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The Conservative, 1900-12-27

into Windsor Forest, lined on each side
with a double row of British Elms
These royal Concord tress are about half
way between the south church and the
pitch of the hill below it. They range
along the west side of Main street-high
up from the road, and cast their old
shadows toward sunset, far off into the
beautiful meadows and winding river.
They are doubtless the oldest in the
place. We have never seen any of such
venerable appearance. They stand so
thick as to interweave their long
branches. You look upward into their
dark tops, the giant branches running
away up into the wilderness of foliage
and bending off in great curves down
again over the distant road, intersecting
each other in countless Gothic arches.
like the roofing and recesses in the
abbeys and priories of England;
branches big enough for trunks to great
trees-and then the trunks themselves
vast, shapeless, and rooted all abroad in
the ground, to withstand the wrestlings
of a century's winds among their mighty
tops. You feel awed and overwhelmed
as you look up, as when in Westminster
Abbey or old York Minister. Here you
are gazing on the originals, there on the
architectural copies-the coping and the
lancet arch of the old cathedral being
borrowed doubtless from the tree top
God built the elm and your Christopher
Wrens and lingo Joneses the "solemn
temples" of Britain. Yet they get the
homage and admiration of men rather
than the architect of the universe.
We must release our readers and pen
with call on every man to plant a tree.
1t is a virtue to set out trees. 1t is low.
ing our neighbors as ourselves. Set out
trees-not to make your home outshine
your neighbors; but for him to look at
and walk under,-and to beautify Gods
earth, which he clothed with trees and
you cut them all down. Every tree is
Feather in the earths cap" a plume in
her bonnet, tress on her forehead. 1t is
a comfort, an ornament, refreshing to
the people, and when peace and liberty
prevail, we will have an Eden of them
from one end of the land (and the wotld)
| to the other.
The H. w. Johns Mfg. Go. are at
The Lamar register., 1900-09-26

State Convention
September 18th.
on Lincoln avenue, house Of six
rooms, registered thirteen people for
the Thomas ticket. Applause.) In
charge of a police official who held the
proxy of the governor in the county
convention, people were dragged from
the slums of this town in hacks to this
precinct, that is a respectable precinct
on Capitol Hill, and voted in the name
Of chaste women the Thomas ticket.
Out here at the county hospital, where
Its inmates are county charges, nearly
all of them, and where they have no
right to vote, eighty-seven people Gn-
mates) were registered and voted the
Thomas ticket. Two years ago at that
same hospital 67 votes were cast for
the Democratic ticket. Cheers and ap-
plause.)
Policemen In Convention.
In the Democratic convention, which
followed, there sat in both conventions
ninety policemen and firemen-men
charged with the duty of protecting
our homes from fire and of protecting
the public peace; more than fifty po-
licemen sat in those conventions, and
it is but fair to say that they could
never have been spared at a better
time Cheers, for the city was never as
peaceful as it was during those four
days daughter and applause), and yet
1t is true, fellow citizens, unfortunate
ly, and disgracefully true. that in an
The Lamar register., 1900-09-26
WOLCOTT'S SPEECH

Held in Denver,
as l was when you first sent me to the
Senate; but | am prosperous and ey-
cry dollar l have made, have made
in ColoradO-in the honorable practice
Of an honorable profession and in min
ing for silver in these mountains. ZAP
plause.) Since l have been in the Sem
ate l have never-with one exception,
years ago, when for my health l was
compelled to go abroad-I have never
been absent from Colorado a month in
any year except when was absent on
my public duties. l am never absent
from the Senate at Washington before
the session is closed. When l can
stay looking after the pensions of our
Colorado boys (Applause), and since the
war commenced. looking after our boys
in the Philippines and Colorado inter-
ests there.
l have been abroad twice at the re-
quest Of the President and Congress,
seeking to procure international bimet-
allism, and my greatest obstacle was
the Bryan opposition in this state.
have been member of the finance
committee, where am called now, but
am unable to attend, and in investiga-
tions where AN compelled to be pres
ent. l am now in my thirtieth year Of
continuous residence in Colorado.
have lived here since l was boy. l
have known no other home. l shall die
here, and, if heaven grants me the
The Lamar register., 1900-09-26

There are over 100000 bank deposit
ors in Colorado now, an increase of
nearly 100 per cent. in four years. Per-
hans this is one of the many valid rea.
The Lamar register., 1900-09-26

in the event of victory, there will be
no more lending of money at good
rate of interest 10 foreign countries.
Rruan is still nnntinn from, Iinnoln
The Lamar register., 1900-09-26

h0HS WHY MCNIH1ty VIII CHrry CU1U-
RADIO this year.-Buena Vista Republic.
Following upon the, British loan,
an issue of German bonds has been
sold in the United States. 1t Is the
The Lamar register., 1900-09-26

GIN ATOp

AT the Republican
Mr.. Chairman and Delegates: Ladies
ard Gentlemen:
This great convention, with its surg
ing mass of earnest Republicans al
ready casts the shadow before 1t of an
approaching victory. (Applause.)
We are met again, united party,
animated by that instinct Of loyalty
which characterizes every citizen who
values the perpetuity Of the Republic.
No man here is called upon to sacrifice
the convictions which once divided us,
events throughout the world in the last
few years have modified them. The
Democracy has abandoned the issue
and has declared that the great Ques-
tion before the American people Is our
betrayal of our responsibilities grow
ing out of the war with Spain, the
abandonment of our obligations to our
new possessions, and when political
party asks this great nation to make
itself a by-word and reproach among
the civilized countries of the world, to
dishonOr our soldiers and our sailors,
and to degrade our flag, the good men
and women of Colorado will stand to-
gether for the honor of our country.
(Applause)
Reunited Party.
1t Is a good omen today, my friends,
that thirty-eight years ago, on the 18th
The Lamar register., 1900-09-26

paid S15,000.0O0 for the Louisiana pur
chase including the ground where this
opera house now stands. Where was
then the consent of the governed? In
1921, in Florida, where there were but
1000 white people and 10000 Indians,
and the white people mostly Of alien
race, We paid S5,OOO.OO0 to Spain for
possession, and the Seminoles, led by
that gallant old Osceola, declared it
was their ground and that they were
owners Of the soil. What did jackson
do? He sent his soldiers down to fight
them and fought them for twenty-one
years and when finally conquered sent
what was left of them ont TO the
Indian territory At the close of the
Mexican war we paid S1S,200.000 for
northern California with part of
Mexico. In 1858 we paid S1O.0OO,O0O
for the Gadsden purchase, which i'll
cluded New Mexico. Arizona and
southern California. In 1867 we paid
81, 100000 for Alaska under the Demo
cratic President johnson. Where then
was the consent of the governed?
Fellow citizens, Colorado is a poor
place to come to inflict that doctrine.
(Applause) There are great many
gray-haired men before me to-day who
came to this state in the early days
because of that purchase. without the
consent of the governed. and they have
made the desert to bloom as the rose.
They found the red Apache and fought
him until they whipped him out. And
when years later we found a peaceful
population of Mexicans here, where
was the consent of the governed? We
met them just as soldiers and COM
missioners are meeting the people in
the Philippine islands, with the olive
branch, and We have sought to instruct
them for government like our own.
spector of Imperialism.
Then we are frightened by the awful
cnaofar Of ;rnnarin1icp, No nro 40
The Lamar register., 1900-09-26

but can he find an extract anywhere
showing that the Democratic party
ever said good word for Lincoln
while he was alive?-St. Louis Globe
The Lamar register., 1900-09-26

DlyuH sTetCH IHU CUHpurG tHeHI.-IH-
dianapolis Journal.
If the Democrats wish to predict n
Surn tliutr tln1. claull nranicn thnt
The Lamar register., 1900-09-26

Just imagine the Democratic howl
there would have been if President Nc
kinley had abandoned the Philippines.
colorado SPRINGS Gazette
The Lamar register., 1900-09-26

lican cause that Mr.. Bryan is to make
only two speeches day hereafter.
The Lamar register., 1900-09-26

If any intelligent man is undecided
about the issues of the campaign, let
him take Roosevelt speech and a
The Lamar register., 1900-09-26

olThY, POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS.
The Lamar register., 1900-09-26

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1900.
The Lamar register., 1900-09-26

Fellow citizens, this Is September
1900. want you TO so back, if yo,
will, in your memories to September
1896. We had then four years Of
Democratic administration. We hai
seen $3.50, 900, 900 added to our nationa
debt. We had seen tariff act sup
pressing the Mckinley law, ,whicl
destroyed every commercial industry
in the United States and impoverished
every farmer We had seen the wage.
of two-thirds of the people who labor
ed in these United States cut down II
bare pittance, and tie o:ter thirt
driven out of employment and men D.
thousands walking up and down the
highways Of the land clamoring fol
work or bread. In these days Col
orado, suffering impoverished an(
clamorous, turned naturally to new
guides and new methods and sought
some avenue that would lead us bach
to our old prosperity; but we believed
Mr.. Bryan. Do You remember what
he told us here and elsewhere foul
years ago? He told us that if Mr.. Nc
Kinley were elected wages would &C
down, farm mortgages by thousands
would be foreclosed; wheat would &C
to 25 cents bushel: all the necessaries
Of life would be cheap except money
and money would be dear We be
lieved his story then. but know
voice the sentiment of this convention
when say We all thank heaven that
our brothers in the east knew more
than we. (Applause.)
Present conditions.
Compared with that condition, In
1900, after four years Of Republican
administration, there is not man to-
day in the broad limits of these United
states who is able and willing to work
who cannot find work, and at better
wages than ever before. There are
$4,000 more men employed on our
The Lamar register., 1900-09-26

LAMAR REGISTER.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-01-18
A CASE IN POINT.

THE COMMONWEALTH las all the
while insisted that Scotland Neck needs
q cotton factory or two. We have Pr
pued that such an enterprise here would
stimulate the price of cotton and thus
directly benefit the farmers OF the COM
munlty, and indirectly benefit every
OF her person here.
MI. j.. c.. Simmons, who is cotton
buyer for the Roanoke Mills Co., OF
Roanoke Rapids, said to us Monday
that the mills consume over a hundred
bales of cotton a week, and he feels
sure that the PRESENCE of the mills in
the county have had a good effect on
the cotton market all oyer the county.
He says farmers carry their cotton to
the mills and get the highest prices
for il there aud the market there has
has bsen a stimulus to the market all
through the county.
What does Scotland Neck propose
to do about a cotton mill?
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-01-18

band on every man whose vote you
want. In the late campaign he rend-
cred valuable service IN that direction.
The Government Unions" spoke in
thunder tones on election day. The
opposition sought In every way posi-
ole to destroy the force of his energy
and work.
At this time Mr.. Winston is special
ly fitted for this high Office.
He introduced the pending Suffrage
Amendment in the Legislature. For
some months before he gave the sub
jact much thought, comparing the
laws and constitutions of all the states.
We doubt If there is a lawyer in the
State better fitted to defend the Amend
ment. That it will be assailed In
the courts none can deny. With him
to defend it we will be sure that the
collected opinions of the ages and the
best thought of all the writer's will be
brought i'll Its support.
Mr.. Winston is not putting his can
didacy the ground that the party
owes 1t to him. His political services
are rendered from the standpoint OF a
good cltizen-not that OF an office
seeker. If nominated for Attorney
General he will add votes to the ticket.
If not nominated he will add strength
to the ticket by his superb support OF
the principles for which the ticket will
stand. No matter what Is the out
come of his candidacy he will always
find in BERTHE county, where he was
born and has lived forty-two years,
first class citizenship that ,s proud OF
him, that feels grateful to him for his
unselfish labors In the past, that will
delight to honor i1Im In the future.
Berthe Democracy, with one voice,
presents the name of FRANCIS D..
WINSTON to the State Convention
for Attorney General.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-01-18
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
+Dally except Monday. tDa,lv

Italy except Monday. tDally ex-
cept Sunday.
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad,
Yadkln Division Main Line--Train
leaves Wilmington, 90 a. M, arrives
Fayetteville II II p. M, leaves Fayette-
vile IL % p. M, arrives Sanford l 43
p. IN. Returning leaves Sanford 80
p. M, arrives Fayetteville Al p. M,
leaves Fayetteville 3.,46 p. M, arrives
Wilmington 6 40 p. m.
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad,
Bennettsville Branch-Train leaves
Bennettsville 8 Is a. M, Maxton 8 20
a. M, Red Springs 9 IS a. M, Hope
Mills 10 AZ a. M, arrives Fayetteville
10 IS a. m. Returning leaves Fayette-
vile 40 p. M, Hope Mills IS p. M,
Red Springs 80 p. m, Maxton Is
p. M, arrives Bennettsville Is p. m.
Connections at Fayetteville with
train No. IS, at Maxton with the Caro-
lima Central Railroad, at Red Springs
with the Red Springs and Bowmore
Railroad, at Sanford with the Seaboard
Air Line and Southern Railway, at
Gulf with the Durham and Charlotte
Railroad.
Train on the Sec :land Neck Branch
Road leaves Weldon :35 M, Halifax
4 Is p. m, arrives Scotland Neck at
5 :O8 p. m, Greenville 6 81 p. M, Kins-
ton Z :55 p. m. Returning leaves
Klnston Z so a. M, Greenyille 8 :52 a.
M, arriving Halifax at IL Is a. M,
Weldon IL :33 a. M, daily except Sun
day.
Trains on Washington Branch leave
Washington 8 10 a. m. and 2 80 D. m,
arrive Parmele 9 10 a. m. and 4 100 D.
M, returning leave Parme]e 9 :35 a. m.
and 6 80 p. M, arrive Washington
IL 100 a. m. and Z 80 p. M, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
Train leaves Tarboro, N. c., daily
except Sunday 80 p. m, Sunday,
4 Is p. M, arrives Plymouth Z 40 p.
M, 6 10 p. M, Returning, leaves Ply
mouth daily except Sunday, Z so a. M,
and Sunday 9 90 a. M, arrives Tarboro
10 :O5 a. M, IL 100 a. m.
Train on Midland N. G.. Branch
leaves Goldsboro daily, except Sunday.
I :O5 a. M, arriving Smithfeld 8 10 a.
m. Returning leaves Smithfeld 900
IL LIZ aA4Ay06 dV OOlOSOOIO ~ 20 a. II
Trains on Nashville Branch fea,e
Rocky Mount at 9 80 a. M, 3 40 p. m =,
arrive Nashville 10 10 a. m. 4 :O3 pm
Spring Hope 10 40 a. M, 4 :25 p. m.
Returning leave Spring Hope IL 90 a.
M, 4 :55 p. M, Nashville II :22 a. m.
5: 25 p. M, arrive at Rocky Mount
IL 40 a. M, 6 100 p. M, daily except
Sunday.
Train on Clinton Branch leaves War
saw for Clinton daily, except Sunday,
IL 40 a. m. and is p. M. Return
Ing leaves Clinton at Z 100 a. m. and
2 so p. m.
Train No. 70 makes close connection
at Weldon for all points North daily,
all rail via Richmond.
III. M. EMERSON.
Geu1 Pass. Agent.
J. r. KENLY, GenI Manager. -
I. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-01-18
BRANTLEY DEFIES THE LAW.

Readers OF The COMMONWEALTH are
familiar with the name OF w. II.
Brantley, as one of the men convicted
In Washington, N. c., January, 1886,
for the murder of J. B. Bonner, Of All
rora the preceding November. Brant-
ley with the two Bel! boys, Uriah and
Sher1ell, was sen fenced to thirty years
confinement in the States prison, and
Dave Creole to ten years. The follow
ing from the Raleigh Post will interest
our readers:
director Thompson of the pen1ten-
tiary called the attention of Superin-
tendent Day to the fact yesterday that
there is thirty-year escaped convict
residing in Beaufort county who open
ly defies the people and any effort to
recapture him.
1.-THE convict In question Is w. H
BrantIey, one of the murderers OF the
late John Bonner, the Aurora banker,
who was killed Tor his money. Brant-
Icy was connected with the Bell boys
and sentenced to thirty years In the
penitentiary. He made his escape
from one of the eastern farms last
May, and has been resi- ding at the
scene of the crime in Beaufort county
since.
captain Day informed Mr.. Thomp-
son that he would clothe him with
full power to effect the capture of the
desperate.
"Mr. Thompson stated that Brantley
was seen every few days, and that be
did not hesitate to walk the public
roads. He said Brantley always carried
a gun and he declared that lie would
never be captured.
zone of the Bel! boys, who received
q similar sentence to that of Branti
escaped from the prison several years
ago, and is living in Germany. Another
brother died, and the third is serving
q fifteen-year term in the penitentl-
ary."
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-01-18
Notice..

By virtue OF power in me vested by
that deed of trust which was executed
to me by William Hodges and his wife
Maria, which is duly recorded in the
Registers office for Halifax county, in
book LOG, on page 6O9, I shall sell for
cash at auction in the town OF Scotland
Neck, on the Goth day of January.
1900, that part of the property therein
described as follows: A tract OF land
beginning on the creek, DR.. w. J. Law
rence's corner, thence with the creek to
the mari bed, Booths Landing, thence
in straight line easterly toward the
Tarboro road, and containing 200 acres !;
also another tract on the east side OF
the Tarboro road known as the plny
woods land, containing 100 acres. This
tract will be surveyed before day OF sale.
This December Goth, 1899.
tol-lS-OO w. A. DUNN, Trustee.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-01-18
WHY CAN'T We?

Can't Scotland Neck people start
something that will interest the Goulds
or some one else who has plenty Of
money!
We are led to ask this question from
reading the following in Sundays
Charlotte Observer:
"The name for the new cotton mill
at Gastonia has been chosen. 1t is
.:Loray Mills" 1t Is easy to sec IN this
combination Of names OF the two OF
Gastonia's business men Who have been
the promoters OF the enterprise, Mess.
Gray and Love The contract tor the
construction of the mill building has
been let to the Flint Building and Con-
str,1c,ion Co., of Palmer, Mass. This
5O4 feet long by 100 ieet wide, and Will
house $4,000 spindles and 1000 looms.
NC Ottci I!itS dlltduy oCoA piteSoN w W.
C. & G. Cooper Company, for 2,00O-
horse power cross compound conden-
sing engine, to be delivered on or be-
tore October LIST. The power will be
transmitted by a rope drive OF fofty-
nine cables. From the size OF several
OF the individual subscriptions to the
capital stock OF this company, 1t IS to
be inferred that there Will be COM
paratlyely very few people inter-
ested III the enterprise in financial
way.
Last night the intelligence came
here that one OF the Gould family OF
New York had become stockholder
in this mill to the amount of $250,O0O
and that check for this amount Is
now in Gastonia. I is also stated that
within the last two days another single
check for $4,000 has been sent to
Gostonia tor subscription in this
mill.
"There is reason to believe that the
two sums mentioned will cause the cap
ital stock OF the Gastonis MIL to be In
creased from 81 ,0OO,O0O as was origin
ally intended, to 81 100000. The in
formation Gil this point, however, is
not positive.
ct is presumed that this unusually
large purchase Of stock is one of the
results of President Loves recent visit
to New York.
'The TACT that one OF the Gouids has
become largely Interested in North
Carolina enterprise means more than
the ordinary Investment of a wealthy
person.
During the life time OF Jay Gould,
and since his death, the movements
have always teen traught with signif-
cance. No outlay of this fortune has
been made as a venture and the ex-
pe:1dlt,lra of Gould dollar has been
ever based upon the exact knowledge
that it would bringa profitable return.
The general effect Of the investment
will be distinct commercial benefit to
the State"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-01-18
GLORIOUS NEWS

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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-01-18
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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-01-18
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