The Commonwealth.
E. HHiLIARD, Editor
. .Published Every Thursday.
- Entered .at the postoifice at Scotland
; Scck, N.C., a? ?pcou'! -Class Mutter.
: -Thursday, March 12, 1908.
, .v .Publisher' Announcement.
vC.i t ttlsa SPtitrf-rlnt',in nwspifer ethics that
e-tttors and publishers are not responsible for the
- , - ie'.v of jrrestnJmts. ad tbejiublif alien of a
Vs J.iiiMivtkfcaitiiMi loe not nreau that th editor or
' puMisher endorses the communication. Thk
'i I SCiwlMVKVfcAU-fil -adUar.es-to thesa genetal prlci-
AQUA PURA. ;
' ' ; - (J. B. Gcugh.)
;;. Water! Look at it, yc. thirsty.
.: -ones! c See its purity! How it
"glitters, as if a mass of liquid gems!
. The, Eternal Father of; ail has
brewed it for His children. Not
: in the simmering still, with smoking
: -fires.5 and' choked with poisonous
gases, . does He prepare it; but
: - down, down in the deepest valleys,
' where the fountains murmur; and
in the grassy dells, where the red
deer wanders; or high on the
rpountain tops, '.where the storm
. clouds . brood, and thunder-storms
crash; and far out on the wide sea,
where ; the hurricane howls music,
and mighty waves swell the chorus
-He brews this precious beverage
, of life-pure cold water. Every
where it is a tVJng of beauty,
i gleaming . in- the dew-drop, spark
ling in the' - cataract, : spreading a
golden veil over the aetting sun, or
" "'a white gatize around the midnight
: moon; dancing in the hail-shower,
ringing .in the summer rain, and
' weaving that seraph-zone of the
. ,: , sky ".whose warp is the rain-drop,
and woof the sunbeam. . .
.''If you area friend to prohi
bition tell others about the pro
hibition convention in Halifax
next .Tuesdav.
' ' The way to end right is to
commence right in time. Be
on hand and take a part in the
."prohibition convention at Hali
fax next ' Tuesday, March
17th. -
Prohibition will be sure to
carry on May 2Gth, but why
not have a share in helping do
it?, Go to Halifax next Tues
day, and get. on the: water
wagon the first (lav.
Many a man when it is too
, late wishes that he had acted
on his better impulses which
he disregarded at some impor
tant moment. Perhaps some
who do not -take interest in
proh ibi tion in Ha l.i fax m ay
later wish the v had. '
, .-: ; Halifax county needs prgan
ization to help, carry the State
., . prohibition on May 2Gth. A
.: -.-.good, time and place to.com
: mienca. the. work will be. Tues
day, March 17, in Halifax. The
prohibition convention has
been called for that purpose.
. . .IHElpBoWBlTlOHQONyEHJlOn.
; In .these . columns last : week
vaJ5-published . the call for a
convention in-" Halifax next
' Tuesdays March -17th, to con
sider and perfect organization
' for 'the prohibition campaign.
. The election on State prohibi
tion will be held May 26th, and
..it .behooves all citizens of the
. , county. .who favor State prohi
bition to attend the convention
in-Halifax next Tuesday and
.do -their part in f uthering the
' 'cause. Many people have said
over and over again that while
they do not favor local prohi
bition they would support State
prohibition. The opportunity
i3 at hand for every one to do
something in the great work of
freeing the State from many
evils of the liquor traffic.
Let there be a great conven
tion of the citizens of the
county in the interest of this
great moral movement which
promises so much for the good
of North Carolina.
The place and date bear in
mind, Halifax, Tuesday, March
17th.
Save Ycur Bank Account:
Have your painter usevthe L. & M.
PURE PAINT, because L. & M.
guarantee the L. & M. PAINT, and
thus guarantee your painter's work;
it's double insurance. 4 gallons L.
& M. Paint and 3 gallons linseed oil,
make 7 gallons paint at cost of $1.20
per gallon.
L. & M. Paint Agents.
E. T. -Whitehead & Co., Scotland
Neck.
Deatli of tepi. Gecrge Gilliam.
TV tdori'to Thi Commonwealth.) i .
Halifax, N. C, March, 9, 08.
v' Departed this life-on Thursday,
March 5that his hom.e,-ia Haifax,
N. C, Capt. George Gilliam, in the
seventy fourth year of his age.
Captain Gilliam was born in Gates
county, N. C., October 31st, 1834,
was the second son of Henry A. Gil-
4iam,.n,d Elizabeih .Creecy. w.
He was a consistent member ot
the Prestestarit Episcopal church for
many years, renewing his baptisimal
vows in confirmation when he came
to mature age. ' .
He served throughout the Civil
Warj and was a brave, gallant soldier,
nsver shrinking frpm danger when'
duty called. At the out break of the
Civil War he was living at St. Lbuis,
Mo., and was a member . of one of
the city companies. ' . When North
Carolina seceded he resigned his
commission and hurried South and
cast his lot with his native state. He
enlisted in the 1st Reg. of N. C.' Vol.'
with Capt. James K. Marshall, Col.
D. H.'Hill. After the' enlisted time
of this regiment expired, which was
six months, his brother, Julian, and
himself raised . a company and he'
again went into active service, in
April 1862, and he remained until
desparately wounded at the third
day's fight at Gettysburg. He was
left on the field of battle and report
ed among the dead. Was taken pris
oner and carried to David's Island
where for weeks he was critically ill
with his wound. Afterwards he was
taken to Johnson's Island Lake Erie,
arid remained a prisoner unl il ex
changed a few days before General
Lee's surrrender. Captain Gilliam
was captain of Co, C 52 N, C. Reg.,
General James Johnson Pettigrew's
Brigade, A. P. Hill's Corps, and
Heath's Division, Army of Northern
Virginia. . , . . :
In 1867 Captain Gilliam was mar
ried to Miss Marie Antoinette Mul
len, daughter of the late James W.
Mullen and Susan Clary, of Hertford,
N. C.
Gaptain GMliiam was related to
some of the most prominent families
of Eastern North Carolina. He leaves
a wife and a large family to mourri
his death Mrs. Sterling , M. Gary,
Miss Sussie Gilliam, Miss Nettie Gil
liam, Halifax, N. C.; Mr. Georg Gil
liam, Henderson, N. C; Mr. James
Gilliam, Forest City, Ark.; Mr. Ed
ward W. Gilliam, Gastonia, N. C;
Mr. Julian Gilli m, Norfolk, Va.
Halifax News.
(Special to The Commonwealth.)
; Halifax, N. C, March $ 1908.
George Stephenson, Jr.. who has
been quite sick with la grippe f or
sometime is out again.- :
Miss Susie Mountcastle, principal
of the Halifax High. School, after
having been very sick for about ten
day3 at Hotel Roanoke, is very much
improved.
Mrs. E. J. Brown continues to be
right sick, she hasn't been at all well
for several weeks. .
Mrs..T. W. Fenner is out again,
Mrs. Fenner was quite sick for sev
eral days. ' :
Mrs. E. E. Purvis, (formerly Mis&
Lucy Suggs) of Tarboro, N. C, vis
ited her sister, Mrs. Ira G. Shaw,
last week. .
Mr. Stanly Wilson, of Harrisburg,
111., who is now going to school at
Staunton, Va., was visiting Mr. and
Mrs. H. W. Gowan last week.
Mr. James Gilliam, a former Hal-
fax boy, who is a member of the
firm of Turley Bro3. & Gilliam, of
Fore3t City, Ark, arrived home last
Thursday morning just a few hours
before his father, Capt. Geo. A.
Gilliam, expired. Mr. Gilliam re
ports that things out there are in
satisfactory condition, and the
money panic is practically a thing of
the past. The firm with which he is
connected does a very large mer
cantile business. .
Mr. Ira G. Shaw, rural carrier for
Route No. 1, reports that last week
at the State Farm Capt. Christian
lost eight mules, valued at $2,000,
and had several sick that would
probably die. A veterinary surgeon
went down from Raleigh to find out
the trouble, and said it must be
ptomaine poison, but after examin
ing the feed concluded it must be
some other local cause, as the feed
proved to be clean and pure.
The 0. N. I. Cin&.
(Reported to The Commonwealth.)
. The O. N. I. club was delightfully
entertained by Miss Ruby Darden
March 3rd, 1908. The meeting was
called to order by its president, Miss
Kathenne Kitehin. Then there was
a guessing contest. Misses Kather
ine Kitehin and Nannie Shields had
to draw, and Mis3 Nannie Shields
being the lucky one was presented
with the' prize and the booby -prize
fell to Mis3 Annie Harper. --
After enjoying delicious refresh
ments we adjourned, thanking our
hostess for a pleasant evening.
Laura Clark.
A severe cold that may develop into
pneumonia over night, can bo cured
quickly by taking Foley's Honey and
Tar. It will cure the most obstinate
i - i i . .
racKiug cuugn anu eirengtnen voui1
lungs. The genuine is in a yellowJ
package x. Whitehead & Co. ;
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3mlSSS: ""NORFOLK, VA.V'": ' :Z'l,''Z i:r ; W
TH3 Round Table Hun. JofiC. ";; " ;. ' Z ZV' '
(lieported for The Commonwealth.) . ...
Mrs. J. A. Pittman was hostess for
t le members of the Round Table
Club Saturday afternoon, March 7.
The meeting was opened by a short
business session followed by a liter-
firv pntfrtainment A verv interest-
ary entertainment;., a ery mceresc-1
ing paper on the lives of Mark Twain ;
and James Whitcomb Riley was read
by Miss Adelaide Smith in a most
pleasing manner., Illustrating 'the
style of the authors, selections were
read' by Miss Pattie Thome and Mrs.
W. H. Josey. .' ' . : :
At the close of the literary session,
dainty refreshments were served by
the hostess assisted by Miss Emily
Biggs and Miss A. R. Knight.
Those present were Mesdames C.
W. Albertson, Wr. F. Butterworth,
W. H.'Josev," Misses Pattie Thorne.
A. R. Knight, Adelaide Smith, Emily
Biggs and Tempe Dameron.
The next meeting will be at Mrs.
A. L. Purrington's, March 21.
Suit for Slander.
(Enfield Progros?.)
Three suits have been instituted
by A. P. Kitehin, of Scotland Neck,
against S. W. Morrisett, Frank
Shields, and N. B. Josey, of the same
i place, for .$20,000 each. The bills
of complaint filed allege slanderous
statements by the defendants to the
effect that the liquor, election by
which Scotland Neck went wet sev
eral years ago.was stolen for the sa
loon interest . by . Mr. ; Kitehin, who
was one of the pole holders. The
case promises to be hard fought and
to attract a great deal of attention.
The . attorneys for the prosecution
are Kitehin and Smith, of Scotland
Neck; W. E, Daniel,. oi" Weldon; and
E. L. Travis, of Halifax." Albion
Dunn, of Scotland Neck; and Day,
Bell and Dunn, of Enfield will con
duct the defense. ; . . . .
Uoth ail Wool : and Paint all Paint, -
Is . cheaper than shoddy cloth bi
paint. The L. & M. is Zinc Meta!
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. Pam Agents.
E. T. Whitehead & Co., Scotland
Neck. .
FLORIDA-CUBA
Durjng these Co!d Winter Months
a Trip via Atlantic Coast Line
Would be just the thinp; to
make lite worth living. Su
perb trains, excellent sehed-
T I A 1 1 1 T W
uies ana ticKets wnieu oiler
every advantage T3ossiblefbr
a pleasant and attractive
trip.- lor lull information
or pamphlets call on your
nearest ticket agent, or
write,
W. J. Craig, P. T.M.
T. C. White, G. P. A.
Wilmington, N. C.
Notice of Dissolution of E. T.
Whitehead & Company.
By mutual consent of E. T. White
head and J. A. Pittman the partner
ship heretofore existing between
them, under the firm name and style
of E. T. Whitehead & Company, is
this day dissolved. Mr. Pittman re
tires from the firm. The business
will continue under the control and
management of Mr. E. T. Whitehead
under the style of E. T. Whitehead
Company.
All debts due E. T. Whitehead
& Company will be paid to Mr. E. T.
Whitehead, and all debts owing by
said concern will be settled by Mr.
Whitehead.
This March th, 1908.
" E. T. Whitehead. -3-12-4t
' J. A. Pittman.
Public Sale of Land.
By virtue of power vested in m e
by that Deed of Trust executed to
me by C. F. White and wife Dudley-.
White, of record in the office of the
Register of Deeds for Halifax County
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iu OUUKl i0i un "1A' 1 &uau : 6K11
- , atPnMin :Aniftn m
Town of Scotland Neck on the 2Sth
day of March, 1908," at 12 O'clock j
Noon,- to the highest bidder, all of I
LUC 'llgiiL, line;, CI 1 1U (!Ul.ClCOUUI
saia r . vvnite anu jjuaiey wmce
in and to -the folio wing described lots
or parcels of real estate, lying, be
ing and situate in the County . of
Halifax and State of North Carolina,
to wit: '
1st lot: Lying on the North side
of Ninth Street, according to the
map of the Town of -Scotland Neck,
anu uegmnmg at a point on sum
street, the Southest corner of the lot 1
on which is situate the . Methodist )
and beginning at a point on said
t'arsonage, thence at right angles . a
straight line along the line of said
Parsonage lot, in a northerly direc
tion 100 feet, thence at right angles
and paralled with "isaid Ninth street,
a straight line in an easterly direc
tion 50 feet, thence at right .angles
in a straight line in' a southerly dir
ection 100 feet- to Ninth Street,
thence up Ninth Street to the
beginning; ......
2nd Lot: Lying m said town on
the West side of Main Street, and
beginning at J. D. Ray's line ort Main
Street, and running North with Main
Street 50 feet, thence running in 'a
westerly direction 100 feet to a stake,
thence runnir.g in a southerly direc
tion 50 feet, thence running m an
easterly direction and parallel with
Ninth Street 100 feet to Main Street,
the beginning.
This February 25th, 1908. "
' ' Albion Dunn, -
2-27-4t. . - Trustee.
ice.
By virtue of authority vested ir.
me by an order for a resale entered
in the Special Proceedings in the
Superior Cotrt of Martin. County
entitled llynan, Ausbon et als vs
Stamper, Allsbrook et als, I shall seli
to the highest bidder for cash, a
public sale at the court house doo;
in .Williamston, N.- C.r between 12
oclock M. and 1 o'clock P. M., dur
ing noon recess of Court on Wednes
day March l&h, 1908, the following
described property towit: ;
Being in tha edges of Martin and
Halifax. counties, known as. the John
Frosty Hymsn land, lying on and
near the road leading from Palmyra
to Hobgood, said tract of land ad
joining E. P. Hymari, Gecrge James
J. B. Stevenson, Mizell place "and
others, containing 350 acres more or
Ies3. The land is well set with pines,
the timber being cut from samt
about twelve years. - -- '
. This February 17th, 1908. -
S.J.Everett,
Commissioner.
Williamston, N. C.
2-27-3t
Notice of Land Soft
By virtue cf power vested in m
by a certain deed of trust execute:
to me by Andrew Baker and wife
which is duly recorded in the offk
of the Register of Deeds for Halifa
County, North Carolina, in Book 188:
at Page 55, I will on the 21st day oi
March, 1908, sell for Cash at Publk
Auction, to the highest bidder, in tin
town of Scotland Neck, N. C, at 12
o'clock a. m., the following describ
ed Real Estate:
Lying, being and situate in the
County of Halifax and State of
North Carolina, and more particular
ly described as fellows: Beginning
at the corner of W. H. Scott (now
belonging to Wimberley and Bur
roughs) and the Steptoe heirs,then
N. 37 1-2 W. 90 2-10 poles, to Scott'.
avenue, thence along Scott's avenue
S W 93 poles, thence N. 66 1-2 pole.
E. 62 8-10 poles to a stake, the be
ginning, and containing 18 acres
more or less (less 3 acres sold off tt
Ed Hill) the said land lying on the
left hand side of Scott s avenue lead
ing to the old Scott house, and being
the same land that was conveyed to
Andrew Baker by C. C. Allsbrook
and wife by deed of record in' the
Register of Deed3 office for Halifax
County in Book Jll at Page 288. "
This the 19th day of Feb., 1908.
S. A. Dunn, Trustee
I70R TIIOROUGH-BRED POTJL-
A try and E.?gs B. P. Rocks, S. C
R. I. Reds. S. C. Brown Leghorns
siting of 15 B. P. Rock Eggs $1.50.
,eohornS a
-.'fy to
1 1 j
lid K. I. Keds
II. W. MIXON, '
Scotland Neck, ' North Carolina
, . 2-13-tf
' Nctice' of . Land .Sde, :
Bv virtue of a decree of the Super
ior Court of' Halifax county, render
ed oh the fifth day of : March 1907,
in the cause entitled A. L. Pope, Mis.
Clara Pope ana others, Ex Parte,
the same being a proceeding to sell
'land for 'partition,' we' will sell" the
below described .tract of land,, for
cash, at public auction, to the high
est bidder at the Court House dooi
in Halifax at 12 o'clock on the ninth
day of March, 1903, it being the sec
ond Monday in March.
That tract of land in Conoconara
township. Halifax- county, North
Carolina, and. known as the "Fannie
Pope" landr containing three hun
dred and sixty-five' acres more or
:e?s. and bounded by the lands ot V
W. Land, Kelly Weeks, J. E. Fitz-
natnek,' J. J. Barnes, The isorth
Carolina Lumber Company, and oth
ers. ,
Surveying plat of said land will be
exhibited at the Court House on lay
of. sale.- .. :
J. H.Ki Jtn.
'-' ' A. P. KlTCHIN.
2-13-4 1.: ' '-' Commissioners.
)Is loiown wherever Cotton is grown and Fei
tilizers used, as the greatest producer of lan?
yields. " &
See that the
Against imitations nnd irc:?Tirfo trti
Royster goods. ' 6vttu,s 1112 senu,nc
F. S. ROYSTEH OUAMO CGMPAS4Y
Norfolk, vmomizr
Cures Biliousness, Sick
Headache, Sour Stom
ach, Torpid Liver and
Chronic Constipation.
Pleasant to taKe
E. T.Whitehead
June 1 st (opening)
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Decernet 2d (Monday)
-.rA"growi3i:-3unng the
! ! ' ! ; od of recent years. .
;We So!kit Your Account, Large cr Small.
W i4 Per. Cent. . Interest,, Compounded Quarterly, Allowed in
- SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
PLANTERS & COMMERCIAL
Scotland KecSi, Korili Csrolina.
l-2-tf ! ' ;-.: ' ;
-Lemps for Sa'e.
' Three Hanging Lamps at1 a bar
gain. . :;'!
Mrs. E. E. IIiLLiAnn.
la
I . am prepared , to
serve
my. old customers end the
rir ptib-hc generally with the
very best of fresh
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.. ;;.'B.eef,.Iork,
;;' ;. Sausage, ;&c.
All orders filled prorr.ptly, and
every customer's' wants regarded.
Maiq St., next to Prince's Stables.
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trade mark' is on every
laxative
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Deposits.
$ 5,685.98
. 1 7,028,35
24,551.07
30,755.73
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