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a thorough gentleman, quiet, unassum-
ing, he knows what to teach and how
to teach it.
This next room is the old original
school room in which the school first
started. Prof. Devenny holds forth in
this room. You would never know
Prof. Devenny's worth unless you
knew him we'll. He has thorough
education, having taken the degree of
A. NJ. at Wake Forest in 1895. Added
to his mental equipment he brings to
Buie's Greek practical experience in
the school room.
We pass into the Business Depart
ment where presides that ;'all round"
genius and successful teacher, Prof.
Judson Peele. Do you wish to learn
book k-keeping, stenography, telegraphy,
typewriting, commercial law, CONNER
cial arithmetic, plain or ornamental
penmanshlp? There is not better
place in the State. Prof. Peele brings
to his work not only thorough theo-
retical knowledge of the branches
taught but he has been book-keeper,
stenographer and typewriter and has
had practical experience as telegraph
operator. I studied bookkeeping un-
der Prof. PeeIe. was with him fifteen
days. / had been to school to ten diff
ferent schools, from the cold field
school" to the college. l had been a
merchant, j had for nine months been
BUSINESS manager Of a business in the
city of Raleigh, doing thousands OF
d dolIars worth of business every year,
but CATER careful reflection l say iD
learned more about bookkeeping and
business methods in fifteen days under
Prof. Peele than I learned in all OF my
life put together besides.
Music comes in for share of atten-
ton. The music room was forbidden
ground" to the boys and | was one OF
them. If Miss Barbee teaches the
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-04
WHo Struck Billie Patterson:

New York Sun
The identity 81 the person "who
struck Billie PattersohS" is matter
of supreme Indifference te>nc. but I
would in all seriousness like ~ Snow
the origin of that much mooted 4.es-
ton. J. r. T.
There is number of suggested
answers to this famous question. Here
are some of them: William Patterson,
a merchant of Baltimore, had property
in Georgia; visiting it once, he became
involved in street row. In the
midst OF the affray some one struck
him on the head, knocking his hat
over his eyes. Patterson could not
find his assailant afterward, and though
be went about asking "Who struck
Billie Patterson?" his large size pre-
vented any one confessing to the act.
In his will Patterson LETT legacy to
any one who would name the man.
A copy of the will is said to be on file
in the Ordinary's office at Gainesville,
Franklin county, Ga. Within a few
years Mrs. Conely, of Athol, N. Y,
has said that her father, George Til
lerton, struck the blow and damaged
his thumb in So doing. He was
afraid to confess it, because of Patter.
sons size. No date goes with this
story. But it is said that seventy
years ago there was song in England
in which Billie Peterson appeared,
and that really he lived in the last
century. Another story is that the
man IN question was Alban Smith
Payne, M. D., formerly of the South
ern Medical College, Atlanta, Ga. He
claimed the honor in these words
at was in 1852; struck Billie Pat
terson because I saw old Usher Par
sons, the surgeon to commodore Perry
at Lake Erie, lying on his back in the
road unable to rise, his white hair
streaming in the air, ruthIessly knock
ed there by brutal bully, and said
"By the eternal, I will hit you, my
man, and I will hit you hard !" and !
did," Another story makes Billy the
boss (probably foreman) of an old-time
New York fire company, struck in an
election row. When an indignant
friend asked the now famous question
a huge man announced that he had
struck the blow, and the friend ex-
claimed, 90 you struck him! We'll
good for you Let's have a drink
There are several variations to this
story. Still another version: Billy
Patterson was a medical student who
died OF fright during his initiation in.
to society-about fifty years ago
| and the initiators were tried for his
death. On the trial it was proved
that no one had struck him but the
students retained the expression. You
can take your choice the question is
still answered.
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Admiral Sampson Began Well.

Selected.
An old army officer who has been a
shipmate of Acting Rear Admiral Samp-
son many years tells this story OF
him:
"I have never doubted Sampson's
courage since the first cruise 1 made
with him. We were wardroom officers
together. The first night abord ship,
when the hour arrived for piping down
and turning in there were several officers
sitting around the wardroom table in
dulging in some innocent merrfment
1 was taught to say my prayers before
to bed at night, but confess lacked
the courage to kneel down in the pres
ence of my shlpmates and pray. 1t
was warm weather ana our stateroom
doors opened into the wardroom.
"Then it was that Sampson display
ed the moral courage that forever after
impressed me. He is a God-fearing
IIldu, duu nO always Snyo AAC fA"S~A9
before turning in. When he was ready
to turn in he knelt down by his berth
and prayed. A stiffness came over the
wardroom Immediately, and l conclud-
ed that if Sampson had the courage to
say his prayers in the presence OF his
shipmates I could do likewise, so new
ar hesitated since before turning in.
"Only those who have sailed the seas
in war ship can appreciate how much
moral courage is.required to kneel down
in the presence Of lot OF rolsterlng
shipmates and ask Gods blessing.
Sampson never makes his religious
devotlons offensive to his shlpmates
but he reserves the right to be maste
of his own conscience as he is maste
of the situation at Santiago to-day"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-04

piano like she plays it ! am sure that
the Music Department can hold Its
own with the Business Department.
The parent who sends child to
Bule's Creek may rest assured that the
religious and moral side OF his nature
is not overlooked.
There are no loafing places, no places
of public amusement. The danger
from vicious associates is reduced to
the minimum. There are as few tempt
ations to vice as possible. Not bar
room in the county. The students
board in the homes of the people or
eat in small clubs. The school is open
ed every morning with a service OF
song and prayer. The students have
the benefit ola Sunday school, a week
" prayer meeting and preaching
monthly in the church hundred yards
in front of tho Academy.
The school IS not sectarian. Various
denominations are represented both In
the faculty and among the students,
but it is distinctively Christian. The
Christian influence pervadlng the en-
tire school, the gentlemanly and lady
like bearing of the students, the spirit
of work, are powerful factors in max
ing discipline almost thing unknown
in the institution.
Many parents cannot educate their
children because it costs SO much. 1t
is positively cheaper to 60 to school at
Buie's Greek than it is to stay at home
at least at great many homes that
l know Just think of it. A young
man can go to Buie's Greek Academy
take course for ten months, taking
the languages and higher mathematics
and the cost of tuition, board, lodging
lights, fuel and washing need not be
over $40. Wonderful isn't it? II yor
want to know how it's done drop a note
to Rev. J. A. Campbell, Poe's, n. G.
Buie's Creek Academy is doing {
wonderful work-a work which wldens
and deepens as the years ago by,
work, the full results of which will b
known only In eternity. l had heart
of it's work from many witnesses
went to see for myself and : found tina
the story had only been half told.
B. w. SPILMAN.
Raleigh, n. c., March 25, 1898.
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For Over Fifty Years

Mps w1ssLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has
hoan.,1sed for over fifty years by mill
,ions Of mothers for their children while
.oetbing. with perfect success. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums
SMous oil main. cures<wind collie, and is
tho tho hest remedy for Diarrhoea. 1t Will
relieve the poor little sufferer lmmeol.
ately. Sold by Druggists IN every Par'
a as The world. twenty-five cents q
bottle. ~ Be sure and ask for mrs WIN
slows Soothing Syrup" and tase g p no
other kind. s B ~.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-04

but il. a physician should ever be need
ed it is easy to secure one, there being
a telephone in the library and one in
the residence of Bro. Campbell connect
ing with Dunn on one side and Lilling
ton, five miles distant, on the other.
And of course the mental side OF the
students is looked after. A tree is
known by its fruit, and no better in
dication of the good work being done
by Bro. Campbell and his associates can
be had than to compare his students
"beiore and alter taking" course OF
instruction at Bule's Creek.
The.life and work of the >Prlncipal,
Rev. J. A. Campbell, is constant re-
minder of what man can do by hay-
Ing an aim in life and then working to-
ward it early and late.
The buildings render it possible to
do good, thorough work. They have
plenty of room for all of the work that
is being done. Step inside the main
school-room. It is handsomely finish
ed in native pine, oiled rostrum ex-
tends across the front; black-boards,
maps, charts, new patent desks and
other appliances are seen at glance.
We will go in the room on the south
of the main school-room. This is the
primary room. The lady who has
charge in this department has been
connected with the school since it's be
ginning. 1t used to be Rev. J. A.
Campbell, Principal; Miss Cornelis
Pearson, Assistant. Miss Pearson il
still Assistant, and very valuable one
but now it is written sMrs. J. A. Camp
bell" which tells its own story.
| Let us enter the room on the nortf
side. This is the library you see abou
a thouand volumes already. Addition
are constantly being made. The gov
ernment has made 1t the depositor.
j tor government publications for th
Third Congressional District. Pass OF
], and we enter the sanctum OF Pro-
j Woodall. Educated at Trinity College
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-04
Fire and Life Insurance.

The very best fire companies repre-
sented. The Aetna Life so we'll known
in this community is still here giving
the best policy of the day and has in
creased its dividends annually without
interruption for the past % years. 1t
has paid out over $4,000 in this COM
munlty during the past 25 years. There
is none better or more reliable company
than the Old Etna.
J.H. LAWRENCE, Agt,
Office over w. L. Harrell & Co.'s store.
2-3-1y.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-04

There is q pillar OF stone. called the
monollth, in the village of Merider,
about five mics from the city OF
Coventry, England, which is said to
mark the centre of that country.
We have 10 data at hand stating
when the pillar was set up, but it is a
matter of record that such pillar stands
in the village named and however
doubling critics may question the ac
curateness of its position as the centre
OF England, it goes without saying that
those who took the pains and labor to
set up such column must have been
thoroughly conylnced OF the correct
ness of the spot.
Can't some student of geography To-
cate the exact centre of the United
States? Perhaps some one has already
done SO, bat we have not known it.
He who will do it will have his name
handed down as pioneer and an enter
priser that will interest millions
What is estate detective" The
Raleigh correspondent to the Whining
ton Star wrote few days ago that D.
B. Shaw has been commissioned State
detective, that he will have two assist
| ants in each county and the organiza-
ton will be complete. The bit of news
was such as to excite ones interest, or
to say the least, ones curiosity but it
did not state who commissioned the
detective or what are to be his duties
Ia it another turn in the wheel OF the
present administration to accommodate
place hunters?
THE COMMONWEALTH has more than
lonce advocated the keeping OF blood
hounds in each county as means o.
louckly and surely apprehendlns
ropues. murderers, barn-burners, ant
i tho like but we had never thought O
the detective system as a State lnstltu
ton. Perhaps we misunderstand
all We should like to have some ex
nIanation stating who commissioner
the detectives, what are their duties
what their pay and who pays them.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-04
THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS.
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Present, Past and Future.

How little can I do and hold my
place? is the question which too many
employees allow to hamper their SER
vices to their employer. 1t ought to
be, How can I make my time fully
worth what ! get for my services and
make myself useful and indispensable
otherwise? One can not be too faithful
to his employer, and the most faithful
smploye now will make the most sue
cessiul employer in the years to come.
The name 'tSchley" is not in very
great favor in Spain. "A cablegram
from London recently said:
"An American lady, said to be Com
modore Schley's daughtar, has arrived
here, but neither the Queen Regent or
or any responsible parsonage will re-
ceive her. She will probably be re-
quested to depart at the earliest posi-
BILE date"
The Washington Post thought it was
Miss JessieSchley, daughter of Mrs.
Charles Schley, of Milwaukee, cousin
OF Commodore Schley.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-04

Some enterprising chaps of Baltl-
more's juvenile population whiled
away part OF their Saturday leisure
last week in breaking down the fence
of the dog pound of that city and turn
ed loose three hundred and fifty dogs.
The only motive which could be guess
ed at by the action of the boys was
that they might have an opportunity
to "chunk" the fleeing dogs to hear
them 'holler."
"Boys will be boys the world oyer"
is an old adage; but what about the
revision OF the adage by certain man
who had had much to do With boys?
He put it, "Boys will be boys, but some
boys must be rascals."
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-04
Pretty Wall Papers!

We can supply you with any and all
kinds of Wall Paper in the latest and
prettiest designs, at astonishingly low
prices. 1t Is direct from the great man.
ufacturers, United States Wall Paper
Co., of Cincinnati, and Is the latest and
most rp-todate paper on the market.
T.. r. WE,rE.,rAn 4 &C.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-04

We have used Chamberlaln's Cough
Remedy in our home for many years
and bear cheerful testimony to its value
"a medicine which should be in every
family. In coughs and colds we have
found it to be efficacious and in Group
and whopping cough In children we
deem it Indispensable III. P. RITTER,
4l27 Fairfax ave-, st. Louis, Mo. For
sale bv E. T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-04

The Chief Burgess OF Miles5urg, Pa.
saws Dewitt's Little Early Risers are
the best pills he ever used in his family
during forty years of house keeping.
They cure constipation, sick headache
and stomach and liver troubles. Small
IN size but great in results.-E. I.
Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-04
Scotland l,,k Telephone Exchange

We are prepared to furnish telephone
service to the public and solicit patron
age.
RATES FOR SERVICE.
Business Phones, $500 per month.
Residence Phones, 1.5O
Two OF either for 800
1t is our purpose to give good service
and to this end we ask allsubscrlbers to
report promptly any irregularities IN
the service.
- Our signed contracts prohibit
the use OF phones except BY subscribers
and we request that this rule be rig1dly
enforced. 81
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-10-29

Women are at the fore in educational
matters in Colorado. Out OF The ffty-
nine counties in the State twenty
seven have women superintendent of
schools. and every school beard has
from one to two women members. In
fact. the entire department is IN the
hands of the fair sex, to whom United
States Commissioner Harris was able
to say recently: The Colorado schools
are the model schools OF the country. y
At the head of this system is Profess
sor Grace Espy Patton OF Denver. State
Superintendent Of instruction.
Not only has she become widely
known as the first woman 10 hold the
high position of State Superintendent
of Public Instruction, but in recogni.
ton or her splendid services she ha.
Won a new honor OF a national char.
acser. Professor Patton goes to Chat
tancoga, Tenn, 70 attend the nationa
convention OF the state srperintend
ents OF public instruction. over which
masculine assemlage she has been in
vited to be presiding officer. professor
Patton, who is barely old enough I,
hold her present position. has gathere,
about her in Denver a clever coteri
of feminine assistants. The eficienc,
Of her work has been generally recog
nized.
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Dewey Day in montpelier, VT.

When Dewey day was celebrated in
Montpelier, VT, the birthplace OF that
hero. the staid old place took on an I'M
accustomed look of hilarity and liveli-
ness.
AS the order had gone forth from
headquarters" that no arrests for
drunkenness were to be made that day,
the inhabitants of the temperance
town" felt that they could be real
devilish" for once, and the drug stores
sold dozens of bottles of Jamaica gin
ger, the favorite tipple in a state where
the sale of anything stronger than CT
law.
The schoolhouse where Dewey went
to school is still standing on one OF
the streets OF Montpelier. 1t has been
through many vicissitudes, has been a
public school, a parochial school, and
is now a tenement house.
On Dewey day every window had q
flag In it, and the old building was COW
cred with bunting and glory.
Early in the morning man was seer
coming down the principal street of the
town carrying a long piece of canvas
under his arm. Something in his man
ner. which was at once mysterious anC
important, reused the curiosity OF th'
reporter, who asked him where he wa
going.
ITO the Dewey schoolhouse," an
sweBed the man. We're going to pu
this on the front"
He then unrolled the canvas; which
bore this legend in huge black letters
Here's where his young ideas wer
| taught to Shoot"
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the soldiers IN the pursuit. As they
had considerable circuit 10 make be-
fore they could even see the scene OF
our operations. We had time for good
start. and made the most OF II. We
had made straight for our boat. which
we had taken care to have all ready
for start on the instant. the oars be-
ing peaked IN the rowlocks. and a boy
left in her to keep her on from the
landing-placc. He did his duty. like
all the rest: and each man, dropping
upon his own thwart as he arrived. a
vigorous shove sent her well under
Roadway before the howling crowd of
pursuers reached the water side.
Give way, my lads,' said the second
mate. wild with excitement.
The captain will have TO give me
up again. if you take me aboard. said
the condemned man.
Not he, The soretopsail is loosed
now. and he got his clearance papers
last night Well be under way for
home before these Cholos get their
eyes fairly openl
The firing platoon at this momen,
turned a corner, coming at a double
quick pace. 1ney rusne0. al out Oh
breath, down the pier. and brought
their auskets to ready at the order
o. little bewhiskered ofncer, whose
voice. jerking out Spanish oaths
/, seemed the most formidable part Of
him.
But. we had already a safe offing
and their bullets ratified harmlessly IN
the water on either side of US. Severa
other scattering shots followed, bu
equally impotent as the first ones. fol
we had not lost stroke in our pulling
and the oars were doing their best IL
the nervous grasp OF trained whale
! men.
1.-The Marion was already casting he
head seaward when we shot alongside
and as the head-yards were braced full
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DAILY LINE FOR NEW YORK, EXCEPT F2IDAYE
AND SUNDAY.
Passengy ~ Q IN leave Richmond daily exceaa
Friday anC Su lday via Chesapeake and Ohio
burg railroad. Norfolk and Western routel
;OC A. NJ, connecting ~ Norfolk with Old
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Steamship Richmond leaves Richmond
every Monday at 500 P. NJ, for New York va
James River
Tickets on sale at Richmond Transfer Com
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shipped by direct steamers, sailing from Rteh.
mond every MONDAY, 500 p M also by steam.
er leaving Richmond Wednesday and Friday !,
New York,
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Freight received and forwarded and through
bills of lading Issued for all northern, eastern
j and foreign ports.
l FROM NEW YORK.
/ Passengers can leave daily except sunday
| at NJ (Satu1day p NJ TO Norfolk or Ola
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For further information apply TO g.
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In the Law and Equity Court of the
City of Richmond, Va. Oct. 4, 1898.
Lizzie Smith. Plaintiff
We. In. Chsncery.
Allen Smith Defend't
The object of this suit is to obtain a
divorce q vlnculo matrimouii by the
plaintiff against the defendant.
An affidavit having made and filed,
that the defendant, Allen Smith is a
non resident of Virginia, it is ordered
that he appear here within fifteen days
after due publication of this notice and
do whatever may be necessary to pro-
tect his interest IN the suit.
A copy. Ed. NJ. Roscher, Do d.
Teste, 7. P. Winston, Clerk.
To ALLEN SMITH,
I Take notice that / shall proceed to
take dispositions of John Smith and
others, to be read as evidence in my be-
half. in a certain suit pending in the
Law and Equity court of the city of
Rich mond, Va, wherein / am the
plaintiff and you are the defendent, on
Tire 18th day of November, 1898. at the
office of Ed. M. Roscher, 832 E. Main
St. Room IL, in the city ,of Richmond,
between the hours of 8 q. m, and 8 D.
m. IL from any cause, the taking OF
said dispositions be not commenced OF
concluded on the day named, the tax.
ing of the same shall be continued al
the same place and between the same
hours from day to day until the same
shall have been completed.
LIZZIE SMITH,
By Counsel.