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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-11

The language of Gods chosen ones
Is not strange to US. In the hard patb
which they have trodden We can follow
altar OF; We go from strength to
strength in their footsteps, and know
not yet what we shall be.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-11

Listen to the Smtll Voice It my
be heard above the roar and din of the
busiest Ihoroughfares. II is the music
OF heaven singing In accompaniment,
and ailurement and beseechmept with.
la every human soul. Listen to the
Voice Obey the Voice !--Wililra Nj
Sheriff..
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-11

"De mule I s,oled wus only wuth
twenty dollars, said the Georgia darky.
zen bless me ef de lawyer didn't charge
fifty ter prove me inherent !"--Atlan-
IL Constitution.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-11

Some at the "Lily Whites" in Ala
bana and North Carolina have become
red-with anger--Rlchmond Times,
Dem.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-11
1T KEEPS THE FEET WARM
AND DRY.

Ask today for Aliens Foot-Ease, a
powder. It cures Chilblains. Swollen.
Sweating, Sore, Aching, Damp feet.
At all druggists and shoe stores, 25c.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-11

Some people who occupy high
seat In church will probably have a
very low seat in heaven.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-11

The faster you .trayel in the devils
road the more dust you get intp your
eyes,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-11
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Carolina L Va, Telephone Co,
Henderson, N. c., Dec. 3, 1900,
The following toll rates will be in
effect on and after Dec. B, 1900,
subject to change and correction:
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-11

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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-11

II you feel i'll and need a pill
Why not purchase the best?
DeWitt's Early Risers
Are little surprisers,
Take one-they do the rest.
W. II. Howell, Houston, Tex, writes
Il have used Little Early Riser Pills
in my family for constipation, sick
headache, etc. To their use I am in
debted for the health OF my family.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-11

If you would stand high in Coils es-
timation you must stand low in the es-
tlmatiOn OF self.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-11

BIS. Lizard, 7. T. Al. Raleigh, n. e
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-23
The Liberalizing Influence of Books.

The work of the teacher is to be supplemented
by that of the librarian, who becomes in an i'm
portant sense the mentor and guide of the peo-
pie, and especially of the young, in their search
for knowledge and culture, a sort of John the
Baptist crying in the wilderness of books, a true
preacher of righteousness in the ministry of good
literature. If the public school is to be a nursery
of mental growth, good morals, and patriotism, SO
must the public library inspire its readers to love
good books, to be loyal to country and all high
ideals, and teach in it's silent way that true liber-
ty means obedience to law, human and divine. 1t
is interesting to notice that there are two Latin
words of exactly the same form, though of differ
ent derivation: "liber," meaning "a book" and
"liber," meaning Gree" Books do indeed make
men free; free in thought and purpose and &C
ton; free from the influence of narrow environ
ments and still narrower prejudices; liberal in the
best sense Of that word; broad enough to be in
sympathy with all that is best in literature, phil
osophy, and art, in the wide domain of human ex-
perience and in the wider sphero of human en-
deavor and aspiration.-From an address before
the Southern Educational Conference, by DR..
Julius D. Dreher, of Virginia.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-23
A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK.

No American, it seems to me, is so unworthy
the name as he who attempts to extenuate or de-
fend any national abuse, who denies or tries to
hide it, or who derides as pessimists and Pharisees
those who Indignantly disown it and raise the cry
of reform. If a man proposes the redress of any
public wrong, he is asked severely whether he con-
siders himself so much wiser and better than
other men, that he must disturb the existing order
and pose as a saint. If he denounces an evil, he
is exhorted to beware of spiritual pride. IF he
points out a dangerous public tendency or cen
sures the action Of a party, he is advised to cult
vate good-humor, to look on the bright side, to
remember that the world is a very good world, at
least the best going, and very much better than it
was a hundred years ago. It is an i'll sign when
public men find in exposure and denunciation of
public abuses evidence of the pharisaic DISPOSE
ton and a tendency in the critic to think himself
holier than other men. To the can't about the
phariaism of reform there is one short and final
answer. The man who tells the truth is a holier
man than the liar. The man who does not steal is
a better man than the thief.-George William
Curtis.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-23
Christ's Message for the Harvest Season.

The ground of a certain rich man brought
forth plentifully: and he thought within himself
saying, What shall I do, because I have not where
to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I
do: I will pull down my barns and build greater;
and there will I bestow all my corn and my goods.
And 1 will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much
goods laid up for many years; take thine ease,
eat, drink, be merry. But God said unto him,
Thou fool, this night is thy soul required of thee;
and the things which thou has prepared, whose
shall they be? So is he that layeth up treasure
for himself, and is not rich toward God.-Luke
- 1920.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-23
THIS WEEKS PAPER-SOME RANDOM COM
MENT.
MENT.

Harry Farmers letter this week is even more
than usually helpful and suggestive. The point
in regard to influencing legislation cannot be too
often emphasized nor too thoroughly learned by
the farmers. The agricultural classes cannot
send lobbyists to the Legislature to look after
their interests, but the farmers wishes expressed
ewhile the campaign is in progress will surely have
attention.
The North Carolina crop report, just issued, is
given on page l. 1t will be noted that the cotton
condition in this State is put at 70, against a re-
port of so by the National Department of Agri-
culture.
Agricultural education pays, as the article on
page 2, for one thing, goes to show. Just now
there is an especially strong demand for we'll
equipped teachers of agriculture, Prof. Burkett,
of our a. and NJ. College, for example, having this
summer two or three very fattering offers to en-
gage in such work in other States. The agricul-
tural student is sure of a position.
1t is encouraging to see that some North Caro-
linians are beginning to understand the value of
the hay crop. See Watauga County report on
page 2.
Don't fail to read the paper on Improved Con-
ditions in the American Farmers Life" which, by
the courtesy of the editors of the Review of Re
views, we are enabled to print on pages 10 and II.
1t sets forth admirably some of the lines that must
be followed by those of us who are working for
better things for North Carolina agriculture. 1t
is significant, too, that the reforms he mentions
are, with only one exception, familiar hobbies of
The Progressive Farmers.
The rural telephone; for example: as in the mat
ter of rural free delivery, The Progressive Farmer
has been the first North Carolina paper to press
the matter earnestly, and we are glad to know
that some of our readers are becoming interested.
Two weeks ago we wrote Mr.. Mozart, calling at
tention to Mr.. McDowelPs request for further in
formation, and our Iowa friend has very kindly
taken pains to oblige us. Read what he says.
Business Agent Parker, you see, is now in Ra-
leigh, and DESTROYS of hearing from all Alliance
men and ex-Alliancemen, as we'll as members of
the Farmers Association. He is able to give the
farmers better service than ever before, and the
Agency should have increased patronage.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-23
The True University.

Our present conception of a college is not a
storehouse of knowledge merely; it is something
more than this. It should be a laboratory for re-
search, a real work shop of real workers. The true
teacher is not a pump with a tank back of it; but
a master workman who teaches his apprentice by
doing something himself, a guide for the seareher
after truth in this earthly wilderness-Pres.
Chas. ". Dabney.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-23

fare of the country; others would undoubtedly be
seriously affected, but much less so than their
weaker rivals, while the loss would be divided be-
tween the capitalists and the laborers, and after
the years of panic and distress had been lived
through, and some return to prosperity had oc-
Cured, even though all we're on a lower plane OF
prosperity than before, the relative difference be-
tween the trusts and their rivals would remain
as marked as ever"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-23
A SORT OF CONCLUSION.-It's I

a SUM Ot OONOLODIO"" Us O'0 OH
any use to p~rophesy. The greatest of men fail at
such work, as they did once when an English
Prime Minister said: "What all the wise men
predicted has not come to pass, and what all the
BANKED fools said would happen has been real
ized!" Nevertheless, if these straws show accu-
rately which way the wind blows, the tariff is go
ing to be an issue of no small Importance in the
next campaign. Many leaders regard it as an
issue on which the Democratic Party can get to-
gether its sadly divided factions, while the Iowa
situation shows that if the uncompromising Pro
tectiomsts retain control of the Republican or
ganizatiun, that party will not be able to present
a united front. We don't know how much good
the people would get from a tariff campaign, but
it does seem probable that it would be an excellent
thing for the Democratic organization.
We shall Sc what we shall see.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-23

Don't overlook Mr.. Gates list of appointments.
What we have to say about him appears in that
connection.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-11-24
STUDENT MURDERED BY A
DRUNKEN FIREMAN
AND WHO THEN SUICIDES
Carl G. AImquist of Charles City,
Iowa, the Innocent Victim, j.
J. Davenport His Assassin-Young
Mans Sweetheart Comes Only to
Find Lover Dead.

Madison, Wis, Nov. 18.-John j.
Davenport committed suicide yester-
DAY afternoon after fatally shooting
a student, Carl G.. Almquist of Charles
City, Iowa, and attempting to kill Mrs.
Davenport, his wife. The student was
taken to the city hospital in a dying
condition, living only till this morning.
Davenport was on a prOtracted
spree, demanding money for whisky
and the refusal caused him to commit
the crime. Alnlquist was the steward
Of the Davenport club at the state uni
versity. 1t was mis- business to buy the
supplies and collect the board money
from the forty members that eat at
the club Mrs. Davenport does the
work of cooking and serving.
Yesterday the man demanded money
first of the wife and then from the
steward. Being refused by each, he
flew into rage, shot Almquist in the
breast, then attempted to shoot his
wife, but the woman grappled with
him and the bullet went wide of the
mark. He then turned the revolver
upon himself, sending a bullet through
his lett temple.
Almquist was 27 years old. He was
a leading worker in the Christian as
ISOLATION and a member of the Metho-
dist church. His sweetheart, Miss Ida
Kellogg of Charles City, Iowa, raced
with death to see him alive, but ar
rived two hours after his death. This
telegram was received from the girl
eff 1 can't reach Carl tell him he's
my ALL
Davenport was a fireman in the
state house under Gov. Peck. He was
a Virginian, and ex-confederate, SO
years old and leaves eight children
mostly Of mature age.
Almquist was a Swede, an able stu
dent, on his own resources and his
parents are yet in the old country.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-11-24
Ouieter in Macedonia.

Constantinople, Nov. 18.-Affatrs in
Macedonia are steadily quieting down.
Although during the last few weeks
the representatives Of the Macedonian
committee in Bulgaria have been bus
lily gathering subscriptions for spring
campaign the conviction prevails in
diplomatic circles that the attempt
will prove abortive, in view of the fact
that it will lie discountenanced by all
the powers and will receive no sup
port, moral or material, from Bulgaria.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-11-24
Sherman Not After the Speakersfip

I lection is in peril, since the forces of
the reform are organizing to assail
the infant industries Of the country
and that if they are successful the
republican party will be threatened
with disruption.
Mr.. CannOn's friends at the national
capital do not regard the story that
he is going to make BabcOck chair
man of the committee on ways and
means seriously. In the first place,
they do not believe Mr.. Babcock
wants that place. He appears to be
well satisfied with the Craftsmanship
of the committee on the District Of
Columbia, which makes him the ruler
of Washington, and it's environments.
AS chairman of the committee on
ways and means he would have to as
sumo responsibilities and duties that
would be altogether too eXacting for
a man Of his temperament and legis-
lative habits. 1t is taken for granted
that Representative Payne of New
York will be chairman Of that COM
mittee again. He has been such a Ia
mentable failure as the leader of his
party that there doubtless will be
a very general demand for his re-
tirement to a less conspicuous place
in the organization of the house.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-11-24
]VER The COMMONWEALTH

Henry Rothke Of Racine was struck
a stray bullet. 1t is feared he may
0Se his sight.
Norman Black denies the reported
ale of the Menasha Breeze, of which
is owner, to Col. D. B. Starkey.
H. H Martin, formerly Of Wausau,
nd one time partner of Senator Saw
ar in Wisconsin numbering opera
ons, died in a hospital at San Fran
SEQ.
The county board of Grant county
as petitioned the legislature to allow
to give a bounty of $50 per head on
.ttlesnakeS.
Jens Nelson, the 14-year-oId son of
rs. Elsie Nelson, a widow, shot and
stantIy killed the 7-year-old son or
lbert Ecken near Baldwin.
One hundred people attended the
xth annual convention Of the Stout
rec Travelling Library association of
unn county at MenomOnie.
Diphtheria has broken out in Wan
au. Already one death has resulted,
Lrs. Emma Martson being the victim.
everal children are in a serious con-
itiOn.
At Racine a son of Joseph Reiman,
7hile watching for ghosts, said to
aunt the house, knocked out several
eeth from the mouth of one of the
LEGGED spirits.
Rev. Anselm Knoll of La Crosse, for
en- years priest of one of the Polish
hurches, is dead after an illness of
ONE duration. Bishop Schwebach
yill probably conduct the funeral SER
ices.
Some time Sunday the Park depart
lent store at La Crosse was entered
y burglars and between $500 and
1000 wort of goods stolen, principally
ON the jewelry and cloak depart
ents.
Harry Green was drowned in the
jambeau river, about two miles north
Tony, by the capsizing of a boat.
had been hunting deer. The body
Is not yet been found and the river
very high.
At Eau Gale, Fla, William H. Glea-
n Of Eau Claire died, aged 73. He
Us born in New York, was one of the
lnders of Eau Claire, and was the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-11-24
KING OSCAR
FOR GERMANY

Washington, Nov. 18.-The text Of
the decision given by King Oscar II
as arbitrator between Germany, the
United States and England in the
claims of Germany growing out Of
the military operations conducted in
Samoa in 1899, has been given OSt.
It appears that on every single point
the arbitrator adopted the most eX-
IRENE German view in opposition to
the United States and Great Britain.
The question at issue was whether or
not the British and United States gov
ernments should be considered re
sponsible for the losses. He holds
that they are.
The arbiter finds nothing in the
evidence to sustain the British-Ameri-
ton was warranted and therefore
holds them responsible for the losses
that are said to have come from such
military action.
The arbitration grew out Of claims
by German or British subjects or
American citizens for compensation
on account Of the losses they alleged
they had suffered in consequence Of
the unwarranted military action on
the part of German, British or Ameri-
can officers in the Samoa between Jan
uary 1, 1899, and May Ii following.
The question really at issue was
whether or not the British and United
States steamship Philadelphia and
British ships Purpose and Royalist
March Is, 1899, opened fire across the
town of Apia, Samoa, directing the
same against the forces of the high
chief Mataafa, that the same vessels
brought the newly appointed king of
Samoa, Malietoa, and his forces to
Mulinuu point and supplied them with
arms and ammunition for the ensuing
struggle against Mataafa. The Ger
man cruiser was not present at the
time of the bombardment and there
fore not party to the attack made
by the other two.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-11-24
WANTS HIGHER RATE
ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENER.
AL URGES REFORMS.
RAISE ON SECOND CLASS
Madden Would Place Four Cents
Pound on it, Excepting Newspapers
Does not Hold Out Promise of
One-Cent Postage for Some Time

Washington, Nov 18.-Edwin G.
Madden, assistant postmaster general,
in his annual report recommends the
establishment Of the following new
postage rates: Four cents a pound for
all publications now admitted to the
second class mail, except daily, tri-
weekly, semi-weekly and weekly
newspapers, in the generally under
stood sense of the word newspaper"
This rate is to be paid on bulk weight
without regard to the number Of
pieces, the same as is now the case
under the pound rate. The consolida-
ton of the third and fourth class mail
matter and that postage thereon be
at the rate of one cent for each two
ounces or fraction thereof, to be pre-
paid by stamps affixed.
Congress is also asked to authorize
the postmaster general to accept,
under suitable regulations, the mail
ings of large quantities Of identical
pieces of printed matter and small
articles of merchandise without the
necessity of af1ixing postage stamps
to individual pieces.
Concerning the public impression
that one cent postage is probable in
the near future Madden says it is al
together too soon to consider the re-
duction Of letter rate postage on the
mere basis that reforms in second
class matter will save enough to the
government to compensate it for the:
loss of revenue through the reduction
Of the letter rate.
Madden recommends that congress;
be requested to pass law allowing a
reply envelope and reply postal card
service under the plan for the collec-
ton of postage at the place Of delivery
rather than at the place Of mailing
Madden says nearly four million
dollars are expended during the year
on account of experimental rural free
delivery and that had it not been for
this the postal service for the fiscal
year would have been self-sustaining,
and have had more than $1,0QO,0OO to
it's credit.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-11-24
OPPOSES SHIP SUBSIDY.
But Grange Favors Many Other Big
"ReformS"

"Reforms."
Lansing, Mich, Nov. 18.-The COM
mittee on legislation reported yester-
day to the national grange favoring
extension of the rural mail system;
postal savings banks; the early COM
pletion of the Nicaragua canal; build
ing canal to connect with the Missis-
sippi, great lakes and Atlantic; the
election of senators by popular vote;
improved pure food laws, a constitu-
tional amendment giving congress the
power to regulate and control all cor
pOratiOns and combinations of capital
of a monopolistic nature, thus pre-
venting the use Of their corporate pow
er to restrain trade or arbitrarily fix
prices; and additional powers for in
terstate commerce commission. The
passage of the ship subsidy bill is op-
posed. The report of Grand Lecturer
favors teaching agriculture
in the rural schools.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-11-24
SAND DUNES. .
Effect Being Made to Minimize Their
Evils.

Evils.
Washington, D. c., Nov. 18.-For
several years the sand dunes of the
Atlantic coast have been made a sub
ject of study by the bureau Of plant in
dustry of the department Of agricul-
tUre, and number of papers have been
issued in regard to sand-binding
grasses. During the past summer a
study has been made to determine
what trees and shrubs are most useful
in retaining the shifting dunes. Con-
siderable damage has been done by
dunes, especially in Virginia and North
Carolina, and large dunes in several
places along the coast are threatening
life-saving stations, residences, and
club houses.
Dunes are formed by the drifting in
land of sand washed up on the shore
by high tides. The direction of the
prevailing wind determines the course
Of dunes. They advance with the wind,
or, if the wind changes it's direction,
as in New Jersey, they retreat and are
blown back into the sea.
Dunes which are advancing on valu-
able property may be diverted from
their course by building on top of
them fences placed at an angle to the
direction of the prevailing wind
Further drifting of the dunes may be
prevented by planting on them beach
grass, waxberry, or wax myrtle, which
hold the sand together, and the per-
manent retention of the land can be
best accomplished by obtaining as
soon as possible dense stand of for
est trees, such as pine and oak.
Dr. A. D. Hopkins has returned from
an extended trip to Arizona, southern
California, northern Idaho, the Puget
sound country, and the black hills,
where he made Investigations of the
damage done timber by insect pests.
In the black hills about 600,000,0O0
board feet of yellow pine has been
killed by the pine destroying beetle.
DR.. Hopkins recently returned re-
port on the best methods OF lessen1ng
the damage, in which he recommended
to the department of the interior that
all live trees infested with beetles
should be cut in the winter and their
bark removed, a process which kills
the insects. This recommendation
has been adopted. DR.. Hopkins is in
charge of forest insect investigation
of the division of entomology.