PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Death of Joseph C. Randolph.
Settling Time for 1906.
"r,xmi
1907
Is With Us.
Make your New Year's
resolve good, Start a Bank
Account, and, in financial
matters, protect yourself from
the errors of others ; pay all
your bills by checks. It is
the only safe way.
We Make
No Charge
For Keeping
Your Books
For You.
We thank you, one and j
all, for your liberal patronage
of the pas! year, and it is our
sincere wish that 1907 be a
hippy arid prosperous year
to you.
The Scotland Neck Bank,
Scotland Neck, N. C.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Lost!
One small Jersey Cow. One black
Steer 2 years old. Reward for return.
S. J, Stern.
Vinegar.
Good Old Country
Pure
Apple Vinegar.
V. T. Tyler.
Edwards & Company.
One Cijr toad Tencfi Wire and Gar
den and Poultry Wire, all weights, at
bottom prices.
One Car Load Corn, Hominy and
Seed Oats.
One Car Load Guano for Tobacco
Beds and Gardens.
One Car Load Flour and Meal.
One Car Load Furniture.
Two Good Mulea and One Good
Horse tor sale on easy terms.
All Winter Clothing, Cloaks, Woolen
Dress Goods, Hats, Caps, Gloves, Rues,
t)rugeets and Mattines at specially re
duced prices.
New line of Hamburgs and Laces,
all widths, at lowest prices.
Edwards & Co.
Popular Cereals.
Grape Nats, Force, Eggo-See, Oat
meal, Buckwheat, Puffed Rice. Al
ways fresh at popular prices.
W. T. Tyler.
Corby's Loaf Bread.
Corby's Washington Bread all the
time.
Fox River Butter.
W. T. Tyler.
Your Eyes
Do they trouble you? If so,
have the DEFECTS corrected
without delay, and thereby re
gain arid preserve yoiirvisidri;
G. W. Mewborn, B. S.,
Doctor of Optics,
examines and treats eyes free,
and fits them with glasses at
reasonable prices. See him as
follows for 1907:
Pinetop, Feb. 11.
Macclesfield, Feb. 12.
Old Sparta, Feb. 13.
Tarboro, (Hotel Farrar) Feb.
14.
Tarboro,(Eld. G. M. Corbett's
Home) Feb. 15.
Speed, Feb. 18.
Hobgood, Feb. 19.
Scotland Neck, (Brick Hotel)
Feb. 20.
Tillery, Feb. 21.
Halifax, Feb. 22.
Weldon, (A. C. L. Hotel)
Feb. 26, 27.
Rosemary, Feb. 28.
Roanoke Rapids, Mar. 1, 2.
Enfield, Mar. 5, 6.
Whitakers, Mar. 7.
Battleboro, Mar. 8.
Meet Me Between Train. No Farther Notice.
1-24-tf
JEWELRY
DIAMONDS
WATCHES
0.ur
Stock
Was never so large, and
for variety it is unexcell
ed. It also includes other
Precious Stones
in combination with the
Diamonds, making OUR
STOCK the most attrac
tive we have ever placed
before our customers.
An up-to-date line of Cut
Glass, Silverware, etc., ex
hibited the year round.
E. T. Whitehead & Co.,
Presents.
Presents.
The Coming, Going and Whereabouts
o! Our People ana Other Folks.
BIrs Cfaas. A. Jjnes returned
Tu;:
day irom a visit to ror?olk.
Mr. S. J). Hancock, of Weldon, was
Jq Scotland Neck Tuesday.
Mies Liura Burgess has been on a
visit some days to friends in aad aroucd
Littleton.
Mioses Rebecca and Nannie Smith
h:ive been away pome hays visuirg
relatives in Raleigh.
Mr. N. B. .Allstrcok who lived in
Greenville last year, was here Morday.
He now !ivcs la Weldon.
Mrs. Dr. Register, of Tilery, wr.n
here Sat nrday. She accompanied JiL-s-
P.ittie Vi;iitan heme Friday 'rim
Tillery.
Mr. Eustace Nor fleet, of Wilmington,
passed through Monday on bis way to
Tillery to visit his fdtner, Mr. J, If;
Norfleet.
Rev. G. T. Jjiimpkins returned horr.e
Saturday from Washington D.C., where
he bad spent ten days In a protracted
meeting.
Mrs. Dr. B. R. Browning and daugh
ter Edith, of Littleton, spent Saturday
and Sunday here on a visit to Mrs. J.
E. Hancock.
Mrs. J. S. Bowers who has been sice
for some weeks was taken to Baltimore
for treatment last week. She was ac
companied by her husband, and her
trained nurse.
Hon. Clauda Kitchin came home
from Washington Friday because of
sickness in his family. He has been
in attendance upon court in Halifax
some this week.
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Dunn were called
to Emporia, Va., some days ago by the
illness of their son Mr. George W. Dunn.
heir son eoon was sufficiently convales
cent for them to return home.
Halifax Superior Court.
Halifax Superior Court is in session
this week, for the trial of criminal
cases only, Judge C. C. Lyon presiding.
Court was called Monday at 11 o'clock.
mmedlately the followiug erand jury
waa called and sworn ;
C. L. McDowell, foreman, A. M.
Bloomer, W. R. Cherry, J. E. North-
lngton, J. H. Clark, R. M. Andrews, E.
Herbert, W. F. Coppedge, J. M.
Hardy, D. J. Millikln, R. L. Simmons,
Thos. Strickland, J. R. Browning, Fey
ton Keel, John Hammill, S. P. Carlisle
M. J. Webb, C. A. Harris.
CHARGE.
Judge Lyon gave a brief but clear
charge to the grand jury, calling
special attention to their duties to the
State, He did not go into all the
crimes in detail, but spoke briefly of
the lour capital crimes, murder, arson,
burglary and rape. I
Special attention was called to sell-
ins liquor without license. lis said
that it is the dutv of the Sheriff to
furnish the grand jury -with a list of all
the persons in the county who have a
license to sell liquor, and if any other
persons besides those are known to sell
liquor they should be pu niched.
Judge Lyon said that he has heard
that moonshiue liquor is meaner and
more daDgerous than other liquor. He
said that blockaders are generally too
lazy or too mean to work, and men
who follow their occupation ought to
be on the chain gang. Of gambling
he said it is little better than stealiuc.
It is getting another's money for noth
ing. Ho said tnat tne nrst statute
against gambling in our State was
made more than a hundred year? ago,
and the latest statute is against dealing
in futures. He said that dealing in
cotton futures is simply one man bet
ting another that cotton will be such a
price at such a time. And one of the
strong reasons against this form of
gambling was that it puts the products
of our farms at the con'rol of the
gamblers.
Of drunkeness and profanity, he said
whoever is guilty of them in public is
a nuisance and should be punished for
it.
Judge Lyon did not burden the
grand jury with a tedious charge, but
told them to call upon him for any in
formation they might need in their
work.
The docket is not full and probably
the court may not last all the week.
The officers were all in place, Sheriff
Patterson, Clerk Gary and Solicitor
Kerr. Mr. Kerr has made a fine im
pression as a prosecuting officer, and
the people feel periectly sure that the
State's interest will be safe in his
hands.
When the cold winds dry and crack
the skin a box of salve can save
much discomfort. In buying salve
look for the name on the box to avoid
anv imitations, and be sure you eet the
ordinal D.- Witt's Witch TT z-l Salve.
Sold by E. T. Whr.fchr-ai & Ju.
At Morrisett Brothers'.
White Sale, still on.
That Grocery Department is full of
good things.
Winter Merchandise at out prices.
Furs at half price.
Ten Cent Counter is full again.
Country Hams and Shoulders.
That Good Molasses.
Great values every day at
Mokrisett Brothers'.
THE ORICIMAL. I.AJIA75VE COUGH SYRUP
KENNEDY'S LAXATIVE HOKE'MAB
' " ' BtoMom ud Honey Bee en Em? loUlfr
Mr. Jo33ph' C. Randolph, formerly a
resident of Scotlaud Nec, died in En
field last week. The Enfield Pro;:re-;s
gives the following of hi;; life and do ah :
"Mr. Joseph 0. Randolph, one of the
most yide!y know men of this section,
died at his home here Monday night,
January 21st. He bad been ill for
many mouths, and his condition had
been declared hopsless by the local
physicians and thoea uf the Northern
cities, btlt nevertheless his death was a
great shock to his large circle of friends.
"He was a man hardly in the prime ?
of life. He was born at Crowells Cross
roads rear here October 2Srh, 1870.
A part of his boyhood was spent at Ox
ford. He was la the mercantile busi
ness there for a time, and was after
wards similarly engaged" at Tillery.
"He petiled here in and began
to operate a general merchandise stors
in partnership with his brother, Mr.
Paul Randolph. Beginning in a smali
way, the business soon grew to large
proportions, and necessitated the con
structions of the large and handsome
building now occupied by thefirtp, the
Randolph Supply Company.
"A few years ait9r settling here he
married Miss Victoria Heptinotall, one
of the social favorites here. Their
marr'ege was blessed by two children,
both of whom are living.
"Funeral cervices were held at the
Randolph home Tuesday afternon by
the Rev. C. G. Lowe, pastor ol the
Baptist Church here, oi which the de
ceased was a member. The remain."
were buried with Masonic honors, the
deceased haviny been a member of
the lodge here, No. 447 A. F. and A.
M. Both at the horns and at the grave
beautful hymns were rendered by a
picked choir; and the grave was cover
ed with masses of flowers, the last trib
ute of love and fuendsbip.
"This death is a peculiarly sad one.
It removes from our midst a man who
combined sound business jndemeni
with a rare gift for forming and retain
ing friendship ; a man who will bo miss
ed both in business circles and in liyeti
of the many who had learned to call
him friend.
"lie is S"rvived by his widow and
two little children ; hU parents, Mr.
a-id Mr3. John C. Rindolph ; one sister j
Mrs. Eugene Curria, of Durham, and
'one brother, Mr. Paul Randolph, of
this place."
Lost Horses.
! Me?s. B'ags & Johnson, of this place,
lost some horses in a railroad wreck at
Boykin, Va , some days ago. The
horses 'were being shipped to Scotland
Neck. The train ran into .in open
switch and was wrecked against cars on
the track. There were several cars ot
stock, and all the stock in one car was
reported killed. Several of tho horse.
0! Biggs & Johnson's were kiik-d and
the others were so badly bruised they
were shipped back to Norfolk.
Ha:;d Badly Crushed.
Mr. J. S. Min.sLew had his right
hand caught in a cotton giu some clay
ago and the first two fingers wera bad
ly crushed. The accident occurred
early ia the morning and he had to
wait quits a while before he could
start to town. The accident occurred
at the Whitehead farm fix miles from
town, so it was two hour3 or mora be
fore the wound was dressed. lie suf
fered considerably.
Mr. Pope's Misfortune.
News has come from Toyah, Texas,
that Mr. John J. Pope, who has been
in the hole! business there for some
time, had the misfortune some days
ngo to lose his hotel by firG. The loss
was about $5,000 with .$2,500 insur
ance. Mr. rope s many irionas nere
will regret to learn ot his loss.
Mix This At Home.
The following simple home-made
mixture is said to readily relieve and
overcome anv form of Rheumatism bv
forcing the Kidneys to filter from the
blood and system all the uric aeid and
poisonous waste matter, rehiring at
once such .symptoms as backache, weak
kidnevsand bladder and blood diseases.
Try it, as it doesn't cost much to
make, and is said to be absolutely
harmless to the stomach.
Get the following harmless ingredi
ents from an y good pharmacy: Eluid
Extract Dandelion, one-halt ounce;
Compound Kargon, one ounce; Com
iound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounes.
Mix by shaking well in a bottle, and
take a teaspoonful after each meal and
again at bedtime.
This simple mixture is said to give
prompt relief, and there are very few-
eases of Rheumatism and Kidney trou
bles it will fail to cure permanently.
These are all harmless, every-day
drugs, and your druggist should keep
tnem in tne prescription department ,
if not, have him order them from the
wholesale drug houses for you, rather
than fail to use this it you are atihet
ed.
CURED OF LUNS TROUBLE.
"It is now eleven years since I had a
uarrow escape from consumption,"
writes C. O. Fioyd, a leading business
man of Kershaw. S. G. "1 had run
down in weight to loo pounds, and
coughing was constant, both by day and
by night. Finally I bsgan taking Dr.
King's New Discovery, and continued
this for about six monihs, when my
cough, and lung trouble were entirely
gone and I was restored to my norma!
weight, 170 pounds." Thousands of
persons are healed every year. Guarau
foorJ ot. V. T. Whitehead &. Co.'s drus
store. 50o and $1.00. Trial bottle
iree.
For several jears It has been ti c cus
tom of the editor of Tiiff Common
wealth to rsvi-H th maiiir.-; lis? si':';!
the lir.-t of Fob-mry. Jhirtn iha lj
iday ruh many of our delinquent for
get about what they owe ns, and some
wait to settle until after they have
made their plans tor the new year. By
the first of February, then, all should
be ready to settle with us on delin
quent subscriptions.
This is the last issue of the paper for
January, and we hops all our delin
quents will come in and fettle or fend
what is due by mail. We are carry
ing some names which we cannot carry
longer unless they maVe &cme settle
ment. We do not wish to hse any of
our subscribers, but wi can't sflord to
crry seme of tl.em longer.
J Now, let s stra'ghten up t fie accounts
and we will si! le?l better.
CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED
with local application, as they cannot
reach the seat of thj dieas-3. Catarrh
is a blood or constitutional diea-e, and
in order to cure it you must ta&e in
ternal remedies. Hill's Catarrh Cure
is taken internally, and acta directly on
thi blood and rnneous surface. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is not a q iacK medicine.
It was prescribed by one o! tha best
physicians in this country for years and
is a regular prescript fou. It is com
posed of the best toaics known, com
bined with tha best blood purifiers,
acting directly on the mucous surfaces.
The perfest combination of the tsvo in
gredients is what produce sue"i won
derful result in curing Catarrh. Send
for testimonials free.
F. J. Chennsy & Co., Props., Toledo.O.
Sold by Druggists, price 72c.
Take Hall's Family Fills for constipa
tion. Secretary Wrts.,n.
The North Carolina Association of
City School Superintendents held ;
meeting in Raleigh last week. Trof
C. W. Wilson, superintendent of the
Scotland Neck Graded Schools, war
elected sec;eta:y of the Association.
Prof. Wilson is in the front rank of
the progressiva educators and schcol
men of North Carolina, and be has not
failed to make Scotland Neck Gn:drd
Schools rank with the very best in
the State.
In thi3 connection The Common
wealth wishes to emphasize the reed
of thorough co-operation of parents i.
assisting ti e superintendent of our
ojhool.s in all his good and well-timed
r Hurts fur exceiient discipline m the
schools and the be.it development and
progress possible for every pupil under
hts cars.
AH Run Down
lij is a common expres
sion ws hear on every
sids. Unless there is
'3a tsJ!
jrne organic trouble, the con-
can
doubtless be rc
'giu c'oclcr is the best adviser.
o not dose yourself with ai!
nds cf advertised remedies
;i l.s opinion. More than likely
ou need a concentrated fat food
0 enrich your blood and tone
ti5 t'e rvc5n.
Git's
Emulsion
. -J,'. XX -L- : -
or
K F j
uve.r Uii
lust suc'i a food in its best form.
vHI baiid up the
j va 3 1 e d body
weakened
when
ad
her foods fail to nourirh. H
ou
re run dcv.'n or emaciated,
a irinl : ii cannot hurt
IV2
you. It is essentially the best
oosr.'hic nourishment for delicate
1
children and pale, anaemic girls.
We wi;l send vou a sample free.
He sure that this picture
in the form cf a label is on
(he wrapper of every bottle
of Eir.'jbioa you buy.
SCOTT a BOWNE
Chemists
409 Pearl Street, New
'ork
ct- All Drus-(ists
500
ags
1
Large
Bright
Virginia
Peanuts.
Housed before
th(
storm and frost.
Samples and prices on ap
plication. R. W. Salsbury & Brc,
Hassell! N. C.
ill !" Av 1; J
V' O 1 f
F01
Bons.1
and 1
TRADE MARK
BLlGISTERtlD
F. S. R OYSTER
GUANO CO.,
Norfoik, Va.
1 a
Chaoipiosi A,
Champion a,
;fiamfien R iieeis SOc eadi, Cridmsiion Girl Heels
5c each- Grader Uzds 5c. each.
ners. this
iiese fsoocls wcpj lliroyaii our Fire last
and are only slights' damaged, and are
a1
4
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t-. CJH ii-
We liave a large slock of Chatta
nooga and Champion Turn Plows and
1 Castings and invite you to call on us
when need of these or anything in
a sr
LJ El
We want
business,
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Cl. Jk. JZZ.
Sii Mil Jsrji 3
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have been the standard Cotton and
Tobacco guanos in the South
because great care is used in the
selection of materials.
Ask your dealer for Rttysf Cr's
goods and don't take substitutes
said to be just as good. See that
the trade-mark is on every bag.
CEiampion Girl and Csranger Points,
Sc. Escii.
Okrr;p:cm 5j ' m Qrdmer Wings,
is your opportunity to get your
ow Castinas
Clieai)0
W
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m e
your trade.
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HARDWARE CO.,
Years
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ement
Yours for
Scotland Neck, N. C.