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THE COMMONWEALTH.
Published Every Thursday
BY
E. E. Hilliard, - Editor.
Ashby W. Dunn, - Ass't Editor.
.Entered at the postoffice at Scotland
Neck, N. C, as Second-Class Matter.
Thursday, June .', 1909.
Publisher's Announcement.
It is a settled point in newspaper ethics that
editors mid publishers are not responsible for the
views cf correspondents, and the publication of a
communication does not mean that the editor or
publisher endorses the communication. 1 he
Commonwealth adheres to these general pnci
ples. SPEAK OR BE SILENT.
In an editorial correspond
ence this paper last week sug
gested that inasmuch as there
is considerable interest mani
fested throughout the county
concerning a new court house,
it would be well for the people
of the county to come together
at the court house in Halifax
next Monday, June 7th, and
exchange views on the matter.
One of our County Commis
sioners has said to us that the
Commissioners do not desire to
do anything which a majority
of the citizens of the county are
opposed to. We believe if the
people make the Commissioners
understand that they (the peo
ple) do not desire the expendi
ture of forty thousand dollars
for a new court house, it will
not be done. So let all come
together those who favor such
expenditure for a new court
house and those who oppose it
talk the matter over and
come to a satisfactory under
standing, and we believe the
County Commissioners and the
people will all feel better about
it. Let's all go to the court
house next Monday.
WHAT MR. K ITCH IN SAYS.
Mr. Claude Kitchin on being
asked by a representative of
this paper what he thought
about the county building a
forty thousand dollar cotirt
house said: "I think we will
be making a mistake. Our
people have been paying off for
the last ten years the bonded
indebtedness of about $20,000
left by the fusionists and it
would be unwise just as we fin
ish paying that to saddle a new
issue of $40,000. It is not good
public economy. It is best for
our people to feel at least for a
short time the sensation of
lower taxes rather than be bur
dened with more taxes.
"In my opinion a large major
ity of the people of the county
are opposed at this time to the
building of a $10,000 court
house. Public servants should
be responsive always to the will
of the people. The selling and
tearing down the" old court
house and the fire proof Clerk's
and Register's offices, the build
ing of a new court house, the'
saddling for 20 years on the
tax payers the burden of a
$40,000 bonded indebtedness,are
too important and too grave re
sponsibilities to be shouldered
alone by our excellent Board of
Commissioners, and they ought
not to be asked to do it without
consulting the people.
"Let us remember that the
necessity for a new court house
and the issuance of bonds there
for is not near so great as is the
right of the people to be con
sulted in the matter by a sub
mission of the question to their
vote.
"If we must have a different
court house I would suggest
that $7,500 would so improve
and remodel the present one as
to make it an elegant court
house. If we must have a new
one,$20,000 would build a splen
did, up-to-date court house.
Neither the court house in Kins
ton, Wilson nor Tarboro cost
to exceed $15,000, Kinston and
Wilson each having a popula
tion of ten thousand and Tar
boro a population of five thous
and." Judge Connor's resignation
as associate justice of the Su
preme Court of North Carolina
is now in the hands of the Gov
ernor. It is thought that Gov
ernor Kitchin will appoint
Judge Connor's successor im
mediately upon his return from
Asheville. A few more days
and the judgeship question,
both State and Federal, will be
settled and silenced.
STOOD ON THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
Papers all over the State and
people generally heartily com
mend Hon. Claude Kitchin for
the position he took in regard
to the tariff issue, standing, as
he did and as did no other
Democrat from North Caroli
na, on the Democratic plat
form in every vote. It is such
men as these, men who stand
by their party pledges and
platform promises, that win
the regard and approval of men
whom they represent.
With the exception of Mr.
Kitchin, every Democratic
Congressman from North Caro
lina seemed to think that he
was sent there, not to repre
sent the views of his people,
but to think for them and make
what views he wished. They
all seemed to have the theory
which Mr. Bryan explained in
his letter to the Florida Legis
lature and called the "aristo
cratic theory." Claude Kitch
in knows no such theory. His
theory is the Democratic theo
ry, the theory "that the people
think for themselves and elect
representatives to give legal
expressions to their thoughts
and to voice their sentiments."
This theory Mr. Kitchin be
lieves in and puts in practice.
He knows that there is no aris
tocratic theory extant in his
party, because men who ad
vance the theory do not repre
sent the party. A Democratic
party, its theory is Democratic,
and "teaches that the repre
sentative has no moral right to
disregard the known wishes of
his constituents "
Mr. Bryan in his letter to the
Florida Legislature, clearly
drew the distinction between
these two theories, and in re
marking further upon the sub
ject he said; "I will allow no
one to go beyond me in recog
nition of the claims of con
science, but I confess that I am
suspicious of the official whose
conscience is dormant during
the campaign and only active
when he wants to find an ex
cuse for doing what his con
stituents do not want done."
It seems that the consciences
of the Democrats in Congress !
from North Carolina, other
than that of Mr. Kitchin, have
done some sleeping sometime,
either during the campaign
or in Congress. In the cam
paign and on the platform
they wanted tariff for revenue
only, in Congress they wanted
it for protection. When did
their consciences sleep? Why
did these Congressmen change ?
The people they represent have
never changed.
If a man is against tariff
when it will protect another's
industry, he must be against it
when it will protect his own.
If the principle of tariff for
protection is wrong in the New
England States it is wrong in
the Southern States; governed
by the same laws and enjoying
the same liberty under the
Constitution each section
should share alike in benefits.
Consistency couldn't say that
tariff for protection as it effects
other States is wrong, but as it
effects my State is right. The
Congressmen from North Caro
lina then, with one exception,
have been doubly inconsistent.
They voted against tariff for
protection when it was calculat
ed to protect the other man's
industry. They likewise op
posed it in their campaign
speeches, saying that the pol
icy of tariff for protection
was wrong in any section.
Now, they turn and say that
they want protection. They've
gone back on their party, back
on their platform, simply be
cause to them it is not so easy
to advocate tariff for revenue
only when they have some in
terest that they want protected.
Hon. ClaudeKitchin, however,
has cleaved to the mark, and
for this his people admire him.
Believing as he did that the
principle of tariff for protection
is wrong, nothing could make
him change his views and in
duce him to vote to protect an
industry because that industry
happened to be one in which
his people at home are inter
ested. Mr. Kitchin represents the
Second District in Congress.
He's a citizen of Halifax coun
ty. His home is here in Scot
land Neck and we are proud of
him.
SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL YEAR
From the newspaper reports
of the commencements at the
many colleges and high schools
in the State, the school year
now closing has been a most
successful one, Hundreds of
young men and young women
are going out into the State to
take up work in the various
fields of endeavor, and the good
work done by the colleges and
high schools will tell well in the
years to come.
Special Term Halifax County Court.
A special term of Halifax county
court, called by order of the Govern
or to dispose of criminal and civil
cases, began in Halifax Monday,
Judge O. H. Guion, of New Bern
presiding. The term will last two
weeks, during which time one im
portant Criminal case State vs
Flannigan and Clark and several
important civil cases will be tried.
Among the important civil cases may
be mentioned the following; Roan
oke Rapids Power Company vs Roan
oke Navigation and Water Power
Company; Rena Young vs Fosburg
Lumber Company, and Walter Clark
vs Patapsco Guano Company. The
criminal docket is somewhat larger
than were the dockets in January
and March, but as Judge Guion said
in his charge, comparatively speak
ing it is a small criminal docket.
The Grand Jury" is composed of the
following men: W. M. Carroll, J.
W. Crawley, Jr., Ivey Watson, W.
D. Wood, A. M. Glover, R. L. Sim
mons, J. W. Landing, M. J. Hux,
Jas. Butts, C. J. Davenport, R. E.
Green, Richard Harper, J. F. Davis,
A. L. Roberson, R. L. Keeter, J. B.
Jones and W. P. White.
Mr. W. P. White is foreman.
Mr. Thos. Barnes was appointed as
officer to wait on Grand Jury.
Judge Guion's charge to the Grand
Jury was clear and forcible. He
said that no grand juries anywhere
had gratified him more than the
grand juries of Halifax county. Con
sidering how grand juries are drawn,
Judge Guion said that the calibre
and personnel of the grand juries in
Halifax county speak remarkably
well for the character and intelli
gence of the people of the county.
He expressed regret that probably
the end of this term would be the
end of his official connection with
Halifax county people.
Since the Governor had called a
special term of court to dispose of
criminal and civil cases.Judge Guion
reminded the Grand Jury that it was
its duty to be doubly diligent and
active in disposing of as many cases
as possible.
Judge Guion did not take up any
particular crime and lay stress upon
it to the exclusion of all the rest. He
said that he had no pet crime, no
fads and fancies in crime concerning
which to charge the Grand Jury;
that it was crime and not any speci
al crime with which he was concern
ed, and that, therefore he would ask
the Grand Jury not to single and
ferret out any particular crime but
tp be diligent in detecting all crimes
and bringing all criminals to justice.
Judge Guion named and denned
the four capital felonies, and dis
cussed briefly the action of the last
General Assembly in abolising hang
ing and substituting therefor elec
trocution. In his closing remarks, Judge
Guion. as he has repeatedly done
heretofore, addressed the Grand
Jury concerning the new $40,000
court house. He again referred to
Halifax county's splendid history and
illustrious statesmen; told how sur
prised he was when he came to Hali
fax in January to see what a poor
specimen of a court house we had;said
that there was room in it neither for
witnesses, criminals nor crowd; that
uncomfortable benches, dirty floors,
small rooms were all that met ones
eyes. Judge Guion said that when
a man came home from the court at
Halifax without catching some dis
ease, he thanked God for it. IIo eaid
that he wanted to know what the
Commissioners are going to do with
the people's money if they don't
spend it for a new court house. He
said that good bridges and good
roads had been built in order that
people may drive to a court house
which is not worth as much as an
ordinary bridge in the county.
Such were the remarks of Judge
Guion in regard to a new $40,000
court house. As stated heretofore
his charge to the Grand Jury was
clear, cogent and to the point.
to make your baby strong and
well. A fifty-cent bottle of
will change a sicklv huh
plump, romping child in summer as
well as in winter. Only one cent
a day think of it aad it's as nice
as cream.
Get a small bottle now. All Druggists
GOOD
THINGS TO EAT.
In these hot days when you are
at your wits end to know what to
cook, can't we help you a little Uy
suggesting somethinsr - probaWy
suggesting the very thinjr you
were wanting if you had only
thought of it. See if we can.
Genuine Old Virginia Fish Roe in
one pound cans a splendid break
fast. New Fat Mackerel, New Roe
Herrings, Argo Salmon in one
pound cans very fine, Kmgan s
Pork Sausage in two pound cans
always fresh, California I.-emon
Cling Peaches packed in heavy
syrup, Delicious Pineapple Chunks
in one pound cans.
We Deliver Goods
Promptly.
Phone No. 51.
J. W. AUsbrook.
No Tiine for fcxtravapnes.
To the Editor :
There seems to be great dissatis
faction among the people of Halifax
county at the determination of the
County Commissioners to build a
$40,000 dollar court house when by
the exercise of a little cool judgment
an expenditure of eijdit or ten thous
and dollars in repairing the present
court and jail can be made so as to
rank with the best in the State. It
does look like our Commissioners
could see that the present is no time
for extravagance but that conserva
tism and economy should be exercis
ed in administering the affairs of the
county. The cost of living is increas
ing every day and a wise foresight
should animate our county guardians
to lessen by any means they can the
burden of taxation that weighs so
heavily on our people. I venture to
say that nine tenths of the tax payers
in the county bitterly oppose the ex
penditure of so large a sum at this
time when one fourth of the amount
can be made to answer every purpose
both in the appearance and conven
ience of our public buildings. It is
hoped that wiser counsel will prevail
and that our Commissioners will lis
ten to reason and reconsider their
action before going too far. A just
ly indignant and offended people will
hold them accountable for their ac
tion. R. H. Smith.
Advantages o! a Silo.
Silos have become a fixed part of
successful high-class stock feeding
The cost prevents its use by those
having no money to invest in farm
equipment or by those doing care
less, unintelligent stock feeding. It
need not be solely for the more in
telligent and higher class of feeders,
but high class and successful feeding
is more difficult without it.
Among the advantages of the silo
are the following:
(1) It secures the storage of feed
in less space than can be done by any
other method. For instance, it re
quires about twice as much space to
store the same feed nutrients in hay
as in silage.
(2) It saves the feed with smaller
loss of feed nutrients than by drying
or curing in the open air. The facts
obtainable seem to indicate, for in
stance, that the loss in feed nutrients
in corn cured in the shock is from 15
to 25 per cent, and corn put in a silo
from 5 to 10 per cent. Moreover,
the loss in feeding value continues
in crops left in the open air, while in
the silo the loss is immaterial after
the first month or two.
(3) It insures succulent feed at
all times, and succulence in feed is
of high value as recognized by the
universally accepted fact that green
feed is best for all live stock.
(4) It enables the stock owner to
provide sufficient feed that is always
conveniently at hand to tide over
periods of short pasturage or defici
ency in other forage crops.
(5) It makes the stockman, in a
measure, independent of suitable
weather for curing forage crops and
will frequently enable him to save a
crop for feed that would be lost if
an attempt were made to cure it in
the open air.
(6) It saves corn in such a way
that the entire plant will be consum
ed by live stock, whereas, when
dried in the open air, considerable
portions of the stalks will not be
eaten.
(7) In intensive farming it econo
mizes in land, more feed being con
tained in this way than in any other,
with the possible exception of soiling
or feeding the crop green and fresh
ly cut. Progressive Farmer.
Messrs. Hardy Hardware Co. have
just received a stock of the celebrat
ed Carpenter-Morton Roofing. This
Roofing is a very totgh, elastic, rubber-like
coating, which is guaran
teed to last and wear for many years'
It is cheaper than shingles, steel, or
tin, and is much more durable. A
little booklet free tells about it.
JIt is so cheap now, and convenient, all of us
can afford to use it. You need a refrigerator; get
the ODORLESS. It is the only kind we sell,
because we have found that it is the BEST.
CJYou need a cream freezer; get the FIVE
MINUTE WONDER, the only kind that we
sell, for we have found that they will do all that
is claimed for them. They take little ice, little
time, little labor, and we sell them for a little price.
CJWATER COOLERS We are "overstocked"
and will sell them almost at cost, And don't
forget that this is the place to buy your SCREEN
DOORS and WINDOWS
Josey
J The Pioneer Hardware Dealers,
The Negro Problem Will Solve Itself, j
i
American negroes who have
achieved success in professional or
commercial pursuits, and white men
who are striving to solve the nogro 1
problem of the country, are holding
today, in the city of New York, I
what they cp.U r national conference, j
The race problem and suggestions!
for the improvement of the condi- j
tion of the negro, lynching and i
crime, and the black man's intellec
tual capacity are among the sub
jects slated for discussion. It is the
same old story. A party of these
theorists, who know nothing of
actual conditions, and do not come
in contact with the bulk of the ne
gro element, especially in the South,
are meeting and theorizing, at a
long distance-like talking over a
long distance 'phone, and you can
not hear things distinctly. The ne
gro problem is solving itself, and
will be solved all right, if these kid-
glove northern theorizers will let it ;
alone or else take hold of the right j
end of the fulcrum; that is, impress
upon the average negro that he must
respect himself; rely upon his own
integrity and energy to make a
living, and stop getting into courts
for larceny, and doing nothing and
living on what his wife, or some
woman can carry away from the
place where she cooks.
The rae problem is being solved
in Durham, in a manner that" is a
shining example to all the agitators
and theorists of the North, now or
ever will be. The better element of
the colored people here are preach
ing the gospel of industry and fru
gality, self-respect and growth in
being something and doing some
thing honorable for themselves, in
stead of sitting down, or loafing
around, listening to the siren songs
of some Northern theorizers, or
waiting to be hit in the stomach with
a pone of "loaf" bread, greased with
turkey. As a consequence the Dur
ham colored people the self-respecting,
intelligent element, we mean
are accumulating wealth, buying
property, engaging in wealth pro
ducing industries, and are asking no
outsiders to solve any problems for
thsra, regulate their station in life,
or instruct them what to do. The in
dustry and accumulation of Durham
negroes is attracting world-wide at-.
tention. Before these Northern theo-1
rists "better the condition" of thej
negro too much we invite them to !
Durham to see how he is bettering
himself, when freed from false and !
impractical notions, put forth by j
many who have not a practical idea !
of what they are talking about..
Come here and learn some new ideas
on the "solving" question, from our
colored people. Durham Sun.
Every Woman will be Interested.
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