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The commonwealth. li E. JIILLIAItD, Editor Published Every Thursday. Entered at the postoffice at Scotland Xeck, X. C, as Second-Class Matter. Thursday, January SO, 1008. Publisher's Announcement. It is a settled point in newspaper ethics that oilitors and publishers are not responsible for the views of correspondents, and the publication of a lommunication does net mean that the editor or publisher endorses the communication. 'I hk Commonwealth adheres to these general prici-ples. It is thought that the Legis lature will adjourn not later than Saturday of this week. It would seem that twelve days might be sufficient time in which to transact the business for which they Avere called together. The name of Mr. C. C. Moore has been mentioned for Com missioner of Agriculture. Mr. Moore has been president of the North Carolina Division of the Southern Cotton Associa tion for two years, and his great Avork in that position has shown him quite capable of splendid service to the farmers of the State in any position which relates to agriculture. HALIFAX COUNTY SECOND. Of the fifty-two cotton coun ties in the State only thirty seven contributed last year to the support of the Southern Cotton Association. These thirty-seven counties contribut ed $2, 333. 03, and Halifax county was second in the number in contributions. Mecklenburg con tributed $590.93, and Halifax, $240.40. The next largest con tribution Avas by Iredell county, $188.11. Business firms contributed $282.75. (HALIFAX CRIMINAL COURT. THE LEGISLATURE. Judge 0. H. Allen Presides. ON WHAT GROUNDS ? RALLY TO THE ASSOCIATION. The Commoxavealth has had much to say concerning the Southern Cotton Association from its organization. We have done so because Ave have all the while believed that its principles are Avell founded, its claims just and its purposes Avorthy. While the Association has done great good for the entire South through its betterment of the condition of the farmers, it has not done Avhat it Avould have done had the farmers and business men united their efforts for its better develop ment. In some places this has been done, but in other places it has not. The present hour is one of strategic interest to the Asso ciation in North Carolina. Mr. C. C. Moore, as noted in an ed itorial paragraph on the first page of this paper, has agreed to continue to serve the Associ ation in this State as president on condition that he receiA'e a satisfactory guarantee for his salary. Mr. Moore has not taken this stand through a mercenary spirit, but from a business standpoint. As Ave have beeu informed Mr. Moore has been offered $500 or $1,000 more for his time and services than the State Southern Cotton Association, has promised him, and after having serA-ed the Association two years so faith fully Avith so little remunera tion, his proposition is alto gether reasonable, and the farmers of the State ought to rally to the support of the As sociation by safely pledging Mr. Moore's salary and retain ing him as president. The Charlotte ObserArer, pub lished at Mr. Moore's home, Avisely says: "Mr. C. C. Moore, late presi dent of the North Carolina Di vision of the Southern Cotton Association, has done faithful work for it and his efforts have undoubtedly been productive of much benefit to the cotton growers. The laborer is worthy of liis hire and Mr. Moore should be paid his back salary and given such assurance that the next year's salary Avill be paid as Avill keep him in the service of the Association. This can be done Avithout im posing a burden upon any indi vidual if .the matter is gone about systematically. It would be difficult to find a successor to him Avho Avould be as active and effective as he, but cer tainly he cannot be expected to continue the duties of this responsible position without substantial prospect of remu neration for his time and labors." A bill has been introduced in the Legislature against alloAv ing railroads to contract Avith neAvspapers for advertising, paying for same Avith mileage books to the publishers of the papers in which such advertis ing is placed. It has been re marked by many that such barter and trade betAveen the railroads and neAvspapers is no business of the Legislature. And so it seems to us, though Ave do not knoAv on Avhat grounds any legislator would base his objection to such trade between railroads and neAvs- s. We cannot see Avhy the Legislature should object to Mr. Billie Bilkins bringing a bushel of sweet potatoes to town and exchanging them with Mr. JudeJudkins for shoe blacking. Neither can Ave see Avhy the Legislature should ob ject to the railroad company buying space in a newspaper and paying the publisher of such paper in mileage over the railroad. Accident in Rocky Mount. (Rocky Mount Record.) Mr. G. T. Matthews, senior mem ber of the firm of Matthews, Weeks & Company, wholesale grocers of this city, and one of the most promi nent citizens of Rocky Mount, was quite seriously injured in an acci dent at the intersection of Tarboro and Main streets Saturday afternoon about 5 o'clock. He Avas struck down by an unruly team driven by James Johnson, a negro who lives in Edgecombe county and was going home, and sustained a compound fracture of the arm and a shock so severe that it was feared internal injuries had resulted. Bystanders hastened to Mr. Matthews and picked him up from the street and placed him in the hands of physi cians. In the desire to giva the in jured man every possible advantage of treatment a request was made of the A. C. L. officials to hold No. 80, which was standing at the depot, that Mr. Matthews might be taken to Richmond to a hospital. The railroad officials kindly granted the request and Mr. Matthews, accom panied by-Dr. M. R. Braswell and Mr. J. W. Matthews, was taken to Richmond Saturday night. Reports from there are to the effect that no internal injuries are believed to have resulted, but that lockjaw was fear ed from the injury to the arm. Mr. Matthews is about 65 years old, and is one of the most highly esteemed citizens of Rocky Mount. Accident at Rich Square. (Rich Square Times) The first serious accident since the mill was built five years ago occur red at the Farmers Gin& Milling Co's plant here Tuesday morning when Oscar Peele, sustained a compound fracture of the leg just above the knee, caused by the edger throwing a plank backwards which struk him with great force as he was standing in the saw dust hole. Dr Bolton was away, so Dr. Morehead of Lasker was phoned for and he soon arrived and gave the injured man the best attention. Halifax Criminal Court, for one week only .convened Monday 27th, with Judge Oliver H. Allen presid ing. Court opened at 12 o'clock and immediately the following grand jury was drawn: J. C. Butts, foreman, R. B. Pow ell, Tom Hopkins, June Tillery, Geo. T. Herring, N. Morecock, W. D. Baker, Ernest Morris, W. L. Ivey, W. R. House, J. W. Butts, I. D. Wood, C. D. Hargrove, W. W. Sum merell, B.'F. Walston, J. L. Barkley, Jesse Rhea, G. S. Sledge. THE JUDGE'S CHARGE. Judge Allen delivered a strong, clear charge to the grand jury, lay ing special emphasis on the excel lence of the jury system, and the fact that it is the surest and safest system that could be had for the correction of crime and the protec tion of the people of a great civili zation like ours. He did not enumerate the crimes that come under the attention of the grand jury, but made references to some which he regarded of special importance. On the crime of public drunkenness, Judge Allen said that while he is not ultra in his position on temperance, he always talks to grand juries on this subject. He cited able authority from England and this country, showing that in toxicating liquors are the cause of a majority of the crimes in the coun try. He urged the grand jury to pay special attention to looking into matters of illicit distilleries. "A school house will not live close to a whiskey still. The two cannot stay together." He charged the grand jury to make diligent inquiry con cerning illicit sale of liquor in the county. He said that Halifax coun ty has a good population and de serves protection from such evils. Special emphasis was laid upon the subject of public schools. He said that perhaps Eastern North Caroli na is not developing in matters of public education as much as Western North Carolina. By reason of the fact that timber buyers have been smarter than those who owned the timber of this great region, the timber has been sold for much less than its value; and if the children of the present age are not educated the lands will go like the timber has gone. Children need edu cation in order that they may take a good stand as citizens on intellectual and moral questions. From these considerations, Judge Allen urged the grand jury to make inquiry con cerning the public schools in the county and how the school money is being expended. Finally, the grand jury were in structed to visit the county home in body, to see that proper prepar ations are made for the comfort of the unfortunates Avho have to pend their days there. Judge Allen said that properly caring for the poor has a tendency to build up patriotic feeling in the county, and goes hand in hand with the spirit of education. He said that Jackson ounty has perhaps the best kept county home in the State immediate-1 y on the public road, and near by it in the town of Webster is one of the best schools in the State. Judge Allen's charge made a fine impression on an wno neard it. Some years ago he held a court in Halifax and then as now his impres sion on the public was quite favor able. Solicitor Kerr, Clerk Gary, Sheriff Patterson and his deputies Avere all in place, and the Avork of the court moved off smoothly and was pro gressing with good dispatch. The calendar showed about forty cases, wnicn, together with new cases that may come up, will per haps occupy the greater part of the week. Mr. J. L. Keeter was appointed officer to the grand jury. Rev. J. C. Caldwell President. Rev. J. C. Caldwell, pastor of the Christian church in Wilson, has been chosen 'president of Atlantic Chris tian College as successor to the late Dr. Harper. The clock ticks and ticks the time away, Shortening up our lives each day, Eat, drink, aud be merry, For some day you will be where There is rio Rocky Mountain Tea. Free sample at E. T. Whitehead Co.'s drug store. Plant Wood's FOR 5UPERIOK VEGE TABLES & FLOWERS. Twenty-eight years experience our own Beed farms, trial grounds and large warehouse capacity give us an equipment that is unsurpassed anywhere for supplying the best seeds obtainable. Our trade in seeds both for the ' Garden and Farm is one of the largest in this country. We are headquarters for Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Oats, Seed Potatoes, Cow Peas. 3oa Beans and other Farm Seeds. Wood's Descriptive Catalog gives fuller and more complete infor mation about both Garden and Farm Seeds than any other similar publica tion issued in this country. Mailed free on request. Write for if. T.W.Wood & Sens, Seedsmen, RICHMOND, VA. 8 A The Legislature is considering the railroad rate question for which it was convened in extra session. At this writing no bill has been passed on rates but bills have been placed before the body. It looks now like the 2 1-4 cent passenger rate on the long lines will be increased to 2 1-2 cents, in accordance with sug gestions in the Governor's message. A bill will pass both branches of the body giving the liquor question to a vote of the people in April, seperated from every other question. Various matters more or less local are being presented to the body, but nothing has claimed much attention thus far but the railroad rate and the liquor question. FOR TAVO EXTRA JUDGES. The following is clipped from the News and Observer to-day: "If the favorable report of the House Committee on Judicial Dis tricts is followed by favorable action on the part of the House and the Senate there will be a Constitutional Amendment to be voted on at the next general election. "The committee held a session yes terday afternoon and at it there was much discussion of the bill introduc ed by Representative T. W. Bickett, which provides that by a constitu tional Amendment there shall be a provision for the election of two judges-at-large. "The purpose of having these judges is that when any of the judges of the districts are taken ill, or are prevented from holding court from any cause, or special terms are to be held Avithout the service of a judge available, that the court should be held by one of the two judges-at-large. "Under the present Constitution of the State no such judges can be appointed or elected, and in order that such offices may be created, it is necessary that a change be made in the State Constitution and it is this which the Bickett bill proposes, to let the people vote on an amendment to the Constitution Avhich provides for two judges-at-large." Meeting of tne Eound Table Clab. (Reported to the Commonwealth.) On last Saturday afternoon, Janu ary the twenty-fifth, the members of the Round Table Club enjoyed the charming hospitality of Mrs. Hoff man. A short business session gracefully presided over by the President, Mrs. G. S. White, Avas held. It was de cided that beginning with Fubruary the eighth the meetings should be held at half past three o'clock instead of three, as heretofore. The literary feature of the after noon Avas a study of the two South ern poets, Henry Timrod and Paul Hamilton Hayne. It was delightful to learn them from full and interest ing papers concerning their lives and works by Mrs. White, and to enjey some of their best poems read by Mrs. Wimberley. After the program Mrs. Hoffman invited her guests 'into the dining room where she had prepared for them a delicious salad course, which all enjoyed amid bright social chat. Those present were Mesdames G S. White, W. H. Josey, A. L. Pur rington, J. P. Wimberley, J. A. Pitt- man. Stuart Smith. W. R. Bond and Jas. G. Waddell and Missess A. Smith, Knight and Thome. The next meeting will be held Avith Mrs. G. S. White. I Our New Hotel for Weldoa. Shipped Corn Meal to Indian Territory. (Littleton News Reporter.) Mr. R. T. Pittman was in tOAvn a feAV days ago. He came to ship to ex-Judge Chas. A. Cook, Muskogee: I. T., a sack of meal. The corn Ava; raised on the lands of Judge Cook's old home, and ground at Wollett's mill, formerly used by his father Mr. Pittman tells us he supplies the corn bread of the Tar Heel table in Indian Territory with North Caro hna raised corn meal. I he genuine Tar Heel knows better what good corn bread is than any other. Musical Genius Dead. Growtli! June ! et (opening) August 1st October 1 st $ rWmber 2d (Monday) Deposit. $ 5,605.93 1 7,028.35 24,551.07 30,755.73 Tola! Suour.e. $20,621.97 32,767.66 40,556.5.0 45.5&0.2S A growth during the most stringent peri od of recent years. We. Solicit Your Account, Large or Smsll. 4 Per Cent. Interest, Compounded Quarterly, SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. AH ovco n m ANTPAS COMMERCIAL BAN ft Scoilsm. Neck, North Caroiiiu?. 3a t (Roanoke News.) It is rumored that Weldon is to have a new and modern hotel in the near future, and the nearer this rumor comes to being a set tied fact the better for the toAArn Rumor has it that Mr. Walters, of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, and Messrs. Gresham & Sons, who run all the Seaboard and Atlantic Coast Line restaurants un der lease, will build the new hotel. it Avill be oi brick and will occupy the site where the present Atlantic Coast Line hotel stands. This old hotel was erected away back in the days before the war be tween the States and is the second largest frame building, used for hotel or dwelling purposes, in North Carolina. It has had many man agers in its day and has been quite a famous resort. This old landmark will be torn down and an up-to-date brick hotel, to cost $25,000, will take its place. The new hotel will have the ticket office, telegraph office and waiting rooms for the Atlantic Coast Line Road just as at present, and in addition the baggage room will also be in the new building. The hotel, if the present plans are adopted, will have 38 bed rooms, large office, halls, dining rooms and parlors and will be second to no hotel in the State. The time has come when public sentiment demands that the old building be removed to make room for a hotel such as visitors Avould expect to see at an important rail road center like Weldon. (Littleton News Reporter.) Mr. Peter R. Hines, a highly es teemed citizen, died suddenly at his home in Halifax county last Sunday night, in his sixty-seventh year. He leaves a wife and a number of rela tives, among them Dr. Peter E. Hines, of Raleigh, Avho was medical director of the State during the Civil War. Mr. Hines loved his books and was a musical genius. Glad it Did so Muck Good. $100 REWARD, $100. The readers of this paper will bo pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, ami that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh be ing a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Ca tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the disease, thereby destroy ing the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution ana assisting na ture in doing its work. The proprie tors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any c.ise that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo, (). Sold bv all Druggists, Too. Take Hall's Family Tills for const pat ion. Notice. By virtue of authority vested in me by an order entered in the Speci al Proceeding in the Superior Court of Martin county entitled IIyrr.2n, Ausborn et a!s. Vs Stamper, Alls brook et a!s, 1 shall on Monday Feb ruary 3rd, 1008, at 12 o'clock M, at the court-hou;-e door in Williamston, sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described tract of land, known as the John Frosty Hyir.an tract lying on and near the line be tween Halifax and Martin counties near the road leading from Palmyra to Hobgood adjoining the lands of E. P. Hyman, Wade Mizell and oth ers, containing 250 acres more or less. The entire tract is well covered with young pines and oaks, the older lum ber was cut fifteen years ago. This December 30th, 1007. S. J. EVEKETT, Ci'inmiasioner. Williamston, N. C. 1-9-it Mew Market. pSpf I am prepared to serve '... , my oia cu-aoiira s t-i-- "'" pul very Lest of fresh iblic generally will- Beef, Pork, Sausage, &c. All orders filled promptly, and every customer's wants regarded. J. IX IIIIJU 'Main St., next to Prince's Stables. We Keep on ..and o 3 mim Lases AO Kinds all the Time. Complete Undertakers' Outfit. North Carolina, ) Su,)crior Court. Halifax County. ) 1 .1. N. Smith vs Isaac Smiih By virtue of an execution directed to the undi-rsifrr.cd from the .Suix- : rior Court of Halifax County, in the above entitled action, I will on Mon i dav the 3rd day of February, JSCS, 'at 12 o'clock m., at the court house door cf said county, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, to satisfy said execution, the following described real estate, to--wit: All the right, title ar.d interest of the defendant, Is:ac Smith, in and to the lands of which Isaac Smith, deceased, died seized and possessed, in said couuiyand state, i and bounded bv the lands of William ! Smith. Titus Iliil and the read lcad ! incr from W. II. Smith Place to 1 Smith's Mill, said land Leir.3: all the ! land in said county ar.d state cf 1 which the said .Hearse Service any Time led the died interest seized Isaac Smith, deccas- and possessed, ar.d m S3 id of defendant land beifijj a one-ninth interest, u; Day or rmvilt we fire ronoy 1 Said land bnnz real estate attach- to accomnsodnte our friends ;ed i.i the above entitled fiction. and Die Public Genera lij M. Hoffman & Scotland Ieck North Carolina tan cc Dro. This the Crd day of January 1003. j.R. PATi'Enrc!.", Sheriff of Halifax County. P.y C. V. Dunn, i. S. l-9-4t Tbe Country Editor. (Exchange.) The editor of the country paper ought to know just what suits each individual reader of his paper, and if in doubt his editorials should be sent to each subscriber for approval before they appear in print. An editor of a country newspaper has plenty of time to do this, for the only work he has to do is to hunt up news items, set type, build the fire, sweep the office, clean rollers, hustle for advertisements, fold and mail pacers, run a free information bureau, talk to visitors, distribute type, read proofs and mark the errors, dodge the bill collectors, take - abuse for failing to mention the name of some visitor he didn't know was in town, write up all the social events which he is not invited to attend, and get cussed should he dare to expect any one to pay for the paper. Yes, the country editor's pathway is indeed strewn with roses. Some remarkable stories are being told about town and among the coun try people coming in of this simple home-made mixture curing Rheuma-. tism and Kidney trouble. Here is the recipe and directions for taking: Mix by shaking well in a bottle one half ounce Fluid Extract Dandelion, one ounce Compound Kargon, three ouces Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. Take as a dose one teaspoonf ul after meals and at bedtime. No change need be made in your usual diet, but drink plenty of good water. This mixture, writes one authority in a leading Philadelphia newspaper, has a peculiar tonic effect upon the kidneys; cleansing the clogged-up pores of the eliminative tissues, forc ing the kidneys to sift and strain from the blood the uric acid and other poisonous waste matter, over coming Rheumatism, Bladder and Urinary troubles in a short while. A New York druggist who has had hundreds of calls for these ingredi ents since the first announcement in the newspapers last October stated that the people who once try it "swear by it," especially those who have Urinary and Kidney trouble and suffer with Rheumatism. The druggists in this neighbor hood say they can supply the ingre dients, which are easily mixed at home. There is said to be no better blood-cleasing agent or system tonic known, and certainly none more harmless or simple to use. ZZTj,ii!mr7. w-tTT-irv'WT-'r.Ti'ii-Ti'i,-7',:-njr--;-ij, F-i Vg WNS W 1 "vf rv n u -illy 1 i a IM e iiin mir n mm Tir 1 1 nrnrn rm r i i -utti iitt t ir t Its virtues have been known for years, and thousands of people have been made happy and well by taking Hol lister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Keeps you well and makes you weller. 35c Tea or Tablets. E. T. Whitehead & Co. Cloth all Wool and Paint all Paint, Is cheaper than shoddy cloth or paint. The L. & M. is Zinc Metal made into Oxide of Zinc combined with White Lead, and then made in to paint with pure Linseed Oil in thousand gallon grindings and mix ings. Wears long: actual cost only $1.20 per gallon. L. & M. Pain Agents. E T. Whitehead & Co., Scotland Neck. 3 & & fa g it Cotton Fertiliser :Is known wherever Cotton is grown and Fer tilizers used, as the. greatest producer of Jarge yields. ;See that the trade marSf Is oir every bag-5t guarante (against imitations and insures you are getting the genums iioyster gooas. f.:S.:royster'guano company KORFOE.it, V3HGSNIA. t m m m UUMl A 1 1 f" T T m 1 -r-. . . . vviix cure any case 01 iianey cr JBiaaaer Uisease net beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more. Cures Dockgchg Ccrrect3 Irref;ul3riti'-;r; Do not risk ha-vin Briht's Disease or Diabs.es E. T. Whitehead & Company, Scotland Neck, North Carolina.
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