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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-08-27

Congressman George Henry White, OF
Tarboro, N. c., writes the following letter
to DR.. Hartman in regard to the merits
Of the great catarrh cure, Peruna:
House of Representatives.,
Washington, Feb. 4, 1899.
Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.:
Oentlemen-"Iam am more than salts.
fled with Peruns, and find II to be an
excellent remedy for the grip and ca.
tarrh. I have used Il in my family
and they an Join me in recommendi1l
e ~ IN excellent remedy"
Very respectfully,
George II. White.
Mrs, Mamie Wallace, Tulare, CAL,
President Of the Western Baptist Mis-
sionary Society, writes:
81 consider Peruna an indispensable
article in my medicine chest. It is
twenty medicines in one, and has SO far
cured every sickness that has been in
my home for five years. consider it ci
special value to weakly women, rs IL
builds up the general health, drives ort
disease and keeps you in the best oi
health. Mrs. Mamie Wallace.
II 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-
wise gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-08-27
Conditions Of Life in New York.

Review of Reviews.
Apropos OF tho unprecedented recent
increase in the value OF real estate in
certain parts of New York, it is inter
esting to note the fact that the author
tiles have now determined to assess
real estate upon the basis OF iull valua-
ton. Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has come
home from Europe TO enter his spIen-
did new home on upper Fifth Avenue
aud we make this allusion to his New
York house because it reminds US Of the
fact the building department reports
for tbs past year, only forty or fifty
new private residences on the whole OF
Manhattan Island. The building oi
individual residences. has practically
ceased within what was formerly New
York City. Immense business blocks
hotels and apartment houses have been
going up by the hundreds, and popu
lation has been growing apace; but
the population of Manhattan Island
are dwelling more and more in tene
ment houses and apartment buildings
The separate house belongs to tht
dwellers north OF the Harlem river IN
Brooklyn, and in the Long Island
Staten Island, and New Jersey sub
urbs. Most of the few houses nov
from year to year belong to men o
great wealth.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-08-27
NOT OVER-WISE.

There is an old allegorical picture of
q girl scared at graeshopper, but In
the act of heedlessness treading ON a
snake. This is paralleled by the man
who spends large sum of money bni'd-
log q cyclone cellar, but neg!ects tn
provide his family with bottle of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Hi-
arrhoea Remedy as safeguard agsir>t
bowel complaints, whose victims out
numbar thoee of the cyclone hund:ed
to one. This remedy il everywhere
recrguix as the most prompt and re.
Liable medic Inc In uee for these dieeases.
For saDo By E. T. Whitehead 4 Co.,
apoflane lGssk, ard Leggaats drug
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-08-27
Beaten By q Hymn.

Indiana Sentinel.
CLARENCE, Mo.-The Rev. w. R.
Skinner and the Rev. w. P. Clark,
Baptist ministers OF Macon, were called
here this week to preside at church
trial. For a year past the Clarence
Baptist church has been without a
minister and has been suffering from
strained relations among its members.
One of the deacons was we'll versed
In the Bible and knew more than bis
fellow.members about parliamentary
rules. His attemps to rule tho church
through his knowledge In these two d.
rectione caused the trouble.
There were few members who 70
fused to take hand on either side OF
the controversy and insisted that It
was wicked to divide church on small
matters. At last this party called In
the preachers from Macon to try tho
deacon and his following. Both sides
prepared for the conflict, and on the
lay appointed appeared before the tri'
ounal, armed with Bibles and other re-
iigious authorities and books on parlia-
.nentary law. just as one OF the judges
.rose to announce the opening OF the
proceedings an old white-baired brother
got up and asked all present to join
him in s,nginR "Jcsus Loyer OF My
SOUL" He had an excellent voice.
Ills example was magnetic and ove''
powering. When the second verse was
reached every person in the church
vas singing. With the strong, aeep
voice OF the patriarch in the corner no
instrument was needed to lead them.
1t was said by the ministers that never
had they heard such singing.
The song at last finished, the brother
sat down. Instead Of beginning the
trial the Rey. Mr.. Clark said, "Let us
pray"
When he rose from lis knees the
| recalcitrant deacon, with tears in hit
ewes and q voice trembling with feel
ing, made an earnest plea for forgive
ness from his colleagues. Inside q
five minutes elders, pleachere, deacons,
land laymen were all mixed up In
general band-shaking, and everybody
was forgivlng everybody else. The
ecclesiastical court was adjourned and
the ministers stayed to conduct . re-
vival meeting. The church people are
now working shoulder to shoulder IN
the revival, and will soon open up re-
| gotiations for pastor.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-08-27
POTENT PILL PLEASURE.

The pills that are potent IN their
action and pleasant in effect are De-
Wits Little Early Risers. w. 8. Phil
not of Albany, Ga, says: "Durtng a
h,.ious attack 1 took one. Small as It
was it did me moro good than calomel,
blue-mass or any OF her rills l
ever took and at the same time 1t ef-
fected me pleasantly. Little Early
Risers are certainly an ideal pill" Sold
bv Il. T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-08-27
Old Well Fork.
Goldsboro Headlight.

Goldsboro Headlight.
Mr.. Thomas Newell, Of Brogden
township, has a well fork tina. is over
100 years old. The fork was put down
in 1901 and will row last 1CO years
longer. It is made of solid heart tim
ber and is as perfect as 1t is possible TO
get q piece Of timber. A we'll fork
nearly az old is claimed by Mr.. Allen
Smith. of the Aaron section, who has
the records on hand to substantlate his
claim
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-08-27
Bees In the Porch.

Kinston Free Press.
A runaway swarm of bees took up
at Mr.. J. b. Til ghmans Sunday ana
are quietly making honey between the
calling and the root OF the back porch.
The bees come and 30 under the eavss
Of the shelter to the porch and neither
molest anybody nor are they molested.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-08-27
PUTS AN END TO IT ALL.

A grevious wall oftimes comes as .
result of unbearable pain from over
taxed organs. Dizziness, Backache,
Liver complaint and Constipation.
But thanks to Dr.. Kings New Lille
Pills they put an end to it all. They
arc gentle but thorough. Try them.
Only 25c. Guaranteed by =. Il
Whitehead 4 Co.'s drug store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-08-27
CURED WITHOUT
THE AID OF A DOCTOR.

81 am just up from hard spell OF
the flux," (dysentery) says Mr.. I. A.
Pinner, a we'll known merchant, ot
Drummond, Tenn. II used one small
bottle OF Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy and was cured
without having a doctor. I consider
it the best cholera medicine In the
world" There is no need of employ
ing q doctor when this remedy is used,
for no doctor can prescribe q better
medicine for bowel complaint in any
form either for children or adults. 1t
never fails and is pleasant to take. For
sale by E. T. Whitehead d Co., Scot
land Neck, and Leggett's drug store,
Hobgood..
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-08-27
What Would iYou Do!

People are fond Of telling what they
would do If they bad $l,OOO,OO0. ! e
safe to bet that nine men out OF ten 1t
they had 81, ,OOO. 900 would do nothing.
kansas City Indendent.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-08-27
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE

you KNOW WHAT YOU ARE
Taxing 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 Quinlne
il tasteless form. No Cure, No Pay.
Soc.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-08-27

II EDlIoRs ELS 4 ~ No'
OBSERVATIONS OF PASSING EVENTS.
reported that the
m,uw. poor for anything like average crop-indeed
luz Dull "esS'' from Indications
exist in other States congu
This looks like the price cotton be adesed by the
accuracy, the will be- and
price induce those who have cotton to b
moi exravagant.
tttt
suggestions
following paragraph than the
. reached 1875. The indications that
a "'s9 s"seSs" spend during
should spend largely this expectancy The
crop speculation regard
price, probabilities the will be higher the
Cotton must be bought
will shut hence demand will stronger
early should ginnd the
frankly his
business which he solely for the
1ne "otA u 'o1s''' unique;
liquor quckened
many the item
obtained license saloon in Maon
consdered the taken
over persuaded with pleasure that
maketh announcement"
The spirit of adventure present
Perhaps actuated Daniel
Boone, do people go now; people
Inc Spatt " 0"ven'u'e people
sort calamies which
oyerake from it. Perhaps people
than before
in history people make OF
Edison had suffered physical his
yesght his experiments with electricity mostly the y
daily making adventures
which are outside world generally but which
ara az heroic in their heded through the
STATE superntendent Joyne
public attention the provisions by
the Legislature study of agriculture in
Agriculture III cno0 our public Following
Joyner education has adopt
m ne and beautifully this subject
book teacher teach by following the methods
upped In the called Agriculture for Beginners
and published by all State repositories
eion all books adopted by the
hook commission textbooks the exclusion
Of all others schools OF the State In conformity
therefore, State instructed to see that every
teacher the schools supervision adds
b; subject to the regular instruction suggest that all pupils
in each school old and such others su
ciently advanced arranged into class for this work.
The the seem to multiply all over the ano
And now comes story Smith Ark that band OF kid
mapped q white girl and killed one of posse OF
Perverstles muuP her. The story
the main few days two farmers living near VIII
- Ro. landed on of plums, and accidentally
n into camp two men and white girl
~ twelve years They inquiries about the girl and the
,d a travelling with
n who had gone Smith for provisions The negroes
not lat the girl conversation and this aroused
on the negroes tor two days. but no white man
Monday afternoon farmers decided to investigate the
.. thav neared the and
Roland Bynamo killed. sharp fight kept for
oa during which from the and ran to the
could not give intelligent &C.
father not travelling with
,t that she her home Fort Gibson
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-08-27
PE-RU-NA NECESSARY
TO THE HOME.

q Letter From Congressman Whites os
North Carolina.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-03
SCENES IN THE HOUSE.
Floor Looks as if Snow storm Had ,| .' Struck 1t.

Washington, March 2-Fronl Ii o'clock this morning until late tonight the house struggled laboriously against the democratic filibuster working stead fly to wind up the necessary business of the session. Despite another special rule adopted early in the day legislation proceeded at snail's pace. Roll call followed roll call on every proposition. The voices of the reading clerks were worn out by the ceaseless calling of the roll and several clerks from committees have been drafted to help out. Since Thursday last when the filibuster was inaugurated there have been over sixty roll calls as against f1fty-seven for the entire long session lasting from Decem- Der 1, 1901, to July 3, 1902. The mem- bers also show the effects of the heavy strain but they are sticking to their posts. Tonight the great hall presented a disheveled appearance. The floor was strewn with bits of paper looking as if snow storm had swept through the hall. In the galleries among the spectators were many weary watchers interested in bills doomed to failure, but still hopeful to the end. The pro- CcSullSS were 61lllN6HeQt several times as the leaders of the respective sides crossed swords Their tempers had not been sweetened by their long vigil and frequently the sparks flew.
 The conference report on the Alaskan homestead bill and the immigra ton bill were adopted, the omnibns public build ing bill and the general deficiency ap- propriation bill were sent to conference. The Otjen bill to prohibit tobacco dealers from giving prizes; the bill to provide fora delegate from Porto Rico. the bill to advance Colonel Gorgas to the rank of assistant surgeon general, and the bill for the relief of Lieutenant Handforth were passed. That was the net result of the session up to o'clock tonight. ~.N
 The house also adopted the confer ence reports on the postoffice and agri- cultural appropriation bills and shortly before midnight at the end of contin- uous session of almost thirteen hours, took recess until il o'clock tomorrow morning.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-03
SCATTERING THE LADRONES.
Nineteen Killed aud Many Wounded trl
 One Fight

Manila, March "A detachment of scouts under the command of Lieuten- ant Nickerson attacked and defeated a. body of ladrones near the village of Mariquina, Luzon, seven miles from Manila, yesterday. After an hours fighting the ladrones were scattered, and nineteen were Killed and many wounded. There were no casualties on the side of the scouts.
 The constabulary last Wednesday surprised and captured the stronghold of the ladrones in the mountains of A. bay, Luzon, where q force of ladrones attacked small detachment of con- stabulary on February 20. The con- stabulary on Wednesday met with some resistance on the part of the la drones, who were defeated with a loss of ten killed and four captured. The ladrones' stronghold and supplies were burned.
 Brigadier- General Sumner, command ing the department of Mindanao tele- graphs that he expects trouble along the military road north of Lake Lanao7 Misamis. He says that the Datos of the Sultan of Mindanao are friendly and anxious for peace, but are unable to control sections of their unduly fol- lowers. General Sumner has warned the soldiers to avoid any conflict and to carefully guard against surprises.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-03
RooSEVELT,S ATTITUDE.
Endorsed by cincinnati Ministers Re-
 garding Negro Appointments.

Endorsed by cincinnati Ministers Re-
 gnrding Negro Appointments.
 Cincinnati, March 2.-Following the publication of President Roosevelt S letter to Clark Howell. editor of the Atlanta Constitution in which the president set forth his attitude as to the appointment of coIored men to fed eral offices in the south, the Methodist Ministerial association here to-day unanimously adopted the following:
 "The ministers of the Methodist Episcopal church in Cincinnati and vii cinity, in their weekly meeting assem- bled, hereby record their grateful ap- preciation of the attitude taken by President Roosevelt in his letter pub- lished this day, March 2, 1903, concern ing certain phases of the Afro-Aneri- can problem in the south. We rejoice in the sanity, the courage, the temper ateness and the humaneness which ap- pear in the utterances of our beloved president on this theme, and pray for Gods blessing upon him in all his bur- dens and trials"
 Addresses in commendation of the president were delivered by Bishops Cranston and Walden, Levi Gilbert, ed- itor of the Western Christian Advo- cate; W. P. Thirkfield, corresponding secretary of the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Educational society, and oth- CTS,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-03
DELAWARE DEADLOCK ENDS
TWO SENATORS ELECTED YES
 TERDAY AFTERNOON.
J. Frauk Alice, an AddIeks Man, Gets
 he Long Term and l.. Heisler Bali, a
 Regular Republican, tho Short-FIrst Time in Four Years the State Has Hnd Full Representation in the U. s. Sem ate-Pressure Brought to Rear from
Wilmington. n.

Dover, Del, March 2.-For the first time in four years the state of Della ware this afternoon secured full repre- sentation in the United States senate. At special session the state legisla- ture elected State Senator J. Frank AL lee, union republican, to the senator ship which expires in 1907, and Con- gressman L. Heisler Ball, regular re- publican, to the term expiring in 1905. The selection was undoubtedly due to pressure from Washington brought to bear upon the regular republicans in the legislature, who have all along op- posed the election of J. Edward Ad- dicks, or any of his adherents, to the United States senate.
 Congressman Dick, of Ohio, came to Dover to-day in the interest of republi- can harmony. He established head quarters at the Hotel Richardson, where prior to the joint session of the legislature he received a delegation from each republican faction. He ad- vised the acceptance by the regular re- publicans of the union republicans proposition, agreed upon in Philadel- phia Saturday, that a union republican be elected to the long-term senatorship and regular republican for the short term, Addicks himself being elirni- mated.
 Anticipating the likelihood of an agreement between the republican fac tions, Democratic State Chairman Salisbury presented a proposition to the regular republicans agreeing to use his influence for the election, with the aid of the democrats, of two regular re- publicans to the United States senate. This proposition was approved by the advisory committee of the democratic state committee, but was not ratified by the democratic legislators in cau- GUS.
 In the meantime a compromise was effected between the regular republi- cans and the Addicks (union republi- can) forces, resulting in the selection of senator from each faction. The tlair-
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-03
CONDITION OF CROPS.
General Summary for February by
 Weather Bureau.

Neuther buroau.
 Washington, March 2--The weather bureaus general summary of crop con- ditions for February is as follows:
 With excessive precipitation and low-average temperature in the south- ern states, the month has not been fa- vorable for farming operations in that section, but with lighter precipitation and only slightly deficient temperature, the Ohio and Upper Mississippi valleys experienced more favorable conditions. In California the first part of the month was abnormally cold, but the latter part was more favorable.
 Winter wheat was well protected with snow covering during the severe weather from the 18th to the 18th, and the reports at the close of the month indicate that the crop is in very satis- factory condition. In portions of Mis- souri, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky, however the crop has sustained some injury from alternate freezing and thawing, while lowlands have suffered to some extent from overflows in the Lower Ohio valley"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-03
BURDICK MURDER CASE.
Examination of Wife and Mother-tn-
 law of the Viettm.

Buffalo, N. Y, March 2-Nearly four days have elapsed since the body of Edwin L. Burdic1 was found in his home with his skull crushed. During that time the district attorneys office and the detective force of the city have worked night and day on the case. Sev- eral hundred persons have been ques- tioned but tonight there does not ap- pear to be the remotest possibility of an arrest. -T @ 7
 Early in the day Mrs. Burdick, the widow of the murdered man, and her mother, Mrs. Hull, were summoned by the district attorney. They repained ill the office for over two hours and were questioned separately. Mrs. Hull denied emphatically, that she had any hostile feeling towards MT. Burdick or that her relations with her son-in-law were any other than friendly. District Attorney Coatsworth and Chief Cusack questioned Mrs. Burdick. They en- deavored to draw from her sugges- tion that might indicate some one who would be actuated to commit such a crime. What information, if any was obtained, Is no. known.
 Another unknown woman figured in the inquiry to-day. She was brought to the district attorneys office, at 8 o'clock. She was we'll dressed and ap- parently woman of refinement. The conference lasted about half an hour. It was stated the woman was one Of the women intimately acquainted with the Burdick family whom the authori- ties hoped might be able to tell some thing that would assist in unravelling the tangled threads of the case.
 Among the other persons summoned to the district attorneys office during the day were Hackman Delahunt, who carried an unknown man to the vicinity of the Burdick house on the night of the murder. and Rev. L. M. Power, pastor of the First Universalist church, where the. Burdick. family were regu- lar attendants. Delahunt remained in the office only & few minutes. The
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-03
THE PREFERS" CELEBRATE
f2STH ANNIVERSARY 4 FESTI-
 VAL EVENT LAST EVENING.
Lieutenant Governor Roberts Saiuted With ths Strains of old Homestead- ComradeshIp Ruled the Hour-soi- dIers Are the Only Citizens Who Face TRe nUsfc
the Music.

Our majors name was Johnson,
 A good, brave Yankee man.
 He carried his sword like q soier's son, And kept well in the van.
 The 12Sth anniversary of the Second company Governors Foot Guard was celebrated last evening with banquet at the Tontine hotel. About 100 sat at the tables. The decorative scheme was of the patriotic order, the resplendent folds of Old Glory being artistically fes- tooned about the walls, the portrait of Washington adorning the north wall while that of President Roosevelt adorned the south facing that of the Father of His Country. The flag of the state of Connecticut was unfuried along side of the national emblem behind the speakers table. During the serving of the menu, which was served in the usual unexcelled style of Mine Host George White the excellence of which was commented upon by nearly every speaker of the evening, an orchestra rendered enlivening airs which were off, ten joined in by the guests. MT. Whites assistant manager, MT. Nolan, was also complimented for arrangement of some of the details. Selling Kindling Wood" '"The Good Old Summer Time," and 'Suwannee River" resounded sonorous- ly through the hall accompanied by the stentorious voices of the merry soldier boys. On this occasion discipline and conventionality were thrown to the winds, comrades played tag with deco rum and the outflow of wit competed in effervescence with the bubbling of sparkling wine. At 9:SO the toastmas- ter, Major Johnson, called upon all pres ent to pay a silent tribute to those members of the guard who gave the countersign to the Great Commander, and who have joined that larger com- radeship in the ranks of the eternal army of human spirits. The assem- blaze arose and stood in silence for sixty seconds by the clock. thus paying in silence a tribute to the dead com rades.
 Letters of regret were read from B. F. MeNeil and William Nicely, two mem bers of Major Johnson's staff, who are at present in Florida, and L.. R. Cheney
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