THE COMMONWEALTH.
Ii E. HILLIARD, Editor
Published Every Thursday.
Entered at the postoffire at Scotland
Keck, X. C, as Second-Class Matter.
Thursday,, June 13, 1908.
Publisher's Announcement.
It is a settM point in newspaper ethics that
ditors and publishers are not responsible tor tne
views of correspondents, and the publication of a
communication does not mean that the editor or
publisher endorses the communication. Thk
Commonwealth adheres to these general prici
ples. Maj. E. J. Hale, of Fayette
ville, will be a candidate for
the appointment by the Char
lotte Convention next week as
a delegate to the National Dem
ocratic Convention at Denver.
Major Hale has several times
gone as a delegate to the Nat
ional Convention and has al
ways been an honor to the
State.
A great many counties and
precincts have made claim to
the best showing in the prohi
bition vote. We are glad that
so many precincts did so well
and we commend them for
standing out for the honor that
is due them; but we desire
modestly to suggest that it is
highly important to keep alive
the prohibition spirit until the
law shall go into effect next
January in order to make it
really effective.
The Littleton Times-Herald
has changed its make-up to a
10-page folio, with a new dress
of type and additions to its
stalT. The following compose
the staff: Whit A. Johnson,
president; J. B. Aiken and E.
W. Edwards, associate editors;
J. M. Rhodes, contributing edi
tor; J. W. Haithcock, local
editor, and Jasper Seabolt, as
sistant business manager. The
paper presents a neat and at
tractive appearance in its new
form and the work of the first
issue under the new manage
ment shows well also.
The newspaper editor who
writes about the wisdom of ad
vertising is in danger of being
charged with :talking shop''
and writing for his own pe
cuniary interest. An editor can
write about progress in every
other branch of business and
stand a good chance of being
somewhat applauded, but he
must handle the subject of ad
vertising verv' gingerly. At
the risk of being called a "shop
talker 'we give space to the fol
lowing very timely editorial
observation by the Wilson
Times: "The best investment
a city can have is a live, up-to-date
newspaper, that by its
very appearance of prosperity
and news matter, more elo
quently than words, tells the
world of the prosperity of the
city. No city can grow unless
it continuously adds new life,
new energy and new capital,
and who wants to live in a city
not able to sustain a good
paper? Don't say it does not
pay to advertise. " If you can't
see where the paper brings
trade, it will pay you to keep
an 'ad' in its columns in order
to help sustain it, that the com
munity may be benefited as a
whole. For out of the whole
you receive a share of the
lump."
wi ixiuiiLv aim utbuua uiacflscs iitir no equal- We
will furnish free of cost a case of 'any other water to
prove that Buckhorn Lithia is the mosi active ol all
waters on the kidneys.
If it does not cure inffemrflatiatl Of the ttadaer, j
Costs you nothing,
For Sale by all Mineral Water Dealers.
Ask your dealer $r ie65t cKrect foi jje&al offer
and booklet.
V A.. ..J DtJ,t J- L
Buckhorn Lithia Water Co Henderson, N.
THAT BIG DINNER.
Let the farmers of the county
keep in mind that big dinner
at Halifax August 14th, under
the auspices of the Southern
Cotton Association. Efforts
are being made to secure Hon.
E. D. Smith, of South Carolina,
as the main speaker for the oc-!
casiou.
We shall publish at an early
date the township committee,
that were appointed at Halifax
June 1st.
NOW IS THE TIME.
This is the month in which
people list their property for
taxation and it lies with each
individual to place the proper
estimate on his property, "to
the best of his knowledge and
belief."
Quite a deal has been said
during the past few years
about the indebtness of Halifax
county- Several years ago this
paper said editorially that there
was no good reason why this
county should be so in debt.
We have said repeatedly in
these columns, an1 we repeat
it now, that if the property is
properly listed for taxes, the
taxes properly collected and
the money properly disbursed,
Halifax county should have
m"' to lend rather than be
forced to the necessity of bor
rowing. This matter lies with
those who place the value on
the property, those who collect
the taxes and those who spend
the money.
We say again, as we have
said repeatedly before, that
Halifax county is no poverty
ridge, and its great resources
are such that properly valued,
the taxes properly collected and
the money judiciously spent,
we should have a full treasury
an tne time, inow, tnen, it is
up to every man in the county
who swears before a list-taker
to the value of his property, to
make the value an honest one
and bear his equal share with
others in the proper tax levy of
the county.
Doubtless some who have
done the most kicking
about financial matters in
the county have not been
quite as diligent about the
value of their property when
they listed it as they would
have been had they been selling
at cash consideration. Now
is the time to get this matter
straight. The listing time is
when all can do their full share
in giving proper value to " their
property. The list takers are
not to place an estimate on the
t citizens' property, but the citi
zens are to do that themsel
ves. It is rather a hard sling at
somebody when the newspapers
assert that this is the season
when property values shrink
wonderfully, but the newspap
ers will keep on saying such
' wicked things as long as they
think that about half the men
who value property for taxa
j tion dodge the truth.
PinuJcs for Backache, little golden
( globules, easy and pleasant to take,
j Act directly on the kidneys purify the
J blood and invigorate the entire sys
tem. Best for backache, lame hack.
kidneys and bladder. 30 days' trial
$1.00. Guaranteed. Sold by E. T.
Whitehead Co.
xvi
BETTER WAIT.
. Those who are in a hurry to
declare that prohibition will be
a failure in North Carolina bet
ter wait until the law has been
in effect a year or two. It is
hardly probable that the vote
for prohibition which is to take
effect next January will have
the tendency to curtail the ?a.le
of intoxicating liquors six
months before the time. The
rather will the tendency be to
increase the sale of liquor from
now until January. Perhaps
some who are quite fond of it
and think they will be unable
to get it after January may
drink more than usual toTnake
up for what they think they
will lose after the law becomes
effective. And there are doubt
less some who will be simple
enough to think they can bring
prohibition into disrepute be
fore the time by encouraging
free use of liquor for the next
few months.
TROUBLES Wl ThTaBGR.
The Southern Cotton Associ
ation has done a great deal for
the South in its efforts to hold
cotton to a reasonably good
price, and as one result
the people of the country
have a high regard for the good
influence of the organization.
Recently it has been suggested
to the editor of The Common
wealth that the farmers,
either through the Southern
Cotton Assocation or some oth
er medium, should do some
thing with regard to the labor
question. And we believe
something ought to be done to
protect the farmers against
such as designedly or through
carelessness put employers to
great inconvenience. For in
stance, a laborer sometimes en
to work for a certain I
gages-
number of months, say until
the crop is laid by, and in the
very busiest season walks off
and leaves his employer with
out a single provocation or a
word of explanation.
On the strength of the prom
ises of his laborers the farmer
buys team, prepares his lands,
purchases fertilizers and plants
his crops. But at the critical
time of cultivating the crop,
his laborers take a notion to
"knock off" a few dajrs, or
perhaps quit for good, and the
farmer sustains a great loss
and is put to untold inconveni
ence. There should be protection
against such things, either by
thorough organization of the
farmers, or by a law that will
mean something. When a
laborer thus wilfully commits
such acts that will put his em
ployer to inconvenience and
cause him loss, such offender
should be punished by law.
Will the farmers take this
matter up and put themselves
on record in a way that will
tend to bring about relief?
The subject is worthy of care
ful study and the united efiorts
of the "farmers for their own
protection.
$8,000 Conscience Honey.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C, June 12. Sec
retary Cortelyou has received an en
velope postmarked Jersey City, a
conscience contribution of $8,000
which has been turned into the con
science fund of the Treasury. In an
unsigned letter the"sender says that
many years ago he and another man
took a considerable sum of money
belonging to the government and that
this $8,000 make3 a total of. $40,000
or four-fold the amount originally
taken by himself. This sum.he says,
has been returned to the Treasury
from time to time covering a period
of several years.
Long Trip la Automobile.
The Tarboro Southerner of
the
11th said:
"Robert L. Holt and party, of
Burlington, stopped in Tarboro to
day enroute from Detroit to their
home. They purchased a large tour
ing car in the former city, which
place they left 10 days ago. So far
the trip has been made without any
accident."
Zinc metal made into Oxide of Zinc,
and then combinedwith 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 $1.20
per gallon.
L. & M. Paint Agents.
Hardy Hdwe. Co., Scotland Neck.
R. H. Salsbury & Bros.. Hamilton.
1N.C.
Halifax News Budget.
(Cor. to The Commonwealth.)
Halifax, N. C, June 16, '08.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Crews, of Rose
mary, spent several days here last
week visiting; Mrs. L. H. Hale.
Mrs. W. A. Sater spent several
days" last week in Rocky Mount with
her daughter.
Mrs. Benny A. Mabry and little
daughter, Margaret, of Rocky
Mount, spent a portion of last week
here with her sisters.
Mrs. George A. Stephenson and
Miss Margaret spent several days in
Richmond last week.
Mrs. E. L. Travis returned from
Asheville Sunday. She reports a de
lightful trip.
Miss Nettie Gilliam, who has been
teaching in Rosemary this year, has
come home for her rest.
Mr. Henry B. Furgerson, Jr. left
last Saturday for the University at
Chapel Hill to enter the summer
school.
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Clay and Mas
ters William and Irwin, of Rocky
Mount, are visiting their mother,
Mra. Sater, this week at Hotel Roa
noke this week.
Mrs. E. L. Whitehead, of Enfield,
was the guest of Mrs. S. M. Gary
Monday.
Dr. E. F. Fenner, of Henderson,
was here a day or two this week to
see his sick father.
Mr. W. E. Fenner, of Rocky
Mount, was also here on Monday.
Miss Ruby Sater left last Saturday
for Manchester, Va. She will spend
several weeks there visiting Misses
Margaret, Wilhelmina and Florence
Froelich at 1114 Bainbridge St.
Mr. E. Reid Williamson, of Suf
folk, is spending this week with his
brother, G. L. Williamson.
Mr. Louis Froelich, Jr., went to
Manchester last Friday to visit his
cousins.
Messrs. John House, of Palmyra,
and Joseph House, of Thelma, spent
Sunday here with Mr. and Mrs. L.
H. Hale.
Mr. S. M. Gary spent several days
in Asheville last week, coming back
on Sunday. He speaks in glowing
terms of the Vanderbilt estate, of
its vastness and beauty of the low
lying valleys, sloping hills, pointed
mountain tops, shady winding acad
amized walks, and then of the pure
blooded stock of animals, poultry,
etc. He says we can only conceive
through pen and picture a glimpse
of the real beauty there.
Miss Roberta Dickens, of Manteo,
is visiting Mrs. E. J. Brown. She
expects to remain perhaps ten days
or more. This is her old home and
she has many friends here who are
always glad to welcome her back.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gowen and
children, left Wednesday for Maine
where they expect to spend the sum
mer.
Rev. J. E. Holden, of Enfield,
preached here Sunday morning and
night, and at Pierce's "Camp
Ground" in the afternoon. His text
Sunday night was What Think Ye."
The supposition was that good, pure
thoughts stimulate the individual to
the higher and best life. That bad
impure thoughts never incite to
good deeds. He cited instances
in the Old Testament scriptures to
prove this, and also drew from the
experiences of modern time3. Good
literature, he maintined, was instru
mental in moulding and shaping
thought. The speaker contended
that the trashy books people
often read, together with yel
low journalism, are largely responsi
ble for the kind of thought instilled
in homes, communities, States and
i Nations. The earnest plea and exhor
tation to purer, higher, sublimer.en
nobling thoughts should be heeded
by all.
W. F. C.
Robbed a Mail Pouch.
(Kinston Free Press 13th.)
A man named J. R. Stallings was
arrested at Washington, N. C, yes
terday, charged with stealing and
opening a mail pouch from the mail
car of the N. & S. train. A negro
member of the train crew saw Stal
lings, who was hanging around the
depot when the train got in, enter
the mail car. throw out a pouch,
carry it behind a lumber pile some
distance away and cut it open. Star
lings was bound over to court by the
U. S. commissioner giving $800
bond for his appearance.
' There is more Jjatarrh in this sec
tion of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and until the last
few years was suyposed to be incura
ble. For a great many years doctors
pronounced it a local disease and pre
scribed local remedies, and by con
stantly failing to cure with local treat
ment, pronounced it incurable. Science
has proven catarrh to be a constitu
tional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Hall's Ca
tarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the mar
ket. It is taken internally in doses;
from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It
acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of thf system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testi
monials. Address, F. J. CHENEY A
CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family,Pills for constipation.
, Dr. Mercer's.Son Drowned.
(Roeky Mount Record June 18th.)
The community was shocked al
most beyond expression, Friday even
ing when the intelligence was flash
ed over the city that young Broadus
Mercer, son of Dr. I. M. Mercer,
pastor of the First Baptist church,
was drowned while in swimming
with his hmther. Charles, at Whit
ley's rock, a popular resort for
young bathers, about two miles from
the city. Broadus, in company with
his elder brother, Charles, went to
the river about five o'clock for a
. i j
swim. The younger one unaressea
first and went out to a sand bar, and
in returning to the bank he was sup
posedly seized with cramp and sank
in the swirl at that place. When he
arose he cried to his brother to come
to his assistance, which he did, as did
Mr. J. D. Denton, who was gather
ing wheat in a field near by, Mr.
Denton plunging into the water with
his clothes on. Their efforts proved
in vain and young Broadus sank for
the last time before their eyes and
was bevond all human aid when his
body was recovered from the river
35 minutes later -by Mr. Roy Willi-
ford, who was brought to the scene i
from his home half a mile away, by
the commotion at the river.
Physicians had been summoned
and several worked for to hours io
resuscitate the drowned lad, but it
was evident that it was a hopeless
task from the first. Artificial re
spiration and all first-aid-to-the-in-
jured methods were employed, but
with a sad heart the grief-stricken
father realized that it was all to no
avail, and that his son was dead.
Carey Broadus Mercer was 16 years
old and a younger son of Dr. Mercer.
He had but recently graduated from
the Rocky Mount High School with
high marks, and his young life gave
promise of a useful career. He was
a member of the First Baptist church,
of which his father is pastor, and a
member of" Baraca class of that
church. Always diligent in his
duties, industrious and cheerful, he
was loved by all who knew him, and
they will each regard his untimely
and sad death as a personal loss.
The funeral took place at the First
Baptist church at 2:30 this afternoon
and hi3 body was taken to Richmond,
Va., on 80, and interred in that city
Sunday afternoon.
The tragic death of young Broadus
is a peculiarly sad one to the family
and the more so because it accen
tuates the gloom already cast over
them by recent deaths, that of the
father of Dr. Mercer, which occur
red in Richmond a week ago, and
the death of Mrs. Mercer's father
recently. The sympathy of the en
tire community goes out to them in
their large share of bereavement.
None Better.
If you seek to protect your wife
and children by taking life insurance,
you can find none better than the
Union Central. Its premiums are
lower than many of the other good
companies and its dividends outclass
them all.
You can carry a good policy in the
Union Central for from 6 to 20 cents
per day, according to age.
For information call on or write to
E. E. HILLIARD,
, Scotland Neck. N. C.
Agents Wanted.
11x20 Crayon Portraits, frames 1C
cents and up, sheet pictures one cent
each. Ycu can make 400 per cent
profit or $36.00 per week. Catalogue
and Samples Free. Frank W. Wil
liams Company, 1208 W. Taylor St.,
Chicago, 111.
Q-00H(M0
r
The
used
9 feSk
9 ' pr
Write at once for Booklet and Sam
ple Contract. Address,.
E. P. MUELLER,
Norfolk,
wm cure-any case
A
T73 Tr TTW . .
UU I WTO 1W
1 tMM
i m m
Planters & Commercial Bank,
Scotland Neck,
The management of this institution aims to conduct a
Careful, Conservative, Legitimate Business,
NOW IS THE TIME TO SAVE
a part of your income.
4 PER CENT. INTEREST (Compounded Quar- A
terly) allowed in our Savings Department, f
We Keep on Hand
Burial Cases!
All Kinds all the Time.
Also
Complete
Undertakers'
Outfit.
Hearse Service any Time
Day or night we are ready
to accommodate our friends
and the Public Generally.
M. Hoffman & Bro.
Scotland Neck North Carolina
UNIVERSITY
OF NORTH CAROLINA.
1789-1908
HEAD of the STATE'S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
DEPARTMENTS
College, Engineering,
Graduate, Law,
Medicine, Pharmacy.
Library contains 48,000 volumes..
xsew water works, electric lights,
central heating system. New
dormitories, gymnasium, Y.
M. C. -A. building, library.
790 Students. 92 in Faculty.
The Fall Term begins
Sept. 7, 1908. Address
Francis P. Venable, President.
Chapel Hill, N. C.
6-ll-5t
j&caii ip or
indigestion
Uur Guarantee Coupon
If, after nsinc a i.oo bottl of Kodol, 70a
can honejriy (ay It ha not benefited you. we
will refund your money. Try Kodol today on
tbia guarantee. Fill out and aim the follow
ing, present It to the dealer at tho time of
purchase. It it fail to satisfy you return the
bottle to the dealer from whom you bought it,
and we will refund your money.
State
Sign bare.
Digests WhatYouEat
And Makes the Stomach Sweet
S. C DWXTT 4e CO., Chicago, III.
.
MERCHANTS-
MUELLER'S MOLASSES GRAINS J
Greatest and Most Economical Horse and Cattle Feed in the Wo.ld 0
One Dealer Wantprl in F
mente:f0lInVinfr Nrth Carolina chants
Roxobel: &KlEn'r&J "hee, Jonesboro; George 11 Hatm
" J "- ""sun; wiggins Urocery Co., Wilson.
also at The
State Hospital, at
Raleigh. N. C.
r
Virginia.
Factory.
0OHD
of ' VViJJ Do not risk hav
4CM. Scotland Neck. North Carolina.
North Carolina.
New Market!
WE HAVE OPENEIiaFirst-C
Market in th I'it,.K; l-.
Kitfhin.Kt',1
Ruildinir third door
''in Uv.
Grocery Store, and will
Beef. Pork. Mutton. Vih cu;...'
and Eggs, at the ' ' U3
Lowest Possible Prices.
Will be pleased to serve the p h
lie and guarantee prompt l-'n
ana courteous ireatmoiu.
5-23-tf
House I Thigpen.
NoB.JoseyCo
Undertakers'
Supplies.
Full and Complete Line,
Coffins and Caskets
Burial Robes, Etc.
Hearse Service any Time
N. B. Josey Company,
Scotland Neck. North Carolina
WHEN IN
TARBORO
Whether on biw
ness or pleasure,
you should ir.ii;e
it a point to call
at our Studio
see our Latest Cre
ations in the Ar.
of Photography
Every day we are
pleasing people
who have never
before had a p t
Photograph c'.
themselves by ar; f
i
er. Easter-tidf
a convenient tire
to give us a tri e
while you are nice I
ly "ringed."
S. R. Alley,
1
I Main St.. !.- B" '
! i
i Tnrhoro, N. C j
J 5
Ererytlitrj ir
PbotcjnH
for our CAUUtjl't if buiiJir.q m n'cr s
door, blinds, hwrVarr. irti?!?j."2-4,.:iM
f
i
hi.
WRITE TOR SAMPLE COPY 1 1
of our srtf-rial rontrat t for the v'c 9 I
- V
r A
buy in car-load lots an-1 rocrn- 0
V
11, J. i lliwu,
Norfolk. Va. C
Cures Backache
Corrects
Irregulnritiej
i
r
v:rv Vr I ?