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The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-14
Raclk Tax Cases.

The argument in the Copiah and
oOahoma county back tax cases
against foreign syndicates loaning
money in Mississippi, which was ex-
pected to take place during the lat
ter part Of February, has been post
poned until come time in April.
The Supreme Court will set the date
Q, on which this important case will
be taken up later.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-14
Clarke County Court Protermitted.

Circuit Court, which should have
been held in Clarke county on the
third Monday of this month, has
been pretermitted on account of
Judge NevilFs son being seriously
hurt by a horse running over him.
The Judge has ordered a special term
of court to be held on the first Mon
day of April.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-14

Chicago, March 9.-The suspension
OF William Young & Co. brokers.
was announced by the posting Of no
tice on the board Of trade TO close all
trades for their account
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-14

Rome. March s-The pope, Non
day morning. received Cardinal Per-
raud, bishop Of Autmn. Frence, 10
audience, thus contradicting the
alafni;ns -.ssn.rs which had again
been circulated regarding his health
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-14

S. C. Frazier's store at Myrtle,
was burglarized last week by some
unknown persons. They effected an
entrance into the store by breaking
the plate glass out Of one Of the
front doors. They took off about
s25 worth Of goods. There is no
e1ew
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-14

Ferguson. y. G., March s.--As re-
cult Of poisonous gases left in a winze
Of the Nettse mine four men are dead
and two others are prostrateds but
may recover.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-14

Green Bay. Wis, March gsThe
DeIaporte clothing store was dam
aged $4,000 BY fire Monday.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-26
Home Flower Gardens.

Grow the flower you want and do not
want too many, says Country Life. In
America, most persons, when they
make garden, order quantity of Ia
bels-fatal mistake Labels are for
collections Of fplants-col.ections so big
that you cannot remember, and when
you cannot remember you lose the in
timacy, and when you lose the intima.
cy you lose the essence of the garden.
Choose few plants for the main plant
ings. These must be hardy, vigorous,
sure to thrive whether it rains Or shines.
These plants you can buy in quantity
and in large, strong specimens. Each
clump or group or border may be
dominated by one kind of plant,-fox-
gloves, holloyhccks, spireas, asters.
The odd and unusual things you may
grow as incidents, as jewelry is an Incl
dent to good dress. Miscellaneous mix
lures are rarely satisfactory. The point
Is that the character of the home
garden should be given by the plants
that are most sure to thrive. The
novelties and oddities should be SUBJ
jects of experiment: if they fail, the
garden still remains.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-26
Tendency to Pensions.

Raleigh Times.
The tendency to provide pensions
for people is evidently growing In
some sections. We see 1t advocated
now to pension the common school
teacher on the ground he gets small
salary and therefore ends up his
career with nothing to live on. The
great majority of people do just that
same thing, reach old age not having
provided for the proverbial "rainy
day." The point we make is this, the
men who have made the best PROVISION
for old age are not menwho haye held
lucrative positions receiving large sal.
aries, but men who have saved COM
potency out of their small earnings.
Look around at the men who have
succeeded in all departments OF bust.
ness, and you will be surprised to see
how many of them spent their best
years laboring tor small compensation,
and now have something put by for
infirmity and old age. Help misdirect-
ed is worse than no help at all. It is
right and just to extend aid to some
people, under some circumstances, but
this promiscuous pensloning which
seems to be gaining in favor is only
calculated to breed lot OF idlers and
ingrates who come to believe that it is
the business Of one part OF the country
to provide meat and bread aud clothes,
homes and education for others.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-26
Profits in Farming.
Selected.

In computing the profits connected
with farming it is never fair to take
results for any single year. There is
of necessity, owing to climatic condf-
tions, markets, crop failures IN other
portions OF the earth, wa5E, legislation
and other things, nothing uniform In
farm profits one year with another,
and to correctly estimate the pr fits of
a we'll managed farm no less period
than ten years should be taken, tho
average profits for such IA term then
fairly representing the profits Of the
business. For instance, we haye been
told by several business farmers that
the profits on their farna operations Tor
the year 1901 were not less than 20 per
cent. upon the capital inyes ed, this net,
after all expenses were deducted.
Then we have known more than one
year when the iarm was operated at an
actual loss. But few farmers keep any
book accounts with their farms, and,
as one man told us, the only way he
knew when he was making any money
was when be took load OF hogs to
market and there was not some fellow
waiting for the money when he got
home.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-26
800 REWARD $lO0.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all It's stages, and
that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Curesis
the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up
the constitution and assisting nature IN
doing its work. The proprietors have
so much faith in. its curative powers,
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address,F. J.Chenney & Co., Tole-
do, O.
- Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-26
aaN19 SCOTLAND NECK. H. g. THURSDAY MARCH &C. 1908
Laws Of General Interest,

L
The following arc some of the acts
of the Legislature, which are of public
Interest
Public Laws: To issue S3O0,O OF
bonds to run 10 years at not over per
cent. interest to borrow 500, 600 from
the literary fund, payable January 1st,
1906, at per cent. interest to appro-
pirate 100000 to the public schools
to loan the literary fund $203, 900, to
the counties, for Improvement of pub
lie school houses; to appropriate $780,
900 for the ceiebratio-. Of the settlement
of Roanoke Island provided $25O,00
is otherwise raised % provide for the
payment OF .hes1ssse:1iiyss n finances dur
ing 19Ol-19e2; to ,tovide for the sale
of property in which there is contin-
gent remainder to amend the Code so
as to give divorce for two years. aband-
onment and allow reinarriage Ave years
after the divorce (applies to 1901-1902) !;
to shorten time OF notice OF SALE to
prescribe lees for registering agricut-
tural leins; to protect public water
supplies to provide for a code COM
mission; to register the sale OF adul-
terated commercial! feeding stuffs to
regulate sale, inspection and branding
of cotton seed meal; to provide fo1
registration OF trained nurses to pre-
vent the abduction and elopement of
married women to regulate labor OF
children in factories, ozone to be al
lowed to work under II years of age) !;
to incorporate the North Carolina Vet
erinary Medical Association; to vali-
date irregular probates; to allow rail-
ways 20 file petitions same rate of speed
through towns; to appropriate $4,000
for the exhibit at the st. Louis Expo
sition, provided like amount is raised
otherwise to define ownership Of land
bounded by water; for the better pro-
tectlcn OF persons where corporations
act as trustees, guardians, etc. to pre-
vent more than one trustee or director
OF State institution being from one
county; to define the duties and liza
tbillties OF hotel keepers to create a
shistorical com mission to protect tele-
phons messages, also to protect tele-
phone and electric light wires to reg
ulate procuring dead bodies for d.ssec-
ton to rs4ui-e te1y book contractors
to have sufficient repositories to de-
fine the practice OF medicine and surg
cry; to allow the Secretary of State to
charter banks to allow judges to reg
ulate and limit arguments OF counsel
in the Superior Courts; to amend the
law regarding arson.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-26
Literacy is Growing In the South.


One OF the most helpful signs in the
South is the marked decline in litter
acy among the children from ten to
fourteen years of age, as shown by a
recent census report. Taking the six
teen States along the border and below
Mason and Dixon's line, the. gain in
litefacy has been nearly seyen per
cent. within ten years. In North Car
olina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi and Louisiana, where
the percentage has been greatest on ac-
count of the black belt and the noun
tain whites, there has been wonderful
improvement, the gain reaching nearly
nine per cent. Fully three-fourths of
the children can now read. Fifteen
years ago, only about two-thirds could
read. So wide sweeping is the educa-
tional REVIVAL In thh South that it is
safe to predict that, ten years hence,
nine -tenths Of the new generation, both
white and black, will be able to read.
- = ~ NE Il
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-26
WHEN PAPA WAS A BOY.

Youths Companion.
When papa was little boy you really
couldn't find
In all the State of Washington child
so quick to mind.
His mother never called but once, and
he was always there;
And he never made the baby cry, or
pulled his sisters hair
He never slid down balusters or made
the slightest noise,
And never in his life was known to
fight with other boys;
He always studied hard at school and
got his lessons right;
And chopp!ng wood aud milking COWS
were papa's chief delight.
He always rose at 6 O'Clock and went
to bed at 8,
And never lay abed till noon, and never
sat up late.
He finished Latin, French and Greek
when he was 10 years old,
And he knew the Spanish alphabet a.
soon as he was told /;
And never in all his life forgot to shut
the stable doors,
He never grumbled when he had to do
the evening chores;
He never, never thought OF play until
his work was done;
He labored hard from break of day
until the set OF sun.
He never scraped his muddy shoes up
on the parlor floor,
And never answered back his ma, and
never banged the door,
"But, truly, could never see," said
little Dick MailOy,
"How he could do these things anu
really be boy"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-26
a PASTOR WIG WAS szEE=seEe 81 w e.,+.o.
SAVED BY PE-RU-NA.
Suffered Fifteen Years,

9. F. .Gerding, Milburn, Neb., writes:
II contracted a heavy cold about
fifteen years ago and tried all kinds Of
patent medicines and drugs recom-
mended for o cold or heavy cough. but
found none to help me until I COM
menced using Peruna. My age is
seventy-eight years, and 1 am better
now than have been for years. I still
keep using your great medicine, and am
still improving in health. recommend
1t to all sufferers with coughs and colds"
&c. F. Gerding.
Peruna, The Greatest Remedy Known
For Catarrll.
Mr.. Chas. III. Stevens, 81 Seventeenth
Street, Detroit, Mich, writes " 1t affords
me great pleasure to testify to the merits
of Peruna as q remedy for catarrh. I
suffered for some time with chronic
nasal catarrh, but after five months
treatment during which time i used
seven bottles of Peruna am pleased to
say that am entirely well, there being
not the slightest trace of the catarrh left.
Peruna is without doubt the greatest
remedy known for catarrh. ."-Chas. IL.
Stevens.
Afflicted Since Childhood With CatarrI.
Mr.. Elbert s. Richards, Milton, Conn.,,
writes:
81 am near sixty-eight years OF age,
and have from childhood been afflicted
with catarrh in the head, and, for the past
four or five years been much afflicted with
1T in my eyes; they being watery, would
materate good deal, and stick together
in the night. My condition was so fully
described in your almanac that decided
to try Peruna.
81 am thankful to say that how COM
slider myself entirely free from catarrh,
and only use Peruna occasionally now
as tonic. Accept my sincere thanks
for your personal interest in my case.
"My son, 81 years of age, has been
using Peruna for a number of weeks for
catarrh in the head and has obtained
great relief."-Elbert S. Richards.
Catarrh Thirty Years.
Mr.. Andrew Barrett, $40 N. Kidzie
Ave., Chicago, ILL.,, writes:
"It gives me great pleasure to testify
to the merits of such worthy remedy
for catarrh as your Peruna. I had
suffered for thirty years from this very
disagreeable disease and had tried many
so-called remedies but until I used Pee
runa none had the desired effect.
81 have been connected with the
Chicago Police Department for the past
twenty-eight years. ] can cheerfrl!y
recommend Peruna to anyone suffering
from catarrh."-,Andrew Barrett.
If you do not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use of Pcruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus.
Ohio.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-26
SEVERE ATTACK OF GRIP
CURED BY One BOTTLE OF CHAMBER
LAIN's COUGH REMEDY.

"When l had an attack of grip last
winter (the second one) l actually
cured myself with one bottle OF Cham
beylain's Cough Remedy" says Frank
w. Perry, editor of the Enterprise,
Shortsville, N. Y. "This is the honest
truth. I at times kept from coughing
myself to pieces by taking teaspoon
full of this remedy, and when the
coughing spell would come on at night
l would take dose and it seemed that
in the briefest interval the cough
would pass off ard would 60 to sleep
perfectly free from cough and its &C.
companyiDg pains. To say that the
remedy acted as most agreeable sur
prise Is putting it very mildly. had
no idea that it would or could knuck
out the grip, simply because had
never tried it for such purpose. hnt, It
did, and 1t seemed with the second AZ
tack of coughing the remedy caused 1t
to not only be OF less duration, but the
pains were far less severe, and h"d
not used the esn.erts cf One bottle be-
fore Mr.. Grip bad bid me adieu." For
sale by Il. r. Whitel,eM & TO Scot
land Neck, N. O., anu Leygctts Drug
nt3S Hoklgoad, NJ s n
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-26

Thousands of people have catarrh who
would be surprised to know it, beca1ee
it has boe1 called some oti.e1 11ssrffS thar
catarrh. The fact is, catarrh is catarrh
wherever located; and another fact
which is Of equally great Importance, is
located.
Catarrh il an American disease. Fully
one-half Of the people are afflicted more
or less with it in some form. Previous
to the discovery of Peruna, catarrh was
considered well nigh incurable. Since
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-26

The battleship Massachusetts, at Pen
sacola in firing with sub-calibre guns at
a moving target distant 200 yards, but
so reduced In size as to be equivalent to
a target II feet by 81 feet at a distance
of 1,7O0 yards, made ten hits out of
ten shots with a turret gun and ELK
hits out of seven shots with broad
side gun.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-26

It must be calling to Europe's war
lord to have Venzulela make such
hopelessly satisfactory terms.-Indian-
apolis Sentinel.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-26

Washington will soon have an op-
portunity e turn it's undivided atten-
ton to baseball.-Pittsburg Gazette.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-26

Some men keep their word because
no one will take it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-26
REV. Fl. STUBENVOLL.

the introduction of Peruna to the medical
profession thousands of cases are cured
annually.
Mr.. w. D. Smith, well-known grocer
Of Port Huron, Mich, writes:
"By following your instructions and
taking Peruna and Manalin am cured
of catarrh. I had catarrh for twelve
years and quite bad cough so could
not sleep nights. I do not have any
cough now, and If 1 feel anything in the
throat take swallow Of Peruna and
am alright,"-W. d. Smith.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-26

E. 3. HLI,ARD, Editor and Proprietor
VOL. XIX. New ssries--vd s. (6-1S) SCOTIA
/ FD1roRs LEISURE Hours,
I--
ExPREsDns sxtyx years
spent day family quiet said
that a nice cut of him Mr.
0' ' e'A only living exPresdent of this
things President Of the United States
that did he nevertheless
Magistrate doubt
opinion public ivoous
is yet regrrded vi respect
treaty by
confidently
-..,, believed will a the history of
A'"'S A''A' country, greatly
says Uncle sally
forth and bucket begin stupendou job
OF
the and he said have given study than other
AN item from 1oganpo nd says the farmers in that region will con-
-..n-,, side of nearly barb-wire in
~ " f thiscount will carrying
being
telephone Since the demise OF the oyehner
phones put
fences and batteries The fine and will
orally n before year."
cheering commits
finishing the work its Thanks the mild
perhaps persons died
os - - ing; but if the living dying of peo Z
had depended the speedy of that might
of this but really
situation will be e@s- It hoped
report present
any spring
or early
press going other
Mr. J. G. Cadde the editor the Raleigh Tmes
tried it awhile himself, s wha he says
s"A s - - in a comment" paragraph about of
papers diaparagngy of North Carolina
sharing feeling.
anybody leave North Carolina
yet they Recently spent
another State and thought the wisdom North Carolina
people going particular
without them. Almost third
men,
preachers proud
the sensible
pentne moving
people may
others gain"
thousands people would hesitate
should ask them They
. -. whether had been of
- >'A'' s harbo whether the
still playing through it's hulk The following from the Atlanta
interesting he that Foreign Minister
habor
sinking
throughout United States The spaniards always
investigation that Maine blown wh
good people country among
taken position The
the Mine which
Span
directly
before this
the United States should before
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-26

Of
st. Johns Church
to him
the bibles the Emperor has written his handwriting
O.,
Peruna Medicine
Gentlemen: 81 had hem0uhages of lungs time
and all despaired
strength and and made healthy pure
weight healthy color and feel
medicine In the world If
would save from death every year"
Yours truly,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-02-26
Monday, Feb %

w. F. Maggie and wife of
Omaha are in the Valley the
guests of Mrs. NJ. E. Erwin.
Arthur Dolan returned this
morning to his studies at
Creighton University in Omaha
after a brief visit here with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Felix
Dolan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Starlin
returned home yesterday after
noon from ashort visit in Little
Sioux, the guests of relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Arp
went to Lincoln, Neb., yester-
day afternoon where they will
pay their daughter a brief
visit.
Bert Lewis and bride of Love-
land, were visiting friends in
the Valley today. Bert was
married to Miss Gertrude Moss
Of Loveland on WEDNESDAY Feb
18th.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-02-26
Kellogg. Attorney.
Sherlff's Sale.

l5y virtue OF u general execution.
directt d to me from The Clerk of the
District Court of Harrison County.
Iowa, on judgment obtained in JUS
tlce Court before w. T. Raymond, a
Justice of the Peace in and for larri.
son county, State of Iowa, on the
eighth day of September. 1894, q tran
script of said Judgment having been
filed withithe Clerk of District Court on
the 18th day of Oct, 1894, in favor of the
Valley Bank, as plaintiff. AMI against
Frank Mccullough and Mrs. james
Mccullough as defendants for the sum
of Fifty seven and 6O1OO dollars, and
costs taxed at Ten and 25.1CO dollars,
and accrulng costs. have levied upon
the following real estate taken as the
property of the SAID Defendants. to
satisfy said execution. to-wit: All of
Block Twenty seven (27) and Lots
Eight and Nine Is and 81 in Block
Twenty-eight (2S) in the town of st.
John, Harrison County, Iowa, and
will Offer the same for sale to the
highest bidder for cash in hand on the
10th day of March, 1893, at the front
door of the Court House in Logan,
Harrison County, at the hour of 10
o'clock g. m. of said day, when and
due attendance will be given by the
undersigned
Dated at Logan, Iowa, this 18th day
nf February, 1903. ~
A. j. Shinn,
Sheriff of said County.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-02-26
Original Notice.

S ate of Iowa, Harrison County, So.
Frances Olmsted, In the District
Plaln'ltf, Court OF the state
Versus nf Iowa, in and
IL. II. Olmsted Sfor Harrison
and county. at the
Matilda Olmsted, March term, A.
Defendants. ID. 1903.
To L II. Olmsted and Matilda Ohm
sfed, Defendants:
Ion are hereby notified that on or
before the goth day of March, 1903
petition will he Gl-d by said Plai"titf,
Frances Oimsfed, in the Office of tie
Clerk of the District Court of said
County and State. demanding of you
the partition and sale of Lot number
Six (f) in Block number Five (5) in the
city of Missouri Valley, Iowa, and
claiming that she is the owner of an
undivided three ourths of said pro-
perty and that unless you appear
thereto and defend before noon of the
second day OF the next term of the
district Court, commencing at Logan,
in said county, on the 3lst day Of
March, 1903. default will be entered
against you and Judgment rendered
thereon.
Dated this "a h day of February,
1903.
Frances olmsted, Plaintiff.
II
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-02-26
Administrators Notice.

Notice Is hereby gwen to all persons
ln'.res'e ed:
That on the 10Th day of February,
A. u 1903, the undersigned was APP
ppln'ed by the District Court of Ilar
rlson county, Iowa, Administrator If
the estate of Patrick K.rlln, deceased,
late of said county. All persons in
deb'ed to said estate will make pay
ms:it to the und rsign.d, and those
having claims against the same W Al
present them, legally authenticated, to
said Court for allowance.
Dated February l6sh, 1853
j. j. AMEN,
mo- Administrators
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-02-26
Death of Col. Wheeler.

Col. ]. R. Wheeler, one of the
oldest residents and business
mem of Dunlap, died at his home
in this city Friday night, after
an illness dating from the time
of the fire which seriously thret-
ened the lumber yard, at which
time he contracted a cold which
ultimately caused his DEATH
The funeral services were held
from the home Sunday after
noon by Rev. j. M. Cummings.
of Denmark. Mr.. Wheeler was
at one time representative from
this county, and possessed the
highest regard of the entire
community. Dunlap Herald.