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ommcnwealth awn E. JllT.T-HKO, . . Editor a v . Entered at the. Post Office at Scotland &eck,N C .as Second CI Matter. Mr. Vvr. C. nnglna. Democratic liwiinee to the Legislature Irons Wake county, has esyreesed bis purpose to have the present libel law changed. This hay Lrougbt lire from a number of newspaper;- of :!;e State, and Mr. Douglas thus bccomc.5 a bright target fur borne pretty good marksmen and lively sharp shooter,-'. Ho may succeed in changing the t.d then again be may rot. L' OTTOS &.v. The Government leport on the cot tea Friday, Aigt 3rd, was S2.9. ft. was slated that 81 vss expected, and -o the report was s little beter than r-.iis expected. Theie is tio tell'n now what will be Che condition of the cotton crop the v. est of September. Local conditions about a ar9 not always an index of the general coutiiiion of tise crop. OXL Y OXE POLICE MA X. Wherever temperance is fairly and tquarely tried with good will for the cause it cornea out in triumph. Tht Smithfield Herald snakes the following observations concerning Johnston eonnij Democratic convention day: 'The good effect oi our temperance ii:Ws was seen nero eai-esaaj'. wmi two thousand people iu town only one policeman was on duty and not o single arrest made. With saloons at formerly there would have been prob ably seventy-five to a hundred people .aid perhaps a dozen fights. It doe .-eem that a blind man could find out the di (Terence." A SIGNIFICANT LETTER. MEANNESS 1TON MEANNESS. 1 "Iiarli'ttc Observer. More ot the meanness of the late ilussell Sage is disclosed daily, but none of the stories toid upon him re veal more of his niggardliness, leading to criminality in the way of pettj theft, than theie, condensed by the 7-7crfo'k Virginiaa-Pllct from the Nov. York Press : 'To save time the Western Union Telegraph Company serves a free lunch 1 j its operator.?, and Mr. Sage appeared every day at a certain hour. (He was 2 large holder of Western Union stock.) A seat was kept for him at a certair. fble up to the last day he came down town. He neyer paid fare on the ele vated railroad because he was a direc tor, and the ticket-takeis had instruc tions to let him go by without paying He invariably helped himself to news papers from the stand at Fiftieth street in the morning when on his way down town, and did the same at Rector street when he was going home in the after noon. He took hie newspapers for a generation in the same way, of the same men, and they never dared say a word about it. He always compelled the bootblacks on the elevated station to shine his shoes for nothing. At first, years ago, they used to remon strate. He would climb into one cl the chairs and wait until they served Lira. If they demanded pay, he would threaten to have them put off the platform." Upon this our Norfolk contemporary fu bruits this comment : "Why should the memory ol such a man be treated with respect or even with forbearance? He was a petty thief, using his place and powor to grind the faces of the dependent poor, cad the grave should not be permit ted to eerve as a palliator of such sur render to a degraded and degrading passion. There is no place here for the blotting tear of the recording ST: gel." No. And this animadversion is just Such a creature deserved no respect while ho lived. His memory deserves r.o consideration since he is dead. His Me was of no value except as since his death it furnishes in retrospect a horri b'e example. Profitless as it was while it continued, the world is entitled to euch good account as it can now that it has closed. Correspondence to Tlie Commonwealth. Buchanan, Va , Aug. 3, 1900. Among the great natural curiosities oi America there is no greater than the famous Natural Bridge. Among the Blue Ridge Mountain-! or Virginia rushes a small stream, Cedar Creek, flere, stretohing its arch of solid rock some two hundred leet above the creek, is the Natural P-ndgs. As one stands cn :he banks of this stream and looks up at the rocky arch with nothing but sky above, or stands upon the Bridge and peers down upon the stream in its rocky bed. he ran but realize that hsra at some time in the distant past the Divine hand touched this then secluded epot and transform ed it into a garden worthy the admira tion of a god. Here parhaps, under the shadow ol this massive arch, the Red Man built his wigwam, danced his war dance, and smoked his pipe of peac. Here per haps the early esttleiy as he gradually pushed his way westward, looked in awe upon Nature in al1 her simplicity, and, wondering, thanked God that Liberty was still granted a most select resting place. Here perhaps the youth ful Washington sloo'u and imbibed from Nature all that grandeur of spirit which directed his after life ; for many legends are rife concerning his boyish sports. One says that he climbed its rocky wall and placed his name higher than man has since darnel go unassist ed. Another tells how he threw a silver dollar over the arch a thing which has not since been accom plished. Whether the?e legends be true or false, they have their effect on the visitor, for, following the example ol Washington, he ha placed his name in every conceivable place. The mod ern college ball player has likewise at tempted to imitate Washington in the throwing of a silver dollar. Words cannot express the beauty of this tpct, snd there is but one thing to mar us natural attractiveness It is so surrounded by fences that one trav eling the county road would cross the bridge without knowing it. Jt is owned by a stock company and a hotel is situated near by. All strangers en tering the park are charged admission and required to register at the "Bridge House," so that there is a complete record ol all visitors since the work ci man thus surrounded it. It is surprising to know how many thousands of travelers go so far out of their way (for it is three mileg from the nearest station) to see this spot. One finds names from all parts of the world. It goes to show that here we have one of the world's greatest natur al curiosities, and it is well worth the traveler's while to turn aside from the hurry and bustle of the commercial world and watch the marks of the Divine hand in the natural world. Chicago, Juno 1st, 19U0. f Mr. Edward A. Ferguson, Mgr. Union Centra' Life Ins. Co., Chicago, Illinois. Dear Sir : I am highly pleased with the annual dividends the Union Cen tral is paying on my $50,000 Ten Pay ment Life Policy.' The cost has been reduced from ,88L50 in 1900 to $2,437 in 1900, showing large increas ing dividends each year. This excel lent result i3 what induced me to in crease niy insurance in the Union Cen tral to your limit, and my only regret is that my entire lino is not in your company, Very truly yours, Wm, Wkigley, Jr. The foregoing letter by a large policy holder in the Union Central Life In surance Company, emphaeizes the fact that this company is outstripping other companies in large dividends. Mr Wrigley carries large insuiance and has all in the Union Central that the company will carry on any one life, and yet he says he regrets that his en tire line oi insurance is not in the Union Central. The more it is studied the clearer it is that the 'inion Cen tral leads in iino dividends. If you wish a policy in this leading company, I shall b9 glad to have you call on me or write me, and I will take pleasure in attending to it for you. E. E. IIri.i,iAi?D, Agent, - Scotland Neck, N. C. THE SOUTtI'8 PROSPERITY. Progressive Farmer. It is a fact which peopie of our sec tiou should constantly keep in mind that in relative rank among the States in population, agriculture and manu factures, North Carolina made a great er i:ain iu the census decade 1890-1900 than any other old State in the Union and greater than any State or Territo ry, new or old, excepting only the new ly settled areas of Montana and Okla homa, while Virginia and South Caro lina were also included iu the seven. teen other States making a net gain in rank. A new fact which emphasizes the remarkable prosperity of The Progressive Farmer's territory is the statement just given out showing that in net increase in postoffice receipts for the year ending June 30th, South Carolina led all the States in the Union with a percentage of 79, while North Carolina and Georgia followed with a net increase of 72 per cent. The South is undoubtedly developing more rapid ly at this time than any other section of the country and the basis of South era prosperity is the former. MRS. CHARLOTTE DREW. By request I offer a few thoughts to the memory of this departed mother and friend who whs called from the sorrows and alilictions of earth to a sweet rest in the paradise of God on Tuesday, the 21h of July. The writer has known her for many n. . .. r . - years. Mie ieit evidence ui a uuo Christian hope. She eeemed grieved in her last days that her name was not among the people she loved so well. She was about seventy-three years old. They tell me her kind husband went to his country's call, serylcg in the late war as a true contender for South ern rights. As he never returned she was left with two small children to caro for through the trying conflicts of war and the destitute years that fol lowed. But she was one of energy and did many noble duties in the sight cf God and her earthly friends. Her body was laid to rest on the 5tb at Kehuke cemetery, the services be ing conducted by Elder W. B. Strick land. She leaves one son and one daughter, Mrs. Susie Holland, with whom ehe lived many years. She was a kind daughter indeed, ever ready to do what she could for her mother's oomfort through life until she was called home to her Friend above to rest forever. She left sis grand-children. May they ever imitate the good example ci their grand mother and at last meet Ler in the lasting joys above to go cut no more forever. My mother dear was called to go, A form I loved so well ; I hope she's gathered near the throne Where shining angels ever dwell. A Fiuexd. 3 W Ed C2i S &sr M l 0 S E mm m m Tlie "Champion" "earns Thresher is Still in flie Lead All Users of Peanut Threshers know that the "Cham pion" will out wear two or three of any other kind ever sold here. Our sales increase yearly, as the people, by experience, find the above to be true. The "LUF1I1US" Cotton Qm Is also far in the lead. It gives such perfect satisfaction that people will nave no other. Our sales this year amount to more than two car loads. We sell the plain, also the 5 system outfits. . "LEPFEL" Steam Engmes : We also sen car joaus 01 muni jvciy scasuu. v,tu for this season is now on the road. They are easy to fire and take verv little fuel. But if your wood is scarce, or you are ' 1 r .i 1 " 1 1 " C . . . . 4- L J-. . . - a V-t ikvih ,s "' ntrairi ot settino voi r Duiiuinsr on inc wiui a jluhu jlhuui, t- -t tnen iei ci uaisuiiuc jlulmuc v cu owhh ms-m m. .1 nMnfno nuon ' nnp 7f cr Vv r rnmrl not rifmrr! 1 IUU, clllAl Ucll au lvv vi y wuv 1 v ovu. - ----- . . 1 ri. .1. . ii! i.1 I t to do mat unless we ieit sure inai we aiu scumi uwi. Samples of any of the above Machinery can be Seen in Actual Opersticn at ot:r Src. n B DUEL AT WHITAKERS. News and Observer 5th. Whitakers. X. C. August -1. Yes terday morning Bud Vaughan, about 18 years old. shot and killed his lather, H. Vaughan, four miies from here, in Nash county, with a shot gun, after his father had shot at him live times with a pistol without hitting him. II. Vaughan was on a drunken spree. Ha ran his son, Bud, sud the boy's mother away from home last night. They spent the night at a neighbor's and this morning Bud Vaughan want back home to feed the stock when the father attacked him with a pistol as above stated. Whiskey was the cause of It all. V JOSEY HARDWABE bll Mi AW i Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Don't Know it. ITALIANS SHIPPED BACK. ayetteville Observer. The Italians who were brought from Philadelphia to work in one oi the mills of the Hope Mills Manufacturing Company, and whose importation aused almost a general strike of the company's employes, have all been shipped back to Philadelphia. One car load neyer reached Hope Mills at all, but when they reached Fayette- ille, night before last, they were topped by a telegram from the offi cials of the Hope Mills company, and spent the nii-ht in the court hou.-e under the care of Sheriff Marsh and deputies. They were sect INortb last night. Speaking: of the Italians at Hope Mills, the Scottish Chief, ot Max ton, says : ;,The Hope Mills Manufacturing Company employed seven Italian boys in Philadelphia recently and the first of this week they were put to work in No. and the whole force went to swimming in the pond, fishing, etc. "A young Italian at Hope Mills went to a man's corn field a few days ago and took all the roasting ears and apples he could carry away, and when asked where he got them said : 'They grew in the woods up yonder.' " $100 REWARD .$100 The readers of this paper will be p'eased to learn that there is at least oue dreaded disease that science has been a b'e to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Ca tarrh Care is taken internally, acting directly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces of the svstem, tnereby destroy ing the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by build jug up the constitution and asslstin nature in doing its work. The pro prietors have so much faith in us cura tive powers that they offer One Hun died Dollars tor any case that it falls to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo Ohio. Sold by all druggists, 7oc. Take Hall's Family Pills for coosti patlon. tf0i3ol sia Core CROAKEKS AND BOOSTERS. rrtt -1 " T-TT Jl T" 1 - Scotland Neck. . . . . JNorth Carolina : r's bU. Elizabeth Citv Tar Heel. A croaker is a curse to any commu nity. Ine man who stands around and continually prophesies the downfall of his community and its utter lack of prosperity, is not one of its construc tive forces. We all need to cultivate the high art of looking on the bright side of things and ot helping to make things bright. Those who continually say that any town or community is a dead place, themselves help to kill it. No town can stand such talk as this if it is kept up lor any length of time. The "booster" is what this and all oth er cities need tho man who looks to the future with a confident and eager eye, expecting large things and de teimined to help bring them to pass. He puts his shoulder to the wheel and gives a good, honest shove, wasting no time in vain babblings or dire croak lugs of ruin. Give us more boosters. nT7i H-,-i WHICH IS BETTER? The Commoner. A low j ears ago there died in a little Illinois town a man who left compara tively little money, but he Ieit some thing immeasurably better than money He left the memory of a well spent life. He left a magnificent college which hie energy and his money had In large part created. He left thous ands of men and women and children who gathered around his bier and wept for the friend and neighbor and bene factor who had gone before. He left a big family of 6ons grown to manhood, every one of whom is a model citizen strong, Christian men. He scattered sunshine wherever he went. During his life time he made lots of money, but he spent it royally not in selfish pleasure but helping his fellows. Which would you rather leave be hind, a hundred million dollars or the memory of such a life as that led by the splendid old man who died in tho little Illinois town? " Don't drag along with a dull, bilioup heavy feeling. You need a pill. Use DeWltt's Little Early Risers, the fa mous little pills. Do not sicken or gripe, but results are sure. Sold byE HE BLOWS FOR US. Plymouth Beacon. Iii no activity has there been more progress during the last twenty years than that of the couotry newspaper. There are now hundreds of country papers which in editorial ability, me chanical appearance, and all that con tributes to inspire respect and com mand attention are fully abreast of their metropolitan contemporaries in moral tone, and oiten in editorials they surpass most of the great dailies. In times past the country editor was quite generally regarded with a half pitying contempt as a good-natured but chicken-hearted chronicler of in consequential locals. All of this has changed. Country newspapers, as class, wield the mightiest iufluence in the nation. The editors are men ol character and enterprise, doing more for the community for less money than any other body of workers. How To find Out. Fill a bottle or common glass with your water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a c , sediment or set- ! 4 llun lJi or on A unneaitny conai- ' 1 nevs; if it stains rrw tinpn it I evidence of kid ney trouble ; too frequent desire to pass it or pain in ""'""" the back is also convincing proof that the kidneys and blad der are out of order. "What to Do. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. It corrects Inability to hold water and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity cf being compelled to go often during the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and the extra ordinary effect of SwampRoot is soon realized. It stands the highest for its won derful cures of the most distressing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists in5Cc. and$l. sizes. You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful discovery P'y'. absolutely free by mail, address Dr. Kilmer & Home of Swamp-Foot. Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing men tion reading this generous offer In this paper. Don't make any mistake, but re member the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-roct, and the address Binghamton, N. Y., on ovary bottle. Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of C. V. Gray deceased. This is to notify all persons holding claims against said Estate to present them to me duly authenticated for payment, on or before July 1st, 1907, or this no tice will be plead in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to me. R. M. Johnson, Executor. July 1, 1900. 7-5-6t ir:cky fountain Tea Haggcis A Busy M'jiiioino for I3u-y IVopi". Brings Qoldon Esalth cS. Kc-ntwel Vigor. A 'npciflc for OiN.ttipnUon. 7n ii;'e-.tion. I.W. ti.i KMney Troubles. I'iinplr j. K;:tiii-. Iii.rnn' . !, Bad Breath. Stncsriah Mo ve's lira isu-br i, i !'.iclcao!e. It's Kocfcy Miint::! T-a U t 'ib :l ' ;rni, c?nts c, linT. tinui:in fnaJo l y ..'l;.ister Iai-o Company, 3!:ulison, 'W'is iCLOEfJ KUSGETS FOB SALLOW PE0PI HOBGOOD ITEMS. Correspondence to The Commonwealth. Hobgood, N. C, Aug. 4, 1906. Mr. E. F. Gray, ot Norfolk, Va., Is visiting his home people this week. Little Miss Clara Pope, of Spring Hill, is visiting the family of Mr. J. T Edwards. Miss Emma Gray, of Washington N. 0., came home to-day to spend a few days with her home people. A MYSTERY SOLVED. "How to keep off periodic attacks of biliousness and habitual constipation waa a mystery that Dr. King's New Life ruia soiyea ior me," writes John ft. neasani, oi iviagnDiia, Ind. The only puis that- are guaranteed to give perfect eausiacuon to everybody or money refunded. Only 25c at T. and a book that tells i more about it, both sent BiJfe3pk&,i&fi Littleton High School BOYS AMD YOUNG MEN L. W. BAGLEY, A. B. . Z. 1. BEACHBOARD, A. B. Principals. ADVANTAGES: 1 . Faculty of Experienced College Men 2. Health Conditions Vnurpa.-.'1. ?. Expenses Moderate No Extras. 4. Prepares for College or Life. 5. Thorough Intruetion. '. Homo inlluences. 7. Graded System. Fall term begin- September 4th, I'.'Ud. Spring term begin.-. January 1st, l'.!U For further in forma tiou address Z. P. BEACH BOARD, Littleton, N. C. Join the Ludden and Bates Club And Get a 450 Dol lar Piano for $257. LIFE TIME: . j GUARANTEE:, j We also sell Weber, Chickering, Mathusnck and other makes with Lone Guarantees and Easiest Terms. R. I. Jones, G-en. Agt. Scotland Neck, N. C. S jcl, Ij I f oc r 3" i r.o ar& Qra3; CJccd Seed Oats, Sec-:! Wheat Bts. Vrc make ;i Hpeciiil.ty vi Grade YiAd Seeds, buy i: qtiamtics. ;uvl nro iri;ivi -r make' low jirivort. tjutfli'.y r H. R. SAVAGE a SC GK AIN AND SEEP M EltCtI A N'l 3-J2-fim TURNIP SEED. Just received the biggest shipment of loose Turnip and lluta Bcga Seed we have ever purchased which in cludes ALL OF THE BEST KINDS, Statistics show that we sell more seed than any house in town with one ex ception. Now we certainly would appreciate your Seed Bus iness. CANT WE GET IT? Yours ready to serve, W. Allsbrook, Scotland Neck, N. C. and CURE the LliNCS WITH tnNsiiiiiPTinN Price 50c & SI. CO Free Trial. Surest and Quickest Cure for all THROAT and LUNG TROUB LES, or MONEY BACK. English Kitchen, On American and - European 1'lan. Established 1890. A nice Boast Beef Dinner lor 25c. Fish, Oysters and Crabs in season. We also have a few nicely furnished rooms for our pa trons. 347 Main Street, Norfolk, Ya. PICKED WITH TMB BEMTMALL PICKER brine nana picked prices. JNo sterns, . , 1 t -n j T 1 j li a 1 .T. trasn. will uot: oreiiK Lno snen. ausui' success. We are BOOKING ORDERS MOW POR FALL pEL.lvFir Is o peaimt raiser can aiiordtobe vitho'-.i Write for prices, etc. Benthall Macmne Company, Suffolk, Virginia. r-:u-Gm MONUMENTS P U RAVESTCK Central A High Grade Preparatory Schooi With Industrial Equipment Boys and young men prepared for college in the most thorough manner. 1, Course embraces Latin Greek, Mathematics, History and Enghsh $i2i rav tuition, board, room, light, heat and library ' fee for scholastic year. An opportunity will be eiven to a number of young men to work their way through school. If you are interested write RAYMOND BROWNING, Principal, 7.a6.am Littleton, N. C The S WE PAY Til 52 FJt EIGHT, AXD GUARANTEE SAFE rEL'Y URGEST STOCK IN JLIE SOI Illustrated Catalogue Free. THEOOUPER MARBLE WOH (Established 1848.) 159, 161 and 103 Bank Street. NORFOLK", VA mi cotiand Neck SOLICITS THE ACCOUNTS OF BOTH INDIVIDUALS ANO BUSINESS FIRMS A. McDowell, President P. C. Gregouv, YicE-r RES. Frank V. Shields, Ci.- . H. 1JON1) As.Srt. Vii.- SkVlUOS DePAKTIEWT In order to encourage those who wish to make sav ings from their earnings, at their annual meeting on March 29, the Stockholder ,L;,i.wi c....: , Department. Deposits from $1.00 up are solicited, and all who are interested may loam particulars bv in juring nj tb? Bank, " '
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