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Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-12-01
corss Known rsr Centuries.

A pamphlet published by an Arab
sheik In 1865 sheds light upon the or
igin and early use of coffee. This
Arab sheik asserted that coffee was
introduced into Arabia from Abys-
sinia about the opening Of the If
teenth century and that 1t had been
known as a beverage in tho latter
country from the most remote period
It's peculiar properties were taken ad-
vantage of by the Mohammedans In
connection with their prolonged relig
ious ceremonies, but It's use as = de-
votional antisoporinc stirred up the
fiercest opposition on the part OF the
orthodox element OF the priests. COT.
foo was declared to be an intoxicant
and was accordingly prohibited In the
koran. but ia spite of this the coffee
drinking habit spread rapidly. For
two centuries the worlds supply OF
coffee was obtained from the prov,
ince OF Yemen in southern Arabia
wnere the well-known Mocha Is still
cultivated.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-12-01
Good News for All.

Bradford, Tenn, Nov. 21.-(Spe-
oial. )-Scientiic research shows Kid
aey Trouble to be the father Of so
many diseases that news of dis
covery of sure cure for 1t cannot
fall to be welcomed all over the coun-
try. And according to Mr.. ]. A. Davis
of this place just such cure is found
an Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mr.. Davis
says:
"Dodd's Kidney Pills are all that is
claimed for them. They have done
me more good than anything I have
ever taken. I had Kidney Trouble
very bad, and after taking few boxes
of Dodd's Kidney Pills l am COM
pietely cured. I cannot praise them
COO much"
Kidney Complaint develops into
Bright's Disease, Dropsy, Diabetes.
Rheumatism, and other painful and
fatal diseases. The safeguard Is to
cure your kidneys with Dodd's Kid
ney Pills when they show the first
symptom of disease.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-12-01
Maturity Of Trees.

Though there are oaks living which
are known to be more than q thou
sand years old, the average oak does
not live more than seventy-five years.
Ihat Is to say, its growth extends
over that period. The same Is true
OF the ash. larch and elm. The spruce
and DR. reach maturity after about
eighty years. At the end of that time
their growth remains stationary for
some time and then their decay ~
gtas.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-12-01

Cliff Dweiiers = Race That May Even
Antedate Far Cathay.

older even than China. the oldest
existing nation, are the cliff dwellings
AZ southwestern United States. homes
az a race whose very name has per.
ished from the earth. Explorers. puz-
ding through the Mancos and Casa
Verde canyons of Arizona and New
Mexico, have found the houses OF this
arrange people in the widest and most
inaccessible of the mountain sides.
Did the cliff dwellers antedate the
pyramids of Egypt7 Were they OF
blood relation to the early inhabitaata
az the land where the Me IL goo.
Some students are prepared to an
awer both questions afirr atively and
20 give what Is to them abundant
srcof. The pottery from their long
wrecked homes suggests Egypt. and
the few inscriptions found have SIM
Nar suggestions. Mummies. bodies
wrapped in cloth, feathers from tho
breast of the turkey have been dug
from burial places among the cliffs,
and, in bone and hair much unlike the
indian of to-day, there is hint of re-
semblance to a more Oriental type. !
the clln jewellers left any decendants
however remote, they are doubtless
che Moki and Zuni Indians, who. re-
sembling them in habits and appear.
.ance, are their closest kinsmen.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-12-01
Minister SETS Wife Free.

The Rev. B. Harrison OF Charlton.
Kings, England, committed suicide.
leaving for his wife letter which be-
gan: "This will set you free from a
climate SO trying to you. and you may
now live in London or any other place
that may suit you"
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-12-01
many?

Help Must Do Scarce In Georgia.
A round dozen or more Georgia
poets have turned their harps to the
aong Of prosperity. and no wonder:
SO many Of them have obtained en-
Dloyment picking cotton at rs cents
Che hundred!-Atlanta Constitution
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-12-01

How has so dainty a drink
as tea gone over the world
50 far, and made friends 50
many?
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-12-01

Rats Multiply Rapidly.
In three years the progeny OF pair
Of rats, under favorable conditions,
will number 1000.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-12-01
Travelled on Rough Roads.

M. Paul Deutsh. a Hungarian, In
walking round the world. wore out
three pairs of soles and heels between
Boulogne and Paris.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-12-01
NEWS SUMMARY.

mayer, Arizona, L. r. AVerlll SnOI Anu
killed T. ]. Tilford.
BY the explosion of bomb in Bar
celona, Spain, six persons were in
jured, one Of them fatally.
Colonel William Campbell Preston
Breckenridge is dead at Lexington,
KY, from stroke Of paralysis.
1t Is stated that the supplementary
mobilization in the st. Petersburg dis
trict will occur on December 81.
Judge Alton B. Parker, recent Demo
cratic candidate for president, has
opened law office In New York City.
The entire business district of the
town of Dublin, Miss, with the ex-
ception of one building, has been de-
stroyed by fire.
The report Of an encounter between
Russians and Afghans at Kushk, re-
sulting in the blowing up OF the maya
zine there, Is unfounded.
A news agency report from Brussels
states that rumors are afloat at Ant
werp that the Red Star line steamer
Kroonland foundered in mid ocean.
Orders have been given to the Jap
anese troops to shoot any one In Chi
nese garb observed approaching the
| line, for fear they may be Russians II
disguise.
Twelve persons were suffocated In
fire in tenement house in Brooklyl
early Sunday morning. The bodies O
three ether persons are believed to b
in the building.
Members OF the New York zach
club have about concluded that tn
Americas cup is safe for another veal
and that no races will occur In 100
for that trophy.
A private letter received In st. Pei
| ersburg from an officer of the AurOr
expresses the opinion that the Who'll
mistake off Hull was due to the rocH
cts fired by the fishing fleet.
1t is reported in Mukden that 80 90
Japanese troops have been landed q
Newchwang and 10000 others at Pi
sawo, and that turning movement 0
the Russian right is expected.
Twelve negroes are dead at Cea
Lake, negro settlement in the sui
urbs of Decatur, Aala., from the effect
of poisoned ice cream which they at
it Is said, at a church festival.
News has been received that mir
scouts of the Thirty-eighth compan
and one American attached to the no
pital corps have been killed in an m
bush on the east coast of Samar.
Louis Buelna, who was convicted I
felonious assault upon young woma
about a month ago, while in boat
Monterey bay, has been sentenced
ninety years In the California prison
The New York World says: "E
Governor Frank s. Black has been te
dered the offer of the attorney gene
alship In President Roosevelt's cabin
for the term beginning March 4, 1906
The auxiliary schooner Uncas Is b
Iieved to have sunk off Spruce islam
OF the coast of Maine, with her Gre
consisting of the owner, Captain WI
lace, Walter Davis, and an unknov
man.
A special meeting of the welfa
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-12-01
"Caueht a Tartarl"

An Irishman, In a famous battle.
said he had caught Tartar. Bring
him here!" commanded his officer.
"He won't let me-" rejoined Pat, rs
Che Turk carried OF his captor.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-12-01

Write MURINE EYE REMEDY Co.. Chicago. II
your eyes are sore Unframed. and get ocusts
advice and free sample MURINE. ltcures all eyeis.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-12-01

Mrs. windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softons the gums reduces ~
tanmston, sllsys pain, cures wind colo ESQ 0otts
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-12-01
TEA

promotes light thinking and
light conversation. Tea time
is the time for light thought
and talk.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-12-01
Notice.
State Of North Carolina.
County Of Halifsx:

County Of Halifsx:
BY virtue OF power vested in me by
that decree OF the Superior Court in
that action therein pending ana emit.
tied as follows: N. E. Sears and J. d.
Sears W P. r. Sears, J. K. Sears and J.
u. Sears and wife, Lucy Sears, 1 shall
sell for cash. at public auction, in the
town OF Scotland Neck, county and
State aforesaid, on the 10th dav of
December, 1904, at II o'clock, M, the
Remainder in Fee of the following de.
scribed tract of land, lying, being, and
situate In the county Of Halifax and
State of North Carolina, and bounded
as follows, to-wit:
That tract of land bounded by the
lands ct the North Carolina Lumber
company, B. F. Tillery, Miss Bette
Draughan, Peter Powell, the Parker
land, Louis Allsbrook and the main
run OF Beach swamp, and containing
nve hundred and fifty acres, more or
less, being the same tract of land that
was devised for life to Delphia d. Scar.
by Wells Draughan in his last will and
testament. " '''N
This November Z. 1904.
ALBION DUNN,
w .l Commissioner.
W. A. & Albion Dunn,
Attorneys.
11-lO-4t,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-12-01
SAD TRAGEDY IN DURHAM.

Last Friday w. r. Murray shot and
killed his uncle, J. s. Murray, in Dur
ham. They were both engaged in the
piano business and W. r. hurry was
vol. known in Scotland Neck, having
sold pianos in this community.
The following account appeared In
the News and Observer:
Early this morning J. s. Murray
was preparing 10 ship piano, and he
accused salesman OF w. r. Murray OF
watching and prying into his business
for the purpose Of trying to thwart the
trade.
"W. Z. Murray hearing that his
salesman bad been thus accused, ac-
companied by his son, Earle Murray,
went to the store of his uncle, which is
about half a block from his own
place of business. At the door be was
met by j. S. Murray, and short and
bitter quarrel followed. Then J. S.
Murray drew a revolver and began
shooting at w. r. and Earle Murray,
the three bullets fred all taking effect
in Earle Murray, in thu hand, arm and
thigh. At this w. R. Murray, who Is
a powerful man, closed in on his as
sallant, and taking the revolver from
him, shot him, the bullet entering
Just to the right of the breast and
ranging upward to the left, severing
al artery.
"The woalded man fell and was tax
en- into his store, where he expired
within a few minutes, without having
spoken"
Sundays papers told of the hearing
and agreement between the counsel fol
the prosecution and the defense that it
was not murder in the first degree, AID
therefore bailabIe. w. r. Murray was
allowed to give bond in the sum o1
$4,000. His friends made his bond
100000.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-12-01
A HANDY REMEDY.
HANcoCK's LIQUID SULPHUR IS A
FRIEND IN THE HOUSEHOLD.

HANcocK's LIQUID SULPHUR IS A
FRIEND IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
Every home requires certain we'll
chosen remedies of scientific, modern
type, for use in emergency or on the
appearance of chronic disorders. Han
cocks Liquid Sulphur is such a prepa-
ration and is unequaled in Its sphere.
In value unapproached when added to
bathing waters, it gives them all the
tonic properties of finest sulphur
springs.
The power of Hancock's Liquid Sui
phur-nature's greatest germicide-is
absolute oyer acne, itch. herpes, burns
and scalds, ringworm, plmpIes, prickly
heat, diphtheria, catarrh, canker and
other soreness Of scalp, eyelids, nose
mouth or throat.
At leading pharmacists. Request
d .scriptive booklet Of Hancock Liquid
Sulphur Co., Baltimore. Md.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-12-01
High Grade Watches in Gold, Silver
and Gold Filled Cases with Anti-Mag-
netic Shields, specially adapted to
Railway Service always In stock. Sat
isfaction guaranteed.
Notice..

State of North Carolina, In the Supe-
County of Califax. rior Court.
The Crescent Hosiery Company
The Mobile Cotton Mills.
Let the defendant and others take
notice that the above entitled action
has been commenced In tho Superior
Court of Halifax county, North Caro-
lima, by the Crescent Hosiery Company
as plaintiff, against The Mobile Cotton
Mills Jas defendant, for the recovery OF
the sum of $4,000 90 due a. damages
for breach of contract In falling and
refusing to deliver hosiery yarn in &C.
cordance with a contract made and en-
tered into by the plal ntiff and defend.
ant on or about September rs, 1902,
whereby defendant agreed to sell and
deliver to plaintiff 5000 pounds OF
yarn, in which action a warrant Of at
tacbment has been issued against the
property and chooses In action Of the
defendant, within this State and c0un-
ty, returna BILE to the next term of the
Superior Court of Halifax county,
North Carolina, to be held in the town
of Halifax, n. c., on the twelfth Mon
day after the first Monday in Septem-
Der, 1904, it being the 28th of Noyen-
Der, when and where the defendant is
required to appear and answer or de-
muir to the complaint Of plaintiff +;
otherwise plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded.
Given under my hand this the Goth
day Of October, 1904
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-12-01
For sale.

Having decided to move to tho farm
I offer my home place for sale. One
of the most desirable places In town,
situated in the very highest locality,
no wafer on premises in ten minutes
alter the heaviest rain, fine garden,
splendid water, roomy lot, one fourth
Of 4 block, house very conveniently
arranged, large bed rooms, al necessary
out buildings, good stables, etc. Price
reasonable, terms easy. Anyone desir-
Ing nice home in town could make
no mistake in buying.
= 29-tf O. X. TAYLOR.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-12-01
Notice..

North Carolina In the Superior
Halifax County, Court,
January Term, 1905.
Mnllie Perry
vs..
Willie Perry.
The defendant will take notice
that an action entitled as above has
been commenced in this court against
him for the purposeof securing an abso-
Lutte divorce from him on account ~
the defendant having unlawfuliv and
wiliuily abandoned the plaintiff ana
lived separate and apart from her for
two years prior to the first day Of Jan.
nary, 1909 And the defendant !.
iortner notified to 30 and appear before
the JUDGE Of our Superior Court. # =
Court to be held for tho county Of Hal.
max At the courthouse in Halifax. on
inc NTH Monday before the first Mon.
day In March, 1905, and answer The
complaint which has been filed IN thu
once OF the Clerk of tho Sunarior
court OF said county, and let the de-.
PENDANT further take notice that II h.
'a'i 70 appear and answer thu com.
paint within the time allowed bv l.-
me plaintiff will apply to the court for
tho relief demanded In the .o,-C,1:I 'o1
s. N. GARY,
NJ Clerk Of the Superior Court
a y =; s0ss nu. A.i,y. Tor Plaintiff
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-12-01
THE GINNERS' REPORT.

Charlotte Observer.
A prominent cotton man gave the
following statement yesterday to The
Observer, by way of comment on the
ginners' report:
I'm view of the fact that this years
cotton crop is thirty days earlier in
point OF time, and good percentage
better in weather conditions than last
year, it is somewhat astonishing that 80
many people in forecasting the size of
the crop should so completely lose
sight OF the fact that this years gin
ners' report, up to November 18th,
which is just coming to hand, should
be compared with last years ginners
report of December 18th, Instead Of
comparing it with the ginners' report
for November ID, 1908. On December
Ii, 1908, the ginners' report showed
that about SO per cent. OF the crop had
been ginned, and thus left only 7 pei
cent. of the crop to be ginned from De
cenber 18th forward.
Should the ginners' report for No
vember 14th approximate 1O,OOO,OO
bales, it would compare with SO pei
cent. Of December 18th last year, OF
account Of the TACT, as above stated
that we are thirty days ahead of las
year, and should 100000 bales rep
sent SO per; cent. Of this years crop
lO,752, 900 would represent the entir
crop, or 100 per cent.
"a maximum bear estimate, which
is at hand to-day, represents the out
look as indicating IL, ATS, 900 bales, AM
this same authority missed the cro]
estimate last year LIZA 900 bales, AM
1t we deduct this latter amount iron
the former, the crop indicated by tn
bear authority would be 1874 ,OO
balea"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-12-01
NoJ1ce Of Sale.

RY virtue of power vested In me by
- that Deed OF Trust, executed to
me by Henry l.. Pitt, and recorded In
the office of the Register OF Deeds Tor
Halifax county In Book 157, at page
525, shall sell for cash. at public
auction, in the town of Scotland Neck,
at IL O'Clock, M, on the 10th day OF
December. 1904, the following describ-
ed tract OF land. lying, being and stu
ate in the county Of Halifax and State
of North Carolina, being the same land
that was conveyed to the said Henry
L. Pitt by Noah Biggs and vile, and
bounded as follows, to-wit:
Bounded by the land Of Edward
Shields, A. A. White, Miss Fannie
Whitehead, and the public road, and
containing one hundred acres, more
or less.
This November 5, 1904.
w. A. DUNN, Trustee.
w. A. & Albion Dunn,
Attorneys.
1l-1O-4t.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-12-01
The Commonwealth.
CAN'T THE DOCKET BE
CLEARED

The COMMONWEALTH has no quarrel
with anyone, aud especially nothing
harsh to say OF lawyers and courts !;
but there does seem to be cause Tor
comment on the long continued cases
on our court dockets.
Courts are a necessity and every
good citizen should be willing to bear
his share of the work to make them
effective in Furnishing criminals and
preventing crime. But one who at
tends court much will observe some
things which seem to be impositions
on Jurors, suitors and Witnesses. We
refer especially to the habit-we call
it habit for want of a better word now
which lawyers fall into OF continu-
ing cases from court to court until
they sometimes remain on the docket
for years. And we are not quite sure
that every Judge fully does his duty in
permitting cases to run on the DOCK
ct for 40 many courts.
When jurors are summoned to court
to sit on causes; when witnesses are
summoned to testify In the causes and
when the Judge sits in court to hear
the causes, they ought to be tried, un-
less there are good and strong reasons
for continuance.
Whether it is true or not, in asking
Tor so many contlnuances, lawyers
frequently leave the impression on the
public mind that they are playing
for time.
The public think that the lawyer
who asks and asks and asks for con-
tinuance is bit uncertain about his
case. and so thinks that a continuance
will put off the evil hour a little lon
gen
Il case was called on the docket in
Halifax court last Monday and there
was named in the case an attorney
who has been dead several years Per.
haps there was some excusable irregu-
larity about that particular case, and
perhap. there is something excusable
In every continuance but the general
public oftentimes do not think so.
1t costs money to hold courts. II
tasks good men of their time and
money to go to the court house tc
serve as jurors, to be ready as witness
es and suitors; and when lawyers and
Judges continue cases they should
have good reasons for doing so.
And aside from what we have al
ready said, we have no doubt thai
many times justice is thwarted by thu
continuance OF cases, however innocent
the lawyers and the courts may be il
bringing about such results.
A lawyer said this week. that a lou
weeks term of court would not clea
tho docket In Halifax. Well, why no
have a special term of court to clea
the docket? Can't the dockets b
cleared at all?
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-12-01
FIRE IN TARBORO.

About one minute to four O'Clock
Sunday morning: the fire alarm rang
out, startling people from their slum-
bers, but giving the wrong ward. The
scene of the fire was located only after
going out, inquiring or looking around
for one's-self.
No one was long In doubt as to the
location of the fire, for the reddenlng
glare could be seen abovs the house
tops from the remote east side nor was
1t long before 1t was known that the
towns electric light generating station
was burning. The fire company soon
had two streams OF water flying into
the building, but so saturated was the
woodwork of the structure with oil that
the water made no Impression except
over the boiler. There the burning
root was extinguished. The building,
one story brick, was Quilted.
How the fire originated no one
knows, and theories vary. Those who
were first to arrive on the scene say
that the fire seemed to be chiefly in the
front room where we're the engine and
dynamo and not so much in the rear
room which contained the boiler. If
it started in the front room what could
have caused it,. There was no city
waste to bring about spon aneous COM
bustlon.
Moonlight nights the plant is operated
only until midnight. At five minutes
past twelve Saturday night tbs lights
we're shut off and the fireman and en-.
glneer left for their rooms thirty feet
away, everything appearing all right
The engine and boiler Saturday night
we're taxed to their utmost, and some
believe that the fire muet have original
ed around the smoke stack which rum
up from the boiler room but person.
with different theory ask why was i
that the fire had made so much NOR,
Roadway in the front room? The the
DRY based upon accident seems to b.
complete.
The loss is estimated all the wa,
from $4,000 to $1,000. The boiler i
not supposed to be damaged seriously
the engine and dynamo were subjecte,
to intense heat for while, not more thai
three-quarters of an hour. The walls Il
the building are cracked In severa
places and these, it is more than proba
BILE, will have to be rebuilt. Superin
tendent Meridith thinks one hundre'
dollars will repair the engine and tina
, eight hundred dollars will be required
for the dynamo.-Tarbor0 Southerne,
} PLEASE YOUR FAMILY and pre
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-12-01
W.T.PaTker, We|don,N.C.
Sale of Valuable Tim
Der.

by virtue OF decree of the Superior
l Court of Halifax county rendered
in the special proceeding therein on
titled J. Fl. and D. q. Fenner, exec
utors of w. E. Fenner. deceased,
vs. M. H. Clark and others, We will
sell at public auction for each, at the
Courthouse in Halifax, on Monday,
the 9Th day of December, 1904, all
the pine, oak, hickory, poplar, ash and
other kinds Of timber standing and
growing on the two tracts Of land own
ed by w. E. Fenner, deceased, at the
time of his death, one being known as
the "John III. Fenner Tract" situated
near the town of Halifax, bounded by
Roanoke river, Quankie creek, the
lands OF H. B. Furguson, ]. E. Flem-
ing, John T. Gregory, and others, and
containing about 1850 acres, moro or
less. The other being known rs the
"Clanton Tract" bounded by Roanoke
river, the lands of H. L. and NJ. w.
Tillery, Mrs. Mary s. Moore and others,
and containing about l $50 acres, moro
or less.
ALI of said timber will DO sold which
will measure ten inches or more at the
stump, at the time Of cutting, and the
purchaser given twenty-five years In
which to cut and remove the same,
with the right to build and maintain
such railroads. bogy tracks and cart
roads AZ the purchaser may deem
necessary for removing the timber, and
to use such trees and timber from the
land a. may be needed to build said
roads. The right will be reserved to
the owners of the land to use such tim
Der and trees as may be needed for
plantation purposes, and for their own
| fire wood. but no trees to be cut for
fire wood that are suitable tor saw mill
purposes. The trees contained In the
groves around the dwelling on each
tract will b excepted from the sale also.
Any person desiring to inspect said
timber will Be shown over the same bv
the undersigned, OF by NJ. HI. Clarf.
At any time before tho sale.
{ e ]. 81. FEnNER.
{ D. G.. FRnnrp.