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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-06-26

Mrs. Will Kenny has opened up
q nice family grocery store on Ohio
street, in the Extension. Wehope
she will do good business.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-06-26

James Clemens was admitted to
Mercy Hospital yesterday for
treatment. He came from the
County Imfrmary.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-06-26

Trying to do business without
advertising says merchant, is like
winking at u girl in the dark. You
know what you are doing, but no
one else does.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-06-26
HEALTH
INSURANCE

The man who lnsureS his life Is
wise for his family.
The man who lnsures his health
Is wise both for his family and
himself.
You may insure health by guard
Ing It. It Is worth guarding.
At the first at-- of disease,
which generally approaches
through the LIVER and manlu
tests itself In innumerable ways
TAKE
u'tt'S Pills
And save your he aIth.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-06-26

"a - SEE A.
Bears the The Kind You Haze Always BOvSa
sls, ss LA112IZm
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-06-26
SwccpinGs.


Faults are thick when love is
thin.
All habits gather by unsoon de-
groes,
AS brooks make rivers, rivers
run to seas.
God healed, but tho physician
hath the thanks.
No honey without sting, no
rose without thorn
Patience is most necessary
qualification for business.
Resolve to perform what you
ought; perform without fail what
you resolve.
The greatest pleasure know is
to do n good action by stealth, and
to have it found out by accident
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-06-26
a Gnoh ln.gh " Aieme.


II speaks wei ~ On NIB, rlain s
Cough Remedy wh,u druggists use
it in their own Fninll,n- in prefer
ence 10 any other. Il have sold
Cham berlain's Cough Remedy for
the past FIVE years with complete
satisfaction to myself and cnsto.
mers," says Druggist j. Goldsmith,
Van Etten, n Y. II huve always
used it in my own family both for
ordinary coughs and colds and for
the cough following la grippe and
find it very officHcicus For sale
by G.. w. NJ. Ho fl. druggist.
Now that Ping ee is dead, he
has more friends than when he
was alive That's the way of the
world
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-06-26

than all the interviews" that can
be printed.
8T0 FTA.
Bears tho ~ The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature q Nu1AzZzz1
With eaoh passing day it be-
comes moro apparent that there is
going to be row over the pro.
tective tariff in the coming Con.
gress, and it will not be wholly be-
tween Democratos and Republi-
cans either.
II will cost quarter of million
dollars and six months of time to
repair the Oregon, but she will
probably be better ship than
ever when the work is done.
The baoilli of most contagious
diseases are said to be possessed
of tails. All the better for attach
ing can of disinfectant to.
Trying to do business without
advertising says merchant, is like
winking at girl in the dark, You
know what you are doing, but no
one else does.
An observer has discovered that
there is less gum chewed and moro
cigarettes smoked in Washington
than in any other city of its size in
America.
The Daily Register is under OBJ
legations to Prof. a w. Asher,
who has been furnishing the pro-
ceedings Of the Teachers Institute.
The strawberry crop is certainly
worthy of our most distinguished
consideration, despite tho frequent
and copious rains.
The County Commissioners are
having all the rooms on the first
floor of tho court house re-hoored.
Tho Charleston Gazette is still
engaged in the business of villify-
ing Democrats.
Tho teachers of Mason county
should be readers of their county
paper.
A telephone has been put in at
Mr.. O. O. BoHyer's residence,
No. 142.
Does it not ever occur to the
man who is being driven to drink
that he might escape the driver.
Who compose the Board of
Health of Point Pleasant?
The Tri-State Medical Society
meets in Huntington July 18th,
One way to help get people into
Point Pleasant, is to reduce rents,
They are entirely too high, and
there is great complaint on this
account.
The Mayor of Ravenswood pub
fishes officially that there are now
but nine GASES of smallpox in that
town, and that they ale all getting
we'll, and there has been no new
cases in the past ten or fifteen days
Mr.. S. w. Swisher has bought
Mrs. S. A. O'Roark's grocery
store Mr.. Swisher formerly own
cd this store.
HEALTH
lORU@nUN RN~~
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-06-26

Money and blood should both be
kept in circulation
People who talk about them
selves are seldom interesting.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-06-26
The Tri-State Medical Society
meets in Huntington July 18th.

One way to help get people into
Point Pleasant, is to reduce rents
They are entirely too high, and
there is great complaint on this
account.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-06-26

Bears the INV N"'u IVu naIo hnIalo pVSEbH
''s' s1 l@4Azzz@
A wise girl doesn't think herself
an angel just because some man
tells her she is.
Nothing is too good for the man
who can convince the world that
he thinks there isn't.
The only thing girl is ever
really mad about when a man has
kissed her is having to act as if she
was.
A severe pain will usually disable
the injured person for three or four
weeks. Many cases have occurred
however, in which cure has been
effected in less than one week by
applying Cham berlain's Pain
Balm, For sale by G. w. M. Hooff,
druggist.
A mystery is most as necessary
to man when he wants girl as a
looking glass is to department
store
Mrs. Will Kenny has opened up
nice family grocery store on Ohio
street, in the Extension. We hope
she will do good business.
Possibly the man who expatiates
on the debt we owe to medical
science is only thinking of a long
due doctors bill.
James Clemens was admitted to
Mercy Hospital yesterday for
treatment. He came from the
County Imfrmary.
If the average mans head had
half as much in it as his wife ina
gines it has, it would burst open
every time he started to read the
newspaper.
If troubled with rheumatism,
give Chamberlain's Pain-Balm a
trial. 1t will not cost you a cent
if it does no good. One applica-
ton will relieve the pain. 1t also
cures sprains and bruises in one
third the time required by any
other treatment Outs, burns,
frostbites, quiusey, pains in the
side and chest, glandular and other
swellings are quickly cured by ap-
plying it. Every bottle warranted.
Price, % end so cents. For sale
by Hooff
1t would be good thing for the
world if every woman had to stand
on her head to tell piece of SLAM
der the way the mosquito does that
carries malaria when it wants to
bite.
The Methodist Episcopal Times
got Rev. S. j. Miller's manuscript
badly butchered up in its last is
sue, putting him in a false light,
by making him say things he did
not write.
A woman in Ohio dropped dead
at an auction the other day. Pro
badly the woman che didn't like
who lived across the street was
there and failed to raise her bid on
something that she was just dying
to got.
Married.
BENZ. Stribltng, Jr, and Clara
Smith, colored, were married last
night by Rev d. H. Reid, at the
home of the groom's father, Ben
jamin Stribling.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-06-26

An observer has discovered that
there is less gum chewed and moro
cigarettes smoked in Washington
than in any other city of its size in
An,eriCo
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-06-26

The Mayor of Ravenswood pub
fishes officially that there are now
but nine GASES of smallpox in that
town, and that they ale all getting
we'll, and there has been no new
cases in the past ten or fifteen days.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-06-26

If the average mans head had
half as much in it as his wife ina
gines it has, it would burst open
every time he started to read the
newspaper.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-06-26

Mr., S. w. Swisher has bought
Mrs. S. A. O'Roark's grocery
store. Mr.. Swisher formerly own.
ed this store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-01-24

Monday to commemorate the birthday
OF the the late Genera! Robert E.. Lee
However, the proceedings were
marked by sensation when Senator
Gudger, OF As!leyilie, openly stated en-
he floor Of the Senate that he believed
DR.. J. L. NJ. Curry had assisted In de-
priving Hon W. T. Crawford OF hlsseat
in Congress and in seating Richm ond
Pearson hence Sanator Gudger said be
VAS opposed to inviting DR.. Curry to
address the General Assembly.
DR.. Curry is ore Of the more promi-
rent educators in the nation, being
now the treasurer of the Peabody Edu-
catlonal Fund, from which some edu-
tional institutions OF this State receive
aid, ard Senator Gudger's words could
not fail to produce sensation. DR..
Curry is a democrat and has he'd
foreign appointments from that party
INVITATION TO DIR. CURRY.
Senator Gudger's remarks we're pro-
voked by joint resolution introduced
bv Senator Mcintyre of Robson
The resolution read as follows.
Resolved by the Senate, the House
of Representative concurring:
THAT the Honorable IL. NJ. Curry,
Treasurer of the Peabody Educational
Fund, be invited to address the Gener-
al Assembly In the hall of the House Of
Representatives as such time as will be
convenient for him."
Lieut. Gov Turner put the motion
to adopt and The resolution passed, on
ly one voice being heard in the mega
tive.
SENATOR GUDGER EXPLAINS.
Senator Gudger was then recognized
and said: "Mr. President, l desire to
explain why I voted mo- upon the
adoption OF the resolution just passed. l
have reliable Information that DR.. Curry
used his influence and lobbied in the
National House of Representatives to
slnseat Hon. William Z. Crawford, who
had been elected by the people of my
section, and to seat in his stead Rich
.nond Pearson, who had not been elect
I'd by the people. With this lnforma-
zion, since Dr.. Curry is considered a
Democrat, felt compelled to vote
against the resolution inviting him to
address the General Assembly"
This closed the incident in the Sen
axe, but not few Senators were heard
discussing the matter afterwards.
HUU SE-The House session was
short an adjournment being taken
about IL 80 IN honor OF Gen. R. +.
Lees birthday. However, quite a
good deal of business was transacted
and reasonably lively discussion was
INDUCED in over the question of au-
shorizing the Joint Committee OH
Roads and Turnpikes to employ stem
ographer.
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them msre directly would be intro
dnced this session.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-01-24
SENATOR SIMMONS.

TIE General Assembly of North Car
DINA on Tuesday of this week elected
Hon. F. II. Simmons United States
Senator to succeed Marion Butler. In
the Senate Mr.. Simmons received SO
votes and Richmond Pearson received
s. In the House Mr.. Simmons re-
ceiyed IS votes and Richmond Pearson
Is.
The speeches tor Mr.. Simmons were
fine in both houses, but we have no
space for them this week.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-01-24
FREE SAMPLE.

Send postal for free sample
WARMERS SAFE CURE to
WARMERS SAFE CURE Co.,
Rochester, N. Y. Mention
this paper.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-01-24
Notice to Tax Ply4p}I!

This is to Notify the Tax payers Of
Halifax county that the Thx COLLECTORS
will be required to settle 1890 Taxes
by the 1T Monday IN May, 1901. The
Tax payers are. therefore, requested 10
pay promptly and save the collectors
trouble.
By order O! the Board OF County
Commissioners.
J. H. NORMAN, Clerk.
Jan 9, 1901.
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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 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 EE
cent and one dollar :H:l AsFss:ssk 60
sizes. You may have ss EEs:5S1
sample bottle by mail %zszz $500
free, also pamphlet tell Home of swamp-Root.
ing al about it. including many of the
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing Dr.. Kilrner
4 Co., Binghamton, N. T., be sure and
mention this paper.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-01-24
News & Observer.


| SENATE-The most important
| measure was the bill by Senator
Aycock: "To proved for the
ere .iion of text book commission.
;sid to procure for use In public free
.too!s uniform series of text books. .
The Senate ordered 100 copies of the
:lll printed.
Among the bills that passed third
eading was the following:
Senate bill for the relief of the dan
-erons insane department in the hos
ital at Raleigh. This Was introduced
10y Senator Speight and approprates
rs 900 to to pay the amount drawn
from the treasury, and $500 for cur
fsnt expenses. Senator Webb explain
Il that the Legislature OF 1899 created
:ne department and failed to make the
appropriation.
HOUsE.-The Senate bill appropri-
sting 5000 for the immediate needs OF
IF the State Hospital ct Raleigh in
c.iring for its dangerous insane was
pormptly passed. This bill also pro-
vides for the repayin3 to the State the
maintenance OF the criminal Insane
rhe House also passed the Senate reso-
luton for the improvements OF the
upper Cape Fear River.
Mr. Parker OF Halifax introduced bill
authorizing the commissioners OF Hal
fax county to use the funds from sale
OF lands under Acts of 1899, chapter
535.
FRIDAY, JAN. IS.
Morning Post.
SENATE.-The most important bill
introduced was by Senator Travis, ap-
propriating 100000 for providing four
noaths school In every county In the
State.
Senate Bill 81, introduced by Sena-
tor Brown of Columbus, was made the
special order Wednesday at II o'clock,
IN motion OF Senator Woodland.
at is very sweeping bill and there
Will doubtless he considerable dis
,us,ion of it," added Senator WOOD
ard.
HOUSE.-Mr. Winston of BERTHE in
reduced an important bill
which provides that the counties in the
State shall lease farms for the purpose
f working their convicts, and provision
8 also made that they work the public
roads. The bill provides that all con-
.icts who are sentenced to serve terms
f ten years and under shall be sent to
hese county farms for the purpose OF
I'm proving the county roads.
SATURDAY, JAN. 18th.
News & Observer
SENATE-The session of the Senate
was brief, the body adjourning until
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-01-24
THE LEGISLATURE.
TUESDAY, JAN. nth.

TUESDAY, JAN. nth.
SENATE.-Senator Broughton In
PRODUCED bill for the establishment of
Reform School. The following dis
eribes 1t:
The management is vested in five
trustees to be appointed by the Cover
nor for l, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years respec-
lively and their successors tor FIVE full
years. They are to receive no compen-
cation besides expenses. They shall
select the location and as site for the
school tract of between 100 and 200
acres, central location preferred. The
gives q $500 bond, and necessary Off
GERS. They also determine what class
es shall be admitted to the school. The
bill provides that the trustees may re-
ceive any boy Or girl between 8 and I6
now in the penltentiary or workhouse
with as much as six months of their
sentence unseryed except such as have
been convicted OF murder and arson
judges may send children OF the pre-
scribed age to the reform school to re-
main till q years old instead OF to the
penitentiary Or workhouse judges may
upon proof that q child over ten is
committing crimes send such a child
to the school. The bill appropri ates
Y25, GOO, or so much thereof as is nee
essary, for the school, but provides that
not more than ialf of that sum shall be
available In 1901 and 1902.
HOUSE.-Various bills were intro
duced. A joint session was held with
Che Senate for canvassing the vote of
the State officers, which was all done
before the Inauguration of Gov. Ay-
cock.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10TH.
News & Observer.
SENATE-The Senate p :ssed two bills
OF general interest one offered by Sena-
tor Gudger Of Buncombe, authorizing
Congress to secure land in Western
Carolina for national forestry reserve
and the other by Senator Henderson
repeating and amendment to the Code
adopted by the Legislature of 1889 for
bidding the formation of corporate ems
under the laws of this State with cap
ital stock of more than 81 100000
Senator Henderson stated briefly that
he could seq no reason for the
statute and he thought 1t Injurious
One mining company in Rowan coun-
ty had a capatal of 5000, 600, and was
incorporated under the laws of another
State because they could not take out
articles OF Incorporation in North Car
DINA. The company had already spent
81 500, 900 in this State.
HOUSE.--The work OF the House OF
Representatives yesterday was almost
bills were disposed of, among them one
to amend the charter of the town OF
Reidsvllle, which provides tor an ex-
tension of the corporate limits OF that
town A resolution was adopted d.
recting the keeper of the capitol to un-
iuri the national flag upon the dome OF
the capitol during each day OF the ses-
sion of the General Assembly.
Mr.. Mclean, of Scotland, introduced
bill providing that the States Prison
be empowered to manuiact ure fertlli-
zers for agricultural purposes. This
Of course, carries with 1t the securing Of
all necessary land, buildings and ma
chinery Tor the purpose. The Trainer
o. the till, In presenting it before the
House, said that its importance to the
farmers of North Carolina was vital
that probably no measure affec tins
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-01-24

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, 1901-01-24
Lumber For Sale!

I have on hand:
10000 it. No. 4 Flooring.
100000 IT. A Narrow Edge Box
and Culls.
$4,000 It. Cypress Boards.
$4,000 #. Box STRIPS.
$4,000 It. No. 3 Ceiling.
Car Load No. 2 Ceiling.
Car Load No. 4 Flooring.
Parties wishing TO buy please come
quickly, as ! am going to sell, and
that cheaply.
1-3-tf s. +. DUNN.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-01-24
Notice. Change Of Clait3l'

Notice is hereby giysn that ap,J,r
ton will lie made to the next session &,
the Legislature OF North Carolina Z,
amend tie charter OF the town uf Sect
land Neck. BY order of the Board 0
Commissioners.
W.T.. CLEMENT, Mayor.
scotland Neck, n. c., Jan. 9, 1901.
1-lO-4t
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-01-24
Editor.
QUEEN VICTORIA DEAD.

Her Majesty, Victoria queen OF
England, died Tuesday night, Jan
,.ary %. 1901, at 6 80 o'clock. She
was born May 81, 1919, and was in her
SIND year.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-01-24
COST OF SICKNESS.

What large proportion of the time of
the well is necessarily devoted to and
lost in the of the sick.
An army of Physicians, Nurses and
Watchers, etc.
One sick member of the family upsets
the whole current Of domestic affairs,
and social and business interest suffers.
S1eep1ess nights ard anxious days tend
to undermine the hes lth of those who are
we'll.
The direct cost of sickness is an item
impossible to estimate: even the direct
cost-could it be computed - would be
something appalling.
Health is maintained by resorting to the
use of Warmers Safe Cure just as soon
the liver shows signs of torpidity
the kidneys give
suspicion of weakness.
FREE SAMPLE. This great Kidney and
sendpo for freesa Liver Specific relies
W sArE CURE to upon the verdict of the
ster, Mentio world after FL years
this
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-01-24

It is mystery why women endure
Backache, Headache, Nervousness,
Sieeplessness, Melancholy, Painting
and Dizzy Spells when Thousands have
proved that Electric Bitters will quick
ly cure such troubles, II suffered for
years with kidney trouble" writes Mrs
Phebe Cherley, of Peterson, Ia, land
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-01-24
FOOD CHANGED TO POISON.

Purifying food in the intestines pro-
duces effects like those Of arsenic, but
DR.. Kings New Life Pills expel the
Iolsons from clogged bowels, gently,
easily but surely, curing Constipation,
Bliousness, Sick Headache. Fevers, al
Liver, Kidney and Bowel troubles
Only 25c at E. T. Whitehead & Co.'S
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-01-24
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis
courages and lessons ambition; beauty, vigor
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-12-18
Killed by Desperate.

Houston, Tex, Dec. 11.-Today
when officers j. G: James and herman
Youngest attempted to arrest an alleged
bunco steerer, Sid Preacher. the latter
opened fire with shotgun. At the
first fire he mortally wounded James,
who fell. He then fred at Youngest,
knocking him down and was on top
Of him beating the officer when James
raised himself from the gutter and
fred three times, killing Preacher.
James and Youngst died within the
same moment.
Preacher was well known to the po-
lice and has been arrested frequently.
The police have been watching him
closely during carnival week. With a
shotgun on his shoulder be went to
the police today and complained that
tbev were interfering in his business
The police attempted to arrest him
when he opened fire on them: Several
hundred people saw the duel; 10
nioht a warrant was sworn out by the
de5uty chief of police for J. B. Brock
man Preachers attorney, charging
him with murder and he has been
ia;}e5. It is charged by the police
the attorney advised Preatcher 70 use
q shotgun in case any attempt was
made to arrest him. Late IN tae al,
fernoon a boy with two shotGuns anc
= iaroe number Of buckshot cartridges
which he said be vas carrying &c
Rrockman's Office was arrested ana the
o-,,,e, no,ffCoatpd
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-12-18
CHERRY TREE SCHEME" EXPOSED.
Indicted for Fraudulent Use of
the Mails.

The "Amos Owen Cherry Tree Com
pany'' has been indicted at Charlotte,
N. c., for fraudulent use Of the mails.
This concern has been carrying on one
of the great ''get rich quick" schemes.
it seems, and most persons have heard
of its workings. A feeling of indigna-
tion arose against the business in
North Carolina and warrants have been
issued for the arrest of the manipula-
tors of the scheme. The following
history of the concern comes from the
Charlotte "Observer
DR.. Frank Bright formerly of Hen
rietta, now moved to Florida), start
ed the affair. and feeling soon became
strong against him Henrietta, and
about October 1. 1901, he disposed OF
the matter leaving it to his father,
Rev. T. Bright, who had the company
incorporated during October, ard sold
it to c. D. Wilkie, OF Rutherfordton,
about November l. Mr.. Wilkie was
the author of an article published at
about this time, stating that the com
pany was on firm basis and doing a
legitimate business (or to that effect.
He sold to Chas. Watkins of Henriet-
ia and Geo. w. Rollins, of Forest
Citv. about November 20, and they
sold to ID. c. (or G. NJ Paget, OF
Henrietta ~ or Forest City ~ about
November 18th.