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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-01-20

MAY Cow To LBANY.-When the Ma.
tion Editorial Association meets in Port
land next June or July it is probable
that trip will be made up the valley to
Albany and back on the west side to
Portland, arriving here at noon. There
will be about one thousand in attend
ance, and If the trip is made Albany peo-
pie will be expected to give them q noon
day feast or barbecue Of some kind, and
will no doubt be equal to the occasion
Frank Lee, treasurer Of the State Poul-
try Association, of the Pacific Farmer, is
the matter our for considera-
ion.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-01-20

WILL Be DEDIcATED.-TheD Democrat is
informed by high authority that tomor-
row afternoon at O'Clock the new wait
ing room al the G & E depot will be
formally dedicated under the auspices OF
Agent Turne=, who in his address will
take his text from William Penn.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-01-20

THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination. but also
10 the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the CALIFORNIA FIe SYRUP
Co only, and we wish to impress upon
all the Importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup Of Figs is manufactured
by the CALIFORNIA Flo SYRUP Co.
only, knowledge of that fact viii
assist one in avoiding the worthless
limitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the CALI
FoRNIA Fra SYRUP Co. with the medi-
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup Of Figs has
given to millions of families. makes
the name of the Company guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. It Is
far in advance of all other laxatiyes,
rs it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and It does not gripe nor
nauseate. In order to get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name Of
. The Company
| CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
sAM FRANcEsCe. cAl
ksuIsvELLE Es. NKW xuxz. ~
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-01-20

A contest has already arisen between
the Governor and the Senate. The Gov
ernors has ordered revoked the nomina.
nations recently made by Governor
Lord OF G. A. Dolph, Judge Bean and II.
K. kincaid;; as regents of the state uni.
versIty, and $ II. Holt as trustee OF the
soldiers home, and the senate has tabled
his order. Some OF them have declared,
according TO the Oregonian. that the
Governor intends TO run the whole bus
iness. There promises 10 lie an Interest,"
ing time.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-01-20
Call for Linn Co. Fair Convention

4 msFs meeting OF the peoDle OF Linn
county 10 hereby called to meet at the
court house In Albany, on Friday, Feh.
8, 1899, at 10 o'clock a IN for the purpose
OF organizi Linn County Fair
Association, upOn bAsis To- be deter
mined by said convention. and arrang-
ing for county fair To be he'd in Linn
county in the fall of 1899 and regularly
annually thereafter All citizens inter.
estei 10 this movement ais members OF
he iaculty OF the Oregon agricultural
college. are cordially invited to attend
this convention.
J. Il. WHITNEY, q. l. REKs,
sec. Chairman,
A new and fine thing, sh re ued whea
buiscuits,at Parker Bros. Try some.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-01-20

Get the best hour.
The Magnolia
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-01-20
Look Around.

Thomas Brink has received some Of the
incest wicker and spring rockers that ever
came TO Albany Give him q call and
see for yourselves.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-01-20

The divorce suit of Charles Wheeler
againtt Annie Wheeler was partially
heard, and was continued for the purpose
OF obtaining further evidence. The litig-
ants were married at Corvallis, Or, in
: 1894, and desc. ton is charged to have
, ccured in September, 1897 .-0regonian
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-10-20
His Opinion of the Wood.

Not far from Southern town a
mean white man had been missing his
frewood from a pile that had been
sawed into threefoot lengths. In Or
der to discover which way his wood
was going this mean man bored an
auger hole six or eight inches deep in
one end of Il piece of wood and filled
the hole with powder, then plugged it
with tight-iitting peg and rubbed
some mud on the place with intent to-
deceive.
The night following the day on which
that piece of wood was missed there
was Il dance ut negro cabin hard by.
When the dance was nj its height the
powdcr-cbarged chunk" exploded in
the house of mcrriment, and the flue
flew away. also all that end OF the cab
Ill ana large flap OF the roof. Some
OF the jewellers We're blown out Of
doors and even out OF their clothes.
Altogether the disturbance was unseen!
~ and perturbation prevailed. The
only person present who seemed to
have maintained his mental and physi-
cal equilibrium was the owner of the
cabin. who remarked after the smoke
and dust had cleared some:
Dat is pooty nigh de p0pinlst wood
Use mos evan Chicago Chroni-
Gle
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-10-20
At the Ticket Window.

when does the next train that stops
mt McAlliStcrville leave hcreY"
You will have 10 wait four Hours"
81 think not"
well. maybe you know better than
do whether I'm expecting to travel
on that train myself or whether l am
inuuiring for relative that's visiting
ut my house and wanted me to call
here and ask about it and save her the
trouble because she's packing up her
things and expects to take that train
herself and not me and maybe you
think it's your business to stand be-
hind there and try to instruct people
about things they know as we'll as you,
If not better, but my idea is that you're
put there because they couldn't use you
in the switching department and per-
haps you'll learn some day to give peo-
pie civil answers when they ask you
civil questions, young man; my opin-
ion is you won'tr'
with gasp)-"Yes, ma'am"-Chi-
cagO Tribune
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-10-20
Humorous Items.

- thought kittens purred and birds
sang
''lliat's it, Of course"
"Ishaw! Did you never hear of q
k-spur"-Philadelphi Bulletin.
First Go0t-You'd better be careful
ahnut eating that.
Second Goat-Why so?
BILLY, over there, ate an old silk one
the other day, and he's been talking
through 1t ever since."-Brooklyn Lire.
1rnml'-Yep, lady, Use known from
Maine to California as Printed Cali
Co
I.ady-What funny name. What
dc they call you that for?
Tramp-'Cause If yer went to wash
me Id run.-Chicago News.
II have observed that the West is
cNt rtine a growing influence over the
East; even our Eastern flowers have
attained to Western habits; they re-
mini me of those desperados who dis
charge their weapons before they take
them from their pockets"
GLOW is that?'
'Why they shoot before they show
their pistols."-RichmoId Dispatch.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-10-20
BOUND TO oAreH THE MULE
Thought tho Syringe Might Have tho
Same Erect On Himself.

A physician and his friend were
standing on the street corner of a
virginia town where they were spend
ing few days. Their attention was
amusingly arrested by the sight of an
old darby belaboring the tanks of a
mule IN vain DE. : A;lsion To make him
move on. At last the doctor was np-
pealed to.
Say, boss, I'll give you five dollahs
ell you'll make dit; hyar mule go"
With sly wink the physician open-
ed his case and took out his hypoder-
mic syringe, filed the needle with an
acid and sent it ini0 the hind quarters
OF the mule. The effect was magical.
With wild plunge the mule went
tearing down the street. with the
darby after him. the bystandcrs roar
ing with laughter. y s.oit time after
ward the darby. .duyt-covercd and
painting, approached again.
say, boss-how mucl-was de wufr
OF dat stuff-yo' done squht-in dat
mule?"
"ohr' said the doctor, about 10
cents"
Down went the lar. ey's hands into
his jeans pockets. He fishcd out two
dimes
"Hyah, boss-am 20 cents. wish.
yo' would squht-tvicc as much of dat
stuff into me-'c;lse Use bound-tc
catch dat mule"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-10-20

Policeman Albert w. Owens. of the
Flatbush station, Brooklyn Borough
was strolling up Erasmus street when
big Newfoundland dog with an anti
pathy for policemen jumped over the
fence of No. GA and savagely attacked
him. Before the brute was driven off
the policeman's hand was badly LAGER
ated.
Owens did not wait to ask questions
but hurried to physicians office and
had the wound cauterized. then he
went back to look up the dog and settle
accounts.
Where's that dog what bit. me?"
asked the officer, holding up his ban
daged hand as proof OF the accusation.
Hes dead" said the owner.
Dead" said Owens, incredulously
What did he die OFF"
Il am sure I don't know. He died
about ten minutes after you went
away. Perhaps the bite killed him. I"
said the owner, wiping his eyes ana
sobbing bitterly
Policeman Ovens returned to the
station-ho but he has been doing o
pile Of thinking ever since.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-10-20
PROPER PRECAUTIONS NOW
well-Read Maid Shy Of Candy After
aQuarrel with Her Sweetheart.

Willy Merriwether Of the great town
OF HYDE Park went to see his favorite
young lady who resides in Rosalie
Court They differed on the question of
expansion, and political argument
high dudgeOn and walked home.
The cool night air and n certain
peace which broods over the region
Gained him and taught him he had
been very Notwithstanding a girl
with as many good qualities In her ia.
vor as that damSel in Rosalie Court.
So he stopped in Fifty-fifth streetnnd
bought box OF candy. He had it neat
ly wrapped in pink paper and tied in n
true lovers knot with blue string. Then
he bought stamps enough to carry 1t,
glued them on, took 1t outside and In
the light of the street lamp directed
1t in lead pencil and perched 1t on ton
of bright green mail box
In the morning the Rosalie Court girl
received and opened 1t. She looked
long and lovingly-but guardedly-at
the candy. Then she made the fol-
lowing memorandum OH II sheet Of
writing paper:
QUARRELED WITH
WILLY MERRIWETHER.
MAY 20, 1899.
RECEIVED THIS CANDY NEXT
MORNING.
After which she took her chances.
Girls In this town may sacrifice their
lives to the love of bonbons that come
by mail, but they will leave nothing
to the hazard of police theories il any
thing should happen.-Chicago Chroni-
Gle.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-10-20
Rather Adhesive.

What stingy fellow old Hardrocks
Is! BY George, I'd hate to be built that
way"
What makes you think he is stIn-
gy"
81 don't think 1t. He proves it every
day! Do you know that old curmud-
geon is so stingy thai he goes ont to
lunch early. before his appetite comes
on, so he can save money? It's fact
I've been watching ."-Chcago
Times Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-10-20
Important Notice.

Owing to changes male ami to
be made in our business we must
demanl O. all who owe u that t
come toward at onre and sntiie tn il
accounts. We hav, darid d t, adopt
the cash system aud have marked
our goods down to CAST p ic. O.
Hereafter we will sell for cash only
or for country produce.
THOMPSON, HOPKINS & Co.
Oct. 8, 1899. East Tazewell,Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-10-20
a Parting Shot.

Perhaps it is best, after all." re-
marked the rejected suitor. az he lin
gered In the hall. "a man OF twenty
five would soon tire OF wife who HOY
cred around the thirty-twO mark"
"Why, Mr.. Ardent" said the woman
In the case, ''how very ungallant of
you to insinuate that am thirty-twO."
We'll, perhaps you are not" he re-
piled, "but 1t certainly struck me that
you were somewhere near the freezing
point" News.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-10-20
Trained.

well" he said to the brides sister,
"you are Miss Wilmington now. aren't
you?"
"Yes," she answered with a sigh.
MAY hope that 1t will not be for
iong?" he playfully asked.
"Oh, Alfred! she exclaimed, II new.
ar guessed 1t. If you had spoken two
weeks earlier we might have made it
double wedding. miglltn't weY'-
Chicago Times Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-10-20
AT Her Exnense

Aggravating.-She have you
been until this hour in the morning?"
He-"You wouldn't know the place
IL l should tell you."-Cincinnati En-
quirer
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-10-20

Gresne-How did Jones come to mar
ry that red-headed girl?
White-Poor Jones didn't notice IL:
he Is color blind.-Harlem Life.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-10-20

The Woman in Biack-"Ife's her
third, you know, but she really bushes
like young girl all through the cere-
mony."
The Woman in Mauve, Yellow and
Green 81 don't wonder! Just look
what she is marryingw-rndiana-
polls Journal
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-10-20
Could You Blame Him

"Men are such horrid, inconsiderate
creatures" she exclaimed on her way
home from the theatre. "You know I
couldn't take this hat off without run
ming the risk of spelling it."
well, nobody said anything"
no; but actions speak louder than
words. And every time l glanced
around the man behind me was cram
ing his neck and deliberately looking
as uncomfortable as he possibly could"
Washington Star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-10-20

81 wonder IL the girl next door plays
by ear"
mo. only by the hour"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-10-20

He-"What lovely flowers. Do you
know, they remind me of your"
She-"Why, they are artificial"
He-"Yes, l know; but it requires
close examination to detect it."-Chica-
go News.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-10-20

"They say that married people get
TO look alike"
"Of course; mans wife il bound
to look like him when she wears all
his collars and cravats."-Ch Chicago
Record
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-01-26
Is This True?

Some one ont about Chicago has
written the following, and we print it
to let our readers judge for themselves
whether or not they see any truth In
it:
"It you are sick the country editor
writes nice paragraph about your i'll
ness and he trusts that you will soon be
able to appear upon our streets again !;
if your wife dies he tells of her many
good traits of character and she bore
her last illness with Christian forti-
t,ide'; it your son gets married the
country editor tells what a promising
young man he is and what on 'est1m-
bic and charming young LADY, is the
bride.
"And this and more he does-rejoic-
ing with you In prosperity and SORROW
Ing with you in adversity-always TAX
ing a friendly interest in his people and
displaying pride and public spirit in
his town which is foreign to the big
city papers. And yet when any one
has to wait for his money or go with
out entirely 1t is that same country
editor-not the publisher of the for
eign' paper whose only interest in you
extends as far as your dollar goes"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-01-26
Breathless 10 Scotland Neck.

= The Rocky Mount Motor is response
bic for the following yarn:
"Some years ago noted divine over
took a peddler with a pack just as they
reached point IN the road where the
spring rains had made pond half a
mile wide-a common thing in Edge
coInbe county-where the incident
occurred. The preacher kindly invited
the man with the pack to take a seat
and ride over. The invitation was glad
!y accepted and when about midway
the swamp the preacher, always on the
lookout to save souls. said in his always
alb upt manner: "Iny friend, are you
prepared to die?" The peddler think
ing he had fallen into the hands of a
highway robber gave one prolonged
whoop, jumped to his feet and being
assisted by the buggy springs leaped
anywhere from twenty to thirty feet
and it was a running leap at that and
he did not stop until he reached Scot
land Neck. His pack was not recover.
ed in some weeks. The above actually
occurred"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-01-26
Notice :!

by VIRTUE OF POWER IN ME
- vested by that Deed of Trust which
was executed to me by j. F. Lyman
and his wife Clara, which is duly re-
corded in the Registers office for Hall
TAX county, in Book XIX, Oh page CAT
&C., shall sell for Cash at auction in
the town of Scotland Neck, OH the 4th
day of February, 1899, the property
therein described, to wit: That land
conveyed to said Clara Lyman by NJ.
Hoffman & Bro, on the Goth day Of
May, 1897, and known az the JAS. X.
LYMAN homestead and adjoining the
land of John I. LYMAN, tie Cushing
heirs, and others. and containing $50
acres, more or less. being the same
land described IN that deed Of record
IN the Registers office in said county
In book IN. On pages ..oS ana aa3 to
which reference is made.
w. A. DUNN,
l-12-4t. Trustee.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-01-26
Uriah Bell at Large.

Readers Of THE COMMON WEALTH will
remember the long Bonner trial in
Washington, N. c., in January, 1896, a
full report of which was given in these
columns.
Uriah Bell and Sheriff. Bell, the two
brothers who were convicted of killing
Mr.. J. 3. Bonner and sentenced to the
State penitentlary for 80 years, last
week escaped from the penitentlary
hospital in Raleigh. Sheriff. Bell was
soon re-captured, but thus far we have
seen no report OF Uriah's capture.
The Raleigh correspondent to the
Charlotte Observer said:
"Four convicts got out Of the peni-
Tertiary last night in the most daring
manner on record there. They got out
of the fifth floor of the hospital wing,
60 feet from tie ground. One was
quickly caught. The other three are !:
Uriah Bell, Beaufort county murder
er, serving a 3O-year term Joe Reid,
United States prisoner and safe-crack-
er, sentenced at the December term OF
Federal Court at Raleigh to five years
Imprisonment f.r cracking the post
Office safe at Aberdeen Joe Jones, a
United States prisoner and safe-cracker
from South CAROLINA, serving a five
year term, convicted at Sumter. In
the party was Sheriff. Bell, a brother
of Uriah, who is also serving 3Qyear
term for murder. The Bells were con-
vlcted of killing the late Mr.. Bonner,
of Washington, n. G. Sheriff. was cap
tured before he had gone 800 yards by
bloodhounds. The Bells, Jones and
Reid feigned sickness and were trans
ferred to the hospital several days ago.
They provided themselves with rope
and file. An iron bar ct window in
the bathroom was filed during the
night. There was no Waterman inside
the hospital ; only sentinel walks the
outside corridor. One convict was kept
in the bathroom filing throughout the
night, end the absence of one man
from the hospital room at time was
not noti> ed. A long rope was attached
to the window and the four men let
themselves to the ground. There are
no guards on the stockade at night, and
it was easy to scale the fence. The
rope was small one, three-eights oil
al inch. 1t was tied in knots every
few feet"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-01-26
LOCAL NEWS.

ET Read the announcement CT
Edwards & Co., and also one by S. W..
Morrisetts~
LIKE KITES TAIL-A batch OF
prisoners were sent up to Raleigh from
Greenvile Tuesday whose taperlng size
from large to small reminded one OF a
kites tail
SENT TO JAII-Two colored men
named Joe Pugh and Arnold Draugh-
an were sent to Jail last week for an
ARRAY in which they engaged about
Christmas times. They were chained
together and one was INDUCING III a
little bantering language to the other
at the depot as they were going away.
DEFAcING MoNUMENTs-Ith has been
reported that some one has defaced one
Of the most costly monuments III lie
Episcopal cemetery by marking nd
writing on it, and perhaps otherv .se
soaring it. This is very wrong and
should not be allowed to continue. 1t
is fragrant violation of law to DO such
a thing, and if the offenders are found
out they will be punished.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-01-26
NOTICE..

NORTH CAROLINA, In the Superior
Halifax County. Court, Jan. lG, '39.
Retecca Cheek, Plaintif) Suit
against Tor
Toney Che elk, Defendant.> Divorce.
II appearing in this action that
summons has been issued for defendant
notifying him Vi this action tor d.
yorce from the bonds Of matrlm onv,
and the sheriff having returned On the
Summons that the defendant WAS not
t., he found in Halifax county. upon
inotion Of J. NJ. Grizzard, attorney for
he p!aiutiT, it Is therefore ordered
10y the court that publication lie made
once week for SIX SUCCESSIVE weeks III
THE COMMONWEALTH, Il newspaper
published in Halifax county, notifying
said defendant to appear at the court
house in Halifax town, North Carolina,
on the first Monday in March, 1899,
and answer the complaint of the plain
tiff which is filed in the Superior Court
OF said county and let the defendant
take notice that If he fails to answer
the said complaint within the time
required by law, the plaintiff will apply
to the court for the relief demanded III
the complaint.
Given under my hand ard seal OF
said court this the 10th OF January,
1899. STERLING NJ. GARY,
Clerk Superior Court.
J. NJ. GRIZZARD, Attorney.
1-19-Gt.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-01-26
IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

Afr. Phelps took his text from St,
Matthew ID: ''He came and dareH
an CopernduDa."
This was very important moye In
our Saviour's life.
Capernaum was situated On the sea
of Gennessaret, and was one OF the most
important commercial centres in that
part of the world. The country around
It was exceedingly fertile, while the
lake in front was ploughed by hun
dreds and hundreds OF trading vessels
bearing cargoes of costly goods to and
from all parts of the then civilized
world. About one half its people were
Jews. The rest Of the population was
conglomerate mass Of all nations
Greeks, Romans and people from all
parts OF Western Asia. Altogether
Caperneans were rich IN the goods Of
this world, they made poor use Of their
wealth. The city was full of wicked
ness and vice, so much so that Christ
himself on one occasion said that
though exalted to heaven, Capernaum
should be bought down to hell.
Here at Capernaum our Lord came
to make MS home, and in this vicinity
He performed many Of his most WON
derful works. Why He came here we
are not told. Perhaps it was because
in such a large city His teachings
would reach more people and so be
more quickly disseminated to all parte
of the world. However, the inhabl-
tants of the city seem for the most part
to have disregarded His teachings and
to have continued in their old ways
So they met the doom which had been
pronounced against them.
Today Capernaum is SO utterly de-
stroyed that only few broken col.
umns park the spot where it once stood
The lesson that we gather from Ca
pernaum is this: It Is not that place
which is most blessed that always
makes most of It's advantages and pros
pers most in the sight Of God. So, too
those people who are most blessed with
the goods of this world are not always
in the course of true prosperity. Wealth
Is not happiness. Yet many, nay, most
Of our people virtually think SO, and
spend their lives striving after the dol
lar. By so doing they stray away from
the path OF true happiness. To bs
happy one must be content with tina
estate IN this world to which it ha