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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-02-22

Hon. w. J. Bryan's visit to North
Carolina last week added much to his
popularity with the people OF the State.
His great speech In Raleigh more
han met the expectation of his
.varmest friends and most enthusiastic
admirers. Ee is, without doubt, one
f the most wonderful men of the age ::
md those who do not agree with him
Z his views on the money question
dnire his great fund of knowledge of
= ae living issues of the day, his courage
of conviction and his ability to press
home upon the minds of others the
;tropg convictions in font of which he
always speaks.
1t seems now that Mr.. Bryan's
[ hances for again being nominated by
he Democratic party for President are
God aud if nominated, whether he
hall be elected or not, his fight before
ne American people against trusts and
;,1 free siver, will have handed down
/ is name to one of the brightest pages
the biography of Americas greatest
zen.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-02-22
THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS.
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Present, Past and Future.

State Representative w. P. White,
Of Hobgood, says that the constitu-
tional amendment question has made
one development in the State already,
and that is quite a number of constl-
tutional lawyers amongst the Republi-
cans who oppose the amendment.
Their first argument against 1t is tba t
1t is unconstitutional. But Mr.. White
saws the amendment will be carried, for
it is the one thing North Car olina
needs.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-02-22

Some time ago much was written
and printed about good roads, but the
interest seems to have waned. Still
there is no interest which more yitally
touches the development OF the coun-
try than good roads. It is quite posi-
BILE to haye road Improvements at NOM
NAL cost to every citizen; and he who
plans and perfects a system whereby
North Carolina shall have good roads
will be great benefactor to the public
and will immortalize himself,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-02-22

RHEUM ATISM has been cured in
a multitude of cases during the past
sixty years by PAIN KILLER. This
potent rubbed vigorously in and
around the suffering parts, will relieve
all stiffness, reduce the swelling and kill
all i,..in The most stubborn cases
yield to this treatment when persevered
In, Avoid substitutes, there is but
one Pain-Killer, Perry Davis. Csc.
and SOC.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-02-22
Notice..

By virtue Of power in ne-rested by
that Deed of Trust which was executed
to me by George 3. Black burn and his
wife Mollie, which is duly recorded in
the Registers Office for Halifax county,
IN book 124, on page 396, l shall sell
for Cash at auction in the town of
Scotland Neck, on the 18th day of
March, 1890, the property therein de-
scrihed. to-wit: That land in Halifax
township, bounded by, the lands of u
NJ. Bradley, J. P. Ellen, and J. I.
W:1ifaker and containing 33a ACRES,
more or less.
Feb. II, 1900. w. A.IUNN,
2-15-4t Trustee.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-02-22
Notice.
State of North Carolina,
County of Halifax.
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION.
RI. SHIELDS }
pOREPT HOW ADn
Notice.
ROBERT HOWARD. !

To Robert Howard, the Defendant:
Whereas summons Issued by the
undersigned against you has been re-
turned by the Sheriff OF said county,
and endorsed, "Not to be found in my
county," You are hereby notified that
an action has been begun against you
by the said r. J. Shields for the pur-
pose of securing judgment against
you for the sum OF Two Hundred Dol
lars with interest from Jan. 1st, 1895,
ard on are hereby summoned to ap-
pear before me at my Office in the town
OF Hobgood, N. c., on the 10th day Of
March, 1900, to answer or demur to
the complaint of the plaintiff, or judg-
inent will be rendered against you.
Witness nv hand this the 9th day
of February, 1900.
28 1t IvEY NJ. PARKER, J. P.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-02-22
ACCORDING TO
OPPORTUNITY,
PRESENT DAY THOUGHTS.
Impulse Will Speak.
BY "GROsvENoR."
for The Commonwealth.

Written for The Commonwealth.
Related to the 22nd No two lives
go through just the same experiences.
Mingled with the three great facts
birth, life, death,-are minor facts as
varied and numerous as the minutes of
life. Consequently it is foolish in look
ing back at life that has been to envy
the opportunities that came to it and
that are denied to us. Another man s
opportunities have nothing to do with
us except to teach lis that to every one
great and small-in the possession of a
natural intellect there come openings
Tor some sort Of usefulness to socie' V
and to self. In fact to every sensible
being is given the chance to take up
lie at one poirt and lay it down at
point some where advanced from the
point where it was taken up. And IN
those who know this and yet do not at
tempt it there is sin both against So
ciety and self.
The man who wills to be heard and
1elt will be, just to the extent to which
he ls free from self-seeking. The man
with great utterance in him, or
great purpose compelling him, speaks
and works despite all opposings. There
is never poet with soul on fire but
that finds an audience nor never an
unselfish builder for others bu. that
has following. II we talk to an un-
echoing world, the fault Is within and
not without. The world always has in
some measure an ear for the true ring
OF sincerity in an utterance, and an
eye keen tc note the unselfish SERVICE
not all the world, for to preach such
an idea would be Unreasonable but
the world made up OF neighbors and
friends. Let us be untrue there and
we need never hope for an audience
to make up for those WAC
doubt us nearby, But true in the little
things, faithful in small duties, brave
on the battlefield of the heart within
it is absurd to talk OF limitations. There
are most distressing limitations in har-
vestlng results; but the limits of TN
and unharvested influence
are no nearer reckoning than are the
bounds of space or the final year of
eternity. Let me quote an example
hat is timely and that cannot be gain
said. A poor widow with nine children
often troubled about the mere feed
ing of them, does by them all her tulI
luty just because that is the thing ly-
ng right straight before he.' to be done
One of them goes forth, strong in the
aith his mother has taught; millions
have felt bis power, and they in their
urn hand on the infuenc of the
mother, while Moody and she rest from
heir labors.
The summing up is to humble folk /:
fon will not found an empire, nor
mould nation; you Will not stir a
world, nor see your name blazoned high
n the temple of fame, but you can be
III that your opportunities permit you
o be. The greatest man that eyer
ived was no greater than that.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-02-22

While the prospect of grea develop
ment in cotton milling In the South Is
causing CONSERVATION amongst New
England mill men, the South need not
rely too much on capital from that
section to develop the milling interest
here. New England, Western and even
Eastern capitalists have their minds
set largely On mining interests. It is
we'll enough for the South to interest
capital in the North, but self-depend-
ence will, in the end, prove the great
est blessing If our people will prac-
tice it..
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-02-22

The good price OF cotton just at this
time makes it quite probable that those
farmers who had planned to di versify
their crops may change their
mind. The tendency is to larger
acreage in cotton ; but the wise farmer
will be careful to depend on more than
one crop. First of all, let every farmer
see to 1t that he raises home supplies j;
and then the money crop will not mat
ter so much whether he strikes it or
not.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-02-22

"And remember, Bridget, there ara
two things I must insls. upon-truth :
fulness and obedience"
"Yls mum : an whin yez tell me to
tell the ladies you're out when you're
In, which shall it be, num-"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-02-22

and cheerfulness soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. If the child urin-
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-02-22
:, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 90, 1900.

This assum ption of suzerainty Is an
act of aggression, because, as above
stated, such right was relirquished by
treaty in 1858 and disavowed by the
prime minister, Mr.. Gladstone, again
in 1882. To emphasize this claim OF
sovereignty, the British Government
began to am ass strong force In Natal
on the borders of the Orange Free
State and the Transvaal, whereupon
President Kruger issued his ultimatum,
declaring this assembling of hostile
force an act of war, which, as free and
independent State, the Transva al would
resist.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-02-22
Notice..
Notice.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Halifax County.
In Superior Court.
March Term 1900.
Marian Harriss)
VS. SUMMONS.
hort IIoryicc \

Marian Harriss)
VS. SUMMONS.
Albert Harriss.
The defendant above NJ med will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Halifax county, the
object Of which is to obtain a divorce
from him on account of abandonment,
and the said defendant will further
take notice that he is required to appear
at the next term OF the Superior Court
Of said county to be held on the 9Th
day of March, 1900, at the court house
Of SAID county in Halifax, N. c., and
answer or demur to the complaint OF
the plaintiff in said action, or the plain
tiff will apply to the court for the re-
lief demanded in said complaint.
This 18th day of JAN, 1900.
s. NJ. GARY, G.. S. c..
S. G. DANIEL, Atty for Plaintiff.
1-25 ct
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-02-22


urine scalds the flesh or if. when the child
reaches an age when it should be able to
control the passage, it is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause Of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment Of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to 4 diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect Of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. 1t is sold
by druggists. in fifty Est
cent and one dollar eeaS;;sss,Y9k u36 6sl::MsTe.ta
sizes. You may nave &.
sample bottle by mail asasls sl hs :: - IT, EEEss
tree, also pamphlet tell Home Of swamp Root
ing all about it. including many of the
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing Dr.. Kilmer
Il Co., Binghamton, N. r., be sure and
mention this paper.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-02-22
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable bv
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis
'courageS and lessons ambition: beauty vioor
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-02-22

! with Roterts' Taste
ic. 25c. Delightful to
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-02-22

Use nothing but Macnair's Blood
and Liver Pills.
w. H. MACNAIR, Tarhoro, N. C.
or E. T. WHITEHEAD & Co.,
9 % IT, Scotland Neck. y e.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-02-22
WARD.

6NN,
d r N e KA I'll Il ".
ATLAND NECK, n. G..
wherever his services are
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-02-22

E. 7. WHITEHEAD & CO., Scotland Neck, n. G.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-27
Mr.. CARNEGIE'S VIEWS.

On all matters relating to his own immense
and generally commendable industrial activities
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie speaks with authority.
His utterances on other subjects do not In
variably produce conviction but they are al
ways heard with interest. and his letter in
another column will not prove an exception to
the rule.
We agree with Mr.. Carnegie that the Presl-
dent was right in seeking to avoid a crisis
in our relations with Spain. The country
might have sustained him If, for the pur-
pose of continuing to control the situation, he
had more strenuousy asserted his undoubted
prerogatives even after the destruction of the
Maine by the act of a mailman had made war
seemingly inevitable.
This was the first of what Mr.. Carnegie calls
1.-THE vital stages in the drama" AS for the
second stage, In which he says the President
was right at the outset we do not know what
evidence he has that the President did not
wish to hold the Philippines; but we consider
it absolutely certain that if the President
had returned to Spain possessions which
we had won by conquest and were on all
grounds entitled TO keep as indemnity for the
losses of a war into which we had been forced
he would have been deserted on that issue by
four-fifths of his own party and denounced by
a great majority of Democrats.
The third stage in the DRAMA as Mr.. Carnegie
sees it, involves the proposed tariff for Puerto
Rico, and in this matter he thinks the President
has been right from the start. But as an un-
happy confusion still appears to exist in some
minds as to the gist of the matter, we say once
more that the question of customs duties for
Puerto Rico is of comparatively trivial i'm
portance, whereas it is vital that nothing should
be done which could be construed to support
the doctrine that the Constitution of the United
States operates automatically TO extend our
tariff system over territories which never ought
to become a part Of the United States. We
think there can be no doubt that the President
is right on that main point, and has been from
the start-however much Mr.. Carnegie may
try to put him in the wrong. Puerto Ricans
should be treated now with special generosity.
We have been willing to secure them three
fourths more free trade with all the world than
we have ourselves. and TO give them not only
all the revenue they can collect on all the
worlds imports into their own harbOrs but
also all we collect ourselves on their exports to
us. Further we favor the largest practicable
measure of home rule for Puerto Rico, and
when the people Of the island can show that
their own, with or without reciprocal rebates
with us, we shall not object TO letting them
have it in manner that implies nothing more
or different. But for the present we cannot join
with q few misguided Republicans in recon-
mending TO the distressed Puerto Ricans the
present sinister device of those whose creed is
that our whole tariff system is the sum OF
villanies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-27
BUTCHER MAKES WAY FOR BACKUS
HE RESIGNS TO ENABLE THE GOVERNOR
TO REAPPOINT THE FORMER HOS
PITAL MANAGER

Silas B. butcher president of the Hamilton Trust
Company, of Brooklyn. resigned from the Board Of
Managers Of the Lcng Island State Hospital. Il
seems, in the hope that Governor Roosevelt might
appoint DR. Truman j. Backus 10 his place. Mr.
butcher was greatly surprised at the failure OF
Governor Roosevelt to reappolnt DR.. Backus, and IL
is said that when he it would be awkward
for the Governor TO ask Bradish Johnson to retire
after appointing him. Mr. butcher resolved to make
it feasible for the Governor TO put Mr.. BacFus
back into the Board by turning in his resig
nation. It Is also said that MIR. butcher accom-
panied his resignation with a request that the Gov
ernor appoint DR.. Backus In his place. Mr.. Dutch
er is q personal friend of Senator Plat and Lieu
tenant Governor Woodruff and although he has
dropped OF politics to large extent he Is said
to have a great deal OF influence with the State
organization. 1t is said that Mr. butcher expressed
himself in plain terms to Senator Platt and Mr.
Woodruff about the forced retirement OF Dr.
Backus Mr. butcher was informed that Governor
cessor 10 DR. BacRus. but found himself in such
N.Y. Dateher had been two years on the BoaTd ana
felt that the easiest way OF solving the difficulty
would be for him resign in favor OF Dr. Backus.
With MIR. butchers resignation on his desk, the
Governor wavered In the matter or replacing DR..
II aeoas he se
une on SUNDAY; When Mr. butcher was seen yes
of seeing DR. Backus reappointed was one OF the
causes OF his resignation,
When Tribune reporter saw Mr.. butcher last
night he refused 10 deny the report that his resig
nation from the Board OF Managers of the Long
Roosevelt in order that the Governor might re-
place DE- Truman j. Ba Bag upon the board ..,
not willing 10 discuss the matter" lie was evaslve
in answerins all the questions put 10 him. and
Roosevelt to appoint Dr. Backus In your place
when you resigned2" replied;
when the Governor refused 10 reappei4t DR..
Backus, and should be pleased to see him returned
resignation"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-27
1NCONVENIENT CURIOSITY.

Detective Sergeant Cuff is, we fear, marked
man. Like the policeman who once arrested an
hilarious and peppery official at BALL he Is
likely to find that too close attention TO the
morals of the community is not good Tor the
health It is all well enough to know Jallb1rhs
under suitable circumstances 1t is praise
worthy in an officer to be able to find charge
against anybody who is so depraved as to crltl-
else District Attorney Gardiner. But in at
tempting to exercise a censorship of the rolls OF
the Democratic Club he certainly trenched upon
the royal Drerogative.
# annears that the club had no special use
for the particular ex-criminal whose presence
within its walls so shocked Cuff, but how could
he know that his royal master did not Tor
reasons of his own have the person in training
for a Fire Commssionershp or the management
of a party hosiery? 1t was mighty RISKY
thing to interfere with possibly deep laid plans
Of statecraft And even If the objectionable
person did not happen to be in the club by MT
Crokers orders and for the good of the state,
and could be dispensed with and cause no In
convenience. nevertheless Audaclty itself would
hardly have ventured TO require n certificate Of
never having been indicted as prerequisite 10
membership in the Democratic Club. 1t is said
that in Australia it is unsafe to ask OF the an
cestry of the old families. So in the Demo
cratic Club one mustn't ask about indictments.
Sufficient is it TO know that members present
are at the moment free from other than the
social attentions of the District Attorney This
is n good and convenient rule which Cuff should
not have broken. OF course, when he con-
fronted an unknown and uninf1uential man
with an unpleasant past, the poor fellow had
to 90 But what if Cuff should go about gen
orally among the influential with that uncom-
fortably long memory of his? Suppose he
should come in some day when Mr.. Croker was
having a quiet chat with Mr. Stokes and should
say: Excuse me, but haven't you been in Sing
Sing?" How awkward it would be for Mr..
Scannell to be interrupted at dinner and com
PEELED to explain to a suspicious person that he
was not a criminal! Such a man as Cuff about
the club would be tremendous nuisance and
a sad damper on the gayety of society.
Not since some gentlemen We're caught trying
to cheat the Hon. +. s. Gibbs out of an election
TO a highly respectable organization has ex-
elusive clubdOm received such shock as is
given it by Cuffs impertinent curiosity. Cuff
should be sent TO patrol cOwpaths at Totem
vile. He doesn't know enough TO respect the
skeleton closets of polite society.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-27
No ByDPOpB0BIA SCAREs NOW.

Less than thirty years have passed since
hydrophobia scares more than once alarmed the
people of New-York City, of Newark and Of
various towns in New-Jersey. Those who recall
the fright which then disturbed many house
holds In the two States must realize that wider
intelligence and better understanding Of mat
tiers Of that sort are now general in this part Of
the country. The ablest physicians say that
cases OF true hydrophobia are not frequent.
They assert that terror and despair In many In
stances have brought on attacks which were
COMPOUNDED with the frghtful malady itself.
1t is freely admitted in these days that few
handlers OF dogs and few dog catchers
stricken with hydrophoba Moreover IL is the
common view of medical men that when dog
does go mad and bites any one the Pasteur
treatment, if applied promptly. is successful as
a rule. The public mind is now placid and
reasonable concerning dangers from dogs. A
great deal was written and said not long ago
about the work Of the catchers who captured
thousands of dogs, most OF which met their
fate speedily. In late years less attention has
been paid to cutting down the number of four
footed Migrants.
The visitors to the Madison Square Garden
last week had excellent opportunities TO study
the noblest types OF dogs which can be produced
by mastery Of pedigrees and scientific breeding.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-27
DusiIiess \ otires.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FnREIGN-Lord Roberts is reported TO hold
et his mercy the Boer force under Genera
Cronie intrenched on the banks or the Moouel
River near Paardeberg; the Boer FORCES az
said to be massng at Bloemfontein 10 aeIehu
The city: General Butler sent to the war Oilce
a long list of casualties, and his advance III on
Ladysnith is stubbornly opposed; i ne
British naval estimates were ihtroduceu D'
Mr. Goschen in the House of Commons
CoNGRESS.-Senate Mr. Turley made a con-
stitutional argument against seating MI quay
on appointment Of the Governor or PennsyiN allIa'
TWO amendments TO the Hawaiian Dill were
race question in the South between MT III
man and Mr. Spooner = House: IL N I
decided to grant another day for debate on the
Puerto Rican Tariff bill, the chief feature OF the
discussion was speech IN 1aVor OIL Tue DIli -
Mr.. Boutell, Of Illinois
DOMESTIC - Republican Representatives
reached an agreement which is regarded as as
surfing the passage of the Puerto Rican Tariff
Court OF Claims decided adversely TO Admiral
Dewey on a claim for bounty arising from the
battle Of Manila Bay. - Marcus Daly testl-
fed before the committee which is investigating
The bribery charges against Senator clark OF
Montana -- The suit Of minority stoekhold-
ers in the H c. Frick Coke Company against
the Carnegie Steel Company to annul the COKE
contract was begun at Pittsburg.
CITY-The Rapid Transit Board authorized
an inquiry as 10 the feasibility of extending the
underground road TO South Ferry and Brooklyn
and called the Board of Estimate for the
issue Of the entire amount OF rapid transit
bonds at once. General Samuel Thomas
A G. I,oring and Charles z. Kimball were ap-
pointed receivers for the United States Flour
Milling Company. 49, Robert A Johnson
home at Mount St Vincent, containing collec-
ton of art objects and statuary and rugs, was
burned
THE Neutrality-suspicious. for to-day: Fail
and cold. The temperature yesterday: Highest
20 degrees; lowest 8; average. 153s.