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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,

g.
LUCAS COUNTY.
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that
ne is the senior partner OF the firm OF
FL. CHENEY & Co., doing business In
the City OF Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case OF Ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the use
of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in nv presence, this 9th day OF De-
cember, A. D. 1886.
SEAL A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send
for testimonials, free.
r. JCHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
80 Sold by Drugglsts, 75c.
HaH's Family Pills are the best.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30

nary TODD DO Its
duty.
This picture represents
the Trade Mark of SCOTS
Emulsion and is on the
of every bottle.
Send fer free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE,
400 Pearl ST., New York.
soc and 81. all druggists.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30

If troubled With weak digestion,
peIching, sour stomach, or it you feel
dull after eating, try Chamberlain, =
Stomach and Liver Tablets. Price, 20
cents. Samples free at +. 7. White
head & Co = drCG stores
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30
Chronic Constipation Cured.

The most important discovery OF
recent years is the positive remedy
for constipation. Cascarets Candy
Cathartic. Cure guaranteed. Genu-
inc tablets stamped c. c.. c. Never
sold in bulk. Druggists. Ioc.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30

Ba1saxps from the Northern Wood
srs in Eya-.za.aa-e- ~ certain cugo 1cs couEhs.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30

1t Is highly gratifying to see SO much
interest taken in the subject of good
roads for North Carolina. The "Road
Congress-" to be held in Raleigh Feb
ruary 18th, ought to be widely adver-
tised. Whatever of instruction for
good road making the occasion will
furnish the people in all parts Of North
Carolina ought to get Our State
needs nothing more than good roads
and it is a hopeful sign to see such
lively interest taken In the subject.
We hope to see the interest spread and
spread until it touches every part OF
the State.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30
THE EDIToRs'S LEISURE HOURS.
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Present, Past and Future.

Pay every bill you can now and ii
will help others pay their bills also.
A dollar put In circulation at the first
OF the year may be the means OF re-
lieving hundred cases of distress be-
fore the year closes and whether it
would do any one else good or not, it
IS the very best thing for yourself II
you owe a bill to pay 1t as promptly
as YOU can. You think more of your
self for it and others Will too.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30

This paper has all the while advo-
Gated the neutrality-suspicious. policy
for tie farmers. This is the season oi
the year when farmers are laying plans
for "pitchlng the cror," as it was ex-
pressed a long time ago, and every
farmer ought to make preparation fol
grain crop of some kind large enough
to furnish all such supplies and then
fatten his meat. To pursue any other
course Is not wise. If it were possib BILE
to interview every farmer in the State
1t would be found that the most sue
cessful ones are those who have bought
least for running their farms.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30

The Saturday Evening Post gives
the following interesting item about a
new flour which perhaps may come
into general use {:
"Something new in the way OF iood
product is pea -four, with which the
War Department has recently been
making experiments. 1t will be placed
on the maket before long at moder-
ate price, and seems likely to come In
20 use to a considerable extent. This
flour is intended to be mixed with
wheat -four for making bread, ana the
claim Is that it improves the flavor OF
the bread, which remains soft and
moist for much longer time than
when wheat flour alone il employed
"The pea flour Is prepared for mar
ket by cooking the peas with steam
then roasting them, and finally powder
ing them by roller process, the fina
product being light sulphur yellow II
color and nearly as fine as ordlnar!
wheat flour.
"It is extremely nutritious, and Il
said to contain nearly two and hal
times as much of the substance tha
.oes to make muscle and blood as doe
| wheat flour. Nearly fifty y-n,ne pe
cent. of the pea -four Is starch, an'
over twenty eight per cent. Is flesh
forming stuff, with practically n
water"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30


Advice ls a pretty free thing and
sometimes so free it means very little
when given. However, here and there
we find bit that is worth picking up
and preserving. The following from
the Norfolk Landmark rather strikes
us:
"Editor Henry Wat,erson, III giving
advice to young men who have de-
sire TO become Journalists, tells them
that they should have the biographies
OF all the worlds Distinguished men
at their fingers ends and should read
page of the unabridged dictionary
every day. This ought to do some
thing in the way Of furthering the
charitable work Of keeping roman
t,ctsts out OF newspaperdom."
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30

Mr.. E. w. Pou, Repr esentative from
the Fourth district of this State, made
a short speech In Congress week ago
which was complimented in reports
sent out from Washington. He spoke
in opposition to an amendment to the
Urgent Deficiency Appropriation bill
ior 100000 to establish an army post
at Manila.
Mr.. Pou was generously applauded by
the Democratic side and held the close
attention OF the entire body which he
addressed. He Is one of the bright
young men IN Congress from North
Carolina and bis constituency is already
proud Of him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-14
THE WEBER COUNTY PAYRoLLs

NEITHER STATE nor county Off
~ Gals can afford to countenance
such methods of administration as are
disclosed by the state auditors report
on the irregularities in the Weber coun-
ty payrolls.
Behind the verbiage of the state aud
itor's report. which DISCUSSES a weak
attempt to soften the facts. is bad
showing made by the figures Of the
states itemized claim for sl,922.03 The
worst feature of the report is the
statement showing that over $500 was
drawn in the names of men who did
not do the work for which the money
was disbursed. This is a dangerous
practice, and cannot be too severely
condemned. It is not safe plea to
say that the money was drawn for
other employees who did more work
than the Jaw required of them. Be
cause a few county officials dislike the
plain provisions of the law, they can
not escape criticism for violation of the
law. Else there is no protection for the
public funds in statutory safeguards
when careless or INSCRIPTIONS men
happen TO be entrusted with public Of
fee. There has been no charge that
the officials in this case profted by the
irregularities, but the report shows
very plainly that they were evading a
plain rule which should have been OBJ
served TO the letter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-14
QUAY AS a HuMoRlsT.

9 ENATOR Matthew Stanley Quay of
y Pennsylvania is considerable of a
bumorist himself. We find the sena-
tor standing up in the senate and
graveIy demanding the passage Of the
omnibus statehood bill because the last
Republican national platform pledges
the party to that action. The omnibus
statehood bill, it will be remembered,
provides for the admission of Ari-
iona. Oklahoma and New Mexico. The
senate committee on territories. in its
report recently submitted, insists that
Oklahoma alone is ready for and en-
titled to statehood.
It was Of Senator Quay and his argu-
ment. however, that we started out to
speak. The old gentleman never
cracked a smile when ne talked about
Republican pledges. He seemed to
take it for granted that the people took
the party seriously, in spite of its
long record of shattered promises. Re
publicans are now, and they have al
ways been. long on promises but ex-
ceedingly short on fulhllment. We see
no reason now why Senator Quay
should expect a change of front.
During the campaign that closed
when the votes were counted last
month we were told that the Repub-
licans could be depended upon to han
die the trust question as it should be
handled; that they would enact such
legislation as would regulate the evils
which grow out Of monopolies. It is
true that a number of so-called anti
trust measures have been introduced
during the present session of congress,
but not one of them has been offered
with serious intent to strike a blow
at the trusts
About half of the Republican orators
declared themselves in favor OF remov-
ing the tariff on foreign made articles
which would naturally compete with
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-14
VENEZUELA'S DISTRESS,

T GA DISINTERESTED OBSERVER,
your Uncle Samuel seems to have
got into mighty bad company in the
Venezuela business. Great Britain and
Germany have apparently committed
him to idle acquiescence in a pro-
Sramme for the decentralization and
possible destruction of the South
American state. and his hands are tied.
To date there has been no satisfac-
tory explanation Of the grounds for
the joint demonstration by the Euro
pean powers. IT is true they have some
financial claims against the little re-
public, but they have good company in
that. France has larger claims than
the combined accounts of Britain and
Germany. but France has not seen fit
to destroy property. land armed forces
and threaten further extreme meas
ures to enforce her claim.
It is quite possible that President
Castro has been impudent in his diplo-
matte correspondence with Edward and
William; and impudence in a small
boy is not a pleasing thing. nor profit
able But it would be as dignifed and
proper for a pugilist to knock a small
boy down for undue levity as it is for
these two great nations to attack Ven
ezueIa because .Castro's letters had
bilious tinge.
1t is more than a coincidence that
this raid should come just at the close
Of revolution which has crippled
Venezuela, rendered it impossible for
her to meet her obligations and made
her an easy prey to any sort of de-
mand that may be made And it is
also worth noting that the Britons who
have asked the government to give its
reasons for such extraordinary brutal
ity in international affairs have had to
be content with vague assurances that
the provocation was ample
Possibly Secretary Hay has informa-
ton that justifies the United States in
standing by and encouraging the raid
on Venezuela, but if he has, the coun-
try is entitled to know what those rea-
sons are. 1t is no violation of the
Monroe doctrine for a creditor nation
to seize customs revenues of the debtor
nation in payment of a just claim, but
it is certainly obligatory on US to know
that the claim is just and that the ex-
petition against Venezuela does not
conceal a sinister design on the indie
pendenee and territorial integrity of
our South American neighbor.
If this is q case of spanking a re-
fractOry youth who deserves castiga-
ton, no one viii object; but if it is a
deliberate assault on a crippled repub-
lie which cannot defend itself, the
American people want to know it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-14
THE NEW YEAR HERALD.

IN SUNDAY. DEC. 2STH. The Her
~ aid viii publish its usual Kew
Year number and annual review of
commercial and social, progress in the
intermountain region. This years
number viii be an exceptionally beau
tiful publication. much of the space
being devoted TO half-tone engravings
Of views IN Salt Lake and through
out the region generally. The pages
already in hand are most artistic in
design. and with the special book paper
made for the edition it promises to be
one Of the most attractive ever issued
west of the Rockies.
The text of the matter win be con-
densed as much as possible, the idea
being to convey succinctly data as to
the resources, Industries ana attrac-
tons of Utah and adjoining. states.
There will be a complete review of
every branch of business, its value to
the region, its contribution to the sum
total OF industrial output. the number
of people employed, wages paid, and
other details of interest both 10 the res
fdent and nonresident reader. The
mines, farms. manufactures, jobbing
and retail trade of Utah will, of
course. be given extended space. De-
velopments in new fields viii be ex-
plotted and the possibilities Of the inn
mediate future in the state will be
given the attention they deserve so
well
Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada win
each have large part in the edition.
and the whole publication viii form
a valuable contribution to the infor-
nation being sought so eagerly by peo-
pie all over the country who are watch
ing developments in the arid west.
The edition viii be limited and no ad-
ditional copies will be printed after
it is exhausted. Orders are. being re-
ceived now and newsdealers are ad-
vised to enter their applications for
extra copies as early as possible. Ad-
vertisers viii find the special edition
an unusually effective means of pub
licity for their business. 1t will go
to thousands OF people in Utah, Idaho,
Nevada and Wyoming who take no
other daily. and it will be sent to
thousands outside who are looking for
the information it will contain.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-14
A COMING EVENT.

HE HERALD rarely has occasion
in these days of the theatrical
syndicate to praise any production edi-
toriary. but an engagement for the
coming week is a pleasing exception
to the rule. David Warfield viii be
here in 1.-The Auctioneer," and if his
company is at all adequate no lover
of high class acting can afford to miss
seeing him. Mr.. Warheld has liter
ally created a role and given it hu-
man interest unsurpassed by any stage
character since Jefferson created Rip
Van Wrinkle.
Until one has seen WarheId he can
have no conception of the possibilities
of the type he portFays. The old He
brew auctioneer is of class that sig
ntfied nothing lovable to the public
until they saw him on the stage. He
is cunning, his surroundings are
squalid, his business anything but po-
etc; yet, as Warfeld shows him, he
develops those traits of all mankind
that appeal most to the best in man.
His affection for his home, his loyalty
to his friends, his unstinted generosity
to the distressed, make him worth
tons of literature as moral tonic
1t is difficult to speak of Mr.. War
held's acting without seeming extrava-
CANT His naturalness, which is the
perfection Of dramatic art, is as de-
Hghtful as it is unusual He gives
more than an Interpretation, so real
IS the identification of the actor and
the character. And best of all, he
presents play that is almost idyIIic
IN its homely lessons of goodness. of
charity and of courage. amidst sur
roundings where those virtues can ex-
list only in lives that have so much of
hardship to bear that goodness is ex-
allied to something heroic.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-14

trust-made goods. But no sooner had
congress assembled than il was an
nounced that no legislation of this
character would be permitted. Instead
do-nothing policy has been laid down
and the leaders join in the declaration
that no bills other than those carry
ing appropriations will be allowed TO
go through.
Senator Quay must be acquainted
with these facts, and yet he has the
hardihood TO hold his party account
able for its pledges. The senator him
self hasn't been SO careful about keep
ing faith as he might have been. And
at this juncture we can hardly refrain
from wondering how warmly Quay
would espouse the omnibus statehood
bill if it were not for the business in
terests of himself and some friends in
the territories involved.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-14

has been sold? The Herald regrets ex-
tremely the necessity for this pessi-
mistie view. but it can see room for
nothing else.
The action of the council is most rep
rehensible.. We repeat. the legal au1
thOrity for the step may possibly be
found. but there is no moral right.
Nor is there the slightest excuse for
this expensive piece Of deception that
has been praeticed on the people.
American municipalities are proven
bially slow to wrath and ready to en-
dure almost anything in the way of
bad administration-Up to a certain
limit. When the limit is reached. the
citizens wake up with a violence that
astonishes even the most Incompetent
city officials. If Salt Lake has not
reached this stage where it is time to
wake up, then there is nothing in signs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-14
old-time Remedies.
1Philadelnhia Record )

IN the family Bible of a Roxborougll
man there are number Of medical rules.
written over seventy years ago by the
great-gra ndfather OF the Bibles present
owner. Among the rules are the follow
ing.
"A stick of birthstone worn in the
POCKET is good for them as has cramps.
Il ioadstoan put In the place where
the pane is. is beautiful for tn. Rheuma-
tiz
"A basin of wlter Cruel, with haff a
quart of old rum in IL, with lots of brown
sugar, is good for Cold in He'd
II you have hiccups. pinch one OF your
wrists vile you count sixty, or ger some
body to skare you and make YOU 5umDe.
The earac be-Put onion in ear after II
Is well roasted.
he copsunption-Eat as many pea
mis- As b.ssidit vPf0I> goiaF t.. bed. =
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-14
A Patient Husband.


ANS8 IOEA 4iluSS-J
While in England Marshall p Wilder
came upon a curious case of husbandly
devotion. He had heard that the wife o.
a certain laborer was not all she should
be. and that the daily wages her husband
earned by the sweat OF his brow were
spent by her for liquor rather than
household neeessaries. Moved with pity
for the poor fellow, who never complained
OF his wrongs, Wilder put a few odd Jobs
in his way which paid the man well. and
also hvened up his duh hours with many
a funny yarn. One day they happened to
talk of domestic quarrels, and then the
poor fellow spoke of his own troubles for
the first time.
Mr.. Wilder" he said. some say as
Row my wife doesn't do exactly right
but I knows OF only one fault thar che
has. She swears when she's drunk
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-14
To Cure a Wound.
-Mondon DaiIy ChronleIel

Attention has once more been called 10
the survival of folklore in rural parts
this time by evidence given in a stabbing
case tried at the Essex aSsiZes. To
quicken the healing of the wounds the
knife with which they were inflicted Was
sTueared with grease and laid on the bed
of the patient The purpose served by the
or TO any steel instrument that has in
tlictad wounds-is to prevent IL from rust
ing. For II the steel is allowed TO be-
come rusty. the wound is affected, and
fostering and modification follow the
progress of the rust. Another quaint be
lief is that the application OF an oiled
knife Is a safe, certain and quick remedy
for scaIds and burns.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-14
Undefeated.

lLO1dOn Answers
At a twenty-first birthday party the
other day q mother was praising the tai
ents of her son, and, being anxious TO
make him appear at his best before the
company present, asked him to show the
company the prizes he had won.
One of the guests, picking up the best
article, said: And what did he win this
prize with2
"oh, that was for running" said the
proud mother.
And who presented it to him?" asked
the guest
We did, said the mother.
How was that?'' asked the guests
Why. you see" said the proud mother.
he'd have Won, but he didn't hear the
pistol go off,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-14
THE JAIL FUND.

0F ALL THE HIGH-HANDED pro-
~ ceedings the present council has
been guilty of, none stands out more
blackly on the record of the lawmakers
than the deliberate and wilful misap-
preparation Of the fund which had been
set apart by a former council for the
erection of a new city jail. In discuss
ing this matter The Herald viii not
attempt TO pass upon the legal phase
OF the question. The council may, or
it may not, have had the legal right
to misappropriate the jail fund.
II it did have the legal right, how
ever, it did not have the moral right.
A sacred obligation to the people Of
z this city has been trampled under foot.
More than two years ago, when the
preceding council talked of selling city
property for certain purposes, the peo-
pie looked upon the project with some
suspicion. They were soIemnly assured
that the proceeds of the sale would be
. used purely for the advertised purposes
that is. for the erection of a crem-
atory and new city jail.
An auction sale or city property was
advertised. Each advertisement speci-
fed the manner in which the returns
from the auction were to be expended.
Time and again we were told that every
dollar received, over and above the
| necessary and legitimate expenses Of
the sale, would be used in adding per
manent improvements to the city in
the shape Of a Jail and crematory.
There was no hint then of a diver
sion of the money to others uses. So
the sale was made and the money de-
posted in a bank. Months passed. and
on one pretext and another the begin
ming Of the work was delayed Con-
siderably over a year had elapsed be
fore the crematory was erected. not
withstanding the vital necessity for the
work. Then the council was asked
what had become Of the jail PROPOSE
ton.
We were told that plans had been
| prepared, that bids had been called
FOR and that the work would be started
with as much expedition as. possible.
With that explanation we were forced
to be content Now, after many more
nonths of idleness, so far as the jail
IL concerned, we are suddenly Informed
that the Jail fund has been diverted to
other uses. and that it Will be neces-
sary to sell more property if-w are
t. have a new structure to replace the
vile den which is now used Tor the in
generation Of city prisoners.
The thing has a decidedly ugly feok
The council had no more moral right
10 fritfer away that jail fund than it
had to declare a special assessment on
the individual deposits in the various
banks Of salt Lake City. The need
new city jail was never more
spg than il is today. Conditions
continually growing worse
better. There is hardly
city who hasn't a better
than the vile kennels
foftunates who fail into
police are put away
nDerty Is sold now for
is going to guarantee
council can fritter
why cannot it frit-
s.. a another ana an
until every foot
tha municipality
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-14

The announcement that a second
Monte Carlo is to be started in a chilly
Alaskan city is responsible for the sug-
gestiOn that it ought to be a first-class
place in which to play the celebrated
game of freeze out"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-14

Ada county, Idaho, seems determined
to hang an alleged murderer. who has
not been proven guilty, on general
principles. That is a somewhat dan
gerous practice, but it is mighty sa-
lubrious, too, sometimes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-14

We fear there has been rupture in
the pleasant relations existing between
the president and Senator Kearns. a
tea was given in the White House
Friday, but the dispatches do not say
whether or not the senator presided at
one Of the tables.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-14

Mexican farmers and silver produce
ers are going to make a fight against
the adoption Of the gold standard, but
if they don't have any better luck
than the same classes had in the Unit
ed States, the gold standard will be
adopted in Mexico in a hurry.