The commonwealth., 1904-11-03
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H,w Things Appear to Different
People We Meet.
Mr.. T. P. Braswell OF Battleboro sub
scribed to The COMMONWEALTH at the
Weldon fair and said: II am getting
..long In years and have dabbled in
a good many things, but have never
yet taken a paper and read it that
did not get my moneys worth out OF
it,"
Mr.. w. A. Dunn said some days ago,
after reading the full report OF Judge
Winston's speech in THE CoMMoN-
WEALTH, that the readers of this paper
ought to be willing to pay for 1t
promptly. He thinks that the service
rendered Is certainly worth a dollar q
year, which should be paid promptly.
Mr.. s. S. Nash said in Tarboro Mon
day that Saturday was great day for
Tarboro. The great crowd In the
town was in good humor and seemed
to catch the spirit OF the occasion.
Gen. Cars speech, he said, was fine
and all the speeches we're good and the
day was one of good feeling all around.
Mr.. r. E. L. Cooke, a progressive
druggist of Tarboro, says that the pros
perity of that town is good. While
tt ere Is no boom there is a steady i'm
provement. The farmers of the coun-
ty haye made good crops, the manu-
featuring enterprises are doing we'll,
and prosperity seems to be smiling on
all.
DR.. L. L. Staten said to US In Tar
boro Monday that Edgecombe county
ia in a more prosperous condition now
than at any time since the war. The
unvelling exercises Saturday, he said,
we're all that could have been asked
and the whole town, and largely the
county, turned out to enjoy the cere.
monies.
Mr.. Robert Ransom said at the Wei
don fair last week that the farmers OF
Eastern Carolina have a great opportu-
nifty. They can produce on their lands
anything they want. He said that
TIE COMMONWEALTH has been right
all the while in urging the farmers to
make all their supplies in order to be
independent with their money crop.
Mr.. A. s. Terry Of the Southern Ve-
neer Co. of Wllliamston, made some
very sensible observations to us on the
cars the other day. He said that to
make prosperous town in this region
you must have a good farming country
around the town to support the people
and then manufacturing industries to
bring money from elsewhere. He Is
from New York State and likes the
South.
Mr.. James II. Bell, one of the good
jewellers OF Tarboro, has just returned
from trip to the Worlds Fair. He
attended the worlds convention of the
Disciples denomination. There were
$4,000 people at one communion SER
vice. At that convention, (which lasted
four days, a committee of twelve per.
sons was appointed looking towards q
union between the Disciples and the
Baptist denominations on the basis Of
Bible teaching.
Monday We spent few hours In
Tarboro and attended Superior court
over which Judge PEBBLES presided.
Clerk of the court, Mr.. Ed. Penning-
ton, said that there are fifteen mem
bers of the local bar in Tarboro and be
regards it as one OF the strongest bars
in the smaller towns in the State. II
is not only an able bar but each and
every one seems to vie with all the
others in courtesies and kindness to
visitor.
Mr.. j. s. Grant, OF Jackson, was al
the Weldon fair and in a conversation
with him he spoke freely of the late
Senator Ransom. He said that few
people knew of his real kind-hearted
! ness. Senator Ransom did many
: things as kindness to the poor, said Mr.
Grant, that no one Knew but himself
He did many things in that way which
will only be revealed in eternity itseli
He is among those who knew th'
Statesman best and therefore amoni
} those who loved him best.
Judge r. B PEBBLES related in Hote
Farrar in Tarboro Monday that th'
farmers OF Northampton county ar,
; among the most prosperous In th<