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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-06-10
ONCE RICH, DIED A PAUPEK.
to The COMMONWEALTH,

Correspondence to The COMMONWEALTH
PLYMOUTH, N. c., June Z, 1897.
The refreshing showers have come
and the people, especially the farmers,
are happy.
Crops are not near so forward as they
were last year. Fruit Is cut very short.
Trucking in our section seems to be
paying this season. Strawberries have
paid well, and from what I can learn,
cabbages and peas have brought good
prices.
Rev. Mr.. Holmes of Kittrells who has
been conducting series of meetings at
the M. E. church, returned home last
Thursday. As result of the meeting
fourteen were added to the church.
Plymouth is still on building boom.
Contractor w. ). Jackson keeps busy
all the time. He has completed two
handsome residences since the first OF
January and will soon have two more
completed. He has contract for three
or four more.
Old Mrs. Godfrey who has long been
resident of this town died at the
county-poorhouse May %. Her last
days we're days of great sorrow and sui
fering. Once she possessed consider
able means, but in some way she lost
all her property and became wholly
dependent upon her relatives. These
all died with the exception OF an only
son who went off several years ago ano
has never been heard from since
Homeless, pennlless and old she be
came dependent upon cold and mercl
less world and died pauper. Les
than twelve months ago a man died il
this town who told me in his last sick
ness that at one time in his life he wa
worth somewhere between one hundred
and twenty-five and one hundred ant
seventy-6ve thousand dollars, and We
the expenses Of this same mans las
sickness had to be paid by his church
\ Vain are riches! -
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-06-10
Notice..
SPECIAL ELECTION.

In pursuance OF an Act of the Leg
islature of 1897, as appears in the Pub
lie Laws of 1897 Chap. 421 Sec. 2, the
Board Of county commissioners of Hal
flax county, hereby give notice they
have called an election to be held in
each and every School district in the
county of Halifax on Tuesday after the
second Monday in Aug. in the yeal
1897, upon the question of levying a
special district tax of 10 cents on the
hundred Dollars worth of property and
3Octs. on the poll, for the public schools
of said district.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-06-10

Mr.. Isaac Horner, proprietor of the
Burton House, Burton, w. Va, and
Que OF the most widely known men in
the state was cured of Rheumatism at.
ter three years of suffering, He saws
II have not sufficient command of Ian
guage to convey any idea OF what /
suffered. my physicians told me that
nothing could be done for me; and
my we're fully convinced that nothing
but death would relieve me of my sui.
fering. In June, 1894, Mr.. Evans,
then salesman for the Wheeling DRUG
Co, recommended Chamberlalns Pain
Balm. At this time my foot and limb
were swollen to more than double thel,
normal size and it seemed to me my
leg would burst, but soon alter / began
using the Pain Balm. the swelling Be.
gan to decrease, the pain to leave, and
now + consfd4r that am entirely chr.
ed. For sa1e by II Whit6heod &
Hcotland Neck, \. g.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-06-10
The Mount Lebanon Shakers

The Mount Lebanon Shakers have
invented great many valuable.thing
They were the first to make brooms by
machinery; the first to put up seeds in
little packages; the first to manufact-
ure cut nails.
Now they are out with q method OF
curing dyspepsia by resting the stom-
Their remedy is known as the Shaker
Digestive Cordial. It supplies food in
an artiicially digested form and at the
same time aids the digestion of other
foods in the stomach. In other words
by the use Of the Shaker Digestive Cor
dial dyspeptic virtually gets along
without the use of his stomach until it
is restored to its natural strength and
vigor. A single 10 cent bottle viii oft
times give marked relief. Get bottle
from your druggist and try it,
Laxd is tho best medicine for chill
dre1 Doctors recounmspd ii plce 81
lCaatQ On
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-06-10

The South is not the only place where
colored people are lynched for nameless
crimes. At Urbana, Ohio, last Saturday
morning negro named Charles Mitch
ell was lynched for outraging white
lady named Mrs. Eliza Gaumer. The
local MALTA guarded the jail to keep
the mob out, and killed two persons by
the yolley fired into the crowd. But
the mob did not stop until Mitchell
was suspended from tree in the court
yard.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-06-10
A BEAUTIFUL GIRL
Barely Escapes a Lifelong Calmit,

It happened this way: The young
daughter OF Mrs. e. S. Gibson, Greedy.
vile, South Carolina, was slowly but
surely becoming an invalid. Her moth
er became anxious and haggard in he1
frantic efforts to save her daughter
None of her attempts to find cure
seemed OF any avail. As stated in he1
own words
"My daughter was taken sick some
time ago and tried many medicines
in vain. She was very weak, appetite
poor, bowels costiye, and night sweats.
She appeared to be cold all the time
being taken with Violent chills at
times. Her nerves were in very bad
condition. At last happened to see
one of your little books and wrote you.
you recommended Pe-ru-na. I gave
it to her and she has now completely
recovered. owe all that ] am worth
in this world to you for saving my
daughters life. / shall always keep a
supply OF your medicines on hand.
May you live long to help those suffer-
ing as my daughter was"
Peruna always cures such cases.
Send for free book. written for women
only. Address The Pe-ru-na Drug
Manufacturing Company, Columbus,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-06-10
SNOW STORM JUNE Ist.

New York Journal June end.
kilograms from a wide area through
out the country tell Of frosts and snow
on the first day of June. Throughout
Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois in
the West, and stretching Eastward
through Ohio and Pennsylvania and
into New York State, there is a great
belt OF country in which the frost has
worked incalculable damage. Vegeta-
bles and fruits are nipped and frozen,
and blackened stalks and buds cover
countless acres of farm land.
Crops of many kinds will thus be de-
layed for many weeks or months, and
some are a totsl loss for the entire year
The loss to farmers will be enormous
and the loss to the cities, the great cen.
tres Of consumption, can only be con.
jectured.
From Canandaigua, N. Y, comes
the news of snowstorm in the early
morning OF yesterday that lasted for an
hour and covered the ground with a
mantle of white.
At Middleton, N. Y, the temperature
was very low, with nipping frost.
At Niagara Falls there was a heavy
white frost on Sunday night, and fruits
and sprouting grains were destroyed
A light Ice formed, and the damage
will be very great. Some of the farm.
ers express a hope that the loss will
not, in that locality be total.
Northern Pennsylvania and Ohio
suffered very severely. There have
been several late frosts there this
Spring, and this last one put the finish.
Ing touches on vegetables. The enor-
nous grape crop of Southern Ohio and
Northwestern New York will suffer
heavily, although the full result cannot
yet be told.
Southern MICHIGAN suffered from the
same white flight, while in Northern
Illinois the cold wave of the past few
days eliminated in an unprecedently
severe frost. Ice formed onpools, corn
was "cut" by the cold, tobacco Is Sc
verely injured and fruits and vegetables
are killed. Adyices from many towns
near Chicago give unifnrmly disastrous
reports.
In Wisconsin there was snowstorm
near Hurley, furries of snow at many
points, including Green Bay and Fond
Du Lac. Farmers are heartbroken
and deem themselves ruined. Through
out Iowa the frosts OF Monday night
were also terribly severe and turnips
corn and young grain were destroyed.
Minnesota and South Dakota also
suffered from the killing frosts, and al
so we're visited by the June snow
storm that is such a remarkable feature
of the cold spell. In North Dakots
ponds froze, and the damage to crops
of all kinds will be incalculable.
Throughout this long belt, from
Western New York to the Dakotas
there Is swath of destruction and the
farmers are appalled, by the magnitude
| of the disaster.
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Use MacNairs' Blood and Liver Pills
for Indigestion and Constipation.
For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co.

"For three years Me have never been
without Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea remedy in the house,
says A. III. Patter, with E. G. Atkins &
Co., indianapolis, Ind, and my wife
would as soon think of being without
-four as bottle of this Remedy in the
summer season. We have used it with
our children and it has never failed to
cure-not simply stop pain, but cure
absolutely. It is albright, and anyone
who tries will find it so" For sale by
E. T. Whitehead & Co., Scotland Neck,
n. c..
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-06-10
Ri MAT1SM I!
A TRIUMPH OF SCIENTIFIC MEDICINE.
The Boston Post,

The Boston Post,
Boston, Mass, May 2, 1897.
May Dear Sir :-On my return from
Brazil few days ago, Mr.. Reed, the
pilot who brought our ship into Nor
folk, recommended that I should try
your Phyto-Lithine for rheumatism.
Although I had consulted the best ply
sicians in Boston, and had tried all their
standard remedies and baths, and al
though I have lived in inland noun
tains and have taken long voyages in
tropics, in hope of being cured of the
rheumatism that has tortured me for
three years, had found no relief be-
fore using the one bottle of Phyto-
Lithine I purchased in Norfolk. 1 am
by no means cured, but have received
enough benefit to encourage me to send
you the enclosed amount, and ask you
to express me four more bottles to the
Editorial Department of the Boston
Morning Post.
Very truly yours,
ANDREW MCKENZIE.
To D. G. Cannon, M. A., M. D., Manu-
featuring Pharmacist, Norfolk, Va.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-06-10
SUCCESSFUL COLoRED SCHOOL.
Flour,shing Institution near Enfield.
to rHr CoMMosvDA1rH.

Correspondence to THE COMMONWEALTH.
ENFIELD, N. G.. June /, 1897.
The dedication of the school building
and the second anniversary of the Jos.
K. Brick Agricultural, Industrial and
Normal school took place Thursday,
May u. Prot. T. S. Inborden, the
principal of the school, gave the his
tory and aim of the school. He is the
right man in the right place, beloved
by the teachers as we'll as students.
He has no favorites but treats them all
kindly Prof. l.. T. Watkins read of
the work which the agricultural depart
ment has done. His paper was logical,
to the point and showed clearly what
education will do. The dedication SER
mon was preached by the Rev. r. b.
Johns. He preached very fine,
touching, christian sermon. Fine
music delighted the visitors between
the addresses and sermon. Dinner was
served at 2 p. m. Rev. Summerville,
secretary of the Baptist Missionary
Society, made stirring speech. John
Virgins and Alfred Fletcher, regular
old timers, spoke to the point.
The address by Rev. A. F. Beard, D.
D., ofNew York city, cannot be praised
too much.
The exercises commenced at 10 a: m
and all day about 900 or 700 people
were on the grounds surrounding the
school buildings which are nicely laid
off with walk and drlve-ways.
The distinguished visitors were Rev
A. F. Beared, d. D., of New York city
Hon. William M. Ingraham, Mrs. Jos
K. Brick, the principal benafactor O
the school, and Miss Lydia Benedict, O
New York.
At night a concert was given by TIT
students and was very much enjoyed
by the largest crowd ever assembled a
that place. The chapel was filled tt
loyerfowlng as also was the hall wa,
and In fact the whole building, beside
large crowd on the grounds could no
gain entrance.
The northern people are very nice
While walking around the grounds
noticed they spoke to every one the.
met, had kind word for every bod.
and made every body feel at home
They Will always find a kind welcom
from the people OF old Halifax county
They left on the northbound trail
on Friday for their home in New York
very much pleased with the progress
that was made by the students and tn
Improvements of the buildings an
grounds.
Those who went through the build
ings and about the grounds were YER
forcibly impressed with the orderly al
rangements, cleanliness and neatness G
everything.
The principal, T. S. lnborden, Pro
L. J. Watkins, Miss A. L. Davis, Mis-
J. N. Keeble and Miss Dowdell, tn
music teachers, all deserve credit an
encouragement for the advance mad
and certainly for such fine closing pre-
gram, and the manner in which tn
great crowd was entertained all day
I have it on good authority that on
or more nice buildings will be erecte
there next fall.
The agricultural department will b
open all summer. The next schoo
year will begin Oct. 18th. S. M.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-06-10

In working on the tariff bill in the
United States Senate June End, duty
was voted on cotton ties which Will
amount to 10 cents bale. Senator
Pritchard of this State voted tor it and
all other Southern Senators except
DeBoe of Kentucky voted against it.
Binding Irvine for the North is free
but,there is tariff on cotton ties for
the South.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-06-10
THE UNIVERSITY

~ Teachers, 413 Students, (Summer
School 1889 Total, $40.
Board SIS month.
3 Brief Courses, 3 Full Courses, Law
and Medical Schools and School OF
Pharmacy.
Graduate Courses open to Women.
Summer School for Teachers.
Scholarships and Loans for the Needy
Address,
PRESIDENT ALDERMAN.
10 st. CHAPEL HILL, N. G..
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-06-10

Hundreds of thousands have, been
induced to try Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy by reading what it has done
for others, and having tested its merits
are to-day its warmest friends. For
sale by E. T. Whitehead. & Co., Scot
land Neck, N. C.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-06-10

Ex-senator Ransom is said to be
among the wealthiest men in the State.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-06-10
CHAPEL HILL COMMENCEMENT

The commencement at Chapel Hill
last week was quite successful one.
Rev. DR.. Felix OF Asheville preached
the baccalaureate sermon and Hon.
William L. Wilson delivered the liter
airy address.
President Alderman was at his best
and the graduating class numbeopg
over 40, was splendid force of educ
ated young men who 60 out into North
Carolina and other States to assist In
the great work of elevating humanity
Every day of the commencement was
packed full of interest from first to last
President Alderman is to be con
graduated upon his first work as presi
dent of the University.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-06-10

Pepsinagogue cures
dyspepsia, Tones up
the heart and steadies
the nerves. Makes old
people strong. Taking
40 to SO drops doses
for several months
cures Asthma. If your
druggist does not keep
it send to DIR. Hyatt,
Kinston, n. c., and get
a bottle by mail.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-06-10

OLD NEWSPAPERS FOB SALE,
0cnte I,er hupl md
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-07-29

Mobile, Ala, July 29.-Thomas Jones,
an old and respected citizen, living on
Palmetto street, was murdered last
night by a negro named Josiah Davis.
Jones heard a noise in his back yard,
and went out to see about It. Davis,
who had been attacking the cook of
the household, turned upon Mr.. Jones
and broke his neck with a piece of
scantling. Mr.. Jones was an ex-Con-
federate soldier, and famed for his
charity and good heartedness. He was
long engaged in the oyster business.
Davis was arrested by the police and
lodged in prison, where a great crowd
gathered. Apprehending an attempt at
lynching, the local militia were ordered
under arms, one company being sta
toned near at hand. The people in the
southern part of the city are greatly
excited over the affair. Davis a year
ago assaulted and badly injured an
old man named Frohman
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sIanal L,ehts Seen sixty Miles.

Tacoma, Wash, July ga beautiful
spectacle, never witnessed before, was
the signal lights in the club of noun
tain climbers known as the Mazamas,
from the snow capped summit Of
Mount Tacoma, 60 miles away. The
night was clear and favorable, and for
an hour before the flash appeared
thousands of eyes and hundreds of
field glasses were trained on the noun
tain, searching for the signal. Al
length a large red light, apparently
like a ball OF fire, over a foot In dia-
meter, appeared. burning steadily foI
nearly five minutes. 1t was distinctly
visible to the naked eye.
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FOR ATLANTIC CITY.

Leave Broad street station via Delaware river
bridge-Express, 4 l5, 8 20 $50 minutesl a. m, 83
Ls7 minutesl 80 90 minutesl, 05 100 minutesl
lS7 minutesl Z o. p. m.
Leave Market street wharf Express, 90,
8 20, Q 40, a. m, l 90 saturdays onlyl so l75
minutesl 3 GO, 8 40 rs minutesl 4 90 no min
utesl, 20 las minutesl, 90 l70 minutesl 30
l70 minutes p. m. Sundays, 5 90, 2 30, 3 60 l75
ninutesl, 80 las minutesl, 900, 45 [75 min
utesl a. m and 80 p. m. Sl.OO excursion train,
90 a. m. daily.
For Cape May, Anglesea, wildwood and Holly
Beach-EHpress, 90 a. m, 2 30, %, 8 90 p m.
week days Sundays, 20 a. M Cape May
only, 80 p. m. Saturdays. Excursion, z 90 a. m.
daily.
For Sea Isle City, Ocean City, Avalon and
Stone HarbOr-Express, 9 10 a. m, 2 30, 420, 90
p. m week days. Sundays 8 so a. m. EXcur
sion, 90 a IN. daily.
For Somers Point-Express, co. 8 90 94O
a. m, so, 3 co. 90, 90, 30 p. m. week days
Sundays, 90, Z co. 5 90, 90 and 45 a. m.
j. B. HUTCHINSON, J. X. Wood,
Gen'l Manager Genl Pass'g'r Agt.
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on S33S,OOO.
A Receiver Asked for by a Chicago
Savings Institution.
OFFICERS MAKE DUMMY" LOANS

And Aid tho Secretary I'm Using the
Society as a Feeder to Further His
Private Business-sald TO BE Hope
lcssly Insolvent.
Chicago, July 29.-In a bill filed in
the circuit court the Mechanics and
Traders Savings, Loan and Building
association has an alleged shortage of
1888 600. The bill charges that officers
of the association aided the secretary
to use the building society as a feeder
for the latters business as a builder
and contractor; that there are alleged
dummy" loans, and that a number Of
the borrowing stockholders are in de-
fault of their payments. The COM
plainants aslsfthe court to remove all
the officers and appoint a temporary
receiver to act as secretary and to in
vcstigate the affairs of the associa-
tion for the benefit Of their stockholders
and grant the relief asked for by the
complainants.
1t is charged that the society is
hopelessly insolvent. and that it's sur
plus account of S230.OOO exists only on
paper. The complainants are Jacob
Bouble John Anderson, Marion Brash-
eres, Charles II. Applegate and others
all stockholders of the association. The
treasurer, Robert M. Orr, is cashier Of
the American Exchange National bank
He expressed great surprise that such
a bin had been filed, but said that he
really knows little of the workings Of
the association, as he has been treas
urer only a few months, having sue
ceeded E. c. Keith. The affairs, Mr.
Orr said, have been in the hands Of
French, who, he is sure, is reputable
and thoroughly business like in his
methods.
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l,loctric COMPANY Incorpornteo.

Trenton, July 29,-Articles of incor-
poration We're fled with the secretary
of state yesterday for the Caracas
Electric Heat and Power company.
The company is Incorporated with a
capital of $1,000 coo. The purpose of
the company is the building of an cleo
trio light plant and of an electric rail-
road in Venezuela. The incorporators
are John e. Mc1wan, of Brooklyn;
Charles e. Drew, New Brighton, S. J.,
and Robert Weinmann, of Jersey City.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-07-29

Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for any
season. but perhaps more generally needed in
the spring, when the languid exhausted
feeling prevails when the liver is torpid and
sluggish and the need of tonic and altem-
tive is felt. A prompt use Of this medicine
has often averted long and perhaps fatal
bilious fevers. No medicine will act more
surely in countemcting and freeing the sys-
tenn from the malarial poison. Headache
Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness yield Il
Electric Bitters. Only fifty cents per bottle
at A. Wasley's drug store.
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Reduced Rates to Mt. Gretna via Pennsyl-
Vania Railroad.

For the United Brethren camp meeting at
Mt GIetna, Pa, August 8 to u, 1897, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell ex-
cursion tickets from all points on its system
east of Pittsburg and Erie, and west OF and
including Philadelphia, to Mt. Gretna and
return at reduced rates, These tickets will
be sold August / to August ~ inclusive, good
to return until August 20, 1897, inclusive.
For specific rate, conditions, &C., apply to
nearest ticket agent
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-07-29

Washington, July 29.-AlthoUgh the
tariff bill has been IN operation for less
than four days the bureau of Amer
can republics has ready for distribu-
ton copies of the bill in four lang
uages-Engiish French, Spanish and
Portuguese-and is busy sending them
to the South American countries, where
there is a large demand for them.
There is elso a demand for the law
printed in foreign languages in this
country, and the bureau is filling nu-
merous orders for them.
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Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life
Away.

If you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever, be made we'll, strong, magnetic,
full of new life and vigor, take No-To-Bac,
the wonder-worker that makes weak men
strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
over 400 900 cured. Buy No-To-Bac from
your own druggist, who will guarantee
cure. SOC or S1.OO. Booklet and sample
mailed free. Ad. Sterling Remedy Co.,
Chicago or New York.
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what do the Children DRINK 2

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you
tried the new food drink called Gnin-O2 It
is delicious and nourishing and takes the
place of coffee. The more Grain-0 you give
the children the more health you distribute
through their systems. Grain-O is made Of
pure grains, and when properly prepared
tastes like the choice grades OF coffee but costs
about as much. All grocers sell it, 15c.
and 25c.
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Cerenl Como prlnl.ers nEwAREI

If you have been deceived and tried one of
the cheap bran substitutes now on the market
claiming to be the original and to have great
food value, and you got a pound Of poorly
roasted bran for your 25o and poor, weak
sickish drink (what can you expect from
bnnl, don't be discouraged but try GRAIN-O.
10 is made from solid grain, nicely Drowned
and pounds for 25c. Gmin-O takes the
place of coffee at the price. Get a package
Of your grocer to-day