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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-02-19
ABOUT HALIFAX ROADS.

The condition of the public roads In
Halifax county is a serious reflection
on some one. If the roads as we have
them are the best results of the law
that provides for public highways, they
reflect on the Legislature that enacted
the law. If the law makes possible
provision for better roads than we have,
then the reflection is on those whose
duty it is to put said laws into effect.
There is one fact about it all that
can not be questioned, and that is that
the roads in Halifax county are In very
bad condition. In some places it is
not easy to drive buggy, much lees a
loaded cart or wagon. While much is
being said about new, road Laws and
the ike, the practical question comes
up just now-are the roads as well
cared for as the law provides? In can
dor we are compelled to say that we do
not think they are. We are free to
say that if the road supervisors and
the road overseers of the county had
done for the past twelve months all
that the law makes possible the roads
would not now be in such bad condition
While we are waiting for new and
better road law, let the road supervi'
sors and overseers see to it that the
best possible results are had from the
present law, and we think there will be
an improvement.
While the editor of THE COMMON
WEALTH does not claim to be author.
ity on road building or road working
we hope we may be excused for sug
costing that thorough ditching OF thu
roads would 60 long way toward
greatly improving them. In som'
places ponds and puddles for hundred
of feet in the road might be draine'
away by little ditching; and whel
once such places in the roads are pu
in good condition it will be compal
atively easy matter to keep thera 60.
But to conclude, can't the roads b
improved under the present law?
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-02-19
TROUBLE IN WILMINGTON.


News and Observer.
Wilmington, N. c., Feb. IA. The in
science of negroes to the few white
persons living in the outlying districts
of the city is growing 80 palpable as to
cause much adverse criticism and ap-
prehensiyeness as to what may occur
unless a check is put to the growing
tendency in this direction.
Yesterday the matter was brought
forcibly to the attention of the author.
tiles when a coiored woman was ar
raigned in the police court for brutal
assault upon the ten-year-old daughter
of Mr.. John English, who lives in the
northern section of the city. The
child wandere1 from the back yard OF
its own home into that of a colored
woman by the name OF Mary Battle,
and for some trivial reason she struck
the little girl over the head with bill.
let of lightwood, laying the scalp open
for about two inches. The chi.ds
mother heard Its screams ard going to
the door, she found the child hurrying
home with blood streaming from the
wound.
The aid of a policeman was invoked,
the father of the child being away a,
his work, and the negro woman's arrest
was affected with difficulty, by-standeri
refusing the officer information as to
who had committed the deed. In the
police court the woman pleaded that
she was drunk, but the mayor limited
strongly to her that she was fortunate
in escaping the fathers wrath and sent
her to Jail for the higher court In de.
fault of $50 bond.
| Last night in the southern sector
OF the city, Mr.. James Marine and BIZ
wife we're on their way to visit a neigh
Dor in the vicinity, and soon ate
passing six or seven boisterous negroes
on the sidewalk they were pelted Will
stones In a violent manner. One o
the missiles hit Mr.. Marine in the sid,
and felled him to the Sidewalk. HI
was assisted by his wife to residenc
nearby and physician was summoned
Mrs. Marine was badly frightened ant
neither she nor her husband coul,
recognize any of the negroes in tn
party or assign any reason for the as
sault.
The better class of negroes here con
Tenn these acts, but the feeling bs
tween the races in Wilmington has nc
entirely cooled since '9S, aud trouhl
7 N light rrecipltate upon slight proyoc;
ton.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-02-19
LIVE NEWS ITEMS.
LIQUOR AND CRIME.

LIQUOR AND CRIME.
Fremont Visitor.
There is one fact that should be kept
before the people, "lest they forget"
and that is that the only men who have
yet made public speeches in favor OF
the liquor traffic are the paid attor-
neys. One question every man should
ask himself namely: II a man will
sell his ability and reputation to be
used in defense of business that con.
stantly works ruin, that beggars men
and degrades women, that fills asylums
and drunkards' graves, that is RESPONSE.
BILE tor ninety per cent. Of the crime
which disgraces this country, is he to
be trusted, is he an attorney worthy
,he confidence of sober men? Should
he be patronized?
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-02-19
Saturday, 34th day.

Saturday, 34th day.
SENATE The Senate did much worK
most OF it being the passing OF bills o!
a local nature.
HoUsE.-The House held up on the
liquor fight until Tuesday, 10th.
The resolution TO pay the claim oil
the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern Railroad 1901 81 Tor transportation
of members of military baud from
Scranton, Pa to enlist in the Second
North Carolina Regiment of Volunteers
during the Spanlsh-American War, was
adopted without opposition.
Mr.. McRae, of Arson, introduced &
bill to pension all ex-slaves and free
negroes who performed faithful service
in the Confederate Army. This is
possibly the first bill of its kind eve,
introduced in Southern State.
DR.. Croker introduced bill appro-
priatlng $1,000 annually to cover the
expenses 81 biological analysis by the
State Board OF Health OF samples from
suspicious wells and springs for all
State and county institutions, and 70,
private corporations for a reasonable
fee. The object is to assist in the pre-
vention and control of typhoid fever
diptheria, tuberculosis, etc.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-02-19
GRIMESLAND DESTROYED.

Greenyille Reflector, Feb. H.
Poor Grimesland That town has
again suffered disastrously from the
ravages of fire. Just year ago all the
business houses on the north side of
the street were destroyed, and now the
other side of the street has been swept
clean and only one store is left standing
in the town.
About six o'clock Friday evening,
while the occupants were at supper,
fire started from some unknown cause
in the upper story Of the store of J. J..
Mason. This store with its contents
was soon destroyed, and all the build
ings there being frame structures, the
fire spread rapidly in both directions
until everything in reach was consum-
ed.
Grimesland has no fire department
or water supply, and the people were
helpless before the flames.
J. y. Proctor & Bro, and III. Fl.
Proctor were the heaviest losers, as be-
sides being large merchants they own
ed most of the store buildings that
were destroyed. The list of those burned
out, together. with the amount of loss and
insurance by each, has been furnished
The Reflector by telephone, and is taken
TO be as near correct as can be given
They are as follows:
! J. O. Proctor 4 Bro, stock and build
ings. $25, 1000, insurance $4,000.
H. II. Proctor, stock and buildings
81, 900, insurance $4,000.
j. Mason, stock $4,000, insurance
$500.
q. r. Tally & Co., stock 1900, nc
insurance,
DR.. G. NJ. Jones, Office 5000, no insur
ance.
J.W. Mayo, residence $500, no insur
ance.
J. J. Redding, colored, saved most o
stock, no insurance.
John Oden, colored, barber sho]
saved most of fixtures, no insurance.
There were some other small lndivid
ual losses of personal effects that could
not ba aecertained.
Companies represented by II. A
Whites agency at Geenvllle carries
IS 800, of the above losses.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-02-19
MANGLED ON THE TRACK.

Raleigh Post. 18th.
The mangled remains of Rom Rus
sell, negro brakeman in the service
Ut the Southern Railway, were found
on the track of the Southern road early
esterday morning out near the Fair
ground switch. His head was crushed,
one leg cut off, and bis body otherwise
terribly mutilated. Particles of flesh
were found twenty-five yards or more
up the track, hayfng adhered to the
car wheels as the long line of freight
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-02-19
Notice.
Lula Staten) Halifax County,

Lula staten) Halifax County,
Joe staten.) North Carolina.
Action Tor Divorce in Superior Court.
Joe Staten, the defendant above
named, will take notice that an action
entitled as ahoye has been commenced
in the Superior Court for Halifax
county to dissolve the bonds OF matr-
mony now existing between the plain.
tiff and defendant, and said defendant
will further take notice that he Is re-
quired to appear at the April term Of
the Superior court of said county to be
held at the court house in Halifax On
the fifth Monday after the first Mon
day in March, 1908, and answer or de-
muir to the complaint in said action Or
the plaintiff will apply to the court for
the relief demanded in said complaint.
S. Nj. GARY,
2-12-6t Clerk Superior Court
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-02-19
WE THOUGHT IT LOGICAL.

Two weeks ago the Littleton News
Reporter printed the following editori-
al paragraph:
"Get all the names, whether men,
women, or children. Names without
regard to age, sex or standing. Bring
in the names asking for legislation,
whether they be voters, taxpayers or
lunatics. When it gets so that the
men of the country who battle with
the realities of life, who elect officers
from the humblest to the highest in
the State, who pay the taxes to support
the government, and who are response.
BILE to God and homes for their acts
can not be relied on to decide matters
political, then will be the time to yield
to sentlmentalism vagerisms and other
such isms."
The COMMONWEALTH last week
gently took to task the News Reporter
for referring to the temperance cues
ton in terms which we regarded as
flippant and uncalled for.
That paper in reply wishes to know
by what process of reasoning we reach.
cd the conclusion that Its remarks re-
TERED to petitions fer temperance leg
lslation.
Well, somehow or other when ont
hears of women becoming Interested ir
petitions to the present Legislature h
at once concludes that such petition,
relate to temperance. But as brothe
Walker failed to cay whether or not b
really was referring to temperance petit
lions, if he will now come ont SQUARED.
and say that he had no reference t.
temperance petitions signed by women
we will pardon him this once for hi
quinting remarks and leave him (,
the tender mercles of his nearer neigh
bors and more gentle critics vino, iron
latest accounts, we're drubbing hin
Justify for CHASING women and lunatic
together.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-02-19

cars passed over the body. For sever
al hours after the ghast!y find, it was
impossible to ascertain his name. But
during the afternoon he was found to
be Rom Russell, who lived at Greens.
boro and did braxeman's service on
the local freight.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-02-19

Seven important men are discussed
in the February number OF The Cos.
mopoIitan THE Young Napoleon p
by Field-marshal Viscount Wolseley
LEO Tolstoy: An Interpretation Done
in Little" by Ebert Hubbard August
Belmont, by B. III. Graves; Henry NJ.
Whitney, by A. E. MacFarlane "1he
Triumphal Tour of Adolf Loaenz," BY
John Brisben Walker; William An.
drews Clark, by HI. R. Knapp; and
President McKinley's Tours" by W.
w. Price.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-02-19
KISSING THE BIBLE.

Washington Post,
The North Carolina Legislature has
just enacted law doing away with
the practice OF kissing the Bible In
courts and other places where an oath
is to be administe: ed. A rather anus
ing debate attended the ceremony, but
with that we nee1 not concern our
selves. Enough that the OSCILLATION il
now prohibited in North Carolina-a
consummation much to be comm ended
The custom originated in q
time of superstition, when there
was an article in everybody 4
faith that if the murderer could
be made to touch his dead victim the
wounds would break out afresh and
blood proclaim the miscreant's guilt
when "witchcraft" was seriously regard
ed as a mortal sin, and ghosts, astrolo.
gers, and magiclans figured in every
creed. In those days they believed
t0dU ~ RC16OA A1ESCu Gu0 OlUl0 6uO
then told a lie he wonld drop dead
stricken by an angry and offened Jeho
yah. Modern enlightenment, howeve
has shown US that the perjurer kisse,
and survives. The liar prospers. He kiss
es the Bible as readily as he would ia
BILE or chair, and then reels off hi
falsehoods with an unrufflsd brow
It is no longer possible for any intelli
gent man to believe that the kissing
of the Bible adds the smallest value
to the testimony of the witness Hon
est men will tell the truth without AMI
prompting of superstition. Dishones1
men will lie a. fuently in the presence
of the Bible as in that OF the dlction
airy or the atlas.
The practice in question, therefore
is a. futile as 1t is unclean. Nortl
Carolina has done we'll to relegate It +
the limbo of credulity and Ignorance.
sl}22'I s Earsy Rloor9z
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-02-19
Friday, 33d day.

Friday, 33d day.
SENATE.-The most attractive par. oil
the proceedings of the Senate was the
discussion of the bill prohibiting the
use of cannon crackers and guns by the
small boy. The bill was loaded with SC
many amendments it was lost.
HOUSE -The discussion In theHouse
was over the Watts temperance bill
Mess. Smith and Murphey each offered
substitute to the Watts bill, but there
was no final ,ote.
Many petitions for various temper
ance legislation we're presented.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-02-19
SEVENTEEN DROWNED.

A cyclone struck the steamer" 0live''
in tie Chowan river near Edenton
Monday night. The steamer went
down aud seventeen persons were
drowned and six escaped.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-02-19
MOTHER GRAY'S SWEET PON
DERS FOR CHILDREN.

Successfully used by Mother Gray,
nurse in the Children's Home in New
York, Cure Feverishness, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regulate
the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over
10000 testimonials. They never fail
At all druggists, Csc. Sample FREE
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy,
N, Y.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-02-19
FOR TWENTY YEARS

I have suffered with Eczema ON NV
hands and by uslng One Bottle of Han
cook LaqnId Sulphur l have found
great rellef III. H.pnrr
lng Hill, N. G.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-02-19
you KNOW WHAT you ARE

Taking when you take Groves Taste
less Chill Tonic because the formula
is plainly printed on every bottle show
Ing that it is simply Iron and Quinins
In tastelees form. No Cure, No Pay.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-02-19

Monday, 35th day.
SEnATE-There was nothing especi-
ally striking in the Senate. No speech
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-02-19
MR.. LAMBS CERTIFICATE.

Mr.. LAMBS CERTIFICATE.
Ny little son had been troubled with
RingwOrm on his hand tor a wear
We tried varions remedies with no ef-
test. At last we used Hancocks LIQUID
Sulphur, and after three or four appli-
cations there was improvement, and
in three weeks it was entirely cured.
Il. LAMB,
Scotland Neck, N. c., Oct. q, 1902.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09
THE APACHES OF PARIS.
Young Rafiians Throw Dice to Decide
Who Shall Commit Wanton
Murder.

American visitors to Paris are ter
rorized by the misdeeds of the numer-
5ous gangs of rowdies, called Apaches,
ginfesting the boulevards, says a recent
report. The official police reports as
follows on their latest outrage;
Six young Apaches, finding them
selves without money to stake atcards.
>decided that the loser should stake his
life and-some one else's. A 16-year-old
xowdy lost the game, and walking out
arom the cafe, about IL o'clock on Sun
Say night, jumped at the throat of the
first person coming his way, driving his
long knife in between his shoulders
and killing him instantly. AS it hap
pened number of policemen were in
the neighborhood and the whole gang
were arrested. The state will move
that all six be guillotined as warning.
The victim was bookkeeper, "a years
old, married and the father of two chill
dren.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09
WRESTLING GOSSIP.

Harvey Parker spent few hours
in New York recently. The "Little
Demon" seemed to be crestfallen over
his defeat by Emil Selva at Paterson,
the other night. In explanation of
that bout Parker said: 81 was not in
the best condition, but don't like to
make any excuses. Selva is certainly
an excellent wrestler and has a fine
chance of defeating any of the big
men.
'I had to take Selva on and give
away weight because none OF the
wrestlers in my class seemed over
anxious to meet him. During the
summer months will take things
easy and be ready by fall to wrestle
any one my weight, 140 to 145 pounds,
in the world. Tam only going to stay
in the business one more year. But
in that time / intend to add tn my
record and bank account by meeting
and defeating the best of 'em in my
class.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09
Staten Island Rapid Transit r. r.

Time Table in effect on and after May II 1908
Perth Amboy to New York Leave foot of
Smith st. daily except Sundays and. Legal
Holiday Is, l2 6.5S, 1885, 785, s 05, IS
9.55, 1O.55, and II. SO m 12 IS, 55 2 so, 3.55,
4.30 $50, 6.47, 7.55, 855, 955, 11.20 P. NJ,
Sundays and Legal Holidays
6.F5, 7.55, $50, 925, 1905 10. 55 '1.55 A NJ 1856,
1859 55, 1856, 4.55, 35, 6.I5, 655 TBS, l5.915,
Nex YORK to Perth Amboy:-Leave foot of
Whitehall st. daily except Sunday and Legal
Holidays,l5. 5, $50, 90, 800 1000, 11.00 a. m.
1900 10 1Sn, $50, $50, 4 80. $40, $50 5.45,
6.35, 7.S0, $40, 10. 90, 11.05 *1225.
Sundays and Legal HOLIDAYS.
Leave New York O5, 500, $40. 93), 1920, II 90,
IL u0,a.m ! 90, 40, 81, 400, $40, 60, 6.S5,
7.15, 755, $685. 9 35, 1890, 11.a5,psm.
Ferry between Perth Amboy and Tottenville-
leave Perth Amboy dal Y x5.l5, x6 IL, 6.S2,
xe;68. x7.S5, xs;05: xs;55: < :55, 1925, xlo s.
x4.30, x5 81, 800, x6 III 25 x7 ks IS, x9.55,
1910 xii cop. m. 40 am.
Sundayssnd LIE al Holidays 6.15,l lx6 55, x7.55,
x850, x92j, XII .05, TO- 80, x10. SIS. ll.55. a. m.
x12.55,. XXI .55, II. 55,x 55, xL55, x5.35.x Is,
x6 30 x7.s5. xS.15, x9.l5, 9.S5 xi0 30. 112o
l2.15,a. m.
Leave Tottenville daily >x1.s', 5.55, ~, 6.42
x710. $50 xs.15 x9.16. x10o5, 1910, XII .05 a.
m. xl2.05, Il ca. .x2 .O5, II S5, xS4O 4.l0, x4.40
Ks 40, x61S, x655, K 7.40 xS.4', x9.40, 10 %
xi1.1O, p. m. xi2. Is. X 80 A. NJ
x9o5, $40. xloi5, .x1o.45 x11,35, a. m. x12: rs,
x1.15,x 2.l5, x3.15. 4.10. x5.10, $50. x6.2C
x7.10x7.50 xs.SJ, x9.22, x9 so, x10.45, xii 40 p.
m 1l.4Jp m. x12.55, lam.
legal holidays only
xTrain Connection.
]. VAN SMITH, P.H. CASSIDY,
Receiver Gen'l Traffic Agent.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09
THE LoBsTER's ENEMIES.
RHshes That Feed on the Sea Bottom
Prey Upon and Destroy
Many of Them.

"The lobster" said an old fisherman,
according, to the New York Sun,
"has no greater enemy than the bot
tom-feeding fshes-blaekfsh, Goldfish,
haddock, and SO on,
tThey eat the lobster entire when
they find one that has just shed it's
shell, when it is not only soft but pow
erless, and they may disable lobster
and then destroy it even when it is in
fighting trim. Half a dozen. blackfish,
for instance, might come across lob
ster and manage to bite off its legs and
so partially disable it.
"The lobster is agile, quick and
long jumper through the water, but
the blackfish is quicker and it can east
ly keep up; and the lobster finally dis
abled, it quickly finishes it.. In this
way a blackfsh might get away with a
lobster of considerable size.
= "The' Goldfish gets many-very likely
the Goldfish knows the haunts of the
lobster better than mendo. The skate,
clumsy as it is, gets some; if it can
blanket a lobster, get one of its big
fiap-like pectoral fins over it, the skate
gradually works the lobster up to its
mouth, and holds it so while it eats it.
The skate gets crabs in the same man
ner, and there is a fish called the crab
eater.
'1n fact, there is constant warfare
going on at the bottom of the sea
among the dwellers there in the strug-
gle for existence, and the lobster
among them has no greater enemy
than the bottom-feeding fishes"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09
WILL STUDY OLD RUINS.
American savnnts on the Way to Ex-
pIOre Remains of Civilization
i'm Russian Turkestan.

Raphael Pumpelly, who has been
charged by the Carnegie institution
with the exploration of Russian Turk
sestan has arrived at St. Petersburg
with his son, r. w. Pumpelly, to pro-
cure the necessary permission. They
will join Prof. W. II. Davis and ELS
worth Huntington, of Harvard, and
Prof. Richard Norton, director of the
American school of classical studies of
Rome, at Baku.
The party will search for remnants
of the once fourishing civilization of
the basin of the Sea of Aral, will in
vestigate the climatic changes that
have taken place there in historical
times, and will seek to discover wheth-
er such changes have been sufficient to
cause the present decline of this re-
gion, and whether equal if not great
er Importance should not be attributed
to economic and political changes, such
as the interruption of the old caravan
route by the Arabs and Turks the
devastation of the country, the settle
ment of a population unused to agri-
culture and the discovery of the Cape
of Good Hope route to India.
The party will remain several
months. some of the members perhaps
longer, future work being determined
by the results of the present recon-
raissance.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09

Lord Monson and Mrs. Turnure,
daughter of Gen. Roy Stone, U. S. A.,
will be married soon, according to an
nouncement made at London. Lord
Monson is the nephew of Sir Edmund
Monson, the British ambassador to
Paris, and was at one time intended
for the diplomatic service. He was ap-
pointed to the household of the late
duke of Saxe-Coburg, but by the death
of his father in 1900 he found himself
a peer of the realm, the owner of the
country seats and entailed estates. He
IS 81 years of age.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09
LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD

LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD
Time Table In erect June 22, 1908.
Stations in New York, foot of Oortlandt Dee
broeees and " sst 23rd streets, Penna. r.
Ferries.
TRAINS LEAVE STATE STREET STATIoN.
FOR NEW YORK.
6.i0, 500 am 42) r. m. /. 80 p. M daily connects
witt way Train for Bound Brook, Mauch Chunk
Weatherly, Hazelton Pottsv1le and intermedi
ate points.
FOR SOUTH PLAINFIELD.
$40, 500, a. m. 1.SO, 4. 90, p. m. sundays
s .0J q. m 1.30. 6.15 p. m;
FOR OTHER POINTS
s.C0a. m. Daily Connect with express train
for Easton, Bethleham. Alentownll Pottsville
Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Chicago. Parlor Car
New York to Buffalo, week days only, connects
with local train for all points east of Mauch
Chunk.
40 p. m. Daily Except Sunday Express fol
for Wilkes Barre, Scranton, HaZelton,
and principal intermediate stations.
Sis p. Ii. Sundays only Through train for
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Suspension Bridge
and Chicago, connects for New York.
TRAINS LEAVE SOUTH PLAINFIELD
FOR PERTH AMBOY
9.IO, a. m. s.45, 500, 7.5O, p. M Sundays:
TO- IS a. M, 500, z. 80 m. Trains arrive Perth
Ambov-9.30 a. m, $40 4.05, SIS, $40 p. M Sun
day, 1857 a. m, 8. rs, $40 p. m.
Tickets sold to all Western Points.
For further information apply to tickel
agents.