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o v vrr 'I ' "i- , : ' i it: rSl- i u?2 E-J ! 1, II ill ; f.' ...il.- '- ' i. Mil IS .(.iJ ..v.; I. '1 "v. The Commonwealth. Tuesday's election. II B. HILLIARD Editor Published Every Thursday. Entered at the postoffice at Scotland Neck, N. C, a8 Second-Class Matter. Thursday November 5, 1908. Publisher's Announcement. It rs a settled point in newspaper ethic tkat editor and publishers are not responsible for the views of correspondent!, and the publication cf a communication does not mean that the editor or publisher endorses the communication. Tub Commonwealth adheres to these goaeral prict-ples. YESTERDA Y A DUET, TO-DA Y A SOLO It's the same sad song with a change of tune. Before the election both parties have big majorities, and to spare, but election day changes the tune. The duet has now become a solo. REASSURING NOTE. The Raleigh Times philosoph ically viewed the political situ ation on the day of election in the following timely editorial expression. "It is indeed good to know that in a few hours it will all be over and out of the tempor ary fit of insanity election day bring upon us, the country will emerge strong, sane and level-headed. No matter who is elected, the good old ship of state will roll on peacefully and in perfect safety. Prosperity I is here. The little panic of! The election returns are by no means yet complete and it is impossible to give anything like an accurate report, and certainly no tabulated report of either National. State or County. The latest intelli gence indicates that Taft is elected over Bryan. The county vote seems to be badly split up and divided. The vote in detail cannot be given at this hour, but it seems that the results will be as fol lows: The regular county Democratic ticket received about 1,700 votes, while the in dependents received about 750. The State ticket received about 2,300 votes. The difference in the two votes seems to be due to the fact that the Republi cans, about 150 in number, having no ticket in the field, supported the independent ticket. A full tabulated report will be given in next issue. It is im possible to hear from all the townships in the county before going to press this issue. The following taken from the News and Observer gives the best summary obtainable be fore going to press: "William H. Taft, the Re- ! publican nominee, in all proba- 1P07 is already passinir. despite i til bility, has been elected Presi- that election year inevitably brings. Prosperity is here aua, Ohio, and West Virginia are coming in slowly, and it is i dent of the United States. I "While returns from Indi- r . , . 1 ilJU not merely coming. JSryaa u Taft it makes no difft. 'vr sc ne m i n g (tern a iro ; r i howling fanatics to the con trary n o t w i t L t a n .2 : a x Wo be lieve in Brytai. V, believe ii Bryan's polick?., bur abo e ail wo believe in the people."" PUNISHING ii!'GHT RIDERS. FEWER ELECTIONS. yet h'lpocjjible to statf with any cu-trree ot certain now Til IT ' cs v.-hi j-o, ot Air. vvC-xw:cjmiog victory in l'oik S'.utb and his suc cess in oilitr Eastern States in which returns are practically complete, indicate that no such "Tar Heels may be depended ! laiuIsliae as Mr- Bryan predict upon in aliaf .st every place of ! e1 Las occurred favor of trust." News ha gone out from Lonoke county Arkansas, that sheriff M. C. Huuue, a North Carolinian and an ex Confederute Soldier who served in Company H, Eight North Carolina Regiment has done his adopted State good service in promptly Ubing the powers of his office to suppress disturb ing "night-riders."' Let Lis ex ample be emulated by the sheriff in every county in which night riders disturb the peace and qneit of their communities and this high handed violation of law will soon effectually be suppressed. It is true that the farmers of the South are not getting enough for the products ef their fields, but "night-rid-rs" cannot form the medium through which to secure just and better prices. They should be made to feel the heavy hand of the law in full penalty for their crimes against the State. Democracy. "Illinois is safely Republi can. Indications late to-night were that Taft carried the State by 170,000 with Deneen defeat ing former Vice-President Ste venson by 100,000. The Legis lature will be strongly Repub lican. "Governor Hughes has prob ably been re-elected over Lieutenant-Governor Chanler by about 50,000 majority. Taft has probably carried Greater New York by a small majority. "The New England States went solidly for Taft, and the Republicans claim a landslide in New Jersey. Republican Chiarman Hitchcock is claim ing Maryland by from 10,000 to 12,000. The Republicans have probably carrried Michi gan but the Democrats have elected their nominee for Gov ernor. "Latest indications are that Taft has carried Indiana by about 30,000, but Watson has probably been defeated for Gov ernor by Marshall, Democrat. "Bryan has overturned nor mal Republican plurality of 1,600 in his home city of Lin coln, and estimates are that Taft will carry that city by not over 200 plurality. The State is still in doubt. The Re publicans claim Minnesota by This paragraph is written 20,000 plurality. Scattering re- before the results of Tuesday's; turns indicate Bryan 35,000 election are known and it goes ! plurality in Missouri, and Dem without saying that in this as j ocrats claim Kentucky by a in all other elections there is j substantial majority. Incom great disappointment to the de-jplete returns indicate that Taft Cotton should bring a better price, and we believe that those farmers who can hold will get better prices after a while. The business of the country should not be materially affect ed by the results of the elec tion. Good energy put into all enterprises of the land ought to keep the country in good condition. For many years this paper has declared in favor of fewer elections both National and State. At this writing perhaps a half million ballot boxes are open in this country into which the ballots of a great free peo pie are being deposited as a registration of their will as to who shall be rulers of this coun try. This is no new experience for American citizens; for ever since our declaration of rights and independence as a Nation this has been the prerogative of every free and properly quali fied American citizen. It is a high privilege accorded to eve ry man alike, and in the exer cise of it there is a sort of king ship, because each man who so exercises the right of ballot so far partakes of the rulership of his country, and is to that ex tent his own king. The histo- j ry of the world has never 6hown a more ideal form of govern ment, and it is one which chal- enges tne admiration ot an nations through all time to the present. But in the excellence or this great system there are some features which we believe might be improved upon, chief of which is the frequency of our National, State and Coun ty elections. To one who has made any observation at all it need not be argued that the frequency of our elections is the cause of many things which in themselves are undesirable and I hurtful. It is impossible for men to agree about anything, ! an 1 it seems easier for them to : disagree in politics than in al i most anything else. And for the most part disagreements which arise in matters political are the bitterest, most sense less and of longer duration than from any other cause. With fewer elections, that is, only once in four years, men could exercise just as accentuatedly their rights of citizenship as they do now, and many un pleasant experiences would be eliminated from the life of many a good and true man who now passes years under regrets that make him more or less miserable. We believe the country would prosper just as well and the people would be just as happy, yea, far happier, with the dis tance between our election days doubled and in some cases quadrupled. For Kidney and Bladder diseases ha no equal We will furnish free cU coot a case of any other water o prove that Buckhorn Iithia it (he most qtivC oJ U waters on the kidney. If it does not cure b&rnmatlfib fif &S ttaddcT. it C0ts you nothjr,g. For Sale by all Mineral Water Dealers. Ak your defile & wntft Eecl fei special offer and booklet. Buckhorn Lithia Water Co Henderson, N. C Thanksgiving Proclamation. feated party, but whether Mr. Bryan shall be President or whether Mr. Taft shall be our Chief Executive it is the part of wisdom to accept results in the best grace possible. We are all American citizens and loye our country whoever may be our President carries Kansas by 20,000, Iowa by 30,000 and Wisconsin by a good Majority. Montana is close, favoring Bryan. "Pennsylvania, of course, went for Taft by an estimated plurality of upwards of 200,000. "The solid South remains unbroken." President Roosevelt has issued the following proclamation for a nation al thanksgiving November 26th. "Once again the season is at hand when, according to the ancient cus toms of our people, it becomes the duty of the President to appoint a day of prayer and of thanksgiving to God. "Year by year this nation grows in strength and worldly power. Dur ing the century and a quarter that has elapsed since our entry into the circle ef independent people we have grown and prospered in material things to a degree never before and not now known in any other country. The thirteen colonies which strag' gled along the seacoast of the At lantic and were hemmed in but a few miles west of tide-water by the In dian-haunted wilderness, have trans formed into the mightiest republic which the world has ever seen. Its domains streteh across the continent from one to the other of the two greatest oceans, and it exercises do. minion alike in the arctic and tropic realms. The growth In wealth and population has surpassed even the growth in territory. Nowhere else in the world is the average of indivi dual comfort and material well-being as high as in our fortunate land. "For the very reason that in ma terial well-being we have thus abounded, we owe it to the Almighty to show equal progress in moral and spiritual things. With a nation, as with the individuals who make up a nation, material well-being is an in dispensible foundation. But the foundation avails nothing by itself. That life is wasted, and worse than wasted, which is spent in piling, heap upon heap, those things which minis ter merely to the pleasure or the body and to the power that rests only on wealth. Upon material well-being as a foundation must be raised the structure of the lofty light of the spirit, if this nation is properly to fulfil its great mission and to accom plish all that we so ardently hope and desire. The things of the body are good; the things of the intellect better; but best of all are the things of the soul; for, in the nation as in the individual, in the long run it is character that counts. Let us there fore as a people set our faces reso lutely against evil, and with broad charity, with kindliness and good will toward all men, but with un flinching determination to smite down the wrong, strive with all the strength that is given us for right eousness in public and private life. "Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, do set apart Thursday, the 26th day of November next, as a day of general thanksgiving and prayer, and on that day I recommend that the people shall cease from their daily work, and, in their homes or in their churches, meet devoutly to thank the Almighty for the many and great blessings they have receiv in the past, and to pray that they may be given strength so to order their lives as to deserve a continua tion of these blessings in the future. "In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. "Done at the city of Washington this thirty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and eight and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-third. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT. "By the President. "Alvey A. Adee, "Acting Secretary of State." Come and Talk GLASSES With Us. Tucker, Hall & Co., The Expert Opticians, 53 GranbySt., Norfolk, Va. Catalogue on Application. I Axes 39 Cents! We have had re-tempered a laro lot of .X(.S I that passed through the fire in Vmh t. I work was clone by an old, exp-i. 1( t perer, and these Axes are bargains.' Wc;,iNl have a large stock of Axes at 1. (mi ,..., 1 fully guaranteed. We "axe" for your tr;n(. HARDY HARDWARE COMP'Y "The Hardware Hustlers," Scotland Neck. N. C Clements Warehouse, Enfield, IS C. Headquarters for High Prices f tc? r-irvnr irt full Vdorf T ready and anxious for your tobacco. Q: splendid corps of buyers are all on and w all grades. Prices are good on all desirab1 tobaccos and especially so on tobacco wit body. Come to see me with your next fe and it will be my pleasure to send you hoir:- pleased. I will be here at all times tosccth your tobacco is packed and put on the iloo; to best advantage and your interests look after in every way. We have as good mark as any in the State, so when you get ready t sell come to Enfield and to Clement's Ware house where highest prices always prevail. W. T. CLEMENT, Prop., Enfield, N.C IMAUA MM "OS 115 YEARS boy hve been prroared for COLLhGK : : ! ;vi t.,"'T DlNuHAnri becntrainrd to be MSN at THE BINGHAM SCHOOL. I i. Sr U AAI Afhcville Plateau. Organization MILITARY for discipline, coi.;:.i i:t. W J J tm Boys tiptlM from other schools not received. Vicious bcyl r irr-:.. u v- -. n 7q 4 OAO covered, luiaf excluded by pledge of honor. Limited to 1j6. r -rsi- , 'aa Address COL. R. BINGHAM, Snpt.. B. F. P. Pnr7i y I MUX'S KITCHEN, Next Door to S. A. L Ticket Office, Weldon. N. t. t nY.4TF.RaS! ?nNotice.Aiwsty OYSTERS!! ruu uinner ouc. not anu ioin v - - . , t Lady Clerks in Attendance. Good Meals at All Hours.; Mi Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional dis ease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts dir ectly on the blood and mucous sur faces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this coun try for 3Tears and is a regulars prescrip tion. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing Ca tarrh. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Wood's Seeds. Seed Wheat, , Oats, Rye and Barley. We are not only the largest deal-Qk ers in oeea jrain in tne boutn, Dut we sell the beet, cleanest and heaviest qualities. Our stocks are secured from the best and largest yielding crops, and our warehouses are fully equipped with the best and most improved machinery for cleaning. If you want superior crops ' Plant Wood's Seeds. Prices quoted on request ) Descriptive Fall Catalogue, giving full information about all seeds, mailed, iree. T. 7. WOOD &JS0HS,. Seedsmen, Richmond, va. Savage Seeds We have in stock the follow ing varieties of new seed such as German or Crimson Clover, oeea Kye, Seed Oats, Old Fash ion Clover Seed, Timothy, Herds Grass Seed, Ky. Blue Grass, Orchard Grass. We al so handle Grain, Hay, Mill Feed, Etc. Write Us for Prices and Samples Vc sell the purest and best Seed Grain and Gras3 Seed grown in this country. Guarantee quality as good and prices as reasonable as any other nouse m tne trade. We are also lanre buvers nf TTnm.. Grown Seed Grain and Grass Seeds. Send Samples and we will make you oner aenverca at your station. N. R. Savage & Son, Richmond, Va. 10-13-Cm Land Posted. The public are notified that I have the following lands posted: Mrs. Jas. N. Smith's Home Place, Ed. Smith Home Place, River Farm, Light-Neck Farm. All persons are forbidden, under penalty of the law. to hunt, trap, fish or trespass in anv form on the above named lands. This is meant for everybody, no exceptions. W. E. Smith. Scotland Neck, N. C. 10-15 6t E E seasonable Specialties: Earliest Red ValrmieP,i? . ,., p,115h,, r r V.15':5' retnrort . f 3.70 Bushel Wardwell-. Imp. Kidney Wax U lo Bushe ...... new nnut wi . . t. ,. B,,h.i turrit s Rust Proof Wax . .50 Bushd New Firi J'rV 3 ' -5 Bushel ft","' y pradus .... c , Bushpi nora.ora , Market Garden . vu Hushe! Buckbee's Liehtnirur F.,n.. J, ..??!.' t- rii iodno ana a lull line ol fSilan,s ",ul Bull lowest Erowin orfce. oena lor comnlete rstsln your requirements rd wYir: "J" ' 1,51 01 &lf5om.h-Sate Kloner. - mmgm w mcuon tins paper. J. W. Perri f n w- buckbee Cotton Factors and Commis sion Merciiats Norfolk, Virginia. Quotations November 3, 1908 Cotton Steadv Stict middlintr Middling Strict low middling..." Low middling Peanuts, New-Quiet Fancv Stictly prime .rrime Low ararips Machine picked. ......... U)luu B. E. Peas S3 7 2 lb "York" Po: . 2 1-4 lb HnhJi?P 21b RewovenRrA'Peryd e m "AiJiikr. rk 1 - s vn 1 1-4 ID - " ya 45 lb New Arrow Tie o perlyd 68 in Pmi ?8 per bdl S2"-W Per M Yours truly, 1 WHEN IN Whether on L ness or lwz you ?liou!J r.i; it a p'lint t Ci at our .Siuili" - see our LaW-V ations in the A: of I'hot'ra;:.; Every day wf '' pleasinpr I f : vh' have be fort- hr.il ap"' Photograph themselves l-yar; other rh(t''fsr er. Eater-t:Jf : a cuiivenicr.: to pive us a while. vou art ly "rijrfi'tl." S. R. Alley. Main St.. P--'-'' Tdrbom, H. t Everything in Footof'P We Heep on Hand Burial Cases! Notice of Land S virtue of po.wr vettiin ertain det-1 .f trust e:frf. on tht O.h ;i-lV nf !t.' 1908, bv Mrs. Oiivi:; Aiviipoa'--;" band, F. J. Savage. M Harrell, Mr?. Nin;i i Viar.ev arv nd, J. H. l'eiar.ry. ,il,u;v. ; I will on thet JayOi., ;r, 190. st-U fr at p-;-n to the iii.irh - !.i-Merjn - 91-8 9 1-16 3 1-4 3 2 3-4 9. -A 2 1-4-3 1-4 75cts 70 m in Peanut Peanut J. W. PERKV Cq wiU healqu ;Fy Mfd t0 Hazel Salvo UK Caohzcd Witch Piles. Sold hv'VW good for All Kinds all the Time. Also Complete Undertakers' Outfit. HearseService any Time Pay or night we are ready nun f ; J " the Pbl-" ; l. Hoffman & Bro Scotland N,ck North Carolina husband, J. H. Pe!;ir..y White, vember a. j. .1 1 K- .1. .rtn l town 01 acoiiann .ncck. lina. at 2 o'clock p. in., t he - described real estaU : 1st. That tract 'f Ian.l W"-rl the "James Place" LouiuKhI ' -n north by the lands of V. J- on the ea?t by the county formerly Ballard, known as the containing iu acres, 2nd. That tract the "Lilly Place. north by that, tract -f !:"1;',i.';j2:i niiunii az Lilt t ' - ' , . , .oof tla nlllltt' rOiUll'11 lanH Wool r 1 ti iJuriXnl. "u a . v. v .v .v ' 11'. r - t iwy ; Ti- 1 i;l r . hv tVio Moin Tfun o on the south by tin' rence Whitehead, contaim-r . 1 i-'ir; rd. '1'hat tract 01 yvn as the "Everett Place. Uf'yl longing to Mrs. clY:0 bounded by the lan.ls 01 1 n c: Benjamin Bell ami 4 $ Z others, containing &CTL':' " less. .......Arf.l' This the 2Gth dayoH -;stee. Kitchin & Smith. Attonw-