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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-06
MIXED.

Children were mixed up in Pinafore with remarkable results, and some chil- dren have apparently been mixed up in Amsterdam. In that city a newly born child was taken from the mothers care to be reared in an incubator. Mean while, in compliance with Dutch law, the father had the birth of a son regis tered and the child was given the name of Franciscus Gerardus. At the hospi- tai receipt was given for the baby boy and he was put into one of the incuba- tors. Some weeks passed and the pa rents received notice that their child was well enough to be taken away. Imagine the fathers surprise when he went to get his son to have 8 baby girl thrust into his arms. The hospital nurse declared some mistake had been made by the parents. The parents, nurse and other witnesses declared the mistake was on the part of the hospital authorities. The baby girl was not wanted by the parents of the missing baby boy, and nobody else owned her.
 The father took proceedings against the mayor of the city, who is the nom- inal head of the hospital, and claimed $1, 200 damages for his Host son." Dur ing the time the child was in the incu- bator the outside of the machine was painted, and, according to the plain tiff's advocate. the cards on which are written the particulars regarding the inmates were mixed up. A touch of romance is added to the case by the offer of an anonymous woman, who un- dertakes to pay the compensation
 claimed by the parents and adopt the
 girl who ought to be a boy.
 It is strange case, and if there is a
 Solomon hearing 1t he has large op- portunity.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-06
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-06
HUMoR OF CLAY AND WEBSTER

Clay and Webster were not habitual humorists, but both had the gift of en- tertaining as we'll as enthralling their audiences. Clay ran most to illustra- tive anecdote. While he was in the House, a prominent politician deserted the Whig party in the hope of starting @ general revolt To his dismay, he found himself quite alone, and then bent all his energies to getting back into good standing. The incident re- minded Clay of story. Said he:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-06

Galveston laid the cornerstone last week for the new sea wall which is to guard the city against possible repeti- tion of such a disaster as the great storm of September 8, 1900. The State has given it's aid to the work by appro- priating the State taxes raised in Gal weston for the next fifteen years to this purpose. The city itself has borrowed money extensively, and taxed itself for the improvement. The building of the wall was actually begun on October 27, 1902, though its formal dedication was deferred. It will be of concrete, and will extend three miles along the water front. Piles driven down to a substra- tunl of clay will support the whole structure. At bottom the wall will be sixteen feet in width and at the top five feet. The engineers left 8 good margin of safety by putting the top of the wall one and three-tenths feet above the highest point reached in the storm of 1900. This brings it seventeen feet above mean low water, which will give it somewhat the appearance of a forti- fication.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-06

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY 16 CENTS A WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH, sEoR SIX MONTHS, $6 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-06

Facts that have been collected at the University of Michigan show that of the 1885 women who have been gradu- ated from the school but 533 have mar ried since graduation. As certain proportion had been married previous to graduation the proportion of married women alumnae is found to be about S4 per cent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-06

Repentance without amendment" says the Monthly Record, the organ of the convicts at the Connecticut State prison, lis simply hypocrisy"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-06

on a chair and began to cackle like one possessed.'
 And what was the matter?"
 'Oh, she happened to see house run across the oor."-Yonkers Statesman.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-06

Military horses in England are now to have their tails and names left long in order that they may drive away the mosquitoes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-06

Child labor in the South is terrible, but in the fifty or more sweat shops" raided by officers in Brooklyn this week girls about ten years old were found working in wretched surroundings for ten hours a day at salary of three cents an hour.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-06

The original carnation was a five petalled bloom native in the South of Italy. It was imported into England about the time of the Norman Con- quest. As early as 1619 horticultural works gave minute directions for the cultivation of the flowers in winter. The carnation industry has risen to considerable importance during the last ten years, according to Town and Country. As 2,5OO,ooO of young carna- ton plants are sold each year, and florists produce an equal amount grown by themselves which are not sold, the entire production of young carnation plants approximates 5,O0O,000 and up- ward a year. These plants are grown under glass during the winter time for cut-fower purposes, producing an an- nual average of more than 1OO,0O0.00O blooms.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-06

The North China college at Tung-Cho is now approaching completion. Tung- Cbo is to be the educational center for American board missions in that part of China, and already four missionary residents have built there within the last year. The work is progressing rapidly. and this institution is to be re- established in full vigor, and the work, 50 badly broken in upon by the destruc- ton that attended the Boxer raid of s1900 is being re-established under bet ter conditions than formerly.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-06

Commercial schools in Russia are founded by the state wherever they are thought to be necessary. The initiative is always taken by commercial organi- zations-that is, chambers of commerce and similar bodies-the members of which have previously appointed a committee which has thoroughly exam ined the question. Russian commercial schools are state institutions and are under the control of the Minister of Finance. There are forty-three com- mercial schools in the Russian empire under the control of the state, and twenty private schools, similarly or ganized, with state supervision.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-06

The Standard Oil doxology, as rem dered by William H. Crane, the actor: Praise John, from whom oil blessings flow, Praise him oil creatures here below, Praise him above, ye heavenly host, Praise William too but John the most.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-06

THE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING co
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-06

THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUR-
 LIsHED IN CONNECTICUT.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-11-19
SPECIAL RATES
VIA
SeaboaFQ Air Line Railway

Commencing Oct. 18th, 1903, the
seaboard Air Line Railway will place
on sale round trip winter tourist tickets
to all Winter Resorts in the South and
Southwest. Tickets will be sold up to
April Both. 1904, with final return
limit May 81st, 1904. For further in.
formation apply to local agent or ad-
dress, q. P. SMITH, T. l.. A..
Raleigh, N. G.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-11-19
Our House
Is the Place
Notice..
State of North Carolina ! County of
In the Superior Court. Halifax
B. r.. JOyner }

State of North Carolina County of
In the Superior Court. Halifax.
B. T. Joyner Summons for
m.r;. " Relief.
To the defendant, Maria E. Joyner:
You will take notice that an action
entitled B. r. Joyner VS. Maria E. JOY
ner has been commenced IN the Supe-
rlor Court of Halifax county against
you. The purpose of the action Is to
obtain an absolute divorce from you
for abandonment without cause and
wilful abandonment prior to the first
day of January, 1908, such abandon
ment haying been for more than two
years. And you are hereby notified to
be and appear before the judge Of the
Superior Court at court to be held
for the county of Halifax at the court
house In Halifax on the twelfth Mon
day after the first Monday in Septem-
her, 1903, and answer the complaint
which has been deposited in the Office
of the Clerk OF the Superior Court for
said county within the first three days
OF the term, and the defendant will
further take notice that If she fails to
appear and answer the complaint or
demur within the time required by
law, the plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in the
ton. This Oct. 30, 1903.
s. M. GARY,
ll-5-4t G. s. g. for HALIFAX Go.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-11-19
Approved March 3,E1S91. !"
ENJOYING FREE HONEYMOON

Charlotte Observer.
Louisville, KY, Nov. Is With their
entire wardrobes On their hacks and
not one cent in their pockets, Samuel
,justus and his bride, Elizabeth, left
S,ere to-day for St. Louis to continue
heir wedding trip. They we're mar.
lied in Edward. N. G., several weeks
ego, bnt prospects for honeymoon any,
where except among their native hills
looked bad. Then the bride bad an
IDEA that the charity organizations in
the various large cities might provide
me. The first one they applied to was
n Charleston, S. c., and they were
-ent to Atlanta within a week. The
iext stopping place was Savannah.
From there they went nearly through
! svery Southern State, always being
we'll received
the story they told was that they
had been robbed of all their belong.
lngs in tie last place they had visited
They reached here Saturday and re.
peated the tale. Mayor Granger gave
them passes to st. Louis, and wired a
Charity organization In that city tina,
they were coming. Tonight he re.
ceiyed a telegram saying the happy
couple bad already been in St. Louis
and had worked the society for trans
portation to Kansas City. The two
were nicely dressed ard appeared re-
| fined and educated.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-11-19
GU ESTION ANSWERED,

Yes, August Flower still has the
largest sale Of any medicine in the civ
ilized world. Your mothers and
grandmothers rever thought of using
anything else for Indigestion or Bill
iousness. Doctors were scarce, and
they seldom heard of Appendicitis,
Nervous Prostration or heart failure,
etc. They used August Flower to
clean out the system and stop fermen-
tation of undigested food, regulate the
action OF the liver, stimulate the ner-
vcus and organic action of the system,
and that Is all they took when feeling
dull and bad with headaches and other
aches. You only need few doses of
Green's August Flower in liquid form,
to make yon satisfied there is nothing
serious the matter with you. You can
get this reliable remedy at E. T.
WHITEHEAD & cos. Price 25c
and Tic.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-11-19

DOES IT PAY TO BUY CHEAP?
A cheap remedy for coughs and
colds is all right but you want some
thing that will relieve and cure the
more severe and dangerous results of
throat and lung troubles. What shall
you do? Go to a warmer and more
regular climate? Yes, if possible if
not possible tor you, then in either case
take the Only remedy that has been
introduced In all civilized countries
with success in severe throat and lung
troubles, "Boschee's German Syrup
It not only heals and stimulates the
tissues to destroy the germ disease, but
allays Inflammation, causes easy ex-
pectoration, gives a good nights rest,
and cures the potent. Try one bottle
recommended many years by all drug
glsts In the world. You can get re-
eliable remedy at E. T. White head
& Co.'s Price Csc and 75c.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-11-19

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
if 1t fails to cure. E. w. Groves sig
nature is on each bOx. 25c-
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-11-19
MONUMENT To CAPTAIN ED
sMONDSON.

Mr. EDITOR:
The remains of the late Capt.
P. M. Edmondson, who organized and
was the first captain OF the Scotland
Neck Mounted Rif1emen, which went
to the front in '61, lie buried in Trinity
Church Cemetery in an unmarked
grave. 1t would be very appropriate
for the surviving members OF the OLD
company and its old friends to ct a
monumental need not be large or
expensive-to the memory of braye
soldier and good man.
suggest that Maj. J. h. Lawrence
Mess. e. H. Smith, w. f. Whitmore
J. 7. Applewhite and J. Y. Savage uu.
dertake this task.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-11-19
MR. KITCHIN'S BILLS.

Hon. w. w. Kitchin was among the
first to introduce bills after Congress
convened in extra session. He intro
duced bill providing for the repeal
ing of the Fifteenth Amendment to
the Constitution, and also bill for
new article to the Constitution prohlb-
ting National or State legislation es-
tablisning or supporting any religion
or prohibiting the free exercise OF re-
ligious convictions.
Mr.. Kltchin is one of the most act
ave snd useful members i'll the House.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-11-19
TEMPERANCE EDUCATION.

correspordent to the Raleigh
Post. signing herself, 'An Interested
Mother" in a timely manner suggests
that some observance of the law about
temperance literature tie regarded in
the public schools, She writes as fol-
lows and sends clipping of the text oil
the law:
II wish, through the columns of
your valuable paper to draw the atten-
ton of our educators and of the gen.
eral public to the following law, which
has been on our statute books since
1891, 1t may be source OF comfort
to lis to know that we have such
good law, even though our children
are not as yet receiving the in
structlon provided for In this law; but
it really seems to me that our Com
fert would be much greater if this
most excellent law was put in force.
TEMPERANCE EDUCATION LAW.
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House OF Representatives of the State
Of North Carolina in Legislature as
Sembled.
Section ]. That the nature of alco-
hoi,c drinke end narcotics, and special
instruction as TO their effect upon the
human system, IN connection with the
several divisions OF the subject of phys
ioiogy and hygiene, shall be included
i'll the branches Of study taught in
common OR public schools in the State
of North Carolina, and shall be stud
led and taught as thoroughly and in
the same manner as other like req uired
branches are in said schools, by the
use of textbooks in the hands OF pu-
pills where other branches are thus
s. udied in SAID schools and orally in
the Case OF pupils unable to read, and
be taught by all teachers and studied
by all pupils in :n said schools sup
ported wholly or in part by public
money.
! section 2. Be it further enacted,
ETC., That the textbooks used for the
obstruction required to be given by
the preceding section in primary and
intermediate grades shall give at
Icast one-fourth of their space to the
consideration and nature and effects OF
alcoholic drinks and narcotics; and
tl,e books used in the highest grade OF
graded schools shall contain at least
twenty pages OF matter relating to this
subject.
Section 5. That it shall be the du.
t, Of the proper officers in control OIL
any school described In the foregoing
section to enforce the PROVISIONS O
his act and any such officer, schoo
director, committee, superintendent o.
teacher who shall refuse Or neglect t.
comply With the requirements OF til
#ct, or shall neglect or fail to max,
proper provisions for the instruction
I'cquired and in the manner specified
Ivy the first section of this act for al
pupils in each and every school unde
} isis Jurisdiction, shall! be removed from
|; lice, aid the vacancy filled as in 9th
, er cases
i 'SectlG 1. That no certificate shall
lie granted TO any person to teach il
he public sch0,!s OF the State of MORT
Carolina, after the first day of January
ammo Domini eighteen hundred an
nlneiy-two, who has not passed salts
act"ry examination In physiology an
hygiene, with special reference to tn
,.fure OF alcoholic drinks and o.he
4 narcotics and their effects upon tn
human system.
e Approved March 8 1891"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-11-19
CLEAR RESOLUTIONS.

DR.. Bassett's utterances in the South
Atlantic Quarterly regarding the ne
gro IN the South has raised the ques-
ton throughout the State whether or
not it Will be wise for Trinity College
to retain him in its faculty.
The Smithiell Herald prints the
following:
ESQ far as we are able to learn the
Methodist church at Smlthfield is the
first to pass resolutions condennlng
Prof. John Spencer Bassett, of Trinit,
College, on his recent radical utteances
on the race question. Wednesday
evening after the prayer service, at
call meeting OF the members and ofIi-
GERS of the church, the following reso-
buttons were passed unanimously
Whereas, Prof John S. Bassett, a
member Of the faculty of Trinity Col
lege, Durham, N. c., recently wrote
and published in The South Atlantic
Quarterly, an article containing state
ments unusual, inf ,mmatory ana not in
harmony with history, ana hurttul to
the best interests Of Cur people, moral,
social, educational, and religious, there
fore,
Resolved, by the officers and mem
bers of the NJ E. Church at Smith
fed, n. c.,
'FiTst-That said statements OF Prof.
Bassett are calculated to encou. age a
sentiment and foster social condition
In the South that premises no good to
any race or class, but only evil, a con-
dition which the best white people are
earnestly laboring to avoid.
= 'Second-That such statements are
unjust to cur Southern institutions
and Southern sentiment, and are COM
promising and Illuminating to South
ern Anglo-Saxon manhood and woman.
hood.
Third that such an attitude assum.
ed by professor In, Trinity College
will bring the institution into disre
-pute, curtail Its usefulness, and defea
it's object.
'Fourth-That Prof Bassett is not :
suitable and satisfactory model, afte
which to mould the sentiments and de
velcp the characters OF our sons.
'Fifth-That Prof. Bassett has as
sumed an attitude hostile to Southern
traditions and Southern ideas, and ha
utterly ignored the great men of tn,
South, military, civil and religious.
'Slxth-That he has forfeited al
claim upon the esteem, confidence an,
patronage of the friends of Trinity Col
lege.
'Seventh-That the best interests O
Trinity College require the removal O
Prof. Bassett from its faculty, and witt
said college and we hereby earnestl
petition and request the board OF trus
tees to dismiss him without delay.
'(Signed.)
wv. NJ. SANDERS,
w. A. EDGERTON,
Committee
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-11-19
10 PARENTS AND CHILDREN

The COMMONWEALTH wishes to do
all the good 1t can, and therefore much
of the selected reading matter which
we print is in the nature OF reading
Cor the home.
On the fourth page of this issue we
print a selection under the heading
Gear and Voice." which we commend
to parents and children. Long time
ago we heard about people talking
proper" and still some people seem to
think that it makes no difference
whether you ''talk proper" or not. But
why should children be sent to school
and taught how to use correct language
if they are not to put into practice
what they learn?
Why learn the rules of correct speech
and recite them to the teacher and pay
little regard to it when al home? Ia
rents should be careful to have thell
children use correct expressions when
speaking to each other. TIE home
training, after all, tells about as much
in true culture as the training al
school. We hope parents and children
will read the selection referred to or
the fourth page OF this issue and prof
by it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-11-19
PICKS COTTON AT 81.
News and Observer .

News and Observer.
Mr.. Fred Thomas, 81 years DID, who
has been picking cotton with his sons
and grandsons in Wake county, was
one of the company that conducted
the Indians from North Carolina when
he was a Young man. He is not only
good cotton picker but he can see
we'll without spectacles. He has never
worn glasses.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-11-19
DOES IT PAY TO BUY CHEAP;

Scotland Neck, N. c., Nov. II, 1903.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-11-19
WORK AT WIN
TERVIiLE.

i
CORRESPONDENCE to The Commonwealth.
WrNTsRv1LLE, N. c., Nov. III, l9O3.
J.L Hamilton left Thursday morn
ing for Primers Point whore he has &C
ceptvd position as fagman with the
A. G.. L.
Mrs. Sarah Whitehurst and children,
of Bethel, are visiting the family OF
! M. G. Bryan.
Yesterday another carload of wagons
and carts left A. G. Cox Mfg Co.'s es-
Establishment for an adjoining county.
There we're in all twenty wheels These
! with the bodies and running gear made
ouite good load for the big mules.
Owing to other arrangements rr. ].
M. Parrot did not dellyer his lecture
on .Perils of Health" here last Fri
day, bull will do so Friday, the Goth, at
IL a. m.
WE LEAD, .OTHERs FOLLOW
WHEN THEY CAN: Some COM
petitors copy our styles-others copy
our prices. None dare to copy both.
Other manufacturers may have some
one Of the advantages we offer. No
other manufacturer in this part of the
State has all of them. You simply can
not equal the bargains we offer by &C.
| ing to any other house. Nothing can
prove to yo., better that we are selling
superior goods for less money than
other manufactures than the opposi-
ton OF our competitors. Think this
oyer, then write US for catalogue and
prices or call aud see us.-A. G. COX
MFG Co.
Capt. George Hawks and Engineer
George Smith, of the passenger train,
spent Wednesday night here.
Mrs. Mary Kittrell and her daughter,
Miss Sallle, lett yesterday to visit her
married daughter in Jacksonville who
has several children sick with fever.
Those Buggy Robes at Hunsucker's
are something to think about. They
are still better to look at. and best Of
ali is the comfortable feeling to be en-
joyed by using them. The price is not
the worst part either.
A stranger of more than ordinary in
teliigeut appearance has been lettering
in Our midst for the past few days. He
lnter!eres with no enc, seemingly at
tends to his own affairs, leaves on one
train, returns on another, takes a ram
BILE IN the country and again We see
him among us. He Turns out to be a
detective, and Friday caught negro
by the name of Warrington, who
threw the missile at the train Tuesday
| uISuI anu ILL w llIldul O:CIldJuSOu, u
! Salem.
1t is noting unusual to hear a man
! remark that A. g. Cox Mfg Co. prices
on wire fence are way down below any
other he has been able to get, and
when you strike one who has bought
some elsewhere at higher price, hi
feels like kicking himself because hi
II was lot better posted. The truth o
Il The matter Is they have been usinj
> every effort to let all know far ant
near of the excellent bargains they arr
offering. The way the fence is leaving
is sufficient proof of their success.
Two kinds of sweet potatoe, on
i half white yam and the other half vel
% low yam, all under the same peelin
and when cooked split just like an o,
{anpo Jyaro edon horo Tho uoab