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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-03-08
CALL OF DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
CONVENTION AND PRIMARIES.

The Democratic Executive Com
mittee o! Halifax county have called
the Democratic County Convention for
said county to be held in the town of
Halifax on Thursday, the, Goth day OF
March, 1900, for the nomination of
County officers, and the selection of
delegates to the State and Congression-
al Conventions.
The primaries for the selection of
delegates to the County Convention
have been called to be held in the
several precincts OF the county on Fri
day, the 23rd day of March, 1900, at
such hours as the respective precinct
Committees may designate.
This oath day OF February, 1900.
e. L. TRAVIS,
Chm Democratic Elk. Com.
of Halifax County.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-03-08
PAY UP AND GET BOTH PAPERS
AT PRICE OF ONE

We want to get 500 new subscribers
to our paper, and are going to do 1t
If we can; we therefore continue
our arrangement with the Farm
Journal by which we can send The
COMMONWEALTH one year and the Farm
Journal 5 years, both for $1.O0. And we
make the same offer to all old subscri-
bers who will pay all arrearages and one
year in advance.
You know what our paper is and the
Farm Journal is gem-practical, pro-
gressiye-a clean, honest, useful paper
full of gumption, full of sunshine
with an immense circulation among
the best people everywhere. You
ought to take it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-03-08
AN OLD MAP.

Kinston Free Press.
DIR. III. O, Hyatt has had framed and
loaned to Kinston Library a map oil
eastern North Carolina that was made
in 1929, being III years old. 1t pre-
sents very interesting study. The spell.
ling of names of towns, rivers, etc, is
different in majority of instances from
the style Of the present time. 1t seems
that at that tipe only the extreme
eastern portion OF North Carolina had
been explored. The Neuse river is put
down as running only short distance
above "Newbourn." Kinstvn is not on
the map.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-03-08

II troubled with rheumatism, give
Chamberlain's Pain-Balm trial. 1t
Will not cost you cent if it does no
good. One application will relieve the
pain, 1t also cures spralns and bruises
in one-third the time required by any
other treatment. Cuts, burns, FROST
bites, quinsey, pains in the SIDE and
chest, granular and other swellings
are quickly cured by applying it.
Every bottle warranted. Price, 25c
and so cts, at-E. T. Whitehead & Co.. 3
Drug Store. k
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-03-08

NIGHT SwEATs, loss of appetite, and
Impoverished blood, colds, la grippe
and general weakness are frequent res
ults Of-malaria. ROBERTS TAsrELsss
CHILL Tonic eliminates the malaria,
purifes your blood, restores your appe-
tue and tones up your liver. 25c per
bottle. Insist on having RoBER rs.
No other "es good"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-03-08
MORE WONDERS STILL!
At Futrell Hardy Hardware ComPany's.

All these great offers
of which we tell
through The Com
monwealth are Bona
Eide and every week:
they are verified by
the purchases made
by our customers
While we are care
full about our state
ments we like to prove
them up with real bust
ness transactions.
And we make bold to
say that we believe we
are making some re-
volutions in the Hard
ware Business and our
customers are reaplllg
the benefits.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-03-08

The Growing Wonder is
that we offer you daily
the Greatest Bargains
ever seen in Hardware in
| Scotland Neck.
A great tip in Stoves
both Cooking Stoves and
Heaters. Our Heaters are
offered at Cost and our
Cook Stoves at reduced prices to
make room for our large
stock of the far-famed
"Buck'' Cook Stoves which will
arrive in a few days.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-03-08

WALDEN, BELL & TURNER.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-03-08

Cure Gold In road.
Kermott's Chocolates Laxative Quinine, easy
70 take and quick to cure cold In had and sore
throat.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-03-08
The Brunswick"
A NATIVE GROWN PECAN,

The finest flavor, large size, thin
shell and good shape. Plant your
waste lands in Pecans, they will make
you good living In q few years, and
be fortune for your children. (Anev-
er failing crop.)
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-03-08
The one Dav cold cure.

Cold in head and sore throat cured bv Ker.
motifs Chocolates Laxative Quinine. As easy 70
sake a. candy. "Children cry for them"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15

Let There Ee Light-The story ~ a
workinsmens club. its search for the
causes of poverty ana social inequality,
its discussions, and It's plan for the anne
Iteration of existing evils. by David Lub-
in New York: q. +. Putnam's Sons.
This is a discussion Of the questions
growing out of the relations of labor and
capital. as they are supposed 10 have
been brought out in the debates OF
w0rkingmens club.
The general plan of the book is original
inasmuch as it carries enough Of incident
and narrative to clothe the otherwise 1IE
bones of its sociological studies with
something Of warmth and life and inter-
est.
These discussions certainly have the
merit Of strength and clearness The READ.
| er cannot help admitting the force or
! many of their deductions. and also the
| apparent spirit of fairness which perNades
| the general presentation OF the argu-
ments which are supposed to be delivered
| at the club meetings in the consideration
of the various questions that are up Tor
| discussion The trend of the argument Is
| in favor of the establishment of that gen
eral form of state socialism known as col
! lectivism Naturally enough the consider
| alton of the problems both social and eco
nomic. growing out of the relations of
capital and labor and the inequalities in
| the distribution of the products OF toll,
| gives rise to a new faith, in accordance
! with the general tcnetS Of state socialism.
I = Il -
| mems in favor of this method OF bring
| ing about 4 mundane millennium are
| hn1utifrI. bIt they pre-suppose a regen-
| eratinn ~ The race Ii is The fatal weak
| mass nf this school of philosophy. that in
! attemntinpr ia find remedies for the exist
| ing evils Of our modern life it makes no
account of the weaknesses of human ma
| lure Incidence crime imbecility. insan-
| ity inefficiency. prodigalitY, lust intern
| perance cruelty and brutality-are left out
| OF sight in the dazzling plans by which
| all men are to be placed upon the broad
| plane of a fraternal equality. and enter
| into an era of common enjoyment of the
| social and material blessings of this life
in an atmosphere of perennial righteous
| ness But all these things exist just the
same, and no way has been found of elm
| mating them from this world of sin and
sorrow. The socialist will argue that
suc!: evils are the result of the injustice
Inherent in existing conditions. and to a
| certain extent this may be true: but more
often such conditions are the result OF
them. Nothing can be more certain than
that man will not have to wait for the life
| to come for all the punishment due his
shortcomings in the present one. He gets
A considerable amount of it as he goes
lalong although it is unfortunate that in
nOceut parties are so often made to suffer
with him Nothing can be more certain
| than that hunger will sit eventually at
the drunkari's board; that Incidence will
never accumulate a surplus. and that in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15
Distressing Stomach Disease

Permanently cured by the e.,,,n MASON Ton
power of South American N erve be-
cause this great remedy can cure or ta' Of
stomach i1 weakness and indigestion The re.
cure begins with the first dose; surpris-
lief ii brings is marvellous aa,u dissp-
points r~i No matter how long ,yyn you n the
suffered, your cure is certain ,, nnaeif force.
use Of this great health-g sn,d by BOW
Pleasant and always SAFE s,,ssisi Augusta.
ditch, Webster Co.. ur"ss'
Me
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15
NfQQQNy8 GlDl38ilQ,
The Temple OF Fame.

How far away is the Temple Of Fame?"
Said a youth at the dawn of day:
And he toiled and dreamed OF deathess
name;
But the hours went by and the evening
came,
That left him feeble. and old, and lame,
To plod on his cheerleSs way.
How far away is the Temple of Good?''
said youth at the dawn of day:
And he strove, in spirit of brotherhood,
To help and succor. as best he could
The poor and unfortunate multitude
on their hard and dreary way.
He likewise strove with adversely.
To climb to the heights above;
But his dream was ever of men made
free,
OF better days in the time to be,
And sell was buried in sympathy
He followed the path OF Love.
He was careless alike Of praise or blame
But, after his work was done,
An angel of glory from heaven came
And wrote on high his immortal name,
Prcclaiming this truth. that the Temple
of Fame
And Temple Of Good are one.
For this is the lesson that history
Has taught since the world began:
That those whose memories never die.
That shine like stars in our human sky,
And brighter grow as the years roll by.
Are the men who have lived for Man.
The Denver News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15
lake Heed will Surely Speed"

Be sure to heed the first symptoms
Of indigestion, nervousness and i"po.e
blood and thus avoid chronic dyspep
sia nervous prostration and all tne
evils produced by bad blood. ho
Sarsaparilla is your saIesuaiu
quickly sets the stomach flsn'
strengthens and quiets the he', -.
purifies, enriches and vitalizes
blood and keeps up the health tohe'
All liver ills are cured ny
Pills. 25c.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15

The New Age places California and
Wise onsin in the sure list of states
that will east their votes for w. J..
Bryan" We allude to this fact mere
ly to show the straits to which our
genial contemporary is reduced in its
efforts to figure out Popocratic vic
tory.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15

People cannot be too careful in the
use of Paris green. a Dover man re-
Gently bought a large cabbage and
carried it home To be cooked. After
it was in the kettle with the meat,
etc, il was found to contain sufficient
Paris green 10 kill several persons.
The poison was probably used to kill
worms but such a use Of it was Ger
tainly careless in the extreme.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15

New York dealer for a barrel of
CLAIMS, they do not hesitate to sand
wich in layer of short holsters for
which they receive excellent prices as
the understood crustacea are much
sought after for broiling purposes. A
restaurant keeper can get just as
much for broiled finch lobster as he
can for full sized one and where he
pays for them by the pound the gain
To him is obvious
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15

The Portland liquor agency is pre-
pairing for large increase Of business.
In 1S92-93 its total receipts We're S'e.-
4IO.62 In ls99-1gO0 they had fallen To
$50. ana Tor the first time since its
este blishment the committee in charsc
was obliged 70 call on for a small
appropriation i'll order "a meet its
bills. t'nder the regime III Sheriff
Pearson ii IS expected that the agency
VIII be about the only place in Port
land where liquor can be sccufed-and
there only FOR medicinal and eohani-
cal purposes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15

Sir Thomas Upton q yeey'inn acing
fame is said to have al ustantial
corner on American ppdiJiout is not
disposed on this accounJnto try a
Chicago squeeze upon the public.
When questioned upon the subject the
other day he said: 1T is a fact that /
control today practically all the pork
in the United States. | have no in
tention of raising the price an ex
orbitant degree. l am perfectly salts
fed to make a fair profit out of the
deal. and | shall do all possible to avoid
causing serious trouble to those who
sold short In fact, l let some go the
other day in order to save a few
threatened failures
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15

The Republican argument of the
fun dinner pail is the grossest in
suit ever offered the American voter
New Age.
That depends largely upon the point
of view. The full dinner pail Ger
tainly has obvious advantages over the
public soup houses that so largely sup
erseded it during the dark days OF
Democratic rule.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15

Although the law breakers are clever,
the wardens. from long experience are
equally up-to-date at discovering bar
rels or boxes containing Holsters under
the required length. There is always
an extra hoop on a barrel or few
additional nails in a box that tells the
observant warden something is do
ing"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15

The fishermen have one method OF
evading the law that the wardens
seem powerless TO prevent and that is
to extract the meat Of short Holsters
and bring it to the city for market
Fishermen pat their wives and chill
dren at this work without fear Of de-
lection, ;or, unless caught directly in
the act. there can be no legal evidence
against them. The shells might be
near at hand when the warden came,
bur he would b. poWerless to prove
that the meat really came from them.
The fishermen know the field they have
in this direction ana during the win
ter months women and children come
~ Portland almost daily bearing pals
Of lobster meat which they carry trl-
umphantly by the powerless Wardens
and dispose Of 10 the retail market
men.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15


Il am Il Democrat" says Captain
Lee Hall of the Twenty-third Regi-
ment. L. 5. Volunteers, but | know
and every soldier in the Philippines
knows that the spirit which makes
these Tagalogs shoot American i;oldiers
from ambush is kept alive by Ameri-
can so-called Democracy, which prom
ises them. in case of success in Nov
ember. happy issue out of all their
troubles. These promises are RESPONSE
BILE for the blood now shed in the
Philippines" Captain Hall is a Texas
boy who volunteered in '9S, as Bryan
did, but he didn't quit when Bryan
did. He went further than Florida
He has been on duty with his regiment
in Luzon, and is now home on sick
leave. His voice but adds to the great
mass of testimony which makes
virtual, if not actual, traitors of the
nti-administration leaders who keep
UP the cowardly fire from the rear
upon our boys in the Philippines. Cen
| eral Lawton knew whence came the
bullet which killed him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15

The New Age is greatly worried
about the Sultan of Sulu's ''harem. "
But why should it carry its solicitudc
so far? A man with harem
Democratic ticket; but the Republi-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15

Germany appears to be persuaded
that the only good Chinaman is a
dead Chinaman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15

Who says the deer are not plenty?
Two of them dropped socially into
Silas Southard's barnyard at Presque
Isle the other day. as he was doing
his mornings milking, and watched
him with much interest The good
man fastened To the house for his
rife; but when he returned they were
gone.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15

No notice whatever will be taken Of
unsigned communications.
The journal cannot be held respOn-
siblc for the preservation or return OF
rejected communications.
Address all comm unicatiOns relating
to subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH & FLYNT, Publishers,
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15
iuous undertaking.

The story which Mr. Pearson told al
ligerent rumseller by pointing a specta-
Gle case at him was meant to illus
trate, we suppose. the cowardice Of the
average saloon keeper. We have a
suspicion that it also illustrates the in
genuity of some peoples ina ginatlons.
Portland Press.
Perhaps the fellow had been samp-
ling his own goods.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15

can majority in that body did not
hermit him to take his seat
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15
ESculettS
CURE PILES

CURE PILES
and all rectal disorders. Pleasant. Not
a physic, Soc Satisfaction guaranteed or
money refunded, at
c. B. MURPHY, Augusta.
H. d. ROBINSON & CO.. Gardiner.
sept, dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15

its platform at the Kansas City con-
vention:
I'VE favor an immediate declaration
of the nations purpose to give to the
F'ilipinos Il. e. Tagals) first, a stable
form of government; second, indie
pendence: third, PROTECTION FROM
OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE"
The caps are ours. This is the Ian
guage of the Democratic national
platform, and by very common agree
ment the American people are coming
to regard ii as the most sublimely
i6iotic. the most grotesqucly asinine
proposition ever put forward by
Republic.
The rottenness of the Manila courts
presided over by the abest and most
promising men to be found in that
center of Tagal civilization. empha-
sizes the folly and futiity which
would give all authority into the
hands of men of this type, and then
undertake to protect them in its eX-
ercise against the civilized world, If
Il hundred thousand men are necessary
to preserve order in the Philippines
under American rule, how many mil
lion would be needed to save them
from the just results of their own adj
ministrative wickedness and folly
when once they had fully assumed the
powers and We the responsibilities, of
government in the Philippine archpel
ago? Such faith in the Tagal char
acter and capacity as is evinced by
Mr. Bryan and his followers is indeed
sublime: but unfortunately for them
it will not wash.
The constant revelations Of the ragal
incapacity for administrative duties,
are SO opening the eyes OF the Ameri-
can people to the stupendous folly of
that portion of the Democratic plat
form above quoted that for the past
five weeks even Mr.. Bryan himself has
ventured no allusion 10 1t. although he
is said in the first instance To have
personally drafted it.
1t is today one of the potent in.lu-
ences that is turning thoughtful citi-
@ens away from Organism and its
follies, and which will aid powerfully
4
Mckinley by largely Increased vote.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15
N E VOUS
P 4 O S + X A ITO N

N ~ . N ~ ~ IN
is only a failure of strength.
lttakes strength to getstrength.
Get strength of stomach first.
Your stomach will then look
out for your body. Scott
emulsion of cod-liver oil ena
bles your stomach to get i,
from usual food; and this is
the way to restore the whole
body.
Wen send you little to try ii you like
'eo11 & eOWNk, 4es Pearl street, New York
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15

The long rain has made ideal con-
ditions for still hunting in the big
woods
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15

PASSPORT thinks it has the meanest
thief in Maine. He has in fact gone
to the dogs and is devoting his eff
forts to stealing their collars.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15

All this naturally suggests WhelhCf
our rugged Pine Tree State, a vast
amount of undiscovered and undeVei-
oped mineral wealth. There are many
careful observers who believe that this
is the case. 1t must be borne in mind
that a considerable portion OF the
states surface. is today covered with
forest growths. A considerable por-
ION of these woodlands have been
prospected to ascertain the extent
and character of their timber supplies:
but few if any of them have ever been
carefully examined by men capable of
discovering their mineral wealth.
All this will come in time, and ii need
not surprise the rising generation if it
shall live to see the day when the
products of Maine mines will be quite
as valuable as the products of the
Maine forests.
This is the season of the year when
the fish wardens are specially active
to prevent the shipping of short lob
sters. In summer there is not this
| much ice must be used to keep the
Holsters alive that the wardens have
little difficulty in spotting a box or
barrel used to contain them In win
ter, however, it is different. A lob
ster will live for three or four days out
| of its native element if surrounded by
| a bunch of damp seaweed and thus
gives the fishermen ample opportu-
nifty to make extra dollars If, for in
stance, they receive an order from a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15

Twenty years ago the good town Of
Acton was the center of considerable
mining excitement. A number O:
companies We're formed to develop the
mineral wealth of that section, and
five or six different shafts We're sunk.
About the only ones at that time to
make anything out of this mining fever
were the farmers who sold or bonded
heir land to the companies. one Of
them received $4,000. and is known
among his neighbors to this day as
the bonanza king"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15

The committee of Foxcroft citizens
appointed two years ago to make an
adjustment OF the town Indebtedness
occaSioned by the Hale defalcation.
consisting Of Hon. J. f. Hughes. Hon.
]. b. Mayo and Hon. Wainwright
Cushir~ 'ompleted its work, and
|, all of these obligations Of
i, II have been cancelled The
n. 4 We and the town are to be
N. bet dlated upon this successful and
IL gether creditable outcome of an
Ii -duous undertaking.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-15

And now they are going to open
some of these old mines again. Twenty
years have brought about many i'm
Drovements in mining methods and ma
hinery. and ore that it formerly did
rot pay to work can now be mined at
L profit.