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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-18
Bob Glenn's Rebuke.
Greensboro RecOrG.

Greensboro Record.
The idea that because man Is a
preacher he should never fight Is an
erroneous one, and we believe it is so
Understood among we'll posted people
OF course he should not be walking
around with a chip on his shoulder,
nor should he be eager for a Tray,
but when nothing else will do, he is
justified in using muscle as we'll as any
other individual.
Last night on the train coming to
Greensboro from Salisbury was
nouthy individual claiming to be a
drummer. He could be heard all over
the car as he told how he sold goods
by taking along with him few three
cent cigars, pint of cheap corn whls-
kew, ETC., by the use of which he said
he could always sell Southerner a
big bill, for, he said, they were ignor-
ant, and did not know the difference
between ten and onecent cigar, Or
Bourbon and corn liquor.
Finding he could not get up any
controversy, for everybody knew he
vas a fraud, he said he could also take
Il bottle of liquor and get preachers
down in this country to drink with
him.
Sitting few seats behind the man
was Rev. J. w. Lee, the evangelist.
He stood the mans aspersions as long
IS be could, then he got up and went
Tor him, winding up by telling him he
WIS uttering falsehood. Then the
buffer said that Mr.. Lees clerical
robes only saved him from castlga-
ion, for he could not afford to strike
a minister.
'sl'il discard my clerical robes" said
the evangelist; "just lay them aside
FOR the time being, and now you wade
in if you DESIRE
Of course the man did nothing OF
the kind, but continued to fall back
to the preacher excuse. By this time
Hon. R. B. Glenn, of Winston, who
was On the train, had drawn near, red
In the face. ~ am not preacher y
said Mr.. Glenn Tin lawyer. and /
say that what you have charged is a
downright falsehood from beginning to
end, not only about our ministers, but
about the people Of the South. No
clerical robes are IN your way now, so
pitch in and let's settle this matter
OF course the man did nothing, except
to get up and go out of the car.
No one knew bis name Or anything
about him, but it Is safe to say he is
TO drummer, for if he is, in addition
to being the biggest liar in the coun-
try he Is the biggest tool: for such talk,
true Or untrue, would soon break him
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-18
Six Thousand Doses.

Washington Star.
cit isn't always safe to base your es-
Inmates OF value on size or quantity"
said Washington physician. II was
convinced of that when I was the resi-
dent physician at one of the largest
hospitals in town and was younger
than am now. On one occasion the
senior attending physician came to me
and said that he wished would secure
a certain drug which he said was then
being used with remarkable success in
some of the principal hospitals In Eu-
rope. I asked him how much l should
get, as it was something l had never
heard OF before"
ooh, Just get little; it's very power
full an ounce or two would be enough
/ should think
"Well, I telephoned to wholesale
druggist and cave an order for an
ounce. A couple of days afte1ward the
druggist sent me word that there wasn't
as much as an ounce of the drug In the
whole United States. So I told him to
get me all he could. During the course
of the week he sent me three or four
drains. The stuff had name IN in
verse ratio to the quantity, half dozen
chemical phrases linked together with
hyphens, but in direct ratio to its
strength. / remember the little phial
cost an even 500, and when I came to
investigate 1 found that dose was such
a small traction Of grain, and that l
had just 5000 doses on hand. That
bottle stared me in the face as long as l
remained at the hospital, until it came
to be verltabIe nightmare. When l
left / think there were still 1886 doses
on hand, and / shouldn't wonder it
that supply is sufficient to last through
the next century"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-18
Yes, All Know.
Kamg's Weekly.

Kings Weekly.
Every body knows bow to run a news
paper but the editor. Advice comes
thick and fast, and much of it furious,
and the editor gets even by just giving
business men and the farmers pointers,
whose worth is twasted on the desert
air."
The Respondent verdancy OF many
solons is as refreshing as an evening
shower at the end Of q torrid day. It
is welcome oasis IN the dreary rou-
tine of the thousand and one. or more,
recurring monotonies of the editors
struggle and existence. 1t comes as an
unbldden guest, whose diversions force
a glad welcome, and departs, like the
memory of bad dreams, which is relish
ed because of its mystery unsolved and
its feeting Illusions. Simple, vet GU
rious absurd yet interesting boring
yet entertaining intruding yet well
come those who cross the life path of
the editor, have their day and are num-
bered of the past. Lies ftful fever
makes changes ever new, to-day know
ing not OF the morrow nor the morrow
of yesterday, for his life is OF the pres
ant and he turns not aside, neither for
the fOllles of MANY nor the wisdom of
the few
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-18

MoE M1,;t CAROLINA "d Superior Court.
W. A. Wilcox
VS..
Mrs. Mamie Hiliiard,
Louis Hilllald, Claude
Hilliard, Sterling billiard { Notice.
and lone Hilliard, the last
four named being Infants
without guardian.
The defendants above named, Mrs.
Mamie Hilliard, Louis Hllliard, Claude
Hilliard, Sterling billiard and lone
Hil!lard, 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 Hiliiard
resided at the time Of his death, con
tanning $50 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,
lO Ia 6t. Clerk Superior Court.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-18
Fruits fer the Skin.
Exchange.

Exchange.
Fruit acids will cure most skin dis
eases and will keep the complexion
clear when medicine has failed. APP
pies will relieve torpid liver, and the
sallowness which results from it. Plums
and peaches will correct acidity of the
stomach. Grapes will stimulate dlges-
ton. Oranges will supply food and
medicine for the throat, and berries of
any kind will cure cases of skin erup-
ton. A good physician declares that
the best skin and blood tonics are made
from fruit acids. Girls with pallid COM
plaxlons want strawberries if not to be
had, substitute bananas; but OF all
fruits, the apple stands unrivalled for
ali general purposes of diet and medi-
cine.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-18
4 Day Of Opportunities.


IT0nrOe Journal
How often does one hear the asser-
ser!ion that unless a young man have
friends of influence to "work him in"
or money to buy his way, there is no
hope fer him to rise IN any walk of
lie 1t is not true It is more than
i}lse, it is harmfully false. Skill,
i,uow-how and energy we're never worth
81 much as to-day brains never before
commanded half their present price,
and ideas never sold for a third so
Inuch. Influence can start man, but
Il can't run the race for him. Money
may gain him position, but if he be
unworthy, his position will be only
bought, and therefore worthless. Or
Doctunity to-day meets and smilingly
grests one hundred young men where
it formerly met one. But opportunity
never makes men, it only gives them a
chance to make themselves. Too many
OF our young men expect it to force
them, when itneyer does more than iu-
vlte. 1t never searches Tor men, but
may easily be fonnd by them. Success
depends upon the man. and sll he can
justly ask Of any one else is chance.
al opportunity to make the best Job
out of himself that the material and
the workman can turn out. These
chances are to-day more abundant than
ever, more are taken advantage of and
more are yet idle. The man who sits
about and says ''there's no chance tor
fellow these times" is pesslmist
who sins against the youth OF the land.
There Is no chance for the fellow who
wants success manufactured for him
caraf,,lly wrapped up, and placed In
his lap.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-18
Sale Of Land.

By virtue of decree made in a spe-
cial proceeding before rhe Clerk of the
Superior Court of Halifax County en-
titled w. I. Plummer and wife and
others, To The Court, 1 will sell on
Monday the 9th day of December, l8-
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 18th 1897.
E. L. TRAVIS,
lI-IU4t. Commissioner.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-18
SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS.

IT you had chills, and druggist Of
fered you a medicine to cure, or money
refunded, would you try it?
Do you think he would make such
an offer if he did not confdent-believe
it would cure you?
Could he afford to refund the money
for quack medicine?
Very well now to the point. The
proprietors OF DR.. David's Chill Tonic
have instructed all druggists handling
their Chill Cure to refund the money
in case of failure to cure. Of not at
your druggists write the proprietors,
Owens & Minor Drug Co., Richmond,
Va.1
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-18
THE BEST WORLD STILL.

It's a sad old world when the sun don't
shine,
But there amt no use repinin';
There's still a spot where the roses
Irvine
An love when the sun amt shinin' !;
An the winds may blow, an the frosts
may Kill,
It's the best old world in the country
It's cold, cold world when the silver's
gone,
But there amt no use bewallln';
The seas run high. but the ships sail on
An the sailors sing with the sailin' +,
An the winds may blow an the light
MIN kill,
1t the best old world In the country
still
F. l.. STANTON.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-18

The demand for Ayers Hair Vigor
in such widely separated regions as
South America, Spain, Australia, and
India has kept pace with the home
consumption, which goes to show that
these people know good thing when
they try It. Sold BY 3. T. Whitehead
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-18
STILL POSSIBLE.

Have we not all, amid llfe's petty strife,
Some pure ideal of nobler life,
That once seemed possible?
We lost it in the daily jar and fret,
And now live idle in vain regret.
But still our place is kept, and it will
wait,
Ready for us to fill it, soon Or late.
No star Is lost we once have seen
We always may be what we might
have been.
Selected.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-18
Beautiful LIPS.

Beautiful lips are those whose words
Leap from the heart like songs OF
birds,
Yet whose utterance prudence girds.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-18

Why is it that the dollar rings loude
than the church bell?
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-18
Clipping
AND
W 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. 80
Washing Buggy %
Washing and Oiling Harness.. .25
Good work guaranteed.
PITTMAN & GRAY, Liyerymen,
Z Is If. Scotland Neck. N. c..
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-18
PORTER,S
AMTlSEPTIC HEALING OIL

For Barb Wire Cuts, Scratches,
Saddle and Collar Calls, Cracked Heel
Burns, Old Sores, Cuts, Boi1s, Bruises,
Piles and all kinds of Inflammation on
man or beast. Cures Itch and Mango.
ssrc, Get or Burn Will ae7e, matte, after the oil
hss hssa applied.
Be prepared for accidents by keeping it in your
so cure 30 ssey. Price IS and $1.oo. If your
Druggist does not keep it send us IS cts. in pos
cage stamps and we will send it to you by mail.
Paris, Tenn, Jan. 20th 1894.
Dear Cir: have used Antisepfie Healing
Harness and Saddle Calls Scratches and Barb Wire Cuts
1T. r.ffec satisfaction and heartily recommend it
IL Livery and StockIncn.
c. D. IRVINE, Livery and Feed Stable
BABY BURNED.
Gentlemen II pleased to speak word Portcr's
..s;.eF:sa :ie.rs GIL My baby burned months
a after trying all other remedies applied
md the first application relief and in days
rel eso used the oil stock and find that
lis the best remedy purpose that
Yours, c. L. LEWIS.
Paris, Tenn, January 1894
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-18
Vine iii Female Academy.
INCORPORATED 1912.
A BOARDING & DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
FULL CORPS OF TEACHERS

FULL CORPS OF TEACHERS.
Next Session begins August 80.
Careful instruction in every depart
ment. Music department under a
skillful musician from New England
Conservatory Of Music. Elocution and
Physical Culture under student from
New England Conservatory College of
Oratory and Emerson School of Orato-
ry, Boston. Terms very moderate.
For further particulars address the
principal,
MISS LENA II. SMITH,
Z Is If. Scotland Neck NJ G..
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-18
SALE OF LAND.

Dy virtue of judgment rendered at
D 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 for
cash at the Courthouse 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, c.. c.. Veverette and others,
containing 100 acres, more or less,
which was conveyed to William Ann
Hales by w. T. Gardner.
e, L. TRAVIS,
Halifax. N. c.. Commissioner.
October 81. 1897, % 1t.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-18

life; I think it heredi-
tary as my father was
afflicted with it. I have
suffered great distress,
my heart palpitated to
such an extent as to
shake my whole body.
So d distressing was it /
co111d only with great
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-06-03

so-called "free breakfast-table' nor
any scheme of West Indian reci-
p%rocity ; but rather a protective
tariff, so arranged that while for a
time giving the government a large
revenue on the great quantities of
sugar we would still have to import,
we would gradually, in the course
of a few years, add the beet-sugar
industry as n of our greatest agri
cultural and manufacturing interests.
This view naturally has the sym
pathy of the Gulf States, for there
is still a large amount of land avail
able for the extension Of cane-sugar
growing /; and a stiff tariff would
benefit them beyond a ~peradventure,
whether or not the sugar-beet ex-
pertinent should prove as successful
as the northern and western farmers
expect.-From "The Progress of the
World" in June Review of Reviews.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-06-03

the atty. or attys. acting for the "new
board" refused to comply with the afore-
said stipulation, and consequently the
case was not decided on its merits. As
q matter of fact, the case is as lar from
being settled as it was when this board
met and agreed to take no action as a
board until the court had decided which
board was the LEGAL board OF regents.
| am sure said aJtys. in refusing to get a
speedy and final decision did not act
with the knowledge, consent or approx
al OF any member OF the new board.
In the opinion delivered by Judge
Haney, the court reiterated and empha-
sized the sentiments OF the new board,
as expressed in the resolution adopted
at our first meeting, when il says: 1.-The
welfare Of our state educational insti-
~tutions is of far greater than
the right OF any individual to temper
arily perform the duties OF regent that
this litigation can aud should be speed
lily concluded, and that in the meantime
all unnecessary official action should be
deferred"
The time is at hand when urgent
business OF the educational institutions
should receive the deliberate attention
OF the governing board. This contro-
versy should be and must be speedily
determined. The interests of our state
demand it.
As the republican member of the board,
under the peculiar circumstances, / have
deemed it proper TO leave the legal con
troversy entirely in the hands of the
other members of the board.
A demurrer to the amended complaint
and a stipulation to bring the case be-
fore the supreme court at the earliest
date agreeable to the court, will bring
a final decision. This action should be
taken on behalf OF the board or by the
members OF the board collectively. III it
is not done promptly, then it becomes
the duty of each member to take such
individual action as he may deem proper.
/ will send a copy OF this letter to each
member OF the new board.
Yours respectfully,
Charles N. Herried.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-06-03
Who Pays the Tariff
Howard Press.

Howard Press.
1t is quite generally remarked
that "Jones, he pays the freight"
but the question of "who pays the
tariff p is still open for discussion.
The protectionist asserts the foreign
exporter pays the tariff, while the
free-trader insists the "tarif is a tax"
on the consumer. The secretary of
state has sent to the senate a protest
from the German ambassador against
the provision for a discriminating
duty oil sugar. Ambassador Thiel-
mar saws the damage which threat
n German exports from the pro-
visions of the pending bill is much
heavier than that which resulted
from the tariff law of 1894. The
German ambassador appears to
think the foreigner pays the ''tax"
while our popocratic free-traders say
ssnit,n
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-06-03
Teachers Excursion.

The teachers of South Dakota
fortunate enough to have been
members of the party which went
to the Black Hills in 1895 under
the escort of Mr.. George Schlosser
we're so delighted with the trip that
they have induced Mr.. SchIosser 10
organize another party to visit and
inspect the Hills. The start will
be made from South Dakota points
June II and from Sioux City June
%. The trip will consume two
weeks time tickets good for 30
days. and can be made at an ex.
pense not to exceed $45. This in.
cludes railroad fares, living expen-
ses, cost Of side trips to interesting
points, etc. The Sioux Falls or
chestra accompanies the party.
Reduced rates at all hotels. The
trip furnishes not only pleasure and
recreation, but u fund Of practical
information can be cheaply &C.
CURED. For further particulars.
at this Office or apply so Geo.
Scblosser, Sioux Falls. s. ID.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-06-03

"Of what capacity is your -four
mill 7" is the question most frequent
ly propounded by strangers in search
of a new location, and the question
is naturally a perplexing n to
Websterites. A community with
out a roller mill is not considered Of
much Importance in the commercial
world, and if Webster desires to re-
tain her supremacy in this section of
the state it is an imperative necessity
that steps be taken to establish such
an institution at once. The people
Of this community at present are
heavy purchasers of -four manufac-
turee at different neighborly points,
not one Of which has license to cap
ture The trade naturally belonging
here. As pointed out in our local
columns, there is % among us one
Of the most experienced and practi-
cal millers Of Indiana who is in
clined to look favorable upon this
point as a desirable location, and it
would be %eminently proper if some
of our business men would consult
with the gentleman in this matter
and see what inducements, if any,
are needed to get him here. This is
a matter in which the country and
town are equally interested and now
seems to be the accepted time. A
mill could be in running order by
fall and with a practical miller, as
well as a practical baker, at the head
would soon rank as Webster's lead
ing institution.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-06-03
American Sugar.

Certainly as long as Spain con-
trolls Cuba it would not be good
policy for US to promote the pros
perity OF Cuban sugar planters at
the expense of American farmers,
for the simple reason-if for no
other-that conditions beyond our
control might at any time, as in the
past two years, shut off a principal
source of supply of one Of our prime
necessities. It happens that other
parts of the world have been able to
expand their sugar productions
enormously on short notice, to Gil
that part of the American demand
which Cuba has been unable to sup
ply. But it would be a more natural
pd stable arrangement if sugar pro-
suction were domesticatsd in this
Sntry. Then we should not have
1iraw our supplies from distant
atries, subject to the vicissitudes
xar. The American farmer has
to the conclusion that, as re-
q sugar, he wants neither the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-06-03
The Gold supply.
Yankton Gazette

Every weeks developments adds
to the evidence that the worlds
supply of gold is increasing with
greater rapidity than ever before.
A recent report from Australia In
dicates that her production of gold
last year increased enormously over
that of 1895, while it is a we'll known
fact that the production in the u. S.
we'll as in other parts of the world
was also greater in 1896 than in pre-
years.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-06-03
In the supreme court OF the state of
S4rNh n.E.s

In the supreme court OF the state of
South Dakota.
The state Of South Dakota, .x rel
Ezra Adams, states attorney
within and for Hamlin County,
S. d.. r. ID. Adams, l.. 4. Bouch-
err, E. T. Sheldon. A. B. S.nedley,
w. S. Peterson. n. NJ. Finnerud,
G. ]. Collar, and N. w. Egleston,
and F. d. Adams, l.. r. Boucher,
E. L. Sheldon, A. B. Smedley. w.
S. Peterson, Fl. NJ. Finnerud, G.J.
Collar, and N. w. Egleston.
rs. Plaintiffs.
G. N. Herried. f. A. Spafford, Fl.
H. Blair, r. w. Haire, and l.. M.
Hough. Defendants.
The above-named defendant, G.. N.
Herried. for his separate demurrer to
the amended complaint, herein, demurs
to the said amended complaint upon the
ground that the same does not state
facts sufficient to constitute a cause of
action.
Dated at Eureka, S. D., May 81, 1897:
C. N. Herried.
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He Needs the Credit.
Henry Independent.

heDry In~uepenueuG'
Ii any little thing is done in con-
gress of interest or benefit to the
Northwest, it matters not if every
of the Northwestern represent
atives in congress were behind the
matter and pushing it through, the
pap press of the state Immediately
credits it up to Pettigrew. Petit
grew is very young in the party, but
the average pap sheet in the state is
as devoted and besotted in its wor.
ship at his shrine as though they had
net roasted him to the queens taste
time and again when he was a repub'
lican.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-06-03
Tight Even it Up.
Doland Times Record.

Doland T~imes-Record.
While Senator Pettigrew is dis
tributing copies of Senator Kyle's
free trade record, it might be a good
idea for Pettigrew to send out a few
copies of his protection record.
Pettigrew is now fighting a pro-
t~ective tariff, while a few years ago
he was championing the cause of
protection. If Kyle has changed
his views on this question, so has
Pettigrew.