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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-25
Sale Of Land.

By virtue of decree made In spe-
cial proceeding before rhe Clerk of the
Superior Court of Halifax County en-
titled w. T. Plummer and wife and
others, To The Court, I will sell on
Monday the 9th day of December, 49,
81, at public auction at the Court
House in Halifax that lot of land lying
partly in the town OF Halifax known as
the "Purnell Place., bounded by Dobb
street, Prussia street and its extension,
the lands of J. III. Fenner, Louis Froe-
Itch and others. containing about 4
acres more or less, and embracing the
residence of the late Mrs. Mary Purnell.
This is one of the prettiest and most
desirable places In Halifax. It will be
divided into two lots.
Terms One third cash, and balance
in one and two years.
This November 4th 1897.
e. l.. TRAVIS,
ll-lO4t. Commissioner
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-25
NOTICE.

By virtue of power conferred upon
me by that deed of trust executed to
me on the 10th day of Feb, 1894, by
Julius Anthony, which is duly register
ed In the Registers Office for Halifax
county, In Book LOG on page 43O, I
shall sell for cash at auction in Scot
land Neck, on the 4th day OF Decem-
her, 1897, the land therein described,
to wit: Beginning at pine near the
school house thence S. 55 w. 164 poles
to the Everett line, thence n. SO w.
90 poles to corner of lot No. 3, at a
stake, thence N. Al E. liz poles to a
small chopped pine in Rock Spring
Branch, thence n so E. 1O1 poles to
the beginning and containing sixty
acres. This Nov. 10, 1897.
ARLINGTON KITCHIN,
IL IL At Trustee.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-25
Treatment Of a Cow.

Warrent0n Record.
A milk COW should be so treated that
she will esteem the mixer as her calf,
not knowing the difference. In such
cases there will be no complaint of
cows withholding their milk. This
object is easily attained. We have
known COWS to insist on licking the
mixer. This Is little inconvenient,
but can be regulated by giving the COW
some good food. This only applies to
well bred cows. Longhorns seem to
know inftinctively the difference be-
tween the four-legged and the two
legged calf.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-25
Unique japanese Timeplece.
Phil. Record.

l>n2. hecOT0.
Japan possesses a remarkable time
piece. 1t is contained In frame three
feet wide and five feet long, represent
ing monday landscape. In the fore
ground plum and cherry trees and rich
plants appear in bloom; in the rear is
seen hill, from which flows cascade.
admirably initiated In crystal. From
this point, says the Pittsburg Dispatch,
a threadlike stream meanders, encircl-
ing rocks and islands in its windings.
and finally losing itself in stretch of
woodland. In a miniature sky gold
en- sun turns on silver wire, striking
the hours on silver gongs as it passes.
Each hour is marked by creeping
tortoise. A bird of exquisite plumage
MARBLES at the close of the hour, and az
the song ceases mouse sallles forth
from a nelghboring grotto and, scamp
erlng over the hill to the garden, ls
soon lost to view.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-25
A Library In Itself.

Few people are able to buy as many
books as they would like, yet 1t is pos
sible without them to keep in touch
with all the leaders of literature, as
we'll as to follow the worlds progress in
every department of science and in
dustry. The Youths Companion al
ready provides the means for more than
half million households-at an ex-
pense to each of $1.75 a year. Every
issue of The Companion gives as much
reading matter as 12mo book OF 175
pages, and The Companion comes every
week. The quality of its contents is
shown by the announcement for 1898,
which promises contributions next
year from the Rt. Hon. w. E. Glad
stone, Rudyard Kipling, Speaker Reed,
Capt. A. T. Mahan, Mary E. Wilkins,
w. D. Howells, Lieutenant Peary, the
Marquis of Dufferin, Senator Hoar,
Justin Mccarthy and more than two
hundred other eminent men and wo-
men.
All new subscribers for 1898 will re-
ceive The Companions gold-embossed
calendar, beautifully printed in twelve
colors, and the paper will also be sent
free from the time the subscription is
received until January, 1898, and then
for full year to January, 1899. A
handsome illustrated prospectus of the
volume for 1898 will be sent to any one
addressing The Youths Companion
205 Columbus Ave, Boston, Mass.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-25

Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers
Is popular preparation in one bottle,
and colors evenly a brown or black.
Any person can easily apply it at home.
For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-25

The one true blue blood purifier
Davld's Sarsaparllla.
The one true blue blood purifier
David's SarsapariIla.
The one true blue blood purifier
David's Sarsaparllla.
The one true blue blood purifier
Davidrs Sarsaparllla.
The one true blue blood purifier
David's Sarsaparilla.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-25
A DISLOYAL SON.
HE WAS Selfish AND SINFUL.
Ashamed Of His Mother.

Reformed Church Record.
It is sad day in the life of boy
when he is for any cause ashamed OF
his mother, and it is day OF keenest
sorrow to loving mother when she Is
made to feel that her children are
ashamed of her because she is lacking
in any of the graces and acquired re-
finements OF life.
A story is told of poor and ignor-
ant woman who had the highest ambi-
ton for her son, her only child. She
worked early and late at her loom as
weaver of rag carpets, she denied her.
self everything but the bare necessities
o: life, that Harry might 60 to school
instead of working for his own and her
support.
She set herself resolutely to work to
earn money to send him to college. No
one but herself knew Or will ever know
of the sacrifices she made with this end
In view. She grew old and bent at her
loom, but hers was labor OF loye and
she never complained.
"I1l have my pay for it all when l
see Harry graduate" she said. It'll be
the happiest day of my life if ever
live to see it,"
Some of her friends feared that she
would never live to see her high hopes
realized, if she kept on working beyond
her strength. She grew thin and pale,
sitting so many hours a day at her
loom. She became round-shouldered
and her eyes we're dull and tired-look-
ing, excepting when she spoke of Har-
ry; then they were filled with the
light OF love. She worked still harder
as the time for her sons graduation
drew near.
81 have to-" she said when her
friends protested. "You know I am
going to see Harry graduate and I'll be
obliged to have some clothes fit to
wear. Then it'll cost a good bit to go
to the college town where he is. And
there's the new clothes for Harry to
graduate in-I want him to look as
nice as anybody. [ must 60 to see
him graduate. It's to be my pay for
all the years ana years I've worked SO
hard for him."
Rut alas she did not see Harry grad
uate. In the midst of her preparation
for the journey there came a letter
from her boy in which he frankly ad.
lnitted that cit might be embarrassing
to both of us if you came to see me-
you are so unused to the usages of city
life; and your country ways would be
criticised in manner that would be
very annoying to u.s.
The real meaning of the letter was
but too apparent to her. He would be
annoyed-he would be ashamed of her
She tried to believe that Harry was
right" but in her heart she felt the
full force and bitter cruelty of tie let
ter. Love could not blind her to it
She read it again and again through
her tears, and then burned it, that nc
eyes but her own might ever read oil
her boys disloyalty. And while the
fire consumed 1t the cherished hope oil
years became as ashes also and hel
heart received wound that no lapse oil
time can ever heal. But there must
come day when her son Will be made
to feel the selfshness and slnfulness OF
eyer having been ashamed of such a
mother.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-25
Opening Their Eyes.
Lexington Dispatch.

That farmer who remarked on the
streets the other day that it would take
twenty years for North Carolina to get
over the bad effects of the last Legisla-
tnre was not SO far wrong after all.
And again he was not SO far wrong
when he said that he would never be
misled by such a set again. He
thought he was voting for lower taxes
and general reduction all along the
line but he has found out that they
fooled him and not only put up taxes
but made general raise from top to
nounce that the people sre getting their
eyes open.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-25

A cup OF muddy coffee is not whole
some, neither is bottle of muddy
medicine. One way to know reliable
and sklllfully-prepared blood-purifier is
by its freedom from sediment. Ayers
Sarsaparilla is always bright and spark
ling, because 1t is an extract and not a
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-25
SALE OF LAND.


Qy virtue OF judgment rendered at
u May Term, 1897, of the Superior
Court of Halifax County, in the action
therein entitled Mrs. Mollie A. Farmer
VS.. e. G.. Hales and wife William Ann
Hales, Will sell at public auction Tor
cash at the Court House door in Hall
fax, on Monday, November 22nd, 1897,
that tract OF land in Halifax County,
N. c., Brlnkleyville township. bounded
by the lands of F. M. Parker, J. W..
Nicholson, G. C. Veverette and others,
containing 100 acres, more or less,
which was conveyed to William Ann
Hales by w. I. Gardner.
E. L. TRAVIS,
Halifax. n. c.. Commissioner.
October 81, 1897. lO rs It,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-25
To KEEP OFF THE GRIP.

Some people imagine there's no use
trying to keep off grip, but the only
people who are peculiarly liable to grip
are those whose systems are run down.
If you have built up your system tor
the winter, all you will need is to take
proper care Of yourself but If your
blood is chin or impure the thing to
do is to take several bottlesof David's
Sarsaparilla- The great blood purifier
and strength builder.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-25

II escaped being confirmed dys-
peptic by taking Ayers Pills IN time. !"
This is the experience of many. Ayers
Pills, whether as an after-dinner pill or
Is remedy Tor liver complaint, In
digestion, fatulency, water brash, and
nausea, arc invaluable.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-25

MoRTH CAROLINA, Superior Court.
IN Halifax Co.
w. A. Wilcox
VS..
Mrs. Mamie Hilliard,
Louis Hilllald, Claude
Hilliard, Sterling Hilliard { Notice.
and lone Hilliard, the last
four named being infants
without guardian.
The defendants above named, Mrs.
Mamie Hilliard, Louis Hllliard, Claude
Hilliard, Sterling Hill1ard and lone
Hilllard, will take notice that an action
entitled as above has been commenced
in the Superior Court of Halifax
county for the possession of that tract
of land near Halifax town known as
"Chantllly" whereon David Hilliard
resided at the time of his death, con.
tanning 3S5 acres, more or less, and to
exclude the defendants from all interest
therein. The said defendants are here
by required to appear at a term Of
said court to be held at the Court
House in Halifax. on the eighth Mon
day after the last Monday in Septem-
Der, 1897, and answer or demur to the
plaintiffs complaint, which will be filed
within the FIRST three days of said term
This October 18th, 1897.
STERLING NJ. GARY,
10 IA ct. Clerk Superior Court
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-25

OUR GRANDMOTHERs' REMEDY,
Cough medicine will not cure con-
sumption, but DR.. Davld's Cough Syrup
will cure the cough which, if neglected,
will end In consumption. Pure pine
tar, hoar-hound and wild cherry-Our
grandmother remedy.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-25

Next to hearing hypocrite pray,
the devil loves to hear stlngy man
talk in church.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-25

The older the Christian, the newer
he will find Gods Book.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-25

An extravagant man loves to lecture
his wife on the beauty OF economy.
Self-respect is the backbone of man.
hood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-25

The surest way not to get sympathy
Is to whine for it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-25
Clipping
AND
ASKING

We are prepared to clip your horse
or wash your buggy at the following
prices
Clipping Horse entire. $3.50
Clipping Name and Legs so
Washing Horse entire. so
Washing Buggy 70
Washing and Oiling Harness. .25
Good work guaranteed.
PITTMAN & GRAY. Liverymen,
7 Is If. Scotland Neck. N. C..
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-25

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND
w ACTIVE gentlemen Or ladies' to
travel for responsible. established bouse
in North Carolina. Monthly SG5 OO
and expenses. Position steady. Refer.
ence. Enclose self-addressed stannna
envelope. The Dominion Comnanv
Dep'' w. Niiica9o' 80 3m.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-25

and could not sleep
Other complications
peculiar to my sex set
in and our physician
called another in con-
sultation. They de-
cided I had consump-
ton and must die. I
commenced taking Dr..
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-18
HIS BAR WAS GONE.
Doc' Meyers, of the Germania. Has
an Odd Experience.

Doc Meyers movable bar, which the
patrons of the Germania buffet have
so OFTEN admired, and which the Doc
mas round so convenient got a trife
restless last evening and moved out
OF the establishment. Whether it was
overWorked and wanted a little fresh
air. or whether it became Intoxicated
with superabundance of its own con-
tents, DOC" hasn't been able to guess.
He only knows that just as the court
mouse clock was Ginning $50 o. m.
he was standing behind that perambu-
lat1ng bar, and that five minutes later.
when he was about to resume his sta
ton there for business purposes, his
bar had vanished, with it's popular ap-
purtenances.
Doc" was astounded. He seemed to
experience all of a sudden that
uncomfortable sensation which moved
the Moor of Venice to calculate:
"Othello's occupations gonen'
But doc" is a practical man.
and upon recovering from his aston
1shment he commenced to reason with
himself. He remembered that five
minutes before half a dozen of his
good customers had dropped in and
that he had drawn six foaming beak-
erS OF the amber beverage with which
to Stake their thirst He also recalled
the circumstance that two of the
party mad called him into an inner
room to impart something of a con-
fidential nature, which didn't strike
him. now that he thought Of it, as a
very dark secret.
Illuminating within himself after
this fashion, Doc organized a.
searching expedition on his own ac-
count. Passing out through the cor
ridor of the Germania Life building.
Doc emerged upon the Fourth street
sidewalk, where he beheld his good
friends and party that had quickly
congregated making merry with his
movable bar" and the copious
draughts of Schlitz's Atlas beer, that.
like Mary's lamb, always go with it.
Doc" helped the boys move the de-
vice back where it belonged, and then
continued the good work.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-18

olson was on second. He is not a great
ball player but he can field the position
fairly well. 1t was, in the first place,
mistake to send O'Rourke away when
the team had no third baseman He
isn't the greatest ball player in the
world, but he is a great ball player
compared with the men who have been
sent to cover bag three.
The team as whole is, however, In
demoraliZed condition. With the ex
ception Of Mcbride, it is fielding in
remarkably poor shape, and, with the
exception of Mcbride and George, the
team isn't hitting worth a cent. About
this time a year ago the team nit
''Silver" Baker for thirty-five hits for
a total of over fifty bases. About a
year ago, too, the team scored thirty
five runs off the pitching of "Bumpus"
Jones. Look at the record of the team
for the week. On Sunday it hit
Brownie" Foreman, one of the easiest
of pitchers, for six safe hits. On Mon
day it hit little Bevis for only eleven.
On Wednesday it hit safely from the
delivery Of "Bumpus" Jones thirteen
times. On Thursday 1t made nine hits
off George Rettger. On Friday it made
eight off Silver Baker. and on Sat
urday seven off the kid. Hahn. Seven
runs is the highest made by the team
during the week, and it has lost three
of the six games. While all this weak
hitting has been going on, the team
has been piling up errors with disgust
ing frequency OF course, this sort OF
thing will not do The town is willing
to patroniZe the team If it plays ball,
but 1t will not waste its time looking
at such exhibitions as have been given
at Lexington park the past week. The
Western league teams stand as fol-
lows this morning.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-18
ERRORS COST A GAME.
Buckeyes Win 81 Victory They Did
Not Deserve.

Willie Bill Hutchinson won game for the
Millers yesterday, but they couldn't hold it,
and Tom Lotus and his followers went back
to the West hotel with another Twin City
scalp, making three out of possible four.
1t was one of the closest and most exciting
games seen on the Minneapolis grounds this
year. 1t was fought out all along the line.
and with two exceptions the Millers played
a beautiful game of ball, and so did the Dis
coverers. The 500 rooters rooted to theil
hearts content, for at times they had much
to root about In the fifth inning, with the
bases full and two men out, Letcher cleared
them with beautiful wo-bagger, and then
everybody stood up and yelled 1t was these
three runs that should and would have won
the Millers the game had not Roat, Purvis
and Eustace made errors at critical mo-
ments, which were directly responsible for
five of the runs made by the visitors.
1t was one of the hardest games to lose
in the memory of the local fan, and there
are two men on the team, Roat and Purvis,
who would have been released before they
had time to reach the club house If the
bleachers and the grand stand could have
had their way. Roat had already been re-
sponsibe for the loss of one game and had
much to do with the loss of another, and
when he failed to catch fly yesterday that
would have retired the side without a run
the fans lost no time in telling him what
thew thought of him. The score:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-18

CARTS drive, but threw badly to first.
PARROT hit one on the ground between
Hines and Steinfeldt, and Burnett let
it go through him. Shugart scored,
and Parrot went to third, scoring from
there on Spies fly to Burnett. Null
lane popped Hines one, and Holdings.
worth's third base on balls was of lit
tie value to any one, as Fricken's fly
was caught by DUNCAN.
Shugart threw Hines out, but Nichol
again hit safely, a fly that dropped
back of short. Kline, IsbelPs former
receiver at North Branch, had taken
Spies place, and Sammy was having a
lot of fun kidding him.
He finally stole second, Kline's throw
being a trifle short, but pride goeth
before a fall, and Sammy's autumn
came when Fricken caught him nap
ping well off the sack Steinfeldt sent
Parrot a fly, and st. Paul had one
inning in which to make nine runs.
Steinfeldt threw Mcbride out, but
George hit a hard one, his fourth safe
hit, into the dexter garden, Glasscock
popped one up. Delehanty muffed 1t,
but George, who had not dared leave
first, was caught. Burnett muffed Shu-
CARTS fly but Steinfeldt caught Par
rott's before the Apostles scored.
Glasscock could have come in on Bur-
nett's muff, but he loafed along the
line
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-18

now IN shape to go back in the game and
!he biues ought to be to able to do something
Times.
Harley Parker has at last decided to play
ball for the rest of the season, and has
signed with Kansas City. 1t is late in the
season for Jimmy Manning to attempt to get
q s;n6 ball team. but Che is already laying his
~ Ine ss lor next season, Manning says that he
is done with managers, and hereafter he will
run the club himself. This season Jack Car
hey had absolute control and made failure
OF what promised to be one of the strongest
teams @1I ha IN the leasge season Manning
ising the Cowboy cranks a winner.-Indian-
apols News.
Willy Adonis Terry sat in the grand stand
Yesterday yes lay. He cane down from Milwaukee
f a visit with the team, He is looking in
hne condition, andlis pleased with his place
as one OF the winning pitchers of the West
ern. he said Milwaukee will be in the
league next year and win the pennant easy"
NO more popular fhllowI ever wore a Chicago
uniform, and the stands recognized him all
through the game.-Chicago Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-18

"Rusie batted for Joyce in the ninth.
Earned runs, Louisville 5, New York /;
first on errors, New York q; left Qon bases,
Louisville 6, New York 8; first on balls off
Bowling 2, Clarke 8; struck out, by Bowling
l; home run, Stafford; three-base hit, w.
Wilson; two-base hits, w. Wilson, Pickering,
Stafford, Bowling, Davis; stolen base, Pick
Werden; Hook, johnson and Werden; Glea-
son, Davis and w. Clark 2; hit by pitched
ball, F. Clarke, Joyce 3, Holmes; wild pitch,
Bowling; time, 2:30; umpires, Murphy and
Butler.
BOSTON GETS EVEN. --
PITTSBURG, Pa, July T.-Hawley pitched
a good game, but Bostons hits came at the
right time to do the most damage. Pittsburg
tied the score in the ninth on Padden's single
and Donovan's three-bagger. The visitors,
however, squelched the Pirates in their half
of the ninth with Stivetts' three-bagger, fol-
lowed by Tenney's single. Attendance, 1900.
Score: