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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07

The architecture of this ..piece" is OF
nndoubted excellence, so it win be pas
eeti and left to the reader. The pur-
pcrt. however, smacks OF the Il told
Won So" and evinces lack Of confi-
dence in oregon's progress which is
unpardonable in an oregonian. The
Lewis and Clark exposition is legiu-
mate enterprise in which the whole
northwest is concerned. and while It
may rebound especially to the profit OF
certain Portland people, they are more
than welcome to their share for the
great work they are doing in making
the fair a success. for its success means
much to every part of Oregon. That
Portland viii collapse and go to sleep
after the fair is over is among the inn
probabilities which need not be worried
about at this early date, especially as
another bali will open before that time
TO occupy the attention Of the public.
Unless all signs fail greater Astoria
win then have awakened from the
sleep of century. There will be a buz
ring hereabouts that win disturb the
slumbers OF old settlers.
Keep yonr eye on Astoria.
etAAsssssAss
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07

Heretofore we have made practice Of
wasting our national wealth, Now let
us commence to preserve what has
been LETT. II Is weli worth preserv-
iae fat k
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07

The eternal ethics of commerce point
to Astoria as a field for great COM
mercial activity in the not distant fu-
ture. Mercury is putting a foundation
here that will. some day, sustain an i'm
mense foreign trade.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07

EXTRAORDINARILY WASTE

Rnrsst fires entail q tremendous ma
tional waste every year. oregons re-
cent loss from this source IS fresn 10
the minds of her citizens. Only a Few
weeks ago forest fires were raging al
,nos, throughout New England. ana
there. too. destroyed millions Of feet
of valuable timber.
/ This sort OF general annual calamity
could certainly be prevented oy ehe
adoption of proper precautionary meas
ures. There is no excuse for such an
annall;nr waste of natural resources.
The preservation Of our forests Is al
ready burning question Of prime m
portance. 1t is as vital matter as ir-
rigation. The wholesale destruction ot
timber has gone on long enough. II
is time 10 stop it. and stop it for ever.
such destructive forest fires as cur
country is afflicted with, are utterly
unknown in the well governed eoun-
tries of Europe. An efficient forestry
establishment would certainly prevent
their frequent recurrence.
ssssssssssssss
HATCHERY OPERATIONS.
I'VE are building dam at the
mouth of Dakota creek said Fish Com
missioner Kershaw to a Fairhaven
Herald reporter, .'as q preliminary to
the establishment of an experimental
fish hatchery on that creek. A small
hatchery viii be built eight miles
above the dam. 1t will not be very ex-
tensiye at the start as it is only an ex-
pertinent and we do not intend to spend
very much money until we know the re-
suit.
I'VE are doubling the capacity Of the
hatcheries at Kalama. Wind River and
Chinook. We are also putting in an
.eyeing station at Sultan for the pur-
pose of propagating steelhead and
chinook salmon. What money we
spend will be spent for the purpose Of
propagating the best fish.
Last year the total output of all the
hateheries in the state was S4,0O0,0O0
and with the improved facilities this
year we expect to turn out an addition
al $4,000, 900, or a total of about 10000
00O."
When asked as TO the proportionate
number of the output of the hatcheries
that reached maturity, Fish Commis-
sioner Kershaw replied: NO accurate
estimate can be formed, but let me il
lustrate: In 1899 there were 5000 fish
marked at the Kalama hatchery and
turned into the water. Out of this
number there were 400 of these mark
ed fish caught in 1901. In 100 there
were a large number caught"
Speaking of the fish exhibit at the
st. Louis exhibition the commissioner
said: I'VE expect to go ahead and do
the best We possibly can With
the amount at our disposal for such an
exhibit. We have good display any
way"
1t is rather dispiriting to see the peo-
pie of this country persist in he hap
py-go-lucky ways Of looking at and
treating their great national resources.
A growing accentuation Of unfavorable
changes in climatic conditions and the
increasing frequency Of disastrous
floods, should certainly suffice TO con-
vince the American people that care
full protection and hushandry of the
country's national wealth are not only
desirable, but imperatively called for.
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07

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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07

According to Special Agent Waudoy
of the U. $. department of labor, there
are 1,75o,Ooo boys and girls between
the ages Of ten and fifteen years OF age
at work in factories in the United
States.
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The largest oil ship in the world
the Narragansett, has just been
launched in the Clyde. 1t will hold TO-
900 tons of oil which can be discharged
at the eate of 800 tons an hour.
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CRITICIZED.

Al local amateur in whose ambitious
brain burns the iire OF poetic zeal, Of
fers che following professed prophetic
production. for criticism:
ises: Portland is waking from sleep
ing condition.
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1891: Portland Is shaking with mighty
ambition.
~ sssssss
1906: Portland Is taking great expo
sition.
asos: Portland is taking her old time
position.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07

sEMI-wEEKLr,
sent BY maIl. per year, in advance 81 %
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07

ouR GRASS. EATING CARP.

OUR GRASS-EATING CARP,
An eastern man has a proposition for
confering benefit ON the fisheries OF
the Columbia river by putting in asao.-
900 fertllizmg plant to operate on carp
and shaa exclusively, These species
are about the most plentiful and use
less fish that navigate the big water
way, and not only detrimental 70 the
salmon fisheries, but we have been in-
formed that during the high-water the
carp ruin pasturage prospects by eat
ing the grass OFF the river valleys
The gentleman who will find CONNER
cial use for them should have bounty
both from the fisheries and agricultural
department. .-Tacoma West Coast
Grocer.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07

The public printing at Washington
costs the people OF the United States
$4,000, 900 year, of which amount at
least one-third. probably one-half, is
wasted.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07

Senator Fulton did himself and AS
toria proud in his Fourth OF July ora
tion at Joseph. The power of real. true
eloauenca is the greatest gift to man.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07

In the last decade the increase IN
wealth was one-seventh greater than
the Increase In population.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-07-07

The greatest glacial peak Of the
United States is Mt. Rainier, In WASH
ington. more than 1880 feet high.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-01
who promoted peace by inventing the
death-dealing Calling gun.

who promoted peace by inventing the
death-dealing Calling gun.
"Her sons have done great deeds,
and thought great thoughts wherever
they have gone. No statesmen hcve
surpassed them in integrity, purity and
patriotism. No soldiers have equsIled
them In steedfastness, endurance and
fortltude. They were born North Car
ollnians and trained in North Carolina
virtues. They loved the family fire.
side and all that the family Preside
MEANS They still love it, and though
they dwell now in cities or on plains,
they long to 60 to the State OF their
birth, and see again the people who
live as they lived in their youth; to
see again the old North State where
people do not grow old before their
time; where youth is bouyant and
verile manhood strong and sturdy land
old age is full of dignity, honor and
seli-respect.
Cali hail to the sons of North Caro-
lima who will come to this our first re-
union! May they live 10 come again
and again ; and may the reunion, this
year inaugurated, endure and grow
greater forever
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-01
:. sssE-zkEH
Jaws
Tightly Locked From
Nervous SpaSms..
Physicians Could
Not Prevent Fits.
DIR. Mile - Nervine Cured
Ny Wife.

DR.. Miles Ne1vine has been successfully
tried in Thousands Of cases of nervous disor.
ders, but nevcr.has it made better record than
when used il the treatment of fits or spasms.
Thousands of testimonials prove this, and in
nearly every instance the writer has stated
that the fits ceased after the first dose of Ner-
vine was given. The statement is repeated
In the following:
Seven years ago my wife commenced
having spasms or fits and l called in my
home physician and he said she was para:
iyzed. He rubbed her with salt water and
gave her calomel and she eventually got
some better, but in q short time she had
another attack. She was confined to her
bed for three months and the doctor could
not help her. She had fits frequently, some
times very severe. Her hands would cramp
so we could not open them and she finally
got so her jaws would become locked.
Finally saw the doctor was doing her no
good and ordered bottle of DR.. Miles Re
storative Nervine. She received 80 much
benefit from the first bottle that got some
more. She has taken number OF bottles
but has never had fit since taking the first
dose. She also thinks very highly of DR..
Miles Nerve and Liver Pills and is never
without them. If there Is any way of max
ing this testimonial stronger do 50 because
of the good the DR.. Miles Restorative Nerv-
inc did my wife."-WM. Y. ALLEN, p. NJ,
Elkville, Miss.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
DR.. Miles Medical Co, ElkhaTt, Ind.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-01
FLORIDA LETTER.

Correspondence to The Commonwealth.
Otter Creek, Fla, Sept. -, 1903.
Mr.. Editor All is quiet to-day, the
sky Is clear, the first time it has been
clear in eight days. South Florida has
.lst been swept by one of the most
severe storms. Great damage IS done
on the gulf and on the land. Several
little towns on the gulf were almost
completely washed away and several
lives lost. Great damage done to the
orange crop, sugar cane badly damag-
ed, pine apples not damaged much,
many houses blown down out in the
ioterlor. Rainfall here in two days
was six inches.
There have been recently wet and
dry elections held in ten counties in
South Florida. Eight went dry, one
IT which is Levy. Very sorry to learn
hat wet beat in Scotland Neck.
have just been to look at one OF
Florida's largest aIllgators. 1t was
captured on Indian river about sixty
years ago. Length from tip to tip is
l6 feet, weight 900 ,pon:,ds; age about
100 years. Feeds in summer on ten
pounds raw beef once a week. Eats
nething In winter. Very fond OF live
dogs, and would swallow child.
My sou, WnlirP snder,s lis with me.
49, : Yours truly,
w. d. PENDER,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-01
CAUSE OF LOCKJAW.

L,ckjaw or tetanus, is caused by q
bacillus or germ which exists plentl.
fully in street dirt. 1t Is inactive SO
long as exposed to the air, but when
carried beneath the skin, as In the
wounds caused by percussion caps .,
by rusty nails. aud when the air Is ex-
cluded the germ is roused to activity
and produces the most viruient poison
known. These germs may be destroyed
and all danger Of lockjaw avoided by
applying ChamberIain's Pain Balm
freely as soon as the injury is received
Pain Balm is an antiseptic and causes
cuts, bruises and like injuries to heal
without maturatiOn aud in One-third
Of the time required by the usual treat.
ment. It is for sale by E. I. White
head & Co., Scotland Neck, and Leg.
gettIs Drug Store, Hobgooi. ;
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-01
WORTHY MAN HONORED.

News and Observer.
The National Association of Carriage
Builders acted wisely when it elected
at its session in Boston Mr.. George
Hackney, of Wilson, as vice-president.
He is a member of the famous firm of
Hackney Bros one Of the biggest and
NEST successful concerns in tho South.
The Business has been built up to it's
large proportions by fine business abil-
ity and honest work. A Hackney
buggy or Hackney wagon is synony-
nous with the best that can be made.
The success of such concerns is the
best sign of the times. The honor to
Mr.. George Hackney is worthily be-
slowed.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-01
Ten Thousand Churches

In the United States have used the
Longman & Martinez Pure Paints
Every church will be given liberal
quantity whenever they paint.
Don't pay $3.50 a gallon for Linseed
oil (worth 60 cents) which you do
when you buy thin paint in can
with paint on 1t.
8 and 6 make IA, therefore when you
want fourteen gallons of Faint. bay only
eight gallons of l.. 4 NJ. and mix six
gallons If pure !inseed oil with it.
You need only four gallons OF L. & NJ.
Paint and three gallons OF Oil ml.ed
Herewith to paint good sizsd honse
Houses painted with these paints
never grow shabby, even after Is years
These celebrated PAINTS are sold b;
E. 7. Whitehead 4 Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-01
DOES 1T 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 oil
throat xnd lung troubles. What shall
you do? Go to q warmer and more
regular climate? Yes, if possible II
not possible tor you, then in either Gaze
take the ONLY remedy that has been
introduced In all civilized countries
with success in severe throat and lung
troubles, "BOschee's German Syrup
1t not only heals and stimulates the
issues to destroy the germ disease, but
alIays inflammation, causes easy ex.
pectorattor. gives a good nights rest
and cures the patient. Try one bottle
recommended many years by ali drug
g,sta IN the world. Ynn csn get 70
eiiassls remedy at E T. Whitehead
j Ess1 lst,es, SS5ts Msad 75s,.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-01
RINGWOOD RIPPLEs.

Correspondence to The Commonwealth.
RINGwooD, N. c., Sept, 81, 1908.
Cool, dry, fall like weather and cot
ton crop IS being gathered. Sixty pei
cent. of an average crop is estimated by
the knowing ones.
Rev. Mr.. Dickson, of Rocky Mount
assisted Pastor Whitaker at a meeting
at the M. P. church last week. There
were six additions to the church.
Farmers are hard at work. There il
a large crop of crab grass hay that
could be saved, and it should be done
as 1t is much better for the stock thar
the hay bought from other markets
and bought by farmers at high pri Ct
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-01
COL. GLENN A CANDIDATE.

WINsToN-SAhEM, N. c.,
Sept. %, 1903
To The People of the State:
Unable to answer all letters received,
I take this method of announcing to
to my friends throughout the State,
that l will be a candidate before the
next Democratic State Convention for
G ,vernor.
Having been actively canyassing the
State for txen:y-six years, the people
know me, so will open no headquar
tire and enter into no scramble for the
nomination. I campaign for my party
and beg votes for my friends, bu: it is
a new role to electioneer for myself, so
1 will submit myself Into the peoples
hands, asking them to let my cardi-
dacy be known, so that those desiring
to aid me can do so, by seeing that I
get ia the primaries, all the votes to
which I may be entitled.
To be Governor of North Carolina is
a high and laudable ambition, and I
most earnestly desire to attain this high
office, as both token Of the peoples
esteem, and proof of their confidence
in me.
# nominated, I will canvass the
tate, using every effort to insure Dem
ncratic success, which means, the
States safety and prosperity. If elect
ed, knowing no man nor class of men,
ii, the discharge of my duty, l will
strive to advance all the interests of
the State, endeavoring to procure "the
greatest coed to all, without detriment
or injury to any," Having faith in the
PEOPLE believe / will be nominated,
If, however, any of my worthy compet-
it,rs are selected by the Convention,
/ will cheerfully abide its decision, and
continue in the future, as in the past,
doing all l can to promote true Dem
ocracy, as my party's success Is to be
y,lued more than my personal ambi-
Ion. I regret that cannot meet the
p .ople face to face and discuss with
them the great Issues before us, but
this seeming impracticable, leave all
to them in Convention Assembled.
Respectfully,
r. B. GLENN.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-01
TILLMAN ON TRIAL.

J. H. Tiilman is on trial in 1exing-
ton, S. c., fnr the murder O. N. G.,
Gonzales, editor Of the Cclumbi.. Stase
newsl aper last January. The trial Is
attracting considerable attention and
will be watched with interest through
out the country.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-01
LATE NEWS.
SUICIDE WITH A HAMMER.
News and Observer.

News and Observer,
Charlotte, n Ca young sou of
Police Off ser YandIe, aged about Is
years, is lying at the point OF death at
the home of Mr.. R. R. PEBBLES, in
Long Greek township. This morning
he was found IN an unconscious condi-
ton, the blood flowing freely from a
wound in the head. The young man
could not tell how he was injured, but
later it was ascertained that he bad
struck himself with a hammer, pre-
sumably with suicidal intent.
FLOATING IN THE RIVER.
A special from Williamson to the
Morning Post of Goth, said:
Saturday evening the form of q
man standing partly erect in the water
was seen floating down the river past
the wharf here. The body was tied up
by some men who met it in the river
Just below the wharf and the coroner
was notified. An inquest discovered
the fact that the dead man was Bob
Padget, who lived with his Family here
There was a bad bruise on the forehead
above the right eye, where the skull
was slightly crushed. The coroner'-
Jury came to the conclusion that death
must have been the result OF the blow,
but could get no evidence of how it oc-
cured
REVIVED IN HER CuFFIN.
The Durham correspondent to the
Richmond Dispatch wrote under date
o. September Goth:
"Sult for $4,000 damages has beer
instituted in the Chancery Court st
Durham, N. c., against DR.. A. n.
Moore, DR.. X II. Shepperd and DR..
Warren, three colcred physicians who
attended at the negro hospital at Dur.
ham a month ago Julia Stantield, a
woman who came to life after being
shipped away from the hospital in a
coffin for dead. The action was
brought by w. E. Adams, a nephew of
the deceased, who first qualified as adj
ministrator of the dead woman's es-
tate.
"Julia Stanfe)d was supposed to
have died while being prepared for an
operation at the Lincoln Hospital,
Durham.
The three physicians now sued
were preparing to remove two tumors
from the back of her neck, and the wo-
man was placed under the Influence Of
cbloroform. Her heart tailed, and in
a few minutes the attending ph: sicians
pronounced her dead. Late that day
the corpse was still warm, but to make
train connection the body was placed
in coffin and shipped to the de-
ceased's former home in Cunningham
for burial.
when the supposed corpse reached
Dennison Junction, those on the bag
gage car with the body heard groaDs
coming from the coffin, and when il
was opened the woman was found to
be warm-her hands and face covered
with perspiration-and there were
strong evidences that death had just
come.
"The case has attracted widespread
attention. No suit of this kind wae
ever beard of in this section of the
country before. The case will be tried
at the next term OF the Durham
court"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-01

If troubled with weak digestion
try Chamberlain's St I'm ach and Liver
Tab'e:s. They will ID sou good. For
sale by E. T. Whitehead 4 Co.. Scot
land Neck, and Ieggetts Drug Store,
Hobgcod.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-01
Action for Divorce.
Halifax County I In the SuperorCo"
North Carolina. November Term
VIM. Evans
Ellen Evans.


Ellen Evans the dcfendant abe
'amed will take notice that an acli" a
eutl,Ied as above has been commence
IN the superior court for Halifax coU
iy to dissolve the bonds OF marlmo'
now existing between the plaintiff a.
defendant and said defendant wI.'
farther take notice that she Is requ1cI
TO appear at the November term Oh
the superior court OF said county 70 re
held at the court house in Halifax "a
the twelfth Monday after the first MoH'
'iay In September, 1903, and answer Of
demur to the complaint In said acton
or the plaintiff will apply to the co"r'
Tor the relief demanded in said CEN,
plant. :. M. GARY
dot Clerk Superior Couf.'
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-01
Fine Farm for sale.

26O acres five miles from HALIFAX
and seven miles from Fpfield. 5-hor'e
farm open land, 25 acres well lmhered
and 100 acres of fine tobacco land
Good buildings, small orchard and en-
cc.lent water. Terms One third cash
FL ,inAce In one, two, three ara
four years.
Price made known on application.
billiard e HOUSE.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-01

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, 1903-10-01
Our House
Is the Place

We cell as low down as the !oweet !;
the same prica to all; sixteen ounces
20 the pound, and tour pecks to the
bushel. We want al! of the cash Gus
TONERS we can get and more, too, so
come! You will not regret 1t New
goods all the time Everything good
We buy best and sell the lowest !!
Try us. w. r. WAtSTON.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-01
The Election
Is Over.
Now for Business

10 YOU love to read good books,
= magazines of clever fiction, de-
tective stories, etc.? If you do we can
supply your wants.
We all love to eat and are compelled
to do it, and we want everything as
low down az we can get it.