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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-11-10
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Notice.
State Of North Carolina-County Of
Halifax.
In the Superior Court-Decembe
Term, 1904.
Willie Ward
YS,
Notice.
Nettie Ward.

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To the defendant, Nettie Ward
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1903.
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which has been filed in the Office Of
the Clerk OF the Superior Court of said
county, and let the defendant take no
tice that If she fail to appear and ans
wer the complaint within the time
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to the court for the relief demanded in
the complaint. &. NJ. GARY,
Clerk of the Court.
w. A. & Albion Dunn,
IL 5t Attorneys tor Plaintiff.
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Notice.
North Carolina, In the Superior
Halifax Co. Court.
r. L. SMITH
agalnet
oAVTIE II CAYTu
Notice..

0iA AAXG E5NN1
The defendant above named will
take notice that an action entitled al
above has been commenced in the SUI
perior Court OF Halifax county to So
cure absolute divorce from the bonds
Of matrimony now binding him to the
defendant. and the said defendant will
further take notice that she Is required
to appear at the next term of the Su.
perior Court Of said county to be held
on the twelfth Monday after the frat
Monday in September, 1904. at the
court house Of said county in Hottie
n. G., and answer or demur to ~
complaint In said action, or the n,sir
til will apply to the court tor *" :.
LEI dsmsnded IN said complaint
This lst day Of Nov, 1904
8. n. GARY.
aArps GAx1s At1y. - >g g1s J.
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North Carolina
Halifax County

North Carolina
Halifax County
Joseph Scott, Thomas Scott,
Adelia Solomon, James Scott,
Rebecca Hodges, Moses Deyreaux
vs..
James n. Jones, Heirs Of P. B. Key.
The defendant aboye named will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the SUI
perior Court OF Halifax county before
the Clerk for the partition OF lands
situate In Halifax county. township.
and that the said defendant will furth-
Or take notice that be IL required 70
appear before the Clerk Of tho Supe-
rior court Of aid county on the 18th
day Of December, 1904.
This November Z, 1904.
8. =. GARY,
us1e6t sllsk n a.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-11-10
Women Of wealth smueelers.

V143o0 u ~ 0SS4S41 z4A0A&|o1Us
Customs officers In New York de-
clare that an epidemic Of smuggling
set In there some weeks ago, and 10
now believed to be 1t its height. Il
Is an especially aggravated outbreak,
because it is thought that not q few
women Of wealth are among the Of
tenders, bringing in cut diamonds con-
cealed In their coifIures and In hooks
Of their clothing which only the most
experienced women inspectors can dis
Chicago Chronicle.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-12-15
Flowers by the Thousand.

The r'ost inspiring horticultural idea
OF the lrst quarter of century is the
naturalizing of flowers by the thou
sand in situations where they need
absolutely no care after planting, says
Country Life in America. 1t is the
easiest ind of gardening. for there
is no wedding, watering, hoeing, stalk.
ing or tving. 1t is the most artistic
form OF gardening, because the flow
ers fit perfectly into the landscape.
IL is III most effective kind of gar
dening. because nothing can surpass
in beauty a continuous sheet of flow
ers all of the same variety. (No mat
ter how numerous they may be, these
wildlings never seem gaudy or vul-
garl And, finally, it is the least ex-
pensive way of getting hosts of flow.
ers- flowers like the stars of the
Milky WY in multitude. A thousand
narcissus bulbs! The thought takes
ones breath away; yet thousand
bulbs of the poets narcissus cost only
s5-a mere nothing compared with the
vision OF loveliness which it makes
possible
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-12-15
Eads Of Wealthy Women.

Some of the smart New York wo-
men have a fad for cooking and have
favorite receipts. Mrs. Peter Martin
formerly Miss Lillian Oelrichs. is a
devotee of the chatting dish. and in
vites her friends TO the little suppers
where she presides over the chatling
dish with great skill. She has re-
ceipt for cooking reed birds and potato
balls that cannot be excelled. Mrs.
John Jacob Astor loves salads and des-
serts and has discovered many new
combinations, the secrets of which she
will not disclose. Her pride is mac
aroon basket. for which the ingred-
tents are prunes, macaroons, whipped
cream and sherry. Mrs. Payne Whit
ney, formerly Miss Helen Hay, adds
TO her literary ability a fruit salad
that is pronounced delicious. This
she makes of Malaga grapes. bananas
orange juice and shredded endive and
serves II in banana skins, with mix
ture of French dressing and mayon-
naise. Mrs. George b. DeForest loves
baked things. vegetables or fruits. One
OF her luncheon dishes Is original and
delicious. This is nothing more nor
less than large Bartlett pears stuffed
and baked until brown.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-12-15
SAW VISION OF HIS DEATH.
War Artist Believes He Has Had Pre-.
rnonitien n of His Fate

Friends of distinguished war art
list now in Ma churia are said to be
taking an almcs uncanny interest in
his return from the scene of war. 1t
rises out of p trange story told by
the artist him Il. Years before the
artist began his long record of cam
paigns he was out walking along a
quiet square in his native city when,
looking down, ! suddenly saw pool
of blood on the pavement.
Instantly, the story goes, from the
shock of the si2ht, he went off into a
sort of trance He was on bleak
plain, running Tor his life from three
pursuing horscmen. He saw their
faces, knew tnCt his efforts to escape
were hopeless END then a swift blade
descended and cut off his head. AZ
ter thai he care to himself and re-
sumed his wall, but he has always
had conviction that this vision fore
BODIED the manner Of his death.
Once during q campaign in the Su-
dan, when the British square was
broken, he was PURSUED. II was with
relief that he recognized that the
mounted pursuers were not his men,
the men of the vision. He wonders
still when he will meet them.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-12-15
TWO cRAces HELD SUFFICIENT.
Third Was Sawed OF by Order Of
Pre- iudleed STAGE MANAGER.

That's cheerful trio said
Charles Walter brown. author of revo.
luticnary hero biographies. TO his
brother-inlaw, William Evarts. actor.
Yes, three graces. so to speak"
returned Evarts.
They were on a Van Buren street
car and passing some Kind of medi-
cal shop where three skeletons In the
window seemed to be quite happy to-
gether The grim relics accorded
with Sidney Smiths friends idea,
who wished in hot weather that he
could take OF his flesh and let the
cool breezes whistle through his
bones.
Reminds me-" continued Evarts
"of manager ] once knew who ha6
some dealings with the three graces
A star was going to act in my friends
theater. against whom he was per
haps prejudiced In the play was a
scene in which the three graces were
to appear as a set piece under an
arch. The set piece was too wide
for the arch, and the stage carpenter
went to the manager for advice. The
carpenter told the manager all about
the situation and said that the star
was insistent about the three graces
Never mind him. said the manag
er. You saw off one of them graces
and set two under the arch. Two
graces is enough for him, anyhow =
Chicago Record Herald.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-12-15
Various Kinds of M.morv

Conside ring the kinds of memory
Nj. Mensrd states that some persons
best remember impressions received
through the eyes; others, those com.
ing through the ears; and still other
persons best keep in mind what they
have written out. We are all more
or less endowed with auditive and Wis
ual memory, while the former is spe-
cially developed in musicians and the
latter in painters. The three classes
visual, auditive and motor-are
Illustrated in the methods of study
by children, some of whom learn their
lessons by reading a number of times.
others only by hearing them recited.
and still others must repeat the les
son to themselves. Pupils who must
recite TO themselves in a high voice
have auditive-motor memory, while
those who must copy the lesson a
number of times have visualmotor
memory The student adopts instinct.
lively the methods his memory re-
quires.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-12-15
CHAPTER xxlll-contInued.


The guard discreetly held his
tongue-but he likewise held his po-
sition. Elfgiva's bosom was begin
ming TO heava in hysterical menace
when second soldier. louRging
against the wall behind the first, ven
tured a soothing word.
For your own safety, noble one,
ask IL not. The King Is listening to
quarrel between an Englishman and
Dane; and by reason OF II, there
are many in the room whose tempers
may"
Randalin, who alone of all the maid
ems had remained undauntedly at her
mistress elbow. caught that elbow in
vice-like grip. Take the gallery,
then. LADY," she urged in a piercing
whisper. "The gallery-as quick as
you can"
After moments bridling, Elfglva
whirled back with an angry flounce
of her draperies. "The gallery, then,
dog! | shall reach my lords ear from
that. which will be an unlucky thing
for you"
Whatever its shortcomings as a
showcase. the balcony was excellent
ly adapted both for spectators and for
oavesdroppers. its distance from the
floor being little more than twice a
mans height, while the fire which
doled its light so stingily, lavished a
glory Of brightness on the spot where
tho Kings massive chair stood beside
the chimney piece.
Encircled by martial throng, SO
massed and indistinct that they made
a background like embroidered tap
estry. three figures were the center
of attention-the figure OF the young
King in his raised chair, and the
forms of the Dane and the Angle who
ironted each other before his foot
stool.
Shielded from the heat by his palm,
Canute's face was in the shadow,
and the giant shape of the son OF Lod.
brok was a blot against the flames,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-12-15

10 expect this treatment% This II
the third time you have ruled against
your own men" "You are our chief,
whose kingship we have held up
with our lives" what are these Eng
lish to your" Snarling more and more
! openly they surged forward. closing
around the dais in a fiery mass.
Canute's sword was no more bril-.
lianrly hard than his face. and his
eyes were glittering points. The ring
OF steel was in his voice as he an
swered:
You speak as you have a right
but you speak as men who have
swines' memories. Was II your sup
port or your courage that won me the
English crown? 1t may be that IL
had waited until pyre and fire you
would have done so, but 1t happened
that before that time the English
Witan gave Il TO me as gift, ia re-
turn for my pledge to rule them just
ly. My meaning In this Judgment,
and the others that you dislike, is
that | am going to keep that pledge.
| tell you now, openly and without
deceit, that henceforth there is to be
but one rule for Angle and Dane
alike; and | shall be as much Their
king as yours; and they shall share
equally in my Justice You may like
it or not, but that is what will take
place."
How they liked 1t was suggested by
a bursting roar and the scuffiing Of
many feet as the English leaped for
ward to protect their new king and
the Danes whirled to meet them, but
the women in the gallery did not wait
to see the outcome. In a frenzy OF
terror, Elfgiva dragged up the kneel-
ing maids and herded them through
the door.
"Go-before they get into the ante
roomn she gasi ed. do you not see
that he is no longer human? We
should be pleading with iron. Col!
Before they tear down the walls."
ITO be continued
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-12-15
Lind Resembles Lincoln.

Representative John Lind of Mime
sofa, who has twice been governor OF
that state and has been nominated
for justice of the Supreme Court. is
said TO bear a marked resemblance
to Lincoln. In fact. he seems a per-
feet double OF the martyred Presi.
dent; even the expression OF his face
IS similar, as well as it's contour. He
is extremely tall and gaunt and has
a shambling gait.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-12-15

IL Is your luck that Canute the man
is dead. and you stand before Canute
the King. Hear then my answer: BY
all the laws of war, the land belongs
to lvar's son; and had he regained IL
while war ruled, | had not taken IL
from him. though the Witan itself
commanded me. Bat instead of re-
gaining II. he lost it." He stretched
forbidding hand toward Rothgar,
feeling without seeing his angry inn
pulse. by what means matters not
battles have turned on smaller
thing, and the loyalty of those we
have protected is lawful weapon to
defend ourselves with. The kinsman
of lvar a second time lost his inheri-
tance, and the opportunity passed.
forever What concerns wartime is
thing by itself; as ruler over laws
and land-rights. | cannot give one
mans lands TO another. though the
one be man | care little for, and the
other is my foster-brother. Go back
therefore, unhindered. Lord of lvars-
dale, and live in peace henceforth. Or
var, want you To restore to him his
weapon and see him on his way in
safety. Your life shall answer for
any harm done to him."
With one hand, he struck down the
murmur that was rising; with the
other he made an urgent gesture of
haste, which orvar seemed TO under.
stand. Even while he was returning
TO the Lord of lvarsdale his sword
he seized him by the arm and hurried
him down the room. the Etheling
walking Ike a man In a dream.
From the dusk of the rafters. the
girl who loved him stretched out her
hands to him in tender farewell, but
there was no more of anguish in the
gesture. Gazing after him, the tears
rose slowly to her eyes and rolled
slowly down her cheeks. but on her
mouth was a little smile whose won.
dering JOY mounted To exaltation.
The murmur below was growing,
despite the kings restraining hand,
and now, crashing through It in hide
GUS discord, came ourst of jeering
laughter from the Jotun. What worCs
he also spoke they could not catch
but they heard the Danish cries sink
and die, aghast, and they saw a score
OF English thames spring upon him
and drag him backward. Above the
noise OF their scuffiing. the kings
voice sounded stern and cold.
While act as law-man in my
Judgment hall. | viii hear no disput.
ing OF my judgments. Whose comes
TO me In my private chamber. as
friend &c friend. may tell his mind:
but now speak as king. and what
have spoken shall stand"
Struggling with those who would
have forced him from the room. Roth.
gar had no breath TO retort with. but
the words did not go uusaid because
OF that. Wherever scarlet cloaks made
bright patch. the human arras sway
ed and shook violently. and then fell
apart into groups OF angry men whose
voices rose In resentful chorus:
Such Judgment by a Danish king
Is unexampled!" King. are we al
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-12-15
A Romance Of the Danish Con

curl TO his lips that could hardly be
called a smile; but Canute gave him
command 10 finish, and he obeyed
with rising color. IF your messen-
gers had not come upon me as | was
riding on the Waiting street and
brought me here, a prisoner, ] would
have argued the matter with arrows,
and you would needs have battered
down the defense of stone walls to
convince me-"
Mutters of mingled admiration and
censure buzzed around Through it
all Canute sat motionless, studying
the Etheling with his bright colorless
eyes.
At last he said Unexpectedly, "If
you would not obey my summons
until my men had dealt with you by
force, it cannot be said that you have
much respect for my authority. Do
you not then acknowledge me as
king of the English?"
Rothgar betrayed impatience at this
branching aside. Sebert himself
showed surprise.
He said hesltatingly, Il cannot
deny that. You have the same right
that Cerdic had over the Britons. Nay,
you have more. for you are the for
NAL choice of the Witan. I cannot
rightly deny that you are king of the
Angles"
III you acknowledge me to be that"
Canute said, II do not see why you
have not an argument for your de-
fense."
While all stared at him he rose
slowly and stood before them, a daz-
zling figure as the light caught the
steel of his ring-mail and turned his
polished helm to a fiery dome.
"Sebert Oswadsson," he said slow
ly, 81 did not feel much love toward
you the first time | saw you and II Is
hard for me not to hate you now,
when | see what you are going to lie
the cause Of IL your case had come be-
fore Canute the man, ou would have
received the answer you expect. But
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-12-15
Danger in loo Much Speed.

Chauncey Depew credits one of his
latest stories to an employe of the
Vanderbilt lines who once attended an
old-fashioned camp meeting. The
brethren and sisters were giving their
experiences, each in the language of
his own craft. First sailor get up
and told how he wat s.Jing TO heaven
at the rate of twenty knots an hour,
before a fair wind. He was followed
by a railroad man, who told how he
was on the way to heaven on q per-
fectly ballasted track, behind the new
est type of engine, and was making
sixty miles an hour. including stops.
Finally, a decrepit old woman got up.
Brothers and sisters" she said, II
have been walking there for the last
twenty years, and my rheumatism is
so bad that | can't walk very fast.
But. brothers and sisters. let some of
these fast goers look out or I'll get
there first. They may bust their
b'ilers if they crowd on too much
steam. New York Times.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-12-15
The Dyjno Skeeter.

She was just a widowed skeeter.
But she'd done the best she coui1.
And her 10000 900 children
Sadly round her deathbed stood;
And they sobbed to see her passing.
Deeply, dutifully, too
As In unison they murmured,
Bz-z-z-E, buZz-z-it! buz-z-zit! bug o. o.
"Children," said the feeble mother.
You are all | have to-day;
You are only 10000, 900.
And the world Is cold and gray.
Can you find the luscious fever
Or malaria to chew
When my skeetlings have no mother
Oh buz-z-it! buz-z--it! buz-o-o-o-o!
See. my 10000. 900 offspring.
How increasingly I've tried
To concur with Mr.. Roosevelts
Views on racial suicide;
Yet with kerosene they hunt me,
As they'll hunt my children. too
Farewell l-thankless- -world-forever-
l am dying-buz-z-z-z, buz-z-oo!'
And the so 900 900 skeeters
Hand in hand together flew
Through the lonely Jersey marshes,
Swearing battle to renew.
BY the precept of our mother.
Brothers. let us die and do.
Leaving twelve quintillion gtandsons-
Bz-z-z-Z, buz-z-it! buz-z-iti buz-o-o-o OF!
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-12-15

but the glare lay strong on Sebert OF
lvarsdale, revealing picture that
caused one spectator to catch her
breath in sob. Equally aloof from
English thane and Danish noble, the
Etheling In the palace of his native
king stood a stranger and alone.
while his swordless sheath showed
him to be also a prisoner He bore
himself proudly, one OF his blood
could scarcely have done otherwise,
but his fine face was white with mis-
cry, and despair darkened his eyes
as they stared unseeingly before him
Answering a question from the
King. Rothgar began to speak, his
heavy voice seeming TO I'LL all the
space from floor to ceiling: by all
the laws of war, King Canute, the
Odal of Ivarsdale should come to me.
The first son of Lodbrok took the land
before ever this Angles kin had seen
IL. He built the tower that stands on
il, aud the name It bears to this day
is the name of his giving, Under
Guthrum, a weakened son of his son
OF his lost il to the English Alfred.
and we fell out OF our fortunes with
the tipping of the scales, and Angles
have sat since then in the seat of LODI
broks sons. But now the scales have
risen again. Under Canute. Ivars-
dale. with all other English property,
comes back to Danish hands. BY all
the laws of war. my Sinsman's inheri-
tance should be my share OF TIE
spoil"
Ending roundly, he drew himself up
in an attitude of bold assurance.
Wherever a group of scarlet cloaks
made a bright patch upon the human
arras, there was a futter of approval.
In the shadow of his hand, Canute
nodded slowly. by all the laws of
war" he affirmed. your kinsman's in
heritarce should be your share OF the
spoil"
Again an approving murmur rose
was opening his lips to voice a crate
ful answer. when a gesture of the
royal hand checked him.
"Reeollect, however. that Just now
| am not only war-chief, but also a
law'man. think II right. therefore.
10 hear what the Englishman has to
say for his side. Sebet oswaldsson.
speak in your defense"
Il have nothing TO say. Your jus.
tice may most rightly be meted out" ("
Nothing to say?" The Kings
measured voice sounGed sharply
through the hush. For the nrst time.
he lowered his hand and bent for
ward where the hre-glow could touch
him.
As she caught sight of his face Elf
giya shrank and clutched at her wom-
en-. "Ah, Saints, | am thankful now
that II is dark" she murmured
Sebert sustained the look with
proud steadiness. Nothing that
would be OF use 10 me-" he said: "and
I do not choose to pleasure you by
setting up weak plea for you TO
knock down again. II your messen.
gers had not taken me by sur
orise----" lie paused. with an odd
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-12-15
Japanese in Battle.

saw two soldiers who were pretty
badly shot; one of them had at least
three bullet wounds. The only thought
of these men seemed to be to conceal
their wounds. They hurried into the
thick OF the fray, and upon them was
that thievish air which you sometimes
catch in bad boy or a man who is
hounded-the air which seemed so III
at ease on the face of a Nippon SOL
der, and so striking, too, because so
rare. There were frightened, these
fellows who laughed in the face OF
death, lest they might be caught by
the hospital corps.--Leslie's Monthly.