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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-10-27
Fine Gold Properties In uulor
County.

Monroe Journal.
Union county is full of gold and
would makea great mining district il!
developed economically and mined in
an up-to-date and business-like way.
We need no greater proof OF this
than the showing from the work now
being done In the county and the
amount of gold found where, practical
ly no work has been done. The HOWE
mine, now being operated by the Colos-
sus Mining Company, will prove to be
one of the largest mines in the United
States. With their immense vein OF
ore, 400 feet wide aud running 5000
! feet on their property, assaying from
81 to 5000 per tor, they should produce
over 81 ,OOO, 900 year.
The large cyanide plant in course Of
construction will be completed in No
: vember. With their improved and up
; to-date machinery, they should treat
over a quarter Of million tons OF ore
per year in the most economical way.
The Brown Hill mine is showing up
very we'll. At the S5-foot level, DRIFT
of l3O feet and cross cuts have been
run, opening up several very fine
shutes of high grade ore. These shutes,
as depth Is obtained, should produce
! enough ore to put this property on a
good dividend-psying basis when ar
rangements for treating are completed.
The Nichols mine has made a very
good showing with little work, and in
the surface work has located q number
of veins, all of which show gold In fair
quantities. In the main shaft the
vein is good size, and at 25 feet milled
$34 per ton and has improved continu-
ouely to the present depth. This prop
erty will undoubtedly make a good
! payer and should he pushed with ener.
gy.
The Black mine is showing up we'll.
At a depth of 200 feet the vein carries
a'stl eak of fine smelling ore, being ten
to fourteen inches vice and running
high in gold, copper and lead. With
the proper facilities for treating and a
little more developing, this mine will
be credit to the county.
| There are a number Of mines that
have been worked years ago and made
to pay also some good placer ground
that would ray largely If worked witt
improved methods.
/ JOE MINOR.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-10-27
The Washington Post

1t has a perfect telegraphic service, Its
special correspondents rank first In the
newspaper profession, and all the news
Is printed without fear or favor OF elth-
er party. The Post is thoroughly IN
dependent, and each day will give the
true situation, uncolored by partisan
zeal. No paper is more widely quoted
At great cost it obtains cable dispatch
es from the London Times, giving the
news of the Russlan-Japanese war.
Subscription for three months, $l.9O !;
two months, $l.s5; one month, 70
cents. Sample copies free.
THE WASHINGTON POST co,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-10-27
Two Stories That Differ and Agree.
'outh's Companion. Oct. l., 1904.
A Monster Dumping.

An aged citizen of North Gro
Ina tells the story of the greatest
apple-dumnling ever made. His
home is 10 Halifax county, where,
prior to 1910, there was a voting
precinct known by the odd name
of "Dumpling Town." In 1910,
when William Henry Harrison
was elected President, after a most
e*citing eompai9n, Dumping
Town had exactly ohe hundred
end fourteen voters, and evety
man OF them cast his ballot for
Harrison.
The people of the small but
prosperous town OF Scotland Neck,
in that county, showed their ap.
probation OF the unanimous vote
of Dumping Town by q generous
and whimsical gift. Two days and
night we're consumed In building
a big cuE rling, which was made
of apples and -four. and which
weighed one hundred and fourteen
pounds, one pound for each vote
cast at Dumping Town. This
monster of dumping was put in
a sack, supported by tripod and
lowered into an immense iron
kettle.
1t required two days and night
to cook it properly. Then it was
lifted out and plated in specially
made bowl cut from the trunk oi
an enormous cypress-tree, and
round 1t were placed one hundred
and fourteen dumplings OF the
usual slse. A band of music and
fifty wagons we're sert to Dump.
ling Town, ana in these wagons
were taken to Scotland Neck the
one hundred and fourteen true
blue Harrison men and their fam
lilies.
There was great sheerlng when
they arrived at Scotland Neck, and
the guests cheered themselves
when they saw the feast prepared
M M ena s"s} 81 good 81 S1hSSl ini6gs h'ieS &shS
L.. b.es In the spacious warehouse,
and the feastlng and fun lasted
the rest of the day aud nearly all
night.
A barrel Of the best mOlasses was
used as sauce for the big dump
ling, and the hungry people ate
it all.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-10-27
Tells Northerners to Gene South.
Chicago Tribune.


There are some Northerners who
know more about Germany and about
Italy, and perhaps about "the romantic
and picturesque Balkan peninsula" T"
than they do about Georgia and South
Carolina and Texas. Consequently
they show more sense when they are
talking about his majesty, or about
the temporal power Of the pope, or
about Turkish oppression than they
do when they are talking about the
right of the negro to vote.
1t ls so easy to think that Just be-
cause you live in country you must
understand It. rhe Southerner and
t1e Northerner are fellow-citizens.
They owe alleg,ence to the same flag.
Therefore the Northerner is perfectly
competent to tell the Southerner how
to settle the negro question.
The failacy in this logic is that be-.
cause of the presence of the negro the
social condition. of Charleston, s. c.,
differs from that of Boston, Mass. more
than that of Boston, Mass, differs
from that OF London, England. And a
citizen of Boston gets on better in Lon
don than he does in Charleston.
The negro question is greater than
any other question in America. And
1t is not only greater but more delicate.
1t is a matter of social as we'll as pol!ti-
cal and industrial life. So, more than
almost any other question that can be
imagined, it needs personal experience.
The occasional negro of the North is
not an adequate basis for studying the
negro question of the South. In the
South the negro in many communities
outnumbers the white, and there is a
possibility of negro rule.
Therefore, Northerners, If you have
time and money to visit new scenes,
visit the Sorth. Some of your fellows
have gone to the South and haye lived
there for few years. They don't feel
now..quite..as you do. See If yon can
find out what it was that modified
their opinions.
GoSouth and watch the descendants
of Washington, Madison, Jefferson
Marshall, Jackson, Clay, Calhoun, Poll
and Lee while they, bone of our bont
and:flesh of our flesh, are working out
with errors of mind and with errors o
heart, but with American pluck ane
hope, the greatest domestic problem
that ever ate into the heart of a civil
lzed people. Then come back, and
you still think that they are wronl
you will Say 80 In q different tone.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-10-27
A LOVE LETTER

Would not interest you ii you re
looking for a guaranteed Sa've i"r
Sores, Burnes or Piles. Otto Dodd, Of
Ponder, Mo. writes: II suffered with
an ugly sore for year, but box "f
Bucklen's Arnlca Salve cured me. i''s
tfe best Salve on earth. 23c at K. j..
Whitehead & Co.'S. drug store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-10-27
HOW TO CURE CORNS 4 ID
BUNIONS.

First, soak the corn or bunion IN
warm water to soften 1t; then pare IT
down as closely rs possible without
.irawing blood and apply Chamberlain's
Pain Balm twice daily. rubbing yisof.
Ously Tor five minutes at each apple
lion. A corn plaster should he vera
a few days to protect it from the sb'e.
AS general linlment Tor rp-ait~.
bruises, lameness and Ihenma'isu ,
Pain Balm is unequaled. For sac h!
E. T. Whitehead d co.
Tommy-Ma, can / play maxim Lc-
lieve I'm entertaining another little
boy? Mamma-Ies, dear; OF course.
rommy-All right gimme some cake
for him.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-10-27
Who is Your Candidate
ROOSEVELT
PARKER?

The coming campaign promises to
he close. Neither candidate is certain
of success. Events may happen which
will change the whole aspect Of the po-
litical situation. No newspaper is bet
ter equipped to handle the news than
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-10-27

Lulu Stanhope, st. Louis: II used
to have q horrId complexion. I>took
Holiister's Rocky Mountain lea ana
am called the prettiest girl In the city.
Tea or tablets. 35 cents. D. I. White
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-10-27

Sick headache is caused by d,sor.
dered condition of the stomach and Ia
quickly cured by Chsmberiain's Stom
sch aud Liver Tablets. For sale by E.
+. Whiteh0od 4 Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-10-27

Campaign managers may insist that
no money is being used in the election
contest, but it Is just as we'll to watch
for an increase in bank c'c.::.;.gs j.. tie
doubtful s.--Washingt0n Post.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-10-27

From indigestion, aches and pains,
Your system will be free,
IT you'll but take q timely drink
OF Rocky Monntain Tea. 3.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-10-27
N. CT

FD1roNs R1suRH HouRs~ /
OBSERVATIONS OF PASSING EVENTS Il
News
there that H. Tlman killed
,r,, -, Columbia, newspaper, has made
4man Wants Preach aton to the Methodist eoner.n tor p
preach put
long probation and make long that he will
for preaching.
The Charlotte News calls Senator Simmons defense
good example, and it is Senator Simmons great
AID sr+r North Carolina tor number Of years, his
strong and manly position n defending
Watts law has another greatness
dodge the but has met The Charlotte News
"The News believes
Watts law the best liquor legislation
books
has made reform principle speak,
every moe In that direction should receive
Apologies support
pionng the Watts law splendid DOING
Simmons has set example which would be
anything provisions
not abandon it. But been heard late that the
ought
ment this subject gaining rather than losing ground
tttt
The following clipped from Washington people
knowing happy
prosperous We
~ "You m in America
in Britain you higher you spend more
yet doubt of life than
A. Mungal Edinburgh, at Arlington.
one of workmen will twice
would get England but the Yankee will
for his applies along
whole there difference between mother country
ve for
things the globe People who travel education
mankind. Exposition a
journeyed
what tremendous up
tttt
printed
Hopkins distinguished ur Georgia. who made the follow
ing suggestions about stop lynchings:
'"Ns''E '" Society right
exercising
right
helpless county awlesness
the following changes be made in the
right changing cases.
criminal where the opposing party has such right.
When human life by what is )ynching
conviction do within
y lynching $OO00
shall 60 school fund OF State
procedure
procuring speedy lynhers
may be justice
delay ynching in
evil executed speedily
heart of the of men fully set in them to do evil
Washington which enjoys
any
. ,,... against a white marrying "a negro
>"S~' ~. against white marrying a negro man
Smith, Nebakan of the Hospital
Mott negro Maryland
with wives of other enlisted
ready
marrying
ofen for his discharge? The Washington
it freely strengthen upon position
Among other things the Post
soldiers
shall inability the feelings
That would be hypocrisy Lie in
Every clash
hundred Pejudices take Incopatbtes
soldier
grounds still why he should be discharged the
soldiers do not like his wife, There
There should State.
legislation such fields the effect must be It
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
PRICE OF SOLITUDE.
What Some Eccentric Persons Hay,
 Paid For It.

What Some Eccentric Persons Have
 Paid For It.
 Not many people would pay s1,5Oo year for the privilege of never seeing a human human being. But this Is what John Farren. notorious hermit. who resides on the coast of Sutherland, does. He is perfecung an invention which he firmly believes will bring him undying fame, though what the nature of his discovery is no one knows.
 His nome Is entered by climbing up a staircase to the second floor, and at tho foot retainer is always on duty to keep away strangers. while seventeen other servants are similarly employed all the year round in various parts of the grounds.
 Dr. Borthwick of Atherley Edge owned fortune of $000,00O in all. but some time before his death he purchased $440,0J0 worth of jewels and tapestries from Lon don merchants, and then threw the whole lot into the sea off the coast of Anglesey
 With the $60.00O remaining he built him self house. sheltered by high wall so that no one could overlook him. and then engaged six watchmen at handsome sala- ries to keep the inqulsities at a distance.
 Probably no man ever went 10 mUre trouble and expense to be lonely than did
  turer. who resided in the Midlands. Be- ing an extremely ugly man. he became impressed with the idea late in life that 1t was a trial to his fellow-mortals to look upon him. so he laid out his fortune in cutting himself of from the world
 Tne first thing he did was to purchase large area of land. in the middle of which he built himself house in the shape of a square. with all the windows facing on to a quadrangle in the center. Then. although he had small army of keepers to guard him against the curi- osity of strangers. he bought up & neigh boring village consisting of sixty-two houses and razGd it to the ground to stlll further insure his solitude.
 From that time forward until the day of his death he never again set eyes on a human being. all his food being delivered to him through a tTapdooT. built in the side of the house for the purpose.
 Saurier. the eminent French novelist, laid out a large sum of money in ordGr to be lonely. He had a perfect aversion to human beings of both sexes, and de- clared that he could not work with any one in the same house with himself
 Eventually he spent SSO.00O in building a room beneath the lake in his grounds which was approached by subterranear passage and had a plateglass room. II was fin this room that ho wrote several of his finest novels, and here he lived for a number of years without hearing the sound of human vOtce.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
R. E. Lee Chapter.

OpeIlhdy ... January Meeting. The January meeting of R. E. Lee Chapter U. D. c. was held at the home of the president on Tuesday, the 9th day of January, at 8 o'clock
 The meeting was opened with the Lords prayer after which the minutes of the last meeting were read and ap- proved.
 A letter from the Chairman of the Board of Education was read stating that they had decided in favor of the petition Of the Daughters of the Confed- eracy and that hereafter R. D. Lee birthday would be holiday with the public school.
 letters were read from several bene- nciaries of this chapter. also letter from . chapter making him an honorary hle member of the R. D. Lee Chapter.
 Mrs. A. L. Dowdell chairman of our delegation to the Charleston convention rave report of the meeting which showed that Alabama was unusually well represented as well as other States. this showing the unabated interest and the . Erowth of the organization.
 The Charleston ladies were highly com olimerted for their true and beautiful hospitality. and for making the visitors have a thoroughly enjoyable time.
 The celebration of Robert E. Lee s birthday was then fully discussed and a program formulated for the occasion, which if carried out will be highly enter taining Mrs. R. L. Sanford.
 Corresponding Secretary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
Procsss of Preservinr Eprs.

If the latest process. of preserving eggs should prove a success. generations yet to come win rise up and bless an Oregon inventor. His process Is as follows: The eggs are first placed in an air-tight re- ceptacle, in which a vacuum ia created to permit the escape oe germs and gases from the interior of the shell. This foreign mater is then subjected to the germs and prevent decomposition of the contents of the egg by entering the pores of the shell. the gas is then removed and another vacuum created. after which the vessel containing the eggs is immersed in a bath of soluble glass without affect ing the vacuum. thus sealing the pores and preventing the entrance of air to the interior.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
The oueen's Favorite Teapot

Queen Alexandra has favorite tea not of which she 10 very fond and which is in frequent use at SandringhAfn. It Is In the shape of a barrel of wine with a stout old Dutchman sitting astride. Els CAD serves for a lid. and a gold tap lets out the cheering beverage. There is n little story about her majesty which If not true is at any rate new A lady asked Princess Maud when she was still nuite a little girl if It was true that the 1ueen once boxed the ears of boy whom she saw ill treating dog. No" said Princess Maud. "it Is not true, but ain sure mamma would like to have done it."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
soME cURrous cusToMs.
The Whisper Court and the CassO1
 Whip in England

At Rockford, Essex. England, the whlspsg court is a strange observance held annually under the superintendence of the steward Of the manor. The business of the court is car ried out at midnight in the open air; the ab snnce of tenant is punishabis by c fine oe doubla hIs rent for each hour he fntls to bs in attendance. No artificial light except firebrand Is permitted and the proceedfngH are recorded by means of one of the cmbers of the brand. The roll of fourteen tenants is than called over and answered to in 8 whisper and then they kneei down and swear allegiance Very many years ago the lord of the manor. after an absence from his estate, was return ing homo by night. On the way he accident ally heard some of his discoutentsd tsnautTy plotting his assassination. Thus warned he fe- turned home by an unexpected route. Then he ordered that each year his tenants shonla as sernble at the same time to do him homage around post which hs erected on the spot where the piotteFs met.
 Tho Castor whip tenure 10 even more re- markable. On Palm Sunday a servant frea the Broughton estate attends service at Cas- tor Church, England, with new cart whip. and, after cracking 1t three tifneo in the potub maEcbes with 1t to, the mAnofial seat whsn the clergyman bagins the sermon he quits the seat with his whip. A purse containing 30 pieces of silver ia fixed on the end of the lash and. kneeling on q cushion, hs holds the purse suspended over tho head of the clergy man until ths end of the sermon. At the con clusion of the service the purse and whip are left at the manor house.
 At Chngford. in Essex. estate is held by a very curious condition. Whenever it passes into new hands tho owner. with his wife. man servant and maid servant. comes on Horseback to the parsonage and pays his homage by blowing three blasts upon horn. He carries q hawk upon his fist and his ser want a greyhound fin a slip. both for tho use of the rector for that day. He receives chicken for the hawk. a peck of oats for his horse and loaf of bread for his greyhound. After dinner the owner blows three more blasts and then with his party withdrsws from tho rectory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
PASS ON THE PRAISE.
What a Word of Kindness vii
 70 Ft DO. M

- Do. Kansas City World.
 you're a great little wife and don't know what I would do without you" And as he spoke he put his arms about her and kissed her, and she forgot all the care in that moment. And. forgetting all, she sang as she washed the dishes. and gang on as she made the beds, and the song was heard next door, and a woman there caught the refrain and sang also. and two homes were happier because he had told her that sweet old story-the story of the love of husband for wife. As she sang, the butcher boy who called for the order heard it and went out whist ling on his Journey, and the world heard the whistle, and one man hearing it thought: Here Is lad who loves his work. 6 lad happy and cortented.' And because she sang her heart was mellowed. and as she swept about tha back door the cool air kissed her on each cheek. and she thought of poor old wo- man she knew, and q little basket went over to that home with a quarter for & crate or two of wood.
 So, because he kissed her and praised her the song came and the influence went out and out.
 Pass on the praiaA.
 A word and you make rift in the cloud. smile and you may create new resolve. a grasp of the hand and you may repossess a soul from hell.
 Pass on the praise.
 Does your clerk do well!
 Pass on the praise.
 Tell him that you are pleased. and if he is a good clerk he will appreciate it more than a rise. A good clerk does not work for his salary alone.
 Teacher. if the child is good, tell him about it; If he is better. tell him again. Thus. you see, good. better, best.
 Pass on the praise now. Pass 1t on in the home. Don't go to the grave and call mother" Don't plead. Hear me. moth CT; you were a kind mother; you were 6 good mother, and sm0othed away many a rugged path for me"
 Those ears cannot hear that glad ad- mission. Those eyes cannot see the light of earnestness in yours. Those hands may not return the embrace you now wish to give.
 Why call so later Pass on the praise to- day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
IN SOUTHERN WoMAN's KEEP.
 ING

By Ida Marshall Lining. Dedicated to the United Daughters of the Confederacy, in Convention
 Assembled at Charleston,
 S. C., November II, 1903. Peacefully, calmly, our Hero Dead Beneath the green sod are sleeping; Shoulder to shoulder with steady tread, They marched on to death-our deathless
 dead
 And left but the women, weeping. Gallantly. bravely they met the foe, Outnumbered by countless hosts; They died as men die-God willed it so That their sun might set with an after And hushed he the sound of weeping. An. surely the peerage of the Brave Is the right of these Southern men; Yet the God of Battles strong to save
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24

Let them die-our gallant men who gave Their honor to woman's kepping. Died did say7 Nay, they have not died, These Sons of the Starry Cross; They were overwhelmed by the surging
 tide,
 And the glory of 1t spread far and wide, While the women their trust are keep
 ing. Hail! to you Mothers of glorious men! All hail to you Sweethearts and Wives! Honored were ye among women when These noble. these true, these dauntlees
 men,
 Left their record to your keeping.