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The Commonwealth. li E. MILLIARD, Editor Published Every Thursday. J. E. CRUTCHFIELD, Local and News Editor and Business Manager. "Entered at the p'Mtonire at Scotland Neck, X. (, tt Second-Class Matter. Thursday, May 9, 1907. SOLEMN OBLIGATION. LET THE WORK BE PUSHED. News Afloat It is row only a few weeks until the tax lists will be taken, ine as sessors appointed by the county commissioners will set the value or. real estate and the individual tax payer will set the value on his own personal property. Each one will be under oath to fix thj value of all property honestly, to the best of his knowledge and belief. The obligation which accompanies the listing and valuing of property is a solemn one. It is a solemn ob ligation from two standpoints. First, it is solemn because it is to be discharged under oath. And then it is a solemn obligation because it involves an honest attitude towardi the State and one's neighbor. Thes is a certain amount of money neces sary to meet the expenses of State and county government, and it ie designed that, inasmuch as every man in the State is equally protected under the laws, every man's proper ty shall bear its own share in con tributing through proper taxation to this expense. Now, that being true, it devolves upon the assessors of real estate to be careful in every instance to give every man's proper ty full taxable value and to give no one's property more than such value. In a word, it is their bounden duty, under oath before God and men, tc treat all citizens equally and fairly in the valuation of their property. If thev fail to do this they show partiality and so tio a great wrong to their fellows. If the accessors are caret u I to see tnat one man s property is given its full value and are not so careful in the other case they do a wrong both to persons and to the State. They make the first man pay mere taxes in proportion to the value of his property than the second man, and also cut the State out of part of what it should re ceive from the value of the property of the second roan. These observations hold good for the individual citizen in the value of his personal property as they do for the assessors in the valuation of real estate. In a sense, the individual is in a more responsible position than the assessors of real estate, for in some cases the assessors may not be perfectly familiar with the worth j of certain real estate whose value they must determine, while the in dividual citizen has no reason for not knowing the value of the horse which he drives or plows every day, or the cow from which he receives milk and butter every day. We would not be understood, how ever, in this remark to mean that the assessors should not be diligent in every case to see that they fix the proper value on all real estate. They should invariably be careful in every case, and should see that their obli gations are discharged whether the individual citizen puts the proper value on his personal property or not. We have given expression to the foregoing in order to emphasize the fact that a county as full and rich in resources as Halifax need not be in debt. This paper has repeatedly said, and now reiterates it, that there is no just cause under high heaven why Halifax county should be in debt. With all property, real - and personal, properly listed and properly valued and the taxes prop erly and carefully collected, there should be plenty of money in the county treasury to meet all legiti mate expenses. We take it that the men who have ' been appointed as tax assessors for the county are willing to do justice to the State and to every man in the county, and we trust that they will be careful to do so. True patriotism and a sense of right ought to impel every individual citizen to- do the same. We again remind them all that in the listing of taxes a most solemn Obligation rests on assessors appoint - ed for the State and also on the in dividual who acts for himself. In the meeting of the Southern Cotton Association at Halifax Mon day, there was unanimous endorse ment of the plan to raise ten million dollars through the Southern Cotton Association for the protection of the price of cotton. And now we want to urge every farmer in Hali fax county to give this enterprise his support by subscribing as liber ally as possible to the fund. With warehouses in every cotton producing county in the South, the price of cotton can easily be held to the minimum which will be fixed by the Southern Cotton Association. Halifax county's share in this ten million dollar company has been put at one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, and the money thus raised is to be kept in Halifax countv and used in holding the cotton for the minimum price set bv the Southern Cotton Associa tion. If a farmer who makes five bales of cotton has mortgaged three of them to purchase guano and supplies and feels the first of November that he must pay these obligations, he an take this cotton to the ware house, draw 80 per cent, on it, pay his obligations and hold his other two bales for the minimum price set by the Association. And if the farmers will hold together as they 1 Ml .ill 1 may, ne win get tnat price Deiore Christmas. But suppose the man who makes five bales of cotton and owes enough to cover three of them prefers to sell at a lower price rather than bother with a warehouse receipt? Why, the warehouse man will offer an eighth or a quarter of a cent more than the regular cotton buyer who is offering to buy cotton at Wall Street prices, take the cotton and store it and hold it for the min imum price set by the Association. If this is done throughout the cot ton counties of the South, it will not be long before the mill men all over tne worm win become anxious enough for cotton to pay the price demanded by the farmers. Suppose the minimum price set by the farmers shall be 11 cents, and Wall Street offers only 9 cents. Buy ing the cotton at 9 cents and selling it at 11 cents will roll up a profit of $10 per bale, and every stock holder in this great ten million dollar com pany will get his share in this profit, and if he holds his cotton for the rise of 2 cents per pound will be profited $10 per bale besides. This is in part the plan and it has been heartily endorsed in well nigh all the cotton States, and will be a- dopted by all as the work is pushed. Let Halifax county farmers stand together, shoulder to shoulder with their fellow farmers throughout the South, and they will yet come into the possession of their own through the increased price of cotton. ' It is an opportunity that should not be allowed to pass. Prof. E. P Moses will retire from the superintendency of the Raleigh Graded Schools at the end of the present session: The Carolina Hotel was burned in Durham last week causing a loss of $125,000. The guests all escaped uninjured but lost some of their personal effects. It has been given out that the hotel will be rebuilt. In a collision between a freight and a yard engine, oh the Seaboard Air Line at Norlina, engineer N. S. Efferman.of Petersburg, and fireman B. F. Johnson of the through freight were killed. The engines were bad- lv smashed and several cars were demolished. At the fifty-third annual meeting of the Wilmington Chamber of Com merce it was given out that there been built in that city within the last twelve months 830 resi dences and 93 mercantile buildings. Within the last four years the post office receipts have increased 42 per cent. Last week two negroes broke into thP store of W. G. Stokes, in Pitt county, and robbed it of clothing and various articles of merchandise. The postoffice was broken into, it is supposed by the same parties. The robbers were trailed by dogs as far as Parmele and were finally caught at Bethel and carried back to Green ville and placed in jail. The dead body of little Horace Marvin, who disappeared two months ago from his home near Dover, Del., and who was supposed to have been kidnapped, was found in a marsh a few days ago half a mile from the house of his father. Dr. Marvin. The indications are that the little fellow was murdered and his body placed in the marsh, as his father had searched the spot and burned the grass off since his disap oearance two months ajjo.. The clothing showed no signs of fire and his body was in a state of preserva tion. CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR. Letter to J. L. Baker. Scotland Xeek, X. C. Dear Sir: Not one man in ten knows whether he's wasting money or not, when he paints. It depends on the paint. With one paint, your job will take 10 gallons and cost $50 for paint and labor; with another 12 and cost $60; with another 14 and cost 70; with another 16 and cost 80; with another 18 and cost 90; with another 20 and cost 100; with another 22 and cost 110. Here's an . example. Professor Irvine, of the Academy.Mercersburg, Pa., painted the floors of his dormi tories every year, one year with one paint, next year with the paint of the other dealer there to divide the business between them till Devoe came to town. The job took 90 gallons; takes 60 Devoe. The diffierence, 30 gallons, $150. He didn't know he was losing $150 a year till he got Devoe. Another example. When Geo. W. Brown, Union, S. C, painted B. F. Arthur's house first time it took 30 gallons "cheap" paint; repainted De voe; 14 gallons. 25 Yours truly F. W: DEVOE & CO. E. T. Whitehead & Co. sell our paint. HEADQUARTERS FOR son El IMP Will Screen Doors Screen Window frames Screen Wire Screen Windows Screen Door Hinges Lawn Mowers Refrigerators Ice Cream Freezers Ice Boxes Ice Picks Lap Robes Horse Nets Hammocks Settees, Oil Stoves .1 Drop a postal card to the Alaska Packers Association, Advertising De partment, Richmond, Va., if you use "Argo" and get their Argo Red Salmon Cook Book with 39 ways of preparing Salmon; (Raleigh Evening Times ) Several months since, Congress man W. W. Kitchin, of Roxboro, Per son county, announced that he would be in the race for governor. It had been understood for some time that Mr. Kitchin would run for governor, and the announcement, or at least the admission of the fact, came as no surprise. Mr. Kitchin is neither what could be termed an eastern or western man. for Person county is very near the middle of the state termed by many in the extreme west as an eastern county, and by those in the extreme east a western county Mr. Kitchin gave out a few days since that he expected to make an extended canvass, and hoped to speak in every county in the state before the next state convention, so as to get in di rect touch with the people Mr. Locke Craig, of Asheville, who was a prominent candidate for United States senator at the time that Sena tor Overman was elected, is also candidate for governor, and in some respects is ahead of the other can didates, as he is sending out letters asking the support of his friends. As far as can be learned, none of the other candidates have actally begun their compaign. Mr. Craig is a west ern man, a fact that causes some to believe will injure his chances to some extent, as Governor Glenn is a western man, and in recent years the eastern and western sections of the state have become rather jealous of where the candidates hail from. Ex-Congressman Fred A. Woodard is one of the eastern candidates, and his friends express themselves as be lieving that he will give some one a good race. During the past few years Mr. Woodard has not taken a very active part in politics, and there fore is not as widely known over the state as some of the other candidate?. Another eastern man is ex-Con gressman John D. Bellamy of Wil mington. It has been a long time since the democrats had a governor from the extreme east, and the friends of Mr.' Bellamy are going to press his claims both on account of the man and also because that sec tion has had no governor in many a day. More than a year ago Mr. Bel lamy practically admitted that he would be a candidate for governor Ex-Lieutenant Governor R. A Doughton, of Alleghany, one of the leaders in the last legislature, is be ing urged by many" for governor, but so far as he has not said what he will do. His record in the last legislature did much to crystalize the sentiment in favor of him for governor. To coun terbalance the possible candidacy of Mr. Doughton is the rumor from the east that Mr. Ashley Home, of Clay ton, will be in the race. From what can be learnen it seems that Mr.Horne will very probably join in the fun. In addition to the above, it is inti mated that others will come in on the home stretch, and there is never any telling what a convention is going to do when there are a number of candr dates in the field. Give us a Gall for Anything in the ware Line. We Treat You Rig Hard ht. Ctt a i.miij i. mimmii i in mm mm mm i 'Hi iiii iim 11 w n a i vcv . sss:" a n el a, c-a e- vr s-a a w h g a u b u. t I I a& SCOTLAND NEC K . N. C. II r3 M SOUTHERN COTTON ASSOCIATION. In Session at Halifax Monday. Homicide at BaMeboro. A young white man named Oscar Exum shot and killed a colored man named Alfred Battle at Battleboro Saturday night. The colored man went into the store of Mr. Moore, usual. ...Plaiting... Pinking and Button Covering. The Halifax County branch of the Southern Cotton Association held spssinn in Halifax Mondav. The at tendance was better than usual. was offensive with profanity and EiVht townships were represented , being ordered to behave or get out and there was more enthusiam for , trouble ensured between him and the work of the Association than ! a number of white men. The color ed man made attempt to draw a Mr Thomas C. Dickens,collector for pistol when Exum seized a gun. The Butterwood township, having mov- negro graDDea it aiso wnen m ed to Enfield, his resignation was ac- shot him" cepted and Mr. W. J. B. Smith was ACCORDION, SUN AND KNIFE appointed m his steau. The plan of the Southern Cotton Association to raise ten million dol lars through a stock company to pro tect the price of cotton was fully dis cussed and was unanimously endors ed . A number of persons who heard Hon. E. D. Smith, of South Carolina, at Enfield April 16th expressed ap proval of the plan and all urged strong an immediate coorperation. '. A motion prevailed that each per- son present taite uia.uK.5 aim iuaK.e efforts to secure subscriptions of ten or more persons in the next few days and send them in to the president of the county Association. ! Subscriptions were called for and 780 shares were subscribed, the num ber of shares ranging from 5 to 350. Following are the name of the sub scribers with the shares subscibed: J. H. Norman 10 shares. S. Pope 20 shares. Capt. W. T. Jenkins 10 shares. J. D.Hedgepeth 10 shares. L. J. Baker 200 shares. H. P. Robinson 5 shares. G. K. Moore 50 shares. J. O. Haskins 5 shares. Balfour Dunn 50 shares. W. P. Harris 5 shares. G. T. Hedgepeth 5 shares. F. P. Shields 350 shares. J. T. Twisdale 5 shares, F. M. Taylor 5 shares. E. L. Travis 50 shares. These subscriptions added to those taken at Enfield April lbth, make over 1000 shares taken in the county, Children's Skirts Our Specialty RSHBY B. PYLE, - 1315 N. 5th St., Richmond, Va. '5-9-st Phone 2522. Notice Sale. .ujr .uracui. jwwa vesiea in me by a certain mortgage executed to W M Staton by W. H. Josey, Peyton Keel and A. P. Kitchin, for purchase money of the below described pro perty and to secure certain notes Kiveii ior saia purchase money, said mortgage and notes executed i Ton uary, 1902, and the said notes having been assigned to m T wiii - -u first Mondav in Jnn iorv7 u.- . .. . i , j iL.i - -P A. I.hP Hrn rtoir T . . . . . .& ana it is Deneveu uiai ui a. icw uajs vT i- , OUI1 at iz o clock, mim'u, mva will hp Hfinp in sepurino-. sell to the hlffhest. hirlrlai. -f i. i? j? .i . iUX wtsii an mT rp?n7 nown 'Smith much more will be done in subscriptions. The Association adjourned subject to the call of the president, and it was the opinion of some present that the meetings shouid not be so far apart. There is nothing nicer to have in the larder than a few cans of Argo Red Salmon, just the thing for un expected company. Mill" pond. int. nHin, ;i, " V ov. auu an mm nxtures and 20 acres of cleared land on the east side o SM"dv?ond- is the 7th day W. A. Staton. v. tr. WHITE, 5-9-4t ASS5ffnee Sure To Read This At the Harrell Grocery Company's Store this week you will find some rare bargains in canned goods, confectioneries, pickles, prunes, sauces, extracts, crockery, lam) supplies, flower pots, jardinieres, tin water sets, tinware, brooms and Heavy groceries. Jamestown Exposition. Rates from Sctotland Neck as fol lows: Season Ticket $4.50 sold daily Ap ril 19th to November 30th. Sixty Day Ticket $3.80 sold daily April 19th to November 30th. Ten Day Ticket $3.40 sold daily April 19th to November 30th. Coach Excursion $2.40 sold each Tuesday; limit 7 days. Endorsed: Not Good in Parlor or Sleeping Cars." Through Pullman Sleeping Cars from Port Tampa and Jacksonville, Flpnda, Atlanta and Augusta, Geor gia, Wilmington, North Carolina, via Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. Write for a beautiful illustrated folder containing maps, descriptive matter, list of hotels, etc. For reservations or any informa tion address W. J. Craig, Pass. Traffic Mgr. T. C. White. Gen. Pass. Agt. Wilmington, N. C. 1 C O A(' . nly -. 4-25-tf Choice Ice Cream. Every day from 3 o'clock to 8 o clock p. m. Fresh every day in suitable weather. Come one, come all and give me a trial. Separate apartments for white and colored. rn A- Nicholls! Un the corner. 4-18-4t THE CHILDREN i irt KENNEDY'SRLAXATIVE COUGH SYRUP HE best horse i offered for tlx' ' able also for ' nurses as well. T wo carry a full li watches, jewelry, and cut glass tli' v t,i! nun ait E. T. Whitehead ; H. w. MIX0N. Scotland Neck, Nort'. i jfl EARLY R.K5 The famous UttU pi"s'
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