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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-28
A CALIFORNIAN'S LUCK.

''The luckiest day of my life was
when l bought box of Bucklen's Ar
MICA Salve," writes Chas. F. Budahn,
of Tracy, California. Two 25c. boxes
cured me of an annoying case OF itch
ing piles, which had troubled me for
years and that yielded to no other
treatment" Sold under guarantee at
f. T. Whitehead Company's drug store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-28

Here comes the Spring winds to chap,
tan and frecllle. Use Pinesalve Car
bolized (acts like a poultice) for cuts,
sores, burns, chapped lips, hands and
face. 1t soothes and heals. Sold by
E. 7. Whitehead 4 Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-28

Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is best
for women and children. Its mild ac-
ton and pleasant taste makes 1t pref
cradle to violent purgatlves, such as
pills, tablets, etc, Get the booklet and
a sample OF Orino at f. T. Whitehead
Company
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-28

Bacon: Is your wife the partner
of your joys and sorrows? Egbert:
Sure thing! She gets all the joys
and get all the sorrows.-Younkers
Statesman.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-28

YOU'RE the whole cheese with
SIS" "Why do you say that, son?''
inquired the gentleman caller. ISIS
gin me a nickel to. louisville
Courier-Journal.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-28

The proper handling of a farm
calls for thought as we'll as work.
1t pays to study every field and crop.
The Cotton Journal.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-28

Thirty Days Trial $1.0O is the offer
on Pineules. Relieve back-ache, weak
back, lame back, rheumatic pains.
Best on sale for Kidneys, Bladder and
Blood. Good for young and old. Sat-
isfaction guaranteed or money refund
ed. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-28

ManZan Pile Remedy, price Sec, is
guaranteed. Put up ready to use.
One application prompt relief to any
form Of Piles Sooths and heals. Sold
by F. T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-28

If you haven't the time to exercise
regularly, Doon'5 Regulets will pre-
vent constipation. They induce 8
mild, easy, healthful action of the
bowels without gripping. Ask your
druggist for them. 25c.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-28

"The question is as to intent of the
law" That's easy; the intent of the
law is to make business for the laW-
vers. Syracuse Herald.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-28

Rings Little Liver Pills for bilious
ness and sick headache. They clean
the system and clear the skin. Price
25c. Try them. Sold by E. T. White
head & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-28

Youngster-There's no doubt about
it. | was cut out for an orator. The
Old Man-Pity you were never made
up.-Illustrated Bits.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-28

This is the season when city man
will be as proud Of a garden as big
as blanket as farmer is Of 800
acres of clean, growing crops.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-28
DISTURBED THE CONGREGATION

The person who disturbed the con-
sregation last Sunday by continually
coughing is requested to buy bottle
Of Foley's Honey and Tar. E. I.
Whitehead Company.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-28

"Why are you collecting those an
cient witticisms? Getting up a joke
book?" 'I'm compiling a complete
postcard writer. "-Pittsburg Post.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-28

Boy-Sixpenn'orth O. cod liver oil,
please sir. An / say, don't give me
too much, COS it's me what's got to
drink it.-Punch.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-28

Hewitt: Girls will be girls. Je-
witt: Yes; and old women will be
girls, if you believe the figures they
give of their ages.-Harpers Week
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-28

What do you suppose we'd do if
we could see ourselves as others see
u.s." 1--WE wouldn't believe it,
Houston Post.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-28

Normal temperature is the kind
that the real kind is always above or
below.-Ohio State journal.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-28

Witness: | saw a man with one
eye named Wilkins. Lawyer: What
was the name Of the other eye?-
Judge.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-05-28

A girl generally plays with mans
heart just about as carefully as a ba-
by toys with watch. -Dalla. News.
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-16
WHAT ADMIRAL EVANS MEN
 WILL SEE ON LONG TRIP.
Places Where the Big Fleet Will Stop on Its Way to the Pacific and People and Scenes Which
 Will Prove of Interest.

At a ten-knot-an-hour speed the big fleet of American warships is stead fly pressing southward towards the Magellan straits, where the turn will be made into the Pacific, and as the thought of the nation follows this splendid aggregation of battleships there is fresh interest in the route over which they will pass and the scenes which will greet officers and crews as they make their occasional stops along the 14,000-mile waterway.
 After the first stop in the harbor of Port of Spain, Island of Trinidad. where Christmas was passed, no stop will be made until Rio de Janeiro is reached, which, according to the sched ule prepared before starting. should be January II. A stop of ten days is to be made at the Brazilian capital, and if Jack Tar writes home as he ought to, and probably will, the let ters which come from there should be well worth reading to other moth CTS who have no sons with MT. Evans boats" or to other girls who have no sweethearts wearing the navy blue, for they will probably con- tain much about the capital of Bra gil, over $50 years old, with it's beau tiful parks, public buildings and pri- vate houses, oddly interspersed with structures of great antiquity, among them the San Sebastian church, which was built in 1867.
 The next stop will be at Punta Arenas, the most southernly town on this side of the globe, where the fleet is due January 31.
 The letters will then tell of passing from the heat of midsummer to the cold of winter while going south all the time, and there will undoubtedly be complaint or two about the coun- try, and perhaps a wish that the writer could get look again at Broad way, and there may even be unkind remarks in the letter about Magellan, who nearly 400 years ago discovered the strait through which Admiral Evans plans to take his fleet For Magellan strait, although an undoubt- ed aid to navigation, is not much to look at. About 130 miles long, the channel through which Admiral Evans fleet will pass is for the most part only about as wide as the Hud- son river. Chili owns the land on either side of the strait-what was part Of Patagonia on one side and Terra del Fuego on the other. The vegetation on both sides of the great waterway is said to be as scanty as the clothing of the natives. which would barely permit of their entertain
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-16
OFFICE N SADDLE

his vast field of work.
 Little Rhode Island, with it's 1,25O square miles area, has thrice the popu- lation of this territory Cut Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Jersey out of the map CS the United States and lay them on the map of south eastern Oregon and they would not blot out an inch of railroad or as large population as lives today in the smallest of the three states. There is a region more than 100 miles one way and 120 miles the other in which there is not mile of railroad track laid surveyed, or will be laid or surveyed within the next two or three years. There are only few hundred mftes of government, military and state roads in this undeveloped region, which will be marvelously rich in resources once railroads enter there and irrigation projects are completed Over the lone ly stage roads in such counties as Malheur and Harney the bishop will be compelled to drive or ride a day at time without seeing the curl of smoke from a human hahitation or hearing the sound of a voice other than wild animals or his own. It. took three weeks to get complete election returns from these counties last year
 It has been some years since the rough and ready miners and ranch men have stood a tenderfoot m against the wall and shot his bootheels of to make him dance But the bishop or circuit rider must still mix with them like ''brother,' and no matter whether he breaches to them ,in a barn, in an open square, standing on soap box for rostrum, or inside a church or schoolhouse. he has to suit his language to his hearers.
 Cow punchers and miners. when they have not been fed on the sort of mama" the missionary provides for a long time, sometimes yield to re- ligious emotions as strong as they are picturesque, and their experiences" related in meeting, we'll punctured with coarse and even profane Ian guage. should not offend the man who has needed the cry to go over into Macedonia"
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-16
A BISHOP WHOSE PARISH IS 75, ,oOO
 SQUARE MILES.
Or. Paddock's Remarkable Missi on and the Work Which He Proposes to Do in the BackWoods of
 Eastern Oregon.
My office will be in the saddle.

My office will be in the saddle
 This was the enthusiastic and busi- neas-like statement of the newly-ap- pointed bishop of eastern Oregon when asked as to where his headquar- ters would be. The vast empire of magnificent distances and insurmount- able obstacles which the church mili- tant must overcome in its missionary campaigns is mightier than any east ern man has any conception of.
 Rev Dr. Robert L. Paddock of New York, who was chosen at the recent Episcopal convention at Richmond, Va, for the post of missionary bishop in the mining camps and cattle ranges" of eastern Oregon, knew what he was talking about when he declared This work in the west is not of my choosing, but, just as soldier is ordered into battle, so am 1 ordered on to the firing line of missionary work in this country. My work there will be totally different from that here. There I will be sky pilot riding among the In dians and cattlemen My office will be in my saddle. I will have no fixed abode"
 Bishop Paddock was brought up in the great and bounding northwest, his father before him having been bishop of Washington at a time when condi- tions were more primeval than they are TOW, going thither from Brooklyn.
 There are 75 cities in the United States which have greater populations than the whole 75,000 square miles of territory over which the new bishop will have charge. Take Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, throw in Maryland or the kingdoms of Bel gium or Holland, and lay them all down in eastern Oregon and they would not overlap the border land of
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-16
WITHEYES OFFIEET

ment at Turkish bath in this coun- try. In his letters home Jack" is at least not likely to wax highly com plimentary concerning the natives, for they never bathe, smear their bodies with paint and grease, spend most of their days on horseback and their nights under huts of hides built up on poles and deem horse meat and os- trich flesh the finest of foods.
 There is a 3,000-mile run before the fleet after leaving Punta Arenas, about February 5, until the next stop ping place, Callao, Peru, is reached. When the vessels cast anchor off that port on February IS Admiral Evans ships will have covered total dis tance of something like 10,700 miles.
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-16

Were the Panama canal now built, by passing through it the fleet conld have shortened the distance to Calao by HOO miles.
 It will probably be with genuine re- gret that he will turn his back upon the hospitality of the Peruvians on or about February 2S, for on March IA, when the ships are due, to drop anchor in Magdalena bay, on the coast of Mexico, all thoughts of the pleasures of the long trip around South America must give place to strict attention to the work of tar get practice, if he would secure a place in any of the crack gun crews of Uncle Sans navy. After practice the fleet will probably go to San Francis co, and orders received there may take it to the Philippine islands or bring it home again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-28
NO REWARD FOR
 WILLCUNNINGHAM
FIND THEY WILL RECEIVE NO SPECIAL FEE FOR RISK TAKEN IN. ARREsTINe A DESPERATE NEGRO.

To make bad matters worse it has now been discovered that the negro, Will Gun ningham. is not the man for whom the Georgia authorities have offered a reward offered for Will Cunningham, he is wanted in Georgia on a charge of assault with intent to murder and also on a misde- meanor charge. This will prove sad news to the men arresting Cunningham, especi ally considering the great risk of losing their lives they took when arresting hiil.
 Four charges have been docketed against Cunningham for crimes committed in the vicinity of Birmingham, and an- other warrant was received from Talla- dega county yesterday charging him with having robbed R. l.. West.
 West was the man whom Cunningham disarmed and put through such a weird experience for the next Il hours. West, 1t appears, was not deputy sheriff but was acting as a special detective in con- nection with a detective bureau having headquarters in Cincinnati. Having heard of the reward and thinking Cunningham
 
 warrant, for his arrest, and it was while serving this that Cunningham suddenly got the detective in his power.
 The warrant recieved here yesterday was sworn out on April 9 before Justice of the Peace w. T. Thornton of Talla- dega county by J. w. Otwell and charges that Cunningham relieved R. c. West of a watch worth $20, pistol valued at S15 and $1.5O in silver. Cunningham also fur ther humiliated the special detective by relieving him of the badge showing him to be a representative of the Cincinnati de- tective concern.
 Altogether there are nearly a dozen charges against Cunningham, and a con- viction on each would be sufficient to keep him in jail practically all the rest of his life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-28
BOYS FEET ARE
 CRUSHED BY CAR
Roosevelt Pennington Was Playing Near Warner ripple When Ac-
 cident Happened.

Roosevelt Pennington, the 5-year-ol1 ] son of J. F. Pennington, was run over by some cars near Warner tipple yes terday, suffering the loss of one leg and the toes on the other foot The little fellow was placed on a train and rushed to North Birmingham, where he was met by Lige Loys ambulance and removed to the Copeland infirmarJ.
 At the infirmary it was found 'neces- sary to amputate one leg just above the foot, and the toes on the other, and at a late hour last night the boy was report ed to be resting as well as could be ex- pected.
 It appears that the Presidents little namesake, with his brother and two other little playmates were playing near the Warner tipple, which is located near the station of Republic, where his parents live. The cars had been standing on the track and the boys had started across the track in front of them when they started moving, running little Roosevelt down before he could get out of the way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-28
THORSBY PUPILS SEEING THE SIGHTS Big Party. Spending Two Days
 In Birmingham INSPECT CITY HIGH SCHOOL Whole Party Took Aee-Herald Office by Storm Last Night-WlIl Go Out to Steel Plant This
 Morning.
INSPECT CITY HIGH SCHOOL

Prof. S. B. Grooves principal of the Thorsby institute at Thorsby, brought 40 of his teachers and pupils to Birming- ham yesterday and the party is spending two days looking over the city and visit ing points of interest.
 The trip was planned for educational purposes and every member of the party is enthusiastic over the success of the venture.
 The party was met at the train yester- day morning by Superintendent J. H. Phillips, of the Birmingham public schools, and escorted to the High school building, where the teachers and pupils were entertained until 2:90 o'clock with various specialu entertainments. At noon lunch was served at the public school cafe.
 Among the entertainments given at the High school was a demonstration of the fire drill, a musical and literary enter tainment under the direction of the school literary societies, and a basketball game between selected teams from the female senior and jurnor classes. The game was a fast one and the visitors seemed thor oughly delighted with the sport. The re- suit of the game was fl to in favor of the senior aggregation.
 The party also visited the Powell school in company with pr. Phillips. The fire drill was also given here for the benefit of the visiting school.
 At 2:SO the school went on a trolly ex- cursion over the city and then visited East Lake.
 Last night Professor Groves and his company visited the .Age-Herald newspa- per plant, where they spent an hour in specting the mysteries of newspaper mak- nig
 This morning they will go to Ensley and other outlying points of interest, visit ing the steel plant and other manufac- turing concerns.
 Our outing is proving of great benefit as we'll as pleasurde to the teachers and pupils" said Professor Groves last night 'The purpose of the excursion is edu- cational and 1 am highly pleased with the result of the experiment. The feature may be made permanent and extended to other cities in the future.
 We have been shown every courtesy while in the city and we are all very grateful to Dr. Phillips and others who have shown us every attention we could ask. We will return to Thorsby Tuesday afternoon Our school will not close until May"
 Following is list of those in the party
 Professor and Mrs. Groves, Professor and Mrs. Hastings Miss Helen c. Jen- l1ins Hilda Anderson, Clara Soberg. Inga Husby, Phoebe Wilson. Clanton flaw thorne, Helen Groves, Emma Gronquist, Clyde Stobler, Charles Waller, Herbert Peterson, Arthur Peterson, Erwin Carr, Phillip Horn, William Foss, Lawrence Gerald, Walter Parnell, Reno Villodson, Sereno Norton, Eric Gronquist, Staugh- ton Bice, Alma Hastings, Miss M. E. Patton and Miss A. s. Lewrey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-28
TAKES HER LIFE.
Woman Succeeds in Fourth Attempt
 to End Her Existence.

After three unsuccessful attempts Ger trude Hill, resident of the restricted district, succeeded in taking her life yes terday. The unfortunate woman commit ted suicide by swallowing the contents of a bottle of carbolic acid
 It was about il o'clock yesterday morn ing when she was found unconscious in her room. The ambulance of Shaw &, Son was summoned and. the woman rushed to the Hillman hospital, where she expired shortly before o'clock. The
 ans were removed to Shaw & Sons undertaking esta blishment, where they are being held awaiting advices from relatives
 This was the fourth attempt which Ger trude Hill had made on her own life dur ing the past few months. She became Respondent and the first attempt was made with morphine. Shortly after talk ing the drug, however, she was discov- cred and removed to the hospital, and after several hours work the doctors succeeded in saving her life.
 A second attempt was made with laud- anum the woman's life only being saved on this attempt by extraordinary work on the part of the hospital physicians. After the first attempt she declared that she would try again, and after being released from the hospital when recov- cred from the second, she declared again that she would end her life. She carried out her declaration, on the third attempt using bi-chloride of mercury. She was in very bad condition when found after taking the bi-chloride of mercury, and it was feared for several hours that her life could not be saved, but by a strange providence and the greatest efforts of the doctors it was saved.
 Upon leaving the hospital she was very angry with the physicians for>not letting her die, and said that the next attempt she made would be successful. After this, however, she appeared to brighten and had been in excellent spirits, ac- cording to her associates, during the past few days. She was found in her room this morning unconscious and with her mouth badly blistered, while the smell of carbolic acid and the empty bottle told the story The woman had evil dently taken the acid more than an hour before, and was in a dying condition when removed to the hospital
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-28
FIVE H|GHWAYMEN HOLD UP BALL TEAM Get Ten Dollars By Daring
 Piece ot Work THREE ARE CAUGHT LATER Present Pistols on Northsde in Broad Daylight and Firing of Numerous Weapons Causes Lot of Ex-
 citement.
i THREE ARE CAUGHT LATER

Five negro men deliberately held up q crowd of some 15 or 20 other negroes at a ball game on Tenth avenue and Twen- tieth street, north yesterday afternoon about o'clock, in broad daylight and within the clear view of numerous pedes- trians who were passing along Nine teenth and Twentieth streets at the time. The bold attempt of the five men caused much excitement and quite number of pistol shots were fired They finally suc- ceded, however in making away with about $1O of their victims money. Three of the highway robbers were captured by the police, but only after quite a long chase.
 It would appear on the face of things that the five negroes had their plans care fully arranged About the time the game was breaking up the negroes punched themselves and drew their revolvers. Hands flew up on all sides at first, but after the highwaymen had searched two or three negro ball players other guns were drawn and shooting affray began. A number of shots were exchanged and the robbers were finally routed. All five made a dash for a uray which they had left standing nearby and escaped the violence of their victims by hurriedly driving away.
 The police were notified of the occur renee and officers were sent to the scene. Two of the negroes, Will Lee and All bert Hawkins, it seems, left the dray and ran out Tenth avenue. Officers Burge
 af Dxuaf1 " sixth street. The other tlhee negroes drove down Eleventh avenue toward Fountain Heights. Officer Newsome caught the dray at Thirteenth street, where two more of the negroes jumped off and took to the woods. The fifth negro, o. E. Hagood, was captured by the pursuing officer. All three of the negroes captured were placed in the city Jail on charges of highway robbery and carrying concealed weapons
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-28
CHANGES MADE IN EVANGELISTIC WORK
MEETINGS AT FIRST PRESBYTE- RYAN POSTPONED BECAUSE OF SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. NOON MEETINGS A FEATURE.

Merging with the Sunday school con vention, the meeting scheduled for this week at the First Presbyterian church, with Dr. Blake as preacher, is postponed. Such was the decision of the Pastors union yesterday All the other district meetings will be held special emphasis being laid upon the noon prayer meet- ing. conducted daily at the First Presby- terian with Dr. Handley as leader.
 North Blrlane ham district, however, convention
 Much interest has been awakened in the south central district, where meeting Is transferred to the Twenty Street Baptist church this week West End meetings also have been marked with great sucsess, as also the Methodist service at Tuxedo and Pratt, as well as that held at the college.
 There is no disposition to think the meetings hitherto disappointing. It is hoped and expected that the Sunday school convention will help rather than hinder the downtrodden evangelistic cam. paign, as the pastors will have the more time to carefully concentrate their forces and bring the invitation personally to all dwelers in this great area.
 The meeting of the executive committee this week is placed on Thursday instead of Saturday. It will be at the Y. M. C. A. rooms at 12:30 D. m. on Thursday. All members of the committee are urged to be present. Laymen and all others who can attend are urged to concern trate on the noon prayer meeting this week