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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-17

The ladies will watch for ten great
offerings in this paper tomorrow morn
ing from the Housefurn.shing Depart
ment of the Fourqurean-Price Company.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-17
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

MINIATURE ALMANAC. MAR. II, 1897.
Sun rises ........61S HIGH TIDE.
Sun sets ........6:l9 Morning. ..........3.4i
Moon sets .......5:17 Evening. ..........4:Ol
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-17

LONDON. March 16.-Consols ll2 l-l6
for money. and 1121-2 for account.
PARIS, March 16, 40 z. M.-No quota
films
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-17

which $500 were Missouri Pacific, 5000
Sugar, $500 st. Paul, and $500 Omaha.
Bonds were strong to-day The sales
footed up $4,000
Treasury balances: Coin, no., 1888;
currency, SEC, u.s. GIL.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
Money on call has been firmer at la
2 per cent, last loan ?, and closing ?
per cent. Prime mercantile paper LA
- per cent.
Bar silver, g. Mexican dollars, $50
a. IL. Silver at the board heavy.
Sterling exchange is dull and easy,
with actual business I'm bankers bills
at SS5 1-20SfS5 81 for sixty days, and
1854 for demand. Posted rates,
SLSGl-2d$LSS Commercial bills, AdV
SLSj
Government bonds firm State bonds
steady, railroad bonds generally high.
STOCK QUOTATIONS..
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IN THE MAGIC CITY.
ylxTY-stxTH ANNUAL CONFERENCES
OF UNITED BRETHREN

TO Meet To-Dny-Thc Hounds ana
The Mcmhcrship-A Sweeping Cut
in Norfolk and Western Forcc-The
object
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-17

The ladies will watch for ten great
ogferings IN this paper tomorrow ilo,.-
Ing from the Housefurnisnins pepa,s-
nent of the Fourqurean-Priee compa"y'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-17
.,an. Morricd In Carolina.

roRT MONROE. VA, March ls.-fes-
terday. Frank Lake. son or prominent ,sl
real estate dealer and MISS AhseIinS
echmelz. both Of Hampton were niar'ie"
az Elizabeth City, n. G..
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-17

Orders for printing sent 30 the Dispatch
Company will DO given prompt attention.
and the style OF work and prices viii y
sure 10 please you.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-17

Old papers for sale at the Dispatch
Office.
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FINANCIAL.
THE
Columbian Building
AND
Loan Association,
Richmond, Ma.
SSS-SS$S
OFFICERS.

!. B. PACE. ..,.......................President.
THOS. POTTS. Vice-Pres't and Treas'r.
10. LANE STERN..."General Attorney.
LIB. AYLETT. Sec and Genl Manager.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-17
ST. LOUIS.

ST. LOUIS. MO. March l6.-F1our-
Unchanged.
Wheat-Higher; May, 50 he; July,
73 3-ic.
Corn-Easy; March. 20 S-4c.; May,
Il 7-Sc.; July, % l-4c.
Oats-Easier; March. II lie, nominal;
May. II Use; July IL l-2c.
$3.50. . o.. .alYf.. aff fn
Lard-Prime steam, $40; choice. s420.
Bacon-Shouders. $50: extra short
clear. S5.4j; clear ribs, $3.50; clear sides.
$50.
Dry-Salted Meats-Shoulders. A95; ex-
ira short clear. s5.O5; clear ribs. $50:
clear Sides $3.50
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-17
GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE

Quotations are for bonds maturing in no.
less than ten years.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-17
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.

Cash quotations: Flour was dull and
steady; prices unchanged. No. 2 spring
wheat. " 1918 l-ic. No red. q l-eu
50 1-Sc. No. corn, p l-iN3 S-Se. No z
oats. l6 f-4c. Mess pork. SSS5nSS90. Lard.
Sl22 'f-2aSi25 Short clear bacon. $40.
NNhfekpy 81 II
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-17

CINCINNATI, o., March 16.-Flour--
Strong; winter patent, st55dA75; fancy,
S6l5u$4.0; family, S.45qS3.lO; spring pa
tent. S35QS3.5O.
Wheat-Steady; No. red % 1-2c
Corn-Firm; mixed ear. DC; yellow
ear 24c.
Oats--tfrm; No. mixed, IL 7-Sc.
Lard-Steady; kettle. AS7 -; prime
steam, s42O.
Dry-salted Meats-steady: shoulders.
$40; short ribs, A.d ~; clear, So clear
525; short clear $780, clear bellies. $500
S575
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-17

n-opForK VA. March is-Fancy
iNSc strictly prime. 212 lie: on grades,
Ilfsc spanish, Toe. per bushel. Farmers
market active and strong. with upward
tendency.
Hand -picked-Fancy, i-2c.: extras.
s-tc: No. Spanish, shelied. ls-tc.; NO.
/ Vlxsinia, &c No. Virginia. &C.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-17
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK MARKET.

UNION sTOCK-YARDS ILL. March
16.-Cattle-R Receipts. $500 head; market
steady: common TO extra steers, S.iOp
$3.50: stockers and feeders, s.. 40dN.2;
cows and bulls. $l.9Oa$3.75; Texans. $500
sL25.
Hogs-Recelpts. 1900 head; market
firm and i-2c. higher; heavy packing
and shipping lots. S.I5HzAoo; common 10
choice mixed So S5HSiO5: choice assorted.
S3.97 l-2uSi.O5; light. $3&dSi05; pigs $1,000
$i05
strong: inferior to choice S32Ja<L25;
lambs q gO0S5 25
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-21
AGED PEOPLE IN SURRY

Greensboro Telegram.
Mr.. A. Chatham, of Elkin, has made
out a list OF the aged people in that
section. It is as follows:
J. E. Hester is 50 years old and has
a pair of pants which he purchased be-
fore the war, and he has had them SO
long his oldest child doesn't remember
when he bought them; w. K. Bryan
is Sc years old and Henry Thomas is
SO and chops up the stove wood used
by the family every day. His wife
Nancy is IS; Silas Sale is SO and rs az
lively as cricket /; Rev. J. Needham il
81 and breaches nearly every Sunday
Mrs. Mary Wagner ls 81; J. E. S
Morrison, 83; Woodson Roberts, 90
F. A. Harris, 80; and his wife, Sarah
100; Lewis Harris is 1O3 and remem
bers when this country was a dense
wilderness. His youngest daughter il
81. James Bolton is SO and was cor
poral in the raid that killed Joe Smith
the Mormon elder, way back in the 4Os
Eli Blackburn is SO. William Forrest
or, SO /; and Nick Johnson, S5; judith
Martin, colored, is LOG, and has cut bel
second set OF teeth and regained
her eyesight. With three or four ex
ceptions all these aged persons live il
Surry county and the majority within
radius of ten miles of Elkin.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-21
ATTEMPTED ASSAULT.

Rocky Mount Argonaut: There was
considerable excitement in the town
last Monday evening over the arrest
of J. B. Barnes on the charge OF at
tempting criminal assault on the per
son of Miss Cora Yarbororo. Town
officer Davis and county officer Daugh-
fridge made the arrest. The prelimi.
nary trial was held before Justice
Downing, who held his court IN. Davis
tobacco warehouse. The defense was
represented by Battle and Thorne and
the State by Hon. B. n. Bum and
l.. V. Bassett. Upon request of de-
fendant's lawyers the case was contin.
ued until next Tuesday at 2 o'clock
when it will be tried by Justice Drew
Joyner. The defendant was placed I'M
der So, 600 bail and being unable to give
it was sent on to the county Jail al
Nashville under strong escort.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-21
WOMAN HANGED HERSELF.

Dunn Union Last Thursday after
noon Mrs. Lockerman, wife OF Mr..
William Lockerman, who lives on Rev.
Robt. Jackson's farm in Sampson coun-
ty near Hawley's Store, committed
suicide by hanging herself by the neck
to weaver's loom. She was about As
years of age, and leaves a husband and
two children.
DR.. Denning, who was attending her
and had visited her that day, says that
she was suffering with some form OF
mental arrangement, probably mental
alteration or monomania. She had
suffered with these attacks before, but
had not shown suicidal tendencies. The
first signs of this last attack OF mental
trouble were apparent on Sunday, and
after this time she was unable to sleep
any at all, and ended her life by hang.
ing herself with rope tied to the top
bar of the loom.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-21
WASHINGTON COUNTY FOR TEMPERANCE

WASHINGTON COUNTY FOR TEMPERANCE
Plymouth Beacon: A meeting
of a few OF the temperance advocates
of this county was held in the Baptist
church In Plymouth Wednesday morn.
Ing at IL o'clock with Jno. M. Bate
man, Esq, rs Chairman, and Rev. w
o. Davis as Secretary.
On motion a committee on perma
nent organization was appointed.
They reported for permanent Off
GERS of the county organization
President, l.. G. Roper; Vice
President, A. N. Waters Secretary, J
W. Bryan Treasurer, T. J. Basnight
Executive Committee Rev. E. P
Green, Rev. w. o. Davis, w. J. Jack
son, Esq, Jno. B. Chessop, Esq, w. J
Sterr, Esq.
On motion a meeting of this Official
Board is called to meet at Roper Fri
day evening at o'clock to complies
the county organization of townships.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-21

entertained by the people OF Macon
Resolved, That we return most SIN
cere thanks to the good people OF Mac
on for their generous hospitality.
Resolved, That we tender our heart
felt thanks to our brethren for their
timely remarks and encouragement.
The cordial manner IN which invita-
tons were extended from Henderson
nv Rev. A. McCullen and from War
renton by Rev. P. L. Herman was
greatly appreciated by our entire men,
bership, but it was deemed best to
leave the place of meeting to bedeclded
by our District Secretary as heretofore.
Rev. A. McCullen preached on Sun
day morning. His text was Mark 10 TO-
from which he preached a grand ser
mon. He spoke of the omnipotence OF
God in this work-"Lo am with you
AWAY even unto the end of the
world"
On Sunday afternoon heY' r. -
Herman addressed the Bright Jewels
in his own unique way and as his man
ner is gave much food for thought. A
recitation by Miss Dora Hornaday wal
followed by solo. GIN Heavenly Past
ures" sweetly sung by Miss Lizzie Eg
erton and the service "Bible Answer
to Missionary Questions" was partici
pated in by large number of adults al
well as Jewels. The meeting resolved
itself into Missionary Experience
meeting and closed with sentence
prayers.
Dinner was served on the ground
both days and the social feature wa
very much enjoyed as we'll as thu
sumptuous dinner. So pleasant wa
this meeting and so kindly hospitabl
the good people of Macon that all VIII
went this time will vote to go Their
again. MRS. j. M. RHODES,
/ Recording Secretary
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-21

II you eat what you like, and digest
it, you will surely be strong and
healthy.
But If you don't digest it, you might
almost as well not eat, for what good
can your food do you If It doesn't nour-
lsh your
If you find that you can't digest it,
there is simple help for your stom-
ach.
It is Shaker Digestive Cordial, made
by the Shakers of Mount Lebanon.
It has never failed to cure the worst
case of indigestion.
Strength and health come from the
food you eat, after it has been digested
and has gone into the blood.
The best tonic is dlgested food.
The best aid to digestion, Shaker Di-
gestlve Cordial.
When you have acid eructations,
nausea, headache, wind dizziness, Of.
fensive breath or any other symptoms
Of dyspepsia, Shaker Digestive Cordial
viii cure you.
Is drufS1ats Trial bottles 1Octs.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-21

Those who believe chronic diarrhoea
to be incurable should read what Mr..
2. E. Grisham, of Gaars Mills, Iowa,
has to say on tho subject, viz. II haye
been q sufferer from chronic diarrhoea
ever since the war and have tried all
kinds OF medicines for it. At last /
found remedy that effected cure
and that was Chamberlalns Collie,
Cholera and Dlarrhoaa Remedy" This
medicine can always be depended upon
for cole, cholera morbus, dysentery
and dlarrhoea. It Is pleasant to take
and newer fails to effect cure. % and
90 cent SIZES for sale by p. T. White.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-21
OUR STATES INTERESTS.

No one who reads, or even keeps up
with passing events in North Carolina
by. listening to other people talk, can
tail to be convinced of the fact that
the interests of the State are in risky
hands. There have been signs of mis-.
management of our public institutions
from the very first of the Russell ad-
mlnistration.
Notably among the failing interests
is the Penitentiary. A new manage
ment has been inaugurated from top
to bottom in that institution, and there
has been charge after charge of lncom-
potency against Its managers from Su-
perintendent Smith down. The Gov
ernor seems to have become so dissat-
isfied with the management and the
prospects of utter failure that he has
suggested and urged, in way, that the
board of directors lease the institution,
and thus get rid of its management.
There has been much friction be-
tween Superintendent Smith and the
directors, and there has even been talk
OF his being forced to resign.
Then from various sections have
come complaints that county affairs
are poorly managed, county script Is
at great discount, and a general state
of unrest prevails.
In Craven county, by act OF the last
Legislature, jurors have been summon
ed to the court house without securing
a cent of paw for their time and so the
chapter runs along.
Added to all this the colored people
have become impatient because OF the
small crumbs they have received, in
the way''of ofice-recognition, for help
ing the Republican party get back
into power. Such is the unrest tina
they have called convention to NEE
in Raleigh to see what they can d.
about it.
ALI told, there has not been as muct
| unrest and bad feeling in North Caro-
lima in twenty years. And to any rea
sonable man these things mean tina
the best interests of our good old Stat.
are being neglected and even abused
Cover it over as they may, those wht
are now in control deep down in thei
souls are compelled to admit that tn
masses of the people are becoming dis
satisfied at seeing so much abuse o
their interests.
"What must we do?" asked CORE
spondent to the News & Observer a few
days ago.
| Do? Why do ike we did a doze1
years ago-all good men pull togethe
|
for the States common good and hur
from position the "weak and wobbly
crowd that now mismanagesz the State
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-21
ENHANCED ELEPHANT TORTURED AT

GREENSBORO.
The Greensboro Telegram gives &C
count of a terrible affair In that city a
few days ago. A large elephant with
the Robinson and Franklin circus be
came enraged and when keeper Smith
approached her she wound her probes
els around him cracking his bones and
throwing him twenty feet in the air.
His skull was cracked and the chances
for life were very slim. Master jerks
also approached the animal and barely
escaped with his life.
The animal was taken aside into the
woods and punished, and it took a
a great deal of what seemed quite cruel
treatment to subaue him. And finally
all efforts to conquer the animal failed
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-21
a GREA T JOURNALIST DEAD.

Charles A. Dana, editor of the New
York Sun, died at his home on Long
Island last Sunday. His death means
more to the newspaper fraternity than
to others, as he was one of the greatest
American journalists of all time. His
was most remarkable career, because
he was most remarkable man,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-21
THE RAIN HELPED COTTON.

Charlotte Observer There are no
visible effects about town OF the recent
rains, yet it is not so in the country.
Farmers who were here yesterday say
that the rains made hundreds of bales
OF cotton that would otherwise not
have materialized. In rich lands, 1t
saved the cotton. Capt. r. A. Torr-
ance, who is just in from trip through
the H0pewell section, says that the
rain was blessing, and that it made
many bale of cotton.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-21
SNAIL POX IN ATLANTA.

Atlanta, Ga, October 15.-several
cases of small pox have developed in
this city within the past two weeks,
and as result the board of Health has
decided to begin compulsory vaccine
ton throughout the city. It Is not
thought here that the disease will as
sumo an epidemic form.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-21
BY NATURES PROTEST.

Thirty years of life under conditions
imposed by reconstruction have failed
however, to extort from Southern SEN
tlment any full or substantial acknowl-
edgment of the parity Of rights and
duties established by. the Negroes en-
Reimbursement and elevation to citizen
ship.-Ne,c York Tribune.
Yes; and thirty years more will find
the Southern people no rearer the "ac-
encouragement of the parity Of rights"
referred to than now. These rights
were thrust upon the colored race, and
they have been held all these years at
natures protest.
Thirty years, nor twice, nor thrice
thirty years, can force true and hon.
est and high-born people to call wrong
right any sooner than they would say
black is white.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-21

We have received the first number
of "Southland," monthly Journal
published in Greenville by Henry T..
King, editor of Kings Weekly. It is
to be devoted to History and the
Cause of Confederate Veterans.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-21
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1897.
AS TO THE NEGROES.

The color line in politics has been
fixed in North Carolina for many years.
This writer found it fixed when he
reached his majority and cast his first
ballot as a free American citizen. For
the most part the colored people, urg-
ed ON by unprinclpled and unscrupu-
lous white men, have kept the color
line we'll drawn at the ballot box. In
this they have not been wise, for often
er than otherwise they have thus help
ed put into Office a crowd OF plunderers
and place hunters, whose own interests
have greatly transcribed the interests
of the people whom they have duped
into voting for them by hollow prom
ises and false representations.
THE COMMONWEALTH wishes to be
conservative (and we challenge any one
to show wherein we have not been con-
sentative In matters politically but we
believe that the time has come for all
honest and sincere white men in the
State to stand firmly by the principles
of right-namely, the supremacy of the
race. We DO not wish to be misunder-
stood by our colored friends. As
race they have achieved great deal
under the circumstances and had they
been let alone by mean and selfish
white men, they would have accom-
Dlished for themselves much more
than they have.
While we do not wish to be misun-
derstood, we mean to be candid with
them and we tell them plainly that
we are opposed to their rule, because it
is contrary to every law of nature and
every example of history that race as
low down in the scale of intelligence as
the American slaves were In 1865,
should thus early rise to an equal place
in franchise and position with the
noblest and most progressive race of
people on the earth-that race which
claims to be the proud inheritors of
.sthe supreme Caucasian BRAIN"
And however much the colored peo-
pie may be blinded to tho fact, the
white Republican is as much opposed
to their rule as the white Democrat.
We do not blame the colored people
for desiring position; and we shall be
the last to abuse them for the ambition
to better themselves in the proper way,
but we propose to be candid with them.
They ought to have been satisfied with
freedom until they could have accumu-
lated enough in the way OF Intelligence
and property to entitle them to che
claims of the franchise.
An intelligent colored man wrote us
from Philadelphia this week that he
appreciates our frankness in discussing
these matters. Another who has beer
reader of this paper In this commun
ity said to us this week that we are do
Ing good work. What we mean is
that it is best for both races that thu
whites should control public affairs.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-21
STATE GLEANLNGS.
FIRE IN DURHAM.

There was a quarter million dollar
fire In Durham last week. Four tobac-
co prize houses and eight dwellings
we're burned. The amount of insu-
rance on the property destroyed was
100000.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-21
MoRTH CAROLINA, Superior Court.
II Halifax Co. Nov. Term, 1897
Yancey Allen.


Roxanna Allen.
Let the defendant, Roxauna Allen,
take notice that the above entitled ac-
tlon has been commenced In said SUI
perior Court by the said Yancey Allen
for the purpose of getting an absolute
divorce from her on the ground of
adultery and abandonment, committed
by her, the summons returnable to the
November Term OF said Superior Court,
to be held In the town of Halifax on
the 9Th Monday after the last Monday
in September, 1897, 1t being the 22nd
day Of November, 1897, when and
where the defendant is required to ap-
pear and answer or demur to the COM
plant of plaintiff.
8. M. GARY.
10 Z ct. Clerk of Su ,erior Court.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-21
WHAT You wouLD LIKE TO HEAR

WHAT You WoBLD LIKE TO HEAR. :
What you would like to hear Of
medicine is that it will either cure
you, or you will get your money back.
Perhaps you have never heard it.
Then you have never bought q bottle
of DR.. Dayids Chill Tonlc-tlie one
chill euro that is warranted TO cure o.
money refunded.
Inquire Of your druggist or write to
tho owens e MinQr Drug Go, 1kich.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-21
SACRIFICE SALE!
THIRTY DAYS ONLY!

During offer entire stock OF I CENTS
SHOES GOODS, HATS, CAPS, NOTIONS iADlf id Of goods
JEWLERY and all other
below We have decided we
during this 80 do it, 1t Is TACT Una M such
losers deal by loss We ask to
taking interest in It, You udn
Do forget that sueh
be the and will save you QUO
money but come VIII
one dollar will long in during the great @ warm We T
coming. You blankets to KEEP 4
them for Soc CAPES-We have complete line Oh %
to $500 It impossible for give all the prices o. o al fam
on and for yourselves We have about oOo yafo7 " "
white red and gray from 18c to Csc the best 49, -, .~
Go to J. COHENS for your CloJA1t Z. be p|
We thatyo find suit you the i
object. o,cing O0sI
This Sacrifice Sale won't last longer 80 days comnel
rs 1897 J. COHEN SCOTLAND sEcE.S'
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-21
WOMAN.'S F. M. SOCIETY.

Correspondence to The CoMMoNwEALTHl
L1TTLEToN, n. c., Oct. 8, '9.
The Warrenton District Meeting OF
the Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety Of the North Carolina Conference
was held in the Methodist Church at
Macon, N. c., Oct. 1-3, 1897.
A preliminary meeting was called on
Friday afternoon.
Selections from the many promises
in Isiah to the faint hearted and sor-
rowing were read by Miss Pescud after
which the members joined IN an I'M
pressive and strengthening prayer
service. The names of about thirty
delegates and visitors we're enrolled.
On Friday evening after the devo-
tional exercises. conducted by Rev. A.
McCullen, the address of welcome was
delivered by Miss Aurelia Brame and
was hearty and cordial. The response
by Mrs. II. G. spiers was beautiful in
thought and expression. Our District
Secretary, Mrs. Kate P. Black made her
report showing that there are in the
Dist: