Mie Commonwealth
JV i WAAAAIO), Editor
Published Ever Thursday.
Entered at the Post-Office at Scotland
Neck,N C .as Second Class Matter.
The Republican State convention
which was held in Greensboro Tues
day is reported as not so harmonious
as the Democratic convention which
was fceld in the st.me city a week ago.
In the death of Rev. J. L. Jenkins,
superintendent oi the Methodist or
phanage at Raleigh, the Methodists
lose a gocd and useful man and the
State a good citizen. He had done a
great and gocd work in the position
which he occupied.
The Tarboro Southerner says that
the increase in the property of Rocky
Mount for the past year has been 25
per cent, and adds that it is doubtful
if any other town in the Stajl has
done so well. The Southerner refers
only to the Edgecombe side of Rocky
Mount, part of the town being in
Nash county.
We know nothing of the merits and
demerits in the constant controversy
between the News and Observer and
the Evening Times at Raleigh, but we
are of the opinion that the people of
the State are about to get tired of it.
It is almost a daily thing with these
papers to nag each other and say things
that are not complimentary. Why
not write about other things more?
NEEDS PAINT AND LOOKS PIT
IFUL. Two very intelligent men have re
cently expressed themselves about the
appearance of Scotland Neck. One of
them came from quite a distance and
had never seen the town before. Hay
ing friends here, however, he felt a
kindly interest in the town and its
welfare. He said that while the town
is pretty and desirable in many ways,
he thought that more paint on the
buildings would add much to its ap
pearance and attractiveness. To put
it as he said it, the town needs paint
ing.
The other gentleman who spoke of
the town's appearance had been here
before, but had not seen the town in
eoiae little time ; and he said that the
town looks pitiful these are hia very
words. He referred in part to the re
sults of the bis fires. Of course this
feature of the town's appearance is pit
iful to any eye ; but this was not all.
The gentleman relerred to said that the
town looks neglected. High weeds in
the lots, grass on the sidewalks and a
general neglected appearance impressed
him unfavorably.
The Commonwealth takes no de
light in printing these things, and
only does , bo in the hope that it will
stimulate private citizens and town
officials to take more Interest in the
appearance of the town. The truth is,
no town that is not the pride of its
people is inviting to those who live
elsewhere.
Does Scotland Neck hope to attract
others to come and live here and Lelp
make it a town of which we could all
ieel proud? Then every private citi
zen and every town official should bend
every energy to make the town attrac
tive. Are the citizens of the town doing
this? Are the town authorities up-to-date
in looking after the town's wel
fare? From what the stranger said
about paint one must conclude that he
thinks the private citizens are not as
careful about the town's appearance as
they might be ; and from what the
other man said about the neglected ap
pearance of the town one must con
elude that he does not think the town
authorities are doing all that they
might for the town's interest.
Think over it, good people of Scot
land Neck, both private citizens and
town officials, and see if there is any
ground for the indictments drawn by
the two intelligent gentlemen whose
words, we have quoted.
How's This?.
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and
believe him peifectly honorable in all
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O,
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the b'ood
and mucous surfaces ol the system
Testimonials sent froe. Price, 75c per
bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take 1UU' funiily Pill's for consti
pation.
HON. W. W. KITCHIN.
Hon. W. W. Kitchin has been re
nominated for Congress from the Fifth
District. The Roxboro Courier, print
el in Mr. Kitchin's home town, makes
Ihe following terse observation about
the matter :
"At the Congressional Convention
h'.d in Greensboro latt Monday night
Hon. W. W. Kitchin was again unani
ly renominated a's the standard bearer
of the Democratic banner for this dis
trict. Mr. Kitchin made a strong
speech in accepting the nomination.
We have no Idea who tho Republicans
will put up against him, but we can
guarantee this much : Unless the
National administration gives him a
job after the election he will make the
campaign for nothing. The only hope
ol a Republican candidate for Congress
in this district Is to land a fat Federal
job.
MONEY IN CABBAGE.
Sanford Express.
Mr. W. R. Craig, who moved from
Union county to this section, was the
first man to ship cabbage from San
ford. Ke has shipped 4.C00 pounds
this season, sold 4,000 pounds in San
ford and the remainder of his crop
will be about 2,000 pounds. This was
all from one acre's raising. His sales
brough him 1 1-2 cents per pound
If be sells the remaining 2,000 pounds
at 1 1-2 cents per pound his crop
from one acre will have brought him
$150. Mr. Craig raised 5,500 pounds
of cabbage on a quarter of an acre of
land in Union county. This beats
cotton all hollow.
CLAUDE WALTON MrDOWELI
September 22, 1905. July 6, 1906.
At 6 :30 on Friday evening, after a
few days of intense suffering, little
Claude Walton McDowell ended his
brief stay in the home he had bright
ened and took his flight to the land of
the angels.
Never did tenderer hands hold the
bead nor more loving eyes w.atch a
little sufferer than did those of that
anxious mother. Day and night with
ceaseless vigil she watched and with a
mother's skill she nursed the little lov
ed one. And a host of friends joined
her in prayer that the little one might
be spared. Lut the Father of Love
saw it otherwise and called it to his
'own dear home.
We can not understand His way.
We do not know why the little roee
bud should wither at the evening hour
and the bright sunbeam depart at the
setting sun. But this we know, God
is our Father, He holds our hand and
we will trust and not fear.
Heaven will bo so much sweeter be
cause the babies are there. The little
one is in heaven.
Wash your lace ol its tears and your
soul of its mourning, pour in the oil of
comfort, dear loved ones, heaven has
no care, no pain, no sorrow, and little
Claude is up there.
Many loved ones and friends share
the sorrow with the aUiicted family
and extend their sympathy to the weep
ing ones.
In the home i3 a vacant chair, in
the heart a broken strand and we
are sad, but up there, God's love will
give back baby borrowed a while
and heaven will heal the broken cord
again.
G. T. Lumfkix.
MILDRED DORIS ALLSBROOK.
March 16, 1906. July S, 1906.
It was in the morning dawn of Sun
day, July 8th, that the 'angel came to
take little Mildred Doris Allsbrook to
her heavenly home. So still and quiet
was that morning hour ! Only the
chirp of a bird and the sigh of the
summer wind. The hush of heaven
was there when the messenger came
and bore the passing spirit away.
Little Mildred never knew the peace
and happiness of a well moment. Her
days were long and full of pain. Kind
and loying hearts, tender and patient
hands ministered to her through those
weeks of suffering, but they could not
give her relief. At last the loving
hands of Him who loyes the little ones
released her from disease and suffering
and carried her away to the home of
health and joy. She is gone, we are
sad, but we could not wish her back
again
We commend the love of God and
the consolation of Christ to the be
reaved mother and father. God is too
wise to err and too good to be unkind
In His love He let the little one wind
the parents' heart-strings about its
little self and then He carried the baby
home and henceforth a thousand heart
strings will draw them to the skies.
The little hands will always beckon
mother ar.d father to that home of love
"My God and Father while I stray
Far from my home on life's rough way,
Oh, teach me from my heart to say,
Thy will be done.
"What though in lonely grief 1 sigh
For friend's I loye no longer nigh,
Submissive still would I reply,
Thy will be done."
G. T. Lumpkin.
N. B. Truth, St. Paul, June 31, 'OS.
I've lived so long, I remember well
when the Mississippi was a brook. My
good health and long life came by tak
Tvs Hollisler's Rocky Mountain Tea
Si) csnss. E. T. Whitehead & Co..
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
A potted in the State democratic
Convention in Geeenshoko
July 4th. .
Tha Democracy of North Carolina in
convention assembled renews its alle
giance to the principles oi constitu
tional government, through laws en
.cted and executed in the interest ol
the whole people, without favor to in
dividual or class, and it pledges itself
to continue the just, wise and econom
ical administration of public affairs,
which have obtained in State and
county since its return to power in
ISO!). We congratulate the people of
(he State that under Democratic
auspices there has been eetablished
.throughout the borders of the State
a reian of law and liberty, peace and
progress ; that our people are no longer
employed in guarding their homes
and property, as they were under Re
publican rule, but safe in the protec
tion ot law and enjoying the freedom
which comes from security are direct
ing their energies to peaceful pursuits
ot honest industry.
We endorse the wise, patriotic and
able administration of our State's af
fairs by Governor Robert B. Glenn
and the other State officials, and we
point with pride to the record c4 our
Senators and Democratic ' representa
tives in Congress and endorse the same,
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
We again congratulate the people of
North Carolina upon the successful
operation of the constitutional amend
ment regulating the elective franchise.
The adoption ot tbis measure has perma
nently solved the race problem, which
had so long agitated the public mind,
and was a menace to peace and good
government. In its operation, the as
surances made by tne Democratic party
to the people, that no white man would
be disfranchised thereby, have been
fully yenned, and the predictions of
the Republican party to the contrary
proven false. After a test ol five years
the wisdom ol the amendment is recog
nized and acquiesced in by all politi
cal parties, and is accepted as a solu
tion of a vexed question.
We cDngratulate the people upon
the beneficent effect of the temperance
legislation enacted by the Democratic
party, and approve and endorse the
principles enunciated in the Watts bill
and the Ward bill regulating the man
factura and sale of liquor.
ON EDUCATION.
We reeffirm our constitutional decla
rations that religion, morality and
knowledge, being necessary to good
government and the happiness ot man
kind, schools and means of education
shall be forever encouraged, and that
the people have the right to the privi
lege of education, and that it is the
duty of the State to guard and main
tain that right, and we express hearty
approva1 of the great results accom-
plished through educational work dur-
ng the past six years of Democratic
rule ; at the great improvement made
during that time in our educational
conditions, and we promise a continu
ance of a four months' school term for
all the children of the State. The
Democratic party established the sys
tem of pensioning Confederate soldiers
and opened the soldiers' home to the
care ol the veterans who responded to
the call of the State in the war be
tween the States. Every dollar given
them was appropriated or forced by
Democratic legislation, or Democratic
public sentiment. We pledge the par
ty to a luller discharge of a debt that
can never be fully paid to these aging
heroes, who offered their lives as a
sacrifice upon the altars of their coun
try.
CARE OF THE INSANE.
We point with pride to the record ol
the Democratic party in Us care of the
unfortunate classes in our State and
promise to continue to enlarge our
charitable institutions until all the in
digent insane are cared for at the ex
pense of the State.
The powers of the corporation com
mission snouid be so enlarged as to
give it full and adequate power to reg
ulate all public service" corporations
within the State and subject to its
jurisdiction. Passenger and freight
rates in North Carolina are too high
and should be materially and substant
ially reduced and we demand such ac
tion by the Legislature and corpora
tion commission as will accomplish
suon reduction, we are opposed to
granting charters to corporations in
perpetuity.
The discrimination of railroads
against North Carolina cities and
towns and in favor of other points hav
ing no greater natural advantages is a
grave injustice to the people of this
State, and should be corrected by such
means as are available within the limi
tations set by the constitution of the
United States.
The interference by public service
corporations iu political matters should
thus be destroyed. The law against
Now is the time to guard the health
and strength of the lungs. The best
remedy to use for coughs and colds is
Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar. The
only cough syrup that does not consti
pate the bowels, but which on the oth
er hand, expels all cold from the system
by acting as a pleasant laxative. Best
for coughs, colds, croup, whooping
cough, etc. E. T. Whitehead fc Co ,
Scotland Neck, Leggett'e Drug Store,
Uobgood. -
issuing free passes should be so amend
ed as to make tha party who illegally
receives them eauallv entity with the
corporation issuing them.
The failure ot connecting lines of
railways to make connection as sched
uled is a source of much inconvenience,
expense and annoyance to the travel
ing public, and we demand such addi
tional legislation as may be necessary
to enforce that proyision of our statute
which requires connecting lines to
make as close connection as is practic
able for the convenience of the travel
ing public.
FAVORS FOREST RESERVE.
We favor the Appalachian forest re
serve and the construction of the in
land waterway from Norfolk, Virginia,
to Beaufort inlet, North Carolina
While both of these projects involve
geat benefits to the State, they are
also of national importance. The one
preserves our mountain forests and
conserves our water supply, promotes
the public health, maintains cur water
and aids agriculture, the latter will
open up a free outlet North and South
tor the water-borne trade of eastern
North .Carolina,, equalizes traffic rates
and promote the prosperty of our peo
pie. Its construction will also greatly
increase the coast-wise trade between
the South Atlantic and North Atlantic
ports. We urge our Senators and Rep
resentatives to continue their efforts to
secure legislation for the establishment
of the one and the construetion of the
other.,
EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL.
We reaffirm our adherence to the
time-honored principle of Democracy
of "equal rights to all and special privi
leges to none" and we condemn subsi
dies, gratuities, bonuses, trusts and
monopolies. For nearly ten years the
Republican party has been in absolute
control of all 'departments of national
government with power to charge, un
just conditions and to rectify evils
Yet, during that time, colossal combi
nations of caiit.il have dominated tbe
-
people, and illegal perversion of cor
porate laws have stifled competition
and unfairly limited the opportunity
of the individual citizen. Wealth
thereby illegally obtained has been nn
sparingly used to control legislation
and corrupt elections. No honest
effort has been made, or is being made
by Republican legislation to cure or
eradicate these evils.
We denounce the hypocrisy of the
Republican party which, while pre
tending to legislate against these con
ditions, deals ODly with the symptoms
and not with the disease. The unfair
tyrannical features of the so-called
'protective tariff haye made tnes3
things possible, and no permanent re
lief can be secured until its obnoxious
features are removed. To remedy this
evil we demand a thorough revisibn of
present tariff laws.
TRUSTS DENOUNCED. .
The growth of the trusts and other
i lordinate and dangerous combinations
of capital, the tremendous and rapidly
increasing absorption and centraliza
tion of the wealth of the country-in
the hands of a chosen few, all due to
premeditated and systematic legisla
tion in behall of special interests by
the Republican party, demand a change
in the policies imposed upon the coun
try by that party and make the pas
sage of restrictive laws an imperative
neceesi ty.
We denounce the appalling system
of corruption heretofore practiced by
the great insurance companies, where
by money intrusted to them for the
benefit of widows and orphans has
been devoted to the enrichment ol
favored individuals and to the cam
paign fund of the Republican party.
WHACK AT THE TARIFF.
We denounce the present iniquitous,
unjust and trust-creating protective
tariff imposed upon the people by
the Republican party and demand
its Immediate revision, to the end that
all unjust burdens shall be removed,
J and especially those upon the necessa
ries of life and those that enable the
trust to extoit from the people unrea
sonable profits and to sell theii pro
ducts to consumers at home at greater
priqA than are charged fur the same
goods to the foreign consumer.
SCOTT'S EMULSION serves as a
bridge to carry the weakened and
starved system along ur.ti! it can find
firm support in ordinary food.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & P.OWNE, Chemists,
409-41$ Pearl Street, New York.
50c. and $1.00 i all druggists.
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Notice! Notice!
This is to give further notice that
Smith's Mill Fond is posted and no
person will be allowed to li-h therein,
without a ticket. The ticket will be
good only for the day specified, the
catch limited and ticket given to
miller. We wish to protect both the
fish and fishermen and make it a
pleasure for those who go.
Bovt-ETLS. White Litmher Co.,
N. B. Josey,
Will II. Joey.
rs
Having qualified as Executor ol the
E-jtate of C. V. Gray deceased. This
is to notify all persons holding claims
against said Estate to present them
to rae duty authenticated for payment.
on, or before July 1st, 1917, or this no
tice will be plead in bar of recovery
All persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment to me. i
K. M. Johnson, H-xecutor.
July 1, 1906.
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Notice.
I3y virtue of power vested in- me by
thut deed of trust executed to the late
VV.A. Dunn by A. B. Hill and wife
if. E. Hill, and by virtue of power
yetted in me by the statutes in such
esses made and provided, I shall sell
for cash at public auction in the town
of Scotland Neck, on the 14th day of
July, 19(X), at 12 o'clock M. the follow
ing described parcel of real estate, ly
ing, being and situate in the County
of Halifax and State of North Carolina,
to wit :
Beginning on the West eide of Main
street in the town of Scotland Neck,
P. E. Smith's corner, thence N. 73 W.
IDS feet to a ditch, thence N. 10 E.
along said ditch 330 feet, thence S. 73
E. 148 feet to the road leading into
Scotland Neck, thence along said road
to the beginning, and containing
about l.r acres, being part of the W.
K. Bona, formerly C. M. Clark tract,
and being the place where the late A.
B. Hill resided at the time of his
death.
This June the 15th, 190G.
.Noah Biggs,
Executor of V. A. Dunn.
Albion Dunn, Attorney.
6-21-4t
POSTED! POSTED!
Smith's Mill Pond.
All persons are hereby forbidden to
fish with hook and line or in any other
way in Smith's Mill Pond, under the
penalty of the law. May 29, 19U5.
Bowers-White Lumber Co.,
W. IT. Josey, i
N. B. Josey.
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Library contains 43,000 volumes. .New
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10, 1906. Address
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