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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-10
PIMPLEs ON YOUR FACE?

PIMPLEs ON YOUR FACE?
"Not very pretty are they?"
"Source of modification sometimes,
eh ?"
always trying something or other
to get rid of them?'
"And they are as bad as ever?"
Well now suppose you 60 to the bot
tom of the matter. There are plmp]es
on your face because there are lmpuri-
ties In your blood-that's all there is
of it. Let your pimples alone and look
after your blood and if you will go
about it properly your pimples will
disappear before you know it. OF
course there is nothing like sarsaparilla
for the blood and there is no sarsaparllla
like David's.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-10
TOWN HALL PAID FOR.

Tarboro Southerner On the first
day of the month the last payment OF
1912. 80 was made by Treasury Weddell
on the Indebtedness against the Town
Hail. The deed conveying the title in
fee simple is recorded in the Registers
Office and the town finances relieved
from drain. The money heretofore
used for this debt can now be applied to
other public Improvements and the
Southerner hopes it will be done.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-10
The Sin Of Worrying.

Washington, Star.
It is care that kills. One who de-
liberately cultivates a disposition to
throw care to the winds soon becomes
an Indispensable person to his friends.
Care is worry, pure and simple. The
burden that causes us to worry is heavy
enough to bear in all probability with
out adding to it that of all-engrossing
care, which never lets the mind rest for
an instant. Suppose you edo have
troubles of your own" Can you cure
them by worrying? Ones best effort
to overcome the trials and tribulations
OF this life is all that is demanded. II
that effort surmounts the difficulties,
we'll and good. If 1t fails, the fret that
wears wrinkles in ones soul, the worry
that makes us hated by our friends, the
care that wears deep burrows on the
brow do not help one out of the slough
of dcspond, but rather bury us the deep
er. The world gets very tired of men
and women who placard their woe on
their faces and moan it in their voices
in. hourly conversation. But the
world dearly loves those people who are
merry and companionable, even when
grief is gnawiDg deep. We owe some
thing to society, to the world of people
about us, and have no right to make
ourselves public nuisances because the
clouds obscure our sun.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-10

It is not to be wondered at that
Ayers Pills are in such universal de-
mand For the cure OF constipation,
biliousness, CT any other complaint
needing laxative, these pills are I'M
surpassed. They are sugar-coated, easy
to take, and evey dose is effective.
For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-10
TEMPERANCE.
DRINK faint IN HER BLOOD.
Sad wrecking of n Beautiful Young
Girl by Brandy.

Sad wrecking of n Beautiful founS
Girl by Brandy.
Fannie Wilson, "a years old, known
to the police of the lower precincts OF
BROOKLYN, was sentenced to ten days
in Raymond street Jail by Justice Bren-
nan in the Adams street police court.
THAT woman has been lady" said
one of the court officials, as he noticed
her stately and dignified carriage as
she stood at the bar.
Fannie Wilson was Is years ago con-
sidered the prettiest girl in the town
of Northampton, England. Her father
was the wealthiest man in the town.
She was the librarian of the Sunday
school and secretary of the Band OF
Hope, a juvenile temperance society.
Her mother would proudly tell at
Christmas time how the family had
two makings of mince-meat, one with
brandy, the other, for Fannie, without,
on account of her temperance scruples.
When Fannie was 20 the announce
ment was made of her engagement to
the son of another wealthy family.
There was never a marriage, though,
for two months before the ceremony
was to have occurred Northampton was
startled to see on the principal thor
oughfare one bright day Fannie Will
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-10
Chief Cause of Homicide.

In closing his papers in the North
American on ''Why Homicide has In
Cesare Lombroso, the eminent crimi-
nologist, suggests as remedies for the
suppression of homicide in America
the establishment of colonies for incor-
rigibles, the multiplication of reforma-
tory institutions similar to the one in
Elmira. and the constant combating. of
the. saloon influence by temperance and
religious societies. The last is the real
preventive. The saloon is the chief
cause of homicide, as of misery.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-10
STATE GLEANINGS.
NEWS FROM VARIOUS PLACES
Happenings Of a Week.

CONGRESSMAN KITCHENS SECRETARY.
Oxford Correspondence News & Co.
server: Mr.. J. T. Britt, Editor OF the
Ledger, having accepted the offer OF
priyate secretary to Hon. w. w. Kitch-
in. will leave Oxford for Washington
In few days. In his absence MIR. ).
Crawford Biggs will control the edlto-
rial department of the Public Ledger
and Mr.. E. B. Harper will manage the
printing department.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-10

son, without hat or gloves, hair dis
teveled, and her dress loose at the
bosom.
insane" said the kindly ones. "In-
toxicated," said the more matter of
fact, and so it proved to be.
She said afterward that she felt
desire to take sip of brandy, "just
to see what it was like" The sip was
fatal. In the girls system was a de-
sire for drink that all those years had
been latent.
The family felt the disgrace and Fan
ME was sent to brother who was mar
ried and running sheep ranch in New
Zealand For awhile she seemed to
be getting over the desire, and every
one was happy. Then word reached her
of her mothers illness. Again she
drank, and after a hard struggle went
back to England. When she arrived it
was to find her mother dead and her
two married sisters not particularly
anxious to take any risk with her.
So, after collecting her share of her
mothers estate-e7 ,00C-she moved to
London, where for a couple of years
she lived the pace that kills. She was
finally arrested and sent to the work
house, and came to America upon her
discharge.
She said recently:
81 have been to Jail, have been in
several homes, but it is not my fault,
it is a disease in my blood to drink, and
drink shall until the end. THE World.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-10

While no physician or pharmacist
can conscientiously warrant cure, the
J. G. Aver Go. guarantee the purity,
strength, and medicinal virtues of Ayers
Sarsparilla, It was the only blood pur-
ifier admitted at the great Worlds Fair
in Chicago, 1898. For sale by E, T.
Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-10
WASHINGTON SLEPT ON IT.

Kinston Free Fress: Mrs. w. III.
Cobb, of Kinston, has a bedstead on
which George Washington slept when
he passed through Craven county many,
many years ago. 1t is made of mahog-
anv. and is of course an old fashioned
high post bedstead.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-10
WATERLOO, IOWA.
"Saved From the Horrors of Nervous Pros.
tration" by DR.. Miles Nervine.

and be at rest. One
physician said ! had
consumption. fer I had
a cough that gave me
no rest. But a good
old physician whose
medicine had failed:
advised me to use DR..
Miles Restorat tive
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-10
Pretty Wall PapersI

W.; we can I, supply you with any and ali
kinds OF Wall Paper in the latest and 81
prettlest designs, at astonishinplv lo-
prices. 1t is direct from the great man
uIacturers, United States Wall Pa,,a-
90, OF Cincinnati, and ls the latest and
most up-to-date paper on the msrtat .'-'-
u, 4, Wr11.nAn y ~.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-10

Nervine and thank God that it has bright
ened my days. heightened my life and saved
me from the horrors OF nervous prostration."
DR.. Miles Remedies are sold by all drug
gists under positive qua cantee first bottle
benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart
and Nerves sent free to all applicants.
DIR, MILES MEDICAL CO.. Elkhart. Ind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-03
FOX CHASE IN STREET.
Animal is Caught and Locked Up in
Polio Station.

Chicago, Oct. BIN spite of the pro-
tests of the humane society against game
chases Washington boulevard Wednes-
day evening was the scene of an excit-
ing fox hunt The animal was taken
after a run of almost mile and is now
held in cell at the Warren avenue po-
lice station.
Participating in the pursuit were a
score of bicyclists, a crowd of pedestrl-
ans and residents and Policeman Hugh
J. McNally of the Warren avenue sta
ton The game was captured without
the use of hounds and for this reason
the officer thinks the humane society
may make no investigation.
Boys playing at Washington boule-
ward and Rockwell street at o'clock
frightened a fox from under the side
walk. 1t ran west and the lads started
after. The cries of the hunters soon at
tracted a crowd, which Joined in. Off
Ger McNal1y was standing at Albany
avenue when he saw the approaching
wheelmen and the tagging crowd of pc
destrians. The fox was making frantic
efforts to escape. but during the entire
race had kept within the streets.
The bluecoat with his helmet in his
hand ran into the middle of the street,
and the animal darted back into the
midst of his pursuers. In their effort
to dodge it's course bicycles clashed and
a dozen wheelmen fell to the pavement.
The fox, exhausted by its long run, fin
ally stretched itself or the ground and
offered no resistance when the officer
made it a prisoner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-03
TINY MISS WRIGHT'S FLAG
An Ohio Major Carries It to the Front
and Returns in Safety.

Bucyrus, O., Oct. 3.-While the Eighth
Ohio was getting aboard the transport
st. Paul at New York on June 6, a girl
about 4 years old approached Major
edward VolIrath of this city and hand
ed rim a miniature metal flag, at the
same time saying:
Take this. and hope you'll bring it
back safe. I will pray for you while
you're gone"
The major accepted the flag, prom
Using to return it to the child should he
come back safely. A little later he
noticed the child with a lady, to whom
he introduced himself, the lady saying
that the girl was her daughter, and
that she was the wife of the superin-
tendent of pier IA. Upon his return
home Major Vollrath desired to return
the souvenir to the little girl, but had
forgotten the address. He addressed
letter to the superintendent of docks
of New York city, telling him the cir
cumstances and asking for information.
Yesterday the major received a letter
from z. F. Wright, in which that gen
tleman referred in pleasing terms to
the incident and said that the little girl
was his daughter Fra noes. Mr.. Wright
invited the major to call at his home,
205 West 135th street.
The major at once wrote to the child
a graceful Acknowledgement, at the
same time enclosing the metal flag.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-03
ARAB MURDERED.
Chicago Quarrel Over a Chair Was
Fatal

Chicago, Oct. 3.-Joe Jamoos, an Ara
bian peddler, was shot and killed, and
his alleged murderer is Ed ZaIyte, a fell
low countryman and neighbor.
Zalyte and Jamoos got into an alter
cation in the alley at the rear of the lat
ters home over the possession of a
wooden chair which each claimed as his
own. Zalyte struck at JamOOs, and the
latter, being a smaller man, fled into the
house. Joe Jamoos, himself husky
built fellow, went out into the alley to
take UP his brothers quarrel A few
minutes later there was heard the re-
ports of four pistol shots in quick sue
cessiOn, and when neighbors rushed to
the scene Joe Jamoos was found dead.
killed by a bullet which had passed
through the right lung and entered the
heart.
Three of the shots had taken effect,
but two produced merely flesh wounds.
Zalyte, it is said. fled after the shooting,
and was seen going south on Fifth
avenue.
A wild scene was enacted when the
remains of JamOOs were carried into the
meagerly furnished house. Women
scantfly dressed, many of them with
babies in their arms, crowded into the
room, and every one, men and women
alike, seemed to try and Guido each
other in making the most noise
The women became so hysterica1 that
at times it was necessary for the police
officers to hold them. They would butt
their heads against the wall, slap their
faces and tear handfuls of hair from
their heads. The din was fearful.
One young woman, said to have been
Jamoos' sweetheart. made every effort
to injure herself She tore at her hair
and threw herself upon the floor. Off
GER Talbot attempted to hold her, but
she broke away from him and continued
her efforts to injure herself. Blood trio
killed. from her head where she had torn
the hair out by the roots, and her face
was scratched in several places.
The dead man was 26 years old, I'M
married and resided with his brother
and three sisters. He and his alleged
slayer came from the same town in
Arabia, a little place named Zahley,
near Damascus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-03
PLAY BASEBALL FOR VOTES
Z. j. Magerstadt's Novel Method of
Canvassing Cook County.

Chicago, Oct. 3.-Congressman Lori
mer has his moving picture show, but
Magerstadt has his baseball team. The
republican candidate for sheriff has fol-
lowed the yellow haired congressman's
lead in cutting loose from the rest of
the ticket and running an independent
campaign. President Litzinger of the
Associated Baseball Clubs has organ
lied a baseball team of minor league
players to be called the E. J. Mayer
stadts. 1t will play baseball as long as
the weather permits and opposing
teams can be found to advertise his
candidacy.
Magerstadt himself used to play ball
some and may on occasion get into a
uniform and show the admiring popu-
lace how to slide home''-that is into
the sheriff's office. Other candidates on
the county ticket will not get q chance
to participate. They may get passes
through the gate, but after that will be
expected to sit in the grand stand and
watch the Magerstadts win.
The first game will be played next
Sunday at Forty-third street and West
ern avenue against a team organized
by Alderman Carey. Carey and Mayer
Stadt will try to umpire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-03
CAPTAIN ALLYN CAPRON.

Another good soldier whose death, on
September IS, at Fort Myer, Virginia,
came as the result of the Santiago cam
paign, was Captain Allyn Capron, of
the First artillery. He had had typhoid
fever, and died from a relapse. He
was the father of Captain Allyn CaprOn.
Jr., Of the Rough Riders, who was killed
at Las Guasimas on June "a, and the
son of Captain Allyn CaprOn, who was
killed while commanding his battery
of the First artillery at Cherubusco, in
the Mexican war. He was appointed
to West Point from North Carolina in
1853, graduated into the artillery, and
came to be regarded as one of the most
accomplished officers in his branch of
the service. An illustration taken from
a field sketch by Frederic Remington
shows Captain Capron at Ell Paso, dur
ing the campaign of Santiago.
1t has been stated lin the SUM that
two sons of Captain Capron enlisted in
this war, and that one was killed at
Guasimas and another died of typhoid
fever. Another account says that two
cousins of the Caprons, also named
Capron, were among the volunteers
who went to Cuba. The thread of fact
can not be clearly followed through
these somewhat confusing stories, but
it is evident that Captain CaprOn's
widow has been sorely bereaved by the
war. It is a sOlace to find it stated Gin
the Herald) that two younger sons are
still left to her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-03
ATTACKED BY A DEER.
Thrilling Combat on the Bolinas
Ridge in California.

San Rafael, Oct. 3-Albert Sayers,
proprietor of the San Rafael and Boli-
mas stage line, had an encounter with an
enraged deer last evening that almost
resulted in the loss of his life.
The circumstances of the case are
most peculiar.
About O'Clock in the afternoon Say
ers was passing down a wooded slope
on BoIinas ridge in a buggy when an
enraged buck bounded out of the brush
and ran into a wheel of the vehicle
with such force that it was thrown to
the ground. Maddened with the pain
of the collision, it rose to its feet and
ran at the horse, trying to thrust its
horns into the animals side. Fearing
that his horse. a valuable animal, would
be disemboweled, Sayers drew a pocket
knife and leaped out Of the buggy.
At the first jab of the knife the in
furiated buck turned on Sayers, who
slaught. He managed to secure a hold
on one of the antlers and tried to cut
the deer's throat, but could not get in
an effective blow The struggle was SO
furious that Savers was soon winded
and nearly at the mercy of the angry
buck when a lucky opportunity pre-
scented itself and he drove the knife deep
gave the whistle peculiar to its spe-
eies. and, with a parting stroke OF It's
hoOf that gashed Savers hand, broke
away and fed into the forest.
During the encounter the horse stood
perfectly still, evidently palsied with
fright Its sides were badly torn by
the bucks horns, and Sayers himself
had his. trousers shredded by the deer's
hOOfs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-03
SAVE THE PARTY ORGAN.
Marion County Republicans Make
Taylor Riddle Mad Again.

At HillsborO, Marion county, there is
German paper published by J. c.
Pfast. It has always been a Republi-
can paper but DR.. J. ]. Entz, a Popu-
list, had a mortgage on the plant for
$500. The paper circulated largely
among the Russian Mennonites of
Marion and Mcpherson counties and
was valuable from a political stand
point, as the Russians read no other
local paper.
The mortgage held by DR.. Entz fell
due a few weeks ago but Pfast was I'M
able to pay it. Entz said he would not
fOreclOse the mortgage if Pfast would
turn the publication into a Populist
paper, and offered to put more money
into the plant and let Pfast take his
time to pay for it. Pfast reported the
matter to the Republicans of Marion
county, and Representative BurkhOlder
and others, in order to save the paper
to the party, raised the amount of the
mortgage, paid DR.. Entz and turned
the paper over to Pfast without incum
brance. All parties seem to be salts
fed, as Entz claims that the plant
could have been duplicated for $780,
This action on the part of the Re
publicans shows just how afraid they
are to have those Russians read a little
truth said Chairman Riddle, of the
POpulist state central committee.
They are willing to pay two prices
for a newspaper plant to prevent its
falling into the hands Of the POpulists.
They won't let a Russian read for him
self for fear he will find out what kind
of a party the Republican party is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-03
NAMES PROSPERITY.
Abundant Evidence of Improved
Business Conditions

Portland, Me, Oct 3.-In his annual
report before the Maine state board Of
trade. which is in session at Brunswick
Sectary NJ n. Rich says of the bust
ness outlook; From all sources there
is abundant evidence that we are enter
ing upon a business boom, that our own
state is already beginning to feel, in
our trade, manufa curing and various
industries. that there is more hope. bet
ter courage and more money, and that
the state is better equipped than ever
before to compete for all kinds of bust
ness
The report says that the summer re-
sort business in Maine last month ex-
ceeded all previous records, and that
reports from all over the state show
that the seasons crops are unusually
abundant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-03
MANSFIELD RAGE.
Discharges His Leading Man and
Theatens the Entire Company.

New York, Oct. 3.-Richard Mansfield
has added another to his long list of
stage squa bibles. He discharged his
leading man, Arthur Forrest, after a
stormy scene in the presence of the en-
tire company, re-engaging him
The discharge occurred at a rehear-
sal of the much discussed play "Cyrano
de Bergerac' at the Garden theater.
A little later Mr.. Mansfield again
burst into a rage because a small plat
form upon which the leading lady was
standing gave way, precipitating her to
the stage proper.
The rehearsal was finally resumed.
but things did not go well enough to
suit Mr.. Mansfield. After abusing ev-
erybody in general for little mistakes
they made and some they didn't make
he summoned the stage manager and
said:
Dismiss these people for the night.
If they are not better up in their parts
tomorrow I'll get an entirely new com
pany and postpone the first production
of *Cyrano' a week. a month, a year,
If necessary. Clear the stage
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-03
SEEK "WOMAN IN BLACK. -
St Louis Police Anxious to Find @
Clever Female Thief

st. Louis. Mo, Oct 3.-St. Louis po-
lice are anxious to find the woman in
black" She is as famous here as the
long and Short men are in Chicago.
The woman in black" has robbed q
score of people, and has done it so clev-
erly that the police are confident that
she is a professional. On a street car
two days ago she robbed two women;
she has robbed a half dozen women in
the street, and today. she robbed an
other woman.
Mrs Kate Cambridge of Evans ave
nue. was in a Broadway millinery store.
She noticed a woman dressed in black
standing near. but thought nothing Of
1t until she felt for her purse and found
1t gone. Then she thought of the "wo-
man in black" Employees of all the
big stores have been furnished with a
description of her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-03
CRANK CREATES A PANIC.
Threatens to Blow Up the Federal
Building in ST. Louis.

st. Louis. Mo, Oct. 3.-The secret
agents of the government and the po-
lice are searching the city for man
who has declared that he will blow up
the government building in this city.
He is partly demented and for this rea-
son considerable fear is expressed that
he will carry his threats into execution.
He made the remark several days ago.
and since then the occupants of the
federal building have been on the verge
of a panic, for they do not know at
what minute they will find themselves
soaring through the roof
That the government agents them
selves are trif1e worried is shown by
their having asked the police to aid
them in capturing the man and placing
him where he can do no harm They
refuse to give his name, but said that
he is known to be in the city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-03
CHARTERS FILED.

Seneca is to have a telephone system
The Seneca Telephone company was
chartered this morning with a capital
stock of $4,000 and the directors are r.
NJ. Emery, ]. H. Gleason. ]. T. Camp
bell, A. R. Spaulding. o. W. Henderson.
NJ. r. Comet and J. H. Hatch, all Of
Seneca.
The Roman Cement Plaster COMPANY
of Springvale, Kan, was also chartered
today with a capital of Sc 0O0 The
directors are David r Burns, Samuel
F. Wells and B. ]. Bickel, of Spring
vale, and John NJ. Bickel Anna s PAY
ton and c. o. Thomas of Cameron, No
The company will have offices at Kan
sas City, st. Joseph and Cameron.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-03
BOY KILLED BY A HAZING.
Decatur, Ill, High School Students
Responsible For Death.

Decatur, III. Oct. 3.-David c. Jones.
Is years old, died early this morning as
the result of injuries received while be-
ing hazed at the opening of the high
school September 6.
It has been the custom of the boys in
the Decatur high school to put all the
freshmen over the fence the first day.
This year there was a lively fight as US
uaL Young Jones received injuries to
his back that kept him from getting out
of bed the next day and he steadily
grew worse.
The day aftef the hazing Principal
Hamsher announced a rule that no
more boys should be put over the fence.