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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-01-26
A GRIM TRAGEDY

ls daily enacted In thousands OF homes
"a Death claims, in each one, another
victim nf consumption or pneumonia
But when Coughs and Colds are prop
erlv treated, the tragedy Is aveIted r
q. Huntley Of Ga ,landon Ind. writes
INV wife had the consumption, ana
tn rae doctors gave her up FINALLY
"a ,o,k ur. Kings New Discovery f..r
Q msum ption, Coughs and co q ..
s,,ch cured her, aud to-day che il wei. !.
AMI strong" It kills the germs OF all
d;ao,ses One dnsa relieves. Guaran-
e.,ei at Soc and 500 by + 7. White
had 4 Co, druggists. Trisl bottle Tree
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-01-26

ia share of the actual expenses IL cur
red in trying to raise it. Make your
remittances at once by check, draft, ex-
press or post-offiSe money order for
which scrips will be sent you until
our company is chartered and we will
then Issue you the stock instead.
Make your rem ttance to,
BYRD B. LovETT, Trustee,
SandersvilIe, Ga.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-01-26

the heav. firing, and, after proceeding
b # mile received the hre OF the en-
en- from behind breastw0rks, which
he charged and captured. Then con-
tlnulng III the same direction he STRUCK
another force of the enemy which wa,
attacking Ramseur's flank. These ht
drove from the field. taking many
pris,ners,, aud he relieved Ramsuer's
brigade which was in great peril trOm
ita attack In his advance Col. Parkes
reached a point very near General
Hooker's headquarters and he was 81.
far In advance of any other Confeder-
ate troops that General Stuart, who
had succeeded Jackson in command OF
Jtckson's corps, opened two pieces OF
artillery on the Both until it was ascer-
talned that it was a Confederate regl-
ment they were assalling.
Accompanying Lee in the invasion
of Pennsylvania, Colonel Parker and
his req ment reached the highest point
northward attained by any other Con-
federate regiment and occupied Car
lyle Barracks. Hurrylng to the field
OF Gettysburg his command found the
enemy behind stone wallis from which
they were driven into and beyond the
town of Gettysburg, the fighting being
OF desperate character. On that %
casion Colonel Parker himself Va
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-01-26
Mr.. + ]. Allen Dead.
Morning Post, Jan. 2Ist.

Post, Jan. 2Ist.
A telegram was received here Thur
Law annOu ,.'a the sudden death 1t
hls home ear Littltnn nf Mr.. Ra'
iolph J. Allen, an hono,ed and re
spected citizen OF tina. section. He had
,,assed his seventy fifth year. rs
Heath was unexpected and his wife a, d
daughter, Miss Bessie Allen, were in
Raleigh ;: the time Mr.. Allen was
he father of Mrs. George NJ Lasslter
md Mr. Henry Yanng OF this Cit,
Mrs. A =, Mss Bessie Allen and Mrs
FL. Young left Yesterday afternoon
for Lit teton n response to the tele'
gram.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-01-26

in all the arduous serves of the regi-
ment during that winter and led it in
the battles of the Wilderness ard
Spottsylvania. The charge OF Ram
seus's brigade of which ths 3Ote
North Carolina was part, on May
l2,h, at Spottsylvania is historic and
the loss OF the 3Oth on that occasion
was heavy both In officers and men
and also the regiment suffered heav-
lly on the 18th of May at Spottsyl-
vania, and there Colonel Parker re.
csived wound which disqualified him
for active service, and his service with
Lees army then terminated. The rec
,rds OF the war indicate that the Nor: b
Carolina regiments lost heavier than
the regiments from any other State,
md among them all none ever did
',ioodier work than the 3Oth North
Carolina. In General Cox's account OF
the brigade, he says: "F. NJ. Parker
he courteous and refined colone! OF
she 3Oth, was brave, cool and excel
ent officer, and ever observant OF hi>
tuties to the cause and to his com
snand. He was severely wounded il
early every important engagement II
which he participated"
After his health had been somew ha.
restored, toward the end OF the War,
'ulonel Parker Was assigned to duty
It Raleigh where he was until the
pproach of General Sherman in April,
1865 and he YVES surrendered by Gsu-
eral Johnson at Greensboro. In the
ervice be had been particularly care
I'll ct his men and enjoyed their full
'oofdence and regard. They knew
shat he did the best he could for Their
comfort and for their security, and
they had warm personal attach
nert for him Ore of his marked
characteristics as an officer was the
tOiALCSS Wltu "AlCn AO "OutA OCCOPS
perllons position and the stubborn
less with which he would hold 1t.
Dtnger, peril, seemed to make no
impression upon him He never fell
back.
In private life the chief character
-tics that distinguished him were I'm
-Ifisbness, gentleness and modesty.
,mbined with genial spirit and I'D
savering friendship Tor those closely
-snciated With him. He lived mucl
the love OF his friends. Returnin,
!, his farm after the war, be persued
IS business with great energy ane
With gratifying success, considering
&c adverse circumstances attending
.rming operations. On the lorna
ion OF the United Veteran Association
throughout tte.Coniederate States, he
as elected General OF the North Caro-
ia division, and In recent years has
zen known as General Parker. Cen
raj Parker had been PARTICULAR,
blessed in his family circle. He has
inc children, all Of. whom as we'll as
IRIS. Parker, survive him.
General Parker tell into ill health
me months since and has gradual.
.akened by the progress of his mala-
", but his death was somewhat sud-
len and unexpected at the time he
passed away.
One by one the Confederate heroes
cross the river aud rest under the shade
IT the trees with Jackson and Lee, ano
10 knightlier gentleman, no more
courageous soldier, modest, but the
;oul Of gallantry, typical of our North
!arolina people, has ever joined tn.
,oble army a d the il]ustrious leader,
han him VIII "a lnss we now mourn.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-01-26

Tie greatest system renovator. Re-
stores vitality, regulates the kidneys.
liver and stomach. If HolIisier's
Rocky Mountain Tea fails to euro set
your money back. Tea or tablets.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-01-26

II is no: good for man to be a!one,
that is Why women refuse to let him
alone.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-01-26

A man always remembers his ere
mics, Tut he stmetiu es fqrgets his
friends.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-01-26
Black Lily Of Philippines.

Dumas Black Tulip has it's modern
version in the black lily, a flower of
the Philippines whose beaurie., were
born to blush unseen by the occidental
eye until recently discovered by two
American teacher explorers, who de-
tected it through it's odor. Tie odor
is by no means the prove1bial fra
GRANGE of lilies white or orange-hred,
but a pungent smell of rottenness that
almost defeats and defies investigation.
The Fi1ipinos call it Mayflower, as It
blossoms during the month of May
alone. While poisoning it is abso-
lutely without leaves. which are put
forth after the flower has died. The
blossom rests directly on the ground
and is about eight or nine inches high.
with a calyx often one foot IN diane
ter. The leaves often attain a height
of three or four feet and are shaped
like those of the Gala lily, although
they are divided into an irregular
number of lobes and fronds The odor
seems to come from a clear, viscous
fluid which exudes from the coro.la
and stigma, and is not present during
fna6uk time@-NatuTo.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26

but it has n moral that is elevating
and instructive.
The Golden Heart BY Violet Jacob.
New York: Doubleday, Page Ss Co.,
THE Oak Tree Fairy Book" contains
many of the old favorites suited for
the home firesde. The editor, Clifton
Johnson, says in his introduction that
he has sought to eliminate malicious
stepmothers and cruel fathers" from
the familiar tales that have interested
and amused countless generations of
young people. The changes, however,
are not very radical and little or no
alteration in incidents has been made
The book is profusely illustrated by
Willard Bonte.
The Oak Tree Fairy Book. BY
Clifton Johnson. Boston: Little,
Brown & Co.
H. V. A. Ferguson, Pacific coast
writer, has just published Carmen
Seculare,' a poem, which he dedicates
to President Roosevelt. In his prefa
tory note the author says: II do not
expect this little book to be much read
by any but the scholarly and thought
full. If l have suggested that great
wealth. coupled with an inordinate de-
sire for it's acquisition, constitutes a
danger to the nation, relaxing its NOR
ais and debasing its Intellectual life,
have also endeaVored to point out that
nothing is to be gained by turning pes
simist"
Carmen Seculare. BY II. V. A.
Ferguson. San Francisco: The Whit
aker & Ray company
Among the poets who have been
brought into more or less prominence
by the recent Lewis and Clark exposi-
ton at Portland is John A. Buchanan.
Mr.. Buchanan has recently gathered
his verse in book form under the til
tie of Indian Legends and Other
Poems" The volume is dedicated to
the pioneers of Oregon.
Tho men and women, tried and true,
Who came n wild land to subdue.
And builded better than they knew.
The volume contains several half
tone illustrations and is handsomely
bound.
Indian Legends and other Poems.
BY John A. Buchanan. San Francisco:
The Whitaker & Ray company.
Minor Notes
The passenger department OF the Erie
Railroad company has issued a hand
somely illustrated booklet entitled
Cruises to the Tropics" Copies can be
obtained by addressing r. II. Wallace,
general passenger agent, New York.
Ollt VI lit iilOSI OOOh Ndbd"
logues of the season Is that issued by
Paul Elder & Co., publishers, of San
Francisco. Like everything that comes
from that house it is out of the or
dlnary. Copies can be had on applica-
ton.
Charles Virgil Osborn, who proclaims
himself a free thinker, has written an
essay, "Christ's Place In History"
which has been handsomely bound in
the form of Il booklet by Whitaker g.
Ray company San Francisco.
The authorship of "San Quentin
Days" poems written In the famous
prison, is shrouded in mystery. 1t Is
asserted that the verses were written
by man who, since his release and
restoration to citizenship, has risen to
prominence I'm finance and politics. The
collection forms a neat little booklet.
appropriately illustrated and published
by Joseph M. Anderson, 41G j street,
Sacramento.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26

commerce was increasing. and for one
reason or another ships began to at
tempt landings on the Japanese coast
One of the earliest of these pioneers
was the good ship Manhattan, bound
from Sag Harbor on n whaling trip,
and under the command of Captain
Mercator Cooper. the man who has the
distinction of having carried the first
American flag into the forbidden
Yeddo bay. The following account of
Captain Coopers experiences is largely
taken from letter which in 1876 ap-
peared in a Honolulu newspaper, the
original clipping being still in the
possession of Captain Jessup of Long
Island, now the sole survivor of this
historic trip.
TT was about the first of April, as
Captain Cooper was proceeding toward
the whaling regions of the northern
ocean, that he passed in the neighbour
hood of St. Peters, small island be-
ing a few degrees to the southeast of
Nippon. 1t is comparatively barren
and was supposed to be uninhabited,
but being near the island Captain
Cooper thought he would explore the
shore for turtle, to afford his ships
company some refreshment. While
tracing the shore along he discovered
a prominence of curious construction
resembling somewhat those he had
seen in the China seas.
Turning his walks inland he entered
a valley where he unexpectedly saw
at scme distance from him several
persons in uncouth dress, who appeared
alarmed at his intrusion and immedi-
ately fled to a more secluded part of
the valley. He continued his walk and
soon came to a hut where We're col
lected eleven men, whom he afterward
found to be Japanese.
"As he approached them they came
forward and prostrated themselves to
the earth before him and remained on
their faces for some time. They We're
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26

our army posts was quiet and orderly,
rum shops and brothes are now In
full blast. Soldiers are drugged,
robbed and driven to desertion and the
whole service is demoralized. The
question OF the restoration of the cam
teen is one that will be discussed in
congress and great interest will be
taken in the decision of that body.
A Soldiers Trial; An Episode of the
Canteen Crusade. BY General Charles
King. New York The Hobart COM
pany.
Charles Tenny Jackson has, in the
words of a descriptive notice accom-
panying the volume, written "the ro-
nance of a princess, with yachtsman,
and his crew. who left San Francisco
gang of roughs and ended a band of
heroes" This romance, which Mr..
Jackson calls Losers Luck" takes it's
departure, in a nautical sense, from
the Golden Gate, and cruises along the
Mexican and Central American coasts,
meeting with many thrilling adven-
lures on the way. Los Angeles and
San Diego people may be interested in
the story to the extent that the yacht
on which the fllibusters set sail is
christened the Itata, after that Chilean
craft whose seizure in the harbor of
a neighboring port came so near en-
broiling two countries in war fifteen
years ago.
Losers Luck. BY Charles Tenney
Jackson. New York: Henry Holt
& Co.
The remarkable success which at
tended the publication In this country
of Charles Wagner's The Simple
Life" has lead the publishers to pre-
sent a number of other works by this
gifted preacher and @vriter. The latest
to appear is Justice" in which the
spirit of intolerance in the world is de-
plored and spirit of charity and
broad Christianity Is urged.
Still another is THE Gospel of Life"
In this volume Pastor Wagner has re-
produced a few sermons. chosen at
random, as he says. These little SER
mons are, in fact, happy illuminating
addresses on famous biblical texts.
Justice, by Charles Wagner. New
York. Mcclure, Phillips & Co.
The Gospel of Life. BY Charles Wag-
ner New York: Mcclure, Phillips a.
Co.
A really charming tale for children is
Lady Dear" by Milicent E. Mann.
The heroine is the "lttle mistress or a
castle in Spain" where, her mother
being dead, she presdes, adored by her
devoted father and especially cared for
by her faithful nurse, Lizet. But, alasi
her parent, hoping TO better his fort
unes, joins the expedition of Colum-
bus in his search for new world and
leaves Lady Dear" in charge of the
good Lizet. During her fathers abb
sence many things happen. several
wicked relatives scheming to rob the
heroine of her heritage. But all the
deep laid schemes come to naught. The
book is handsomely illustrated.
Lady Dear. BY Milicent E. Manu.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & CO.
1t is doubtful il the man or woman
blessed with a good healthy imagina-
ton ever loses entirely u fondness for
fairy tales. There is no class OF litera-
ture that awakens happier thoughts in
the minds of those no longer young
than that which treats OF sprites and
ogres, of brave knights and enchanted
prlncesses. Under the title 1.-The Gold
en- Heart" Violet Jacob has gathered a
number OF fairy tales that show her
TO be especially gifted us a story teller
Each story is not only good in itself.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26
.NQLIMRSR~ INTO ~OLD1JAMN"
BY ~. DAVIES OGDEN /.

its well-known regulations prohibiting
American and other foreign vessels
from entering its waters.
"The captain had two great and
laudable objects I'm view The first
was to restore the shipwrecked stran-
gers to their homes. the other was to
make strong and favorable impress
sion on the government in respect to
the civilization OF the United states
and its friendly disposition to the em-
peror and people of Japan How he
succeeded i'm the latter object the Sc
quel will show, and I will make but
few remarks either on the benevo-
lence or boldness Of Captain Coopers
resolution or its ultimate consequences
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26

haustible. Then those clever illustra-
tors, A. b. Frost, Conde and Verbeck,
have added not "a little to the interest
of the book by their clever pictures.
Told by Uncle Remus. BY Joel
Chandler Harris. New York Mcclure,
Phillips & Co.
Francis Newton Thorpe has written
a readable story of the struggle for su-
premacy in the Pennsylvania oil
fields in his book, 1.-The Divining Rod" ="
OF course STANDARD Oil is a leading
figure, under the name of the Peoples
company. There is wealth of bust
ness duplicity and personal greed and
chicane exposed in the struggle for
what represents the almighty dollar.
There is a dash of love and villainy
also, in the plot, Illuminated by a
tragedy.
The Divining Rod. By Francis
Newton Thorpe. Boston: Little
Brown & Co.
Because of misunderstanding and
business entanglements brought about
by an incapable representative, a
Cincinnati house decided to send q
member of the firm to South America
in the hopes of Strengthening things
out and gaining an insight into busi-
ness methods in the countries of the
southern continent. From this trip
has resulted a book, "a Commercial
Traveller in South America" by Frank
Wiborg In his foreward Mr.. Wiborg
speaks of the disadvantages American
merchants labor under i'm securing the
trade of those countries but i'm the
book itself he throws little light Ilpon
the subject which was the object of
his journey. The volume is rather a
light, gossipy account of what he saw
on his travels.
A Commercial Traveller in South
America. BY Frank Wiborg. New
York: Mcclure. Phillips & Co
1.-The Ancient Landmark" "a Ken
lucky romance. by Elizabeth Cherry
Waltz, was evidently written as "a de-
fense of divorce. The story is an old
one retold with some interesting va
riations. Dulcie de Witt, the heroine
Is welded to a worthless husband, half
mad at times through his addiction to
drugs. OF course, Dulcies life is any
thing but a happy one. Into their lit
tie kentucky world comes Lucien
Beardsee a distant relative of Dulcie
He sees how things are and decides to
do his best to free the woman from
her matrimonial chains. Then comes
the rest of the story to the end.
The Ancient Landmark. BY Eliza
beth Cherry Waltz. New York: Nc
Clure, Phillips & Co,
Just at this season the appearance
OF THE Spirit OF Christmas" by that
charming essayist DR.. Henry Van
Dyke is particularly opportune. In
the words of an appreciative reviewer,
THE paragraphs are cleaning gems,
the words facets of them" Besides the
story that gives name to the volume,
there is an essay on christmas Giving
ana Christmas Living" brief Christ
mas sermon and two prayers for
Christmas.
The Spirit of Christmas. BY Henry
Van Dyke. New York! Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons.
Ewes Daughters" is collection of
epigrams about women from world
wide sources, compiled, as the title
page declares. by "a Mere Man" Much
taste has been shown by this anony-
nous compiler In the selection OF his
material. A gentle tone OF satire runs
through many OF the quotations, but
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26

the note Of contempt for women which
has marred many of the witty writings
about them is carefully avoided. Epi-
grams are included about coquettes,
firts, widows. the prude and the no.
blest types of wife and mother. The
illustrations, which add very material
IL to the value of the book, are from
the pencil of A. G.. Leonard and re-
fleet credit upon that accomplished art
list. The volume is particularly suitable
for a holiday gift.
Ewes Daughters. Boston: Dana
Estes & Co.
Raoul" by James M. Ludlow. The
tale is based on historical facts and
has to do with the crusade of the
thirteenth century which, instead of
reaching the Holy Sepulcher, was,
through the Vaccinations of the Vene-
tians, diverted 10 Constantinople. SO,
instead of conquering the foes of
Chrlstendom. the Christian hosts cap
tured a Christian city-as DR.. Ludlow
says, stole an empire" The hero,
Sir Raoul, the son of a nobleman of
the Black Forest, Is a character in
whom is combined more of the Vir-
tues than were usually found I'm war
riors of the middle ages. His love for
Renee a niece of the emperor OF the
Greeks, and her devotion to him make
an ideal love romance that cannot fail
to win the sympathy Of the reader,
Sir Raoul. BY James M. Ludlow,
New York: Fleming IL. ReYel COM
pany. For sale by Fowler Brothers,
In his latest book, "a Soldiers
Trial" General Charles King has
woven into the plot a powerful argu-
ment In favo.' OF the restoration of the
army canteen. AS General King points
out where, previous to the enactment
Of the anti-canteen law, the vicinity of
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26
Mystery i'm
Equine History

THOUGH vastly more is known of
the ancient history of the horse
than of our own origin and de-
scent there is one mystery connected
with equine animals that bids fair
never to be solved. 1t has to do with
the cause of the total disappearance of
the quadruped from America a few
thousand years ago. where previously
it had roamed in countless numbers,
not only over the whole of the United
States, but all the way from Patago-
mia to Alaska.
When Columbus landed he found no
horses. The earliest Spanish conquer
ors when they came saw none. In fact,
the Indians regarded with alright the
horses which the Spaniards brought.
Not only had they never beheld such
brutes, but their traditions gave no
account of anything in the least re-
sembling them. All of the horses in
America today have been bred from
European stock.
What became of the ancient Ameri-
can horses, whose bones are dug up in
great quantities in various parts of
the United States, especially in Cen
trail Oregon and along the banks of
the Niobrara river in Nebraska? To
what cause did they owe their eXtinc-
ton? Nobody can even offer a plaus-
ible guess. They were too numerous
and too swift to be eXterminated by
savage hunters. The glacial epoch could
hardly have frozen them out, for the
great ice sheet extended only as far
south as Philadelphia and ST. Louis.
Nevertheless they vanished utterly
leaving behind them, however, a Won
derfully complete record of their fam
lily history. In the Bad Lands of the
west, in the Niobrara rocks and else
where their skeletons, scattered
through strata representing successive
epochs, tell the story of the develop
ment of the horse from an animal no
bigger than cat to creature much
like the modern equine quadruped 1t
is an object lesson in evolution, singu-
larly complete, the fossil remains thus
far discovered, illustrating no fewer
than twelve stages in the life progress
of mans four-footed friend and helper.
The evidence thus obtained shows
that the horse had it's beginning about
three million years ago-which implies
of course, that it is a far more ancient
animal than man. About the size of a
cat, with teeth like a monkeys, four
toes ON each forefoOt and three on each
hind foot, IL dwelt in the dense forests
which covered all Of this part of the
world in that epoch when the Gulf Of
Mexico stretched far up the valley of
the Mississippi and the climate of
North America was moist and tropical
Then, as it's successor came a horse
with three toes on each foot. followed,
after great lapse of time, by the one-
toed horses, which in the ice age
were contemporary with man. II is
probable that these later horses
were striped, but. whether this be
true or not, 1t Is certain that they
spread over all parts OF the world, ex-
cept Australia. In Europe, Asia and
Africa they survived, to become the
ancestors of the horses OF today, but
in America they disappeared alto
gether. The reason why viii probably
never be explained; it is a puzzle that
is likely to remain unsolyed TO the
end of time.