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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-03-17
BEARS ABOUT AHOSKIE.
Windsor Ledger.

Windsor Ledger.
In the vicinity of Ahoskie bear
racks were plainly visible recently or
The premises Of A. Mitchell, justice
# the peace OF Hartford county. Small
hunting parties have endeavored to
follow TIE route of the sagaclous brute
but without success.
While the grizzly had been making
'nroads upon pigs and other small do
nestle animals, the women and chill
i-en of the community had been ter
rorized and wee fearful Of venturins
far from their homes.
Bat the limit was reached early this
morning, when the wife OF A E. Gar.
EFT, sheriff Of Hertford county, saw q
rear in her yard, and several people
reported SEEING him through tbs night
md about seven O'Clock this morning
/ mum ter OF citizens gathered to in
spect the footprints In the snow, and q
Young army that would rival the c ON
oatants in the Far East, was soon rails
ed. J. B. Garrett, a prosperous mer-
chant Of our town, was elected general,
and j. A. Copeland, the famous tDx
hunter, captain. The company hur-
n=d!y entered the ranks and marched
70 piece Of woods on tba east part Of
he town; IS they passed out yon
:,os'ld see hrsech leaders, n1uzz'e-load-
rs, single barrel and donble barrel,
long guns and short guns, Remington
rifles, relics OF old Mats war, and other
Implements OF war, too numerous to
euention. After marching several
hours and sending out scouts, our
hardy soldiers camred IN the yard Of
he farmer where his majesty, the
jcar, had se7n few hours before. The
iate.t adviees from the front say the
anams' has not been sighted, and night
Set.lea down without drop Ct blood
having been shed On either side.
Where it VIII end remains for the fu-
ture to reveal.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-03-17
"STILL BUY MEAT AND HA Y"

For a NUM- er OF years The COMMON
WEALTH has been urging the farmers Of
this community to raise all home sup.
plies. Perhaps some have thought
that we have made this subject hob
by, so often have we written about it
and we must sag that our convictions
on the subject are such that if we have
made 1t hobby we think it about SIS
good as we could have selected.
We are reminded TO say these thing
by an observation OF DR.. Hufham scme
days ago. He has been away from
Scotland Neck a dozen years and With
the general in provemeutl In methods OF
agriculture throughout the State doubt.
less he expected to see signs Of certain
Improvements here. He remarked,
however, II see they still buy meat and
hay here"
The fact that there is cause for such
observation proves conc'1slve!y that
there Is still room for improve
,nent in this particular. We may be
saying it for the hundreGt; time, bu
that does rot alter the fact, that NJ,
farming can BE called successEuI in the
highest sense which, does not 1naintais:
a system OF home supplies No mat
ter if cotton has been selling for Is and
Is cents, the farmer who proposes to
make cotton nith which to buy dis
corn and hay and meat makes a great
mistake, whatever may be the price of
these products. And just as long as
they ''stiil buy meat and hay"
jus: so long will the farmers in this
community find themselves losers by
such system.
Homc supplies first and money crops
afterwards, is the motto which should
control every farm in the land.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-03-17
DUTY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS

This is year in which many per
sons will offer themselves as candidates
for pubic Office. The old time way OF
letting the Office seek the man has
been discarded, and now the man seeks
the office.
We are not writing to question this
state OF affairs, but to give some sug-
gestions about the duty of those who
offer themselves ard are accepted. It
was MIR. Cleveland, we believe, who
gave currency to the declaration that a
public Office is public trust and
there has been nothing said that means
mora. The fact that the people select
man for public Office and then cast
their votes for him, mears that thew
trust him with. whatever interest thew
have In that Office. It means that
they are willing to trust him with the
duties ci such office, and that thew ex-
pect him to discharge his duties faith
fully.
For the most part there is nothing
to be implied or inferred concerning
how faithfully such officer will per-
form the duties which he assumes In
asking for and accepting the office !;
for he generally makes broad and llber-
al promises to do his duty Ito the best
OF bis ability"
A man under such circumstances
Offering his services to the people,
promising to do bis duty well and the
people trusting him with their sui.
frsge-assumes an obligation that Is
grave in proportion to the Importance
of the of the Office which he seeks.
In view of the fact that the capdl.
dates are numerous for the various
elective Offices this year, it is perhaps
not out OF place to call attention to
these things before the obligations are
assumed.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-03-17
"rO IT TODAY"

The time-worn injunction, "Neve1
put off till tomorrow what you can do
today" is now generally presented in
this form: 'Do it today p That Is
the terse advice we want to give you
about that hacking cough or democrat
izlng cold with which you have been
struggling for several days, perhaps
weeks. Take some reliable remedy for
1t ToDAY-and let this remedy be DR..
Bouchee's German Syrup, which has
been in use for over thlrty-ive years.
A few doses of it will undoubtedly re-
lieye your cough or cold, and its con-
tinued use for few days will cure you
completely. No matter how deep-seat-
ed your cough, even If dread consump-
ton has attacked your lungs, German
Syrup will surely effect cure-as it
has done before in thousands of appa-
rently hopeless cases Of lung trouble.
New trial bottles, 25c; regular size,
75c. At E. +. Whitehead & Cos.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-03-17
DO NUTS IMPROVE LAND2

Since TEE COMMONWEALTH asked
this question tvo weeks ago l. las beer
d!sc;7sae. some bT the farmers, and ali
who have mentioned tie matter Lave
said that lie land il pot improved bv r
pearu; crop II the vines are taken eff
The say that pefhars the land VIII
hold its oan i the yl:cs are lett in the
field and aiiowed to So back as fertl-
l,zer, IL. t. take thea, eff wiIl tend t.
izrpover.Si. tLs la:lj.
Here tie 'arn1ars i.lvari:ily take TIC
vines OF tie Land tor stock feed. I'D 81
the crop instead Of being All improvei
becomes an mpoyelisIler OF the land.
As has been observed before, this is
no trltling question, because the peanut
crop Of this region Is an important one,
ard Its effects ON the land ought to be
studied and known by our farmers.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-03-17

"Wouldn't hurt a baby" Rbeuma-
eide is entirely vegetable, and instead
of hurting the digestion, tones up the
the entire system.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-03-17
PANT Your Buggy for IS Cents

with Dsvoe's Gloss Carriage Paint. It
weighs to ounces to the pint less than
others, wears longer and gives a gloss
equal to new work. Sold by E. T.
Whitehead & Co.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-12-23

y NEWARK,
EaaaRsSaAfaAAa aAbteaAIa
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graded school of it and have
made provisions for the addition
of high school department, and
any one desiring to do SO may at
tend by paying small tuition fee.
Prof. A. A. Henderson, one of the
most competent instructors In this
part of the state, has been retained
as principal, which is assurance
II
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-12-23

Miss Lora Craig, who was acct

shot edneSddy nignt OF
last week, is improving nicely and
is now able to sit up.
IS A FINE SURF BATHER7
Grace with Which He Meets the Over
rushing Waves.
The best surf bather in the world
is a wild duck, according to tray-
eler who has just returned from the
seashore. Il was walking along the
shore one afternoon" said this trav-
eler. ''when saw wild duck resting.
He rose in a little while, waddled awk-
wardly to the water and began TO swim
ont GRACEFULLY 10 sea. There came
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-12-23
ARKANSA.

ANN N1AAHe
aposa (NaA(elAeNRAex
TRUSTEES SALE.
Whereas, w. G. Ashley and Lou e.
Ashley. bis wite~ai6 s61n1i ~ i1I -
on IlI11| .o G. al
Sanders, as trustee, to secure certain
note given to A. NJ. Hathcock, the fol-
lowing lands lying in the county of
Independence, state of Arkansas, TO
wit: The North half OF the northwest
quarter of section "A, township -,
range west. containing so acres.
Now, therefore, /, Sam Ashley, SUBJ
stituted trustee, will, at the request
of the said A. NJ. Hathcock, on
SATURDAY, JANUARY "a, 1903,
at the front door Of the postoffice at
=. L u. 4
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-12-23

go to Krone's.
Your moneys WORTH at Muir
ply & Moore's.
Subscribe for this paper and
quit borrowing it.
Twelve pounds of good roasted
coffee for 81, at Krone's.
A new line of childrens jackets
have just arrived at Krone's.
Carload of bagging and ties just
received at Ration & Cooper's.
Arbuckle coffee is cheap at 10
pounds for q dollar, at Krone's.
If you want to buy or sell coun-
try produce see Jno. M. Martin.
Full line of ready-mixed paints
always on hand at Ration &
Cooper's.
For everything in groceries,
Queensware, tinware, glassware and
harness call on Jno. M. Martin.
We have decided to make one
price to everybody and sell for
cash only. Murphy & Moore.
If you want to make Tome hap
by get barrel of Golden Crown
flour at Murphy & Moore.
J. Z. Martin, one of White
River townships leading citizens,
was in town Tuesday and called
and left dollar on subscription.
A letter from j. r. Burlington,
OF Vincent, with a money order
enclosed, requests that The Jour
nal be sent to his address and adds
Il am an old independence county
boy and would like to read the
home news. y
Account of the good roads con-
vention at Little Rock January 81
and %, the Iron Mountain will sell
round trip tickets to Little Rock
at rate of one fare for round trip.
Tickets on sale January 10 to 81,
with final return limit to and in
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-12-23

4 LOCAL HAPPENINGS
ln.~n~ o,~n,S
One old price at Murphy &
Moore's.
Pictures, pictures, pictures at
the tent.
Try the One Price Store; Muir
ply d Moore.
Magness Bros. have full line of
nice furniture.
Ask for the Victor shoe at Muir
ply & Moore's.
Try The Journal when you need
job printing done.
They make the price right at
Murphy & Moore s.
Nice fresh country butter at
Griffith & Morrow s.
Molases and syrups of all kinds
ut John NJ. Martin 3.
Galloway's restaurant is the best
eating house in town.
Go to Murphy & Moore for al ]
kinds of merchandise.
Adams Bros. have the hottest
line of shoes i'll town,
] We have cut prices on ladies'
is one-haDf Krone.
es like mother used to make
alloway's restaurant.
Dhn M. Martin S is the place
Bargains in groceries.
The journal has q complete as
sortment of j. p. blanks.
| Charley Crowell is now serving
the city as nightwatehman.
Come quick if you want Mize to
do your Photographic work.
: For Sale-A good mule; price
nable. j. II. Murphy.
':;':': Of
IF rood Green
Martin s.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-12-23

Price some goods at Murphy &
Moore's.
Twenty pounds of good rice for
81 at J. N@Martin's.
The only price-stote in New
ark is Murphy & Mooref
Eighteen pounds of granulated
sugar for-$1, at Krone's.
For Sale-A good Jack. Will
trade for stock. S. c. Beane.
Twenty pounds of good light
brown sugar for 81, at Krone's.
G. A. Sanders spent Sunday
with home folks at Sulphur Rock.
If you want to buy or sell land
call on or write the Newark Real
Estate Company.
Ration & Cooper have the best
line of the celebrated Charter Oak
stoves in North Arkansas.
Our New Year resolution was to
sell goods to everybody at one
price. Murphy & Moore.
Don't forget Adams Bros on
chickens and eggs; they pay high
est market price, cash or merchan
disc.
We will send you The Journal
and the Memphis Weekly Com
mereial Appeal both one year for
$1.25.
B. O, Craig left yesterday even
ing for his home at Tuckerman,
after q weeks visit here with rel
atives.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Sisk are re-
ioicing over the arrival of a nine
pound son, born unto them Tues
day night.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Porter have
moved back from Newport and
Egbert again has charge of the
barber shop.
Mrs. w. ID. Jackson and son re-
turned Sunday from a pleasant
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-10-06

OF the most utterly novel thiEgs have
ever known. Putting his hands TO his
lips, Bob let 20 a perfect imitation OF
the coyotes cry; C. moment passed, and
from some closer point than the last one
another little wolf answered him
Again and again he called. and again
and again came the answer; then an.
other and yet another Joined IN. until
a perfect circle Of the wild dogs were
crying around us, and still they did MOI
discover the deception.
began TO fear ii was some trick tc
decoy me into the hands Of band OF
Piutes, but just then shadow, only the
least bit less black than the surrounding
night. swung suddenly around a huge
stone some 30 feet beyond Bob, and
neither seeing nor smelling us, th,
timid little wolf stood for an instant az
II carved in stone. Silent as q snake 10
the desert grass. yet with a deadly Ger.
tainty Of his prey that made me shiver
the half-breed turned over so as to GET
his right arm free to act For a mo
ment's space there was q silence, then
ever so light a sound, and, although !
saw nothing heard next to nothing, the
coyote leaped into the air with a wild
cry, turned over once and fell to lie
silent in his tracks.
Attracted by the cry, another Of the
band trotted out into little patch OF
light cast by. the now rising moon, Just
in time to stop the bullet from my rife
OF course, the report of the gun stopped
the sport for the night In that locality.
and so We moved over nearer to camp.
where Bob. with his bow. killed another
coyote, and l, with the rife, fox
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-10-06
KILLING PRAIRIE WOLVES.
Indian Boy, Initiating Their Cry
Brings Them in Range of
His Rifle.

We struck out across the sandy bed o.
the lower end of Death Valley toward 6
low range Of blue-gray hills, where BOZ
said there were lots Of coyotes ana
foxes. 1t was at least three miles oyeI
to the hills and the shadows of might
we're falling when we dropped down be.
hind a huge lava covered bowlder in the
head Of little draw down which the
wild dogs were said to come, says q
writer in Field and Stream.
Midway down the shallow canyon
was patch Of green grass, fed, l sup.
pose, by some thermal spring that rose
almost to the surface and then sank
away again into the myriad under.
ground streams that sap this whole sec.
ton. Perhaps Is minutes passed ano
there came, wind-borne and weak, from
far across the valley, the call of wan.
dering coyote-and then happened eAt
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-10-06
RARE COINS ALL coRNEREr
It Is Only the Burglars That KeeT
Any Of Them in Cir
culation.

The passion for making collections o
articles of various kinds, and particu
larly stamps and coins, is like hope. 1
springs eternal In the human breast
says the New York Sun.
you would be surprised" said pro
fessional collector of coins and stamps
ito know how many utterly worthless
specimens are brought to me by persons
who perhaps have treasured them TO,
long and then, needing money, har
come to me expecting to be handsomel!
paid for an article that really has NJ
commercial value whatever Sometimes
indeed, have paid good prices 70,
worthless articles of no use to me at all
to save their owners from the disap
pointment which could plainly see re-.
fusal would cause them.
why, handle on an average pretty
nearly 500 specimens a day, both o.
stamps and coins, brought in here BY
people who expect them to be literally
worth their weight in gold. Yet in spit
of the great number of specimens comins
into my hands In this way every year
it's only about once in three years tina
find anything Of real value.
"You see, it's just this way. Hardly
any good rare coins or stamps are cir
culating at large. Almost everything
has been picked up by collectors; and l.
you follow up any rare issue, you car
place almost every one-either find the
owner or account for the issue
"And you will be surprised, perhaps
when | tell you that we are indebted tt
burglars for most of what we do find
One Of the light-fingered gentry lift
some rare old coins; he has no senti.
mental fondness for them based on az
and possible associations, and he is TN.
able to make any use of them. So HI
rids himself of the worthless and posi-.
bly, dangerous and discriminating arti.
cles; and In that way they drift into om
hands.
Not long ago child went into
candy shop with nickel she had found
The old woman who kept the shop tool
the nickel without noticing its queer ap
pearance, but later she saw that it was
not as other coins are, and she brought
1t to me-
Il found 1t to be a nickel Of 1885, oil
which only few were Issued, as an ex
perimental form. gave the old woman
S. for her five-cent piece, and she weni
away rejoicing.
IT'S the burglars that keep the rar,
coins In circulation"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-10-06

"Any other man would have been
| given his wallkin' papers as quick as
shootin' but somehow or other, the
boss always made an allowance for
Denny
"But we can't stop work, Denny.
he says.
Denny stood sort Of stubborn-like.
and replied: We'll, you oughter have
some sort Of celebration, or, at least,
run up green flag over the Office
1.-THE boss was for humorin' him.
and says: And we are goin' to ceIe-
brate At ten o'clock we be a-goin' to
fire OF blast, in honor Of old ST..
Pat, that will blow all the snakes out
II Ireland
eat temp says Denny.
eyes. at ten, replies the boss.
"That sort Of satisfied him. With
out another word he grabbed his picl
and went after the boys, a-singin'
some Irish song.
"The boss wasn't jokin', for just
about the time he said, he called all
hands to quit work, and the engineer
came in, and placed the dynamite
cartridge and the machine for settin'
it of.
1--WE all got at safe distance, and
stood there awaitin the explosion.
Denny was almost beside himself with
delight, and, steppin' out a little dis
tance in advance, he called out for
his pal, Jim, to join him and see the
snakes come wrigglin' out of the shaft.
But Jim didn't answer, for he wasn't
there.
"The engineer, who was a-holdin' his
watch, seem that things went off on
time, turned round when he heard
this, and got awful white. 1t didn't
take no time for US to find we were
four shy, and them four the ones that
had been so drunk the night before. Not
a man spoke, 'cept the engineer, and
he said: My God!' We all knew them
fellers were still In the mine.
Then it was. that Denny made the
60 of us out to be towards, and him
q hCAO. WAbAOuI WOAdg NANhCA
his head a'tween his shoulders and
set off for the shaft as fast as his legs
could carry him, the green ribbon
a-futterin' over his shoulder.
Zone or two of US made move as
If to foller him, but the engineer
threw out his arm to stop us, and his
voice sounded mighty strange when he
yelled: It's death-40 seconds
I'VE all knew then that the car
fridge would go of in 40 seconds, and
that we had seen the last Of Denny.
1t sort of paralyzed the boys, and they
just stood round like so many statues.
To me it seemed as If there was
somethin' closin' in on all sides of me
"a sort of interferin' with my
breathin-and for the life of me
couldn't take my eyes off the engineer,
as he stood there holdin' his watch.
He was as white as a piece of paper,
and the sweat was runnin down his
face just like it was midsummer.
Sporty seconds amt much. Mr.. Hop
kins, but it seemed like year TO
me. l was just beginnin' to think that
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-10-06
THE KEY.

What hides behind the feeting cloud?
What whispers in the evening breezef
Answer to all LIES Questionings
Is found when find these.
The gray rock rests in stolid calm;
The tide recedeS and flows
The lakelet shimmers in the dawn,
The shadow comes, and goes.
The babe looks up in sweet surprise;
Childhood carols its joyous songs;
The love-nght leaps in the maiden's eyes;
The woman strives to right wrong.
The hero dies to save a race;
The outcast answers the voice; Il ought;
The painter paints a martyrs smile;
The poet is thrilled with mystic thought
Fair are nature, and art, and life,
Mighty the hero and martyrs strife,
Love and duty with good are rife.
But these not these. can satisfy
The questioning soul that asAeth why;
These are but echoes OF the song
That bears the poem CT life along.
The answer to all things that are,
From fleck Of foam to radiant star,
From sentient soul to serse,ess clod,
Is found alone, when man finds Cod.
His smile behind the smiling Sky,
His sigh within the martyrs cry,
His still voice answering Yea! aloud,
No longer stiAed by lies cloud,
No longer sealed in mystery,
To him who seeks his God in glad humility.
-Harriette Robinson Shattuck, in Spring
field (Mass) Republican.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-10-06
3 Cents

Eight cents a pound is
what a ySdng woman paid for
twelve pounds of flesh.
She was thin and weak and
paid one dollar for a bottle Of
SCOTS Emulsion, and by TAX
ing regular doses had gained
twelve pounds in weighSbefore
the bottle was finished.
Eight cents a pound is
cheap for such valuable ma
terial. Some pay more, some
less, some get nothing for
their money. You get your
moneys worth when you buy
SCOTS Emulsion.
We will send you a little
free.
SCOTT & BOVINE, CHEMISTS,
400 Pearl Street, New York.
soc. and $500; all druggists.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-10-06
Weak
Hearts

Are due to indigestion. Ninety-nine Of every
one hundred people who have heart trouble
can remember when II was simple indiges-
ton. II scientific fact that all cases Of
heart disease, not organic, are not only
traceable to, but are the direct result Of indi-
gestion. All food taken into the stomach
which fails Of perfect digestion ferments and
swelst the stomach, putting II up against the
heart. This intereres with the action Of
the heart. and In the course Of time that
delicate but vital organ becomes diseased.
Mr. D. Kaube. Of Nevada. o., says ! had stomach
trouble and was in a bad state as had heart troubLs
with IT, | took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure fer about four
months and II cured me.
Kodol Digests What You Eat
and relieves the stomach Of all nervous
strain and the heart Of all pressure.
Bottles only. ST 90 Size holding az times the trial
size, which sellsfor soc.
Prepared by e. o. Dewitt q co.. CHICAGO.
For Sale by Jno. 4. Jackson! the Drug
gist.