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Sharp County record., 1903-10-09
The New Capitol.

There are now sixty state con-
victs employed on the new capit-
oil building. The foundation will
probably not be ready to turn
over to the contractors before
December 10.
Sharp County record., 1903-10-09
GO TO
{. {. Armstrong,
Ash Flat, Arkansas

Ash Flat, Arkansas
For Organs and Pianos. He
handles four of the leading brands
--BRATTLEBOROUGH, EST
EY, KIMBALL and CARPEN-
TER. He can save you 20 per
cent, and all goods are guaran-
teed. Will sell on 12 and "a
months time, with 8 per cent in
terest. Call on him at Ash Flat
and see his fine line of organs.
c. c. ARMSTRONG,
Sharp County record., 1903-10-09

The Sewer county levying
court appropriated $4,000 for
the purpose of building a new
court house at Lockesburg. II is
to be a handsome building.
Sharp County record., 1903-10-09
THE RECORD.
BY CLAUDE L. COGER.
The Levyins CoVrt..

Noy5 "ANhA ONNSS Su''iA thSNSy
in the chair, and the following
justices of the peace present:
M. F. Street and j. H. Cooke
Of Big Creek township.
R. H. Roberts and j. G. Bran
don Of Big Rock township.
N. r. Landers and W. M.
Jackson of Cave township.
j. D. Paden and w. P, Will
liams of Davidson township.
Boen Phillips of Hardy town
ship.
H. E. Dark of Highland town
ship.
Henry W. Bone and H. j.
Wood of Johnson township.
Peter Hansen and j. G. Sims
of Lave Creek township.
C. A. Justus and j. D. Mathews
OF Lebanon township.
B. j. Flanagan and A. j.
Hogan of Morgan township.
M. B. Rikard of North town
ship.
NJ. F. Kinney and Joseph Ault
of Piney Fork township.
E. W. Goodwin and |. H. Richie
of Richwoods township.
C. B. Snow and Chas. M.
Grisham of Sullivan township.
j. A. Gay of Strawberry town
ship.
j. T. Foster and E. B. Andrews
of Scott township.
W. l.. Atkinson and Evan Wat
kins of Washington township.
The court made levy of four
and a half mills on all the taxa
BILE property Of the county, pay
able in county warrants, for gen.
eral county purposes, and a levy
of one-half mill for contingent
purposes, payable in currency.
The following appropriations
were made:
Circuit court expenses, $4,000.
Chancery court expenses, S100.
County court expenses, $500.
Probate court expenses, $50.
j. P. court expenses, $3.50.
Keeping persons confined in
county jail, $50.
Making assessment and tax
books, $3.50.
Public records, S75.
Keeping paupers, $500.
Repairing public property, S1OO.
Lights and stationery used by
courts of record, S25.
Lights and fuel for jails, S25.
Conveying insane persons to
asylum, $50.
Repairing court house at Har-
dy, $3.50.
Any other contingency that
might arise, $50,
The proposition to appropriate
$500 for the purpose of seraping
and painting the Spring river
bridge at Hardy was voted down.
For road purposes only a one
and a half mill tax on all the tax
able property of the county was
levied, and the court adopted a
resolution requiring that all road
overseers work as many as eight
hands per day on an average.
The court would have no road
commissioner and abolished the
office.
A resolution to levy one mill,
payable in currency, to pay W.
d. Cochran, who holds a judg-
ment against the county, was de-
feated.
The court adjourned late We'd
nesday. .
ns>nsn.s<s..sA.ss-s
" LII
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-19

of darkness, fog, storm or mistaken ln-
structions. The invention has other
minor points OF usefulness, hut the
foregoing will be sufficient 10 indicate
the general method of its operation
and the measure OF its efficiency"
The German government will give
this device a careful and exhaustive
test, a special section Of track having
been ordered fitted up for the purpose.
It ls reported, too. that the Russian
government will employ this system in
actual service along the new military
lines to be constructed in Siberia.
It is to be hoped that our American
railways will prof. by the ingenuity "f
foreign inventors, and will follow The
lead of foreign companies in placing
safety devices and eiyna! ., S,en>s al.ng
their lines, 30 "a to grea'l, Lessen. 1t
not absolutely eliminate, tn. pr0bsb,i-
ity Of accidents.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-19
SCOTLAND Nc THURSDAY MARCH 49, 1908 NO. II
Mr.. A. Howell, Marietta. Ca. vrit..,

Mr.. A. Howell, Marietta, Ga, writess
have been troubled with cstarrh n
head, throat and stomach for several
years, and from accounts that ksve
read in several newspapers Of tho good
ehects that many had received from Pc
runs, and whose veracity could not be
doubted, caused me to give it trial, and
l bless the day that did make . trial.
1t has made new man Of me.
II was all my life up to about fve
years ago very healthy man, and about
that time was troubled with cstarrh.
I tried number Of prescriptions from
different doctors but none seemed 20 re-
ieve me until commenced the use of
Peruna, and from its use I can truly saw
that have been greatly benefited.
~ am now In my eighty.seventh
year and can walk and get about -
ven as many much younger fhan my.
self and attribute Il greatly to the use
Of Peruns. I keep some on hand all the
time, and consider it the cheapest medi-
cine in the world."cMr. A. Howell.
J. r. Prince, East Leon, N. Y, writes:
"Peruna has saved my life, and made
. strong, healthy, jolly old man of me.
Peruna is just what every family should
not be without. I have taken very few
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-19


was troubled with kidney troublc) and
Peruna cured him. I cannot express
my thanks for the benefit your medicine
has been to me."-J. r. Prince.
Abraham Zieglcr, Piedmont, Wayne
County, Mo-, writes:
"My wife who is now eighty-seyen
years old, suffered for about sixteen
years from severe catsrrh Of the head,
which affected her sight and hearing.
I saw Pe-ru-na advertised in your al
manac, and testimonials similar to her
case attracted my attention. got one
bottle and it helped her 80 much that
she is now using the second bottlo and
she thinks it is something wonderful.
Her hearing and sight are both in part
restored. "CAbraham Ziegler.
In old age the mucous membranes be-
come thickened and partly lose their
function. This leads to partial loss of
hearing, smell and taste, a. we'll as di-
gestive disturbances. Pc-ru-na corrccts
all this by its specific operation or all
One bottle will convince anyone. Once
used and Pe-ru-na becomes . lifelong
standby with old and young.
If you do not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving q
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable
advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. O.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-19
500 REWARD 800.

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 Its stages, and
that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Curesis
the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being q
constitutional disease, requires a con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally acting directly
upon the blood and mucous eurfaces 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, #. ]. Chenney & Co.. Tole-
do, @.
- Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-19

Sachsenhausen and Goddstein, and q
translation of the official report will H.
lustrate concisely the working OF the
apparatus. Two locomotives, number
ed respectively 290 and 1920, had been
equipped as follows: Engine 29o, draw.
ing special train and approaching
Sachsen 1ausen at full sreed, received
the danger signal and came to a full
stop; the driver OF 290 then asked by
telephone the cause of the signal end
received from the keeper OF grade
crossing half mile in front word that
a wagon had broken down in crossing
the track and obstructed the line. Afte,
ten minutes wait, the engineer 0: 29O
received word by telephone that the
obstruction had been cleared away and
thereupon resumed his trip.
ga mile farther on the signal on 900
again sounded and the driver was in
formed by telephone as before that the
semaphore round a curve and more
than half a mile distant was set at
"halt." Thereupon engine 290 slowe!
down and proceeded cautiously, sound.
ing its whistle at short intervals, the
telephone bell in the drivers cab ring
ing continuously until the curve was
rounded, when the ringing ceased,
notifying the engineer that the sema-
phore had changed to "track clear
Thereupon 29O resumed full spsed
In the test to prevent collision, en-
CINE 1920 came up radidly from tehind
and on the SEINE track as 29O, which
had slowed down snd was proceeding
cautiously in consequence OF reported
danger In front. The moment that
1920 came within 1000 meters (l,O93
yards) Of 29O, the signal on both en-.
gines began 20 ring and their red lights
to glow. Thersupon 1920 halted, the
oriver inquired OF 29O in front the
cause OF the alarm. and q complete un-
derstanding between the two trains
was Immediately established. An inn.
portant point In this connection is tn. {
in practice the came warning signal is
sounded upon every engine equipped
with the apparatus which is on the
same track and within the prescribed
radious-a kiiometcr or . mile, % the
cas6 may be-from the engine and
train which cause the obstruction. II
sema phore be falsely set at safety the
train may run past it into block ic
which another engine Is halted or anov-
ing with perfect security that warning
will be given IN ample time to prevent
4 cs,ilision under ynY and I'll conditions
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-19
Devices to Lessen Railroad Accidents.

Atlanta Journal.
The recent startling epidemic of dis
ssters on American railroads makes
timely the consideration of devices for
the prevention of wrecks and for the
more expeditions safety of passenger
travel.
It is a well-known fact that foreign
engineers and inventors receive more
encouragement from railroads abroad
for devices of this class than do inven-
tors in our own country. More at:en-
ton is paid to the absolute safety Of
passenger trains in England and on
the continent than in America, where
the stretches of new railroads over
thinly settled regions preclude the
employment OF expensive signal devices.
Recently, however, public sentiment is
beginning to demand fuller system OF
apparatus Tor the prevention of acci.
dents, not only on the trunk lines rum
ming through populous sections, but
on the longer railroads as we'll.
A deyice recently tested on one of
the state railroads near Frankfort, Ger
many, seems to cover almost every re-
quirement for tina safety of passengers
and the expeditions handling Of trains.
Without going into technical details,
we will merely state that the appliance
is electrical In character and is operat-
ed by third rail, the joints OF which
are SO connected az to form a contlnu-
GUS conductor. A deYlce midway un-
der the forward part of the engine is
connected with telephone and electric
alarm bell in the cab, and a red inoan-
descent lamp in the same place, and by
an ingenious arrangement the engineer
can at any moment satisfy himself that
the system is in perfect working order.
Messrs. Hubert Pfirnan and Max Wen
dorf are the inventors.
An interesting account of the test
given to this appliance is forwarded by
Frank 81. Mayson, United States con-
sui general to Berlin. Mr.. Mayson
says
'The tests on November 18th were
condacted on the main line from Frank
fort to Hanau, between the stations
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-19
SEVERE ATTACK OF GRIP
URED BY One Bottle OF CHAMBER
LA1N's COUCH REMEDY.

CURED BY One BoT1LE OF CHAMBER
LA1N's COUGH REMEDY.
"When had an attack Of grip last
winter (the second one) ! actually
cured myself with one bottle Of Cham
beylains Cough Remedy" Gays 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 a teaspoon
full OF this remedy, and when the
coughing spell would come on at nighs
] would take dose snd il reemed that
In the briefest interval tho cou,!,
would pass off ard I woul1 60 to sleep
perfectly free from cough and its &C.
companyiDg pains. To say that the
remedy acted as most agreeable sur
prise 10 putting 1t very mildly. had
no idea that it would or could kn ck
out the grip, simply because l had
never tried It for such Purpose. hut 1t
did, and 1t seemed with the second at
tack Of coughing the remedy csueed u
70 not only be OF less duration, but The
pains were far lees eevere, and had
net used the contents OF ono bottle he
fore Mr.. Grip hsd bid me adieu." For
sslA by f. r. WhiteheAd 4 Co, Scot.
land NECK, n. a., ana LeenD&ss Drug
11Qheoods ~ q " "a. q y; &
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-19
WORKING OVERTIME.

Eight hour lave are igno ed Dy tk'~s,
tiroIess, little wcrkers-Ur. X rg's New
Life Pills. Millions are always A.,
work, night ind day, curing Incipes.
tion, BillousDess, Constipation, Sick
Headache ard all Stomach, Liver and
Bowel troubles. Easy, pleasant, safe
sure. Only 25c at +. +. Whitehead &
Co.'s. drug store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-19
INVEST IN PoLITENEss.
A Guarantee Of 10 Per Cent. Return
ol the Venture.

| o. the Venture.
| When a business man hears of .
sure investment which will yield him
5 per cent. he does not hesitate Ions
about putting his money into it.
Even per cent. profit he does moi
scorn.
I can suggest an investment which
will yield alw ways per cent, and usn,
ally 5 If you will 60 into it thoroughly
! The stock is known az politeness
Others call it cons;deratenese. Sup.
pose you invest in it for one week, to
begin with.
If at the end of that time you have
received no dividend you can tell me /
advertised worthless stock.
Begin tomorrow morning at home.
Think OF some agreeable thing to say
and do before you leave the house.
Compliment your wife on her appear
ance, or her goodness, and praise the
cook. Say some word to cheer the
children or make them start the day
with laugh. It will be remarkable if
you do not receive your first dividend
Immediately.
Then continue your Investment at
the Office. Pay little notice to the
elevator man. Remember his work is
not the most inspiring in the world
and he must often think life is monot-
onous. Try and give him an idea
that he is man among men, and not
a mere machine. Then try smiling
good morning" in place of a surIy
growl, on your office boy. If he has
done his work well tell him so and
thank him.
Keep up this attitude all day; who
ever you come in contact with, prac-
tice upon.
All may not appreciate your effort,
but never mind; you do not expect to
get all your return at once.
But you are pretty sure to find the
day seeming lees wearisome than many
which have preceded it, and you are
quite certain to feel the home much
happier place than usual when you
enter it that evening.
If you do, that should be counted as
full 10 per cent. interest on your in
vestment. Anything which adds one
extra hour OF cheer to the home life is
OF vital Importance in this world. ANY,
thing which casts unhappiness or
gloom upon home is calamity too
great to be lightly brought about.
II you keep On with your invest
ment something more than pleasure
and happiness will be offered you as
dividends.
In the long run these returns will
assume the form of material profits.
Your employees will like to remain with
you, and will take deeper interest in
aiding you. Not all, but enough to
save you the necessity of continual
changes.
Your business associates will ike
you, and an endless chain of good feel
ing and good fellowship will be estab-
llshed.
People will derive a sense of pleas
ure and benefit from merely meeting
you in business. They will not reason
it out, but they will enjoy an inter
view with you. A current of good
we'll set in motion will create new
friends for you. Many of the worries
and vexations which surround your
life now will disappear.
And when they do make themselves
appear you will find it much easier to
dismiss them. Begin your new invest
ment right away.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-19

Parson-I intend to pray that you
may forgive Casey for having thrown
that brick at you. The Patient
Mebbe yer riv'rence 'ud be saving
tonne if ye'd just wait till o. git we'll
an then pray fer Casey.-BIookIyn
Lie.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-19

colds since I have
used Peruna, b u t
" h 9 n I do catch
cold, Peruna is my
medicine.
"A minister came
to me last summer
. n d said that he
had seen my testi-
monial in the paper,
and began taking
Peruna. He 9 q / d
that it Strengthened
A&~~~ ~S-nA
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-19

"Mabel married that awful.y Gissi.
pated young FIutierhy to reform him."
"And is she satisfied with her chO,ce?"
II shoCli say she is His uncl. died
last week and left him half millicn."
Cleveland Plain Dea'er.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-03-19

H OBSERVATIONS OF ASSING EVENTS. u
------@
Charlotte Observer after
adjournment Legislature capitol
which a session Of he Legislature always leaves
10 'EoVs 'e saP dirty by
sion Legislature
capitol up
hangngs the like will be changed All
the correspondent that there nothing modern
about place. remaining ago.
BILL ARP of cartersve (whose Major
smith, celebrated anniversary
ago, said the Atlanta Constitution. he has
Saf'sa :. 3ea4
pen reckoning knowledge wedding
ysary Judge turning
sunset taking yellow
Bill Nye
people will feel soowiul when the flashed out that Bill
Apps philosophy
be ct to print
THE recently
al feeling
get off with a light The Lumbeton
Wou'a o emphasizes following
ocular paragraph night gentleman,
epidemic remarked that
banged
purpose mace kill his
man. published four
repied this would fail it's
the murderer go ground Of insanity"
WHILE he lived moved wrought among
Dr. Curry recognized But with
him, all truly his real great
IT. ou1y o1sansss ness by
warest friends yet
lined albeit they yet compared
haps ongerhas held
grasp single subject did the subject of educa
on To subject gave mind in
the interest enduring work
through agency FUND.- and saer FUND.-
mainly education for the South he is
gade the North the "end OF the South
H. Tumbu made interesting contribution to
Curry He closed the article
strong GAS soldier orator. dip
oma educator pocator Christian worker and
tue filled important place and did
noble work. missed and much mourned His
worthy high and South East and West
and in other andsth this"
MEMBER the introduced joint
cuss "the race problem" "andtr try to solve it, of
~ - course. Indianapolis Sentinel that the
Legislature might we'll "organ expedition TO find the
north being
seriously Wisconsin Legislature but that
The matter has called forth strong editorial
preon by Constitution, which ha: time
part Constitution tous thing
with the to-day not of
making generation Nor they be changed
The going through OF
luton And off to-day than he
brought the out OF the wids
of Africa civilizations It then fitted him,
MEASURE pursuits With the responsibility
of sustaining his
second lesson extent few, 1t
haye quickly conspicuous In the various
walks Of No, convention such
accomplish nothing fact It would
bring perhaps give opportunity air their heo
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-30
Advice TO Tired Women.

II the busy woman will take advan-
tage of the following advice. she will
find that youth and beauty will linger
with her past their allotted time: Every
day after luncheon, no matter how
much her time is occupied. she will
battle face and neck fin warm water, and
IN case of unusual fatigue especially
warm applications will be placed ut the
back of the neck for Il few moments.
The tired lines should next he smOothed
out deftly, skin food should be applied,
and then away to n darkened room for
twenty minutes of complete rest This
simple procedure is so inexpensive and
so easily managed that it will never be
popular. but facts show that many wo-
men have been wonderfully benefited
by the rest when it is needed rather
than after all the work and hurry and
hustle are over.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-30
New Telephone Company.

The new telephone company which
was organized when the Tazewell Tele-
phone Exchange increased their phone
rates from twenty-five to fifty per cent
are progressing nicely, So they say.
The new exchange will take in the
phones Of the Burke's Garden Tele-
phone exchange line, and will build, il
is said, lines to other parts of the coun-
ty not touched 10y the Burke's Garden
telephone exchange.
about thirty-three persons have
taken stock in the new company. The
new exchange Will be conducted ON the
Andrew Carnegie plan-every patron q
stakeholder The location OF the cen.
tral Office has not been decided.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-30
Miss Cecil daughter Of c. M. Cecn,

Miss Cecil daughter OF G. M. Cecil,
OF Maxwell Va, called at our Office yes
terday and ordered the NEWS sent to her
fathers address.
The trial Of Henry Trent before
Squire Peery, will take place Saturday.
Trent killed Dir. A. b. Ssotts fine bird
dog on Captain C. A. Fudges place
last Saturday, thinking the dog was
running Mr. Fudge's sheep. The dog
was a very fine one, and Mr.. Scott
valued him at $4,000.
The quarterly meeting OF the colored
NJ. L. church will begin in the Metho-
dist church in the west end next Sun
day. Rev. Swan, the presiding elder,
arrived Wednesday, and will conduct
the meeting.
Mr.. James II. Buchanan, OF Thorn
pson Valley, called in on Monday and
renewed his allegiance for another year
The Buchanans Of that Valley, are
generally up-to-date.
Mr.. Grafton Carter and Miss Eizs
Moseley were married at Pocahontsi
Wednesday at the home OF the brides
uncle, Mr.. w. ID. Moseley. Rev. J. w
Blankenbeckler, performed the cere
mOny.
The town council held a specia
meeting Tuesday night, TO consider thu
acceptance of the new We - Th'
committee appointed by the council Il
inspect the work reported unfavorably
and will not accept the work unit
the leaks in the pipe are mended
The pipes were covered before the,
We're tested, anPhence, in order to fine
the leaks the whole business will hav,
to be uncovered.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-30

Popcorn is one of the best foods we
have, though most people don't begin to
appreciate its value" said a cooking
teacher recently. Let your children
eat all the popcorn they want. 1t con
tains a valuable oil, has high caloriC
power and is mostly starch cooked thor
oughly by high pressure Of steam. Pop
corn is made Of corn with a great ex-
cess OF water In 1t, surrounded by q
tough envelope. All the time the corn
is in the pepper this water and the heat
from the fire combine to form steam
When the pressure of the steam gets sc
high the skin can't resist it any longer
1t bursts, and the corn is ready to eat
AS for corn balls, they are a very good
food. only a little salt sprinkled over
them is better than sugar or molasses'
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-01-30
We Are All
CrankS.

Some men will walk a mile
on a hot day to see a ball game
and call it fun, when you couldn't
hire them to push a loaded baby
carriage one hundred yards to
save your life.
Some men wouldn't buy fire
insurance in a little town Just
because-well, that's the only
reason we ever had-"iust be-
cause. " We wouldn't advise
you unless you can make some
thing by it. You can do that
though.
We sell insurance - the
worlds best right here in this
little town Of Tazewell at as close
rates as the biggest underwriters
In the world