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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-09-01
Country vs.. City Life.

Birmingham News.
The American country boys continue
to flock to the cities, leaving the farm
life with its promise of peace and indie
pendence to plunge into the urban
vortex where so many 60 down to fall
ure and despair. 1t is a pity.
This country is in need OF intelli'
gent farmers, and no ayocation returns
so much reward for thrift and judg-
ment as comes from til'ing the soil,
Men who have made millions In the
stuffy atmosphere of the city expt nd
goodly portion OF their wealth to
spend few months each year in the
country upon their own estate, but
often their period of enjoyment is sad
ly curtailed by physical inirmltiee
brought on by nervous strain and by
the health destroying environment OF
city lite.
It would be blessing If there were
q renaissance of a few old-fashioned
ideas, chief among them being the be-
lief that man who is independent
and healthy has all the riches he needs.
OF what worth is Rockefeller's millions
to him of the dyspeptlc stomach, the
distraught nerves, and the eyes that
never know a calm and health-giving
sleep? Or what recompense is Russell
Sage's millions for the beauties of life
and nature he has missed while inn
INJURED in his counting room? The
blue sky, the far-reachtng vista, the
atmosphere redolent with fragrance of
the woodland and meadow, the CRYSTAL
water OF the spring beneath the cliff,
the sweet s1umber which comes when
the days toll Is oyer, the alarm OF
twittering birds that awaken one to
the freshness of the morning, the sense
OF independence enjoyed by him who
Is monarch of the soil he tills-all
these are treasures which the Golfers of
the city magnate do not hold. The
boy who leaves the farm is all oblivi-
Gus OF the blessings he leaves behind
and is likewise ignorant of the ills the
troubles, the conflicts, and at the last
tho poor rewards, If any, that await
him in the crowded streets OF the
great city.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-09-01
A CONTINUAL STRAIN.

Many men and women are constant
~ subjected to what they commoni,
term "a continual strain" because o.
some financial or family trouble. I,
wears and d,stresses them both men.
tally and physically, affecting their
nerves badly and bringing on liver and
kidney ailments, with the attendant
evils OF constipation, loss of appetite
sleeplesenees, low vitality and despon-
dency: They cannot. as a rule, get rid
OF this continual strain," but they
can remedy its misunderstanding effects
by taking frequent doses of Green's
August Flower. It tones up the liver,
stimulates the kidneys, insures healthy
bodily functions, gives YIN and spirit
to ones whole being, and eventually
dispels the physical or mental distress
caused by that ''continuaI strain :"
Trial bottle of August Flower. 25c. j..
regular size, Toe. At all druggists. e.
7. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-09-01
EMERGENCY MEDICINES.

1t is q great convenience to have a,
hand reliable remedies for use In cases
OF accident and for slight injuries and
ailments. A good liniment and one
that Is fast becoming favorite, if not
. household necessity, Is Chamber.
lain's Pain Balm. By applying it
promptly to a cut, bruise or burn it
allays the pain and causes the injury
to heal in about one-third of the time
usually required, and as it is an anti
septic 1t prevents any danger of blood
poisoning. When Pain Balm ia kent
at hand sprain may be treated before
inflammation Gets in, which insures >
quick recovery. For sale by E. T.
Whitehead & Go, Scotland Neck. and
Leggett's Drug Store, Hobeood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-09-01
SOUR STOMACH.

When the quantity of food taken Is
for the quality too rich, sour stomach il
likely to follow, and especially 20 II
the digestion has been weakened BY
constipation. Eat slowly and not too
freely of easily digested TODD. Masti-
cate the food thoroughly. Let five
hours elapse between meals, and when
you feel iullness and weight in the
region OF the stomach after eating, take
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tab
lets and the sour stomach will be avoid
ed. For sale by ET.Whitehead & Co..
Scotland Neck, and Leggett's Drug
Store, Hobgood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-09-01
IN PRAISE OF CHAM BERLAIN's
collie, CHOLERA AND DIAR-
RJOEA prMEnv

"Allow me to give you a few words
In praise OF Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Dlarrhoea Remedy" says Mr.,
John Hamlet, of Eagle Pass, Texas.
II suffered one week with bowel troub-
le and took all kinds of medicines
without getting any relief, when my
friend, Mr.. G. johnson, a merchant
here, advised me to take this remedy.
After taking one dose I felt greatly re-
lieyed and whom had taken the third
dose was entirely cured. I thank you
from the bottom of my heart for put
ting this great remedy In the hands of
mankind" For sale by E. T. White
head & Co., Scotland Neck, and Leg
gett's Drug Store, Hobgood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-09-01

"Oh, that my son should wish to
marry an actress !" shrieked the proud.
patrician mother. "Now, ma, don't
take on co." beseeched the undutiful
heir, "sbe amt really an actress-sbe
only thinks she is."-Pittsburq Post.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-09-01
A BOYS WILD RIDE FOR LIFE

With family around expecting him
to die, and son riding for lite, Is
miles, to get Dr. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
W. III. Brown, of Leesville, Ind, endur.
ed deaths agohles from asthma; but
this wonderful medicine gave instant
relief and soon cured him. He wr,tes :
II now s'eep eoundly every night"
Like marvellous cures Of Consum ption.
Pneumonia Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds
and Grip prove Its matchless merit for
all Throat and Lung troubles. Guaran-
teed bottles Soc and $1.OO. Trial bot
ties Tree at E. T. Whitehead & Co.'s
drug store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-09-01

ut says here in the paper that one
third of what man eats enables him
to live." II suppose the other two
thirds enable the doctors to live,"-
Life.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-09-01

Harris-Was that your sister saw
with you yesterday afternoon Barlow
She wasn't when you saw US. It was
later in the evening when she became
my sister.-Boston TRANSCRIPT.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-09-01

When troubled with constipation try
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets. They are easy to take and
produce no gripping or other unpleasant
effect. For sale by e. T. Whitehead &
Co., Scotland Neck and Leggettis Drug
Store, Hobgood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-09-01

Mrs. Gadabout-Mre. Palmer SAYS
she would not keep a girl who was bet
looking than herself. Mrs. Talkabont
Well, that explains why she is al
without one.-Judge.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-09-01
HAS SOLD A PILE OF CHAM.
BERLAIN'S COUGH REMEDY.

have sold Chamberlain;s Cough
Remedy for more than twenty years
and it has given entire satisfaction
1 have sold pile OF it and can recon-
mend 1t highly.-JosEPH MCKINNEY,
Linton Iowa. You will find this rem
edy a good friend when troubled with 4
cough or cold. It always affords quick
relief and is pleasant to take. For sale
by E. I. Whitehead & Co., Scotland
Meek. and Leggettis Drug Store, Hob
good.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-09-01

II never heard OF such a queer
name. Why do you call your dog In
dependence Day" because it's our
fourth" -Cleveiand Plain Dealer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-23
DAVIS AND POWERS ON THE STAND.
Managers of the IroquOis Take No Blame on
Themselves for the Fire.

Chicago, Jan. 22.-Wili J. Davis and Harry
.. Powers, managers Of the Iroquois Theatre
made their appearance before the coroner's jury
to-day. Neither OF them disposed TO accept
any responsibility in connection with the de-
sective construction, faults Of management or
seglect 20 provide proper fire protection. Powers
placed the responsibility for the management
of the theatre on Davis. who was the active
snanager. while Powers was only passively con-
cerned in the conduct OF affairs. The blame for
the fire. and the consequent loss Of life. he put
pn employees who. he said. did not perform their
rull duty.
When it came TO Davis's turn TO testify he re-
fused TO place the blame on any particular per-
son. but said that he had had confidence that
The employees of the theatre would attend TO
their business properly, and he also believed
7hat the Fuller Construction Company would
put UP the building in compliance with the city
ordinances Personally. he knew nothing what
ever Of what the laws demanded in the con-
etruction Of a theatre, though he had been man
aging playhouses in Chicago for twenty years
11e had a general knowledge of what neces-
sary, but he had never read the city laws COW
ering the construction and operation of the
BfreS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-23
GIRL Brutality KILLED.
Rezcnrd of $1,000 for Murderer of
Teacher.

Bedford Ind, Jan. 22--The body Of Miss Sarah
Schaefer, teacher of Latin in the Bedford High
School, was found in carriage house to-day. She
had been assaulted and robbed, and the body
badly mutilated. The appearance of the shed indi-
Gated a terrific struggle. There is great excite
ment and reward of $1,000 has been offered for
the arrest of the murderer. Miss Schaefer left
the house Of Mrs. Martha Johnson. two and one
half squares from her room, after eating her meal
for her rooms. there to give class a course in
Latin. This the last of her alive She
the daughter of John C. Schaefer, real estate
dealer. at Elkhart. Ind, and came here from Elk
hart a year ago. She active member of the
Methodist Church and the Epworth League. She
was twenty-five years old, and much admired
Elkhart, Ind, Jan, 22.-According to a relative of
Miss Sarah Schaefer, the murdered girl had re-
Gently written to her parents here concerning dis
tasteful attentions that were being paid to her by
young man. whose name she withheld. A letter
received from her on the day before her death
mentioned especially her happiness, and her salts
faction with her surroundings. Her mother Is
critically Ill result OF the tragedy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-23
BY TEACHERS.
Grout's Investigators Furnish Him
zcith List of authors.

Controller Grout yesterday was preparing a re-
port IN favor OF the bill introduced at Albany by
Assemblyman William II. Hornidge 10 compel W.
II. Maxwell City Superintendent OF Schools. and
other employees of the Board of Education who
authors OF textbooks used IN the schools pay
into the city treasury any royalties they might
receive from the sale OF their books TO the city.
Mr.. Grout sid:
We have found seven books OF Mr.. Maxwells on
the approved list, all of which have for
son or other become popular with the teachers In
the department. The bill introduced by Mr. Hor-
nidge will be a crushing blow TO all those prin-
cipals. supervisors. inspectors and teachers who
have heretofore been proting by the sale of their
textbooks to the schools OF this city. II there
il overwhelming merit In any work by our teachers
and superintendents hereafter other cities will
find ii and will adopt their books in their
schools-a procedure that IS not done outside OF
New-York TO any alarming extent. 1t costs
this city thousands Of dollars every year for
unnecessary changes In new books
The Controllers investigators have found that
many of the books used in the schools OF the city
pay royalties teachers superintendent in tho
city's schools. They furnished yesterday the fol-
lowing list OF the authors:
w. II MAXWELL city superintendent Of schools.
GEORGE J. SMITH. OF the board OF examiners.
BERNARD KUTTNER. teacher OF German.
JOHN H. WALSH associate superintendent Of schools
FRANK DAMROSCH director OF music.
CLARENCE C. MELENEY. associate superintendent OF
schools
JOHN GRIFFIN. district superintendent OF schools
ALBERT s. CASWEL.L. director o music Brooklyn
WALTER GuNNISON principal OF Erasmus High
Miss e E. JOHNSTON. principal Public School No.
LEROY i. LEWIS. principal of Public School No II.
Brooklyn.
EUGENE e. WARD. supervisor, Brooklyn.
IDA coz. teacher Public School No. 46. Brooklyn.
SETH /. STEWART district supervisor.
CHARLOTTE F. FARLEY. music teacher. BROOKLYN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-23
REPORT OF LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

The ffty-ninth annual statement of the Mutua,
Benefit Life Insurance Company, of Newark N 7
shows assets January l. 1884, amounting IN
$s6. s5sO6. among the items making I'D this sum
being United States bonds and other bonds mar
value S2o2S475l; first bonds and mortgages on real
estate, $4.423.Sl6. and loans on policies In force
a27h.6S4. The market value OF the bonds over mar
is $.o62.sS2 and the assets aggregate on a market
value basis LASS. $780, On January / 1904 thers
in force 1864 policies insuring 1881 463 5s1
The policies issued and revived In were 22 500 in
number. insuring $47sis.o5o. The receipts of the
company in 1903 SIG 49, of which SO s72 s7a
represented premiums. The expenditures In 1909 FOR
policies and dividends or return premiums were
missions, ETC. bring the total expenditures M to
81 e26.Ts7 The ratio of expenses taxes TO total
income in 1903 was 1877 per cent. comparing with
1874 per cent in 1902. Among the increases in 1908
over 1902 were: In premium receipts, $73s $50; In
SO 207. 4So
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-23
COMMITTEE DIFFER AS TO SITE.
Some Members Want Chambers-st, Others
Five Points.

In the committee appointed by Mayor Low 20
choose the most desirable site for new court
house there is almost an open disagreement on the
merits OF two sites. One apparently the most
popular is the block directly OF the new
Hall OF Records. The other is at Five Points near
Mulberry Bend. 1t is thought that two COM
municationS regarding these sites will be sent by
the committee 10 the Board OF Estimate and APP
portionment next week.
When the committee appointed the idea was
to have the members as lawyers canvass the opin-
ions OF other lawyers The members OF the COM
mittee are Charles A. Peabody, chairman; William
l.. Bull. Edward w. Sheldon Charles S. Farchild
ind William y. Cohen They have had many
meetings and have talked over many sites The
at Chambers-st. has been the most favored.
For it many eminent lawyers and legal firms have
signed a petition. The idea was to erect where the
Stewart Building IS now handsome structure
conforming in style With the Hall OF Records
and connect the two buildings by central
structure.
Those who favored the Five Points site declared
that the Chambers-st- plot small for a
courthouse suitable for the city's needs CEN
fury to come.
There is no limit to the time the committee may
take In deciding on site. No vote has yet been
taken site
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-23
DECORATION OF SCHOOLS.
Municipal art Society to Ask for Part of
Special Fund.

DR.. William II. Maxwell. City Superintendent of
Schools. has been appointed by George e. BIsselI
chairman of the committee decoration of public
schools OF the Municipal Art Society, member OF
that committee, which has recently been formed by
the society. The other members Of the committee
are Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer,. Miss Mary r.
Davis and f. W. Ruckstuhl
The committee is to try to obtain for public
school part OF the $4,000 appropriation per
Inited annually to DO used for the Identification of
the city. but which has not been voted on by the
Board OF Estimate and Apportionment The Mu-
nicipal Art Society wishes to form channels
through which this be TO the best
advantage for civic Improvement, and. in addition
10 the committee. OF some years standing, on
decoration OF public buildings. OF which Professor
A. ID. r Hamln is chairman. this new committee
has been formed.
Mr.. Bissell plans to have a specific school build
ing looked over by a comrittee the best artists
of the city, to the most desirable way of treat
ing ii TO mural decoration, using points
as subjects, and an estimate formed of the cost TO
decorate IL. Armed with this estimate X Is pro-
posed to appear before the Board OF Estimate and
ask for appropriation made possible by the
$4,000 fund created in 1898.
1t is not intended to treat the individual rooms
but the main entrances. that instead of unat-
tractive walls the scholars may daily some
great works of art executed by the best artists OF
America, representing some part of the history of
the country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-23
PROPOSED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING LAW.
Resembles That of Ohio, and Should Mean
Much Saving, SAYS Lawson PurdY.

Regarding the proposed public accounting law
Lawson Purdy. secretary of the New-Yorz Tax
Reform Association. said yesterday:
This bill introduced year ago. having been
prepared by Edward l.. Heydecker 1t follows very
closely. aud. far possible verbatim, the pro-
visions OF the Ohio law. which was enacted in Ohio
through the efforts OF the Ohio State Board of
Commerce, a bipartisan business organizat ton
1t was hoped that sufficient discussion and criti-
cism would have been aroused, TO disclose
any undesirable features, and would lead to the
enactment of a law which would be satisfactory TO
the chief fiscal officers OF all the municipalities of
the State. The bill reported by the Ways and
Means Committee of the Assembly year ago, but
did not attract sufficient attention to obtain the
criticism which desired.
The accounts of various municipalities are kept
so differently that 1T Is impossible to make COM
parison between the cost of services In one city
and the cost In another There great variations
in the cost OF the various departments of each CITY
and county in the State. One OF the most impor-
tant features of economic saving effected by the
combination OF great corporations engaged in the
same business has been through the comparisons
advantage can be obtained for all tho municipal
corporations OF the State by uniform SYSTEM OF
public reports.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-23
TROLLEY RIOT AT FERRY.
All HOboken's Police Called When
Cars We're Lacking.
MANY STAND IN RAIN FOR AN HOUR

Fog ice in the river and insufficient trolley
facilities led to q lively riot last night at the
Hoboken end of the Barclay and Christopher
ST. ferries The situation was bad all the even
ing, but between 7 and 7:30 o'clock the ferry
boats suddenly dumped over five thousand per-
sons into the plaza in front of the Hoboken
ferry house. There were five cars waiting to
handle the five thousand. Before the trouble
over the glass in two of the cars all
broken. the police reserves had been called out
and been brushed aside. and then the city
stripped of men on patrol. Two arrests were
made
AT 7 o'clock the ferry six trips behind.
four from Barclay-st. and two from Christie
pher. Shortly after there was a temporary
lifting of the fog, and a Barclay and Christie
pher-st boat arrived. Hardly had the first
boats In unloaded when two more boats ran
into the other slips and discharged as many
more persons. 1t estimated that the four
boats landed not far from ten thousand per-
sons, all an hour or more late, tired. hungry
About half of the crowd went out on the Lack
awanna Others living in Hoboken walked
away. but those whose homes are on Jersey City
Heights and the towns in North Hudson could
get home in way but by the trolleys. The
five cars had loaded up when the first boats ar
rived, but could not get away because the mo-
tormen could not start in the dense crowd. What
hope there was of starting was spoiled when the
second loads arrived.
rOE Ten liie trOuey oliiCldIS tIItu u
obtain lane through the mass so that the cars
could be started. but great the jam that
those who were standing the rails could not
get away.
Finally the police reserves were sent They
found the crowd ugly and were utterly helpless.
and a general alarm was telephoned to all thg
police boxes in the city for the men on patrol to
proceed as rapidly as possible to the ferry.
passage was finally forced for the cars, and they
We're sent away loaded beyond their ca
pacity. The police then formed double lns
and cleared the tracks. so that when other cars
began to come in. the crowd kept
back and only enough allowed to approach the
to fill those then there. An hour after the
trouble started the trolley road began to get
to the scene rapidly enough TO handle the
crowds which constantly being unloaded
from the boats.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-23
SONS OF LEHIGH DINE
y. Fan Wormer Tells Of Bruo,,.
Need of Experience

Members of the Lehigh University c,rs
their fifteenth annual dinner last evenin. '1s0ssd
Ne"-iork Athletic Club, and heard with me
srauhcation the statement Of their presids,. -rea
Inolias NJ Drown regarding the encours.,n-
growth and prosperity OF the institution. s'ns
After cigars We're lighted A. Parker s,,,,s
dent OF the club. declared he was a believo- a, s-
CUB Idea NO friendships were more eud,-,, ae
dehshtful than the friendships OF youth h. aaa
Tor while men in business life were Otter U'
irienos' one could never be sure their fris,dss'm
was free from any alloy of self-inters.. snip
friendships of youth. he declared were sva-,. me
The first toast. Our Alma Mater" was rss.~
to by DR.. Thomas NJ. Drown, president a, T, ied
University He said he might talk Of educ.,a. aka
fads. and there was an immense wealth ~ Ia.
allure on the subject, but at Lehigh Un,vs-.,.-
every one was too busy In the old-fashion.d ny
teaching and learning. The speaker Sar-.s'.u
the idea that prosperity was associated W.T., ~
bers. As a matter Of fact, however hs sa,a
high University had passed the six hundrsa -
for the first time in its history. with teacbs-@
force of ffty-four. as
Dr. Drown intimated that 100000 was n..s.a -
Lehigh University to carry out its ambition, 49, ~
ects and to prevent any deficits. He Suggested ~
the alumni Of the university might trv IN a..
some showers OF benehcence IN the direction =, -
institution. "s
John Van Wormer. president OF ths Nsv
Athletic Club. spoke Modern Tendsrc,.. -
GeiierdL ne said ne mad observed thar wa
men who were successful In business wsr. 49,
eontrollable In their prejudices. The man no., -
demand. he declared, was the man who could 49,,
troll his own temper and through that con.ro,
other men and regulate the differences wb,os
grew up in competition. Mr.. Van wormsr h...s
William j. Bryan at the Holland Society dnpsr :,
Thursday night. and concerning him remarked,
I listened TO Mr.. Bryan and thought what . eor,
blessing it would be IL he had had LITTLE s~r.
rience in life besides talking! daughter1 r.
seemed to have the impression that the gentlsmsno
OF large business affairs who present vera rn
as phtanthroptc he is Bryan tried the keen .Svs
of his wit and demagogy on a New-York audisucs
and 1t did not go.
There never will be any settlement Of these d,n,r
labor questions till both parties gaf r5ss.
minds together. If We work together we can unaIs
that orator Of last evening look like the diminishing
point of nothing.
w. c. GOtshall president OF the New-York ard
Port Chester Railroad speaking on Transportation
Engineerfns, said that Lehigh was the only uni.
versity he knew OF that built on essentially an
cheering lines. The university, moreover tIIrnas
out, he declared. more men who occupied irnuortar
positions than any other institution he could name
Robert B. Honeyman spoke on college Education .