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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.

Wilmington Messenger.
GoIdsDoro, N. c., January 81.
A shocking fatal accident occurred
on the banks OF Neusa river, in Johns
ton county Saturday evening. Miss
Minnie Rose, daughter of the late Mr.
James Rose and granddaughter of Mr..
w. T. Cox, OF this city, In company
with her brothers wife, went down to
the river bank to carry dinner to her
brother ard party who were construct
Ing craft. The two ladies took seat
on one of the large logs on the sloplng
bank.
In some mysterious way the leg
started rolling. The other lady jump
ed to the next log above and thus
started it rolling. Miss Cox was
caught by the skirt by the first log and
jerked under 1t, and both logs rolled
oyer her, crushing the life out OF her
Instantly.
She was most excellent young lady,
and her shocking death is deeply de-
plored by all who knew her.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30
THINKS IT A GOOD ORDINANCE

Greenville Reflector.
Scotland Neck il taking time nv
the forelock and has taken steps earIv
In the year to be relieved of danger
Gus nuisance when the next holiday
season comes. We see from The Com.
monwealth that the Commissioners If
that town have adopted an ordinance
making it misdemeanor, punishable
by fine of $50, for any person to BRING
any fireworks within the town, and S25
additional for each and every day such
fireworks are allowed to remain In the
town. 1t is also made misdemeanor
punishable by fine OF $40, for anvone
to explode or cause to be exploded anv
fireworks within the town. Other
towns desiring to be rid of the danger
and annoyance of fireworks at Ch,st-
mas might we'll follow this exam, Ia NJ
Scotland Neck and go at the matter
early.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30
THE ROANOKE DYKES.

Elsewhere in this issue appears a
communication concerning the dykes
along the Roanoke river. 1t was writ
TN by a farmer who has had many
years CT observation and experience,
and the facts VII ch he cites are worth
studying.
Recently there appeared in the Raj
eigh Post an article by Maj. James w.
Wilson setting forth certain principles
about freshets in the Roanoke river.
The correspondent who writes for The
COMMONWEALTH practically takes issue
with Mai. Wilson's position.
THE COMMONWEALTH is rot authori-
ty On the subject of dykes along the
Roanoke river; but we make free to
say that the lowlands OF this river are
too valuable to be allowed to go to
waste if they can possibly be saved.
Several years ago we agitated through
these columns the question of dyking
the Roanoke river with State convict
labor. A meeting was held In Scotland
Neck which was attended by promi-
nent men from this and adjoining
counties, among them Mr.. F. D. Win
ston (now Judge, OF Windsor.
In consequence Of that agitation a
bill for dyking the river by convict
labor was introduced in the Legislature
and made a fair showing for the
first effort in the project-a vote, we
believe, OF about 80 In favor to 40 or
so against it.
As our correspondent suggests, per-
haps the time may come when a great
corporation will make effort to keep
the water in bounds as is sometimes
done to spread it oyer the land by
irrigation.
Anyhow the Roanoke lands are fer
tile beyond compare, and we hope TO
some day.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30
LATE LITERARY NEWS.

Sir Charles w. Dixie contributes r.
Ihe Cosmopolitan tor February an ar.
tlcIe on "The Naval Strength OF Ma
lions, which gives not only a most in
terest1ng and comprehensive account
OF the nayles of the great powers but
also a clear insight into world politics
&c" men possess such knowledge as
the authors, gained from wears Of ex.
perlence In a diplomatic and political
career. The article is SO broad in scone
ana straightforward in treatment that
1t Will be read with interest not alone
Oy statesmen but by every one whose
thoughts travel beyond the Immediate
wants OF single day.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30
Notice.

S1 Hs1,;e G Ghsa's. Superior Court.
Burgess Ufquhart, Admir- of VIM
Charles Hardy, deceased.
vs..
John M. Hardy, r. Lee Hardy and
others, helrs-at-law OF VIM.
Charles Hardy, decd.
By authority of an order of the Su-
perlor court of BERTHE county in the
above entitled special proceeding, !
will sell at public auction at PALMYRA
N. c., at IL M, on VI ednesday, Feb
10, 1902, the store and farm at Pal
myra in Halifax county, which was
owned by VIM. Charles Hardy at hi.
death and known rs the Hyman farm,
which contains $50 acres more or less
Terms of sale: One third cash, with
balance in one and two years. The
purchaser may elect to pay all cas- Il
and take his deed. The land Is sold I"
pay the debts of VIM Charles Hardy
This January Ii, 1902
burgess UEQUHART,
Admir- OF VIM Charles HARDY, decd
1164t
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30
SKINNER AND KEITH.

Harry Skinner has been appointed
district attorney for the eastern district
of North Carolina and B. F. Keith has
been appointed collector at the port
of Wilmington.
Mr.. SINNERS appointment is in the
place OF G.. NJ. Bernard and Mr.. Keith 3
appointment Is to fill the vacancy
caused by the appointment of John
Dancy, colored, as Recorder in the
District of Columbia.
1t is said that the old time, straight
do not like these appoint
ments, but they are saying little
about it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30
M,cLuRE,s TRIBUTE TO LEE.

Wilmington Messenger.
Colonel Alexander K. Mcclure, who
is go we'll known as an editor, being out
now of the harness and much advanced
in years, is amusing himself with writ.
ing articles of interest and sometimes
of value. His papers in the great out
rage upon Schley are memorable.
Writing recently at some length upon
General Robert E. Lee, he gave ex-
preston to an opinion ahead OF his
people. He said this:
"The South had many heroes who
called out the deepest affections of the
Southern people, but no one was SO
universally loved as Robert E. Lee, and
his memory will eyer be cherished by
them as that Of the Ideal hero aud gen.
tleman. The passions of civil war are
now almost entirely effaced, ard sim
cerely hope that before another decade
shall have passed there will be erected
OH seminary Hill, by the JOINT appro-
prlation of the State of Virginia, and
Pennsylvania, an equestrian statue OF
Lee corresponding With the statue OF
Meade on Cemetery HILL"
The author of that famous paper that
appeared in Blackwood's (Edlnborough)
Magazine about 1870, entitled, "The
Battle of Dorking," in another paper
in Blackwood said that the three great
est soldiers of the English speaking
RAGS were-Marlborough, Wellington
and Lee, giving the names in the order
OF birth. He was the highest recog-
nized authority in military matters In
Great Britain at that time. Many
years after General Lord Wolseley,
when commander-ln-chief OF the Brit
ISL army, in paper bearing his sigma
ture, said that General Lee was
greater soldier than the Duke of We'll
lngton, and there is good reason, we
add, for holding that crlnicn. Lees
place iii history as great captain is
But the greatest thing in
Lee is not his genius for war, but fer
elevated, pure, noble, knightly, gra-
clous character.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30
SCIENCE DISCOUNTED.

A German scientist has discovered
that most of the ills OF the flesh are
due to poorly masticated food and he
declares if every person would chew
his food seyenty-two times S. per
cent. of the stomach troubles would
disappear. He points out that animals
do not have indigestion because they
dc not wet their food as men do.
Gladstone "chewed" every bite thirty
two times before swallowing it. There
is much OF sense in the scientists sug-
gest1on, but would life be worth living
il you had to count y sschews" Gu
every delicacy you enjoyed ?-News
and Observer.
These scientists are always troubling
other people with their discoveries.
We sometimes wonder how the people
managed to live at all in the time O!
Abraham; as they had none of the ad-
vantagcs of modern science aud ac-
vanced ideas.
We Go not question the TACT that it
is good thing to chew food we!l--we
thoroughly believe it is-and the more
we chew it the better, perhaps; and if
we Gid not know that nothing THE
COMMONWEALTH says, nothing the
News and Observer says, and NOTHING
any other newspaper says would make
people count their chews on their food,
we would not be saying this.
But the scientists declaration fire.
qnently do not tally with experience.
We remember two men whom we
knew in our boyhood days whose
habits OF nastica:ion put to rout ali
this theory about how many times one
ought to chew his food before swallow
Ing it.
One of these men was a very intelll-
gent teacher and was careful, almost to
the point of painfulness, to chew his
food we'll. He would lay down bis
knife and fork at the table and chew
and chew and chew; but after all he
died young. The other man vas ignor-
ant, so far as books and science 60
we believe he could not re i'd or write his
name-but when he sat down to eat he
did not mince matters. He ate for all
tho world as if he had received orders
Tor forced march of ten or a dozen
days and that he thought 1t probable
he would never get another SQUARE
meal this side of eternity itself; and
this man is living yet, and for all we
know eating in hurry still.
Bear in mind, we believe it good
thing to chew food we'll, and we think
many people suffer because they disre.
gard it; but we have cited these cases
merely as passing recollection.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30
LAND POVERTY.

It seems paradoxical, perhaps, to
speak of a PERSONS having so much Of
anything that is genuine property that
he becomes poor from the fact OF such
possession. Fer instance, the man
who has five thousand dollars in hard
cash could hardly be convinced that he
is as we'll off az the man who has ten
thousand dollars. And perhaps If the
matter were considered from the basis
of money in hand it would not hear
the same discussion that 1T will when
applied to the possession OF land.
Although apparently the proposition
is paradoxical, it is nevertheless true
that a man can become what is some
times called Gland poor" by owning too
much land.
As an illustration, lady recited to
us recently the case of farmer she
knows who "keeps himself poor buy
ing land'-as she expressed it. Every
tract of land that comes upon the mar
ket within reach Of him he buys; and
then he is kept under high pressure in
all his work until he pays for it.
Straightway he goes and embarrasses
himself again by going in debt for an
other tract of land. And 50 he contin-
ues from year to year.
This is only one of hundreds ard
thousands CT cases, and he who can
successfully show the farmers who
suffer in this way that they are max
inga great mistake will do great SER
vice to our noble yeomanry.
The following from the Sanford Elk
press is most sensible observation on
the subject:
"The farmers of North Carolina, es-
pecially those of the cotton belt, own
too much land and employ too much
labor. They them selves will admit it,
These two evils, Inherited from slavery,
largely consume the profits of their in
dustry. There is doubtless a certa n
satisfaction in owning broad acres of
land, In having large number of ten
ants about one, but there is no pros
perity in it. In New England it is
the exception tor the farmer to own
much land Or employ much labor, and
as rule the New England farmer is
more prosperous than the North Car
DINA tarmer-he keeps his wagon and
buggy in better repair, wears better
clothes and gives his children a better
education. No one will dispute this.
"But it is not without struggle
that the North Carolina farmer gives
up his land. He knows that he has
to pay high taxes On it, and that from
year to year great deal of it must re-
main uncultivated and go to waste,
but 1t has been handed down to him by
his foreparents for several generations
back, aud he regards it as sacred
holding. Not infrequently, however,
IN trying to hold it all he loses it all.
1t Is better for him to sell part OF 1t,
even at sacrifice, than to see the en-
tire plantation go under the hammer"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30
THIS CLIMATE is GOOD

enough for any body with weak lungs.
The patient need not travel. He can
get we'll here with the help of Aliens
Lung Balsam, taken frequently when
coughing and shortness of breath after
exercise serve notice upon him that
serious pulmonary trouble is not far
away. Aliens Lung Balsam Is free
from any form of opium,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30
A. A.C0bQrl&C0,

We have purchased the
stock OF E. w. LYMAN, and
have some Special Bargains
which we are Offering daily
to the public. We propose
to make business lively at
Mr.. Hyman's old stand. and
respectfully solicit a share
OF the public's patronage.
A. A. COBURN & Co..
MAIN Street, Scotland Neck, N. G.
l-23-tf
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-01-30

Cut this out and take it to E. T.
Whitehead & Co.'S drug store and get
a free sample OF Chamberlain Stomach
and LIVER Tablets, the best physic.
They also cure disorders of the stomach,
biiiousness and headache.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-05-30
e. Fl. Goodrich and s on,
LAWYERS AND LAND AGENTS.
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS.

Have for sale, among other lands, the following:
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-05-30

meut, as if for a mere misdemeau-
or. II seems almost incredible 10
o Southern man that such fear
full crime could be so lightly pun
ished. The HERALD is no apOlogist
for the crime of burning a human
being at the stake, but it does be-
lieve that the crime for which the
negro Morgan was burned deserv-
ed instant death by hanging or
shooting. Ii is the Que crime for
which lynchiug is excusable, aud
there are doubtless very few, II
any, men IN Texas who do not
coudoue lynchIng ~ such instances
but not burning. As Senator
Bailey sptly informed the New
Hampshire member. the federal
government has no right whatever
TO IA, ddle with the execution OF
the laws IA the individual states.
The doctrine of states rights is
not yet dead. nor will II ever die,
unless through repetition of the
gigantic fratricidal struggle Of 81.
The states alone have jurisdiction
over crimes committed within their
limits. That they should endeavor
to prevent "A repetition Of the hOr-
rOr which was perpetrated nj Long
view, II L. true. But there will
never be court held in the South
which will punish any member of
a mob which lynches by hanging
or shooting any creature that com
Inits the same crime that Morgan
was guilty of.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-05-30

City property of every description our lists
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-05-30
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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-05-30

THE bid made by all of the beef
concerns ia the trust ia supply
beef To the government for the la
dian agencies nj eight ceuts per
pound, when they are selling 10
private parties at eleven cents a
pound, should be the last rye-open-
err the people should require to
prove 10 them that they ARE being
uujustly Imposed upon by The
trust. IL eight crnts per pound
represent, lair pr"it-whlrh IL
must show, else the bad would not
have been made then the price
charged to the people of eleven
cents per pound is gross extortlon.
There seems no longer any doubt
of this, but the question is, what
to do about il. The only effective
means OF getting 1T the trust ap-
pears to be through the tariff, and
that sacred wall will probably
have no openings made Ia it, M
tai the democrats gain the power.
Aud when will that Def
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-05-30

WELL, prrhap, Rusland did not
create Cyrauo de Brrgrrac-at
least The courts seem TO be couvlnc-
ed that one Samuel ELDERLY Gross
Of Chicago was the progenitOr, Of
the long-nosed hero-but, still NJ.
Rostsnd deserves credit for having
discovered Cyrano. Ii It had not
been for the Frenchman's genius,
the world would never have
known the character, aud Richard
Mansfield would have missed one
OF his most telling hits. IL is
questionable therefore whether the
ChlcagOan's claim TO $3.50, 1000 OF
royalties on the play Is justi6able,
as the royalties would never have
been earned, If Edmond Rostand
had not published the now famous
play. Mr.. Gross claims and has
apparently proved that the French
writer has taken a comedy written
by Gross twenty-five years ago,
entitled "The Merchant Prince of
Coruville" aud made il over into
"Cyrano de Bergerac.' Perhaps
the charge may have some founda-
ton, but the courts should have
made allowance for the genius
which gave to Cyrauo the life that
the merchant prince of Cornville
never endowed.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-05-30

Correspondence solicited on all mat
The people OF Southwest Texas. Each
communication must be accompanied
jv the name OF its author. not for pub
dcation unless 50 directed), but as
guarantee Of good faith. and when by
request anonymous signatures appear
20 such communications the right is re-
served 20 disclose the name OF the
Erlter should a necessity arise for
such disclosure.
Subscribers who do not receive their
..aper regularly are requested TO notify
dis office and the matter VIII receive
prompt attention and insure better ser
vice thereafter.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-05-30
Stare on ONO, CRY OF ToLEDo. ,

STATE OF ONO, City or TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner Of the firm Of + j.
Cheney q Co, doing business in the
City Of Toledo, County and State afOre-
said. and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case OF CATARRH
that cannot be cured by the use Of
e. " CURE
FRANK ] CHENEY.
Sworn 10 before me and subscribed m
my prescense. this 9th. day Of Decem-
her. 4. ID. 1856
- A W. GLEASON,
SEAL Notary Public.
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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-05-30

The burning OF negro rape
fiend in Texas the other day was
made the subject of a discussion in
the United States senate Mouday,
resolution 20 investigate these
lynchings being introduced by MIR.
Galliuger Of New Hampshire. That
such AN atrocions deed ms the burn
ing Ot "A human being should call
forth widespread condemnation is
not Ia be wondered al, but il is n
remarkable fact that, IN discussing
the horrible affair, no reference
was made 10 the Infamous outrage
for which the. hend was burned.
The people OF the North, It seems
cannot conceive OF the rage which
such an outrage against the woman
hood of the South infiames 10 the
hearts OF the whites A similar
crime iu the city of Cleveland.
Ohio, recently was punished by
foe aud brief term OF imprison-
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-05-30
New Post at Nue yo Laredo

Laredo, Tex, May 2G.-Cspt.
/. GuarBeras of the Corps of En-
gineers of the Mexican army has
arrived in NuevO Laredo for the
purpose Of laying of the grounds
and otherwise preparing for the
erection of an extensive army post.
The Mexican Government has just
appropriated 500, 600 for the work.
The mobilization of a large body
OF troops on the Rio GrsDde will
add wonderfully to the life aud
business activity of the two Lare-
dos.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-05-30

CAMERON COUNTY.
$1,000 Acres lying on the Ar
royO Colorado, good pasture and
agricultural lands.
2. $4,000 Acres adjoining Brulay
Sugar Plantation, good irrigable
land, river front.
3. $4,000 Acres Of good irrigable
land, river front. All prairie,
rice lands; between Brownsville
and Laguna Madre.
4. 1000 Acres in San Martin
tract, ID miles from city, river
front, good alluvial soil.
3. 1000 Acres same tract as No.
. 4, near mouth OF river, about "a
miles from town.
6. 5000 Acres "Espiritu SantO
Grant"
7. Small farms of from 80 to 200
acres, near town.
HIDALGO COUNTY.
8. 1902 Acres Of land out OF Por-
cIon No. 80. 240 vsrss river
front.
9. Gas Acres, ont OF Porcion No
46, 3l6 varas river front. Also
the title and interest 10 az adj
ditional 100 varas river front ia
said Porcion No. 46.-Also an
other interest aud title to 200
varas river front, also % varas
City property of every
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-05-30
FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1902

SAGASTA, the prime minister of
Spain, who has been the mainsiay
of that government through all the
tronblous aud doublful years of
Klug Alfouso's minority. began
llfr.u- q newspaper irpritrr.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-05-30

river trout, all extending be-
tween parallel lines To North
boundary Of tract for quanty.
10. 500 Acres of land out Of aud
a part OF the "Jesus Maria
League.
IL. 1921 Acres, lying partly in
Starr Co., ont OF Porcion Al,
$50 varas front on river.
~. 2224 Acres, out Of LIanO
Grande tract, fronts 1868
varas on Rio Grande.
IL. 1891 Acres, LIanO Grande
tract, fronts on LlanO Grands
Lake, 200 varas extends from
middle of said lake, to rear line
OF Llano Grande tract.
IA. 1894 Acres out of POrcion No.
20, fronts on river-l250 varas
by $500 varas South to North.
ID. 22S79 Acres, Los Guages and
MaguelIes tracts; HidalgO conn
~, and partly in Starr.
l6. 10000 Acres, pasture, fenced,
wells, etc, San Juan de CARR
citos Grant, Cameron county,
partly in Hidalgo.
II. Porciones Nos. AZ, AZ, aud A,
1854 acres, river front.
Is. Porcion No. As, 5,40O acres,
fronting on river.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-05-30
MRS. ]. DREYFUSS,
Dry Goods Dealer,

Has now on hand full line of gentle
men, ladies' and children's shoes. One
Of specialties in shoes is the
HAMILToN BROWN SECURITY"
shoe. for misses and children She is
sole agent for the HAMILTON BROWN
AMERICA LADY AND GENTLEMAN
hoe A fun line of clothing. gents
window shades and, other
household furnishings Give me
before purchasing elsewhere
Mrs. J. Dreyfuss.