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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-09-04

NO. 35
Drowning at Ocean View.
Virginian-Pilot, Aug. 20.

Virginian-Pilot, Aug. 20.
The very Humorous habit Of rock.
ing the boat just i)r fua" and to scar.
one Ut the passen gers st:il continues,
and claimed victim yesterday al
Ocean View, young man from Rich
mond, named KeGd Foster.
At an early hour Yesterday mornin.
Charles Beck and Foster LEI. Norfolk
Tor Ocean View, where they had bee l,
camping for seyera! days. On ARRIVING
at Ocean View they with two fisher.
men, went out rowing in q boat. II
appears that Beck's companions
thought they would haye some fun
with him and they began rocking the
boat. What with rocking the boat
and the waves the boat was overturned
near the place where. Mr.. Matthews
was drowned u lew days ago, and all
went into the watat.
The fishermen clung to the boat
rlghted it and got into it. Beck sa .
that Foster had gone down. When he
came up Beck went to his assistance and
Foster gra abbed him about the neck
Beck, who Is :. weak and s;ckly yoans
man, felt himself being dragged down
ard broke away. He swam s0 the boat
and clung to it, awaiting another
chance to get 10 FJster, but was unable
to lend the latter assistance and Foster
sank tor the last ttne.
Beck claims that his companions b ad
been drinking, bat the accident seems
to have been caused By their rocking
the buat.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-09-04
A Man Wh,ss Joints Ara Valuable

(Bhicago Record HerAid.)
Mr.. Walter Wentworth, OF Boston,
has struck new line of business that
seems, in his case at least, to have all
the pleasing features of little gold
Iaine without any of the disagreeabie
assessments. Mr.. Wentworth il, or
was, contortionist. Physicians ltate
marve.ed at his ability IN the way OF
un hinging himself. He Is seventy
1ears old now, and keeping straight,
but he used I'd be able to bend his
body into all kinds of queer shapes
and tie himself into wonderful knots.
A good many years ago D.. Cove, OF
Detroit, bought Wentworth's body for
800 to be delivered to him after
his death. The doctor wished to use
the skeleton az a curiosity and to show
how the human joints can be manipu.
lated. DR.. Cove died not long after
buying Wentworth, however, thus
leaving the latter on the market again
He next sold his body 70 DR.. H. L
Wilder, of Brooklyn, again receiving
500, and stipuiating that the doctor
personally was to claim the body after
Wentworth's y death. d.. Wilder died
a few days ago, hence he will not be
able to fulfill his part OF the contract
and Mr.. Wentworth is now looking
around for another purchaser.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-09-04
The Greatest Blunders Of Life.

In the Crerar Library, Chicago, is a
book in which 500 men, out of work,
hare written of "the greatest blunders
of their life." It is collection made
by DR.. Earl Pratt. Here are some OF
them:
l. Didn't save what earned"
l 2. "Did not as boy realize the value
Of an education"
3. eff had taken better care of my
money / would be hetter In health and
morals"
4. s'Did not realize the importance
of sticking to one kind OF employ
lnent."
5. "The greatest blunGer of my life
was when / toox my first drink"
6. "One of the greatest blundefs OF
my life was not to perfect myself in
one OF the lines of business started
ont to learn"
Z. "My greatest blunder was when I
left school in the Fifth Grade"
8..'The turning point in my life
was when, at the age of fifteen, I ran
away from home."
8. "Spent my money foolish1y when
I was earning good wages"
10. "When let myself be mlsled
into thinking that need not stick to
one thing"
IL. "Self-eonceit and not listening
to my parents.
II. "Was to tool away my time when
at school,"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-09-04
USE ALIENS FOOT EASE,

A powder to.be shaken into the shoes.
Your feet feel swollen, nervous and hot,
and get tired easily. If You have
smartlng feet or tight shoes, try Aliens
Foot-Ease. It cools the feet, and
makes walking easy. Cures swol-
len, sweating feet, ingrowing nails. blis-
ters apd callous spots Relieves corDs
and burions Of all pain and gives rest
and comfort. Try il today. Sold by
all druggists and shoe stores Tor 25c.
Don't accept any substitute. Tr iaI
package FREE ADDRESS. Alien 9.
|o1m.ked, Ile Roy, y.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-09-04

COuTSc IHat Is ilafu TO Cneck in the
after years.
Vance Spicy, the convict murderer
who has been sentenced to be hanged
October ;;5rd for killing Millard Moore,
a fellow convict at the Caledonia State
farm about four weeks ago, gave out in
his own testimony at Halifax the
cause fos his first step into the career
that must soon end at the gallcws
Being asked how he came to kill his
uncle, for which crime he was serving
sentence in the penltentiary, he aus
wered eve were drinking together,
and got into fuss"
Ard there we have 1.-THE first
cause tor most of the crime in the
land is found IN drink And yet the
people OF the country say that the
liquor traffic is all right so long as
it Is controlled or properly taxed.
Long, ago God said to murderer !:
"The voice of thy brothers blood crieth
unto me from the ground" And is
uot every citizen who by word OF ac-
ton sanctions the business which
causes human blood to flow, more CT
less responsible for it?
When shall there be i. check to 1t
I'll?
Who will not join in q crusade Of
influence against It?
That is sad news from Manila con-
serning the spread OF the cholera.
Since the present outbreak there have
been S7,929 cases in the provinces
there and 19, 9,640 deaths. By reason of
the scourse agriculture in the Phil
ippine Islands Is said to be badly Grip
pled, Governor Taft estimating the
,rea in cultivation this year at half
that Of an ordinary year.
The following bit OF news sent out
from Chicago few days ago Is at least
unique
"Frlends OF William Craig, who is
said to be a relatiye of Andrew Car
negie, and man Of wealth, who lives
In Carnegie, Pa, filed petition be-
fore Judge Tuthill to-day, IN which
the charge was made that Craig was
boing uniawfully detained by Frank
Wing in tie latter's saloon at 2136
State street.
It is charged that he has been de-
tained at the saloon for three days and
that he has squandered $1,000 a day
during that time. His friends lear
that he will dispose Of his fortune il
he is not properly cared for.
& a writ Of habeas corpus. commands
ing the presence Of both Craig and
Wing before the court, was Issued"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-09-04
FARM AFFAIRS.
SOMETHING ABOUT GRASSES.
Southern Farm Surplus.
Southern Farm Magazine of Baltimore for Sep
tember.

SoutheIn III Farm Magazine of Baltimore for Sep
tember.
AS long as 1t dominates in cotton
growing, tobacco raising and rice cul.
ture-and there ought to be no reason
why that should not be foreysr-and as
long as it demonstrates its ability to
raise practically every crop that may
ba grown in the country, the advantage
enjoyed in the virtual monopoly of the
first condition should not lead us to
continue 10 sacrifice the additional
advantage it might enjoy in rails
ing Its own foods:uff, and feedstu ifs
it, indeed, it might not have surplu us
OF such products for sale.
Generally speaking, such a surplus is
rather distant contingency. One Of
the great drawbacks upon the South,
scantiness OF population, is gradually
disappearing with the influx OF thrifty
immigrants. It has created temporary
economic embarrassment, becoming
quite stringent now and then in the
competition for an adequate labor sup
ply, between manufacturing industry
and agriculture. The farm has some
times been sacrificed for tie factory,
and vice versa, and railroad construc-
ton aud mining operations have drawn
largely upon nearby fields. Bat ad-
iustment will come about with a great
sr r,ss OF lmproyed machinery in agri-
culture and the introduction, OF which
there is reasonable promise, Of new
labor-savlng machinery in the cotton
and the corn, releasing vast amount
of labor into other lines of farming ana
into manufactures, and bringing near
to solution problem wdich has been
something of bar against desirable
Immigration to tbs South to the extent
justified by conditions of soil and eli
mate and the price and poductivity
Of lands, and has at the same time pre-
vented the South from making the
best use OF the muscle at hand.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-09-04
Mr.. Rockefellsr's Advice.

Presbyterian.
John D. Rockefeller is one of the
most enyied man in the world by those
who imagine that everything consists
in millionaire station and possessions.
Others who know Of his generosity in
giving away millions of dollars, as well
as of fiis power to acquire them, wish
they were favored with an equal ability
in both directions. Recently he has
given utterance to some wholesome
and timely words to Sabbath school
class Of which his son has charge,
which indicate on his part a sound
mind, and Christians insight of char
acter and nobility, and which at the
same time are worthy OF consideration
by the rising generation. He first
states how he came to acquire the
habit of giving. "When," he eaid, II
was fourteen or fifteen years old, did
ali I could to help little parish pay
of debt of about $4,000 on a church
to which I belonged. It was one O.!
the keenest pleasures of my life. 1t
was there I acquired the taste for CIV
ing aud Tor influencing others to give. u
As to money making, he remarked
"This is indeed time Tor the indus
trious young man to take advantage
and to make his way in. But the ac-
q quisition of money is not the greatest
thing in the world. Success is not
measured in terms Of money. Money
is only an incident in this life. You
young men, who are laying the founda-
ton of your character here, may never
come into the possession OF great riches
but you may have that which is great
ek than gold; Or railroads, or fleets ol
steamships, and that is the satisfaction
OF having a splendid character. I say
that man who is without great prop
erty may be richer in the possession OF
Christian spirit."'
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-09-04
Fall Seealng Of Grasses and clovars

In North Carolina the best months
for sowing grass ard clover seeds are
September and October. Teese are also
the best months for seeding vetches,
oats and rye. Wheat should not be
sown until after hard frost. in order
to escape the Hessian fly. Oats should
be soaked for ten minutes before SOW
ing IN solution of J pound OF Formailn
in Is gallons of water. This will pre-
vent loss by smut during the following
spring.
During these fall months every unoc,
cupied field should be seeded 80 Grim
son clover or one of the vetches. Grim
son clover, especially the native grown
seed in hull, If sown upon Bermuda
or crab grass sod or among pea ylnes
without covering In, will give certain
catch, and every dollar spent in the
fall for tie seed should return at least
five in the spring. The clover will fur
nish good grazing from Christmas un-
til April, then If stock is taken OF the
clover will make two tons per acre OF
hay by May 10Th. The stubb!e and
roots will enrich the soil tor the follow
ing crop of corn, cotton or tobacco.
Tobacco growers in particular are
warned that the large amount OF pot
ash and nitrates lett in the Soil by this
crop, unless the land is protected by a
growing crop, will be largely washed
away bv spring.
Farmers VINO intend 10 SOW clover
seed this fail are advised to procure
their seeds. or at least samples thereof,
before September 1st al'd have them
tested for quality at the department OF
agriculture before sowing. The clover,
lucerne and grass seeds sold in North
Carolina are often OF very poor quality,
even though sold at high price. Clio.
yer and lucerne are apt to be infested
by the seeds of q destructive parasite
Cuscuta-triiolii, the dodder or love
vine, which soon ruins the meadow.
Farmers should take no chances, but
learn what they purpose to sow before
sowing 1t.
GERALD MCCARTHY, Botanist,
NC. Dept. Agriculture
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-09-04
The ola-Fashionea Mother.

Fannie E. Mcdonald In Sunny South.
Yes, she was an old-fashioned mother,
She was bent and wrinkled and gray /;
She had borne with brave endurance
The burden .,-1 heat of the day.
Years ago she was young and graceful.
Her laugh like music rang,
And in the summer twilight
Sweet lullabies she sang,
As upon her mother bosom
Lay golden heads so small.
While she dreamed that in the future
Their love would repay her all.
Tall and fair grew the daughters,
With girlhood's winsome grace;
But mother had somehow dropped
Lehlnd
And fallen cut OF the race.
SO long had she worked In silence
At length they'd forgotten quite,
That in their hearts and the household
She had either place or right.
All not till the hands are folded
And the heart has ceased to beat,
And Gods deep rest has been given
To the tired hands and feet,
Did they think of her patient toiling,
Did they speak the words of praise
That might have lightened the labor
Ii spoken in other days.
Years passed on with their changes,
They found that meyer another
Could take the place of that lost one,
The dear, old-fashioned mother.
All, me there are many mothers
Who through long weary days
Toll for her own unceasing
with no word of love and praise.
The words that would thrill with
gladness
Too often are left unsaid
Till the rest of death has fallen
On heavy heart and head,
And at.last they learn the lesson
That on earth there is no other
To fill the place Of that truest friend
+ God gives us but one mother.
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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-09-04
THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS.
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Past, Present and Future.

The schools and colleges in the
State are beginning to open their fall
session, and there is evidence already
of good opening for many of them.
Aud truly there seems to be- no reason
why all the schools should not be. well
patronized this year, for there is fair
prospect in most parts Of the State and
prices promise to be good. The price
of tobacco Is high and there is promise
Of a good price for cotton. These
things, together with the general, ,p re-
ylval of interest in education through
.oNt the State, give hope for much
advancement along educational lines
during the coming year.
One has only to make observation
about railroad depots, post offices, and
other places where the floating crowds
collect, to find explanation Tor cigar
cite smoking, profanity and genera III
behavior amongst tie small bc-s Of
the towns and villages. It is an o.
palling contemplation that small boys
of tender age are allowed in some places
to collect almost in droves around such
places to listen to the rough and ynl-
gar Jokes and hear the profanity OF
men who engage in such talk. The
place for such boys, black and white,
is at home engaged in some sort OF en-
ployment, or harmless play. It Is a
great mistake on the part of par
snts to allow small boys to 80 at will
day Or night and their going at will
oftt;mes sets them on a downward
course that is hard to check in the
after years.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-09-04

Wife OF the funny man--Oh, Bob,
the tmby has swallowed his rattle.
..WelI, he oaght tc havea rattling good
|tima.H-Liie.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-05-08
DEATH OF Mr.. R. [. YOUNG.
The End Came Suddenly After Long
Sickness.

Mr.. K. l.. Young Oamiliarly known
as babe Young died at his home u
this place at s O'Clock Thursday
morning, May 1st. He had beer in
feeble health four or five years-a
victim Of CONSUMPTION. and had I'M
dergone a gradual decline. For up
wards Of three years he had not been
up town. He had not been confined
to his bed all the time but was too
feeble to get about bat little.
The morning 81 his death he got up,
ate breakfast and walked across the
hall to his room. 4 hsmorrhage from
the lungs Immediately followed and
ne died Within a very short while.
Although he was apparently no worse
than he had been Mr.. Young seemed
to have had a premOnitiOn Of death.
He requested that necessary prepare
ton be made for same even giving
directions about sending up town for
burial clothes His directions were
Obeyed while none OF the family seem
cd to apprehend that there was i'm
mediate need for such.
Deceased was 81 years old, and un-
married. He was a son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Benjamin Young, aud besides
them he is survived by one brother.
Mr.. J. Ed Young, and three sisters
The funeral was held from the resi-
dence at i o'clock Friday afternoon,
Rev. j. ID. Bunday conducting the
service. lnterment at the cemetery.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-05-08
COTTON SEED OIL MILL.
Another New Enterprise for 1ender-
SON

Our town goes forward. One enter
prise follows fasIapon another.
The last thingi. \ cotton seed oil
mill. The GOLD LEAF has known for
some weeks past that such an enter
prise was contemplated but until
plans were definitely shaped and its
Inauguration assured, we have with
held any reference to same. Now.
however, we can speak with assurance,
and so take pleasure in announcing
another industrial enterprise-and
one that will be OF vast benefit 10 the
town and community.
The plant and equipment is 10 cost
not less than $50, 600 or $6O, 600 The
North Carolina Oil Company. together
with home capital are 10 build it, A
location has not been decided upon
/, but an engineer will be here Friday
or Saturday TO arrange that matter.
Mr.. II. +. Wells is general manager
and Mr.. Garland Jones. of Raleigh.
secretary and treasurer Of the North
Carolina Oil Company. and these gem
t!emen have been here arranging the
final details of the new enterprises
Contrary to all reports no gin
property has been purchased by the
Company and no gins will be operated
by them. They will simply establish
cotton seed oil mill, starting from
the foundation as to building and
power equipment and have a modern,
up-t0-date plant, their business being
to crush seed, extract the oil. manu-
facture cotton seed meal. hulls. etc
The value of such an enterprise in
atfording ready market for cotton
seed at highest market prices and
furnishing cotton seed meal and hulls
for fertilizing and feeding purposes
will be of untold benefit 10 farmers
and others. OF the community
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-05-08
DEATH OF Mr.. S. H. ALLEN.
Good han and Popular Citizen
Whose Passing Away is Mourned
by 1anN

Mr.. Samuel II. Alien. one Of Hem
derson,s best known and most popular
citizens, died at twenty-five minutes
to ) O'Clock Saturday afternoon He
had been in failing health several
months and while it was known that
he had been confined to his home for
some days and his condition gave no
hope Of prolonged life. the announce
ment Of his death caused surprise as
we'll as pain to his friends.
Mr.. Allen was one Of the most popu-
lar men in the community. Every
body liked him and everybody was
free to Joke with him. He was aman
Of genial nature and kindly DISPOSE
ton, big hearted and generous to
fault. ever ready to do charita bic
act or aid those in distress. As has
been said of him since his death il
sam Allen did not have but five cents
and he thought some one else needed
it worse than he did he would cheer
fully give it to him. Was it any
wonder, then, that the death OF this
man has carried sorrow to 50 many
hearts this man who was the friend
VI CIV CT Oiutl HAL anu W no spoke
evil of no one
The writer had known Mr. Alien for
more than twenty years and he never
heard him use profane word or make
an unkind or hurtful remark about
anyone. If others spoke harshlv he
would pass it off with an ..Oh, well.
you may be mistaken" or What if
it is so. it makes no difference the
friend and cOnservator of peace al
ways. He loved his fellow men and
delighted to do good whenever he
could.
Never strong, the last years of his
life brought him physical weakness
and bodily suffering. He was seldom
free from pain, yet so cheerful and
accomplishing was he that few even
among his most intimate friends
knew what sufferer he was Dr.
Hufham in his funeral remarks did
not exaggerate when he characterized
Samuel II. Allen as one Of the noblcst
heroes be had ever seen. And then
he defined what Il hero is as the
world measures men and as they are
Judged by Gods standard The
estimates are widely different. In
eloquent language the aged minister
and beloved pastor spoke of the dead
and paid beautiful and touching
tribute to his character and worth.
Mr.. Allen was 80 years old. He
was born in Granville county, at
Tally Ho. and had been resident Of
Henderson about % years. He mar
ricd Miss Ella Reavis, of Oxford, who
survives him, together with four chill
dren, one daughter and three sons.
He also leaves brother. Mr.. Webb
Allen, Of Henderson, and other rela-
tives in Granville and Vance coun-
ties.
The funeral was held from the
Baptist church at / 80 O'Clock Mon
day afternoon, conducted BY DR.. Hut
ham, assisted by Rev. j. ID. Bundv, of
the Methodist Episcopal church. The
enterment was at the cemetery. the
large attendance and numerous floral
offerings attesting the esteem in
which the deceased was held in the
community.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-05-08
Pocket Book Lost.

As viii be seen by reference to ad
Fcrtisement elsewh here Mr. \. &. ZOlli-
Golfer had the misfortune to loose his
pocket book, containing about 500,
together with some valuable papers
and memoranda, somewhere on the
street Wednesday. 4 suitable reward
will be paid for its return or Informal
ton leadinn TO It's recovery
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-05-08
9th day OF June. 1902,

sell at public auction to the highest bidder
for cash. at the Court House door in the
town OF Henderson. y. c. the following
property. tO-Wit: one certain lot or parcel
of land situate in tie town OF Henderson,
y. c. bounded as follows: Begin at an
iron stake on Ransom street. Curr!n cor
ner: thence West g6l. feet 10 an iron stake:
thence North .. East POO feet TO an iron
stake: thence East - feet to an iron
stake on Ransom street; thence along said
Ransom street 200 feet u the beginning. Ii
being that lot of land bought by W. Il.
ReaviS from Robert Elan.
Also one tract Of land lying on the
North of the town Of Henderson. y. C.,
containing about 50 acres and which IS
fully described ID deeds from d. Cooper
and wife 10 W. Ii. ReaviS, recorded in
Book ;. page :. and from Jno. NJ. Parrish
and wife. recorded i'll Book >, page 8.
Also one lot of land in the town Of Hen
derSon. y. C.. fully described IN a deed
from 5 q. Hughes and wife to W. h.
keavis Of date 2sth March, 1899; said lot
being 100 l2i IL feet, being lot No 70 of
Hughes property.
This sth day Of May, 1902.
JAMES X. YOU Nc, Guardian,
Mortgagee.
A. c. ZOLLICOFFER. Trustee.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-05-08
LOST.

On May 9TH. somewhere between
my law office and Cooper's warehouse
in Henderson, \. c., black Leaf her
pocket book about 6 inches long and
4 inches wide; containing about one
hundred dollars in money Currency,
check for 800, interest certificate
for 5000, and some private papers
and memoranda. A suitable reward
will be paid for its return or for in
formation leading to its recovery.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-05-08
Holds Up a Congressman.

AT the end Of the campaign,' writes
Champ Clark, Missouri' s brilliant Congress
man, from ov erwork, nervous tension, loss
of sleep and constantly speaking | had
about utterly collapsed, 1t seemed that all
the organs in my body were out Of order,
bat three bottles of Electric Bitters made me
all right It's the best all-round medicine
ever sold over druggists counter" Over
worked, rundown men and weak, sickly
women gain splendid health and vitality
from Electric Bitters. Try them. Only soc
Guaranteed by Melville Dorsey.
Refrigerators. Ice Cream Freezers,
Blue and Plated Ware.
WATKINS HARDWARE co.