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The commonwealth., 1906-04-12
CAPT. T. F. ANDERSON DEAD.

"The Roanoke News last week gave
account OF the sad death OF Capt. T. F.
Anderson. 1t said In part
"Captain Thomas F. Anderson, agent
here for the Seaboard Air Line Rail-
way Company. was instantly killed on
the yard of the company by the north
bound passenger train No 38, Tuesday
afternoon, at about half past three
o'clock.
"The accident is one of the most
heartrending in the history OF the
town and the entire community is
thrilled with sorrow and lamentatlon
in the presence OF such an awful acci-
dent, which, without moments warn
ing, crushed the life from one OF our
most beloved citizens and ground his
body into mutilation beneath the pow
eriul wheels Of gigantic engine.
THE train was running forty min
utes late and was coming into town at
tolerably high rate of speed. Captain
Anderson was upon the yard near the
round house. The switch engine was
near him and it is supposed that the
noise of the switch engine drowned the
rumbling OF the swiftly approaching
train. Captain Anderson was walking
with his back towards the on-coming
train and wholly unconscious OF his
danger, he stepped right into the very
jaws OF death. In an instant he was
struck in the back, knocked down and
was dragged for about sixty feet before
the train could be stopped.
Captain Anderson was a native OF
Mecklenburg County, Va and was in
the 64th year OF his age. He came to
Weldon when he was a boy and his
first railroad experience was in the ser
vice OF the old Raleigh and CASTOR rail-
road. He ran on the road as conduc-
tor for a while and then quit the SER
vice of the road to engage in the drug
business here. In 1865 he was mar
RED to Miss Eugenla Whitfield, daugh-
ter of Mr.. w. T. Whitfield, who with
three daughters and one son and sew
eral grandchildren, survive him. In
1873 he returned to the service of the
illroad and for more than quarter of
a century had been agent for the COM
pany, first as agent for the R. and G.,
and later, and up to the hour OF his
death, agent for the Seaboard Air Line.
He was one of the most faithful, ear
nest and energetic men in the service.
lie was untirlng in his work for fbe
company and was greatly beloved by
all, his superior officers and those who
were under him.
"Captain Anderson was an earnest
Christian and a devoted Methodist.
lie was for about swen:y years superin.
tendent of the M. E. Sunday School,
and in that capacity, as in every walk
In life, he was earnest and faithful"
The commonwealth., 1906-04-12
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s'sasss's sssss sss Of UMzzzSzSx
Notice..

BY virtue of power vested tn me as
executor of the late w. A. Dunn by
reason of that deed OF trust executed to
the late w. A. Dunn BY Redmond
Taylor and wife Hester Taylor, of rec
ord in the Office OF the Register of
Deeds tor Halifax County in, Book l56,
at Page AZ. shall sell for cash to the
highest bidder at Public Auction in the
town OF Scotland Neck, N. G. on the
18th day of May 1906, at IL O'Clock,
the following described tract OF Real
Estate, lying being and situate in the
County OF Halifax and State OF North
Carolina, to-wit:
That land bounded by the lands of
Edward Station, John G. Mizell and
others and beginning at post oak on
the road leading from Palmyra to Tar
boro, N. c.; thence N. IS w. 40 poles
to a pine thence S. SO w. 81 poles to
q pine thence N. 80 w. II poles to a
pine thence due N. 9 poles to maple
In the Wilkins line thence N. 621 E.
81 poles to red oak +; thence to the be-.
ginning and containing Sc acres.
This the 10th day of April 1906.
NOAH BIGGs,
Executor Of w. A. Dunn, Trustee.
SAN A. DUNN, Attorney.
The commonwealth., 1906-04-12
Oyer-WOrk WeakenS
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
The commonwealth., 1906-04-12
Entered at the Post O6fce at Scotland
Neck, N C. & as Second Glass Matter.
PAY POLL IA X.


1t is highly important that every cit
izen pay his taxes before the first o.
May, tor those who fail to do so will
not be all owed to vote in November.
The right TO vote is accorded every
man who meets the requirements, and
one OF the requirements in North Car
olina is the paying OF poll tax before
the first OF May.
Every true citiben feels an interest
in good government, and his interest is
best expressed In the wise use OF the
ballot.
The commonwealth., 1906-04-12
Letter to j. S. and j. E. Bowers,

Letter TO j. -. ano j. e. bowers,
Scotland Neck, N. G.
Dear Sir g: Would you like to hear O.
20-year paint?
Mr.. James A. O'Neill house, Herder
son, N. c., was painted 20 years age
with Devoe lead-andzinc, and never
painted again till last year; 1t ther
looked better than common paint In
half that time.
The reason is: Devoe is all paint
and true paint while the common
paints are part true and part false
Don't pay to monkey with paint.
And Devoe costs less than any oi
'en not by the gallon, of course by
the house and year. That's how tc
reckon it. Go by the name.
Yours truly,
Ga F. w. DEvoE & Co.
P. S. E. T. Whitehead & Co. sell oul
paint.
The commonwealth., 1906-04-12

Living indoors 30 much during the
winter months creates a sort of stuffy
want -Of-ozone condition in the
blood and system generally. Clean
up and get ready for spring. Take few
Early Risers. These famous little pills
cleans the liver, stomach and bowels
and gives the blood change to purify
itself. They relieve headache saIlow
complexion, etc. Sold by E, T, White
head & Co. druggist.
The commonwealth., 1906-04-12
Land Sale for Taxes,

On Monday the 7th day of May,
1906, I shall at the court house in
Halifax, N. c., sell the following lands
for taxes and cost In Halifax county for
the year 1905:
SCOTLAND NECK TOWNSHIP.
j. Frank Brinkley, 2 acres, home,
tax and cost $16.7O.
L. ]. Gay, town lot Sill.
Pattle McRay, town lot $3.50.
Walter Taylor, l town lot 50 SO.
Hettie Clark, town lot S1.10.
Watson Norfeet. acres 99c.
Patsy Johnson, acres, Pigeon Hill
Sill.
w. B. Smith & Co., J acre, Mary IS
Chapel, $1.31.
Martha A. Spruill, 2 acres, Smith
land SOC.
Chas. Turer, 40 acres $2.O7.
RosENEATH TOWNSHIP.
C. T. Lewis, 100 acres, home, tax and
cost $749.
Mrs. Jannett Edmonds, 81 acres,
home, ST. a.
PALMYRA TOWNSHIP.
Lula Station l acre. Hobgood, tax
and cost, So OF.
Albert Wethersbee, 40 acres, home
sted $291.
Mrs. HI. G. Held, town lot, home
Hobgood, 1921.
Andrew Baker, Is acres 81.
CoNoCoNARY TOWNSHIP.
W. B. Jones. 2OS acres, King land
tax and cost $3.50.
w. H. Gary, l lot, Spring Hill, Sill.
G., w. DUNN, Tax Collector
The commonwealth., 1906-04-12
HON. CLA UDE KITCHIN IN CHI
CAGO.

Hon. Claude Kitchin, Representative
in congress from this, the Second dis
trict, spoke with great effect In Chi.
cago few nights ago. The occasion
was the Appomattox Day banquet of
the Hamilton Club. The following
expressive telegram was received by
The COMMONWEALTH Tuesday, 10th.
"Chicago, ILL.,,
"THE COMMONWEALTH,
Scotland Neck, N. G,
"Kitchin covered himself with
glory and voiced the attitude of
the New South in a masterful, sane
address that completely won the
Hamilton Club at its Appomattox
Day banquet"
His many friends and admirers here
In his home town and all through the
State appreciate the pleasing announce
ment; but 1t is what we all expected.
North Carolina is Justly proud of the
two brothers who so ably represent
their people.
The commonwealth., 1906-04-12
Wanted.

District Managers to post signs, ad.
vertise and distribute samples. Salary
$500 weekly, $500 per day for ex'
penses. State age and present employ.
ment. IDEAL SHEAR Co., 80 Randolph
Street, Chicago. 1-18.4m
The commonwealth., 1906-04-12
Choice Fresh Candv.

Choice Fresh Candy just from the
kettle all the time. Finely parched
Peanuts. Stop on the corner and get
something good.
A. NICHOLS,
"The Candy Man."
The commonwealth., 1906-04-12

The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fill
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
of order. they fail to do
their work.
Pains, aches andrheu-
matls,n come from e1-
cess of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
The commonwealth., 1906-04-12
SCOTS Farm For Sale.

SCOTS Farm For Sale.
241 acres, for rs per cent less than
real value. This opportunity should
appeal to any one who has generous
confidence in the future, backed up by
little cash. The farm is within sight
of Scotland Neck, one of the most pro-
gressiye manufacturing towns In Esst-
ern Carolina, convenient 10 railroads
and water accommodations. The place
is noted for the salubrlty of its climate,
the poverty Of its soil and the plety OF
Its people; but personally, I've had
enough, and if cannot work it off as a
whole pretty quick l will split 1t up
into lots and close them out at reason
able prices and easy terms. Apply by
letter only to w. D. SCOTT,
3Ol East Broad Steeet, Richmond, Va.
The commonwealth., 1906-04-12

kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
1t used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ming in kidney trouble.
If you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect of DR.. Kilmer's S
Swamp-ROOt, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for its
wonderful cures of the most distressing cases
s2e s2 .'i is s;sssss iSs sa IS II as';. i;ity
cent and onedoar siz-
es. You may have a 1sss.Esssses]kss8 4@e]8 kssee
sample bottle by mail Home of Swamp Root.
free, also pamphlet telling you how to fine
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton. N. Y.
Don't make any mistake, but re-
member the name, Swamp-Root, DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-root, and the address
Binghamton, N. Y, on every bottle.
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periods he be allowed to see his father
and the Shaw family. Alimony was not
mentioned. but the wife was amply
provided for under an agreement.
Mrs. Shaw was in Lincoln at the time
trying to forget her unhappiness in a
whirl of gayety. THREE days after the
signing of the decree Mr. Shaw was
quietly married in New York to Mrs.
&c. H. Converse, widow, of Newton,
Mass.
A London Social Success.
The wife dropped as much of her ex-
husbands name as she could, and be-
came-Mrs. Mamie Langhorne Shaw.
London was charmed with her. Mrs.
John Jacob Astor took the beautiful
Virginian under her wing, and intro
duced her to the best and smartest in
London, including the little group of
intimates that gravitate about the
king. Together they were pre- .ented at
court, and became twin s ,cial sue
cesses from the start.
Not only her beauty, but her wit and
her superb riding, won Mrs. Shaw her
way. She was invited everywhere.
Mobiles We'd with each other in trying
to secure her for their parties. She
hunted with the best packs in all Eng
land. Her daring and ap,omb became
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matter for talk in foyer, clubroom and
bosgdoir
Then came gossip-gsssip that linz
ed Mrs Shaw's name iIs possible az
liances with some OF the proudest
houses on both sides OF the water:
There was talk first that she had
promised to marry Robers W. Goelet,
cousins of her chum, the Duchess of
RoXbuEgffe, who was Miss May Goelet.
Then there were persistent rumors
that sine was engaged to young Lord
Revelstoke, the bachelor head of the
house of Barring, one of the catches of
London, and among the towns richest
young msm-
But even greater good fort>pe was
awaiting, Mrs Shaw. Through Mrs.
ohm Jacos Astor, Mrs. Shaw met Mrs.
Astors ca9sEn by marriage, Waldorf
Astor and the young man promptly
lost his fsHrt- He proposed last sum-
mer and was accepted, but for rea-
sons best known to themselves the
young people have just announced the
engagements
Romancers abroad have Lad the
name has been COUPLED with that of
Princess Ena, who is the fianoe of the
King of Spain, and also with that of
Lady Edith Viliiers, daughter Of the
Earl of Clarendon.
The AsInr estate is oonducteti on
strictly business principles and mil
lions are added to it every year All
surplus income is at once reil1yest OIL
in choice real estate, which is p,ompt-
II improved and allowed to increase in
value. Should young Mr.. Astor come
into his inheritance 25 years hence he
will doubtless find it doubled in value.
According to Astor custom the,young
man will inherit the bulk OF his ia
Tiers sso0,000.000. This consists large
ly of the finest New York city real es-
tate. Il includes the Wa dorfAstoria.
Netheriand, Astor House aud Hotel
Aston, and many blocks of stores and
residences.
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ALI women work: some In their
homes, some in church, and some in
the whirl of society. And in stores,
mills and shops tens OF thousands are
on the never-ceasing treadmill, earning
their daily bread.
All are subject to the same physical
laws; all suffer alike from the same
physical disturbance, and the nature of
their duties, in many cases, quickly
drifts them into the horrors of all
kinds of female complaints, tumors,
liberation, falling and displace-
ments or perhaps irregularity or
suppression, causing backache, ner-
vousness, irritability and lassitude.
They especially require an invigorat-
ing. sustaining medicine which will
strengthen the female organism and
enable them to bear easily the fatigues
Of the day. to sleep well at night, and
to rise refreshed and cheerful.
How distressing to see q woman
struggling to earn q livelihood or per-
form her household duties when her
back and head are aching, she is so
tired she can hardly drag shout or
stand up, and every movement causes
pain, the origin of which Is due to
some arrangement Of the female Or
ganism.
Miss F. Orser, Of IA Warrenton Street,
Boston, tells women how to avoid such
suffering; she writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
81 suffered misery for several years with
female Irregularities. My back ached; I had
bearing-d down pains, and frequent headaches;
Lydia E. pinkham'S VeAetable Can
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Rats See With Ears

Blind as ba. means that direction.
Is sensed without eyes. The same may
be true of spiders and insects whose
eyes are problems to entomologists- It
was long ago proved by Spallanszani,
and the experiments have been verb
fed later, that SO highly organized a
vertebrate as a bat was independent OF
its sight for sense Of dir ection. Bats
which Spallanszanh rendered blind
were found to fly at full speed and
without hesitation through apertures
no larger than Their own bodies. And
when such bat was released In a
room crossed by network Of fine
threads the animal flew about without
touching the threads. The bat was
then caught. its external ears sealed
with wax, and on being released could
no longer find its way about without
touching the threads This proved
that the bat not on.y saw things by OBJ
teal vision but was also susceptible
IS wave vibrations transmitted through
the external ear.
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husbands, but just for assertion, under
the Virginia law. The courts of Great
Britain have no such law.
William Waldorf Astor is not ct all
popular, and Mr.. Astor went out of his
way once to insult Sir Berke- ey-Milne,
captain of the royal yacht, when
brought to his house by guest. Capt.
Berkeley-Milne was asked to leave,
and Mr.. Astor printed the fact in his
newspaper that the gentleman had not
Teen invited.
The king and all clubdom took up
the gauntlet for the sailor. He was
hidden to the royal box at the theater,
for all society, including Mr.. Aston, to
see. Especial favors were showered
upon him. And society. following
the kings lead, snubbed Mr.. Astor.
Bride Clever and Witty.
But Mrs. Shaw is extremely popular
She has been presented at court and
has been a guest at many of the
smartest house parties. The king is
charmed with her southern vivacity
and grace and admires her wit and
King Edward has always admired
beauty, charm and talent, though he
holds snobbery in supreme contempt,
and he considers Mr.. Astor a snob.
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Nor does he admire Mr.. Astor so much
for having expatiated himself to be-
come British subject instead of an
American citizen, The king think
nightly we'll Of the United States and
can see no reason for persons, even
though they reside in England, re-
nouncing their nation atty.
Here arises another complication to
all this social miX-trp. Young Mr. AS
tor is not a Britisher, though his ia
Their is. He is Of age, and has taken no
legal step to become naturalized
Englishman. On the contrary, he has
announced himself both here and there
to be an American citizen, and our
courts have decided that he is a citi-
zen. This was when he, applied to be-
come an executor unoer the Will of his
leaving S20,000.000, which has since
been multiplied ten times over.
But, be all this as it nay, another
Gibson girl has Won a. triumph. She
has engaged herself to young man
who is enc of the three heirs to a for
tune now estimated to he $21O,OOO,OcO,
and increasing by millions every year.
Sisters Known as "Gibson Gir.s."
Everybody calls the five Langhornes
the Gibson girls" ALL their poise and
good looks have been imu1nrtaIized by
Charles Dana Gibson. Four CT them
are married, and the fifth, Miss Nora
won't be long, so the gcsSlps, without
being led in triumph to the altar by
some proud yourg fellow
The eldest sister is Mrs. Moncure
Perkins, of Richmond Next comes
the star Gibson girl OF them all, thu
enc who became Mrs. Charles Dana
Gibson herself, wife Of the man whc
| created the Gibson girls" Mrs. Shaw
| is the third in this delightful galaxy
and Mrs. Reginald Brooks, o. New
York and Newport, is the fourth. Miss
Nora completes the quintet
The Langhorne family home. neal
Charlottesville, Alberrarie county. Va.
is typical old southern plantat on
There in the old manor house, Mirador
!, the four Langhornes were married
one after the other Mrs. Langhorne
ShO 1HOthCl, QiCu S1uQ6uiy a wear agO
and since then Mr. Chiswe;l Lang
horne, a typical southern gentleman o
the old bygone days, has made hi
home in Richmond for the greater par
of the year.
There at Miradcr, in 1897, Miss Mar
ME Langhorne became the bride o
Robert Gould Shaw, second, of Boston
Young Mr.. Shaw was very rich and h
had no especial occupation, excep
polo. Robert Gould Shaw, third, wa
born year later. Soon after the bah
came the Shaws became estranget
Mrs. Shaw went back to M:rador an
} Mr.. Shaw stayed in Boston.
Il In the courts of her own native stat
) Mrs. Straw put in her application for
divorce under the Virginia law. basin
1t on three years desert'on. A deere
was granted February 4, 1903. and til
: custody of the boy. There wes ii
proviso that at certain stipulate
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Chooses Southern Girl in Pref
erence to British Nobility.
A BLOW TO FATHERS SOCIAL AMBITIONS
Self Expatriated New York Millionaire Seeks
Title in England-Children Refuse to Aid
Parent by Sacrificing Themselves
Mrs. Lanehorne Shaw to Be Bride.

despite his fathers unpOpularity. He
doesn't speak with British drawl and
he doesn't say don't cherknow," and
he doesn't wear a monocle and he
doesn't affect a bored air. In fact, he
is very frank, affable and not bit i'm
pressed with himself, as he might be.
He was born on May 10, 1879, here
in New York, and will be 81 years old
ON his next birthday. H s fiancee Is
year his senior His mother, who died
II years ago in London, was Miss Mary
Dahlgren Paul, of Philadelphia. At the
time of his birth the Astors lived at
No. East Ihi, ty-third street. In
1850 the Astors went to England, and
since that time it has been their home.
The young man was educated at
Eton, where he rowed in one of the
crews, and at Oxford, where he be-
came crack polo player and Was
captain of the Varsity polo team.
After graduation he entered the racing
field, and his colors, light blue, with
pink sash and cap, are registered on
the English turf. His horses are train
ed at the famous Kingsacre establish
ment in Hampshire. He is the first Of
his family to enter upon turf career
AS yet he has not been very success
full.
New York has seen the young man
twice since he has grown up-once
three years ago and again last Novem-
Der. when he came over on business
pertaining to the AStOr estate He
took modest suite at the Netherland,
hotel which his father owns, and
went about his business in a demo-
cratic sort OF way. He was averse to
publicity but talked occasionally. By
his manly department he quite re-
versed sentiment, and came away as
popular as his father is unpopular.
The town found in young Mr.. Astor
chap of about 140 pounds, five feet
ten inches tall. with a healthy out-of-
door color and pleasant, frank ex-
preston, enhanced by pair of bright.
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New York.-Cupid is a mysterious
being whose ways have from the earli-
est records of his appearance been I'M
fathOmable. When he prepares to
speed his darts he permits few things
to come between him and his victims.
In only a few exceptional cases has he
been unable to pierce the social bar
riers.
But such a thing mere social ambi-
ton has been unable TO thwart his
aim, as has been shown by the recent
announcement of the engagement of
Mrs. Mamie Langhorne Shaw, former
wife of Robert Gould Shaw, second, of
Boston, to Waldorf Aston. elder son-of
William Waldorf Astor, lately of New
York, but now of London. The match
has foiled the social aspirations of AS
tor, senior.
This self-expatriated New Yorker
had counted. if rumor be true, on his
daughters marriage with a title to
strengthen his so;ial position She
married plain captain in the British
army.
And now his son and namesake,
Waldorf Astor, is to marry, not into
one of the great families of Europe,
but an American girl, Gibson Girl"
from Virginia, whose only dover is her
beauty and high breeding.
She is another of the beautiful
Langhornes," of Virginia, all of whom
have married wealth, though poor
themselves, one of the five southern
beauties made famous the word over
by Charles Dana Gibson. They are to
be married within a few days 1t is
union of great wealth with surpass-
Ing beauty.
Miss Pauline Aston, Waldoris sister,
recently became the tride of Cant.
Spender-C,ay, of modest fortune and
no title save his military one.
Astor, Senior, Seeks Peerage.
There is just the slightest sort Of
talk that Mr.. Astor, Sr., delayed the
announcement in the hope that his
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son Nigh, cnange his mind. The Amer
lean expatriate has very decided ideas
about social position and the peerage,
and it has always been his ambition
that his children marry into the no.
bility of Great Britain.
London society frankly admits that
'ny other man but Mr.. Astor, for all
that ne has done for society, art and
charity in England, would before this
have received title from the crown.
Bat his unpopularity has interfered
with his ambition, and nothing can be
done without the favor OF the king
But Miss Pauline married captain
and now Waldorf is engaged to a COM
paratively poor American. John Jacob
Astor, second, is hardly of marriage
able age and is devoted to the military
Just now, having accepted sub-lieu-
tenancy in the Guards. There was a
younger daughter, Miss Gwendolin,
who died.
Bridegroom Is Popular.
Young Mr.. Aston the bridsgroom-to-
Sc, has. made himself many friends