms of 15 or 20 acres each for sale near Win terville, also several town lots. Terms are very reasouable. Winterville 13 in need ol more lab orers, as well as business men. Ap plications had better be made at once. 'The office of A. G. Cox, so says Bud Joe, is headquarters for Demo cracy. A gold bug with Ay-ock bat on Its head was found there the other day. The bug was about I iach In length by inch in width, its sides and edges were.of golden ilnge, and its head silvery colored. . We take it, as a good omen. Don't Stop taking Stores Emulsion fee- cause it warm weather I Keep taking it until yob are cured " " - . It wSI heal your lungs and give you rich blood ia sum mer as in -winter. It's cod lhrer oil made easy :: ; - SOe. aa4 $ 1. AB 1 3 THE FAMINE SUFFERERS. The Gommoxweaxth recently sent a check to the Christian Herald for the amounts contributed through these col umns to the relief of the famine suf ferers in India. The check was ac knowledged and we received a most encouraging letter about the work. Among other things the letter said : "Terrible though the conditions are in the famine districts, by strong uni ted effort we will be able to do much for these starving people, and make lauch a showing for the generosity of our country as will be noted every where In the civilized world. "1 appreciate most highly your val uable aid in this matter, and I believe that we will be surprised . when our yorfc is finished to find that it availed so- much, and your paper (The Com monwealth) has been instrumental in savfng so mauy lives. I have put Th Commonwealth on the roll of honor and the Chrvetian Herald will publicly express Us appreciation of your efforts." To be stre, we felt gratified to receive such a letter, and we print it because we believe those who haye contributed through these columns will also feel gratified. Read the story of the famine on our first page. v There are still other contributions to be acknowledged in these columns next. week. Send in yours at once. LETTER TO MR. R. E. HANCOCK i SCOTLAND NECK, IT. C. Dear Sir : The last meeting between L. A M. Paint and White Lead, was on the occasion of a certain test with a very large order for the winner. The L. & M. Paint won had to win people must believe what they see with their own eyes. We explain how much oil is added to each gallon of the paint figure coat of material for your own house ; then point out that lead always chalks, while our paint never does and back of our statements, plnce our Insurance Guarantee and our An nual Sales of Four Million Pounds. Kindly favor E.T. Whitehead & Co. with a call. Yours sincerelv, LONGMAN fc MARTINEZ. New York. Rocky Biver Springs. STANLY COUNTY, N. O. Open June 1. Finest of Mineral Water. Table supplied with the best. Band of music. Daily mail. Phone connections with all adjoining towns. Tourists rates on Southern Railway and its branches and Atlantic Coast Line. Bates For Board: Per day, $1.50. Per week, $5.00 to 18.00. Per Month, $18.00 to $ 25.00, According to room, and etc. Children under 12 and servants half ates. For further information, address R. B. Beckwith, M. D. SILVER, Stanly County, N, C. -621-8t. Until September It Desirable Lots Can be Had For . . . . . After that Address, E The Kind Yon Have Always In use for over 30 years, Allow an rAnnfote- imitations Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment, What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare-' goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other ITarcotio substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Biarrhcca and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Sears tho The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THC CENTAim COMMNV. TT T'T'r' " S fK fi-A ?A "Star" tin t?gs (slm;"r gaall Btais printed on under side of tag), "JXoreeBhoa," "J.T.," " Good Luck," "Cross Bow," and "Drurnmond" Natural J-iaaf Tin T.aga are of equal value in securing presota mentioned belov?, end may be assorted. Every Eian, woman and child can n& eomethiEg on the list that they would liko to have, and er hf,ve 1 Match Box..... f... S Knife. one bia-ln. cnud ereel.. TAGS. . .. 2i 5 Scissnra, 4Wio.-li83.... 'J 4 Child's feet. Knife, 1'ork end sVyoon 5 6 Salt and Popper Bet, one eacb, ci'-id- rnple plato on wbita mtai 50 6 French Briar Wood l-lpe Si 7 Razor, hollow pround, fine English steel to 5 Butter Knife, tripte plate, best quality 60 9 Bngar Shell, tnnle plate, best caaL. 6i) 10 Stamp Bos. sterling silver 7 70 11 Knife, "Ksan Kntter," tw, b'ades.. 75 12 Butcher Knife, "Keen Kutter," S-in blade 75 15 Shears, "Keen Knttsr," P-iach 75 14 I'nt Set, Ciacfce? and 0 Vicia, silver plated to J5 Ease JJ&!J,"As'.'OCia!.icn," best qii.ii;j 16 Alarm Clock, nickel 1') 17 Six Genuine U:;grs' Teasncons, b;2t Platod goods 1Z-0 18 Watch, nickel, stem wind and set . . CU 19 Carvers, good steel, buckkcru handles 200 M Six Genuine Rogers' Table Spoons, best plated Roods 230 SI Six each. Knives and Forks, beck horn handles 250 SS Six each. Genuine Rosters' Knives and Forks, best plated goods coa it it it it it it it it THE ZBQVE OFFFR SXPfRCWJMR 30- 1B0Q. SflPPiti &ntiff ! riain "Star" Tin i - - --.. Etarspni: ""J stars printed on ssss but Tviii be paid ivA by us on or hefnro r hundred, ifrecpiv. yjJKAU IN BUNS tiiat a liiaCa it frilS last !cocr ead cS'ard as are jjletisaj'e t"u.:n a (Urac's woirtb Off KSJ otlier brand. EV1 AJEs! THE TOT 2 Send lass to CNTSKS3232&5i TOAi'CO CO., SL LCKlS. 19a. 1? A. McDOWELL, Pbhsident. W. R. BOND, He WbM SCOTLAND SOLICITS THE ACCOUNTS OF SOTH INDIVIDUALS AN3 BUSINESS FIRMS. 10 10 1 Date Prices will be Beautiftil Location! Shade Trees Already Planted! Water Goni Convenient to Depot, and Altogether Desirable Flaoe.for Rooij" zr : Bast Scotland Neck itiand onnib D Bought and which lias been has home the signatnre of and has been matte unaer nis per sonal supervision since its infancy no one to deceive you in this. and Just-as-srood' are but Signature of MURRAY SVRtlT, NEW TOR CITY. r --' . i-n-.i f.-4 eam m - it it it it it: it it TAG3. 3 Clock, " CaJenCUr, Therrnom- p1or, T .rotae or 6). 51 Gun of. ,.lo.ir)jcr, no better made. 600 23 Bevel v.-?. : vtoia;iiic, double action. i oaiiber 600 23 Tcvsi S-;t. aot tj!a y thing s. but real tools 650 7 Toilet Sat, decov&ted poicelain, ve.-y hatidsorna 800 C-3 i;nin?.ti;a Eiflo No. 4, 22 or 32 cal . 800 3 V.Weii, Htv.rling silver.full jeweled 1000 0 IiTV!3 yuit Case, leather, handsome .-.r.u -.iiii-aMc 1009 31 Gov.'injj Machine, lirst class, with r,!l Attachments 1G00 32 r.L-T.Ivi Cult's, SS-calibor, blued :'; 1500 9". t ::- tU-.-.r'a lltx!.rt '3wMhi. 1 Fill! i!! Guit ar ( V.'ihbnrnJ. rusowond. In- . i: '...2000 3 S'..-.'id.i!n.Very aan3b3! ..;..S?'0 ( CS VO:c--.2tr Sapcattag Bfcot Gun., k it it it it it it 37 2tiinc;i:on. double -barrel, ham- mei' biiot Gun, 10 or 12 gauge 2000 33 Z;ry.-.!o, standard make, ladies or -pcut3 3500 33 Shot Gi'.n. Remington, double bar i ;l, hau: merieas ....8000 10 Kesiaa 3fasi Box. laH Inch Diao.OW 5?a.? ftl.r.t is, Star tin tag with no tmtll trader fido c t tag), re net good for preents, for in cask on liebasU cltTrsaty cents per - t - cb X: t, ll.'-'Ja. vrsnh of tM it's sra o& Ot r it it r-'l 'r- FRANK P. SHIELDy, Cashik Ass't Cashier. NECK, N. C. ml oM, it 16 ; Get Your.... ip?nfisi and have your. Watch and Olock Repaired BY J AS. II. BElIaTIIE jewklek TARBORO, N. C. mm Finest Finish. Best W ork of the Art; Guaranteed to Please. S. It. ALLEY, Tarboro, N.C A single trial is enough to prove you can buy nothing better than Taylor s Flour, Lard, Butter and Cheese. Ccxntaro cur Work wiSh ihnt of our Competitors. ESTABLISHED IN 3 86.1. CHAS' H' WALSH WORKS, Sycamore St., rsrrEivnri;o. Va. r Monuments,, Tombs, Cdtno(pry (;m!i ing, &c. AH work strictly Tr: clasa and at Lowest Trices. t ALSO FVRKISH IKON FENCING, VASES, &C. Designs sent to any address Irco la writing for them please give t; ceased and limit as to price. I Prepay Freight on all VVn-lv QUESTION ANSWERED. Yes, August Flower ftiil Iins l .c In gest sale of any medicine in t' o civ lized world. Your mothers and vm'iA mothers never thought of usu ;; smy thing else for Im';i;?sticn or I; !'i"u ness. Doctors wc:e f?csrce,nnd tl)(y rov er heard of Appendicti', Nervo' .; Pm--tration or Heart failure, etc. Tt iy used August Flower to clean o;it the system and stop the fermtntati ui f undigested food, regulate the aciionef the liver, stimulate the nervous ii organic action of the Pj'atPm, nnd tint is all they took when feeling l:ui the hendaches and other ncluw You only need a few dctes of Cir-u's August Flower, iu liquid form, to iS;iKe you catislied there is notliiiif. r-frio'w the matter with you. For soli?. I y K. T. Whitehead & Co. Druggist. Ad Vanced. Mil ft ".?e -V-' L-i. .if1-.--1-. - : :is ,T ,VJ. X" -L-.-;- V.
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