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IT'S not strange. It's because Of the
l. fine record extending over a period
Of FIFTEEN YEARS, that we have
made for FAIR DEALING and for
MAKING THE BEST BUGGY on the
market.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-06-07
DUE TO WORK OF THE CAMERA
Photography Mas Played - l1Dss-
saat Part 4. Philippine 1s-
lAAAs.

Il believe that much of the Anne RI
can success in the Philippines i, due
to the camera" said gentleman in
teresi.d in military matters TO the
Columbus Dispatch writer. You no.
ticed that lot of the officers Who
went ont of here carried cameras. and
in fact they were encouraged to do
this. They took pictures of for, iiica-
tions. prisoners. country. bridges and
bays. and in this way coinmandi..y 9 Of
ficers succeeded in getting vHlua'i !,
lot OF perfect information. In oi in
stance the Fiiipinos held . bridg, and
the Americans could not take il v ith-
out severe loss of life. One OF h.
officers owned camera. and ne cr, pt
up to where he conld get a good *
posur- and took picture of h.
bridge. the Filipino trenches aMd the
whole outfit. This was developed nd
shown to the artillery officers. who
were enabled to plant battery so Us
TO entiiade the works and make ,he
taking of the bridge very cas-. task.
Again, snapshots of supposed AL * os,
people who come into the Am. .icnn
camps processing loyalty 10 tn. flag.
upon c.ose inspection slowed suIue 0t
the red-pantaioonrd soldiers of Agui-
naldo's own picked regiment. tell
you that the camera is worth its
weight in gold for army purposes. and
when used in connection with the bal
loon is u peach"
The Holly chieftain., 1901-06-07
DID pERsEUs ExpLoDBp
- Appeared ~ eAe
ReaSeAa.

We wonder IL any person in the
worA has been frightened By the xp-
peerapee and disappearance of the
new star in Perkeus, Of which sstron-
omers have recently made SO much.
Somebody ought to have been. says
the London Spectator. The new li.hi
probably appeared because a sun haG
exploded, or because two suns had col
iid<d. evolving temporarily an almos;
inconeeivable quantity of fame. II a
distant sun could explode. SO could our
SUN. and if two suns could collide. some
sun Of which We know nothing may
be rushing at pace which the mind
does not grasp, though the brain can
calculate il. toward our own. There
should be some thing alarming to the
ima4inat tive in that idea. but, SO far
as We know, nobody has been alarmed.
The catastrophe in Perseus. whatever
its cause. must have occurred so years
ago to give the light time to get here.
and catastrophes so inconceivabl. dis
tant art outside the range even of the
imagination. We read of them as We
read Of quintillions, grasping the
words, but not the thoughts they are
intended TO convey: The mass Of man
kind. TOO. are protected against as
Economical alarms, not only by their
ignorance, but by two very steady be-
Rsfs. One. which 10 not quite renson-
able. is that God. though He allows
railway collisions. will never allow
anything so big as an astronomical
catastrophe-as IL there could be
greatness or littlenexs in the eyes OF
the Infinite-nnd the other. which is
reasonable enough. 10 that il an astro-
nomieal catastrophe affected sentient
beinss At all. 1t must destroy all of
them within It's range utterly and st
OncA
The Holly chieftain., 1901-06-07
noHrEzUnA's WELL.
P1sassaG neasrai Cussssasv In Ass-
.s. eoAa nat HAS . 1ssAhsa1
Feature,

One Of the most pleasing natural
curiosities in the territory of Arizona
is the pool of water known ~ Mon
tsxumas we'll says the Native Amer
lean. 1t is situated IS miles north
east of the old, abandoned military
post known a. Camp Verde. 1t is
$50 feet in diameter. and the clear.
pure water u about % feet below
the surface Of the surrounding coun-
try. Some years ago certain mill
tary officers sounded the pool and
found that it had uniform depth
OF 90 feet Of water. except in one
place, apparently shout six feet
square. where the sounding line went
down sbout 500 feet without touch
ing bottom.
The well empties into Beaver creek
only a bout 100 yards distant. the water
gushing forth from the rocks A.
though it were under great pressure
The well is undoubtedly supplied
from subterranean sources. poss.hl.
through the hole sounded by the army
officers years ago. The sides of The
well are honeycnlnbed with caves and
tunnels. permitting sightsesrs to de-
scend to the waters edge.
Montezuma's we'll contains no fish.
The fow Of water through it Is the
same throughout the seasons. Popu-
lar opinion has attributed the origin
of the well TO volcanic action. but as
:he rack surrounding 1t is limestone
Il is nore than probable that the ac-
tion OF the water y responsible for its
creation.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-06-07

You may as we'll expect to run
a steam engine without water as to
find an active, energetic man with
n torpid liver aud you may know
that his liver is torpid when he
does not relish his food, or feels
dull and languid after eating, often
has headache and sometimes dizzi-
ness. A few doses Of Chamber
lsin's Stomach and Liver Tablets
will restore his liver to its normal
functions, renew his vitality. i'm
prove his digestion and make him
feel like a new man. Price 25c.
Sample free at Ikelman Bros
drug store.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-06-07
LOVE AMONG SAVAGES,
Nssld-be ssilOrs by the Girls
of Aadakaseav.

Among the Arabs of Upper Egypt
the youth who proposes to girl must
submit to whipping a, the .:-nds
of all her male relatives; and, says =
dry narrator, ''if he wishes To be con-
sidered worth having. he must re-
ceire the chas tisement, whica il
sometimes exceedingly severe, with
an EXPIRE ss!on of enjoyment"
Not infrcGuen;ly ii is the maiden
h,rS,l; who imposes the test. >ays
Chambers Journal The Sakall,a
girls of Madagascar make their low
ers stand at a shor: dis tance from n
tween The arm and side every : APP
on flung a, them. II the youth '','.s-
plays fear or fails to catch the sps ar.
he is igEomniously rejected; bat If
there be no fiinching and the sp. ars
are caurh;. He is at once proclaimed
an nos.. 40 lover"
Worst than this is the trial en-
forced upon .he!r suitors by the Don
golowee girls. When in doubt as to
the res s,3sctive merits OF two r.,ais
the yomaE lady fastens a sha ply
pOlnttG tni1c 10 ehen eiOOW. lhth.
seating hsrself between her lovers.
she drives the blades slowly into
their thighs; and the hero who takes
the greatest length of steel without
murmnr wins the bride.
Maj Mitchell. in his Expeditions
Into the Interior of Eastern AUS
frnia," says of the natives on the
Ri,,r iarlin-. that all their ideas OF
;ig-itn- are associated with the pos
after !. battle the wives do rot al
wave follow their fugitive husbands
from the field. but frequently go
over, AS matter of course. TO The
yic.urS.' None but the brave de-
serve the fair" is u maxim well un-
derstood OF most bxrbaric races.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-06-07
OLD BEN. AMBULANCE HoRs +.
Asn6 aDA Wsst 0vss 1As
01A 1o0so.

Old Ben, an ambulance horse. who
was dispensed with BY the police de-
partment sitter supposedly OUTLYING
his usefulness. made his second bril-
liant performance when he ran away
in EdGemont. says the Csnton (O.)
NewsrD DemOcrat.
Bsu has been doing duty - an or
dinsry delivery wagon ''hoss" recent
". and while standing at the corner
of Cfn3inaati and wsshington streets
heard the gong Of an approaching au-
tomobile. Sspposing that It was the
ambulance and that his services were
needed. Hen Aew OF st . terrible xpred,
never stopping until hs reached the
St. Elizabeth hospital q Hopeland
street, where he drew up II front Of
the Institution ss Of old. but with
nothing but shafts dangling behind.
En- route Ben had brought thousa nds
of people to the curhstones, an! he
left destruction In his wake. Faithful
Old Ben. conscientious and energetic
despite his age. escaped unscsthed and
was taken IN charge at The hospital By
gentle hands.
-several nnonths ago Ben happened In
frost Of the Main street engine house
when m slarn was sounded. Ths
noise of the gongs awakened the Old
time feeling In the animal. and he ran
several miles. beyond control 1T the
driver. who finally guided him into .
feDce. His last remarkable run GOV.
cred mile. and Old Ben knew every
foee - the route.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-06-07
TO CAN TREE ANTS.
insects FousA In the Woods Of The
Nssthwest Nay Re Pat Up -
. ConAia0nt.

Some enterprising dealer in canned
goods could make small fortune"
said visiting llmbernan. reports
the New Orleans Mmes-Democrat.
"by going into the northwc.' and
putting up tree ants Az conti mcnt.
No. I'm not joking" he con, nued.
land what's more, the product would
need no Introduction to the people
Of that region. MI through tn. ium-
Der districts of Minnesota and Wis
consin ants are regarded as great
delicacy, and the only trouble Is that
they can't get enough of thrm.
don't know why il 10, but men who do
hard manual labor in cold climates
acquire strong craving for some
thing sour. and the big. hrawny
choppers and Transfers found out
long ago that ants were a pa 'atahlc
substitute for pickles. They wc only
peculiar variety. large and red in
color and found in immense glanti.
ties under the bark OF dead trees.
1t 10 not very hard to collect \ quart
pail full. and after killing til. M by
scakiing they are spread on board
and dried in the sun. When ready to
eat they look like coarse. brown pow
der and have very agreeable. aro-
matte smell.
"Of course. II Ia Impossible to d.
acribe exactly how they taste. but
the general flavor would remind you
Of some fine fruit vinegar. and II you
have any squesmishne~s over the ns-
Avn 4 n II -
long to forget II. can't see. how
ever. why there should he any objee-
tion to dried ants ss . table delicaey.
They are perfectly clean and certain-
" - sttrastivs - snaiis q sA1amps."
The Holly chieftain., 1901-06-07

Cpest faa h Da0sos1.
70 display crest on stationery aad
plats II Englaad costs eacA family
tax - guinea ysaR. Aheat leye0o
The Holly chieftain., 1901-06-07

tally. the News says: "The state
ment by Attorney General Post
and Platt Rogers, of counsel in the
Kansas-Colorado suit Just begun
in the supreme court of the Unit
ed States, is timely. 1t should
sllay the alarm that has come
needlessly to those contemplating
investments in Arkansas valley
lands which are watered from
bitches or canals already construc-
ted. The fact is made clear that
even if the present suit Of Kansas
against Colorado we're successful
which is too remote a probability
to be seriously considered-not an
existing water right will be, or
can be, disturbed. This assurance
should quiet apprehension on the
subject. If Kansas should win
her suit and an injunction isused
it could not be retroactive. No
vested rights of any canal, or of
any appropriation, will be injured.
The very worst that could happen
would be to put an end to the fu-
ture appropriation of water. That
even this will be the result of this
suit is not believed by those best
capable of Judging. Farming
operations in the Arkansas valley
should therefore go on as usual,
and investments in lands can be
made with confidence that Colora-
do will not be deprived of the use
Of a'single inch of water already
appropriated, and which has be-
come attached to the land. There
is no need of alarm over the Kan
sas bluff, anyhow. 1t has no
standing either in law or equity"
The Holly chieftain., 1901-06-07
OUGHT
~
Read THE CHIEFTAIN

IF YOU WANT TO KEEP IN TOUCH
WITH THE PROGRESS MADE BY
THE SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY
OF THE ARKANSAS VALLEY.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-06-07
NEED NOT WORRY.
Intending Settlers in the Ar
kansas Valley Will Not: :z ::
Lose Water Rights.

Regarding the prevalent fear
that intending settlers in the Ar
kansas valley will have their rights
for water jeopardized owing to the
pending suit of the state of Kan
sas against the state of Colorado.
says the Rocky Mountain News of
Tuesday. Attorney General Post
yesterday issued the following
statement:
Denver. Colo, June 3, 1901.
To Whom it May Concern-We
are informed that persons desiring
to settle in the Arkansas valley in
this state are deferred from pur-
chasing lands under existing
bitches and canals, through fear
that the suit brought by the state
of Kansas against the state of Col
orado in the Supreme court of the
United States may result in the
loss of the right to use water for
irrigation upon said lands, and
that this fear is SO general as ser
iousfy 10 interfere with the settle
ment of the valley.
We therefore feel called upon
to state that in said suit the state
of Kansas does not ask the su-
preme court to restrain any exist
ing bitches or canals belonging to
individuals. firms or corporations,
from continuing to divert and use
the waters of the Arkansas river
to the extent to which they have
heretofore appropriated the same.
The only relief asked for is that
the court enjoin future diversions
by new bitches and canals and en-
largements and extensions of pres
ent ones.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-05-02
Trustees Sale Of Town Lots.

By virtue of power in me vested by
that deed of trust which was executed
to me by j. w. CLARK and his wife Het-
Ito on the 7th day of July. 1896, which
is duly recorded in the Registers Of
fee for Halifax county in Book ia on
page 228, I shall sell for cash at auction
in Scotland Neck, on 18th day of May,
1901, the following described real estate
lying, being and situated in Scotland
Neck, to-wit:
l. That parcel of land bought by
said J. w. CLARK of W. III. Hitch in
upon which he has erected a two story
house, and beginning at North East
corner of Block No. So according to the
map of said town, thence about south
along Greenwood street, fifty feet,
thence in straight lie and parallel
with 18th street towards Roanoke street
fifty feet, thence in a parallel line with
Greenwood street, so feet to 18th street,
thence straight line to the beginning.
2. Another parcel bought bysaid Clark
from said Kltchin in said town, located
on said block, and fronting on 18th
street and beginning at stake, an old
iron pipe, about 60 yards from Roanoke
street, thence straight line parallel
with Roanoke street towards 11th street
fifty feet, thence straight line parallel
with 18th street towards Greenwood
street fifty feet, thence along 18th street
to the beginning.
This April 9Th, 1901.
4-11-4t c. SPEED, Trustee
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-05-02
CURES BLOOD POISON.
ScRoFULA, ULCERS. OLD SORES, BONE
PAINs-TRIAL TREATMENT FREE.

First, second or third stages positively
cured by taking B. B. B. Botanic
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cures. Botanic Blood Balm thorough.
ly tested for 30 years. Sold at Drug
stores, 81 including complete directions
Trial treatment OF B. B. B. free by ad
dressing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga
Describe trouble and Tree medical ad
vice given. Don't despair OF cure al
Blood Balm cures when all else fails.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-05-02
WINTERVILLE NEWS.
Correspondence to The Commonwealth

Correspondence to The Commonwealth.
Winterville, N. c., April 80, 1901.
If you do not live near enough to
purchase buggy from the Hunsucker
Carriage Co., you had better see some
of their agents and purchase of them.
Their buggies are taking the lead, and
by purchasing them you can make no
mistake.
w. K. Whitfield, OF Kinston, the
contractor who has charge Of building
the large dormitory for the Winterv1lIe
High School, arrived Wednesday
morning with forceof hands and they
are now at work
The A. G. Cox Mfg Co. have wound
up the cotton planter making for this
season. Here $500 planters were made
and sold during the season. The de.
mand FOX them was very great.
Marvin Nash, son OF Rev. DIR. L. L.
Nash, OF Washington, was here last
week working Insurance..
Every buggy sold by the Hunsuckel
Carriage Co. is guaranteed against de.
fects. Call and see.
III: G.. Edwards, of Greenviiie, and
W. L. Cooper, of Alamance, were here
Thursday on business.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-05-02

Mr.. Jacob A. Riis' autobiography
published under the significant title,
"The Making OF an American" in THE
OUTLOOK, continues to attract attention
and forms one of the most popular
serial features eyer published in that
periodical. The instalment contained
in the May Magazine Number dwells
in somewhat humorous way on many
incidents and adventures which befell
the young Danish immigrant in hts
attempt to gain foothold in American
life. The full page illustrations are by
Mr.. Thomas Fogarty, who is rapidly
coming into prominence as one of the
best of American magazine artists.
1$3 year. The OUTLOOK COMPANY,
2S7 Fourth Avenue, New York City.)
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-05-02
ABOUT THAT RAILROAD.

The COMMONWEALTH some weeks age
called attention to the published news
regarding q railroad to run from Raj
eigh to Jackson, and asked the people
of Scotland Neck to make effort to
have the road touch this place. We
have kept watch on the movement,
aud from a private correspondence
with one who has been prospecting we
take the liberty to print the substance
of one letter. It lie in effect that a
prospecting tour has beenmade through
the counties of Wake, franklin, Nash,
Halifax and Northampton with view
TO building a road from Raleigh to-
wards Suffolk, or perhaps to Suffolk.
The most feasible route thus lar con-
se,nplated would bring the road to
Scotland Neck or very near.
The foregoing is the substance Of
the letter which ne do not feel at lib
erty to print in full.
Now, for once Jet the people of Scot
land Neck come together in time to
save the opportunity. The COMMON
WEALTH was not joking few weeks
ago when it called attention to this
matter for the first time. We were in
blood earnest about it, and we are still
in earnest and fully believe that if such
road shall be built it can be brought to
Scotland Neck if the people here will
20 about it in time.
Let the passing OF the Norfolk and
Carolina railroad within six miles of
Scotland Neck be an ever-present re-
miuder to our people of the folly OF
delay.
The COMMONWEALTH office is open
to one, two, ten, twenty or any num-
Der of citizens who may wish to meet
and confer about the matter at any time.
What will you do, business men?
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-05-02
AN EXPLANATION.

The Raleigh correspondent to the
Norfolk Landmark few days ago gave
ths following explanation why so many
members of the last Legislature have
received appointments to positions. 1t
may be full explanation to some and
then to some it may not be SO full and
satisfying. However, here is the ex-
PLANTATION
"Some OF the western newspapers are
commenting very unfavorably upon
the number of members of the Legisla-
ture who have received appointments
to positions. They say that two of the
Judges, Messrs. Justice and Winston !;
Mr.. =. M. Shannonhouse, recorder for
the city of Charlotte Mr.. J. M. Gudger,
solicitor tor the Ashevllle district; Mr..
E. L. Travis, chairman OF the Board OF
Directors OF the State prison; Mr.
Joseph A. Brown, director, not, to
speak of many directors of State iasti-
tutions, we're members of the Legisla-
ture which created some of these offices.
The friends OF Governor Aycock point
to the fact that the Legislature was
composed of the most prominent and
able men from many sections, and th at
the Governor appointed them without
reference to their service In the Leeis-
lature. but simply on account of their
ability and fitness for the positions
which they occupy. They say that to
appoint the men most fit for the posi-
| tons he was compelled to go to the
Legislature"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-05-02
Notice.

By virtue OF power vested in me by
mortgage executed to me by w. K.
White and wife Penelope, on April IT
1891, and recorded in book "a. pages
PSI, 253 and 259, in office of Register
OF Deeds for Halifax county, shall
sell for cash at public auction in the
town of Scotland Neck, NC, on the
9th day of April, 1901, that piece Of
land containing about 100 acres, lying
on road leading from Scotland Neck to
Tarboro (rlght hand side) adjoining
the lands of Collin Gray, the Pitt tract
and the piece Of land on which the
residence of said White and wife Is sit.
uated. g. s. WHITE,
This Mch. 16, 1901. Mortgage.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-05-02
ALREADY VANISHED IN THE
SOUTH.

There is no longer any wailing in
Kansas about the wretchedness OF the
mortgage burdened farmer. Or the
contrary, 1t is the boast of Kansas that
"the most shiftfess are living we'll, and
the Industrious are getting rich" The
State Bank Examiner Is authority for
the statement that the bank vaults in
the Sunhower State are loaded with the
profits from diversified farming; that
"the farmers are raising more wheat
and corn every year ; more alfsffa fat
tening more hogs and ca tie; the price
of land is increasing, and the farmers
are getting better prices for everything
they have to sell and are buying thous-
ands upon thousands of dollars worth
of farm implements" If the other
western States share in. this prosper ty
Populism will vanish.-Philadelphia
Record.
1t may not be that in North Carolina
'the most shiftless are living we'll, nor
Can we positively declare that the con-
dltions which are claimed for Kansas
entirely prevail in our good old State,
but we venture on one declaration, and
that Is that Populism has already yam
ished and we believe the same holds
good in most of the Southern States.
The past two political campaigns
wiped out Populism in North Carolina,
and the farmers can raise wheat, corn,
potatoes, peanuts, hogs and whatever
else they please without the least fear
of that monstroslty eyer troubling
them again.
Incidentally let us observe that
diversified farming will do for North
Carolina aud the South what it has
done for Kansas; and it is gratifying
to be able to state that farmers are learn
ing this valuable lesson and will yet
have better showing in bank accounts