davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-05
A MAN IS KILLS ANOTHER 70.

4 special from W arrenton to Raleigh
News and Observer Goth says:
A negro by the name Of Lewis Ed
gerton cut Tom Twitty with an axe to-
day. He walked up to him, within ten
feet of where the sheriff and the town
constable were right in the court house
square. He said a few words to him
and then took his axe and cut him in
the side, ms king wound from which
he will die. The wound was six or seven
inches wide. He then dropped his axe
and told the sheriff to come and take
him and hang him. Il am ready to be
hung" He was put in Jail. He will
be tried before q magistrate on Friday
The wan who was killed was over 70
years old aud the other man was abou;
IS years Old.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-05
DAWSON GOSSIP.
Correspondence to The Commonwealth.
DAWSON, March 3, 1903.

Correspondence to The commonwealth.
DAWSON, March 3, 1903.
MOORE-HARGROvE.
On Wednesday, Feb. 23rd, at :3O
O'Clock, at the beautiful home of Mr..
e. S. Eargrove 1ear Enfield, his &C
compiished daughter, Lula Alma, was
united in holy bonds OF wediock to Mr.
Frank Moore, of Scotland Neck, Rev.
A. S. Gotten performing the ceremony.
The parlor was filed with friends OF the
bride to witness the BEAUTIFUL scene.
The bride wore handsome dress OF
tan broadcloth with white plush and
applique trimmings and was fair gem
Of feminine beauty,a typo OF loneliness
itself while Mr.. Moore wore black and
appeared at his best.
Mr.. Moore is to be congratulated
upon winning the hand OF a worthy
belpmeet through life. They will re-
side at the grocm's fathers through
this year. May their pathway through
life be strewn with sweetest flowers
and their joys be unalloyed, is the wish
OF the entire community.
Mrs. John D. Lawrence went to En-
field Friday to visit Mrs. Joe Holiday
Mrs. Frank Branch of Enfield, spent
last week here visiting her mother
Mrs. DR. O. C. Slalllngs. We regret
to note that she Was sick while here.
Mr.. Bonnie Partine made a flying
trip to Daumplln Town Thursday.
Mr.. Walter Barnes mule ran away
one night last week, but 70 seriou:
damage was done.
Mr.. J. l.. Flemming, who wal
thought to be improving last week, il
now worse. A long and useful lif'
will soon be spent.
Mr.. Lynn Branch went to Enfield
Friday to attend an entertainment II
Stallings' opera house Friday night.
a fearful wind and lain storm passe(
through Saturday a. m, but very littl'
damage was done.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-05

CERTAIN CURE for CHILBLAIN5,
Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, . powder. II cures chilblains,
troetbaies, damp, sweating, swollen feet.
AZ III Druneisse ~ aleo Storee. ~.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-05

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION.
To the defendant, David House
The defendant Dayid House will
take notice:
/. That an action entitled Mittle
House against David House has been
commenced in this court against him.
2. That the purpose of this action is
!; to obtain an absolute divorce from the
said David House on account of aban-
donment OF her without cause on her
part prior to the first day OF January,
1899, and living separate and apart
from her for more than one year prior
thereto.
3. And the said David House is no
titled to be and appear before the Judge
of our Superior court to be held for
said county at the court house in Hail.
fax on the 18th Monday after the first
Monday in March, 1903, ana answe.
the complaint which has been deposit
ed in the office of the clerk Of the
| Superior court for said county, and let
said defendant take notice that If he
fails to answer the complaint within
the time required by law, the plaintiff
will apply to the court for the rellel
demanded in the complaint ard costs
o be taxed by the clerk.
Given under my hand this la ] h
| lay of February, 1903.
S. M. GARY,
! 2-19-6t Cl'k Halifax Sup'r Court.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-05
FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS.

Mrs. W,uslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used Tor sixty years by millions oil
mothers tor their children while teeth
ing, with perfect success. It soethes
ti.s child, softens the gums, alias all
pain, cures wind colo, and is the best
tremedy for Diarrhoea. Il will relieve
the poor little sufferer Immediately
Sold by Druggists in ever part Of the
world. Twenty-Five cents q bottle. b
sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslowi
soothing Syrup. and take No othe
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-05
Few People

HAVE GUOD EyESIGhT.
Don't neglect the little warnings
that nature gives.
COME TO ME
In the beginning, and I can in all
probability save
YOU A HEAVY BILL
That is sure to come if you wait too
long before having your eyesight at
tended to.
ii. w. M TX O N.
oPTlClAN.
With E. T. Whitehead & Co..
Scotland Neck, n. C.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-05
EVERY CHURCH or lnstitutio

Et II IL CHO Hull or Institution
supported by voluntary contribution
will be given a liberal quantity OF the
Longman & Martinez Pure Paints
whenever they paint.
NOTE: Have done so for twenty-seven
years. Sales Tens OF millions of gal
Ions painted nearly two million
houses under guarantee to repalnt il
not satisfactory. The paint wears TO,
periods up to eighteen years. Lin
seed Oil must be added to the paint
(done in two mlnutes). Actual cost
then about $1.25 a gallon. Samples
free. Sold by our Agents, E. I
WHITEHEAD CO.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-05
Notice..
Lula Staten) Halifax County,

LUZ" o'"'o ~
Joe staten.} North Carolina.
Action tor Divorce in Superior Court.
Joe Staten, t,ie defendant above
named, will take notice that an action
entitled as ahoye. has been commenced
in the Superior Court for Halliay
county to dissolve the bonds Of matri-
mony now existing between the plain.
tiff and defendant, and said defendaut
will further take notice that he Is re-
qulred to appear at the April term Of
the Superior court OF said county to lie
held ut tie court house in Halifax On
! the fifth Monday after the first Nor
Gay in March, 1908, and answer or De-
muir to the complaint il said action r
tbs plaintiff viii apply to the couit b.:
the relief demanded il said conniaU-.
| S. M. GARY,
2.l2-6t Clerk Superior Court.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-05
Saturday, 10th day.

Saturday, 10th day. =
SENATE--The bill placing municipal
elections under the control OF the
County Boards of Election was argued
aud finally passed. Senator Hoey
stated that is was absolutely necessary
so as to prevent the Republicans from
putting names On the registration books
by which test could be made OF the
Constitutional amendment. He said
that he was willing that any Demo
cratic counties, cities or towns be ex-
empted, but would leave the counties
of his district in the bill.
The counties exempted by amend
ments offered by various Senators are
Rockingham, New Hanover, Bruins
wick, Union, GuiIford, Iredell, Cabar-
rus, CASTOR, Buncombe, Chatham,
Forsyth, Lenoir, Granville, Person,
Moore and Mecklsnburg. The cities
exempted are: Greenville, Raleigh,
Fayetteville. The Republicans oppos-
ed the bill and amendments exempting
Republican counties were voted down.
Mr.. Trayis introduced bill to make
short form of crop lien applicable to
Halifax county.
HoUsE-Only routine work was
done in the House. It was the first
day since the opening OF the session
that no petition was presented.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-05
DR.. WIMBERLEY'S CERTIFl-
CATE.

This is to certify that I have used
Hancock's Liquid Sulphur in my prac-
tice and haye tested it sufficiently to
know it to be remedy of great merit.
Have used it with curative results in
cases that nothing else would benefit.
J. P. KIMBERLEY, M. D.
Scotland Neck, N.C,, Oct. 81, 1902.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-23
Died.

KOCH-At the NJ. f. parsonage, Au-
rora, w. Va, on Sunday, the 18th
inst, after an illness of three years
of pulmonary consumption. Mrs. Min
ME V. Koch, wife of the Rev. J. II.
Koch, pastor of the Aurora charge,
Methodist Episcopal church, aged %
years, 6 months and II days The de
ceased lady was a daughter of the
late Job Henline, of near German and
was married to Rev. Koch on Noy. /.
1899. The funeral took place Tues
day, the services being conducted at
the parsonage by Rev. Dr. H. Scott,
of Oakland. The interment was
made on the home farm, four miles
east of Gormania. To Rev. Koch
the sympathies of his friends in Oak
land are extended.
SMOUsE-At his home in Oakland
on Friday morning last at 1 o'clock
after brief illness of pneumonia and
heart trouble, Homer Smouse, aged
/ dDOuJ IL y tttIS. lie ueC6dSeu was a
matchmaker and jeweler by occupa-
ton and was engaged in business in
Oakland for number of years. He
leaves a wife and three children to
mourn his departure besides a num-
Der of brothers and his parents, all of
them well-to-do and Industrious
young men. His funeral took place
on Sunday, the interment being made
in the cemetery in Oakland
BANKs.-At her home in Oakland,
last night at 70 o'clock, after an ill
ness of several weeks of typhoid fe-
yer, Sidney, aged Is years, daughter
of Mrs. Baker Banks, colored. The
| deceased was highly respectable and
an industrious young woman. No
arrangements have as yet been made
for the funeral.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-23

Mr. and Mrs. Julius G. Renninger,
of Oakland, left Oakland last Sat
urday for Washington and Baltimore.
Mr.. Renninger went to the latter city
of the local council Jr. 0. U. A. NJ. to
the meeting of the State Council
which will be in session nearly all of
this week.
The Ladies' Auxiliary to the
Knights of st. John held a festival in
Offutt's Hall on Tuesday night for
the benefit of the Catholic church,
the proceeds of which amounted to
about $75. An excellent supper was
served and dancing INDUCED in dur
ing the evening The Oakland Con-
cert Band was present and furnished
music. Quite a number of out-Of-
town people were in attendance.
The case of John j. VIM VS.. the
County Commissioners of Garrett
county, will come up in the Circuit
Court for Washington county next
month, to which court it was removed
by the plaintiff. Mr. VIM sues for
$500 damages to a saw mill outfit
which damages are alleged to have
been caused by the breaking down of
a bridge over which Mr. VIM was
transporting his property.
Dr. Henry W. McCOmas is having
excavations made at his residence
for an addition of several rooms to
the dwelling. A heating plaut will
also be installed. The new stone wall
fronting his property which has been
completed adds materially to appear
ance. The rest of the property own
ers along the block upon which Dr.
McComas' property is situated will al
so erect walls fronting their lots as
soon as men and material can be Sc
cured to do the work.
Once upon time man got mad
at the editor and stopped his paper.
The next week he sold his corn four
cents below the market price. Then
his property was sold for taxes because
he didn't read the treasurer's sales.
He was arrested and fined So for going
hunting on Sunday, simply because
he didn't know l. was Sunday and paid
$500 for a lot of forged notes that had
been advertised two weeks and the
people cautioned not to negotiate
them. He then paid big Irishman
with a foot like forged hammer, to
kick him all the way to the news
paper office, where he paid four years
in advance and made the editor sign an
agreement to knock him down and
rob him if he ever ordered his paper
stopped again.
At Whites Restaurant, the best
lunches in town are served. 5 If.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-23

Mrs. Mamie E. Burke, trustee of
the estate of the late Thos. F. Burke,
adyertises in this paper to-day the
sale of number of pieces of real es-
tate, among them being several town
lots in Oakland, the Schley Hotel
property, also in Oakland, and a farm
near Deer Park The sale will take
place in Oakland in front of the post
office on Saturday, May 10Th.
Sheriff w. A. Maffett adyertises
the sale of a valuable lot at Noun
tain Lake Park which will be sold I'M
der an execution issued from the Cir
cult Court for this county. The sale
will take place on Saturday, May 10th,
at o'clock in front of the court house.
Mr.. William NJ. Junkins, committee
for Solomon Tasker, lunatic, advertis-
es the sale of a valuable farm which
will be sold in front of the First Ma
tional Bank on Saturday, May 10th,
at o'clock p. III. The farm is sit
uated near Blaine and is improved,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-23
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
IncidentS.and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention, Etc.

IncidentS-and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention, Etc.
Go to Whites Restaurant for your
lunches. OH
Miss BERTHE Malette, of Grafton, is in
Oakland on a visit to friends.
James Chisholm, Esq, of near Cor
man, was a visitor to Oakland Sat
urday.
Miss May Kalbaugh, of Western
port, spent Sunday with friends in
Oakland.
When you are hungry, go to Whites
Restaurant, opposite First National
Bank Building. tt.
AdenC. Duckworth, Esq. of Bloom
ington district, was in to see US Tues
day morning.
DIR. Henry w. McComas returned
from New York last Saturday morn
ing where he had been for week en-
gagged professionally.
Farmers, if you want something to
make your crops grow as well as to en-
rich your soil, get the kind of fertilizer
sold at the Felty Roller Mill, Oakland.
Will take produce i'll the fall.
Rev. D. r. Wagner, of Rohersville,
Md, was in Oakland several days
this week on business connected with
his property adjoining Mountain
Lake Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Proctor, who
spent the winter in Mississippi and
other Southern states, returned to
Oakland yesterday afternoon and
will occupy their summer residence
here throughout the season.
Rev. DR.. Scott and DR.. E. J. M.
Button, who attended the funeral of
the late Mrs. J. H. Koch at Aurora,
the former as a conductor of the bur-
ial services and the latter compan-
ion, returned to Oakland Tuesday
night.
D. G. Feather, Esq, formerly of
Mountain Lake Park, but now en-
gagged at Pitcairn, Pa, with the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, was in
Oakland Tuesday for an hour or two.
He returned to Pitcairn yesterday
morning.
Mrs. John 7. Browning has moved
into her recently acquired property
on Second street, the Delawder house,
and it is now open for guests. An ad-
dition of several rooms is in course of
construction and along with the other
Improvements in contemplation she
will have a modern hotel when they
are completed.
Paint is civilizer aside from it's san
itary and protective qualities. 1t is
kerchief are to a man. Try to bring
children up in a weatherbeaten, I'M
painted home, and they follow the
style of the house. Paint is like the
newspaper-men can live without it,
but they will be better men and enjoy
life more with it.
There are at least rs mongrels of the
dog family in the town that ought to
die Their possessors have no posi-
BILE use for them. They are absolute
ly worthless. They are a nuisance.
They are in part so poorly fed that
they prowl around day and night an
noying persons who can't afford the
luxury of dog of any sort even if
they do not go out of town and kill
the unoffending sheep of farmers who
do not feel able to keep dogs, but do
try to keep a small flock of sheep in
stead.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-23
Forty-Two:Perfect Shades OF Greerl


And each shade will hold its own in
the face of all odds Green Seal Paint
laughs at rains and stains and always
looks the same. For sale by f. j.
Fringer, Oakland, Md; c. NJ. Rath-
bun & Sons, Mt Lake Park, Md.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-17
SEEKEST THOU FOR
a NEW AND SETTER LIFE,
POOR sUFFERER7
Paine'S Celery
Compound
VIII Give You That Health That Leads
to True Earthly Happiness.

Who dare deny the assertion that Paine's
Celery Compound makes sick people we'll
and happy? Physicians and tens Of thou
sands saved from the perils Of disease and
plucked from the grave, have given proof
that the woodworking medicine 10 a life
saver. Today, Palne's Celery Compound
is the one true and guaranteed specific
recognized and prescribed for all diseases
arising from a debilitated nervous system.
1t is a positive cure for insomnia, wasting
strength, dyspepsia, neuralgia, rheuma-
tism, liver and kidney troubles. For all
such complaints Paine's Celery Compound
has done marvellous things and triumphed
when all other means failed. Mr.. ]. g.
Lamson, Prairie View, ILL.,, gratefully
writes about his restoration to health as
follows:
IL am nearly rs years old, and have put
off being carried to the grave yard and
gone to farming again. Paine's Celery
Compound is my life and strength. 1t has
raised me from a low condition Of life to
the best of health. When l first COM
menced with the Compound, l weighed 100
pounds, but now l weigh 1879 pounds. l am
well and feel we'll. and nay ~nelSSboTs all
congratulate me upon my good, healthy
looks"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-17
SCHOOL BOARD REoRGANIzES
superintendent CliRord and Principal
Ensign Reelected for An
other Year.

After the newly-elected members, Colonel
w. J. Davenport and Attorney Emmett Tin
ley, had taken their seats the Board OF
Education reorganized last night by elect
ing J. p. Hess president. Mr.. Hess cleo
tion was unanimous. On taking the chair
Mr.. Hess named the following standing
committees for the year:
Teachers and RLles-W. S. Cooper, T. ].
Shugart.
Flnances and Accounts--w. J. Davenport,
S. s. Keller.
J~anitors and supplles-T. ]. shugart, W.
j. Davenport.
Text Books and Course of S~tudy-Emmet
FINLEY, w. s. Cooper.
FUEL and Heating-George w. German.
Emmett FINLEY.
Buildings and G~rounds-S. s.. Keller.
George w. German.
President Hess made two recommends
lions. One that manual training be intro
duced into the schools of the city and,
second. that the question Of continuing
the free text book system be ~subcitted to
the voters at the school election next year
in an effort to have IT repealed.
w. N. Clifford was reelected superin-
tendent of the city schools and Prof. F. G.
Ensign was reelected principal of the high
school, both elections being unanimous.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-17
WILL DIE IN IOWA HOME
Henderson Regrets Low Bank Bal
Rnce Requires Him to Battle
in World.

DUBUQUE. Ia, March 16.-"There is a
little lot in the Dubuque cemetery in
which l am going to sleep when I die
said former Speaker David B. Henderson
tonight, in addressing the citizens Of his
home town at a Welcome home mass
meeting.
81 have had many invitations to leave
Dubuque" said he, land because Of lin
tied means l shall probably accept one Of
them, but this state and this district shall
forever be Henderson's home. II, tenn
porarily, l go forth to battle for my flock,
it will be that / may return and be among
you more than ever.rT
Men of all parties united in welcoming
Mr.. Henderson home. When he arrived
today from the east he was met by sew
eral bands and escorted to the opera house,
where addresses of welcome were deliv-
cred by residents of Dubuque.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-17
SEXTON NAMES THE UMPIRES
None of the Men on Western League
List who Omcinted in Omaha
Last Year.

DENVER, Colo, March l~6.-(Special Tele-
gram. )-President Sexton of the Western
league, who is in Denver. has announced
the names of the men who will act as UNI
pires In the Western league this year.
They are: Leo Messmer, the little man who
did such excellent work in Denver during
the final series of last season and whom
the Denver fans recommend as the best
umpire that has ever officiated in a west
ern league game; Jack Brennan, who has
been an umpire In the Three-I league for
Manchester, N. H, who has been in the
umpiring business for ten years; Jack
Mccarthy, an ex-ball player who Injured
his arm severely while trying for a posi-
ton on the Denver team. He has had a
little experience In this line and has the
making OF an umpire in him. President
Sexton is delighted with his success in get
ting a corps Of umpires and does not an
ticipate the slightest trouble.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-17
ARGUING THE FOOT RACE CASE
Except Agreement for the
Race.

On reconyening district court yesterday
morning Judge Thornell handed down his
decision overruling the motion Of the de-
PENDANTS in the case OF the State against
Leon Lozier and Ed Moore to take the case
from the Jury and direct a verdict for the
defendants. He also overruled the motion
TO strike out the testimony Of Alderman
Charles Huber.
Counsel for the defense, after a consul
tation with his clients, announced :hey
would introduce no evidence with the ex-
ception Of two contracts relative to the al
legged fake foot race which Charles Greg
DRY is alleged to have signed. The con-
tracts show that Lozier was running at
Webb City under the name Of Charles
Standard. The first contract binds Stand
ard, alias Lozier, and Grimm to race for
$40, 1000, and tho second contract provides
for the second race between the two men
for the same stakes and $1,000 additional
put UP by Charles Gregory.
County Attorney Killpack made the open
ing argument for the state. Attorney Sail
linger, in his argument for the defense,
ridiculed the charge that Gregory and Bar
ker had been led blindfold in the deal
and had been defrauded by the defendants.
He commended that both Gregory and Bar
ker went to Webb City with the express
purpose Of betting on a sure thing, ex
pecting to win the Webb City fellows
money. but instead ran up against men
who we're sharper than they were, with the
result that instead Of returning to Coun-
ell Bluffs several thousands OF dollars
richer than they left. they came home
minus the money they had taken with
them. He insisted that Gregory and Bar
ker were not entitled to any sympathy,
and the criminal prosecution was purely
and simply an attempt to force the recov-
cry OF the money which they had lost.
Attorney Finley Burke, who is assist
ing the county attorney in the prosecution,
will make the closing argument for the
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-17
Discover Five skeletons.

GLENWooD. Ia. March 16.-(special.)-
While digging the foundation for the new
standpipe at the city water works in the
west part OF town the workmen dug into
a grave containing the deoayed skeletons
of Ave human bodies. The smaller bones
had nearly all crumbled away and 1t is ey-
ident they had been in the ground many
years. The remains were In a narrow
space about two feet by four, down from
the surface some eighteen inches. How
they came there is a mystery and the sup
position is that some crime In an early day
had been committed.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-17
Accidentally shoots Himself.

PACIFIC JUNCTION, Ia March 16.-
(Special.)-L. c.. .Cowardin. a prominent
farmer living about three miles west of
this place, accidentally shot himself while
out hunting, the wound proving fatal. He
set his gun down and walked of a distance
from 1T and unthinkingly left the hammer
cooked. On returning to Il he accidentally
touched the trigger. causing the gun to
explode, throwing the bulk OF the load into
his right shoulder. He was one mile from
home and started to walk and by the time
he reached the house he had become so
weak from the loss Of blood that he could
scarcely stand. Medical aid was imme-
diately summoned, but arrived too late, as
the bleeding could not be stopped and he
died soon after reaching home.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-17
BALL PLAYERS CHANGE CLUBS
National League President Announces
New Contracts and Releases


NEW YORK, March 16-President Pull
liam OF the National league today Issued an
official bulletin showing the following con-
tracts and releases:
Contracts : With Philadelphia T., II.
Charles s.. Doom, p s. wolverton. J. q.
Barry. r.. e. Hulswitt, ". IL Keister ~,
liam Wolf. Fred Mitchell w b. Boman,
w. y. Douglas. Roy A Thomas. Fred A.
With 81. Louis-P. J. Donovan. James J.
HacketL w. Sanders. David L. Brain.