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The commonwealth. K. HILLIARD, - - - - Editor. Published Every Thursday. Entered at the Post-Office- at Scotland j JrVeJb, W C .as Second Class Matter. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1904. SCOTLAND NECK IN 1903. The editor of The Commonwealth was asked by the editor of the Raleigh Nswb and Observer for a brief state ment of Scotland Neck's prosperity during the year 1903, and for a fore cast for 1904. We hurriedly prepared an article which appeared in the News and Ob- Arver Snndav. January 3rd. We here reproduce it without change, and will thank any of our readers to enlighten us on any errors or in anything that should baye been added : "Editor News and Observer : "You asked for a brief statement of Scotland Neck's progress during the year 1903 and a forecast lor the year 1904. The town has made progress in aeveral wavs. but the most marked Droeress has been in our graded schools. "In April an election was held on the question of bonds for graded schools and electric lights. While there was active and strong ooDOSltlOn to the measure it was carried by a good ma jority. There was at once a bond issue for $20,000, $10,000 for graded schools and 110.000 for electric lights. The town commissioners offered for eale the $10,000 for liehts but only $7,000 of the possible $10,000 for graded schools. These bonds were advertised and Dr. S. Hassell. one of the practicing phy sicians of Scotland Neck, was the suc cessful bidder, and now holds the $17,000 in the town's bonds. "The board of trustees for the graded schools named in the legislative act which provided for the bond issue are : J. P. Futrell. M. Hoffman, A. McDow ell, A. L. Purrlngton, O. K. Jaylor, J. S. Bowers, J. A. Kitchin, N. B. Josey and E. E. Hilliard. As soon as the board could do so after the election thev organized and went to work to prepare for the schools. "They leased the building of Vine Hill Female Academy for twenty years, moved and remodeled the build ings and opened the school on the xzih day of October. The building was well arranged, the most modern and im proved desks and graded seats placed, and a corpse of able teachers has made the school a most rsmarkabe success under the leadership of Prof. C. W. Wilson as superintendent. "The school has nine grades and its work has given Scotland Neck a great lift in educational life. Perhaps no graded school in the state has more spacious and attractive grounds. Be sides the graded school for whites the board of trustees provided a good build ing for the colored children and the colored school has bsea 83 satisfactory to i be colored people as the ether school has been to the whites. "The town commissioners, to whom was given the work of putting in elec tric light?, some weeks ago closed the contract with a Norfolk company for putting in the plant and they will have the town lighted with electricity by March or April. "Tbey haye purchased a site for the power house and the work will soon commence. The plant will be as well equipped as any in the State. "The Scotland Neck cotton mills have contracted for a lot of new machinery and will enlarge their plant, which is already one of the best knitting mills in the State. New machinery has already arrived and will soon be placed. These mills will soon put in an electric plant of their own and will do most of their work by electricity. . "Besides the nublic imnrovement in the town there have been some hand- I some private resicences duiu, winch 9 .-.I show good progress. "I am informed that there are not houses enough in the town to meet the demand of those who wish to move here. The fine educational ad vantages fonnd in cur graded school are attracting good people to the town. I " rne buslcess men nave done well, I and there has not been a failure here for quite a long time. The seneralj ubuk una uccu guuu, uuu iub uiu year was ivuuueu uu uiutsk BUliBJauiuIlir hi i all. One condition of a town's devel- ?Pm. contentment of MSMWB W9 MM WO WW VI UUDIUOOQ help support it, and it is a gratifying Yaffc thai. I ft A fjrmoM rvf fthia ArtmmnnL ty have done well and are well satisfied. "Already it is known that there are vm vuivujuui plans for new buildings, both for busi ness ard residences. Some new firms will open up with the new year, and there ia good reamm to expect better things for the town during the year of 1901 than have ever before been known here. "Growing out of an election tor pro hibition in September there sprang up two opposing lactiODP,but a satisfactory compromise was effected whereby at the end of 1904 the saloons will be closed and the town will have either prohibition or a dispensary, according to a vote a mass-meeting shall decide. "The. health of the town has been quite good and the prospects for the future ti3 quite gratifying in many respects. PAEKEE-H A TTFRTHWAITE. Correspondence to The Commonwealth. Speed, N. O, Jan. 11, 1901. At the residence of Mr. J. W. Satter th watte, of Speed, N. C-, on Wednes day, January 6, 1904, at 8, p. m., Mr. Doraey H. Parker lei to the altar Miss Mollie Satterthwaite, Bey. Mr. Merrill, of Hobgood, performing the ceremony. The parlor wm beautifully decorated with mosses and holly. The marriage tn mosses ana boilv. Tbe mirriaee was a quiet one, only a few friends being present. No prettier or sweeter maid ever plighted her vows. The groom is the popular agent for the A. C- L. at Speed, N. C. He has many friends here who wish him much nappiness ana a iau snare 01 prosper ity- Mr. and Mrs. Parker will reside with the bnde'a parents for a while. " "Give your blood is cleaning. macide clears oat all the importUi bsu nun yon 111. Ask your dru A FINE RECORD. Tuesday's News and Observer gave . .a . . V the interesting news item tnai ice State Prison has $50,000 surplus. It was proposed to lend the money to the State, but Stale Treasurer iacy said that the State does not need it. The sheriffs throughout the Stale i n li -t are making sucn cwiwmuu- v taxes and such prompt settlements that the State Treasurer has all the money be needs. There is pleasant contemplation in all this. It is quite gratifying mat the management of the State Prison is such, under Democratic administration, that it can have a surplus of f 50,000. No longer need It be said that the pen itentiary is a burden to the State. It is also gratifying to know that the people ot the State are- paying their taxes so well that sheriffs can make prompt settlement with the state Treasurer. It all goes to show that the year 1903 was a great year for North Carolina. The Commonwealth said last week that the year 1903 was the crowning year of many .decades, and the more we learn of the results of the labors of our people in almost every field of en deavor the more are we convinced that it is true. Really no one has yet been able to even approximate a just esti mate of what was accomplished during the year just closed. It was indeed a great year and the prospects for this year are truly flatter ing. NEWS BRIEFS. Washington steam laundry was burned last Friday night. Small-dox exists In twenty counties in the State. In Davidson county the scourge is said to be terrible. Kiss Bath Cleveland, eldest daugh ter of ex-President Urover Cleveland, died at her father's home in Frince- ton, N. J., Jan. 7th. She was 12 years old last October. Gen. John B. Gordon died at his country home, Biscayne, Fla., last Sat urday night, lie had been ill three weeks. He was 71 years old and was one of the most beloved officers in the army of the Southern Confederacy. The following unusual accident was related in a correspondence from Ashe- ville to the News and Observer Tues day : "A very painful and unusual acci dent happened to Kev. W. T. Capers. rector of Trinity .Episcopal church, yesterday morning shortly before the hour for service. Mr. Capers had left the rectory adjoining the church to fill his miloit. and upon entering the church the heavy oaken door tlitmrned against hia hand, catching the middle finger between the edge of the door and the door facing, cutting it entire); off at the first joint. Mr. (Jape's wa to have preached the first of a series of sermons on 'The Creed' jesterday morning, and even after the hand had been dressed insisted that he was able to enter the pulpit, but the physi cian thought that owing to the severe shock cansed by the accident, it would not be safe for Mr. Capers to deliver his sermon and told the patient that he must not attempt it." BIG RACKET? Yes that' s what we propose to keep TIP all through 1904. I T, ... , AT mnp pad xv win uc vrn iiiu vvu NER and ANY ONE CAN FIND IT. NO One Will be hurt except t,a aiu, nrim I the fellow who - I Im i tt i h tt I TIPS TO I lnflATSP.il I IS I -r . i in m xnis space we sn ail say things from week to week 1 that will interest those who I I T j 1 - r A "fcTTf ss. S. w- . wisn to duv mainx ijuuuo i with LITTLE MONEY. Keep your eye on us ON THE CORNER. J. D. RAT k CO. Scotland Neck, N. C. ooooooooooooo o o O o o o o o o o o FROM NOW UNTIL o SJaa. 1, 1904. o O 7 Q O I WILL make a re- O O duction of 20 Der O O cent, on all Can and O T i n i a U xouiOKtj Jiuut;ricH. t J O Notions, Stationery. O I k. '. i t r tt U Averyiiiwwioi q Fruits and Candies for O o Christmas as low as the lowest. If you want to buy goods at the lowest prices do not fail to go t o O o o r O o o o X v? CM Cross? Poor man! He can't help it He gets bilious. He needs a POO d liver pill Ayers Pills. They act directly on the liver, cure biliousness. IiOWOU. M Want your moustache or beard a beautiful brown or rich black ? Use BUCKINGHAM'S DYE mm ore, or DEgoqian atu.r. hux oo.. mro. a. a. Of Smoking Affected My Heart Had To Sit Up So I To Breathe. Dr. Miles' Heart Cure Cured Me. There is nothing that has a more deleter ious effect noon the cardiac or heart nerves than the excessive use of tobacco. Pain and tenderness around the heart, an oppressive feeling in the chest, choking sensation in the throat; discomfort from sleeping on the left side and smothering soells at nieht when the sufferer has to sit up in bed to breathe are the most common symptoms of a weak heart. Smokers who feel these symptoms and who do not understand their meaning should be warned in time, by the following experience: "I was rreatlv troubled with an affection of the heart, due I think to excessive smoking. On writing to you for advice I was directed to begin a course of treatment which in cluded Dr. Miles' Heart Cure, Dr. Miles' Nervine and Nerve and Liver Fills, together with bathing, etc. I faithfully followed the directions given and am pleased to say that my cure is complete and permanent Be fore beginning the use of your remedies I was s nervous I could not keep my hands still and suffered greatly from severe pains around the heart Many times at night I would be forced to assume a sitting posture to pet mv breath, and for the time beinp it would seem as though my heart had stopped Deaung. irom uc spicoaia resuus sciucvca in my case I can cheerfully recommend Dr. Miles' Heart Cure. Restorative Nervine and other remedies to all sufferers from heart or nervous troubles." Yours truly, Elijah Hall, Dothan, Ala. All drupeists sell and guarantee first bot tle Dr. Miles' Remedies. Send for free book on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. Vood'sSeeds. Twenty-five years practical ex perience, and the fact that we do the largest business in Seeds in the Southern States, enables us to supply every requirement in 6ARDEN AND FARM SEEDS to the very best advantage, both as regards quality and price. Truckers and Fanners requiring large quantities of Seeds are requested to write for special prices. If you have not received a copy of WOOD'S SEED BOOK for 1904, write for it. There is not another publication anywhere that approaches it in the useful and practical information that It gives to Southern farmers and gardeners. Wood's Seed Book will be mailed free en request. Writ to-day: do not delay. T. W. Weed & Sons, Stsdscsn, RICHR0ID, VIRBIIIA. Notice. Jane Clark North Carolina, Halifax County. vs Harry Clark.' Action for Divorce in the Superior Court. Harry Clark, the defendant above named, will take notice that an action entitled as above named has been commenced in the Superior Couit, TT mm for Ha ifax county, to dissolve the bonds ot matrimony now existing between the plaintiff and the defend ant, and said defendant will further take notice that be Is required to ap pear at the January term of the Supe- rior Court, to be held at the court house in Halifax on the fifth Monday oeiore tne nrst Monday in Marcn, im ana answer or demur to the complaint in said action, or the plaintiff will ap- ply to the court for the relief demand ed in said complaint. This the 5th day of January, 1901. S.M.GARY, l-7-4t Clerk Supeeior Court. Nothing has ever equalled it. Nothing can ever surpass it. Dr. ling's Uoi Diccouoru oveas sic a tut A Perfect For All Throat and Cure : " Lung Troubles. Memy back if it tails. Trial Bottles n-Mb A Buggy Free A Chance to Ily Customers To all cash customers who pay me $o.uu at one time for any kind of work from my shop, I will give a num bered ticket. For every $10 cash at one time after the first ticket is taken "by- the HAirip rnaf,nmAr T will otVo I . . . - n I nnnthar T.nirvr. Nnmhora nnrroannTirlino. o I r . " . f " every ticket will be filedaway and at the end of the year 1UU4:, some disinterested per I son will select a number from I all the numbers filed, and the I corresponding with the num Excess wlhpr flAlMtAd will cret fl. Rrajid New Buir&rv of mv own make , v - A. BRANTLEY. i HP 8 Scotland Neck, - - J. W. Ferry Co. COTTON FACTORS, Norfollr, - . . Virginia. Quotations Jan. 12, 1901. COTTON Firm. Strict Middling 131 Middling; ...13 Strict Low Middling 12f Low Middling... 13 Tinges...... 13 Stains........... Blues..'.;..'.... PEANUTS--Steady. Fancy... 1 to 4 Strictly Prime 3$ to 4 Prime. . . 3 to 3 Low Grades 3 to 3 Machine Picked.... 3 to 3$ Spanish.:... $1.05 bushel. B. PEA8 $2.60 $ Bag. Black and Speckle Peas .80 Clay and Bed Peas .70 eanut Bags, in bales b tn 7 Bagging. Ties and Peanut Bags for sale. 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 CIDTHES ARB ALWAYS MADE TO ORDER." Make (. your selection from the tail oringlineof STRAUSS BROS. Chicago, Est. 1877 Good tailors f or OYeraqnartrcenttarjr 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 perfectly aafe in or dering, because if garments are not satisfactory, yon needn't take them. WE WH,Ir BE PU5ASED TO SHOW YOU OUR GREAT UNE OP 8AMPIES CXLU out J. D. RAY & CO., Scotland Neck, N. C. Hotice-LanQ Sale DyTinstee By virtue of power conferred on me by several deeds of trust executed to me respectively on January 15, 1900, on the 31st day of December, 1901, and oa the 24th day of February, 1903, by Walter K. Lewis, I shall sell for cash at auction in Scotland Neck, on the 9th day of January, 1904, the following described tracts of land in the county of Halilax, to-wit : One tract known as the Wade H. Tlllery tract, bounded by the lands of C. P. Simmons, C. J. King, J. L. Lewis, R. B. Brltt, Calvin Lewis and Mrs. Garabaldl, and contain ing one hundred and nine acres, more or lees ; and that tract which was con veyed to said Walter K. Lewis by J. C. Burton, trustee, and bounded on the north by the land of the late J. H. Parker and late Mrs. W, -H. Tillery, on on the east by land of the North Caro lina Lumber Co., on the south by Beech Swamp, and on west by land of late J. H. Parker, and containing two" hundred seres, moss or lass. Thfa December 13, 1503. IsrMt XT. A. ERTC, Trusts. . J 8 Of course every farmer wears a smile on his face when he is getting such prices for his Cotton and Peanuts, and already figures how to make more in 1904. Well, to begin, you will WANT more PLOWS. We have THEM, and the kind you want, too : Granger, Champion, Climax and Stonewall, but the GREAT EST MONEY SAVER of all is our 3 and 5 Horse DISC PLOW, breaks the land BETTER, leaves no hard pan and will increase the yield 5 per cent. Try one, and if not satisfactory BRING it BACK. Do you want any fairer proposition? You will want HORSE COLLARS, HAMES, TRACESPLOW LINES, BACK BANDS, &c, &c. We have MORE of hese goods than any THREE stores in town, and if you will only give us a chance we will save you a nickel or two in this line. In fact we "are the only pebbles on the beach" when you come to FARM SUPPLIES and FARM IMPLEMENTS, as no other store in town carries the stock by HALF as we do, and this is no IDLE BOAS T, which YOU can see for YOURSELF by just COMING into our TWO STORES, tt'ttttttt Thanking our MANY customers for their patronage, last year and soliciting a continuance of same and even greater for 1904, we are, tftfttttf Yours to command and serve, "The Hardware Hustlers," - - - - - Machines & Needles. Singer Sewing Machines sold for cash or installment ; old machines ta ken in exchange. Needles, Oils, parts and attachments for all makes of ma chines. Orders left at Mess. E. T. Whitehead & Co.'s will be promptly filled. Mail orders solicited and filled promptly. Office in Kitchin building opposite M- Hoffman fe Bros, store. Box No. 205. SCOTLAND NECK SINGER STORE R. E. Alligood, Mgr. TAYLOR, THE Pioneer Grocee iiaving Deen une nrst one to open a FIRST 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 tOft? F0E FIRST CLASS IDluGROC I E S. 0. K. TAYLOR. Scotland Neck, N. C. ADMINISTRATOR'S L'QTICL HAVING qualified as administrator ' nf n.Mi 9.l. - 1... of Halifax county, N. C, this is to no tify all persona having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to tbe undersigned on or before the 24th day of December, 190, or this notice will be plsaded la bar ot their recovery. All persona indebted to said estate will please mass imme diate settlement. This December 24, 1903. . Jack Km, C Administer. mm 0C wife TO - - . . . WHY NOT TAKE A TRIP THIS WINTER THR0UG II Florida to Cuba?! 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