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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-04-16
LET OTHER FOLKS DO IT.

Senator Travis resignation - a
member Of the board of directors for
the penitentiary was accepted, and
Governor Aycock appointed Mr.. B. F.
Ayoock, his brother, to succeed Mr..
Travis.
Whether in view Of the appointment
or not, the following observation by
tine Raleigh Times was pointed:
"When man goes to putting his
own folks In office he generally makes
. mistake.
at Is right and natural to take care
of your own folks In all family rela.
tions ; nothing is more beautiful than
to sec strong and affectionate tiee
around members Of the same house.
hold, but when 1t comes to appointing
folks to Office, you better let other
folks appoint your folks and You up.
point other folks' folks."
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-04-16
HON, CLA UDE KITCHM T(
SPEAK.

Under a correspondence irom Wake
Forest to tho News and Observer there
is a very handsome cut Of Congressman
Claude Kitchin, Of Scotland Neck, and
the announcement that he will address
the Law Department at the approach
ing commencement. The correspond
emit says:
+ "On Monday evening, May IS, the
Address before the Law Department
will be delivered by Hon. Claude
Kitchin, member of Congress from the
Second Congressional District.
"Mr. KitchilIs masterful address in
nominating Judge CLARK at the last
Democratic State Convention will long
be remembered as polished and pow
erful oratorical effort. Possessing q
magnificent presence-a voice rich and
resonant, a master of pure English and
with mind trained In tic power of
logical analysis and filled with stores
Of information, he is easily one Of the
most eloquent men in the State, and
his alma mater is especially fortunate
in securing his services at the COM
mencement."
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-04-16
DUE NUr1CE Is SERVED.

Due notice is hereby served on the
public generally that DeWftt's Witch
Hazel Salve Is tho only salve on the
market that is made from the pure
unadulterated witch hazel. DeW1tti
Witch Hazel Salve has cured Thousands
of cases Of piles that would not yield
to any other treatment, and this fact haa
brought out many worthless counter.
feits. Those persons who get the gen
uine DeWitt's Witch Hazel salve an
meyer disappointed, because it cures
For sale bv e. T. Whitehead 4 Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-04-16
TOWN SANTA TON.

Every town has the right to make
its own sanitary laws and to enforce
them.
There is no more important matter
for any towns authorities to consider
than its own sanitary conditions.
Is the sanitary condi ion OF Scotland
Neck what it ought to be?
The COMMONWEALTH does not pose ~
the critic of things generally or as the
advisor of things In particular; but
when we can offer a suggestion In any
little innocent way we are glad to do 90.
And perhaps it might be Of interest TO
the town authorities to know that a
man of fine intelligence, and wide OBJ
servations, after looking around the
town generally said few days ago that
there is less attention paid to- sanitary
conditions in Scotland Neck than in
any town he has noticed Of like size
and equal facilities.
To be sure, the town commissioner
of Scotland Mack do not receive any
pay for their services, but In accepting
the Office they do 80 with a knowledge
of its responsibilities and they cannot
afford to neglect such things. Much
depends on how the cleanliness OF the
town is looked after. The health OF
the people depends upon 1t, and now
is the proper time to guard against
fever next fall.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-04-16
HE'S .oUR TOM"
Releigh POST

Releigh Post
In commenting upon the remark 81
Rev. Tom Dixon, "that the Anglo
Saxon will sweep the negro Oh the fact
OF tho continent" the Newport (Vir
ginia) Press says:
"Mr. Dixon is q bright young mar
aud has rare command Of the English
language, but we do not believe he d
an expert on this sweeping business."
Ali Of which goes to show that The
Press doesn't know our Tom. He 10 q
sweeper from Sweepersville.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-04-16
ANOTHER MA orc TOWN IN HAIR
NETT COUNTY.

The editor Of TIE CoMMoNwEALTH
feels keen interest In everything that
psrtains to Harnett county, for It is bill
birthplace and the home Of his child
hood and youth.
Dunn has grown to DO q very impor'
tant business center within q few year.
and is one of the most progressive townt
of the State. The people of Harnett
have taken great pride in Its progress.
And now another new town is spring.
ing up at point on the Cape Fear
rlver where there ia great water power,
The Cape Fear Pilot, the new paper
published at Ellington, the county
seat q! Harnett. says the following OF
the new town:
1.-THE Irwin Cotton Mill is located on
about three thousand acres OF it's own
land. Already beautiful little city
Of fifty houses has sprung up around it
- If by magic, and many other houses
are under construction. The town will
number several thousand by tho time
the mill is in operation. The mill it
self will consist of two huge buildings,
each about 500 feet long by 200 wide.
These are the spinning and weaving
rooms. In addition to this, there will
be many warehouses, sheds, etc., sur
rounding the main buildings, and these,
as we'll as the factory proper, will be Of
brick.
The laying Of brick upon the build
inn began last week. A force Of some
seventy-five brick -layers, pipe-layes,
grading crews, surveyors, etc., arc at
work on the grounds and present a
scene of much activity. The brick
work will be completed in about five
months, though it will probably be
twice that long before the factory is
in operation. The plant has its own
railroad, connectitg with the A. G. L.
at Dunn. Electric lights and water
works will be put In when needed, and
the little city, which our last LegisIa-
ture chartered with the name OF Duke,
will be modern and up-to-date In all
appointments. The town was named
after one Of the principal stockholderS
OF the mill and his name attached to
any enterprise 10 sufficient guarantee
of its financial success"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-04-16
THE COUNTIES WHICH ARE
SUPPORTING THE OTHERS.

Charlotte Observer.
A deep impression was produced up
on the press and people of North Caro-.
lima by the recent showing made by
DR.. Geo. w. Graham, Of this city, from
the Treasures report, that for the fis-
cal year 1902, just one-half Of the
counties of the State received from the
State Treasury for pensions, schools
and support OF their citizens In public
institutions, more money than they
paid into it. 1t was most shocking,
incredible statement, that half the
counties of the State are pauper and
are supported by the other half, but
the Treasurers figures bear it out, and
to advert to the matter now Is timely,
inasmuoh as the season Tor listing prop
erty for taxation and for the re-assees-
ment of real estate is near at hand. It
might not be kind to print here . list
Of the counties which arc pensioners
upon the others kinder way of giy-
ing the public information on the SUBJ
jest which it SHOULD have is to give a
list of the counties which pay into the
State Treasury q surplus of revenue
over what they receive from 1t, and
this list follows:
Alamance, Beaufort, BERTHE, Bum
combe, Cabarus, Camden, Catawba,
Cherokee, Chowan. Craven, Davie,
Durham, Edgeoombe, Forsyth, Frank
lin, CASTOR, Graham. Greene, Guiliord,
Halifax Henderson, Hertford, Iredell,
Jackson, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Neck
lenburg, Moore, Nash, New Hanover,
Northampton. Onslow, Pasquotank,
Perquimans, Person, Pitt, Richmond,
Robson, Rockingham, Row
an, Scotland, Swain, Vance, Wake,
Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wilson.
The counties which are in the vooa-
tive run up an aggregate deficit Of
$121, 1888; those which pay . sur
plus have to their crsdit an aggregate
sum Of $2Os, $3.50. Tho county pay
Ing the largest surplus is Mecklenburg
sis, $3.50; the county with tho
least surplus IL Franklln-$l4O.72.
The figures tell bat one story, and
that points to the necessity for . moro
equitable system Of taxation between
tho counties. It is clear that in some
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-04-16
NEW PAPER.

The Cape Fear Pilot is q new paper
published at Ellington, the county seat
of Harnett. Mr.. J. T. Mclean, son of
Hon. D. III. Mclean, is the editor, and
the hrst and second Issues show real
newspaper ability. The paper is neat,
newsy, we'll gotten up and is destined
to be power for good in Harnett and
throughout all that region OF the State.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-04-16
A SOLEMN OBLIGATION.

The tax assessors appointed by the
county commissioners tor Halifax coun-
ty assume quite solemn obligation
in assessing the value of taxable prop
ty. To be sure, the taxpayer has to
assume the responsibility OF naming
the value Of some property, but it is
the duty of the assessors to watch care
fully the value that is put upon all the
property In the county.
To say that there are tax dodgers
would be to question the honesty Of
some men, and this we do not wish to
do but the matter of honest tax pay
ing was OF such importance that even
the Apostle Paul himself gave clear
instructions about it nearly nineteen
hundred years ago. He SAID: "Ren-
der therefore to all their dues: tribute
to whom tribute is due; custom to
whom custom Is DUE" etc.
Most, if not all, the later Scripture
commentators think that Paul was re-
ferring directly to proper taxes on per-
son and property, such as were ordain-
ed by the government and for it's sup
port. 1t Is no less duty to-day than
it was then, and the officers appointed
for setting the proper VI lue on proper.
ty have it in their power properly to
regulate taxes and make them bear
alike on all.
While It may seem q hard thing to
say, still there is question every time
taxes are listed as to whether or not
every man places the proper value o.,
his property. This is serious question
and while it applies to the entire State
and to all the States as to that matter,
The COMMONWEALTH is directing At
tention to 1t for Halifax county e.
pecially.
As said above, It may be .. hard
thing to say, still at every listing time,
and now ana then between those times,
there is suggestion here and there
that some mon have not properly listed
their taxes. Whoever wilfully fails q
give proper tax value to his property !.
adodger Of taxes, which il Z mild way
OF saying he Is not altogether honest
One writer says: "The man who triel
to rob his country Of his taxes 10 JUS
as truly q robber a. 1t he were to stea
his neighbor's horse or cow
We leave It to tax payers to swear /.
and to tax assessors to sec to. Let eve
~ mans property be properly listsi
and valued and then If taxation ID
burden on one it win be burden alik'
on all. With the property properl,
listed and valued and the taxes full,
collected, the man who owns q ,OO|
worth Of property 10 burdsned lust Z
much AZ tho man who owns $4,000
worth Of property, and no more.
The thing to do IL 10 get the nnatts
properly adjusted % that ,svsry ma,
viii hear hia r,arf.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-04-16
MR., SMALLB WORK FOR AN IN.
LAND WATERWAY.

The Manufacturers Record of Balti-
moro says:
"The question Of creating m inland
waterway along our eastern coast. which
has been undes consideration Tor some
few years past, is apparently being
brought to . point of possible achieve
ment. A bill was passed by Congress
last year directing the United States
Engineer Corps to make al examlna-
ton Of route connecting the Chess
[peake Bay with tho lower sounds OF
North Carolina and forming the first
link in the chain OF inland navigation,
which is possible almost the entire
length OF the Atlantic coast.
seTo acquaint the business men and
other residents of Charleston and
Georgetown, s. c.; Brunswick and Sa-
vannah, Ga, and Jacksonville aud Fer
nandina, Fla, with the advantages OF
this inland waterway, and to gather
data to be used In arguments in favor
Of the waterway, q trip is to be made to
those cities about March 20 by Con-
gresham John Fl. Small, Of the first
North Carolina district Secretary Clar-
ence FL. Forrest, of the Merchants and
Manufacturer Association, of Balti-
more, and w. III. Lumsden, secretary OF
Norfolk chamber of commerce. Reports
will also be gathered from Wilmington,
Elizabeth City, EdentOn, Washington.
Newbern and Beaufort, n. G.
About April Is anotheo "trip will be
made from Norfolk to Beaufort by the
United States engineers, headed by Gen.
Peter q. Hams, Congressman Theo-
dore E. Burton, of Cleveland, Ohio,
who is chairman OF the river and har-
Dor committee of the House of Repre-
sentatiyes, and Congressman Small.
They will go through the Albemarle &
Chesapeake and the Dismal Swamp ca
mails, and then will travel through the
Automatic, Pamlico and Core sounds to
Beaufort, to acquaint themselves with
the features of the route"
The plan which Congressman Small
has in view is an important one to the
commerce. of the entire Atlantic sea-
board, and it is agreeable to learn that
his Jealous work in it's interest is bear
ing fruit. The great loss of life and
property in the vicinity of the North
Carolina coast is sufficient reason fox
the construction OF an inland route, at
almost any cost, and Mr.. Small seems
to have already established the fact
that the scheme is entirely feasible and
that whatever money the government
spends on the undertaking will be we'll
invested. We wish him we'll in his
undertaking, for If successful he will
benefit the people Of many States, and
the commerce of the country a. .
whole.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-04-16
ANOTHER NEW EXCHANGE.

The Edenton 1ranscript is a new ex-
change on our desk. We haye before
rs number 8 OF the firet volume. and Il
10 a spEightly Taper Of twelve pages,
filled with good reading and we'll ed.
tied.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE TO
FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

Chief Executive Recommends Passage of Important
Lesslaton-Causes Leading to the Formation of
,the New Republic of Panama-No Obstruction Now
the Building of the Isthnian Canal Venezuelan
Dispute Triumph for International Arbitration
Extension of Purposes Appropriation for Enforc-
ing Trust and Interstate Commerce Laws Favored
Public Land and Postal Frauds-Need for
Treaties Making Bribery Extradiable- Relations
of the Government to Capital and Labor.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

A Boston man was stabbed by high
way robbers and his life saved only
by the highwayman's knife striking a
bundle of love-letters in his pocket.
Still some people will judge the re-
suits of love letters only by the dam
age they do a man in breach of
promise suit.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

The sweet simplicity Of eirlhood
has often been commented upon, but
It never had a more forceful illustra-
tion than in the girl student VINO CON
fessed to raising one dollar bills to KS,
saying that 1t never occurred to her
It was wrong to do so. and she needed
the money.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

The women's congress at Hamburg
resolved that the corsets- are barbar-
Gus. in the face of the fact that only
women who are supposed to be civil
3zed ever wear them.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

II they were younger. and therefore
inclined to indulge in baby talk. one
might expect Mrs. Platt to say to her
husband as he left the house: And
where will meet 'Oo."
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

The Red-Headed Philosopher de
eiAres that. the difference between the
hard worker and the easy-going work
er is not more than two cents. but he
may be prejudiced.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

An Arkansas man who weighed 6l9
pounds died the other day from In
fammatory rheumatism. 1t must
have been terrible to have inflamma-
tory rheumatism that was bad enough
to work it's way through 61S pounds.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

It is said that the moose with which
the Adirondack woods were stocked
are working their way north into Can
ada. Maybe they couldn't endure see
ing so many hunters shot by mistake.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

Ex-Postmaster General James is go
ing to marry an English girl. But he
cant spite the American heiresses by
doing that There's no title to be
won.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

The American trotting association
will not accept the alleged record of a
mile in 1;59A trotted by Cresceus at
Wichita, but the record of 1:5Sk
made by Lou Dillon will be printed in
red ink
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

A monument has been erected III
England to the memory of the 40O. 1000
horses killed and wounded in the Boer
war. The gallant and serviceaDle
American mule appears to have n
kick coming.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

There's one trust we don't want to
bust. II II wasn't for the grocer's
trust. we should have to go hungry
except when we happened To have
the ready cash.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

New York city is suffering from
what the papers vaguely speak of as
a pie war. Have the consumers struck
for shorter crusts?
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

The report that J. Pierpont Morgan
IS to retire is denied both at his Wall
street and London Offices. Accepting
the denial as true. the best thing
for the public will be to keep its
hands on its pocketbook
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

As Daniel Webster might have re-
marked, Dartmouth may be small, but
there are those who say she can play
football.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

n>May Goelet. with $50. 900. 900. may
marry a duke. the young daughter OF
the Rockefellers. with a billion. might
marry a czar: but we'd never let Rus
sia run our kerosene business.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

Summer being at hand in the south
ern hemisphere. another British expe-
dition is starting out TO have a hot
time with the mad mullah. Last year
when the British had their outing the
mullah had his inning,
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

That loss of s3.5OO.OOo in a burning
Russian mail car looks like the story
might have gathered few globules
OF air coming under the ocean.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

Patti is to receive over 100000 for
singing about 300 songs during her
present farewell tour. Yet some of
the critics say her high notes do not
come easily.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

AS radium will exhaust itself in
10000 years, economical persons will
be cautious about investing in 1t until
the price falls below 10000 an ounce.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

A New York doctor has found a
paste that will do the work of a razor.
II will not be popular with BARRIERS
and women who use their husbands
razors for ripping seams.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

John Strange Winter says that 80
per cent OF London society women
wear wigs, which, of course, keeps
them out OF the front row.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

Some people have no idea of the
value of money. A Pennsylvania man
was murdered for an insurance of
S25o.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

The bank teller who is accused of
embezzling $4,000 and has been locked
up should have made 1t 100000 and
taken a foreign trip for his health
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

The next American heiress who
marries a duke might make good
thing out of it by hiring a hall and
charging admission.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

Bad Faith Repudiatins the Treaty Between
United Preceden
Attitude of the State ia he
COUNT an limos Stateo of
Many Years-The Importance of in
Isthnnus Declared of Paramount
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

A woman in Southern town .adver-
tised for a lost sheep. Is her name
30 Peep or is she an evangelist?
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

At any rate. Ann wasn't so old as
come of the other problems and puz-
xles that have followed her into print.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

The Chinese empress wishes she
could handle the czar as easily as she
can an unruly editor.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

Panama has set South America a
beautiful example in the way Of
quiet and inexpensive. revolution.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

About the only establishment that
makes money without advertising is
the mint.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-09

Consular Service.
call your attention TO the reduced cost
in maintaining the consular service for
the fiscal year ending June 20. 1908. as
shown III the annual report of the Aud
itor for the State and other departments.
as compared with the year previous. For
the year under consideration tie excess
OF expenditures over receipts on account
of the consular service amounted to S26-
125.12. as against S96.912.J0 for the year
ending June 30. 1902. and Sli,.0i0.l6 for the
year ending June 20. 1901. This is the
best showing in this respect for the con-
sular service for the past fourteen years.
and the reduction in the cost OF the serv-
ice to the Government has been made in
spite of the fact that the expenditures for
the year in question were more than
$1,000 greater than for the previous year.
Rural Free-Delivery Service.
The rural free-deiivery service has been
steadily extended. The attention OF the
Congress is asked to the question OF the
compensation of the letter carriers and
clerks engaged In the postal service. es-
pecially on the new rural frce-delivery
ro.tes. More routes have been installed
since the first Of July last than in any
like period In the departments history
While due regard to economy must be
kept in mind In the establishment OF new
routes. yet the extension of the rural
free-dcliVery system must be continued.
for reasons OF sound public policy. No
governmental movement of recent years
has resulted in greater immediate benefit
to the people OF the country districts.
Rural free delivery. taken in connection
with the telephone. the bicycle. and the
trolley, accomplishes much toward les
sening the isolation of farm life and max
ing 1t brighter and more attractive. In
the immediate past the lack OF just such
facilities as these has driven many of the
more active and restless young men and
women from the farms to tne cities. for
they rebclled at loneliness and lack of
mental companionship 1t is unhealthy
and undesirable for the cities to grow at
the expense of the country: and rural
free delivery is not only a good thing
in itself. but is good because 1t is one
of the causes which check this unwhole-
some tendency towards the urban con-
centrntion o: our population at the ex-
pense Of the country districts. II is for
the same reason that We sympnthize with
and approve of the policy Of building
good roads. The movement Tor good
roads IL one fraurht with tho greatest
benefit to tt< cep3tiy Districts.
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-11-07

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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-14
IL was Bad.

The other day a young London street
arab, having found 4 bad sixpence,
was trying to make use Of it at different
places, but to no purpose. At last he
went into tobacconist's and asked for
a threepenny cigar.
Having got the cigar and also the
change, he was leaving the shop when
the man called out:
"Comc back aere; it's bad one."
Never mind. SIR" replied the young
ster. "I'll smoke it if it makes me i'll. -
And he boltcd out Of the door.-Pear.
sons Weekly.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-14
Courtesy Among the Srcdes.

The SwcdeS are quiet, taciturn peo-
pie. There is no jOstling even among
the lowest classes. When 4 train leaves
a platform or 4 steamboat a pier. the
lockers on lift their hats to the depart
ing passengers and bow to them, COM
pliment which is returned by the pas
scngers. You are expected to lift your
hat to the shabbiest person you meet in
the street, and to enter q shop, office or
bank with the hat on is considered a
bad breach of good manners. In retir-
ing from Il restaurant you are expected
to bow to the occupants. Bowling and
hat lifting are so common that the peo-
pie seem to move around more slowly
than elsewhere in order to observe the
courtesy.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-14
HOW's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
reward tor any case of catarrh thai
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrt
Cure.