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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-10-31
Will CONSTRUCT NEW Rd!LROAD.

DR.. J. Mcleay, Atlanta, Ga, is
the promoter Of a new railroad from
Hamilton, Martin county, to Rocky
Mount by way Of Tarboro. DR..
Mcleay has corresponded with
Gillian G Gillian, attorneys, con-
corning the preliminary arrange
ment Of securing a charter and to
have towns along the proposed line
vote on bonuses.
/ Hamilton is located On the Roa-
noke river, and water transporta-
! ton for freight could easily be Sc
cured to Norfolk. Rocky Mount,
the other terminus Of the line, is the
division point of the Atlantic Coast
Line.
The proposed line would traverse
a countay void Of railroads and de-
ve!op that section. Several con,
struction companies are bidding fol
the contract.
DIR. Mcleay and party of those
interested in the project will visit
Tarboro within the next few weeks,
when they expect to secure char
ter.-Tarboro Advocate.
II the promoters Of this road coulc
be induced to come by Scotland Necl
it would give us that long-wished
for connection with the Roanok.
and thus solve the problem of high
freight rates. True, this plac,
would be out of the direct proposed
line, but if an effort were made, per
haps, the route might be changed
1t would give US the advantage Of
two roads where, now, we have only
one. Let some of our business mel
look into the matter, at any rate
and see if it might not mean some
thing for our town.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-10-31
The Best Paper for Family Reading.

The contents of The YOUTHS
COMPANION are chosen with view
to the interest of all tastes and ages.
The father, as we'll as the son, enjoys
the tales of adventure; the mother
renews her girlhood in the stories
for girls, while the paper always
abounds in stories, long and Short
which may be read aloud in the most
varied family group to the keen
pleasure Of all.
Full illustrated Announcement OF
THE COMPANION for 1908 will be sent
to any address free with samples
copies of the paper.
New subscribers who send Sl.l5 at
once for 1908 will receive free all the
remaining issues Of 1907, besides the
gift of THE COMPANIONS Four-Lea1
Hanging Calender for 1908, IN tulI
color.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION,
144 Berkeley St, Boston, MASS
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-10-31
PriCe.Sadler.

Following account of the marriage
of Mr.. Wilson Price, who is a native
Of this community, was taken from
the Rock Hill Is. CO. Herald. THE
extends congratr-
lations.
On Wednesday afternoon a beau
tiful home wedding was solemnlzed
in the city at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. w. Gill when their daugh-
ter, Miss Mary K. Saddler, became
the bride of Mr.. Wilson Price. At
$50 o'clock in the presence of a
large number of friends and rela-
tives, Rev, J. K. Colt pronounced
the words that made these two lives
one.
The front room on the left had
been beautifully and artistically dec
Grated with potted plants, fern and
cut flowers, the color scheme being
green and white. An arch had been
erected in this room and upon it had
been entwined ferns and flowers,
interspersed with candles which
threw a soft mellow light upon the
surroundings. From the center OF
the arch large white wedding bell
was suspended, and as the bride and
groom stood underneath this, it was
indeed beautiful picture.
Miss Kathleen Massey presided
at the piano, and in response to the
soft strains of Mendelssohn' wed
ding march. the groom entered the
room first with his best man, Mr.. E
F. ElweH, of Greensboro, and mex
came the bride becomingly gownee
in a travelling suit of brown, will
her sister, Miss Lille Sadler, as maie
of honor. The ceremony was mos
impressive, the ring being used.
, Immediately after the ceremon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Price boarded tn
northbound train, amidst showers O.
rice, for the groom's old home il
Halifax County, North Carolina
stopping over at Greensboro ant
: Raleigh.
The bride is charming youn'
woman of lovely traits Of Characte
and has always been very popula
among her many friends here.
Mr.. Price is young man of ster
ling qualities and at present is prir
cipal of the Academic Department
of Peele's Standard School of Com
merce and English, Greensboro n
c.. He made his home here for quit
a while and made many friends.
: After a short stay with his pa
o rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Berry Price nea
: Scotland Neck, N. c., they will re
turn to Greensboro where they Wi
make their future home.
The popularity of the youn
t couple was manifested in the larg
S number of costly and handsom
= presents, consisting of cut glas:
4 silver and china.
The couples many friends her
u join in with The Herald in wishin
n for them much happiness in the
walk through life together.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-10-31
Notice..

By virtue of power vested IN
as commissioner, by an order &c |"
M. Gary, Clerk of the Superior &C.,. D.
of Halifax County, North oIGuft
made on the 2lst day Of 0" ,o,lna'
1907, in that proceeding to sell ' e
land for assets, now pendjnc ~ yle
Superior Court of said Cn ~ .ae
before the Clerk, and entitled S ~ :
Shields, administrator of r I e.
ton, VS.. T. M. Station and wife "a
J. F. Station and wife, Annie, "a a
Whitehead and wife, Mary. : Nh L.
Laura A. Shields; Fannie ST. r's
Hugh johnson, trustee; and NS, oaE
Biggs and r. M. johnson as pan tEoan
& johnson. l will on the 25sS
day of November, 1907, at II o'cirn,S!p
a. M, in the town of Hobgood n \
c., in accordance with the term a. y:
said order of sale, sell for caSS VI y.
public auction to the highest bjdisSr'
in separate tracts, as described ta
low, the following described land i,
ing and and being in Halifax Conn,
North Carolina, to-wit:
(a.) One tract of land known .,
the "R. J. Station Home Place co ~
tanning two hundred acres. more -,
less, and bounded by the lands ok
Leggett, w. P. White, George No.
brule, and the Hackney Place
Co. One tract of land comnopd
of two smaller tracts, the "i2mb
Savage" tract { acres and the Raj.
| lard tract acres bounded by the
| lands of w. R. House, L. F. WkitA
head, the BLAND" tract, and tho
Hope Bell and Davenport tracts, can.
tanning two hundred and seventeen
acres, more or less, both tracts 10.
gether being known as the Biz
Field"
! (c.) One tract of land COMPOSED
Of two smaller tracts, BLAND HGI"
I'll acres and Bland" land t58
acres, bounded by the lands of "
IP. White, VIM. Barfeld, and "R J.
Station Home Place" containing g
acres.
| Id One tract of land composed
of three smaller tracts, Davenport
| Place" Us acres) and two Hope Bell
Places (12 1-2 acres EACH, bounded
by the lands of Mamie Savage, Hope
Bell, and the Bland land, containing
ninety eight acres, more or less.
! (e.) One tract Of land known as
the Jones Land, bounded by the
lands of w. T. Jones, W. c. HarreI,
R.W. Hyman, and James Bland, con.
tanning twelve acres, more or les.
| a. One tract of land, known as
the "Billups," or "Allsbrook" tract,
bounded by the lands of Lloyd Sim.
mons. w. r. House, Louise Bryant,
The "O'Neal Place, "and the lands Of
Willoughby Bradley, containing one
| hundred and sixty five acres, more
or less.
/! (g.) One tract Of land, known as
Cane Ridge" bounded by the lands
of K. Leggett, Austin Shields, and
Job Cobb" and containing forty
two acres, more or less.
This the % day of October, 1901.
HUGH JOHNSON,
1O-24-4t Commissioner.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-10-31
ExeCutrjx Notice.

Having qualified as executrix OF
of the last will and testament OF the
late w. A. Staten, this is to notify
all persons having claims against said
estate to file same with me or my
attorney, Albion Dunn, Esq, on or
before the 26th day Of September,
1908, or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery. All per
sons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate settlement.
This September 23d, 1907.
OLIVIA STATEN,
9-2S-6t Executrix w. A. Staten.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-10-31

WANTED-Local representative
for Scotland Neck and vicinity to
look after renewals and increase sub
scription list of prominent monthly
magazine, on salary and commission
basis. Experience desirable, but
not necessary. Good opportunity
for right person. Address Publish
er, Box SO, Station o, New York.
1O-31-2t
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-10-31
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

LEA ANJINAo N4AAN MI DE- " hE1)
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion OF the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by al inhamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
jntlamed you have Il rumbling sound
or imperfect hearing and when it is en-
tirely closed, Deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken
out and this this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be des-
troyed forever; nine cases out of ten
are caused by Catarrh, which is moth
ing but an inflamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundreds Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caued by ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by Hall S
Cattarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
+. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Q
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-10-31

IS among the boys. A'ter iiioh
have grown and their habits are
formed they rarely ever change
in this regard. It will be need
full therefore, that Missionary
work be done among the boys,
and | make the suggestion,
that nickels expended in treats
to the boys now will return in
dollars to your tills after the ap-
petite has been formed. Above
all things create appetite. -
Fourth, they injure business. We
quote:
What, in Gods, name, is the
average bar-room worth to any
business enterprise of this or any
other city? What are they
worth to the community as
whole? There isn't a dry goods
merchant, a shoe merchant.
clothing merchant that doesn't
lose every year a hundred times
more legitimate trade through
the failure of some poor wretch
to provide himself Or his family
with proper clothing because all
of his money goes to your dives
for drink, drink, drink, than all
of your dive-keepers and their
helpers and their friends spend
with these merchants in ten
years. Boycott! Do you dare
tosstand up and draw such a
weapon against decent public
opinion when you are costing
every legitimate business enter
prise in this community dollars
where you are spending dimes
with them?''-Augusta Chron-
icle.
The experience of Charlotte, Dun
ham, Greensboro, High Point. Ply
mouth, Elizabeth City and othe
places too numerous to mentlo
shows that saloons increase take
and hurt business.
Fifth, saloons attract the vile an
vicious to a community. They d'
mora!ize labor. They often lead t
that vilest of crimes Of a negro, b
cause by liquor his most venal app
ties are fired. This danger alone
enough to cause us to keep out S;
looms.
Sixth, for the sake Of the DRUM
arks. Some Of them will never r
form; but some may be saved. The
are men in this community who, III
der open saloons, were worthless
themselves and their families. u
der prohibition they have been, Il
the most part, sober men, workir
and caring for t':eic, families as be
they could. But once the saloon
opened, they will be unable to wit
stand that ever-beckoning lure, al
will finally leave their work al
abandon their families to pauperis
and shame.
Seventh, for the sake of the col
ing youth of the community. The
is in the average boy that viii
responds to the adventures of U
tried ways. If this open temptati
is ever before him, and every ST
rounding is made inviting, he w
try it, and who can say to what e7
it may lead!
In the name Of the peace q
sanctity Of the home, ard Of t
order and good regulation of t
community, let US meet this iss
squarely and vote for Prohibition
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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-10-31
Publishers Announcement.

1t is settled point in newspaper ethics that
editors and publishers not responsive Tor me
views of correspondents, and the puoiicatl?h OF
communication does not mean that the edNCI OF
publisher endorses the communication lHt
Co,IuoSwEALTH adheres to these general prlc:-
pies.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-10-31

Accidents will happen, but the best
regulated families keep DIR. Thomas
Electric Oil for such emergencies. 1t
subduos the pain and heals hes hurts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-25
| Saw Three Sims.

| saw three ships come sailing in.
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day:
l SAW three ships come sailing in
On Christmas Day in the morning.
Pray vitlier sailed those ships all three
On Christmas Day. on Christmas Day
Pray wither sailed those ships all three
On Christmas Day i'll the morning?
Oh. they sailed into Bethlehem
On Christmas Day. on Christmas Day;
Oh. they sailed into Bethlehem
On Christmas Day i'll the morning.
And all the Lclls on earth shall ring
On Christmas Day, On Christmas Day:
And all the bells on earth shall ring
ON Christmas Day in the morning
And all the angels in Heaven shall sing
ON Christmas Day. OH Christmas Day:
And all the angels in Heaven shall sing
On Christmas Dav in til" morning.
And all the souls on earth shall sing
On Christmas Day. or Christmas bay;
And all the souls on earth shall sing
On Christmas Day in the morning.
old Carol
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-25
The Congressional Holiday.

| In speaking Of the customary adj
jorrnment of Congress over the holi-
day season. the Boston Transcript
points out that the holiday habit was
not strong with the men who framed
the constitution. Christmas was OBJ
served at that time by Catholics and
Er iscopalians only, and they were
small sects in 1888 New Year jollifi-
| cations were local and limited. That
the lawmakers of the United States
should rest from their labors for a
fortnight to observe the holidays was
evidently not the expectation of the
fathers. or they would have fixed
some other day than the first Monday
iii December for the converting Of
Congress. That body meets on the
day designated by the constitution
usually passes a fortnight in organiz-
ing. if it is iii its first or long session.
and in preparing to go home for the
holidays. 1t seldom settles down to
work until after New Years, and the
present session will not be resumed
until the 9Th of January In this
respect the present Congress simply
follows the precedent of recent years
and its long recess is the expected
thing. When it reaSscmbles it will
have been month and five days in cx-
iStepce without enacting any measure
OF public interest. Possibly if the
ia theirs had foreseen the development
of the holiday habit they might have
set the first Monday in January as the
time for Congress to convene. for it is
about that day that it really begins its
labors. The fathers lived in q sim
pier time. when the distances were
magnificent. 1t was not easy to go
home, and the Transcript recalls that
Josiah Quincy made a reputation as a
hustler by once reaching Washington
in nine days frcm Boston.
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Christmas Tides,

We watched the trooping children play
About the old huusc. once gray
And still. Then darkness fell.
And one by one they said farewell.
The music and the laughter stopped
The PLAY was done, the cIIrtiin dropped
The waning lamp of mirth burned low,
With each last cry across the snow.
And we. Old Friend. wcr>. left alone,
What was il lost that we had known?
Old F'rieEd and True must even we
Find ncv@rmcrc what used to be:
Man lives by charge: through cbh anu
flow
The new lives come, the old lives go:
We lose and gain. yet wear hy year
The aging heart grows more auStcrc,
1t may he that the strain and stress
OF our mad tiIhcs tempt Ioylessnc3s:
Ii may he that our fev"fISh days
Forget the old noie genial ways:
1t may he. too. the ashes of
love,
Rut plain it stands. ~ more We hold
Earth's fond good fellowship of DID,
Yet thanks to one small spark. old
A. down the dusk OF things We trend.
Age shall not strip or very heart
OF ali its old congcnial art.
Aye. thanks to each small voice and
light
That lent its youth to us tonight.
Ard thanks 10 that strange fugitive
Enduring love by which We i've.
Thro' childlike eyes and chiidlike act
We vet shall hold our youth intact.
We still, OLD Friend. shall make our
way
Ev thought ard mem'rr through the snow
To Youth, and tlat LOST Long Ago.
Where Laughter holding both his sidnS
Made al! our days seem Christmas tides
Arthur StrinTcl'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-25
A Home View of Senator jeff.

Evidently the greatness of Senator
jeff Davis of Arkansas. which has
singularly failed to impress the coun-
try. is not really appreciated by all
the home folks down Arkansas way.
One OF them writes letter to the New
York Sun giving a home estimate Of
this latest luminary on the Demo-
cratic national horizon. 1t is interest
ing reading and here is part of it:
l never heard anybody of any polti-
cal party anywhere (and fortunately
he is little known outside of Arkansas)
accuse Davis of honesty. even of pur-
pose, which, of course. is the cheapest
and safest variety. Davis is not Sin
cere" as Ambassador" or as anything
else. and has not now and never had a
conviction on anything. The only
satisfactory explanation 1 ever heard
why man of such parts can be found
in the Senate is this: He was for years
the political boss of the state, and the
political debts were due and had to be
paid when he declared his intention of
running for the Senate. That was not
enough to elect him. There is a con-
siderable element in the state that
justly resents the jokes of which the
state has been the butt for years. The
most common OF these jokes are prob
aois due to the popularity of the IA
nous Arkansaw Traveller and Opie
Heaos books. jeff Davis is a human
seSser' gushing forth soft soap about
EArhahsas and her people, which he
elhits al nauseam and feels for per-
sohal profit only. Since an honest old
senatorial Thereafter BERRY, w.s - ha
meo. II was thought by many that
"u'hah sort soap and bouquet fac
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-25

China's imperial edict against opium
is a great blow to the thousands who
We're slaves to the habit. and all sorts
of SubterfugeS are rcSorted to by poo
pie who think they cannot exist with
out it. The law provides that people
over 60 years old are exempt from the
new regulations. and consequently the
number of patriarchS has increased
wonderfully. Sturdy men of 40 and
80 have declared themselves odd" and
paint. cosmetics and other artificial
means have been employed to cheat the
eye. The government was not slow
to discover these frauds, and severe
punishment has been inflicted on many
offenders. Although women are as
much addicted to the opium habit as
men, not q single case has been dis
covered where a woman made herself
older in order to be allowed to use
Opilm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-25

The splendid showing made in the
financial management of the Maine
State prison by Warden Norton as
SHOWN by his annual report published
elsewhere in the Journal this morning
cannot 'all to he extremely gratifying
10 the people of the State. The ap-
piicati"n of sound business principles
mas brought this prison to place
where it lacks but little of being self
supporting and we doubt if as good y
showing can be made by any other
state IN the management of its penal
institutions. In all other respects the
AFFAIRS of the prison have been equally
Well handled during the past wear. and
the high praise bestowed upon Warden
Norton by the inspectors is we'll de-
served.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-25
Christmas Day.

The greatest thing we know in all
the world is man; the greatest man
that ever lived was Jesus Christ. The
central figure of all history, the most
powerful factor for good the world
has known through almost 200c years,
the dominating influence in the litera-
ture, the art, the architecture and the
social order of the civilized world. the
very foundation of our modern civili-
zation itself-such is the One whose
! birth in the humble manager of the
| Bethlehem inn our Christmas day COM
memorates. 1t matters not that the
exact day is uncertain. and that our
Christmas festival is in a way the
chronological survival Of the old pagan
celebration of the winter solstice. 1t
is the sacred symbolism that really
counts. 1t is the Christmas spirit
that makes this day the dearest on our
calendar.
How sweet to human hearts the old,
old story of that night amid the Judean
hills-the mother and the babe in the
stable, for there was not room at the
inn" the shepherds who watched their
f,ocks by night; the great multitude of
angels with their song of peace on
wondrous star which the wise men fol-
lowed, even as the world has followed
it ever since. What rich traditions,
what precious associations have gath
cred around the day as the genera
tons have come and gone-the beauti-
full myth Of Santa Claus: the home re-
unions around the Christmas tree: the
holly and the mistletoe; the Yule log
and the revels: the carols and the
greetings; the giving of gifts to
friends and loved ones
Christmas day transcends all other
holidays in its universally and in, its
splendid supremacy over all the lines
of race and creed into which Chrsten-
dom is divided and suhdivided. But
the day is in 4 peculiar sense the
fcstiva! of the children. All its 81
cred associations are linked with a
cradle. and the homes where there are
no children lack something at the
Christmas season which no substitute
can supply. Happy indeed are the
Older cncs into whose hearts there
comes at Christmas time something OF
the spirit which childhood knows 50
abnndantly. Happy will the old world
be when all mankind hears and heeds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-25
Christmas Verse.
A Song Of Christmas.

Sing a song Of Christmas. with the Jingle
in the air
And mistletoe and holly and the Der
rieS everywhere,
Sing it in a cadence that will show its
measures start
In the happy lifting Of the beating OF
your heart
Sing, and see picture of the stockings
Casting swaying shadows III the light Of
long ago.
IIo. the song of Christmas. OF all carols
It's the best
For it springs in pladneSS from the music
in your breast,
Rises from the knowledge that the world
is good to YOU,
Gets its joyous measures from the good
you mean to do
AIelowest and tenderest of all the songs
you know,
Built upon the golden CLEANS from out
the long ago.
Sing a song Of Christmas; sing the glory
of the star
FlinginS down its wondrous beams upon
the lands afar;
Catch the echo of the chant the waking
shepherds heard
When from out the sky there fell each
unforgotten word
Yes. and sing the memory Of all the
od"n glow
From the cmbcrs in the CRATE this lon,
and Ions ago.
He. the song Of Christmas. 1t is yours
and it is mine:
Out of heart-held memories We make it
fair and fine,
And We breathe the lasting faitl; that all
the world is good
When we tim" the hearts that beat again
in brotherhood
Sing ii softly, sing 1t in a cadence swift
or slow
When your signs ami srliles are blcnt in
thoughts of long agc.
Wilbur NcSbit in Chicago Evening Post.
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tory bearing always the label "Arkan-
sas God bless her." might in six years
bear fruit in advertising the state at
least differently from the "Arkansaw
Travellers roofless hut and Opie
Reads ''razorback hogs. Neither the
"recent" nor the subsequent Of Jeff
Davis speeches will contribute to any
body's welfare" or be edifying or
amusing to anyone who is looking for
the truth or constructive idea. This
is not to be found in his equipment or
purpose. For the students Of freaks
and mysteries his speeches might
furnish material from which to work
out the problem how a great state
with many able and honest men of the
dominant party to choose FROM
should have for several terms elected
this man governor and then sent him
to the United States Senate.