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The commonwealth. I. B.HILLIARU, - - - -.Editor. Published Every Thursday. Entered at the Post-Office at Scotland Keek, N C . as Second Class Matter. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1903. AGAIN AT THE DESK. The editor of The Commonwealth is again at the desk, after spending three weeks reeting at Buffalo Springs, Va. We spent the time most pleasant ly m the home of Mr. R. G. Blanks, and we are under obligations to him and his good wife and his aged mother for their kind treatment and good at tentionwhile there. There are many striking things about the Blanks family, and among other things worthy of note is the fact that Mr. R. G. Blanks, w'io is now a little past fifty years old, has never been absent from his mother a week at one time in his life. He is her young est son and the affection between them is beautiful in her very old age and in his years of middle life. For the entire community about Buf falo, we freely say that we have never mingled with more pleasant people anywhere. They are all kind and clever to a marked degree. The water from these famous Buffa lo Lithia Springs is fully entitled to its great reputation as a specific. Perhaps not a single person for whom it was used as a specific has ever been there and drank the water freely and a reasonable time and has gone away without some benefit. Its healing powers are great and its use has blessed thousands who have zone to the springs as well as thousonds more who have drank the waters at their, homes, in many cases a thousand mi!e3 from the springs. We were told while there that more North Carolinians vi?it the springs every year than persons from any other single State, even -ore than from Virginia. It is especially pleasin? to hear every one speak so highly of the noble Christian character of Col. Thomas F. Goode, the proprietor of the springs. His home is at TJoydton some twelve miles away aucl he Is seldom seen ai the springs, but every employe who knows him and eyery resident of the community speaks in the very highest terms of Col. Gocde's kindness to all people. While the water is valuable and in great demand, Col. Goode is generous to many who go there under circumstances of distress. He is oeb of the rich in this world who are kind ly disposed and generous to the less fortunate. Last week the first election was held in Virginia under the new State Con stitution. County officers and members of the House of Representative, and half the State Senators were yoted for. There was no special enthusiasm over the election, and at Buffalo precinct only about half of the registered voters voted. Virginia is now under the Austra lia!! ballot system. The names of all candidates of both parties, the regular nominees and the independent candi dates, are on the same ballot. The voter takes a ballot at the window and goes into a private room where he erases the names of those he does not wish to vote for. Then he returns and places the ballot with one of the judges of the election, who places it in the ballot box, generally folded. When the voter goes into the priyate rcoca to mark his ballot he may be accompanied by ona of the judges ol the election who will explain the ballot if it needs any ex planation. The election was very quiet aud some of the judges remarked on the difference between elections now and some years ago. Not a single negro voted at Buffalo precinct. The people of Virginia have a dog tax. Heretofore it has been at the op tion of the county supervisors whether or not tbey would impDse the dog tax, but by the terms of the new Constitu tion the tax is mandatory throughout the State. The dog tax goes to pay for the sheep and hogs destroyed by the dogB in each county. Halifax county had the dog tax la t year which amounted to $ 1,800 and this amount was not sufficient to pay for the sheep, hogs and tock killed by dogs in that county. We 8a w some old Confederate soldiers who spoke highly of General Matt. Ransom, for they knew him in the Civil War. Mr. James Watkins said he bad a brother who was a physician stationed at or near Scotland Neck dur ing the war, and remembers the place and i-cop'e here pleasantly. TRYING TO PL A Y A FARCE. The people of Raleigh voted for a dispensary a fetv weeks ago. The ma jority against open saloons was over whelming, but it seems that the city aldermen are trying to play a farce. By all considerations of the principles of Democracy they should have ap pointed t manage the dispensary men whom the dispensary people recom mended ; but they rejected them and appointed men who were recommend ed by the whiskey people. This was a very serious blunder, and the Raleigh aldermen will be condemned for It by right thinking people throughout the State. CONGRESS IN SESSION. The Fitty-eighth Congress convened in extra session last Monday. . The Houfe is said to have assembled the largest membership in its history, the most of the members being present. Joseph G. Cannon, of Illinois, was elacted Speaker. The Democrats nominated Mr. John S. Williams, of Mississippi,for Speakf r. which means that he is their chosen leader on the floor of the House. Senator Mark Hanna's desk was g-aced with a great floral offering in acknowledgment of his victory in Onio. The design was said to be one of the most pretentious ever seen in the Senate chamber. It tvas a shield f.;nr or rive feet high of blue immor tel;es in which was wrought the Amer ican "eagle. It bore the inscription : "Senator Mark HHnna,from bis friends, the Iri.h Democrats,' of Cleveland." Senator Gorman's victory in Mary land was also recognized with a band some floral offering, two feet in diame ter, roses, carnations and chrysnthe- Mothicg was done in either house of Congress ths first day further than ex change ni greetings and organization. PROGRAMME. Fourth annual meeting State Liter ary and Historical Association, Wed-ne-day November 11, 1903, 7 :30, p. m., Commons Hall, State Capitol, Raleigh, X. C. i. The Enrichment of Country L fe. (President's Address) W. L. Po e it, Wake Forest. '2. North Carolina Bibliography : The New Year's Literary Record. R. F. Beasley, Monro?. 3. The Career of Sir Walter Ral eigh. W. J. Peeie, Raleigh. 4. A Study of North Carolina Poet- ry. Hij;hl C. Moore, Cnapel Hill. .". Material for the Study of North Carolina History in Trinity College. H. B. Ac! in:?, Jr , Durham. 6. IlimU School Libraries. Discus sion, led by J. M. Way, Ashboro. 7. Report on Hall of History. F. A. 01 Js, Raleigh. 8. New Business ; Election of Offi r&rs. FIRE IN WARREN TON. Xl-ws and Observer. Warrenton,"N. C, Nov. 9. Our town was visited by fire this morning about 1 o'clock. The alarm was given and t"e people turned out to find the E. 5 agger place, owned and occupied by Mr. A. D. Harris, on fire. The people a-'A fire company fought bravely, but they could not control the flames and t:ie large building was burned to the e round. The nuilding was insured for ? 1,000 and the furniture for $250 JTuch of the furniture was saved. Mr, Harris estimates his loss at about $1,000 a hove the insurance. None of the nearby buildings were damaged. The fire is supposed to have been caused lr r,its. FDI ron WALKER'S KILLED. BROTHER The luJlowing special from Littleton under date of Nov. 9th, appeared in Tuesday's News and Ob?erver : "Mr. John Walker, the engineer ci the Santa Fe train wrecked near Pu fcblo, Col., on October 30th, and who ied in a hospital in Lajunts, Col , to- -lay, was a native of Warren county His brother, T. It. Walker, editor of 1 he News Reporter, leaves to-night to intend the burial services in Kansas -ify, Mo., the 12lh, instant." HOW'S THIS? We offer One Hundred Dollars Ra- warJ for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hali's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Prop., Toledo, O. we tne undersigned, have Known F. J.Cheusy for the last fifteen years, and beliave him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their hrm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists Toledo, O. W aldixg, Kixxax & Marvin, Whole sale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all drug gists. Testimonials free. Hail's family pills are the best. Kodol Dyspepsia Ccro WINTER VI LLE NEWS. Correspondence to The Commonwealth. Wi NT t r vi lle , N. C, Noy. 10, 1903. The attendance upon the Free Will Baptist conference at Reedy Branch church, near here, during the past week was tremendously large as it al ways is. A. G. Cox Mant'g Co. never have oc casion to make special runs on HUN SUCKER Buggies. They run them selves. In fact it seems impossible to make them fast enough to supply the demand. Mis. F. Rodkey and little daughter, of Baltimore, Mr. and Mrs. W. D Browning and Miss Nellie Reck of At lantic City, N. J., who have been visit ing Mr. and Mrs.C. A. Fair since Tues day, all left tor their homes Friday morning. Farmers 1 There's no money in poli tics save for the few, but in our great bargains there's money for you. Right at this time we are making a special run on Wire Fence. Make us prove it. A. G. COX MF G CO. Mrs. Minnie Darden, of Plymouth, has been visiting Mrs. A. D. Johnston during the week. C. A. Davis, of Eureka, spent Friday here on business. He is one of A. G Cox Ml'g Co.'s most successful agent-. A LETT KR ! Bull Head, N. C. Oct. 22, 1903 : A. G. Cox Mf'g Co., Winterville,N. C, Gentlemen : I have beea handling the "Economic" Back Bands for five years and find them to be all right. Ynurs truly, J. R. Mew born. Mrs. James Meeks and Miss Nannie Meets were visiting at Rowan Cooper's this week. It snowed Friday. Maybe you saw it. Anyhow, it snowed. A nice Buggy Rote feels just as good ad it locks thee frosty mornings. Come see Hunsucker's hrje, large as sortment before purchasing. Thursday A. G. Cox Mf'g Co. made a direct shipment of 8 Cox Cotton Planters to Texas. This is about the earliest shipment ever made. Snould the present high prices of cotton con tinue tbs coming season bids fair to be the largest in the history of the plant er. Mrs. James Kinion, of Greenville, l was the guest of Mrs. R. G. Chapman Wednesday night. Miss Hattie Kittrell and Lala Chap man went over near A3 din and spent the afternoon Wedn?.cd:;y with Miss Daisy Mumf rd. UP TO DATE. The quality ot Tar Heel & Oak Wagons has been up-to-date all the while, as numberless cus tomers will testify. To please some people who want them to look like western-mak! wagons, we are now tak ing special pains with the finish of them. A v'sit to our show room would doubtless make you feel like you were in some western establish ment. Those who are skeptical can call aud see for themselves. A. G. COX MF'G CO. DOES IT PAY TO BUY CHEAP? A cheap remedy for coughs and colds fs all right but you want some thing that will relieve and cure' the more severe and dangerous results of throat and lung troubles. What shall you do? Go to a warmer and more regular climate? Yes, if possible; if not possible tor you, theu in either case take the only 'remedy that has been introduced in all civilized countries with success in severe throat and lung troubles, "Boschee's German Syrup.' It not only heals and stimulates the tissues to destroy the germ disease, but allays inflammation, causes easy ex pectoration, gives a good night's rest, and cures the potient. Try one bottle recommended many years by all drug gists in the world. You can get a re- eiiabie remehy at E. T. Whitehead & Co's. Price 25c and 75c. NEGROES RETURNING TO AMERICA. Richmond Times-Dispatch. The Georgia newspapers contain let ters from some of the negroes who left Irwin county, Georgia., last February for Liberia. Of the fifty-six persons in the party more than half have died of climatic diseases. The rest would have starved to death by this time, but for the charity of their friends at hom( ar.d the goodness of the native fficiils Taey all want to get back to the Unit ed St tea :is s-n as possible. Indeed, those who h va mjney, or friends who can furnish them money, are en route now. QUESTION ANSWERED, Yes, August Flower still has the largest eale of any medicine in the civ ilized world. Your mothers and grandmothers uever thought of using nytbing else for Indigestion or Bil iousness. Doctors were scarce, and they seldom heard of Appendicitis, Nervous Prostration or heart failure. etc. They used August Flower to cleau out the system and stop fermen tation of undigested food, regnlaie the action of the liver, stimulate the ner vous and organic action of the svalem. and that is all they took when feelins dull and bad with headaches and other aches. You only need a few doses of Green's August Flower in liquid form, 10 make you sausned there is nothing serious the matter .with ycu. Yon can get this reliable remedy at E. T. whitehead & CO'S. Price 25c and 75c. Kodol Dyspepsia Ccro When Siie dudts It's high time to see us gfy4 for Freshest and Guns and Ammunition Table and Pocket Cutlery Just what you need, just when you need it, and at just the price you can pay,and that's our motto BUY A BUCK'S STOVE Buck's Stoves are no experiment, recognized through out the world to-day as the standard by which all oth ers are measured. White enamel lining to oven doors and racks. oconaiiu iecK, ............... The Election Is Over. Now for Business DO YOU loye to read good books, magazines of clever fiction, de tective stories, etc.? If you do we can tfupply your wants. We all love to eat and are compelled to do it, and we want everything as lo.? down as we can get it. Our House Is the Place We sell as low down as the lowest ; the same price to all ; sixteen ounces to the pound, and four pecks to the bushel. We want all of the cash cus tomers we can get and more, too, so come ! You will not regret it ! New goods all the time ! Everything good ! We buy the best and sell the lowest ! Try us. W. R. W ALSTON. Notice. State of North Carolina i County of In the Superior Court. Halifax. B. B. Joyner ) , vs summons for Maria E. Joyner. ) - Re,Ief To the defendant, Maria E. Joyner : You will take notice that an action entitled B. R. Joyner vs Maria E. Joy ner has been commenced in the Supe rior Court of Halifax county agaiust you. The purpose of the action is to obtain an absolute divorce from you for abandonment without cause aud wilful abated in tnent prior to the first day of January, 1903, such abandon ment haii)g been for more than two years. And ou are hereby notified to be and apt 1 ar before the judge of the Superior C urt at a court to be held for the conr.fy of Halifax at the court house in II. .1. fax on the twelfth Moo day after tf-. first Monday in Septem ber, 1903, and answer the complaint which has been deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court for said county within the first three days of the term, and the defendant will further take notice that if she falls to appear and answer the complaint or demur within the time required by law, the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the complaint, and for the costs of this ac tion. This Oct. 30, 1903. S. M. GARY, U-5 it C. S. C. for Halifax Co. SPECIAL RATES VIA SeaDoarfl Mr Use Railway Commencing Oct. 15th 1003 .k- Seaboard Air Line Railway will place on srtie rouna trip winter tourist tickets to a'i Winter Resorts in thn Smith nH Southwest. Tickets will be RTkld II n tn April 30th, 1904, with final return r.mn May 81st, 190C For further in formation annlv to local dre.?s, Z. P. SMITH, T. I. A.. Raleigh, N. C. Notice! LJav.ng qualified as administrator C. " T. A. of the estate of thn ltn t 8. Medlin, all persons are hereby noti- ueu 10 present claims against tho es tate to me or to my attorneys, Kitchin fc Kitchin, on or before December 1st, 1904; otherwise this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons owing the estate will please make immediate settlement. This Nov. 2, 1903. E. T. Medlin, ll-12-6t Adm'r VJTJL. 't'F - If 4 1 I - Best "The Hardware Hustlers," TAYLO R, THE Pioneer Grocer Having been the first one to open a FIKST CLASS Grocery Store in Scotland Neck, and having for eight years studied the wants of the trade, we feel that we should be in a position to know better than any one with less experience, just the kind of goods the people want. GIVE US A CALL. Satisfaction GUARANTEED FOR FIRST CLASS GROCERIES. 0. K. TAYLOH. Scotland Neck. N. C. ' WE KEEP ON HAND - BURIAL CASKETS OF ALL KINDS ALL THE Hi With Complete Undertakers' Outfit HEARSE SERVICE AT ANY HOUR. bay or night we are ready to accommodate our friends and the Public Generally. M. Hofiman & Bro!, Scotland Neck, North r? EVtrtmrli toll I A . trove's Heaanrs PfcH Extract PmXJrZltZT 1? K5a lunract BLACK !SXf5S& was K Machines & Needles. Singer Tewing Machines sold for cash or installment ; old machines ta ken in ex h inge. Needles, Oils, parts and attac' rre:;t for all makes of ma chines. O d?rs left at Mess. E. T. Whitehei'. I & Co.'s will be promptly filled. I '.'ii orders solicited and filled promptly Office in Kitchin building opposite M. Hoffman & Bros'. store. Box No. 205. SCOTLAND NECK SINGER STORE R K. Alligood, Mgr. HAVE YOUR MEASURE TAKEN for your new Fall garments. It is the only proper and sat isfactory way of buying your clothes, being that "GOOD CLOTHES ARE ALWAYS MADE TO ORDER." Make your selection from the tail oring line of STRAUSS BROS. Chicago, Est. 1877 Oood tailors for oyer a quarter century You'll find a world of pleas ure in wearing the clothes made by Strauss Bros., faultless in style, fit, finish and materials. They're so much better than the ordi nary run of clothes, yet prices are astonishingly low, and your perf ectly safe in or dering, because if garments are not satisfactory, you needn't take them. WEJ Trlkh S5.,PLEASD TO SHOW YOU OUR GREAT LINE OF SAMPLES a ' r.W Chrome C I J. D. Ray & Co. doWt " "J &Jlirw rurLAK Fluid Extract SARSAPARILL I T C H E LUXURi Don't confine all the luxuries to the parlor, fix up the kitchen with Labor-Savin wares. See us for Tinware, Granitevvare, Woodenware. wmrni 4 DUL,rV5 r. a v is Mia CD ) . urui ironim. a Sftoes Sfi IOCS SHOES See our new Stock More buying your F.ill .-1 1 1 . 1 Winter Supply. WV ;ui save you money on suik All new stock. New Mullets. Fivsli ii ii and Oat Meal jnst iviriv ed. Snuff and Tol,i ( u we have it to suit ymi. Cabbage Seed we h m' them, and many ntlm things. Also the FinM Cheese to be had. I nil stock of Groceries all tin time the best to !' h;il. Save money by d 'aliir with us. WILSON ALLSBROOK, Scotland Nect. C. J. W. Perry Co. COTTON FACTO I :S. Norfolk, . . Virginia, Quotations Nov. 1, l'-1"!. COTTON Quiet. Strict Middling Middling Strict Low Middling Low Middling Tinges..-. Stains......... Blues PEANUTS Should be dry to fell. Fancy........... Strictly Prime i ' Prime Low Grades -i Machine Picked t" 1 Spjinkh 7i )' in;,ic'' d. jfifiAS - i Mack and Speckle Pea- " Hi.iy and Red Peas .70 Peanut Bags, in bales 0 in 7 -l'1 Bagging, Tics a:;d Peanut I; 1" ; ,: sale. ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE. Having qualified as administratrix of Fannie A. Pope, deceased, tot l'! Helifaz'county, State of North Ci"'"' lina ; this is to notify all perf-.T? Hv" ing claims against the estate f f'i1 iie" ceased to exhibit thetn to tli n!1' signed on or before the iiit kv ;! October, A. P 1904, or tin notice ,; be plead in bar of their recovery, persons indebted to sai l o c v: pleaee come forward and make !'' ;f' diate settlement. This October 1st, A. 1. K'n;; Mary J. Ni moi.os. Pittman & Kerr, Adaii'iii-',r v Attorneys. Warren ton, X. t 10-15 6t. . - 'i I:,. : Don't C Priso, 50c.
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