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- -!- 'I ill: J. 4 '1 11 IS if 3 ii 1 if si jf? 3 I1 f t m - "j The Commonwealth. li B. HILLIARD Editor Published Every Thursday. Entered at the postoffioe at Scotland Neck, X. C, :is Fecond-Clii53 Matlrr. Thursday, June 25, lf08. Publisher's Announcement. It is a settl1 point in newspaper ethics that diiors and publishers are not responsible for the views of correspondents, and the publication of a communication docs not mean that the editor or publisher endorses the communication. Tub Commonwealth adheres to those general prici p!cs. Saturday's Tarboro Southern er said that Mr. Shackley, a dairyman from England, has arrived with his family to take charge of Dr. J. M. Baker's fine dairy farm. More such en terprises entered upon with the right kind of intelligence will make Eastern North Carolina a rich section indeed. Charlotte is the convention place of the Slate this year.and just now the Democratic State Convention is being entertain ed in that hospitable city. Everything possible will be clone for the comfort and enter tainment of the visitors to the 'Queen City," and they will go away loud in their praises of Charlotte. While we are talking a great deal about the wisdom of rais ing much corn, we might as well say that the high prices of meats suggest also the wisdom of having bacon, beef, lamb and the like at home also. With the proper care and energy many a man who spends large amounts of money every year for meat, might have it at home and save that much. THAT HISTORIC EVENT. The Teachers of the State had a most interesting meeting of their assembly in Charlotte last week. No class of people de serves more encouragement and full pay for their sen-vices than the faithful teachers. The State's best interests depend upon their work, for whatever be our developments industrial ly they need to be regulated by intelligence. The work of good and faithful teachers makes this possible. This paragraph is written and put into type before the State Democratic convention assembles in Charlotte, and so can have no reference to the results of that convention, al though a man maybe named by the convention for Govern or before the paper reaches its readers. The canvass between Mr. Kitchin and Mr. Craig lias been an unusual one, and so far as we have observed through the press and expres sions of persons privately, the people of the State hope that not again will two Democrats of equal standing with Mr. Kitchin and Mr. Craig enter upon such a canvass for the nomination of any high office. And the results of their joint debate will be a warning to any who in the future might be so inclined, for in Anson and Mecklenburg counties, the on ly counties in which Messrs. Kitchin and Craig met in joint debate, Mr. Home got by far the strongest following. Last Friday, June 19, 1908, occurred an event in the State capital at Raleigh which will be regarded as historic in North Carolina until the last person now living in the State shall have passed from time into eternity. It was the official signing by Governor Glenn of the act that makes North Caro lina a prohibition State against the manufacture and sale of in toxicating liquors. The exercises were somewhat ceremonious, the meeting being presided over by Mr. John A. Oates, Chairman of the North Carolina Anti-Saloon League, whoso untiring efforts were such a great factor in win ning the great prohibition vic torv. . Besides the singing of the! act by Governor Glenn, there! were other rrfarked features of the occasion, especially the presentation of banners to Dun combe and Yaucy counties to Buncombe for the largest pro hibition majority (3,070) and to Vancy for the largest percent age of prohibition votes. Mr. Josephus Daniels present ed the banner for Buncombe, which was received by Dr. W. P. Whittington; and Rev. R. L. Davis presented the banner to Yancy, which was received by Mr. G. E. Gardner. Following is Governor Glenn's proclamation of the prohibition law in North Caro lina, which goes into effect the first of next January: "I, R. B. Glenn, Governor of North Carolina, by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of North Carolina passed at its special session of 190S, and ratified on the 31st of January, luoS,do issue this my Proclama tion declaring the result of the election held on the 2iJth day of May, 1908, which election was held to take the sense of the people on the question of pro hibiting the manufacture and sale of iuxtoxicating liquors in North Carolina, to be, accord ing to the returns made to the State Board of Elections as can vassed by it, as follows: "There were cast at said elec tion one hundred and eighty three thousand and twenty eight (183,028) votes, of which one hundred and thirteen thous and, six hundred and twelve (113,(312) votes were cast 'Against the Manufacture and Sale of Intoxicating Liquors,' and sixty-nine thousand, four hundred and sixteen ((19,416) votes were cast 'For the Manu facture and Sale of Intoxicat ing Liquors,' the majority 'Against the Manufacture and Sale of Intoxicating Liquors' being forty-four thousand, one hundred and ninety-six (44,180) votes. "Done at our City of Raleigh this 19th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight, and in the one hundred and thirtv second year of our American Independence. "R. B. Glenn. "By the Governor: - "A. H. Arrington, "Private Secretary." Zinc rantal made loiolftlfte of 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 $1.20 per gallon. L. & M. Paint Agents. Hardy Hdwe. Co., Scotland Neck. R. H. Salsbury & Bros., Hamilton, FERTILIZE CORN. Mr. D. M. Prince returned some days ago from a visit to Sampson county, and he said to the editor of The Common wealth: "Tell the people to fertilize their corn." He made some interesting statements concerning the observations he made in Sampson county. He says that the farmers there are paying a great deal of attention to raising corn and that it is paying them han'dsomely. He heard one man say to another, "I wish you would sell 800 bushels of corn for me;" to which the other man replied, "I have some to sell myself." Whoever has 800 bushels of corn to sell now may be sure of $800 for it, and the people in Sampson county, Mr. Prince says, are prosperous above measure simply because they are wise enough to make their own supplies at home and make corn to sell to those who are not quite so wise. It costs very much less to plant and cultivate corn than to plant and cultivate cotton and tobacco; ane wrhile it may be too late for some farmers to change their plan of crops now, it is not too late to fertilize the corn already planted and thus increase the yield per acre this year. Cotton seed meal is a fine fertilizer for corn and two or three spoonfuls dropped by the side of the corn now will show a wonderful increase in the crop. SENSIBLE VIEW AND FAIR PROPOSITION. OF yr?v la vniw For Kid ney and Bladder diseases has no eq.ua!. We will furnish free of cost a case of any other water to prove that Buckhorn Liihia 13 the most estivc of all waters on the kidneys. If il does not cure, i&fkmffiatloii Jjladder. it Costs ypu nothing, For Sale by all Mineral Water Dealers. Ask your tleiile? ef yijkc direct foi cpaat cEfer and booklet. Buckhorn Uthia Water Co., Henderson. N. C. We give space to the folio w lowing timely suggestions by Rev. J, A. Stradley, of Oxford, in a letter to last Saturday's News and Oberver: . "The people elect men to make laws, as is done by town and comity commissioners, by State Legislatures, and by the Congress of the United States. Other men are elected to en force, to execute the laws. It is the duty of all officers to en force all laws that have been enacted, wrhether they like the laws or not. There may be laws he does not like, but as an officer he is just as much bound to enforce such laws as those he does like. An ofiicer takes a solemn oath, and gives a strong bond, to faithfully execute the duties of his office, in enforcing the laws under the control of his office. "Let these facts be applied to the new prohibition law of the State. The voters cf the State, by an overwhelming ma jority have enacted a law for bidding the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in the State, except for medical purposes. "Some who are now holding office. do not like tlie prohibi tion law, but they are bound by their oath of office to en force the law; but if they are not willing to enforce the law they ought to resign their office and let it be given to some one who will execute the law. Some now seeking office may be opposed to prohibition. They should honestly consider the tact, that if they are elect ed they will have" to take a solemn oath and give a strong bond, binding them to faithful ly perform the duties of their office; and one important duty of that office may be to enforce the" prohibition law. If they are not willing to enforce the law, they ought not to ask for an office that requires them to enforce it. "In the year 1881 the prohibi tionists were defeated in a State election. They accepted their defeat as the will of the majority and did not seek to violate the liquor laws. Now the majority has voted for pro hibition; therefore as good citi zens, let us accept the law and enforce it, and give it a fair trial. An officer is just as much bound to enforce the prohibi tion law as the law against murder or stealing." TAF THE NOMINEE. There is more Catarrh in tins poc tion of the country than all other dis eases put together, and until the Vist few years was supposed 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 fe 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 Jjlood and mucous surfaces of the systefn. They oifcr one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi monials. Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Tills for constipation. In the National Republican Conventiffi in Chicago last week, Wlliam Howard Taft, of Ohio, ad Secretary of War, was nornhated for the Presi dency onthe first ballot. The total nunber of votes was .980, and 401 vould have been a ma jority, b.t Mr. Taft received 702 voteson the first ballot. Othersoted for were the fol lowing: Hughes of New York, G3; Cannon, Illinois, 61; Fair banks, of 'ndiana, 40; Knox, of Pennsylvaiia, 08; LaFolette, of Wisconsii, 20: Foraker, of Ohio, 4; Bosevelt of New York, 3. Mr. Taf was placed in nomi nation before the Convention by Congrssman Theodore E. Burton, olOhio. The Mowing brief sketch appeared in the News and Ob server tin day after the nom ination: . "Mr.Tajt was born in Mt. Au burn, tht aristocratic suburb of Cinciniati, on the fifteenth of Septenber, in 1857. His father was a man of wealth and influence, a learned lawyer and able judge, and was Attorney General it Grant's cabinet and Minister Russia. The candi date, bon with a silver spoon in his mcuth, was educated at Yale. 1x3 was a good scholar and graduated before he was twenty-oie as valedictorian of his class. He began the study of law irhis father's office and did the ourt reporting at the same tine on his brother's newspaper. Later, his talent as a nevspaper man was re cognized by Murat Halstead, and he ecame a member of the staff )f the Cincinnati Com-mercial-dazette. In 1880 his father Mas the unsuccessful Republican candidate for Gov ernor ff Ohio. A man by the name ri Rose, who had been a prize-lighter, severely criticiz ed the dder Taft, and the son, feeling hat his father had been slandercaKly assailed, went to the new.-paper office and gave Rose a terrible thrashing, for young Tift was big in size and an athlete. "When Rose beg ged for mercy, Taft is reported to have said: " 'If you'll agree to leave town Fillet up. I'll come down here again to-night, and if you are still aere then this thing is only a start.' "Rose vas glad to get off on such term?. He quit Cincinna ti that night and his paper never appeared again. "Mr. Tift entered into the practise o' law, but has almost since he b-.came of age been an office-holder. Every office he he has heal has been by ap pointment He has never been elected to office. First he was appointed assistant prosecuting attorney: in 1S81 lie was ap pointed Collector of Internal Revenue; in 1883 he was ap pointed as-istant county solici tor; in 188.; Governor Foraker appointed him Superior Court Judge; whin Mr. Harrison was elected president he appointed Mr. Taft Solicitor General, and later appointed him Federal Circuit Coirt Judge, which po sition he ield until President McKinley made him chairman of the Phlippine Commission in March 1900. He was ap pointed bv President Roose velt Secretary of War in 1904, to succeed Elihu Root. "In that position he has had important duties to per form and has shown that he possessed administrative abili ty of a high order. He is re garded also as the most accom plished diplomat in the admin istration and was sent to the Philippine!, to Panama and to Cuba to seltle difficult matters. It was white he was Solicitor General thxt Mr. Taft and Mr. Roosevelt became warm friends. The President was then on the Civil Service Com mission. "Such is the public career of Mr Taft. To administrative ability, diplomatic talent and capacity for work, he adds knowledge of men and tact in dealings with them. He 'gets on' with all who are thrown in contact with him, loves a joke, and Las many qualitjps that make Mm friends. As a judical officer, he showed abili ty. His sympathies were with the class interests to which he belongs and he forged judical chains for labor unions that helped to curse this country with 'government by injunc tion.' " CHarlotte In Sunday Clothes. Tuesday's Charlotte Observer gave fhe following index of how Char lotte looks to-night to the Democrat ic State Convention: "Charlotte was ablaze last night with illuminative electricity, afford ing a fair indication of what the city will look like during the night ses sessions of the Democratic State Convention, in whose honor such festive array has been put on by the metropolis of North Carolina, which plays the roll of hostess on this occa sion to the greatest gathering of freemen ever assembled in one place in North Carolina to record and reg ister the will of the rank and file of the Democratic party. That is a long sentence, but no more than the situation deserves. It is difficult to say where is to be found the most attractive of the many electric signs which adorn the Charlotte business places. The city hall front is literally festooned with long streamers of lights which wind and coil their way upward to the tower in 'serpentining beauty, round on round.' Probably half a thous and or more are in this. The front of The Observer Building was alight last night with colored shifting lights in varying designs, one of which ex presses in dignified but explicit style, 'Welcome N. C. S. D. C Then there is the Shelor sign, the McCausland display, and that of the firemen around at the Fifth street station. Besides these last night there were signs by Woodal & Shep pard, Gilmer-Moore Company, Gari baldi, Bruns & Dixon, J. P. Stowe & Co., and others. Along the side walks about half of the thousands of incandescents were turned on. The rest will be on to-night, when the spectacle will be well worth seeing. Even last night the streets were as bright as day and hundreds of peo ple strolled up and down seeing the sights." Mrs. Barnhiii of Elm City Drowned at WrioatsTllIe. taJSBSBES Planters & Commercial Scotland Neck, North Carolina. Bank i" The management of this institution aims to cc Careful, Conservative, Legitimat it; business, NOW IS THE TIME TO SAVE a part of your income. W Ji PER CEIN i . liN 1 1 compounded U,r. 0 &JL terJy) allowed in our Sa'ings Department. -M. We Keep on Hand m mi siiFiaa ases; All Kinds all the Time. i 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 College, Graduate, Medicine, Library conlains 43,000 volumes. BT New water works, electric lights, ! ji r 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 A special from Wilmington to Sunday's Charlotte Observer said: "Just at nightfall this evening at VVrightsville Beach, Mrs. Estelle Barnhill, a stenographer in the Coast ! Line offices here, was drowned in the surf, and the circumstances are such as to lead her friends to believe that she committed suicide. Mrs. Barnhill went down to the beach on the 7 o'clock car, and after alight ing at the station instead of going into the pavilion she walked up the beach for half a mile or more and was seen by Mr. Arthur Butt, from bis cottage to throw aside her hat, parasol and purse and rush into the water. Mr. Butt ran to har rescue but she was unconscious when he reached her and the opinion is ex pressed that before rushing into the surf she had taken poison of some kind. However, physicians , who were summoned to attend her, stat ed that an autopsy would be requir ed to determine this fact. The re mains were brought up to the city late to-night and prepared for burial. "Mrs. Barnhill came to Wilming- i ton about a year ago from E'm City I and had made many friend3 by her tractions. She leaves no immediate; EJGXV itfc S Kidney members of the family here. Agents Wanted. 11x20 Crayon Portraits, frames 10 : cents ana up, sneec pictures one cent 1 T . I r.' . eacn. xou can maxe wo per cent) a profit or feo 6.00 per week. Catalogue J UNIVERSIT OP NORTH CAROLINA. Y -1789-1908 HEAD of tie STATE'S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM DEPARTMENTS Engineering, Law, PSiarmecy. New Market! WE IIAVi-: Market in :i Building third '.;., Grocery Store, ; r ; Beef. Pork, Mi:ti :: and Eggs, at the Lowest Fogs Will be p!ca:: ! t. , lie and guarar.lr" p. and courteous lica". ; .Mi, -, P.1 :cs. 5-2S-tf Tliiqpcn. N.B.J Undertakers' Supplies. Full and Complete Line, 4 k- -'4 Coffins and Cask'; Burial Robe?. Etc. Hearse Service anyTiir: N. B. Joscy Comp-ny, Scotland Neck. ; L Ca:.'.: j v EN IN iVv i Destructive Hail in Wilson. A correspondent from Wilson to the News and Observer tells of a most destructive hail storm in Wil son county last Saturday. The track of the storm was two miles wide and almost complete destruction of the crops was the result. 1 is es timated that the loss on one farm was over $7,000. Others were heavy losers, many estimating loss from 50 to 75 per cent, of their crops." YVkc:h:- (r. ! f:.pt--l u ;1 1 ' ;:-t ,:" .Jbtti ,'" u s.e uT c- r-O-y, ft Lvosy .ii. .v. - ' v pic;:,.-;: .-.t i for WetkWllS'i ! ... i - I I 1 Inflammation of the blad der, urinary troubles and backache use and Bladder Palls and Samples Free. Frank W. Wil liams Company, 1203 W. Taylor St. Chicago, 111. rial Ar, uz':-;:: E. C. DeWITT & CO.. Cliicazo. III. ;oiu iy lu. T. luti hca 1 Co. $9 oers.b!.ns.fcr9-.tr.r.'.f.'.i "' '" 5 ; ta & etactrit Margie. ;j 0-00KH0Kp0-CK O-C-0 OOOOOOO-CHKJ-OOOOOO C 0Kv I I he Greatest and Most Economical Horse and Cattle Feed in l! c Wor!i C f 1 I A 1 IT T . ieaier wanted m livery Town XT .1 i J rf Cf " -i y luvvu. lne in Inwvnrr xt,.j u mend it: ' rouna merchants buy in car-load Iotr ar:-i T T T -r-N . - - . . , i ( . A . y.. A .4,. roccry Co., Wiit mtegmMMj usea also at tk cisu at iric State Hospital, at "Raleigh, N. C-. Write at once for Booklet and Sam pie Contract. Address, E. P. MUELLER, Norfolk, Virginia. 0H Cures Biliousness, Sick Headache, Sour Stom ach, Torpid Liver and Chronic Constipation. Pleasant to take E. T. Whitehead laxative Fruit Syrup Ld & Com Cleanses the syste thoroughly and cl'J sallow completions c pimnles and blctc It io guarantee Cl Ct- Gotland Neck, N orth Carolina.
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