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The Commonwealth.
II K. HILililARD,
Editor
Published Every Thursday
Entered at the postoifice nt Scotland
Neck, X. C, as Second-Class Matter.
Thursday, March 20, 1908.
Publisher's Announcement.
It Is a settled point in newspnper ethics that
editors and publishers are not responsible fo- the
v iews of correspondents, and the publication
communication does not mean that the editor or
publisher endorses the communication. i nn
toMMOHWl altii adheres to these general prici
ples. Elsewhere are printed in this
issue the regulations for road
work by the board of road sup
ervisors for Scotland Neck,
Koseneath and Palmyra town
ships in Halifax county. The
force has been pretty well or
ganized and but for the contin
ued rains the work would be
progressing.
Those who are interested in
good roads and in road building
will do well to read an article
in
next week s issue or hie
Commonwealth
road building,
from the United
of Public Road'
on successful
We have it
States Office
: in Washing
ton, and it will be well worth
reading and study.
THAT RAILROAD.
Time and time again has this
paper tried to point out to the
people of Scotland Neck the
wisdom in building a short line
of railroad from Scotland Neck
to Roanoke river. There can
be no doubt that such a road
would be the means of greatly
decreasing freight charges to
the business men of the town.
Mr. Ray's communication in
this issue calls timely attention
to the situation, and we trust
hi3 suggestions may do good.
THIS IS THE LAST.
For two months it has been
pretty well kept before the
readers of this paper that after
April 1st it will not be sent to
subscribers who owe for more
than a year on subscription.
There has been no purpose in
this to annoy our subscribers
with a threat of discontinuing
the paper. It has been done in
accordance with a ruling of the
Post Office Department. We
do not wish to cut off a single
subscriber, and that is why we
have kept this matter before
them.
The subscription list has been
gone over carefully and state
ments have been sent out to
t hose to whom tho ruling ap
plies. We have prepared a special
statement explaining it all in
as courteous terms as wo knew
how to formulate. Some have
become displeased and have
ordered the paper discontinued
already, which is very foolish.
It may not be foolish to have
this paper discontinued, but it
is foolish to get offended at -receiving
a statement for sub
scription dues. And what is
more, it is very wrong to take
a paper for ever so long and
then when a statement is sent
refuse to take it longer and
not pay for the time it has been
received, which some have
done.
If any one finds that we have
made a mistake in the state
ments sent out, we hope that
our attention will be called to
it promptly, and we will gladly
'correct it. It is quite probable
that in sending out several
hundred statements we have
made a mistake now and then.
Now, one final word about
this matter: It has taken much
time and considerable postage
to send out these statements,
and Ave trust that our delin
quents will be kind enough to
respond with full remittance.
We trust also that no one will
feel offended at the statements
or at being dropped from our
list if he does not settle up. We
have done our best to make it
clear and thus we leave it. We
are acting under a ruling of
the United States Government
and we cannot do otherwise.
To those who do not comply
we can not send The Common
wealth longer. If any shall
see proper to allow their names
to be dropped we hope to have
them renew their subscription
in the near future.
And this is all of it.
LITTLETON'S COMMITTEE.
By some means in the report
of the prohibition convention
in Halifax last week The Com
monwealth omitted the execu
tive committee from Littleton
township. We are sorry it oc
curred, for the Littleton people
would not like to be left out in
the good work for prohibition.
We gladly make the correction
and print the names of the
committee below. They are:
W. R. Harvey, Eugene Johns
ton, C. D. House, T. W. My rick
and L. W. Bagley.
TWO MILLIONS SHORT.
The final ginners' report
which was issued March 20th,
gave the cotton crop of 1907
1908, 11,201,163 bales, against
13,300,205 for 1906-1907. This
is more than two million bales
less than report for 1900 and a
half million more than for lf)03.
The price for cotton in Scot
land Neck at this date both in
1906 and 1907 was 11 cents. The
price here to-day is 101 cents.
It is hard to understand why
the cotton crop of 1907 with
two millions less bales than the
190G crop, should be selling now
for one cent less than cotton
was worth a year ago.
Surely there is reason to be
lieve that the price will go
higher.
Halifax News.
(Cor. to Th CommonwMiUh.)
Halifax, N. C, March 24, 1903.
Mr. Jno. Fenner, Jr., has returned
from Henderson.
Mrs. W. A. Sater went to Rocky
Mount last Friday to see her daugh
ter, Mrs. Clay.
Mr. Edward Whitehead, of Little
ton, was in town Sunday.
Mr. F. Froelich i3 spending a few
days in Manchester, Va., this week
with his family.
Mr. Ferrall McMahon, of Norfolk,
was here a day or two last week to
tee his people.
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Butts went
down to Whi takers last Saturday to
see Mr. Butts' mother, who has been
quite sick, returning home Sunday.
Miss Urtie Daniel has returned
home after an extended stay in Ral
eigh, visiting friends and relatives.
Mrs. Rebecca Gary, who has been
right sick for two or three weeks, is
very much improved, we are sdad to
report.
Miss Boyd C. Story, of Conway.N.
C, i3 visiting her sister, Mrs. T. O.
Vaughan. She is accompanied by
her little nephew, Jame3 Revelle.
Rev. D. E. Vipperman filled his
regular appointment at Dawsons
Sunday.
Rev. J. E. Holdrm preached in the
Methodist church Sunday night to a
large and attentive congregation.
There were two services at the
Catholic church Sunday, conducted
by Rev. Father O'Brien, cf Raleigh.
Mr. J. L. Weller went up to Rich
mond la3t Friday. Mrs. Weller ha
been there for a week or ten days at
tending her father, Mr. Nelson, who
ig reported critically ill.
Col. W. H. S. Burgwyn was in town
a few hours Sunday.
We should have mentionad last
week the death of uncle William
Meacham, who died March 14, down
in the "sla&hea," aged about 75. He
lost hi3 wife just a few days before
his summons came. Uncle William
was a very worthy colored man, and
respected by the whites.
ivir. Hi. jn. uicicens naa quite an
exciting experience last week with a
rabid dog belonging to Mr. Thos.
Dickens. The dog jumped up to his
shoulder aa he supposed to caress
him.they being very good friends and
made an attempt to bite. Mr. Dick
ens was quite sure he had succeeded,
but upon examination found that the
impression of his teeth had not gone
through the skin.
W. F. Coppedge.
Found Dead In Read.
(Rich Square Times.)
On Saturday night the dead body
of Manasseh Josey, son of Jesse
Josey, of Portsmouth, Va.,and grand
son of George Josey, of Rich Square,
was found in the road near R. L.
Rawls, just over the line in Hert
ford. On Sunday an inquest- was
held by the Coroner cf Hertford. It
was the dicision of the jury that the
young man probably came to his
death by natural causes, disease of
the heart. He worked all day Satur
day before his death and seemed per
fectly well. The burial took place
Monday afternoon in Northampton.
Every WOMAN Will Be Interested
Mother Gray, a nurse in New Yrk,
discovered an aromatic, pleasant herb
cure for women's ills, called AUSTRALIAN-LEAF.
It is the on'y certain
regulator Cures female weaknesses
and Backache, Kidney, Bladder and
Urinary troubles. At all Druggists or
by mail 50 cts. Sample FREE. Ad
dress, The Mother Gray Co., Le Roy,
N. Y. .... ;
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Death of Miss Jesse Pittard.
(Cor. to The Commonwealth.)
Aurelian Springs, March 21, 1903.
Miss Jesse Pittard, daughter of
Mr. and Mr3. Jesse Pittard, depart
ed this life March 16th, 1908, in the
ninethteen year of her age. She was
confined to her bed about seven days
with pneumonia. All that the physi
cian and loving friends could do was
to no avail. Her time had come and
God called her home. Her father
was called from this world when she
was an infant, since then her three
brothers have passed away. She
leaves a mother, two sister3 and a
step father and a number of rela
tives and friends to mourn their los3.
She professed faith in Christ when
young and had been a faithful mem
ber at Hawkins' Chapel M. P. church
until the end. She will be missed at
church, especially in the Sunday
school. From her childhood she has
always taken an interest in children's
day service.' She told her mother
before she died that she was going
to rest and asked her to meet her in
heaven. What joy it is to think she
has gone home to die no more and to
suffer no more! Though we know
it3 hard to part with her, yet there
is that blessed assurance that you
shall meet her in heaven if you only
live as she did, and we do not realize
what a happy meeting it was for her
to meet her dear ones who have been
over there awaiting her coming and
it will be the same 'meeting when
you get there. They are over there
beckoning for you "to come- We
know you will miss her kindly greet
ings and loving voice. The fairest
light of a home has been put out by
death.
Where once were joy and gladnes3
now all is darkness, hovering over
like a midnight pall and sorrow and
grief now fill the hearts of those
behind.
Jessie was loved by all who knew
her, she was kind and thoughtful
with everybody and will be greatly
missed in the community. May we all
so live and trust God here on earth
that we may meet her in heaven.
The writer knew her all of her life
and knows that she wa3 a good girl.
Her remains were laid to rest m
the family burying ground on the
18th, in the presence of a large as
sembly. The burial service was con
ducted by Rev. J. T. Draper of the
M. E. church South. The pall bear
ere were P. N. Sfcainback, Jr., Paul
Vincent, W. S. Hockoday, W. M.
Hockaday, T. M. Allen and E. B.
Pair.
The writer would say to the " be
reaved ones to look to Christ who is
able to comfort you.
"One precious to our hearts has gone.
The voice we loved is stilled;
The place made vacant in our home
Can never more be filled.
Our Father, in hi3 wisdom, called
The boon his love had given;
And thoueh on earth the body lies
The soul is safe in heaven."
, C. M. Hawkins.
Beware of Oinlmects for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury
as merc ury will surely destroy the sense
of -smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
shi.uld never be used except on pre
scriptions from reputable physicians,
as Jthe damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive
from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, man
factured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Tola
do," O., contains no mercury, and is
taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. In buying Hall's Catarrh
Cure be sure you get the genuine. It
is taken internally and ma le in Tole
do, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Tes
tamonials free. Sold by Druggists.
Price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti
pation.
NEW RAILROAD.
Scotland Neck's Greatest Need.
Scotland Neck, the largest Spanish !
peanut market in the world, is cer
tainly handicapped to some extent
by high freight rates. Why not all
come together and bujld a railroad
to the river, only about six miles?
Scotland Neck is a good town, one
of the best in the State to its size.
Built on the beautiful oak ridges or i
rolling hills between the great Roa
noke, where the ancient Red Man
with his bow and arrow enjoyed the
wild turkey, (and it's the home of
that historic war craft which sur
prised the yankees, confused the
North and astonished the world) and
the beautiful and well known Tar, i
at one time the home and harbor of ,
Blue Beard, that notorious and most j
dangerous and dreaded sea pirate in
the history of the United States.
Scotland Neck is so naturally and
otherwise well drained that the rain
water divides and goes into these
great and noble rivers draining the
largest and best farm3 in the State,
and some of the most fertile soil on
the face of the earth. Here are
deep wellsgood water, pretty, wide
streets, and the most lovely shade
trees in the South, where the "glee
club" of birds chirp and sing and
tell us in song to work cn and be
cheerful, for cheaper freights are
coming. We have good church
and school advantages, a dry town
with electric lights, strong banks,
large hotels, handsome stores, many
beautiful homes and a plenty of
room for at least ten thousand people
if they will come and bring their
business with them. The climate is
simply fine, said to be somewhat
like that of France and Italy a kind
of subtropical. The long winters
are made mild and delightful by the
near approach of the gulf stream,
and the summer, or cotton growing
time, is cooled off and made pleasant
by the distant mountain breeze,
making music through the pine tops
and destroying and blowing away
all germs of disease, making Scot
land Neck one of the healthiest and
cleanest towns in this beautiful South
land. Scotland Neck is the largest
crude Spanish peanut market on the
globe, backed up by good people and
good farms, some of which produce
twenty-five barrels of corn and claim
from one and a half to two bales of
cotton per acre, SOME YEARS.
We have now some large mills and
we need others which would furnish
work for more men, and with low
freights others will come. Car load
after car load of fine horse3, mule3,
buggies, wagons and many other
things are imported and exported
here every year, making Scotland
Neck a very large and heavy ship
ping point.
Now, if we all feel the need of
cheapeirfreight rate3 and realize the
real importance of, having them,
why not all come together and work
for it like we do in a temperance or
a political campaign: vve would
soon have the railroad to the river,
giving cheaper freights and then
other mills would come, giving more
men work. It would be a great
thing for this town and community
It would do us all good. The pas
senger service for Scotland Neck is
good now, with a double daily train,
and I think the rate has been made
fair and right for the State. Gen
erally the people who ride are able
to pay the fare. But we all have to
pay high freights whether we walk
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is a new
remedy, an improvement on the laxa
tives of former years, as it does not
gnpe or nauseate and is pleasant tcrL
taKe. it is guaranteed. E. T. White
head & Co.
or ride, rich or poor. We are not
entirely at the mercy of the railroads
or the corporation commission, or
I should not be in -regard to high
heights for Scotland Neck, for we
should build a railroad to tne river,
onlv about six miles through a level
country.
What ousbt to be done can be
done.
J. D. Ray.
Zinc rnefal made into Oxide if Zinc,
and then combined with white lead,
is used to make L. & M. PAINT
Zinc is imperishable and makes the
paint wear as long as pure linseed
oil will hold it to a surface. The L,
& M. PAINT costs only about $1.2(
per gallon. -
L. & M. Paint Agents.
E. T. Whitehead Co., Scotland Neck
R H Salsbury & Bro3.f Hamilton
N. C.
L70R THOROUGH-BRED POUL-
l try and Eggs B. P. Rocks, S. C
R. I. Reds. S. C. Brown Leghorns-
Setting of 15 B. P. Rock Eggs $1.50
Leghorns and R. I. Reds $1.25
Apply to
II. W. MIXON.
Scotland Neck, North Carolina3
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"The Great C;ttoii 'Fertilizer
)Is known wherever Cotton is grown and Fer
utilizers used, as the greatest producer of large
yields!
j See that the trade mar li is on every bagit guarantees
;against imitations ana insures you are getting the genuin
jvoysier gooas.
F. S. R0Y5TEI1 GUANO CQMPMiY
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
TTA1T W9 WlWF lW " Cureck
Will cure any case of Kidney or Bladder Disease not
beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can .do more.
E. T.Whitohead
Our
June 1st (cpsnirg)
August 1st
October 1st
December 2d (Monday)
A growth during the most stringent peri
od of recent years.
We Solicit Your Account, Large or Small.
4 Per Cent. Interest, Compounded Quarterly, Allowed in
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
PLANTERS & COMMERCIAL BANS,
Scotland Neck, Norlh Carolina.
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Lamps for Sale.
Three Hanging Lamps at a bar
gain.
Mrs. E. E. Hilliarp.
I am prepared to serve
Pmy old customers and the
public generally with the
very best of fresh
Beef, Pork,
Sausage, &c.
All orders filled promptly, and
every customer's wants regarded.
Main St., next to Prince's Stables.
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If so you need not go away Jrom home. Wo mako
thorn hero uiKjor sniaranteo.
Ail
Repair Work Done
employed
W A. KKANTI.KY.
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Deposit.
$ 5.C85.98
1 7,028.35
24,551.07
30,755.75
ToUl Fe ctu .
$20,621.97
32.767.C6
40,656.50
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Complete
Undertakers'
Outfit.
Hearse Service any Time
Day or night wo nrc rrndy
to accominodnte our fiiciK'p
and the Public (iem-iully.
M. Hoffman & Bro.
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