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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-09-07
JUNULAP BALE IS WORTH
MORE.
Why a Texas Farmer
and Compress Man
" .shes Success to the
American Cotton
Conpany's Package.

The following iester from Mr.. J. Ad
QUE, OF CALVERT, Texas, is interesting q
showing the attitude toward the Amer
lean Cotton Company's Roundup bal,
| OF man who is Il cotton farmer as
we'll as the owner OF square bale com
press:
Dear Sir: A few days ago / no.
tlced a bill introduced in the Leo1s]a
ture proposing TO tax your COMPANY
~ per cent. OF its gross receipts. ]
presume the bill is intended to con.
1seate your property OF driye YOU out
0! the State.
"Your machinery congresses the
cotton IN smaller and better package
than the present congresses. You are
IN the field now offering to save tina
cotton growers fully 500 per bale by
reason OF COMPRISING the cotton at
the gin and the saving of bagging and
ties, yardage, etc.
No doubt 1t Is the intention of the
Legislature to protect the present COM
p; esses from your iniquitous COMPETE
tlon, and as compress man Want
them to do it.
AS farmer, however, I hope you
Will not be driven out; want to con-
unue to sell you my cotton at about
LOO per bale more than If pat up IN
square bales.
Yours truly,
(Signed J. ADOBE.
Calvert, Texas, Feb. "a, 1899"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-09-07
A WORD TO MOTHERS.

Mothers of children affected with
Group or severe cold need not besl.
tate to administer Chamberlain's
Cough Kennedy. It contains no opiate
nor narcotic in any form and may be
given as confidently to the babe as to
an adult. The great success that has
attended its use in the treatment of
colds and Group has won for it the an
prevail and praise it has received
throughout the United Stotes and IN
many foreign lands. For sale by E. T.
Whitehead 4 Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-09-07
The University .,
North Carolina,

Widest patronage and fullest euuip
ment in its history. Faculty, SO
Students, 495; 3 Academic Courses
Elective Courses Professional Schools
IN Law, Medicine and Pharmacy. New
buildings, Water Works, Splendid
Libraries, Laboratories, etc.
Advanced Glasses open to women
tuition, 700 year; Board, S. month.
ample opportunity for self helm
Scholarships and Loans tor the needy
Free tuition for teachers. Summer
School for Teachers, "a Instructors
~ students. Total enrolment 644
For catalogue address.
PRESIDENT ALDERMAN
b-22 Sept Chanel Hin N n
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-09-07

Although the proclamation of the
Philippine Commission last Anr;,
promised that ''local funds, collected
Tor local purposes, shall not be diverted
to other ends" it is stated on good or
tborlty that taxes in Luzon are he;no
diverted to support the army, instead
OF being applied to municipal purposes.
Ihls was the OLD Spanish policy, and
our bad faith in returning to it will
scarcely rebound to the honor Of tho
flag, or convince the natives that the
PRESIDENT can be trusted in other par
ticuIars.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-09-07
A Wonderful Discovers.

The last quarter Of a century records
many wonderful discoveries in medicine,
put none that have accomplished more for
humanity than that sterling old household
remedy, Browns Iron Bitters It seems to
contain the very elements 6good health,
It without deriving the greatest benefit.
Browns Iron Eitters il sold by eli dealers,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-09-07

*Dally. tDaiiv excent Sunday
Trains No. 40 and 4S solid trains be-
tween Timers Point and Wilmlnyson.
Train No. 40 connects at Rocky Mt.
with train % for all points South and
No Is train for all points North.
G. NJ. SERPELL. JR KENIv
s1enr'l Manager Sup't Tains.
I. M. EMERSON,
Gent Passenger Agent
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-09-07

Bryan's latest suggestion to "license
the trusts" while calculated to startle
one at first in its originality, is mos,
excellent plan, for in granting the Ii.
cense, the Federal Government can
make such conditions as Will squeeze
the water out of the stock an prevent
the monopolizatlon of any industry.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-09-07

The Idaho, Wyoming and North
Dakota regiments have arrived at San
Francisco from Manila, and a large
number of the men say that the Islands
are not worth keeping as a gift, and
that 1t may take years to complete the
conquest,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-09-07

Attorney General Griggs says he will
do nothing In the Carter court martial
until Carers attorney, Wayne Mac
Neagh, returns from Europe. No
doubt the attorney for Capt. Carter
Can be induce to prolong his stay to
bel p out his client.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-09-07

Americans are supreme in all branch
es OF lie, and if /. competition in type
writer's could be arranged between Gen
Otis and the notorious Gen. VIEWER
there would be no reason to fear the
result.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-09-07

Recent reports to the War Depart.
mentment show that there has hean
marked change in the attitude OF
the military governors of Cuban prov
lnces. Formerly, in their public adj
dresses, though nothing was promised,
still Cubans we're always led to believe
that In the very near future the entire
affairs OF the island would be turned
over to them. Now, this sort of thing
Is carefully omitted. The military
commanders seem to have reason 10
believe that President Mckinley no
longer feels as strongly as when he ex.
pressed himself that territorial ac-
QUESTION as result of the war would
be criminal aggression"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-09-07

1t is now announced that President
Mcklnley will take time to 20 New
York to attend the reception OF Admir-
al Dewey, and incidently gain a littl,
reflected popularity for use in the cam
paign.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-09-07
NATIONAL CAPITAL PARA
GRAPHS.

1t is not considered proper in Franc
to cali man liar. It is always re
ferred to as 'contriouto to the dos
sier."
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-09-07

The Western Uuion claims to have
grant from Spain OF the exclusive
right to land cables In Cuba. Whether
this claim is we'll justified, it would
seem might be left for the courts to de-
termlne, but the Administration has
lnterfered to uphold the monopoly to
the extent OF employing American
troops to prevent the landing OF a cable
OF rival company. Thus it is again
demonstrated that the big monoplies
have good cause for favoring President
McKinley's reelection.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-09-07

Funston's name is added to the Ions
list OF those, who having visited the
Philippines and bad an opportunity te
see the Fi|lplnos, return to this countr,
convinced that the expansion policy O
this administration is wrong.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-09-07

President Mckinley alludes often to
maintaining the honor of the flag. vet
he lnterposes his authority to retain In
the service, ON full pay, an army Off
Ger found guilty of embezzement bv
court martial.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-09-07

Because of the petty jealousies sur
rounding the OTIS regime in Manila, it
is well known fact that whenever
that gallant soldier, Lawton, or any OF
the other fighting general, is about to
accomplish anything of importance,
he is Immediately recalled end put OF.
other duty, and it is owing to this
schemlng that the war is allowed t.
drag.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-09-07

In the excitement of the moment. Il
has probably not occurred to most PEG
pie that in our latest feat of expansion
we have succeeded IN gobbling a full.
tledged Mohammedan and all his
tribe.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-09-07

The heather worship an idol O
stone-the Republicans worship an lido
Of gold.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-09-07

When Nature is overtaxed, she has
her own way of giving notice that assist
ance is needed She does not ask for
, until it is impossible to get along without
Boils and pimples are an indication that
system is accommodating impurities which
they are an urgent appeal for assistance
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-20
SOAF SPOILS BEER.
Two Ounces of II VIII Speedily Ruin
MIIliOI. .Dcnars' Worth
of Lager.


do you know that $1,U0O,C00 worth
of beer could be utterly spoiled by two
ounces of soap?" said Madison avenue
saloonist to Il Cincinnati Enquirer man.
well. it's fact. n little Pellet of soap
any kind of soap dropped into cask
containing hundreds of gallons would
knock the life out Of il quicker than
YOU could say Jack Robinson. The I've
and the grease in the soap simply stops
the fermentation of the beer. and it
loses its effcrvescence at once. Some
years ago a prominent brewing com
pany of this town had 10000 gallons of
particularly fine brew stored in it's
cellars. One day member of the firm
tapped one of the casks, and subse-
Tuently others, and discovered that they
had 10000 gallons of fluid that wasn't
worth as much as so much water. Every
gallon of it was as lifeless as canal
aqua pura. A brewmaster who had a
short time previous lost his position
with the firm was suspected of the Job,
in revenge for his dismissal, but the
brewing company had no proof, and, be-
sides, the man might have been inno-
cent. But there was every evidence that
soap had been used"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-20
THE NEWSPAPER Law.
All Subscribers Should Read the
Following Law and Avoid TrouhIa


Following Law and Avoid Trouble.
1. All subscribers who do not
give express notice to the contrary
are considered wishing to continue
their subscription.
2. II subscribers order the discon-
tlnuance OF their periodical the pub
Usher may continue to send it until
all arrearages are paid.
3. II subscribers refuse or neglect
to take their periodicals. from the
office to which they are directed, they
are responsible until they have set
tied their bills and ordered them dis
continued.
4. Subscribers moving to othe
places without informing the pub
Usher, and the papers are sent to the
former address, they are held re-
ponsihle.
B. The courts have decided that
refusing to take periodicals from the
Office or removing and leaving them
uncalled for, is prinIa facie evidence
of intended fraud.
6. If subscribers pay in advance
they are bound to give notice at the
end of the time they do not wish to
continue taking it, and the subscriber
will be responsible until an express
notice with all arrearages are sent to
the publisher.
Z. The latest postal laws are such
that newspaper publishers can arrest
anyone for fraud who takes a paper
and refuses to pay for it.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-20
To Whom it May Concern
STATE LAND OEEIcE.


CARSON CITY. Nevada, August 81, 1899.
=, Notice is hereby given that the State Of
Nevada, under the Act of Congress approx
ed June Is, 1880 (21 Stats. 287), has 6led in
the United States Land ONCE at Carson
City, Nevada, List No. 232 of lands selected
under said ACT, and has applied for q pat
emit for said lands; that part of said list is
open to the public for Inspection, aud a
copy thereof, by descriptive subdivisions,
has been posted in convenient place in
said United States Land once for the in
spectton Of all persons interested and the
public generally, =
Within the next sixty days following the
date OF this notice protests or contests
against the claim of said State Of Nevada
to any tract or subdivision described in the
list, on the ground that the same is more
valuable for mineral than agricultural pur-
poses, will be received and noted by the
Register and Receiver Of the United States
Land On1oe at Carson City, Nevada, for re-
port to the General Land ONCE at Wash
ington, D. @.
The following are the subdivisions de-
scrtbed, to wit: -. = -
e. y Of s. E. \ SEQ. 90, the e. X Of N. f..
and p. II OF 8. e. u Sec. 30, N. W. u OF
n. W: Y Sec. 20, Lot 8 Of N. w. Z Sec. 2, e.
u Of N. K. i and 4. n OF S. E. u SEQ. % It.
30 N. r. SO e. M D. B. & M.-482.6O acres.
E. D. KELLEY,
State Land Register Of the State Of Nevada.
Date OF first Insertion, September 1, 1899.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-20

In The Philippines the law which re-
iates to the property of married peo-
pie is entirely in favor of the wife.
Any property bride may possess is
never by any chance settled upon the
husband, and if he is poor and she is
well off he can only become at most
administrator Of her possessions.
hfter'death, unless the wife has ex-
ccuted deed in her husbands favor.
under lawyers eye, the property goes
TO her children and blood relations,
but none to her husband.
A married woman retains her maid
en- name and adds to it that of her hus-
band with the prefix ode" and the chill
Gren bear the names of both parents.
The husband symbolically endows
the bride with all his worldly posses.
sions after marriage. In. fact, it is
clearly case in the Philippines of
whats yours is mine and whats mine
is my own" as far as the women folk
are concerned.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-20
JOINT STATEMENT
OF THE
Auditor and Treasurer of
E1kO County
For Quarter Ending June 80, 1899.
STATE OF NEVADA, D.
COUNTY OF ELKo. ss.
AUDITORS OFFICE.

ELKo, July 3, 1899.
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners of Elko county, New. =;
GENTLEMEN:-We herewith submit
our Qarterly Report Of the Finances
OF the county for the quarter ending
June 80, 1899.
Respectfully submitted,
&. A. WATKINS. Auditor.
A. G. DAwLEY, Treasurer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-20

The above balance stands to the
credit of the various funds as per
Treasurer's Balance Sheet, dated
July l, 1899:
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-20

TREASURES BALANCE SHEET.
Cash in treasury to the credit Of the
various funds, July 1, 1899:
The leader., 1899-11-29

Bye and bye" says the Washington,
Iowa, Press, well be dead, and the
great world will 90 on just the same,
never missing us a bit. There'll be
high water and drOuth, big crops and
failures, wars and rumors of wars,
professions, parades, conventions,
mass meetings, speeches, music, flags,
orators. spouting Uncle Toms Cabin
will come and 90. and circuses and
niger MINISTRIES; there'll be campaigns,
election jubilations. fairs. tiirtations,
romances. weddings births, deaths, and
well know nothing of it all; be forgot
ten: be Wondering in the ground:
folks walking over our graves and We'll
be where: Who knows? 1t is hu-
initiating to think how unnecessary we
are, how little Wen be missed after
folks have stood or sat around at our
funerals whiting, chewing tobacco,
talking about the crops, joking, as the
parson stands by the coffin and talks
pretty things to make them cry, and
tells white lies bravely about the de
ceased. Moral enjoy the day while it
is still day. The night cometh. No
one here amounts to anything in that
night. When we leave this world we
shall be gone for long, long time. A
few, very few, only immediate and
near kin, will care about it. The
thought of death kills conceit clear
down to the lowest rootlet in the
ground, like the frost it is"
The leader., 1899-11-29
Tearing Down the Old Capitol at
Macon

JACKSON, Miss, Nov % The old is
Miss, an expression frequently heard
is, The old capitol is being pulled
down." Macon, it will be remembered
was the seat of government during
the war between the States. On the
site of the old capitol is to be erected
by the progressive town of Macon
magnificent public school building
This historic site is easily in view from
the hospitable home of Hon. John r.
Dinsmore, senator elect, who seems to
have no opposition for president pro
TEN. of the Mississippi senate Work
men are busily engaged in pulling
down "a large three story frame build
ing which has quite a history This
building was erected about 1850 by
Prof w. X. Poindexter for female in
stitute, and was known for years as
the Calhoun Institute. 1t was well
and beautifully built, and, at the time
of its erection, was one of the hand
soonest buildings of the kind in the
State. There are number of build
ings on this lot During the war the
house of representatives met i'll the
saloon of this main building, and the
State senate in the red house on these
grounds.
Hon. J. A. Orr, then a member of the
Confederate congress, addressed a
joint session of the Mississippi legisla-
ture in the house during the time
While the capitol was at Macon, State
Treasurer Haynes shot and killed
himself on account of a mistake he
made in allowing payment of the
Chickasaw School fund in Confederate
money, which, in a short time, depre-
ciated upon his hands. For three years
of the war all the buildings on this lot
were full of sick and wounded confeder-
ate soldiers, several hundred of whom
died and were buried 100 miles east of
the Odd Fellows cemetery.
The town of Macon has recently
bought this Calhoun Institute lot, and
is having all the buildings removed,
preparatory to the erection of large
brick building for the common schools
of the town, and hence the old build
ing is being pulled town. Such is the
march of progress.
The leader., 1899-11-29
IN OLD LANDMARK CONE.

Mrs l. W. Cooper died at Enterprise,
Miss. last Thursday, and was buried at
Edwards Friday Mrs. Cooper was one
of the old land marks of the State, her
minister of the gospel long before the
war, filling pulpits at Nicksburg and
other places But it was not his
preaching that handed his name down
to posterity it was his fame as "a
dreamer. He purchased a tract of
land in the heart of the mountainous
residence on the summit of the tallest
and most inaccessible hill. For water
he was forced to climb up and down
the mountain to a spring which troub-
led himgreatly, and he dreamed that far
beneath the surface of his hill was
water such as was never before heard
of and this dream being repeated three
successive times he determined to dig
we'll. He encountered thick stratas
of rock. but blasted it out with powder
and in course of time-two or three
years found in greatest abundance a
water that has proved the real elixir of
life to multiplied thousands. The we'll
was completed more than half cen
fury ago and still bears the name of its
discoverer, who was long since gather
ed to his fathers.
The leader., 1899-11-29

The Waterways Convention which
recently assembled at Memphis adopt
ed the following among other resolu
tions:
"Resolved. That we favor the estab,
lishment of an additional department
of the government, to be called the
Department of Commerce and Indus
tries, believing that great and constant
ly increasing appropriations would
thereby be secured and these interests
would receive greater and more direct
consideration and that the people OF
our country would be greatly bene
fitted.
s'The head of such department should
be member of the cabinet and be ap
pointed as other members of the cabi
net are now designated by law"
The leader., 1899-11-29
JOhnStOn'S
Sarsaparilla
QUART BOTTLES.
IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
TOOK FOUR BOTTLES AND WAS CURKD--
SNATCHED FROM DESPAIR.
A Whole Family Cured.

Mrs. c. II. Kingsbury, who keeps a
millinery and fancy goods store at ST.
Louis, Gratiot Co., Mich, and who is
well known throughout the country,
says:
II was badly troubled with rheuma-
tism, catarrh and neuralgia. l had
liver complaint and was very bilious. l
was in a bad condition; every day be-
gan to fear that l should never be a
we'll woman; that l shonld have to
settle down into chronic invalid, and
live in the shadow of death. l had
JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA rec
commended to me. / TOOK FOUR
BOTTLES AND 1T CURED ME, and
cured my family both. am very glad
that heard of it. | would cheerfully
recommend it to every one. l have
taken many other kinds of medicine.
l prefer JOHNSTON'S to all of them"
MICHIGAN DRUG CO.. Detroit, Mich.
For sale by MARTIN DRUG co. and
DIR. \. LEWE>THAL. Brookhayen, Miss.
The leader., 1899-11-29

On Nov. 23rd. 107 monuments and
markers of the State of Illinois were
placed on the battlefelds surrounding
Chattanooga. More than 1,0OOresidents
of Illinois and 5000 Chattanoogans
attended the ceremonies. $4,000 had
been appropriated by the Illinois Leg
islature for the object named and the
two largest and most attractive monu-
ments are located at Orchard Knob
and at Bragg's Hill, Missionary Ridge.
800 ex Confederate and ex- Federal sol
diers fraternized over the occasion.
The leader., 1899-11-29

The Brookhaven LEADER comes to US
this week "all home print" with the
exception of about one column of plate
matter. 1t is now a neat and home
like newspaper with its eight columns.
Bro. Hobbs is a first-class newspaper
man, and we are glad to see him make
this new Observation-Disclosures
The leader., 1899-11-29
yardaman Prefers an Honest
Vacancy to Either.

Senator Sullivan has been "misrep
resented again by an unfriendly news
paper" do not question the Sena
tors last statement, but the first inter,
view seemed to accord with his acts
1t is remotely possible that we do him
an injustice, but if l were called upon
to choose between Mark Hanna and w
V. Sullivan to represent Mississippi in
the United States Senate-well,
should not take either. / prefer an
honest vacancy.-GreencOod Common
arealth.
The leader., 1899-11-29

Major Jas. X. Vardaman has vigOr-
Gus editorial against the open saloon
in the last issue of his paper, the
Greenwood Commonwealth. Vardaman
has clear head and warm. brave
heart, and we always had faith that he
would come around right on the liquor
question when he gave it the necessary
thought.
The leader., 1899-11-29

Brave Bill" Anthony. who when the
battleship Maine was blown up i'll Ha-
vana harbor, Feb. 18th, 1898, said to
Capt. Sigsbee, Sir, have the honor to
report that the ship has been blown up
and is sinking" killed himself on last
Friday by swallowing a quantity of
cocaine. On his return to this country
Anthony was accorded the honors of a
hero and received promotion as ser
geant of marines: but becoming dis
consulate, ended his life.
The leader., 1899-11-29

The Times Democrat has made its
annual appeal for dolls and toys. to be
distributed during the holidays among
children who cannot expect to get
Christmas presents from any other
source. More than one hundred dol
lars in cash was contributed the first
day the appeal was made known.
The leader., 1899-11-29

Bishop Geo. w. Clinton, president OF
the African Methodist Episcopal Zion
Conference says: 1T seems that a
country which is able to plant its stand
ard in foreign lands and push its way
to the very forefront among the great
powers of the earth ought to be able to
check lawlessness and violenceat home
and yet the indications are that law.
lessness may yet prove the bane Of our
great country"
The leader., 1899-11-29

The towns "Harrismith," in the
Orange Free State, and "Ladysmith, -
in Natal, were named after Sir Harry
Smith, who was Governor of Cape
Colony in 1913, and his wife. Both
were exceedingly popular, and the set
tiers selected their names for the two
towns.
The leader., 1899-11-29

Mr.. J. j. Culberson, manager of half
a dozen oil mills in this State and in
Texas, gives it as his opinion that the
Texas crop is 40 per cent. short, while
that of Mississippi is at least - per
cent. off, and that the oil mills will all
be forced to shut down two months ear
lier than usual
The leader., 1899-11-29

The Herald remarked recently that
beyond the immediate gain of the rise
in cotton, would be the equally benefi-
cent effect of imparting a reeliZable
value 10 planting property. In proof
Of this is the report of numerous plan
tation sales, at good prices; a thing
which has been rare indeed of late
years. Then there were more sellers
than buyers, which is now reversed
There is no speculative tendency. such
as lured so many men into debt and loss
ten or more years ago. This is fortu-
nntea healthy and rational scale Of
value Is better Vicksbarg Herald.