North Carolina Newspapers

. S3 1 I 1 1 'if 4 -S3 14 (.ss 'ft 1 aft 1 if ft a ill (1 1 5Si if U4 i fa ill 3 3 I ?3i $8 5f J Si ft SI ft 19 :i 1 r.pf.i I .to PC:! im 1 ; ill; J V It III ran The commonwealth. B. B. HILLIARD Editor. Published Every Thursday. Entered at the Post-Office at Scotland Keck, JV C .at Second Class Matter. TTTTTRRPA Y. AUGUST 11, 1904. A HUNDRED DROWNED. A Railroad Briihje Falls. SAY, BROTHER THOMAS! Our good brotner Thomas, of thf Franklin Times, aDd any other of thf brethren who make the same mistake will please note that this paper is The Commonwealth and not "The Demo crat." While thoroughly Democratic. It has not been "The Demccrat" since the lSih of June, 1S9(. NO NEED FOR LONG CAMPAIGN The people of North Carolina dc not need a long political campaign Ibis year. Every bdoy ia prosperous, fairh well contented and happy. We do not need to have the "awful days of recon struction which tried men's souls" de tailed in this campaign. It seems that during all these years the people havf been sufficiently drilled in "the first principles" to pass on now to other things. The people need to know the difference between the present policies of the two great parties and to be shown the advantages in the policies and practices of the Democratic party over the Republican party. This can all be done in a short while, or at least enough of it to convince the people that Democracy's the best thing for up, and that will be enough. Let's not have so much campaigning, but let he people continue to go about their work and business and keep up the present contentment and happiness. THE WAR UNCERTAIN. It is impossible to get any correct idea ot the war conditions between Russia and Japan. Japan is all the while, it seems, driving the Rn?siai forces back, but no report can be abso lutely ralied upon for the next an nouncement will contradict it. Doubtless the war will be a long one. Conditions are favorable for it. The Japanese are quite determined in their purpose and the Russians are a great host in numbers. So there it is un iisgging energy on one side and a'most countless numbers on the other What the outcome will be no one can tell. Great sympathy is felt for the Japanese all over the world and know ing this they doubtless are embolden ed to fight the harder. MURDER NEAR JAMESVILLE. A week ago there was a murder neai Jamesville. The Williamston Enter prise gives the lollowing account : "About one hour before the murdei James E. Moore and George Doraej bad an altercation in which Moore shot at Dorsey with a pistol. Then Moore tells Porsey he will kill him that night. Moori goes to his own home, gets hi gun ani returns to Dorsey's bouse. "Then he begins to throw chunks to decoy him out, and remarks that he is ready to die, and he is heard by some neighbors nearby. "Gilbert Moore, father of the mur derer, was at a neighbor's v house, heard the remark and ran down there, aaying he wonld break up the trouble if he could get there in time. Imme diately upon his arrival the mother of the murdered man asked him to get James away so she could quiet her son and forthwith a gun fired from ambusb which killed her son. The murdered man was about 28, the murderer 22. "The sheriff had considerable troub le in finding the murderer, but he was found late In the night at a lriend'r house. He wsa committed to jail aftei the coroner had held his court of in quiry, where he now awaits trial by the Superior court which convenes in Sep tember." A GREAT TRIP OVER THE S.A.L. Rev. William Black, of Davidson, N .C.will conduct a parts to St. Louis or. a special train which the Seaboard Ab -Line will run, and offers much induce ment to those who wish to go. Three trips are proposed,anda perse t can take either one or all a they 'de sire. Trip No. 1 -.vill tike you to Sr.r Francisco and return by different rontr. taking in many places of interest lilt the Yellow Stone Park and the Petri fied Forest. Trip No. 2 will be cheaper and trir No. 3 will be still cheaper, taking p?3 sengera simply to St. Louis. The special train wjll leave North Carolina August I6tb. If you feel interested write to Re William Black, Davidson, N. C, or C H. Gattis, Raleigh, N. O. Tia said a bottle and a glass Will make a person mellow, B m Rocky Mountain Tea's the drink That livens up a fel'ow. E. T. Whitehead & Co, Pueblo, Colo , Aug. 8. Two carloads of biimanfreiglit pumced into a rag ing torrent that destroyed the trestle over the usually dry airoyo, known as Stecle'd Hollow, near Eden, about 8 o'e'rel: this evening. Two sleeping cars and a dining car stopped at the brink of the hungry chasm filled with a boiling, seething current that quickly snuffed out probably 100 livts. So quietly had the catastrophe been en acted that the occupants ot the two cars remaining on the track did not r3.i!;3 that an accident had recurred until they had alighted from the train. They were utterly pfnverless to render assistance to tbc victims who had dis appeared la the rushiug waters. On the lookout of danger, warned by the equally clouds and he. ivy rains to tho north, Engineer Charlei Hindman w.is running cautiously about fifteen miles an hour as ha approached the ar royo which was spanned by a bridge 06 feet in length. Tlie condition of the bridge was not known until the locomotive, one of the monster passen ger type, had nearly crossed. Fireman Trunk May field, with a to:ch that the engineer and fireman had burning to ascertain the condition of the track, was in the gangway. When Engineei Hindman felt the tremor in the great machine and caught a glimmer on the water, he shouted his last words : "Put out that torch." evidently thinking that in the accident he felt certain was coming, the flames would serve to spread the fire. THE BRIDGE SINKS, But before Mayfigld could obey, while the words were still on the lips of the doomed man, and his hands seeking the mechanism controlling the air brakes, the bridge gave way a. though it had been a stack of kindling wood and the locomotive dropped with the hissing of steam thirty feet to the bottom of the arroyo, crosswise to the track. The baggage car, smoking car and chair car followed the locomotive into the stream and were ss'ept away. Ali the occupants of these cars except three men perished, and had not the roof ot the chair car burst asunder none would have escaped. The fire man, as the locornoiive went over, wa? thrown out, managing to grasp a piece of wreckage from the bridge, floated with that to a curve made by the cav ing bank and crept out of the water. He ran toward Eden, meeting on the way operator F. M. Jcnes and his wife who bad already started up the track. "Notify Pueblo," came the voice ofc the running man, "the train's gone down and everybody is kilied." Even as he spoke, relates the opera tor, there were cries coming from the distance. Two men ran to where the bridge had been to search, but in vain, for victims of the disaster. When they reached the spot all cries for help had censed. Relief trains, with physicians, wreck and pile driving outfits and scores of workmen were hurried from the city. The nrst train from the wreck came in shortly after midnight with J. M. Kil lin, of Pueblo; H. S. Gilbert, Tony Fishes and Fireman Mayfield. These were four men in the midst of the wreck who escaped. GORGE OF DEATH. When dawn came the wonder grew that four had been permitted to em erge from the raging torrent with breath still in their bodies. The end of the Pullman car Wyufa extended four teet over the brink, while broken timbers and twisted rails hung still further over. The arroro had been widened to more than a hun dred feet at the point where the bridge had been. The water tore a zig-zae course across the prairie to a depth ot thirty feet in several places. There was little left of the baggage car, a few rods, a truck or so, dimly seen in the nuddy water, and a half buried iron safe. Ihe great locomotive, the boiler tree of the trucks, the cab and tank gone, lies where it fell. A quarter of a m'le to the east. where this gorga of death debouched into the fountain, lay the chair car, windows gone, three fourths filled with nud and sand. A hundred feet farth 3r on was the smoker, bottom up against a sand bar. A hundred and fifty feet farther on in the bed of the otmfain was the cxil tender of the en gine and from that point or. four or five miles, vestiges of the coaches, en gine and tender stuck up from the bed f the stream or lay along the thore it: the im-jker -t r?::tn . vfr- fu'i from the bridge, and pieces of the bag gage car stuck out of the water in sev eral places. Bits of the clothing, coats, skirts and women's hats were found in the brush along the shore and the searchers scanned the foliage for bodies. Masses of earth had caved in from the high sides of the river at many places and searchers passed thee with fear that bodies were buried under them, which they were helpless to reach. Five hundred men scanned every inch of the river and its surroundings a few hours after daylight. They wad ed in the stream and carried out mud begrimed bodies which were found at widely separated points, some of them miles from the scene of the accident. SIXTY-TIIKEE J10DIES RECOVERED. (By the Associated Press.) Pueblo, Colo., Aug. -8 Up to 4 :30 p. m. sixty-three bodies nave been brought to the city from the wreck of the Missouri Pacific train near Eden. CROPS IN MECKLENBURG. Charlotte Observer. There was the usual large number of farmers in town Saturday, and there was much discussion among them as to the state of the crops, especially .with regard as to whether or not they have been damaged by the recent excessive rainfall. Queries were put to them by a number of citizens, also. It was the generally expressed opinion among the farmers that there bad been too much rain and that crops in the low lands, particularly, have had an over dose of wetces?. Cotton In some local ities shows serious hurt. But, all in all, the 'armors are talk ing hopefully. Corn is in splendid shape. Fxuitsare coming along right well now and vegetables also. 1 A gentleman said yesterday that he had been told ot a place on the. Sea board Air Line where 100 acres all in one piece are planted in ccrn. In an other locality along the road there is said to be a crop of cotton so high and luxurious in growth that a mule could t ide himself in it. This, of course, Is cot a good thing, for the strength of the plant has gone too much into the stalk. DAWSON ECHOES. or tand. Red plush seat of the were strewn r.U ilong the P-',iyt rv.h !v m the conches !:! 1:1 F?.ni -A h-iif irjie STOMAOJf ROU B T. K CAUSE TROUBLE. Heart trouble is almost always caused by stomach trouble. The stom ich fails to digest all the food, and the residue ierments, forming excess of gas bich distends the walla of the stom ach, causing a pressure on the nerves and arteries that lead to the heart. Tliis causes the heart to palpitate or skip a beat occasionally, or both,wbich ia usually very alarming, causing grave apprehensions. Rydale's Siomach Tab lets will prevent this trouble. They di gest the food and prevent gas from forming in the stomach. If there is no gas in your stomach your hsart will not trouble you. E.T.Whitebead & Co. Correspondence to The Commonwealth. Dawson, Aug. 8, 1901. Miss Edna B. Lewis went to Enfield Wednesday to visit her aunt, Mrs. J. C Branch, who is convalescent from ma larial fever. Rev. J- K. Henderson spent a few hours in Crowells Wednesday with Mr. A. B. Bobbitt. Mr. Charlie Pitt recently returned n 1 1 irom larooro wnere ne nas been on a visit to his brother, who is recovering from an attack of typhoid fever. Mr. W. A. Dunn, of Scotland Neck, came Friday and spent a few hours. Miss Iver Weeks went to Tarboro Friday to visit her cousin, Mr. Pitt, who is convalescing from typhoid fever in Tartoro hospital. Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Lawrence, of Whitakertown, came oyer on a pleas- and drive Friday p. m. Misa Virginia Pendleton, ot Scotland Neck, spent last week yisiting Miss An nie Lawrence. air. j . u. jbawrence s house was broken into last Sunday p. m. by an unknown person who was frightened away before any yaluables were dispos ed of. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. DeBerry spent Thursday in Norfolk. Mr. W. A. Quincy and son, Willie Boyd.went to Enneld Saturday to visit Mr. B. K. Kimball and family. Mrs. W. B. Harris and children, Nor ma, Brenice, Thad and Frank have returned home after visiting her sister, Mrs. Walter Manning, at Kill Quick Misses Nora and Maggie Willy at tended services at Eden Sunday. Last Thursday afternoon the old Dunn homestead, occupied by Mr. Will Quincy, was destroyed by fire be tween 5 and 6 o'clock. It originated from a box of ashes in the cook room and there being no one at home the fira had gained big headway before it was discoyered. Most all the house and dining room furniture was saved by heroic efiort. Mr. Quincy and fam ily aie now residing at Mr. S. A. Tar- tine's. Undertakers Supplies Full and Complete Line. rYrYrxrir "r "r - ay w T 'jp ---- 3 W A Cl(T(m TO A,vyAUMJ TO ivur vyMj There has been an advance of $2.00 to $3.00 on j Wagons in the past IS months, but having recent- ly bought a SOLID CAR LOAD of the famons thereby cutting the freight rates in half, enables us to sell them at last year's pric es. w clrl of lMcf ONF HUNDRED of these Wagons in the past three years V V V 1 1CV V V OV1U til. IVUJV X- 1 , o X under a POSITIVE 1 2-months guarantee and our repair bill for this period will voA o fixr rUllarnnf Wp rUfv thp world to heat thi s record. All sizes from i VAVV VVJl U 11 V V,'UV11U1 11VIV w v J ' " axles nor . . . . i ,i ii to i s-4 m stock. We invite comparison with any otner soia in our town Come and see that we are telling you the "Gospel Truth." Yours for the Wagon business, HARDWARE 4 COMPANY "The Hardware Hustlers," Scotland Iseck, North r.-iml I!!;! v KILLED HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, Coffins, Caskets, Burial Robes etc. Hearse service any Time N. B. JOSEY- Scotland Neck, N. C. Tarboro Southerner. Bolin Varnell died Tuesday afternoon from the effects of a wound on the bead inflicted by Joseph H. Philips with a cart rung. The feeling between the two or on the part of Mr. Varnell, who was Mr. Philips' father-in-law, was not the best and before Tuesday's altercation it is said that Mr. Varnell had assaulted Joe and thrown him down and choked him. On Tuesday Mr. Varnell became very angry about the way some tobacco that was being gathered for curing was being placed in the cart, blaming Joe. He was very abusive and nsed some vile epithets. He seized a piece of scantling and Joe. took up a cart rung. Mr. Varnell advanced with his stick ris ed.Joe did not advance nor retreat.but when Mr. Varnell came within striking distance he struck him, and Mr. Var nell fell unconscious, and remained so till he died about three hours later. Mr. Philips waived examination and was committed to jail. He is a young fellow with not a bad face, not much over 25. He is the son of Peter Phil ips of BarterSeld township. Mr. Varnell was regarded as a good citizen of the same locality as Philips. He was about 57 years old.. Mr. Phil ips wife and two negro boys saw the killing. Mrs. Varnell, the widow, it is said, has expressed the strong wish that Mr. Philips be not prosecuted, the infer ence being that she regarded her hus band as the aggressor. SYMPTOMS OF LIVER DISEASE. Sick headache, constipation, bilious ness, melancholia, dizziness, dullness and drowsvness, coated ton sue. slimv teeth, bad breath. Rvdale's Liver Tah. lets will relieve any of these symptoms in a few hours and speedily correct the trouble. They act upon the liver, bile bladder and duct, intestines and bowels as a stimulant and tonic. Those who use these tablets find their action per fect and results satisfactory. Fiftv chocolate coated tablets in each box. Price 25 cents. E.T. Whitehead & Co. Executor's Notice. last will and testament of E. N. NaT- eon, deceased, Lite ot Halifax county, i. o., l hereby notify all persons n a vine claims aeainst the estate of said deceased to present tbem to the under signed or to her attornevs. Mess. Kitah- m, Smith & Kitcbin. on or before the zist day of July, VJOo, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recove ry. All nersons indebted to said es tate will please make imtred'ate settle ment. ELIZ41Jr.TH NKLSON. This July 21, 1904 Executrix. 7-21 6t TAYLO R, T H E Pioneer Grocer Having been the first 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 Un n rl nn nntrvnn for first class llUQUPal IDldGROCTSRIES 0. K. TAYLOR. Scotland Neck. N. C. Administrator's Notice. Haying qualified as administrator upon tne estate oi reter it. roweii, de ceased. I herenv notifv all nersons , j I . w noiuing ciaims againat saia estate to , jn departments OI Literature. Trinity College XE hundred nud seve - ana unaergraaimi? cr.cr-t -ti :v present them to me at Heathsville. X C, on or before the 15th day of Au gust, 1905, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons Indebted to eaid estate will come for ward at once and settle and save costs of suit. This 1st day of August, 1904. 8-4 4t w. R. Neville. Notice. IJAVING qualified as administratrix "of the last will and testament of t!i ate M. Hoff m illPnprsnn hnvinc minima ocrjinot it.- TV w..u.u UUIUOH bUQ cai hu; ui me paia jji. nonman, to pre sent Hie same to me on or before the loth day of Auitust, 1905 ; otherwise, this notice will be pleaded m bar of their recovery. This the 5th day of August, 1904. Fanny Hoffman, Eiecutrix of M.Hoffman. decent. 11-bt Oorby's Washington Bread at Tyler & Out- terbndge's fresh all the time. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. LI AVING qualified as administrator " of J. W. Bum pas, deceased, all persons indebted to his estate are here by required to make settlement, and those persons having claims against tne same are req uired to present them for payment on or before July 8, 1905, or this notice will be j Vad in bar of recovery. This July, 1904. S. S. Alsop, Administrator of 7-7-Gt. J. W. Bumpas. deed. FOLEYSEflllEr' Wood's Seeds. Crimson Cloyer Sown at the last working of the Corn or Cotton Crop can be plowed under the following Ann! nr Ala tr m fimn bi . o r IiT J iu piant corn or other crops the same season SK!2 JSS.SfT6"" Winter jrr" luc B"" ia equal in fer todizing value to a good application of stable manure and wifiwondS fully increase the yield and quit lty of corn or other croM WKsi, follow it. It also mff SJtoSSS winter and spring grazin Jz early green feedrVSSd hnt crop. Even if the crop iTcut the action of the roots and SStSS' improve the land toSt T.W.Yycod&Sons. boot cutTCteiSr "r w ADMINISTRATRIX' NOTICE. North Carolina Halifax County : This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of Wil liam E. Davenport, deceased, to present the same to me or my attorney, W.A.I?unn, on or before the 1st day of August,190o,or this notice will be plead in bar ot their recovery. This July 6, 1904. Frinces E. Davenfort, Administratrix of the estate of William E. Davenport, deceased. 7-14-6t Hi-..: science ana rnuosophy. p:i e: ped laboratories in all dejurMnr' science. Large library faoi'v.c-. V nasium furnished with ipt : ; p r; Expenses very moderate. W worthy young men. JJroad r.r..i u .:: al in spirit. Trinity College has tlie 1....T-' . dowment of any college in t' f Atlantic States. For catalogue and farther kil.v?. tion, address D. W. Newpom, lip.-:-: -..!. 6-30-8t i)iub;im. .N. (. . LenS Sale lor Tax a rt Virginia College For Young Ladies, Koanoke, Va. Opens Sept. 26, 1904. One of the leading Schools for Young Ladies in the South. New bnild Intra nlanAQ an1 0- J 4bmu.S0 JVA f v. m "T"-'. campus ten acres, Grand . Jtiarriet xayjor, home tnu". mountain ecenery at Valley of Vir-1 acres, Binia, lamea lor health. EuronMn W. C. Harner. Fishlnsr Cn ill Ann koa ' 9fl gnra On the first Mond i.v in .cpji -a j the court hou) in Halifax I ! at public auction the f 'l' . -in Brinkleyville township county, for taxes for 1!K! : Ne'scn Davin, Bob Tucker !.;:. !. 4S acres, Peyton Lynch, part Fleming tract, 18 acre, Walter Lynch, Falling Ciu-:;. 1U acres, ana American teachers. Full course. Conservatory advantages in Art, Music, and Elocution. Certificates Wellesley. Students f,.fn 30 States. For cata logue Rd.1-NS. 6o0ot :Er.HARRl8fPre3.. cancke, Va. JNotice. LAV!V(J Miallfledas administrator. having i' ' y DOluy ail Persons Having vUua against said estate to present the same to m . 1 ?.' A tornevs. Kithm t,uu Tr... . . ' ai" or before the Uyoi otherwise, this notice will be Sed in bar of their recovery. Piea mis the oth day of August, 1994: Josfph S. Brinkley, Adm'r JnO.T. finnMo A 8-li-6t ' uccea6ea- 1 23 acre?. E. B. Freeman & Co , Pope aiM House, 70 acres, W. H. Judge, B. F. Moore 17 acre?, Maggie f . Thoma -, li t i Swamp, 250 acre.-'. W, J. Mi.ih-. 8-4-4t o!;t A Buggy Fm A CfiaBCB lo My Mm i WE KEEP ON HAND BURIAL GASKETS 1 1 OF All KINDS ALL THE 111 With Complete Undertakers' Outfit HEARSE SERVICE AT ANY Mn.m lay or night we are ready to accommodate our friends ad the Public Gen m- -tioffinaii & Bro To all cash t-ustoiiH i pny mo $5.00 at mi" ii for anv kinil nf wtwl lr ... . my shop, I will ivc .i in" bered ticket. For ovovy ' cash at one timo .iti first ticket is taken ! 1 same customer I will another ticket. Numbers eorreio?i!i'i:' every ticket will be iile.l.iv;! and at the end ol' l!i 1004, soincdisiutcrcs"l ; son will select a mm ib. t i ' M all the numbers liletl. it ii i- person holdimr the ii ? corresponding wit h Hie m:: ber selected will vt ;i Hr;:' New Buggrv of mv own in.i FIIEE. . W. A. BKANTLi:V. Scotland Neck, N. 1 1 Corbv's Wa.shiiurtc-n Bread at Tyler & Oiu terbridge's fresh all 1 JM Scotland Neck. North o i... the time.