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1, - - i- ' - , - J ADVEBTISINQ BUSINESS WHAT STEALS TO - Machinery, IF YOU ARE A HUSTLER rou WILL ADVERTISE TOOB Business. E. E. HILLZA RL, editor and Proprietor. "EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ftx.oo. I hai G;JBAT propelling Power. VOL. XIX. Jew Scries-Yol. 6. (6-1 8) SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1903. NO. 21 SSSl 00B ADVKridMBHT III NOW 0 0 rona I have kept Ayers Cherry Pec toral in my house for a great many years. It is the best medicine in the world for coughs, and colds." J. C. Williams, Attica, N.Y. All serious lung troubles begin with a tickling in the throat. You can stop this at first in a single night with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Use it also for bronchitis, consumption, hard colds, and for coughs of all kinds. Tkrectlzea: 25c. Mc.Sl. AH ra(fi!t. Conralt yoTiT doctor. If he uti take It, then do as be ty. If he tel 70a not to take it. then don't take it. He know. Leare it with him. We are willing. J. C. AYER CO.. Lowell, Haaa. n n Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. This p-eparation contains all of the digestants and digests all kinds of food. It gives instant relief and never fails to cure. It allows you to eat all the food you want. The most sensitive stomachs can take it. By its use many thousands of dyspeptics have been c ired after everything else failed. Is ui: equalled for the stomach. Child Ten with weak stomachs thrive on it. Firsv dose relieves. A diet unnecessary. Suits all stomach troublas f rarea nly by E. C. DeWitt & Co., Chicago Tbo 51. bo1 tie contains 2J4 times the 50c. sise. E T. WHITEHEAD & CO. PARKER'S ft KAiR BALSAM ' PaTa to Si , Air faUinf, a vwiur. R.A. C. X.iytMC'2T," Bentist. OJFicE-Over Sew Whithead Building Office hf.ars from 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to o'clfc, p. m. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. R. J. P. WIMBERUS k , OFFICE BRICK HOTEL, SCOTLAND NECK. N. C. DR. H. I.CLARK, OFFICE BRICK HOTEL. Main Street, Scotland Neck, N. C. w, A. DUNN, A TTORNE Y-A T-L A W. Scotland Neck, N. 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Wants Judge dark. of Judge Clark, and think he would be the very man for tbe place. He says Judge Clark has stood fair and square on all Democratic issues and would therefore be a good leader in 1904. Judge Clark's friends in North Carolina and elsewhere appreciate this high compliment by .the editor of The Commoner, who himself has twice headed the national ticket tor the Democratic party. The following item from Indianapolis, Ind., found its way into the prints a few day, ago: "Miss Lula Spence, the chambermaid who refused to make up English a $1,100 to a Chambermaid because of it, has received over $1,100 from tbe South during tbe past twenty-four hours. One draft was tor $1,000 from 'Southerner,' at New Or leans. There was $6.92 from Montgomery, Ala.; $16.75 from Winona, Miss. ; $10 from Pickens, Miss. ; $10 horn a Memphis cigar manufacturer ; $17 from citizens of Calhoun, Ala., and other smaller amounts. Mis Spance has opened a bank account ; she is a business little woman and says she proposes to save her money. Tbe other side of the controversy is begin ning to assert itself. Colored people have 'spotted' her and are beginning to insult her. While Miss Spence is getting letters from tbe South, com plimentary letters are being received by tbe hotel people from negro sym pathizers in the North. 'But,' Miss Spence said to-day when she told of the $1,000 draft from New Orleans, 'I am going to work. I expect to take one of tbe positions offered me in the South, probably tbe one in the Hotel Hauston, Texas, just as soon as I get my damage suit well in hand.' " This being the two-hundredth year of John Wesley's birth, the Method ists of the country have commenced the celebration of tbe bi-centenary of John Wesley. the man for the crisis of his time. He was raised up for a great work, and for a necessary reform ; he realized the divine nature of his call, and with the courage and heroism of Saul of Tarsus he went manfully and fearlessly and devoutly to the task, and accomplished tbe work that was set before him. The church bad become fa his day a great machine, and its one object seemed to be to exploit itself and to make a strong or ganization, largely regardless of the religious needs of its membership. John Wesley, with the true spirit of democracy and the true spirit of Christianity in his heartsaw that the true aim of the church should be to exploit the individual, to promote individual piety, and that the church was worse than useless when its activities were turned in any other direc tion. The little society which he organized within the church of England was founded upon this principle, upon the principle of personal piety. It was a small beginning ; it was like the bit of leaven which a woman hid in three measures of meal, but it was the leaven of righteousness, and at once it began to work, nor did it cease until the lump had expanded in all direc tions and until it was entirely leavened. The whole Christian world caught tbe spirit of Wesleyanism, and to-aay there is no church worthy of the name In all Christendom which has not his aftlrit, which does not exert itself for the promotion of personal religion among its members. John Wesley is remembered and glorified and beloved by tbe Christian world when men more famous than he have been forgot, because he loved much and devoted his life and his talent and his great heart to tbe cause of humanity. It is meet and right that the Methodists of tbe world should celebrate the glorious achievements of this glorious man, and it is meet and right that Christians cf all denominations should join with them in this notable religious festival." The great railroad wreck which occurred near Raleigh last week turns the attention of the public to the matter of safety in travel. According to the statement by tbe News and Observer, the Safety in Travel. wreoK was caused by rotten cross ties. It was stated, however, that the engineer in charge of the train said that tbe con dition of the cross ties had nothing to do with tbe wreck. He said it was an ordinary case of the train jumping tbe track. Whether tbe condition of the cross ties was responsible for the accident or not, the wreck develop ed the fact that many of the cross ties along the road at that point near Raleigh were rotten ; and this tbe railroad authorities ought to have known and remedied. It is a very easy matter to find fault with any person or anything, and we are aware that the publie is often unreasonable in restric tions against railroad companies, simply because they are corporations. In this feeling we take no share and for it we have no patience. But all pub lic carriers of passengers are under a peculiar obligation to tbe public. In tbe first place, they charge the public fall price for the service rendered, for which we have no complaints to make. We believe in fair and just compensation for all services by whomsoever rendered and for whomsoever done. But tbe peculiar obligation under which such carriers are to the public, is the implied contract for safety in transportation. The public has learned to look at railroad and steamboat travel as an indispensable factor ot modern life, and desires to look upon such travel in .confidence of safety, When the railroad trains advertise their schedules they do not insure the public against accidents, but they impliedly say that they have used due diligence to make their carriages reasonably safe, that they are using and will continue to use diligence to keep the public protected against dangers by accidents, so far as they can. From this standpoint, then, tbe railroads and steamboat lines which propose to carry the public are criminal so far forth as they do not take care of the people who intrust to them their safety. If rotten railroad ties are liable to cause a wreck,' then the railroad companies are criminally negligent in knowingly permitting their trains to run over such ties, whether the wreck at Raleigh was caused by rotten ties or not. . " , .' -: . ' - PASSING EVENTS. the next Democratic nominee lor Mr. Bryan was very complimentary Booker T. Washington's bed at the week ago, and who lost her position Methodism. Of John Wesley himself, the Rich mond Times-Dispatch says : "John Wesley was To 'Oe?o g !i fa n BO0H3B AND X. From Boston Evening Transcript. Well, Roger, my dear old doggie, they say that your race is run ; And our jolly tramps together up and down the world are done ; You're only a dose, old fellow ; a dog, and you've had your day : But never a friend of all my friends has been truer than you alway. We've had glorious times together in the fields ard pastures fair ; In storm and sunny weather we have romped without a care ; And however men hare treated me, though foul or fair their deal However many the. friends that failed me, I've found you true as steel. That's right, my dear old felicw, look up with your knowing eye, And lick my band with your loving tongue that never has told a lie ; And don't be afraid, old doggie, if your time has come to go, For somewhere out in the great Un known there's a place for you, I know. ' if Then don't you worry i old comrade , and don t you fear to die ; For out in that fairer country I will find you by and by ; And I'll stand by .you, old fellow, and our love will surely win, . For neyer a heaven shall harbor me, where they won't let Roger in. When I reach that city glorious, be hind the waiting dark, Just come and stand outside the gate, and wag your tail and bark I'll hear your yoice, and I'll know it, and I'll come to tbe gate and say : "Saint Peter, that's rr.y dog out there, you must let him come this way." And then it tbe saint reluses, I'll go to tbe One above, And say, "Old Roger is at the gate with - his heart brim full of love ; And there isn't a shining angel of all the heavenly baud Who ever lived a nobler life than be, in tbe Earthly land." Then I know the gate will open, and and you will come frisking in, And we'll roam fair fields together, in tbat country free from sin. So never you mind, old Roger, if your time has come to go ; You've been true to me, I'll be true to you and the Lord is good, I know. You are only a dogr old fellow ; a dog, and you've had you day Well, I'm getting there myself, old bcx, and 1 haven't long to stay ; But you've stood by me, old comrade, and I'm bound to stand by you ; So don't you worry, old Roger, for our love will pull us through. Julian S. Cutler, Teach Them Industry. School and Fireside. There are some misguided parents in this world. They send their chil dren to school with the one aim in view to educate them, never dreaming that education or book learning alone does not accomplish much. The writer once beard a mother tell her boy that she wanted him to have an eduoation so he could make his living easier. A boy educated with that purpose will not be benefitted by an education. The boy when he enters school, especially the higher institutions of learning, must be given to understand that edu cation does not fit a man for idleness but industry. That he may more fully understand his duty and be able to do It in a more satisfactory manner, both to himself and society m general. Then, too, he should be given to un derstand that all labor is honorable. Teachers often oyerlook this point while they Instruct tbe boy. A boy that is not industrious from childhood up will never amount to much, eduoa tion or no education. How Turkish Children Are Trained. Selected. Little Turks are trained to be soldiers, every inch of them. A little Turk eats whatever is given him, obeys without a murmur, works like 'a horse at what ever task is set before him, walks till he drops down, draws water for his food, cuts his own wood, takes care of his horse and sleeps on tbe ground without even giving the smallest sign of impa tience. He is even tAUgbt to do this without moving a muscle of his faee to sKrjw that he does not like such hard work; What about tbe Tittle boys in civilized countries who pout because they bave to go on errands and, who re fuse to eat porridge tor breakfast ? THE X-RAYS, v " Recent experiments, by practical tests and examination with tbe aid of tbe X-Bays, establish it as a tact that Ca tarrh of the Stomach is not a disease of itself, butifiat it results from repeat ed attacks of indigestion. "How can I Cure My Indigestion?" Kodol Dys pepsia Cure is curing thoosinds. .. It will cure ygu of indigestion wS dyspep sia, and prevent or cure Catarrh ol the Stomach. KoddT digests what you eat makes tbe stomach -aweak Sold by E. T. Whitehead aCo, ;Vi v. SITPPmwTPivriPNT cm cranm e n Professor Powell, of Washington, D. C, USrtS-NS SUPT. PUBLIC SCHOOLS rfCjO ) j WASHINGTON cs. S" Prof. W. B. Powell, of Washington, D. C, is one of the best known educators In the country. For fifteen years he has been Superintendent of (he Public Schools of Washington, which is considered the best school system in the United States. Professor Powell Is the author of a number of school books which re used throughout the United States. This well known gentleman does not hesitate to recommend Pernna to bis countless friends and acquaintances all over the United States. In a reoent letter from 1410 N street, N. Washington, D. C, to Dr. Hartman, he says: i " Persuaded by a friend I have used Peruna as a tonic, and I tafce pleasure in recommending your remedy. Peruna is Indeed a good medicine and should be in every household" W. B POWELL What Constitutes a Gentleman. Cardinal Newman answers this ques tion as follows in his Idea of a Univer sity: "l is almost a defininition of a gen tleman to say be is one who neyer in flicts pain. This description is both re fined, and, as far as it goes, accurate He is mainly occupied in mere remov ing tbe obstacles which hinder the free and unembarrassed action of those about him, aud he concurs with their movements rather than takes the ini tiative himself. Tbe true gentleman in like manner carefully avoids what ever may cause a jar or a jolt in tbe minds ot those with whom he is cast all clashing of opinion or collision of feeling, all restraint, or suspicion, or gloom, or resentment ; his great con cern being to make every one at bis ease and at home. He has his eyes on all his company ; be is tender toward tbe bashful, gentle toward tbe distant, and merciful toward tbe absurd ; he can recollect to whom he is speaking ; be guards against unreasonable allu sions or topics that may irritate ; he is seldom prominent la couverealiou, and i never wearisome, lie makes l?ght of ( favors while he does them, and seems j to be receiving when he is conferring, j He never speaks ' of hi mselt except 1 when compelled, never delends him- self by a mere retort ; be bas no ear for , slander or gossip, is scrupulous in im puting motives to those who differ with him and interprets every thing for the i best. He is never mean or little in Lis disputes, neyer takes unfair advantage, never mistakes personalities or sharp sayings for argument, or Insinuates eyil which he dare not say out. From a long-sighted prudence he observes the maxim of the ancient sage that we should ever, conduct ourselves toward our enemy as if he wore one day to be our friend. He knows the weakness of human reason s well as its strength, ite promise, and its limits. If he is an unbeliever, he will be too profound and j lgminded to ridicutorebelon or to act against it ; he is too wfep to be a dogmatist or fanatic in hiafinfidelity." fill 'm , -i . -: '"1 iUiK ARREST. ' ; J. A. Gullege, of Verbeqa, Ala , was liesinMia' Hospital fraa a severe eajfstSes causing 24. triors,. After dtcUf ad ad rtmodies jTf Busk' ArjWes. JSalve Quickly I taesfed Inff nsiiQa4 cured A 5in.-Jt Viiamiiiiwiii vrm AJVllVULrO YEARS. necommenas re - Of General Xaterest. There are nearly 14,000,000 acres ol land in Italy still uncultivated which could bear good crops. Wisconsin is first in lumber and tim ber products, and Minnesota leads in douring and grist mills. The number ot passengers carried last year by the various street railways and omnibuses of Berlin was 532,957, 411, an increase ot 33,554,517 over 1901. Russia controls the platinum mark ets, tbe Ural mines furnish 8,800 pounds a year, tbe rest of the world hardly a thousand. Tbe price Is near ly $300 a pound, as ihe supply is not nearly equal to tbe demand. A number of manufacturers ol watches are preparing to emigrate from Switzerland to Germany. Ribbon, silk and other manufacturers bave pre ceded them. The object ia to save tariff fees and eecure cheaper labor. Odessa, a city of 400,000 inhabitants, has an orphan asylum of wnich, since 1897, from 63 to 68 per cent of the in fants received each year have died. Official investigation showed tbat this frightful rate of mortality was due to unsanitary arrangements and the use of poor milk. The population of ihe United States on June 30, 1900, was 76,303,307, an increase of 13,233,631 since 1890. About 4,000,000 immigrants arrived (luring that period, so tbat the annual increase by births was -1.3 per cent, which is about the same as Germany. Everyone needs a good blood purifier in the spring. Rheumaclde is recog nized as the best wherever known. Refuse all substitutes. Does not injure tbe digestive organs. A superb laxative and tonic. At druggists. Tbe man who marries above himaplf must expect to be treated like a non union laborer. Life. A SURE THING. - It is said that nothing is sure except death and taxes, but tbat is not alto gether true. Dr. King's New, Discov ery for Consumption is a sure cure for all throat and lung troubles. Thou sands can testify to that. Mrs. C. It. VanMltre, of Shepherdstown, W. Va-, says, ?I had . severe attack of Bron chitis and for 4 year tried everything 1 beard of, but got no relief. One bottle of Dr. Kingfrw .piscoycry tben eorett me abaotaiery.' It's Infallible for p.Wk4X)pi3 Cough; Pneu- qaoala andConsnaapttoo. Try ik Ic 1 ru - na. SUCH straightforward evidence can not be overlooked. What the com men people say carries weight, but when a man of national prominence says "Pe runa snouia oe usea in every tu it is a significant fact to the increasing prominence and undoubted emcacy of Peruna. Peruna is of national fame a a catarrh remedy. It is the only internal sys temic catarrh remedy known to the med ical profession. It makes diseased mu cous membranes healthy, whether it la the mucous membrane lining the nose, throat, lungs, stomach, kidneys or pel vic organs. It cures various diseases of all these organs, because two-thirds of the ills of mankind are due to catarrh. With healthy mucous membranes cli matic diseases lose their terror, the sys tem is enabled to throw off contagion, and health follows inevitably. Mr. A. T. Wood, Mt. Sterling, Ky., writes: " For many years I have been a suf ferer from catarrh, and bave apent time and money with phyalclamt and used many kinds ot remedies which were 'guaranteed sure cures', but la every case It was money thrown away, "I reaped no benefit whatever from them. In my seemingly vain search for relief I purchased a bottle ot Pe runa, having no confidence In It what ever at the time. This was about one year ago, and I began to Improve and was able to attena to my business without being constantly hampered by every kind otpaln known to a human being. My hearing, which was almost entirety gone In one ear, got very much better. The medicine not only seems to cure, but to prevent disease. "This winter when every one was suffering from la grippe, I stood like a stone wall, absolutely proof against It. lam not a believer In 'patent medi cines,' having found the majority ot them takes, but I do not hesitate to recommend Peruna as the best medi cine for catarrh tbe world bas ever seen. I keep a bottle of It at home constantly and shall continue to do so, because I believe It to be tbe best med icine on earth. I never leave home that I don't put a bottle of It In my grip." A. T. WOOD. Mr. Evan D. Bowen, Dodge City. Kan., Conductor on the A. T. & 8. T. B. writes : "I have had catarrh of the stom ach for seven years, and I began to think that I never was going to be cured. At. the time I began taki ng Peruna,I was un able to make more than one or two trips on the road at a time, not being able to keep jytMn on my tomaeh. I then weighed 108 pounds. I have been taking Peruna since that time and have never lost a trip, and now weigh 200 pounds." Evan D. Bowen. If you do Dot derive' prompt and sat is factory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr Ileftman, givimr a full statement of your cae and ho wilt be pleased to give you his valuable ad vice gratis. Address T)r. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. Saying His Bacon. Outlook. It was Cbiistmasday of 1861 that Gen. Lee invited a number ot Confed erate generals to dine with him. His servsnt, Kpbraim, who bad been his personal attendant for some lime, Feemei le s at his ease than rsu 1 Tbe uct-ts api eared, at d dinner was served lu the general's teuton a rough ttbl?, and consisted of b i led cabbage, cn the top of which rested a piece of bacon about three inches eqtmre. As General Lee heliied each guest he asked to Lave a U ce of bacon. As the question was asked Et hraim jave positive signs of terror. The dinner coi.cludtd with 'be piece of bucon i.ndiminh-bed in si.s, each guest having refusad. As the guee i Mi ihe tent General Lee turned to I'v bra-ui and said in a low voice : "Epbraim, we bave another cabbage, have we not?" The answer was: "Ye?, sah, Mass Bob, we got auudder cabbage, sah." "Then, Epbraim," said tbe General, "dayrf the piece of bico: to cook with tbat Cdbbsme." Tbe prompt and decisive reply wa., "No, sah, Mass B .b, 1 can't do dat ! I jus' borrow dat piece of bacon for sea sonin' ober dar in Ricbmon', and I done gibe up my parole ob honor I'll gibe biu back dat same buou what I borrow." General Lee left the lent without comment, and tbe bacon was returned. MOTHERS ! MOTHERS ! MOTH ERS! -How many children are at this sea son feverish and constipated, with bad stomach aud headache. Mother Gray 'a Sweet Powders for Children will always cure. If worms are present they will certainly remove them. At all drug gists 25 cents. Ask today. All tbe troubles of this world are born with wings. Mary E. Wilkin. Mr. Joseph PomiuyHIe, cf till water, Minn., after having upent over S2,HX) with the beat doctors lor stomach trou ble, without relief, was advised by his druggist, Mr. Alex. Richard, try a box of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. He did so, and is a well man today. If troubled with indiges tion, bad taste in the mouth, lack ol appeute vr. eniaipation, give tbese labieu a trial, and you ate certain to N eora tbao pleased with., the result. rr 5 r-auarhox .'js.:, t. 1 . X.T . S."
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